In July, Zhang Lun led his troops to trap Hongnong.

It didn't take much effort, Duan Da only left 2,000 people in Hongnong, and before the army arrived, the defenders fought in accordance with the existing rhythm of the Henan army.

The defender Wentong led the army to flee eastward, and the remaining more than 500 people sacrificed the county town of Hongnong.

Zhang Lun garrisoned Yu Hongnong, looking at the east and drooling, but he still obeyed Li Pojun's order and ordered people to repair the city, pass the pass, and never advance eastward.

At the same time, Xiao Mo sent troops to attack Huai'an County, and soon took Huai'an County as his own.

The situation on both sides was similar, and everywhere the army went, there was a flood of descenders, and few dared to resist.

The so-called wall fell down and everyone pushed it, Dou Jiande finally returned to the south, stationed on the bank of the Yellow River and hesitated, and gathered everyone to discuss what would happen if Luoyang would be defeated?

Looking at this situation, in fact, you can know that several princes who stood out from the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty understood that Luoyang was a hot potato, and no matter whose hands it entered, they had to think about the consequences in advance.

After the scourge of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, as well as the ravages of Zhai Rang, Li Mi, and Wang Shichong, Henan has already become an authentic mess, and the advantages of the eastern capital Luoyang are a bit unworthy of the name.

In other words, except for Dou Jiande, everyone else is powerless, even if it is Dou Jiande, after receiving the counties of Hebei and Shandong, if he wants to enter Luoyang, he has to weigh it carefully, once the army is mobilized, the problems he faces will not be less than half a point less than others.

The time is entering autumn, and the winter in Henan comes later, but it is not much late, so the time is still relatively short.

But according to the situation at this time, the trend of the four families dividing Zheng has been formed.

And Henan is still tossing endlessly, although Wang Shichong is missing, but his brother Wang Shiyun, the king of Qi, is still there, and the eldest grandson, the Yuan family and other Luoyang clans, will lead the army to return in a hurry Chen Guogong Duan Da to block outside Luoyang City.

Both sides are facing a life-and-death situation, and no one will be relentless.

Wang Shiyun in the city waved the butcher's knife, not only killing Duan Da's family, but also Duan Da's henchmen fell to the ground.

Duan Da led the army to patrol outside the city, and the siege was not capable of attacking the city, and the people in the city were afraid of Wang Shiyun's fierce power, and they did not dare to let the more fierce Duan Da enter the city, so the situation was frozen there.

Duan Da garrisoned outside the city for many days, and when he saw that if it dragged on, the army would scatter in all directions, and he had no scruples, and dug up the grave of the Luoyang Gate Lord outside the city.

In July, Duan Da led his army to loot around Luoyang to replenish military supplies, and then traveled eastward through the Tiger Prison into Zhengzhou, where he prepared to spend the winter.

After this battle, the remaining vitality of Henan is completely gone, and the counties of Henan, which are gradually quiet, are full of the breath of death.

The souls of the dead are wandering around, but the living are still struggling and gradually falling into the abyss.

Dou Jiande then became a survivor and became conspicuous.

But this guy was used to shrinking his head, and he stopped on the bank of the Yellow River, and he was a little overwhelmed, and the voice in his ears was extremely noisy, so he couldn't make up his mind.

Duan Da sent him a letter of surrender, and by the way, he begged for food and grass, Wang Shiyun also intended to move closer to him in Luoyang City, but this person's back road was more than Duan Da, and Xiao Mo and Li Po had correspondence, and then sent someone to Du Fuwei to negotiate peace.

In this way, the situation in Henan is becoming more and more complicated, Dou Jiande is even more afraid to move, Li Ding'an has already crossed the Yellow River, Xiao Miao, Du Fuwei is eyeing the side, Dou Jiande hesitated for a long time, or before the winter came, led the army to return to Wei County, without stepping into the quagmire.

At the same time, Xiao Miao's expansion also stopped, Li Ding'an's Jin army was a little scary, if he went further north, maybe he would have to collide with the Jin soldiers and horses.

This is a situation that Xiao Mo and his subordinates do not want to see, you must know that not long ago, under the great victory of the Tang army, Li Ding'an was beaten hard and blocked in Tongguan, and he no longer had the courage and courage to go out of the first battle.

When the news reached Xiao Miao, it immediately made the jubilant Liang State vigilant, and after some discussion, the Liang army was stationed, and Xiao Miao's eyes turned back to the south again.

Du Fuwei is a different situation, he has always had a small number of troops, and he has taken a completely different route from today's princes, and he is the only one among today's princes who has set sail to the sea to finance military supplies.

His sphere of influence is close to the mouth of the river, and he has many seaside fishermen and some Jianghuai soldiers who have gone to sea with his guards, and fortunately, he has also found some big boats in Jiangdu for use.

So, for several years, this man sent troops to the sea, in addition to doing business with other people, he also exterminated the pirates...... Relying on the seafood, his subordinates ate one by one with fat brains, and they didn't have much interest in the war in the Central Plains from top to bottom......

Well, compared to Li Po, Du Fuwei is more like a forward-looking person, but this one's ambition is smaller than Li Po, and he has never had any intention of being a king and hegemon, and always wants to find a big thick leg to hug.

In fact, Du Fuwei has been looking for the "Ming Lord" for the past two years, and has repeatedly courted the Eastern Capital, but there is a mess there, and the officials have given a bunch, but no one can really accept this Jianghuai Dakou for their own use, either people are not satisfied, or Du Fuwei himself is unwilling.

Anyway, it was always impossible to talk about it, and every once in a while there was a change of emperor or something in Luoyang City, which disappointed Du Fuwei several times.

In the past two years, Du Fuwei first felt that Xiao Mo was good, and exchanged letters several times, Xiao Mo was naturally very willing to accept him, but later Du Fu Wei quickly lost interest in Xiao Miao.

There is no other reason, just because the two families are relatively close, he inquired about Xiao Miao's personality and origin, Xiao Miao's reputation is not good, but it is not a secret to pay attention to the problems of family background.

There are many generals under Xiao Miao's command, and in the process of starting a family, they turned their faces ruthlessly, and it was not once or twice that they wantonly killed heroes.

And the background of these heroes is not high, you must know that Du Fuwei once worked as a thief, he is an authentic grassroots, he is not stupid, he goes to be a cow and a horse, but he has to worry about his head at all times.

So soon Du Fuwei's eyes turned to Kansai, Li Yuan also has a good name, and he looks very good, that is...... Get a Zen out, you said that you are a Sui minister, and you are a relative of the Sui family, why are you so out of tune, isn't it good to be a minister of Zhongxing, what do you have to do in that dragon chair?

Speaking of which, I'm afraid there is nothing I don't understand, Li Tang was the first messenger to come out, and it was impossible to miss Du Fuwei, and it was precisely because of this that Du Fuwei politely refused Li Yuan's solicitation.

Speaking of which, Du Fuwei is very similar to the late Sui Dynasty heroes, no matter what his own background is, but he very much agrees with the orthodoxy of the Gate Valve family, and his feelings for those high-ranking families are also extremely complicated, envying the honor they enjoy, but also hating their greed and cruelty.

Such contradictory characteristics are actually reflected in Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou, Li Rail, Lin Shihong and others, as well as many generals from civilian backgrounds in the late Sui Dynasty, but it is more specific here in Du Fuwei.

In short, when he was last year, maybe he saw that the surname Yang was no longer available, and Du Fuwei changed his mind again and changed to a Li character banner to fight a dozen.

The subordinates reluctantly dissuaded again, if Xiao Milling is still reliable, Li Yuan is too far away from them, at this time, you demoted Li Tang and let Wang Shichong, what do you think of Xiao Milling? Can't get by?

Du Fuwei was as good as a stream, and the discussion was stopped.

At this time, Wang Shichong was defeated, Henan was completely erosive, if it were not for the instigation of Pugong Tuo and others, Du Fuwei would not have led the army into Henan, but he only stretched his hands and feet slightly, and his other subordinates were already complaining.

No way, this is a good time to go to sea, in addition to getting very little from entering Henan, he also got back some messy Henan people, these guys are red in the eyes, and the poor eyes are blue.

When he came to Du Fuwei's rule, he couldn't do anything serious, and he spared no effort to grab things, which made Du Fuwei's old subordinates very blind.

So, as soon as Wang Shiyun's people arrived, Du Fuwei immediately shook hands with Wang Shiyun and made peace, withdrew the siege of Pengcheng, and gave Wang Shiyun some grain and grass.

When winter came, Du Fuwei regretted and said to his subordinates: "If the Tang Dynasty was lowered before, it was time to make a contribution at this time, echo each other with Li Jiancheng of Tongguan, and lay down Luoyang Jiancheng, then we will all be heroes. ”

Everyone looked at each other, muttering in their hearts, the lord is starting to be a demon again...... So a group of people began to persuade each other, and the atmosphere looked different from other places, and it was very harmonious.

It can also be seen from this that Du Fuwei and his subordinates are very close, and no one can shake their prestige, although they lack the grandiose spirit of a king, their lives are actually quite comfortable, and they are not a little bit stronger than others.

It's just that in such a wolf-like year, it is really not easy to live his own small life behind closed doors, otherwise Li Po, who was also more worried about his small life before, would not compete with Li Tang now.

Because it's not the sea that's leaning on, it's his mother's Turk......

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In the Jinyang of July, the heat has disappeared, the autumn wind is gradually rising, and the leaves are falling.

Jinyang is busy, and the autumn harvest is coming, which is the top priority facing Jinyang, and its importance even exceeds that of the ongoing war in the south.

At such a moment, a team of people entered the gate of Jinyang South City......