Jiexiu, one of the ancient cities of Jindi, was named after Jiezi Tui and cut the shares of Fengjun, and belonged to Xihe County in the Sui Dynasty.

Needless to say, since the end of the Jin Dynasty, there have been countless changes in the governance of various places, just like now, Xihe County has been renamed Jiezhou, and the governance office is in Jiexiu.

Of course, no matter how it is changed, it has always been within the jurisdiction of the state, and it is also the gateway to the south of Jinyang.

Speaking of Jiexiu is not close to Jinyang, but it is not too far, hurry up, the morning and evening come, and the location is quite dangerous, once the state is divided into a situation, its importance will be highlighted.

If you want to enter the Taiyuan Basin from the south, this is the only way to go.

Like a few years ago, Li Yuan led his troops to suppress bandits, and he was surrounded in the Bird Mouse Valley in Xihe County, not far from Jiexiu.

After the fall of Jinyang, Jiexiu also became Li Tang's border town in the north of Jindi.

More than 30,000 Tang troops gathered here and turned a small Jiexiu city into a large barracks.

After the New Year, Jiexiu City was full of frozen and shrunken Tang army soldiers, at this time the people who stayed in Jiexiu were less than 2,000 people, and the rest were either requisitioned by the Tang army, or moved south with their families, leaving the place of right and wrong.

At this time, the Jiexiu Assassination Shi Zhi Office also became the location of the Tang Army.

Above the lobby of the Assassin's Mansion, the governor of Jiezhou, Taichang Shaoqing, and Li Zhongwen, the prince of Zhenxiang, kept walking around in the lobby.

This is a strong middle-aged man, with a big beard, thick eyebrows and thin eyes, and he looks quite powerful.

He is the grandson of Li Bi of the Shangzhu State of the Western Wei Dynasty, the Li family is a big surname in Kansai, and their branch is a bit declining, of course, it is also relatively speaking, they are also one of the top gate valves in Kansai.

A person like Li Bi of Shangzhu Kingdom, if one person is rich, he can protect his children and grandchildren for several generations.

And Li Zhongwen, the true township duke, is not an incompetent person, after the chaos in the world, he gathered the crowd and wandered near the left of Chang'an, and later surrendered to Li Xiuning, and attacked Chang'an with Li Yuan's army.

Not to mention that he has military exploits, even if he doesn't have any strength, with his family background and his surname, in fact, as long as he is in Li Tang's army, it is only a matter of time before he is entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and this is what Tang Emperor Li Yuan values.

The reason why he Li Zhongwen led the troops to the north is that he himself knows that it is not because he is extremely talented and far superior to his peers, but because he ...... There's no one available......

He is not thinking about this at all, and he is also very self-aware.

Now that Li Tang has just established, the inside is not stable, and Tang Emperor Li Yuan is also cultivating politics, distributing official positions, and rewarding meritorious officials, so he spent a lot of effort, and then revised the Sui law, especially in the land tax, and spared no effort.

The ambition to rule the world is really admirable.

But it is not easy to be surrounded by external enemies, there is no peace, and there is a stable residence, and peace is inside.

There are heavy troops in the west to confront Xue Ju in the northwest, Xiao Mo has invaded Shuzhong, Qin King Li Shimin has led Yizhou Xingtai Shangshu into Shu, Liu Wenjing and other generals and hundreds of thousands of troops, but Xue Ju dragged him to death.

The situation in the west is sinister, and Li Zhongwen feels the same way.

Of course, there is no difference here in the east, he was originally under the command of Li Xiuning, and then switched to the prince Li Jiancheng, Li Jiancheng led the army to sit in Tongguan Pass, originally to spy on the lands of Henan, but Jinyang fell, but Li Jiancheng did not dare to go out lightly.

The plan to jointly attack Li Mi with Wang Shichong that day disappeared.

After that, he led his troops to the north and became the governor of Jiezhou, and confronted Li Ding'an, who occupied Daizhou and most of the annexed states, until now.

Speaking of which, this Li Ding'an is still the son-in-law of Li Yaoshi, it is said that he has led troops in Mayi for many years, and when Tang Gong raised troops in Jinyang, this person was also quite helpful, if it were not for this person to lead troops to block the Turkic soldiers, Tang Gong was likely to be dragged by the Turks in Jinyang, not to mention anything south to Chang'an.

Time passes...... Thinking of this, Li Zhongwen snorted a few times, cursing the damned Li Shilang in his heart, if it weren't for the fact that this guy turned against Li Ding'an and lost Jinyang, how could the general trend of Jindi be so sinister?

Li Ding'an...... That's undoubtedly a terrible guy, if you dare to grin with the Turks today, and can live well until now, how many are left?

And this person also led the army to block the Turks in Mayi, in another year, with his military exploits, I am afraid that he has already built a Yakai mansion, maybe the position of the pillar country can be seen.

Playing against such an enemy on the battlefield, Li Zhongwen himself felt weak and timid, let alone others.

Especially some time ago, I heard that this person led the army to the north, and actually went to the Turkic people's house to toss a back and forth, the rumors may be exaggerated, but he is in Jiexiu, but he thinks that Li Ding'an led the army north to Yunzhong last year, it should be not bad, but I don't know how to make a contribution.

At that time, the crown prince Li Jiancheng also urged him to take advantage of the emptiness of Jinyang to wave his army to attack Jinyang, and if he didn't succeed, he would attack Yuci first.

It's just that he didn't wait for him to move, and came from Chang'an to report urgently, asking him to garrison and rest, and he had to go out lightly.

At that time, he didn't quite understand, but later he heard that Dugu Huaien and others sent envoys to the Turks, so what was not clear? It's the usual strategy again.

If he was still overwhelmed by the prestige of his lord when he first voted for Li Yuan, to this day, he feels that this kind of situation of envoys going around is a bit cumbersome and ridiculous.

Because of Jianghuai Du Fuwei, there was no movement at all, and Xiao Miaoshuo River was allowed to go up into Shu.

Li Liang went back and forth a few times, but this Li brother turned his face, and he turned his head and directly called the emperor.

Henan's Li Mi and Wang Shichong seemed to be deaf to the news from Guanxi, and they were dedicated to fighting.

Guo Zihe of Yulin has surrendered, but Guo Zi and those men and horses are controlled by the Turks, so he and Liang Shi are both competing for power, which is really difficult for him.

Now it is going to unite with the Turks and attack Li Ding'an.

At that time, Li Zhongwen secretly shook his head, with that kung fu, it would be better to let him wave his troops north to attack Yuci.

Now it also confirms his worries, the news from Chang'an is that the Turkic Princess Yicheng ascended the position of the Turkic Khan and drove the Tang envoy back, Chen Shuda disappeared directly, and he who had given Yang Er a bad insult is probably more auspicious.

Before, he was relatively peaceful with the Turks, but now he is directly hostile, and the situation is even worse.

He has been stationed here for a long time, and it is becoming more and more difficult for the soldiers to be appeased, and Li Dingan has returned to Jinyang, and Jinyang no longer has a gap.

In the lobby, Li Zhongwen thought in a mess, and he didn't know how many times he slipped back and forth.

There was a sound of footsteps outside, and when Li Zhongwen looked up, a person had already strode in.

When someone came in, he beat his chest first, and said with a smile: "It's too late for the end, so the chief manager has been waiting for a long time." ”

This person is about the same age as Li Zhongwen, but he is full of recklessness, he also has a big beard, but the roots are erected like a hedgehog, his body is strong, and his face is rough.

Standing with Li Zhongwen, at first glance they look like brothers, but as long as they say a few more words, you can understand that they have nothing in common except for their appearance.

Of course, maybe they have something in common, that is, despite their strong appearance, their minds are very sufficient.

This person's name is Zhang Lun, and according to his qualifications, Li Zhongwen is not an opponent.

Zhang Lun is a native of Yanmen, once served as the general of Yanmen Taishou Chen Xiaoyi, this person has some military exploits, when the Turkic army went south in the eleventh year of the Great Cause, he led the troops into Yanmen City, and vowed to live and die with Yanmen.

The Turkic army returned to the north, and Zhang Lun accumulated merit as a tiger general.

But Zhang Lun's subordinates suffered many casualties, but only one of them was sealed, and he didn't even have a pension, and at this time he was extremely disappointed in Emperor Sui's ministers.

After Chen Xiaoyi ruled Yanmen, Zhang Lun did not want to be used by Chen Xiaoyi, it happened that Li Yuan stayed in Taiyuan, Chen Xiaoyi killed the former Yanmen Taishou Wang Qu and others, Zhang Lun was secretly frightened, so he led the army south to vote for Li Yuan.

Li Yuan raised troops to the south, and Zhang Lun followed the army all the way to attack and fight, and made many military exploits.

In fact, this is a general of the Tang Army who did not give in to Liu Wenjing and others in terms of military exploits, and even surpassed him.

Later, under the command of Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, Li Yuanji, like everyone else, thought that he was from a humble background and was a member of the Yanmen clan, so he drove him to the south to eliminate bandits.

Now, with his military exploits, and coinciding with the opportunity of Li Yuanji's loss of Jinyang, the deputy commander of the Jinjiezhou march, and the post of the assassin of Jiezhou, the 3,000 horse infantry under his command is also the most elite force in the Tang army stationed in Jiexiu today.

The two didn't say much to each other, so they sat down separately, and someone came up with tea.

Zhang Lun took a few big drinks, warmed up his body first, and then scratched his beard and asked, "The chief manager invited General Jiang?" ”

Li Zhongwen has no likes or dislikes for Zhang Lun, and he is not jealous of Zhang Lun's military exploits.

So he is the chief manager, and Zhang Lun can only be the deputy head of the march, as for what position such as the assassin envoy in Jiezhou, it looks like a joke now, how many people can there be in Jiezhou now?

Especially after joining Zhang Lun, Zhang Lun was very respectful to him, and the generals he led were quite elite, which really made Li Zhongwen feel a lot more at ease.

Hearing Zhang Lun ask, Li Zhongwen bowed slightly, "Wait...... I have something important to discuss with you. ”

At this time, Zhang Lun bared his teeth and laughed, "General Jiang went to inspect the military camp again?" ”

These words sounded harsh, and Li Zhongwen couldn't help but glance at Zhang Lun.

Zhang Lun arched his hand with a smile, "I'm not saying bad things about General Jiang, General Jiang loves soldiers like a son, and after being worthy of a famous general, I have always admired him." ”

"But what's the use of patrolling the camp now, in a winter, the food is still good, and the soldiers are not hungry after all, but they can wear it...... Take a look at the boss, no one dares to go out of the barracks in winter, if there is really a war in the spring, everyone's fucking bones are crispy, how can you fight with others? ”

"A few days ago, General Jiang patrolled to our barracks, and was almost surrounded by soldiers, and after that, General Jiang never met with me again, steward, you have to say a few words about this, General Jiang is delicate and expensive, it is not appropriate to always go to the barracks to wander around, and he is dressed so warmly, I want to grab it when I see it, let alone those rude men under him?"

(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )