Li Bing led the cavalry to Shangluo County, but saw the city gate wide open, the county commander and several officials stood at the city gate, and the county commander stepped forward and saluted: "Xia Heng, the official of Shangluo County, welcome the general to Shangluo County!" ”

"Where is the garrison in the city?" Li Bing asked sharply.

Xia Xian Ling trembled and said: "General Hui, they have already evacuated the county seat, just.... Just two hours ago. ”

Li Bing would not believe the words of the county order, he gave his subordinates a look, a Lang general rushed into the county seat with hundreds of soldiers on horseback, and after a short time, he came back to report: "Return to the general, it is true that there is no enemy army gathered." ”

Li Bing was worried that Lantian Pass would be lost, so he ordered his lieutenant general Xiao Lingfeng to lead 3,000 men to chase after the enemy, and Xiao Lingfeng immediately led 3,000 cavalry to chase north.

Only then did Li Bing ask the anxious county order: "Can the bronze utensils transported by the army be in the county?" ”

Xia Xian Ling nodded hurriedly, "General Hui, the bronzes are all in the county!" ”

Li Bing breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appeared on his face, and his tone softened.

"Please take me to check it out."

"General, please come with me!"

Although Li Bing had sent his men into the city to check, there were indeed no enemy troops gathered in the city, but it was indeed difficult to say whether the enemy troops would be broken into pieces and hidden in private houses, so Li Bing was still very cautious and ordered the army to continue to remain vigilant.

Li led hundreds of soldiers to the City God Temple, in front of the City God Temple is a large open space, full of hundreds of acres, originally overgrown with weeds, now it has been occupied by thousands of ox carts, including the street in front, also crowded with ox carts, the cattle have been unloaded from the carts, taken out of the city by the coachman, just feeding the cattle every day, the coachman is busy.

The cart was covered with oilcloth, Li Bing walked to an ox cart, lifted the oilcloth, and tied three tripod furnaces on it, each of which weighed at least 1,000 catties.

He lifted a piece of tarpaulin on the cart, which was full of copper basins, each copper basin weighed more than a dozen catties, at least hundreds of them, as well as bronze Buddha statues and bells, all of which were all kinds of bronze utensils, most of which were collected by the Daying Library, with exquisite workmanship and high appreciation value, but in Zhu Jun's eyes, these were military expenses.

Most of Li Bing's copper qiong was confirmed, and as King Jin said, there were about tens of thousands of bronze artifacts, which made him breathe a long sigh of relief, and now he could make a difference.

Zou Xing led 2,000 soldiers to flee all the way to the north, not daring to rest, lest the Jin army chase after him, and when the day was about to dawn, everyone was really exhausted, so Zou Xing ordered to rest by a small river.

The soldiers were so tired that their legs were about to break, and they couldn't move when they fell to the ground, Zou Xing sat on the boulder, looking at the terrain in all directions, he finally remembered, this should be not far from Qingshi Town, then they ran more than 100 miles, and the front walked about 30 miles to Shangluo County, and they could enter Lantian Pass tomorrow night, which was no less than the cavalry.

"General!"

A lieutenant stepped forward and said, "I have counted the number of brothers just now, and there are only 1,540 brothers, and more than 400 have escaped. ”

Zou Xing sighed, "Let's go!" Who knows what fate it will be to return to Chang'an? The king of Qi is short-tempered and has lost the bronze vessel, I am afraid he will not spare me. ”

"In that case, let's not go to Chang'an, let's go to Luoyang!"

"I don't know now, I'll have to find out."

At this time, a soldier ran over and said, "General, a Taoist priest has come, and he said that Chang'an has fallen." ”

Zou Xing was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Bring people up." ”

After a while, he brought an old Taoist priest, Zou Xing grabbed his chest and asked, "How do you know that Chang'an has fallen?" ”

"Amitayus Buddha, the poor road came from Shangluo County, the assassin has abandoned the official and fled, the county order told me that they received a pigeon letter, Chang'an has been captured by His Royal Highness the King of Jin."

"What about His Royal Highness King Qi?" Zou Xing asked anxiously.

"It seems to be dead, anyway, the whole army is wiped out, this is what the county order said."

Zou Xing was stunned, waved his hand, and let the Taoist priest go.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh and said, "Everyone can disband." ”

.........

In the evening, Xiao Lingfeng, who was pursuing the enemy, came with the news that the enemy army had been disbanded in Shangluo County, and more than 400 stragglers had been captured, and the whereabouts of the main general Zou Xing were unknown.

At the same time that the Jin army seized Shangzhou, Guo Song also sent troops to march westward, and the states and counties along the way raised their flags to support them, and Yin Li Shuguang of Fengxiang Mansion publicly expressed his willingness to be loyal to the King of Jin and the 3,000 Zhu Zhu army guarding Dasan Pass, and surrendered to the Jin army under the leadership of the main general Pan Lingqiu.

The entire Guanzhong was like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and in just a few days, Zhu Zhu's forces were swept away, especially the wealthy families in Guanzhong, who were worried about it, beat gongs and drums to welcome the arrival of the Jin army.

On this morning, Du Wenxing hurried back to Dujia Village and found the head of the family, Du You.

"What are you doing in such a hurry to find me?"

Du You poured him a cup of tea, and asked with a smile, "Jing Zhaoyin seems to have done a good job these days?" ”

"Don't mention it!"

Du Wenxing sighed and said: "In the past, Zhu Jinqing didn't understand anything, didn't care, whatever I did, but King Jin was completely different, he had requirements, very demanding, on the first day he asked me for five years of business tax records, I finally found out the records, but the King of Jin came to me the next day, saying that last year's business tax fell by 50% compared with four years ago, and asked me to find out the reason, and asked me to write a report to analyze the reasons for the decline in business taxes in five years. I had to ask the officials to go back to the market to investigate, to visit the merchants, these days I have been busy with this matter, why does His Royal Highness the King of Jin take taxes so seriously? ”

Du You smiled slightly: "Do you think he is for taxes?" “

"Or else?"

"It seems that you can only be a Jing Zhaoyin at most."

Du You shook his head and said: "Where does he want the data of tax collection, he is concerned about Chang'an's business and the prosperity of Chang'an, what he sees from the surface is not necessarily true, and the tax is the most direct and real data." ”

Speaking of this, Du You sighed and said, "This is a master who has made a difference!" ”

Du Wenxing was speechless for a while, and Du You asked again, "What are you doing with me?" ”

Du Wenxing slapped his head hard, he forgot about the business, and he hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin said that he will come to visit the head of the family tomorrow morning, I am afraid that the head of the house will not be there, so I will talk about it first." ”

Du You was stunned, Guo Song was going to come to visit him?

He pondered for a long time and asked, "Is King Jin in Chang'an today?" ”

"Here it is!"

Du Wenxing was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "The head of the family won't want to visit King Jin!" ”

"Why not?"

"But..... King Jin came to visit the Du family, what a great honor this is for the Du family, why is the head of the family unwilling? Du Wenxing really didn't understand.

Du You still shook his head and said: "You have to know, why did the King of Jin come to visit the Du family, this is the most important thing, the King of Jin came to visit the Du family is actually a gesture, not only to show respect for our Du family, but also to make other families in Guanzhong feel at ease, but the Du family must be self-aware, we are not like the Dugu family who supported him from the beginning, nor did the Xue family marry him, we can't afford to put up a stand in front of the King of Jin, he will come to visit the Du family tomorrow, it is his arrangement, but I will take the initiative to visit him today, This is the correct attitude of our Du family. ”

"I understand, I will take the head of the family to visit His Royal Highness the King of Jin in the afternoon, however, the Du family still has elders, and Du Siye is the most powerful secretary of the King of Jin to join the army."

"Du Siye's defection to King Jin is his own decision, and it has nothing to do with the family, we all know this, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin also knows it."

Du You saw that the time was almost up, so he got up and said, "Let's go now!" ”

........

An hour later, an ox cart came to Xingqing Palace, Du Wenxing walked down from the ox cart first, and then Du You, the head of the Du family, also walked out.

Xingqing Palace is currently Guo Song's temporary Jin Palace, Zhu Zhu has been living here before, Xingqing Palace is indeed very good, Guo Song feels that it is more life than Jinyang Palace, more like a big mansion, without the palace that kind of solemnity and oppression.

In the past few days, Guo Song has been reading various data in Chang'an, if you want to really understand Chang'an, there is only one way, go deeper, Taiyuan is just a transit station for Guo Song's struggle, and Chang'an is his end.

This is, a personal soldier said at the door: "Your Majesty, Jing Zhaoyin and Du You, the head of the Du family, are asking to see you outside the palace gate!" ”

Guo Song was stunned, then laughed, got up and said, "Please let him come in and wait in Wensheng Hall!" ”

Guo Song went to Wensheng Hall first, Wensheng Hall is Guike Hall, Guo Song waited for a while, and saw Du Wenxing walking briskly with a middle-aged man in his fifties.

This man is of medium stature, with a clear appearance, and at first glance he is a very shrewd and capable person, Du You stepped forward with a smile and said: "I have heard the prestige of His Highness for a long time, and when I see it today, Du You is fortunate to have three lives!" ”

"I was going to visit the head of the house early tomorrow morning, but I didn't expect the head of the house to come by himself."

"The Du family is slight, how can you make Your Highness condescend, it should be me who came to meet Your Highness."

Guo Song nodded secretly, this Du You has a clear mind and a good personality, and he is worthy of being a famous minister in the Tang Dynasty in history, he smiled slightly: "Whoever visits is the same, no need to be so red tape, please!" ”

"Your Highness, please!"

Guo Song made a gesture of invitation to Du Wenxing again, and the three of them entered the lobby.

(End of chapter)