When Li Wenzhong saw that Xiong Kuohai was captured, he was horrified, and he didn't dare to entangle with Yue Fei.

At the same time, Zhou Dewei also led tens of thousands of elites to kill from behind, and when he saw that the back road was cut off, the morale of the Xia soldiers was exhausted, and they threw away their weapons and begged for surrender.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, father and son, under the protection of Li Wenzhong and Tang He, fought desperately to break out of the siege and fled into the mountains. As for the 30,000 elite Xia troops they brought, less than a thousand remnants of the soldiers escaped from the encirclement, and the rest were either killed or captured.

After the news of the annihilation of Zhu Yuanzhang's division was transmitted back to Xingyang, Dou Jiande, who was already exhausted because his beloved daughter was captured, vomited blood again and fell into a coma, and a dark cloud shrouded Xingyang City.

And Yang Gao in the Sui army camp is not having a good time at the moment. Although Luoyang was victorious, he also received another piece of information at the same time.

Xue Ju, the overlord of Western Qin, mysteriously died violently, and was succeeded by his son Xue Rengao. However, Xue Rengao was cruel and murderous by nature, and had deep contradictions with many generals under his command, which led to the instability of the army. Li Shimin took the opportunity to lead the army to a decisive battle with Xue Rengao, and broke Xue Rengao in the shallow water plain, Xue Rengao had no choice but to lead the army to surrender and was escorted to Chang'an by Li Shimin for beheading.

The fall of Western Qin shook the rule of Li Rail in Hexi like a chain reaction, and Li Rail's general An Xiuren rebelled, captured Li Rail and escorted him to Chang'an.

After reading this information, Yang Gao's face was solemn, and he shouted outside the tent: "Go and invite Mr. Liu and Mr. Fang quickly." ”

The guards outside the door answered, and hurriedly went to invite Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling to come over.

The two walked into the big tent one after the other, and Yang Gao lightly circulated the information in his hand to the two. After reading it, the faces of the two also began to become solemn.

"Li Yuan, a thief, rebelled against Guanzhong and became the emperor, except for the last time he sent the crown prince Li Jiancheng to lead 30,000 elite soldiers into Jingxiang, he never used troops against Jingxiang again. This is not because he is unwilling to go to war with my Great Sui, but because Xue Ju and Li Liang have pinned down a large number of his troops and he has no troops to send. ”

Fang Xuanling said with a solemn face: "Right now, Xue Ju and Li Liang have been defeated one after another, Li Yuan's rear is stable, and now that the battle situation in the Central Plains is undecided, it is very likely that he will also come in to stir up the situation." ”

Yang Gao nodded and said: "I'm not afraid that he will come to the Central Plains to stir up trouble, I have 200,000 troops here, and I'm afraid that he won't succeed." I'm worried about Jing Xiang. ”

Liu Bowen shook the feather fan lightly and said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, Nanyang is guarded by the 80,000 army of the king of Changping County, and Wuguan is a dangerous pass in the world, so there is no big problem here. Zhang Xun of Yiling County defended the city well, and the garrison also had forty or fifty thousand people, and the Tang army of Bashu would not fight by water, so they could only march by land, and I believe that Zhang Xun should be able to withstand it. It's just that Longzhi, who is stationed in Xicheng, has only 20,000 defenders, and the Tang army has gone through Shangyong Road once, and this time it is very likely that it will break through from here again. ”

Yang Gao bowed his head and said: "Yes, I have already assessed Li Mi and Zhang Shuye, who rushed to Xingyang two days ago, are good talents. I decided to promote Li Mi to be a member of the military department and a Taishou of Xicheng County, and to serve as a military advisor in the Longzhi army. In addition, Zhang Shuye was crowned as the Taishou of Langya County to assist Di Renjie in governing Xuzhou. ”

After a pause, Yang Gao coughed his throat and said, "In addition, do the two Aiqing think that Xue Ju's violent death has anything to do with Li Tang?" ”

Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling said in unison: "It's definitely related." Xue Ju is a fierce general on the battlefield, how could he die violently for no reason, it must be Li Tang who sent assassins to assassinate Xue Ju. ”

Yang Gao responded: "The two Aiqing and I think the same. Since Li Yuan's rebellion, he has repeatedly used assassins to assassinate his great enemies. I was also assassinated in Nanyang in the past, and if it wasn't for General Tianbao's rescue, I would have died in Huangquan at that time. ”

Fang Xuanling said worriedly: "Most of the assassins are people in the rivers and lakes, and we don't know anything about the means of acting, if they really assassinate them, their methods are really unguardable!" ”

Yang Gao said in a deep voice: "In view of this situation, I plan to establish a secret army to recruit people from the rivers and lakes with a lot of money, under my direct command. An assassin who specializes in fighting hostile forces. As for the name, let's call it Jinyiwei! ”

"Jinyiwei, good name!"

Liu Bowen said with a smile: "However, Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, and Weichen thinks that he should appoint someone as the commander of Jinyiwei to handle the daily affairs of Jinyiwei." ”

Yang Gao said without thinking: "My guard Zhanzhao was born in the rivers and lakes, this person is strong in martial arts and understands the rules of the rivers and lakes. should be able to shock those unruly warriors. In addition, Dai Zong, who delivered the letter for me last time, is also a strange person, so he will also go to Jinyiwei as a deputy commander to assist Zhanzhao! ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that His Majesty's purpose of establishing Jinyiwei is right, but Weichen thinks that Jinyiwei's power should be restricted to a certain extent."

Fang Xuanling raised his worries: "In case someone in the Jinyi Guard is not on good terms with others, he will take the opportunity to frame him and frame his enemy as an assassin sent by Li Yuan. This will go against His Majesty's original intention of setting up the Jinyi Guard, and will also cause dissatisfaction and misunderstanding among the subjects of the world towards His Majesty. ”

"What Fang Qing said is extremely true." Yang Gao nodded in agreement: "Jinyiwei has too much power, and there will indeed be bad consequences. Therefore, I decided that the Jinyi Guard established in the future only has the power to arrest and not the power to interrogate. Once the offender is apprehended, he is immediately transferred to the Penal Department, which is responsible for hearing and convicting him. ”

Fang Xuanling arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty is wise! ”

Yang Gao waved his hand and continued: "In addition, now that midwinter is approaching, the weather is cold, and Dou Jiande will not move troops at this moment. I decided to go back to Jiangdu, one to deal with the deployment of Jingxiang, the second to set up the Jinyi Guard, and the third to arrange the imperial examination for the spring of next year. ”

Liu Bowen arched his hand and asked, "I wonder who will command the 200,000 troops in the Central Plains after His Majesty returns to Jiangdu?" Who returned to Jiangdu with His Majesty? How many guards are needed? ”

Yang Gao said lightly: "Xingyang to Jiangdu have been recovered by our army, and the Great Sui is still stormy at the moment, and I don't want to talk about any pomp." General Tianbao and Shen Guang can lead the 3,000 internal guard frigates, and Xuan Ling will return to Jiangdu with me. ”

Fang Xuanling immediately arched his hand and said, "Weichen obeys!" ”

Yang Gao continued: "As for the Central Plains, I decided to have Xue Rengui as the main general, Chang Yuchun, Li Jing and Yue Fei as the deputy generals, and led the army to continue to confront Dou Jiande. ”

Xue Rengui is Yang Gao's master, and his prestige in the army is not even inferior to that of veterans such as Lai Hu'er and Yang Lin. ”

Yang Gao suddenly remembered something again, and said lightly: "In addition, bring Dou Jiande's daughter Dou Xianniang to me." Dou Jiande doesn't seem to plan to retire for this baby daughter, the military camp is mixed, and it is difficult to guarantee that there is no Xia Jun spies, so I will take her to Jiangdu to be strictly guarded this time. ”