"Mao Gong, if Poor Dao thinks well, you and I will be calculated by others. The people behind them have the hand of the sky, and we are all chess pieces in the game! Wei Zheng shook his head and said with a sigh.

"Alas! It's just that we are still in a dream, and we don't know who the chess player is? It's useless to stay here for a long time. Xu Maogong shook the feather fan and said to the old man, and couldn't help shaking his head again and again.

"Military advisor, now there is no possibility of seizing the mountain, why don't you take advantage of the food in your hand to withdraw the troops, and make a quick decision to retreat." Qin Qiong also knew that she couldn't continue, and seeing that Xu Maogong didn't say anything, she couldn't help but step forward and propose.

"That's it! As Shu Bao said, the food in our army is not enough to continue, and there is only one way to retreat. Second brother Shan, we have tried our best, but there is nothing we can do! Xu Maogong was extremely sad when he said this.

"Well, it's not that we don't want to, but that God wills it. Tomorrow will be the grain and grass divided, everyone will go back to the mountain, if any brother is in trouble in the future, you can go to Erxian Zhuang Shan somewhere to pass a message, Shan will help if he is busy! This time, Shan thanked all the brothers for their help. As he spoke, he turned to everyone and bowed his hand to everyone.

Wagang Mountain.

"Hurry up and report to the main general, the soldiers and horses under the mountain seem to have retreated." Liang Shitai saw that the green forest village under the mountain seemed to be very different from the past, and he saw that there were people of different sizes leaving the village.

After a while, Li Jing, who got the news, and Wu Tianxi, who was resting on shifts, hurriedly climbed to the mountain gate and looked down the mountain.

"Huh! The stupid thieves finally retreated. The order was sent down, and after he all withdrew, our army went down the mountain to reoccupy the wall under the mountain, and the pursuit was useless. Li Jing ordered with a smile.

Liang Shitai and Wu Tianxi also laughed when they heard it.

In less than a day, the men and horses of the green forest at the foot of the mountain were completely evacuated, leaving only a mess in the land. Liang Shitai led 2,000 men and horses down the mountain to recapture the wall under the mountain and rearrange the defenders. At this moment, he rode over from a distance, and from the small flag he was carrying on his back, this was a messenger from Jiyuan Mansion in Hebei, which was getting closer and closer, and Liang Shitai ordered to open the city gate and let him in.

This Jiyuan messenger knew Liang Shitai, hurriedly dismounted, and handed over a letter to Liang Shitai. He followed the junior colonel of the Chinese army to the side to rest.

Liang Shitai looked at the envelope and knew that it was a handwritten letter from Yin Lu Zhaolin of Jiyuan Prefecture to General Li Jing, the general of Wagang, so he did not dare to delay, and hurriedly took his entourage to the mountain to see Li Jing.

At this time, Li Jingzheng and Wu Tianxi were discussing matters such as the defense of Wagang after the war and going to the surrounding areas to check the damage after the war, and suddenly saw Liang Shitai hurriedly running into the hall with a letter in his hand, so he stepped forward to take it.

"Good! All right! What a Wu Yunzhao, what a Hou Junji! Sure enough, the two generals took the opportunity to seize the more than 300 miles of land. My Wagang Mountain is no longer a nail in the front line, but now it has become the rear. Two generals, take it and take a look! Li Jing roughly read the letter from Lu Zhaolin, and then handed it to Liang Shitai and Wu Tianxi with a smile.

"General, although the lord's strategy is exquisite, the three of us have made wedding dresses for the two of them! Hehe! Liang Shitai saw what was written in the letter and couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes! I dragged 20,000 horses and horses from the green forest here, and the second generals Hou and Wu took advantage of this to attack and then swept away all the heroes and warriors within 300 miles in the name of the green forest, so that this large piece of land was owned by me in the east of the river. We are no weaker than the two of them. Li Jing turned around and sat down on the main seat of the hall, and waved his hand for Wu and Liang to come over and talk.

"The offensive and defensive battle here is over, only one general needs to be stationed here, according to what Lord Lu said in the letter, you and I will be separated again." Li Jing said that he looked at Wu Tianxi and Liang Shitai, his eyes were quite unbearable, through these months of getting along, the three of them have their own advantages and complement each other, and they cooperate very well. Now they have to disperse according to Lu Zhaolin's orders.

"Although the three of us are separated, fortunately, the new garrison is not far from here, and we can meet at any time. General Liang, according to the order, you will lead 2,000 men and horses to still guard the village in Wagang, General Wu will lead 1,000 men and horses to Liyang City, 50 miles away, and this general will lead 1,000 men and horses to Luokou City to assist General Hou Junji to guard Luokou to prevent Wang Shichong of Luoyang. Ladies and gentlemen, there is no feast in the world, and the three of us will have a drink tonight, and tomorrow we will each go to our new posts. ”

That night, the three of them drank heartily and got drunk.

Early the next morning, Li Jing and Wu Tianxi, under the escort of their respective generals, each led 1,000 soldiers and horses down the mountain and went to the east and west.

At this point, with Yang Er as the commander-in-chief, the first battle of the Central Plains ended successfully, and the purpose of the campaign was completely achieved. Wu Yunzhao is the main general, Jiao Fang and Wu Kui are the deputy generals, and he commands 30,000 troops to defend Jizhou Weicheng (that is, Jizhou Yecheng during the Three Kingdoms of the Han Dynasty), and to the north can cooperate with the soldiers and horses of Taihang Mountain in Hedong to sweep the entire Jizhou, and to the south can see the Tangbi of Shandong, which cuts off his intention to develop to the north, and can go south at any time to attack the Jinan Mansion of Tangbi. Wu Tianxi led 5,000 troops and garrisoned Liyang City to prevent Tang Bixi from entering the Henan area, and closed the gate of its westward entry. Li Jing was the main general, Hou Junji and Wu Bao were the deputy generals, and 10,000 men and horses guarded Luokou City in Henan, blocking the road for Luoyang Wang Shichong to enter Shandong in the east and Jizhou in the north. Coupled with the original Wagang cottage site where Liang Shitai was stationed, these people guarded the newly occupied land tightly, and others could not get their hands on it.

Yang Er's desk at this time was a map marked with garrisons everywhere, which was sent by Lu Zhaolin's new dispatch. Yang Er couldn't help nodding his head frequently when he saw the placement of personnel in several places, and it was probably the same for him to assign people.

"Hey ---" Yang Er let out a long breath, slowly closed the map, and thought: "The battle of Wagang is finally over!" I have finally walked out of the fiefdom and taken the first step to determine the world, how will the court view itself? What will my father say about himself? What should the ambitions of the world think? ”

"Brother Shi, my little sister heard from General Hu'er that the attack on Wagang Cottage by Lulin Daohui ended in a big defeat, and Brother Shi gained a lot of benefits because of this. Thinking that after this battle, the younger brother and the green forest have formed a deep enmity, and even the surrounding feudal towns and powerful people no longer dare to despise the younger brother. If the little sister guessed correctly, I am now in Shandong, and the world brother must have the idea of plotting Shandong Tangbi? Izumi asked softly as he turned on the lamp and candle on the table. At this time, Abeyi was laying out the pillow quilt for Yang Er on the bed in the back.

"Huh! Sister out of the dust, how can others hide your brother's thoughts from you, this Shandong territory is called Tangbi monopoly, and it is really a top three. Needless to say, the Tang Wall of Jinan Mansion is not to mention, Langya County, which is south of Jinan Mansion and borders the sea, a large area of rivers and mountains is now occupied by the heroic hero Xu Yuanlang, who is not subject to the command of Tang Bi; Donglai County, which faces the sea to the east of Jinan Mansion, is occupied by a heroic man named Wang Bo, with tens of thousands of soldiers. In addition to understanding the people's feelings, why not help Tang Bi sort out the land of Shandong by the way? You might as well tell your sister that Langya County is almost owned by her brother. This time he went straight to Donglai County, and he wanted to see Wang Bo, the famous king of Laizhou in the rivers and lakes. If you say that Wang Bo is obedient to me, then sister, you think about it, there is only one Tangbi in Jinan Mansion left in Shandong, and it is not the meat in my brother's mouth. Yang Er euphemistically told Chuchen what he thought in his heart, and Chuchen was stunned when he heard it, and he didn't know that the iron stick that plucked the wick of the candle in his hand didn't move.

Seeing this, Yang Er slowly reached out and took the iron stick in Chuchen's hand, lit the wick by himself, and then said: "Although the idea of being a brother is good, it will take time to succeed, and there is no need to rush for this year or two." ”

At this time, Abeyi, who had made the bed, brought in a basin of washing water from the outside room, ready to wait for Yang Er to finish washing and go to bed.

"Alas! I don't want this bright and peaceful world on the surface, but it is indeed early to lay down these many crises, and there are many people with hidden ambitions like Wang Shichong, pity the people of the world! The dust eased up, and couldn't help sighing for the people of the world, and then shook the dust in his hand and walked out of the room lightly.

At this time, the Jinyang Tang State Mansion was already in chaos, and Li Yuan was throwing the book in his hand in the palace, and he couldn't stop scolding: "Yang Guang bullied me too much!" I swear to kill you! ”

"Yuezhang, now tens of thousands of Jin troops have occupied the three cities of Zhongshangdang, Qinyuan, and Jiexiu in Changzhi County, Jinyang, and Niexian, Wuxiang, and Xianghuan were originally in the hinterland of Taihang Mountain, which is actually the sphere of influence of the bandits in Taihang Mountain, and now Taihang Mountain has been owned by the Jin King of Hedong, so that my Jinyang Changzhi County has almost been occupied by the Jin army in Hedong. Now there are only two strategies, one is to immediately send troops to drive out the Jin army of Pei Yun's army, which has not yet gained a firm foothold; One is to immediately go to the Sui Emperor and let the Sui Emperor order Hedong to withdraw from Changzhi County. Please make a decision! Chai Shao stepped forward to appease the angry Li Yuan, and at the same time offered two methods for Li Yuan to choose.

"Pei Shangshu has something to say?" Li Yuan quieted down a little, and after listening to Chai Shao's advice, he looked at the silent Zhongshu Ling Pei on the side.

"Tang Gong, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to my Jinyang! Not to mention the Turks who are enemies of the world, there are four Jin soldiers and horses south of my Jinyang alone, one is the Luosong Department of Puxian County on the western front; the second is the Ding Yanping Department of the Jin Army of Huo County in the middle road and the Pei Yun Department of Jiexiu; These three Jin armies directly confronted me head-on. There is another place where soldiers and horses do have to be guarded, that is, the Jin army of Taihang Mountain, it is said that the Jin army hidden in the hinterland of Taihang Mountain has reached 200,000, and a new general named Xue Wanche has been appointed. If there is a war, the Jin army of Taihang Mountain will inevitably attack and harass the east of our Jinyang, and our Jinyang will face a passive situation where the soldiers are scattered and fighting separately. Therefore, the lower officials did not advocate sending troops to fight. However, the Sui Emperor can try it all the way. Pei Lin was also quite embarrassed in the face of such a war situation, he didn't expect that just for a small attack on the border people, the teenage Jin King Yang Guang didn't take the current emperor in his eyes at all, and dared to risk the world's disapproval to stir up a war, provoking the feudal towns to fight each other, he was really not afraid of causing chaos in the world!

"If the emperor favors him, what should he do?" Li Yuan obviously didn't give hope to Shangshu, after all, they were father and son, how could Lao Tzu not favor his own son? At the beginning, the king of Jin fell in love with Hedong County, which originally belonged to Jinyang, and he was not the emperor of Lao Tzu and forcibly occupied it from his own hands with a word.

"Duke Tang, if the King of Jin does not return my Changzhi County, then don't blame me for being unjust. General Yin Kaishan can be ordered to use troops in the Hetao area and wait for an opportunity to capture Wuyuan and other fortresses. General Liu Hongji shouted out of class, at first he suggested that he should send troops to attack Hedong, but now he was counterattacked by Yang Guang, the king of Jin, and occupied Changzhi, Liu Hongji was angry when he thought about it.

"No, now is not the time to stand up to Sui Ting. However, you can take the lead in reconciling with the Turks, and if Changzhi County cannot be recovered, then unite with the Turks to attack the Wuyuan region to make up for the pain of my Jinyang's loss of Changzhi! University scholar Wen Daya said.

"Hmmm! Mr. Wen's words are exactly what I mean. Emperor Sui was originally suspicious of me, how could he speak for me. Now that his son has come to persecute me again, I am really a soft persimmon when Li Yuan is a soft persimmon. Mr. Yanbo is proficient in the Hu language, so I ask Mr. Yanbo to send an envoy to the Turkic Shabalu Khan for me, and explain the intention of making a truce and reconciliation. "Li Yuan has figured it out now, he wants to be independent sooner or later, why should he still guard the border for Sui Ting like before? It's better to plan early, do the art of riding the wall, and ask for the price on both sides.

"Uncle Yue, my son-in-law does not agree with the strategy of colluding with the Turks, I and Sui Ting are brothers and sisters, and the Turks are aliens! Think again. Chai Shao saw that it was not the head, and he felt bad, and he was busy talking to stop it.

"Okay, virtuous son-in-law, my father-in-law has his own measure. The matter of sparse Sui Court also depends on you, see what Emperor Sui said. Li Yuan was slightly dissatisfied with Chai Shao's obstruction, but he was also ready to see the results of his own dispersion before deciding whether to unite with the Turks, which was a compromise strategy.

Let's talk about Pei Yunbu, who attacked Changzhi County.

Because Jinyang faced the Turkic imperial border, the elite soldiers were all transferred to the three counties of the north to defend it, and there were not many regular troops left in Changzhi County, and they were all very weak government soldiers. Where are these soldiers the elite opponents of the tens of thousands of vanguard battalions in the vast sea of Hedong. The war was like a devastating trend, and soon occupied several large counties in Changzhi County. In addition, Xue Wanche of the Jin army in Taihang Mountain was dispatched by Pei Yun, and sent troops to directly take over several large mountainous counties in the jurisdiction, so that the entire Changzhi County was occupied by the Jin army in Hedong, and Li Yuan's forces were completely driven out of Changzhi County, and they were more and more distant from the Central Plains. Xue Wanche ordered his younger brother Xue Wanchun to lead 50,000 elite Jin troops from Taihang Mountain out of the mountains, and cooperated with Pei Yun's troops to strengthen their control over the newly occupied areas and strictly prevent Li Yuan's Tang army from attacking. In this way, the total strength of the Jin army occupying Changzhi County reached more than 100,000, which almost completely broke Li Yuan's idea of retaking Changzhi County.

The county capital of Changzhi County is Changzhi City, which is now the area where Pei Yun's main force is stationed, and the Xiongkuohai is now leading the 6 deputy generals of the original Taihang Mountain to guard the boundary and rest the first line, leading 30,000 elite soldiers to carry the Tang army of Fenyang City head-on, and the two armies face each other across the Fenyang River without fighting. After the original Wagang guards Pu Guzhong and Fei Tianxi were captured by Lu Zhaolin, they were escorted to Luzhou Prison for custody. At this time, the two also followed Pei Yun's army and became the deputy general of General Wei Wentong, each leading 3,000 elite soldiers to garrison Qinyuan County, more than 100 miles south of Jiexiu, as the reserve army of Jiexiu Xiong Kuohai.