"Zhongqing, this Li Yuan, the Tang Duke of Jinyang, privately sent tens of thousands of troops to the east, and although he repelled the enemy going south, he took advantage of the situation to occupy the land of the Hetao, and also isolated my Wuyuan City on the north bank." Emperor Wen said to His Royal Highness Wenwu without any expression.

"Your Majesty, Tang Gong's use of troops this time is extremely strange, if it is a normal use of troops, it is the right way to go out of the troops of the three northern counties to attack the flank of the Turkic army. But he ignored it and suddenly sent troops to cross the Hetao to the east to resist the enemy? There must be something strange in this! I hope that Your Majesty will be able to see clearly! Prime Minister Gao Xi came out of the class and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that Tang Gong must be for the sake of the communiqué's personal vendetta, and he did it deliberately! The previous Jin King Chitose seized his Changzhi County, which is said to have provoked Li Yuan to be angry and dare not speak, this time it must be to forcibly occupy the Hetao region by resisting the Turkic troops, the Hetao is a rich place, one of the granaries in Guanzhong, and it is far stronger than that Changzhi County. Yang Su, the king of Yue, gave a speech, and his words naturally led the contradictory wind to Yang Guang, the king of Jin. said that Li Yuan's occupation of the Hetao was a personal grudge with the King of Jin. His remarks aroused discussion among hundreds of officials, many of whom nodded in agreement.

"Taifu, what do you say?" Emperor Wen looked at Yu Wenshu and asked.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Tang Duke Li Yuan has made a contribution to repelling the land of southern invasion, and he can be rewarded separately, but he cannot be rewarded for his Hetao land. Just let him occupy it first, just like not sealing Changzhi to King Jin Chitose. Yu Wenshu said simply.

"Old lady, are you saying that I should put the matter of Li Yuan's eastward crossing on the shelf? He privately expanded his territory and let me ignore it? If all the people in the world follow suit, where is the dignity of the court? It's so confusing! ”

"Your Majesty, if the old minister's prediction is good, Li Yuan's troops of Jinyang will retreat in less than two months, and Hetao will still be a territory of the imperial court at that time." Yu Wenshu replied with a smile.

As soon as Yuwen said this, the Manchu Dynasty immediately talked non-stop. Let the treacherous Yue King Yang Su also look at Yu Wenshu and show incomprehension. From his standpoint, he also does not want to see the influence of Li Yuan of Jinyang infiltrate the Hetao area, which is a great threat to the capital, and is not conducive to the future crown prince ascending the throne and controlling the power of the imperial court himself.

"Your Majesty, the old minister will follow the words of the Taifu, that is, the private grievances between Li Yuan and King Chitose of Jin, let the two of them solve it. The only one who can make Li Yuan deflated is King Chitose of Jin, and no one will seal it there anyway. The person who spoke was He Ruobi, the Duke of Song Kingdom, who first understood the meaning of Yuwenshu's words, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain Emperor Wen.

After listening to He Ruobi's addition, Emperor Wen also came to his senses, and couldn't help but smile and nod his head.

"Huh! Good! Just do what you say. Taifu, don't be idle, go down to the next court, send a letter to your student, explain what I mean, and let him think of Li Yuan to withdraw his troops and go back. As the so-called bell untie must also tie the bell! Emperor Wen was in a relaxed mood and had a smile on his face.

Yue Wang Yang Su also gradually understood at this time, and secretly said that it was not good in his heart. Such a big matter related to land, and let the King of Jin solve it, which undoubtedly shows the status and influence of the King of Jin in the heart of Emperor Wen, and this is the ability that the crown prince Yang Yong lacks.

After the next dynasty, Yang Su returned to the palace and wrote a letter, and sent his confidants to Jinyang quickly, telling the truth about the affairs of the court, and asking him to suppress the power of the King of Jin no matter what, and not let the King of Jin become bigger again.

At this time, the Helan Department was already in a miserable state at 600 miles from the Turkic Har and the Lin Ya Tent, the soldiers of the White Horse Yi Battalion all dismounted and drew horizontal knives in their hands, and slowly examined the corpses along the way, these fallen Turkic warriors were all inserted with short crossbow arrows, and some were even shot into a honeycomb, these Turkic warriors finally perished after a whole day of heroic resistance because of the lack of people and insufficient weapons, these dead Turks were not only young men, There were also many young women and teenagers around fourteen or fifteen years old, and the whole killing scene was very bloody. The souls of these people drifted into the sky with the green smoke curling from the battlefield.

"General, are these Turks all crazy? knew that it was death but still rushed forward, so he had no choice but to shoot them all. Zuo Tiancheng came to Wu Yunzhaoma, who was watching the tragic situation, and said.

"General Zuo, this Helan tribe is the last tribe leading to the Turkic tent, this is their last line of defense, of course they will resist regardless of life and death. Have you counted it, how many enemies have you killed? How much is our damage? Wu Yunzhao asked expressionlessly.

"General Yu, there are about 6,000 people who have been shot and killed by men and women, young and old, and nearly 10,000 Turkic civilians have been shot indiscriminately by our army, and there are not many surviving Turkic Tatars, and there are about 3,000 people. Our army suffered fewer than 500 casualties, and less than 100 were killed. Laihu'er stepped forward to report.

"The Turkic Helan tribe has not many people and garrisons, and the number and range of bows and arrows are not as good as our army's crossbows, plus the protection of our army's iron armor and round shields, it is only at such a small cost that this Helan tribe is captured. Collect the remains of our soldiers, concentrate on cremation, and bring back the ashes. Our army should stay here for a few days, in order to create panic in the city of its tent, and to force the retreat of the army of Shabalio Khan Wuyuan; In addition, our army was tired from marching and plundering for many days, so it was time to rest for a few days, so that when the Turkic reinforcement army approached, it would be possible to return to Yinshan Pass in one go. It's just that our army is still short of food, how to divide the 3,000 Tartars captured here? Ling Jing spoke at this time and said to the generals.

"What the gentleman said is very true, so you should rest on the spot according to the gentleman's words. General Zuo, you make a little more effort, and after the battlefield is cleared, all the prisoners will be killed, leaving not a single one. Wu Yunzhao said fiercely, these living Turks are now the biggest burden, but they can't be let go, only to kill them all.

"Obey the order, Zuo loves to do this very much! Hehe! Zuo Tiancheng turned around and hurried away after receiving the order.

"General Laihu'er will place the probe horse farther away, this general wants to know the news when the Turkic army is 200 miles away, it is related to the safety of the whole army, you can do this matter yourself, you must not slack off." Wu Yunzhao ordered here.

"Obey the order, the general rest assured, the general will personally lead the horse to the sentinel 200 miles away." Laihu'er also shouted and took the order.

"General, if the Turkic army of reinforcements divides its troops to cut off my back route, how should we deal with it?" Ling Jing, the guide and strategist of the army, was a little worried, after all, he was now far away from the foot of Yin Mountain, and it was entirely possible that he would be cut off by the Turks and retreat to the Central Plains. At this time, the Turks should react no matter how stupid they are, the Sui army is coming from the direction of Yinshan Pass.

"Sir, I have long had this scruple. It's just that not going deep into the desert is not enough to make the Turkic army return! If I had left this place sooner, the Turks would have no threat and the Turks would not have returned to the army. This risk still has to be taken, but fortunately, the desert is vast and boundless, and the big deal is that the retreat route is blocked, and our army is fighting back to the Central Plains from other directions! Besides, Luo Cheng, the son of the king of Beiping in Yanshan, led 10,000 horses to guard at the foot of Yanshan to receive the return of our army. Wu Yunzhao whispered.

"Hmmm! You can only take one step at a time. ”

After the two finished their conversation, they rushed to the newly built camp next to the Helan Ministry.

At this time, in the Tang State Mansion in Jinyang City, a handwritten letter from Yang Su of the Yue Wangfu in the capital attracted the attention of Li Yuan and a group of staff, and everyone was discussing it.

"Duke Tang, it can be seen from the letter of the Duke of Yue that the Sui Emperor and his son Yang Guangzhi are insidious and vicious, and the father and son collude to do not officially carry out the ceremony of dividing the seal but want to use Yang Guang's hand to prevent me from occupying the Hetao. The old minister thought that it was better to follow the will of Yue Gong, and before he could make a move, we would strike first. Dou Wei spoke first. In fact, judging from the content of the letter, his side has already stood on the opposite side of the Sui Court, but it has not completely torn its face, at this time, there is no need to pay too much attention to the use of soldiers, just do it for their own interests, this attitude is already the consensus of the hundred officials of Jinyang Mansion.

"Duke Tang, from the perspective of the old minister, the Sui Emperor and Yang Guang also knew about the secret alliance between my Jinyang and the Turks, but there is no solid evidence yet. It is better to enter the hinterland of the desert with the Turkic army to kill Wu Yunzhao's Baima Yicong camp and cut off the arm of Yang Guang, the king of Jin. The university scholar Wen Daya also agreed.

"What does Pei Shangshu think?" After Li Yuan thought about it for a moment, he turned to his chief staff, Shang Shuling Pei Lian, and asked.

"Tang Gong, since you have torn your face, then do it. As Yang Su, the Duke of Yue, said, Yang Guang, the king of Jin, will be my Jinyang enemy sooner or later, so it is better to join forces with Yang Gong to seek him. It is not far from the Yinshan Pass, and it is a three-day journey at most, so a general will be sent to grab the pass and block the way home for Wu Yunzhao Baimabu. Then, I, Jinyang, can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and let the Turkic army go to kill him. "Pei Lin also feels that this is the best time to weaken Yang Guang, the king of Jin, my Tang army does not fight with you directly, there are Turks looking for you desperately, this is a rare opportunity to kill people with a knife.

"Good! The opportunity is rare, and it can also avenge the robbery of my Changzhi County. Where is General Yin Kaishan? After listening to Pei Lian's words, Li Yuan thought about it, and immediately stood up and shouted.

"The end will be here." Yin Kaishan walked out of the people and came to Li Yuan.

"This duke ordered you to take 10,000 horses to attack the Yinshan Pass, and after seizing it, close the retreat gate of Yang Guangjun's army in Hedong, and not let him return with a single soldier."

"Obey the order, the last general will go to the general to send troops." After that, Yin Kaishan turned around and went out of the house to teach the military field to order troops.

"Tang Gong, this matter still needs to be informed of Sha Bo Luo Khan, so as not to cause misunderstanding when they meet on the desert." University Swan Daya suggested.

"Hmmm! I asked Mr. Yanbo to handle this matter, and my father estimated that he had also withdrawn his troops there. ”

"Uncle Yue, in order to prevent the King of Jin from targeting me, the confrontation with him in Hedong and Changzhi should be strengthened, it is better to withdraw half of the troops from the three northern counties and send them to the southern border cities." Chai Shao couldn't think of how the Jin king could force the Tang army to withdraw from the Hetao area, so he had to suggest that Li Yuan transfer the northern border troops to support the armies bordering Hedong.

"Hmmm! Si Chang's words are reasonable, I, Jin Yang, am now friendly with the Turkic Sha Bo Luo Khan, and the three northern counties do not need to hoard heavy troops to defend him, and they can be transferred to the south to prevent the Jin King from counterattacking. This matter was handed over to Tang Jian of the Ministry of War to supervise. ”

"Yes, Tang Jian did as he was told."

After the government was dissolved, Li Yuan was relaxed, he still didn't think how powerful Yang Guang, the king of Jin, was, as long as he held a few important places, even the secret arrows of the Sui Emperor's father and son could not hurt him. However, Chai Shao's heart was not so easy, and he didn't take advantage of Yang Guang several times, since the Sui Emperor handed over the matter of forcing the Tang soldiers to withdraw from the Hetao area to Yang Guang, the king of Jin, to implement, he would inevitably have means, but what kind of means would he use? Chai Shao couldn't guess this question for a while, so he returned to the Horse Mansion with a heavy heart.

"Let's go back and ask the clever ghost people again!" Chai Shao thought in his heart, now he regarded this brother-in-law as his own brain.

It's just that Chai Shao hit a wall this time, and Li Shimin didn't give him a good suggestion after thinking about it for a long time. Chai Shao had no choice but to put this matter aside and wait and see how things develop!

Also waiting helplessly is Yang Er, who lives in the Beiping Wangfu of Zhuo County.

"The rooster crows and pouts, and the rooster crows and pouts twice. Three voices swapped out of the East China Sea Sun, sweeping away the remnants of the stars and the dawn moon. Well, it's time for Sister Dai to compose a poem. In order to relieve the boredom of waiting for news, Yang Er led Chuchen and Wang Dai to start a poetry contest with the theme of livestock in the courtyard. Wang Dai, who was confident that she had some literary skills, had never seen Yang Er's strength, so she happily responded to the battle, and she had to smile bitterly and accompany her sister Dai to fight with Yang Er.

"Hehehehehe!" As soon as Yang Er's poem came out, it made the second daughter laugh loudly, and Chuchen even laughed so much that her stomach hurt. After following Yang Er for so long, he knew Yang Er's talent, which was a monster that defeated hundreds of talented people in Luoyang. I never thought that such a funny and ridiculous poem would be chanted at this time. was even more annoyed by Yang Er's strange movements accompanied by the chanting of poetry, and the laughter also attracted Zhong Jian outside the door.

"Husband, where is your poem! Is this also called poetry? Are you pooping or laying eggs when you pout? Wang Dai's smile trembled, her eyes watered, and she asked breathlessly.

"I'm a, okay! After the third call, the sun came out and brightened the sky, who? Who lays eggs? This poem is called "The Golden Rooster Announces the Dawn", which is Zhu ---'s famous poem" Yang Er hurriedly defended and almost called out the name of the original author, Zhu Yuanzhang. It's no wonder that these two beauties laughed, this Zhu Yuanzhang was originally an illiterate emperor, and the poetic conception he read out of his mouth was indeed worse.

"I can't write a poem today, your egg poem is enough for my sister to laugh for three days, and I will compare it if I don't laugh in the future." Wang Dai stopped laughing and finished speaking, ignoring Yang Er's angry expression, and dragged out of the house to go shopping.

"Brother Shi, your poem is really almost hard. It was so loud that the guards outside the house burst out laughing. Zhong Jian mended the knife.

"Zhong Jian, you, you, you go out, you can't teach your son!" After Yang Er finished speaking, he raised the folding fan in his hand and was about to hit Zhong Jian, but Zhong Jian turned around and ran out of the smoke when he saw it, and almost bumped into someone when he stepped out of the threshold. I saw that although this person was short and fat, his body was still dexterous, and he only let Zhong Jian's round body pass by it in a flash, and he was not hit.

"Lord, what are you?" It turned out that the person who walked in was Wang Yi.

"This king has taught this dead fat man a lesson, it's okay, what's the matter with Lord Wang?"

"My lord, Lord Yuwen has passed the word, saying that the Wuyuan Turks have withdrawn their troops, and Li Yuan of Jinyang has taken advantage of the situation to cross the Yellow River westward, repelled the Turkic soldiers and horses who crossed the river, and occupied the Hetao area."

"Huh? Li Yuan did not take the opportunity to intercept and kill the Turks, but he took the Hetao area with his sword. Hum! What a calculation! ”