After Chai Shao left all the fishermen who made the sheepskin raft, he reconfirmed the distribution of benefits after the war with Sha Bo Luo Khan, and then returned to Jinyang with Li Shimin and a few retinues. But through two days of observation, Li Shimin gradually became more and more depressed from the initial fun.

"Brother-in-law, we are all Han Chinese, why do we want to help the Turks fight the Han Chinese?" Li Shimin rode a horse and followed behind Chai Shao, muttering quietly.

"Alas! My brother-in-law doesn't want to do this either! But you have to do it for self-preservation, and you'll understand when you grow up. Chai Shao also felt extremely awkward in his heart, especially when he saw the barbaric generals in the Turkic army, if they were allowed to enter the Hetao Plain area, it would be tantamount to a tiger chasing sheep, and it would bring endless disasters to the Han people. But after being the gate valve of Jinyang, he had to temporarily give up everyone to protect his small family for his own interests. After all, his father-in-law's side has been squeezed out and hit harder and bigger, and the distrust of the imperial court has always existed, if he doesn't take advantage of the chaos to become a big force, he can only be eliminated in the end. But these simple truths are not yet the time for Li Shimin to know.

"Brother-in-law, the people of the world really shouldn't tell you about the sheepskin raft, those Turks are really a barbarian people. In the future, when the people grow up, they must be driven back to the northern grasslands. ”

"O people! You need to be able to think like that. ”

Hedong Luzhou Mansion.

Out of courtesy to the friendly generals, Ding Yanping of Huo County sent a deputy flag of the Chinese army with a token to rush back to Luzhou with Wang Xuan and several others, and at the same time reported Huo County's preparations to Da Sima Pei Shiju by the way. Because of the opening of the way by the officers of the Jin army, Wang Xuan and others soon arrived at the Luzhou Mansion.

After meeting Pei Shiju, the chief official of Hedong, Wang Xuan also gave a brief description of what he saw and heard in Jinyang to Pei Shiju and Liu Wenjing. originally thought that Pei Shiju and other Hedong officials would feel nervous because of this, but they didn't want these two to laugh after hearing it.

"Two adults, all kinds of signs indicate that Tang Gong Li Yuan secretly communicated with the Turks, and it is okay to ignore my Wuyuan City, and it is also possible to let go of a road to the south and let the Turkic cavalry directly attack the Hedong region, and I hope that it is appropriate for your lordship to make plans as soon as possible." Wang Xuan reminded puzzled.

"Huh! Thank you, General Wang, for your kindness. As for Li Yuan's private peace with the Turks, our Hedong has long been prepared, and the general should have seen in Huo County that our army is preparing to attack Jinyang at any time. If Li Yuan sent troops or let the Turks go south, I had a total of 4 men and horses in Huo County, Pu County, Jiexiu and the western foot of Taihang Mountain, and no less than 150,000 elite troops would fight back, and it would be possible to capture him Jinyang City in one fell swoop, so Li Yuan did not dare to make a move that violated common sense. Pei Shiju said with a smile.

"In that case, can you ask your Excellency to send troops to attack the flank of the Turkic army or cut off its food routes?" Wang Xuan asked again.

"No, our Hedong Jin army must pass through Li Yuan's territory when attacking, and Li Yuan will definitely block our army's northern expedition. Besides, without the will of the Great Sui court, how could he move troops to Tang Gong without authorization. Liu Wenjing hurriedly objected.

"What a pity! Isn't it sad that His Royal Highness the King of Jin has hundreds of thousands of troops who can't be used to protect my Great Sui rivers and mountains, and let the Turkic iron hooves trample on my great rivers and mountains? ”

"Huh! General Wang is bad! My lord King Jin is the prince of the Great Sui, how can he stand idly by in the face of the invasion of the Tartars. Although my lord is now a guest at the king of Beiping in Zhuo County, he has already ordered the Jin army Bai Ma Yi to go out of the Yinshan Pass from the battalion of 20,000 elites, and hit its Har and Lin Ya tent directly from behind the Turks. After speaking, Pei Shiju stroked his silver beard and looked at Wang Xuan with a smile.

"Ahh Isn't it a repetition of the Han Dynasty's Huo Hu's move of riding thousands of miles to attack the Xiongnu royal city? If it can succeed, it will be the first merit of my Great Sui and Turkic battles! The end will be admired. Wang Xuan got up with a look of surprise and hurriedly saluted Pei Shiju and Liu Wenjing.

"Okay, General Wang doesn't have to rush back to Wuyuan first, now that Wuyuan City has been surrounded by the Turks on all sides, you can't go back, it's better to wait for my General Wu Yunzhao in Luzhou to arrive, and it's not too late to return when the Turkic troops retreat." Liu Wenjing also smiled and said.

"It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, and the last general is waiting for the good news to arrive in the pavilion."

Subsequently, Pei Shiju ordered the little officials in the house to lead Wang Xuan to rest at the Luzhou Pavilion Station. After sending Wang Xuan away, Pei Shiju and Liu Wenjing discussed another matter.

"Mr. Zhaoxing, in your opinion, what does the lord mean by visiting Luo Yi, the king of Beiping, this time? Do you have any news from the Zhuozhou Military Intelligence Department? ”

"Lord Sima, the lord is a great talent, how can this small county in the east of the river allow the dragon to take off? The lord has already looked at the entire Great Sui world, according to the news reported by Wang Yi of the Qianhu in Zhuozhou, our military intelligence department, hehe! This land of Yanyun is already in the palm of the lord's hand. Liu Wenjing couldn't suppress her excitement and said to Pei Shiju with a smile.

"So good! That's great! In this way, the entire territory of the Great Sui has been completely in the hands of the lord except Luoyang, Jinan, Jinyang, Nanyang, Hanzhong and Yizhou. With such a large territory and a large population to manage, it seems that my Hedong Royal Academy has to expand its enrollment again. Hehe! ”

"Yes! Hehe! Hehe! The two of them couldn't help but laugh loudly in the house.

Just when the two adults in Hedong were talking about the world, Yang Er was continuing to talk to the third girl in the room about "The Story of Liaozhai" that he couldn't finish last night. Through this period of communication with Luo Yi, the king of Beiping, and his wife, Luo Yi basically reached a consensus with Yang Er on mutual assistance and mutual assistance with the encouragement of his wife Qin. Of course, there is always one premise, that is, Yang Er ensures that he can ascend the throne as emperor. In addition, there are two prerequisites: first, the title of King of Beiping will be retained and hereditary, but the army will accept the central reorganization and return to the state; The second is the marriage of the two families.

In Yang Er's eyes, this Luo Yi is actually the peasant thought of later generations, thinking about how to ensure his own one-third of an acre, and has no far-sighted vision and ambition. After Yang Er made a verbal assurance in person, the Qin family first smiled and narrowed his eyes, and then what else did Luo Yi disobey? Just for the sake of safety, under his hint, Yang Er directly set up a written note for the two elders.

In this way, Yang Er's intention of going to Zhuojun was completely achieved, but because Luo Cheng did not return, it was inconvenient to leave for a while. The only thing Yang Er can do now is to look forward to the good news of Wu Yunzhao and Luo Cheng coming back every day, according to the agreement between Yang Er and Luo Yi and his wife, once Luo Cheng has military merits this time, he will take Xiao Luo Cheng back to Beijing to be crowned. And he also wanted to give Luo Cheng a higher military position in the Jin army. These are not a matter for Yang Er, and even in front of the second elder, Yang Er has already promised Luo Cheng the high position of the deputy general of the battalion of Bai Ma Yi, and his position is only under the main general Wu Yunzhao, which is not high.

When he was bored, Yang Er started the mode of telling stories to everyone again. Today's talk is about "Promoting Weaving", a "Liao Zhai" is basically about to be finished, of course, the most terrifying section of "Painted Skin", Yang Er never dared to tell the three girls. It's better to get out of the dust, and the old forest Taoist temple in the deep mountains can be passed, and it is estimated that it can be accepted. But Wang Dai and Abeyi will definitely be stupid. Why? It's not that in this era, when it gets dark, in addition to the dim candle flame in the house, the surroundings are really pitch black! Tell ghost stories that can scare people to death in this environment.,It's strange if you don't scare these two ancient Loli to death! If there is really a good one, Yang Er has to regret dying.

When he was concentrating on speaking, Zhong Jian broke in and whispered in Yang Er's ear: "Brother Shi, General Wu Yunzhao has a letter over there, and the military academy with a letter is waiting in the front hall!" ”

"Okay, brother, I have something to do, stay in the house well, and I'll talk about it later." Yang Er had to get up and say to the third girl.

"Young master, go and come back quickly, Xiao Yi still wants to know what happened to that cricket?"

"Okay, I'll be back in a minute." After speaking, he followed Zhong Jian and hurriedly went straight to the front hall.

When I arrived at the front hall, I saw a young officer who looked like a flag officer from the battalion with a white horse was drinking water, and wiped the water traces left on his mouth with his sleeve from time to time. Suddenly heard footsteps, hurriedly put down the teacup and turned around to bow to Yang Er. Yang Er's Jin army had already abolished the old hierarchy of kneeling when seeing the official, so this low-level officer did not have to kneel to Yang Er.

"This king recognizes you, you are Wu Xing, an officer in General Yunzhao's confidant, come and sit down and talk." This person was originally a general of the Wu family, and served in the White Horse Camp with the head of the family, Wu Yunzhao.

"Lord Wang, the villain has no letters, only a message from the general."

"It's okay, it's just news."

"Lord Wang, my general has crossed the Yinshan Pass, led a large army to attack on the desert, and before the small one came, he had already defeated several Turkic villages and tribes, and captured a lot. Now all the seizures are under the care of General Yanshan Luo Cheng. My general was afraid that the prince would wait for a long time, so he ordered the villain to return in the starry night to report. ”

"Where is General Luo Cheng now? Come and show it to the king. With that, he led Wu Xing to a detailed map spread out on the desk in the back hall.

This map was specially asked by Yang Er to find someone to draw it by Wang Yi of the Thousand Households of Zhuo County, although it was a little rougher, but the general location was still clear.

"Lord Wang, General Luo's residence is here." Because the location of the Yinshan Pass and a curved path out of the north of the mountain were clearly marked in the map, Wu Xing easily found the point where Luo Cheng camped.

Yang Er then used his pen to draw a small circle on the location of Luo Cheng's camp on the map. Then after a rough look at the geographical locations on the map, he said, "Hmm! Not bad. The campsite was good, on the main road into the mountain. The king feared that he would set up his camp in the mountains for the next few days, and if that were the case, it would be all over. ”

After looking at it again, he put down the picture and said to Wu Xing easily: "Wu Xing, you go down with Zhong Jian to rest first." After resting, I will go back, this time I will wait for General Yunzhao to return in General Luo Cheng's camp, and by the way, I will tell Luo Cheng that I will always pay attention to the Turkic soldiers attacking at night. There may also be a general of Li Yuan in Jinyang. Tell him that no matter who the enemy general is, he must bring back the heads of a few generals to this king. There is also an old saying, which is to kill less and catch more. ”

"Lord Wang, don't worry! Tomorrow morning, I will return early, and I will definitely bring the words of the prince to General Luo Cheng. Wu Xingli stepped forward and replied.

"Zhong Jian, choose a good horse for Wu Xing tomorrow morning. Let him rest in your room tonight. ”

"Okay, brother Shi, Wu Xing's kid will be handed over to the younger brother." After speaking, Zhong Jian went out with Wu Xing in his arms.

Yang Er saw that the two of them had gone out, so he looked down at the picture again and gestured with his finger, thinking, this Wu Yunzhao has run far this time! I'm afraid that it is already about to reach Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia in the future. The news of the attack on the backyard is probably already on the way to Wuyuan City! I hope I can get out of danger in time. It's not good if it's early, it's even worse if it's late, I hope Yun Zhao and Ling Jing can handle it accurately.

While thinking, he returned to the study, and sure enough, the three girls were still looking at the door, waiting for him to come back and continue the end of the story!

Outside the Wuyuan City here, everything is still as calm as ever, and the Turkic army seems to have suddenly lost the idea of attacking the Wuyuan City, just to prevent the Sui army in the city from suddenly killing out, and it has been nearly ten days in a row, and they have not come to attack the city. This situation is tantamount to torment for Changsun Sheng in the city. On his side, he didn't dare to relax for half a minute every day, but the opponent lost interest in the city in his mouth, so he only besieged it. Seeing that his subordinates were becoming demoralized day by day, he was like a deflated ball. What annoyed Changsun Sheng the most was that he had no idea what was about to happen.

"Marshal, will the Turks divide their troops and go elsewhere, or bypass Wuyuan to attack Shuofang?" Yuan Ying was also puzzled by the current situation, and couldn't help but guess.

"Judging from the current situation, there is no shortage of food and grass in the Turkic army for the time being, and judging from the Turkic soldiers and horses besieging the city, there are indeed at least 20,000 people missing, but I don't know where these 20,000 people have gone. Ben Shuai is worried about this missing centaur. The most likely thing is to bypass Wuyuan City and smuggle across the Yellow River to attack Shuofang City, I hope that General Pei Lao can find the Turkic cavalry in time and hold Shuofang. Alas! We'll have to wait and see now. Changsun Sheng reluctantly gave his own judgment.

"Dashuai, the ferry and the boats along the river have all been sent to the south bank, where one of Pei Shuai's generals is stationed, how can the Turks cross the river?" Liu Fang said with some disbelieving.

"I hope so! Let's go, down town. After that, Changsun Sheng took a group of generals to the city, and it was useless to look anxious at the head of the city.

On this night, the summer night sky was full of stars, and a bright moon illuminated the earth. The two warring armies did not disturb each other, and the battlefield was extraordinarily peaceful. But under the cover of the night, by a glimmer of white moonlight, thousands of Turkic foot soldiers were all shirtless, with scimitars hanging from their waists, and each carrying a sheepskin bag full of gas, bulging like carrying white balloons.

It took less than an hour to reach the beach five miles upstream of the ferry port on the north bank. The flat beach was suddenly covered with white inflatable parchment sacs, and then these scattered parchment sacs were soon strung together one by one, and each 50 parchment sacs formed a square block, which became a sheepskin raft capable of carrying 40 soldiers, and was propelled into the river, where it floated steadily. Immediately afterwards, 40 elite Turkic soldiers lay on the sheepskin raft with their scimitars in their mouths and began to paddle the raft towards the center of the river with their hands. Everything appears to be well trained.