Li Xin came here to inspect this place because he wanted to take the opportunity to restore the cluster county system. If it can succeed, it will be able to push the northern defense line of the Tang army to the north of Yanshan in one fell swoop, and greatly improve the security of Daijun, Shanggu, Quang Ninh and other places. In addition, for some county towns that have been abandoned, he has to selectively recover first before schooling, only in this way can he prop up the stalls here and ensure that things will not be interrupted by foreign enemies in the future.

"Your Highness, General Liao sent someone to deliver the news that Murong Ping led an army of 50,000 to attack the pass day and night. General Liao, please rest assured that he will never let the enemy cross a step! When Li Xin stood on the top of the mountain and looked out, Tu Qi came over from below and reported.

"Excellent! Tell him that this king believes in his ability, and let him do it well! Li Xin nodded and ordered.

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, I saw a lush green scene below, and it was the time when the air was hot, and it was also the time when everything was growing and flourishing. So, the scene in front of me looks much more comfortable.

From where Li Xin stood, if you go further north, you will not be far from Yehu Ridge. A place that has left its name in the history books before, and it has shone in future generations. From here, he has already entered the realm of the Hu people.

In that year, the Yan State defeated Donghu and forced it to retreat thousands of miles away, so this place belonged to Shanggu County. By the time of Han Gaozu, because of the siege of Baideng, it was a failure in the battle with the Xiongnu.

Therefore, for many years to come, this part of Shanbei has not been recovered. And now, if it weren't for the Tang Army's troops, I'm afraid that even this place under my feet would still be the territory of the Hu people.

"Is there any movement over there?" After looking at it for a while, Li Xin asked.

"At the beginning, when we sent troops, Daiguo did have a voice that wanted to send troops to attack us. However, General Li personally sat in Xihe County, and Dai Guo had to take into account our soldiers and horses in the west and south first. In addition, later, we won big victories one after another, and Daiguo did not dare to send troops after all! Tu Qi replied.

"Shi Yiqian is a smart man, so he knows what to choose, especially since he has a group of capable courtiers under him. So, it's not surprising to me that such a move would be made. Of course, it's a good thing for us to be smart now, but when we wait until later, it may not be a good thing! Li Xin said slowly.

"Also, the officials sent by Wang Shangshu and them to take over the places have already arrived one after another, and now they are waiting for Your Highness to summon and admonish them!"

"In that case, let's let them all gather in Heicheng! By the way, there is a secret order here, you should send someone to Li Erhei immediately! After a deep sigh, Li Xin commanded.

The Pingcheng side is relatively intact, and the population is relatively much larger than that of the surrounding counties.

Li Xin decided to place the county administration of Yanmen County in Pingcheng County in the future, after all, this place was more capable of controlling the counties outside the Guanguan than Guannei.

As for the county administration of Dai County, it was moved to the old Sanggan County. In this way, the control of Dai County and Yanmen County will be more appropriate.

Whether it is Yanmen County, Dai County, or Shanggu County, in fact, they were all large counties in the past, and there were many counties under their jurisdiction.

But this time, Li Xin can only choose the most important place to recover first, and move the population of each county to the newly restored counties.

Of course, when the population increases in the future, more and more counties will recover.

After returning to Pingcheng from Zhangjiakou, he personally met with the officials who had been sent to the cluster. Many of these people were young people, and after a year or two of observing the government in Chang'an, they were sent to other counties to serve as officials.

In this way, you can basically accumulate some administrative experience. Of course, some of them were transferred directly from other county magistrates. After all, some particularly important county seats, such as Pingcheng, Mayi, and Fuyang, still have to have experienced people to serve as county magistrates

In addition, Li Xin also merged Quang Ninh County into Sanggu County. In this way, in the area of Taihang Mountain and Yanshan, the Tang army will have three important counties: Yanmen, Dai, and Shanggu.

These three counties will become important border counties for the Tang army to shield the north and Yan State, and they will be very important to ensure the safety of Taiyuan, Xinxing, Pingyang and other places in the Guannai.

Once these places have a stable environment, they will soon be able to recover and develop.

Today's Datang, everything is based on development. When the first three-year plan was realized and fruitful results were achieved, Wang Meng and the others spontaneously formulated the next two three-year plans without Li Xin's instructions.

After Li Xin's review and addition, the plan was officially approved. Now, the entire Datang is proceeding in an orderly manner according to this plan, but not many people know the details behind it.

Li Xin talked to these officials, encouraged them, and then had a meal with them, which moved them to a great extent.

After all, although many of them were able to see Li Xin in the past, they were only watching from a distance, and they couldn't talk so closely!

Seeing that he attached so much importance to these places, these officials were naturally greatly encouraged in their hearts, and one by one they became ambitious, vowing to do something great to repay Jun's kindness.

In the land of Pingcheng, Li Xin stayed for two hours. In addition to meeting with these officials, he mainly inspected the surroundings of Pingcheng with Liang Cheng, and gave a special explanation to some important places, especially Wu Zhousai to the west of Pingcheng.

Then, he marched westward through Wu Zhousai and rushed directly to Shanwu County to meet with the general who replaced Shao Zisong's town guard. Then he turned around and went south from here back to Mayi County, and then went directly to the customs again.

After such a toss, it was already the end of May.

After Li Xin returned to Guannai, he decided to go to Shangdang to have a look, and by the way, meet Liu Hai and listen to his views on the situation in the Yan Kingdom in the east.

Liu Hai has been in the cluster since he was sent to the Shangdang a few years ago. There is no way, Shangdang is too close to Yecheng, and this place is the main road into Taiyuan Hedong and other places, so Li Xin is really not at ease when it is handed over to ordinary people.

And just halfway through, Li Xin received a message from the staff secretary Kuaima, which may be bad news for Tang Jun.

"Huan Wen's army was defeated, and it retreated to Xuchang and Chen County?" After hearing Tu Qi's report, Li Xin couldn't help frowning, and while asking, he opened the secret letter in his hand and looked at it.

After reading MeSign, Li Xin understood what was going on.

Huan Wen was defeated more miserably this time, tens of thousands of troops lost their armor and returned, and when he went to Xuchang and other places, there were only thousands of remnants left around him.

Moreover, because he was in the same place with Huan Chong before. Therefore, this time the defeat was even heavy losses on Huan Chong's side.

The army of 80,000 when it went north at the beginning is only about 30,000 when it comes to now. If this is not a big defeat, Li Xin doesn't know what a big defeat is.

"Actually, Huan Wen was not defeated at the beginning, and on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, he began to march north, and he had constant contact with Murong Chui's army. But these fights were basically the Yan army was about to collapse at the touch of a button, and after Huan Wen saw this, he thought that the Yan army was finally vulnerable, so he pursued it vigorously. In the end, when Murong had conquered the territory of Puyang and Dongyan counties on the south bank of the Great River, he had already planned it and launched a full-scale counteroffensive. After the first battle, the Huanwen army fought hard, and finally fled back! Tu Qi explained on the side.

"Huan Wen himself has a lot of soldiers and horses, even if Yuan Zhen's soldiers and horses are not mobilized, he and Huan Chong together will not be less than 40,000 people. Coupled with the naval army that arrived from Huainan, Xiangyang and other places in the later period, it should not be too bad in terms of troops! Why was it so completely defeated? Li Xin thought for a moment and asked.

This is a trap, undoubtedly a trap set by Murong Chui, first using Sheng to paralyze Huan Wen's mind, and then setting up an ambush to defeat Huan Wen's army in one fell swoop.

But with the current soldiers and horses in Murong Chui's hands, it is obviously not easy to set up such a large ambush circle.

In particular, not far to the south of Dongyan County are Jishui and Suishui, which was originally the place where the Jin army could play a full role.

As long as these two rivers are guarded and the naval army is supported on the surface, even if the war is unfavorable, Huan Wen can still lead most of the men and horses to retreat calmly on the boat!

"Naturally, it can't be done with the soldiers and horses in Murong Chui's hands, but the problem is that this time the operation is also the Huangfu Zhen's department that Murong Ke sent to Luoyang before. This time to ambush Huan Wen, it was obviously Murong Chui who acted after discussing it with him. In the process of continuous retreat, Murong Chui actually led an army of 30,000 to quietly leave the Tiger Prison Pass from Luoyang to the east, and then marched east along the river to the territory of Dongyan County. When Murong Chui and Huan Wen fought, he led people to kill from behind Huan Wen, and finally the battle situation became like this. Tu Qi replied.

"Huan Wen is bent on winning, especially after hearing the news of our big victory, he must be fierce and fierce, and he doesn't want us to overshadow his prestige, so he fell for Murong Chui's plan. Otherwise, such a simple plan to lure the enemy into depth, even if Huan Wen can't see it, Xi Chao and they will definitely try their best to dissuade it. Hearing this, Li Xin completely understood, and couldn't help sighing.

"Then should we send troops to help them? After all, if Huan Wen is defeated and retreats to Jiangling, I am afraid that this alliance will end here. Especially since we won in the north, and they came back with a big defeat, I'm afraid we won't be able to get over the face, and it will not be easy for us to meet each other in the future! After thinking for a while, Tu Qi said.