"Minister Yang An, knock to see Your Highness!" After entering the hall, Yang An hurriedly knelt down and bowed. "Excuse me! There is no need to make this great gift between monarchs and ministers, we don't have so many rules in Datang! Speak up! Li Xin nodded and said.

"Your Highness!" Yang An stood up at this time.

"When you asked the king for asylum, you were quite frightened, but now it seems that it is much better than it was then. At least, this calmness is not comparable to ordinary people! I heard that you have made a lot of contributions in the army, and now that you are a general, it seems that the decision to send you to the army was the right one! This also found a general for my Datang! Li Xin looked at the young man in front of him and smiled.

"Your Highness has a good reputation! If His Royal Highness hadn't taken in the service and given the minister a chance to serve, the minister would not be where he is today. Over the years, the minister has learned a lot in the army, and he is grateful to His Highness! Thinking about repaying His Highness's kindness day and night, it's just that there is no chance! Yang An bowed.

"Be loyal to the country and kill the enemy on the battlefield, this is to repay the king! Give full play to your ability and contribute to the strength of Datang, this is the best way! Li Xin was very satisfied with his attitude.

"Yes, the minister must fight bravely to kill the enemy, serve the Tang Dynasty, and be loyal to His Highness!"

"I brought you here, I have something for you to do! Presumably you should have heard that Qiu Chi Gong Yang Shi sent an envoy to me before, and this time when he saw my Tang Dynasty and Jiang Zuo fighting, he turned his face and attacked again, and dared to send troops to attack my Tianshui County! What do you think should be done? Li Xin looked at him for a while, and then said slowly.

"Those who dare to offend the might of my Tang Dynasty should be destroyed!" Yang An almost just pondered for a moment, and then replied simply and clearly.

"Good! However, Qiu Chi was originally your homeland, and the people were your people, if they were destroyed by my Tang Dynasty, would it be a good thing for you? It is necessary to know that the country of Qiuchi is destroyed, there will no longer be the Qiuchi royal family, and there will only be Qiuchi County in the future! Li Xin was quite satisfied with this answer, but he still asked.

"The enemy pool abandons the minister, not the minister abandons the enemy pool! Since the day the minister was sheltered by His Highness, he has been a minister of His Highness, and he has nothing to do with Qiu Chi anymore. As long as His Royal Highness orders, the minister is willing to lead the army to the west, sweep away the Qiu Chi and become the land of my Tang Dynasty! Yang An was silent for a moment this time before he said in a deep voice.

"Well, that's what the king wants. You are familiar with the geography of Qiuchi, mountains and rivers, this time this king appointed you as the general of Pingxi, and led an army of 30,000 to fight against Qiuchi~ and take Qiuchi as soon as possible! To restore my stability in the west! "That's what Li Xin wants, so he should order.

"Obey orders!" After Yang An received the order, he turned around and left. In the hall, only Li Xin and Tu Qi were left.

"Your Highness, is it a bit inappropriate to really hand over this matter to him?" After Yang An left, Tu Qi asked.

"O king of the dead country! His resentment towards Yang Shi and them can be imagined, not to mention, he is a smart person. What he saw was not personal enmity, but the strength of our Datang that could not be stopped. Even if he doesn't take the task, someone else will. And he, integrating into the Tang Dynasty is the best choice, Qiu Chi will eventually become history, this is an undoubted thing! In contrast, Li Xin was much more relieved about Yang An.

In June, Sima Xun and others, who were originally sent to Jiankang, were ordered by Huan Wen to be beheaded to show the public as an example.

Huan Wen gathered at this time, especially after hearing that all forces echoed him and attacked Li Xin together, he felt a sense of high spirits for a while.

He led his army to be stationed outside the county seat of Lixian, and before, Jingzhou Assassin Shi Huanhuo had already rushed here from Jiangling first. At this time, Huan Wen personally arrived, which meant that the battle between him and Li Xin was finally about to start.

In the past ten years, Li Xin and Huan Wen have maintained a good relationship, and I am afraid few people would have thought that the two would meet like this one day.

Huan Wen led his army out of the west of Lixian and rushed all the way to the bottom of Kuiwen Pass, while Li Xin watched them from above the gate.

Kuiwen Pass, also known as Chentang Pass, is a pass east of Wuguan. It is located in the remnants of the Qinling Mountains, bordering the Funiu Mountains to the north, the relatively flat Nanyang Basin to the south, and the water flowing through it to the west.

If you go all the way south from this water, you can enter the Yangtze River, and it is precisely because of this that the Jiangzuo naval army can go all the way from Jiangling to Nanyang in the past. When Huan Wen attacked Guanzhong Fu Qin, he marched like this.

It is not the first time that Huan Wen has taken this path, in the past, Kuiwen Pass has always been in his own hands, and it was originally used to defend the outpost of the Tang army. It's just that it was captured by the Tang Army before, and now it has become a key place to block his northward journey.

Standing outside the Guancheng, Huan Wen and Li Xin above the Guancheng looked at each other from a distance, and after looking at it for a while, Huan Wen slowly stepped forward and came to a place hundreds of meters away from the Guancheng.

"Li Hantang, my father personally led the army here today, I guess you know the intention of my father! In the past, although you and my father had their own affairs, they had a lot of friendship after all, why did they come to this? Why did he take advantage of the fire to rob and invade the land of Liang Yi of the imperial court? Huan Wen seemed to be questioning.

"Duke Huan's words, this king is also puzzled! When he was last year, the first person who proposed the alliance was Huan Gongye, and then he formed an alliance with Murong Ke, and the one who reneged on the alliance first was also Huan Gongye! On that day, the king said that the responsibility for breaking the alliance lies with Duke Huan! Since we are not allies, with our identity, it is unlikely that we will be friends! As for the invasion, no, this king was invited by Sima Xun, the assassin of Liangzhou, to quell the rebellion in Liangyi's land! Li Xin stood at the head of the city, looked down and said lightly.

Hearing this, Huan Wen couldn't help but be angry in his heart, and immediately said: "Ridiculous, Sima Xun rebelled against the imperial court, he is the rebel of the imperial court, what qualifications does he have to say about this rebellion?" Moreover, the land of Liang Yi is the land of the imperial court, even if there is anything, it should be solved by us, and it has nothing to do with your Datang! ”。

"What Gong Huan said is wrong! The world has been divided for a long time, and everyone has been fighting and fighting back and forth for hundreds of years. The people are poor, the people are not living, the world is hungry, like my husband, I should have fixed the world a long time ago, restored the mountains and rivers, and let the people live a stable life again! However, throughout the years, the incompetence of the Jin family is obvious to all, since you can't achieve the overall situation of the unification of the world, then it will be up to me Datang to achieve it! It was the first time that Li Xin had spoken so directly in front of people about his intentions.

After all, since all the forces are against you today, it is better to shout your own slogans, anyway, the target is them!