Not long after Li Wenyuan sent Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin in front, he received a holy decree from the imperial historian in the back. The imperial historian who sent the holy decree this time was none other than the official of the imperial history platform who came to convey the holy will before Li Rail's rebellion and asked Li Wenyuan to investigate Li Rail's corruption and rebellion in detail. After Li Wenyuan received the holy decree, the official of the Yushitai stayed in Wuwei County for a meal under Li Wenyuan's earnest retention. During the banquet, the official of the Imperial History Observatory raised his glass to Li Wenyuan and said: "The performance that the Lord in Charge gave to His Majesty the Emperor some time ago seems to have made His Majesty happy. When I went to collect this decree, I saw that your Majesty had read a good word with a cinnabar pen. Presumably, His Majesty is still very concerned about Li Liang's affairs. ”

Although the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory are only responsible to the emperor for a position that is absolutely loyal to the emperor, but money can make the devil grind, Li Wenyuan's side intercepted a large number of Li Liang's stolen goods and took them for himself, and at this time, he spent a lot of money to win over people, regardless of the blood cost, in order to let himself know the emperor's thoughts and the various major events in Beijing at any time even in the border of the Western Regions. Although the night owl has developed rapidly recently, it has spread its sights to the major counties and counties of the country. But after all, the foundation is weak, and it has not been able to develop a very effective eyeliner in the Jingshi and even the forbidden school. In order to make up for this shortcoming, Li Wenyuan spent a lot of money to buy off several proclamators around Yang Guang, and the imperial historian in front of him was one of them.

"If you eat the king, you should share your worries for the king. It has been nearly half a year since Li Liang raised the flag of rebellion, but I have not been able to exterminate it, which is a dereliction of duty for me as a minister. However, during these years, the remaining county capitals were brought back under the king. I'm also preparing to use troops against Li Liang. In addition, I have a note here, which is my plan for Li Liang next. I also bothered Lord Yushi to present this fold to His Majesty. It is also good that His Majesty will no longer worry about the matter of Li Rail in the Western Regions. Li Wenyuan picked up his wine glass and touched the glass with the imperial history official and said with a smile.

"The Lord Governor is dedicated to the country, which is really a great blessing for my Great Sui. If the officials in this world can be like adults all the time thinking about sharing the worries of His Majesty the Emperor, presumably His Majesty the Emperor will be very happy. After drinking all the glasses, the imperial historian took the initiative to pour another glass of wine for Li Wenyuan.

During the banquet, the guests enjoyed themselves, and the officials of the Yushitai had important things to do this time, so they did not stay in Wuwei County. Before leaving, Li Wenyuan pointed to the two convoys outside and said to the officials of Yushitai: "These two convoys are loaded with melons and peach wine, which are special products of my Western Regions. Lord Yushi can keep one team for himself, and the remaining team will bother you to hand it over to Your Majesty for me. ”

After sending off the imperial history officials, Li Wenyuan went directly to the place where the night owl headquarters in Wuwei County was located and asked Qiu Niang: "Where are Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin now?" ”

"The news came from the warlords that they had reached the Dangjin Pass and had taken the outpost at the Dangjin Pass. Qin Qiong specially emphasized that the credit for the capture of the Dangjin Mountain Pass outpost was obtained by Cheng Yanjin and a team of businessmen. ”

Under Li Wenyuan's arrangement, now the night owl has also arranged his eyeliner in the army. However, the night stalkers in the army, known as the stalkers, are responsible for spying on the intelligence of their belligerent opponents, and their duties are similar to those of later scouts. At the same time, he was also responsible for the liaison between the expeditionary army and the rear command. The military owls are all selected talents from the night owls, and the encryption method used is also the information encryption method being used in the night owls. Therefore, as soon as the war started, Li Wenyuan simply directly selected Qiu Niang's night owl office as the general headquarters.

"Merchant? What merchants? After Li Wenyuan listened, he asked curiously.

"This is a military book sent by Qin Qiong, you can read it yourself." Qiu Niang took out a military book from the stack of books next to her, handed it to Li Wenyuan and said.

Li Wenyuan took the military book and opened it to look at it, and the above is the detailed process of the capture of the Dangjin Mountain Pass outpost: the current mountain pass post was originally a border fortress used to prevent the Hu people's surprise attack. Later, after Yang Guang added several county capitals further west, it lost its defensive role, and it had always been to guard against the Hu people, so there were no army fortifications for the invasion of the mainland. However, under the occupation of Li Rail, some simple fortifications such as horse traps, horse rejection and thistle terrestris arrays were also built again facing the interior.

I don't know where Cheng Yanjin inquired about it, I heard that when Jinshankou has always been short of materials. It was from the logistics baggage team in the army that selected a few barrels of soju and military rations and other materials. Then he chose some shrewd and capable people to take off their armor and disguise themselves as traveling merchants. claimed that he had received the favor of Li Liang, fled from Li Wenyuan's territory, and bought these materials on the road, and specially came to the labor army. This excuse actually deceived the defenders of the checkpoint to open the city gate and let Cheng Yanjin and others enter. When the defenders gathered to divide the soju and food, Cheng Yanjin and the pair of soldiers pretending to be merchants suddenly attacked. They all drew their weapons and dispersed, and the officers and soldiers guarding the sentry easily captured the checkpoint.

Li Wenyuan closed the military book in his hand and gently put it back on the table. Qiu Niang, who was burying her head in other intelligence on the side, said: "Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin's Second Army is now stuck in Dangjin Pass, so they can protect Xihe County." Now Fu Wen's Third Army has also been relocated to the Great Wall in the north to defend against the invasion of the Turks. Having settled the troubles in the south and north, I will personally go out with Zhang Juntai's First Army and Udru's Fourth Army. I was still a little uneasy when Juntai first came into contact with musketeers, after all, if they were not used properly, the musketeers were not as effective as the traditional infantry. After I set out on the expedition, the affairs of Zhangye and Wuwei counties will be handed over to you, and Xue Renyue and Qian Wentong will handle them. ”

Qiu Niang nodded and said to Li Wenyuan: "You can rest assured that the Central Plains is relatively stable now." The bandits in the territory have been wiped out under the strangulation of this half a year, and your series of policies to benefit the people have made the people return to their hearts, and now it seems that there is no instability in these two counties. However, you should be careful of the Turks when you go out this time, the news that came back from the night owls a while ago said that the Turks were not just crowned King Li Rail Khan. It seems that they also sent their elite troops who originally guarded the royal tent to join Li Liang's army. This is also the main reason why Li Liang was so smooth when he attacked Shanshan County and Jimo County. ”

Li Wenyuan nodded and said to Qiu Niang: "I have a plan for this in my heart, don't worry." You are here waiting for the good news of my triumphant return. ”

After coming out of Qiu Niang, Li Wenyuan gathered the men and horses of the two legions, and set off from Zhangye County to Jiayuguan, preparing to start the conquest of Li Rail.