A little deeper, the suburbs of Taiyuan have been covered with a layer of gray mist, frost, very cold, a cavalry team of 2,000 people is speeding north, the black rumbling world is flying around them, the wind is whistling in the ears, the thirty-mile journey flashes by, Zhang Huan suddenly waved his hand to the right, the cavalry brigade galloped into a dense forest, startled a group of birds, a row of random arrows pierced the air, and the dense forest immediately fell silent.

This is Taigu County, about ten miles from Yang Lie's military camp, a low hilly area lies between them, Zhang Huan waited in the dense forest for a moment, and a scout rushed to report it.

"General Qiyu, Yang Lie's soldiers are divided into two routes, one is about 5,000 people to the east gate of Taiyuan, and the other is he personally led about 8,000 people to the north, the whereabouts are unknown, and there are less than 3,000 people in the barracks at present."

"Got it, probe again!"

Things were just as he expected, Yang Lie was going to sneak attack Lu Qianli's army, on the other hand, he was going to occupy Taiyuan City, Zhang Huan smiled, it seemed that Yang Lie didn't believe in himself very much, and specially left three thousand people on guard.

"General, since Yang Lie has sent troops, let's go!" Li Hengqiu was eager to try, looking extremely excited, he was a belligerent man, he hadn't fought for almost half a year, and he was almost suffocated.

"Don't rush, wait a little longer."

Although he told Yang Lie that his 3,000 men were handed over to Zhang Potian, as a veteran who had led troops for many years, with his prudence, he was very likely to send scouts to inquire about intelligence, and even he had already known that his army had arrived in Taiyuan, and he only had the capital of these 3,000 cavalry.

About a quarter of an hour later, another scout came, but he was the soldier who sent a letter to Lu Qianli two hours ago, Zhang Huan reminded Lu Qianli in the letter to pay attention to Yang Lie's sneak attack,

"General. The letter has been handed over to Lu Qianli. He sent you a letter back. ”

The envelope was very thick, Zhang Huan opened it, there were two letters, one large and one small, he opened the small one first, it was a warrant from Zhang Potian Feigeon, the letter ordered them to only accept Zhang Yi's transfer of troops, and at the end he also reminded the second general. If Zhang Huan rushed to seize power. There will be no forgiveness.

Zhang Huan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, it was his own carelessness, if Yang Lie hadn't pretended to be stupid and used himself to deal with Lu Qianli, he would have died in the military camp today, it seems that Lu Qianli is really loyal to Zhang Potian.

He secretly screamed a fluke and opened the second letter, the second letter was written by Lu Qianli. Tell him that Yang Lie has surrendered to Pei Jun, and ask Zhang Huan to attack Yang Lie and divide his troops.

At this time, the second group of scouts who went to explore the way came back and reported that there was no ambush in front of Zhang Huan, but the 5,000 people sent by Yang Lie to Taiyuan did not enter Taiyuan, but went around in the direction of the northern barracks.

Zhang Huan pondered for a moment, and then immediately ordered: "Continue to the east and go straight to the East Daying." ”

Just when he was still about three miles away from the East Daying. The sky above the East Camp suddenly burst into flames, and the shouts of killing came from afar, and a scout who was lying in ambush nearby rushed to report, "Lu Qianli's army suddenly entered the East Camp. Preparations have been made in advance in the camp. The two armies are fighting fiercely. ”

"General, this is a rare opportunity. Let's go! Li Hengqiu shouted loudly, his eyes were red in a hurry, and He Lou Wuji next to him also stepped forward and said: "The two armies are evenly matched, no matter which side we help, we will win, general, you can fight!" ”

"General, let's fight!" Several generals also said in unison.

Zhang Huan gritted his teeth, he slowly shook his head and said: "If I guess correctly, Lu Qianli's main force will inevitably be ambushed on the way back by Yang Lie, but don't forget, Yang Lie has 15,000 troops in his hands, even if Lu Qianli's ambush is successful, and the disparity in strength is huge, he will definitely be defeated in the end, we only have 2,000 people, why bother wading into this troubled water, or according to the original plan, collect some defeated troops and immediately turn west." ”

At this moment, about two miles north of the east barracks, Yang Lie's large army, which rushed back to support after hearing the news, was suddenly ambushed by Lu Qianli, and ten thousand arrows were fired at the same time, and the cavalry team in front fell one after another, and Yang Lie's army was in chaos, but at this moment, the other 5,000 people who went to attack the north barracks also arrived, and they copied from the rear, cut off the ambush retreat, and a night battle between the two Hedong armies started in the eastern suburbs of Taiyuan.

On a high post a few miles away, Zhang Huangao rode a war horse, silently watching the fierce battle ahead, he knew that he could not participate in the war, even if he could get more benefits, his purpose was not this, too much trickery would only end up misleading himself.

"Go sick, are you afraid?" A gentle voice came from behind him, Zhang Huan turned his head, and a pretty face appeared in front of his eyes, her eyes were infinitely tender, and her hair fluttered in the cold night breeze.

"A little! Today I was careless. Zhang Huan smiled lightly and bitterly, "Actually, I should have thought that it has been ten days since we left Chang'an, how could Zhang Potian not guess that we would come to Taiyuan to seize power." ”

"But you don't have the urge now, I think that's more important." Pei Ying urged her to stand side by side with Zhang Huan, she smiled slightly: "Although I haven't asked about your military affairs, I am also very concerned about your next move, you can grasp the overall situation, this is the most important thing, men don't want to win the game to look heroic, appropriately make a step sometimes more horizontal, but the overall situation can't be lost, if you lose the overall situation, you will be hopeless." ”

Zhang Huan saw that her lips were frozen and bruised, so he took off his cloak and tied it for her, and saw that her petite body was wrapped in a wide cloak, and couldn't help laughing in a low voice: "What about you, have you lost the overall situation?" ”

Pei Ying pursed her lips slightly, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes, "No, when someone tied my cloak, I knew it wasn't." ”

After speaking, she smiled, turned the horse's head and rushed down the high post.

The battle quickly became white-hot, the sound of Jin Ge iron horse, the sound of killing shook the sky, the horn blew vigorously, the war drums beat rapidly, Lu Qianli's army rushed to the enemy ground line wave after wave, trying to cut off the meeting of the two armies, but at this moment, Lu Qianli was shot in the forehead by a stray arrow, planted his horse, and soon died.

As soon as the Lord was about to die, his men had no longer the will to fight, and they either fled in all directions, or surrendered on their knees, and at the fourth watch, the battle gradually stopped.

At the same time, Zhang Huan's cavalry team also opened a dense net, rushing back and forth outside the battlefield three miles, collecting the escaped horses and soldiers, with the collapse of Lu Qianli's army, they collected more and more soldiers and horses, seeing that the battle was about to end, Zhang Huan gave an order, they turned their horses, and galloped west quickly with nearly 2,000 prisoners of war and more than 3,000 horses.

Two days later, Cui Yuan's Shandong army arrived in Taiyuan, and Yang Lie received Pei Jun's order to abandon Taiyuan and go east to Lü County, where the Hebei army then occupied Fenyang County and Fenyin County, and Hedong was officially divided between Cui and Pei.

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The Tang Dynasty immediately supported the crown prince Li Miao as the emperor, because of his young age, the empress dowager Cui Xiaofu supervised the country, Cui Xiaofu immediately announced the funeral of the dead emperor Li Department, and the temple name was Qingzong, and the year name was Xuanren.

Soon after the new emperor ascended the throne, Zhang Potian announced his resignation from the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Pei Jun recommended another head of the great family, Lu Qi, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

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An army of 5,000 people arrived at the Qin-Jin Gorge on the edge of the Yellow River, where the river is urgent, and it is very difficult to cross the river.

This army is naturally Zhang Huan's Tiancai battalion, after leaving Taiyuan, the army first went south to Yonghe County in Longquan County, where is a more important ferry port of the Yellow River, put on a posture of crossing the river in a big way, but in the middle of the night, his army gave up crossing the river, quietly went north along the river, marched 200 miles, and arrived at the Qinjin Gorge in the remote area, which is his real place to cross the river, his vanguard has found more than a dozen big boats, and the Tiancai camp set up camp on the side of the Yellow River, preparing to cross the river in the dark.

Zhang Huan had just taken a breath when he heard Li Mi's laughter coming from outside the camp, "The general is false and real, but he can deceive Wei Ge miserably." ”

Li Mi and several civilian officials followed the vanguard and arrived at the Qinjin Gorge one day earlier.

"The gentleman is also imaginary, the figure is not seen, but the voice comes first." Zhang Huan greeted him with a smile, only to see Li Mi standing outside the tent with his hands behind his back, his face was full of relief, Zhang Huan did not fall into Taiyuan and got out in time, which won time for the next action, so that Li Mi felt deeply comforted, to know that the real test is not in Hedong, but in Longyou.

Zhang Huan smiled and welcomed Li Yu into the big tent, "How did Sir know that Wei Ge's army would be waiting on the other side?" ”

"It's very simple, intercepting the middle stream is the most effective means, but he wants people, horses, and money, and he will definitely not annihilate the general in the Yellow River, and he will definitely wait for the general to cross the river before surrounding, so that he will mobilize at least 30,000 troops to deal with the general, and the action is slow, which will buy the general time."

Zhang Huan nodded, "Mr. is right, but just in case, I still want to ask Mr. to go back to Chang'an." ”

He took out another letter and handed it to Li Midao: "Please give this letter to Chu Xingshui at that time." ”

Night fell quietly, Zhang Huan stood on the edge of the Yellow River, staring at the dark and dreary water of the Yellow River, the water flow was solemn, and it was going to the south, and the opposite bank was pitch black, not knowing what was hidden.

He pondered for a long time, then suddenly smiled slightly, and said to Li Shuangyu: "You still take five hundred brothers to cross the river tonight, go to the other side to make some trouble, and then make a few thousand people out of the momentum, understand?" ”