For two days and two nights, the Hexi Army crossed the Yellow River and captured Tongguan, the commander of the Tang Army, Li Shentong, was seriously wounded, the deputy general Liu Chongli was killed, and the 30,000 troops surrendered either to death. When Li Jiancheng heard the news, he was afraid of falling into the predicament of being attacked from the north to the south, so he left Yin Kaishan and Wang Bo to guard Fengyi County, and personally led the army to reinforce Tongguan; The Hexi Army held the pass to the death and fought hard for seven days, but the Tang Army was never able to capture it.

And Li Jing launched an attack on Fengyi County, Wang Bodang attacked the camp for three consecutive nights, all were repulsed, and the cavalry generals Zhao Qin and Wang Suoluo were killed, and they lost their peripheral positions, and Li Jing surrounded Fengyi County. The cavalry of the Hexi Army was good at maneuvering, and Li Jiancheng was afraid that the Hexi Army would cut off the back road, so he was forced to lead the main force to withdraw to Huayin County; After stabilizing his position, Li Jiancheng sent Li Mi to lead the army north to rescue Yin Kaishan, Wang Bodang and more than 7,000 Tang troops, and Fengyi County and Chengcheng County were conquered by the Hexi army.

Li Jiancheng redeployed, he and Li Mi sat in Xiaqi, and ordered Yin to open the mountain to guard Huayin County, and Wang Bodang to guard Yongfengcang; Obviously, Huayin County and Yongfengcang are the stage goals of the Hexi Army in this campaign, which can not only lock the Tang Army west of Huayin, but also get the grain from Yongfengcang, what Li Jiancheng wants to do is to delay time as much as possible.

The problem is that Chang'an is full of powerful lords, and whenever the enemy army approaches, they can't bear it more than ordinary people, so they take turns asking Li Yuan to send someone to negotiate peace with Yang Chong, and Zhao Guogong Duhu is lucky to win the lottery. Duhu usurped Tongguan and arrived in Hedong County, where Yang Chong sat here, thinking that Jiang had taken backup; When Duhu arrived, he learned that Yang Yanshi's Hubu battalion had all been withdrawn to Hedong to replenish, and the old Wagang generals Meng Rang, Hao Xiaode and others had already arrived in Hedong.

Yang Chong has a lot of people on the Internet this time, Hao Xiaode, Meng Rang, Li Wenxiang, and Yuan Baobao met Cui Minshou, Tianqi and others on the way to escape, and went to Hexi after reading Yang Chong's handbook; Liu Heimin took a little pain, he was captured by Wang Shichong's army, Peng Moyun disguised himself and rescued him from the Sui army; The hero Xu Shiren took the initiative to come as a representative of Meng Haigong. Because Hao Xiaode and others were unwilling to come alone, they gathered a team of tens of thousands of people before they came, so they arrived in Chang'an half a month later than Li Mi.

Yang Chong arranged for Yuan Baobao to go to Shizhou to assist Yujuluo, and organized the Wagang army into four battalions, and Meng Rang, Hao Xiaode, Li Wenxiang, and Liu Heimin served as the county duke of Qi County, Pingyuan County Duke, Liyang County Duke, and Qinghe County Duke respectively, each leading a battalion, and continued to send people to Shandong and Henan to recruit the old department.

For the arrival of Duhu usurpation, Yang Chong made a high-standard reception and held a banquet in the county guard's mansion, accompanied by Wang Ji, Cui Minshou, Kou Jiuhui, Duhu Huaien, Yuwen Chengdu, Yang Yanshi, Meng Rang and others. Duhu knew in his heart that Yang Chong was not giving himself a chance to talk in private, so he had to ask in front of the public: "Yue Guogong, are you going to destroy Chang'an in one fell swoop?" ”

Yang Chong put down his wine glass and said: "It's up to you, if the noble gate lord of Chang'an wants me to enter Chang'an, you will negotiate the conditions with Li Yuan, if you feel that Li Yuan is okay, I will want Huayin County and Yongfeng Cang." Didn't Li Yuan surrender to Wang Shichong and be willing to restore the Great Sui Emperor? I should still be able to make some concessions, but I'm not greedy, there is no way to get Yongfengcang, the people of Hedong and my people want to eat. ”

Duhu asked suspiciously, "Are you telling the truth?" ”

Yang Chong spread his hands and said with a smile: "Then what do you want me to say, you will believe it?" ”

The two laughed, and Duhu said: "Yang Chong, the scene of our first meeting in Chang'an is vivid, and in a blink of an eye, you have become powerful in the world." ”

Yang Chongjing Duhu usurped wine and said: "You know, that's not my ideal, it's just that some people don't give an inch, I don't support the army and respect myself, how many times have I died a long time ago." Zhao Guogong, to say a superfluous word, the Son of Heaven is dead, Yuhai Zhai should be dissolved, if you want, we can set up another firm to do business. ”

Duhu took a sip of the wine in the toast and laughed: "You can let Queen Xiao live in the building, why bother with those people in the Xiao family." ”

Yang Chong's eyes were clear, and he said without a hint of alcohol: "I don't want to die less in Xuzhou and Jiangnan in the future." ”

Yang Chong said so naturally, everyone was shocked, Wang Ji and Cui Minshou had expected it a long time ago, but they became the most normal two people; Duhu was silent for a long time and said, "I understand what you mean, Chang'an will not delay you for too long." ”

Duhu usurped back for four days, and Wen Dayou arrived in Hedong. There were changes in the Fufeng battlefield, Du Yan sent Zuo Nandang and He Bawei to lead 5,000 cavalry to help, Zhuge Quan ambushed Shao Jianghai, the great hero of Qishan, and conquered Qishan, Liquan, Shangyi, and Taibai in one go; Dou Liang was worried that the back road would be cut off, so he left Sigong to join the army Jiang Xuan, and the county ordered Dou Xuan to defend the city, and led the army to withdraw from Yongxian. After the break, Chai Shao and Shi Danai killed the enemy generals Tong Shizheng and Hun Gan, but they were broken by Xie Yingdeng and Dong Axing, Chai Shao and Shi Danai escaped, and the 3,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry troops were all wiped out.

Dou Liang re-deployed in Xianyang, Yongxian County ordered Dou Xuan to worry about a massacre like Longxi, and finally destroyed the Dou family, so he contacted the clansmen, tied Jiang Xuan, and led 5,000 troops and horses to surrender; Zhuge Quan occupies most of Fufeng County, as long as Xianyang is laid, you can see the gate of Chang'an, Li Yuan can only be good as a stream, send Wen Dayou to negotiate.

Wen Dayou agreed with Yang Chong to re-establish Yang Yu as the emperor, Tang King Li Yuan as the prime minister, Yang Chong accepted Huayin County and Yongfeng Cang, and negotiated peace with Li Yuan; The Taiyuan side was bounded by the existing chassis, and the same truce. Except for Yang Chong's group of henchmen, the officials on both sides felt incredible, and it was not until Wang Shichong mutinied and killed Yuan Wendu, Lu Chu, Guo Wenyi, Zhao Changwen, Pei Renji and others that everyone suddenly came to their senses.

If Li Yuan was still Emperor Tang, Wang Shichong would inevitably kill Yang Tong to change the dynasty, but now, he had to endure it, so as not to become the target of public criticism; Qu Tutong, Huangfu Wuyi, and Cui Deben fled to Hedong successively, and Pei Xingyan was killed by Wang Deren of Weizhou on the way to escape. Qu Tutong and Cui De were originally reminded by Cui Minshou, and it was expected that Yuanwen would not succeed, and he would escape from Tianqi all the way; Huangfu Wuyi fled to Tongguan alone, unable to go to Chang'an, and had no choice but to cross the Yellow River to Hedong.

Yang Chong had already included Huayin County in Fengyi County, and ordered Li Jing to be the general of the right Yiwei and the guard of Feng Yijun, Yang Yanshi replenished 5,000 people, and the Hubu battalion was transferred to Tongguan in exchange for Jiang Duo's Zuo Yiwei army; Cui Minshou replaced Song Jingang as the guard of Linfen County, and ordered Song Jingang and Liu Yun to go to Jiangjun to concentrate, take over the war horses, armor, and horse lance sent by Hexi, and train 10,000 cavalry.

Everyone can see that Yang Chong is waiting for Xu Shiji's decision, and Wei Zheng took Shan Xiongxin's handwritten letter and went to Liyang to persuade in person; The other warlords were not idle, Jia Yanfu of the Tang Army, and Zheng Ying sent by Luoyang, all of whom were running around Xu Shiji and his subordinates.

(End of chapter)