The door of the secret room was opened again, and the old grandson walked down with a pot of boiling water, and said unhurriedly: "The palace master ordered that the gold should be sent to me first when it arrives in Chang'an; In addition, take away all the subordinates of the king of Lujiang County in the vicinity, this is an ordinary house, and it will seem very abnormal if there are onlookers every day. ”

The three of them actually had old man Sun in uniform, and they had the idea of seeing if the old man in front of them was true or false, but none of them dared to move; The palace master is a devilish character, and even in the Li family, he recorded information as thick as two feet. Before Li Yuan set off, Li Yuan repeatedly told him not to try to find the answer to the mystery, and the consequences were likely to be unbearable for Li Tang. The high roller smiled all over his face, agreed, quickly put away the bamboo tube with his hand, and asked Old Man Sun to hurry up and buy some food such as sauce meat and cooked steamed buns, and prepare to leave Chang'an early tomorrow morning.

Yang Chong is very depressed these days, the net is cast, the fish, the birds, not a single one has been caught, but when he sleeps, he has a very embarrassing dream, when he opens his eyes, he doesn't remember when Yuan Raider came in, but when he woke up, he found that Yuan Raider was sitting on the edge of the bed, watching his son Yang Xin step on his stomach, laughing non-stop; The little guy saw his father being trampled on by himself, smiled and put his feet together, jumped again, was caught by Yang Chong, and threw himself into Yang Chong's arms.

Yuan Xiren hugged his son who was dancing and urged: "Get up quickly, Jiang Fei's face is old, I don't dare to let people think that my mother is expensive with her son, and she tempts men to delay things every day." ”

The joy of Qi people, the trouble of Qi people, Yang Chong had no choice, sat up and asked: "What's wrong, is it that the Turks are coming?" I didn't get a tip from the front. ”

Yuan Xiren glared at Yang Chong angrily and said, "Li Shimin defeated Dou Jiande, my uncle is in the front yard, waiting for you to get an idea." ”

When Yang Chong heard that it was really a big deal, he touched his son's head twice, got out of bed and dressed, washed up, and came to the front yard. Yuan Wei and Yang Wang were tasting the Touqu millet wine treasured by Yang Mansion, and when they saw Yang Chong coming, Yang Wang smiled and said: "It's okay, Dou Jiande fell into the divisive scheme, listened to slander, killed Nayan Song Zhengben and the general Wang Fubao, the 100,000 army was defeated by Li Shimin, the general Gao Shixing was killed, and the strategist Liu Bin was captured. ”

Yang Chong couldn't help but complain in his heart, it is estimated that Xie An was also so calm when he heard that Fu Jian's army was heading south; Yang Chong sat down on the chair and said, "Now it depends on how Dou Jiande's subordinates choose, whether to continue to maintain a Xia Kingdom independently, or to defect to me or Li Shimin, and I will go to my brother to discuss later." ”

Yang Wang nodded, Hebei is the Cui family's sphere of influence, so the Cui family can't do nothing; Yuan Wei was born as a military general, and he was concerned about the prediction of the battle situation, and asked Yang Chong: "Can Li Shimin capture Liyang?" ”

"I don't know." A trace of melancholy flashed in Yang Chong's eyes and said: "According to the pre-setting, as soon as Dou Jiande is defeated, Xu Shiji should arrange for the people of Liyang and Huaxian to go south with the grain from Liyang Cang and prepare for war." In my opinion, we and Li Shimin are in a long-term war, and any mistake may change the outcome. We don't care about the gains and losses of a city, we can just be ourselves. ”

Yang Wang said with a smile: "Once you succeed and your bones are dry, if you win this battle, you will have fewer battles and fewer deaths in the future." ”

Yang Chong suddenly realized that the two of them came not because they were worried that they would not be able to deal with Li Shimin, but because they were worried that they had the kindness of a woman, estimated the casualties of the people and the army, and refused to make those cruel moves. Yang Chong shook his head and smiled, in front of these political cattle, he was still a little tender.

Yang Chong could still laugh, and Yuan Wei had to admit that Du Yan's unprovoked confidence was strong and correct; Yang Chong met with a lot of people that day, and only arranged one thing, sending Tianqi to Song Jingang's right Xiaowei with his own orders, and ordered Song Jingang, the general of the right Xiaowei, and Liu Heimin, the general of the right Xiaowei, to act according to the plan.

On the day the news came, Yu Shinan and Zhang Qingte in Chang'an said that they would join the Hexi Army, and in the following ten days, there were fast horses every day to send the latest news, Dou Jiande's left servant shot Qi Shanxing, the right servant shot Pei Ju, Xingtai Cao Dan and Dou Jiande's wife Cao Shi led the officials and subordinates of the Xia State to Beiping to surrender, entered the land of Shandong, and handed over the eight seals of the Xia State.

Wang Xiaohu, the military general of the Xia State, offered Le Shou, Fan Yuan offered Qi County, only Liu Ya, Yin Qiu, Shi Zan coerced He Chou, Ouyang Xun led more than 4,000 troops to defect to Xu Shiji, but the people who fled to Liyang from Hebei counties were as many as 30,000 or 40,000 people, all of whom were arranged by Xu Shiji to carry grain and grass, and under the escort of 8,000 guards, they went to Hanoi County and Henan County by different routes. After Yang Chong discussed with Fang Xuanling, Jiang Duo, and Yuan Wuji, he just gave Li Jing an order to go north to attack Shandong.

After Li Shimin collected more than 100,000 soldiers, he immediately commanded an army of 80,000 to go south and attack Liyang; This is in line with the prediction of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, Hebei has been fighting for many years, and the harvest in the two states of Youji is lacking, Li Shimin attacked Liyang, one is for the grain storage of Liyang Cang, and the other is for the crops on the north bank of the Yellow River, which will be harvested in one month, which can be used as military food. The Hexi Army immediately mobilized the army and the people to seize the grain from the tuntian and the government, even if it was early, and it could be used as fodder.

The common people looked at the attitude of the Hexi Army, many people followed to harvest their crops, and the local mansion reported to Chang'an, Yang Chong's heart was filled with a trace of sadness, but there was nothing he could do. At both ends of the Shi clan in Hebei and Shandong, they have always been a springboard among several forces, and in this case, they will neither fight a decisive battle in Liyang, nor can they allocate money and food to help the people, so they can only watch the people wander all over again.

Yang Chong once thought that as long as his advantages were determined, he could pass on the throne and determine the world, but reality gave him a blow; Whether it is an ideal or a greed, the nobles everywhere have their own ideas and refuse to make any changes until the end. On the contrary, like Henan, which was washed by Zhu Cang and Wang Shicongest, it accepted orders more thoroughly in all aspects, and the common people, like the people in Hexi, believed in survival first.

A large number of people poured into Luoyang, prices soared, and the severity faced by the household department was no worse than that of the Liyang front, Fang Yanzao finally adopted Fang Xuanling's suggestion to rebuild Luoyang, build a new workshop on a large scale in Luoyang, solve the surplus labor, and provide relief for work. Li Shimin's army is coming, the local magnates in Luoyang are very cautious, and most of the workshops launched by Henan County have been taken by the major money houses.

The two sides fought fiercely in Liyang for half a month, the Hexi army was defeated, Xu Shiji led 2,000 cavalry to break out of the encirclement, and met more than 10,000 people of Zuo Yuwei who were deployed in Huaxian County to cross the river and evacuate.

(End of chapter)