The Henan Provincial Arrest Ambassador Pei Renji guarded the Tiger Prison to resist Li Mi, and won and lost with the Wagang Army, but Xiao Huaijing, the imperial historian of the supervising army, believed that Pei Renji's rewarding of all the military supplies obtained to the soldiers was an act of buying people's hearts, and repeatedly searched for Pei Renji's negligence and impeached him. After Liu Changgong's defeat, Pei Renji has been stationed in Baihua Valley, reinforcing the camp to defend himself, not attacking the Wagang army, tossing for a few months, Pei Renji still retreated from the Tiger Prison, and it is said that he has been negotiating with Li Mi.

Gu Yi's anger is obviously angry Wei Xuan's trickery, in Gu Yi's opinion, Wei Xuan, like Xiao Huaijing, is just for everyone's purpose, playing a good hand of cards to a pulp. Wei Jin asked, "Can you negotiate with Yang Chong?" ”

Yin Shishi shook his head and said: "There are no three things, unless you can hand over Xiao Jing and Dou Xian, not to mention that Empress Xiao and Li Yuan don't do it, Xiao Jing and both of them are not in Chang'an now, and we have no one to hand over at all." I got the news that Dou Xian left Chang'an early this morning and probably won't come back; You don't need to think about it, Yang Chong didn't expect us to have results, so let's prepare for the war. ”

Acting Wang Yang Yu is already twelve years old, and he has his own ideas about many things in his left-behind career for several years, and asked softly: "You can also try it from Jiang Fei and Yuan Xiren, do you think Hao Ting, Duhu Hong, and Gongsun Huilan are suitable?" ”

Several important ministers were impressed by the acting king Yang Yun, not only the idea, but also the trade-off, knowing that they could not find Jiang Fei and Yuan Raider at the same time, asking which of the three Hao Ting was suitable, in fact, asking which one of Jiang Fei and Yuan Raider could change Yang Chong's mind. Duhu thought for a while and said, "Let's call Sister She, he has a relationship with Jiang Fei and Yuan Xiren." On the general's side, what should be prepared is still to prepare. ”

Duhu Hong failed to make Yang Chong change his mind, and returned to Chang'an with a Yanqi rouge horse and a cart of green salt sent by Yang Chong; Yang Chong announced the establishment of a large camp of the righteous army in Helan Mountain, appointed Jiang Duo and Sima Fan as the chief and deputy commanders of the march, Fang Yanzao and Li Zhengming as the chief and deputy marching commanders, and Tang Bi, Zong Luohu, Gao Bei, Qibige, and Yang Yanwu as the generals of the five battalions, responsible for recruiting the rebels.

The world is shaken, if the righteous army of Helan Mountain is allowed to join up with Wuduan Er and attack Longyou alone, Li Jing may not be able to resist it; Under the harassment of Xue Ju, the Turks, and Wudu'er, Li Jing fought successively, but the three armies were already exhausted, and the grain and grass were even more difficult. Without the response of Huangfu Wuyi and Song Laosheng, Li Jing succeeded in several attacks, but failed to expand the results, and when he heard that the rebel army was established, Li Jing immediately asked to withdraw to Guanzhong.

Li Jing's request was rejected by Wei Xuan, according to Wei Xuan's thinking, Yang Chong should still have a period of time to adjust his troops, who would have thought that Yang Chong had already made arrangements, and the place he fancied was Hetao. In fact, after subduing Zong Luohu, Yang Chong also sent Fang Yanzao to persuade the horse thief Li Fei Shixiong in Anding County; When Jiang Duo left Hedong, he left Liu Qicheng, a native of Honghua, to be in charge of Yan'an, Jiang Duo successively sent more than 2,000 sets of armor and 100 veterans, and Liu Qicheng has now gathered tens of thousands of people.

Fang Yanzao, Tang Bi, and Yang Yanwu took the lead in attacking Lingwu County, attracting Li Jing's attention, and after being slightly contacted by Li Jing's reinforcements, they retreated to Helan Mountain; Jiang Duo led the two armies of Zongluohu and Gaobei, and took the opportunity to cross the plain, sneak into Honghua County, and join the troops of Sima Fan, Liu Harrier, and Po Liuhan Bakui. Under Liu Qicheng's strategy, Jiang Duo first deceived the defenders of Heshui County to defeat him, and then captured the city in one fell swoop, followed by Kehuachi and Honghua counties.

Yang Chong ordered the horse thief Lifei Shixiong to pretend to be the Sui army, go to Pingliang County to Zhipinggao County from the direction of Anding, deceive the city gate, and fight until Han Shige's army arrived, forcibly captured Pinggao County, and defeated Baiquan and Moting counties along the way. When the news came out, the counties of Longyou were in chaos, and the two counties of Honghua and Pingliang were lost, which had put Lingwu County and Beidi County in an embattled situation, leaving only one passage in Anding County.

Wei Xuan convened the officials of Chang'an again to discuss, because Fan Zigai died, Wei Jin was transferred to Luoyang, and there were fewer people at the meeting, Wei Xuan decided to transfer Qu Tutong and Li Yuan to send troops to Liupan Mountain, Qu Tutong, who had just returned to Chang'an, resolutely objected and said: "At present, Jiang Duo has Liu Miao King in the northeast, Li Hong and Xue Ju in the south, and Helan Mountain in the west that can be reinforced at any time, and he is not afraid of fighting this kind of battle at all." On the contrary, we will not be involved in Longyou, and even Guanzhong and Hedong will not be guaranteed. ”

Wei Xuan said angrily and anxiously: "Yang Chong's army has not yet come out, and it has 60,000 troops in less than a month, occupying two counties. ”

Yuan Wuqian said calmly: "Duke Wei, this matter is not urgent, Yang Chong's army is not like other rebels, known as 100,000, and the veterans are only five or six thousand, or even lower. The Liupan Mountain generation has at least 40,000 to 50,000 veterans, of which more than 10,000 cavalry are not to be underestimated; Besides, Li Yuan, like Yang Chong, recruited troops in Taiyuan and Hedong, is it reliable? If you can't get the front door to reject the tiger, the back door to welcome the wolf. ”

Li Yuan is not as comfortable as Yang Chong in Taiyuan, and Gao Junya, the deputy guard of Taiyuan, and Gao Junya, the deputy guard of Wuya, always pay attention to Li Yuan's every move, and there are 3,000 private soldiers in each of the two places, which can hide two people; Including Li Yuan's defeat of Zhen Zhai'er and other rebels' recruitment of 10,000 new troops and 2,000 light cavalry, they were all made into a copy and reported to the military department to keep their roots. Wei Xuan said angrily: "Is Tang Guogong the kind of person Yang Chong?" ”

Everyone was too lazy to squeak, Yang Chong said a few years ago that Li Yuan was a usurper, and the two prophecies of Yang Hualuo and Li Huahua and the flooded city were reflected in Li Yuan. Gu Yi's heart moved, remembering that Yang Chong had said that Wei Xuan was immortal, and asked suspiciously, "Wei Gong, who do you want to help?" ”

Even Yang Yu, the acting king, understood this sentence, Wei Xuan's face was red, and he couldn't say anything if he wanted to refute it, so he flicked his sleeves and left angrily; Qu Tutong said: "Acting king, if you believe the old minister, you are willing to go to Liupan Mountain for the minister, and persuade Jiang Duo to give up the two counties of Liupan Mountain and Honghua." ”

Acting King Yang Yu was stupid when he heard this, and asked: "The general is so sure, why don't you say it to the public in front of Wei?" ”

Qu Tutong smiled disdainfully: "I have different opinions with Wei Gong. I need the acting king to allow Yang Chong to attack the rebel-occupied counties. ”

Acting King Yang Yu is a smart man, and immediately woke up to Qu Tutong's meaning, anyway, those territories are no longer within the control of Chang'an, with the ability of Wei Xuan and Li Yuan to stay behind, it may not be easy to get it back, it is better to let Yang Chong attack and kill, at least it can solve the current situation.

Acting King Yang Yu turned his gaze to Gu Yi, the one who could trust and dare to speak, Gu Yi immediately said three conditions: "First, the counties recovered by Yang Chong must be the same as Hexi, and pay taxes; Second, it is not possible to ask for reduction, and it will be handed in from the second month of recovery; Third, for each county recovered, Chang'an was given 200 to 500 war horses. As long as these three conditions are met and Liupan Mountain is withdrawn, the acting king can issue an edict. ”

(End of chapter)