Su Zhi arrived in Wuzhong County, stayed for a day, and returned directly to Rao Leshui with the collected 2,000 remnants of the Xi tribe; When the reinforcements of other ethnic groups who were still on the way heard about it, they stopped one after another. When Su Dingfang and Zhang Jinshu led 10,000 cavalry to approach Wuzhong County, Tuli still bullied Su Dingfang's people to fight one less battle, and the result was even more sad; The 15,000 Turkic cavalry, known as the horse nation, were defeated by the Hexi army for reinforcements for an hour, killing 1,700 people and crushing the army for 20 miles.

The merchants of the various countries in the city were very afraid, and the successive defeats of the Turki army were bound to provoke the greed of the Hexi army, and once the siege battle was formed, it was likely to suffer from unwarranted disasters, and finally sent representatives to negotiate with the Turks, hoping that the Turks would take the money and leave; Tuli smiled bitterly and said to the merchant representative, "Mr. Saxi, it's not that I don't want to retreat, but after these two battles, half of my men have been wounded, and leaving the city is a dead end, unless Yang Chong agrees to let me withdraw." ”

Sa Xi saluted respectfully and said, "I can go to the king of Yue and negotiate on behalf of the Khan." ”

Sa Xi is a friend of Angada and Yang Chong has met several times in Chang'an, after Angada defected to Yang Chong, he also recruited Ann for Yang Chong; Tuli didn't know that there was such a relationship, but he only knew that someone was stronger than anything else now, and he held Saxi's hand and said, "Mr. Saxi, as long as Yang Chong can stop here, I don't need anything superfluous, I just need food to return to the grassland." ”

Sa Xi smiled and agreed, and went out of the city with the big businessman Lu Yan to meet Yang Chong and had a good conversation; Yang Chong agreed to Tuli's request, saying that because Li Shimin deceived Tuli, not only would he not hold Tuli accountable and let Tuli go back, but he could also discuss with Tuli about trading in the Northeast. Liu Heimin and others were commonplace, knowing that King Yue began to boil frogs in warm water again, and the day when the Turks understood, it was a dish on the table of the Hexi army.

Tuli happily took thirteen thousand horsemen and carried away with cattle, sheep, grain and grass; Deng Wei, who was in Liucheng, immediately killed Luo Yi, who was a guest, led the military and civilians of Liaoxi County to make a book of surrender, and was appointed by Yang Chong as the assassin of Yingzhou and the prince of Gaoyang County. Deng Wei thought that Yingzhou was a trick for Yang Chong to buy himself, but he didn't expect that after meeting Yang Chong in Wuzhong County, Yang Chong really came up with a grand plan for Yingzhou and decided to establish a crushing farm in Dajian City, and set up five counties and seventeen counties in Liaodong, Xuansu, Lelang, Zhenfan, and Lintun.

Deng Wei from the south of the Chen to the Sui Dynasty, has been guarding Yingzhou, naturally clear Yang Chong's intentions, this is the most money-saving means of Mingzhi, once the five counties are established, there will be a large number of careerists to come, as long as the climate is a little, Yang Chong will find a way to kill the northeast or Goguryeo, a snow before the Sui shame.

Yang Chong then appointed Tudi Ji as the county guard of Lintun, and Yang Chong sent messengers and merchants to deliver a message in the grasslands and northeast that no matter whether it was Han Turkic or other races, whether it was horse thieves or deserters, as long as they now defected to the Hexi army, they would all be recruited. The Yue Wangfu also issued an order that, like Hexi and Guanzhong, merchants could participate in the imperial examination, could become officials from the army, and those who had meritorious service to the country would also be knighted.

Deng Wei heard about Yang Chong's arrangement, and said in his heart that Li Shimin was not unjustly defeated, if it was a big war, Li Shimin was still stronger than Yang Chong, but if Yang Chong was playing with people's hearts like this, Li Shimin was indeed a little worse. Sure enough, within a few days, the inn and the inn in the city were full of people, all of whom came to see Yang Chong and Deng Wei.

But there were too many people, Deng Wei had no choice but to take refuge in King Yue's camp, and happened to meet the guests of the Murong family, Deng Wei patted his head, he was really confused, Murong Xixiong, the third eldest of the Murong family, was Yang Chong's old subordinate, if he hadn't left Yang Chong halfway, he would probably be one of the sixteen Wei generals now.

It was Murong Xixiong and his eldest brother Murong Xifeng who came, and Murong Xifeng said to Yang Chong with a spring breeze on his face: "The third brother was born in the army, and he is not good at political affairs. ”

Yang Chong saw Deng Wei coming in, motioned for Deng Wei to sit down on his right and said, "The head of the Murong family is serious, Xi Xiong and I are brothers and sisters, as for the difference in political opinions, it is a very common thing. Now that Liaoxi is back in the arms of the Great Sui, I don't know if the head of the family and Xi Xiong have the heart to go out and work for the benefit of the people in the Northeast. ”

That's what it means when Murong Xifeng came to visit, and said with a smile: "The Murong family is still popular in the northeast, as long as King Yue sends it, he will definitely do his best." ”

Murong Xifeng is not bragging, the Murong family has successively established Qianyan, Houyan, and Northern Yan in western Liaoxi, and the country has been established for 88 years, which is equivalent to the status of the Yuan family in Guanzhong. Yang Chong said sincerely: "That's great, I just received the battle report, Xu Shiji has captured Yuyang, received more than 10,000 generals, I intend to transfer 8,000 people to establish the Xiongwu Battalion Tuntian in Yuyang County, and ask Xixiong to serve as the commander of the Xiongwu Battalion." The head of the Murong family is a heroic among the people, so I will hand over the Great Thorn City to you, the Xuansu County Guard and the Deputy Supervisor of the Great Thorn City. ”

Deng Wei almost applauded, Yang Chong's five counties and seventeen counties are equivalent to starting from scratch, but the Murong family can definitely support a county, as for the trade with the Hu family, the Murong family was originally one of the big names behind the scenes. The Murong Xifeng brothers hurriedly got up to thank him, Yang Chongyi was in the northeast, and the Xiongwu camp Tuntian was only a means to temporarily settle the Tang army prisoners, and the Xiongwu camp would sooner or later pull up to the northeast battlefield.

Deng Wei asked about the battle in Yuyang, Wang Gong replied: "Wuzhong County was lost, the Tang army lost its fighting spirit, Maitreya disciples searched for officials and generals in the city at will, killed soldiers, the eldest grandson Wuji and Shi Wanbao dissuaded, and were imprisoned by suspicion, Hou Junji rescued the two, and the three led the army to mutiny, opened the city gate, and set fire everywhere. After our army entered the city, Gao Cheng, Wei Xiaojie, Zhang Shigui, Cai Yungong, Su Miao and others were killed in battle, Du Ruhui vomited blood and died, Qi Shanxing, Cao Dan, He Chou, Su Shichang, Lu Deming, Xu Jingzong, Cui Junsu, Liu Diao and others were captured, and the whereabouts of Li Shimin, Wang Xiaohu, Yao Silian, and Ruan Junming are unknown. ”

Murong Xixiong asked, "How is Yuyang City?" ”

Wang Gong said unemotionally: "It has been burned and can no longer be used." ”

Everyone understood the tragedy of the war, and the Maitreya disciples and Li Shimin's dead soldiers must have fought to the end, otherwise Li Shimin would not have been able to escape; As for the ones who are alive, it should be the descendants of Changsun Wuji and others and the new army captured by Raf, Yuyang City is probably a ruin now, and the blood is flowing like a river. Yang Chong and Wang Gong knew the figures reported by Xu Shiji, and the casualties were as high as 13,000, if it weren't for Xu Shiji's continuous mobilization of 50,000 troops, and Tuli was driven away by Yang Chong, this battle still doesn't know who loses and who wins.

(End of chapter)