After receiving the news that Pei Ju had arrived in Dingxiang City, Yang Chong understood that he had to make a move, this treacherous and cunning guy has always been at the core of politics, and he must have his reason and ability, and he will not choose to go to that place for no reason. Pei Ju was involved in a wide range, although Yang Chong couldn't guess how Pei Ju would deal with him, but Yang Chong knew that as long as Li Shimin was knocked down, Pei Ju would definitely be frustrated, and he would not even be busy.

Yang Chong raised his head and asked Tianqi: "How is the Cui family's contact with that side?" ”

Tianqi said respectfully: "Cui Fengju thinks there is no problem. However, the relationship to Zhuojun is under our own control, and Peng Moyun's progress in Youzhou is also good, and he is fifty percent sure. ”

"Not a lot." Yang Chong stood up and said, "There is never a 100% certainty in fighting. Xu Shiji is already preparing to attack Cangzhou, we might as well go and join in the fun, set off the day after tomorrow, take the Thunderbolt camp, don't use the men and horses of the Sixteen Guards, and say to the outside world that I am going to inspect Henan, and let Xu Yuanlang prepare a ship to pick me up. ”

Tianqi agreed, and immediately went out to notify the relevant personnel and troops; From the beginning of Yang Chong's correspondence with Xu Shiji, a group of colleagues from Tianqi and Yue Wangfu made this preparation, as long as the army of the Sixteen Guards was not used, the preparation time of the other departments for one day was enough.

Li Shimin rode on his war horse and looked at the dark sky in the distance, there was no hustle and bustle, only chaos and coldness, extending to the horizon in the distance, empty; The officers and men of the Tang Army around him held their heads high and marched towards the south in great strides. At this time, Xu Shiji mobilized 70,000 troops to the north to attack Cangzhou; Li Shimin led an army of 50,000 to the south to meet the battle, which would determine the ownership of Cangzhou, that is, the future of Bohai Bay.

Bohai Bay stretches from the Liaodong Peninsula in the north to Shandong in the south, and the coastal salt fields are dense, and it has been a commercial center of Qi since the Spring and Autumn Period. Li Shimin has seen the scenery on the shore of the Bohai Sea, and he has always hesitated to churn the transparent sea water and changing waves; Fishing boats in the distance dot white sails, and tireless seagulls sweep the waves in search of food. When the sea breeze blows the endless coast, it is Qin Shi Huang's dream to find immortals, it is Cao Mengde's mind of Canghai Shijie, and for Li Tang, Bohai Bay is the last piece of land in Hebei to recuperate.

There were bursts of chirping overhead, and Li Shimin looked up to see several different groups of birds, such as ring-necked plovers, black-winged stilts, gray geese, and whooper swans, flying overhead, in various formations, to the south. The team in front of him suddenly had a commotion, and the army finally encountered the Hexi army forty miles away from Qingchi County, Shi Wanbao looked at the handsome flag raised on the opposite side, and suddenly exclaimed: "Yang Chong, it's Yang Chong." ”

Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji shook their heads helplessly, originally Li Shimin was ready to wait for work, and wait for the Hexi army to be tired for a long time before suddenly attacking, now Yang Chong appeared on the opposite side, if Li Shimin retreated to Cangzhou, he would definitely be greatly exaggerated by the opponent; However, he was originally going to show weakness, and he didn't think about luring the enemy deep into this hand. Li Shimin said with a smile: "Yang Chong is really calculating, and he came to Hebei silently, looking at it this way, the Hexi army on the opposite side is definitely more than 70,000 people, 100,000 people are possible, it is a loss for him to raise this flag, otherwise we will make a mistake." ”

Eldest Sun Wuji frowned and said: "There are more than 70,000 people on the other side at most, and no matter how many times the scouts have seen it, there should be no mistake." King Qin, it's not good, I'm afraid that there are 20,000 people in the Hexi army along the road from Yulin to Zhuozhou, and along the Great Wall to Beiping, Yang Chong's face is to attract us here. ”

Tang Jian said in disbelief: "The Turkic army is on both sides of the Great Wall, and the Hexi army dares to take this risk?" ”

Li Shimin was able to hold Beiping and Bohai Bay with the aid of the Turkic and other Hu armies, and at present there were about 90,000 Hu troops in Zhuojun and Youbeiping, which could go south at any time, and if the Hexi army took 20,000 people to take risks, there was almost no chance of victory. The eldest grandson Wuji paused and said, "What if the Hexi army pretends to be a Turkic army? ”

Although the Turkic army inside and outside the Great Wall is many, but it is too mixed, not to mention the many Turkic tribes, that is, the Han army that belongs to the Turks, and is divided into several teams such as Wang Suba and Gao Kaidao. Li Shimin said decisively: "Regardless of him, Yang Chong is on the other side, the opportunity is rare, as long as Yang Chong is captured or killed alive, the situation in the world will change." Summoned the order, retreated to Cangzhou, Tang Jian, and quickly notified the Song sect leader and the Turkic tooth banner. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Shimin unexpectedly, if Yang Chong really dared to do that, there was only one reason, that is, the Boling Cui clan decided to completely submit to Yang Chong, then these 20,000 people were not alone, Boling County and Yanshan in the west of Beiping would definitely not be guaranteed, and the other party could fight all the way to Zhuo County and directly threaten Beiping; Li Shimin's stay in Cangzhou is to ignore the overall situation. The eldest grandson Wuji suddenly understood, and in the face of a battle that could turn things around, Li Shimin gambled.

However, the Hexi army only sent 5,000 horsemen to the outskirts of Cangzhou and left, and Yang Chong's army went directly to the village in Qingchi County, and the eldest grandson Wuji knew that it was not good; Xu Shiji was also very worried, and as soon as the camp was set up, he went to the Yue Wang's palace to find Yang Chong. Yang Chong suddenly took 10,000 people, including the Hundred Cavalry Battalion, the Changjie Battalion, and the Thunderbolt Battalion, to the front of the army with the brigade transporting grain and grass, and acted with the army going north, which surprised Xu Shiji.

But Xu Shiji is not good at speaking, and he can't say to Yang Chong, because I am worried about your safety, I am not good at marching and arranging; Today, Yang Chong suddenly erected the banner of King Yue in the army, which is equivalent to telling the enemy that he Yang Chong has arrived. Fortunately, Yang Chong was not interested in commanding the battle, and agreed to Xu Shiji's arrangement to harass the enemy, and did not ask to knock Li Shimin down in one go.

Yue Wang's palace is in the county government of Qingchi County, Tianqi and Wang Gong are cautious people, and they emptied the county seat at once, told the people to fight, and each household gave money and food, let them go out to hide, and then come back after the battle, and now the whole scene is stationed in the army. Yang Chong saw Xu Shiji's anger, and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm not Dou Jiande, I'm buying time for Liu Heimin." ”

Xu Shiji knew about this, and with the help of the Boling Cui clan, Liu Heimin's 20,000 troops attacked Zhuo County, and the Hexi Army and Xu Yuanlang's 5,000 Yellow River sailors went directly up the canal and reached Zhuo County through the Yongji Canal. Xu Shiji stared at Yang Chong and asked, "King Yue, how sure is this matter?" ”

"Ninety percent." Yang Chong said with certainty that for Yang Chong, this time he paid a huge price, Cangzhou's salt industry, Xingzhou's porcelain, and Zhuojun's money village were all handed over to the Cui family to deal with, and even Hebei Bank agreed to give the Cui family 30% of the shares. Cui Fengju personally followed Liu Heimin to act for this reason, if the Cui family rebelled again, Yang Chong could only kill; Fortunately, so far, everything is working fine.

(End of chapter)