Yang Wang smiled bitterly: "Yue Guogong really looks up to the old man, the old man doesn't care about the false name, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to help the old man." ”

Yang Chong said very reasonably: "Your Excellency will first stay in Shangxian County as the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, help General Zhang, and go to nearby counties and counties when you have time to help me give advice." Wait for me to conquer Chang'an, and then apply to the imperial court to arrange adults. ”

Yang Chong is telling the truth, Zhang Jin, Yuan Wuji and others are secretly bowing their heads, this is Yang Chong's consistent style, walking ahead of the situation; Yang Wang did not object, just to understand the situation on Yang Chong's side and see what the people's lives are like. As for whether Yang Chong can defeat Chang'an and when he will defeat Chang'an, Yang Wang does not care.

After the meeting dispersed, Fang Yanzao and Jiang Duo did not leave, and Yang Chong asked differently: "Is there something wrong?" ”

Jiang Duo took out an official letter from his sleeve and handed it to Yang Chong and said, "The top-secret document sent by General Yu, Li Yuanji is ready to give up Taiyuan." General Yu analyzed that although the counties controlled by the Tang army were not abnormal on the surface, when the army changed guards, including the family members of King Qi, they were quietly leaving Jinyang County and retreating to Yuci and Taigu; Liu Wuzhou's army is gathering at an accelerated pace, and all the troops that had confronted us in Loufu have withdrawn, and it is likely that the two sides have reached an agreement. ”

Yang Chong agreed: "This is a big deal, Li Shimin is negotiating with Ling Jing and wants to redeem the eldest grandson Wuji." ”

Fang Yanzao said with a smile: "We have always wondered why we insist on talking about the price of 100,000 yuan, Li Shimin has no money." Now it seems that Li Shimin is diverting our attention and covering Li Yuanji's retreat. ”

Yang Chong pondered for a moment and said, "How about we surprise Li Shimin and allow him to make an IOU and make up for it with food in the future." ”

The plan will be calculated, Jiang Duo and Fang Yanzao agreed, and the three heads got together to discuss countermeasures; Fang Yanzao crossed the Yellow River the next day to Shizhou to see Yujuluo, and finally according to the information, the location of the discussion was Qingyang Mountain. Qingyang Mountain was an important passage for the Tang army to go south, and it was safer than the two routes close to the Hexi army in the east and west, and Li Yuanji was just a child, and the ministers of Taiyuan should not dare to let him take risks.

Yu Juluo gave an order, Wu Duan'er took Liu Yun and Yang Yanshi, lit up 8,000 Ma Bu troops, and set off with strong crossbow explosives; Yujuluo sent Cheng Yuan to inform Song Jingang, who had already moved to the west of Taiyuan County. Wudu'er's army passed all the way through Lingshi County, brought enough dry food and traveled at night, quietly came to Qingyang Mountain, and hid in Mawu Village, as long as the surrounding people and merchants entered, they were not allowed to leave.

Because the surrounding counties are all under the world of the Tang Army, there is no war, after the bandits of Mawuzhai were driven away, the village became a burned ruins, and almost no one came except for the hunters on weekdays. Wu Du'er secretly called it a fluke, but thanks to Meng Tuo and Jiang Duo, they spent a lot of effort to draw a map, and arranged for two groups of people to live nearby to investigate, and today a few years later, it is finally used.

After waiting for two days, Song Jingang came to the rendezvous with 5,000 people, and the scouts found that it was 10,000 Tang troops, and the banner was Li Yuanji, and they would arrive tomorrow. The cliff of Qingyang Mountain is steep, there is only one mountain road in front of the mountain to pass, it can be said that a man can not open the pass, if it is a dangerous place to use troops in wartime, but now the surrounding counties are in the hands of the Tang Army, it is a smooth road. Wu Duan'er and Song Jingang immediately set up an ambush and waited for the other party to be shortlisted.

Knowing that the scouts of the Tang army appeared in the county seat and nearby towns, Wu Duan'er and Song Jingang understood that the prey was coming; The Hexi Army, which had been mixed in the local area for many years, appeared as a hunter and a farmer, respectively, and told the mountain that everything was normal. The next morning, when the sun was shining and the fog lifted, the 10,000 Tang troops finally came slowly, the team walked sparsely, 1,000 cavalry in front of the road, 3,000 cavalry in the middle of the brigade, protecting the family's vehicles and grain and grass, the infantry behind muttered, and the three-day rapid march finally had time to relax.

The mountain breeze is coming, you can see a lot of historic sites along the way, Li Yuanji has no interest in the wall carvings on the cliff, only cares about taking care of his family's vehicles, is laughing with the two concubines, there is an explosion on the mountain road, this is a unique weapon of the Hexi army, in the chaos of the mountain, a thousand cavalry were either killed by the explosion, or shot to death by the bow and crossbow on the mountain. The Tang army was in turmoil, and some soldiers shouted wildly: "The Hexi army is coming!" ”

Li Yuanji's head was blinded, this is Shangdang County, the Hexi Army brought in, three days of marching, his own scouts and the outposts who came to attract did not find the enemy's situation, seeing the enemy army killed from all directions, there were 20,000 people. The front army of the Tang Army was bombed all over the field, and the retreat was completely blocked by the Hexi Army in the back, without the advantage of the terrain, and even the formation could not be expanded. ”

The cavalry of the Hexi Army was already like a nimble long sword, piercing into the formation of the Tang army, twisting and dividing the Tang army into pieces; The Hexi army was very cunning, attacking in three directions, north, south and west, leaving a road in the east for the Tang army to escape, thousands of Tang troops swarmed away, and Li Yuanji had no chance to boost morale at all. In the sound of war drums, the Tang army ran in all directions, except for the three thousand cavalry still fighting, and the infantry was killed by the other side and screamed loudly through the valley.

Li Yuanji's war horse galloped, the horse lance in his hand flew, as fast as a dragon, and in an instant, more than ten cavalry of the Hexi Army were killed by him; Li Yuanji swept his horse with a backhand horse, and the two soldiers were beaten off the war horse. Before Li Yuanji's horse lance could be withdrawn, he felt a cold light stabbing obliquely, the knife was strong, fast as lightning, and the general shouted like thunder: "Li Yuanji, don't come here!" ”

Li Yuanji roared, his body faltered, and he wanted to provoke the horse lance to parry, but a knife suddenly changed, the back of the knife hit the horse lance, and the big knife slashed at Li Yuanji's hands along the horse lance; Li Yuanji's strength is infinite, but after all, he is only fifteen years old, and he did not pick off the knife of Wudu'er with all his strength, so he was so shocked that he abandoned the horse lance, and with the momentum of the war horse, he was cut off by Wudu'er. Wu Duan'er's long knife fought back, knocked Li Yuanji off the war horse with the back of the knife, and the soldiers behind him immediately stepped forward to restrain Li Yuanji.

Wu Duan'er cut down Li Yuanji's banner with another knife, and shouted loudly: "Li Yuanji has been captured, and those who surrender will not die." ”

The Hexi army shouted in unison, and the Tang army could not see Li Yuanji's banner, and suddenly lost the last courage, and collapsed in a moment; Zhang Da, the general of the cavalry, with two hundred horsemen, wanted to rush over to save Li Yuanji, but was forced back to the original place by Song Jingang with five hundred horsemen, Zhang Da had no choice but to dismount and surrender. As Li Yuanji's general, Li Yuanji was captured by the Hexi army, Zhang Da was a dead word even if he returned alive, more than 4,000 people were killed in the 10,000 Tang army, 2,000 escaped, and the rest surrendered.

(End of chapter)