In October, the wind and snow were even greater, Liu Heimin left Cui Fengju and Gao Yaxian to guard Zhuo County, and ordered Zhang Jinshu and others to lead a well-trained death squad of 3,000 people as the forward, and he and the supervisor Dong Kang bought 5,000 cavalry as the Chinese army, and ordered Zhang Junli to lead 3,000 infantry to secretly leave Zhuo County.

The army's movements were secret, except for the main generals, the whole army did not inform the destination and task of the march, Zhang Jinshu arrived at the Guangou Danqin Gorge at night, quietly touched it, and completely annihilated the defenders in the Fengsui garrison. After the whole army rested and fed for a while, Liu Heimin left Zhang Junli with 1,000 people to stay, and ordered the whole army to immediately march and enter Beiping to take Wu Yuanji. Xie Ling was shocked when he heard this, but the military order was like a mountain, and he was alone with the army, so he could only continue to move forward.

In the middle of the night, the weather was cold, the wind and snow were heavy, fortunately, there was Zhang Jinshu, an old horse who knew the way, and the Hexi army was strictly disciplined, no one dared to disobey the order, and the forced march was eighty miles, and finally arrived at the west gate of Beiping City at the fourth watch. Zhang Jinshu is preparing to dig the earth on the city wall as a ridge and climb the top of the city; Five men slipped out of the bushes, gave the marching order, opened a gourd, and spewed out a string of phosphorus fire, and the city gate was immediately opened.

The five people took the lead in entering, and when Zhang Jinshu entered the city, he found that the guards were all wearing armor, and the night watchman was unhurriedly attacking the guard as usual, obviously prepared. The defender Yang Qi came over and led the army all the way to the inner city, without alarming the defenders at all; It was dawn, the rooster was crowing, and the Hexi army quickly took control of the main roads in the city and attacked the unprepared inner city, at this time the defenders realized that the situation was different, and Luo Yi hurriedly led the army to resist in Yacheng.

On the one hand, Liu Heimin sent Zhang Jinshu to attack Yacheng, and on the other hand, he asked Yang Qi and Xie Ling to come forward to persuade Luo Yi's soldiers to surrender; It was Peng Moyun who led the army into the city, and he led people to capture Wen Yanbo in Wen Mansion as soon as possible. Luo Yi finally couldn't support it, abandoned his wife and children, led hundreds of cavalry to flee to the Turks, and Luo Shou was killed after the death, and 6,000 guards were recruited; With the defection of Zhao Shizhu, He Lanyi, Jin Wenyan and others, the entire territory of Beiping County was captured by Liu Heimin.

On the way to lead the army to help, Gao Kaidao was ambushed, killed 2,000 people, and was killed by Han Shige; The Tuli lone army did not work, so he could only lead the army to Yingzhou with Luo Yi to join Li Shimin. Shocked inside and outside the fortress for a while, Li Shimin was ostensibly a feudal town that submitted to Yang Zhengdao, and Yang Chong's move had already shown that he would no longer scruple about the relationship with Dingxiangcheng; For Li Yuan's father and son, it is necessary to capture and kill quickly.

Wen Junyou came in time, almost at the same time as Yang Chong arrived in Beiping, the first thing he did after entering the city was to visit Yang Chong, Wen Yanbo was in prison, and he was the first offender named by Chang'an, Wen Junyou was very worried that Yang Chong would cut off Wen Yanbo's head as soon as he gave an order. Facing Wang Gong, who came to greet him, Wen Junyou asked directly and clearly: "Lord Wang, is there a way to save Yanbo's life?" ”

Wang Gong is from the Wang family in Taiyuan, and Wen Yanbo is a good friend, and he calls Wen Jun Uncle Youshi on weekdays; Wang Gong said with a bitter face: "Uncle Shi, you also know that Brother Wen has the style of the ancients and is loyal to Li Yuan, so it is really difficult to phrase in front of King Yue. Please forgive the little nephew for being incompetent, as for all aspects of care, Uncle Shi can rest assured. ”

Loyalty to people is the ancestral motto of the Wen family, and in the past, he was proud of it, and Wen Junyou was speechless for a while; Hao Ying, who was behind Wang Gong, said in a low voice: "Lord Wang's words are wrong, as long as Wen Yanbo is willing, he can live at any time." ”

Wen Junyou hurriedly surrendered his hand to ask for advice, and Hao Ying said slowly: "Wen Yanbo has been to Jiangnan, from Jiangling all the way to Beiping, as long as he tells these things, even if he continues to be loyal to Li Tang, King Yue will definitely not bother with him, and it is even possible to let him go." ”

trade, Wen Junyou immediately refused, saying: "If this is the case, I would rather him die." ”

Hao Ying asked rhetorically: "What else does the master of that family have to do when he sees King Yue?" ”

Yes, Wen Junyou's father and son didn't let him go, do you expect Yang Chongfa to be kind enough to let him go?

Wen Junyou walked into the hall and saw Cui Fengju and Yu Yu there, a little relieved; After the two sides met, Yang Chong gave a seat and asked people to bring tea, Wen Junyou turned sideways and said: "Xiao'er doesn't know how to repent, and I hope that King Yue will leave a way to live." ”

Yang Chong smiled and said: "The head of the family is serious, but if I let him go, he continues to find someone to kill me and oppose me, what should the head of the family say?" ”

How can Wen Junyou be fooled by this, his son's virtue is not known yet, as long as Yang Chong releases people, Wen Yanbo will definitely continue to oppose Yang Chong, even if Li Yuan and Li Shimin are dead, Wen Yanbo will not enter the court as an official. If he dares to guarantee that sooner or later the Wen family will be a matter of the nine clans, Wen Jun thanked him leisurely: "Xiao'er has committed a big crime, and it is a great luck to be able to live, I don't dare to expect him to come out, how should King Yue deal with it." ”

Yang Chong said magnificently: "Then do what the head of the family says, first hold it in the prison in Chang'an, and then dispose of it when Li Yuan's father and son are tied." The head of the family came from Taiyuan, is he going to stay in Beiping for a long time, or will he go back in a few days? ”

Wen Junyou said honestly: "I'm going to go to Boling, and I'll go back to Taiyuan." ”

Yang Chong nodded and said, "I'm going to take Yang Zhengdao to Chang'an, what does the head of the family think?" ”

Wen Jun couldn't help but be surprised, Yang Chong was about to start wrestling with the Turks, Yang Zhengdao was a card in the hands of Jieli Khan and Princess Yicheng in Dingxiang City, how could Yang Chong be allowed to do this, he would try his best to stop it; Yang Chong's original intention was not to care about the final result, and it was likely that he would take advantage of this to clear up the relationship with Dingxiangcheng and the two sides would go into confrontation. Wen Junyou went through the three dynasties of Qi, Zhou, and Sui, and had rich political experience, so he immediately thought of the key to it, and asked Yang Chong tentatively: "After King Yue returns to Chang'an, who will sit in Beiping?" ”

Yang Chong said appreciatively: "The team has been decided, Xu Shiji and Liu Heimin will stay in Zhuo County, Zhuo County will stay in Xu Shiji, deputy will stay in Liu Heimin and Cui Fengju, Hebei will transfer Cui Minshou, and Zhuojun will be Cui Qian; In addition, Song Jingang, the assassin of Daizhou, Zhao Shizhu of Beiping County, Helanyi of Bohai County, Zhang Jinshu of Yuyang County, and Yang Qi, the captain of Tuntian. ”

Wen Junyou asked: "What places does Daizhou include?" ”

Yang Chong said unhurriedly: "The five counties of Daijun, Yanmen, Mayi, Shanggu, and Anle, considering the current situation, we will restore the three counties of Zhuolu, Anle, and Shanggu, and then place the five counties in the three counties to resettle the displaced people in the north." ”

Good idea, Wen Junyou has already understood that the Daizhou Thorn History Department is the five counties of Qiaozhi. There is no need to look at the map, Wen Junyou also understands that once this area is garrisoned and becomes a densely populated area, it is equivalent to inserting a knife in the Turks; Entering can plot the five counties on the spot, and retreating can block the Turkic road into Hebei, which is a barrier for Zhuojun and Beiping. It can be seen from the situation in Taiyuan that Yang Shanjing's business ability is not at the same level as Yang Chong, and over time, a large number of displaced people will definitely appear.

(End of chapter)