Dugu Lan wanted to complain to Qu Tugai, but unfortunately Qu Tugai was injured on the front line, and in the more than 20 days when he learned that Yiwu County was lost, the army's heart was shaken and was defeated by Fu Yun's rash army, and the casualties of the 8,000 Sui army reached sixty percent; Qutugai was shot in the abdomen by an arrow and had already retreated with the army.

The two armies under the personal command of Yu Zhongwen all won, and Wang Wei used Yu Qinzhang's heavy cavalry to win successive battles, and successively killed 4,000 enemies; Shi Daqian relied on the support of Long Shanming's strong crossbow battalion and defeated Tuyuhun's general Che Chong. Liu Quan and Murong Xiaojun were inextricably killed on the front line of the Chishui River, and the defeat of Qu Tugai made the war stalemate; Knowing that Yang Chong had recovered Yiwu County, Yu Zhongwen was a little lucky, if the grain route was cut off, he didn't know what the battle would be.

Yu Zhongwen personally wrote an order for Yang Chong to stick to Yiwu and lose the entire northern front to Yang Chong; After Wei Jie, the captain of the Western Regions, rushed all the way to Dunhuang, he immediately urged Zhao Yuansi to send someone to escort grain and grass to the front line, and ran to Yiwu himself, wanting to see how Yang Chong dealt with this mess. Chang'an was sincerely amazed that Yang Chong had solved the supply of Yu Zhongwen's army, and if the battle could be fought like this, it would be a joke that the conquest of Goguryeo would have to launch so much logistics.

At this moment, Shi Wannian had surrendered, and Yang Chong transferred Cui Kaiyuan to serve as the county commander and act as the county guard; Dugu Lan served as the secretary of the military and was responsible for the military affairs of the county. Walking in Yiwu City, Wei Xingxing clearly felt the atmosphere of the aftermath of the disaster, but the patrol soldiers were strictly disciplined, which made people feel a lot more relieved, and most of the shops on the street had already opened; A porridge shed was opened in the west of the city, and Wei Jie asked that only families who had been confirmed by the county guard would be given wooden signs to receive grain according to their heads.

Wei Jie asked the official in charge of the porridge shack and learned that the wooden plaque was issued according to the number plate of the residence, and if there was no wooden plaque, the local people could not receive the porridge, so as to avoid the act of receiving more and pretending to receive it. Wei Jie saw Cui Kaiyuan in the county guard's mansion and learned that this move was only implemented in the old Yiwu City, and there were not many people in Rouyuan Town and the new Yiwu City itself, and the Tiele people lived in Rouyuan Town, and Yang Chong forcibly asked them to maintain the food needed by the people; The people of Xinyiwu City had the Gaochang army to provide food. The situation is not good, but it is passable, Wei Jie comforted Cui Kaiyuan a few words, and went to the barracks to find Yang Chong.

Wei Jie and Yang Chong met with mixed feelings, if it weren't for Du Xingman's own heart a few years ago, after Yang Chong served as an interpreter in the mission, even Feihuang Tengda was also Wei's protégé, unlike now, Yang Chong is full of people who close the Longmen valve. Yang Chong, as a supporter of Yang Guang, the Son of Heaven, was repeatedly injured, because Yang Chong and Yang Guang's political rival Guan Longmen were too close, and everyone was worried that Yang Chong would slip to the opposite side by accident.

Yang Chong was polite to Wei Jie, please go into the big tent to drink tea, Yang Chong's tent facilities are simple, but the folding tables and chairs are very convenient to use, and the tea leaves of the Cui family are still five pounds of tea, which exudes bursts of tea fragrance under boiling water, which permeates the air. Wei Jie took a sip of tea and said, "Good tea, it is a blessing to be able to enjoy this kind of tea in the Western Regions." ”

Yang Chong smiled and said, "The Cui family's caravan has just brought two catties, and Master Wei is a blessed person, so he will bring a catty to drink on the way." ”

Wei Jie thanked him and said, "Duke Wei wants to know, if Qinghai County continues to fight for a long time, will your five caravans be able to support it for a long time?" ”

Yang Chong said confidently: "I won't let the war last for a year or two, then it will really drag Gaochang and Dunhuang down." As long as this is still the case in three months, I will suggest to General Yu that I either withdraw my troops, or change my way of fighting. ”

"A different way of playing?" Wei Jie asked incomprehensibly, "Lord Yang, please give me advice." ”

Yang Chong looked out of the tent and said: "Why do I pardon Shi Wannian and Bo Luoqiao, I just want to wait for the Yiwu battalion to be trained, mobilize 10,000 cavalry, and put it into the battlefield at one time, three months is the shortest time to form an army, and march in June, if it wins, it is when Qinghai has a bumper harvest of grain and millet, and the cattle and sheep are fat enough, and the materials can be solved locally." ”

10,000 cavalry, Wei Jie was a little excited, once Yang Chong led this group of fresh troops into the battlefield, Tuyuhun would have no strength to increase his troops, what Yu Zhongwen had to do was to maintain pressure on Tuyuhun within three months, not to let the war collapse, this goal is much easier. In Jimo County, eight or nine thousand cavalry such as Zuo Kunlun did not enter the battlefield, Wei Jie suddenly thought that Yu Zhongwen did the same plan, if so, there would be half a year, and the war in the Western Regions would end.

"That's good." Wei Jie had a smile on his face, hesitated for a moment and said, "Lord Yang, there is still a private matter. ”

Yang Chong said calmly: "Master Wei, please speak." ”

Wei Jie lowered his voice and asked, "Why did Lord Yang withdraw from his business in Chang'an, is it because he is worried that someone will be unfavorable to you?" ”

Yang Chong's move to withdraw business in Chang'an is to hide from well-informed people and these well-informed nobles, Yang Chong smiled and explained: "Brother Jiang Duo is not a businessman, Jiang Fei and I are afraid that he will not be able to deal with too much business, so we will appropriately reduce the burden on him." The business of Xiaozhenzhai and Fengle Lou is not bad now, and the goods are arranged to come to Gaochang every month, and the goods sent by Gaochang are also selling very well. ”

Wei Jie shook his head in disbelief and said, "You didn't tell the truth. ”

Yang Chong pretended to be curious and asked, "What kind of truth does Master Wei want to hear?" ”

Wei Jie didn't say anything, and changed the subject: "Lord Yang is willing to be the teacher of Yang Yu on behalf of the king?" ”

After laying down Tuyuhun, Yang Chong's merits can be compared to Yang Yichen, to the point where people can be jealous, it is estimated that the local needs will be needed, Yang Chong may not stay long in Gaochang, Wei Jie thought of replacing Wang Yang Yu in advance, with Yang Chong's age and prestige, once agreed, he could help Wang Yang Yu for decades.

Yang Chong hurriedly said: "Master Wei said that I laughed, how could I have such talent." ”

Yang Chong understands that like the teacher of Yang Yu, the acting king, Yang Yu's parents can't be the master, as long as Emperor Yang Guang of Sui can decide, anyone who meddles in this matter is against the dragon scales. Wei Jie will not be unclear, what Wei Jie said is just an attitude of showing favor to himself, and there is no need to take it seriously.

Wei Jie stroked his palms and smiled and said: "The most difficult thing in this world is to lead people, the scholar clan relies on the concept of the family, Lord Yang is young, living alone in a corner, military and political Han Hu, all kinds of people, etc., are all handy, if you want to say that there is no talent, wouldn't we be a corpse vegetarian meal." Okay, don't joke, Lord Yang, if one day there is a situation where everyone fights, I hope you can help Yang Yu, the acting king, he has a lot of respect for you, if you have something in the future, just send someone to contact me. ”

There are no idle people among the powerful, Wei Jie, like Yang Xuangan, also saw the possibility of participating in the battle for the imperial throne, but this is no different from Yang Chong's actions in a short period of time; In order to prevent Li Yuan from occupying Chang'an, Yang Chong really thought about rushing to the aid of Chang'an and keeping Yang Yu, the acting king, in his long-term vision. Yang Chong agreed with a smile, Wei Jie was very relieved, Yang Chong's eyes and expression were not the slightest bit pretentious.

(End of chapter)