Yang Chong shook his head and said: "Xue Ju is strong, occupies Fufeng and Tianshui, and has 200,000 Qin troops. In fact, our army has already advanced eastward, and it is difficult to organize another 100,000 horses and horses to open up the battlefield in Hexi. ”

Zhuge Quan shook his head and said: "You don't necessarily need so many troops, if what you said about Fengzhou is true, after Yang Gongren builds a mansion, Xue Ju will definitely pick up soft persimmons and pinch them, and like Li Yuan, find Turks to cooperate and plot against Anding, Lingwu, Beidi and other counties." Strategically speaking, if Xue Ju can kill all the way to Huaiyuan City, it will be equivalent to cutting off the retreat of your Eastern Expeditionary Army and threatening Wuwei and other places west of Helan Mountain.

When the war is going on, the Hexi Army can preemptively send troops from Jincheng County to attack, cut off the retreat of Xue Ju's army, and take Tianshui County first; The army of Shangxian rushed to the aid of Beidi and other counties to suppress Xue Ju's activity area. The most critical Helan Mountain and Huaiyuan City must not fall into the hands of the Turks or Xue Ju, so Xue Ju only has to retreat to Tianshui and flee north into Fengzhou, Fufeng still has 100,000 Qin troops, according to my estimate, Xue Ju will retreat to Tianshui.

It's a pity that Fufeng has the Dou family, the 100,000 Qin army are all Fufeng locals, Xue Ju has been defeated in successive battles, Li Yuan is looking at taking Chang'an, and it would be good to have 20,000 or 30,000 people to Tianshui in the end, it will not help at all. Now that the sky and water are down, we can be the same as Xue Ju's previous actions, trying to support the wind and march into Guanzhong; When the time comes, Hedong and Shangxian will send troops to Tongguan, and Chang'an will be in the bag. ”

Fang Yanzao and Wei Zheng nodded frequently, Yang Chong was really right to look at people, Zhuge could see what hadn't happened yet; A few words outlined the battle situation behind, and Longzhong was nothing more than that. Yang Chong put down the teacup and said: "We won't say polite words between us, you are a long history, familiar with the situation for a few days, and then go to Wuwei; I will hand it over to you in Hexi and Longyou, and I will write to Shi Daqian and Fang Xuanling, so that they can listen to you in everything. ”

Zhuge Quan laughed and thanked him, and the four of them buried their heads together again and planned for half a night.

Yang Gongren did not dare to delay, and set off for Yan'an County the next day; Zhuge Quan stayed in Shangxian. On the way, Zhuge Jiahui said a message that the great Confucian Wang Tong and Wang Ji brothers had crossed the Yellow River and came to Shangxian; Yang Gongren realized something, and said in a low voice: "No wonder Zhuge Quan said that we have no chance, Yang Chong has already prepared Wang Tong's move." ”

Huangfu Ren Si bowed his head and said: "Yang Chong's army swept through the state, there is no one in the local clan who does not want to take refuge, from another angle, Yang Chong doesn't care if the Cui clan goes all out to support it." Guanwang, we think about it, Yang Chong is not Yang Su, nor Wei Xiaokuan, he is the second Yang Xuangan, but he is more careful than Yang Xuangan, first did not attack Chang'an, and now he still gives us face, and also promises to allocate taxes to us, all of which are tricks. ”

Yang Gongren looked at the scenery on the side of the road and said: "Even if it is a wrist, it is not easy, Yongzhou was originally a dish on Yang Chong's table, but it was brought over by us, and it should be satisfied." What's more, Yang Chong also promised us to bring down Tianshui and Fufeng to us, which is not something ordinary people can do, I owe Yang Chong a big favor. ”

When Yang Gongren arrived in Yan'an County, Qu Tutong and Sang Xianhe had already arrived, and with the assistance of Wei Wentong, Sang Xianhe launched an attack on the other side of the river, rescued more than 10,000 people including Qu Tutong and Yao Junsu, and retreated to Feng Yi. Qu Tutong, Sang Xianhe rushed to Yan'an County with 5,000 men and horses, and quickly controlled the situation, Zhang Jin, Qu Tutong, Sang Xianhe, and Yao Junsu were appointed as the four generals of the military.

In order to take Chang'an with the smallest possible loss, Li Yuan did not dare to besiege the city on all sides, and could only watch a large number of scholars and troops go north, and learned that the Wei family's abacus was disrupted, and Yang Chong could not cross Yan'an County and Feng Yi County to go south, Li Yuan was glad to clap his hands. Yin Kaishan lost too badly, Pei Lin had already gone north and served as the head of the Jinzhou Road march, acting cheaply; However, Tang Jun is not optimistic about Pei Lin from top to bottom, Wu Duaner and Han Shige are old opponents of Li Yuan on the battlefield, both of them are fierce and cunning, and they are not easy to get along.

In less than half a month, Wu Duan'er and Zhu Xieque all conquered the entire territory of Longquan County, attacked Fenxi in the east, Pei Lin and Duan Decao were on the way to reinforcements, and were ambushed by Han Shige and Zhen Zhai'er who sneaked in secretly, and the Tang army was defeated with heavy casualties. Pei Lin left Duan De to guard Huoyi, and fled back to Jinzhou at a gallop for a day and night; Duan Decao fought hard for ten days, and was blown up by the Hexi army in many places, abandoned the city and fled, and all the towns east of Jinzhou in Linfen County were lost, and Jinzhou was also in danger.

Li Yuan had just entered Chang'an City, and he couldn't help but be moved when he received Pei Lian's recital, and after Jinzhou, Jiangjun and other places were the areas where Wuduan'er, Han Shige, and Jing Pantuo were active, and I don't know how many more parties were dormant in secret. Li Yuan could only give up the plan to go east to Luoyang and send Li Shimin to Jinzhou to replace Pei Lian, Li Shimin and Duan Zhixuan led 5,000 horsemen to gallop in the starry night and rushed to Jinzhou, but found that Han Shige's army did not go south.

Duan Decao said suspiciously: "The spies and scouts discovered a strange phenomenon, the Hexi army moved a large number of people from Puxian, Huoyi and other places to the north, and all the materials such as grain and grass were transported away together, it seems that they are preparing to turn Huoyi to Jinzhou into a warring border area, and there is not even a decent attack." ”

Zheng Rentai patted his ass and said: "Han Shige, they must know the prestige of the second son, and they don't dare to provoke the tiger's beard." ”

"Get out." Duan Zhixuan couldn't help but reprimand angrily, who is Han Shige, the son of the famous general Han Baohu, followed Yang Xuangan's rebellion to kill, from Luoyang to Hetao, with more wins and fewer defeats, especially after changing equipment and training in Helan Mountain, Han Shige went all the way to several counties, and almost never met an opponent; Wu Duan'er and Zhen Zhai'er are Xiaoqiang who can't be killed, born in poverty, and grew from the war to a general. Such a person will be afraid of Li Shimin, even if he knows that he is not an opponent, he will try to fight a battle, and there must be a reason for not fighting.

Shi Cao Shen military Du Ruhui said calmly: "We were fooled, the intention of the Hexi Army is to transfer the second prince out of Chang'an, so that the eldest prince will become the closest person to Tang Gong's side." Yang Chong thought that the second prince was the first general in the world, so he surrendered without a fight, and used Tang Gong to contain the second son. ”

Du Ruhui is Du Yan's nephew, and in history, he and Fang Xuanling were known as Fang Mou Du Xuan, and his knowledge is absolutely superhuman; Li Shimin and Duan Decao immediately understood, Du Ruhui said vaguely, in fact, after Li Jiancheng became Li Yuan's successor, the greater Li Shimin's military achievements, the greater the threat to Li Jiancheng, and the more contradictions there would be. Li Shimin smiled admiringly: "Before my father started the army, I should visit Yang Chong and thank him, for so many years, he can resist the thought of killing me." ”

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