Yang Chong replied: "Before Jiang took out the army, I told him that the most important thing is to preserve strength and strive for the initiative; At that time, one was to replace the king's will, followed by Jincheng and other counties, and the most important thing was that the time had not come. Now Li Yuan has sent troops to attack Chang'an, and the Liang division has occupied Shuofang and called the emperor, all of which are anti-elephants, and how we fight them are justified. It is impossible for Qu Tutong to come back to Chang'an, Li Jing is pinned down in Longyou, and the opportunity is rare. ”

Wei Jie and Yuan Wei understood that Yang Chong took the opportunity to explain for Jiang Duo, giving up Honghua, Pingliang and Liupan Mountain, and Jiang Duo was blamed in Hexi, just because he was Yang Chong's brother-in-law and the general of the unified army, and no one was unhappy in person. Wei Jie asked quietly, "What is the chief sending?" ”

Yang Chong asked Kou Jiuhui to bring a list of gifts and said: "I plan to build seven temples in Linqiang City in Xiping County, Broken City in Douhe County, Angcheng in Haixi County, Bailan City in Haixi County, Chaka County in Quzhenchuan, Dangxiang County in Xingsuchuan, and Taoyang in the southwest of Taoshui, specifically to promote Buddhism to the Tuyuhun and Qiang people. Please ask Lord Wei to go back to Chang'an and negotiate with the Caotang Temple, which kind of doctrine is better, and it is best for the Caotang Temple to send monks to preside; In addition, send some gifts to the families in Chang'an, and ask them about their attitude towards Li Yuan's troops. ”

Wei Jie understood, the so-called Buddhism is a disguise, Liangzhou and Gaochang are all places where Buddhism is prevalent, and there are more monks in Duqiang and Tuyuhun languages, Yang Chong's intention is to ask himself, whether the scholars of Chang'an welcome Li Yuan, or welcome him Yang Chong. Wei Jie looked at the list, the gifts were very rich, and he looked up and asked, "Is the chief manager ready to attack Chang'an?" ”

Yang Chong shook his head and said: "It's a fire pit, the Son of Heaven is still in Jiangdu, Li Mi and Wang Shichong are inextricably killed in Luoyang, and it is no good for us to enter Chang'an now." Li Yuan raised troops, the people of the Dou family and the Li family would respond one after another, and even near Chang'an, rebels would soon appear to cooperate with Li Yuan, and we did not have this advantage; I hope that people who have the same opinion as Li Yuan will come to Hexi, and the Caotang Temple can promote a more peaceful Buddhism. ”

Wei Jie really understood that Yang Chong was preparing to corrupt the fighting spirit of the Qiang and Tuyuhun people through Buddhism, so he did not consider Taoism and Louguandao. Fang Xuanling interjected and said: "The two governors can discuss with the imperial court, after King Liu Miao's territory is returned to us, a Jingle County will be set up to facilitate the resettlement of Hu Min, so as to save them from continuing to make trouble after returning to the counties." ”

Yang Chong's eyes lit up, Fang Xuanling's vision in internal affairs was really good; After consulting everyone's opinions, Yang Chong asked Yu Yu to draw up a recital, and sent Li Zhengming to follow Wei Jie back to Chang'an to deliver tribute, taxes, and 800 war horses. Kou Jiuhui handed Li Zhengming a bag and said: "This is given to Li Jing by the general manager, I hope he can seize the opportunity, if it goes well, he can get two thousand war horses at one time." ”

Although there is no specific time and place, Yang Chong's heart is like a mirror, the route from the Turks to Hedong is nothing more than the Hetao grassland, the official road from Yulin to Hedong, which are the territory of the Sui army, if Li Jing really wants to check, he will definitely be able to find out. Li Jing's generation of war gods, and there are masters like the Red Whisk Girl to help, if this little thing is not settled, it is really in vain; Li Zhengming looked at the bag and thanked Yang Chong and Kou Jiuxing.

In terms of expeditions, Yang Chong ordered Yuanshou to be the marching Sima, Ling Jing to be the long history, Wang Zhongbo to be the marching staff officer, Yu Xuan, Wei Yi, Cheng Yuan, Guan Jin, Jing Pantuo, Liu Harizi and others to accompany the army, Han Shige led the tiger and leopard battalion as the vanguard, and he led Jiang Duo's trapped camp, Luo Shixin's Beiwei battalion, and Suo Yanshou's desert battalion as the Chinese army. The biggest advantage of Yang Chong's eastward expedition is that Jiang Duo and Wu Duan'er left a large number of dark piles and eyeliner all the way from Helan Mountain to Luliang Mountain.

On the way of the army, they received information from Chang'an that Yu Wenshu, Yu Zhongwen, and Yang Yichen died in Jiangdu in less than ten days; Rumors spread in Chang'an and Luoyang, saying that it was a sign of the fall of the Great Sui, and when the rebellion broke out, the good ministers were all lost. Yang Chong immediately asked Yu Yu to write a letter and send it to the three families, and sent someone to inform Yu Qintao in the Western Regions to mourn and change, and arrange for the matter in hand to meet in Hetao.

When I arrived at Helan Mountain, I got two new pieces of information, one was that the Liang division had captured Yanchuan County; The other was sent by Sun Hua, the envoy of King Liu Miao, Sun Hua was a native of Hongnong, who took refuge in Yang Chong in Hexi, and returned to Luliang Mountain this time, and was sent by King Liu Miao to assist Li Yuan, who was appointed by Li Yuan as a pioneer, and took more than 1,000 horses to pretend to be horse thieves and sneak back to Guanzhong to make trouble.

Yang Chong said to Han Shige: "The first target is Yanchuan County, find a way to sneak attack. ”

Han Shige smiled: "Don't worry, I've already thought about borrowing a few people from you." Suo Yanshou and Zong Luohu's troops pretended to be Turks, Liu Harizi and Jing Pantuo each brought more than 1,000 people to pretend to be horse thieves, Xiang Shanzhi and Yang Yanwu pretended to be caravans, and I took 5,000 people to pretend to be Sui troops. The armor and props are all ready-made, and you will definitely be able to go to Yanchuan without knowing it, you and Jiang Duoxin are behind with a large army, waiting for my good news. ”

Located on the border, the Hetao region was often harassed by the Turks, and faced the scourge of horse thieves in the territory. In the middle of each city, the villages withered, horse thieves, Turks, Zahu, and rebels haunted one after another, as well as the Sui Dynasty border army and local powerful private soldiers, regardless of Han and Hu, most of the people fled to other places.

Under normal circumstances, the Turks and the border army played a game of the jungle, which side has more people, will chase the other side with fewer people to fight, looking for an opportunity to grab some people or livestock to go back to ask for merit and money, which is the so-called fighting of the border grass. But in the past few days, both the Turks and the border army have felt a little strange that the opponent has sent a team of thousands of people, one team after another; The horse thieves and caravans on the steppe suddenly increased, and they were all larger than usual.

The border army and the Turkic team still tried a few times, trying to get something from the caravan, and almost all the people who went out each time did not return, until Yang Chong's banner fluttered on the grassland, and the scouts on both sides reacted, and the front was a disguised army. The scouts galloped wildly and rushed back to report that the Hexi army had begun its eastward crusade, and the horse thieves along the way fled when they heard the news, and the county was shaken.

Shiokawa County is governed in Gohara County, but it is named because of the salt produced in Yanchi County, also known as Yanzhou. In the five dynasties, the annual profit of Yanchi can buy 100,000 horses of silk and 10,000 stones, and all the salt in the western border towns depends on Yanchi County; Yanchi County is one hundred and seventy miles away from Wuyuan County, whether you go to Chang'an, or Longyou, Hetao, most of the roads are in the plains, smooth and easy to walk. Liang Shidu occupied this place, which made the price of salt in Guanzhong rise a lot, and increased the sales of salt in Hexi and Qinghai.

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