Later, Weiyuan County was captured by Xie Yingdeng disguised as a defeated army, and once again asked the soldiers to move 3,000 people to Lintao County, 9,000 people suffered hardships, and there were still 7,000 people left in Lintao County, and the labor was to repair the castle for one year. Yujuluo once again issued an ultimatum to Longxi, Barrier County, and Changchuan, Changchuan County declared that it belonged to Anding County, and Barrier County asked Tianshui County for help, in order to hold Longxi County, Longxi Li took out a lot of money to recruit nearby Qiang people to help.

For the attachment of Changchuan County, the upper and lower levels of Anding County are not ready to cause this trouble, and at present, Anding is under the front of the Hexi Army, and most of the trade is with Hexi; Changchuan County is not really taking refuge, it is obvious that it is just an expedient measure of the Li family. However, after the persuasion of Li Yuan's envoy Huangfu Juan, the county shou He Bawei took over the matter, the reason was not to let Yang Chong be too arrogant, and Yang Chong had to be guarded against.

What caught Xue Ju, He Bawei, and Li off guard was that Yuju Luotu saw that all the actions in front of him turned out to be just the first course, in the Dangxiang Qiang Tuoba Department and the Fine Seal Department in Yiwu County, the Turkic Shatuo Department in the end of the Jimo, and the Hehuangqiang Five Divisions in Qinghai, a total of 14,000 iron cavalry, crossed Jincheng County to help, and attacked Longzhong with Yujuluo. Xue Ju's 30,000 reinforcements were defeated in Barrier County, and the light head was beheaded by 8,000, surrendered more than 10,000, and the rest fled to Tianshui.

Shi Daqian led 7,000 horsemen to kill Di Dao at the same time, although Zhong Juqiu only married Xue Ju's daughter, he didn't think about his father-in-law's family at all, made a deal with Shi Daqian, collected 2,000 sets of armor, directly gave up Di Dao, took thousands of military horses, and went south to meet Chipai Qiang. Longxi County was attacked on three sides, and 20,000 Qiang people acted indiscriminately in the county, which made the Li clan anxious; did not wait for the Hexi army, but waited for the Yujuluo to spread the news, and the tribes of the Qiang people who captured Longxi County could live in Longxi County.

The atmosphere in Longxi County was suddenly tense, and the Governor's Office of the Western Regions had a great reputation among the Qiang people, and the nine cities in western Qinghai Province, the Qiang Qilian Mountain camp in Jiuquan County, and the Buddhist temples and trade points prepared for the Qiang people in each county all showed goodwill and the style of doing what they said. If Yujuluo dares to pass on the promise, he will definitely fulfill his promise, and the nerves of the people of the Han and Qiang ethnic groups in Longxi County suddenly tensed; Li Zhang and his brother Li Yuanfang saw that the situation was not right, and secretly ran to Barrier County to defect to Yujuluo.

The war was finally ignited half a month later, the Qiang and Li clans clashed in Longxi County, a sudden brawl and injured people triggered a battle between the two sides, the county town was like a bombing camp, there were appeals at the beginning, and after the melee, it was no longer clear to distinguish between east and west, north and south. More than 100 people of the Li clan escaped, nearly half of the Qiang casualties, more than 3,000 people fled back to the grassland desert, and 5,000 people led by Chidongshan controlled Longxi County and 2,000 people.

Due to the loss of the three counties of Didao, Longxi, and Lintao, Xue Ju stopped advancing eastward, and the whole army withdrew to Fufeng Tianshui, giving Zhang Jin the opportunity to pack up the remnants of the army and redeploy Guanzhong; Anding County Shouhe Bawei gave up Changchuan County and sent Huangfu Juan to Jincheng County, saying that everything was provoked by traitors, and Huangfu Juan was the culprit.

Li Yuan had just laid down Tongguan at the moment, and when he saw the battle report, he almost fell headlong in the big tent, Yu Juluo's hand is very unique, not in terms of how much territory there is, but to announce to the people of the world, what about the five surnames and seven hopes, in the face of absolute strength, it is just a puddle of mud. Li Shimin and others stood on both sides, and for the first time they didn't even dare to breathe, Xue Ju withdrew his troops, and Feng Yi was difficult, so that Chang'an only faced the threat from the east, and he could continue to resist.

Li Yuan took the battle report and read it for a long time, and sat back in his chair without saying a word, his anxious look clearly visible; After a long time, Liu Wenjing broke the silence and said in a deep voice: "Qu Tutong has retreated to Hedong, and the Yin Shishi has transferred Zhang Jin's army back to Chang'an, Li Jing can't get out of bed yet, and Chang'an is not difficult to fight." ”

In this attack on Tongguan, Liu Wenjing made great contributions, and he was so desperate that Qu Tutong's army was blocked from the pass, so that Li Yuan's army had the opportunity to kill Liu Gang, the defender of Tongguan, and then the whole army attacked Qu Tutong, Qu Tutong was almost wiped out, only to be spared, and was forced to collect the troops of the nearby county town and retreat to Hedong.

Pei Lin said cautiously: "Chang'an has a population of one million, it is the first fortified city in the world, and there is plenty of grain and grass in the city. There are more than 100,000 of us, and it is difficult to surround the city, but I am afraid that Taiyuan will not be able to support it, and Liang De is now like crazy. ”

Taiyuan made people anxious, under the forced attack of Liang De regardless of losses, Li Yuanji mobilized all the troops that could be mobilized to reinforce, but he still couldn't win, so he had to rely on the tall and steep city wall of Taiyuan to defend it. Liang De's army was supplemented with a large number of weapons and equipment such as war horses, armor, giant crossbows, catapults, etc., and half of the fifteen counties of Taiyuan County had fallen, and Pingyao had been lost; If it weren't for Huayin County's order for Li Xiao to often dedicate the city, and Chang Ping fell into the hands of the Tang army, Li Yuan's more than 100,000 horses would probably have begun to run out of food by now.

Li Shimin proposed: "It's better to let the eldest brother return to Taiyuan, completely defeat Liangde, and sweep away Xihe, Longquan and other counties." ”

"No." Sweeping away Xihe, Longquan and other counties is to start a war with Yang Chong, Pei Lin hurriedly dissuaded and said: "Han Shige, Wuduan'er and other departments have been dormant in Luliang Mountain and Xihe County now, it's not that they don't have the ability to fight, what they are waiting for is an opportunity." Now, Chang'an is about to be conquered by us, even if Liang De fails, as long as the banner of rebellion is raised, Han Shige will still come to save him; The war will not end in a day or two, rather than letting the eldest prince stay in Taiyuan, it is better to choose a general to replace him. ”

Li Yuan recovered from his grief and indignation, a trace of unhappiness passed in his heart, Chang'an has not yet been laid, the generals in the army have begun to stand in line, there are many people who support Li Jiancheng and admire Li Shimin, no wonder Yang Chong does not wait to see the family, his own interests are the first, and the interests of the emperor are second. It is also difficult to guess the mind of the second Li Shimin, a person who can be favored by Yang Chong will never be a weak person, Li Yuan has reason to suspect that Li Shimin wants to exclude Li Jiancheng from the core.

Zhen Xueqing said on the side: "Yin Kaishan can." ”

Yin Kaishan is the son of the head of the Yin monk, all-round talent in civil and military affairs, famous for his learning and conduct when he was young, Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang, Yin Kaishan, who was the magistrate of Shiai County at the time, was appointed by Li Yuan as the general's mansion Peng, participated in the strategy, and is currently Li Shimin's long history, and Zhen Xueqing when he went to Guanzhong to recruit group thieves. Zhen Xueqing is a guest qing, with a special identity, and as soon as she says it, some people are unhappy and not easy to attack, and finally Li Yuan decided that Yin Kaishan would go to replace Li Jiancheng in the military and summon Li Jiancheng to Tongguan.

For crossing the river on the west road, Li Shimin came up with an idea, Sang Xianhe was closely guarded by Feng Yi, so he crossed the river from Fenchuan and Yanchuan, sent Duan Decao to persuade Zhang Shilong to surrender, and transferred Sun Hua's army in Guanzhong to respond. This has an advantage, if Diaoyin County is in hand, the connection between Chang'an and Shangxian can be cut off in a short time, Yang Chongruo turned his face, and Xihe County just did it.

The plan is definitely a good plan, competing for the world, what you pay attention to is ruthlessness, but what Li Shimin didn't expect was that there were always some sudden things that made people unable to get their wish.

(End of chapter)