According to the predetermined plan, Yang Chong cut Yunwu County and Huining Town as Huining County, appointed Liang Shuo as the Wuwei County Guard, Liu Heilong took over the post of Jiuquan County Guard, Shan Xiongxin served as the Wuwei Eagle Yang Lang General, and the eldest grandson Wunai served as the Eagle Strike Lang General; Fang Yiwu was appointed as the county guard of Huining County, and Yin Hongshen was appointed as the general of Eagle Yang Lang of Huining County. In fact, Yang was transferred back to Zhangye to serve as the general of Yingyanglang, Meng Kunpeng took over as the general of Jiuquan Yingyanglang, and the original Zhangye Yingyanglang general Xie Yingdeng was appointed as the governor, commanding Luo Shixin, Gan Bao, and Ma Gongyou to garrison the three battalions in Huining County, and Yin Hongshen could not obtain command at all.

Yang Chong abided by the agreement and let the An brothers take the clan away, and the price of all the fields and properties of the An family in Wuwei was calculated, equivalent to 60,000 yuan, and paid with armor, cattle and sheep, and glassware; Li Liang's family wealth was confiscated, the gold and silver were innumerable, there were more than 4 million catties of grain alone, and the land deed of tens of thousands of acres was laughed at by the governor's office.

In addition to Yang Chong's beheading of Li Rail, Li Mao's brothers and Xie Tongshi, Li Rail's family was all sent to Jincheng for Guo Rong to deal with. More than 9,000 captives were released one after another, and the two counties of Xiping County were also waiting for Guo Rong to send people to accept the retreating soldiers; Guo Rong understood that Yang Chong had only killed less than 6,000 of his men, but the loss of nearly 20,000 sets of armor weapons and 5,000 war horses was irreparable, and Xiping County was looted by Yang Chong.

Eight hundred miles of fast horses sent the news to Chang'an, the right imperial guard general Zhang Jin, the right military guard general Huangfu Wuyi just defeated Xiang Haiming, recovered Fufeng and Anding counties, and restored the passage between Longyou and Chang'an, but I didn't expect to receive this bad news first. In three months, the situation in Hexi was so fragile that Guo Rong no longer had the ability to restrain Yang Chong; But the recitals of Yang Chong and Guo Rong both prove that Li Liang is ready to take refuge in the Turks, and he deserves to die.

The news of Longxi diluted the joy of the victory in Jiangnan in one fell swoop, and Wang Shichong killed Liu Yuanjin and Guan Chong, and buried alive more than 30,000 surrendered rebels at Huangtingjian. At the same time, the battle of Nanyang has been decided, Yang Xuangan lost Nanyang, and Li Zixiong and others fought separately to fight their way out of the encirclement, and the officers and troops were rounding up.

In the following ten days, there were battle reports every day, on the way to escape, Yang Xuangan committed suicide, and Yang Jishan, who was traveling with him, committed suicide but was captured by the pursuers, and was sent to the palace of Emperor Yang of Sui together with Yang Xuangan's head. The rebel leaders Li Zixiong, Han Shige, Yang Gongdao, Zhao Yuanshu, Yang Wanshuo, and Wei Fusi were captured, Yuan Wuben and Gu Jue were killed in battle, and more than 40 lords with thieves such as Lai Yuan were arrested. The only one who has lost a trace is Yang Xuan, who is wanted by the imperial court along with Kong Yingda.

Yang Guang, the son of heaven, made the latest judgment that Yang Chong would not send troops to Jincheng, and Xiping County's move was Yang Chong's move to prepare to open up Hanchuan; Yang Guang sent a special envoy, Yu Wenshi, and demanded that as long as Yang Chong handed over a total of 10,000 sets of Mingguang armor, 10,000 weapons, 100,000 arrows, 6,000 war horses, and 5 million catties of grain, including the amount that the Western Regions Governor's Office should hand over this year, Chang'an fully supported the Third Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo.

Yu Wenshi and talked to Pei Ju and Wei Xuan alone, which was Yang Guang's dictation, a total of three things. The first is to find out the secret of Yang Chong's battle in Handchuan, Yang Chong will not abandon Jincheng and attack Xiping for no reason; The second arranger informed Yu Zhongwen to buy off the tribes of Baishan Tiele and the Qiang people who had moved to Yiwu County, and waited for an opportunity to recover Yiwu; Just waiting for Yiwu to take it, the three armies of Guo Rong, Zhang Jin, and Huangfu Wuyi began to attack Wuwei.

Pei Ju learned that Yang Guang let him handle the rest of the matter at his discretion, and said with a sneer: "You can let the acting king give Yang Chong a marriage, give Yuan Xiren to Yang Chong, and Yuan Min give an official position and transfer him to Zhuo County." then give Yang Chong a mansion in Chang'an, and let Yang Xiaoshi and Yang Xiaofan live in it. ”

Yu Wenshi and Wei Xuan could only sigh to themselves, Pei Ju's idea was to cause concern to Yang Chong, as long as the marriage was successful, the Yuan raiders and the Yuan family would be hostages in Chang'an's hands; In the current situation, no matter how good the mansion is, Yang Chong will not come back to live, but Yang Xiaoshi and Yang Xiaofan move in, and once something happens, they can splash a lot of dirty water on Yang Chong and Wei Yuanzhao's heads. Wei Xuan immediately complied, and the next day he asked the acting king Yang Yu to issue an edict, Yuan Min was the inner history of the people, and gave the marriage of Yuan Xiren and a house in Yongle Fang.

After the Yuan family agreed, Yang Chong was very conscious, not only quickly delivered the goods as required, but also gave Chang'an an more than 3,000 hard bows, so that Pei Ju and Wei Xuan were speechless; Li Liang's furniture and Guo Rong's discarded armor and weapons made Yang Chong very confident, but in fact, Yang Chong only produced 3,000 war horses. Yang Chongshang said the plan for the next two years, marching into Helan Mountain, north of Wuwei and Zhangye, and restoring the county garrison of the Han Dynasty; Pei Ju didn't wait to report to the palace, so he asked Wei Xuan to agree, Yang Chong would definitely have to fight to the death with Shibi Khan if he did this, which was a good thing.

Huangfu Wuyi and Zhou Qian had an unexpected gain in the search for the rebels, capturing Tang Bi who arranged for Yang Chong to go to Hexi, and the identity documents of the deputy commander of Yumen Pass were copied on the spot, and Tang Bi confessed. Tang Bi's task was very simple, Yang Chong thought that there was a lack of people in Hexi, and Tang Bi was to persuade the people to flee to Hexi and settle down; Gu Yi and Yin Shi Shi didn't think it was a crime, why did the people in Guanzhong follow Xiang Haiming to make trouble, it's not that they can't live anymore, it's good to go to Hexi, but Wei Xuan and Pei Ju don't do it.

The two drew up a plan, 10,000 prisoners, and asked Yang Chong to pay for it, this time even Zhang Jin, the general of the right imperial guard, spoke out against it, if Yang Chong armed these prisoners, it would not be an additional 10,000 troops. Pei Ju said with a smile: "The families of those rebels we arranged, the young and middle-aged are all dead, only the old man and the woman are left, by the way, the children are not in the number, and they will be sent to Yang Chong together." 10,000 people asked for 5,000 sets of armor, and Tang Bi asked Yang Chong to redeem 1,000 sets of armor. ”

Zhang Jin was speechless for a moment, Pei Gong is poisonous, this is to send 10,000 mouths to eat, consume Yang Chong's food, and dare to open his mouth to ask for armor; But what caught Chang'an Shangshutai off guard was that Yang Chong behaved like an obedient subordinate official, and took all the orders, although it was not the Mingguang armor and fish scale armor of the Sui army, but after all, it was six thousand sets of iron armor. Zhang Jin, the general of the right imperial guard, was a little puzzled, since Yang Chong was so easy to speak, why had he been so noisy in recent years.

Zhang Jin and Wei Jie have a good personal relationship, taking advantage of the fact that no one in the office asked about it, Wei Jie shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Yang Chong and Pei Ju are both quick-minded people, when King Guan and Duan Gong are alive, they can still coordinate in the middle, and now the central attitude is the same, Yang Chong knows that he will not escape death, and he will definitely be trapped in the beast." The current obedience is that Yang Chong, like Chang'an, needs a time to recuperate and stabilize the rear; If the center wants to move him, he will immediately slash and sword. ”

Zhang Jin didn't dare to ask any more, no one could guess the current temperament of Yang Guang, the son of heaven, and he couldn't save his suspicions at every turn, if Yujuluo didn't go missing, he would definitely die; After Yujuluo disappeared, Tu Wanxu was cut to the people, assigned to Jian'an, depressed, and fell ill and died. Yang Chong dared to do the secession, the result was doomed, and now these gate lords in Guanzhong did not react on the surface, but in fact, the dark tide was surging, and they were all making preparations with both hands, as evidenced by Wei Yuanzhao, Yuan Wei and others going to Hexi.

(End of chapter)