Liu Xuan walked easily, stepped forward and saluted everyone, saying, "I heard that the three adults are going to Hexi, and they have come to pay a visit, but fortunately, Lord Wei Jie greeted him, and the soldiers did not stop him." ”

The Shannan Academy presided over by Liu Xuan and Gai Wenda is now very famous in Chang'an, and is considered by Hebei people to be a pure land hidden in Guanzhong, and a large number of Hebei teenagers come from thousands of miles away; Liu Xuan himself buried himself in the academy, and Wei Xuan twice invited Liu Xuan to serve in Guozijian and Yue Wangfu, but Liu Xuan refused. Wei Xuan knew that Liu Xuan was here to be a lobbyist for Yang Chong, so he nodded angrily; Zhuge Ying is Liu Xuan's friend, and he kindly invited Liu Xuan to take a seat.

Liu Xuan waved his hand and said: "Old friend, the acting king is here, don't embarrass me, you and I can see each other at this age, it is already God's care." When you go to Hexi, tell Yang Chong and ask him to send all the ten volumes compiled behind the book "One Hundred Thousand Whys", Chang'an's printing level is much stronger than that of Hexi, and there are more children who read. ”

"100,000 Whys" is a popular science textbook compiled by Yang Chong's subordinates, which has been compiled in five volumes in Chang'an, printed and sold, and sold quite well, many families buy it back for children to read, and booksellers in Luoyang, Yangzhou, and Bashu have purchased it in large quantities. Acting Wang Yang Yu also has a set, familiar with the knowledge inside, and said when he heard the words: "Old Liu, give me a set when you print it out." ”

"That's certain, having a representative king to do publicity, it's good for sales." In the midst of everyone's laughter, Liu Xuan said to Zhuge Ying thoughtfully: "I heard a letter from Cui Zhen that Yang Chong also dictated a legend of Zhiwei, called "Jianghu Ji", which is about the martial arts of the rivers and lakes. Old friend, you might as well take a look if you go, Yang Chong's temperament is going to finish writing I don't know what year Ma Yue is, let him sort out the first volume first. ”

Before Zhuge Ying could answer, Yu Shinan hurriedly said, "Leave this matter to me." ”

Everyone laughed, people who do learning are like this, they don't pay attention to anything else, they care about articles and new books. Wei Xuan and the others secretly screamed, Liu Xuan didn't say a word of lobbying, and in the eyes of everyone, Yang Chong was panicked; Yang Chong holds ten counties in his hands, his family has a huge industry, and he is still idle to write legends of Zhiwei, how can he prepare for rebellion.

In the laughter, Gu Biao pretended to be casual and said: "The most difficult thing to do now is Hedong, Fan Zigai once burned the village north of Fenshui, and the rebels who surrendered were all killed, although Chai Baochang and others lobbied, the rebels from all walks of life are still waiting for the results of the battle between Wuduan and Li Yuan." Li Yuan intercepted twice in a row, but he was killed out of the encirclement by Wuduan Er and retreated into Diaoyin County, and it is estimated that Tang Guogong can only force Wuduan Er to the grassland at most. ”

Gu Biao's words were all implied that there was someone behind him, and no one answered for a while, this was a piece of paper that could not be pierced, and it was not okay to say it casually. Just like Yang Chong, only when he has evidence that someone calculates him can he explain to Chang'an; If Wuwei'er was destroyed by Li Yuan and got the physical evidence of the confession, Chang'an would be able to accuse Yang Chong with confidence, but now, they still kept their words in their hearts.

Liu Xuan smiled and said goodbye; Just as Liu Xuan walked out of the guard circle outside the long pavilion, he saw two carriages coming in a hurry, it was Yuan Wuji, the squire of the military department, and Duhu of Zhao Guogong. The two almost jumped out of the carriage and walked quickly all the way to the long pavilion, Yuan Wuji handed Wei Xuan an official document and said: "Under the city of Diaoyin, the combined army of King Liu Miao and the army of Diaoyin was defeated by Wudu'er, and 5,000 people were killed. ”

Gu Biao said disdainfully: "It's just a battle, you don't need to be nervous." ”

Yuan Wuji said in a cold voice: "If Yuhe Fort is lost, the Great Wall and the city will be in the hands of the enemy, and the eastern part of Guanzhong and the Yellow River and the Luohe River will become battlefields, how can you despise it?" Haven't you been worried about Yang Chong, if the Hexi Army comes out of Helan Mountain at this moment; Or don't sweep the carving Yin along the way to Helan Mountain, what do you say? ”

Yuan Wuji was also angry, and simply explained all the suspicions of Wei Xuan and the others, Wei Xuan asked unhurriedly: "Where is Tang Guogong's army?" ”

Duhu hurriedly said: "Tang Guogong has arrived in Yanfu County, the problem is that Liu Miaowang's people are gone, Tang Guogong is only more than 9,000 people, and Wudu'er's subordinates are all elite soldiers, so don't be careless." Zhang Jin and Yin Shishi, the two generals, urged Wei Gong to hurry up to discuss, saying that time was pressing. ”

Wei Xuan could only get up and say goodbye, and left with Duhu and Yuan Wuji; Acting King Yang Yu asked Wei Jie: "Will Li Yuan be defeated?" ”

Everyone was in a hurry, even the acting king Yang Yu was worried about Li Yuan, where did the confidence of Chang'an and the central director come from, only talking about Fengyue in the back, the speed of drinking and eating was much faster, and the banquet ended in more than half an hour, Li Weijie sent Zhang Yuan and the three of them to live in the post house, the three of them took a bath, and went to bed early to rest, Zhuge Ying is not easy after all.

Early the next morning, Li Weijie hurriedly came and said that Wei Xuan invited the three of them to Shangshutai, Zhuge Ying was unhappy and said: "We are in a hurry to go to Hexi, and we can't participate in the political affairs of Chang'an." ”

Li Weijie said with a bitter face: "The battle report sent in the early morning, Li Yuan and Diaoyin County were surrounded by Wudu'er, Yan'an Liu Jialun and Ji Hu Liu Harrier The two armies suddenly killed, our army was defeated, and Yuhe Fort was lost. The rebels left Liu Harrier to defend Yuhe Fort, and fought in two ways to Yan'an County and Luliang Mountain. ”

Obviously, Wuduan'er's rebels went all the way to the west, because there were two reinforcements near Diaoyin County, which set a trap for Li Yuan, and now that Li Yuan's army was defeated, the Sui army could not concentrate large-scale troops nearby in a short period of time, and could only hope that Wudu'er would make a mistake himself. The three of them could only rush to Shangshutai, and on the way, Li Weijie said Wei Xuan's plan, hoping that Zhuge Ying would persuade Yang Chong to let Guo Rong transfer troops to recover Diaoyin County.

Zhang Yuan sighed secretly, in fact, Zhang Jin had already been on the chapter, and suggested that Yang Chong should take Wudu'er and his gang to Hexi as homeless people, and offer 10,000 sets of armor, but Wei Xuan and Yuwenshu refused to agree, and now it is good, and they have to increase their troops. Diaoyin County is not a Hedong region, if it is really Yang Chong's subordinates, it only takes two or three days to send reinforcements from Helan Mountain, and the counties along the way have no possibility of blocking Yang Chong's cavalry.

Wei Xuan had no way out, so he didn't consider making a political deal with Yang Chong at all, and sent Zhang Jin, the general of the right imperial guard, and Guo Rong, the general of the right guard, to send troops to reinforce them, but asked Zhuge Ying to stop Yang Chong from sending troops; In addition, Wei Xuan reported to the center and asked the 20,000 troops of Qu Tutong, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, to move to Taiyuan to prevent Yang Chong from sending troops to Longyou or Hedong. Coupled with the army of Li Yuan and Fan Zigai, Chang'an was 100,000 troops in one move this time, Zhuge Ying could only shake his head, and went straight to Hexi with Zhang Yuan and others.

(End of chapter)