Wang Gon understands that Zhao Tuo is just a polite remark, and when he returns to Chang'an, he is entering the center, at most he is an official position at the level of a squire, and he can't talk about taking care of Zhao Tuo at all. Wang Gon picked up the wine glass and put it down, frowning worriedly and asked, "Lord Zhao, does King Yue really want us to go back?" ”

Zhao Tuo nodded unequivocally and said: "I don't know how to divide power between the DPRK and China, but King Yue sincerely hopes that you will go back, no matter how bad the conditions of Chang'an are, it is more than a little bit stronger than Dingxiang." As for saying that the royal family has no power, some things are always inevitable, but you have power in Dingxiang, right? According to our sources, the Turks are arrogant and unreasonable, and you have a hard time. ”

Zhao Tuo's words came to the hearts of Wang Gon and the three of them, here Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao are also puppets, and those princesses, princesses, and county lords of the royal family were even molested by the Turks in three days, if it weren't for the suppression of Yang Shanjing and Zhao Deyan, those high-ranking Turkic officials would probably be even more lawless. Wang Gon didn't want to lose his edge, and said with a smile: "Those who achieve great things must first suffer their minds, although the conditions for Dingxiang are poor, but to train people, didn't King Yue also send more than 20 officials successively?" ”

Those more than 20 officials are exile for Chang'an, Zhao Tuo smiled heartily, took out the gift slip from his sleeve and handed it to Wang Gon and said: "Lord Wang is reasonable, this time King Yue recovered Beiping County, and specially brought me a cart of silk and a cart of perfume, green salt, porcelain and other things to Empress Dowager Xiao. ”

There was a note in the gift list, indicating that there was a box of spices and a box of porcelain in the car for Wang Gon; Wang Gon accepted the gift list and said politely: "When the meal is over, I will go and order it and send it to the Empress Dowager Xiao." ”

Zhao Tuo got up and asked his subordinates to bring three boxes of tea and said: "The lower official has just taken office, and the king of Yue is urging him tightly, so he can only buy some tea in a hurry to show his feelings, and I hope that the three of them will not be shabby." ”

"Where, where." The face of the ceremonial member Wai Lang smiled, the Cui family's evergreen brand tea, this box is enough to drink for three or four months, and only the envoy of King Yue will be so generous, even Li Shimin's envoy is active on it, and he doesn't even look at his bitterness. Wang Gon understood that this was something on the surface, and it didn't hurt much, so he took the lead in collecting the tea and asked, "Is Lord Zhao waiting for news in Dingxiang?" ”

Zhao Tuo hurriedly declared: "Xiaguan is just a hard trip, stay in Dingxiang for a day tomorrow, and go to Taiyuan the day after tomorrow to do business; After Xiao returned to Chang'an, it was such a big event, and naturally more senior officials came forward. If Empress Xiao responds in the past two days, Xia Guan can take it back, even if it is a day or two longer. ”

The two petty officials really understood this time, Chang'an was really going to take Xiao back to Beijing, and they all looked at Wang Gon with blank eyes, hoping that Wang Gon would reveal some inside information; For them, where is not the same as being an official, maybe they can be developed in another place. As soon as Wang Gon heard what Zhao Tuo said, he understood that Yang Chong was just throwing stones to ask for directions, Yang Tong was in Yang Chong's hands, and there was no shortage of people in Chang'an who could be puppet emperors.

Zhao Tuo waited for two days and did not respond, so he went to resign to Yang Shanjing and Wang Gon, went to Taiyuan to do business, and after arriving in Taiyuan, he wrote a report on the situation of the envoy and sent it to Zhuo County as soon as possible. Yang Chong was not surprised to receive Zhao Tuo's report, standing in Dingxiang's position, it was indeed difficult to make up his mind about some things; However, the situation of the Turkic mobilization of troops surprised Yang Chong.

The 10,000 Golden Wolf Army went west, dealing with too few Western Turks, Xue Yantuo is also very honest now, and there seems to be no sign of rebellion in a short period of time; Then the Turks have only themselves to deal with, and the direction is probably Hexi. Liu Heimin agreed with Yang Chong's opinion and proposed: "We can choose whether it is Yanmen County or Yuyang County. ”

Yang Chong said conclusively: "Yuyang County, since Tuli sent troops at this time and swore to Li Shimin as brothers, then he should be able to bear the consequences." Fighting Yuyang County, Jieli Khan will never send troops to reinforce him. ”

Liu Heimin said with a solemn face: "Li Shimin fled to Yuyang with less than 10,000 people, and now he has forcibly exterminated the Yan Dynasty and recruited a large number of Maitreya disciples, and there are 20,000 or 30,000 people, plus the 30,000 reinforcements of Tuli, which is really not to be underestimated. The king of Yue, the hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, and the more dying and struggling the army, the more difficult it is to fight. ”

Zheng Ying suggested: "Yuyang County has jurisdiction over Yongnu, Yuyang, and Wuzhong counties, and we can directly capture Wuzhong County from Beiping, and ask Xu Shiji's army to go north, capture Yongnu first, and attack Yuyang from the north and south." In addition, the naval division stationed troops in Yongji Canal, transported 3,000 cavalry, attacked at any time, and waited for the Tuli army to be exhausted, and then gathered and annihilated. ”

Liu Heimin looked at the map and said: "The Turkic army likes field battles, coming and going like the wind, plus Li Shimin is good at defending, it is likely that one defense and one attack, and the Turkic cavalry will move south along the Bohai Bay and attack our army." Now that the weather is freezing and the Yongji Canal is not frozen, the water level of the river has dropped a lot, and it is not convenient for boats to travel. ”

Tianqi said coldly: "If we kill the Great Wall, will Tuli still be in Yuyang?" ”

The Great Wall is the boundary between the Central Plains and the outside of the Saiwai, and the Central Plains relies on the solidity of the Great Wall to block the peeping hearts of all ethnic groups outside the Saiwai, but now inside and outside the Great Wall, it is already the world of the Turks. Tianqi said that he had reached the key point, since he wanted to fight, he would make some noise and no longer be bound by anything. Hao Jin's eyes lit up and said: "Now there is an opportunity, the Turks want to send a golden Buddha and tens of thousands of women and children of the Tatar tribe back to the Great Meadow, and we can attack them halfway." ”

The opportunity is in front of him, and Tudi Ji and other five thousand warriors are in their hands, and how to use them well is a key; It is impossible for the Tatar tribe to be with Yang Chong in a few days, in Liaodong and Liaoxi, there are at least a dozen tribes, if you just want to release a hungry wolf to bite people, you will be bitten back. Yang Chong said decisively: "There is no need for the soldiers of the Yan tribe, Su Dingfang took Chang Jie's camp and only let Tudi Ji be the guide." ”

"Feasible." Liu Heimin paid more attention to this team than most people, not only Yang Chong's personal guards, but more importantly, after Su Dingfang arrived in Beiping, as many as 1,000 people from the Su family and the teenagers from Jizhou came to visit, all of whom were incorporated into the Changjie camp by Yang Chong. Su Dingfang's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and then Yang Chong poured cold water on the next sentence: "Let Gao Junya bring another five hundred cavalry who are familiar with the outside of the fortress to go together, and Gao Junya will be the supervisor." ”

Zheng Ying and the others nodded in agreement, this is a beautiful counterbalance, once Su Dingfang won the first battle and showed his strength inside and outside the Great Wall, the influence of Liu Heimin and other departments will inevitably weaken, it is obvious that Yang Chong does not want this negative influence. Accompanied by Gao Junya, with his military exploits, he could give a little to the Hebei soldiers, and Liu Heimin and others were also good-looking, which was also a kind of protection for the young Su Dingfang.

(End of chapter)