As the descendants of the Huns, Di people, and Xianbei people, the Zahu in the area of Luliang Mountain are not interested in cultivated land, but are full of enthusiasm for participating in the Hexi Army to fight; Han Shige was reluctant to send this batch of soldiers, so he simply ordered Liu Yun to select 3,000 elites, and the other nearly 4,000 people were turned into Tuntian soldiers, and appointed a Xianbei leader named Xiahou Wu as the captain of Tuntian, and took the Tuntian people to Xiuhua County to find Ling Jing to report, and he was out of sight.

However, there were too many deaths of men in Zuoguocheng, and after Cheng Yuan's investigation, there were more than 9,000 Xiongnu women who were alone, all of whom were sent to Shangxian by Han Shige. According to Yang Chong's plan in advance, the remaining more than 5,000 people were moved to Lucheng, a castle forty miles away from Zuoguo City, and Lucheng County was added; The military dependents lived in the west city of the left country, and the original inner city and the east city belonged to the military camp; Another Gao wolf town was built, which was specially responsible for raising horses.

Han Shige and Cheng Yuan were summoned to Lishi County, but they didn't expect the envoy sent by Yang Chong to be Gao Bei, who agreed that Cheng Yuan would be the guard of Lishi County, Han Shige would be stationed in Zuoguocheng, and Lucheng County would be under the jurisdiction of Zuoguocheng. Gaobei brought the plan of Loufu County, that is, to find a way to occupy the three counties of Linquan, Jingle and Lancheng in the east of Loufu County, Jingle and Lancheng counties only have a smooth road in the west, and the east, south and north are surrounded by mountains, which is a valley in Luliang Mountain, suitable for farming.

The most important thing is that Lou Fu City in the south of Jingle County is the residence of the Western Turk people led by the Western Turk special service Ashina Danai, Ashina Danai and Yang Chong have long been in contact, and Hexi Commercial Bank also has a branch in Lou Fu City. Yang Chong planned to follow the practice of Huining Town, set up Loufu Town, and build another Jingle County in the three counties of Jingle, Linquan and Lancheng, and Xiurong County near Xinzhou.

Cheng Yuan said with a smile: "It's hard for us to want, Liu Wuzhou has already attacked the Sui army with the Turkic cavalry, killed the Tiger Benlang general Wang Zhibian, attacked Loufu County, occupied Xiurong County, and was canonized as Dingyang Khan by Shibi Khan, and presented the wolf's head." However, Liu Wuzhou should like us to occupy Loufu County, in our hands, he will not cooperate with Liang De to fight, he can go south wholeheartedly. ”

Ling Jing participated in the formulation of the plan, explaining: "Loufu County is bordered by Lishi to the west, Mayi County to the north, Daizhou to the west, and Taiyuan County to the south. Liu Wuzhou didn't have the heart to capture such a small place, it was hard work, it was better to come and rob it once, but it means different to us, the establishment of Jingle County can make Zuoguo City have depth, and it can also collect Ashina Danai. Now Liang De is free of worries and can attack Taiyuan with all his might. ”

Gao Bei nodded and said: "The chief manager said, don't participate in the Taiyuan War easily, the matter of Lejing County, let me find a way to find a reason to go to war." When Liang De took the initiative to send someone to contact, he could provide war horses and weapons, and let Liang De exchange Fenyang's grain; If necessary, you can also take the initiative to contact. ”

Ling Jing and Han Shige were overjoyed, Yang Chongkai's opening had solved a big problem, the food from Lishi County and Zuoguo City could only barely maintain the supply of the army, and it was difficult to support the people of the counties and the miscellaneous people who came to surrender one after another. As for the war horses, Zuo Guocheng was originally a grazing land, and Zahu didn't care whether it was good or bad, he had one horse per person, and this time he captured 14,000 horses, and Han Shige could be said to be wealthy.

Han Shige captured Lishi County and Zuoguo City in ten days, and the world shook; Hu Benlang general Liang De chose the practice of swearing to the death, exhausted the 20,000 Sui troops in Xihe and other places, disregarded the counties and counties that were abandoned, went north with all his strength, attacked Taiyuan, and captured Shouyang and Jiaocheng counties in four days, and approached Jinyang.

Li Yuan's army was blocked in the east of the river, and the 2,000 war horses sent by the Turks were stolen by Li Jing on the road, and the Turkic general Da Zhi was wounded. And Li Jing relied on these war horses, although he could not help Qu Tutong to prevent Li Yuan from crossing the river, but he won a battle in Feng Yi, arrested Feng Yi Taishou Xiao Zao, killed 6,000 Tang troops, and captured Li Yuan's left army Wang Changhuan and left leader Shi Chen Yanshou alive.

Li Shimin comforted Li Yuan and said: "At the end of Yang Chongqiang's crossbow, it is no longer possible to have the strength to attack Taiyuan, but it is just to create an opportunity for Liang De. Liang De, a clown who jumps off the beam, can't jump for a few days, he will never be the opponent of Yuan Ji and others, as long as Liu Wuzhou goes south, he will be wiped out in a few days. ”

Li Yuan shook his head, two thousand war horses, General Da Zhi was injured, and even Wang Changhuan's entire army was annihilated, but the energy and vision that Yang Chong showed now could not be ignored; If Liu Wuzhou goes south, will the things that Shibi Khan talked about with him still be useful? Li Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "I am pleased that Yang Chong's evaluation of you is said to be above Li Jing, otherwise, I really don't have the confidence to fight." ”

Liu Wenjing agreed: "Shimin is as good as Yang Chong, and there is no problem for us to enter Chang'an." Tang Gong, in fact, we can follow Yang Chong's example, let Taiyuan continue to arrange people to recruit miscellaneous Hu, we have been in contact with them in the early stage, and we are familiar with those Hu people who are mercenary, our conditions can be better than Yang Chong's, we recruit one more person, Yang Chong will have one less person. ”

Li Yuan bowed, this is a good idea, at least spending money can entangle Han Shige and reduce the threat, it is a good deal.

Pei Lin walked in excitedly from outside the tent and said loudly: "Tang Gong, good news, good news." The people we sent to assassinate Li Jing succeeded, although Li Jing was wearing a caribly armor and did not die, but he was seriously injured in bed and could not be a director, Qu Tutong had already sent Sang Xianhe, a tiger tooth wolf, to replace Li Jing. ”

Li Jiancheng is disdainful, and this method is spread out, and the world is ashamed; Li Shimin asked quietly: "What about our casualties?" ”

The main palace of the Quentian Pavilion walked in quietly, and after saluting the Li family's father and son, he said: "Li Jing is worthy of being a famous general, and Zhou Qian has prepared in advance, Master Yuan Hui died at the hands of the Red Whisk Girl, Senior Brother Shi and Zhou Qian died together, and none of the fifty-seven masters who accompanied him survived. ”

Li Yuan's smile just now froze, and he reluctantly said: "Palace Pavilion Master, the price paid by the Quentian Pavilion for the Li family, Li Yuan remembers it, if he wins the world one day, he will definitely take the Pavilion Master as the national teacher." ”

Gong Yizhuo showed a smile and said: "Tang Gong is a talented man, and he will definitely be able to capture Chang'an, so a character like Yang Chong would not dare to violate the mandate of heaven." It's just that Quentian Pavilion has exhausted its strength, Zhen Xueqing will stay in Chang'an and continue to contribute to Tang Gong, Gong still has one thing on his mind, so he specially came to resign to Tang. ”

Li Shimin stood up and dissuaded: "Why should the pavilion master be in a hurry, now is the time when the war is fierce, assassins and spies are everywhere, and the pavilion master needs to help." The pavilion master may wish to wait for my army to enter Chang'an, and when the time comes, my father will help the pavilion master rebuild the Quenching Heaven Pavilion and invite heroes from all walks of life to join. ”

(End of chapter)