After the sky completely darkened, the killing sound inside and outside the Yin Pavilion City had subsided, and the entire city had fallen into the control of the Xia army. The northern army has entered the city, Liu Yuan and Fugu Huaijing, Wan Qian Jin walked up to the city, a team of Xia soldiers are cleaning up the corpses piled up at the head of the city, the transportation remains unchanged, directly carried to the city and thrown, there are also soldiers busy loading trucks, transported to the mountains and forests for burial.

"King!" Stepping on the bloodstains, leaving blood marks one by one, he walked to the center of the city tower, and Han Juzi, who commanded the soldiers to clean up the corpse, immediately bowed.

Liu Yuan waved his hand and stepped forward, and Cui Jun was slumped against the pillar, his hair was scattered, his face was covered with fly ash, and there was a shocking scar on the lower right side of his neck. The arteries had been cut, and the blood seemed to have dried up, staining the placket of his chest red, and some blood clots had coagulated on the cloth.

"King, this is Cui Jun, the Taishou of Yanmen! When the city was broken, he wanted to capture and sacrifice to the king, but his fierceness killed him directly! The soldiers admired his heroic martyrs and did not dare to touch his corpse! Han Juzi replied respectfully.

Liu Yuan looked at Cui Jun's body for a while, and after a while, Fang sighed: "Cui Zhouping! It's a pity! ”

A chaotic sound of footsteps came, Cui Lie was a little haggard, his face looked even older, seeing Liu Yuan and his party, he bowed slightly, crossed over, staggered to Cui Jun's corpse and knelt down, and then the old man burst into tears.

Seeing this, Liu Yuan instructed the servant Gu Huaijing beside him: "Send a few sergeants to help Weikao public bury Cui Taishou!" ”

"No!"

When Liu Yuan turned around and left the city tower, he suddenly heard Cui Lie say with a little choking in his tone: "Thank you, King!" The old minister still has one more thing to ask for, Zhou Ping committed suicide, there is still a three-year-old son, and he asked the king to leave him a bloodline! ”

Hearing this, Liu Yuan paused, his face flashed with suspicion, and then he responded quite "arrogantly": "How can a lonely person have a problem with a child!" Then he departed.

After the Yin Pavilion was down, Cui Jun's fate fell, and the Yanmen Gate was taken, and the counties in the territory had no heart to resist in the face of the Xia army. Liu Yuan sent Wan Qianjin, Dugu Sheng, Da Xiling and others to attack from all sides and take down all the remaining counties.

In the counties in Yanmen, there were few soldiers and no generals, and the city of Wenyin Pavilion was broken, and the last will to resist was exhausted. The Xia army is so far that they can take over the city without pressure, and the family power in Yanmen is more than one step weaker than Taiyuan. And Liu Yuan had already heard about the disposal of many wealthy families in Taiyuan, and even if they were resistant, they did not dare to confront it head-on.

It is time to welcome and welcome, and it is time to accept food, and we dare not push it in the slightest. Especially the branch of Wan Qianjin, these days they have attacked Yanmen, killed countless people, and killed a lot of people, and the wealthy families in various counties did not dare to despise it.

In November, as the northernmost county of Qiangyin was taken by Wan Qianjin's army, Yanmen County completely fell under the iron heel of the Xia army and was included in the hands of Liu Yuan. In the entire annexed state, only Shuofang County in the west, Shangdang County in the south and southeast corner of Shangjun remained, and the rest were all occupied by the Xia State.

Leaving Wan Qian to lead 3,000 cavalry to garrison Wang Tao, bomb the place, Da Xiling led an army of 2,000 to guard the Yin Pavilion, and Liu Yuan led the army to Taiyuan.

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After the winter, the land of Bingzhou is shrouded in a frost, the road is difficult to walk, nearly 10,000 steps to ride, cross the mountains in Yanmen County, take the mountain road south into Taiyuan. It is in the north of Xinjiang all the year round, and has long been accustomed to the bitter cold of winter. Compared with previous years, this year is not particularly cold, and Liu Yuan is in a particularly good mood all the way through the mountains and rivers.

"The pain of losing a child is really difficult, has Wei Kao Gong ever blamed the lonely?" Summoning Cui Lie to the top of the king, Liu Yuan asked softly.

Cui Lie's interest was not very high, but when he saw Liu Yuan's scrutinizing gaze, he couldn't help but reply with sadness in his heart: "The child is pedantic and stubborn, has his own ambitions, and killed himself, where is the blame for the king." The king was tolerant, and his body was buried thickly, and the ministers were already grateful! ”

"That's it!" Liu Yuan replied to Cui Lie, looking very satisfied.

"What's your name?" Seeing Cui Jun's son being held in Cui Lie's arms, Liu Yuan became interested, hugged him to his side, and asked with a smile.

Liu Yuan clearly felt Cui Lie's body tremble, his old eyes stared at Liu Yuan, but Liu Yuan didn't care, pinching the tender face of the young boy next to him.

"Cui Hao!" The three-year-old child, a little ignorant, looked at his grandfather, and then looked at Liu Yuan, who had a gentle face, and said in a very crisp voice.

Touching little Cui Hao's head, Liu Yuan looked at Cui Lie: "The grandson of Wei Kao Gong, it's so cute, with this son Chenghuan's knees, it can soothe the wounds in my heart!" After speaking, he returned Cui Hao to Cui Lie.

"Guwen Wei Kao Gong has another son, who is a speaker in Chang'an, and he can also pass on the book to his side to support him!" Lightly, Liu Yuan said again.

Seeing that Cui Lie was a little nervous, Liu Yuan laughed: "It's just a joke!" ”

Then his expression returned to seriousness and asked Cui Lie: "Yanmen is taken, but who should govern this big county and restore the people's livelihood, which is really nerve-wracking." Lonely lacks the talent to govern, Wei Kao Gong, can anyone recommend it? ”

Holding Cui Hao, Cui Lie pondered for a while, and Fang slowly replied: "Before Xiao'er Zhou Ping took up the post of Yanmen, there were still two Taishou, one of whom was named Guo Yi, the king should have an impression!" ”

"Guo Yi!" Liu Yuan chewed on the name in his mouth. recalled this person in his mind, many years ago, when the Xia Kingdom was not built, there was an old thing to join hands with him to fight against Xianbei.

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In winter, on the shore of Hutuo water, the river has been cut off and frozen, and there are pieces of bamboo forests on the bank, and outside the bamboo forest, there is a peaceful township. Hundreds of people are gathered, it is a big township, there is a quiet courtyard in the township, it is the residence of Guo Yi, the former Yanmen of the Han Dynasty.

Many years ago, because of the eunuch's death, Guo Yi was dismissed and returned to his hometown Yangqu, which is a passing year. Liu Yuan led hundreds of soldiers of the Northern Army to come, and immediately broke the tranquility of the township, looked for a farmer to ask for directions, and went straight to Guo's house.

There was a huge movement outside the courtyard, and the people in Guo's house didn't know where to go, and there was a burst of chickens and dogs, and Guo Yi was alarmed to come to check. Under the leadership of Fugu Huaijing, the guards unceremoniously occupied the inside and outside of Guo's mansion, and when Liu Yuan stepped into the mansion, dozens of Guo Yuan's family had already been driven to the courtyard to gather.

"Don't be rude!" With a small scolding, Liu Yuan arched his hand at Guo Yi, who was standing upright: "Under Liu Yuan, I have seen Guo Yuanjun!" ”

"The country contempt, you don't deserve the honorific title of King Xia!" Listening to Liu Yuan's self-registration number, Guo Yi knew that it was King Xia who was here.

Hearing the rejection in Guo Yi's tone, Liu Yuan didn't care, walked into the main hall by himself, and sat down.

"I don't know what the noble thing is that King Xia has come to the cold house?" Seeing this, Guo Yi also entered the seat and asked.

"Without him! Please ask Your Excellency to guard the Yanmen Gate of Great Xia for me! Liu Yuan stretched out his hand and rubbed it on his thigh, and directly explained his intentions.

When Guo Yi heard this, his brows tightened slightly, he didn't think about it, and directly refused euphemistically: "I am studying at home, I have long been accustomed to the countryside years, and I have no intention of career, I am afraid that I will disappoint King Xia!" ”

Liu Yuan didn't care about Guo Yi's reaction as expected, and continued: "Yanmen Fang is included in the lone hand, the people are suffering from the war and need to recuperate urgently, and the people have a lot of thoughts of Guo Gong's benevolent and good deeds back then, Guo Gong can't ignore the people's will and chill the people's hearts!" ”

Guo Yi listened to Liu Yuan's words, something flashed in his eyes, looked at him, and didn't speak, but that expression meant the same thing. Whatever you say, don't waver.

"Haha!" Seeing this, Liu Yuan suddenly laughed, got up and walked outside the hall, walked in front of a handsome boy, and squatted down: "This is the son of Guo Gong, what's it called?" ”

"Guo Huai!" Before Guo Yi who came out with him could answer, the little boy replied directly, and he didn't have much fear of Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he took out a jade-inlaid dagger from his arms, and Guo Yi behind him suddenly tightened his heart when he saw it. I saw Liu Yuan put the dagger in Guo Huai's hand, and said with a smile: "You can be a lonely general in the future!" ”

After speaking, ignoring the doubts and surprises on Guo Huai's little face, he turned around and asked Guo Yi: "Guo Gong has to think about it!" ”

"Hey!" Seeing the little child next to him playing with the dagger handed by Liu Yuan, Guo Yi sighed and said, "Please also ask King Xia, let me think about it again!" ”

"Stay here alone for a few days, just wait for the good news of Guo Gong!"