"Brother Li Yin, thank you so much, if it weren't for your timely action, we don't know when Wagangzhai would be able to break the siege!" Zhai Rang said gratefully.

The person who led the army to kill Sun Xuanya's army at the critical moment was naturally Li Yin, he waved his hand, "It's just a gesture, with the power of Wagang, it won't take a few days to defeat this Sun Xuanya." ”

After everyone was polite to each other, they returned to Wagang Village......

In the middle of the night, Li Yin and Xu Shiji were drinking in the courtyard, and the two told each other what happened after parting, Xu Shiji said with envy: "The eldest brother is a golden iron horse every day, and the eldest husband should be like this!" ”

Li Yin hesitated a little and said, "Second brother, do you want to go to Yanmen with me?" My two brothers will be able to build a business there. ”

Xu Shiji was a little moved after hearing this, but after pondering for a while, he still shook his head, "The owner of the village treats me very well, and if I leave him, it will be too unkind." ”

Li Yin also knew that he was likely to answer like this, so he could only say sorry and deeply regret.

Xu Shiji seemed to feel a little reluctant to refuse Li Yin's invitation, so he said, "Big brother, is there a shortage of people in your army?" Do you want me to recommend someone to you? ”

Li Yin suddenly became interested after hearing this, "Who is it?" ”

Xu Shiji said: "His name is Zhang Liang, and he is a small leader under me, but he is quite talented, and he should be helpful to you." ”

Li Yin was slightly surprised when he heard the name "Zhang Liang", this person Li Yin had seen it, and knew that he was a character, among the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion made by Li Shimin in history, this Zhang Liang ranked sixteenth among them, higher than Xu Shiji, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin and others (Qin Qiong was the last).

However, this does not mean that this Zhang Liang's ability can be greater than Xu Shiji, Qin Qiong and others, otherwise Li Yin would have befriended him a long time ago.

The reason why Li Shimin got his portrait to Lingyan Pavilion may be just because on the eve of the bloody catastrophe, Zhang Liang, who was Li Shimin's confidant, was actually arrested and sent to prison, but after some torture, Zhang Liang gritted his teeth and didn't tell any secrets......

From that point of view, Zhang Liang is a loyal minister, but this is not the case, because his final outcome was to be killed for the crime of treason.

Anyway, since this Zhang Liang can become one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, although Li Yin can't see any highlights in him, he can be regarded as a character after all, right?

Therefore, after Li Yin weighed it, he still agreed to let Zhang Liang come to his team.

The next day, outside the gate of Wagangzhai.

Li Yin once again said goodbye to everyone here.

Zhai Jiao went out to run errands a while ago, and only rushed back this morning, but she didn't expect Li Yin to leave, so she was unhappy, and said with a flat mouth: "Can't you stay for two more days?" When you go to Yanmen, you don't know when you can meet again! ”

Li Yin sighed: "Time is pressing, I have to leave now, let's see you again!" He then smiled again: "If the third sister is married, I will definitely come back to congratulate you!" ”

Zhai Jiao kicked Li Yin in annoyance and shame.

After two days of commotion, he calmed down, Xu Shiji said: "Big brother, Hedong is the place of Dingding, and Yanmen County is in a dangerous place, big brother may be able to achieve something great if he goes there!" ”

"Promise your good words!" Li Yin patted Xu Shiji's shoulder as he spoke, then got on the horse, and finally hugged his fists to everyone, and then rode away......

The land east of Hedong in the Sui Dynasty is roughly equivalent to the entire territory of modern Shanxi, plus a small part of Outer Mongolia.

The geographical situation in Hedong is very intact and solid.

In the east, there is the natural barrier of Taihang Mountain, and in the west, there is the Yellow River as the belt. In the north, there are the vast Gobi Desert and Yin Mountain outside, and the inside is Gouzhu Mountain and Yanmen Xiongguan as the internal risk.

In the south, there are mountains such as Shouyang, Dizhu, Xicheng, Wangwu, etc., leaning on the Yellow River, staggered and standing. Further south, Mengjin and Tongguan can be the gateway to the east of the river.

Fenshui and Hushui linger on the right side of the east side of the river, and Zhangshui and Qinshui are enveloped on the left side of the east side of the river, which can irrigate fertile land and transport grain.

In 1106 B.C., when Shu Yu was first sealed in the Tang Kingdom, it was only a country of a hundred miles, and then it was weak and weak, and gradually became strong and strong, and later changed the name of the country to Jin.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin State often acted as the overlord, and later even if the three families were divided into Jin, the Three Kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei were still one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, which shows the status of the land of Hedong in this era.

Linfen County, in the past, each dynasty was mostly called Pingyang County, and the east was connected to Shangdang County, which was rich in horses, and there was a valley of the Fen River in it, and there were many fertile fields.

In the north of Linfen County, there is a big mountain that runs east and west, named Huoshan (also known as Taiyue Mountain), the mountain is very dangerous, if you want to enter and exit the Fenhe Valley from Huoshan, you can only pass through Huoyi City under Huoshan Mountain, Li Yin came to this Huoyi City at this time to rest.

Li Yin wanted to go north to Yanmen County, he did not necessarily have to take the road of the Fen River Valley, he crossed the Yellow River to Hanoi County, went directly up, passed through Changping County, Shangdang County, Taiyuan County, and then entered the territory of Yanmen County, and walked to this Linfen County but it was a lot of detours.

Li Yin had made so many detours alone, and he had no other ideas, just to personally investigate the terrain.

Now that he saw Huoyi City, he couldn't help but praise: "What a strong city!" ”

The reason why Huoyi City is so tall and strong is because it was not built in the Sui Dynasty, Linfen County was the starting place of Gao Huan, the ancestor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, when Gao Huan was a courtier of the Northern Wei Dynasty, he was guarded here all the year round, and Huoyi City slowly became a strong city at that time.

At this time, it was not early, so Li Yin led the horse into Huoyi City, planning to rest here for one night and continue to hurry tomorrow morning.

Li Yin landed in one of the largest inns in Huoyi City, and when he slept until midnight, Li Yin suddenly jumped up, and he heard his horse neighing, although the sound was not loud, Li Yin still felt that something was wrong.

As he quickly ran to the stable with his weapon in hand, he saw a man in shabby clothes, struggling to pull his horse out.

"Good horse thief!" Li Yin shouted, brandished his knife and jumped forward, he had encountered everything over the years, but this was the first time he had encountered someone stealing a horse.

When the man saw the owner of the horse, he was not afraid, took the big axe from his waist, and greeted Li Yin, and the two fought together at the stable.

Although the axe of this horse thief is rusty, it has great strength and martial arts, and it is obviously practiced, although Li Yin has a slight upper hand, it seems that it is not so easy to win.

After the two of them fought back and forth for more than 30 rounds, Li Yin jumped out of the battle circle and asked the horse thief, "Who are you?" What do you do by stealing my horse? ”