In the Li family's entry into the customs, Li Yuanji stayed in Taiyuan for these days, he knew about eagle and dog fighting all day long, and often took pleasure in bullying ordinary people, so he had already aroused the anger of the people in Taiyuan County.

Moreover, Li Yuanji has been fond of hunting since he was a child, and after staying in Taiyuan, no one can take care of him, and he is even more unhappy with hunting.

Last winter, the prey was difficult to find, and Li Yuanji was depressed for a long time, and someone who was good at sneaking and slapping horses immediately understood his thoughts, and suggested to Li Yuanji: "North of Lingqiu County, Yanmen County, there are many cattle and sheep attached to the Turks in the south, can't they also be used as prey?" ”

After hearing this, Li Yuanji was very happy, and immediately took hundreds of people straight to Yanmen County.

However, when Li Yuanji led people to Yanmen Pass, he found that the door was closed, and after shouting for a long time, no one came to open the door, and he was immediately furious and scolded.

At this time, the guard of Yanmen Pass was Zhou An, and when Li Yin led his troops to march into Guanzhong with Li Yuan, he handed over all his territory to Zhou An to take care of, and left Zhang Liang, Su Yong, Su Dingfang's father, and others to assist him.

Although Li Yuanji was nominally able to manage Yanmen County at that time, Yanmen County was Li Yin's own land, and Zhou An would not listen to him Li Yuanji.

And when Li Yin left Yanmen County, he also specially instructed Zhou An: Li Yuanji is a person who acts without brains, and Brother Zhou guards Yanmen and other places for me, and he must take care of Li Yuanji.

So when the spies reported to Zhou An that Li Yuanji was coming to Yanmen, Zhou An immediately asked people to close Yanmen. If Li Yuanji wanted to go hunting north of Lingqiu County, he had to pass through Yanmen Pass, otherwise he would have to pass through Liu Wuzhou's territory to arrive.

Li Yuanji naturally didn't have the courage to go to Liu Wuzhou's territory, when he shouted outside Yanmen Pass and his voice was almost hoarse, Zhou An slowly appeared on the city wall with people and said to Li Yuanji: "I learned that Liu Wuzhou is going to attack Yanmen Pass, so he closed the city gate, Li stayed behind to help me defend Liu Wuzhou?" ”

After Li Yuanji heard this, he was immediately shocked, and hurriedly fled back to Jinyang City with his people. But he soon knew that Liu Wuzhou did not want to attack Yanmen Pass, and immediately flew into a rage, threatening to lead troops to let Zhou An give an explanation, but it was only under the persuasion of other officials that he reluctantly dispelled the idea.

The hunt was not successful, and he touched the ash of his nose again, and Li Yuanji's depression at that time can be imagined. Seeing this, the person who suggested to Li Yuanji to go hunting in Lingqiu County suggested to Li Yuanji again: "There are many cattle and sheep in Jihu in Lishi County, and there is no Xiongguan to stop it, why don't Your Highness go there to hunt?" ”

Li Yuanji praised this plan as very good, so he immediately gathered his men and horses and went to Lishi County. This time, he learned the lesson of the last time, and brought more than 2,000 people with him.

After Li Yuanji arrived in Lishi County, he ordered people to open the sheepfold and horse pen of the Jihu people, and after letting the livestock go, he began to shoot his horse, which made Lishi County angry and resentful.

The Jihu people in Lishi County are all unruly lords, even when the emperor was in his prime, they also rebelled angrily, so when Li Yuanji shot his cattle and sheep at will, many Jihu people were desperate to protect their property, which turned into a bloody conflict.

When the matter became more and more intense, the Jihu people finally couldn't bear it anymore, raised troops again, expelled the Taishou of Lishi County sent by Li Yuan, and drove Li Yuanji, who had plagued the people of Lishi, to the edge of the Fen River in Taiyuan County before collecting troops and returning.

However, because of Lishi Jihu, when Li Jing captured Lishi County, he was only rebelled by Li Jingping once, and his vitality had not yet recovered, so he did not openly declare a rebellion.

However, now, after more than half a year of recovery, the strength of Shijihu has recovered slightly, and after hearing the news that Li Yuan appointed the great enemy Li Yuanji as the general of Zhenbei, the marshal of the Taiyuan Road march, and the military governor of the fifteen counties of Taiyuan Province, he was immediately unhappy, so he announced a rebellion and sent troops to plunder everywhere, and the counties of Taiyuan Province have complained to Chang'an.

After Li Yuanji saw that he could no longer hide the matter, he immediately wrote a letter to Li Yuan to complain about the urgency, saying that he personally led tens of thousands of troops to fight a bloody battle with the Jihu people, but he was still defeated, and asked Li Yuan to send a general to quell the rebellion.

There are also a lot of troops in Jinyang City, but Li Yuanji doesn't want to lead troops to quell the rebellion, and even for his own safety, he doesn't want his generals to lead the troops out of Jinyang City, and if Li Yuan can send people to quell the rebellion, it would be better.

After Li Yuan received Li Yuanji's letter asking for help, he attached great importance to it. Taiyuan Road is the place where he started his army, and now many generals and grassroots generals of Li Tang's forces are from Taiyuan Dao, and if Taiyuan Dao is in chaos, it will have a great impact on the morale of Li Tang's army.

However, because Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin took more than 100,000 people to attack Luoyang, Chang'an's troops were a little tight, so after thinking about it, Li Yuan finally decided to let Li Yin, who was stationed in Hedong County, go to quell the Jihu Rebellion.

When Li Yin received Li Yuan's order, it was already mid-March, the war in the Central Plains was in full swing, and Hedong County was peaceful.

After Li Yin read Li Yuan's order, he gave the letter to Fang Xuanling on the side, "Mr. Fang, what do you think about this matter?" For Song Zhengben and Fang Xuanling, Li Yin has always been honored as Mr. and treated them with great respect, so Song Zhengben and Fang Xuanling both have the feeling of the death of a confidant in their hearts.

Fang Xuanling said: "Away from Shi Jihu, there are only five or six thousand soldiers, it is not difficult to extinguish the rebellion, what the Duke of Jin should consider is how to obtain the greatest benefits in this counterinsurgency." ”

Li Yin pondered for a while, "When I plan to go all the way north, I will buy people's hearts all the way and take the opportunity to install cronies to expand my influence in Taiyuan Dao, what does Mr. think?" ”

Fang Xuanling said: "What Jin Gong said is exactly what I think. But remember to act without a trace, and not to fall into the eyes of others. In addition, since Shi Jihu was forced by the Duke of Qi to rebel, it would be better if they could surrender peacefully and because of foreign aid. ”

Li Yin nodded and fully accepted Fang Xuanling's opinion.

The next day, Li Yin led his troops out of Anyi and went north along the Fenshui road. Because the Jihu people did not have many soldiers and horses, Li Yin did not bring all the troops this time, only brought 13,000 of them, and the rest stayed in Anyi, so as not to consume unnecessary military rations for no reason.

Although most of the men and horses led by Li Yin were cavalry, they did not go fast, swaying all the way, and sometimes staying in some places for a long time, the purpose of this was to carry out the original plan, use some means, buy people's hearts, and take the opportunity to install cronies.