Although facing the encirclement of tens of thousands of enemy troops, Zhang Xutuo was not afraid, and bravely led people out of the encirclement.

Li Mi knew that Zhang Xutuo was brave, so he didn't think that he could kill Zhang Xutuo here, and if he could defeat the invincible Zhang Xutuo, his goal had been achieved.

However, after Zhang Xutuo broke out of the encirclement, because his generals and soldiers could not all break out of the encirclement, he jumped into the encirclement to rescue.

After all, there is an end to manpower, and after Zhang Xutuo has been killing back and forth among the ten thousand armies several times, he has been wounded all over his body, covered with blood, and there are several feather arrows stuck in his back and did not come to deal with it urgently.

Zhang Xutuo's war horse that had accompanied him for many years had already been killed, and he was surrounded by the Wagang army alone, but none of the soldiers around him dared to take the initiative to attack.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on Zhang Xutuo's body, illuminating his figure for a long time, and several crows stood on the branches not far away, making ugly calls.

Zhang Xutuo was on the ground with a horse lance, panting roughly, looking at the sunset with his eyes, and suddenly felt extremely exhausted.

Since the seventh year of his great cause, he has led his troops to fight every year, and although he has won many battles, his heart has become heavier and heavier.

Because Zhang Xutuo found that the rebels were more and more suppressed, no matter how much he achieved on the battlefield, within a few days, more powerful rebels would emerge, and everything he did seemed to be in vain!

Although Zhang Xutuo has the heart to save the country, he can only watch the world collapse day by day, and the depression in his heart can be imagined.

But now, Zhang Xutuo knew that he finally didn't have to work for the empire anymore, because by this time, he already felt that his life was slowly passing.

Zhang Xutuo has been injured by many key injuries, and his life is not long in coming!

After a while, Zhang Xutuo looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, "The best destination for a man is to be able to die on the battlefield, God treats me Zhang very well!" ”

Zhang Xutuo said, a line of tears left in the corners of his eyes, and his head slowly drooped......

In October of the twelfth year of the Great Cause, Zhang Xutuo, the pillar of the Sui Dynasty and a generation of famous generals, died on the battlefield and died of exhaustion.

Although Zhang Xutuo died, he still supported his body with a horse lance and stood still, so the soldiers around him still did not dare to approach, and finally it was after Li Mi and others came that it was confirmed that Zhang Xutuo was indeed dead.

Zhai Rang, Xu Shiji and others looked at Zhang Xutuo's corpse and sighed, but Li Mi was hiding his excitement, if it wasn't for the wrong atmosphere around him, he would have laughed.

The battle of Dahai Temple was because of Li Mi's existence, so the battle turned into victory, and Zhang Xutuo was killed, Li Mi could expect that he would definitely shock the world!

After Zhang Xutuo died in battle, his soldiers cried day and night, and for several days, the counties south of the Yellow River were depressed, and ordinary people hung white cloths at their doors.

After the battle of Dahai Temple, Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin were captured by the Wagang army, and Luo Shixin and Ying Yanglang general, Zhang Xutuo's deputy general Jia Wuben, led the remaining more than 5,000 people to flee to Liang County, Jia Wuben was seriously injured in the battle of Dahai Temple, and died of his injuries soon after.

Yang Guangzhao ordered Pei Renji, the doctor of Guanglu, to be the ambassador of Henan, replacing Zhang Xutuo to lead his subordinates, and moved to Hujiaoguan to guard.

After the battle of Dahai Temple, the Wagang army took advantage of the victory to pursue, captured Xingyang City in one fell swoop, occupied the whole county of Xingyang County, and pointed at the eastern capital Luoyang!

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Yanmen Pass.

Probably because of the distance from the Central Plains, when the news of Zhang Xutuo's death reached Yanmen Pass, the people here did not feel much.

However, Li Yin ordered to hang white cloths at the city gate, Taishou Mansion and other places to mourn Zhang Xutuo, although Li Yin did not meet Zhang Xutuo and did not appreciate what he did, but this did not prevent Li Yin from respecting him.

On this day, Li Yin was gathering his subordinates to discuss things.

If the strength of Yanmen Pass is not counted to settle the displaced people, there are more than 20,000 standing troops, of which 5,000 are stationed in Feihukou, 3,500 are stationed in Jingcheng Pass, and 12,000 are stationed in Yanmen Pass.

In order to cope with the current situation, Li Yin planned to continue to recruit another 10,000 soldiers from the miners of Yuxian County, but the extra food and food were a problem.

Because of the resettlement of displaced people in the previous two years, Li Yin's wealth accumulated in the early years of fighting around has long been squandered, and now the grain produced under his jurisdiction is only enough to barely maintain the status quo, and he still needs help from Taiyuan County from time to time, so Li Yin has no extra money and food to support the expansion of the army.

This is the reason why Li Yin recruited the generals to see if there is any way to get some money and food.

Li Yin's current generals and officials under his lineage include Zhou An, Wu Han, Huang Junhan, Su Dingfang and others, and Zhang Liang, Song Zhengben and others.

Although the number of generals and officials under Li Yin is not large, they are all talented people, so Li Yin does not feel that there is a shortage of manpower for the time being, of course, it is not enough to rely on these manpower alone in the future, and Li Yin has been trying to recruit talents for later use.

For the question raised by Li Yin, everyone discussed for a while, Song Zhengben was persuaded by Li Yin not long ago and put himself under Li Yin's command, so he had the intention to make meritorious contributions, so he said: "Lord Lang wants money and grain, it is nothing more than two methods of opening up sources and reducing expenditures, in terms of open source, one can obtain military funds through the suppression of bandits, two can collect money and grain from notorious landlords and wealthy businessmen, three can implement some policies to attract businessmen to come to us to do business, and collect business taxes from them, and four can ......."

Song Zhengben said several methods and measures in a row, which can basically be effectively implemented, so that everyone present immediately looked at him, among them, Zhang Liang's eyes also showed vigilance, only Liu Hongji used to compete with him for the right to speak as a scribe, and now it seems that there is another strong competitor.

Song Zhengben then said: "As for throttling, although there are many methods, they basically have a bad impact, so it is better to use less, and at present I think the feasible way to throttle is to cut some redundant officials and eliminate some old and weak in the army." ”

After Li Yin heard this, he nodded, and he agreed with Song Zhengben's words, and after the other generals and officials added some methods, the money and food plan was basically discussed.

Li Yin originally planned to let everyone step back and get busy, but Zhang Liang said with some excitement: "Lord Lang Jiang, have you heard of the popular folk ballad "Tao Li Zhang" since today? ”

Li Yin said a little uncertainly: "Naturally, I have heard of this, is there any problem?" ”

Zhang Liang said: "I think that the person referred to in "Taoli Chapter" is you, General Lang. ”

Li Yin felt a little curious and asked, "What is the basis for what you say?" ”