On the first day of November, Li Yuan ordered the dismissal of Li Yinjing Zhaoyin from his post and asked him to move tens of thousands of troops to Xinfeng County, west of Chang'an City, more than 50 miles away from Chang'an.

After Dou Shi and Pei Lin and others learned the news, they immediately celebrated, although Li Yin was still the Duke of Jin and still controlled tens of thousands of elite soldiers, his power had indeed weakened a lot, which was a good thing worth celebrating.

However, Li Yin didn't pay much attention to this matter, Jing Zhaoyin didn't plan to do it for a long time, although Xinfeng County was a little farther away from Chang'an than the old city, but it was also just around the corner, and it didn't have much impact.

As long as Li Yuan does not move his military power, other things are acceptable to Li Yin.

At this time, in the Xinfeng military camp Li Yin's big tent, Li Yin was discussing things with Song Zhengben and Fang Xuanling. Although Li Yin felt that the decision made by Li Yuan had little impact on his interests, the signal of intention revealed in it was worth savoring and considering.

Song Zhengben said at this time: "King Tang is only afraid that he will make such a decision because he has listened to slander and is suspicious of the Duke of Jin." ”

Fang Xuanling said: "King Tang may have listened to slander, but it is not necessarily suspicious of the Duke of Jin, maybe it is just a simple way of checks and balances, there is no need to worry too much, but the Duke of Jin needs to find strong reinforcements in the court, so as not to happen again in the future." ”

Li Yin nodded and said: "My strong reinforcement in the court is Sima Liu Wenjing, but he is still confronting Qu Tutong in Yongfengcang, and he can't withdraw from the court." ”

After the Li family entered Guanzhong, the first thing to solve at this time was Qu Tutong of Hedong County, if Hedong County could not be taken, Guanzhong and Taiyuan County, Yanmen County and other places in Hedong Province could only be contacted through the dangerous Yellow River, which was very inconvenient.

Song Zhengben said: "Since the Duke of Jin is shackled in Chang'an, why don't you ask the King of Tang to lead troops to attack Hedong County?" ”

Fang Xuanling also agreed: "The original words are good, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Gongzi Chonger traveled around the world, and later achieved the hegemony of the Jin Kingdom, if the Duke of Jin can follow Gongzi Xiaobai and lead the army outside, it is a good strategy at present!" ”

Under the strong advocacy of the two strategists of Song Zhengben and Fang Xuanling, Li Yin wrote to Li Yuan, requesting that Hedong County be attacked and the connection between Taiyuan and Yanmen counties and Guanzhong should be opened up, so as to consolidate the existing power of the Li family.

After Li Yuan got Li Yin's paperwork, he remembered Pei Yin's words, and he didn't want to let Li Yin make too many military exploits, so he wanted to refuse Li Yin, and then send Li Shimin to attack Hedong, so that Li Shimin's military exploits would be equal to Li Yin's.

However, at this moment, Li Yuan received an urgent report that Xue Ju, the emperor of Western Qin, who was entrenched in Longyou, personally led more than 100,000 troops to surround Fufeng County, and the situation in Fufeng County was very critical.

Fufeng County is on the west side of Jingzhao County, which is related to the safety of Chang'an, and is extremely important to Chang'an.

In the northwest of Fufeng County, in the area of Huangyuan County, after the rebellion of Yang Xuangan, the Tang Bi forces who raised troops to support a puppet emperor Li Hongzhi and then proclaimed themselves Tang Wang.

Before Xue Juqin led a large army to invade Fufeng County, he sent his son Xue Rengao to plunder Fufeng County, and Tang Bi guarded Huangyuan to fight against Xue Renguo.

Xue Ju sent an envoy to surrender Tang Bi, Tang Bi felt that Western Qin was powerful and unwilling to resist, so he agreed to surrender, so he killed the emperor Li Hongzhi and asked Xue Ju to surrender.

Xue Rengao took advantage of Tang Bi's defenselessness to attack and capture Huangyuan, and incorporated all of Tang Bi's troops.

And the Tang King Tang Bi led hundreds of cavalry to flee to Fufeng County to ask for surrender, Fufeng Taishou Dou Jin has hated the people who occupy most of his jurisdiction over the years, how can he allow him after seeing Tang Bi throw himself into the net?

So, Dou Jin first pretended to agree to Tang Bi's surrender, and after Tang Bi entered the city, he attacked and killed Tang Bi in one fell swoop.

After Xue Ju annexed Tang Bi's forces, his strength grew stronger and stronger, and his subordinates claimed to be 300,000 people.

In the end, Li Yuan decided to send Li Shimin to lead his troops to attack Xue Ju, and then sent Dou Liang and others to Dasanguan to appease the people in Longyou and spread rumors to disrupt Xue Ju's rear.

Xue Ju has made good arrangements, but Hedong County has made it difficult for Li Yuan, and the importance of Hedong County is self-evident, and it must be pacified as soon as possible.

After thinking about it again, Li Yuan still decided to let Li Yin lead his troops to pacify Hedong County. Li Yuan has a characteristic of employing people, if a general leads a large army to go to battle, the commander must be a member of the Li clan, which is also a way to firmly grasp the military power.

Of course, Li Yuan is a person who understands soldiers, and knows that soldiers are the weapons of great evil, and the commander must be good at leading troops, so he will not casually let the Li clansmen who do not know soldiers lead the troops.

Among the current Li clan, those who can lead troops are, in Li Yuan's opinion, the three brothers Li Jiancheng, Li Yin and Li Shimin, as well as his daughter Li Xiuning and cousin Li Shentong.

Li Jiancheng is the son of the Tang Kingdom, it is inconvenient to lead troops to fight, Li Xiuning is his daughter, Li Yuan is unwilling to let her stand alone, so as not to make people think that he has no one under him, as for Li Shentong, although he and Li Yuan are cousins, but before Li Yuan's career, the relationship between the two was not close, so Li Yuan was not very relieved to hand over the army to Li Shentong at this time.

Therefore, based on the above many considerations, Li Yuan finally decided on Li Yin's request and asked him to lead troops to pacify Hedong County.

After Li Yin received Li Yuan's order, he immediately gathered the 50,000 elite soldiers of his headquarters, left Xinfeng, and went straight to Yongfeng Cang, planning to meet Liu Wenjing first, and then make the next step.

Qu Tutong and Liu Wenjing held each other for more than a month, watching Chang'an being occupied by Li Yuan, but unable to do anything, the mood can be described as extremely depressed, and because most of his subordinates are from Chang'an, when they heard that Chang'an has been lost, and many family members in the army have been captured by Li Yuan, the military heart began to disperse.

Qu Tu informed that if he continued to wait like this, he would fall into defeat sooner or later, so he decided to take a dangerous move and sent his deputy general Sang Xianhe to lead his troops to attack Liu Wenjing's military camp at night.

Qu Tutong's move was indeed a bit unexpected by Liu Wenjing, and he hurriedly fought hard with Zuo Guanglu's doctor Duan Zhixuan to command the army to fight hard, but because of the haste of the battle, he was defeated and retreated, and the situation was very critical.

Although it was night, there was a fire around Yongfeng Cang, like daylight, and seeing the battle situation gradually collapsing, Liu Wenjing and Duan Zhixuan's hearts slowly sank.

"Is this how our army is going to be defeated by the enemy?" Liu Wenjing and Duan Zhixuan both thought of this at the same time, and Qu Tutong's deputy general Sang Xianhe was also secretly excited, ready to personally command the men and horses to kill Liu Wenjing.