The reason why Li Yuan appeared outside Huoyi City was originally to seduce Song Laosheng to chase after him with his body to feed wolves.

This plan had been prepared half a month ago, but it was delayed due to the continuous rain.

The rain for nearly half a month not only hindered Li Yuan's plan to seize Huoyi in a timely manner, but also made Li Yuan's army unstable, but fortunately, Li Xuanba brought back good news from Jiangdu.

Li Xuanba saw the opportunity early, and when he left Jiangdu, the military advice had not yet succeeded, and Yang Guang had not died, but this did not hinder his imagination, nor did it hinder the brains of the audience.

The news that Yang Guang might have been imprisoned made Li Yuan more anxious.

If you don't enter Chang'an, the daylily will be cold!

Li Yuan couldn't imagine that Song Laosheng was more eager than himself, and he chased him out without even saying hello, although he didn't know whether Song Laosheng's main force chased him out, he still ordered the soldiers to throw away their armor and flee back and forth!

The 3,000 men and horses commanded by Li Yuan were originally here to lure the enemy.

Song Laosheng watched Li Yuan flee in embarrassment, and his heart was even more excited, and then he shouted and ordered the soldiers to speed up. After all, Li Yuan's headquarters was ten miles away, and after Li Yuan returned to the main army, the way of fighting would be different.

Song Laosheng led a large army to pursue Li Yuan, and the defenders left in Huoyi City were less than 2,000, and most of these defenders were stationed in Beicheng, which was also to defend against Li Yuan's army going south.

Huoyi City is built on the West Mountain, and there are only three gates in total, but except for the north gate, where nearly 2,000 soldiers are stationed, the other two gates add up to less than 500 people.

There were less than two hundred defenders guarding the southern gate, most of them still on the city walls, and only a dozen soldiers crouched by the long-closed gates.

Li Shimin buried a total of 200 chess pieces in Huoyi a month ago, plus the county lieutenant Zhao Chen's internal response, it is not difficult to deceive or snatch the city gate.

Therefore, when Song Laosheng chased out seven or eight miles, he heard the soldiers behind him shouting, "General Song, there seems to be an accident in the city!" ”

Song Laosheng heard the uproar behind him, and when he turned around to look, he saw thick smoke billowing above Huoyi City, and he didn't have to think about it to know that this was a signal from the beacon tower near the north city gate.

Thinking that the back road was copied, Song Laosheng immediately asked people to give an order to those foot soldiers, "Go back and defend the city!" ”

Just after such a pause, Li Yuan had already escaped for half a mile, and before Song Laosheng's order reached the ears of the foot soldiers behind him, he saw that a dense crowd of people and horses suddenly appeared in front of him, which was Li Yuan's headquarters soldiers and horses.

Seeing that Li Yuan's army was coming, Song Laosheng immediately changed his order, "The three armies are arrayed and fight to the death with Li Yuan's rebels!" ”

While the Sui army was arraying, Li Yuan's army was slowly approaching, and it was Li Xuanba, who had just escaped from Jiangdu, who rushed to the forefront.

Li Xuanba came out in a row brandishing two sledgehammers, shouting loudly, "Where is General Song?" Under Li Xuanba, who had just returned from Jiangdu, wanted to bring a message to General Song about the situation in Jiangdu, Yu Wenhua and launched a military admonition on the tenth day of the first month of March, and His Majesty's life and death are currently uncertain! ”

Li Xuanba's words immediately caused an uproar in the Sui army, and they still had some understanding of Yu Wenhua's temperament.

Yu culture and this greedy for money is good. Lustful people, how dare you admonish Your Majesty?

Li Xuanba's words not only enhanced the momentum of Li Yuan's soldiers, but also enhanced the momentum of Song Laosheng's soldiers.

Song Laosheng sneered at Li Xuanba's words, and then ordered expressionlessly, "Pioneer battalion, attack!" ”

With Song Laosheng's order, the two armies finally inevitably mixed together, but the Sui army suffered numerical embarrassment at the beginning.

At this time, the infantry behind Song Laosheng had not yet reached the battlefield, and the ratio of their numbers was almost equivalent to 100,000 to 3,000.

Although Li Yuan's army had limited contact area with Song Laosheng's 3,000 men due to the terrain, they still crushed Song Laosheng's cavalry with an absolute superiority in numbers.

In the end, Song Laosheng was killed on the spot by Li Yuan's general Liu Hongji, and the army of Song Laosheng, who had lost its main general, was disheartened, and the whole line collapsed, and countless people surrendered.

For the surrendered Sui army, Li Yuan did not hold them accountable, but magnanimously allowed them to either join his army or choose to return to their hometowns.

Those who were willing to join the army, Li Yuan awarded them all ranks, and the same positions were treated in the same way as those who participated in the uprising when they were in Taiyuan. If people from their hometown want to gather in one camp, Li Yuan also let them and let them find as many talents from the township as possible to be the leaders of the camp.

Song Laosheng, who died in the Battle of Huoyi, was also buried by Li Yuan with the etiquette of his own official, and there was no insult to his corpse.

These acts of benevolence and righteousness were propagated, and immediately attracted righteous people from all over the world to vote. And these people who entered the military gate from four miles and eight towns, whether they were virtuous or stupid, were personally awarded by Li Yuan with the official title of Chaosan doctor or above.

Some people have a lot of discussions about this, and even Li Yuan's adviser Pei Lin also made a statement to Li Yuan, saying that the official position granted to newcomers and ordinary people is a little too high.

In fact, Li Yuan's approach was discussed with the two brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.

Li Shimin said, "The reason why Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was able to defeat the overlord of Western Chu and establish the Han Empire was because he was willing to be rewarded, and everyone fought the world together, and if there were benefits, they should share it with those who followed him. Take the Jiangdu one, for example, when he was trapped by the Turkic army in Yanmen. At the time of crisis, he allowed others to be doctors, but after he broke the siege, he gave others a small lieutenant. How many people would die for such a person? Therefore, we must go against that person in this matter and wantonly seal the official, in the eyes of the heroes, we may think it is ridiculous, however. But it is worth a million male soldiers, and it may not be possible to rely on this to calm the world! ”

Li Yuan felt that Li Shimin was reasonable, and Jiancheng also nodded in agreement, which led to the wanton sealing of officials after the Battle of Huoyi.

Pei Lin insisted that the reward was too heavy, so Li Yuan relayed what Li Shimin said to him; After the latter pondered carefully, he finally accepted the approach of Li Yuan's father and son.

When Li Yuan's army left Huoyi and marched towards Fen County, the team that had been disarmed for less than a month was even stronger than when it set out in Taiyuan, and countless men joined this team along the way.

After taking Huoyi, Li Yuan's army took advantage of the victory and went to Linfen and Jiangxian, and Liu Wenjing, who sent the Turkic envoy, rushed over from Taiyuan; He not only brought the exact news of the death of Shibi Khan, but also brought 2,000 war horses supported by the Turks.

Li Yuan, who has no worries, is full of hope for the future.

The season has entered April, and it has been more than two months since Pei Shiju left Jiangdu, and it has been almost a month since he arrived in Sanshan.

After Su You returned to Sanshan, he respected Pei Shiju as a guest, and set a plan with him to start recruiting troops in May to relieve the siege of the Eastern Capital, the only condition was that Pei Shiju would stay in Sanshan for a while, and then they would return to the Central Plains together.

Pei Shiju has long looked at Su You's strength, and his request for Su You is indispensable.

Since then, Su You has taken Pei Shiju to wander around Sanshan City; The latter was also an eye-opener, finally knowing how glass is made and how steel is made

At this time, the iron mountain at the mouth of the Yalu River has been mined for four months, and the coal mined in the open-pit coal mine in Liaodong has also been mined for one month; During this time, the king of Goryeo also paid their war reparations and ransomed 2,000 captives per month with 20,000 taels of gold during these four months.

The industrial system of Sanshan City was established because of the support of war dividends, but these investments were not visible to Pei Shiju, all he could see was the busy figures of the workers on the assembly line.

Compared with the industrial system, agriculture and animal husbandry in Sanshan have also entered the formalization of the industry, and the fishing industry has developed by leaps and bounds compared to two months ago.

In terms of commerce, the merchant ships of the Nanami Trading Company stopped transporting refugees from the Central Plains a few days earlier, and began to resume trade with Silla Baekje and the Wa Kingdom. Even so, the population base of Sanshan Castle has exceeded an unbelievable 500,000 people.

Because of the population base, the people of Sanshan City cannot eat meat every day like the people of Lincang City, but there is no problem in eating meat once every three days.

Just eating meat has made countless refugees from outside quickly settle down, which is also what Pei Shiju admires most about Su You.

Even if Su You faintly revealed the information of preparing to establish a country, Pei Shiju was not too surprised.

This is an era that belongs to the strong, this is an era that belongs to heroes; Those who can afford to give more will also receive more.

Even Dou Jiande, Li Zitong, Wei Dao'er, Lin Shihong and other reckless rivers and lakes are all kings and hegemons, and even Luo Yi, Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Guo Zihe, Li Yuan, and other court officials have found their own way out, not to mention Su You, who broke the Goryeo royal city with 10,000 people?

Of course, those who can seize the world may not be able to cure the world, and the common people will never be able to live a good life by force.

But Su You obviously has his own set, and his current strength is enough to enter the Central Plains to dominate the world, if there is any obstacle, maybe it is just a name for a teacher.

Substituting Yang Guang's interests, Pei Shiju found that asking Su You to send troops to quell the chaos was a stinky move, but for the sake of all the people in the world?

Pei Shiju was thinking wildly, but he heard a rush of footsteps outside the door, and the voice stopped when it reached the hall, and then a voice came, "General, there is an urgent message from Liaodong." ”

"Liaodong's urgency? Please help bring it, thank you" Su You nodded, still habitually using kind words such as "please" and "thank you" to his subordinates, even though he had been in this era for a full thirteen years.

Pei Shiju is not used to Su You's approachable attitude towards his subordinates, but he is also not too restrictive in etiquette, so he doesn't care about it.

After Su You was in a hurry, he said "thank you" again, but frowned after unfolding it.