Compared with the three surrendered cities in the west, central and east built by Zhang Renyuan more than 20 years ago within two months, Lingzhou Lingwu City also has the alias of the surrendered city. It's not that Lingwu City is also a city specially built to surrender, but that Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, once held the Tiele Tribes here, was honored by the Heavenly Khan, and set up the Tiele Governor's Mansion and Prefecture. Although the prestige of Tian Khan has long been in the past, since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the government and politics have been peaceful, and there have been many famous generals, whether it is against Xi and Khitan, against the Turks, or against Tubo, most of them have won more and lost less, which also makes the soldiers and civilians of Lingzhou prefer to use the surrendered city to call themselves Lingzhou.

When the festival hall gathered the generals to discuss the matter, even Xie Zhi, the deputy general of the Jingluo Army, was the same. At this moment, when he heard the ambition of the Turkic Left to kill the army, he couldn't help but scoff.

"Now I have nearly 30,000 troops in the surrendered city, which is as solid as gold, and even when the Viga Khan beat the Tiele tribes and fled in all directions, he never used his brains here, how did he have such courage? Last year, they had the idea of beating the Xi people and the Khitan, and they thought that Zhang Dashuai in Youzhou had just captured and killed Ke Tuyu and others, so they could pick soft persimmons and pinch them, but what was the result? As a result, he was beaten by the Xi clan and the Khitan team! ”

Xie Zhiren is very different from his name, not so much that he doesn't like to use tactics, but that he has the courage of ten thousand people, so Li Yi sent troops, he often led the troops as the vanguard, and after receiving the enemy, he was able to divide the victory and defeat with the fastest speed. At this moment, he contemptuously satirized the great defeat of the Turks, and then said calmly, "Now the eastern, western, and central three surrendered cities are all on the north bank of the Great River, and the tuntian stretches for thousands of miles, and the elite soldiers of the three garrisons are added together, there are more than 20,000 people, and it is more than enough to resist the enemy. If the Turks really attacked, these three places would be horns against each other, and they would be able to gain an undefeated foothold. However, since the commander was worried about the Turkic troubles, I was willing to ask for my life and lead 3,000 soldiers and horses as guerrillas. ”

The so-called guerrilla attack means that Xie Zhi intends to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses as a mobile force to defend the three surrendered cities north of the Hetao, and focus more on attacking the enemy.

Du Shiyi saw Xie Zhi's arrogant words, but he didn't interrupt rashly, but glanced at Li Ji again. Sure enough, in the past few days, Li Yan has gradually mastered the Jingluo Army by relying on the few generals that Li Yi introduced to him before, but he can't help but have more than enough strength for such a thorn as Xie Zhi, although he is angry at the moment, he still has to say something.

"Great marshal, what Xie Zhi said is that the three surrendered cities are each other's horns, and they are more than enough to defend the palace, so you might as well brake ...... quietly."

Before Li Yan finished speaking, Xie Zhi smiled hesitantly: "Yijing brakes is just an empty word, when the Turkic army attacked, it was as fast as the wind and as hot as fire. What I said about leading the troops to guerrilla is not just to waste money and food, but also to promote the prestige of our army! At the beginning of the marshal's succession, he once paraded the soldiers and horses, and watched the **** in the army, but the real drill was to pull the soldiers out of the army. No matter how neat the battle formation is on weekdays, and how beautiful the flower shelves are, what is the use? If you want to really make the Turks dispel that little bit of caution and surrender without a fight, then you must first show the enemy to threaten! ”

Unexpectedly, he was taken advantage of by Xie Zhi just by a thought, and Li Yan, who was not young, felt more and more that this deputy general was not easy to control. In contrast, Cao Xiangdong, the general of the Jingluo Army, has always maintained a silent posture, even if Xie Zhida made a big statement, he did not support or oppose it, until he found that Li Yan was looking at him, and the veteran of the battlefield, who was also fifty miles away, coughed heavily.

It was just a cough, and Xie Zhi, who was going to continue, suddenly stopped talking. At this time, Cao Xiangdongfang respectfully bowed to Du Shiyi and said: "Marshal, what Vice General Xie said is a bit out of line, but it is also deeply in line with the art of war. It has been more than a year since the Turks re-established the Khan at the end of the previous year, and there have been endless internal strife and disturbances. Just when they are weak, if my Datang is not as tough as in the past, but only passively defending, it will appear weak, but it will be easier for them to take advantage of it. Not to mention ......"

He paused for a moment, and then showed a mouthful of well-maintained teeth: "It has been more than ten years since the Kang Zhibin Rebellion, and those Hu households who had rebelled back then were all resettled in Henan and Jianghuai under His Majesty, saying that they had reformed over the years, and they had repeatedly jointly written letters requesting to move back. Although His Majesty has never allowed it, there is no guarantee that he will not be soft-hearted when he turns back. These Hu people are disconnected from the Turkic roots, if they can't show the power of our Tang Dynasty before they move back, there will be chaos in the future. ”

Hearing this, Du Shiyi already knew that the pair of lieutenant generals in the Jingluo Army seemed to be impulsive and steady at the moment, but in fact, they all meant the same thing. He glanced at the other partial generals, and saw that everyone was silent, as if they had no objection to this, so he bowed his head and said, "In this case, this matter is strictly discussed with Cao Xie and the others, and then report to me." ”

After this major event, the next are some insignificant small adjustments, Li Yi led in the past all the elite tooth soldiers reclassified into the Jingluo Army, according to the past merits of the promotion of rewards, among which there are dozens of people who were promoted to the deputy brigade commander, and Li Yi selected another 500 people to form another tooth soldiers, Du Shiyi did not designate another general to command, but ordered Zhang Xing to personally practice, and made Huya Zuoli. However, involving a mere 500 people, the generals have no objections. But when he withdrew from the festival hall and dispersed, Xie Zhi walked behind Cao Xiangdong, and couldn't help but whisper: "Sure enough, he is a son of heaven and a courtier." ”

"You're talking too much!" Cao Xiangdong reprimanded Xie Zhi without looking back, and immediately shut up when he heard it, he said lightly, "The tooth soldiers protect the festival, no matter who is in charge of the festival, this army must be in the hands of the hand to let go, not to mention that the original tooth soldiers have many rewards and rewards, and they are all happy." And nine times out of ten, the dispatch of troops has been approved, what are you talking about? ”

was scolded by Cao Xiangdong for a wordy sentence, and Xie Zhi only muttered slightly annoyed: "I just can't get used to how old Xiao Du is, so I suddenly came to take over the power of King Xin'an." Lao Cao, don't tell me, what happened to Lao Zheng, the Duzhi soldier and horse envoy who was transferred before King Xin'an was dismissed, and the other deputy general of the Jingluo Army, you don't know what happened. ”

"Of course, I know that I cut off King Xin'an's arm first, so that even if King Xin'an has any different intentions, he has to weigh it. But we all know that although King Xin'an has great achievements, he has always been loyal to His Majesty, so do you see how neat King Xin'an is when he leaves? As for Xiao Du's arrival now, his methods are clever and ruthless, who is Ye Wenjun? A scribe with no literary talents, what does it matter to us that he falls? When he came to Shengyan, he was deposed from all his official ranks, but he still has no regrets, what grievances do you have for him? He couldn't pick us up. Without a general to command the army, what will Xiao Du take to fight? Besides, I didn't say that some people in the DPRK and China have great expectations for us. ”

Xie Zhi was speechless when he heard the words. Just when he was so easy to think of words and wanted to speak again, Cao Xiangdong in front of him suddenly stopped his steps and turned around, and he almost bumped into the other party before he could close his momentum. At this time, Cao Xiangdong lowered his voice and said something again.

"We are not Guo Yingyi's arrogant and bold guys, there is no such big handle for people to catch, as long as you can make contributions this time, who can do anything? At the beginning, King Xin'an had to reuse me when he arrived, but now that I have a backer in the court, is it difficult for Xiao Du to dare to provoke a mutiny? Shuo Fang is not as good as Long You, and there are not so many seats for him to vacate. Even if Xiao Du has Lao Li Xiangzuo, he may really be willing to help him when he comes to Shengyan and others, but the Jingluo army is not so easy to control. He can't conjure up a second Wang Zhonghe! ”

This is the last sentence that is the finishing touch. Xie Zhideng's eyes lit up, and he nodded heavily in understanding.

The weakness that others can see through, how can Du Shiyi not know the way? It is really difficult to conjure up a second Wang Zhonghei, but since he has discovered Guo Ziyi, even if he doesn't want to help the seedlings grow, but now that he has been forced to Shuofang Jiedu to make this Liang Mountain, of course he has to give it a try. What's more, Guo Ziyi is no longer a seedling at this age, but lacks corresponding opportunities. Therefore, he naturally has a lot of calculations in his heart

After the meeting, he immediately summoned the Hu chiefs who had heard the news. The Hu chieftains who lived in the land of Shuofang were the most powerful remnants of the Tiele nine surnames, and there were also other Turkic descendants, and the Sogdians with the surname Zhaowu still had thousands of remnants after most of them were migrated to the Heluo Jianghuai. Therefore, all kinds of small tribes and all kinds of Hu surnames are extremely complicated. Even Zhang Xinggaoshi and Wang Changling, who had just arrived and urgently read many documents, only remembered a rough idea.

And Lai Shengyan, who was well aware of this situation, had already gone to work because of the use of troops invited by Cao Xiangdong and Xie Zhi, and since Du Shiyi had not recruited other assistants, the three of them could only accompany each other.

However, the groveling attitude of the Hu chieftains gradually dispelled their initial vigilance and vigilance, and most of them were able to speak Chinese either stiffly or fluently. And even if they occasionally communicate in their own Hu language, Du Shiyi, who has been continuously released over the years, and has learned various languages, can easily learn without the translator on the side to translate.

At this time, a Hu chief saw that Du Shiyi was talking gently, so he said extremely humbly: "I have heard of the prestige of the handsome man before, but I have never been able to see it. To be able to meet the handsome face today, I have a reluctant request. My uncle and his clansmen were coerced by the great rebel sinners Kang Zhibin, An Muke, He Heinu and others, and have been placed in Jianghuai for more than ten years. He was already in his early fifties, and I only hope he will return home before he dies. Dashuai, more than ten years away from his homeland, no matter what sins he has, he should have atoned for, please be merciful! ”

Speaking of this, he actually knelt down with grief!