Huangfu Wuyi left the Eastern Capital with 30,000 elite soldiers with confidence, and when he returned, he was surrounded by no more than 100 horsemen; Liu Changgong and a few others followed behind him, and they didn't dare to look up at the road in disgrace.

About to return to the Eastern Capital, Huangfu Wuyi was in a depressed mood, and he was thinking about whether to say hello to Yuan Wendu first with the bad news of the annihilation of the whole army.

But as soon as Emperor Fu Wuyi entered the east gate, he heard a shout from the city, and more than 100 soldiers had raised their bows. The crossbow was aimed at itself.

"Brother Duan, who are you? General Ben is the emperor. Huangfu Wuyi looked at Duan Da not far away, his face was really bitter at this time, and he didn't dare to raise his head in front of him.

"Naturally, I know that you are Huangfu Wuyi, and I also know that you have sent nearly 10,000 war horses and armor and the lives of 30,000 soldiers to the Wagang thieves! If you have anything to say, tell your Royal Highness King Yue for yourself. Duan Da sneered, these few words can be described as heart-wrenching, and after finishing speaking, he said to the soldiers in front of him, "Tie up Huangfu Wuyi and Liu Changgong, and the rest of them will disarm first!" ”

Huangfu Wuyi temporarily lost his freedom because of the annihilation of the whole army, and Xue Shixiong, who was also annihilated by the whole army, was so angry that he vomited blood several times, his body became weaker and weaker, and finally left the world on the eighth day of the first month of December.

Xue Shixiong's son Zhuozhou Wuhu faced two problems at this time, one was that Xue Shixiong might be questioned by Yang Guang for burying 20,000 elite soldiers, and the other was to avenge Dou Jiande's murder of his father.

When the brothers secretly discussed, Luo Yi took Wen Yanbo, Wei Ting, Wang Qi to visit, and when talking about the future situation of Zhuo County, Luo Yi frankly said that he planned to kill Hu Benlang and Zhao Shizhu, He Lanyi, Jin Wenyan and others, and wanted to support Sui and stand on his own.

Luo Yi's so-called "self-reliance in favor of Sui" is the same as the self-reliance of warlords in the later Beiyang era and the Republic of China.

Because Luo Yi proposed "self-reliance", this way of regime was different from the vassal states of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, after all, the vassal states paid tribute to the Zhou Dynasty, and Luo Yi had no intention of doing so.

The Xue brothers were a little surprised by Luo Yi's proposal, but they were more grateful that Luo Yi didn't hide it, they only discussed it for a while and then agreed to Luo Yi's proposal, but put forward the condition that they would not die with Dou Jiande.

What Luo Yi needed was the force of Yanyun's eighteen cavalry, and he defined Dou Jiande as "near" from the strategy of "distant friendship and close attack", so he naturally agreed to their request.

After the Xue brothers mourned for their father, Zhao Shizhu, He Lanyi, Jin Wenyan and others came to mourn, and then fell into the hands of Luo Yi one by one.

On the ninth day of December in the twelfth year of the Great Cause, Luo Yi announced his self-reliance, appointed himself as the governor of Youzhou, ordered Wen Yanbo to be Sima, ordered Wei Ting Wang Qi to be the general, and the five tigers of Zhuojun were all generals.

Although Luo Yi was the first prince of the Great Sui to support his own army, it was not easy for him to expand.

Luo Yi's current territory is only Zhuo County and Anle County, backed by Yanshan, and is surrounded by enemies on three sides.

To the west is Wei Dao'er, who has 100,000 troops in Shanggu County, and in the east is Gao Kaidao, who has 100,000 troops.

To the south is Dou Jiande, who had just defeated Xue Shixiong, and it is rumored that he gathered 300,000 troops in three days; If they were given time to recuperate, Luo Yi would be hitting a stone with an egg if he looked for them again

Compared to Luo Yi, who was too small to show his strength, the territory that Su You occupied now was too big.

After Su You left the Goryeo Royal City, he first broke away from the fleet with a small number of people, and went to the mouth of the Yalu River to investigate the Iron Mountain in his memory, and then returned to Sanshan after collecting half a boatload of iron ore by the way.

The construction of the city of Samsan was still in full swing, and all the captives of Goryeo had been transferred to the construction of the city walls, and the lighter work was taken over by the soldiers who had returned from the victory over Goryeo.

After Su You came back from Iron Mountain, he immediately rewarded his meritorious deeds, and the main reward was also a reward.

This time, the heavy reward was spread to every soldier, and the soldier who received the highest reward actually received as much as a thousand taels of gold, and the soldier with the least reward also received dozens of taels, and these people could become a rich man wherever they went.

Of course, as much as a thousand taels of gold were not easy to carry, so Su You kindly offered to help them keep it first, and then sent them countless white slips

After the soldiers got the white strips, they didn't have a sore waist or legs, and they had the strength to walk, and they could often wake up laughing even if they dreamed at night.

At this time, the cargo ships of the Seven Seas Trading Company that entered the Central Plains returned to Sanshan one after another, and Su You was not surprised by this, after all, the straight-line distance between Sanshan and Yantai Weihai was only more than 200 miles, and it was obviously not difficult to make a round trip in two days.

What Su You didn't expect was that there were not as many refugees as Pisces and them had imagined, but the quality was good, and they were basically young and strong.

After communicating with Pisces, Su You finally understood the truth that "the homeland is hard to leave", although those refugees in the Central Plains did not have food and clothing, they were still unwilling to leave their hometown.

Now the people who come to Sanshan are only part of the pathfinders.

Su You then summoned these pathfinders who dared to eat the first crab, first showed several large granaries in Sanshan City, and then announced in public, "As long as you are willing to reclaim this land, as much land as you want to cultivate, it belongs to you, Su You provides them with farm tools and seeds, and only charges one-tenth of the agricultural tax."

Su You's generosity suddenly stunned these refugees, and Su You had to take out the law promulgated in Lincang a few years ago and let the literate people among them experience it for themselves.

When these refugees confirmed that what Su You said was true, and that it was only a day or two away from their hometown, they asked literate people to help them write letters home and report the situation here to their families.

When the people from Nanami Trading Company returned to pick up the people again with letters from these people, they were worried that they would be overcrowded.

In just a few days, there were more than 30,000 people in Sanshan City.

Most of these people were summoned by letters from relatives and friends, and they were initially a little puzzled by the words in the letter, "If you come, you don't need to bring anything," but when they got off the boat, they understood what they meant.

After disembarking from the boat, the refugees were given brand new bedding and farm tools, and were temporarily placed in freshly painted dormitories.

When it was time to eat, they were a little unaccustomed to queuing, but when they smelled the smell of meat coming from inside, they still obeyed the command as a matter of course.

They have forgotten when the last full meal was, and how much more so there is meat in the dish?

After coming out of the cafeteria, everyone was well fed, and when they learned that they were going to eat free meals every day, they just wanted to eat here and die, but that was just for thought.

For those who are able to work, Sanshan's policy is "no food if you don't work".

After they have eaten enough, they have to go out and cultivate the land, which will eventually belong to them.

As for some lazy people, they were quickly warned, and those who failed to be warned many times were naturally put on the deportation list

After sending out several batches of farm tools, Su You had to increase his mining efforts, and at the same time modified some of the boats, turning the cargo ships into fishing boats, on which he planned to place some ballistas, and then let people go into the ocean to train and catch whales in the sea.

In short, everything in Sanshan City is proceeding in an orderly manner and thriving.

Su You's goal is to accept another 100,000 refugees by the end of the year, so that the number of refugees will reach 250,000 by January next year, and he will be able to expand his troops after spring ploughing.

Su You had obviously realized that his current strength was okay to attack the city and rely on the city to defend, but if he had an encounter with the enemy in a place where there was no river, he would not have any advantage. - For example, the inevitable battle with the Turks in the future.

Of course, Su You also knew that now was not the time to bury his head in developing his territory, and he was also looking for fighters.

But because of Yang Guang's existence, Su You is obviously not suitable to enter the Central Plains now, unless he can receive Yang Guang's call.

Around this time, Li Mi finally captured Runan County in one fell swoop with an army of more than 100,000 troops, and it was already three days after Wang Shichong suddenly disappeared from Qian County.

After Li Mi lost Wang Shichong's whereabouts, he had no intention of continuing to expand to Ruyin, and on the way back to Junwagang, he heard the good news of Dou Jiande's defeat of Xue Shixiong and Pei Renji's defeat of Huangfu Wuyi.

Li Mi immediately had the intention of temporarily establishing an alliance with Dou Jiande to flank Yang Shanhui, and he was worried about Wang Shichong's whereabouts.

In fact, Wang Shichong entered the Eastern Capital in disguise two days after Huangfu Wuyi's defeat, and there were only more than ten guards around him.

Huangfu Wuyi originally thought that he would have to be imprisoned for a few days, but he didn't expect that the next day he heard that because of the intercession of Yuan Wendu and Wang Shichong, His Royal Highness King Yue released him.

After washing the dust, Huangfu Wuyi walked to the palace, and he had to explain it to Yang Tong no matter what; After all, the reason for his defeat was only because of his decision, not his attitude.

When Huangfu Wuyi arrived at the gate of the court, the ministers turned around one after another, and he suddenly felt a little embarrassed, he really couldn't afford to hurt the whole army annihilated

But what if it has come to this?

Huangfu walked into the hall without squinting, and saw Yang Tong standing tall in the distance, his lower head sat Yuan Wendu and Duan Da, and Yuan Wendu sat next to a person with blonde hair and blue eyes, it was Wang Shichong who had the blood of the Western Regions.

Huangfu Wuyi was the county guard of Shangjun before, and then he was crowned a general, which took nearly 20 years, Wang Shichong went from the county to the county guard and then to the general, but it was only three or four years.

It's really better than people to die, and goods have to be thrown away

Huangfu Wuyi looked at Wang Shichong from a distance, and the latter seemed to hear his coming, and then suddenly got up, rushed to his side and grabbed his hand.

"I'm very relieved that the general is not harmed. I've been looking forward to seeing the general for a long time, and it's really exciting to get what I want today. As Wang Shichong spoke, tears flowed down his face.

Huangfu Wuyi was stunned for a moment, and originally thought, "Where have I seen this product?" After hearing that Wang Shichong saw him for the first time, he finally began to feel relieved.

"The reason why Wang Shichong has become a general within a few years seems to be groundless, and there is a reason." Huangfu Wuyi thought so, and also clenched Wang Shichong's hand, as if they were friends of God for a long time.

When all the people in the temple saw them like this, they looked sideways.