On March 28, after consulting with the important ministers of civil and military affairs, Guo Rong issued another edict: Fu Yanqing, the marshal of King Wei and Tianxiong, was deployed as the capital of the Hedong camp, and he also knew the affairs of Taiyuan, and Guo Chong was the deputy; Xiang Xun is the supervisor of the soldiers and horses, Li Chongjin is the horse step capital Yu Hou, and Zhang Yue is the horse step deputy capital Yu Hou; Shi Yanchao was the commander of the vanguard, and led more than 20,000 foot riders out of Luzhou and went to Taiyuan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Jianxiong Festival Marshal Yao Yuanfu, Wang Yanchao, and Han Tong returned to Jinzhou, went north from Yindi Pass, and attacked with Fu Yanqing in the east and west, and joined Taiyuan. With Liu Ci as the accompanying deployment, Bao Dajie Shuai Bai Chongzan as the deputy, temporarily stationed in Luzhou. Because Taizu's corpse is scheduled to be buried in Songling on April 12, although Guo Rong is in Luzhou, he will also hold funerals and sacrifices in some places.

The next day after receiving the edict, Zhang Yue reorganized his troops, and took advantage of the free time of these days to quietly recruit a group of Northern Han army soldiers to supplement his command, and by the way, replenished the ordnance and weapons, and then restored to eight battalions, plus 300 cavalry of the personal guard battalion, a total of 4,300 people went north with the army.

All the way through Tunliu, Xiangyuan, arrived at Wuxiang County to camp temporarily. The county seat of Wuxiang is located in the east of the intersection of Wuxiang water and Qinshui, and goes north for 30 miles from the county seat to the water of Wuxiang Township, and it is Liaozhou of the Northern Han Dynasty. Of course, you can also go north through the Waist Drum Ridge and Shihui Pass in the northwest of Wuxiang County, but the road is rugged and difficult, and it is inconvenient to transport military rations and supplies.

Fu Yanqing stopped at this time, hoping to persuade Zhang Hanchao, the assassin of Liaozhou in the Northern Han Dynasty, so that it would be much better to go through Liaozhou and enter the Taiyuan Basin. But whoever went to persuade him to surrender, the generals were unwilling to go, and in the end they had to send the vanguard to make Shi Yanchao hold the letter of the king and lead 2,500 horsemen to Yushe first.

The main force is not in a hurry to set off, and has to wait for the follow-up grain and grass to be transferred from Luzhou before they can march, and there is no news for several days, Zhang Yue trains the soldiers every day, but the amount of training is reduced accordingly, and he will rest after training for an hour and a half in the morning and afternoon.

Although the amount of training was not large, Zhang Yue himself only presided over it for half a day, and in the afternoon, he handed over the training of the infantry army to Li Chuyun and Xue Wenqian, and the Ma army was handed over to Hao Tianying and Ming Jinpeng. As for the promotion of the rewards for the combat exploits of each battalion, it was completely counted by Feng Qianhou and Li Duoshou, and Zhang Yue started to be the shopkeeper, and took Du Ximi to the wild to go to the eagle every afternoon, and had a good time.

When he came back in the afternoon, Fu Yanqing summoned the generals to raise their accounts, and declared that Shi Yanchao had returned: Zhang Hanchao, the puppet assassin of Liaozhou, was unwilling to surrender. However, Shi Yanchao had arrived at the city of Yushe and stationed troops in the field, and the Liaozhou state soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty did not attack. It is scheduled to depart on the seventh day of April and head to Taiyuan via Yushe.

After the generals left the tent, Fu Yanqing sent someone to find Zhang Yue back, warmly and politely personally led Zhang Yue into the seat, and said with a burning smile: "Yuanzhen is good at everything, but he is too young!" Otherwise, with the exploits of Zhang Yuanhui this time, it is not a problem to open the Yajian Festival, but it doesn't matter, this is a commendable qualification. ”

"His Royal Highness King Wei has won the award! Fortunately, thanks to the soldiers' lives, His Majesty has a good plan, and this is not a great achievement for the younger generation. Zhang Yue smiled modestly, feeling uncomfortable.

Fu Yanqing is fifty or sixty years old, and his temples are slightly weathered, but he still looks full of energy, his steps are steady, and his voice is also full of energy, and he does not look old.

"There are no outsiders here, what do you call King Wei in front of me, feel free to call uncle!" Fu Yanqing pretended to be displeased, and then smiled again: "When you return to Tokyo after this war, the marriage between you and Qiongniang of the Liulang family should be officially decided, and it just so happens that they also live in Tokyo." ”

"Yes...... But it's up to the elders to decide! Zhang Yue grinned, and Qiong Niang's smiling beautiful face suddenly flashed in his mind.

"Tomorrow's march, but Taiyuan Jiancheng is not prepared, I am afraid that it will be difficult to conquer urgently, I plan to go to Liaozhou Yushe, let you stay there to guard against Liaozhou Thorn History, and transfer equipment and materials, I don't know what you think?" Fu Yanqing asked.

"This ...... I'm afraid that something is wrong, there may be a big war after arriving in Taiyuan, if I don't rush there, will Your Majesty be unhappy? Zhang Yue asked rhetorically.

"Huh! You don't have to worry about this, you always have to send someone to stay behind to transfer materials, and it doesn't hurt if you wait for Your Majesty to go north to Taiyuan together. ”

"This ...... I still want to go to the front line first, learn more about the military situation, and then be more confident in the battle. Zhang Yue refused, he understood what Fu Yanqing meant, and let himself wait behind, and have more opportunities to get close to Guo Rongbei. But this is a troubled time, and it is not as stable as relying on people to work your own. And staying in the rear, and doing coolies to transport grain and grass, is not a good errand.

"That's it! Then you go down and get ready, and leave early tomorrow morning. Zhang Yue was unwilling, which made Fu Yanqing a little surprised, but he didn't care.

The next day, Fu Yanqing led the army to the north, camped north of Mangche Pass for one night, and arrived at Yushe on the 9th. Staying for a day and continuing to go north, the soldiers approached the southern suburbs of Jinyang City in Taiyuan, and set up a large camp in Linfenshui.

At the same time, after Yao Yuanfu, Wang Yanchao, and Han Tong led more than 20,000 troops back to Jinju, they also launched an attack to the north. Wang Yanchao attacked Fenzhou, and the Northern Han defense made Dong Xiyan surrender. Guo Rong sent Laizhou defense envoy Kang Yannuma to attack Liaozhou in the rear, and Mizhou defense envoy Tian Qiong to attack Qinzhou, but neither was captured.

Someone said that Li Qianpu, the deputy envoy of the supply and preparation library, was a native of Taiyuan, and recommended this person to go to Liaozhou on a single ride to persuade Zhang Hanchao to surrender to assassinate him, but soon after, Zhang Hanchao really surrendered.

After Liaozhou was down, the back road was safe, and the grain and grass were transported smoothly, Fu Yanqing sent detectives to the counties under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan to persuade him to surrender, but with little success. On the contrary, Jingyun County, which was far away, was the first to express its surrender.

On April 16, that is, the day after the arrival of the army, Lanzhou and Xianzhou in the northwest of Taiyuan sent people to express their submission, probably because they heard that the Northern Han Lord had lost the Battle of Gaoping, and they had been waiting in Taiyuan for a long time. After that, news came from Jinzhou that Wang Yanchao captured Shizhou and captured the pseudo-Shizhou assassin Shi An Yanjin, and the pseudo-Qinzhou assassin Li Tingxu was also frightened and surrendered.

So far, the west line of Taiyuan, the east line of Shihui Pass, and the area of Liaozhou, the two portals are completely opened. However, at this time, the transportation of grain and grass in the rear was a bit weak.

Guo Rong had previously sent Shangshu's right servant to shoot the right servant, Ping Zhangshi, and Li Gu, the third division of the judgment, to Hedong to check the military supplies, and ordered the generals who transported grain under Hecheng to appease the people, prohibit looting, and only allow the tax and grain of the year to be levied from the households. If a household can pay 500 hues of grain and 500 sheaves of hay, he will be given a career as a county official; Those who can pay 1,000 hubars of grain and 1,000 bales of forage are granted state and county official positions.

It's a pity that the effect is not very good, the troubled times are still important to the mouth, and the local big families obviously have food hidden in their homes, but they just refuse to pay. Li Gu was very flexible, after he arrived in Hedong, he had no choice but to send sergeants to rob large households with carrots in one hand and big sticks in the other, and then he delayed dealing with them and connived at the soldiers who committed the crime to escape. In addition, he urged various prefectures and counties, and bought gold coins from merchants in the treasury of the imperial court, and finally collected enough grain.

The western route was transported from Luoyang and Guanzhong to Hedong, and then transferred to Jinzhou Huoyi, which was used by the Yaoyuanfu Institute. The eastern route was transported from Tokyo and Hebei to Huaizhou, and then transferred to Shangdang in Luzhou, and transferred to Taiyuan by the Zhaoyi Army.

The grain road is too long, and the garrisons along the way help to carry it, pumping it from all over the Central Plains to the north like a pumping machine, but it is time-consuming and laborious, and it will be eliminated on the road, and more than 20,000 troops of Taiyuan Fu Yanqing are eating, and life is still tight.

It was not until April 27 that Guo Rong received a large amount of grain and grass from Shangdang in Luzhou, and then he led the army from Shangdang to Taiyuan to conquer Liu Chong. (To be continued.) )