The Sui army camp is outside Yuguan Town, it is a temporary camp covering an area of 1,000 acres, the so-called temporary camp is that there is no camp wall and camp fence, just dig a trench around, the trench is surrounded by a cart, and the outside of the trench is full of spears, from the edge of the spear array to the big tent at least 100 steps apart, this is to prevent the big tent from being attacked by rockets, and at the same time a large number of patrol posts are deployed on the periphery to prevent the camp from being stolen by the enemy, in addition, several guard towers are also built, and there are soldiers on the guard tower to observe from a distance. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the military tent in the camp, a middle-aged scribe was pacing back and forth restlessly, his name was Du Huan, he was the county governor of Mayi County, after Liu Wuzhou rebelled in Mayi County, he fled to Yulin County with his family, and at the same time reported the news of Liu Wuzhou's rebellion to Luoyang, and he was appointed as the county governor of Yulin County by Yang Tong, the king of Yue, because of his timely report.

This time the Turks invaded the state in the south, Du Huan has also been watching, but he never expected that the Northern Sui Dynasty would kill Yulin County with one shot, which surprised Du Huan, and Zhang Wenxun was in Wuyuan County at this time, Du Huan urgently sent someone to report to Zhang Wenxun on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had to come to the Sui camp to inquire about the truth.

Du Huan was not worried about his life, when he was the county governor in Mayi County, Li Jing was still his subordinate, and he was also an old friend, he knew that Li Jing was not a brutal person, so he dared to come to Sui Camp alone.

At this time, a soldier outside the tent shouted: "General Li has arrived!" ”

Du Huan hurriedly turned around, only to see that as soon as the curtain of the tent was lifted, Li Jing strode in from outside the tent, and Li Jing smiled as soon as he entered the tent: "It turned out to be an old man, Du Juncheng is not harmed?" ”

Du Huan was a little embarrassed, Li Jing saluted him back then, but now it is a troubled time, and even Liu Wuzhou has become the emperor, and there is no imbalance.

Du Huan hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine, but the pharmacist is promoted, I want to congratulate the pharmacist... No! Congratulations to General Lee. ”

"Du Juncheng is too polite, please take a seat!"

Li Jing invited Du Huan to sit down, and let the soldiers serve tea, and then asked lightly: "I don't know very well now, is Brother Du a Turkic official now?" ”

"Nope! No! ”

Du Huan hurriedly waved his hand, "This is a big question of right and wrong, I want to state first, I have nothing to do with the Turks." ”

"But Zhang Changxun has surrendered to the Turks, and now Yulin County and Wuyuan County belong to the Turks!"

"Not really, Zhang Tongshou surrendered to the Turks, but we did not surrender to the Turks, I am still the Yulin County Cheng appointed by Emperor Tai, and ....."

"And what?" Li Jing heard something in Du Huan's words.

Du Huan hesitated for a long time and said: "And Zhang Tongshou has secretly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and was named the governor of Fengzhou by the Tang Emperor, but it has not been announced." ”

Li Jing took a sip of tea and asked unhurriedly: "Du Juncheng means that you are actually Tang Dynasty officials now, right?" ”

Du Huan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Emperor Tang only sealed Zhang Changxun alone, and has not taken into account us middle- and lower-level officials, I am still a county appointed by Emperor Tai, and now the situation here is very complicated, no one can figure out where we belong to the officials?" ”

"Then what is the matter with Du Juncheng coming to me?" Li Jing asked with a faint smile.

"First of all, I want to catch up with the pharmacist, in addition, the pharmacist brother came with tens of thousands of troops, and the people in Yulin County are panicking, as the chief official of Yulin County, I have the responsibility to come forward."

"Why is the county chief official, and Wang Taishou?"

"Wang Taishou died of illness last year, and now Taishou is concurrently served by Zhang Changxun, but he has been staying in Wuyuan County and rarely comes to Yulin County, so the chief official of Yulin County is actually me."

Li Jing took a few steps with his hand in his hand, and said slowly: "I am very clear about the intention of Du Juncheng, presumably I also know the intention of my coming, Du Juncheng also knows it, I will not say secret words, this time I am ordered by His Royal Highness the King of Qi to crusade against Zhang Changxun and Liang Shidu, the Hetao region has belonged to Middle Earth since the Han Dynasty, whether it is Yulin County, Wuyuan County or Lingwu County are the territory of the Great Sui, I will lead the army to take back the three counties of Hetao from the Turks, if Du County is aware of the current affairs, immediately open the city and surrender, I will play the King of Qi to appoint you as the Taishou of Yulin County, If Du Juncheng is obsessed and stubbornly resists, then under the onslaught of the army, the entire Yulin City will be crushed into powder, and Du Juncheng will consider which is more important! ”

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Although the area of Yulin County is large, there are only two counties, Yulin County and Fuchang County in the south, Fuchang County is only a very small person, the population is only two or three thousand people, most of the population of Yulin County is concentrated in Yulin County, even so, the population of Yulin County is only more than 40,000 people, of which sixty percent are Han people, and the other forty percent are Tiele and Turkic people, and the economy here is mainly based on farming and animal husbandry.

The farmland is mainly distributed on both sides of the Yellow River, and the animal husbandry is concentrated around the Jinhu Lake in the north, because the land here is fertile and vast, and the livestock is extremely cheap, so most of the families in the county are relatively wealthy, and every household has more than a dozen horses, some of them walk, some of them plough the fields, and the Han people get along very well with the Tiele people and the Turkic people.

There are more than 20,000 residents living in the county, ninety percent of them are Han people, and the Tiele people and Turks live on both sides of the Jin River not far from the north, so the county seat is not big, the circumference is only about 20 li, and the city wall is not tall and strong, in addition to 20,000 people in the city, there are also 3,000 troops of Zhang Changxun, commanded by a Lang general.

Jun Cheng Du Huan returned to the county seat worriedly, he did not give Li Jing an answer on the spot, but he also knew that he had to face the reality, except for surrendering to the Northern Sui, they had no second way to go, but the county town was controlled by the army, not that he could have the final say, he needed to go back and persuade the army to leave or surrender.

As soon as Du Huan walked into the county, Lang General Qin Hongwu greeted him, Qin Hongwu was about 30 years old, and Zhang Changxun was the same township, followed him for many years, he was originally the Sui Army Wu Yonglang General, Zhang Changxun supported the army and stood on his own, he was promoted to Huya Lang General, led 5,000 people to garrison Yulin County, but Yulin County only had 3,000 people, there were 500 garrisons in Yunzhong Shucheng in the north, and there were 500 garrisons in Liangu Shucheng in the south, and there were 1,000 garrisons in Fuchang County.

It can also be seen that Qin Hongwu is important, Zhang Changxun only has a total of 20,000 people, and he led 5,000 people.

"Du Juncheng, what did Li Jing say?" Qin Hongwu stopped Du Huan and asked.

Du Huan sighed and said: "What else can he say, he said that he was ordered by Zhang Xuan to lead a large army to attack Liang Shidu, and Wuyuan County and Yulin County should also be returned to Northern Sui." ”

Qin Hongwu snorted coldly, "What he said is quite simple!" He thought that Wuyuan County and Yulin County were still the territory of the Sui Dynasty? ”

Du Huan shook his head, "He didn't think so, he thought that Wuyuan County and Yulin County were now Turkic territory. ”

Qin Hongwu was stunned, "How can it be the territory of the Turks?" ”

"I explained it to him, but he didn't believe it, he said he only recognized this!"

Du Huan pointed to the Turkic wolf's head banner above his head, "He said that since the Turkic flag is hanging, this is of course the territory of the Turks, and he gave us a night to think about it, either leave or surrender, and he will attack the city after dawn tomorrow." ”

After speaking, Du Huan whipped his war horse and headed towards the county office, Qin Hongwu was stunned for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "What is the county going to do?" ”

"I don't know anything, I just want to go back and get some sleep." Du Huan's voice was far away.

Qin Hongwu's heart was in a mess, and he didn't know what to do, the other party was an army of 50,000, where could his 3,000 defenders defend the county seat?

At this time, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Has the chief manager received a reply?" ”

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Yulin County Ya and the county Ya are together, the county magistrate is called Meng Shouyi, a native of Yan'an County, who has served as the county magistrate here for at least seven or eight years, he is a very timid and afraid person, although Du Huan's arrival took away his power, but Meng Shouyi did not complain, only there was no war massacre, let him live peacefully, support his old mother, raise his children, and he didn't care how much power he could have.

Of course, Meng Shouyi also knew that the 50,000 Northern Sui army had arrived in Yulin County, which frightened him, and when Du Huan came back from the Sui camp, he immediately ran to inquire about the situation.

Du Huan was about to send someone to find him, but he didn't expect him to come first, the two sat down in the lobby, Du Huan told him about his trip to the Sui camp, and before Du Huan finally finished speaking, Meng Shouyi slammed his fist on the table, and said urgently: "What is there to hesitate about, of course Kaicheng welcomes the army, we are originally the Sui Dynasty, I don't think this is called surrender, this is called returning to the dynasty, why didn't Jun Cheng agree immediately?" ”

Du Huan sighed and said: "How can it be so easy, what's the use of us surrendering, we have to be willing to surrender." ”

Meng Shouyi was silent, he knew that Du Huan was talking about Qin Hongwu, and after a while, Meng Shouyi asked in a low voice: "Then what should we do now?" ”

Du Huan pondered for a moment and said: "You go to the patriarchs of several major families to discuss, let them mobilize their children to open the city and surrender, be sure to surrender tonight, if it is delayed until tomorrow, the Sui army will begin to attack the city." (To be continued.) )