Zhang Xuan arrived in Jiuyuan County two days later with 10,000 cavalry, which was his first time on the Hetao Plain, and the strategic significance of the Hetao Plain was so important to him that he had to come here to inspect it himself. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After several years of hard work, he will build this place into a strategic base for the south, advance to the south and west step by step, and finally complete his hegemony in the world.

Two days later, Zhang Xuan led 10,000 cavalry to Jiuyuan County, and Li Jing led the generals and a group of civilian officials out of the city to welcome the arrival of the commander.

Everyone saluted, and Li Jing pulled over an official in his thirties and introduced: "This is Cui Xingshu, the county leader of Wuyuan County, with him, Jiuyuan City has maintained stability." ”

Cui Xingshu hurriedly saluted, "Your Majesty Cui Xingshu, see His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

Zhang Xuan heard that his accent was from Boling County, so he asked with a smile: "Listening to the accent, Cui Yuanjun seems to be from Boling County?" ”

"Xiaguan is indeed a disciple of the Boling Cui clan, and he is a scholar in the second year of the Great Cause, but the Boling Cui clan doesn't know much about my clan."

"Why?"

"Xia Guan is a partial concubine, and he has no status in the family since his grandfather's generation."

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "Then be a diligent official, be proactive, and do Xiangguo step by step, so that the Cui family can take regret medicine every day." ”

Cui Xingshu was moved in his heart, and gave a deep salute, "His Royal Highness's words are remembered by the officials." ”

Zhang Xuan greeted the others again, and then entered Jiuyuan County surrounded by everyone.

The martial law in the county has been lifted, the Sui army discipline is strict, and it does not disturb the people, the county town has gradually returned to the former lively and prosperous, and the soldiers have brought a lot of purchasing power, shops have opened, and they have made full efforts to do the business of the Sui soldiers, and the business of the liquor stores and green buildings in the city is very hot.

The arrival of Zhang Xuan, the king of Qi, made every household in the city put incense cases at the door, and bowed down to welcome the arrival of the Northern Sui monarch.

More than 20 generals and more than a dozen generals participated in the meeting, and Li Jing briefly introduced the situation in Jiuyuan County to Zhang Xuan, especially told the lord that there were still 300,000 stone grain in the warehouse, which was the key to the army's long-term stationing in Hetao.

Zhang Xuan nodded and asked, "How is Zhang Changxun's situation?" ”

"Marshal Qiyu, Zhang Changxun still has 17,000 troops, currently stationed in Yongfeng County, our army has fought with them in siege battles, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, of course, it may be related to their lack of night fighting, as for the equipment, they are all Sui army standard armor, which is exactly the same as ours, but the helmet is painted with a piece of white, which is said to be a Turkic symbol."

"How many cavalry are there?" Zhang Xuan pondered and asked again.

"There were not many cavalry, less than three thousand."

"Why is that?"

Zhang Xuan is a little strange, there are only 3,000 cavalry in the Hetao area, which makes people a little puzzled.

Cui Xingshu next to him said: "Back to Your Highness, this question can be answered, at first there was no need to establish cavalry, we had no enemy, Liu Wuzhou would not go west, we and the Liang division were separated by the desert, and later the Turks were willing to give us 20,000 war horses, but General Zhang refused, his excuse was that the soldiers were not good at riding horses, so later they didn't want the Turks to be careful, so they never set all of them as cavalry, and only equipped 3,000 cavalry." ”

"I see!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, and smiled at everyone again: "Let's go back first!" We will be here for the time being today, and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow we will discuss how to send troops in the big tent. ”

Everyone got up and left, Zhang Xuan glanced at Li Jing and Cui Xingshu, and the two understood, so they stayed.

At this time, there were only three of them left in the lobby, and Zhang Xuan said: "I want to know how to annihilate Zhang Changxun, I think you all have a plan, let's talk about it!" ”

Li Jing said with a smile: "Qiyu Marshal, in fact, it is not difficult to annihilate Zhang Changxun, Yongfeng County is weak, unable to resist the siege of the army, one blow can be broken, our army is three times that of Zhang Changxun's army, it is easy to annihilate them, the reason why we did not send troops immediately is because the marshal arrived, I think it is necessary to discuss with the marshal again." ”

"Discuss what?" Jang Hyun asked.

Li Jing glanced at Cui Xingshu, Cui Xingshu said worriedly: "Your Highness, Zhang Changxun's 17,000 people are all children of military families, their families live in Jiuyuan County, relatives and friends, more than half of the people in Wuyuan County are related to them, these 17,000 soldiers are the foundation of the long-term stability of Hetao, if the Northern Sui army kills them, the Sui army will completely lose the hearts of the people in Hetao, please think twice." ”

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and asked: "Cui Juncheng has been in Hetao for eight years, he should know Zhang Changxun very well, does Juncheng think he will surrender to the Northern Sui?" ”

Cui Xingshu sighed, "If he is willing to surrender to Northern Sui, he will not go to Yongfeng County, I think the possibility of him surrendering is very small." ”

"Why won't he surrender?" Jang Xuan was puzzled.

"Your Royal Highness, he is a native of Yongxian County, Guanzhong, after he surrendered to Li Yuan, he sent his parents, wife and children back to his hometown in Yongxian, only the eldest son was by his side, this is one of them, and the second is that his backstage is the Dugu family, he is actually cultivated by the Dugu family, without the consent of the Dugu family, he does not dare to surrender to the enemies of the Tang Dynasty, and there is a third reason, the deputy general next to him is called Gao Jing, a general of the Tang Dynasty, nominally Li Yuan sent him to assist Zhang Changxun, but in fact, he was monitored and he was not allowed to have any more dissenting hearts, so I said that he would not surrender to the Northern Sui."

Li Jing also smiled bitterly: "This is the contradiction, on the one hand, we want to persuade Zhang Changxun to surrender and save the lives of 17,000 soldiers, but on the other hand, he resolutely refuses to surrender, which is indeed a bit difficult." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "I listened to the report in Yulin County, I think your means of taking Yulin County are very clever, and you can repeat the old skills in Wuyuan County, maybe I can help the rebellion." ”

"Your Highness means ......"

Zhang Xuan smiled and said to Cui Xingshu: "Please ask Cui Yuanjun to gather the famous families in the city, I want to talk to them!" ”

Cui Xingshu was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and said, "Xiaguan will arrange it!" ”

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In the afternoon, more than 100 dignitaries, big families and elders from Jiuyuan County gathered in the county office, everyone was looking forward to and nervous, and His Royal Highness King Qi personally discussed the future of Jiuyuan with them, which made them extremely excited.

At this time, Cui Xingshu ran in quickly, signaled to everyone with both hands to stand up, everyone stood up one after another, only to see Li Jing accompanied a young heroic general to walk in, he was wearing a golden helmet, wearing purple gold armor, a nine-dragon jade belt around his waist, and a black satin daze with gold trim on his shoulders, this is the costume of the Son of Heaven, needless to say that everyone knows who is coming.

"Subjects meet His Royal Highness King Qi!" More than 100 people knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhang Xuan smiled and waved his hand, "Ladies and gentlemen, please get up quickly, let's feel free." ”

Everyone got up one after another, and Cui Xingshu introduced several famous people from Wuyuan County to Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Xuan greeted several people one by one, and then invited everyone to sit down.

"I feel very honored that Cui Juncheng arranged for me to meet with you today, it can be said that it is your insistence on reclamation in the Hetao, decades of farming, the Hetao has not become a horse farm for the Turks, in this sense, you are the meritorious men of the Han nation, please accept my respect!"

Zhang Xuan knelt down to make a deep bow to everyone, everyone was so frightened that they knelt down to return the salute, who dared to accept the gift of the King of Qi, but everyone was also very moved, the King of Qi raised their status very high, fully affirmed their hardships of decades and three generations of border reclamation, everyone had a common idea in their hearts, this is the real monarch, with the world in mind and the righteousness.

At this time, Zhang Xuan said loudly: "I want to tell you a good news first, the Turkic Luo Khan led 300,000 troops to invade the south, and after months of bloody fighting by the Northern Sui soldiers, the 300,000 Turkic troops have been annihilated in Bingzhou, and Luo Khan also died in Loufan County, and we have won a great victory against the Turks!" ”

The scene was immediately cheered, many people hugged excitedly, no one cared more about this news than them, and no one understood the meaning of this news better than them, the 300,000 army was wiped out, and the Central Plains was killed by Luo Khan, which means that at least 20 years, that is, in a generation, the Turkic army will not invade the south on a large scale, and the Hetao will usher in a long period of peace.

Everyone knelt down again and kowtowed to Zhang Xuan with tears, and an elder said excitedly: "Hetao has been suffering for a long time! The Turkic cavalry went south every year to harass, rob the property and population, and the court was helpless to take them, but His Royal Highness's iron and blood finally made them have the pain of tearing their hearts, I believe that they dare not come to the Hetao to invade again, His Royal Highness is our great benefactor, we have nothing to repay, please accept our salute again. ”

"Your Highness, please accept our salute!"

Everyone once again gratefully gave Jang Hyun a big salute. (To be continued.) )