Under the organization and arrangement of Li Xiong and the eldest grandson Wuji, the people of Guanlong were organized one after another, the young descendants were incorporated into the army, and the weak and frail old people, women, and children carried all the things that could be taken away from home, such as food, clothes, bedding, farm tools, etc., and left their homes and dived into the mountains nearby. Lishan is located in the vicinity of Chang'an, the imperial capital, belongs to the Qinling Mountains, covers an extremely wide area, there are trees that do not wither at four o'clock on the mountain, there are fragrant flowers in three springs, the scenery is charming, the forest is deep and the trees are dense, the mountain shape is beautiful, the peaks and peaks are undulating, looking at it from afar, it is like a pale steed that is contemplating and overlooking, and is eager to run.

At the foot of the mountain, Li Xiong, the king of Guande, and the eldest grandson Wuji marched forward with horses.

The eldest grandson Wuji asked Li Xiong, the king of Guande: "Old prince, now the youth of our organization has exceeded 200,000 people. Although there are a lot of people, they are all farmers with no combat experience. You said that you can find tens of thousands of people who have experienced the war, but the people you are talking about are in this Li Mountain? ”

Li Xiong, the king of Guande, smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Yes, the person I am looking for is here." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at the towering and wide Lishan Mountain, and asked in surprise: "Old Wang, the tens of thousands of people you mentioned who have experienced the war, are they the brothers Li Tong and Li Zheng, who occupy the mountain in this Lishan and control tens of thousands of bandits?" ”

King Guande stroked his long hair and replied affirmatively: "What the old man is looking for is Li Tong and Li Zheng." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji tightened the horse stiffness at that time and stopped the horse.

King Guande looked at the eldest grandson Wuji with interest and said, "Wuji, why did you dare not go when you heard the names of Li Tong and Li Zheng?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji retorted: "There are only tens of thousands of bandits, how can my eldest grandson Wuji be afraid of them? It's just that I think King Guande's trip must be to appease Li Tong and Li Zheng. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, the people of Guanzhong Li Tong and Li Zheng were oppressed, and they gathered people in Lishan for more than ten years, and they were not defeated, but they became stronger and stronger the more they fought, and the number of people increased. In the early years of Wude, I set the capital of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty and took the initiative to recruit them, but they did not return. It has been nine years since Wude, and in the past eight or nine years, our Datang has never stopped suppressing them, and both sides have suffered heavy casualties, which can be said to be a mortal enemy. Now that the Turks have invaded my Datang, my Datang Sheji is about to be subverted, they are the enemies of my Datang, I'm afraid it's too late for them to be happy, we go to appease them, how can they surrender? ”

Li Xiong, the king of Guande, did not answer, but said with great certainty: "They will accept the appeasement, and they will definitely surrender." ”

The terrain of Lishan is dangerous, and there is only one road leading to the top of the mountain. This road is to climb the platform, there are 360 pedals, as if people chiseled the general, the pedals are only one foot of the place, both sides are thousands of steep walls, dangerous and abnormal. If someone tries not to go through this platform, then he will not be able to climb the mountain under any circumstances.

Guarding the roof are two teams of sword-wielding minions. The minions are all big and round-waisted, open-chested and bare-belly, their heads are wrapped in turbans, they are wearing coarse cloth clothes, their feet are wearing cloth shoes, and the thick black hair on their chests looks unusually blinking, unusually strong.

Li Xiong and the eldest grandson Wuji walked through the knife formation formed by the minions in turn with calm faces, slowly stepped onto the stage, and walked into the Zhongyi Hall located on the top of the mountain.

In the Zhongyi Hall, Li Tong and Li Zheng, the great cowards of Lishan, sat upright on the main and deputy leaders in the hall.

After seeing the two of them, Li Xiong bowed his hand slightly and said: "Now that the country is in danger and the Turks are raging, if one or two people like you come forward and serve the country, at this time. The Turks did not dare to be so rampant. This is the time for the country to use you, and it is also an opportunity for you to make meritorious contributions in times of crisis, and I hope you can grasp it. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Xiong, the king of Guande, in surprise, he didn't expect Li Xiong to say such a thing directly when he saw Li Tong and Li Zheng, Li Tong, Li Zheng and Datang are mortal enemies. But something even more unexpected happened.

Li Tong and Li Zheng actually got up and left their seats, walked in front of Li Xiong, shed tears, and knelt down and said: "Now that the country is in danger, the nation is in danger, and our hometown has been ravaged and poisoned by the Turks, our brothers are so worried that they often stay up all night. Today's national conscription, we are like a long drought to meet the rain, we are willing to serve the country to the death. ”

Li Xiong was happy to represent the Tang Emperor Li Shimin to canonize Li Tong as the general of the four pins of loyalty and martial arts, and to canonize Li Zheng as the general of the four pins of loyalty and bravery, and to collect and reorganize the army of the entire Lishan.

Afterwards, the eldest grandson Wuji asked Li Xiong: "Old prince, how could these unruly Li Tong and Li Zheng accept my Tang Dynasty so easily and fight against the Turks?" This, this is incredible. ”

Li Xiong looked at the puzzled eldest grandson Wuji, and said with a smile: "Wuji, you have lived in Chang'an City for a long time, and you rarely go deep into the people, and you don't know my Tang people." I have a large number of people in China, and I have always advocated loyalty and integrity. There are many people who are handsome. Since ancient times, it has never bowed to aliens. Those who are willing to fight for the country, those who dare to fight for the country, such as the carp crossing the river, are countless, one after the other, almost endless. Now that the country is in danger and aliens are invading, Li Tong and Li Zheng, as the people of my Tang Dynasty, how can they not be willing to accept my Tang Dynasty's appeasement, serve the country, and resist foreign races? ”

After listening to what Li Xiong said, the eldest grandson Wuji said with emotion: "I have so many strong men in Datang who cherish the country, why can't I get through the current crisis?" Why can't you rise quickly and become a strong country? ”

After that, Li Xiong and Changsun Wuji took the dangerous terrain of Lishan as the foundation, and the old departments of Li Tong and Li Zheng of Lishan and the organized Jingzhuang as the main force, and created a joint bead array like fish scales in 15 counties around Lishan.

Jingyang County is a small county town thirty miles west of Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Now the county is in shambles, full of Turkic cavalry armed with knives and guns, searching from house to house in the county. The square outside the county government was occupied by the Turks, and a tall and sturdy tent was erected.

Inside the tent, Yarjin, the commander of the Turkic Left Route Army and a henchman of Jieli Khan, sat on the top of the commander.

Outside the tent, the Turkic Left Route Army generals gathered one after another, asking in a low voice about their respective gains, and then they cursed again and again, and went straight to the road. When the generals gathered, everyone was neatly arranged according to their positions and entered the big account together.

Seeing the dejected generals one by one, Yaerjin said slowly: "Jingyang City, still haven't you made any gains?" ”

The generals complained angrily: "I don't know how to do it recently, the people of the Tang Dynasty seem to have disappeared all at once, and their food and goods have also disappeared." Dashuai, this time our Turks are a sneak attack, and the various departments don't have much food, so we are counting on burning, killing and looting along the way to maintain supplies, and now the people, food, and goods of the Tang Dynasty have disappeared. Boss, what do you think we should do? ”