Li Yuan's army was like a bamboo, and it hit the city of Hedong, and along the way, the regular army of the government did not work, and the miscellaneous army (mostly underworld organizations) surrendered as soon as they saw that things were not good, and the battle was not fought much, and the team was not very strong.

The defender of Hedong will be Qu Tutong. Let's introduce Master Qu first, because this character is very important, he is one of the twenty-four heroes of the later Lingyan Pavilion, and he is a dramatic character.

Of course, he is now the general of Zuo Wuhou of the Sui Dynasty, the general of Hedong, and belongs to Yang Yu's Chang'an group. Qu Tutong, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, fought Yang Xuangan and the underworld, and was promoted while fighting. Being an official is very honest and honest, and he belongs to the type of six relatives who don't recognize him.

It's really not easy for this guy, that is, he is a good general, and at the same time he is a moral model. Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, although under the banner of supporting the Sui Dynasty. What exactly he wants to do, everyone is not stupid, you can see it at a glance. So Yang Guang's grandson, Yang Yu, who stayed in Chang'an, ordered Song Laosheng to garrison Huoyi, and Qu Tutong to garrison Hedong to defend Li Yuan.

Na Cheng thought that Song Laosheng was so unfought, he was killed in one battle. The task of defending Li Yuan fell directly to Qu Tutong. I can't push it if I want to, but I guess according to this guy's character, I can't push it out.

He will impassionedly lecture to his subordinates, today is the time for us to serve the country, everyone sacrifices their lives for righteousness. Then, having been defeated, he surrendered. And that's what he did.

Although it has gone through a very tortuous process. However, sometimes the process is not important, everyone only looks at the result. is such a person, how do you look at Wu Sangui of the Sui Dynasty, but history seems to be difficult to get along with Wu Sangui. Although Qu Tutong and Wu Sangui do basically the same thing, in terms of reputation in history, Qu Tutong doesn't know how many times better than Wu Sangui. But then again, Wu Sangui's fame is far from Qu Tutong's.

History seems to tell us that we want to get what others can't get. You should give up, both for the good and the bad. Many generals built yì Li Yuan attacked Hedong City, and there was one person who objected, not Li Shimin, but a person named Xue Dading, who is this. It is not clearly written in the history books, and it is not very important, but when it is revealed, it has never appeared again, and it seems that it is also a trick.

That's what tricks come about. Li Yuan actually obeyed what he said. The reason is simple. Because what he said is right, what he said is right, he must listen, this is one of Li Yuan's leadership philosophy. So what did Xue Dading say?

Xue Dading said to Li Yuan: "It is not important to attack Hedong, it is very important to occupy Yongfengcang, and there is no need to attack Hedong City to occupy Yongfengcang." Li Yuan nodded, and what he said made sense. Why does Li Yuan think it makes sense? This mainly depends on what Yongfeng Cang does? Yongfeng Cang was used by Yang Guang to hoard grain. Although Yang Guang let the common people live a hard life, it does not mean that the Sui Dynasty government is poor.

In fact, the government of the Sui Dynasty was still very rich, especially the grain could not be eaten for decades. But Yang Guang's psychopathy is not to give food to the people. I really don't know what he's going to do, is it to feed the rats?

Yongfeng Warehouse was one of the largest granaries in China at that time, and if Li Yuan occupied Yongfeng Warehouse, grain and grass would definitely not be a problem for Li Yuan. , Another important point, you can enter Guanzhong from Yongfeng Cang, and there is no need to attack Hedong City. So Li Yuan ordered. Wang Changhui, Liu Hongji, and Shi Danai led 4,000 soldiers to cross the Yellow River first.

See what Qu Tutong's reaction is, if Qu Tutong crosses the river to attack Wang Chang's harmonic department. Li Yuan commanded the army to attack Hedong City, if Qu Tutong did not make any reaction. Li Yuan asked Wang Changhui and others to break his bridge (a bridge that could cross the Yellow River from Hedong City). In the art of war, this is called a tentative attack, which eats away step by step. …

Li Yuan's wishful thinking was very good, but Qu Tutong was not a vegetarian, and ordered his subordinate Huyalang to lead Sang Xianhe to lead thousands of people to attack Wang Changhong's military camp at night. Wang Changhui was defenseless, and was almost killed by Sang Xianhe, but fortunately, Sun Hua and Shi Danai, the former underworld bosses who had just surrendered, led the army to attack Sang Xianhe's rear army. Sang Xianhe was defeated, only brought back a few people, and in order to prevent the Tang army from pursuing into the city, he himself ordered to break the bridge.

This time, the bridge connecting Hedong City and the other bank of the Yellow River was completely broken, which did Li Yuan a great favor. Don't worry about crossing the river by yourself, Qu Tutong attacks your rear. As a military general, Qu Tutong is not the resourceful type; But as a person, Qu Tutong is not stupid.

Over the years, he has seen everything Yang Guang has done. He also saw the rebellion of the people and the rebellion of government officials everywhere. Yang Guang acted perversely, he didn't treat the people as people, he knew that Yang Guang was wrong to do this, but as a courtier, as a general, what could he do?

He also thought about admonishing him, but where was the lesson from the past, how many ministers with more prestige than him advised Yang Guang, but were they still killed by Yang Guang? And how much more about a Qu Tutong? Born in such an era, when encountering such a monarch, Qu Tutong was very helpless, what can I do? What can I do for the country?

What can I do for those people who are suffering? He kept asking himself questions. Maybe Qu Tutong has read only a limited number of books after all, maybe the cruel reality has numbed him, and he has not found the answer for a long time. In the depths of his heart, there seemed to be a voice telling him that the country was dooming.

But he didn't want to admit that he didn't want to admit that he was serving a faint king, and he didn't want to admit that his country was in the midst of change. But if you don't want to admit it, it's just unwilling, what's the use? If society wants to change and the country wants to revolution, it is not something that can be changed by just one person, let alone that he is just an ordinary and conscientious general?

He was confused, he was helpless, he was worried about the future of his country, and he was even more worried about his own future. He really can't change the society he is in now, but he always believes that he can change himself.

Whenever he heard the stories of those famous generals in ancient times, he was very excited about himself, just like he was riding a horse, galloping on the battlefield, and he became a famous general. He has a dream, that is, the dream of a famous general, to make himself a famous general who will be famous in history and famous through the ages.

Because there is this dream. So he can only choose to live, because there is still hope to realize his dream when he is alive, and if he dies, he is dead, and there is nothing. Not to mention dreams. If you look at it this way, the decision he made later is not very difficult to understand.

He had also heard the story of "Tao Li Zhang" ("Tao Li Zhang" is a fable about the Li family when there is a world, the authenticity does not dare to talk nonsense, over the past thousand years, every time the dynasty changes. This kind of thing will always appear, and it will come just right, not too early or too late, just like a drama written and acted by a person), after Li Mi raised his army. has gradually become the strongest force in the world, Qu Tutong also thought about whether Li Mi just fulfilled this prophecy. Later, Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, and he still had some understanding of this person Qu Tutong, and he thought in his heart, if this person becomes the emperor, I am willing.

Now Sang Xianhe is defeated. Qu Tutong's good wishes seemed to be on the verge of being shattered, and he seemed to be even more convinced that the fable of "Tao Li Zhang" should be fulfilled in Li Yuan. Such a thought flashed through my mind. Qu Tutong was a little scared, the kind of fear that came from the depths of his heart, he didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't want to admit it.

What an ambivalence this is, the future has been foretold in my heart, but I can't believe it's true. However, what's even more comical is that. In the near future, there will be facts that prove themselves right. …

Will Qu Tutong admit it at that time? I don't know. All I know is. He now washed his head and face with cold water, wanting to sober himself up, and thinking about how he would defend Hedong and how to defend Li Yuan with a very calm mind. Because after all, he is still a courtier of the Sui Dynasty, and he is also morally preaching when he comes out to mix, whoever gives you food will work for whomever you want, this truth has not changed for a long time.

Yang Guang is his boss, at least for now. What about the future? Who can predict what will happen in the future? Li Yuan's army was like a bamboo, and it hit the city of Hedong, and along the way, the regular army of the government did not work, and the miscellaneous army (mostly underworld organizations) surrendered as soon as they saw that things were not good, and the battle was not fought much, and the team was not very strong.

The defender of Hedong will be Qu Tutong. Let's introduce Master Qu first, because this character is very important, he is one of the twenty-four heroes of the later Lingyan Pavilion, and he is a dramatic character. Of course, he is now the general of Zuo Wuhou of the Sui Dynasty, the general of Hedong, and belongs to Yang Yu's Chang'an group.

Qu Tutong, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, has fought Yang Xuangan and the underworld, while fighting, he is promoted no matter how well Qu Tutong is prepared, it seems to be useless. Because Li Yuan is not a second pole, as an excellent leader, Li Yuan knows that as a leader, his thinking must be active, and he can't tie his own thinking. After Xue Dading told Li Yuan what he thought, Li Yuan had already realized whether his thinking was imprisoned by himself. He thought about it and came up with an affirmative answer. Since he had realized his shortcomings, he had to correct them, so Li Yuan changed them.

This is the strength of an aspiring entrepreneur, because they don't know what the future holds, so they are always in awe of the future. If they are in awe, they will not go around, because they know that starting a business is similar to playing Go, taking one step and losing all the games, and everything they have done before will be in vain, and there is no difference between doing nothing at all.

And a high-risk entrepreneurship like Li Yuan may have to take his life. Therefore, Li Yuan, who is looking for a breakthrough, will not have a hard fight with Hedong City, he knows that the result of a hard encounter is mostly a lose-lose situation. He knew better that he couldn't get hurt now. So after walking around Hedong City, Li Yuan held a meeting and made a decision.

The meeting mainly discussed the future direction of development, plus personal attacks (this is relatively rare in the team that is starting a business, and this will only happen after the success of the business, and the average person is not qualified, only the majority shareholder is eligible). For the future development direction, in fact, there are only two directions, after all, they have all hit here, and it is not realistic for you to let the army withdraw to Taiyuan.

the first direction, attacking Hedong City (present-day Yongji City, Shanxi Province); The second direction is not to attack Hedong City. Mr. Pei Lin supported the first direction, reasoning: "If you don't pull out this nail now, after you enter the customs, you will definitely be a scourge, and you can't guarantee that you will stab yourself in the back that day."

It seems to make sense. Li Shimin's young man insisted on the second direction, the reason is: "Hedong is a strong city, the defender Qu Tutong is fierce, it is not easy to capture, and it is not necessary to fight Hedong to enter Guanzhong, the most important thing is that the soldiers are fast, and now time is money (I can't tell when the reinforcements of the Sui Dynasty will come)." If we are entrusted to Hedong City for the next day, it will be more dangerous."

So, Li Yuan, who had already had an idea, made such a decision and ordered a part of the generals to lead the army to surround Hedong City in order to contain Qu Tutong. He personally led some people to cross the Yellow River. Straight into the middle of the gate.

The reason why Li Yuan had such an arrangement was because Yongfengcang, the passage into Guanzhong, had not yet fallen into his own hands, and if he rashly crossed the Yellow River with all his army, once he failed, Qu Tutong would intercept his own back road. He will be in a situation where he will die without a place to be buried. Not long after, before Li Yuan crossed the river, Huayin ordered Li Xiaochang to surrender to Li Yuan with Yongfeng Cang, and of course, the grain that could be eaten for several years in Yongfeng Cang also fell into Li Yuan's pocket. …

Later, the county guards of Guanzhong who got the news, the county order. The bosses of the underworld surrendered to Li Yuan one after another. Li Xiaochang's actions not only allowed Li Yuan's group to obtain Yongfengcang bloodlessly, but also made Li Yuan enter Guanzhong very smoothly, basically without much fighting, and was surrendered, surrendered, and surrendered again along the way.

It's like a pie suddenly fell from the sky and smashed on Li Yuan's head. There is no hatred for no reason in the world, and there is no love for no reason, so why did Li Xiaochang do this? The reason is not difficult. Because Li Yuan and Li Xiaochang both have the surname Li, you guessed it, they have relatives. Li Xiaochang is Li Yuan's cousin.

Li Xiaochang is not stupid, he knows that if he follows the Sui Dynasty, at most he can get the name of a loyal minister, and he has to take his life, if he follows his cousin, after all, he is an old ancestor. I have to take care of it.

Later, Li Yuan really did not disappoint Li Xiaochang, and he named Li Xiaochang the king without blinking his eyes. Some historians say. The surrender of the officials and people of the Sui Dynasty to Li Yuan shows that the people of Guanzhong are eager to have an influential figure to lead them to overthrow the Sui Dynasty. I think there's some truth to that.

After all, Li Yuan's army was to catch up with the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty. As the saying goes, Sui loses its deer, and the world chases it.

Li Yuan led the army, entered Guanzhong without a fierce battle, and the victory came too easily, and Li Yuan couldn't believe it.

Li Yuan entered the Yongfeng warehouse and opened a warehouse to help the victims, so more and more people attached to Li Yuan. It seems that the local people still welcome him, and there are as many people who come to him every day as if they were in the market. In fact, it's not that they like Li Yuan so much, they came to Li Yuan because Li Yuan can make them have enough to eat.

In troubled times, it is easy for the common people to be satisfied, if now, if you give a steamed bun to ask for food, he may not be able to eat it, and if any person in power can make the people have enough to eat, his approval rating cannot be worse.

In fact, Li Yuan's order to leave a part of the people to besiege Hedong City was not of much value, and after he entered Guanzhong, that army also entered Guanzhong, because if you want to contain Qu Tutong, you don't have to be outside Hedong City, you can do it in Yongfengcang. So Li Yuan ordered Li Jiancheng, Liu Wenjing, Wang Changhui and other troops to be stationed in Yongfengcang to guard against Qu Tutong.

Putting Liu Wenjing and Li Jiancheng here shows that Li Yuan attaches great importance to Qu Tutong, he believes that Qu Tutong will never sit back and wait for him to attack Chang'an, before he enters Chang'an, Qu Tutong will definitely take military action, and the development of things later proves that Li Yuan is right, and it is even more correct for him to let Liu Wenjing stay here.

No matter how powerful Qu Tutong is, he is not Liu Wenjing's opponent, because they don't belong to the same level at all. To make an analogy, if Liu Wenjing is Han Xin, Qu Tutong is at most Zhang Han. As Li Yuan expected, Qu Tutong couldn't sit still when he heard that Li Yuan Group had entered Guanzhong, he knew what it meant?

It means that Li Yuan is getting closer and closer to breaking Chang'an, if Li Yuan is allowed to break through Chang'an, he will be a sinner through the ages, because Yang Guang instructed him before leaving, let him keep Chang'an. Things have come to this point, and Qu Tutong also knows that it is difficult to change anything on his own, but there are some things that he has to do even if he knows failure.

Qu Tutong's rescue of Chang'an is such a thing, he knows that his chances of victory are very small, because Li Yuan alone is easy to deal with, the difficult thing is that now the balance of heaven is obviously crooked. God is not protecting the Sui Dynasty, he is already very disappointed in Yang Guang and intends to abandon Yang Guang. Isn't it sad to do it knowing that something will fail? Yes, Qu Tutong is sad now. But he couldn't help but do it, and on a very dark night, he said the reason why he did it: "I have served two emperors (Yang Jian and Yang Guang), and they are not thin on me, and I cannot live up to them. So he led and ordered Yao Junsu to serve as the commander of Hedong, garrison Hedong City, and he and Sang Xianhe led the army to rescue Chang'an.

In Yongfengcang, Qu Tutong met Liu Wenjing, Qu Tutong wanted to go over, Liu Wenjing didn't let him go, he must collect protection money, and the protection fee is relatively heavy, that is, surrender, surrender may also consider letting you pass, if you don't surrender, you must not pass. Qu Tutong's attitude is very resolute, that is, he must pass, Liu Wenjing's attitude is also resolute, he will not surrender, and he will not let go of the heavens. (To be continued)