At the same time that the Tang army decided to go eastward, Li Yuan also adjusted the deployment of the army, he appointed Pei Lin as the secretary of the state and the Taishan, to assist in the crusade against Liu Wuzhou's ineffective fourth son Li Yuanji, and ordered Li Xiaoji to lead 20,000 troops to supplement Taiyuan's troops, so that the Taiyuan army reached 70,000 troops, which could not only block Liu Wuzhou's southward advance, but also deal with the westward expansion of the Sui army in Shangdang County. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the same time, Li Yuan transferred a total of 15,000 Wang Bodang stationed in Lishi County to Hedong County, and merged it with 10,000 people from Chai Shaobu, with a total of 25,000 people guarding Hedong County and Jinnan.

In order to concentrate his forces and avoid unnecessary waste of troops, Li Yuan abolished the garrison of Yan'an County and transferred 5,000 people from Yan'an County to Li Shimin for the Eastern Expedition, and the defender of Yan'an County was Pei Renji.

Qin Qiong thus became Li Shimin's general, Li Shimin was not interested in Pei Renji, so he guarded Luojun, and Qin Qiong was appreciated by Li Shimin and followed Li Shimin south to Xiangyang.

At present, Qin Qiong's official position is not high, although when he was in Hanoi County, Li Jiancheng once showed a posture of reusing him, but it was only to set up Pei Renji, not really appreciate him.

With Li Jiancheng's responsibilities fully transferred to government affairs, Qin Qiong was gradually left out in the cold, no military exploits and no promotion, obscurity, after the reform of the Tang Army's military system, his military position was set as Zhonglang General, equivalent to the Sui Army's Eagle Yang Lang General.

And Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan and others at the same time as him have become generals who command thousands of troops, and even his righteous son Qin Yong has been promoted to the rank of Eagle Yang Lang General, which makes Qin Qiong very depressed.

However, this time the army was adjusted, Qin Qiong finally got a chance, Li Shimin appreciated him a lot, and brought him to Xiangyang, so that he finally got rid of Pei Renji, who had been unlucky in the officialdom, and had the opportunity to go out to make meritorious contributions.

As soon as he arrived in Xiangyang, Qin Qiong was invited to the big tent by Li Shimin, in the big tent, Li Shimin was discussing with Qu Tutong and Sang Xian in front of the map about the invasion of Jiangxia, and Li Shimin did not want to tell his father about the attack on Junyang County for the time being, and he was ready to report the two things together after taking Jiangxia County, diluting the responsibility of Junyang County.

At this time, Qin Qiong walked into the big tent quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Humble Qin Qiong see His Royal Highness King Qin, see General Qu Tu, see General Sang!" ”

"General Qin, please get up!"

Li Shimin introduced to the two with a smile: "This is General Qin Qiong, the pearl buried by the sand. ”

Qin Qiong was moved in her heart, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Highness Xie praises, Qin Qiong can't afford it!" ”

Qu Tutong glanced at Qin Qiong and said lightly: "I know General Qin, General Qin is Zhang Xutuo's general!" ”

"Exactly!" Qin Qiong was a little uneasy in his heart, he felt that Qu Tutong knew his old bottom.

Qu Tutong said to Li Shimin: "Zhang Xutuo formed the Flying Eagle Army, fought in the south and the north, broke Wang Bo, chased Xu Yuanlang, destroyed Geqian, defeated Liu Badao, Zuo Xiaoyou, Meng Rang, Zhang Jincheng, Hao Xiaode, Yang Gongqing, with an army of 20,000 bandits nearly a million, shocked Huaxia, and was praised by Yang Guang as the first pillar of the Great Sui, but unfortunately the officialdom is too poor, no matter how much meritorious service can not be reused, this General Qin Qiong and Zhang Xuan and Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan together are known as the four King Kongs under Zhang Xutuo, I always thought that General Qin was also under Zhang Xuan's account, But I didn't expect it to be Tang Jiang, and it was really buried. ”

Li Shimin also sighed: "A faint monarch is a faint monarch, I know that I am a pillar of talent but I don't reuse it, but I blindly believe in traitors and ruin the good country, I, Li Shimin, will never become the second Yang Guang." ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin said to Qin Qiong again: "Zhang Xuan succeeded in raiding Junyang County with a small group of elite cavalry, which made us fall into great passivity, this tactic is worth learning from, this king also decided to form an elite cavalry of 3,000 people, called the Xuanjia Army, which belongs directly to the king, and its main general is served by General Qin, in order to better command the Xuanjia Army, this king named General Qin as a hussar general." ”

Qin Qiong's heart was very excited, and he knelt down on one knee again and clenched his fists and choked up: "Your Highness's kindness, Qin Qiong remembers it in her heart, and her humble position will never disappoint Your Highness!" ”

Li Shimin nodded and said: "There are two adjutant generals under General Qin, one is Hou Junji, the former general of Youzhou, and the other is the grandson of Zhai Changsun, a hussar general under my account, I hope that General Qin will take Jiangxia County for me." ”

"Obey the order!"

Li Shimin said to Sang Xian again: "General Sang, take General Qin to meet the army and the two deputy generals!" ”

Sang Xian saluted and took Qin Qiong down.

At this time, Li Shimin looked at the map and asked, "Where does the old general think the next target of this Sui cavalry will be?" ”

"The raid on Junyang County was successful, according to the normal way of thinking, our follow-up operations have to be suspended, waiting for the food to come again, I also thought about it at first, and I believe that the commander of this cavalry will also think so, so the humble position can think that their mission in Xiangyang County has been completed, and the next target will inevitably turn south."

Qu Tutong pointed to Yiling County on the map, "I think it should be Bashu's army, Your Highness must remind King Zhao Jun." ”

King Zhao Jun is Li Xiaogong, who is currently the commander of the Bashu Tang Army, and is about to lead the army out of the Three Gorges, Li Shimin thought so and nodded, "I'll write to him!" ”

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After Zhang Xuan's army completely annihilated Meng Xuan's army, the army rested for three days and continued to move south, this time the Sui army did not march fast, but advanced at the same time by land and water.

Four days later, the army arrived at the town of Lu Tomb, north of Wu County, where they camped to await the return of scouts from all over Wu County to report the situation.

On this morning, Zhang Xuan was discussing military affairs with Fang Xuanling in the big tent, and a soldier reported at the door: "Marshal Qiqi, Meng Haigong sent a messenger to ask for a meeting." ”

"Who is here?"

"It's a scribe, called Li Baiyao."

Zhang Xuan laughed, "Meng Haigong actually sent his Xiangguo to see me and bring him in!" ”

Fang Xuanling said on the side: "This person is a great talent, his father Li Delin was the internal history of the Northern Qi Dynasty, returned to the Sui Dynasty and returned to the internal history of the order, sealed Anping Gong, and was edicted to continue to revise the "History of Qi" during his tenure, but unfortunately the whole book was not completed and died, this Li Baiyao was the prince of the court, the Ministry of Rites was a member of the foreign lang, the literary talent moved the government and the opposition, and won the weight of Emperor Wen, most of the edicts of the Son of Heaven came from his hands, but unfortunately Yang Yong was implicated, and he was deposed and returned home after the great cause, because of his reputation, Shen Faxing and Meng Haigong both used him as the prime minister, but after Weichen heard that he was the prime minister of Meng Haigong, often persuade Meng Haigong to restore taxes, strict military discipline, and not to pick show girls in the people, but unfortunately Meng Haigong never listened to him, since then he has no plan, every day he is drunk like mud, and was named the king of wine by Meng Haigong, Your Highness, this person is not a traitor. ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "Whether he is a traitor or not is not up to me, but by the people of Wu County, if the people of Wu County think that he is loyal and good, then I will forgive him, if the people of Wu County think that he is a traitor, then he will be guilty of the same crime as Meng Haigong!" ”

Not long after, Li Baiyao was brought into the big tent by the soldiers, Zhang Xuan saw that this person was thin, his temples were white, his eyes were not bright, his clothes were thin and old, he looked very depressed, he looked at least sixty years old, but Zhang Xuan knew that his actual age should be only more than forty years old.

Li Baiyao walked into the tent and knelt down, "The criminal Li Baiyao has come to ask for sin!" ”

"Why do you call me a vassal?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, Weichen inherited his father's title, and he is still Sui Chen."

Zhang Xuan said coldly: "Since you are a Sui minister, why do you want to serve Shen Faxing and Meng Haigong?" ”

Li Baiyao said with shame on his face: "Baiyao has no brothers and sisters, my father died early, Wu County is my mother's homeland, I sent my mother here to support the elderly, Shen Faxing is my mother's distant relative, and I have a great favor to me, I can't hinder him from asking again and again, so I agreed to sort out the documents for him, and Meng Haigong threatened his mother's life, and Weichen's selfishness is more important than righteousness, so he has to go against his will to be a thief!" ”

"But if I kill you, what will happen to your mother?"

Tears fell from Li Baiyao's eyes, "Mother heard that Weichen served Meng Haigong, and he was cut off from water and rice in a fit of anger, and he died half a month ago. ”

Speaking of this, Li Baiyao couldn't hold back any longer, covering his face with his hands and crying bitterly.

Zhang Xuan noticed that he was plain white all over, it turned out to be for his mother Dai Xiao, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but feel a little pity in his heart, nodded and said: "If you don't do it, just stay in our army!" ”

"No!"

Fang Xuanling hurriedly said: "Your Highness can temporarily imprison Duke Li, so as not to be ridiculed by the world, and it will not be too late to use it in the future!" ”

Li Baiyao wiped away his tears and said: "Thank you His Royal Highness King Qi for forgiving the guilty ministers, thank you for your understanding, but the guilty ministers don't want to be officials, if they are lucky and don't die, they just want to marry and keep filial piety for their mother." ”

Zhang Xuan sneered, "You think I want you to be an official?" I respect your mother's fortitude, so I gave you a chance to atone for your sins, otherwise, how can you make your mother look at Jiuquan? ”

Li Baiyao knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Highness's kindness, Weichen can't repay it!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and said, "Let's talk about your affairs later, tell me what Meng Haigong wants to do?" ”

(To be continued.) )