On September 13, the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, Li Yuan finally held high the banner of righteousness in Taiyuan, led an army of 30,000 to swear, and officially started the army. In the published text, he reprimanded Emperor Yang of Sui for listening to slander, killing Zhongliang, and using military force, causing public resentment to boil. However, unlike other anti-kings, he only fought against Yang Guang, not against the Sui Dynasty, on the contrary, he also respected Yang Yu very much. In the text, it was mentioned that Li Xin conspired to rebel and occupy Longxi without a holy decree, which was a great rebellion, and he specially conscripted this great rebellion.

Li Yuan, this guy, claimed to be the Duke of Tang Guo, the governor of the three armies, and canonized his eldest son Li Jiancheng as the Duke of Longxi, the governor of the left leading army; The second son, Li Shimin, was the governor of the leading army of the Duke of Dunhuang; Other courtiers such as Pei Lian, Liu Wenjing and others who followed Li Yuan were all crowned the Duke of Guo, Zhuguo and the like, and for a while, as long as the people who followed Li Yuan had official positions, Li Yuan issued thousands of official positions in one go.

Li Yuan didn't know how far he was from the throne, so he began to make a big deal of official positions, in addition to winning people's hearts, it was also equivalent to tying those who accepted his official positions to their chariots, if he failed, those who accepted his official positions would be unlucky, and only by desperately helping Li Yuan seize the world, the official positions they received would be useful.

After doing this, Li Yuan had the heart to raise troops to the south, and he didn't know how many families had been tied up around him, and these families had no choice but to follow Li Yuan's back, and kept providing Li Yuan with manpower and material resources, and Li Yuan's army continued to grow. By the time he reached the Valley of the Sparrows, he had 50,000 men and horses. The number of people is increasing every day.

What kind of place is the Bird Mouse Valley, a very dangerous place, it is the only way for Huo Yi to go to Taiyuan, as long as he sends troops to garrison the Bird Mouse Valley, Li Yuan will not take the Bird Mouse Valley even if he has tens of thousands of troops. Who is stationed in Huoyi, it is Song Laosheng, the general of Huyalang, although this person is a little short-tempered, but he is also a veteran of the battlefield. After hearing Li Yuan's arrival, his first reaction was to send someone to blockade the Bird Mouse Valley.

I have to say that Li Yuan is lucky, in history, Li Yuan is not more than two months late, when the army arrived in the Bird Mouse Valley, heavy rain fell from the sky, making Li Yuan fall into the inner corner and the outer trap, and now, when Li Yuan arrived in the Bird Mouse Valley. The weather was already sunny and there was nothing in the way at all.

At this time, the strength of the Guanlong family is reflected, they not only have strong economic strength, but also a huge network of contacts, their relationship has penetrated into all strata, and the tentacles have been in contact with all corners of the Great Sui, especially in Guanlong, which is even more powerful, and Taiyuan is also the influence of the Guanlong family. Although Song Laosheng was personally loyal to the Great Sui Dynasty, his subordinates were not necessarily.

In the face of a fortress like the Bird Mouse Valley, Song Laosheng did not garrison it himself, but let his favorite general. A general named Pei Laiyun was stationed, but what he didn't know was that this Pei Laiyun was none other than Pei Laiyun's nephew. Pei Lin entered Pei Laiyun late at night, and persuaded Pei Laiyun to raise troops to surrender, and a strong fortress like Sparrow Mouse Valley was easily taken by Li Yuan. Even when Li Yuan's army arrived in Huoyi, Song Laosheng, the general of Huoyi, had not yet noticed it.

Arrived at the city of Huoyi, Li Shimin personally led the army to the battlefield, led Pei Laiyun to tease Song Laosheng, this short-tempered Song Laosheng was really fooled, and did not hesitate to lead the army to kill, under the city of Huoyi, and Li Yuan battled, the two sides fought hard, one is a very experienced Sui soldiers and horses, after a long time on the battlefield, under the leadership of Song Laosheng, Li Yuan, who was killed, complained bitterly, and retreated again and again, seeing that Li Yuan was about to lose, Li Shimin's Xuanjia iron cavalry finally shot, He even led the Turkic three thousand elite cavalry into Song Laosheng's flank, Song Laosheng was caught off guard, the army fell into chaos, Song Laosheng where did he think of such a thing, and when he was about to turn around and flee, Liu Hongji, the general under Li Yuan, personally killed Song Laosheng, Li Yuan entered the city of Huoyi very easily, and Huoyi, an important town in the east of the river, was lost.

Li Yuan appeased Huo Yi up and down, put Huo Yi's remnants in his pocket, the army became 70,000 horses, the Li family father and son still have a set of governing the army, treat their own soldiers and surrendered soldiers equally, for those Guanzhong soldiers who don't want to fight, Li Yuan has sealed him five rank loose officials, let him go home and quickly collect the military hearts of these people, even those soldiers who left the army and returned to Guanzhong also said that Li Yuan was benevolent and righteous.

Facts have proved that this kind of bribing the hearts of the army has given Li Yuan a huge benefit, Huoyi County, Linfen County, and Jiang County have gone down so easily, and it is effortless at all, so that Li Yuan arrived at Longmen in mid-October, ready to deal with Qu Tutong who was entrenched in the east of the river.

And at this moment, there was chaos in the Beijing Division, in just one month, after Li Yuan got rid of a battle in Huoyi, the rest was to march, and after Li Xin received the edict of the acting king, Li Yuan had already marched to the other side of the Yellow River after a month's time, and there was only one Hedong City from Daxing.

Mo said that it was the acting king, Wei Xuan and others in the Beijing Division, even Li Xin in Longxi did not expect Li Yuan's speed to be so fast, Li Xin in Longxi City did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly convened a military meeting.

Among the civil officials, only Du Ruhui and Hao Ying are listed, but the generals are star-studded, and all the generals who can be dispatched are dispatched, except Duan Qi is in Jincheng, Li Xuanba, Yan Sù is in Wuwei, and other generals such as Li Jing, Pei Renji and his son, Su Dingfang, Guo Xiaoke, Wei Chigong, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Wang Junkuo and other generals have gathered in Longxi City.

"Song Laosheng is a pig, and a place like Bird Mouse Valley has also been lost." Li Xin looked at the military map in front of him and said coldly. Li Yuan's military speed is so rapid, the pressure on Li Xin is quite great, Li Xin still has Tianshui and Sanfu in front of him, although he has the support of the acting king, but Li Xin knows that the Guanlong family is already exerting force, otherwise, Li Yuan's speed cannot be so fast, Linfen and Jiangjun are rare fortified cities, how can Li Yuan occupy it so easily. The acting king's order is no longer able to leave Daxing City, and the impact on Tianshui and Sanfu will be minimized, and these people will not open the city gate lightly and let Li Xin enter it.

"Qu Tutong is a famous general of my dynasty, let him sit in Hedong, I think it is impossible for Li Yuan to capture Hedong so easily." Du Ruhui looked at the map and said with relief.

"Li Shimin will not be so simple, although Qu Tutong has male soldiers in hand, if it were me, I would send people to besiege Hedong City, not let Qu Tutong come out, and then divide a part of the troops into Guanzhong, Li Sanniang has 70,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but the fighters will definitely be above 30,000, plus Li Yuan's own army, it is enough to deter the entire Guanzhong, plus the children of the family in Daxing City, Li Yuan will definitely easily occupy Daxing." Li Jing touched his beard and analyzed.

"Yes, Li Yuan can besiege Hedong without attacking, and divide part of his forces to attack Guanzhong, as long as Guanzhong is occupied, Hedong will become an enclave, and it is very difficult to even supply grain and grass, even if Qu Tutong has great ability, I am afraid that there is only one way to surrender." Du Ruhui looked at the situation in Hedong, shook his head and said: "Most of Qu Tutong's soldiers and horses are composed of people from Hedong and Guanzhong, how can these people serve Qu Tutong?" There are not many soldiers and horses that Qu Tutong can really command. ”

"The Guan Long family is really extraordinary, and as soon as it makes a move, it will let you see it." Li Xin shook his head and smiled bitterly. Although he remembered that Li Yuan entered Guanzhong very quickly, he did not expect that the speed of the march would be so fast, and he had already reached the Yellow River in a month.

"Now we must kill Guanzhong before Li Yuan, and in front of us is Tianshui and the Land of Sanfu. After the army attacked Tianshui, it immediately marched east along Weishui and quickly resisted the Jingshi. Hao Ying also frowned and said: "The key is in Tianshui, Tianshui City is too protective of Zhang Jun." Li Yuan once worked as a taishou in Tianshui City, although people left Tianshui, but the influence is still obtained, this Zhang Jun was promoted by Li Yuan, I believe that even if we have the edict of the acting king, I am afraid that Zhang Jun will not agree to our entry into Tianshui. ”

"This means that we can only forcibly attack Tianshui." Li Xin looked at Tianshui and said, "It's a pity, if we had received the edict of the acting king earlier, we wouldn't have been so passive." ”

"Simply so, we have already asked Sun Hua to burn the naval warship of Liangshan, and Li Yuan will not cross the Yellow River in a short time, unless they take the Pujin Bridge." Pei Renji said with some joy.

"The strength of the Guan Long family will not be so simple, even if we burn the ferry temporarily, they will find a way to raise more ships to help Li Yuan cross the Yellow River." Li Jing shook his head and said.

"Quick, pass down the order, let the lady keep an eye on the ships on both sides of the Yellow River, especially the ships in the direction of Daxing and Luoyang." Li Xin's face also changed, and he said loudly: "Tomorrow, we will order the three armies to speed up and attack Tianshui, although Tianshui is our enemy, but they don't have many soldiers and horses, three days to reach Tianshui, three days, to capture Tianshui, we must rush to Guanzhong before Li Yuan, whoever stands in front of us will be immediately killed." ”

"Yes." The generals were shocked in their hearts, and they didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly said loudly.

With Li Xin's order, the 60,000 expeditionary western army was like a tiger, roaring down, three days to reach Tianshui City, only two days, to capture Tianshui, beheaded Li Yuan's henchman Zhang Jun, Li Xin left Hao Ying and 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Tianshui, guarding their own grain routes, soon gathered a large army, along the Weishui army eastward, ready to arrive at Beijing before Li Yuan. For a while, the world was turbulent, and the entire land of Guanlong set its eyes on these two powerful warlords. (To be continued......)