Yang Xiong didn't know this, and thought that His Royal Highness Taisun would also enjoy some scenery. Although he was the deputy commander of the Eastern Route Army, he personally commanded 10,000 elite soldiers dispatched by the emperor, including 1,000 heavy cavalry. However, he didn't know what happened inside the Tianmen Pass last night. At that time, Yi Feng asked him to stay outside the city to lead the army, and he didn't care, there was nothing worth looking forward to attending at a small banquet in Tianmen Pass, and besides, His Highness was just going to inspect the Black Mountain thieves who were suppressed by the soldiers in Tianmen Pass. Therefore, when Yi Feng said today that he was going to return to Taiyuan and change his route, Yang Xiongzhen didn't think of anything else. Therefore, at this time, he really didn't know that Yi Feng was returning to Taiyuan now, in fact, he was going to fight, and he didn't know that in the bridgehead on the other side, Wang Cheng and other Yang Liang henchmen were already waiting in suspicion and waiting for the secret mobilization of troops and horses, and there was no killing opportunity in the air.

"The king of the county knows a lot about Taiyuan City." Yi Feng said with a smile.

"Who can not know about Taiyuan, this is the second city in the world of my Great Sui, since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was once the most important place in the north and even the whole world. It is said that Taiyuan City, the capital of this state, actually has three cities in the east and west, and among them, the west city in front of His Royal Highness is the most large. It used to be the ancient city of Jinyang, and the oldest history can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is said that it was built by Dong Anyu. In the "Historical Records", it is said: "Bo attacked Zhao Xiangzi in Jinyang, led Fen water to irrigate its city, and the city was not immersed in three editions", which refers to this. "When it comes to this famous city in the north, Yang Xiong can be said to be like a treasure, when he fought for the Great Sui, he was also stationed in Taiyuan, so he returned here. For him, who has been idle in Beijing for many years, it means a lot. Here is his youth, there is his passion. There is his bloody battlefield.

He looked excited, "Taiyuan in the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin dynasties basically maintained the scale of the ancient city of Jinyang when it was first built, but it was damaged many times in the war. During the Northern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Wenxuan built the Daming Palace on the ancient city of Jinyang built by Dong An, and later expanded it into a city, so it was called Daming City. The city is four feet high, and it is four miles around. Later, a new city was built in the north of Daming City, and Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty placed Jinyang Palace here. Later, it was expanded to Jinyang City, and after His Majesty ascended the throne, it was changed to a new city, and Jinyang Palace City was expanded, reaching the scale of four zhang high wall of Zhouhui Qili. In 16 years, there is a warehouse city built again, which is connected with the new city in the east, and this warehouse city is four zhang high, and it is eight miles around. And so it goes. It formed a three-chain city, and after the king of Han took office as the governor of the state, he added an outer city wall outside the three cities to encompass the three cities. It is called the capital city of the state, and the people also call it the West City. ”

After the combination of these three cities, it is only the west city of Taiyuan. It's not Taiyuan Sanlian City. In fact, Taiyuan Sanliancheng refers to the three cities in the west and the east in the east. And the three cities in front of you. It's just a trifecta in the West City.

Yi Feng sighed again and again, compared to Chang'an City, a square and square-shaped capital. Taiyuan City, a chain city surrounded by cities, is undoubtedly superior in military defense.

The two cities in the middle and east of Taiyuan were also built after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, the east city was not long after the establishment of the country, in order to deal with the threat of the Turks, when the king of Jin was the governor of the state, and in fact the king of Wei Yang Shuang acted as the governor, during the period, the king of Wei Yang Shuang in the second year of the emperor in the west bank of the Jin River to build the east city, the second year will be moved to Taiyuan County. In the thirteenth year of the emperor's reign, when Yang Jun, the king of Qin, sat in the town and merged with the state, because of the alkali halogen in Fendong and the inedible, the special frame Fen led the Jin water into the east city to lead the people to eat, which was called the Jin Canal. Then, when Yang Guang was appointed as the governor of the state again, he built a central city across Fen to connect the east and west cities. So far, the architectural pattern of the three cities of Taiyuan has been formed.

Nowadays, the building scale of the whole Taiyuan City, in the Fen River, the west of the Fen River is the west city, the east bank is the east city, and the middle is built on the Fen River, built across the river, and then connects the east and west cities. The whole Taiyuan city is 4,321 steps long, 3,121 steps wide, 15,153 steps in circumference, and its height is four zhang. If converted, then Taiyuan City is nine miles from north to south, twelve miles from east to west, and nearly fifty miles in circumference. Among them, the west city is the largest, which has Daming City, Jinyang City, that is, the new city and Cangcheng, in addition to Daming City, there is a Daming Palace, and there is a Jinyang Palace in the new city, which is basically kept intact. These three cities in the west city are in the shape of a product and are located in the west city.

The three cities of Taiyuan form a line, the two ends reach the east and west mountains, lie across the north end of the Taiyuan Basin, the dragon is in the tiger, when the Taiyuan Basin is north to the Jinzhong Plain.

It's such a great place, and there's nothing wrong with it. Yi Feng really liked it the more he saw it, and even rose up with a strong desire to possess it. Nima, if Lao Tzu directly occupies this place, compared to Huaihuang, compared to Youzhou, it is not a thousand times stronger.

The two bridgeheads of the Yurang Bridge are separated on both sides of the Fen River, as if the mirror is reflected in pairs, the turbulent river flows under the bridge, from a distance, the city in the city, the Taiyuan City of the city, also dug the moat outside the city, and directly introduced the living water of the Fen River. The moat is wide and deep, making Taiyuan seem to be an archipelago surrounded by lakes and rivers.

"Second brother and Liulang, you have to be careful, let the brothers strengthen their vigilance, be cautious, and don't hesitate to do it immediately once they find out that there is a situation." Yi Feng called Qin Shubao and Lai Liulang to his side and explained carefully. After seeing the overall defense network of Taiyuan City in such a large and deep depth, Yi Feng's carelessness when he was on the road had all been abandoned. Such a Taiyuan city is simply a fortress built for war, and it is a killing machine. In Sun Tzu's Art of War, "ten are to surround it, five to attack it, and to fight it if it is doubled, and if the enemy is divided, if it is few, it can be defended, and if it is not, it can be avoided." Roughly speaking, if there are ten times the enemy's strength, the enemy will be surrounded by ten times the enemy's strength, if the enemy's strength is five times larger, if the enemy's strength is one, if the enemy's strength is one, if the enemy's strength is equal, the enemy will be dispersed, if the number of troops is less than the enemy's, and if the enemy's strength is worse, the battle will be avoided.

Now Yi Feng has more than 11,000 soldiers and horses, and according to the intelligence, there are more than 20,000 private troops in Taiyuan City alone, and there are also many city defenders. In addition, on the periphery of Taiyuan, there are also many soldiers and horses. Taiyuan City is the garrison of the governor's office of the state, there are many soldiers and horses, and the soldiers of the state have always been known as strong soldiers. Now Yi Feng's strength is obviously inferior to Taiyuan City, especially Taiyuan City is still such a fortress of the Qì level of war planes, and it is hopeless to really attack and fight hard. According to the art of war, he would have to avoid fighting in this situation.

Of course, things weren't that bad.

Taiyuan City didn't necessarily know about the Tianguanmen, and it was even more impossible for them to know the real purpose of Yi Feng's return to shoot back. In addition, Yang Liang was not in Bingzhou at all, so the generals and soldiers in Taiyuan City could not all be his enemies.

Now it is important to avoid direct engagement, otherwise it will be very bad for them. The best way is to capture the thief and capture the king, take down the henchmen and generals of Yang Liang in one fell swoop, and then announce the assassination of Tianmen Pass in the name of the emperor's grandson, and use this as a reason to convict Wang Cheng and others, and then announce that the rest of the soldiers will not be investigated and implicated, and these soldiers can be appeased, so that it is possible to deal with this matter smoothly and without damage. Of course, no matter how good the plan is, it will not be seamless. In case of any accidents, you have to rely on knives and guns to talk, and it is always good to be prepared in advance.

"Black otter, you lead the flag guards to follow me, and when the time comes, look at my eyes. As soon as I give the order, you will immediately take down Wang Gong and the other generals of the state capital. ”

"The last general will understand!" Qin Qiong, Lai Quan, and Liu Heimin all received their orders.

Yi Feng thought for a while and then confessed, "After we cross the bridge, I will ask to meet the people of the Governor's Mansion in the East Bank Bridgehead, and then you will directly take over the East Bridgehead to control it, Taiyuan City is too dangerous, we will not enter the city first, and take down the other party's officials directly in the East Bridgehead, and capture the thief and the king." ”

"Understood!"

Although the bridge is a rope bridge, the iron cable is very thick, and the river is not too wide, and when the rope bridge passes through after more than a dozen ropeways are paved with wooden planks, it is not as shaking as imagined, and it is very balanced.

Qin Qiong and Lai Cheng were the first to cross the bridge with a thousand guards and cavalry, and the gate on the eastern bridgehead had already been hoisted, and Lu Yu, the governor of the prefecture, took the town general Li Jing and a team of cavalry to wait to greet them.

"In Xia and the prefecture, the chief of Dou Lu Yu, this is the town general Li Jing." Dou Luyu took the initiative to step forward to say hello, and Li Jing behind him nodded at the two of them expressionlessly. However, he seemed to be a little curious about Qin Qiong and the two in his eyes, and looked them up and down.

Qin Qiongchong smiled at the two of them, and also introduced himself, "Under Qin Qiong's word Shubao, a native of Licheng, Shandong, this is a general who came to the whole city, and we are all under the command of Taisun." ”

Li Jing couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he heard the word general used in Qin Qiong's introduction. These two nostalgic knights are very young, estimated to be twenty years old, especially this one, it is estimated that they are only seventeen or eighteen years old, but they are called generals. You must know that since the Son of Heaven reformed the rank officers and honors a few years ago, generals are no longer casually called, only officers above the fourth or fifth rank can be called generals, those with six or seven grades can only be called colonels, and those with eight or nine grades can only be called captains, generals, that are real senior officers, the lowest is also at the level of a town general, and the general manager above can already be called a marshal. Think about the battlefield when you were a teenager, from the Northern Zhou Dynasty to the Great Sui, hundreds of battles of all sizes, and countless contributions, and now you are just a five-grade town general. Although he also hung up the title of county duke, he originally had the position of governor, but after the defeat of the Eastern Crusade, he was affected and demoted, and he fought for twenty or thirty years. (To be continued......) R1292