(Sealed and pushed, Muzi will also add more today, Muzi works hard to code words, and the brothers support it!) ）

Several days of snowfall have sent the entire north into a cold winter.

The land of Hebei is all covered by ice and snow, only the snowflakes are flying in the sky, and between the heaven and the earth, only a piece of white is left; Even the flowing water of the canal suddenly lost its rolling momentum. The continuous mountains meander like silver snakes, and the Taihang Mountains are like a group of white elephants galloping, as if they want to compete with the sky.

The first sunny day after the snow, the white snow under the red sun is particularly delicate and moving.

The good news from Hedong has been transmitted back to Hebei, and there is a surprise inside and outside the court. At the beginning, Chen Kefu insisted on transferring 5,000 soldiers and horses into Hedong, but no one thought that he could do anything. Even Fang Xuanling and others thought that such a few people would be able to guerrilla everywhere in Hedong and harass Li Yuan at most.

But I never thought that in just a few days, the two counties of Mayi and Yanmen have been connected. Not only did they get the two new counties, but they were also annexed by Sui Dynasty officials such as Yao Junsu and Chen Xiaoyi, as well as by local heroes like Liu Wuzhou and Wang Xingben.

Although the imperial court can only rule in name for these two counties, it still greatly strengthens the prestige of the imperial court.

On the platform of the military capital of the north of Beijing, Yulin and Jinwu two guards stand all over the city, and the place close to the city tower is guarded by the royal forest iron armor halberd, the imperial forest bronze armor Mo knife guard, and the imperial forest silver armor guard layer by layer.

At the very end, it was guarded by the guards of the Golden Armor of the Imperial Forest.

At this time, on the top of the castle tower, the red clay stove was warming pots of hot wine, and there were several large red braziers around it.

When it snows heavily, climb the danger pass to enjoy the snow and drink. The snowflakes are flying, covered in silver, but the weather is cold to the bone, but it can't stop the appreciation of this beautiful scenery.

At this time, the city tower is like a restaurant, a simple arrangement. But it also makes this building warm like spring.

Chen Kefu and Princess Chen's eldest grandson sat in the north, and Princess Chen poured wine herself.

"Ah, good wine. It's a good time, and it's a good mood! Chen Kefu drank the hot wine and couldn't help but become more and more happy.

Among the towers. Accompanied by the one. They are all close ministers in the imperial court.

There are Mao Xi, Gao Shilian, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, and Li Benlei, Mao Yi, Hu Hai, Shen Guang and other ministers. Everyone is not as restrained as in the court, they are all plainclothes and light fur, talking and laughing.

"Congratulations to Your Highness for getting the land of the two counties of Hedong again, with these two counties as the base, I am afraid that it will not be long before most of the land of Hedong will be returned to my court, which is really gratifying." Mao Yi raised his glass to Chen Kefu and congratulated.

Covered in silver outside. There was a rain of ice, but the building was hot with hot wine, warm as spring.

Wine is not drunk, everyone is drunk. Chen Kefu has never felt as happy as he did today. left all political and military affairs in Beijing, and he and his confidants climbed above the danger. Watching the snow and drinking is really relaxing.

If he hadn't been a little worried about his identity, he would really want to be drunk and sing and dance swords in the snow.

"Hahaha," Chen Kefu laughed a few times.

"The matter of Hedong can go so smoothly, which really surprises the king. Originally, for Yao Junsu and Chen Xiaoyi, this king was not very sure that he could pull them over, but he asked Qu Tutong to write a letter, but he never thought that he could pull these two people into the court like this, which was really unexpected. ”

Li Benlei said: "Your Highness, now that Hedong has made such a good start, should we send some more soldiers and horses to Hedong to stabilize this good situation." After all, although it has two counties, the imperial court has too few soldiers and horses in Hedong. Not only will it be difficult to deal with Li Yuan's soldiers and horses in Taiyuan in the future, but I am afraid that even if Li Yuan is blocked, it will be easy for a place like Liu Wuzhou to take advantage of the opportunity. Prevent us from competing with Li Yuan and the two tigers, so that Liu Wuzhou and the others will take advantage. ”…,

Chen Kefu shook his head, "Now in the cold winter season, it is not easy to send troops. What's more, the imperial court does not have many soldiers and horses to adjust. Jiangdu and Shandong have been fighting on two fronts, and the imperial court is also constantly transferring troops to the south of Hebei. Although the situation in Hebei is now favorable, we cannot put all our troops and horses into the battlefield at once, and we must have priority and priority, use troops first, maintain sufficient soldiers and horses, and solve all kinds of wars from north to north and from east to west in turn. Otherwise, if it is really dragged up, it is us who can't afford it the most. ”

Although the Liaodong Army has a lot of soldiers and horses, but now that it is fighting on all sides, Chen Kefu has to carefully calculate the strength of his troops. In order to gain sufficient strategic advantage, he must maintain a large army of sufficient numbers at all times to be mobilized. Soldiers are like chess, if all his soldiers and horses are transferred to the battlefield, then all his chess pieces will be placed in front of the opponent, and there will be no available moves, which is a very unfavorable situation.

For his plan, pacifying Hebei and capturing Shandong is the first priority of the current imperial court. As for rescuing Jiangdu, it is just a strategic need, and the soldiers and horses in Jiangnan cannot go north. The same is true for sending troops to Hedong, the biggest purpose is to consolidate the border passes and win more time for the pacification of Hebei and Shandong.

Hu Hai said with some concern, "I'm afraid that General Wang has too few soldiers and horses, and he won't be able to suppress Liu Wuzhou and other local forces in Hedong at that time." ”

"Well, the main purpose of our troops in Hedong is to expose Li Yuan, at least the local heroes take the opportunity to sit big, but it is not a big deal. As long as we solve Hebei, we can immediately free up our hands to enter Hedong, and if Liu Wuzhou and his ilk dare to have two hearts, it is just a mantis arm to block the car. ”

"Report to Your Highness, Hedong Military Situation Emergency!" A guard in the Golden Armor with a knife in the Royal Forest reported loudly.

"Biography!"

All the ministers were a little worried, could it be that something happened in Hedong so soon.

Moments later, a Secret Service officer was led into the tower by the guards. When everyone looked at it, it was Tang Jinyun, the director of the Secret Service Department. Fang Xuanling and the others had already frowned secretly, and the director of the Labor Secret Service Department came to report the military situation in person, but they were afraid that something big had happened.

Chen Kefu was still smiling, not the slightest bit unusual, "What's the urgent news in Hedong?" ”

"Your Highness, Hedong will spread the good news again, and the subordinates will come to report the victory!" Tang Jinyun couldn't hide his excitement and said loudly.

"But what happened to that?" Chen Kefu also said with a smile.

"That's true." Tang Jinyun still couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart.

The dialogue between Chen Kefu and Tang Jinyun made everyone confused, and they didn't know what kind of dumb riddle they were playing.

Hu Hai asked suspiciously: "Lord Tang, I don't know what the good news is?" ”

Tang Jinyun said with a smile: "A few days ago, in accordance with the orders of His Royal Highness, the Duo Special Service Division rebelled against Liu Wuzhou in Mayi in Hedong, Guo Zihe, the former guard of Yiwei in Yulin, Longxi, Zhang Changxun, the general guard of Wuyuan County in Longyou, and Yingyanglang in Yingyangfu of Shuofang County in Longzhong. ”

It was the first time that Fang Xuanling and the others had heard of this, and even Li Benlei, the chief of staff of the staff headquarters who was nominally directly subordinate to the Secret Service Division, had also heard of this plan for the first time. However, he also understood that the status of the Secret Service Department was too independent, and the General Staff Headquarters was only directly under the management in name, and in fact everything was directly responsible to King Chen.

Thinking of Liu Wuzhou, who was in front of him, he rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and attached himself to the imperial court and captured Ma Yi in one fell swoop. Even an old man like Li Benlei couldn't help but get excited, and said in a trembling voice, "Could it be that Guo Zihe, Zhang Changxun, and Liang Shi have also raised troops and returned to the imperial court?" ”

Tang Jinyun also felt a little uncontrollable pride in his heart, and said excitedly: "Indeed, since Liu Wuzhou was attached to the imperial court, Guo Zihe, Zhang Changxun, and Liang Shi have successively raised troops to inform the peace party and belong to my Beijing imperial court. When he thought that such a big thing was all done by their secret service, he couldn't control the excitement in his heart. …,

At this time, even Fang Xuanling and other ministers were moved, Yulin, Wuyuan, and Shuofang all belonged to the northern counties of Guanlong, close to the Eastern Turks in the north, and there were continuous deserts on the border. The three counties are vast, but the land is barren and sparsely populated. But even so, the annexation of these three counties still made everyone excited. The annexation of the three counties of Guanlong to Hebei not only means the expansion of their territory, but also declares the popularity of the imperial court and the support of the local bureaucrats in the Great Sui Dynasty.

"And that's not all!" Tang Jinyun tried his best to say calmly, "Just the day before yesterday, Guo Zihe, who accepted the reward from the imperial court and led his troops to raise troops to capture the three counties and belong to my imperial court, made great contributions. ”

"Another great achievement?" Mao Yi couldn't help but exclaim, they were already happy to be able to dedicate the three counties to the imperial court, this is a new achievement, but what does it mean.

"After Guo Zihe, who was crowned as the Taishou of Yulin and the general of Huben by the imperial court, captured Yulin, he immediately marched east along the Yellow River, and the empty Dingxiang County in Hedong was broken in only two days!"

"After Zhang Changxun, who was crowned by the imperial court as the Taishou of Wuyuan County and the general of Huben, occupied Wuyuan, he marched west along the Yellow River to the foot of Helan Mountain, and captured Guanlong Lingwu County in one fell swoop!"

"After the Liang division, which was crowned as the Taishou of Shuofang County and the general of Huben by the imperial court, occupied Shuofang, he quickly captured Yanchuan County to the west, and attacked Longzhong Diaoyin County to the east with lightning speed, and before the good news came, he had crossed the Yellow River and attacked Hedong, took Lishi County west of Luliang Mountain, and the soldiers and horses advanced to the west of Taiyuan!"

The good news in front is a surprise, but the back has silenced everyone.

"Bring me the map!" Chen Kefu said loudly.

The guards presented the map, Chen Kefu spread out the map, and everyone's eyes focused on the map. Chen Kefu took the cinnabar pen in his hand and began to sketch on the counties he had just reported.

Yulin, Diaoyin, Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yanchuan, Lingwu, Longyou along the Yellow River six counties, in order to return to Hebei, plus just now Longyou soldiers and horses into Hedong to capture Dingxiang, Lishi two counties, in the blink of an eye, Hebei new ten counties.

Together with the previous Yanmen, Mayi, and the two counties, the territory of Hebei was nearly doubled almost all at once. From Liaodong to Hebei, then through the Taihang Mountains to Hedong, and then through the Luliang Mountains and across the Yellow River to Longyou, the Liaodong Army's sphere of influence suddenly encompassed the northernmost border between the entire Great Sui and the Turks.

The Liaodong Army surrounded Li Yuan from Hebei, Hedongbei, and Longxi to Taiyuan in Hedong, surrounded on three sides!