Since Yuwentai established the Guanlongmen valve, through the Wei, Zhou, Sui, and Tang dynasties, dozens of emperors have changed their circles, but in fact, they can be regarded as the continuation of an interest group.

At the end of hundreds of years, the dynasty has changed its name, and the emperor has changed a few times, but the Guanlongmen valve has always been the core and has not changed.

For hundreds of years, there were two people who wanted to challenge and failed, Yang Guang wanted to support the Jiangzuo Gate Valve to fight against the Guanlong Gate Valve, but failed, in the change of Jiangdu, Yu Wenhua and the people who killed the Jiangnan Gate Valve like Rulai Hu'er and Yu Shiji.

As for Wu Zetian, it is also an example, after her death, her martial arts family will be gone.

Therefore, in order to confront the Guanlongmen valve, it is necessary to establish a new interest group.

I have to admit that the elite of this era is still the scholars, and the scholars have been able to dominate for hundreds of years, not only because they have monopolized a large number of resources, connections and knowledge. In the Heyin Rebellion in history, Er Zhurong slaughtered more than 2,000 children of the Shi clan, but he did not shake the foundation of the Shi clan.And Zhu Wen's White Horse Post disaster only killed more than 30 people.Taking the Guanlongmen valve as an example, the characteristics of the children of the scholar clan in the Guanlongmen valve are the armed and intelligent people who govern the Hu and Han peoples.In addition to the way of civil and martial arts, Guan Long's children also know some about farming, animal raising, carpentry, etc. At that time, the scholars did not distinguish wheat, even if the person was not wise. Therefore, as long as it is not the kind of second ancestor, the children of the slightly ambitious scholars have the ability to fight on the horse and govern the place when they get off the horse.It is precisely because they do not need to pass the means of the imperial examination to be able to become officials, so they have learned. It's all things that can be learned. On the contrary, Li Tang later took the Jinshi and gave the criterion with poetry and songs. I really don't know what role poetry and songs play in governing the country and leveling the world and the people's livelihood. Many of them are the kind of scholars who are useless. The purpose of the birth of the imperial examination was not to promote the Hanmen, but to curb the power of the scholars, and to grasp the power of the scholars to recommend each other as officials at that time in the hands of the imperial court itself.Li Chongjiu carried out the imperial examination and popularized the county school, which was also to strengthen the power of the children of the Han family, but the seizure of the world could not only be helped by relying on the support of the children of the Han family, but the scholars were against each other and supported. It is also a very important part of the general trend. Therefore, the establishment of the Hebei group, the co-optation of Shandong Gaomen, and the formation of a clan of gate lords against the Guanlong group are what Li Chongjiu needs.After Li Chongjiu and Cui Renshi said this, the Cui family immediately sent someone to come and agree to the marriage.Such a top gate valve in the world, such as Hongnong Yang's, Lanling Xiao's, Qinghe Cui's. Boling Cui's family, Fanyang Lu's family, and Taiyuan Wang's family have all officially joined Dazhao, and many of them have children in Dazhao. and firmly stood on Li Chongjiu's side. In addition to these six major scholars, the second-rate gate valves such as Bohai Gao, Taiyuan Wen, and Hedong Xue. is also because of a group of generals, in addition to the lack of some time. But the real power is not inferior to the above first-class gate valves.These nine gate valves formed a confrontation with Li Tang's Guanlong gate valve, plus the Luoyang embargo. and Li Tang's internal strife, this is where Li Chongjiu and Li Tang are sure of victory before the decisive battle.After the formation of the gate valve barrier, the accumulation of the general trend has been completed, and the following is the practical thing, that is, to follow the trend.After pacifying the people in Luoyang, Li Chongjiu communicated with the forces of several great scholars and sent people to lobby in various counties and counties in Henan.In the counties of Henan, Li Tang's foundation was not solid, and Wang Shichong was forced to take the throne as a warlord, although he was able to suppress the local area with strong military power for a while, but he did not rely on the roots of the scholar clan to take refuge and form a reliable interest group.

Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, so that Cao Wei also spent decades supporting his own interest groups. And Wang Shichong's time is too short, and his means are far less clever than Cao Cao, at most he is also Er Zhurong's generation.

Therefore, after Li Tang attacked Zheng, Wang Shichong made everyone betray his relatives and leave. After losing to Li Shimin in the field, the only capital to rely on was gone, so Henan counties and counties unanimously raised the flag to surrender to Tang, and Zheng Guo finished playing in less than half a year under the capture between Tang and Zhao.

Later, after Li Yuan captured Henan, because he did not capture Luoyang, he did not dare to take too big a move against the local powerful forces in Henan.Therefore, for Li Chongjiu, it is very important to fight for the local powerful forces in Henan with Li Tang.The key to the success of this is to rely on one's own strength, and the other is to look at each other's connections. Li Chongjiu ordered the fine work of the Fengwen Division, and they all acted together.There are many relatives in the Haoqiang clan in Henan, or the children of the family are in the Dazhao Shiguan, especially the establishment of Henan Daxingtai this time, hundreds of Luoyang children are out of the Zhao Kingdom, these people's families, either from the Shi clan, or the official eunuchs of the past generations, the connections accumulated over the years, as well as relatives, and many of the current Henan Haoqiang are also related to each other.These officials were instructed by Li Chongjiu, and for the sake of their own careers, they all began to write to people they knew well, asking them to join them.Their letters were immediately sent to the counties and counties of Henan, although the generals who led the troops and the leaders of the county officials were all controlled by Li Tang, but the generals below the generals, as well as the second officials in the counties, were all locals, and they would make their own judgments from the future of their own families.

Before, there were still people who had the illusion that if Li Tang succeeded in counterattacking Luoyang, then now with Li Yuan's retreat, it means that Li Tang is no longer able to conquer Luoyang.

Luoyang, the political and economic center of Henan, has always been in the hands of Li Chongjiu, plus Zhao Guoshui's division, and can transfer troops through the Guò Tongji Canal at any time, so the strategic advantages and disadvantages are clear at a glance.

Therefore, Li Chongjiu's army was still standing still in Luoyang, and the Tang soldiers, generals, and officials at all levels who came to Luoyang from various counties and counties in Henan to defect were batch after batch, and there were dozens of people every day.These people also let Li Chongjiu see the success of adjusting Henan, how Li Yuan dealt with Wang Shichong in the first place, and how Li Chongjiu is now using it to deal with Li Yuan.

It is almost a repetition of Li Tang's routine of attacking Wang Shichong at the beginning, and the situation of the Henan Shi clan defecting to Li Tang in Guanzhong with their families has now become a refuge with their families and in Zhao State.

The counties and counties of Henan were suddenly full of rumors. The magistrates of the counties were helpless about this, and their subordinates were all locals. Now that they have different hearts, what can they do, as for them, they inevitably have plans to reduce Zhao.Less than a month. Li Chongjiu has already shaken the foundation of Henan, and at this time, Li Tang Henan Daxingtai has been established. Li Chongjiu decided not to give Li Xiaogong a chance, and led the army to conquer Henan in advance.This time his goal was Liangjun, capture Kaifeng, capture Bianshui, and open the Tongji Canal. As long as the Tongji Canal is opened, you can go directly to Jiangdu by boat from Luoyang, and the soldiers and horses of Daxingtai of Henan Road and Daxingtai of Jiangnan Road can be mobilized freely.Li Chongjiu was appointed in Luoyang. Xue Wanche's Wu Wei Army, Shan Xiongxin's Hou Wei Army, as well as Wang Bo, Meng Hai Gong's generals, as well as the Hao clan from Henan counties, a total of 50,000 horses, and Cheng Mingzhen's 10,000 water divisions from the Yellow River into the border water, a total of 60,000 troops, for Kaifeng Li Chongjiu is bound to win.After ordering the troops, Li Chongjiu took the battleship from Luoyang Palace. Straight out of Luoyang City along Luoshui.

Every time he walked this waterway, Li Chongjiu was extremely grateful to Yang Guang for repairing this Grand Canal. The starting point of this Grand Canal is directly in Shanglin Yuan near Luoyang Palace.

That is, if Li Chongjiu goes from Luoyang Palace to Youjing, or Jiangdu. You don't need to take a step on your own, and you can complete the journey without a single step.

The section of the canal from Shanglinyuan to Luoyang was built by Zhang Chun in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Yang Guang just used it on the spot.

The fleet headed northeast along Luoshui. After the Yanshi, after Luokou. Arrive at the confluence of Luoshui and the Yellow River, and join Cheng Mingzhen's 10,000 water army. and 300 grain ships dispatched from Luokou Cang, and suddenly the fleet of the Zhao army was all over the river.

With the dispatch of grain ships, there is no doubt that tens of thousands of people have to carry grain and grass on the road. Now the Zhao army is accustomed to the way of fighting with the grain ships.

This is also the convenience of the Grand Canal.

It is autumn, the autumn frost has come, and the north and south of the Yellow River have smelled the killing atmosphere of the autumn wind. The turbid waves on the Yellow River were raging, and the Zhao fleet, which was loaded with armor, military rations, and siege weapons, drove on the Yellow River for a while, and then entered the canal from Xingyang Banzhu, at which time the fleet turned to the southeast.

The predecessor of Tongji Canal was Bianqu, and the predecessor of Bianqu was the chasm, the wishful thinking of the overlord of Chu and the Han realm of the Chu River.

Because the Tongji Canal is leading the Yellow River into the Huai, the Zhao fleet is like a bamboo.

From Xingyang down, through Zhongmu and arrived at Kaifeng. Kaifeng is the former Wei capital of Liang, when the King of Qin destroyed Wei, the general Wang Ben dug the Yellow River here, flooded the Liang City. After the destruction of Wei, Daliang was razed by the Qin state.

And now the land of Liangbian, where Kaifeng is located, has become very prosperous again because of the canal.

A hundred years later, Du Fu has a poem describing the prosperity of Liang County, in the past, I traveled to the Song Dynasty, but Liang Xiao was the king. The name is Chen Liuya, and the drama is Bei Weiju. There are 90,000 families in the city, and the high buildings are the thoroughfares. The boat and car are half the world, and the host and guests are more entertaining.Li Tang was stationed in Liang, and the generals Cheng Jiahui and Wang Yaohan were stationed in Bianerzhou.Li Chongjiu's army had just entered the Tongji Canal, and the cities of Liang and Bianzhou were already in the air.

Many Li Tang guards abandoned their men and horses overnight and fled from the city. Many counties and counties were determined by transmission, and even the important town of Shangqiu was surrendered without a fight, and Li Tang County, who was born in the Zheng clan of Xingyang, took the initiative to change banners and announced the surrender of Zhao under the advice of his subordinates.Cheng Jiahui and Wang Yaohan also knew that the surrounding cities could not be defended, so they led their soldiers and horses to gather in Kaifeng City to try to fight.At the end of September of the second year of innovation, autumn rose slowly, and the wilderness outside Kaifeng City is now a red ocean. Li Chongjiu's 60,000-strong army landed in Kaifeng, and there were tall ships on the water, ships running close to the shore, and grain ships with deep drafts.The huge building ship staggered close to the city of Kaifeng, and the towering hull of the ship was almost as high as the city wall.

The Tang sergeant on the wall looked at Zhao Jun's huge hull painted with black ship paint and the towering mast of the straight tree, and they couldn't help swallowing their saliva, and their faces were cold.

On the stern of the boat, carrying teams of Zhao Junjia soldiers landed, and on the bank of the Bianshui River, all kinds of siege equipment were piled up on the bank.Cheng Jiahui, Wang Yaohan and the two stood on the bow of the boat and looked dumbfounded, "The Hou Weijun stationed in Luoyang Shan Xiongxin, the Wuwei Army in Youjing, and the inland river division with Cheng Mingzhen are all here, these are all elite soldiers and strong generals of Zhao State." Cheng Jia's voice trembled a little.Cheng Jiahui's words were not finished, at the far end, Zhao Jun's banners were joined one by one, and people from all walks of life gathered under the city, and even the imperial flag of the emperor of Zhao appeared in the sky.Seeing that even the emperor of Zhao State, Li Chongjiu, was here, Wang Yaohan couldn't help but feel a little angry.At this time, Li Chongjiu led the army to look at the head of Kaifeng City. He asked left and right: "Won't Kaifeng surrender?" ”At this time, the general Luo Shixin clenched his fists and said: "A certain and the guard general Wang wants Han, and there is an old one back then." You can go to persuade you to surrender. ”Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Okay." ”Luo Shixin immediately led a group of men and horses through thousands of troops and horses, and said to the city: "General Wang is here?" A certain Luo Shixin has something to say. If you still have the love to serve with your brother under the Pushan public account, please come and see it. ”Wang Yaohan was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the general riding a horse and holding an iron spear under the city, it was not Luo Shixin or someone.Wang Yaohan saw Cheng Jiahui and the soldiers at the head of the city all looked at him, and immediately waved his hand and said: "I must have come to persuade him to surrender, and I will never meet you." ”Luo Shixin under the city saw that Wang Yaohan did not answer, and continued: "Back then, your brother Wang Bodang followed Pushan Gong. Died with him at the hands of Master Sheng Yan. Brother and hatred are not shared, and now he is working for Li Tang, where will Brother Ru be, it is better to abandon Tang and return to Zhao as soon as possible. ”Wang Yaohan clenched his teeth when he heard this, and Cheng Jiahui hurriedly said: "Brother Wang doesn't have to be provoked by this person, we all know that your family is in Chang'an, and you will never betray the Tang Dynasty." ”Wang Yaohan nodded when he heard this and said, "Brother Cheng just believes in me." But this person is really hateful, and he ordered him to shoot arrows back! ”At that moment, Kaifeng City fired a volley of arrows.Luo Shixin was very courageous, and raised his gun to pick up several arrows under the city. When the three armies of Zhao Guo saw Luo Shixin's skills, they all applauded.

The banners of the Zhao army under the city danced, the three armies shouted angrily, and the king asked Han to see a round of arrows. Not only did it not suppress the morale of Zhao Jun, but it was so high that he couldn't help frowning.

Luo Shixin said a few more words. Seeing that there was no movement on the city, he immediately led his men and horses back.Luo Shixin returned to the Chinese army and told Li Chongjiu: "Your Majesty." The city general refused to surrender, and a certain general asked for orders to attack the city himself. ”

Listen to what Luo Shixin said. Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "You don't need to be angry, these two Tang generals don't know the time, but they are just killing themselves, and within a few days, someone will put the heads of these two people in front of my case." ‘

At the same time, thousands of miles away, outside the Saiwai, north of Huangshui.

It was only autumn on the Yellow River at this time, but it was already approaching winter. This year's winter seems to be earlier than ever, and many cattle and sheep on the grassland have not grown fat in autumn, so it is easy to not survive this year's cold winter.

But at the moment, for Guo Xiaoke, what he is most concerned about is not these. He is now leading his men and horses, and he is already on the north bank of Huangshui.

It turned out that there had been a drastic change in the steppe recently, and the 200,000 Turkic iron cavalry led by Jieli Khan invaded the territory of the Turks after passing through the Great Lobo.

Tuli's reaction was not slow at all, and as soon as the news of Jieli's troops came out. He also quickly gathered all the troops, and nearly seventy or eighty thousand people confronted the Jieli Khan. Although the strength is inferior to Jieli's army, Tuli has the advantage of geographical advantages, he guards the passes everywhere, although Jieli is numerous, but he is helpless.

But Tuli was very afraid of his uncle, and took the initiative to ask Guo Xiaoke of the Song Desert Protectorate of Zhao State for help.

After Guo Xiaoke learned about it, he asked Tuli to hold on and wait for reinforcements, and on the other hand, he did not hesitate to mobilize the Xi people, Khitan, Jian, Ding Ling, and Han army in the territory, and gathered 30,000 horses to cross the Huangshui to reinforce Tuli.

However, before Guo Xiaoke's soldiers and horses arrived, he heard the news of Tuli's fiasco.

It turned out that Jieli Khan took the risk and sent men and horses to attack the Iron Wolf's mouth at night, copying the back of the Tuli army. Jieli's adventure was successful, and after hearing the news that the back road had been cut off, the Tuli army was suddenly in turmoil, and at this time, the Jieli army launched an attack from the front.

The Tuli army was routed for thousands of miles, and Tuli only led five or six thousand men and horses to protect his family, barely fought a bloody way, broke through the encirclement, and lost all his people to Jieli.

Guo Xiaoke couldn't help but scold when he heard the news, Tuli himself was defeated, but now that he has crossed the water, if Jieli's victorious army is killed at this time, then his army will soon be in danger.

Guo Xiaoke is now in a dangerous place, he did not quickly send troops to retreat, now that the night is approaching, at least wait until this night, not to mention that at this time, the panic of retreating troops will spread to the whole army, in case the camp is bombed, it will be bad.

Guo Xiaoke asked people to build a camp to prepare for defense, and on the other hand, he sent scouts to search north.

Just after Guo Xiaoke stationed in the camp, the scouts reported that cavalry appeared in the north of the grassland, but it was not Jieli's army, but the defeated army of Tuli.

Guo Xiaoke got up when he heard this, ran outside the big tent, jumped on his war horse, and went out of the gate with more than a dozen personal soldiers and went straight to the north.

Guo Xiaoke rode north for a while, and finally saw Tuli's men and horses, he expected Tuli to be defeated miserably, but he did not expect Tuli to be defeated in this field.

Looking at Tuli's tired face, it seemed that he was dozens of years old in an instant, and when he first saw it, the high-spirited and loud voice of Tuli Khan seemed to be like a tiger whose backbone had been removed.

Is this still the original Tuli who vowed to Da Zhao and his relatives? Guo Xiaoke looked at Tuli and asked, 'Khan. ‘

Tuli shook his head and said, "Defeated, defeated, my men are only so little." ‘

'I'm not asking you this, I'm asking where is your army?' ‘

'Jieli? Tuli smiled bitterly and said, "Don't worry, Jieli didn't chase after him, but Jieli led his army south to Youjing!" ‘

Note 1: The original words of historian Chen Yinke. (To be continued......)