In the middle of the night of the same day, the Youzhou army withdrew from outside Yixian County, where they had spent more than a month and thousands of lives, to Zhuoxian. Under Luo Yi's strict orders, the angry soldiers tried to exercise restraint on the way back. The houses seen along the way were not set on fire, as was customary, and too many crops were not cut from the farmland along the Yishui River.

As a reward for the "goodwill" of the people of Youzhou, Li Xu's Boling army stayed in Gu'an. Across a seasonal waterway called the Baigou River, it confronts the Tiger Ben Iron Rider across the bank.

Immediately after, other Boling soldiers chased down in Yixian, Jiaoniu Mountain and Wuhuiling also arrived in Laishui and "sent off" the distant guests from Youzhou across the river. Neither of the soldiers and horses on either side dared to act rashly, and a boring confrontation began.

Three days later, Dou Jiande announced that he would go north to mediate the dispute between the two chief governors. The soldiers and horses of the department obeyed the previous agreement and bypassed the county town between the rivers, and included the two places of Changlu and Jingcheng on the bank of the Yongji Canal.

The battle between the two armies was mediated by a gang of bandits, which in itself was a big joke. But this joke can be faked and turned true. After some haggling, the Youzhou Army and the Boling Army ended the sudden war with a speed that surprised the cold onlookers.

Luo Yi, the governor of Youzhou, retreated again and returned Zhuo County to Boling. But Liangxiang, Yongnu and Anci, the other three counties in the southern part of Zhuo County, he refused to let go no matter what. In exchange, he proposed to "cede" to Li Xu the northwestern part of Zhuo County, which was originally controlled by Xue Shixiong's father and son, from Laishui and Baihua Mountain to the territory nominally belonging to the Great Sui outside the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty. The two sides took the Baigou River as the boundary and re-divided the jurisdiction of Zhuo County.

After Li Xu discussed with the general, he agreed to the other party's request. As compensation, Gaoyang, Boye Qingyuan, and Tapir County on the west bank of the Hutuo River have since entered the sphere of influence of the Boling Army. Subsequently, the Boling army that remained in Hejian County withdrew from the line of Shucheng and Pingshu and returned to the station. Dou Jiande pushed one step further to the northeast and took Lucheng as a thank you gift.

Hebei Sanxiong stands on its feet. The titular Hejian County Shou Wang Cong of the Great Sui Dynasty retained several county towns sandwiched between the three forces, and he was in constant fear.

This is a "spoils" plan that dazzles most onlookers, no matter how you look at it, Li Xu, the chief manager of Boling who won the battle, does not look like he took advantage. But the connoisseurs watched the doorway, the laymen watched the excitement, and after the news reached the ears of many "old horsemen", they almost unanimously sighed.

"Alas! The surname Li is now a tiger into the mountains! If others want to clean him up, it's even harder than climbing to the sky! "The Huangmen squire is in charge of the government Pei Ju threw down the distress letter sent by Wang Cong, the commander of Hejian County, and commented very regretfully.

"Vertical, Luo Yi is really a vertical. greedy for a few palm-sized county seats, but gave up the exit to the grassland to others. The kid surnamed Li is said to have some friends outside the Saiwai, and a large number of horses have been transported over, wouldn't he have recovered his strength soon! Yu Shiji, another chief of staff, shook his head uncontrollably, disappointed by the performance of the Tiger Iron Cavalry

Since hearing that Li Xu had fled back to Boling, several important officials of the imperial court have been pinning their hopes on Luo Yi to eliminate this person. In all fairness, they have a worse bad feeling for Luo Yi than Li Xu, but the more they feel that what they did at the beginning is a loss, the more they hope that Li Xu will die as soon as possible.

The trouble caused by a dead Li Xu has already made everyone anxious. If the living Li Xu tosses any more storms, they will be more and more embarrassed to deal with. At present, it is impossible to forcibly appoint someone else into Boling to replace Li Xu's position. That is, the ministers can be cheeky to promote this matter, and after reading all the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, Pei Ju can't find anyone who has the courage to take office!

The Boling Army has become a veritable prince, and from now on, another prince surnamed Li appears in the field of vision of the Dragon. Since "Peach and Plum" may be Li Mi or Li Yuan, it is not impossible to have another Li Zhongjian now!

The only fortunate thing is that Li Xu has not played the anti-flag. Soon after he returned to Boling, he wrote down in detail what happened on the south bank of the Yellow River and sent his henchmen to Jiangdu by a detour. But anyone with a discerning eye knows that the court has no way and does not have the ability to call the shots for him. Pei Ju and Yu Shiji didn't even have the courage to send this complaint as the main purpose to Yang Guang for reading, so they directly stuffed it into the middle of a pile of recitals that would never see the light, waiting for everyone to forget about it.

Dispose of the eastern capital left behind, joke? The few powerful ministers left behind in the eastern capital fell, and the whole of Henan would no longer be owned by the Great Sui. Give Li Xu some compensation, it's a joke! What else can the imperial court have at the moment to buy him? What was there to risk his disrepute once more to stand up for the precarious court?

"You say, will he still remember His Majesty's kindness!" Pei Yun has always been more optimistic about the problem, and tried to think about everything that happened around Li Xu recently, and then asked tentatively.

"Yes, of course. Such a big golden signboard, how could he not put it on his head! Pei Ju glared at his own family fiercely, wondering if the other party had been drinking lard recently, so that his heart and eyes were all covered with grease. At the moment when he escaped from the south bank of the Yellow River, Li Xu had obviously lost all trust in the imperial court. Otherwise, he would not have quietly sneaked back to the station and then complained to Jiangdu, instead of running directly to Yang Guang to ask the other party for justice after being framed by Yuwenshu many years ago.

After a trip between life and death, Li Xu obviously no longer believed that the imperial court had the ability to restrain local officials. From Pei Ju's point of view, the reason why he has not publicly rebelled until now is to get a period of respite. When he healed the wounds of the two fierce battles, he would surely raise the black knife against the enemy.

And among these enemies, it's not just those stupid guys in the Eastern Capital!

After receiving a roll of the eyes for no reason, Imperial Doctor Pei Yun unconsciously felt a little sneering on his face, sighed, and said self-deprecatingly: "Don't you always say that he is broad? Since he is so broad, how can he easily forget His Majesty's benefits to him? If we give him a little more sweetness, maybe we can save his heart! ”

"The question is, what else can we give him now. Except for this palm-sized place near Jiangdu, who else takes the imperial court seriously? Dou Jiande's Hejian Grand Governor Seal Letter was given by you? Luo Yi's Youzhou governor was sealed by the imperial court? Including Li Xu, he himself stretched out his hand to extend the border of Boling County to the Hutuo River, and asked anyone what he meant? Pei Ju kept smiling bitterly, as if the faces of the people standing beside him were full of flowers.

"But after all, he doesn't have the strength to take down the entire Hejian County." Pei Yun emphasized angrily that he was very unhappy that others underestimated his planning ability, "Wang Cong also refused to listen to his orders. If we give Hejian to him as compensation, or directly promote him to the ambassador of Hebei Province, Dou Jiande and Luo Yi will definitely be very angry! Maybe the three will fight together, two defeats, no, three defeats! ”

Hearing this, Pei Ju almost lost his eyeballs. "It's not that he doesn't have the strength to take the entire Hejian County, but he deliberately doesn't take it. If you take a closer look, what places they left Wang Cong with, that is the buffer between the three families. No matter which one takes it, it won't be long before it will definitely be attacked by the other two! ”

The difference between can't and not doing is still very clear to the imperial historian Pei Yun. But he couldn't believe that Li Xu would be so smart? For a long time, in his eyes, Li Xu was a martial artist who was very capable of fighting. And Pei Yun's life creed is that what can be obtained by force, power and scheming may leave him with nothing. Like other officials from other families, he valued, but looked down on, Li Xu. These two mentalities are distinct, but they do not conflict in the slightest. When Li Xu was needed to do something, they did not hesitate to put their rise in an important position, but when they needed to frame or abandon each other, he did not hesitate either.

But if he didn't do anything, wouldn't he have to fall to Li Yuan even more? In the past few months, the Eastern Capital and the Beijing Division have warned every day, saying that Hedong has been recruiting troops. If Li Xu leads people to take refuge in the past, the Li family will be a tiger general in vain! Pei Yun blinked his little triangular eyes, unable to think of what the imperial court should do.

Known as a wise man, Pei Ju shook his head with a wry smile, "He will not work for the Li family in Hedong for the time being." I'm afraid that in his eyes, there is not much difference between the Li family in Hedong and the imperial court. We can't promote him again, and we can't stand up for him. But His Majesty and the Queen wanted to marry Princess Jill to him. If I learn that he is still alive, I will probably bring up the matter again! ”

"Just a daughter to win him over?" Although Pei Yun thinks about things simply, he is not so simple that he is stupid. Since ancient times, in-laws have been one of the most unreliable means of wooing. The first emperor of the Great Sui was once the father-in-law of the Great Zhou Emperor. Now Li Yuan, who is plotting to rebel, is Yang Guang's cousin.

"Not to win him over, but for the sake of Princess Jill's future. Although His Majesty has no intention of governing the country, he is not thin on us after all. Pei Ju suddenly became sad and said gloomily.

"The one surnamed Li is a person who values affection." After listening to Pei Ju's words, Yu Shiji also became sentimental, "Although he is disappointed in the imperial court and has a grudge against us, he has never failed His Majesty's promotion." If he marries Jill to her, he will protect Jill well in the future, no matter whether the world can be stable again. We can make this marriage happen, and we can be regarded as repaying Your Majesty's trust over the years! ”

"But the surname Li is from a humble background after all!" Pei Yun couldn't refute the opinions of the other two and muttered in protest.

"You'd better change this view in the future, the surname Li has already become a family of its own!" Pei Ju smiled and shook his head.

"A family of his own, just him?" Imperial Doctor Pei Yun couldn't believe his ears. "He doesn't even have brothers and nephews, and his protégés haven't heard of it!"

It takes at least two generations to establish a family, and since the Wei and Jin dynasties, only one Liu Yu has risen to become a family member with only one generation's efforts. And Li Xu's ability and scheming methods are obviously incomparable to Liu Yu.

"There's a bunch of people around him!" Pei Ju sighed and added, "It's just that we never thought of it!" ”

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