The moonlight sprinkled down the mountain peaks like water, and although it was summer, the night in the north still seemed a little cooler.

Yuan Tiangang stood on the top of the mountain with his hands in his hands, looking up at the bright starry sky, and there were several copper coins scattered on the bluestone in front of him.

It took an unknown amount of time before a hoarse voice sounded with the night wind.

"Gaozu, Taizong, Gaozong, Zhongzong, is he the child you chose? Could it be that the minister is really wrong? ”

There was no reply, just the "whoosh" of the leaves blown by the night wind.

......

Fengxiang Qi Palace.

There were more than a dozen people sitting in the lobby, some dressed as scribes, some wearing armor, and at a glance they knew that they were the generals who led the army.

These people are either in charge of one side, or they lead the army to defend a place, and each of them is high and powerful, and they are all the top figures of Fengxiang or Qi State.

Everyone has been waiting for a while, and a few assassins can still calm down, but more than ten generals are already full of impatience, if it weren't for the Qiwang Mansion, I'm afraid it would have been a commotion a long time ago.

As the footsteps approached, everyone hurriedly straightened up and stood up to greet them.

For the empress, everyone still doesn't dare to be presumptuous.

"I've seen King Qi."

The empress nodded and said, "No courtesy." ”

Then he took Yu Fei to the place where the main seat was sitting.

"Sir, please be seated."

Yu Fei thanked him, and he was not polite, he sat on the right hand, the empress had a smile on her face, and after watching Yu Fei sit down, she sat down on the left, facing the somewhat surprised crowd with Yu Fei.

"This is Mr. Yu, and he will be the governor of the Qi Wangfu in the future, and he will also be the prime minister of my Qi country, you have seen it first."

Several scribes were surprised to see Yu Fei so respectful of the empress, and after a short pause, they bowed.

"Yang Yan, the subordinate Tongzhou Thorn Shi, has seen Yu Changshi."

"Subordinate Ningzhou ......"

Several people introduced themselves in turn and saluted Yu Fei, who also nodded and smiled in return.

More than ten generals on the other side are not so easy to speak, since the Middle Tang Dynasty, the status of martial artists has gradually improved, and now it has reached the time when the sun is in full swing, and it is not easy for a scholar to override them.

Seeing that the generals were just standing, but did not speak, and looked at Yu Fei with slightly squinted eyes, the empress's face sank, and she scolded:

"What? Want to rebel? ”

A middle-aged general hugged his fists and said in an urn:

"Your Highness, the ministers are born and died for His Highness, this person has never heard of it, what qualifications do you have to stand above us, I don't accept it."

Everyone nodded slightly, obviously thinking so.

The empress looked angry, and was about to scold, but Yu Fei stopped with a smile, looked at the general and asked:

"I don't know what the general's name is?"

"General Li Sicun, what's wrong?"

Yu Fei nodded and said with a smile:

"Since General Li said that this official is not qualified to stand above the generals, then the official will prove it to the generals."

Li Sicun looked at Yu Fei, snorted, and sneered:

"What? Want to practice with General Ben? ”

Yu Fei smiled and waved his hand:

"Personal courage is not enough to boast, my Qi country occupies the west of Guanzhong, and the east of Guanzhong is in the hands of Zhu Wen, once there is a change, my Qi country has no danger to defend, but it is extremely dangerous, I don't know if the generals dare to make a bet with this official."

Everyone looked at each other, and one of the generals asked:

"What bet?"

Yu Fei smiled and bowed to the empress, then got up and walked to a screen with a map hanging next to him and said:

"Chang'an is the largest city in Guanzhong, and it is also the first strong city in Guanzhong, with Chang'an in hand, Zhu Wen can use this as the foundation to invade the Qi country at any time, and as long as Chang'an is in his hands, no matter how many times it fails, it will not damage the foundation, and as long as we lose once, it will be a catastrophe."

All of them were people who had fought for many years, and although they couldn't say it, they could still understand it, and they all nodded.

Yu Fei continued:

"Chang'an is not pressed in Guanzhong, Taiyuan is in Shanxi, Shouzhou is in Huainan, and the official and you are betting to win Chang'an within a month, so can you be qualified to stand above you?"

Everyone was in an uproar, you must know that Chang'an is the former Tang capital, and it has always been an important town, plus the person who guards the town is a veteran under Zhu Wen, and the loyal army is the envoy Pang Shigu, and there are sixty or seventy thousand soldiers and horses under his command.

Li Sicun looked at Yu Fei like a fool.

"Okay, if you can capture Chang'an in January, don't say that when you are a subordinate, you are just a pawn, and General Ben has no complaints."

Yu Fei smiled and nodded, not saying more.

Although the empress was very confident in Yu Fei, she was not without worry and said softly:

"Sir, why should you be as knowledgeable as these reckless men?"

Yu Fei waved his hand lightly and didn't say much.

Since ancient times, I thought that if I wanted to be convincing, I had to show my real skills, even if it was Wuhou back then, and Chang'an was originally a must-win place, as for Pang Shigu, Yu Fei didn't put it in his eyes.

......

On 7 August, Yu Fei officially dispatched troops, and the number of troops was not much, only more than 30,000 people, including more than 10,000 cavalry.

On August 11, it broke through Da'an Mansion and continued to advance towards Huazhou.

Pang Shigu, who was in Chang'an, personally brought 40,000 troops to help.

After seven or eight days of tug-of-war, on August 18, Yu Fei broke it outside Huazhou City, and defeated it without any strategy, purely by command, which was also the most demoralizing.

After this battle, the entire Guanzhong Liang army trembled and did not dare to confront Yu Fei head-on, and the Huazhou Assassin also led the entire Huazhou to surrender to the Qi State.

In this battle, the Yu Fei side suffered nearly 10,000 troops, but the captured Liang army exceeded 20,000, and Pang Shigu fled back to Chang'an with only a few thousand people.

The letter asking for help was also urgently transmitted from Tongguan to Bianzhou, and after Zhu Wen got the news, he was naturally furious and immediately ordered Wang Yanzhang, who was guarding Hedong, to rescue Chang'an.

And by the time Wang Yanzhang got the holy decree and urgently pulled up more than 30,000 soldiers and horses to prepare to rescue Chang'an, Yu Fei had already swept all the state capitals in Guanzhong except Chang'an.

Pang Shigu of Chang'an, with a large loss of troops, did not dare to go out of the city at all, so he could only defend Chang'an.

And Yu Fei ignored him and spared Chang'an and went straight to Tongguan.

Tongguan is a dangerous pass, if you fight from east to west, as long as the supplies are sufficient and there are 2,000 people to guard it, even if it is an army of 100,000, there is no way to take Tongguan.

But if you fight from west to east, although it is still dangerous, it is far inferior to the other side.

In addition, Tongguan was not considered a front line for more than ten years in the past, and Liang Guo inevitably slacked off, and the number of troops guarding the town was not even a thousand.

But even so, Yu Fei attacked day and night for three days in a row before he took Tongguan.

When Wang Yanzhang arrived with more than 30,000 cavalry, the king's flag had already been changed above Tongguan.

Wang Yanzhang was shocked and angry and scolded Pang Shigu for his waste, and then he wanted to take advantage of Yu Fei's unstable foothold to recapture Tongguan.

It's just that the cavalry dismounted to attack the city is a taboo, after a day of siege, not to mention the loss of troops, morale was also frustrated, when Wang Yanzhang woke up, wanted to retreat, and then looked for the opportunity, Yu Fei took 9,000 cavalry to kill.

The timing of the dispatch of troops was extremely wonderful, it was when Wang Yanzhang's army wanted to retreat but did not retreat, for a while, Wang Yanzhang's position was in chaos, some wanted to retreat, some wanted to resist on the spot, and the front army was in chaos in an instant.

It was just a charge of more than 10,000 people in the front army, and the defeated front army was driven by Yu Fei to disperse the Chinese army, Wang Yanzhang tried his best to collect the soldiers, and wanted to stabilize, but it was too late.

I was also swept off my horse by Yu Fei and became a prisoner.

In less than a month, Yu Fei took 30,000 people to the expedition, and defeated the Liang army of more than 100,000 horses before and after, and the famous general Pang Shigu of the Liang State was defeated, retracted to Chang'an, and did not dare to come out.

Pang Shigu, who received Wang Yanzhang's defeat on September 3, knew that Chang'an had become an isolated city and that there would be no more reinforcements.

On September 5, after the surrender, Yu Fei took Pang Shigu's seal letter to surrender the Wuguan defenders again, and so far the Qi State was all in Guanzhong.