"The last general will wait to meet the general!"

Outside the Wuyang Pass in the three passes of Yiyang, the guard of the city Quan Jingxuan led a group of civil and military officials to wait here early in the morning, and when they saw Li Tai's honor guard flag gradually approaching, they hurriedly stepped forward and saluted General Li in the team.

"General Quan doesn't have to be polite, you have been waiting for a long time."

When Li Tai saw this, he also turned over and dismounted, first bent down and helped Quan Jingxuan, and then looked at the group of local tyrants who accompanied him and said with a smile: "The realm of Sui Lu has to be guarded and stable, and you and other villagers have really benefited a lot from guarding the three passes by relying on the power and the same brave soldiers." I must be deeply grateful to see Quan Yitong before this gate today! ”

When the local tyrants of Suilu heard General Li say this, of course they didn't dare to object, not to mention that the three passes of Yiyang were indeed the key to the safety of Suilu, so they all stepped forward to thank Quan Jingxuan.

Quan Jingxuan was a little overwhelmed for a while, and waved his hand again and again: "Everything in the last general is within his part, since he has this position, he should do his best!" ”

"It is precisely because of the general's sincerity that I have paid the general's military affairs for a long time. Not only do these sheltered people need to thank the general, but even I have to thank the general! The general's residence here means that I don't have to worry about this side, and I can rest assured that I can plan elsewhere. ”

Li Tai took Quan Jingxuan's arm and said: "Those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements, and the general is nameless in the world because he needs to guard the heavy pass and has no time to go." But I know that the general is only a little strong, and he is just trapped in what he does, and now he brings the masses here, and he will make a name for the general! ”

After Quan Jingxuan heard this, his face suddenly became excited: "The last general, the last general, a martial artist, is only the general in his life, and he is only the general of the Rong brigade, and he is really worthy of being so favored and appreciated by the general......

In the Western Wei Kingdom, Quan Jingxuan can definitely be called an old seniority, long before He Bayue and others entered Guanzhong, he followed Xiao Baochun under the then Guanzhong Xingtai. After Yuwentai inherited the power of He Bayue, he turned it into Xingtai Langzhong.

But his resume also reflects what it means to be unlucky, getting up early in the morning and catching up late. When he followed Xiao Baokun, Xiao Baokun failed to rebel in Guanzhong. When he was transferred to Yuwentai's command, he was not reused because he was not from Beizhen, especially in the Kanto region for a long time, and even a series of government military reforms during the Datong period did not catch up.

As early as when the eldest grandson Jian served as the assassin of Jingzhou, Quan Jingxuan came to serve in the north of the city, and then was taken out of the north by Wang Sizheng, and finally was taken over by Li Tai as the remnant of Wang Sizheng.

Li Tai himself also has his own team, but he just placed Quan Jingxuan in the surrounding area. As for a series of important military operations by the military government, they are mainly based on their own subordinates. After so many years, Quan Jingxuan is still just a chariot rider, and he is even gradually surpassed by Quan Xu, the son of the clan under Li Tai.

Quan Jingxuan's ability is definitely not bad, and it can even be said that he has surpassed a considerable number of town soldiers, and it is not only limited to battlefield killing, but also has good results in appeasing local areas and dealing with complex local disputes and contradictions, but because he has always been in a relatively marginal situation, he rarely has a highlight moment, so it is not wrong for Li Taiyan to be nameless in the world.

A group of people exchanged pleasantries outside the gate, and then entered the gate under the leadership of Quan Jingxuan.

Yiyang Sanguan is located between the two mountain ranges of Dabie Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, and is an important gateway for the Huainan area to enter and exit the Suizao channel. Several fortresses were also set up between the mountains and mountain passes, and because there was no territorial jurisdiction to supplement such places, generally speaking, there was no people's livelihood and military system.

However, this is not the case in the three passes of Yiyang under the governance of Quan Jingxuan, there are more than 20,000 people who belong to the three passes alone, in addition to the 5,000 people stationed by the headquarters of Quan Jingxuan and the Jingzhou Military Government, the rest are the barbarians in the Dabie Mountains who have been appeased by Quan Jingxuan in recent years and the wandering people who have entered and exited the left.

More than 20,000 people relied on Yiyang Sanguan to engage in production activities such as wood-mining, and the materials produced were supplied to the Sanguan garrison in addition to meeting their own living needs.

Because the Jingzhou military government attaches more importance to the development of commerce and trade, there are not a few merchants who go to and from the three passes of Yiyang, and there will be a decade of opening the gate for business travel every month, of course, to collect the city tax. One-tenth of these commercial taxes was kept in Sanguan to maintain the expenses of the garrison in Sanguan.

In recent years, due to the recuperation of the Jingzhou military government, there have been fewer foreign wars, and the three passes of Yiyang have been less affected by the war.

Now that Li Tai came to Sanguan to inspect, Quan Jingxuan reported these affairs to Li Tai in detail, and Li Tai found that the affairs of Yiyang Sanguan were developing in an orderly manner, especially in terms of business and trade income, which was second only to Shicheng. In addition to the income handed over to the military government, the rest of the expenses of the garrison after deducting the necessary garrison expenses were also stored in the treasury of the Sanguan Mansion, which can be called a solid treasury.

"The general is really talented, he was only used as a fighting general before, I am really dim, please forgive the general!"

After Li Tai learned about the government affairs of Yiyang Sanguan, he couldn't help but feel that he really didn't pay enough attention to Quan Jingxuan before.

In addition to the three passes, there is Yiyang, and in the three passes is Suilu, Li Tai has always paid attention to these two places, but he does not pay enough attention to the three passes of Yiyang. Even if I knew something before, I listened to it casually in the affairs reports of the government officials, but I knew that the three levels were working well, but I didn't take the initiative to systematically inquire and understand.

Now, after learning the specific details of many of the military and political affairs of Sanguan, Li Taicai found that he still underestimated Quan Jingxuan's ability, and his ability was even better and more comprehensive than he thought before.

Quan Jingxuan's disappointment is not a short-term thing, and he is not only ignored by a boss, but he will not be resentful of Li Tai because of this, but when he heard that his ability was recognized, he couldn't help but say excitedly: "The last general has a little talent, and he really shouldn't be so praised by a general." The general is an important military and political task in the southeast, and it can be said that he has a lot of opportunities, and he cannot be appreciated by the general early on the basis of merit, which is also caused by the mediocre qualifications of the last general......"

Li Tai waved his hand to prevent Quan Jingxuan from continuing, and then sighed and said: "Since General Quan said that I am in a high position, I still have the demeanor to admit my negligence. Fortunately, I now know that General Quan is still young and strong, and it is not too late to make contributions, and you and I will not miss the opportunity to make amends. ForewordThis behavior is famous for the general, and it makes me more sure that the general is a little like this! ”

After Quan Jingxuan heard this, he hurriedly lowered his head and said: "The general is extremely talented and strategic, and the last general is fortunate to be driven, so why not be famous!" But if you do something, you will do it! ”

"A few days ago, the Eastern Thief sent an envoy to Jiangling, wanting to join forces with the Liang State to seek my Yiyang and Handong lands. Although each of them is deeply suspicious and difficult to achieve, this situation must not be investigated, and it is advisable to guard against such accidents. Therefore, this time the military government intended to warn Huainan. ”

Li Tai first explained the previous situation to Quan Jingxuan, and then continued: "This time, I will personally lead the elite cavalry to Hefei and fight against the Huainan divisions of the Qi army. General Quan led the men and horses of the three passes and all the people to go north to Yiyang with the land tribe, and converged with the army of Yiyang to advance along the Huai, so as to cut off the reinforcements of the eastern thief Huai Shang......"

Since he was going to make a big incident, Li Tai would naturally not make a small fuss, and he took Hefei as the goal of fighting and enterprising, so as to drive the Northern Qi to deploy defense in the entire Huainan.

Hefei is located in the hinterland of Huainan and is also an important hub for the Northern Qi to control Huainan. Once this city is attacked, it will inevitably affect the garrison situation of the Northern Qi in the Huainan region.

Li Tai himself led the elite cavalry straight to Hefei, as if he was shooting a sharp arrow to Hefei. When the people and horses of the Northern Qi and Huainan sides are stirred, Quan Jingxuan and other Zhulu divisions can take advantage of the situation to expand the results of the battle.

In addition to the army that Quan Jingxuan marched east along the Huaishui and cooperated with his actions from the north, when Li Tai was passing through Anlu before, he also told Wang Jie, who was stationed in Anlu, to also lead his troops to attack, marching eastward along the Yangtze River, and converging with the men and horses of Li Tun's subordinates stationed in Qichang County and having changed their surname to Dugutun, as well as the brothers Lu Sida and Lu Guangda of Jinxi County, along the north of the river through Lujiang County to Hefei.

This time, it was a three-way march, pushing forward to break the control of the Northern Qi in the west of Huainan. Li Tai did not plan to leave after the battle as before, and did not actually occupy the city, but planned to send troops to garrison Hefei for a long time, and to deeply imprint his mark on Huainan.

The reason why he was reluctant to agree to Wang Seng's request before, but now he wants to take the initiative to attack, is also due to many reasons.

The more critical point is that Li Tai must jump out of the military and political pattern of the Western Wei Dynasty and reconstruct a border defense line based on the Jingzhou Military Government itself. Not only the Northern Qi, but even Wang Shengbi is also a goal that he needs to guard against and balance.

Originally, Li Tai was still thinking about who to send to guard after taking Hefei, but now there is no shortage of candidates under his command who are talented and qualified enough to be independent, but there are not many who are still in a state of idleness. Quan Jingxuan originally belonged to one of the alternatives in his mind, but after learning about the management status of Yiyang Sanguan on the spot, he felt that the other alternatives did not seem to be as suitable as Quan Jingxuan.

After Quan Jingxuan heard this arrangement, he was also quite surprised for a while. Although he was also a little curious in his heart, shouldn't the Jingzhou Military Government actively prepare for war to advance Jiangling, why should he use troops on a large scale in Huainan, which is not too important at the moment?

Although he is not a confidant in the military government, he is full of confidence in General Li in his heart, and since the general has made this decision, it must be reasonable. And if he really wants to attack Jiangling, he may not be able to serve as the main force, but if he uses troops in Huainan, he will still have a lot of use.

Including Li Tai's solution to the route to Hefei, Quan Jingxuan also put forward his own suggestions. Because of his presence in the Three Passes of Yiyang, he also had a lot of contact with the powerful people of the prefectures and counties east of Dabie Mountain, so he could provide a safer route and list the places where he could get some supplies along the way.

Li Tai stayed at the three passes of Yiyang for two days, discussing the rhythm and details of the next march with Kwon Kyung-hyun while waiting for the troops led by the local tyrants of Lu to assemble here.

It has been several years since he obtained the land of Handong, and he has been in charge of the management of Lu Haoqiang for a long time. In recent years, the military government has not had any large-scale military operations, so these powerful troops have also been recuperating in the countryside for a long time. This time he used troops in Huainan, and he incorporated these troops with Lu Haoqiang into the combat team.

It's not because there is a shortage of people in Jingzhou, but because it doesn't make much sense for these people to stay in their respective townships, but it's still a hidden danger.

Ideology is a factor that is difficult to reverse, and people's choices based on values sometimes outweigh the pros and cons. With Lu Haoqiang being ruled by the Southern Liang for a long time, although Li Tai's governance has been fruitful in the past few years, he does not dare to guarantee that these people have absolutely turned their hearts to the Western Wei, and they are indifferent when they face the Western Wei to launch a war to destroy the Southern Liang.

Now the land has belonged to the internal area of the Jingzhou Governor's Office, and there are no border troubles, just some public security problems that need attention. There are so many powerful troops left in the township, and there is nothing on weekdays, but once it comes to the war period, it is inevitable that people will be impetuous, and maybe something will happen.

Therefore, it is better to simply transfer them all from their homeland and go to the Huainan region to fight. And this route is not new to them, before the Southern Liang in the capture of Huainan Shouyang, Hefei and other important towns, mainly used Yongzhou and Sizhou people.

By the time these Suilu Haoqiang troops were assembled one after another, they had a total of more than 7,000 armor soldiers, which could be called the elite armament of the entire Suilu region. All of these troops and Li Tai were handed over to Quan Jingxuan to command, plus the garrison of Sanguan made up 10,000 armor soldiers, and then marched towards Yiyang.

As for Li Tai, he led his 5,000 elite cavalry to enter the Huainan area from the east of the Jiuli Pass in the easternmost part of the Three Passes of Yiyang, and then marched eastward close to the northern foot of Dabie Mountain, and arrived at Huozhou in Huainan in only a few days.

On the way, although they also passed through Shazhou, Yizhou and other places belonging to the Northern Qi Dynasty, these prefectures and counties were basically in the hands of local heroes.

The reason why they cling to the Northern Qi is also to protect themselves, in fact, they are also pursuing the strategy of left and right, and some even send people to the city of Chubei every year to give gifts to Li Tai for the New Year, and the main thing is that no one can be offended.

Therefore, when Li Tai led his army through these cities, he did not encounter any obstacles, and some even thoughtfully sent some grain and grass outside the city as a gesture, and also said that as long as General Li could win a great victory in this trip, they would also return to righteousness and surrender to the Jingzhou Governor's Office.

It's not that Northern Qi's governance here is tyrannical and unreasonable, because there is no effective governance in the first place, and it is just a nominal moderation. And even if they took refuge in the Western Wei Dynasty, it was not because they admired Li Tai, if their strength was insufficient in the troubled times, they could only sway left and right to protect themselves.

Huozhou is the Lu'an of later generations, and it is only a one-day trip from Hefei. After arriving here, Li Tai ordered his troops to rest here for a while, to recover their energy, and at the same time disperse the scouts around the periphery to find out how the enemy situation around Hefei is clear, and at the same time send a team of envoys to the south to Lujiang, leading the southern line of Wang Jie, Dugutun and other armies to the battlefield convergence.