In the second year of Taiwu, November 13, Taiyuan.

At this time, in the middle of the sun, the east and west cities of Taiyuan, all sides and eight gates beat the war drums together, and the sound of the whole city moved. Then the remaining 40,000 troops outside the city marched into Taiyuan City according to the plan to take over the various Lilu.

The sound of Jin Ge Iron Horse colliding spread all the way along the endless Fenshui.

The people in the city were looking at the door of their own houses, watching these heroic Taishan troops march by in unison, and then leaving a team of men and horses at every street corner, these people were rooted there like pines and cypresses, and did not squint.

Everyone understands that a new era in Taiyuan has arrived.

……

Zhang Chong met with the meritorious generals of this battle in the Shogunate of the Assassination of the Prefecture.

The first person to push the merit in this battle is naturally Zhao Yun, because he has the first level of Hu Zhen. The second one is Tai Shici, who won the Kansai Daxu with it.

After that, there was another general, all of whom were killed, and they were also rewarded as usual.

It was also at this time that he saw Xu Huang, who had returned from the southern finch and mouse road. After learning that Liu Bei from the Kanto region also appeared in the south, Zhang Chong laughed and explained to Xu Huang:

"Then Liu Bei fled to Kansai after defeat because he participated in the battle of the upper echelons of Kanto, and was relied on by the little emperor, you don't know this information, so I don't blame you for thinking about it."

After that, Zhang Chong inquired in detail about Xu Huang's experience in the Bird Mouse Road, muttered for a while, and said:

"Gongming, the enemy army opposite you at that time should not be reinforcements, then Liu Bei should be deceiving you. With Liu Bei's prestige, it was not enough to restrain Li Dao and other Guanxi generals, how could he restrain his army to save the Yizhou soldiers? ”

Xu Huang nodded, and he was busy pleading with Zhang Chong.

Zhang Chong shook his head, thought carefully about the changes in this matter, and explained:

"In this way, Gongming, you first write a note about this matter in detail, and then hand it to me later, and I will refer to it with Xun Qing and them later. But what I can tell you is that this year's soldiers of our army will only stay in Jiexiu. The original plan to hit Luoyang within the year could only be temporarily canceled. This year's winter is too cold, and the flying fox can no longer transport grain, and our army will have to rest and produce in Taiyuan this winter. ”

Xu Huang hesitated for a moment, although he knew that what the king said was right, but he still tried to fight:

"Your Majesty, there must be a large number of Guanxi soldiers who have retreated from the battlefield of Jiexiu now, and these people are now frightened, but once they are relieved in Hedong, there will be big trouble behind our army. Rather than going through a vicious battle later, it is better to go all out now, with the abundant grain and straw in Taiyuan, which can support our army to go south to Hedong and completely solve the obstacle to Luoyang in the south. ”

Zhang Chong didn't squeak, but flipped through a military report, which was the battle damage of the Battle of Jiexiu that had just been sorted out today, because Xu Huang was in a hurry, he hadn't had time to read this yet.

At this moment, he flipped through the military newspaper and saw the list of various prisoners on it, and he was in a happy mood.

Together with the previous Battle of Jiexiu and the Battle of Taiyuan last night, the Taishan Army successively captured Jiexiu Lingwei Qi, Wuwei Battalion Captain Zhang Ji, his son Zhang Chou, and his nephew Zhang Xiu. In addition, Yongzhou generals Guo Xian, Liu Jun, Lu Sheng, Liangzhou generals Li Huan, Wang Cheng and others.

In addition, such as the big bureaucrats Hu Zhen and Wang Yun were all ambushed, and the state assassin Shi Ding Yuan was arrested by the Taishan army in the whole car.

It can be said that the Taishan army has gained a lot in this battle.

But from this list, it can also be seen that a large number of military generals and backbones in the Kwansai Army ran away with the battalion head. For example, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao of the Bingzhou Army, Gan Ning of the Yizhou Army, as well as Li Dao and Guo Yan, any of these people are the same character.

It was this result that made Zhang Chong understand that Xu Huang's opinion was right.

But there is one thing that Xu Huang does not know, that is, the soldiers of the Taishan army are also tired after taking Taiyuan.

Especially after the capture of Taiyuan, the damage of the army was even greater than Zhang Chong expected. In the encirclement and suppression of the Haoshi area in the east of the city, the resistance of those Haowei troops was very tenacious.

Maybe it's a fight to the death, or maybe it's their families behind them, these tribal forces that are not very high in combat power have burst out with extraordinary combat effectiveness.

These people fought along every street and every corner of the East City. And some powerful ladies also had a premonition of the end of the family, and ran to the wall to throw tiles at the Taishan army.

In the end, Dongcheng's resistance was suppressed, but the Tarzan army also left hundreds of lives.

From the autumn of this year to the cold winter of Layue, although the Taishan army has completed the feat of attacking and merging states, it is still too tired in the end.

Zhang Chong, who has always pitied his brothers, does not want to go south again.

It's just that in his heart, Zhang Chong is also faintly uneasy, feeling that he may miss something if he doesn't go south.

Temporarily hiding this thought, Zhang Chong asked one thing, and he asked Pound, who was on duty:

"Then has Pei Jun collected the funeral?"

Pound replied respectfully:

"Your Majesty, the burial has been collected, and now it will stop in the side hall."

Zhang Chong nodded, full of regret for Pei Ye's death in his heart, but this was his choice, and no one could decide.

If a person really wants to die, he can't stop it.

Zhang Chong sighed and added:

"Find a good coffin for Pei Jun, the children of their family pay attention to these."

But who knew that Pound said:

"Your Majesty, that Pei Jun left a thin coffin for himself, and stopped it in his house, and I heard the disciples say that it was brought by Pei Jun when he took office."

Zhang Chong was stunned for a moment, and sighed for a long time:

"It's a good officer, it's a pity! This Pei Jun still has a family by his side? If so, let him return to his hometown with the coffin. ”

But Pound shook his head and said in a low voice:

"Pei Jun has no clan heirs by his side, and there is an old servant with him, but he also committed suicide after Pei Jun committed suicide. I heard that he has two heirs, but they are both in Chang'an. ”

Zhang Chong didn't expect such an answer, and at this moment, Dong Zhao, who was waiting below, suddenly interjected:

"Pei Jun is Wen Xiren?"

Pang De didn't understand what Dong Zhao meant, so he just nodded.

Then Dong Zhao turned to Zhang Chong and said:

"Your Majesty, that Wenxi is not far from here, but people can go to their clan and summon someone to come to Taiyuan to escort Pei Jun's coffin back to his hometown."

Zhang Chong nodded, thinking that it was a way, and then asked Cai Qu to choose someone to do this.

was also moved by Pei Ye's loyalty, Zhang Chong asked again:

"Then Wei Qi is still unwilling to surrender?"

Wei Qi was ordered to take a break, and he stayed in Hu Zhen's camp during the Great War, and then the Guanxi camp was broken by Zhao Yun, and his people were captured.

Originally, Wei Qian was just a county order of a thousand stones, and Zhang Chong's current status was not worth asking about.

But Guo Tu said that Wei Qi was very important, and if he could recruit this person, it would be very helpful for the Taishan army to go south to attack Hedong.

It turned out that this Wei Qi was actually from the famous Hedong Wei clan.

Originally, Zhang Chong didn't know much about the Hedong Wei clan, and even thought that they were the descendants of Wei Qing, the former Han general. But with Guo Tu's explanation, Zhang Chong had a clearer understanding of Wei's.

It turned out that the hairline of Hedong Wei was in the Ming Emperor period, when Wei Wei, a virtuous and famous figure of the Wei clan of the era of the county, was requisitioned by the imperial court, but he died when he walked to the place of Hedong Anyi.

Then, in order to compensate his family, the imperial court granted land to the Wei family in Anyi, and allowed them to take Hedong Anyi as their county. And the current Wei Qi is Wei Wei's great-grandson.

In other words, the Wei family has only been rooted in Hedong for only four generations, which is far from other wealthy families.

So why did Guo Tu say that this Wei is important? It turns out that although his family has always been based on Confucianism, he has controlled the salt road of Anyi for several generations, and once something happens, he can pull out nearly 1,000 salt dings, which is a powerful family in the real sense of Anyi.

It is precisely because of this that Guo Tu regards Wei Qi as a strange commodity to live in.

In fact, Guo Tu can be regarded as path dependent, as the chief officer of the Foreign Military Division of the Flying Army, he successfully plotted against Guo Kan in the Battle of Taiyuan, which can be said to have made great contributions.

And with the previous success, he naturally regarded Wei Qi as a breakthrough, and wanted to recruit this person and lead the way for the south.

But it's a pity that this Wei Qian is still quite stylish, and he doesn't even die. In the face of Guo Tu's coercion and temptation, he did not say a word, and he did not scold Taishan Army like others, but he just did not cooperate.

So when Zhang Chong asked about Wei Qi's situation, Guo Tu was still a little hesitant and didn't know how to explain.

Over there, Zhao Yun sighed:

"This Wei Qi is a hard bone. Compared with him, the one named Zhang Ji is simply unbearable. ”

The Zhang Ji mentioned by Zhao Yun was the only Liangzhou general who supported the Chinese army in the Battle of Dusuoyuan. Later, his troops were forced to land by Wang Han, and they were the only formed troops in this battle.

Originally, Zhang Ji's behavior was nothing to blame, but compared with loyal people like Pei Ye and Wei Qi, it was really not enough.

It's strange to say, even if ordinary people don't say "the hero of the enemy, my enemy". But he will also take into account the positions of both the enemy and us, but Zhao Yun is different, he is completely untracked, and only praises the quality of loyalty.

Maybe this is the willfulness that belongs to the brother-in-law alone.

But Zhao Yun's words fell on Zhang Chong, but he had a different opinion.

Looking at the high-spirited Zhao Yun, Zhang Chong said secretly:

"Zilong is still young in the end, some things can't be seen through, this Zhang Ji is not unbearable, but on the contrary, he is a good general. It seems that he will have to go through more training in the future to become a great tool. ”

In fact, this is also Zhang Chong's reflection during this time, whether it is Zhao Yun or Zhang Shao, they both present a kind of superficial and sloppy emptiness, but there is no kind of reality and certainty.

This made Zhang Chong wonder if he had made a mistake in the way he cultivated talents.

In fact, people such as Xu Huang have always shown extraordinary composure and wisdom, and these people have been on the front line for a long time and hold the position of intermediate generals.

And what about Zhao Yun and his little brother? Obviously, he pushed them too much in the first place, so that they couldn't sink.

After secretly making a decision, Zhang Chong had no interest in talking, and only instructed Guo Tu:

"Since Wei Qi is unwilling to surrender, don't embarrass him, let him go back to his hometown."

Guo Tu was anxious when he heard this, and was about to continue fighting, but when he looked up and saw Zhang Chong's tired face, he immediately changed his words to:

"Whoa!"

After that, Zhang Chong began to discuss with his staff the preparations for the Taishan army to spend the winter.

Now the 40,000 or 50,000 prisoners of the Taishan army will definitely not be able to stay in Taiyuan, so the following time, Zhang Chong will use it to determine the winter camp of each department.

As a result, Meng Fu, Dong Zhao, Guo Tu and other people from the Feijun system temporarily went out of the hall and went to their own affairs.

When Dong Zhao came out, he looked left and right, and saw that Cai was indeed choosing someone, so he walked over with a smile.

Cai Qu and Dong Zhao have a good relationship, Dong Zhao has been in charge of the affairs of the Fei Army's internal army before, and he has to report to Zhang Chong overnight, so he has had a lot of dealings with Cai Qu who is guarding.

He walked over and said to Cai Qu with a smile:

"General Cai, can you take me with you on this trip? I have an old relationship with that Pei family, so I might be able to help somewhat. ”

Cai Quhu glanced at Dong Zhao suspiciously, and scolded in his heart:

"This birdman doesn't know what bad water is in his heart, I have to guard against him."

After thinking about it, Cai Qu's head shook like a rattle, and he refused vigorously:

"That's not possible, you are a minister, how to do such a thing. Besides, the king asked us to choose a rampant officer, that is, to choose a rampant official, you are a scribe to join in the fun. ”

Dong Zhao's eyes narrowed, and he explained with a smile:

"In this way, General Cai, you can ask the king first, maybe the king will listen to your words and agree."

Cai Qu looked Dong Zhao up and down and nodded:

"Okay, then let's ask."

Dong Zhao thanked him, and then silently retreated with Guo Tu next to him.

The two left here, without saying a word all the way, until a secluded corner, Guo Tu couldn't help but speak.

He didn't know why, so he asked Dong Zhao:

"Dong Gong, could it be that Wen Xi Pei said something? Do you want to go there yourself? ”

But Guo Tu didn't get a direct answer, and only listened to Dong Zhaoyou's words:

"There are some things that the king can't think about, it's hard to speak, so we have to think about it. Lao Guo, you were also brought into the internal guard of the Flying Army by me, and I can't talk to you too clearly about some things, so I can only send you a word. ”

Seeing that Guo Tu was respectfully taught, Dong Zhao said something like this:

"The king will always be light, and we will always be darkness."

After saying this, Dong Zhao walked away, leaving Guo Tu alone to ponder in place.

……

The rest of November was lackluster, but it was impossible not to show it.

Since taking Taiyuan, although Zhang Chong has decided to stay in the basin for the winter, it does not mean that the war is over, and there are still a lot of hands to deal with.

Previously, when the troops were sent from Taiyuan to Jiexiu, there were still several cities in the middle that were under the control of the Han army, and during this time, the Taishan army was successively uprooting these cities.

First, on November 14, Yuci in the east of Taiyuan was pulled, and then along the Fenshui, it successively pulled out the Yang, Daling, Qixian, Jingling, Zhongdu, and Wu counties, completely occupying the Taiyuan Basin.

Subsequently, the Taishan army built a camp trench in the Bird Mouse Road to transport materials and supplement the war in advance in the spring of the next year.

During this time, the Guo Taibu of the original Baibo Valley also completed its mission, taking 38,000 households to Taiyuan in the north, and finally in addition to selecting a battalion of about 1,000 people, it was given the name "Tianbo Battalion", and the rest were placed in the Taiyuan area.

Not only that, after Zhang Chong decided to stay in Taiyuan, he specially upgraded Taiyuan to "Xifu", and began to pacify the Hu and Han forces in Shuofang, Xihe, Shangjun, Wuyuan, and Yunzhong here.

These areas are generally vast and sparsely populated, and the limited number of cities also rely on the degree of Taiyuan.

Therefore, whoever occupies Taiyuan, an important economic city, can influence and even fight the ownership of these regions.

When Taiyuan fell into the hands of the Taishan army, these county magistrates who watched sent Taiyuan to lose their sincerity.

The dust settled, and from then on, the blue sky of this state changed to a yellow sky.