In the entire river, except for Xizhou in the north and Hezhongfu and Puzhou in the west, all other cities fell into the hands of the Liang army.

Li Ye had to give up Shaanzhou, which was close to Luoyang, and guard Qiuzhou.

Yuzhou will give up sooner or later, and now the Liang army has not yet called, just as an outpost of Tongguan.

Chang'an was safe, and Li Ye was not in a hurry to go back, and was stationed in Huazhou to continue rectification.

Only more than 2,000 people chose to stay in the Hezhong army, and most of the others returned to Hezhong Mansion under the leadership of Sun Jingzhong after they recovered from their injuries.

The spoils of Tongguan were continuously sent to Huazhou.

Another day passed, and an army of displaced people came from the east.

The displaced people in the river are nothing, they take the initiative to avoid chaos, and the people in Shaanxi and Yu are different, they are not displaced people, they are forced to relocate, and there are a lot of complaints, and the people in this era are fierce, and there is a lot of friction with the Praetorian Guards along the road.

The Praetorian Guard had an order not to infringe on the people, but there were no large-scale clashes.

When I arrived in Huazhou, I saw the banner of the Son of Heaven, and I became honest.

Li Ye set up a porridge shack, distributed dry food, and prepared to move them all to Chang'an.

The newspaper sent by Zhang Xingjin said that there were 100,000 refugees.

The number of displaced people in the two prefectures of Shaanxi and the river to avoid chaos should be far more than this, and when the war started, the people hid.

However, so many people still make Li Ye happy.

There is great power in numbers, and people are the foundation of everything in this era.

However, there are many people and there are many troubles, and there is a shortage of food.

Li Ye couldn't help but complain in his heart that Li Maozhen didn't reserve some grain and grass in the war, if he hoarded 100,200,000 stone grain and grass in the camp, wouldn't he solve all the problems at once?

Huazhou was devastated by Li Maozhen, and there was no surplus food.

There was no way, Li Ye could only mobilize grain reserves from Chang'an. Fortunately, the grain-producing areas in the same state have not been destroyed, and there are still two or three months to go, and the autumn harvest will be achieved.

On the third day, Zhang Xingjin was late.

The edict of rectification had already been sent to him, and when he returned to Huazhou, he didn't say anything, and followed Li Ye honestly all day long, as if he had really become a personal soldier.

This made Li Ye uncomfortable, and he always felt that he owed him something.

"You're not going to say something?" When there were only two people left, Li Ye sighed and spoke first.

"What does Your Majesty want the villain to say?" Zhang Xingjin's tone was still a little resentful.

Actually, I can't blame him, how old is he now? In the later generations, he will be a freshman, although the ancients are more precocious, but in the final analysis, his mind is still a young man.

Young people will always think a little more.

"Are you complaining that I don't see the credit for your work? Shouldn't it be done to you? Li Ye simply made his words clear, and said on the bright side that it was better than letting him ponder by himself, in case he pondered wrongly, it would be difficult to create estrangement.

He attaches more importance to Zhang Xingjin, and has wanted to cultivate him many times, and at the beginning, he put him on a level of Zhou Yunyi.

But now it seems that it was wishful thinking after all, and the gap soon came out.

A famous general is not a radish in the ground, it can be grown casually.

Among the children of Chang'an, being able to produce a Zhou Yunyi is the ancestor of the Li Tang family.

It can be said that the series of battles in Guanzhong were all triggered by his presumption.

Li Ye played with his life to save him. But this kind of thing can't be done again, otherwise one day this kid will be hot and touch Zhu Wen and Li Keyong's buttocks, and Li Ye will have no way to do it.

"The villain doesn't dare, everything the villain has been given by His Majesty, and His Majesty wants to take it back, and the villain has no complaints." There are no complaints, and this grievance is skyrocketing.

Li Ye was amused in his heart, but his face became serious, "Tongguan is my life, if you lose Tongguan, Guanzhong is not guaranteed, Chang'an is not guaranteed, Datang is not guaranteed, I handed over such an important place to you, I believe in you, how did you do it?" Sending troops to attack Shaanxi, I ask you, can you hold Shaanxi? ”

"This ......"

"At the beginning, the nine of you, you and Zhou Yunyi were smart-minded, and I had high hopes for you, but unfortunately you were bad at the word cleverness, you couldn't hold your breath, and you forgot your roots when you saw the benefits, if Tongguan had three longs and two shorts, others would drive straight in, and I and Datang would no longer exist!" Speaking of this, Li Ye's mood also became upset.

The nine of them played an important role in Li Ye's planning, suppressing the martial artists and then replacing the martial artists at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he took the first step, Ma Kaishan was killed, and Zhang Xingjin had a tendency to become a martial artist.

"Villain, villain, sorry Your Majesty!" Zhang Xingjin burst into tears and knelt on the ground.

Li Ye didn't help him, "I transferred you back this time, just to hone your temperament, the sky will descend on the people, and you must first suffer their minds." ”

Zhang Xingjin didn't dare to look up at Li Ye and lowered his head.

"The Tang Dynasty has declined to this point, and you are the ones I can rely on." This is Li Ye's heartfelt words. Zhang Xingjin suddenly raised his head, tears were not dry, but there was a look in his eyes, "The last general will live up to Your Majesty and the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Li Ye nodded, everything that should be said has been said, and whether he can listen to it or not is his own business.

At present, the Jin and Liang are competing for the middle of the river, the Jin army is defeated, and the Liang army is in full swing, which is not good news for him.

Tongguan must have a capable person to guard it.

Li Ye thought about it, and the most suitable candidate could only be Li Yun.

In the two big battles, Li Yun fought bravely to kill the enemy, brave and calm, and performed better than Gao Xingzhou.

Gao Xingzhou was a little reckless, and dozens of tired heavy cavalry went to attack Li Jiyun's 3,000 cavalry and buried the horse.

However, Gao Xingzhou is young after all, and like Zhang Xingjin, there is huge room for growth.

Man is the same as a sword, it needs to be sharpened.

Another day later, the battle report from Hebei came, Li Keyong heard of the defeat in the river, did not dare to support Zhu Jin and Zhu Xuan in Shandong, and sent Shatuo cavalry generals An Fushun, An Fuying, and An Fuqian to lead 3,000 fine cavalry, and Wei Bojiedu made Luo Hongxin borrow Weizhou to reinforce the Zhu brothers in Yanyun, and he led the army back to attack Hezhong.

Shandong is Zhu Wen's henchman, and the river is also Li Keyong's henchman, and the river falls into the hands of Zhu Wen, which is equivalent to being Zhu Wen with a knife in the heart, and the north can attack Taiyuan, and the east can attack Zhaoyi.

In such a terrible place, how could Li Keyong let it fall into the hands of a mortal enemy?

Li Keyong personally went out on the horse, and it is estimated that Hezhong is about the same.

Unless Zhu Wen transfers the main force back from Shandong.

However, for Zhu Wen, the annexation of Shandong is more important, and taking Hezhong is just the icing on the cake, but taking Shandong will completely occupy the Central Plains.

There has been a famous saying since ancient times: Those who win the Central Plains will win the world.

Li Ye stayed in Huazhou for eight days before returning to Chang'an.

Chang'an immediately emptied the alleys, the last time he attacked Han Jian, he won without force, this time it was a real victory, and there was no moisture. Li Maozhen's territory has expanded in recent years, and people have also expanded, leading troops to fight Chang'an at every turn, and the people of Chang'an naturally hate it.

War is the continuation of politics, this sentence is wrong at the end of the Tang Dynasty, politics is the continuation of war.

Without the strength of war, there is no guarantee of survival, what kind of politics are we talking about?

And once the battle is won, the dividends brought are huge, the military will be attached, and the people will be stable.

Another big bonus is the psychological advantage.

At least the current Chang'an is very different from the Chang'an when Li Ye left a month ago.

Some people are more popular and more energetic.

From time to time, people stuffed hard-boiled eggs into the hands of soldiers, and the eyes of the eldest girls and sisters-in-law, the young men held their chests higher.

Even some of the new soldiers who joined in had their self-esteem greatly satisfied.