Since General Chu Weitian successfully defeated the imperial army, he was promoted to the chief soldier of Tongyuan County, he began to rectify the official system, clean up the black market, revitalize agriculture and business, and rehabilitate the unjust, false and wrongful cases of the people, coupled with the two-year tax exemption policy, won the support of the people. For a time, the people in Tongyuan City were rich in things, and the city was Yonghe, doing buying and selling, and the appearance was pleasant. It attracted people from the surrounding places to come one after another.

In order to strengthen the city defense, the king of Zhenxi sent Cheng Guang to lead 20,000 people to Tongyuan County to garrison, plus the original local defenders, the existing strength of nearly 30,000 people, in order to prevent the imperial army from attacking again, strengthen the city defense forces, Chu General ordered Zhao Jiandu to vigorously recruit soldiers.

It just so happened that recently, a large number of displaced people have flocked to Tongyuan City, especially from the Northern Plateau to escape from the war and defected to many strong people, Zhao Jian recruited more than 2,000 recruits in a short period of time without much effort, and these recruits have shown high quality in training, which is simply natural to be a soldier. Zhao Jian was really overjoyed, and after a brief training of recruits, he selected more than 1,000 people from them to deploy to various military points in the city.

Seeing that the soldiers are getting stronger and stronger, and the city defense is stable, Chu Weixian is also very pleased, and he also likes Zhao Jian's subordinate more and more, and even has the idea of recruiting Zhao Jian as a virtuous person in private, but he doesn't know what his daughter thinks.

At this time, the news that the imperial court army had conquered the Gulu Pass, the capital of the Northern Regions, came, Chu Weixian was taken aback, thinking that the solid Gulu Pass, and the wise and brave Zhenbei Wang Yuwen Haotian personally garrisoned, the imperial court has not been captured for more than ten years, how can it be broken now, the more I think about it, the more I can't figure it out.

He was worried that once the imperial court put down the rebellion in the Northern Regions, it might concentrate its forces to encircle and suppress the Western Regions, so how to deal with it, and how did the King of Zhenxi plan. For this reason, he immediately invited Cheng Guang and Zhao Jian to come to the mansion to discuss.

Zhao Jian first said: "I'm afraid that he is a bird, the soldiers will block, and the water will cover it, so it's a big deal to fight with them and break the net." ”

"Brother Zhao is angry, I don't think there is necessarily only one way to die, we now have more than 30,000 horses, and there are also 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers stationed in Xiamaguan, adding up to 100,000, as long as the king of Zhenxi does not give up Tongyuan City, we can hold on to the imperial court. General Cheng said.

Chu Weixian nodded and said, "General Cheng is right, as long as we work together, we may not be able to resist the enemy army." He walked back and forth a few steps, stopped and said: "It's just that now that the northern region has been leveled, there is no more containment, if the imperial court concentrates heavy troops to attack, I am afraid that the disparity between the two sides is not a little." ”

"I am stepping up conscription, our military salary is high, and there are really many people who are willing to join the army. Zhao Jian said.

"Alas, no matter how you recruit, it is impossible to recruit tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in such a large county, so you have to find another way. Cheng Guang sighed and said.

"This is also the case, if there are really tens of thousands of elite soldiers and strong generals, then I am not afraid that the imperial court will invade our city again. As he spoke, Zhao Jian shook the hilt of the sword in his hand vigorously.

At this time, Tanma reported that a team of people came to Chengguan, and the leader claimed to be Yuwen Haotian, the king of Zhenbei, and came to meet Lord Chu.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, Chu Wei got up from the handsome chair and asked, "How many people are here?"

Tanma replied: "There are more than a dozen civil and military entourages, and about 200 light horsemen. ”

After hearing this, Chu Weixian let go of his heart and said, "Let's go, you two will go with me to meet this world-famous king of Zhenbei, and see what his intention is to come here?"

Lord Chu and the two generals led the crowd to the city gate, looked down at the mansion, and saw hundreds of people and horses under the city wall, and there were Wenchen military generals lined up on the left and right in front, and there was a silver helmet in the middle, and the white horse was like snow.

Take a closer look at this person, with a phoenix-winged silver helmet on top, a white robe of a dragon, a waist with eight treasures, a five-foot long sword, a four-edged wedge hanging next to the saddle, and a heart guard on his chest, radiant, so majestic!

"Who is in the city, and what advice do you have?" Zhao Jian asked loudly.

The white horse general under the city took a few steps forward and replied: "I am Yuwen Haotian, the son of Yuwen Bo, the former prime minister of the previous dynasty. I also hope that Lord Chu will accept it. ”

Chu Weixian thought to himself that I haven't agreed to let you enter the city yet, you thanked me for getting up first, where do you start. He didn't speak, but turned to look at the two generals beside him.

Zhao Jian said very happily: "Let them enter the city, they are all rebelling against the imperial court together, I heard that King Yuwen is a person who declares righteousness and wins the will of the people, maybe it will be very beneficial to us." ”

"No, King Zhenxi has never admired King Yuwen very much, and often said that he rebelled to help the court and save the country and the people, and King Yuwen was a foreign country and colluded with the Tufan country to seek the territory of the Central Plains. ”

Chu Wei was a little hesitant after listening to the opinions of the two first, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, he hesitated for a while, and then asked the two: "Why don't you send someone to ask the king of Zhenxi for instructions first?"

At this time, I saw King Yuwen under the city gate arching his hand to the city wall and thanking him: "Thank you Lord Chu for opening the door to greet you, the grace of rescue is unforgettable!"

The three people in the city were shocked, and they looked down at the city, only to see that the gate of the city had been opened, and a small group of people and horses were greeted inside, lining up to welcome King Yuwen and others into the city.

At this time, another Tanma suddenly came to report: "Lord General Soldier, the north gate and the east gate of Shicai City have been opened, and nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses have entered each other!"

The three of them were shocked when they heard this, and they were at a loss for a while. Zhao Jian suddenly remembered the batch of well-trained recruits he had just recruited, and some understood, "Oh no! He secretly complained in his heart.

Chu Wei saw that the wood was already in the boat, so he only said to the two: "The matter has come to this, we can only take advantage of the situation, and now I will go down to the city tower immediately to greet you." With that, he turned around and took the two of them straight to the bottom of the castle.

Lord Chu came downstairs and greeted the team of King Yuwen as a salute: "In Xiachu, I am here to welcome the arrival of the king of Zhenbei." ”

King Yuwen immediately got off the horse, stepped forward a few steps to support Lord Chu and said: "Your Excellency is polite, my Yuwen Haotian is now in trouble, fortunately my Lord helped, it is really a hardship to see the truth!"

At that moment, the two shook hands and said goodbye, politely exchanged words, and walked towards the marshal's mansion in the city.

After the guest and host sat down in the marshal's mansion, King Yuwen introduced the entourage of Wenchen and military generals to Chu Weixian, all of whom were shrewd and capable, and their spirit was high, and after seeing them one by one, Chu Weixian introduced the generals and other officials to King Yuwen, and also visited King Yuwen one by one.

Mrs. Chu and her little daughter Mu Yang also stepped forward to worship King Yuwen, and King Yuwen gave two rare Yubei Nine-Eyed Dzi to the two family members, and the two family members thanked them happily.

Just as he was about to retreat, Chu Muyang suddenly stopped, gave a salute to King Yuwen, and said, "The little girl is offensive, I see that the king's face and temperament are very similar to a friend I met when the little girl was a child. ”

Chu Weixian heard him say this, and also turned his head to look at Queen Yuwen, and couldn't help nodding his head: "Wu'er can talk about the virtuous nephew Zhang Tianci, I think there are a few similarities." ”

"Exactly, especially the heroism between the eyebrows, it is like a person. Mu Yang replied.

"Oh, that's a coincidence, my appearance is ordinary, and it's normal for one or two people to be similar. King Yuwen said with a smile after hearing this. "However, when there is a chance, I can introduce this brother to me. ”

"Okay, that's for sure. Mu Yang agreed, thanked him and stepped back.

Subsequently, Chu Wei first set up a banquet in the Shuaifu to invite King Yuwen and all the military generals of Wenchen, and the two sides talked happily and happily.

Here, the general army of Chu had already sent someone to inform the king of Zhenbei about the situation of King Yuwen leading his troops into Tongyuan County.