Now, nearly half of the people in the Yuan and Wei Dynasties have changed their surname to Li, and it was Li Chengzhi who killed him with one sword and one shot. It is not an exaggeration to say that in the minds of the people of the world, especially the states and counties north of the capital, Li Chengzhi
His current reputation and prestige are higher than those of the Young Emperor in Beijing.
I can probably count the number of people in this world that he could personally greet with just two slaps.
Just like the famous minister Cui Xiu sent by Li Feng a few days ago, Li Chengzhi just greeted him out of the gate of the state government office as a courtesy corporal.
But now people are welcoming them directly out of the city. Could it be that people like their father Xi Kangsheng and Taiwei Li Chong are visiting?
Or Yuan Yi?
Apart from these few, Da Xi really couldn't think of anyone else who deserved such treatment.
"Not a famous general, let alone a famous minister, but food and grass!"
Li Chengzhi smiled as he walked down the tower, "Of course, there are still a few celebrities, and they are worthy of me going out of the city to welcome them!"
Daxi became even more curious.
The convoy clearly came from the east, and to the east of Yongzhou are Luo and Huazhou. Now Yang Zhi, Yang Jun and Yuan Qin are leading a heavy army to confront Huangfu Rang. How can they transport grain and grass from the east to Chang'an?
?
With doubts in his heart, Da Xi followed Li Chengzhi out of the east gate.
It must have been arranged in advance, and nearly a thousand soldiers had formed a formation outside the city gate. This was Li Chengzhi's sleeping guard, and the camp commander asked Li Cong to do so.
Li Chengzhi did not use any cavalry, so he walked to the front of the military formation and stood with his hands behind his back.
Thinking that he would see the person soon, Da Xi did not say much and stood beside Li Chengzhi.
The motorcade was getting closer and closer, and we could already see clearly the flag on the first driver, which suddenly had a "huge" Chinese character "Guo" written on it. We must have also seen Li Chengzhi's Wang flag. The driver stopped a hundred steps away, and then a lot of people came down.
people.
None of them were wearing armor, and most of them were dressed as Confucian scholars. Everyone straightened their clothes under the car and walked to the city gate together.
The leader is over 30 years old, and his face is elegant and beautiful. He is not inferior to Li Chengzhi and can be said to stand out from the crowd.
Da Xi always felt that it was very familiar, and he must have seen it before. The closer he got, the more strange the feeling became: the leader was very similar to Li Chengzhi.
After thinking for a moment, Da Xi suddenly remembered: Is this Li Chengzhi's uncle, the former governor of Jing, Shi Guo Cunxin?
No wonder he was in a trance.
Six years ago, he had only met Guo Cunxin two or three times in Jingzhou City, and had no close friendship, so Da Xi did not think of him immediately.
At this time, his demeanor remains the same as before. Standing together with Li Chengzhi, he seems like a brother.
With a smile on his face, Li Chengzhi bowed deeply and said, "Thank you for your hard work, uncle!"
Guo Cunxin quickly gave him a hand, and when Li Chengzhi turned around, he pointed behind him: "I just met Li Cong, and I learned that you came to the city to wait for me at 5 o'clock in the morning. I must be waiting in a hurry, so I will give you a hand right now.
You introduce..."
There were several people standing behind him, most of whom were similar in age to Guo Cunxin. They were all staring at Li Chengzhi, with wonder and emotion in their eyes.
I am surprised that Li Chengzhi has achieved such great achievements at such a young age. With the current situation, it is only a matter of time for Li Chengzhi to become the world leader.
I lamented that Li Chengzhi was so sincere that he went to the city to wait for him in the middle of the night. Whether he was sincere or pretending, he acted like a polite corporal, buying a horse bone for a thousand dollars.
Most of them had similar thoughts in their hearts, and several people bowed down together: "I have met Li Guogong!"
"No need to be too polite. Just address Li Yi by name... If you don't mind how younger Li Yi is, then it's okay to address him as brothers..."
Li Chengzhi repeatedly helped him, his tone was friendly, and his smile became more charming, making people feel like they were bathed in spring breeze.
Hearing the three people's birthplaces and names, Da Xi was struck by thunder and stayed on the spot.
Taiyuan Guo family, Taiyuan Wang family, Julu Wei family, Fenyin Xue family, Bohai Gao family...all are big families in Hedong.
Although they are all unknown people, Da Xi has never heard of their names, but he might as well guess their origins from their names and surnames.
A glimpse of one spot tells the whole story. Even with his toes, Daxi could guess why these people came to Chang'an.
There is a reason to use oneself to save people, and leave the good Wei officials with him, and become a rebel general under Li Chengzhi's command recently: it must be the intention of the elders in the family, just to leave a way out for the family.
No wonder food is transported to Chang'an from the east?
While he was in a daze, when he heard Li Chengzhi calling him, Da Xi suddenly woke up and hurriedly came over to greet those people.
Hearing that Da Xi introduced himself to his family, claiming that he was the son of Xi Kangsheng, and that he had been a leading general in the imperial court before. Although the faces of those people were slightly surprised, they immediately showed a sense of matter-of-factness.
As expected, they are all the same number...
After a few words of greeting, Li Chengzhi invited everyone to board the carriage, then mounted his horse to lead the way.
When Li Chengzhi mounted his horse, Da Xi quickly clamped his horse's belly and rode alongside him. Then he asked in a low voice: "Where are you coming from?"
I had seen him stunned in shock before, so I had clearly guessed it, but I just didn't want to give up, so I came to him again to confirm it.
"Asking even though you know it!"
Li Chengzhi laughed and scolded, and then said seriously: "Wang Jiye, the son of Wang Qiongzhi, the official of Jin Ziguanglu, the eunuch of Zhongshu... Guo Qingzhi, the right servant of Shangshu, and Guo Qingzhi, the clansman of Taifu Guo Zhu... The great secretary of Nong, and the clan of Gao Cong, Shangshu of Cangbu.
Sun Gaoyu...the other two are one is Wei An, my uncle's nephew, and the other is Xu Jiling, the younger brother of Xu He..."
Da Xi's eyes were as wide as a bull's eye: Did he really guess it right?
Listen to these elders, which one is not an important minister of the country and has a great reputation throughout the world?
But looking at these few, they are really just nobody.
What's even more strange is that they are all side branches...
"Why did it come so suddenly? I didn't even hear anything about it before. How did you contact me?"
That’s it for the last two.
Wei Zijian is Li Chengzhi's maternal uncle, so it is only natural that he should do his best to recruit several capable Wei descendants to serve Li Chengzhi.
It’s not surprising that the Fenyin family came to vote.
Xu Jingmao, the prefect of Zhaoxing County in Binzhou, surrendered the county in early June. Then in mid-August, his father, Xuhe, who was the deputy general of Lishi at the time, and Li Fengli joined forces to defeat Lishi and capture the general Cui Xiu alive.
But the remaining three are very strange.
Even if the descendants of the Cui family in Qinghe came to join him, Da Xi would not be surprised. After all, Cui Guang is now the head of the civil servants in Xihai, so it is normal for his descendants to join him.
But I have never heard of any friendship between Li Chengzhi and the Wang family, the Guo family in Taiyuan, and the Gao family in Bohai...
"Who said there is no friendship? Have you forgotten that my uncle's surname is Guo?"
"One is a Guo family from Hexi, and the other is a Guo family from Taiyuan. They just have the same surname. How can we have any friendship?"
Da Xi and Li Chengzhi were used to laughing and joking, so he was not afraid of him. He smiled and sarcastically said, "Just like my surname is Xi, is it possible that all the people with the surname Xi in the world are my relatives?"
Li Chengzhi did not defend himself and sneered in a low voice: "You have no knowledge and no skills!"
It is not that he is far-fetched, the Hexi Guo family and the Taiyuan Guo family are really from the same clan and ancestor. They are both descendants of Guo Quan, the great minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Guo Quansheng had two sons, and his second son Guo Yun became the governor of Yanmen, and had three more sons. Guo Shu's branch is the descendant of Guo Yun's youngest son Guo Liang.
Guo Huai, the eldest son of Guo Yun, was a famous general in Cao Wei. He was the governor of Yongzhou and Liangzhou for more than ten years. He repeatedly defeated Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wei and others, and was granted the title of Marquis of Yangqu.
When he was guarding Liangzhou, his nephews Guo Zhi and Guo Xian died in the battle in Liangzhou. Their sons moved to Wuwei to guard their graves, and they became the Guo family in Hexi.
For example, the Wang family in Taiyuan, the Guo family, and the Wei family have all lived in Hedong for generations, and have been married for generations. So after a few twists and turns, they naturally became related to Li Chengzhi.
Of course, now that it has been passed down to the eighth generation, the relationship between the Hexi Guo family and the Taiyuan Guo family is slightly stronger than that of strangers. As for the Wang family, it is much further away.
But when the time comes, it can be of great use.
As soon as the Xiaolong Pass was broken, Li Chengzhi concluded that he would be able to completely occupy Guanzhong by the end of the year at most. Although he did not dare to say that he would definitely defeat the Yuan and Wei Dynasties in the future, change the country's ownership, and completely change his surname to Li. But in terms of the situation,
Or perhaps people who don't know the truth think that Li Chengzhi is as powerful as a tiger and invincible, but the imperial court has been defeated repeatedly and retreated steadily.
It also happened that Yuan Qin burned down the grain and grass in the three western states. Li Chengzhi was so worried about the grain that he had to take action against the Hedong family.
At that time, the West Sea was like a rainbow, but Li Chengzhi retreated bravely and refused to eat the meat that was brought to his mouth. He did not take Binzhou. This was the purpose of Yongzhou.
Not only does it make the Guanzhong family realize the reality, but it also serves as a warning to the Hedong family not to make the same mistake again.
It was also at that time that he asked Guo Cunxin to come out of the mountain and go to Taiyuan to recognize his ancestors and return to his clan. At the same time, he also asked Wei Zijian to contact the Julu Wei family to help him and lobby the families in Hedong.
Li Chengzhi's demands were not high: he did not ask for the surrender of the Hedong family, nor did he ask the powerful families to raise armies, or show their support for him. He only wanted to persuade the Hedong family to trade with Guandong and smuggle some grain into Guanzhong to meet their urgent needs.
At first, all the families were either evasive or waiting and watching, and their attitudes were all ambiguous. When Li Chengzhi captured Bin and Yong prefectures with great force, and his troops were directed at the gateway to the capital, the Hedong family finally relaxed a little:
Selling grain is fine, even sending some to Li Chengzhi is not a problem, but there are still three states of Xia, Dongqin, and Hua between Hedong and Guanzhong, so the grain can't fly over on its own, right?
But this is not true of Li Chengzhi.
He immediately ordered Li Feng to take out the border wall first to isolate Yuan Yao, Xi Kangsheng and others from Xiazhou so that they could not go south to support them. Then he quickly attacked Lishi with light chariots and simple cavalry.
The general in Lishi Town was Cui Xiu. Although he was not as good as Xi Kangsheng and Li Chong, he had a good reputation and was good at running the army. Li Chengzhi thought it would be a hard battle.
However, Xu Jingmao, the governor of Zhaoxing County who had just surrendered, recommended himself, saying that he was very confident in persuading his uncle to surrender to Li Chengzhi. Only then did Li Chengzhi remember that when Chencang defeated Nanliang in the crusade against Yuanli, Xu Jingmao
He is a subordinate general under his command.
He also remembered that Gao Ying wanted to kill the donkey, and when the battle was about to change, Wei Zijian ventured to Guanzhong to remind him that he first secretly contacted Xue He and sneaked into the military camp, and then met Li Chengzhi.
Wei Zijian and Xiu He were not only close friends, but also brothers-in-law.
Haha, the flood washed away the Dragon King Temple, and the whole family no longer knew each other.
Li Chengzhi immediately wrote a handwritten letter, and at the same time he did not forget to ask Wei Zijian to write a letter, and then Xue Jingmao took him to Lishi, and then he persuaded him face to face.
Xue Jingmao lived up to his high expectations and adopted a three-pronged approach to persuade Xue and Yu to rebel in the city and seize the city gate late at night.
Only in this way did Li Feng achieve his miraculous feat of conquering Lishi Town in less than seven days.
How did the Hedong family know that Li Feng won so quickly because of Xue He's internal support? They only knew that they used Guo Cunxin as an excuse on the grounds that the trade route was blocked, but Li Shizhen was defeated.
From front to back, it was less than ten days?
Lishi is adjacent to Taiyuan to the east, Jinming to the west, and to the north is the border wall of Liuzhen. Occupying Lishi not only opened up the commercial, military, and grain roads between Hedong and Guanzhong, but also connected the imperial court and Liuzhen in the heart of Hedong.
A nail was driven into the middle.
What's more, Li Feng has already occupied most of the border wall, and has advanced his troops to Xuanwu County, Xiazhou, which is the upper right corner of the "ji" shape in the Hetao. He will deploy more troops in the spring of next year to occupy the remaining border wall.
Next, it is not impossible to advance the troops to the coast of Pingzhou.
By that time, it would be equivalent to completely isolating the six towns to the north of the border wall. Let's not say whether Li Chengzhi will take the six towns. The town army, which has run out of food, will inevitably be in chaos.
Whether the imperial court has the ability to rescue or whether it will abandon the six towns is only secondary. Whether Li Chengzhi will send his troops south and take the opportunity to capture Hedong is the key.
The answer is obvious.
It has only been less than three or four years since the Monk Rebellion, Gao Zhao and other disasters occurred. No matter how rich Hedong is, it cannot be as rich as Guanzhong. No matter how strong Hedong is, can it be stronger than Guanzhong with Yuanyao in the north and Cui Yanbo and an army of 500,000?
The powerful families in the east of Hedong had already anticipated the scene where the army from the West Sea invaded the counties and the thick iron cannons bombarded the city gates.
From that day on, yin and yang reversed, and the strong and the weak changed positions. Guo Cunxin no longer came to lobby one by one, but instead, Hedong aristocratic families came in droves to show their goodwill to Guo Cunxin.
Of course, most of the people who came were descendants of branches and collateral lines, just like the ones I just met. They never mentioned the main family in their words. The clan brothers who hold important positions in Jingzhong, Hedong, Henan, and the six towns, from
How about uncle? He just said that he couldn’t see the suffering of the people in Guanzhong, so he donated food and grass to help.
It is also known as the family classics of the Guo family in Hexi. He originally became a disciple of Guo Cunxin and followed him to Guanzhong to study.
Studying is of course a lie, taking the opportunity to work under Li Chengzhi and leaving a way out for the family in advance is the real thing.
It was an old routine for aristocratic families. Li Chengzhi was not surprised at all, but he didn't expect it to come so early.
He used to think that this scene would only happen when Huazhou was captured and the army directed Luoyang.
Although he couldn't stand the aristocratic family's way of consolidating class, Li Chengzhi was not stupid enough to turn him away and deliberately created difficulties and obstacles for himself. That's why the scene of the polite and virtuous corporal chatting and laughing...
After listening to what Li Chengzhi said, Da Xi was stunned and speechless. After being stunned for a long time, he asked: "This matter is like a river breaking its embankment. Once it breaks out, it will be out of control. If we wait until next year to capture Huazhou, or take the
Six towns, other aristocratic families haven’t heard of the news and come to invest? I’m afraid I won’t be able to use it after all my hard work..."
Li Chengzhi couldn't help but laugh: "How can it be so easy? As long as the grain from Hedong can be transported to Guanzhong and the urgent need is solved, I will be grateful... In other words, even if it is as you said, the world will return to conquer Luoyang.
There may not be a need for water warfare, but if we want to drink from the Yangtze River, how can we lack naval forces?"
"yes?"
Da Xi laughed excitedly, "If we want to unify the world, how can we not defeat the Southern Dynasty?"