The fire in the military camp was extinguished, and Taiyuan City gradually returned to peace. As Li Yuanji escaped, the deputy left-behind Xiahou Duan was killed in the chaos. Tens of thousands of troops in Taiyuan City had no way to retreat and surrendered to the Fengzhou Army. The Fengzhou Army
He quickly controlled the important facilities such as the government offices, warehouses and other important facilities in Taiyuan City. At this point, the northern capital Taiyuan was finally captured by Yang Yuanqing.
Surrounded by thousands of cavalry, Yang Yuanqing, the general manager of Fengzhou, rode into Taiyuan City. Inside the city gate, the prefect Wang Xu led dozens of civil and military officials to bow and salute, "See General Manager Yang!"
Yang Yuanqing nodded, I followed the order of the King of Dai to fight against the rebel Li Yuan. Now conquering Taiyuan is only the first step in the southern expedition of Li Yuan. I hope that all ministers can place the country of the Great Sui Dynasty first, assist the King of Dai, and revitalize the great Sui Dynasty.
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Wang Xu said loudly: "We are willing to obey General Yang's instructions, assist the King of Dai, and revive the Sui Dynasty!"
This is, Pei Shiqing walked up to Yang Yuanqing and introduced it to him: "General Manager Yang, this is the prefect of the Prince of Taiyuan and the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan.
Of course Yang Yuanqing knew Wang Xu, the uncle of his wife Pei Minqiu. He met when he got married and Pei Minqiu back home. However, since Pei Shiqing introduced this in such a way, he told him that Wang Xu could trust him and he took Taiyuan City this time.
It also worked.
Although the Fengzhou army conquered Taiyuan, it does not mean that he could completely occupy Taiyuan County. After all, this is Li Yuan’s nest. Li Yuan has experienced here for many years. Then he will face Li Shimin’s counterattack. He needs these officials to comfort him.
The people recruited the surrender of the counties in Taiyuan County to stabilize the situation.
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "Prevent Wang, please rest assured. Fengzhou's military discipline is strict and there is no offense. Please ask Prefect Wang and all the envoys to appease the people. I hope the situation in Taiyuan City can be calmed down quickly."
Yang Yuanqing's implication is to tell everyone that everyone's official positions remain unchanged, and everyone is overjoyed. In fact, Li Yuan also launched an army in the name of the Sui Dynasty, and Yang Yuanqing was also in the name of the Sui Dynasty. For them, as long as Liu Wuzhou did not capture Taiyuan, everything would not change normally.
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All the officials came forward to salute and disperse themselves. Wang Xu and Pei Shiqing also knew that Yang Yuanqing was going to handle military affairs, so they said goodbye for the time being.
Yang Yuanqing then asked Qin Qiong, "But are you arresting an important prisoner of war in the well? Did Li Yuanji catch it?"
Before Qin Qiong could speak, Luo Shixin next to him stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to apologize, "Report to the general manager, Li Yuanji escaped from the south city, Beizhi led his army to intercept it, it was difficult to distinguish the enemy's army in the dark, but he escaped in the melee, Falcon Special came
Apologize!”
Luo Shixin led 5,000 cavalry ambushed three miles away in the south city just to intercept the fleeing enemy. Although he stopped Li Yuanji, he was finally escaped by Li Yuanji, which made Luo Shixin very depressed, and a great contribution came from his fingers.
Slide away.
Yang Yuanqing didn't blame him, he knew very well that it was dark tonight and that he could not see anyone within dozens of steps. This kind of interception actually depends on luck. Good luck, and he happened to stop Li Yuanji, otherwise, Li Yuanji
If he was determined to avoid him, Luo Shixin couldn't catch him at all.
"Get up! This time it was God who helped him, it was not your fault."
"Mr. Xie!"
Luo Shixin stood up, and at this time Qin Qiong reported again: "Report to the general manager, I won't talk about the surrendered general for the time being. There were three high-ranking officials who were captured, one was Liu Zhenghui, the young minister of Weiwei Temple. He came to Taiyuan to supervise the defensive weapons, and the other was Sima.
Liu Dewei, a chief of the Shishi Dou Dan, was arrested by Xue Shen, a powerful man in Taiyuan. Their brothers organized hundreds of people to respond in the city, burning the military camp and releasing war horses, all of them did."
Yang Yuanqing was a little interested in the Xue brothers, so he smiled and said, "Take them here to see me."
After a moment, a soldier brought the three brothers of Xue, and the elder brother Xue Shen stepped forward and bowed: "Xiaomin Xue Shen and his younger brother Xue Jing, Xue Gui will meet General Manager Yang."
Seeing that the three of them were all powerful and burly, Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but liked them a little, so he asked, "Are you famous Xue family in Hedong?"
Xue Shen smiled bitterly, "We can only be regarded as distant relatives of the famous Xue family. Our father is just a blacksmith, who is from a poor family, which disappoints the general manager."
"I'm not disappointed. I don't care about my background in our army, but only look at the merits. This time you responded in the city and helped me take over Taiyuan. I am a person who has made meritorious contributions. I want to reward you, and I can appoint one of your three brothers as the chief lieutenant.
,You can discuss it yourself!"
Xue Shen was overjoyed that being promoted to the commander was their dream. He said without hesitation: "My third brother Xue Gui had gone to Liaodong, so he could be a general."
"good!"
Yang Yuanqing looked at the third brother Xue Guidao with a kind of inspiration: "I will appoint you as the commander and join the Taiyuan County soldiers. I hope I will hear the news of your meritorious service soon."
Xue Gui served as the brigade commander in Liaozhong in the ninth year of Daye. Later, he fled back. He stepped forward and knelt on one knee, "I am willing to serve General Manager Yang!"
Yang Yuanqing turned around and ordered Li Jing, asking him to take Xue Gui down, and said to Xue Shen: "You are all local snakes, please pay attention to the situation in Taiyuan for me. If someone spreads rumors or has suspicious signs, investigate the information in our army, you can immediately
Report, I will remember your contribution.”
Xue Shen bowed and bowed, "I am deeply grateful to serve General Manager Yang."
Yang Yuanqing arranged surrendered generals and captured officials one by one, and then came to the Taiyuan Left-behind General Administration Office, which was also Li Yuan's original official residence. After a thorough search, the soldiers found many good women who were occupied by Li Yuanji from the back house. Yang Yuanqing
He ordered them to be let go, and all the gold, silver and treasures they found were rewarded to the meritorious soldiers.
At this time, it was already four o'clock in the night, and most of the soldiers were resting, and Yang Yuanqing could not fall asleep. It was not because of the joy of occupying Taiyuan City, but because of the occupation of Taiyuan City was just a midway stop in the Hedong Battle. He was about to face Li Yuan's unwillingness to accept it.
When he fought back, he had too many things to consider, and he had to deploy troops immediately to prepare for Li Shimin's counterattack.
The lights in the official room were bright, and a huge and detailed map of Hedong was hung on the wall, with lines drawn with red pens on it. Yang Yuanqing speculated that this should be painted by Li Yuan. It can be imagined that Li Yuan once held an oil lamp and carefully in front of this map.
He was considering the plan to seize Hedong and march into Guanzhong.
At this time, another owner was changed in front of the map, and he was also looking at the map, considering the plan to seize Hedong.
"Li Sima, do you think Li Shimin will go north to compete for Taiyuan, or give up Taiyuan and make every effort to consolidate the southeast of the river?"
Li Jing sat behind him, and he was also thinking. He was a little confused about Yang Yuanqing's strategic plan now, because before going to Hedong, he made it very clear that he took Taiyuan County and then went east to Youzhou, but now it seems that he seems to be
I also have the intention of taking the entire Hedong area.
This is very important and affects the overall situation. If he doesn't understand this, he will not be able to answer Yang Yuanqing's question.
Li Jing pondered for a moment and tried to find a more euphemistic statement. He slowly said: "Have the plan of the general manager to enter Youzhou changed?"
Yang Yuanqing was stunned. He immediately understood what Li Jing meant and smiled apologetically: "It's my fault, I didn't communicate with everyone fully."
He took out a letter and handed it to Li Jing, "This is just received by Du Changshi yesterday afternoon. Take a look! Du Changshi's suggestion."
Li Jing took the letter and read it hurriedly. He was also secretly surprised. Li Jiancheng led his army to occupy the counties in the Guanzhong. Even Yan'an County, the six counties in the north of Guanzhong, was occupied by Li Jiancheng's army. However, he did not continue to go north, but turned around.
When he went to Honghua County, Du Ruhui made a suggestion to exchange the passers-by for Hedong.
The Fengzhou Army only retained Lingwu and Wuyuan counties, and gave the rest to Li Yuan in exchange for the entire Hedong territory. Li Jing frowned immediately: "But in this exchange, what should I do with the turret wells of Yanchuan County, Iron Mine and Yan'an County?
?Those are extremely important military resources.
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "This letter was written to me. In fact, Du Ruhui only wrote half of it. Before my Eastern Expedition, Du Changshi talked to me about this matter in detail. He meant that after the Hedong was replaced, he could do it.
Stabilize the situation in Hedong, we can attack Youzhou with all our strength, and Li Yuan can also concentrate on dealing with Xue Ju and Zungui. After seizing Youzhou, Li Yuan will not be willing to give up Hedong at that time, and he will fight again, and we
Then you can retake Yanchuan County and Yan'an County, so that you can exchange your territory for time."
Li Jing pondered for a long time and said, "Although the strategy is good, there are many details to be considered. For example, Li Yuan has pacified Xue Ju and Li Gui, but we are trapped in Youzhou. Li Yuan will definitely take the opportunity to attack Hedong in a large-scale manner.
The six counties in Guannei are lost and Hedong is also facing a crisis. What should we do?"
Yang Yuanqing took a few steps behind his back. In fact, Li Jing's concerns are not unreasonable. The situation in Hebei is much more complicated than that of Hedong. Even if he defeats Luo Yi, there will be more powerful Dou Jiande, Gao Kaidao and Wei Daoer. If he doesn't add
Considering entering in large quantities is likely to attract the joint attacks of all the powerful people in Hebei, and it is not impossible to get caught in it.
"I have considered joining Dou Jiande in Hebei to deal with Luo Yi together, but I have not considered mature yet."
Li Jing smiled and said, "Dou Jiande is just trying to take Youzhou too! How to divide the spoils at that time? I think we can join forces with Luo Yi to deal with Dou Jiande, and finally occupy the nest and drive Luo Yi out of Youzhou, but Luo Yi may not be
I am willing to lead the wolf into the house!"
Both of them laughed. In fact, after all, the key is that they need to find a foothold in Hebei first, gain a firm foothold, and then play the Romance of the Three Kingdoms with Hebei Zhuqiang.
Li Yuanqing picked up his pen and drew a circle in Shanggu County. This was Wei Daoer's territory. He looked at Li Jing meaningfully.
Li Jing nodded silently. He understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, so he could consider it.
This is, he turned his thoughts back to Hedong and said with a smile: "Along with the deal suggested by Du Changshi just now, exchange for Hedong in the pass. Li Yuan suffered a great loss in this deal. I think he must be unwilling to throw away Hedong and is unwilling to exchange it."
, He will definitely order Li Shimin to protect Hedong."
Yang Yuanqing laughed, "I won't sleep now, and I will continue to discuss with you how to deal with Li Shimin because I know that if I don't fight a few battles, Li Yuan will never be willing to do so."
Yang Yuanqing turned the topic back to the first question just now, "That's why I asked you, do you think Li Shimin will go north to compete for Taiyuan, or give up Taiyuan and make every effort to consolidate the southern part of Hedong Road?"
"I don't think Li Shimin will go north to fight for Taiyuan again. He will definitely concentrate his troops to defend the counties in the south of Hedong Road." Li Jing said in an unusual tone. [Please give me a monthly vote, recommend votes!]!.