Chapter 57: Eastern Capital (Five)

On a snowstorm night, Li Mi launched a sneak attack on Hulao Pass.

Originally, this was an extremely secret sneak attack, but due to a small accident, the sneak attack turned into a strong attack.

In terms of talent, Xin Wenli does not have the keen war talent of Xu Shiji.

However, more than twenty years of military service and more than ten years of official career made Xin Wenli calm and cautious beyond Xu Shiji. After Xin Shixiong's death, the Xin family had already declined. Unlike the five surnames and seven masters, the Xin family had passed down his martial arts and was far less profound than the classics and history.

Among the ancestors, the family was destroyed and other tribesmen were helped.

But what about a family like Xin Wenli who passed on military merits? After Xin Shixiong died in battle, Xin Wenli had not been promoted for six years. Even if he had made great achievements, he would not get almost any results. No one was here to do it, so Xin Wenli was even more careful and had to think twice before doing anything. After all, the Xin family is the most prominent in his official position. If there is another problem, the Xin family will have no hope.

After taking over Hulao, Xin Wenli quickly set up dozens of eyes and ears on the short journey from Yuanwu to Hulao Pass.

It just so happened that Li Yanqing built a large-scale wooden house in Xingyang to gather refugees.

So Xin Wenli followed suit and mixed his stronghold with those refugee wooden houses, and no one knew about it except himself.

Li Mi attacked Yuan Wu, and Xin Wenli's eyes and ears immediately noticed it.

So a small team of Sui troops tried to attack Li Mi in detail to get time for their companions to report the news. This was a spontaneous act, and to be honest, it was stupid. However, I didn't expect that the vanguard army, who led the troops to attack Hulao Pass, immediately expanded the scope of revenge and quickly covered all refugees.

There are no one thousand refugees along the way, and there are eight hundred.

He suffered from the city gate disaster and immediately rose up to resist. This also expanded the war and made Xin Wenli get the news one hour in advance to prepare. Xin Wenli immediately lit the beacon and lit the wolf smoke. However, on this night when the blizzard was raging, the beacon was quickly extinguished and the wolf smoke could not convey the message. But even so, it was enough to force Li Mi to change his plan.

As the sneak attack failed, Li Mi became angry and embarrassed.

He immediately ordered the vanguard army headed by Xu Yuanlang to launch a fierce attack on Hulao.

At the same time, Li Mi quickly occupied Yuanwu County, and used Yuanwu as the important place of the rear army. He ordered Wang Dangren, Wang Bodang, brothers to guard Yuanwu. Then he personally led a large army of 120,000 and sent troops to Hulao Pass. Among the generals accompanying him were General Shan Xiongxin, General Shan Wuhou and General Wang Deren of the Right Wuhou. In addition, Li Gongyi, Zhang Gongjin, Sun Changle, Niu Jinda and other generals of Wagang, who rushed straight outside Hulao Pass.

Li Mi set up a central army commander's tent on the ruins of Jindi Pass to remotely control the war ahead.

I thought Xu Shiji was gone and Li Yanqing was not here, so Hulao Pass should be conquered in one fell swoop.

But Xin Wenli refused to attack, no matter how hard you attacked, he was trying to deal with the moves and destroy the morale of the Wagang Army. After the autumn renovation of Hulao Pass, it was taller and stronger than before. There were two battalions of soldiers and horses in the Guannei Village, and Xin Shijie and Cui Wanli joined forces to take charge. In addition, Xin Wenli's headquarters had 1,000 people in Yingyang Mansion, which made 5,000 soldiers and horses in the Hulao Pass, which was enough to deal with the rebels.

By noon the next day, Luo Shixin led his troops to Hulao Pass.

Xin Wenli was extremely surprised and personally led Xin Shijie and Cui Wanli's army to greet him.

"General Luo, why are you here?"

"Last night, Mr. Li discovered some abnormalities and was worried that something would happen to the tiger prison, so he ordered the last general to lead 5,000 troops to support the general."

"Where is Mr. Li now?"

"Li Langjun... didn't come."

What kind of person is Xin Wenli? Even if he is not a mature person, his ability to observe words and expressions is not bad. He could see that Luo Shixin seemed to be insincere and immediately did not ask about Li Yanqing's traces. After a while of greeting Luo Shixin, he ordered reinforcements to camp on the spot and then led Luo Shixin to a small tent.

"General Luo, did something unexpected happen?"

Luo Shixin looked at Xin Shijie and Cui Wanli in his palm. Xin Wenli waved his hands at them. They immediately walked out of the tent and guarded the door.

Take out a letter from his arms and handed it to Xin Wenli.

"Li Langjun said that after reading this letter, he had no objection, no matter what decision he made.

However, Li Langjun asked the general to believe that he had no intention of fighting for anything. What he did was to protect the people of Xingyang from the disaster of war."

Xin Wenli couldn't help but feel a little shocked. After taking the letter, he refused to open it for a long time.

Li Yanqing seems to have to take big measures!

This move may harm his future, but he still has to do it.

Xin Wenli was both grateful and admired by Li Yanqing. If Xingyang County had not supported Li Yanqing, it might have been devastated. But to this day, Xingyang is one of the few paradises in the world. People still do business and farm, and it seems that nothing has happened.

What is the reason?

It is because Li Yanqing is still struggling to support it!

Xin Wenli's military talent may not be as good as Xu Shiji, but his political mind and vision are extremely vicious.

What will happen in the end in this situation now? He didn't know! However, he could see that from the moment Li Yuan raised his troops and entered Guanzhong, the Sui Dynasty had no hope. Li Yanqing struggled to support him, what was he seeking? What was his purpose?

Xin Wenli could vaguely sense that there seemed to be a huge energy behind Yan Qing.

From his childhood to becoming famous for his goose-chanting style, to his later worshipping Pili Hall, to his transition to Goguryeo and fighting against Yang Xuangan, to the third-rank Henan ambassador who is still seeking arrest. Behind Yan Qing, there seems to be a mysterious figure, supporting Yan Qing to this day, still sticking to Xingyang.

However, no matter what he was doing...at least he was in Xingyang, and he saved the peaceful life of the people of Xingyang.

Over the years, Li Yanqing has survived countless lives!

There are more than ten thousand refugees who have obtained new births in Xingyang County? They can be counted as hundreds of thousands.

With this alone, Xin Wenli was convinced by Li Yanqing. You see, there is only so much land, but not a small population. There is a small land and a large population, so the profession of sedan chairman appeared... This is just one of Yan Qing's many contributions to the people of Xingyang, but it can be seen that no matter what purpose he was for, the land became more prosperous and prosperous.

Sometimes, Xin Wenli was wondering, what would it look like if Li Yanqing was in charge of Xingyang?

I think it will never be worse than now!

Xin Wenli took out the letter, read it quickly.

"General Luo, what the letter said is true?"

"The last general doesn't know what the letter said, but after Li Langjun met the people from Xingyang on the way, he led three thousand people and left halfway."

Xin Wenli suddenly laughed!

"I am just General Ying Yanglang, and what I care about is the safety of Hulao.

This involves government affairs, which is not my ability. So no matter how Li Langjun does it, it has nothing to do with me... My task is to guard the Huzhu."

"The order received by the last general is also to assist Xin Langjun, and it is definitely not Li Ni's step forward."

"It's so good, let's talk about it later when we get into the city."

Xin Wenli said, lit the letter in his hand on the butter candle in the tent and turned into a ball of ashes. Then he walked out of the army and went to the city tower with Luo Shixin to observe the enemy situation. Xin Shijie and Cui Wanli looked at each other without saying a word, followed Xin Wenli.

The snow stopped and the sun came out!

But the temperature seems to be lower and colder.

Xin Wenli subconsciously wrapped her wolf-skinned cloak on her body and looked into the distance.

But his thoughts couldn't help but...fly to Xingyang County.

"Zhou Chen...I decided to give out Xingyang."

During lunch, Yang Qing left Liu Zhouchen in the room. While eating, he seemed to be careless and said his heart.

"ah?"

Although Liu Zhouchen was prepared for a long time, he knew that Yang Qing would definitely discuss it with him.

But when he heard Yang Qing say it with his own ear, he couldn't help but look surprised.

"Distributed to Xingyang?"

"Zhou Chen, do you think the Sui Dynasty can still hold on now?"

Yang Qing did not answer, but instead asked again. However, before Liu Zhouchen spoke, he gave the answer himself: "It has been more than a year since I was in the blink of an eye. I originally thought that the emperor was just going to relax, but he never returned and left the huge country, and Yu Jiangdu was drunk and dreaming. I have never been to Jiangdu, and I don't know what's good there. But I know that Guanzhong is the foundation and the Central Plains is the lifeblood. If you go to one of the two, the country will inevitably be in chaos. But the emperor... still has no intention of turning around."

What's the use of coming back now?

Li Yuan had already obtained Guanzhong and firmly surrounded Chang'an, Xijing.

The ancestors of Guanzhong clearly stated their position. Even if Yang Guang comes back, he will not be able to make the situation come back. This situation is hopeless and cannot be saved by human resources. If Li Yuan had not sent troops to capture Guanzhong, if Yang Guang even announced his return before Li Yuan attacked Guanzhong, he would not have had such turmoil as today. At that time, it would be said that the Sui Dynasty would be saved...

Now, it's too late to say anything!

Yang Qing has even abandoned the name "Organ" and changed it to "I".

This shows that he has made up his mind.

Liu Zhouchen looked up and asked, "Why did the king suddenly surrender?"

Well, even if you want to surrender, you suddenly made a decision. You know, at this time yesterday, Yang Qing was still talking about the current situation with great enthusiasm, but after a night of hard work, he made up his mind.

Liu Zhouchen was very curious. What did Zheng Xiaoqing tell Yang Qing about to change his mind?

Yang Qing hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Liangjun... has surrendered!"

"ah?"

Another news that surprised Liu Zhouchen.

Yang Qing looked up and smiled bitterly, "Yang Wang has surrendered to Li Ni... Li Mi, but now, it is still secretly disclosed.

Yang Wang sent me a letter to persuade me to surrender. He said that Li Mi was the destiny of heaven, and the situation was irreversible. After losing Liang County, Li Mi controlled most of Shandong and cut off us from Jianghuai. Now, Dongdu seems not very stable. Nephew Wang is young and it is difficult to curb the situation. I have been thinking about it. Instead of holding on like this, it is better to surrender early and leave a way out for myself. Anyway, Li Mi will sooner or later break through Xingyang County... Although Li Yanqing can fight, can he withstand the destiny of heaven and the general trend?"

Liu Zhouchen was speechless and just drank a sip of wine quietly.

"But Zhou Chen, don't worry. I have already agreed with Li Mi that he will not destroy much after he occupy Xingyang.

What he wants is Luokoucang, Gong County, and Li Yanqing's head. At that time, I will still be the governor of Xingyang County, and you will become my chief minister."

In the past, due to his identity, Yang Qing could not give Liu Zhouchen a proper arrangement.

And now, if he surrendered to Li Mi, he would be able to appoint Liu Zhouchen legitimately.
To be continued...