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Yi County is located in the middle of Qushi Valley.

From Taiyuan to Guanzhong, you have to pass through Hedong, you can go to Hedong and pass through Bird and Mouse Valley first.

In Luliang, under the Wangwu Mountains, the Queshi Valley is actually an important road connecting Taiyuan and Hedong, with a narrow and rugged terrain. Huoyi County is in the middle of the Queshi Valley, which is a checkpoint of the important road, and it should be a one-man who is the pass that cannot be opened by tens of thousands of men.

Li Yuan was in Huo Yicheng at this moment, frowned and anxious.

He was not easy to be a soothing ambassador. He seemed glorious, but he was similar to the guard Shaoqing of the Eastern Capital. He was flashy and powerful outside and had a strong outside and was at the same time.

When the news of Taiyuan City being surrounded was immediately reached Li Yuan's ears, he could only sigh that God was really mean to him. As a royal relative, he was the target of being teased by the emperor all his life. His surname was Li, but after the fall of the Li family in Dongdu, he was the only official surnamed Li who rose instead of surrendering. Others were envious and aware of it. Although this is due to the third brother Li Xuanba's life sacrifice, there is another very important point that Yang Guang, who is very ambitious and talented, has always looked down on him from the bottom of his heart.

Being looked down upon is sometimes a blessing. When Li Yuan thought of this, he felt a little sad. After the Chinese New Year, he was buried half of the soil. He only thought that it would be good to have a good life under Yang Guang's men. Unexpectedly, Yang Guang actually asked him to be a comfort ambassador of Hedong and Shanxi. This is a nameless official title. In fact, anyone who holds military power looks down on him. But this is also an official title with many things. He defeated Wu Duaner from Longmen some time ago, and suddenly caught up with the siege of Yanmen. He worked hard to recruit rescue soldiers. Before he arrived in Taiyuan, Xiao Buyi took the lead. Fortunately, Li Shimin finally made some contributions to serving the king, and he was considered to be useless. But in a flash, Li Shanfei attacked Taiyuan City again, and he had to save him.

Now, there are great chaos, not only Shandong, Hebei, Henan and other places, but also wars are everywhere, and even begin to affect the fortress in Shanxi. When Li Yuan thought of this, he clenched his fists. It seems that the world has changed from a small chaos to a middle chaos. Now, if the Sui Shi falls and the world is in a sudden chaos, he will not think about the Sui Shi, but always think about the Li family. But now, as the general of the Right Guard, Xiao Buyi is in charge of Hedong and Shanxi, and you can tell if you don’t ask. This is the priest.

With one move, he supported Xiao Buyi to fight against the Guanlong clans, and maybe he would also let him monitor himself. Xiao Buyi's foundation was unstable if he won, so he didn't have to be too afraid. For him, Yang Guang, it would not hurt his body or his body. At worst, he would find someone to take the blame. The Guanlong clans must have known the emperor's intention, otherwise they would not have sent troops slowly in the Yanmen siege, and the thieves in Lishanfei were sitting around and ignoring them. Although the emperor was the emperor, he could do nothing to them.

"Dad, I want to invite a team of elite soldiers to raid Li Shanfei." Li Shimin walked in at some time and said loudly.

"Nonsense." Li Yuan's contemplation was interrupted, and he couldn't help but scold: "Shimin, you are becoming more and more ignorant now. Why do you dare to fight alone into the Queshi Valley by bringing hundreds of soldiers? If you hadn't led your troops to take you back to Huoyi for your father, you might have died at this moment. Do you know?"

Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied and said, "Dad, I think you are too cautious. Lishanfei is just a bandit this time. What are the abilities? If I come to lead the troops, I will arrive at Jiahu Fort early and defend it in danger, why should I be trapped here? Now that Lishanfei has robbed Jiahu Fort dozens of miles northwest, I will fight against us by danger. There are only two thousand soldiers in the city, so when will they not attack or defend? Now Lishanfei's reinforcements are coming in a row. Although they are still holding their troops, they will inevitably not go straight south to capture Taiyuan City. At that time, Huoyi will be the first to be the defending land. If we are alone, we will not be able to defend sooner or later.

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Li Yuan frowned and scolded, "What do you know? Do you think you and Yun Dingxing will know how to use troops after going to the scene? I tell you, you are still far from it! If you have half the calmness and pragmatism of your elder brother, why are you and I trapped so much today? I ask you to read more military tactics on weekdays, but you have seen it one day? Although the terrain of Jiahu Fort is dangerous, our troops are limited, and it is easy for Li Shanfei to defeat each one. Now two thousand elite soldiers are guarding Huoyi and pinch Li Shanfei to the south.

The key point is that Huoyi has no worries about food and supplies, and it can't be conquered for several months, but your elder brother will arrive soon with his infantry, and it will not be too late to plan at that time. Now the bandits are in great power, and we are all the soldiers we have recruited with hard work, which is very useful to our Li family. Hundreds of war horses have been raised for a long time. You have led hundreds of cavalry to break into the Jiahu Fort, losing half of the horses. You have been crippled by half of my hard-working accumulation. You have the face to ask me for elite soldiers?"

"Then will not save Taiyuan?" Li Shimin said unconvincedly: "Dad, if Taiyuan City is lost, the emperor will definitely cause trouble for you."

Li Yuan snorted coldly, "You know how to save, save, save immediately. Do you know that Taiyuan City is for the Great Sui Dynasty. It has sufficient soldiers and enough food. What can Li Shanfei do if he conquers it? How could the court watch the bandits fall into the hands of the thieves? How long can he occupy it? Now that the Central Plains bandits are rampant, Zhai Rang, Dou Jiande, Wang Bo, and Du Fuwei are all rebelling for a long time. Who can capture the important towns? Besides, Taiyuan City is high and thick, how can Li Shanfei conquers it urgently? The bandits are greedy for money and life, and of course they will not sacrifice their lives to attack. If we hold the bandits down, we will naturally be a contribution. If you are asking you to save Taiyuan City and sacrifice the elite soldiers, how will you make a decision?"

Li Shimin said after a while: "Then I am afraid that the credit for releasing the Taiyuan Siege will be snatched by Xiao Buyi again."

"You finally have some vision this time." Li Yuan suddenly sighed, "Shimin, you don't know the difficulties of being a father. Now the emperor is more suspicious and he is suspicious of others. He also promotes Xiao Buyi and me, but he takes Li Jing with his intentions. He also wants us to help him and to restrain each other. Even if you send troops to lift the siege of Taiyuan City, you may not be jealous and slandered, but you will cause trouble. We have only this little family background and cannot be squandered."

"Li Jing seems to be using military force for two tricks." Li Shimin suddenly asked, "But you have always had conflicts with him. Xiao Bu is in great power. Li Jing is afraid that he will give you a headache."

Li Yuan was silent for a long time and said, "I have my own plans for my father. Shimin, you must remember that you must not act voluntarily and send troops again. After your mother passed away, I asked me to take good care of your brother and sister. Xuanba went there, which made me feel heartbroken. I don't want to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person. How can I explain it to your mother in the dark?"

When he said this, his eyes were a little red. Li Shimin said for a long time: "Dad, I was wrong. Next time I will definitely not be greedy for merit and make you worry."

Li Yuan smiled and patted Li Shimin's back of his hand. "This is the best."

**

While Li Yuan and his son were talking, a person suddenly rushed to the door, "Mr. Li, things are strange."

"Zhixuan, why are you nervous?" Li Yuan stood up suddenly, "Has the enemy attacked the city?"

The visitor looked a little solid and medium-sized, with black faces and big eyes, and a stubble. "Mr. Li, the bandits in the north of the city are in chaos. I will ask for instructions on whether to take the opportunity to attack."

Li Yuan frowned. The person who came was Duan Zhixuan, who was born in a military camp. He used to be a team leader, but he was brave and good at using troops. Li Yuan came to rescue him this time and brought him to his side.

Hearing Duan Zhixuan's suggestion, Li Yuan grabbed his wrist and said, "Zhixuan, take me there."

Shimin followed the two excitedly. Suddenly, what did Xiao Buyi and his men arrive?”

Li Yuan frowned and said, "If he wants to rescue, he will go to Taiyuan City first. How could he almost reach Bird Rat Valley?"

But knowing that Duan Zhixuan was very steady and would never be aimless. Li Yuan led the two to the city tower and looked over. He saw that the bandits were in chaos and clashing everywhere. A team of people and horses fought and had already broken the bandits into the ground.

"Dad, that person is Li Jing." Li Shimin shouted loudly.

Although Li Yuan was old, his eyes were not blurred. Seeing Li Jing galloping on his horse, he was majestic and killed all directions. He was surprised and said, "Why did he come here to help me if he is not with Xiao Buyi? Could it be that the siege of Taiyuan City has been lifted? How could this be possible?"

Li Yuandi suspected that it was reasonable, but because he knew that Li Shanfei claimed that tens of thousands of troops besieged Taiyuan City this time. Although there were more than 10,000 Queshi Valley, Xiao Buyi had rushed to take office and mobilized up to more than 10,000 troops. It was already considered that they could break the siege of Taiyuan. How could they still have the spare energy to fight Queshi Valley?

"Mr. Li, have you sent troops?" Duan Zhixuan asked in a low voice.

Li Yuan felt a little nervous. Seeing that the bandits were already in ruins, although he was reluctant, he could only say: "Zhixuan, open the city and bring five hundred elite soldiers to help Li Junzhu with one arm.

"Get orders." Duan Zhixuan flew down the city gate tower and lit up elite troops to leave Huoyi City. However, the bandit suppression outside the city had come to an end. Seeing another elite troops coming out of the city, they had long lost their fighting spirit and fled in all directions. After Duan Zhixuan and Li Jing gathered together, the ground was in a mess and whine everywhere.

"Dad, what do we do now?" Li Shimin wanted to fight too, but was stopped by Li Yuan and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

Since he gave up on the idea of ​​a ranger, he has always yearned for Li Jing's erratic and versatile behavior, but he has never had a chance.

This time I was going to attack the bandits with hundreds of elite soldiers, but if it weren't for my father, I might have been corpses in the wilderness long ago. Using troops was indeed not as simple as he imagined.

"Welcome Li Jing into the city, but did Xiao Buyi not come?" Li Yuan said to himself.

**

When Li Jing entered Mayi City, he was not as energetic as Li Yuan imagined. Li Jing could be said to have a completely official face.

Li Yuan looked at Li Jing's face and actually wanted to hit him. He felt that Li Jing was very disrespectful to him.

From Xijing to Dongdu, Li Jing was stepped on by him. He was often trampled on the ground and wanted to step on people. Li Yuan was not comfortable in his life. When he saw Li Jing even more uncomfortable in his life, he always felt a little comforted, but Li Jing always looked like he was superior to him.

Last time he went to Li Jing to ask for a horse, but Li Jing flatly refused it. Li Yuan felt very angry, but soon found out that the white horse was actually Xiao Buyi's, so he quickly gave up the idea of ​​asking for a horse. But what he didn't expect was that Xiao Buyi inexplicably became a sworn brother with Li Jing. Now, Li Jing, a small county magistrate, looks even more arrogant than him, the ambassador of comfort.

"Mr. Li, I didn't expect that you would soon arrive at Queshi Valley. I wonder where General Xiao is now?" Li Yuan asked humbly.

Li Jing's answer was simple and clear, "General Xiao led a five thousand army from Mayi to defeat tens of thousands of ambush soldiers of Li Shanfei for more than a hundred miles north of Taiyuan City. He also lifted the siege of Taiyuan and killed the enemy general Yang Defang. He was afraid that Li Shanfei would rekindle, so he now led his troops to garrison in Taiyuan City. He knew that Li Shanfei had other people confronted Lord Li in Queshi Valley. He then asked the lower officials to come and help him. However, after Li Shanfei was defeated and fled, he did not stop after he arrived at Queshi Valley, and left with his elite soldiers, leaving only a group of mobs who did not know the truth. This allowed the lower officials to take advantage of the situation and succeed in one blow, which was ashamed."

Although Li Jing said respectfully, when he talked about the chaotic crowd who did not know the truth, Li Yuan felt as if he had been slapped in the face, and after a while, he said: "So that's the case, I was in a state of obscurity. It was just that God blessed the Great Sui Dynasty. With famous generals like Li Juncheng leading the army, I am old."

When he talked about old age, he shook his head repeatedly, but held Li Shimin's hand.

Li Shimin originally wanted to argue, but finally swallowed this breath. He was really dissatisfied. Li Jing brought two thousand soldiers this time. If he followed Li Shimin's idea and gave him two thousand elite soldiers, he might not have done worse than Li Jing. However, the military power was always in the hands of his father, and he had lobbyed for a long time with hundreds of people. If there were really two thousand elite soldiers available, he would advance all the way, and he might have already attacked Taiyuan City at this moment.

Thinking of his father's mentality of fearing wolves in front of him and his daughter's daughter's heart is afraid of tigers in front of him and not seeking merit but without any mistakes, Li Shimin could only sigh. In his opinion, he should avoid being indecisive in war. How could his father's method of leading troops be able to get credit for it?

"Now that the siege of Huoyi City has been lifted, the officials are preparing to turn around today. I wonder what Lord Li has to give?"

"Why did Prince Li leave long ago? He always needs to rest."

Li Jing smiled, "Mr. Li is really polite. General Xiao asked his subordinates to lift the siege of Huo Yi and then turn around immediately. I guess there are other orders, and the subordinates dare not resist the order."

Li Yuan hesitated, "As an ambassador to comfort me, I know that General Xiao is in Taiyuan City and only go there when I meet the bandits. Of course, I have to go and see the situation, but I can go along with Li Juncheng."

**

When Li Yuan arrived at Taiyuan City, he found that there were only more than 2,000 right guards in the city. He couldn't help but feel shocked.

I always thought that Li Jing was a bit exaggerated, but after a little calculation, I knew that Xiao Buyi did not lead many troops this time.

Xiao Buyi and Li Jing joined forces, and only brought more than 5,000 soldiers, defeated tens of thousands of bandit soldiers, and fought Lishan and fled in panic. With this battle, it could almost be compared with a group of famous generals such as Zhang Xutuo, Wang Shichong, and Yang Yichen.

With these two people standing in Hedong, Shanxi, Li Yuan's life will not look good.

Li Yuan is not bad at using the army. In fact, he is also a rare coach. It can be seen that he only defeated Wu Duaner, who used more than a thousand soldiers to defeat Longmen. However, he led the army to strive for stability and win in one blow. If he had five thousand elite soldiers, he felt that there would be no problem in defeating Li Shanfei. The key is whether it was so clean and neat or questionable.

However, Li Yuan, who came to Taiyuan City, could not think too much. After all, Li Yuan and Xiao Buyi had never had any conflicts. This time, Xiao Buyi sent Li Jing to Huoyi to rescue the siege. On the one hand, it might be to show off his power, but on the other hand, it might be to win over it.

Li Yuan never knew Xiao Buyi’s idea, nor did he know that Xiao Buyi had the intention of hugging him, but he was thinking about the little Jiujiu in his heart.

When he saw Xiao Buyi, he was accompanied by the Taiyuan City general Murong Luohu and a group of Taiyuan City officials. Li Yuan stepped forward and saw Xiao Buyi standing up to greet him. He grabbed Xiao Buyi's hands with the flow and said with a hearty smile: "General Xiao, when he left the East Capital, he didn't expect to see the general's might today. As early as in the East Capital, I knew that General Xiao was not a thing in the pool. Today he saw the general storm to eliminate ugly things is really a pleasure to comfort his life.

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When everyone saw him with a beard, they could not say that they were servile in front of Xiao Buyi. The idea of ​​being able to cling to him was obvious, and many people showed contempt.

Li Shimin followed Li Yuan and agreed: "When Xuanba was there, he sighed that he was not as good as Brother Xiao, now if it was under the spring.

I must be relieved to know that Brother Xiao has finally shown his strengths.”

"Shimin, how can he call General Xiao like this?" Li Yuan turned around and scolded.

Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "Mr. Li is really serious. I am still the common man in Dongdu and a friend of Brother Xuanba. Shimin calls me that, so I can only be happy. I am just busy for a while and have no time to worship Brother Xuanba. It's a rude thing."

Li Yuan's eyes were a little red, and his throat choked in an instant, "General Xiao valued love, which really touched me. General Xiao had just lifted the siege of Yanmen and broke the Lishan Flying Thieves' Army. Even if he didn't go to see Xuanba, I think this friendship would be touching."

Xiao Buyi took Li Yuan's hand and sat down. Like an old friend intimate, the officials next to him also sighed and waited for General Xiao to give orders.

Originally, Taiyuan City was the largest left-behind leader in Taiyuan. Taiyuan's left-behind residence was under the jurisdiction of the five counties of Taiyuan, Mayi, Yanmen, Loufan and Xihe, and its power was directly followed by the generals of the Twelve Guards.

Pan Changwen was admitted to Taiyuan for less than a few days and was appointed to be appointed at the same time as Xiao Buyi.

It was only because of the increasing number of bandits in Shanxi and the recent Turks, that they had a feud with the Turks. Yang Guang's original intention was to command the five counties and send troops to fight against the Turks, so that all the Taiyuan left behind was found.

Unexpectedly, Pan Changwen became the left-behind. Maybe he was eager to make meritorious performances, proved his competence, or was unable to calm down, and was inspired by Li Shanfei to lead the army to fight, but was lured and killed by Li Shanfei. Of course, Xiao Buyi, the Taiyuan City, temporarily took over the affairs of Taiyuan left-behind.

After Xiao Buyi defeated the Yu Zhong of Li Shanfei, he first reported to the upper party to report the specific situation of quelling the rebellion. According to convention, the emperor would re-appoint the position of Taiyuan. He had no important matter at the time, and he had to deal with the aftermath, so he stayed in Taiyuan City for a while.

Some of the people here know each other, but some don’t, but Xiao Buyi acted as the master and introduced it to Li Yuan one by one.

Li Yuan refused to let Li Shimin speak, for fear that he had said something wrong. Although most of them met each other, they still greeted each other.

Xiao Buyi watched coldly and thought that Li Yuan, the old slippery man, was extremely powerful in his tolerant skills, and it made people unable to grasp the handle.

Li Yuan never lets others feel that he is a threat, and this is actually a skill to survive in troubled times.

In addition to the partial general Murong Luohou, there were also Taiyuan deputy left-behind Wang Wei, Gao Junya, and Taiyuan Yingyang Mansion Sima Liu Zhenghui and others.

Wang Wei looked like a weak scholar, laughing before he could speak, very amiable, but Gao Junya was Kong Wu powerful. He looked more like a butcher, and both of them looked unworthy of their names. As for whether they were in the same position, it was unknown. Liu Zhenghui looked gentle and gentle. He seemed to be a teacher.

Li Yuan was very polite to Wang Wei and Gao Junya, but being polite sometimes was also a kind of distant place. He attacked Liu Zhenghui and asked, "Is Ling Zun Liu Youcheng?"

Liu Zhenghui had a somewhat surprised expression and said after a while: "I don't want Lord Li to know the reputation of being a bad person."
To be continued...