Eggs are never placed in one basket. This is the only survival rule for aristocratic families. Now the Tang Dynasty has lost almost all the cities, and only Haozhou and Weizeguan are still persisting.

Li Zhongwen is the grandson of Li Bi, Duke of Zhao of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, and also Li Mi's cousin. As the general manager of Bingzhou, Li Zhongwen led the remnants to retreat to Haozhou, but he only barely protected himself and was unable to counterattack. As the saying goes, adding icing on the cake is easy, but it is hard to get a timely help. Li Zhongwen held his foothold in Haozhou, but in fact he could not get much support from the aristocratic clans of Haozhou. In order to obtain military funds, Liu Wuzhou almost killed the aristocratic clans of Taiyuan. The gentry of Haozhou was afraid that after Liu Wuzhou broke the city, he imitated the old stories of Taiyuan, so the gentry of Haozhou would definitely have a secret relationship with Liu Wuzhou, and he was only to blatantly surrender.

Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji thought of letting Chai Shao go to Hedong at the same time, but the purpose was to use Chai Shao's identity. Some people would say, is Chai Shao not from Linfen? What does it have to do with Haozhou? In fact, Haozhou was changed to Fenzhou in the third year of Wude. In other words, Chai Shao was from Haozhou. Chai Shao's father Chai Shen, the crown prince of the Sui Dynasty, was the Duke of Julu County. His grandfather Chai Lie was the Duke of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the General of the Cavalry, and Chai Shao was Duke of Huo.

The Chai family of Fenzhou, which has three tribes, is now the leader of the Fenzhou clan. Only when Chai Shao secretly goes to Haozhou can he encourage the strong support of the Haozhou clan. As long as he has the support of the Haozhou clan, Li Zhongwen may break the deadlock and even counterattack Taiyuan. He will recover Taiyuan before Chen Ying and Li Jiancheng and obtain the first contribution of Hedong, thereby downplaying Li Jiancheng's contribution.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the power of the aristocratic families was too great. They hid a large number of people and had a huge amount of wealth and materials. Some people, money and equipment could bring up an army anytime and anywhere.

Chai Shao had been unhappy with Chen Ying for a long time. As long as Chen Ying's good deeds were ruined, Chai Shao would do it without hesitation. Without waiting for Li Shimin to speak, Chai Shao immediately stood up and said, "Your Highness, Shao is willing to go to Haozhou for a walk!"

Li Shimin shook his head slightly and said, "No, it's too dangerous. Hedong is trapped in the enemy. If you bring too many people and the goal is too big, it is very easy to be discovered by Liu Wuzhou. If you bring too few people, you cannot guarantee your safety!"

"It's okay!" Chai Shao said: "Shao is from Haozhou. Now that he returns to his hometown, the villagers in the country will always help. Although Liu Wuzhou's army surrounded Haozhou, Haozhou is finally Haozhou of Haozhou."

Li Shimin thought about it and so did it.

The village party is a very huge form of power in this era. My fellow villagers are full of affection and are very xenophobic. Chai Shao can really get twice the result with half the effort when he returns to Haozhou. Of course, he really has no better way at this time. Now that Liu Wenjing is being questioned, there will definitely be more inauspiciousness. If Li Jiancheng is given the merit of regaining Hedong, Li Jiancheng's power will probably surge even more in the future, and there will definitely be a catastrophe in the Qin Palace. Only by breaking the deadlock in Haozhou can things have room for ease.

Chai Shao took more than a dozen private soldiers of the Chai family to set off overnight. Since Chang'an City was closed at night, Chai Shao and others rode hanging baskets and hung down the city walls one by one.

Chai Shao rode a horse in the farm outside Chang'an City, and rushed towards Haozhou with a fast horse.

Although Fang Xuanling was wise and wise, he could never imagine that in fact, no matter how Chai Shao drove, even if he flew, he could no longer recover Taiyuan before Chen Ying.

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Linhu is an ancient place name in Pianguan County. The environment in Linhu is very complex, with hills and undulating gullies. When walking to Linhu Hanguang Ridge, Xu Jingzong looked at the steep cliffs that were as tall as the screen, full of doubts. The valley of Hanguang Ridge is surrounded by steep cliffs and rugged rocks in the valley, but even in the narrowest place, four horses can walk together.

Xu Jingzong asked the guide and said that only hunters would occasionally leave this valley.

Xu Jingzong asked very strangely: "I heard that Wei Duwei Zhang and General Chen are old acquaintances?"

Speaking of Chen Ying, Zhang Huaiwei's face was full of pride: "To be honest, General Chen was my soldier at the time, and I was the commander of the team..."

Zhang Huaiwei's ability to express language was not strong. After talking for half an hour, he finally told Chen Ying from Jingyang to capture Luohu, kill Zong, and now defending Jingyang County, how to repel Xue Renguo, how to quell the rebellion of the side qi, how to support Lingzhou to defeat Ashinashiliver, and so on.

Half an hour was enough to allow Zhang Huaiwei and Yu Guni's troops to arrive at the Qingyangling from Han Guangling. At this time, Xu Jingzong was even more confused. He kept looking up at the dangerous terrain on both sides. He could not understand no matter what, how Chen Ying knew that there was such a road here, and he was sure that this road would definitely allow nearly 10,000 infantry and cavalry to pass through here smoothly.

It is impossible for Chen Ying to know that if others don’t know the border, Chen Ying would not know. As the barrier of the Ming Dynasty, the outer three passes have always been the frontier of the resistance to the Mongolian army. Of course, the fierce battles occurred in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen. Zhou Yuji, the general of Shanxi, resisted the rebels here. Zhou Yuji resisted for five days and five nights. Under the attack of the rebels and the rebels in the sea of ​​rebels, the Ming army was exhausted from ammunition and food, and the city of Guan was broken. The rebels broke through the outer three passes and then slaughtered Ningwu, leaving no infants and young people, and many people were killed.

This unnamed pass is a pity, but unfortunately, there are more than 50,000 corpses left in the civil war. I have to say that this is a great irony.

Along the rugged valley, the Tang army walked with difficulty, passing by Baiyangling Mountain, Caoduo Mountain, and Mingdeng Mountain. When they passed Mingdeng Mountain, a smooth road appeared. Zhang Huaiwei finally breathed a sigh of relief and could enter the Shenchi Pool.

Xu Jingzong asked Zhang Huaiwei: "Are you sure General Chen has never been to Hedong?"

Zhang Huaiwei shook his head and said, "No, when he was in Jingyang, General Chen and I were sipping food in a spoon. At that time, he said that he had never been out of Guanzhong! I really couldn't understand why General Chen was so sure that he could enter the Divine Pool through Linhu!"

"It's right that I can't figure it out. Why are you a fifth-rank Zhechong Duwei? He is a third-rank general of the Martial Guard." Xu Jingzong was really a little jealous of Zhang Huaiwei. If he hadn't met Chen Ying, Zhang Huaiwei, the stuffed product, would have been used as cannon fodder, and the grass on the grave would probably be three feet tall.

Thanks to Chen Ying, Zhang Huaiwei is not only living well, but is currently in the fifth rank.

Xu Jingzong naturally remembered that when Chen Ying led the second imperial guards to the second palace of Xun, he intended to win over him. If he had chosen to follow Chen Ying, he would probably not be a sixth-rank official. If he might have done so well, he could have become the chief of the fourth-rank Lingzhou.

Xu Jingzong secretly made up his mind to follow Chen Ying's footsteps, and maybe he could shine on his family.

Although the road from Linhu to Shenchi is not good, war horses can trot. Yu Guni was depressed by the valley of Linhu, which is more than 40 miles long. When he saw a good road appear, he couldn't wait to order to speed up his marches. Shenchi is located behind Yanmen Pass, and he never expected that the Tang army would appear. When Yu Guni led the Lingwu Left Army to appear under Shenchi City, the captain of the Shenchi City guarding city surrendered without a single arrow.
Chapter completed!