Taiyue Mountain, known as Huotai Mountain and Huo Mountain, is one of the five towns, called Zhongzhen.

During the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, he thought that this mountain was the extreme of the sky, far higher than other peaks, so he named it the word Tai. Later, during the Warring States Period, the county was established here, which was named Shangdang County. The reason was that its land was extremely high and it was a party with the sky, so it was called Shangdang.

It is difficult to move along Mount Huo, and even if it is hanging a car and horse, it is difficult to climb over. It is like a sharp blade cutting it out, cutting the Shangdang County, Hexi and Linfen County in Bingzhou. To go from Hedong to Shangdang County, you must detour through Henoi and walk on the Taihang Road.

Li Chongjiu left Yuchi Gong to lead 10,000 soldiers to stay in Jinyang, and he led 20,000 main forces from Jinyang to Yuci and went south to Shangdang County.

The army headed south, and along the way, all counties of Li Tang were frightened.

The army just passed by Shiai County, but at this time, the county magistrate of Shiai County once sent someone to surrender in panic.

The one who came forward to serve as an envoy was an official from the Li family, claiming to be the uncle of the Li Chong's ninth clan.

After Li Chongjiu looked at the other party seriously and took out the genealogy for the above generations, Li Hu's branch was the side branch they divided, and traced the origin. Li Chongjiu returned to the Li family in Zhongshan, and his ancestor was Li Qi, the son of Qin Grand Tutor Li Ji.

Li Ji also has a son who serves as an official in Zhao State. He is the famous general of Zhao State Li Mu, and is also the ancestor of the Li family in Zhao County today.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help laughing when he heard the other party speak seriously.

Even Li Hu himself didn't know the origin of his family. So there was a person who claimed to be the uncle of Li Chongjiu clan and came here to ask Li Chongjiu to recognize his ancestors and return to his hometown. Isn't this a joke?

It is because of the poor in the downtown area that no one cares about, and the rich in the deep mountains that have distant relatives.

Li Chongjiu thought about it, but he did not ask the other party to be bombed out of the camp. He said that he had to ask Li Hu before mentioning this matter, and also gave him ten thousand yuan. The other party happily returned to Shiai County and reported to the Magistrate Zeng County.

When the army set off the next day, the county magistrate of Shiai County, as well as county officials, and local gentry came together.

To put it this way, it is because Li Hu and Li Chongjiu, who are proud of being able to produce Shiai County. As a county's parents, of course, they are coming to pay their respects.

Although Li Chongjiu knew that the other party was flattering, there is an old Chinese saying that wealth and honor are not returned home, like walking in the night in brocade clothes.

Although it was not what I expected, it was quite satisfying to be able to exhale in front of the country elders who spoke the same accent.

After Li Chongjiu hurriedly received the reception, he ignored them and invited them to return to Shiai County. He immediately led a large army to set off and led his troops to Shangdang County.

After the infantry entered Shangdang County, Etu led 10,000 cavalry to meet.

At present, Ying Hefu led 10,000 cavalry troops to continue to plunder in Linfen County, and was also monitoring the main force of Li Shimin, stationed in Baibi. Li Chongjiu gave him the order that if he encountered the main force of the Tang army, he would not fight in a desperate situation.

As for Yan Yeli, he led 10,000 cavalry to retreat to the junction of Xihe and Taiyuan County. While guarding the retreat of the Queshi Valley for Yinghefu, he could also echo Taiyuan.

It is now late autumn, and for the cavalry of the French army who have always been in the bitter and cold land, the late autumn of Shanxi will not be too cold, and they are quite adaptable here.

In the past, when the grasslands were powerful, the Hu people on the grassland always liked the autumn and winter seasons, and went south to the front line of the Yellow River. First, the horses were the fattest at this time, and second, the temperature here was warmer than on the grasslands. Ying Hefu, Ertuo, and Yan Yelie were quite happy.

After Li Chongjiu and Etuo met, the troops reached 30,000. The land of Shangdang was full of mountains and rivers. In addition to mountains like Taiyue, there were also rivers like Lushui.

The Lu River is the Zhuozhang River. The word Lu means that the water is extremely powerful. Li Chongjiu led his army to the bank of the Lu River. Seeing that even in the severe winter, the Lu River had not frozen, he saw flags like forests between the mountains and rivers on the shore, and war horses and soldiers patrolling back and forth along the river.

Seeing the Tang-character flag flying, Li Chongjiu knew that the Shangdang defenders of Li Tang were on the bank of the river and were on the brink of danger.

After the investigation of the White Army, the general returned to Li Chongjiu and reported to Li Chongjiu: "Report to the lord, judging from the enemy's flag, the river bank is Yin Kaishan, the chief marching officer of Taiyuan Road, Li Yuanji, the governor of Qi, Guo Ziwu, the governor of Luzhou, and a flag with the word "wang". The last general does not know where he is?"

"With the name of the king, Wang Xingmin, the general of the Zuotun Guard of Li Yuansect," Li Chongjiu looked at the riverside and said.

"So that's it." The general of the White Army suddenly realized.

Wang Mahan smiled and said, "Li Yuan sent the four generals of Shangdang County to arrive together. It seems that he is going to defend this riverside and fight us to a decisive battle."

Ji Chuan said, "It is not worth worrying about the disagreement between Yin Kaishan and Li Yuanji. Wang Xingmin was also a brave general of Li Tang, but Luzhou Governor Guo Ziwu brought a lot of troops."

Wen Yanbo said: "Shangdang County is a big county, with more than 120,000 households at its peak. Compared with the surrounding counties, it experienced fewer wars and many soldiers in its county."

Wang Mahan snorted and said, "What are the many soldiers? They are just county soldiers. There are no boats on the river. We can't fly over and fight with them with wings. Damn, why is it so cold that the river water doesn't freeze."

Li Chongjiu looked at the general of the White Army and said, "Look at whether there are any shallows upstream and downstream that can cross the river?"

The other party said, "I have visited thirty miles upstream and downstream of the lord. There are two shallows to cross the river. However, on the bank of the shallows, the Tang army set up iron cables, wooden stakes, and troops stationed, which obviously had prepared for a long time."

When the generals frowned when they heard this, Ji Chuan said, "It seems that we have to wait a few more days before crossing the river when the water freezes."

Wang Mahan muttered, "No matter what kind of thief he is, just kill him."

"Don't be reckless." Li Chongjiu scolded.

At this time, Etuo smiled and said, "If you want to cross the river, what kind of boats are there? You Han people are in trouble."

Wang Mahan was dissatisfied with being scolded by Li Chongjiu, and asked immediately: "What are you doing with this person?"

Etuo smiled and immediately ordered a foreigner to come over, took a leather bag, and said, "By this."

Wang Mahan suddenly realized and said, "It turned out to be a sheepskin raft!"

All the generals couldn't help laughing when they saw it.

The next night, at a ferry crossing in Lushui, hundreds of people from the house took off all the sheepskin coats and pants, and only wore an underwear.

It was early winter, and the cold wind in the mountains was biting, but for the strong and brave room, this cold wind was nothing. Each of them drank a big bowl of horse milk wine and had a warm body.

After drinking, these people held the dagger in their mouths and hugged the airy leather bag. The leather bags were all taken off with a whole piece of sheepskin, and the holes were tightly ripped, which was just enough to float a person's weight.

The soldiers of the French army used their palms as oars to cross the river in the thick night. The sound of horse hooves on the other side of the river was heard from time to time, and they kept seeing torches shaking on the opposite river bank.

It must be the patrol cavalry of the Tang army holding torches and patrolling from the river to prevent the enemy from crossing the river.

But the soldiers of the French army tried not to make any sound. Amid the sound of the river, hundreds of foreign soldiers quickly crossed the river along the river.

After reaching the river bank, the soldiers lurked in the shallows by the river, and met the second group of soldiers across the river, waiting for 300 foreign soldiers to cross the river.

The armies gathered together and headed towards the downstream ferry.

At this time, Wang Mahan and his soldiers were lurking on the other side of the ferry.

The other side was brightly lit, and the Tang army set up camp here to prevent the Youzhou army from crossing the river.

The camps on the other side are still under construction overnight, and iron chains are being set up and wooden stakes are being laid at the ferry river beach. Hundreds of civil servants are raising big projects.

The Tang soldiers held torches and patrolled the river bank, and the sound of divine fighting sounded one after another in the cold night.

Wang Mahan spat, and a long string of white air spurted out from the tip of his nose. At this time, he pressed his hand.

More than a dozen small boats on the bank of the river took off the shelter and headed towards the ferry like arrows. When the boat arrived at the river, the other side had found traces of the small boat on the bank and immediately shouted.

Each small boat carried more than a dozen Han soldiers. When they saw each other's traces, they drew their arrows to shoot at the river bank. The rain of arrows fell. When the civilians saw this, they ran around and suddenly became chaotic on the river beach.
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