Hexi, Liangzhou City.

In the distance of Liangzhou City, more than a dozen forts set off dry smoke to show that the Turkic cavalry had retreated.

The soldiers wearing wrinkled clothes on the top of the city were also refreshed in an instant, picking up the gong and knocking it on the local area.

After being besieged by the Turks for a month in the city, the people of Liangzhou City were crying and bowing their heads to express their gratitude to the Buddha's blessing.

The Tang army came from afar outside the city, but saw the battle flags flying and rushing. This was the Tang army reinforcements that rescued Liangzhou.

The gate of Liangzhou City finally opened. The garrisons left the city to move away all the sandbags that blocked the door and the wooden donkey carts that hit the door, swept away the rubble and gravel and came out to a road.

An old man wearing two beams and wearing purple official robe walked through the city gate and cleared the rubble. When the civilians saw him, they all bowed and called him Duke.

The old man nodded lightly, stood outside the city gate, looking at the Tang soldiers who were about to enter the city from afar.

The old man's aide came forward and said, "What a status is the King of Ming? Why should he condescend to the city gate to welcome a military general?"

The old man looked at the staff member and said, "If you can also lift the siege of Liangzhou from the Turks, I will also welcome you under the city gate."

The aide suddenly lost his words and could only sigh: "Ming Gong really values ​​heroes."

After saying that, the sound of horse hooves rang out.

The reinforcements' vanguard cavalry arrived at the city of Liangzhou, and the aide stepped forward and shouted, "The General Manager of Liangzhou, Guan Guogong is here, which general is here?"

The aide thought that after reporting the title of prefect Yang Gongren, the other party would restrain himself, but he did not expect that the cavalry on this route would not be very dissatisfied.

"It's His Highness Princess Pingyang coming." A man said loudly.

The staff and the officials at the door were all surprised. Unexpectedly, the one who came to escape the siege of Liangzhou for thousands of miles and forced the Turkic cavalry to retreat was Princess Pingyang.

The officials at the door were whispering. The princess had a very good experience. At the age of twenty, she led her troops to help her father pacify the world and fought half of Guanzhong. Now, there is no one in the Tang Dynasty.

Yang Gongren heard this and said, "Hurry, wait in front of the city gate."

After saying that, Yang Gongren was dressed and stood at the city gate with a stern look, while the officials on both sides were waiting behind him. The soldiers and the people had long admired Princess Pingyang's name, and were crowded outside the city gate to see its charm.

"My uncle Yang Gongren pays homage to His Highness the Princess, the princess is a thousand years old." Yang Gongren said with politeness.

Li Zhiwan came in a military uniform and riding a Dayuan horse. After hearing the other party's report that it was Yang Gongren, she jumped off the war horse quickly and replied, "I'm sorry, Duke Guan is welcomed outside the door."

When Yang Gongren saw Li Zhiwan, his sword eyebrows were on his hair, and he looked heroic and brave. He couldn't help but think that a woman's hand was 100,000 soldiers. She was indeed not an ordinary person.

Yang Gongren said at this moment: "Your Highness Princess, as soon as the army arrived, the Turks fled in sight. In comparison, I am much more ashamed. When King Wei was appointed as the chief supervisor of Liangzhou, I, the chief supervisor of Liangzhou, sent troops to lie in the back. As a result, the Turks attacked the city and lost the face of our Yang family. I really had no face to face the people. I will resign from Your Majesty in this defeat."

The King of Wei mentioned by Yang Gongren is Yang Shuang, the younger brother of Yang Jian, who defeated the Turks when he was the chief magistrate of Liangzhou. He was a figure like a war god in the Great Sui royal family.

When he heard that Yang Gongren was about to resign, the officials on the side spoke out and tried to dissuade him. Even the people spoke up to keep him. Yang Gongren had only been in Hexi for a year, but he was deeply supported by the people.

Li Zhiwan frowned and said, "Duke Guanguo, although the war is unfavorable, his father also attaches great importance to the merits of Hexi. At present, there is no one in the Tang Dynasty who understands the situation in Hexi better than you. Instead of resigning, it is better to stay and help me to make meritorious service."

When Yang Gongren heard this, he asked, "Is it possible that the Duke of the People in Hexi that there are still places that can be used for the old ministers?"

Li Zhiwan nodded and said, "Guazhou Governor Hebawei colluded with the Turks to support troops and cause rebellion. The court is far from rushing to fight. My father told me to subdue Guazhou."

After hearing this, Yang Gongren said, "Your Highness Princess. This is not an easy task. To pacify Hebawei, we need to mobilize a lot of people. How many people will you bring to Hexi this time?"

Li Zhiwan raised three fingers with her right hand, and Yang Gongren said, "You can do it with 30,000 yuan."

"Not thirty thousand but three thousand."

Yang Gongren suddenly changed his expression and said, "Why does Your Highness the Princess have only such a few people? You must know that there are Turks under the city of Liangzhou alone, and there are more than 30,000 Tuyuhun cavalry. If the Turks knew the reality of the princess's soldiers, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Li Zhiwan said lightly: "The Turks are good at hiding in the field, but they are afraid of being ambushed by others, so they are suspicious and cautious. When I came to support Liangzhou, I was suspicious and sentimental soldiers. The Turks must retreat with fear. In fact, the main forces of my Tang Dynasty were all following my second brother to go on an expedition. It is not easy for Chang'an to draw 3,000 troops to support Hexi."

Yang Gongren was immediately impressed and said, "Your Highness, the princess, is not famous for fighting, and Yang is convinced."

Li Zhiwan smiled, neither humble refusal nor a little arrogant. She said, "Duke Guanguo, the ambition of the Turks is in Youjing, not in Hexi. We don't have to worry. As for Hebawei, he thought Guazhou was far away and he was not wary of me coming to conquer, so I wanted to prosecutors to attack him twice the way. Duke Guanguo, would you help me conquer Guazhou?"

Yang Gongren said immediately: "I hope to follow the princess's advice."

Mingzhou, Yongnian City.

Flying snow fell, and the inside and outside Yongnian City was even more icy.

As winter comes, the rain is exhausted, and the Fuyang River no longer has the momentum of surging back half a month ago. At present, the water level in Yongnian City is stable at half a foot and has receded bit by bit.

Even though the power of the water attack gradually faded, the life of the Xia army in the city was even more difficult.

The weather in November was cold and the earth was frozen. It had been nearly a month since the siege of the city, and the Xia army struggled to support it.

When Li Chongjiu led his army back from Anyang to Yongnian City, the Zhao army joined forces and became more powerful and then siege the city. A small boat slowly sailed to the city, and the ones on the small boat were Yu Wenzhi and Yu Wenzhi and the two of them. Seeing a scene, the Yongnian City was silent.

That night, the newly surrendered minister of Xu State, Pei Ju, took a boat to the city and told Liu Heita about the battle of Qinshui, the destruction of Yuwen and the army.

Liu Heita was speechless for a while after hearing this, and the Xia army generals were not talking, but were all dejected.

Pei Ju looked at the words and said, "At this point, I am not right, but as a surrendered minister, I am quite moved. But I hope the general can be considered by the soldiers all over the city. The people will consider it more. That's all."

Liu Heita heard this and said, "Mr. Pei thanked you for your words."

Seeing that Liu Heita did not surrender or said nothing, Pei Ju said immediately: "I will wait in the city for another half an hour. If the general has no other instructions, he will leave the city."

Liu Heita nodded in agreement. After Pei Ju left, Liu Shishan stood up and said, "Brother, Yu Wen has been broken. We might as well take advantage of the flood in Yongnian City. When the Zhao army could not encircle, break through from the south, cross the Yellow River and join Duke Menghai, Shandong, Xu Yuanlang."

Liu Heita didn't say anything.

Liu Shishan looked at Ling Jing immediately and said, "Ling Jijiu, are you saying something?"

Ling Jing was shocked, and he seemed to come back to his senses. He thought for a while and said, "Meng Haigong, Xu Yuanlang's power is too weak. If we go and join us, they may not necessarily accept us."

Liu Shishan said, "The road is all about walking, and only one step is taken, which is better than sleeping in an isolated city."

"Are you saying something?" Liu Shishan almost begged to look at the other generals of the Wang army, and everyone was reluctant to respond.

Liu Shishan repeated it several times, but no one responded. Finally, he sat down on the ground dejectedly and muttered to himself: "No one responded to me, no one responded to me."

Liu Heita stepped forward and helped Liu Shishan up.

Liu Shishan looked at Liu Heita, and like a drowning person grabbing the last straw, he asked, "Brother, do you agree with my decision, right?"

Liu Heita laughed, pulled Liu Shishan's arm and said, "Don't be stupid."

Liu Heita looked around the hall and said, "Everyone doesn't speak, and if he doesn't speak, he has a decision. Do you think I, Daxia, is it?"

The generals wanted to speak but stopped, so they could only move their legs again and lower their heads again. One general said, "General, it's not that we don't want to fight, it's really a big deal. The brothers have been soaking for more than half a month, and it's cold."

Liu Heita walked up to the general, patted his shoulder, and said with a wry smile: "It's time, that's right, Old Xu is willing to tell the truth. Okay, aren't you just surrendering to Zhao..."

"Brother, you can't surrender. If you surrender, you will die." Liu Shishan said sadly.

Liu Heita said, "If I can save the soldiers and people in the city with my own life, what if I die alone?"

"General!" Ling Jing knelt down with a thud, tears streaming down his face.

"Why are you crying?" Liu Heita said, "A real man will have a great time. If you die, you will die. Don't act like a child."

Speaking of this, crying came from the corner of the hall.

The Zhao army camp outside the city.

Next to Li Chongjiu, Zhang Xuansu, Ji Chuan and others all looked solemn.

"The king, Chuluo and Tuli have personally sent troops. More than 100,000 Turkic troops besieged Yanmen, Shanggu, Ruoshuizhou, and Yinghefu led his troops back to aid, fought several fierce battles with the Turks, and the situation was unfavorable."

"Empress Xiao personally wrote a letter to Princess Yicheng, but Princess Yicheng did not persuade Chu Luo. This time Chu Luo was determined. I even heard that the Turks even withdrew their troops from Li Tang and wanted to fight me with the strength of the country."

"Prime Minister Wen, Su Fujun has issued eleven emergency documents in a row. If this continues, not only Youjing, but also Taiyuan Prefecture will be in danger."

Li Chongjiu turned around and silently. This has happened not once or twice. Since Li Chongji led his army to surround Yongnian City a month ago, the Turks have continuously strengthened their offensive against Youyan. At present, Li Chongji's defense line on the frontier has reached a precarious level.

"Three months to cut summer, it seems that time is still too urgent."

Just now, he reported to the side: "Pei Ju is back from Yongnian City."

But seeing Pei Ju hurriedly stepping into the tent, he said to Li Chongjiu: "Your Majesty, you are so happy, so happy."
Chapter completed!