The sixth year of Wude and February of the fourth year of reform.

A land of the north and the mountains are thousands of miles away.

Hengshan is a place where many ethnic groups live together. Helian Bobo of the Xiongnu built a city here. The water and grass are abundant here, and it is a nomadic place. Now there are the Tiefu tribes, Jihu tribes, Dangxiang tribes, and some Turks, which belong to other species of the Xiongnu.

Therefore, the tribe of Hengshan Mountain is complicated. At present, Xue Wanjun, Zhang Changxun, Yuan Junzhang and other Zhao army generals stood aside with a man wearing a fur coat and looked at the Tang army formation at the foot of the mountain. This man wearing a fur coat was originally the Dadu Piga Khan of the past, and Liang Shidu, who was the Emperor of Liang.

The Liang Shidu family was the general of Yingyanglang in Shuofang County for generations. When the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, they took advantage of the chaos and raised an army, which belonged to the type of warlords. After the uprising, he surrendered to the Turks, together with Guo Zi and Liu Wuzhou, and was named Khan by the Turks.

The three of them will have different outcomes in the future. Liu Wuzhou had already been defeated by Li Chongjiu and died in defeat. Guo Zihe surrendered to Li Tang and became the chief supervisor of Yunzhou, and became Duke of Hui.

The Liang Shidu was always at a disadvantage in the battle with Li Tang. In fact, Li Tang did not release much power to deal with Liang Shidu, because of his fear of the Turks. But even so, Li Tang won steadily.

Under the custody of Li Jiancheng's confidant Duan Decao, the Liang army was defeated repeatedly. In the second year of Wude, the Liang army was defeated in the battle with Duan Decao. As a result, the subordinate general Zhang Ju and Liu Min surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Li Chongjiu sent Yuan Junzhang to persuade the Liang army to surrender. The Liang army was defeated by Li Tang again. The Liang army's general He Sui and Suo Zhou surrendered to the Tang Dynasty again, and even Shuofang was almost defeated by Duan Decao.

Therefore, when Yuan Junzhang came to persuade the surrender, the Liang army was reluctant to ask for it. He immediately changed the party and surrendered to Zhao State. At the same time, he immediately asked for help from Zhao State, otherwise he would really destroy the country. Li Chongjiu believed that Shuofang was a strategic place with abundant water and grass. Historically, Xixia occupied this place and threatened Guanzhong repeatedly. If it occupied it, it could extend Li Tang's defense line.

Therefore, Li Chongjiu first appointed Liang Shidu as the prince of Shuofang County. To strengthen his heart, he appointed Zhang Changxun as the chief marching officer of Shaanxi North Road, and led 10,000 troops to cross the river directly from Yangshan to reinforce Liang Shidu. Later, he heard that Duan Decao's offensive was fierce, and Li Chongjiu was worried that Zhang Changxun could not defend, so he sent Xue Wanche's younger brother Xue Wanjun to lead 3,000 elite Zhao army troops to station in Shuofang to stabilize the situation.

Li Chongjiu sent so many people to arrive in a row, first, to stabilize the local situation, and second, to attract all local ethnic groups.

After defeating the Turks, Zhao's reputation radiated to all parts of the grassland. For the Tiefu tribe, Jihu tribe and Dangxiang tribe who lived on Hengshan, Zhao was a powerful country that could not be afforded.

Now as the Zhao army entered Shuofang, the local tribes could not sit still, and they all came to Shuo's direction Zhang Changxun. Xue Wanjun expressed his loyalty, some offered hostages, and some offered some specialties within the tribe to show obedience to Zhao.

Zhang Changxun was also very skilled in handling things. He was kind to appease the troops that actively asked for the subordinates. The national policy of Zhao State was also very successful. As soon as the Zhao State army arrived, merchants from Huaihuang and Yuyi towns arrived in Shuofang.

The two sides are mutually reciprocating, and each other can get what they need. This has also benefited the local tribes.

Among the eight tribes of the Dangxiang tribe, Tuoba Chici, the leader of the most powerful Tuoba tribe, took the initiative to go to Shuofang and offered his three sons as hostages. Later, Liu Bincheng, the leader of the Jihu tribe, led a thousand soldiers to Shuofang and was willing to join Zhao State, and hundreds of Tiefu tribe joined.

Now Tuoba Chici and Liu Jincheng are leading their troops and standing at the foot of the mountain, confronting Duan Decao, the general of the Tang army, opposite the Liang Shidu.

Duan Decao, who was setting up a formation at the foot of the mountain, looked up at the mountain. He naturally saw the scene where his old opponent, Shi Liang, stood with several generals wearing red battle robes, and there were many soldiers from the Hu tribe on all sides.

"The general manager doesn't need to look at it anymore. Master Liang must have surrendered to Zhao, otherwise where did he come from so many of his troops?" Liu Lan and Duan De said.

Duan Decao glanced at Liu Lan. From the first time he met, he didn't like this scholar with a heavy spirit. But he also knew that scholars like this would kill people without a knife.

Duan Decao didn't want to offend Liu Lan, and he was his own military supervisor. Duan Decao said lukewarmly: "It's not just the Zhao army, but also the Hu people near Qianli Hengshan. It turned out that the Liang army had been beaten tortoise by me, but now he has turned over. I'm really unwilling to accept it."

Liu Lan nodded and said, "This is the general trend. Zhao State destroyed the Turks, not only the various tribes on the grassland were shocked, but even the Hu tribes in Hengshan were affected and surrendered to Zhao State. But I am worried that Chang'an was shocked, which is probably even bigger than on the grassland."

Duan Dexiao admitted that Liu Lan's analysis was very reasonable. Since Li Yuan and Jinyang raised their troops to surrender to the Turks, Li Tang never stood up straight against the Turks. The cedes of land and surrender could not bring peace, and the Turks still beat you. The two families have had small-scale wars.

The Turks usually fought with plunder, but the Tang army won or lost, and their lives were not easy. When Li Yuanji was guarding Taiyuan, the Turks invaded. In order to avoid a greater war with the Turks, Li Yuanji privately allowed the Turks to plunder around Taiyuan, and later sent hundreds of Han women to the Turks, and the Turks retreated.

But now, the Turks, who had been strong for a while, had been destroyed by Zhao State, and even the Khan was captured alive and taken to Youjing. Duan Decao could imagine that the faces of the ministers of Li Tang in Chang'an must be quite ugly.

Even Duan Decao had to admit at this moment that after annexing the Turks, if Zhao could digest the power of the grassland tribes and take it for himself, then the national strength would generally overwhelm Li Tang.

The general trend has changed overnight, and no one can imagine the speed of the change.

"Retreat! Take advantage of the fact that the Liang army is defeated now and has no morale. The Zhao army has arrived and is not clear about the details, so they will definitely not dare to pursue it." Duan Decao suddenly said.

Liu Lan nodded after hearing this and said, "Mr. Duan's words are indeed true, but the prince is a bit difficult to explain. He has always hoped that General Duan, you can defeat Liang Shidu. You must know that Your Highness urgently needs this victory now to suppress the Qin King in Beijing."

Duan Decao looked at Liu Lan and said, "That's enough to win. He is a soldier and must be responsible for the soldiers. If he suffers a defeat, he will be my brothers who have been killed and injured for many years. I, Duan Decao, will not take this risk with his subordinates' lives."

Liu Lan smiled and said, "Mr. Duan said it is reasonable, but I will report this to the prince truthfully. At that time, His Highness the Prince is furious, and I cannot save you."
Chapter completed!