In the third year of Shenlong, Hedong Province, Yanmen Pass.

Under the twilight, a neat team came from afar, and there were high-flying flags, many carriages and cavalrymen on the horizon. The high-flying flags hit the banner of the Great Chen Zuoyiwei, which was the first group of soldiers to arrive in Hedong.

This army had about 30,000 people, but most of the soldiers marching in the team were cavalry, with cavalry occupying nearly half. In addition, the team also carried a large number of carriages, and the carriages pulled by several pack horses were covered with black cloth, which was indescribable.

Along the way, a cavalry rushed over and said loudly: "The governor of Hedong Province, Sun Wuji, the governor of the province, Yao Junsu, and the governor of the province, Wang Rengong, led officials of Hedong prefectures and counties, and the generals and schools of Hedong Camp have already left the city to welcome them for ten miles!"

A general in front of the army rode out, but it was Chen Qing, the general of Yulin Guard. He frowned and said, "Didn't he be too arrogant? Why did he do this? Isn't this intentional to make people suspicious?"

Chen Qing was scolding the messenger, but saw another cigarette butt rising in front of him. An officer in the army had already shouted: "Beware, line up!"

The cavalry of the vanguard started to move quickly, and the horses galloped like flying, quickly forming a charge preparation formation in front of the army. There were more infantry behind them changing formations quickly. The soldiers were as if they were facing a great enemy, connecting carriages and forming a simple defensive formation. More cavalry rushed out from behind and quickly surrounded the smoke and dust coming from the front.

The most central position of the shield formation was guarded layer by layer. An extremely ordinary carriage curtain was lifted. Chen Kefu jumped out of it and said to Chen Lei beside him: "There is Yanmen for more than ten miles in front, so there is no need to be so nervous. The one who came must be his own people!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Qing had already returned from his horse, dismounted and saluted Chen Kefu and said, "I will report to Your Majesty, Marshal Wang and General Qin, General Yuchi led three thousand cavalry to pick him up!"

Chen Kefu stretched out his hands and feet and smiled, "I finally arrived at Yanmen. I sat in this carriage all day long along the way, and I couldn't be sure to hunt along the way. It's really awkward. Since Marshal Wang has arrived, then bring my horse and I will go back to Yanmen first. Chen Qing, you can lead the team and follow me."

Chen Kefu rode his horse on a war horse and came to the front of the formation. Wang Rengong, Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong, the three most powerful commanders of Hedong soldiers and horses, had already dismounted and stood there respectfully. As soon as he saw Chen Kefu coming, the three of them immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted: "I welcome the priest!"

"I guess you are all upset in your heart. Let's cause trouble for you!"

"I don't dare!"

Chen Kefu smiled and pulled up the three of them, and looked at them carefully. The three generals guarded Hedong for several years, especially Wang Rengong had been in Hedong for almost four years. If he had been in the prefect of Mayi during the Sui Dynasty, Wang Rengong had been in Hedong for a long time. Although Wang Rengong was over 60 years old, his whole face looked rosy, and he was even more energetic than when he first saw him in Luoyang. Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong, two young generals, had not seen each other for more than two years. He was much more mature.

"Shubao and Jingde are so long, they are much longer than mine." Chen Kefu smiled and stepped forward and patted the shoulders of the two confidant generals intimately. Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde were very excited to see that Chen Kefu is now the 195th Lord, and he is still so close to them.

Yuchi laughed and said, "Your Majesty's beard is better. My beard is just like a handful of weeds. But your Majesty's dragon beard has a magical root."

Qin Shubao also smiled and said, "Marson Wang and Governor Changsun have prepared a banquet in Yanmen City to welcome His Majesty."

"There is no need to receive the wind or something. I went north all the way, so why didn't I come to Yanmen to drink? Marshal Wang, I heard that the Turks were about to move again. The day before yesterday, I received a letter from your flying pigeon saying that the Turks had already gone south to Yanmen? The specific situation is. Tell me immediately."

When talking about the Turks, Chen Kefu no longer had a smile on his face. This time he traveled thousands of miles north, and even went north secretly despite the reactions of the ministers in the court. The reason was that the spies from the Secret Service reported that the Turks were ready to move. They had already begun to gather troops and horses at the foot of Yinshan Mountain, intending to go south. After Chen Kefu heard about it, he would have ended his rest early and raided the Shenfayan who had severely damaged the Southern Chen Dynasty, and immediately began to let Wang Rengong attack Liu Wuzhou.

For this reason, before Wang Rengong could gather his troops, he asked him to launch an attack as soon as possible and prepare to recover Hedong in advance, for the sake of the Turks.

The tribal customs of the nomadic people in the grassland have always made these grassland tribes able to serve as soldiers. And unlike the Central Plains, even if the tribes on the grassland suffer severe damage, the recovery speed is amazing. Previously, the Eastern Turks failed to go south to the Central Plains and suffered heavy attacks from Chen Kefu. In addition, the rise of Tiel, the Eastern Turks were completely defeated.

But the Western Turks took the opportunity to rise again. Although Chen Kefu once joined forces with Tongyehu, the Western Turks were divided into two parts. However, the speed of defeat in the face of Tongyehu Khan was still unexpected. Chen Kefu originally thought that the split Western Turks would have to be at least about ten years before they could be unified. But in fact, after the Eastern Turks were in name only, Tongyehu actually took less than five years to completely defeat Daro Khan, who possessed the orthodox name, and completely defeated Daro and drove him to the extreme west.

In recent years, Chen Kefu was busy conquering the Central Plains and had to focus his attention on all parts of the Central Plains. However, he still had a lot of strength to monitor the grassland tribes. Chen Kefu saw every move of the grassland people, but he was unable to take care of it. He had originally had the best situation in this way to maintain the unification of the Central Plains.

Wang Rengong looked heavy and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Turks have indeed gone south. The day before yesterday, we had not waited for the troops to assemble, and launched a raid on Liu Wuzhou with 20,000 regular troops. However, this guy was prepared. As soon as we set off, he had already fled from Loufan to Mayi. Fortunately, we were also prepared. Shubao and Jingde were successfully ambushing Liu Wuzhou in the Sanggan River outside Loufan Pass. The cannons sent by His Majesty were indeed amazingly powerful and had a long-range range. We annihilated nearly 50,000 Liu Wuzhou's captives in one battle. Liu Wuzhou fled back to Loufan and wanted to cross the river from Linquan. I took Linquan Town first, but unfortunately Liu Wuzhou fled again in the end. I was chasing him all the way, and finally..."

"That's right." Chen Kefu said.

Wang Rengong said cautiously: "There was a small team among the troops sent out to pursue him in the end. They found Liu Wuzhou in the Bailong Mountain area, but there was also a Turkic team with Liu Wuzhou. They repelled the pursuers of their ministers, covered Liu Wuzhou across the Yellow River, and returned to Longshang."

"What do you mean is that Liu Wuzhou has secretly colluded with the Turks, and it may even have surrendered to the Turks?" Chen Kefu said in shock.

Qin Qiong said worriedly: "I am worried that this is true, so I ask Your Majesty to return to Taiyuan immediately. If Liu Wuzhou surrendered to the Turks, then there may be Turks in Dingxiang and Mayi at any time. At that time, Yanmen will be at the forefront. At that time, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was once surrounded by Yanmen, and I cannot let Your Majesty take this risk. Now the soldiers of various prefectures and counties in Hedong have not yet fully assembled, and even if they gather, the soldiers of the troops of the county and county in Hedong are only more than 50,000. With the 30,000 soldiers and horses brought by Your Majesty, they are only 80,000. As reported by the horses, the Turks had more than 100,000 cavalry in the Yinshan area. If we add the troops of Liu Wuzhou in May, Dingxiang and Long, we have few enemies."

Chen Qing and Chen Lei immediately advised Chen Kefu to move to Taiyuan, and immediately move to Taiyuan before the Turks did not know that he had arrived in Yanmen. No one wanted to repeat the result of the emperor being besieged by Yanmen again. Chen Kefu pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head and said, "The Turks must have planned for a long time this time. And although they don't know whether Liu Wuzhou had surrendered to the Turks, at least they have colluded together. The more this happens, the less I cannot retreat easily. At present, Dingxiang has opened the door to the Turks. Yanmen is the front line to block the Turks and the last strong pass. We cannot let the Turks enter Yanmen Pass again, otherwise Hedong, which has finally been resting for two years, will be destroyed by the war again. Moreover, without Yanmen Pass, the sudden iron cavalry will suddenly move south south, which will be very unfavorable to us. I have already considered it. We must fight a good battle at Yanmen Pass and completely attack the Turks."

While he was talking, several cavalry rushed over. Chen Kefu looked at it and it was Changsun Wuji, the governor of Hedong Province. Although Changsun Wuji was a civil servant, he was also wearing leather armor at this time. He jumped off his horse and ran over quickly, shouting: "Your Majesty, Mayi urgently report!"

Chen Kefu took the letter and quickly opened the reading. Wang Rengong next to him was very nervous. Yuchi Gong said, "Your Majesty, are the Turks already heading south? I would like to lead troops out of Xixing Pass to take the initiative to face the enemy and attack the Turkic cubs."

Chen Kefu laughed a few times and handed the letter to everyone, "No, this letter is Song Jingang's handwritten letter. Liu Wuzhou's King Song and Yan Wang wanted to surrender to me. How credible do you think this matter is?"

Wang Rengong and others took the letter and read it carefully. Sure enough, Song Jingang wrote above that he wanted to lead Dingxiang with his brother Zhen Zhai'er, and the soldiers of Mayi surrendered to Chen. It was said that Liu Wuzhou suddenly passed an order from Longshang the day before yesterday, saying that he had surrendered to the Turks and had been ruled by the commander Yehu Khan Khan Dingyang Khan. He asked them to gather Dingxiang and Mayi soldiers and horses to gather as the vanguard of the Turkic army to attack Yanmen first. Song Jingang said that their brothers were Han Chinese and refused to do such a thing, so he was willing to lead the soldiers and horses of the two counties to surrender to the Chen army, hoping that the Chen army would accept it.

"Song Jingang and Zhen Zhai'er were originally horse thieves in Hebei. They were brothers of Wang Xuba and Wei Daoer. At that time, it was Liu Wuzhou who fled because Dou Jiande was uprising and killed Wei Daoer and usurped the throne. Now Song Jingang suddenly said something about the defense of the Chinese and foreigners and refused to surrender to the Turks. This matter is a bit unbelievable. Your Majesty, I think that Song Jingang may be cheating, and we cannot trust them easily." The mature Wang Rengong said cautiously.!~!
Chapter completed!