As Wang Bian surrendered and compromised, Zhang Xuan's army began to enter Liyangcang City in a mighty manner. The captured prisoners of war became the best laborers. They were responsible for transporting all the supplies from Liyangcang onto the ship. At this time, nine Hengyang boats also arrived at Liyangcang and became the main force in transporting grain and grass supplies in Liyangcang. These nine Hengyang boats can transport 200,000 stones of grain at one time.

Zhang Xuan appeased Wang Bian and promised to rescue his family from Luoyang immediately. At the same time, Zhang Xuan appointed Wang Bian as the governor of Wei County and appointed General Du Yunsi as Wang Bian's deputy general and military envoy of Ji County. The two led 20,000 troops to sit in the southwest of Hebei, and showed a horn with Qinghe County.

On the top of the city, Zhang Xuan watched the abortion of food and people transporting food. Tens of thousands of prisoners of war were busy transporting bags of food, cloth, and a large amount of military funds in the city like ants.

Li Yang's storage was beyond Zhang Xuan's expectations. In addition to 450,000 stones of grain, there were more than 100,000 pieces of cloth and a large number of weapons and armor.

However, what disappointed Zhang Xuan was that the armor was mainly leather armor, and there were only thousands of pairs of Mingguang armor. This is no wonder that Mingguang armor itself is an extremely difficult armor to make. It requires a lot of fine iron and is a symbol of national strength. Only the Xiaoguo Army, who protects the emperor, can be equipped.

At present, the Mingguang Armor is mainly stored in Luoyang and Chang'an. I heard that there is also a part of Taiyuan. The reason why Li Yuan and Wang Shichong's army were invincible in history was largely because they obtained the granaries and arsenals of Chang'an and Luoyang, and obtained sufficient food and the most excellent equipment of the Sui army.

Zhang Xuan could not obtain it from Chang'an and Luoyang, so he had to make it himself. After he returned, he had to start implementing this matter immediately.

"What is the Grand Marshal thinking?" Fang Xuanling appeared next to Zhang Xuan at some point.

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "I think we don't have enough resources. The reason is not that the mines are not enough. In fact, we have gold mines in Donglai County. Lu County and Liaodong County have also found iron ore. The key is that they are insufficient manpower and difficult to mine and smel. If we have sufficient fine iron and excellent craftsmen, we can also create various excellent weapons."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "I have also considered this issue. The Huang family not only has the iron mines in Liyang County, but also has thousands of iron smelting craftsmen in their hands. I told him to lobby the family and transfer some iron smelting craftsmen to Qingzhou to help us. In addition, there are not enough miners, why didn't the Grand Marshal consider choosing from the victims?"

Zhang Xuan woke up and nodded and said, "The military advisor is right. For the huge disaster victims, we can only ensure the minimum supply of food and ensure that they are not starved to death. If the victims want to eat a little bit and eat better, they have to work hard, concentrate on farming, build water conservancy, mine ore, spin and weave cloth, make military uniforms and military boots, etc., and turn the victims into labor resources."

"The general was right in mind, and we will deploy these things one by one after the war."

At this time, Fang Xuanling smiled and asked, "Have you ever thought about why Xiong Kuohai came to join the Qingzhou Army?"

Zhang Xuan was stunned, "Did the military advisor find something?"

"I just feel that General Xiong has a difficult time to express. General Xiong is the leader of the bandits in the Eighteen Villages of the South Taihang River. He has more than 10,000 bandits under his command, but in the end he only brought more than 600 subordinates to join him. He was in a mess and in a bad mood, and there was no such thing as a bandit leader. Don't the general think that something must have happened to him?"

Zhang Xuan was a little interested and asked with a smile: "Have the military advisor asked him?"

Fang Xuanling shook his head, "Apart from the general, no one else asked about this kind of thing. Isn't the general very concerned about the situation on Li Yuan? I think Xiong Kuohai's visit is probably related to Li Yuan."

Zhang Xuan felt something, and immediately said to his personal soldiers: "Go and invite General Xiong to see me!"

The personal soldiers rushed away, and Fang Xuanling also bowed and went down to count the food. Soon, Xiong Kuohai rushed over. He had already changed into Sui general armor, and he looked very majestic, which was quite similar to Yuchi Gong.

Xiong Kuohai knelt down on one knee and bowed, "I am not good at ease, see the Grand Marshal!"

"General is exempted from gifts!"

Zhang Xuan asked Xiong Kuohai to get up and asked with a smile: "How is it, can you still adapt?"

Xiong Kuohai was named a general of the Martial General for his contribution to arresting Lu Mingyue. During the war, he served as a side general of the central army and was directly under Zhang Xuan. He had three thousand soldiers under his command. This trust moved Xiong Kuohai very much. He quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, the general for your kindness, you have adapted to the humble position."

Zhang Xuan nodded and smiled, "Lu Mingyue's war horse was originally my horse. He snatched it away when I returned to Zhuojun from the grassland. However, I now have a new mount, so the horse will be given to the general."

Xiong Kuohai had always been interested in Lu Mingyue's horse. Later, he heard that Lu Mingyue's war horse was originally the coach's horse, so he handed over the war horse and changed it to an ordinary war horse. Unexpectedly, the coach rewarded him with the horse again, which made Xiong Kuohai overjoyed and bowed and said, "Thank you, the coach, for your kindness!"

"You have to be polite. I have another thing I want to ask you. I don't know if the general can answer easily. If it is inconvenient, I will stop asking, and it will not have any impact."

"The Grand Marshal asked, and all the humble officials answered!"

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "The general in Chenliu County once told me that you are active in the Taihang area, why did you think of leaving Taihang Mountain?"

When asked about Xiong Kuohai's concern, he sighed softly: "Dissatisfied with the Grand Marshal, Bei Zhi has been active in the area of ​​Wangwu Mountain, Hanoi County. Last month, Bei Zhi was defeated in Qiziling, north of Wangwu County, and the army of 10,000 was wiped out. Bei Zhi only led hundreds of people to escape from Hanoi County in a panic. Finally, he fell into the Wuren Mountain. Bei Zhi always wanted to surrender to the Grand Marshal, but he felt that he had no face to meet. It was not until Lu Mingyue was captured that Bei Zhi made up his mind to surrender."

"Luckily, the general captured Lu Mingyue, otherwise I would have lost a general in vain."

Zhang Xuan asked again with a smile: "If I guess correctly, the one who defeated the general in Hanoi County is Li Jiancheng's army!"

"You are the general, not Li Jiancheng, but Li Mi's army!"

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "Li Jiancheng is Li Mi, the real Li Mi died at my hands in nine years of Daye."

"Ah!" Xiong Kuohai was shocked, "It turns out that Li Mi is Li Jiancheng. Isn't he the eldest son of Mr. Li in Taiyuan?"

"It was him who had been with the Wagang Army for a few years. He broke up with Zhai Rang a few months ago. He led a part of the Wagang Army to the north to Hanoi County, preparing to respond to his father."

"The Grand Marshal means that Li Yuan is going to raise an army?"

Zhang Xuan nodded with a smile, "I have already written a letter to the emperor to indicate that I am coming to attack Lu Mingyue. At the end of the letter, I mentioned that Li Mi's true identity in Wagang is Li Jiancheng, so Li Yuan should raise an army."

Xiong Kuohai looked at Zhang Xuan blankly. He really didn't understand the profound meaning of Zhang Xuan's words. Zhang Xuan smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "This is the plan for the world. Li Yuan has been preparing in Taiyuan for several years. He needs an opportunity to raise an army, so I will fulfill him."

"Thank you, the general, for your honest advice. It is not only for the world to ask about the task of the general. It is to implement the general's military orders without fail."

"Very good!" Zhang Xuan said happily: "Then we will kill back to Hanoi County!"

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At the same time when Zhang Xuan fought against Lu Mingyue and captured Li Yangcang, an army of more than 20,000 people was stationed at the foot of Cangyan Mountain, about 150 miles away from Li Yangcang, which was Li Jiancheng's army.

Li Jiancheng's long-cherished wish was Li Jiancheng, but he had never made a journey for various reasons. After splitting up with Zhai Rang, although he could divide some of the ships, the ships of more than 500 stones were forcibly detained by Zhai Rang and he was not allowed to take them away.

It was because he did not have a thousand stone warship in his hand that he had lost the necessary conditions to attack Li Yangcang, and Li Jiancheng could only sigh in the sight of Cang.

On the top of Cangyan Mountain, Li Jiancheng stood in front of the cliff, looking at the Li Yangcang in the distance with his hands behind his back, his heart full of infinite melancholy. Zhai Rang believed Wang Ruxin's words and forced the ship to take off, causing him to lose the conditions for attacking Li Yangcang. In the end, the grain and supplies of Li Yangcang became Zhang Xuan's on-board meal, which made Li Jiancheng feel unhappy.

Next to him, Wang Bodang whispered: "Young Master, now that things have come to this point, don't worry about it anymore. After all, Zhang Xuan's strength is far stronger than us. We should feel glad that he encountered Lu Mingyue instead of us."

Li Jiancheng nodded, "I know that Zhang Xuan has strong troops, and I don't want to compete with him for Li Yang Cang. In fact, I am not losing Li Yang Cang, but I am sad that Zhang Xuan has a profound vision. I heard that he has begun to provide large-scale relief to the victims of the Central Plains. The Nine Cauldrons of the World, and the Central Plains are the most important. He can seize the opportunity to win the hearts of the Central Plains people, but I am willing but not capable. In seizing the initiative, we lost."
Chapter completed!