Huoyi County is located north of Linfen County, at the junction of Shangdang County, Xihe County and Longquan County. Its strategic location is very important, especially to the north of Huoyi County, Gaobiling, with undulating and steep mountains, like a huge barrier that blocks the northward road. The east of Huoyi County is also continuous mountains, Jieshan, Huoshan and Wuling Mountain, three large mountains, extending thousands of miles, dividing the southern part of the Hedong Road into two.

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When Yang Su's army fought against the Han King Yang Liang in Huoyi County, it was the final decisive battle with Yang Liang's army. Zhang Xutuo burned more than 100,000 people in a fire on Gaobiling, killed Xiao Mohe, and defeated Yang Liang...

Eighteen years passed in a flash, and Huoyi County became uneasy because of its extremely important strategic position. The Hejin bandit commander Wu Duaner led an army of 80,000 to occupy Huoyi County as his old nest, divided his troops to plunder Shangdang, Xihe, and Longquan counties, raped, burned and killed them, and wherever they passed, there were red fields everywhere.

At this time, Li Yuan, the Hedong Road confronted the ambassador, and the Taiyuan left behind Li Yuan led an army of 20,000 to the south to fight against the bandits. Amid the rumbling drums, the two armies launched a fierce battle on the west bank of the Fen River. Li Yuan led 10,000 infantry in the central army to form a large infantry formation and used a strong bow and crossbow to resist the main attack of the enemy's main force. The second son Li Shimin led 5,000 cavalry to attack the left wing of the bandits' army, and his nephew Li Xiaogong also led 5,000 cavalry to attack the right wing of the bandits' army.

"Dong!Dong!Dong!" The turbulent drum sounded across the west bank of the Fen River, and the shouts of killing were shocking. The excellent equipment made the Sui army not at all disadvantages, but Li Shimin led his army to attack again and again. Gradually, Wu Duaner's central army became thinner and thinner, and the central army could already be seen.

When Li Shimin saw the opportunity approaching, he immediately shouted loudly: "Transfer my order to cut off the thief army's flag, reward a thousand taels of silver, and be promoted to three levels!"

The morale of the Sui army was greatly boosted, and the offensive rushed towards the enemy's commander's flag with a tide. Li Xuanba waved his sledgehammer and rushed around the enemy group. Wherever he passed, there were corpses everywhere. Under his hammer, either his brain burst or his bones broke or his bones broke. The death was shocking. He opened a bloody road and rushed towards the flag, invincible all the way.

The handsome flag was inserted into a carriage. The flagpole was as thick as a wrist. It was about two meters high. It was a large green flag with a large word "Wu".

Seeing that he was killing the flag, Li Xuanba roared and swung the hammer to hit the flagpole. At this moment, a steel whip was beat faster than him. The heavy steel whip hit the flagpole, and the flagpole broke and fell down with a bang.

Li Xuanba was furious. Looking back, he saw the brigade coach Yuchi Gong rushed out from the other side, as fast as thunder. He took away the handsome flag and ran and shouted: "The handsome flag is falling! The handsome flag is falling!"

Li Xuanba was full of anger and had nowhere to vent his anger. He swung his hammer to smash the horse carrying the flag. He heard a long neigh, and the horse was smashed to pieces and died tragically to the ground.

He pointed at Yuchi Gong with a hammer and cursed: "Xianbei slave, dare to steal my credit!"

The commander's flag was taken away, the morale of the bandits was shaken, and they began to collapse. Tens of thousands of bandits fled in scattered. Seeing that the victory was decided, Li Yuan issued an order to surrender and not kill. [w.w.cm

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The Sui army cavalry surrounded the long snake formation, and the bandit soldiers had no way to escape. Countless soldiers knelt on the ground to surrender. In this battle, the bandit commander Wu Duaner was wiped out. Nearly 20,000 troops were killed, and only more than a thousand escaped. The remaining nearly 60,000 people all surrendered, and the bandit commander Wu Duaner was shot dead by arrows.

Li Yuan saw that there were many surrendered soldiers. He was very proud. At this time, his second son Li Shimin stepped forward and bowed: "Father, the first merit in this battle was won by the commander Yuchi Gong, the commander of the brigade. The child said in advance that those who seized the flag would be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and the official position was promoted to three levels. He begged his father to be promoted to his Yingyanglang General and rewarded with silver to make his military achievements!"

Li Yuan glanced at the generals around him and saw that many people were dissatisfied with each other, so he laughed and said, "Erlang, don't worry, there are many military achievements made. After the statistics are completed, we will be rewarded together."

Li Yuan made a false move without showing any expression and pushed Li Shimin's request back. All the generals had dissatisfaction in their eyes. There must be some reason. If he did not understand the whole story, how could he be rewarded with hasty?

Li Shimin heard the rebuttal in his father's tone. He felt sad, bowed and retreated.

Li Yuan looked at his son's back and couldn't help but nodded secretly. His son was only sixteen years old, so he could boost morale and lead his army to stand alone, no less than Yang Yuanqing back then. He turned around and asked the marching Sima Wu Shiyan, "Why are the generals dissatisfied with those who are rewarded and won the general's flag?"

The warrior's voice reported: "The person who seized the flag of the commander is Yuchi Gong, who is the commander under Erlang. He has not been recruited for a long time and has no qualifications. In addition, he is a Xianbei person, so the generals have a bit of prejudice against him. The key is that this person has a strong personality and never speaks, so he offended many people. Everyone scolded him for "Xianbei slaves" behind his back. Now he has to reward a thousand taels of silver and is promoted to three levels, so everyone is not convinced."

Li Yuan nodded. It turned out that this was the case. This was a bit troublesome. However, the reward should be promoted and rewarded should not be vague. Otherwise, the rewards and punishments will be unclear and the three armies will not be willing to serve in the future.

At this time, several letter delivery cavalry who came from Taiyuan rushed to the distance and shouted from a distance, "Envoy Li!" their voices were quite anxious.

Li Yuan's face sank. When several people approached, he asked unhappily: "What happened?"

The soldier bowed and said, "Report to the envoy, urgent news came from Luoyang, Yang Xuangan rebelled again and captured Guanzhong!"

Li Yuan shouted "Ah!", as if five thunders were thundering, he was shocked.

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In the Li Mansion in Taiyuan City, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin walked through a corridor and came to his father's study worriedly. They could not remember clearly. This was the first time they came to find his father. When his father came back from Huo Yi, he locked himself in the study. It had been three days since he was not thinking about food or food, and no one saw him. Everyone was extremely worried about Li Yuan.

Of course, the two brothers knew why their father was in pain. Chang'an was occupied by Yang Xuangan first, turning his father's many years of plan into a moon in the water. He severely disappointed and severely hit his father, but the two brothers believed that things were not that bad.

The two stood outside the study and wandered, not knowing how to persuade their father. At this time, Liu Wenjing rushed over. He had just returned from another place and also learned about the capture of Chang'an by Yang Xuangan.

He walked up and smiled, "What, your father still can't figure it out?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head and sighed: "I don't know, there is no news."

Liu Wenjing opened her voice and shouted, "Brother Shude, I'm here to report you good news. Do you want to listen?"

After a while, Li Yuan's heavy voice came from the room, "Come in!"

After a moment, Li Yuan said again: "Jiancheng comes in with Shimin!"

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin looked at each other. Uncle Liu was still very powerful, and his father touched him with one sentence. Li Shimin asked, "What's the happy event for Uncle Shi?"

Liu Wenjing smiled mysteriously. "I'll find out soon?"

The three of them walked into Li Yuan's study room, and the Li Jiancheng and his brothers were a little stunned. They thought that no one would clean up for three days, and the study room would be dirty and messy, and their father would be listless and had a haggard face, but the front of them was very different from what they thought, and the room was still neat. The table was full of maps. Although his father had a haggard face, he was energetic and very energetic.

The two brothers understood at the same time. The father was not locked in the study because he was hit, but was actively thinking about countermeasures. Several sheets of paper on the table were filled with dense words.

Li Yuan smiled slightly and said to Liu Wenjing: "I said first that it is not because you have any happy events, but because I have already thought about it, so you should not take credit."

Liu Wenjing laughed and said, "That's best. If you don't go to the yamen for three days, your government affairs will probably be piled up like a mountain."

Li Yuan asked Liu Wenjing to sit down. Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin did not dare to sit down, and both stood aside. Li Yuan glanced at them. "You guys sit down too!"

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin had to sit down respectfully. Li Yuan first asked Li Jiancheng, "Is Dou Xin gone?"

Dou Xin is Dou Wei's eldest grandson. He sent a urgent letter to Li Yuan three days ago. The letter was placed on the table. Li Jiancheng hurriedly said: "Reply to my father, Dou Xin has not left yet. I am waiting for my father's reply."

Li Yuan nodded, then smiled at Liu Wenjing and said, "Let's have your happy event first! I want to listen."

Liu Wenjing said calmly: "I heard Yang Xuangan succeed in the surprise attack on Chang'an, so I would like to congratulate Ming Gong. Yang Xuangan flattened the road to Chang'an for Ming Gong. Ming Gong will achieve twice the result with half the effort to achieve Chang'an."

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's eyes lit up at the same time. Liu Wenjing's eyes were indeed unique. Others seemed to be disasters. But he saw that it was an opportunity.

Li Yuan squinted his eyes and smiled. He also figured out this problem. Liu Wenjing and him coincided with him.

Liu Wenjing smiled again and said, "Yang Xuangan occupied Guanzhong, and the arrival of the major families in Guanzhong must be the baby looking forward to his parents. It is easier and smoother for Minggong to seize Guanzhong."

"I also think so, but I will wait for Yang Guangzhi's army to fight with Yang Xuangan first. When they fight to the point of losing both sides, I will send troops to Guanzhong and clean up the mess."

At this point, Li Yuan's eyes showed a hint of worry, "Actually, what I am most worried about is Yang Yuanqing. I think it is a bit incredible that Yang Xuangan can actually attack Guanzhong with his talent. There must be Yang Yuanqing's plan behind this. If we attack Guanzhong, will Yang Yuanqing send troops to help Yang Xuangan, or wait for us to defeat Yang Xuangan, and he will deal with us with the excuse of suppressing rebellion, will there be such a possibility?"

Liu Wenjing pondered for a moment and said, "Listen to Yang Wei appear in Yang Xuangan's team, it proves Ming Gong's guess. Yang Xuangan's rise is the shadow of Yang Yuanqing behind him, but what is Yang Yuanqing's purpose? Is it just to satisfy Yang Xuangan's dream of the King of Guanzhong? I don't think it is. He wants to seize Guanzhong by himself. I think he has guessed us, or other Guanlong nobles are going to seize Guanzhong, so he first borrowed Yang Xuangan's hands to weaken Guanlong nobles and trigger a great chaos in Guanzhong. At the same time, Yang Xuangan himself is also a bait, forcing us to raise an uprising in advance. Once we raise an army to enter Guanzhong, he will definitely use the excuse to quell the rebellion and send troops. Ming Gong, I think he is waiting for this moment."

At this time, Li Jiancheng incited and said with sincerity: "Will Yang Yuanqing be so heartless? No matter whether Yang Xuangan lives or not, he is his father after all."

Li Yuan sneered, "The father-son relationship between them was broken many years ago. Did Yang Xuangan consider Yang Yuanqing's life or death when he first rebelled?"

Li Jiancheng didn't say anything, and at this time Li Yuan slowly said: "The real enemy we seized Guanzhong is not Yang Xuangan, but Yang Yuanqing. We must suppress Yang Yuanqing first before we can send troops to Guanzhong. In fact, Yang Yuanqing is not scary. His Fengzhou has one of the biggest hidden dangers."

Li Yuan said coldly with his eyes: "I have been thinking for three days, and I have decided that we should raise an army to join the Turks!"

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