Li Yuanji turned around and looked away as the carriage went away. The greed in his eyes had not yet faded. Li Yuanji's personal soldiers had already understood the fact that the woman that His Highness King Qi liked, could she run away? Two people hurriedly asked and came back for a moment to report, "Your Highness, that woman is Su Wanchun, a famous prostitute in Luoyang. I heard that she had been taken as a concubine by Deputy General Huang Junhan of Li Xiaogong."

Li Yuanji's eyes were even more lush. It turned out that it was her. I had heard of it. It was said that someone had bought her for a night with a daughter a few years ago. Li Yuanji didn't care about Huang Junhan's concubine. Huang Junhan was not in his eyes. It was just that this woman was born as a famous prostitute. If he took it into consideration, his father would definitely be furious when he knew it.

At this time, a personal soldier gave him an idea and said, "Your Highness can support her in another house. If you don't let her enter the mansion, the emperor will not know."

Li Yuanji nodded. This was a good idea. He immediately gave the guards a wink. More than a hundred personal soldiers quickly turned their heads and chased the carriage.

Li Yuanji smiled proudly and urged his horse to run into the city.

There was no big noise when Li Yuanji fell in love with the woman and went to chase the soldiers. These processes were not noticed by ordinary people, but those who were interested were different. The second shop on the left was named Zhang Ji Grocery Store, and the shopkeeper was named Zhang. He was a strong man in his thirties. While calling fruit to customers, he also saw Li Yuanji's every move. Seeing that Li Yuanji's personal soldiers had already chased him, he immediately found a friend and whispered a few words. The friend turned around and quickly left the shop.

About half an hour later, the guy came back and gave Manager Zhang a wink. Manager Zhang immediately followed him to the back of the shop, behind which was a small river, and several small boats were parked in the river.

"What did you see?"

"I saw that the woman had been stolen by Li Yuanji's personal soldiers and headed towards Huayin County."

Zhang Jiangui’s real identity is an intelligence spy from the Northern Sui Dynasty. After several years of construction, Yang Yuanqing’s intelligence system has gradually formed a huge intelligence network. The intelligence officials belong to the Neiwei Mansion, commanded by Wei Ben, general of the Neiwei Mansion. This Zhang Jiangui is named Zhang Shaohua. His military position is the lieutenant and the deputy of the Chang'an Intelligence Hall, responsible for collecting intelligence in Tongguan and Pujin. This Zhang Ji grocery store is their intelligence center. Today, they are observing the reinforcements brought by Li Yuanji, but accidentally discovered the scene of Li Yuanji snatching a woman.

"Can the identity of that woman be confirmed?"

"I asked the woman's entourage. The woman was indeed the concubine of Deputy General Li Xiaogong Huang Junhan. It turned out to be a famous prostitute in Luoyang."

As soon as the man finished speaking, two horse riders rushed to the official road in the distance, with blood on their faces. They were the woman's entourage, and they were Huang Junhan's personal soldiers. They were originally escorting the concubine of the chief general back to Chang'an, but unexpectedly they were snatched by Li Yuanji in Tongguan and killed two brothers. The two personal soldiers were shocked and angry. They rushed back to report to the chief general.

Zhang Shaohua watched the two of them enter Tongguan. His special profession's sensitivity immediately made him keenly capture the importance of this information. He immediately went back to the house and wrote a piece of information, instructing his friend, "Let the eagle be released to Hebei County!"

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At night, in Hebei County, Yang Yuanqing was meeting with Wang Shichong's special envoy Wang Renze for the second time. The intention of alliance cooperation between the two sides has been reached. The following are some details of the discussion.

"Your Highness, although my uncle controls the military weapon surveillance, he can send three thousand military craftsmen across the Yellow River directly, but if he wants to send them to their families, the cooperation between the Ministry of Revenue and Jingzhao Yin is required. It may not be so fast. My uncle meant to ask Your Highness to wait a little, and the person will definitely send it, just hope to give us some time."

Wang Renze said while secretly glanced at Yang Shidao sitting beside him. He was shocked. How could Yang Shidao, the Minister of Rites, appear in Yang Yuanqing's tent? Is Emperor Tai also secretly contacting Yang Yuanqing?

It is impossible to think about it. Yang Yuanqing could not talk about cooperation with them in front of the envoy of Emperor Tai. There is only one explanation. Yang Shidao has surrendered to Yang Yuanqing.

Yang Yuanqing saw the uneasiness in Wang Renze's heart and smiled and said, "Shangshu Yang was the Minister of War in Luoyang in the past, but now he is my marching chief. General Wang doesn't have to worry too much."

Wang Renze suddenly realized and hurriedly bowed to Master Yang, "Shi Shi Yang is a wise move."

Yang Shidao smiled faintly, but didn't say much. Now it was Yang Yuanqing who was talking to Wang Renze in person. He didn't want to interrupt casually. Yang Yuanqing said again: "The military craftsman can slow down. As long as Wang Shangshu agrees, I believe he will do it. As for food, I can give you 10,000 stones of grain first to solve the urgent problem."

Yang Yuanqing learned from Yang Shidao that there were only less than 20,000 stones of grain left in Wang Shichong's army, and to support the 100,000 army, it was indeed a bit difficult to catch the elbow. So he did his best to do his best and gave them 10,000 stones of grain to suffocate Wang Shichong's heart. Wang Renze was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your timely help, we are so grateful!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "As for whether to send troops to Hongnong County, I will decide, but I can explain first, I am not interested in Hongnong County and will not have much energy to pay attention to this small county in the future."

Compared with the first tense and hasty time, Wang Renze seemed much calmer and smarter this time. He heard what Yang Yuanqing meant that the Northern Sui army was going to send troops to Hongnong, which made Wang Renze feel helpless. Yang Yuanqing really wanted to send troops to Hongnong County, and they couldn't stop him. They could only hope that Yang Yuanqing could speak and trust and not occupy Hongnong and not leave.

He sighed in his heart and said, "I will leave the humble position. I will definitely tell my uncle what you say."

Yang Yuanqing took out a letter to him, "Talk this letter to Shangshu Wang for me, and I wish him all his wishes come true as soon as possible."

Wang Renze accepted the letter and gave a deep gift, "Go away with a humble position!"

Yang Yuanqing immediately said to the personal captain: "Escort General Wang across the river!"

Wang Renze left, and then Yang Yuanqing smiled at Master Yang and said, "Tell me what you think?"

He had seen that Yang Shidao had something to say, but he kept holding it back. Yang Shidao frowned slightly and said, "I just don't understand why the general manager doesn't want Hongnong County. Hongnong County also connects Guanzhong and Luoyang's strategic locations."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I don't want Hongnong County, but I don't want it for the time being. Li Yuan's army left Guanzhong, and the first step was to take the land of Hongnong County. They put much pressure on Wang Shichong than me. The reason why I support Wang Shichong was to let him block Li Yuan for me. If I occupy Hongnong County, I will be the one who guards him. Let's talk about it later."

Yang Shidao thought about it and suggested: "The general manager may only take one county, Shan County or Yanxiang County, just like Li Mi occupying Liyang County in Hebei, this will ensure the existence of the Northern Sui Army in Henan."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, but still shook his head, "Li Mi took Liyang City to prove that he existed in Hebei, but actually has no practical significance. If I took Shan County, I would be kidnapped by Wang Shichong in the end. Li Yuan would force me to rescue him from the east. Sometimes I might also hope that Li Yuan would send troops to Hongnong. At that time, I would be very difficult to deal with, so I would just throw away my hands and not be restrained by them. Once I need it, I would not only take one Shan County, but I would seize the entire Hongnong County."

Everything has its pros and cons, and Yang Shidao also knew that he saw that Yang Yuanqing did not want to insert his power into Henan Road for the time being, so he did not persuade him.

At this time, a personal soldier reported at the door: "Report to the general manager, Tongguan sent emergency information!"

"Come in!"

A personal soldier quickly walked into the room and submitted a red intelligence, which indicated that the situation was urgent. Yang Yuanqing drew out a volume of information and opened it for a closer look. There were two contents in the information. Li Yuan urgently sent Li Yuanji to lead 20,000 troops to Tongguan, so that the defenders in Tongguan had reached 30,000. The second intelligence was very interesting. Li Yuanji snatched Huang Junhan's concubine in Tongguan.

The second intelligence made Yang Yuanqing very interested. He handed the information to Master Yang and said, "Look at this."

Yang Shidao looked at the information and smiled: "It seems that Li Yuan doesn't want to spit out the fat piece of Hongnong County that is so stubborn."

"This is as expected, but Li Yuan appointed two coaches. Don't you think this is a bit strange?"

"Maybe he thinks these are two battlefields, one is responsible for guarding Tongguan and the other is responsible for guarding Hongnong. Perhaps because of the differences in their group's opinions, Li Yuan was forced to take a compromise."

Yang Yuanqing frowned. He seemed a little distracted. He stared at the red message tube on the table, trying his best to eliminate the influence of Li Yuan's appointment of the two head coaches. Instead, he was thinking about the second intelligence with a clear mind. He found that there was a lot of articles to do in the second intelligence.

Yang Yuanqing's thoughts made Yang Shidao realize something. He looked carefully at the second information. King Li Yuanji of Qi snatched the woman of Deputy General Huang Junhan of Li Xiaogong. He looked at Yang Yuanqing. The two of them looked at each other, as if they had telepathy. They actually burst into laughter at the same time. Yang Shidao held back his smile and said, "But this requires the deployment of a spy in the Tang army!"

"This is not a problem!"

Yang Yuanqing explained, narrowing his eyes, "Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. How could I not install people in the Tang army?"

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At noon the next day, a news spread in the Tang army camp of Hangu Pass. The wife of their chief general Huang Junhan was spotted by King Li Yuanji of Qi and was stolen in Tongguan. This kind of news is the most interesting. The news spread rapidly in the camp, and the content is distorted. Huang Junhan's two sons were not his biological sons, but actually the sons of the King of Qi. Because of this, Huang Junhan was promoted. Huang Junhan willingly gave his wife to the King of Qi, and the more he spread it, the darker it became.

In the big tent, Huang Junhan had already received the report from the entourage of the concubine's escort. He was full of anger and was drinking glass by glass. Although drinking wine was not allowed in the army, he could no longer control his emotions at this time.

At this time, a large group of officers walked to the tent and were stopped by Huang Junhan's personal soldiers. The officers were so angry that they shouted loudly: "We want to see the general!"

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Chapter completed!