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Among the steep mountains of Guancen Mountain, the terrain suddenly became wider and the temperature was moister than outside the mountain. The lake water was clear in front of you, and the rippling water waves swayed the scenery of early spring.

This is Tianchi Lake, one of the many high mountain lakes in Guancen Mountain.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, they used the alpine meadows of Guancen Mountain to raise official horses and set up Tianchi pastoral supervisors on the north side of Tianchi Lake. Before Emperor Yang of Sui ascended the throne, he often went to Guancen Mountain to hunt, avoid the office, and built Fenyang Palace at the Fenshui River source. Large-scale building complex.

Tianchi Pastoral and Fenyang Palace had been destroyed by war long ago. After the Dayue Dynasty, Mayinghai Temple was built on the ruins of Tianchi Pastoral Office. However, with the decline and relocation of surrounding foreign villages, Mayinghai Temple was built. The incense gradually became rare, and at this time there were only a dozen old monks guarding the temple.

Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili, the two brothers who served as inspector of the border of Yangkou Village, and Wang Gaoxing, the prefectural magistrate, Xun Yannian, the Tianxiong Army commander Yin Chao, Wen Hengyue and other generals on February 15th. Heaven, climb up Guancen Mountain, stand in front of the dilapidated Mayinghai Temple, and look at Tianchi Lake with rippling water.

"When Xianci was alive, he worshiped incense and worshiped Buddha every day. He often told me that he would come to Mayinghai Temple to worship, but he could not do what he wanted. Today, he came to Mayinghai Temple with others, and my brothers would be the second. Although it was only meager to build a temple, it was considered to be my last wish!”

More than a month have passed since Wang Bing, Wang Fan and Zhu Han left Lanzhou and returned to Beijing.

In the past month, Cao Shixiong's brother Cao Shili, who served as the inspector of the border of Yangkou Village, stationed in Ningwu, Yangkou Village. In addition to absorbing and digesting more than 6,000 Tianxiong's defeated soldiers who fled from Datong, he He also recruited Jianrui from the Han Minli to the south, and spread six generals and imperial guards on the basis of the remnants of the Qing Shun Army.

In addition to his younger brother Cao Shili and Shuozhou General Meng Ping, several other commanders, Du Yuhou and military generals of all sizes, appointed many children of the Cao family and Han generals in Shuozhou.

Although the Khitan used the Han army on Nanjing Road and Xijing Road on a large scale, he was always very alert to the use of Han generals. This is exactly the case. Cao Shixiong knew the importance of controlling military power.

Therefore, even though he knew that some of his practices would be suspicious in Dayue, he still took advantage of the Tianxiong Army to rebuild these six generals into direct troops that he directly controlled.

The Tianxiong Army can officially organize ten generals and imperial guards. The Cao family's direct descendants occupy six of them, Yin Chao, Wen Heng and Yue's troops maintain the complete organization, so they naturally occupy two of them. In the end, the remaining two generals and Jie Zhong are still in charge. Zhu Run, Lei Teng and other troops, as well as the three thousand Tongbaishan soldiers stationed in Shuozhou, Cao Shixiong was not in a hurry to make arrangements. Recently, he was keen to pull Wang Gaoxing, Xun Yannian, Yin Chao, Wen Hengyue and other generals to travel around the mountains and rivers. At that time, a group of literati were invited to recite poems and lyrics.

Cao Shixiong was so anxious to be polite and recommended a group of scholars from the local gentry to join the prefectures and counties as officials, and even donated generously. In just one month, he donated tens of thousands of taels of silver for the construction of the prefectures and counties Xianci Temple and School, which was nothing more than an urgent task. Want to win the recognition of local gentry.

Seeing that Cao Shixiong was going to donate more than a thousand silver to build Mayinghai Temple, Wang Gaoxing, Xun Yannian and others were of course verbal praise, but they muttered in their hearts that the Cao family had controlled Shuozhou for less than ten years, how much could it be restrained and could withstand their in Lan The state is so generous to win people's hearts?

"Pan Chenghu wrote a letter a few days ago that the Xishan Fanhu attacked Shuozhou very fiercely, and Shuozhou was unable to bear its worries. He asked Langu's troops to attack the Xishan Fanhu together. How do you think about this matter? How do I reply to Shuozhou?"

It was impossible for Cao Shixiong to drag down the problems of the Tongbai Mountain soldiers and Jie Zhong and other troops.

In that case, not only will Liu Shizhong, the new Hedong Strategic Envoy, send someone to inquire and interfere, and the news will reach Bianjing, it will be difficult to guarantee that the court will not have any other ideas about the two brothers.

On behalf of the soldiers of Tongbaishan, Pan Chenghu sent a letter from Shuozhou to request an attack on the Xishan Fanhu for more than ten days. Cao Shixiong thought he had already grasped the thoughts of the generals and officials in Lanzhou, so he took out the opportunity to visit Mayinghai Temple today.

, throw out all these issues and ask everyone to discuss them.

Wang Gaoxing, Xun Yannian and other generals looked down at the upper, as if they were thinking, but they were silently complaining in their hearts.

After spending more than a month together, they have almost figured out Cao Shixiong's routines.

During this period, Cao Shixiong would basically take it out and summon the generals and officials to discuss it.

If the result of the negotiation is in line with his wishes, he would ask everyone to sign and submit it to Lushi for approval.

If the result of the negotiation is not in line with the intention, Cao Shixiong will say that the matter needs to be pondered carefully, and then temporarily put it down and not mention it.

After all, if everything is to be advanced, it must be carried out according to Cao Shixiong's will, but all the generals and officials have to bear the responsibility together. It is not that his Cao brothers were stubborn and determined to act alone at the beginning of his first affiliation with Dayue.

After understanding Cao Shixiong's routine, how could Wang Gaoxing and Xun Yannian speak easily?

Yin Chao and Wen Hengyue were not so delicate in their scheming. They had long heard that the soldiers and horses in Shuozhou were intending to attack the Xishan Fanhu. Although they had various thoughts in their minds, Cao Shixiong had not said anything for a long time before, and they could not say anything publicly.

At this time, it was more or less difficult to hold it in.

"Pan Chenghu and others were either recruited thieves or village soldiers, and they escaped from Datong by chance, caught the other party's old, weak, sick and disabled people, and really thought they were elites in the battles?" Yin Chao disdained

"They only have many soldiers and horses, and they don't understand anything clearly. They rashly enter Xishan to clear the mountain beard. What mistakes do Shuozhou have to happen? Can they take responsibility? If Xishan Fanhu can easily clear it, we will keep them here.

hour?"

The incompetent will never easily admit his incompetence.

The main force of the Tianxiong Army was defeated in Datong. Even though Ge Boyi was unable to completely exempt him from liability, he also found an excellent excuse for shirking responsibility, that is, Yue Hailou rebelled against the enemy - Yue Hailou was not only for Qidan

In addition to informing people, he presided over the strict collection of Khitan spies in Lanxin and other places and forced the Cao family to massacre Khitans and miscellaneous captives in Shuozhou. They were all tricks of the Khitans.

In this way, the main force of the Tianxiong Army was defeated in Datong, and it was not that the Khitan soldiers were powerful.

After all, before the main force of the Tianxiong Army was destroyed, it easily captured Shengdemen and Datong West City, and almost did not waste the power of swearing out tens of thousands of Datong troops.

I have told the lie ten thousand times, but how many people don’t believe it?

Therefore, with the help of the people of Tongbai Mountain, Jie Zhong, Zhu Run, Lei Teng and others, Zhu Han led tens of thousands of Tianxiong troops to escape from Datong City, and became insignificant. In the eyes of Yin Chao, Wen Hengyue and others, they also led tens of thousands of Tianxiong troops to escape from Datong City.

It's just luck, and life is just good.

Cao Shixiong initially reorganized the Tianxiong Army, but he did not dare to suppress Jie Zhong, Zhu Run and Lei Teng, who were friends with the Wang family and Zhu Han.

However, when looking for advice from everyone, Wang Gaoxing, Xun Yannian and others were all inclined to make great contributions and take root in Lanzhou and other places. The three of them could each control a military force, but they were indifferent. Chao, Wen Hengyue and the other two gave up after they had extraordinary strong opposition.

Although Wang Fan publicly stated when he left Lanzhou that the Wang family and Tongbaishan had parted ways, he still trusted Jie Zhong, Zhu Run and Lei Teng. Before leaving Lanzhou, he used these three to lead the troops. The most important cities on the west wings such as Shouyangkou and Ningwu.

Without Yin Chao, Wen Hengyue had extremely strong opposition. At this time, Cao Shixiong did not dare to put Jie Zhong and others on the shelves without any scruples.

Cao Shixiong didn't want the Shuozhou to have a lot of trouble at this critical moment. He nodded to Yin Chao and expressed his approval of his opinion.

Wen Hengyue's opinion also ordered Shuozhou to be calm and not to cause trouble easily, to prevent any more trouble, and to send troops to the rescue.

"Wang Langjun, Xun Langjun, what do you think?" Cao Shixiong asked Wang Gaoxing, Xun Yannian, looked at him and asked.

Although the court did not send military supervisors to Lanzhou, Wang Gaoxing, as the prefecture judge, had the power to recommend illegal and prohibited officers in the prefecture. He and Xun Yannian, the chief officer of Cao, were appointed as the chief officer of Cao, and Cao Shixiong were eliminated in Lanzhou. The most important official outside.

At the same time, they were scholars from the imperial examinations. Cao Shixiong now had to lower his attitude, and of course, they had to seek their opinions first in military and political affairs.

To be honest, Wang Gaoxing and Xun Yannian couldn't understand what Shuozhou wanted to fight and attack Xishan Fanhu, but they would not forget the scene before Wang Fan left Lanzhou.

It was even more impossible for them to express their opinions easily at this time. When facing Cao Shixiong's consultation, they just said: "The court has not yet concluded whether to fight or defend Yunshuo Khitan and the Fanhu Hu, and we dare not say anything nonsense, Cao Langjun or It is better to send someone to ask the counselor how to view this matter..."

"Why should I bother the military commander like this?" Meng Jian was the youngest brother of Meng Ping, the general of Shuozhou. He was also a child of the Meng family in Shuozhou. However, he learned literature since he was a child. He was a young man and had a reputation as a governor of Shuozhou very early. Cao Shixiong was appointed as an official under the command of the palace.

As Cao Shixiong's confidant adviser, Meng Jian knew that Cao Shixiong wanted to directly hold down the Shuozhou people and obey them, and not to cause trouble for them.

However, even though Wang Fan openly expressed his dissatisfaction with the people of Tongbai Mountain when he left Lanzhou, among the remnants of Tianxiong Army who fled from Datong, the people of Tongbai Mountain still had a very high reputation.

Therefore, even if Cao Shixiong could think of suppressing Shuozhou, he hoped to gain the support of Wang Gaoxing, Xun Yannian and others first.

But he didn't want Wang Gaoxing and Xun Yannian to be extremely sloppy. Even though he knew what Cao Shixiong was thinking, he would rather report this to Liu Shizhong than express his opinion on it.

This is actually not what Cao Shixiong wanted to see. Meng Jian said at this time, wanting to make things come true.

Cao Shixiong pondered for a while, considering that the Cai Chuang was confused about Shuozhou, he finally said: "Maybe the standardization of this matter is better by strategy..."
Chapter completed!