Zhao Junsheng yawned and walked out of the tent, he stretched his limbs, and the morning light shone on his face a little warm.

Fu Zhan walked over quickly and hugged his fists to report: "King, Li Yuande sent someone to report that the city has been cleaned up, please enter the city!" ”

Pingliang City was captured around the middle of the night last night, and the defender Buliu Gulu was killed during the stubborn resistance, and a small part of the defenders was killed, and most of them surrendered.

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Okay!" Send someone to tell Li Yuande that he will enter the city after an hour alone! ”

"Yes!"

After breakfast, Zhao Junsheng left some people in the military village to take care of the prisoners and the grain and grass and military supplies, and he took the ministers of the army and the Long Wei army into the city.

When the army arrived outside the West City Gate, Zhao Junsheng looked up at the city wall, and there was still blood spilled by the soldiers who attacked Pingliang City not long ago, and the blood stains had dried up and were black and brown.

"Mr. Dongfang, it's been a month since we came to Pingliang, right?" Zhao Junsheng asked.

Dongfang Chen arched his hand: "It's been a month and five days, it's not easy to build this Pingliang City!" The king, although our army did not bring heavy siege equipment to Pingliang this time, and could not attack Pingliang City for a long time, in the minister's opinion, it is not because our army lacks heavy siege equipment, and the defender Gao Wende still has some ability to defend the city, otherwise with our army's infantry proficient in siege tactics and tactics, the general defender will not be able to stop it at all! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "You have a point, Lone knows what you mean, you want to intercede for this Gao Wende and save his life, right?" Does he have anything to do with you? ”

Dongfang Chen shook his head with a smile and said, "Gao Wende has nothing to do with the minister's money!" The reason why the minister interceded for him was mainly because of his character and talent! Let's not talk about talent, just character, how many people in this world can watch their allegiance to the dynasty soon fall and still do not surrender after being captured? It is very sad that a dynasty has fallen without even a martyr, and the fact that Wei can have a martyr like Gao Wende shows that it still has merit! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Gao Wende is on a hunger strike, now it's not that Lone wants to kill him, but that he wants to die, even if Lone doesn't kill him, he doesn't want to live, what can others do?" ”

Dongfang Chen was silent.

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "Okay, let him see if it is the Wei State that he is loyal to can make the people of the world live better, or the lonely Qianguo can make the people live better!" Let him out and give them a courtyard, but they are only allowed to move in Pingliang City, and they are not allowed to go out of Pingliang for five years! ”

Dongfang Chen immediately bowed his hand: "Thank you, King!" Gao Wende must be able to feel the benevolence and mind of the king! ”

Although Pingliang County was captured by the cadre army, there were a lot of things, and Zhao Junsheng appointed an army official named Peng Mengyan to temporarily act in charge of the affairs of Pingliang County.

Through inventory and statistics, after the defeat of Buliu Guli, the Wei army captured more than 22,000 people in the previous battles, plus Huaishuo Town, Woye Town, Bogulu Town, and the Wei army captured more than 30,000 prisoners along the way.

With so many captives to be guarded, it is not easy for them to honestly not make trouble, to take care of these prisoners, it usually takes half of the force to ensure safety, with the sharp increase in the number of prisoners, Zhao Junsheng has to consider the problem of reorganizing the prisoners in Pingliang City.

The purpose of the reorganization is to let these prisoners of surrender be used by us, and there is no need to send troops to take care of them, so that they can join the army and integrate into one, so that they can fight for the Qianguo and defend the land and the country!

The 30,000 troops were organized into six armies, each with 5,000 men, which was much larger than the normal cadre army and garrison army.

It took more than ten days for Zhao Junsheng and the generals to finally complete the reorganization of the 30,000 surrendered prisoners, and the strength of the Wei army was getting smaller and smaller, and the strength of the cadre army was more and more fighting, which was fully doubled.

Just as Zhao Junsheng was about to lead his army to march to Chang'an, an urgent battle report suddenly came from the north, and Wu Ti, the Khan of Rouran, led an army of 50,000 Koubian, and the areas under the jurisdiction of Woye Town and Huaishuo Town were invaded by the Rouran army one after another, and the situation was once again unfavorable to Qianguo.

In the lobby of the Taishou Mansion in Pingliang City, the atmosphere was tense, and everyone's faces were solemn.

"It must be the Wei State that made the ghost! The Rouran people have obviously left, and it is not easy to go south again, if it weren't for the tricks of the Wei State, how could the Rouran people be separated by less than two months in a row? Li Yuande shouted angrily.

Zhao Junsheng squinted his eyes and said: "In addition to the contribution of the Wei State, I am afraid that there are also the thoughts of the Rouran people, they feel that they can't let the Wei State be defeated by our army, once the Wei State is destroyed by our country, the pressure on the Rouran people will be greatly increased, although Rouran has no knowledge, but they are not stupid!" ”

The ministers and generals of the army all looked at each other and nodded in agreement with Zhao Junsheng's statement.

At this time, Dongfang Chen said: "Great King, we only left 3,000 people in Huaishuo Town and Woye Town, with such a few troops, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist the attack of the Rouran people, once Huaishuo Town and Woye Town are breached, then the Hetao area will be over, if Wu Ti is bold enough, he may also directly wave his troops to attack the back of our army, you should know that the long-distance attack is not difficult for the Rouran people!" ”

Zhao Junsheng walked around the hall with his arms crossed, thinking in his head, weighing the pros and cons, and after a long cup of tea, he stopped and asked, "Where is the Gao Xiu army now?" ”

Shen Hui stood up and replied: "I received a battle report sent by General Gao Xiu last night, they have captured Dingyang, because it is late at night, so the minister did not disturb the king's rest!" ”

Zhao Junsheng swept his gaze to the map, and after a short period of thought, he still decided not to move Gao Xiu's army, or to divide troops from Pingliang to reinforce Huaishuo Town and Woye Town, as for the general······ Who should lead the troops to deal with the Rourans?

Zhao Junsheng's gaze finally fell on Chang Kun, "Chang Kun! ”

"The minister is here!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "The pressure of our army on Chang'an can't be contacted, Lone decided to personally lead the troops to kill until Chang'an, and Rouran's threat can't be ignored, Lone gives you 30,000 horses, and you command the troops to deal with the Rouran people!" Lone's requirement for you is to fight if you can fight, and if you can't fight, you will fight with it, your 30,000 horses are all cavalry, and it is effortless to deal with the Rouran people! ”

Chang Kun felt a lot of pressure for a while, he had never led 30,000 cavalry to fight alone, this was the first time, and he was a little uncertain, so he hesitated to take this errand.

Seeing him hesitate, Zhao Junsheng knew his idea of saluting, and said: "Don't worry, this time is also a test for you, famous generals are all fought from battle, you should also start to stand alone!" ”

After hearing this, Chang Kun stood up and hugged his fists and agreed: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Of the 30,000 horses that Zhao Junsheng gave to Chang Kun, 10,000 were soldiers and horses from various armies brought from Qianjing, and the other 20,000 were reorganized from surrendered troops and prisoners, and Zhao Junsheng also thought carefully about this, and it was a good thing to keep these recruits away from Chang'an, at least they would not be averse to fighting with the Rouran people.

On May 10, Chang Kun had just led 30,000 cavalry north, and a war report from Mulan came from Henan.

Zhao Junsheng looked at the battle report and was silent for a long time, and handed the battle report to the guards, so that the ministers and generals of the army could read it.

According to the battle report, since Mulan ordered Wei Jing to lead 3,000 cavalry to suppress the thousands of remnants of the defeated troops of the Southern and Western Route Army in Yingchuan, she led the main force of the army to march eastward.

After the army entered the Puyang territory, Liu Yikang, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, got the news that he had led the army to attack the city for half a month and could not break the city, and the main force of Hua Mulan was coming to the east, so he gave up continuing to attack the city and led the army to retreat south to the territory of Mount Tai.

Jeju town general and the defender of the city of Jeju Wang Huilong was short of troops, and he had previously received an order from Mulan not to pursue, so he still held the city tightly and did not lead the army to pursue.

Mulan's army has arrived in Rencheng, and it is not far from the approximate location of the Southern Dynasty Emperor Liu Yikang's middle route army, less than three hundred miles, but the middle route army of the Southern Dynasty is still in the northeast direction of Mulan, which makes Liu Yikang very scared, worried that Hua Mulan and Wang Huilong of Jijiao City will attack north and south.

So Liu Yikang led the army to retreat to Langya County in the southeast again, and after Liu Yikang led the army to retreat, he ordered Xiao Sihua, the general of the East Route Army, to lead the army to withdraw to Langya to join him, and ordered Liu Yuanjing, the deputy general of the West Route Army, to defend Yangzhai to the death.

Zhao Junsheng saw that all the ministers had finished reading the battle report and asked, "What do you think of the war in Henan?" ”

Dongfang Chen thought about it and stood up and said: "King, in the opinion of the minister, Liu Yikang is only afraid that he will have a decisive battle with Marshal Hua after converging with Xiao Siyan of the East Route Army in the Langya area!" However, the minister thought that Marshal Hua should be able to deal with it, and the king didn't have to worry! In order to strengthen the marshal's troops, the minister suggested that Yuan He could send troops from Qizhou, and join Lu Rail and Wang Huilong to go south to press Liu Yikang step by step! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "Previously, Gu ordered that the war in Henan was under the command of Mulan, and Gu interfered with her here, let her make her own decisions, if Gu intervened, it would be unfavorable to her command!" ”

Dongfang Chen stopped talking when he saw Zhao Junsheng say this, and stepped aside.

Zhao Junsheng ordered: "Come here, send a battle report to Marshal Hua to inform us of the situation on our side." Pass the order, and the army will march tomorrow and march towards Chencang! ”

Everyone clasped their fists in unison and said, "Obey!" ”

Tens of thousands of cadres and horses advanced all the way to the direction of Chencang, and the garrisons of various cities along the way were weak, and they opened their doors one after another to accept surrenders.

Six days later, Zhao Junsheng arrived at Chencang with an army of more than 30,000 men, where he encountered obstacles, and where the Wei state garrisoned 3,000 men.

Chen Cangshou will be Lu Tong, the son of Dou Lu Lu Yuan.

Zhao Junsheng besieged Chen Cangcheng with more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, he rode a horse in the military array, looked at the Wei flag on the city, and observed the garrison on the city wall, and ordered Shen Hui: "Go and send someone to shoot a letter of persuasion!" ”

"Yes!"

A letter of surrender was quickly written, and it was given to a cavalryman with good archery skills to shoot the letter up the tower.

At this time, Lu Shuang called Malay to report: "King Qiyu, Yang Nandang, the lord of Qiuchi and the leader of the Di people, came to meet the king with soldiers and horses!" ”

"Oh? How many people did he bring? ”

"More than 6,000 people!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a moment and ordered: "Bring him to see Lone!" ”

"Yes!"