During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the merger of states usually had two meanings:

First, the state and Yongzhou in the Guanzhong region, Yuzhou, Liangzhou and other places in the eastern part of the country are listed as the thirteen states of China, and their governing capital is in Jinyang. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Second, it refers to the city of Bingzhou, also known as Jinyang City.

Since the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, after more than 300 years of war, the territory of China under the development of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty has shrunk greatly, and Bingzhou has gradually become an important town to resist the invasion of northern nomads in the south, and its military and political status have been significantly improved.

For more than half a century before Yang Guang was ordered to go out of the town and merge with the state as the governor of Hebei Province, Bingzhou City was once stationed for many years as the founding emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Huan, Gao Yang and his son, and led the government from afar.

When Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Yong, led an army of 100,000 troops, defeated the strong with the weak, defeated the old enemy Northern Qi in one fell swoop, captured and killed the Northern Qi Dynasty lord Gao Wei, Gao Heng father and son Soon, civil strife broke out within the Northern Zhou court, and the three governors headed by Xiangzhou Governor Wei Chi Hui successively raised troops against Yang Jian, and made a noise. At that time, the political inclination of Li Mu, who was the governor of Bingzhou at the time, would directly affect the direction of the Northern Dynasty situation. It was precisely because Li Mu firmly stood on Yang Jian's side that Yang Jian quickly stabilized the Kwantung region, and then appointed Wei Xiaokuan, Gao Ying and others to send troops to suppress the rebellion and stabilize his political position.

Therefore, after Yang Jian replaced Zhou Kaisui, he not only made Li Mu the head of the three princes, and enyin the Li family with more than 100 mouths, but also immediately made his second son, Yang Guangfeng, the king of Jin, the governor of the state, eager to firmly control this important town in the north in the hands of his own family.

In terms of geographical location alone, the city of Bingzhou (Jinyang) is similar to Youzhou in the northeast, the vast grassland where the nomads in the north are entrenched, there is a military fortress in the period of Qin Shihuang in the north of Youzhou, and about 30 miles north of the city of Bingzhou is built to choke the Yanmen Pass of the Great Wall, and the city of Bingzhou is connected to the east and west, with nine plains, the east, north and west are surrounded by mountains, the Fen River passes through the city from north to south, and the geographical location is more than three points in Youzhou, which is more partial to the northeast corner. It is no wonder that Gao Yang wanted to call the city of Bingzhou a hegemon, after it replaced the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and established the Northern Qi regime, although the capital Yecheng was built, but throughout the sixth emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the importance of the state was no less than that of the imperial capital Yecheng.

That is, at the beginning of the Northern Qi Dynasty Emperor Wu Emperor Yuwen Yong's war of annihilation against the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Wei, the queen of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was still hunting with his favorite concubine Feng Xiaolian near Jinyang Palace, and until he received a military report that the Northern Zhou army had marched eastward and broke several cities, Gao Wei still relied on Feng Xiaolian to tell him that he had not caught the prey, and he did not hesitate to risk the destruction of the country to continue to stay in Jinyang Palace to accompany her to hunt for fun.

When Yang Guang met with more than 100 hussar battalion soldiers led by Yujuluo in Lingshi Fort, he endured the anger and surprise in his chest, and asked in detail about the bloody battle between the Hussar Battalion and the Turkic Iron Cavalry last night, and ordered someone to hastily bury the bones of the fallen soldiers on the spot.

At the same time, Zhang Wei and Wang Shao, two servants of the Hebei Road Xingtai in Bingzhou City, also received a report from the soldiers defending the city early this morning, saying that there seemed to be a battle between the two armies at Lingshi Fort, which was located not far southwest of Bingzhou City last night.

Because Yang Shuang took office in order to recapture Linyu Pass from the Turks as soon as possible, almost took away all the elite troops and generals stationed in Bingzhou, the only remaining one of the Hebei Dao Xingtai Military Department Shangshu Li Xiong at this time orthodox led 3,000 men and horses to garrison Yanmen Pass, Zhang and Wang, although the two servants shot the history of the state assassin, but did not have the experience of pro-unification of the three armies, and the experience of facing the enemy, because of the scriptures, after learning that there was a fierce battle in Lingshi Fort last night, out of prudence, he did not send people and horses to reinforce Lingshi, but personally climbed the city tower of Bingzhou, The vigilance of the city has been strengthened.

Zhang Wei is a few years younger than Wang Shao, and his eyes are stronger than Wang Shao, when he stood on the majestic tower of Bingzhou City, he saw at a glance that this group of people and horses coming from far and near was playing the banner of the Jin King Hussar Battalion, he couldn't help but be surprised and happy, and hurriedly went down the city tower with Wang Shao and the two, opened the city gate, went out of the city in person, and welcomed Yang Guang and his party into Bingzhou City.

When Yang Guang first entered this important town in the north, his first impression was that the city here was large, with few people and many soldiers.

In the city of Bingzhou, there are four main streets built in two horizontal and two vertical, because they lead to the four city gates that connect the east and west, the north and the south respectively, respectively called the East Gate Street, the West Gate Street, the South Gate Street and the North Gate Street, no matter which street is compared to the Dingding Street in the East Luoyang City, it is not inferior, it can be seen that the shape and scale of the city of the state are no less than the eastern capital Luoyang in Angelica, and even exceeded.

Under the guidance and accompaniment of Zhang Wei, Wang Shao and others, Yang Guang entered the city from the south gate of Bingzhou City, almost passed through the city from south to north, and finally arrived at the road of Hebei Road Xingtai Bureau, which was temporarily located in the palace city in the north of the city. In stark contrast, in the streets and alleys of the Eastern Capital, there are almost no sergeants standing solemnly with weapons in their hands, and from the time he walked into the south gate of Bingzhou to the time he arrived at the Xingtai Bureau, there were dense uniformed sergeants along the way. Thinking of the Jin King Hussar Battalion, which had lost nearly half of it after the battle with the Turks in Lingshi Fort last night, Yang Guang immediately felt a thick murderous aura that had been precipitated in this overlord city for many years.

Because on the way from the south gate of Bingzhou City to the Xingtai Bureau, Zhang Wei and Wang Shaojing inquired about Yujuluo, and learned that the three hundred soldiers of the hussar battalion who served as the personal escort of the King of Jin were the three hundred soldiers of the hussar battalion who had fought a fierce battle with the Turkic iron cavalry who attacked at night at Lingshi Fort last night, so as soon as Yang Guang sat down in the meeting hall of the Taiwan Bureau, the two of them invariably knelt down to Yang Guang and pleaded guilty, asking Yang Guang to reinforce Lingshi Fort in time, which led to the crime of heavy casualties in the hussar camp of King Jin.

"The two servants are invited to get up quickly, this king has heard the details of General Yu about this matter, and it has nothing to do with the two servants." When Yang Guangchu came to the domain, he didn't want to be too harsh on the two deputies assigned to him by his father, so he forced a smile on his face and asked the two servants, Zhang and Wang, "Why don't you see King Wei and Duke Qi'an?" ”

Zhang Wei and Wang Shao glanced at each other, and replied: "The prince doesn't know, His Royal Highness King Wei led Li Guangda and dozens of other generals to garrison in You......zhou."

Yang Guang saw that he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and couldn't help but ask with a little surprise: "Long before this king left Beijing, didn't the Turks take the initiative to withdraw from Linyu Pass?" Why does the sixth uncle still want to station the army in Youzhou? ”