With the arrival of early spring, the ice surface of the Yellow River has completely melted, and large and small ice cubes float on the surface of the river, following the rapid eastward flow of the surging water.

On the side of the Yellow River in the north of Dali City, Yang Yuanqing took dozens of civil and military officials to inspect the Yellow River, and in the distance is the Yellow River pontoon bridge, floating on the river like a black dragon, in the north and south of the Yellow River, there are a total of 30 such pontoon bridges.

An experienced river officer introduced the changes in the water conditions of the Yellow River, "According to past experience, it takes a month for the Yellow River ice to completely melt from the ice, and during this period, due to the sharp ice and strong impact, the sheepskin rafts of the steppe Hu people were extremely damaged, and during this period, the Turks did not dare to cross the Yellow River with sheepskin rafts anyway. ”

"And how much time is left to cross the river on a sheepskin raft?" Yang Yuanqing asked.

"Back to the manager, according to the current rate of melting of ice and snow, there is still about half a month."

There is only half a month left, and every official has a worried look on his face, they have received urgent information from the scouts, and the Turkic army of 300,000 has arrived in Fuqibo, although it has not yet clearly turned to Fengzhou, but everyone knows that this time the Turks will not let Fengzhou go.

Although they were busy carrying supplies all winter, the amount of materials accumulated in Toyosu was too large, and the military supplies had basically been transported away, and half of the food had not yet had time to be transported.

The most troublesome thing is the retreat of the residents, on the one hand, it is too late to build a house in Lingwu County, on the other hand, the winter is too cold, and the old and weak people can't withstand the cold and bumps of the road, but at this time, they can't take care of so much, pondering for a moment, Yang Yuanqing immediately said to Yang Sien: "Send an eagle letter to Jiuyuan County, order the county government to notify all counties, and immediately start evacuating, except for the militia and the army to stay, all residents will withdraw to Lingwu County, and then send a letter to Zhang Ting, ordering Lingwu County to prepare 100,000 tents."

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The massive retreat from Toyosu began, and all the villages, counties, and residents within the boundaries of Gohara County began to evacuate south one after another.

On both sides of the Yellow River, thousands of horses, driven by horsemen, dragged a long fleet of boats to the south, hundreds of boats, full of grain, interspersed with more than a dozen official ships, in which some Fengzhou officials and their families sat in the official boats.

On the galloping road 100 steps away from the Yellow River, a long procession was crowded, stretching for dozens of miles, and groups of heavily armed cavalry escorted on both sides of the procession, looking vigilantly at the Gobi Desert in the east from time to time.

The commoners traveled in groups with clans as a bond, more than 100 large families, four or five small families, almost every family had animal power, ox carts, horse carts, donkey carts, male owners drove the carts, and the simple flatbed carts were full of their belongings, quilts, boxes, grain, poultry, lambs, and all kinds of clay pots.

Among the various items sat the old man and the young children, the old man carefully tending to the belongings of the car, guarding several clay pots with his old and wrinkled hands, for fear that the bumpy road would shatter them, and the young children were very excited, and this large-scale moving was full of novelty and fun for them.

The housewife of the family followed her husband on horseback, looking back at the situation in the cart from time to time, and whispering to remind her husband who was driving the car, and many teenagers also followed the car on horseback, the eyes of the teenagers were full of perseverance and hope for the future, but there were also teenagers who were worried in their eyes.

"Daddy, do you think the Turks will kill Lingwu County?" A twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy riding on a donkey with a slightly thin body asked his father with some concern.

This is a very ordinary family in Toyosu, there are two cows, a horse and a donkey, the wife is riding a horse with her younger son, the eldest son is questioning, the donkey follows on the other side, the elderly mother is sitting on the ox cart with her little daughter in her arms, but the younger daughter is holding a little lamb in her arms, all kinds of things are piled up on both sides, there are a few chickens and ducks with their legs tied, and three sheep are crowded in the corner of the cart.

The cart was full of belongings, with two oxen to pull, the father who drove the car was about thirty years old, he looked honest and strong, he smiled and said to his son: "Don't worry, since the government told us to withdraw to Lingwu County, this means that Lingwu County is safer than Wuyuan County, I also heard that Lingwu County can be twice a year, and our Longyou hometown is the same, so if you can catch up, Daddy can also plant a season of millet first, and then plant rice in May, our family will definitely not starve." ”

Although the father's words solved the food problem, they still failed to convince the son who was already able to think independently about the safety of their lives, and the young man frowned: "However, the gentleman in the school said that the Turkic cavalry can sleep on horses, and they can run three hundred miles in one day and one night, and it is only more than a thousand miles from Wuyuan County to Lingwu County, and the Turkic cavalry can be killed in three days, and I don't think it's safe." ”

The son has been in school for a few years, but the father is illiterate, and the father laughs honestly at this profound question, but he can't answer it.

At this time, a young lieutenant next to him heard the conversation between their father and son, and he interjected and laughed: "Turkic cavalry generally does not attack Lingwu County, unless Wuyuan County falls, otherwise logistics and supply will be a problem, and Lingwu County side, they can't get a grain of grain." ”

"But what if they divide up their forces to attack?"

The boy was worried, but he got to the point, and the young lieutenant had to think for a moment before answering his question.

"We also have defenders in Lingwu County, which can be defended, and we have a lot of troops in Wuyuan County, if the Turks divide troops to attack, less will not work, but if there are more troops, they may not be able to beat us in Wuyuan County, they are not stupid, this problem should be considered."

The young man wanted to ask again, but his father reached out and rubbed his hair, although he didn't know how to fight, but he knew how to do things, the officer was obviously in a hurry to leave, so he smiled at his son: "This general is on official business, so don't disturb people." ”

The young man didn't want to ask again, the young lieutenant smiled at the father and son, urged the horse to gallop forward, the young man looked at his back and walked away, the worry in his eyes disappeared, and gradually became resolute, and asked his father: "Daddy, I want to go to the county school again next year!" ”

His mother laughed and said, "Don't say stupid things, your father is the only one in the family, and I expect you to start helping next year!" ”

Father pondered for a long time, and he nodded resolutely, "Since you want to continue studying, Daddy supports you, and Daddy can support the family affairs alone." ”

"Da Lang!"

The mother complained a little about the child's father, "Don't spoil him like this, you don't know that the family needs manpower, and Erlang is in the army, and you have to help them plough the land at home, where can you be busy alone?" ”

The father touched his son's head lovingly, but his attitude was very firm: "It has always been my wish to let my son study, our Tao family has been farmers for several lifetimes, I hope that my son can get ahead, and he can also be admitted to the county examination in the future, and wear an official uniform, you don't have to worry, I have been supporting myself for the past two years, I am only thirty-three years old, and there is no problem in holding on for a few more years." ”

After his father finished speaking, his eyes looked at the Yellow River in the distance, and he hoped that one day they would be able to move south by boat, just like the officials and their families.

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Just when Fengzhou began to move south on a large scale, in a secret room of Li Mansion in Taiyuan, Li Yuan was listening to Liu Wenjing's report on his Turkic trip, and there were only three people in the room.

"I met the Turkic Shibi Khan, and I talked to him in detail, and he promised to fully support us, and also promised to send troops to Fengzhou, but he made three conditions....."

Speaking of the three conditions, Liu Wenjing couldn't help but sigh softly, from Liu Wenjing's expression, Li Yuan knew that these three conditions were very harsh, he stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and asked calmly: "What are the three conditions?" ”

"The first condition is that the Duke of Ming must be a Turk, and only after Gongzi arrives in the Turks, the agreement between the Turks and the Duke of Ming will take effect."

Li Yuan frowned and asked, "Did he designate anyone as the proton?" ”

Liu Wenjing shook his head, "This is not true, it only says that it must be the son of Ming Gong." ”

Liu Wenjing understood what Li Yuan meant, and added: "The Turks do not value their concubines as much as the Sui Dynasty, so the Ming Duke might as well let Wulang go as a hostage." ”

Wulang is Li Yuan's fifth son Li Zhiyun, the son of Shuchu, only eleven years old this year, Li Yuan also means this, Jiancheng, Shimin, Xuanba, and Yuanji are all great talents, let them envoy the Turks as hostages, he is reluctant to do any of them.

He nodded and asked, "What about the second condition?" ”

Liu Wenjing was a little embarrassed, and said after a while: "The second condition is that the Ming Duke must be a vassal to the Turks, and the red flag of the Sui Dynasty is not allowed to be used when the army is raised, and the Turkic white flag must be used. ”

This condition is really harsh, Li Yuan pondered for a long time, and then asked, "What about the third condition?" ”

"The third condition is that the land and men of the Sui Dynasty do not want it, but the treasures and women of the Sui Dynasty must belong to the Turks, and if the Ming Duke accepts it, the Turks can send troops to help the Ming Gong in trouble."

Li Yuan paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, in fact, the first condition was acceptable to him, but the key was that the second and third conditions were too harsh for him to accept.

But if he does not accept the conditions of the Turks, then he will inevitably be strongly blocked by Yang Yuanqing when he captures Guanzhong, with the elite of the Fengzhou army, he is difficult to be his opponent, but if he does not occupy Guanzhong, he will not be able to obtain the support of the Guanlong nobles, then he will become slim to seize the world, in any case, he must let the Turks send troops to Fengzhou, so that Yang Yuanqing is difficult to participate in the battle of Guanzhong, and even the Turks can help him destroy Yang Yuanqing, the strongest opponent.

At this time, Liu Wenjing persuaded him: "I heard that Liu Wuzhou of Mayi County has rebelled, and he will inevitably seek the support of the Turks, so in this way, Ming Gong will lead his troops south to fight for the pass, Taiyuan is empty, Liu Wu Zhouyan can not take it, Ming Gong North Union Turks, help stabilize the rear, in order to solve the worries, in fact, the second condition, there is a way to humble the post." ”

"What's the solution?" Li Yuan asked anxiously.

"It's very simple, I can use the white flag, but the clothes are also white, so that the people of the world will not know that our white flag is because of the Turks, and at the same time, we will spread the prophecy: the law exists, the morality is there, and the white-clothed son of heaven goes out of the East China Sea, indicating that the white white flag used by the Ming Dynasty is in accordance with the will of heaven, and has nothing to do with the Turks, and it also meets the requirements of the Turks."

Liu Wenjing's plan made Li Yuan secretly praise, in fact, he didn't care about the treasure woman, the world is so big, how much can the Turks plunder? As long as the people of the world do not know this, and wait until they seize the world and then change the historical records, there will be no problem.

Li Yuan thought that Yang Guang summoned him to Jiangdu, he had no time, and the opportunity in Guanzhong had appeared, so he was a little impatient in his heart, and immediately wrote a letter to the Turkic Khan.

'Today, the Sui Kingdom is in turmoil, and the people are poor and poor, if they don't help, they will eventually be the responsibility of God. I have raised a large number of volunteers, wanting to calm the world and welcome the Lord from afar.

Isn't it a good thing that Yuan is peaceful and calms the world, and is more like the opening of the emperor when he is in peace with the Turks? Although the Sui pilgrimage today has lost the Khan's intentions, I hope that the Khan will not forget the grace of the ancestors, if he can take it from me, do not invade the people, and the income from the conquest, the children and jade silks can be owned by the Khan.....

After writing the letter, he put it in the envelope and sealed it and handed it to Liu Wenjing, "I agree to all three conditions, you can quickly take Wulang to the north to meet the Turkic Khan, and ask him to send troops to Fengzhou immediately!" ”

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[When writing this paragraph, Lao Gao found an interesting place, in the letter of Li Yuan to the Turkic Khan in the Book of Sui and the Zizhi Tongjian, the most critical sentence is this, 'If you can go south with me, you are willing not to invade the people', and there is no more, that is to say, the Turks admired Li Yuan, and were willing to work for him for free regardless of remuneration.

But in Wen Daya's "Datang Entrepreneurship and Living Record", in fact, there is a sentence at the back, "The income from the conquest, the children and the jade silk, all can be Khan", this is the distribution of the spoils of war.

As for who is the real history, Lao Gao doesn't know, the content of the novel is Lao Gao's own play, and it has nothing to do with history. 】