The army on both sides of the Yellow River is flowing endlessly, the 150,000 Dingbei Army is advancing westward on the north bank and in the Yellow River, and the 120,000 Western Army is advancing rapidly towards Bianliang on the south bank of the Yellow River; Yang Zhi can see the Western Army going in the opposite direction on the boat of the navy, looking at the boat turning a bend on the river, Yang Zhi can't help but sigh, in the face of interests, there is really no satisfactory result, even if he crosses by himself, in the inertia of history, the strength of the individual is still small, the war between countries does not determine the outcome because of the level of civilization, sometimes the higher the degree of civilization, the stronger the uncertainty。

"Fengling has arrived. The sailors shouted happily, Fenglingdu is the confluence of Shaanxi, Hedong, Henan three regions, after Fenglingdu will reach Guanzhong; Fenglingdu is on the north bank of the Yellow River, opposite the south bank is Tongguan, since Hangu Pass was abandoned, Tongguan is the throat of Guanzhong and the Central Plains. It was only because the north bank was the territory of the Dingbei Army that the navy relied on the north bank to swim upstream.

Yang Zhi stood on the bow of the boat and looked to the south, across most of the Yellow River, Tongguan was almost invisible, and could only see the unique plateau of the Yellow River where Tongguan was located under the guidance of the sailor; the plateau is a flat loess platform on the top of the steep top on the four sides of the Loess Plateau, formed by the lasting impact of the river, and it looks extremely arrogant in the sun, even if it is viewed from the north, it is still inviolable. Although the mountains to the west are in the opposite direction to the eastward flow of the Yellow River, one peak is higher than the other.

In the bleak autumn wind, Yang Zhi could hear the sound of the horses' hooves of his army on the north bank, but he also knew that the north side of Tongguan was the Yellow River, the south side was Chongshan, and the east, west and south sides were steep ravines and turbulent flows.

However, it was such a strong pass, two years ago, the 200,000 troops of Qiangai did not hold it, and they were driven straight into it by the Jin army, and almost all of Chang'an, Qinzhou and other places fell; Yang Zhi had mixed feelings and recited in a low voice: "The peaks and mountains are like gathering, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road." Looking at the western capital, he hesitated. Sad, the Qin and Han dynasties, the palace and thousands of rooms have been made of soil. Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer. ”

If the mountains move, the river moves, and the bow of the ship is silent, not to mention that Yang Zhi's side is a few illiterate sailors, they can also hear the meaning of a common people's suffering from these few sentences, and can understand Yang Zhi's compassionate mood; thinking about the battle situation when the Jin army entered the Guanzhong, and the situation of the Northern Army returning to Guanzhong for peace negotiations today, I am full of emotion. Cai Qing, a flower of flowers, walked over from the side of the boat on the right side, walked to Yang Zhi's side, handed over the letter sent by the clipper and said, "My lord, there has been news on Jingyuan Road, and Qu Duan has not left. ”

It was Liu Qi's letter, Liu Qi was worried that there would be a problem with the letter, and the officers who sent the letter all wrote down the contents of the letter, and first dictated to Cai Qing, who greeted him; Yang Zhi nodded, took the letter, Wang Shu took up the post of Longtu Pavilion to be controlled, and was responsible for commanding the soldiers and horses of the Sixth Route in Shaanxi, and appointed Qu Duan as the Jizhou regimental training envoy and the commander of the temperance department, and it is said that Qu Duan was very unhappy; this time Qu Duan was left by Wang Shu on Jingyuan Road to resist the Western Xia, and he took more than 10,000 people from his headquarters and never made a clear statement.

When Yang Zhi received the news, he understood that Qu Duan was waiting for the price to sell, and wanted to see his own hole cards; Yang Zhi then asked Liu Qi, who had arrived in Puzhou first, to inform Qu Duan that he would appoint Qu Duan as the envoy of Jingyuan Road, and wrote to Taiyuan to ask Zhao Kai for approval; this time it should be the result of Liu Qi's contact with Qu Duan, and it has a different significance for whether the Dingbei Army can gain a firm foothold in Shaanxi.

Yang Zhi read Liu Qi's reply, Qu Duan had agreed to join the Dingbei Army, Liu Qi said a situation, that is, Wu Jie sent someone to contact, hoping to join the Dingbei Army; since Yang Zhi recommended Wu Jie to Runzhou, Wu Jue's life in Shaanxi has not been easy, from the original Shaanxi Zhifu envoy Xie Liang to Qin Fenglu through the envoy Xi Gong, no one has given Wu Jie a good face, many colleagues think that Wu Jie and the Dingbei Army have private contacts, otherwise Yang Zhi did not even recommend his sworn brother, how could he recommend Wu Jie for no reason.

This time, Wang Shu also ignored Wu Jue, Wu Jue is a smart person, naturally knows that in this case, I am afraid that Yang Zhi will be the best at using himself, so he simply wrote a letter to defect; Yang Zhi nodded, everything was under control, and said lightly: "Let Liu Qi inform Wu Jue, wait for me in Qinzhou, I will be of great use to him." ”

Wang Xie and Li Yanxian stood behind Yang Zhi, and Wang Xie was silent for a while before asking: "My lord, Wu Jue is not a famous general in the Western Army, and he has no military exploits, and the adults seem to value this person too much." ”

Since Yang Zhi recommended Wu Jie to Runzhou last time, people from all walks of life have inquired about this general, Wu Jie was originally from the Deshun Army, and enlisted in the army on Jingyuan Road as a son of a good family before the age of 20, and was later promoted to the rank of deputy lieutenant and general of the team because of his bravery. In the second year of Xuanhe, he went to Jiangnan with Tong Guan, and accumulated his achievements to Zhongxunlang and the eleventh general of Jingyuan. In the first year of Jingkang, the Western Xia attacked the Huaide army, Wu Jue led more than 100 cavalry to pursue, beheaded one hundred and forty-six ranks, and awarded Bingyilang and the twelfth deputy general of Jingyuan Road with merit;

Wu Jue's performance in the Western Army is good, belonging to a small number of victorious generals, but such military exploits can be said to abound in the Dingbei Army, many people don't know why Yang Zhi values Wu Jue so much, at that time Yang Zhi can also recommend Qu Duan, after all, Wu Jie was only Qu Duan's deputy general at that time, and the position recommended by Yang Zhi was an exceptional promotion. It's just that Yang Zhi is in a high position and has no prestige in the army, and there are many people who talk about it, and Wang Xie is the first to ask him face-to-face.

Yang Zhi looked at Wang Xie with appreciation, daring to doubt the opinion of his boss is the essence of an excellent general, Yang Zhi couldn't tell himself that he knew Wu Xie's ability in another time and space, and he didn't want to dampen Wang Xie's enthusiasm, and said with a smile: "Now I can't prove it, but Yanxian is here, I can make a bet with you, if it turns out that I am wrong in the future, I will lose you a thousand taels of gold, if I guess correctly, you will sing a Qin dialect to the soldiers in the barracks at that time." ”

"A thousand taels of gold?" Wang Xie and Li Yanxian both exclaimed, looking at Yang Zhi incredulously, Yang Zhi is Wang Xie's benefactor, not to mention that Wang Xie lost the performance program by betting on weekdays, even if Yang Zhi drinks a drink on weekdays and asks Wang Xie to perform, it is not a big deal;