...The fire in the military camp was put out, and Taiyuan City gradually returned to peace. As Li Yuanji escaped, the deputy left-behind Xiahou Duan was killed in the chaos. Tens of thousands of troops in Taiyuan City had no way to retreat and surrendered to the Fengzhou army. The Fengzhou army quickly controlled the important facilities such as the government offices, warehouses and other important facilities in Taiyuan City. At this point, the northern capital Taiyuan was finally captured by Yang Yuanqing.o.

Surrounded by thousands of cavalry, Yang Yuanqing, the general manager of Fengzhou, rode into Taiyuan City. Inside the city gate, the prefect Wang Xu led dozens of civil and military officials to bow and salute, "See General Manager Yang!".

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I am following the order of the King of Dai to fight against the rebel Li Yuan. Now conquering Taiyuan is only the first step in the southern expedition of Li Yuan. I hope that all ministers can place the country of the Great Sui Dynasty first, assist the King of Dai, and revitalize our Great Sui Dynasty."

Wang Xu said loudly: "We are willing to obey General Yang's instructions, assist the King of Dai, and revive the Sui Dynasty!"

This is, Pei Shiqing walked up to Yang Yuanqing and introduced it to him: "General Manager Yang, this is the prefect of the Taiyuan County Prince and the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan."

Of course, Yang Yuanqing knew Wang Xu, the uncle of his wife Pei Minqiu. He met when he got married and returned home. However, since Pei Shiqing introduced this in one go, he told him that Wang Xu could trust and that he also played a role in taking Taiyuan City this time.

Although the Fengzhou army conquered Taiyuan, it did not mean that he could completely occupy Taiyuan County. After all, this is Li Yuan’s old nest. Li Yuan has experienced here for many years, and then he has to face Li Shimin’s counterattack. He needs these officials to appease the people for him, recruit the surrender of the counties in Taiyuan County, and stabilize the situation.

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "Prevent Wang, please rest assured. Fengzhou's military discipline is strict and there is no offense. Please ask Prefect Wang and all the envoys to appease the people. I hope the situation in Taiyuan City can be calmed down quickly."

Yang Yuanqing's implication was to tell everyone that everyone's official positions remained unchanged, and everyone was overjoyed. In fact, Li Yuan also launched an army in the name of the Sui Dynasty, and Yang Yuanqing was also in the name of the Sui Dynasty. For them, as long as Liu Wuzhou did not capture Taiyuan, everything would be normal and unchanged.

All the officials came forward to salute and disperse themselves. Wang Xu and Pei Shiqing also knew that Yang Yuanqing was going to handle military affairs, so they said goodbye for the time being.

Yang Yuanqing then asked Qin Qiong, "But what important prisoners of war were caught? Did Li Yuanji catch it?"

Before Qin Qiong could speak, Luo Shixin next to him stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to apologize, "Report to the general manager. Li Yuanji escaped from the south city. Beizhi led his army to intercept it. It was difficult to distinguish the enemy's army in the dark, but he escaped in the melee. Beizhi came to apologize!"

Luo Shixin led 5,000 cavalry to ambush three miles away in the south city just to intercept the fleeing enemy. Although he stopped Li Yuanji, he was finally escaped by Li Yuanji, which made Luo Shixin very depressed and a great contribution slipped away from his fingers.

Yang Yuanqing didn't blame him. He knew very well that the night was dark tonight and there was no one to see dozens of steps away. This kind of interception actually depends on luck. Good luck, and just stop Li Yuanji. Otherwise, Li Yuanji would be willing to avoid him, and Luo Shixin would not be able to catch him at all.

"Get up! This time God helps him, it's not your fault."

"Mr. Xie!"

Luo Shixin stood up, and at this time Qin Qiong reported again: "Reporting to the general manager, I won't mention the surrendered generals for the time being, there are three high-ranking officials who were captured. One is Liu Zhenghui, the young minister of Weiwei Temple. He came to Taiyuan to supervise defensive weapons, the other is Sima Liu Dewei, and the other is Dou Dan. Dou Dan was arrested by the powerful Xue Shen in Taiyuan. Their brothers organized hundreds of people to respond in the city, burned the military camp and released war horses. They were all done by them."

Yang Yuanqing was a little interested in the Xue brothers, so he smiled and said, "Take them here to see me."

After a moment, a soldier brought the three brothers of Xue, and the elder brother Xue Shen stepped forward and bowed: "Xiaomin Xue Shen brought his younger brother Xue Jing, Xue Gui met General Manager Yang."

Seeing that the three of them were all powerful and burly, Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but liked them a little, so he asked, "Are you famous Xue family in Hedong?"

Xue Shen smiled bitterly, "We can only be regarded as distant relatives of the famous Xue family. Our father is just a blacksmith, who is from a poor family, which disappoints the general manager."

"I'm not disappointed. I don't care about my background in our army, but only look at the credit. This time you responded in the city and helped me take Taiyuan. I'm a meritorious person. I want to reward you. But one of your three brothers is appointed as the chief lieutenant. You can discuss it yourself!"

Xue Shen was overjoyed that being promoted to the commander was their dream. He said without hesitation: "My third brother Xue Gui had gone to Liaodong, so he could be a general."

"good!"

Yang Yuanqing looked at the third brother Xue Guidao with an inspirational gaze: "I will appoint you as the commander and join the Taiyuan County soldiers. I hope I will hear the news of your meritorious service soon."

Xue Gui served as the brigade commander in Liaozhong in the ninth year of Daye. Later, he fled back. He stepped forward and knelt on one knee, "I am willing to serve General Manager Yang!"

Yang Yuanqing turned around and ordered Li Jing, asking him to take Xue Gui down, and said to Xue Shen: "You are all local snakes. Pay attention to the situation in Taiyuan for me. If someone spreads rumors or has suspicious signs, and investigates the information in our army, you can report it immediately, and I will remember your contribution."

Xue Shen bowed and bowed, "I am deeply honored to serve General Manager Yang."

Yang Yuanqing arranged surrendered generals and captured officials one by one, and then came to the Taiyuan General Administration Office, which was also Li Yuan's original official residence. The soldiers had thoroughly searched and found many good women from the back house who were occupied by Li Yuanji. Yang Yuanqing ordered them to be let go, and all the gold, silver and treasures found were rewarded to the meritorious soldiers.

At this time, it was already four o'clock in the night, and most of the soldiers were resting, and Yang Yuanqing could not fall asleep, not because of the joy of occupying Taiyuan City, but because of the occupation of Taiyuan City was just a midway stop in the Hedong Battle. He was about to face Li Yuan's unwilling counterattack. He had too many things to consider, and he had to deploy troops immediately to prepare for Li Shimin's counterattack.

The lights in the official room were bright, and a huge and detailed map of Hedong was hung on the wall, with lines drawn with red strokes. Yang Yuanqing speculated that this should have been painted by Li Yuan. It is conceivable that Li Yuan once held an oil lamp and carefully considered the plan to seize Hedong and march into Guanzhong in front of this map.

At this time, another owner was changed in front of the map, and he was also looking at the map, considering the plan to seize Hedong.

"Li Sima, do you think Li Shimin will go north to compete for Taiyuan, or give up Taiyuan and make every effort to consolidate the southeast of the river?"

Li Jing sat behind him, and he was also thinking. He was a little confused about Yang Yuanqing's strategic plan now, because before going to Hedong, he made it very clear that he would take Taiyuan County and then go east to Youzhou. But now it seems that he is a little interested in taking the entire Hedong area.

This is very important and affects the overall situation. If he doesn't understand this, he will not be able to answer Yang Yuanqing's question.

Li Jing pondered for a moment and tried to find a more euphemistic statement. He slowly said: "Have the plan of the general manager to enter Youzhou changed?"

Yang Yuanqing was stunned. He immediately understood what Li Jing meant and smiled apologetically: "It's my fault, I didn't communicate with everyone fully."

He took out a letter and handed it to Li Jing, "This is the letter from Du Changshi just received yesterday afternoon. You can take a look! Du Changshi's suggestion."

Li Jing took the letter and read it hurriedly, and he was also secretly surprised. Li Jiancheng led his army to occupy the counties within the pass, and even Yan'an County, the six northern counties in the Guanbei region, was occupied by Li Jiancheng's army. However, he did not continue to go north, but turned to Honghua County. In the letter, Du Ruhui proposed the suggestion of using the pass for Hedong.

The Fengzhou army only retained Lingwu and Wuyuan counties, and gave the rest to Li Yuan in exchange for the entire Hedong territory. Li Jing frowned immediately: "But in this exchange, what should I do with the turbulent wells of Yanchuan County, Iron Mine and Yan'an County? They are all extremely important military resources."

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "This letter was written to me. In fact, Du Ruhui only wrote half of it. Before my Eastern Expedition, Du Changshi talked to me about this matter in detail. He meant that after the Hedong was replaced, we could stabilize the situation in Hedong. We could attack Youzhou with all our might, and Li Yuan could also concentrate on dealing with Xue Ju and Li Gui. After seizing Youzhou, Li Yuan would not be willing to give up Hedong at that time. He would fight again, and we could retake Yanchuan County and Yan'an County, so that the territory would be exchanged for time."

Li Jing pondered for a long time and said, "Although the strategy is good, there are many details to be considered. For example, Li Yuan has pacified Xue Ju and Li Gui, but we are trapped in Youzhou. Li Yuan will definitely take the opportunity to attack Hedong in a large-scale manner. The six counties in the inner palace are lost and Hedong is also facing a crisis. What should we do?"

Yang Yuanqing took a few steps behind his back. In fact, Li Jing's concerns are not unreasonable. The situation in Hebei is much more complicated than that of Hedong. Even if he defeats Luo Yi, there are more powerful Dou Jiande, Gao Kaidao and Wei Daoer, if he does not consider entering in large quantities, it is likely to attract the joint attacks of all the powerful people in Hebei, and it is not impossible to get caught in it.

"I have considered joining Dou Jiande in Hebei to deal with Luo Yi together, but I have not considered mature yet."

Li Jing smiled and said, "Dou Jiande is just about to take Youzhou! How to divide the spoils at that time? I think we can join forces with Luo Yi to deal with Dou Jiande, and finally occupy the magpie's nest and drive Luo Yi out of Youzhou, but Luo Yi may not be willing to lead the wolf into the house!"

Both of them laughed. In fact, after all, the key is that they need to find a foothold in Hebei first, gain a firm foothold, and then play the Romance of the Three Kingdoms with Hebei Zhuqiang.

Li Yuanqing picked up his pen and drew a circle in Shanggu County. This was Wei Daoer's territory. He looked at Li Jing meaningfully.

Li Jing nodded silently. He understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, so he could consider it.

This is, he turned his thoughts back to Hedong and said with a smile: "Along with the deal suggested by Du Changshi just now, exchange for Hedong in the pass. Li Yuan suffered a great loss in this deal. I think he is definitely unwilling to give up Hedong and is unwilling to exchange it. He will definitely order Li Shimin to keep Hedong."

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "I won't sleep now, and I will continue to discuss with you how to deal with Li Shimin because I know that if I don't fight a few battles, Li Yuan will never be willing to do so."

Yang Yuanqing turned the topic back to the first question just now, "That's why I asked you, do you think Li Shimin will go north to compete for Taiyuan, or give up Taiyuan and make every effort to consolidate the southern part of Hedong Road?"

"I don't think Li Shimin will go north to fight for Taiyuan again. He will definitely concentrate his troops to defend the counties in the southern part of Hedong Road." Li Jing said with an unusual tone.

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