Quyechuan border, Linzhou.

Linzhou City was originally just a small fort in the Quyechuan Valley. It was affiliated with Shengzhou and was located in the north of Yinzhou. After Li Chao sent Yuchi Gong to recover Yansui Yin, Yuchi Gong went north to capture Yincheng, Liangu and Fugu in the southern part of Shengzhou, and built a city in the Quyechuan Valley, a tributary of the Yellow River between the three cities.

Li Shimin issued a special order to establish Linzhou in the south of the regained Shengzhou.

The prefecture of Linzhou is located in the newly built Linzhou city.

Linzhou City is located on the banks of the Quye River flowing southwest. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and its military geographical location is very important. Controlling Linzhou means blocking the important roads of Xiazhou in the west, Shuozhou in the east, Shengzhou in the north, and Yinzhou in the south.

If the Turks in the front set dared to attack Lingzhou in a large scale, then Linzhou would be able to send troops directly to Dingxiang of the Turkic Khan Court, forcing them not to divide their troops easily.

Standing at the head of Linzhou City and looking into the distance, the Great Wall winds from the southwest, crosses Linzhou, and then heads northeast.

Towering beacon towers are staggered from far to near, if mighty sentries stand on the top of the mountain.

With the Great Wall as the boundary, two completely different landforms are presented before our eyes.

Inside the Great Wall are hills like waves, with undulating peaks. Outside the Great Wall is a sea of ​​sand that is endless.

In Yuchi Gong's report to Li Chao, he wrote, "The castle is firm and has a high terrain. It is an abnormality that is set by heaven. You can defend but not attack. The natural danger in Linzhou cannot be abandoned lightly!"

In just over a month, a small fort has been repaired and built into a strong city fortress.

Yuchi Gong stood at the top of the city, very proud.

He was also the first minister of Xuanwu Gate, Li Chao was appointed as the Minister of War, and even became the Minister of Jingzhao. However, he was just a general, and was demoted to the prison for his punches by Wang Junkuo. Now he has to be the general under Li Chao.

But he also came to his true skills.

Li Chao was indeed capable. Yuchi Gong was convinced and killed Liang Shi in half a month to seize Lingzhou. He did a good job and had good command. But Yuchi Gong was not a good person. Li Chao gave him six thousand soldiers. Didn’t he also seize the three Yansui Yin states and conquer Linzhou again?

He is now only four hundred miles away from the Turkic Dingxiang Khan Court.

It takes only two days to cross the Yellow River to reach the Golden Wolf's tent of the Turkic Khan Court.

Like a nail, it stuck under the noses of the Turks.

Guo Xiaoke stroked the city plate with his hand and said to Yuchi Gong, "Old Hei, why don't the Turks come? We tried our best to repair such a good city. We have repaired it all. If they don't come, they always feel bored. I really want to see the Turkic cavalry, and under this city, I feel helpless."

Li Junxian and Guo Xiaoke used to be in Wagang and had a closer relationship.

Hearing this, he said, "Yes, Jishuai sent us here. We have 20,000 troops here now. If we can't fight, it will be too boring."

Ji Hu Grand Marshal Liu Gan stood aside, unable to penetrate his mouth.

He actually likes the current situation quite well. He knows the power of the Turks. He wishes that the Turks would not come. It would be a good time for Ansheng to live in a few days. These guys are so warlike.

There are 20,000 troops stationed in the four prefectures of Linyin and Yansui. Now these four people are all in charge of the marching general and also serve as the governor. In addition, they are also unified in the wings and horses, serving as the wings and horses. There are 18,000 troops and horses in the four wings and a 2,000 artillery unit. Each wing is led by an artillery battalion. This is what Li Chao sent to them to, and it is considered to enhance their firepower.

After seeing these artillery soldiers' powerful ability to control the artillery, they were all very afraid of these artillery soldiers. However, after Yuchi Gong and Guo Xiaoke had these four artillery battalions, they became more and more proud.

I was waiting for the Turks to go south all day long.

"If you want me to tell me, let's go north. If the Turks don't come, let's go!"

Yuchi Gong looked into the distance with a telescope, but did not answer. He knew that Guo Xiaoke and Li Junxian were deliberately making fun of themselves. They didn't really want to go north or something, they just wanted to joke with themselves.

The capture of Linzhou was actually the limit of the Tang army. The terrain here is the Great Wall, river valleys and mountains. If you guard the city according to the danger, you can still not be afraid of the Turkic cavalry. If you go further north, the terrain will not only be difficult to guard and provide logistics, but also be too close to the Turkic cavalry. Once the Turkic cavalry comes, it will be difficult to guard the terrain. If you are alone, you will be easily surrounded and killed.

Guo Xiaoke and Li Junxian are both guys who have experienced a lot of battle formations, how could they not know?

It's just that these two guys deliberately disgusted themselves.

He knew that in the new dynasty, Shandong generals were the most powerful mountain, and they were even more powerful than the generals from the Guanlong clan.

He Yuchi Gong was originally from Liu Wuzhou, and he was not with Qin Qiongcheng Yaojin Guo Xiaoke and other old Shandong generals.

But this time in Linzhou, Li Chao ordered him to be in charge of military affairs in the east. He and Guo Xiaoke and four other marching officers were both generals, and each was the chief officer, and each was the chief of the procuratorate and the chief officer, but they were mainly Yuchi Gong, so they were of course not convinced. Liu Gan was a surrendered general, so he dared not have any objections, but Guo Xiaoke and Li Junxian were just going to be slandered.

The current pattern of Linzhou is centered around the Great Wall and Qu Yechuan, along Qu Yechuan, 20 miles away from the north and south of Linzhou, each with a city, with Liangu to the north and Yincheng to the south. The three cities are connected together and support each other.

Further northeast, there is also a Fugu City.

But only a small number of troops were stationed there as a warning.

"What's the point of fighting? The general of Jie is ready to do a big battle. Once he takes action, we will also send troops here. At that time, the two can be the vanguards, so don't be afraid at that time."

"Old Hei, you speak nicely. What does it mean to not be cowardly? Are we those cowardly people?" Guo Xiaoke snorted. Staying in Linzhou all day, there is nothing left to make fun of Yuchi Gong.

"But it's strange. Didn't Jieshuai say why he wanted to do it last time? Why is it still being prepared now? It's been too long, it's not Jieshuai's style. Last time he started working in Liang Shidu, it took only half a month from sending troops in Chang'an to kill Liang Shidu. This time he said he's been working in the work, it's been half a month, so why haven't he started working yet?"

"My big knife is already unbearable!" Guo Xiaoke said.

"I want to say this, don't steal my words." Li Junxian said with a smile.

"I heard that the Prime Minister is still cultivating Ningyuan City, and is rushing to make ** cannons and warships. I guess he is not ready enough." Liu Gan interrupted.

Now, at their call, more than 200,000 Jihu people in the valleys of Yansuiyin and other places have all registered at nearby government offices, registered for the Tang Dynasty, obtained the Tang Dynasty ID card, and even registered and issued a contract to their fields, and also granted them land.

After they divided the fields of the Tang Dynasty, they became members of the Tang Dynasty, and they had to pay taxes every year from now on.

Of course, there are also benefits, the advantage is that the government will no longer go into the mountains to surround them at any time in the future. There will be no slave-capturing teams of powerful nobles who come into the mountains to capture them as slaves and sell them.

However, they will not be allowed to come out of the mountains and rob.

Many powerful men from Jihu were selected as militias and joined the bow and archery clubs, big sword teams, and militia organizations. If the court needed it, they had to bring their own dry food to the government to get weapons to participate in the city guarding or transporting grain.

Some of them are even selected for the township soldiers, which are more advanced. When they are recruited, they will leave their prefectures and counties to fight with the army, and they can also get some allowances. They can get spoils and rewards when doing battle. They are not as good as those of the government soldiers, but they can also be considered as having the opportunity to earn fame and fortune by fighting to get rewards.

Ji Hu Qing and Wang were very willing to become a village soldier. Farming was not the dream life of these Ji Hu young people. Killing and setting fires, well, making contributions in wars is their yearning. That kind of life is more exciting and passionate, and it is easier to make a name for itself.

"Jingshou has his own plans, so we can just follow the military orders." Yuchi Gong turned around and looked at Guo Xiaoke and Li Junxian, with disgust.

"If you really have nothing to do, then learn to learn from the Jieshuai and take people to fish in the Yellow River and Quyechuan River. You two, one fishing and the other pickling fish to dry fish, just prepare more dried salted fish for military rations. Well, General Liu, you are familiar with the terrain here and are all good hunters. You can take your men to hunt, why prepare some animal meat, and you can also practice military training."

Guo Xiaoke, Li Junxian and Liu Gan all looked at each other. Our general, general, would you please go fishing, hunting, drying salted fish, drying beasts and dried meat?

"What about you?"

"I, I am naturally in the middle of the city and responsible for command. If the Turks come, wouldn't there be a scene where I can stay?"

Guo Xiaoke almost waved his fist when he said this.

Hebei.

Military masters are in check.

Li Shiji was drinking the Erguotou of Lijiagou and chewing the five-spice sauce beef from Li Ji cooked food shop, which was quite comfortable.

"What does Tuli Khan mean? Is there a correct letter?"

Li Shiji asked the Turkic man in front of him.

"When I returned to Duke Cao, my Khan was very willing to set up a border city in Youzhou and start a trade with each other. However, my Khan also had some requirements, just that I hope to change the trade location from Youzhou City to outside the military pass."

"Change to outside the military gate?"

"You can set up a new border city outside the Jundu Pass. I heard that Duke Zhao did this when he was in Longxi. It would be convenient for both families to set up a new city on the border."

Li Shiji smiled, "Are you still afraid that your Khan will come to Youzhou to Yi City, will I steal your things?"

"Of course it's not the meaning, it's just for convenience."

"That's right. Just choose outside the Jundu Pass. What's the place where the Sanggan River and Guishui intersection canal outside the Jundu Pass? There is thirty miles outside the Jundu Pass. One horse is flat, and the river is surrounded by water. Set up a market. We trade with each other and commodities. You bring cattle, horse, fur, medicinal materials, gold and silver, we bring silk cloth, tea, porcelain, salt, sugar and wine, and everyone gets what they need, wouldn't they be happy?"

"What Duke Cao said is that it is really good to share the existence and whether it is necessary to obtain the needs of each other. So let's make a decision?"

"Well, let's make a decision. The first time we traded together, we might as well choose the beginning of next month. On the first day of May, we traded between Guishui and Sanggan River outside Jundu Pass."

"One word is determined."

"One word is certain!"

The messenger of Tuli left with satisfaction, and before leaving, he exchanged a lot of tea, wine, sugar and salt for war horses.

"Duke Cao, aren't we going to fight with the Turks? Why are we still talking about the exchange with them at this time?"

"You kid, learn more when you have time. It's right for us to fight against the Turks, but how to fight is very knowledgeable. Tuli is a little khan of the Turks, with strong strength, but his relationship with Jie Li, the great khan of the East-Turkish khan. Jie Li is his uncle, but Tuli thinks that Jie Li has robbed his khan position. Tuli is also a powerful faction, so of course he is not very impressed by Jie Li. If we take advantage of the opportunity of trading with Tuli to win over this kid, maybe there will be a chance to get rid of their uncle and nephew. You said, if we can separate and separate their uncle and nephew, it will be of great help to attack the Turks? If we can bring Tuli to our side and fight Jie Li together, we will make a fortune!"

The captain was stunned.

"This is OK?"

"Why can't it work? I learned this trick from Li Sanlang. Trading is much more than just trade. It's also a communication channel. With trade, we have the opportunity to contact the sudden profits and the opportunity to convince and impress him!"

"Gao, Cao Gong is really brilliant!"

"Hahaha, your boy's flattery is too obvious. Learn more after you go back." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!