Leave Qizhou and enter Binzhou.

Going north along the Jinghe Channel, Qin Lang felt the steepness of the northwest gateway of Guanzhong. The northwest, the less fertile plains, and the more obvious the mountains and steep river valleys.

It is difficult to transport boats and water, and Qin Lang and his party walked along the rugged and winding roads in the river valley. I don’t know how many Hu tribes once went down the road and headed straight to Chang'an, Guanzhong. I don’t know how many Qin and Han armies gathered from Chang'an again and again to expedition outside the border.

However, at present, Qin Lang has no thousands of troops around him, but only more than a hundred cavalrymen in the Pacification Division. They did not go to expeditions outside the frontier and open up the Western Regions, but they also had heavy responsibilities.

Li Shimin asked Qin Lang to go to Jingzhou at this time to see what Li Yi was doing, which actually shows that Li Yi had been making Li Shimin feel like a stab in his throat for a long time.

As a hero who ruled the country at the end of the Sui Dynasty, although he had joined Li Tang very early, he had never been truly trusted by the Li family and his son.

When Li Yuan was a little gentler, but at this time, Li Shimin had an old grudge with Li Shimin, and Li Shimin became increasingly unable to tolerate him.

Many of the information found by the Investigation Department also showed that Li Yi has been restless.

The last time the Turkic troops arrived in Chang'an, Li Yi guarded Jingzhou, and he had a strange move at that time. Although the court quickly reached a white horse alliance with Jie Li and forced Jie Li to withdraw his troops, Li Yi did not have time to make any more abnormal movements, but those actions at critical moments still deeply stimulated Li Shimin.

"Sanlang, Zhao Ciqiu, the governor of Binzhou, came to greet him!"

The captain Dugu Yanyun reported.

Qin Lang's thoughts were interrupted and he nodded.

Zhao Ciqiong was the governor of Binzhou, with full name: Zhizhong, and was appointed as the governor of the prefecture, and was ranked second to the Bianjia. During the Sui Dynasty, he was changed to Bianjia, and Zhizhong was the chief historian. Sima, and the county was rebuilt in the early Tang Dynasty. The governor of the prefecture was changed to Bianjia, and Zhizhong.

"Zhao Zhizhong also brought Yang Ji, the commander of the Binzhou, to come, with a lot of people." Dugu Yanyun had something in his words.

Qin Lang smiled, "It's okay, these two are their own people."

Binzhou was under Jingzhou during the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was once called Xinping County during the Sui Dynasty. It was also named as Binzhou. It was also named Binzhou. It only governed two counties, Xinping and Sanshui.

Originally, Binzhou could have been completely subordinated to Jingzhou, but the imperial court still established Binzhou alone because of its special location.

Jingzhou already occupies an important Jingzhou tunnel portal in the northwest of Guanzhong. If such a key and beautiful place is included in the south, it will be unfavorable to the needs of military guards. Therefore, Binzhou is established alone and not affiliated with Jingzhou.

Li Yi was guarding Binzhou before, considering that as soon as Binzhou came out, it was a flat Guanzhong Plain. So the court transferred Li Yi to Jingzhou in the north. Although Jingzhou was larger, there were three important military states in the north, Yuan, Liang and Ling, and Binzhou gatekeepers in the south. Li Yi was actually trapped in Jingzhou.

Because of the importance of Binzhou, after Li Yi was transferred, Li Shimin did not send a governor, and even did not send a different leader.

During the rule, Zhao Ciqian and Yang Ji, the commander-in-chief stationed in Binzhou, were both Li Shimin's people.

As soon as Zhao Ciqian saw Qin Lang, he felt relieved.

"Duke of Yi, you are finally here."

However, when he saw Qin Lang and came with more than a hundred cavalry, he was a little disappointed.

"But what happened?" Qin Lang asked when he noticed his face changed.

"Li Yi is going to rebel!" Zhao Ciqiu said worriedly. During this period, all states in the pass were busy catching locusts and disaster relief. Zhao Ciqiu was responsible for locusts in Binzhou, but he had to keep an eye on Li Yi at all times and dared not relax at all.

Hard work pays off, but his close attention is still useful. He discovered that Jingzhou has had many abnormal actions recently. For example, Li Yi recruited military soldiers in the name of disaster relief, and even requisitioned food and grass.

"What you said is also mastered by the tutoring department, but it is not enough to show that Li Yi wants to rebel. After all, in the special period of locust hunting and disaster relief, Li Yi, as the governor, has the right to mobilize and requisition."

"Duke Yiguo, Li Yi will definitely rebel. I dare to use Xiang’s head to guarantee it!"

Qin Lang smiled.

"Zhao Zhizhong is loyal to the court. Your Majesty knows it, and I understand it too, but how can the court punish Li Yi for rebellion because of these?"

This is actually to tell Zhao Ciqiu that everyone knows that Li Yi is not a good person, but in this matter, the court cannot take action unless it has more evidence.

"I came here to find out the matter at the emperor's will."

Zhao Ciqiu smiled a little reluctantly, "But Duke Yi only brought a hundred cavalry here. If Li Yi plotted against rebellion and made trouble, I was afraid he would not be able to control it."

"Li Yi has long been trapped in a cage. If he doesn't rebel, he will be gone. If he rebel, he will seek death. To deal with Li Yi, a hundred cavalry is enough."

Of course, Qin Lang's words are not bragging.

If Li Yi was in Youzhou now, Qin Lang would not dare to say such big words. Li Yi had been in Youzhou for many years and had a strong power. He could not even capture Dou Jiande for a long time, but after all, it is not the same as before.

Li Yi joined the Tang Dynasty. After pacifying Liu Heita in the fifth year of Wude, he was summoned to the court by the court, and he was unable to return to Hebei since then.

Although it is said that the town is outside the capital is the governor, Jingzhou is just a cage. There is the gateway of Yuanzhou Xiaoguan and Liang. Ling's two towns block the connection with the outside of the border, and the Bizhou blocked the south, Chang'an is only three hundred miles away.

The most important point is that the court has actually been guarding against Li Yi for a long time, and Li Yuan was guarding against him, and after Li Shimin took power, he even took strict measures.

Li Yuanshi was still General Tianjie, and he commanded a military force among the twelve roads in Guanzhong.

This general of Tianjie is very important. With the military system of Li Yuan's time, the Guanzhong area was divided into twelve military regions and led by twelve generals.

This military region system is completely different from the Twelve Guards system.

Li Yi, the military commander, had the right to command military command, transfer military command, and other rights to civil affairs, finance and taxation, which was greater than that of ordinary border governors.

Compared with the system where the 12 Guards commanded the generals, the military commanded the military office, the Ministry of War commanded the orders, and the emperor had the right to select generals, the 12 military district system of Guanzhong gave the Tang Dynasty a higher right to make decisions and mobilize when facing the complex military situation around Chang'an at the beginning of the founding of the country, and there was no need to ask for instructions and obey the court's mobilization in everything, so as not to miss the opportunity to fight.

With the identity of General Tianjie, Li Yi could mobilize the troops of the military commander-in-arms under the important gateway of the northwest of Chang'an, such as Jingzhou, Yuanzhou, and Binzhou, and also mobilize the money, grain, finance and taxation of the states.

But this important position was directly abolished after Li Shimin became the crown prince.

The entire Guanzhong Twelve Dao and the Guanzhong Twelve Generals were all eliminated at once.

Li Yi was then transferred from Binzhou to Jingzhou, and then he was appointed as deputy commander of the Northern Expedition camp, and his position as chief marching chief was also removed, so he was left with the position of governor of Jingzhou.

The governor of Jingzhou is just a civil servant, and even the soldiers in the local military commander-in-chief of Jingzhou cannot be mobilized, let alone the soldiers and horses of Yuan, Feng and other states.

Jingzhou is not Youzhou, Li Yi has little prestige here, and without the identity given by the court, he is just a tiger in Pingyang.

Although there are still some confidants around you, what kind of waves can you make?

Qin Lang's calmness and confidence surprised Zhao Ciqiu.

After all, Li Yi's reputation was very famous. In the previous dynasty, he guarded Youzhou and Weizhen the Hu people outside the Great Wall. Such famous generals were still a great threat to civil officials like Zhao Ciqi.

"Let's go, enter Xinping City. Zhao Zhizhong, the news of my arrival has not been revealed, right?"

"No, only Shixia and Yang Tongjun know."

"Very good, keep keeping the secret and blocking the news. We will come into the city as a food team in a while."

After entering Xinping City of Binzhou, Qin Lang stopped and stopped leaving. He did not go to Jingzhou.

After Qin Lang entered the city, he stayed in the backyard of the Binzhou yamen and began to gather information from Li Yi in Jingzhou. After analyzing a lot of information, Qin Lang summoned Zhao Ciqiong and Yang Ji one after another.

On the third day he entered Binzhou City, Zhao Ciqiu hurried to meet him.

"Duke Yiguo, Li Yi is here."

"He came to Binzhou and brought eight thousand men!"

Qin Lang was not surprised at all. He smiled calmly, "I knew he was coming for a long time, and I have been waiting for him for a long time."

"What should I do now? Should I call Yang Tongjun to assemble the troops in the office immediately?"

"No need!"

Qin Lang chuckled.

"But Li Yi is about to get to the city, and there are not many soldiers in the city."

After Qin Lang arrived in Binzhou three days ago, he stopped and refused to leave because he received a secret report from Jingzhou, Jingzhou, three days ago, that Li Yi was rebelling.

Li Yi couldn't hold back after all. The last time he had to rebel when the Turks invaded, but unfortunately he was not ready yet. As a result, Jie Li actually signed the Weiqiao Alliance with Li Shimin and then retreated.

This incident made Li Yi very angry.

But there was nothing we could do. He was not ready at all.

But since some things have been taken, they can't stop.

After Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Yi was always frightened. He knew that Li Shimin would come to liquidate him in the end, and that he would come sooner or later.

When his old subordinate Wang Shi was killed in Youzhou and dozens of his former confidants were also cleaned up in Youzhou, Li Yi became even more urgent and critical.

Originally, he thought the Turkic invasion was a good opportunity, and he just started to rise up and go south to meet Jie Li. Who knew that his mother Jie Li was a cowardly soft guy?

After Jie Li left, Li Yi had been planning for a long time and finally took advantage of the locust plague in Guanzhong and people were unstable.

Li Yi and his confidants summoned the prefecture soldiers and local tyrants from Jingzhou, saying that they were ordered to enter the court by secret orders!

He didn't even dare to openly rebel and raise the flag because he didn't have much prestige in Jingzhou, so he could only use this method to deceive soldiers and raise troops first. He didn't even dare to claim to be Li Yuan's edict, but instead claimed to be subject to the secret edict of the new emperor, saying that he wanted him to lead his troops into the court to kill the rebels who were conspiring to rebel.

The rebellion case of Li Xiaochang and Li Youliang has just passed, and the soldiers and generals in Jingzhou really believed it.

So Li Yi deceived the generals of Jingzhou and the powerful households, recruited thousands of soldiers and many rural brave men, and rushed to Binzhou with eight thousand men.

This is the result of Li Yi conspiring with his confidants for a long time. He fought hard and went directly to Chang'an City when all parties were not careful. If there was no chance, he would lead his troops back to Hebei.

He did not choose to go northwest because the three towns of Yuan Liangling blocked their way.

"Report that the King of Yan has led his troops outside the city!"
Chapter completed!