On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 528
Li Yuan did not live up to Cui Che's expectations, relying on his family's accumulated contacts in Kansai for many years, he persuaded Cui Che to surrender the passes and cities on the old Longguan Road along the way.

Of course, the reason why it went so smoothly was not because Li Yuan had such great influence, but because of the situation.

Yang Guang moved the capital and gave up Guanlong. People of insight know that Cui Che will be able to unify the north sooner or later.

Now that the soldiers and civilians in Longyou were being devastated by Tuyuhun, Cui Che raised volunteers to rescue them. Even though some people were vacillating before, Cui Che finally forced them to make up their minds, let go of the road, and return to the Eastern Sui Dynasty.

With Li Yuan leading the way and calling the door, Cui Che arrived at Longguan without hindrance.

Longguan is located on Longshan Mountain, hence the name. It is said that Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty visited here and encountered Lei Zhen by chance, so it is also called Dazhenguan.

Wang Mang of the Western Han Dynasty set up four generals, referring to Hangu Pass, Wuguan Pass, Xiaoguan Pass and Longguan Pass.

"Going out of Longguan to the west is Tianshui County. Sending you thousands of miles away, there will be a difference. Now that Tuyuhun is raging in Tianshui, we can only rely on the king to save the people of Longyou."

Li Yuan occasionally felt the wind and cold on the road, so he could only send Cui Che to Longguan, and could not go west with him.

Cui Che didn't force it, and he didn't want to find an opportunity on the battlefield to kill his father-in-law. Now that the road to the west has been opened, Li Yuan is alone, without an accompanying army, it doesn't matter whether he stays or goes.

"Yue Weng led the way for me, and persuaded the pass and city to surrender along the way. My son-in-law will remember all the hard work. Please rest assured that Yue Weng, on the day I return to court, I will ask the emperor for credit for Yue Weng!"

On Longshan Mountain, Cui Che and Li Yuan held hands tightly, saying goodbye.

It's just that Cui Che still remained cautious. When he left Longguan, he left behind Huang Junhan, the runner-up general of the former army, as the guard of Longguan, and led [-] cavalry to garrison the pass to protect his own security. back road.

After all the arrangements were made, Cui Che left Longguan to the west and headed for Qingshui County (now Qingshui County, Tianshui City, Gansu Province).

Qingshui County belongs to Tianshui County, located at the southwestern foot of Longshan Mountain and the Niutou River Basin, a tributary of the North Bank of Weihe River.

Now Tuyuhun is besieging Tianshui County, and has no time to take care of Qingshui County, but the people of Qingshui County have either hid in the mountains or moved to the county, and they don't even care about the seedlings in the fields.

Zhang Lun, magistrate of Qingshui County, was inspecting the city walls on the west and south sides to prevent Tuyuhun from attacking.

Suddenly he saw the county lieutenant galloping towards the city wall, panting. He got off his horse and ran up the tower. Before he had time to catch his breath, he hurriedly said:

"Ling Jun! It's not good! Yan Jun, Yan Jun is here!"

Since Cui Che was granted the title of King of Yan, most of the army had flags with the word Yan, so in the Western Sui Dynasty, people often called them Yanjun as a distinction.

Zhang Lun was not afraid of being overjoyed, his eyes lit up and he said:
"What you said is true! You can really see clearly that it is Yan Jun who came, not the Tuyuhun people!"

The county lieutenant was taken aback by Zhang Lun's reaction, but he still answered truthfully:
"Looking at the armor system, it should be the Yan army."

Zhang Lun didn't even bother to inspect the city wall, so he hurriedly dragged the county captain to the north wall.

During this period of time, he was in a dilemma. Most of the soldiers in the county were conscripted to the county seat. With the existing defenders, once Tuyuhun was killed, they would not be able to defend Qingshui County at all.

Zhang Lun didn't want to be captured by Tuyuhun and become a slave, and he didn't dare to abandon the city and run away.

It seems that the only way before him is to die in the city.

For this reason, Zhang Lun has done a lot of psychological construction for himself.

But who can live well and with dignity, who is willing to die.

Now the county lieutenant told him that it was possible that the Eastern Sui army had come outside the city, so how could he not be excited.

Zhang Lun was unwilling to surrender to Tuyuhun, let them plunder the people and bully the women, but asked him to dedicate the city to Cui Che, Zhang Lun did not have the slightest psychological pressure.

But before that, Zhang Lun wanted to ask a clear question, did Cui Che come here to save Longyou, or was it really like what Tuyuhun preached, the two were a nest of snakes and rats.

Li Xiaogong, who was ordered by Cui Che to enter the city to persuade him to surrender, heard Zhang Lun's doubts, and laughed loudly:

"Zhang Lingjun is too worried. Tuyuhun used the name of King Yan to hurt the people of our Han family. When King Yan heard about this, he was furious. Now his personal commander and army are here to rescue the people of Longyou!"

Hearing this, Zhang Lun finally breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again:
"May I ask how the battle in Guanzhong is going?"

Li Xiaogong said without hesitation:

"Daxing City fell, and Yuwen gave the head. It depends on the spread of Guanzhong, and it belongs to the King of Yan. Otherwise, how can I persuade Zhang Lingjun here."

Zhang Lun did not doubt that there was a lie. In his mind, Cui Che must have taken Guanzhong if he was able to send troops to Longyou.

In fact, Daxing is still under the bombardment of the camp on three sides day and night. Although it is crumbling, the city has never been broken.

From then on, Zhang Lun no longer had any doubts, ordered the opening of the city, and brought the officials in the city with him, and offered the city to Cui Che to surrender.

It wasn't until Cui Che entered Qingshui County that Li Xiaogong found Zhang Lun, told him the truth, and said with shame on his face:

"Li didn't intend to deceive Zhang Lingjun, but he was really worried that Lingjun would not surrender when he heard that the victory in Guanzhong was not decided."

Zhang Lun didn't care, he smiled and said:

"The King of Yan was willing to take a strange risk and divide his troops to march westward, just to save the people of Longyou.

"This kind of mind should be the master of the world, compared to Yang Guang, it is more than a million times better!
"Zhang's abandonment of the dark to the bright today is all the fulfillment of my virtuous brother, so how could he feel dissatisfied because of it?"

Li Xiaogong was overjoyed and immediately invited Zhang Lun to have a drink together. The two came to a wine shop and drank happily.

Zhang Lun finally let go of the pressure in his heart and got drunk.

Li Xiaogong is far less able to drink than Li Xiaogong, who is much younger than him.

Li Shentong and Li Xiaogong, who were recommended by Li Yuan to Cui Che, sent Li Shentong to serve as a general in the army after Cui Che's observation along the way, but Li Xiaogong was kept by Cui Che's side.

It's not just because Lee Hyo-gong is young, just.

What's more, this person ranks second among the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, second only to Changsun Wuji.

His ability to overwhelm Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Li Jing and others, although he has the bonus of his clan status, he is not a person who is not worthy of virtue.

Li Xiaogong is proficient in water warfare. In the original time and space, he was the one who organized and trained the navy and served as the commander. Li Jing was the deputy. The two of them worked together to pacify Jiangnan in just one year.

Cui Che's biggest goal after the Guanlong War was to march south and unify the world.

Therefore, Li Xiaogong is indeed a rare talent in water warfare under Cui Che's command.

At the same time, Li Xiaogong treats others with forgiveness and humility, and knows how to advance and retreat. These are also traits that Cui Che likes. Naturally, he wants to keep him by his side, cultivate feelings, and be able to entrust him with important responsibilities in the future.

In fact, as Zhang Lun said before, Li Xiaogong was also moved by Cui Che's insistence on rescuing Longyou regardless of the danger and the success or failure of the Guanzhong battle, otherwise he would not have volunteered to go to the city to persuade him to surrender.

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