The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 432 How Can Cutting Weeds Leave No Roots?
Chapter 430 How can we cut the grass without eradicating the roots?
A few days later, Gao Qi and his party finally escaped from the pursuit of the Tang army with difficulty, and formally joined the Qi army on the frontier where Loufan stationed troops.

In fact, being able to break out of the encirclement and escape safely this time, there is also the aspect that the Tang army was not well prepared. After all, the main force of the Tang army in Bingzhou this time is in Wuyuan and Shuofang.

As for the Bingzhou defense line, except for Ma Sanbao's left-behind army, there is almost no resistance in the rest of the country except for the county soldiers!
However, how can the combat effectiveness of the county soldiers resist the escape of Gao Qi and Di Xin?

Ma Sanbao is valued by Princess Pingyang, and she is not weak in the slightest. When Ma Sanbao personally led the pursuit this time, if Gao Qi hadn't reacted quickly, he might have been besieged by him.

Moreover, without Di Xin's assistance this time, Gao Qi and Li Jing might not be able to safely break through the siege and get rid of their pursuit.

However, even though everything was on tenterhooks, it turned out to be a false alarm!
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Loufan, a small border town

"Zilong, why are you here, but what happened to the camp?"

It only said that after Gao Qi successfully met Zhao Yun, he couldn't help being puzzled and asked.

Hearing this, Zhao Yun cupped his hands and said, "King Qi, the camp is under the management of General Mu and Junshi Guo, so there is no serious problem."

"It's just that Guo Junshi has a premonition in his heart, and he is worried about King Qi, so he specially asked Longling Qingqi to come to meet him."

"But I didn't expect that Guo Junshi's guess was very accurate. You really were chased and intercepted by the Tang army, King Qi. Are you in serious trouble?"

For a while, Zhao Yun couldn't help explaining the cause and effect to him slowly, and then showed an eager look, asking whether Gao Qi was injured.

"It's okay to be alone!"

Although Gao Qi said it was okay, but he had to really experience the situation he encountered this time before he knew how dangerous the situation was.

Several times, if Di Xin and Gao Qi hadn't fought desperately, Gao Qi might have really fallen into Tang general Ma Sanbao's schemes.

It can be seen that the crisis that Gao Qi encountered this time cannot be described clearly in a few words, and those who have not experienced it will not be able to understand that state at all.

However, Zhao Yun took a closer look and saw that Gao Qi was not injured except for his whole body and the white horse under his crotch, except for a little fatigue, so he relaxed.

As Gao Qi has joined forces with Zhao Yun, although Tang Jun who followed behind felt extremely unwilling, he had no choice but to let it go, but hoped to stop!

After all, at this time Gao Qi had merged with his army, if the Tang army continued to pursue desperately, it would be tantamount to proving to the world that the Tang army declared war on the Qi army.

In this way, its meaning can be completely different. If it is not done well, the decisive battle between the Qi army and the Tang army will be staged in advance.

However, now Li Tang's national policy is to advance eastward and annex Central Plains and Hebei as the main development direction. For Gao Qi in the south, what Li Yuan adopts is to make peace and not invade each other in order to defend!
When Gao Qi was alone, Ma Sanbao could still give it a go and lead the pursuit. Even if Gao Qi was pursued by then, at least he could evade it. The incident was not so serious.

However, once the Qi army is attacked on a large scale, the nature will be very different. I am afraid that Li Yuan will behead Ma Sanbao for the crime of beheading in order to appease Gao Qi's anger.

Even if it is light, I am afraid that the fate of dismissing his officials is inevitable.

The reason for all this is also due to the influence of the current situation. Neither the Qi army nor the Tang army wants to turn their faces now and the two armies will confront each other.

After all, nowadays, both countries have the policy of expanding their territory and consolidating their territory, and they will never stop dying for a little convenience!

I saw that the Tang army formed a tight formation between the distances. The chief general Ma Sanbao was on his horse, and the deputy general Xin stood beside him, his whip beating slowly: "Oh, I didn't expect it to be a failure!"

"Gao Qiqi's martial arts is so powerful. Compared with a few years ago, I didn't know how to do my best. Our army has deployed layers of defenses, and it has allowed him to escape safely."

All of a sudden, Ma Sanbao actually thought of another level of his bravery. After all, the whole army arrested Ma Sanbao this time, but it fell short!
Therefore, how can Ma Sanbao not regret at this time, you must know that capturing Gao Qi will turn the tide of the battle for the Tang army.

It's a pity that with Gao Qi and Zhao Yun leaving together, the Tang army's pursuit will end in failure!

"King Qi?"

Just to say, when Di Xinwen heard that the person in front of him was the famous Qi Wang Gaoqi, who single-handedly created the foundation of the Qi Kingdom, he immediately felt noncommittal!

It must be known that for several days in a row, Di Xin fought side by side with Gao Qi one after another, breaking out of the encirclement of the Tang army together, and even rescued Gao Qi by mistake.

But Di Xin didn't expect at all that this eloquent general who was younger than himself was actually the famous King of Qi, Gao Qi.

At this time, after knowing Gao Qi's true identity, Zhe Ran felt dizzy.

Immediately after, Di Xin galloped to Gao Qi's face, knelt down without hesitation, bowed his hands in salute, and said, "King Qi, Caomin Zishou has eyes but can't see Mount Tai!"

"If the grassroots have spoken against the King of Qi before, please ask the King of Qi to have a lot of it, and don't care about it."

It has to be said that Di Xin deserves to be a figure who has been a king in history. Although he is young, he also has a city in his heart.

After learning Gao Qi's true identity, his first reaction was to express his loyalty to him immediately.

"Quickly calm down, Zishou, you don't have to be so polite. If you didn't ride alone this time, without fear of danger, rushing into the chaos and disrupting the Tang army, I'm afraid Gu would have died!"

"Therefore, in layman's terms, you are a lonely savior. As everyone knows, I, Gao Qi, am definitely not the kind of person who repays kindness with revenge."

"Since Gu and you are considered friends along the way, no matter what happens in the future, we will all be friends, and this will not change."

Just to say, while Gao Qi is slowly supporting Zishou, he is also speaking in a steady tone, and there is no word of blame in his words.

At this moment, Di Xin slowly calmed down, no longer feeling frightened!
After a long time, Gao Qi seemed to think of something, and said slowly: "Zi Shou, didn't you say that you were going to join the army and become a member of the Great Qi Army, and fight bloody battles?"

"I don't know if you are still willing to join the Qi army and become a member of our army?"

For a while, Gao Qi did not force Di Xin, but asked for his opinion. According to this situation, even if Di Xin changed his mind and no longer joined the Qi army, Gao Qi would let him go!
After all, people have their own ambitions, and Gao Qi can't force him to stay. In other words, Di Xin is also his savior after all, and taking extraordinary measures against him will also cause a great loss to his reputation.

In other words, Zishou is not a character like Li Jing who can turn things around by himself, even if he seeks refuge with other princes, it will not help and will not affect him at all.

After all, among the Qi army, there are as many fighters at Dixin's stage of combat power as a cow's hair!

Hearing this, Zi Shou didn't think about it at all, and immediately answered, "King Qi, I miss you day and night!"

Immediately after getting an accurate answer, Gao Qi didn't hesitate, and after thinking about it slowly, he ordered: "In this case, Gu Nian, you have saved Gu's life, and you are extremely brave."

"Therefore, Gu appoints you as General Fenwei, and temporarily stays under Zilong's command to serve. When you make military achievements in the future, you will be transferred to other places."

"No, the general will obey the order!"

At this point, Zishou chose to accept the official position assigned by Gao Qi and officially joined the Qi army.

Although General Fenwei was just a miscellaneous general, Di Xin had no complaints. After all, he was only a miscellaneous general because of his contribution to rescuing Gao Qi, and commanded two hundred cavalry under his command.

Such an honor is considered a high promotion for a person who has just joined and has no record.

After all, military camps respect martial arts, and everything they say is evidenced by military exploits and military exploits!
Moreover, even if Gao Qi wanted to break the rules and promote Di Xin, the generals under his command would probably not agree.

In other words, Di Xin has also heard a little about the military system of the Qi army, which is the military merit system adopted. If you want to be promoted and rewarded, you can only kill the enemy on the battlefield and make meritorious service in exchange for credit.

Other than that, there is no other way!
It is precisely because of the stimulation of military merit that the overall combat power of the Qi army is so powerful, and the soldiers are elite soldiers.

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Shuofang County, County Zhiyan Green City

It's just that after arriving at the Yanlv Camp, the first thing Gao Qi did was not to assemble a team, but to secretly summon the Shadow Commander Zhan Zhao.

In the county mansion, inside the temporary mansion, the door of the mansion is closed at this time, only Gao Qi is at the top of the mansion, and standing beside him is Zhan Zhao who is dressed in black.

As for calling Zhan Zhao so urgently this time, Gao Qi must have an important task to appoint.

"Zhan Zhao, it is an extremely important matter for Gu to call you back in such an urgent manner. I want you to lead the shadow members to complete it. I wonder if you can do it?"

Hearing this, Zhan Zhao didn't hesitate at all, and solemnly said, "King Qi please express it!"

Immediately afterwards, Gao Qi slowly planned to stay in Futotian Fuhao in Yangqu City this time, but he colluded with the Tang army and reported himself, which led to the Tang army chasing after him.

After a while, Gao Qi slowly recounted the situation to Zhan Zhao, and immediately said: "Therefore, I need you to lead the shadow members to exterminate Tian Fuhao's family. I wonder if you can complete the order?"

Hearing this, Zhan Zhao did not hesitate at all, and solemnly made an oath, saying: "Zhao swears to die to complete the order issued by King Qi."

"This time, it will be exterminated, and no one will be left alive!"

For a while, as Zhan Zhao took over the task, Gao Qi roughly explained the specific situation to Zhan Zhao, and then ordered him to set off for Yangqu.

As Zhan Zhao left, Gao Qi stood up slowly, and muttered to himself: "Tian Ren, Gu said that if Gu can return safely this time, your entire family will definitely be wiped out!"

"Just wait, after a few days, there will be a surprise for you."

All I can say is that for a while, Gao Qi no longer had the slightest sympathy in his eyes, only endless indifference.

At this moment, the life of Tian Fuhao's entire family is almost in the hands of Gao Qi.

It's a pity that Gao Qi doesn't have any compassion, but the killing in his heart is getting heavier and heavier!
In fact, this was Tian Fuhao's choice. Since he chose to sell Gao Qi in exchange for benefits in the Tang army, at this time, he should also accept Gao Qi's roaring anger.

As the saying goes: When the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will float away!

Although Gao Qi is not the son of heaven, Tian Fuhao's move has greatly exceeded his bottom line, which is the most taboo and intolerable for a king.

Therefore, it seems that the destruction of Tian Fuhao's family this time is unstoppable!

After sending the shadow to assassinate Tian Fuhao, Gao Qi temporarily put the matter aside and returned to the current situation.

With Gao Qi's departure during this period, the situation has undergone new changes.

Under the leadership of Princess Pingyang, the Tang army divided into two groups, with Li Mu as the main one, and continued to march north.

In an instant, Tang Jun's territory expanded hundreds of miles northward, almost crossing the Great Wall and Yinshan Mountain, and took the opportunity to recover Yongfeng, an important town outside the pass.

Yongfeng is one of the important towns that lead from the grassland outside the Great Wall to the Yinshan defense line and enter the pass.

At the beginning, although Temujin had no choice but to retreat back to the grassland, he also stationed a team in Yongfeng on the way to retreat and stood firm on the ground.

In his heart, he also hoped that the Central Plains would be in chaos, and he had no time to take care of this place. As long as he could firmly control this place and wait for his strength to recover, when the time came, the Turks could invade the border again and occupy the Central Plains.

However, Temujin never expected that Tang Jun's movements were so fast, and Li Mu's marching speed was not uncomfortably fast.

With a distance of hundreds of miles, he galloped twice a day almost every day, traveling hundreds of miles a day, and captured Yongfeng before Hu Kou could react.

At this time, with the fall of the important town of Yongfeng, it will also show that the Turks will be blocked from the defense line of northern Xinjiang, and the invasion of the northern Xinjiang area again has become a distant past tense.

Following the great victory of Li Mu's first army, the main force of the Tang army led by Princess Pingyang was not inferior at all. With the assistance of Guo Ziyi, they occupied all the territories of Wuyuan County except Jiuyuan City.

Subsequently, Princess Pingyang stationed troops in Feng'an Town outside Jiuyuan, and led the troops to station here, forming a confrontation with Pei Ju's troops in the city.

The reason why there was no strong attack was that the high walls of Jiuyuan City were not conducive to siege.

Second, after analyzing the overall situation, Princess Pingyang did not want to completely freeze the relationship with the Qi army.

In fact, the most important point is that Princess Pingyang is very clear in her heart that the foundation of the Qi army is not here, and sooner or later the army will withdraw and return south!
That being the case, Jiuyuan will belong to our own army sooner or later, so why worry about this moment, wouldn't that increase casualties in vain?
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At this time, knowing the current situation, Gao Qi was secretly thinking about how to end the confrontation with Tang Jun!

However, the one who thought the most, Gao Qi finally came to a conclusion, that is to give up Jiuyuan and hand it over to Tang Jun.

After all, if the two armies confront each other for a long time, the situation can only be beneficial to the Tang army.

It should be known that the Tang army fought against the mainland of Bingzhou, but the Qi army was on an expedition.

It can be seen from this that the situation has become extremely obvious which one wins and which loses!
Now, what Gao Qi is thinking about is how to exchange Jiuyuan City for Tang Jun's greatest interests.

However, after thinking for a long time, there is no countermeasure!

For a moment, Gao Qi couldn't help but put it down temporarily, and shifted his gaze to Di Xin.

As Di Xin's force had broken through a hundred, he had also started to explode.

(End of this chapter)