Zhang Wenyuan killed Yu Yun, and Yan Xiaowu also took the opportunity to occupy Zhengping City. At the same time, Liu Yunfang transferred from Longmen to Daojishan County and joined forces with Zhang Wenyuan and Yan Xiaowu.
The three armies finally converged.
At this moment, Huang Mingyuan¡¯s order arrived.
The troops of Yan Xiaowu, Li Ziren, Li Qingyang, and Liang De were reorganized into the Wuxiang Guard, with Yan Xiaowu as the general manager, and Li Ziren and Li Qingyang as the deputy general managers.
Wu Xiangwei, the eighth field army in Daoxingtai, Hebei Province.
Counting the Youtun Guard and Huwei Guard, the Sui Army's field troops in Hedong exceeded 100,000. However, Huang Mingyuan was not prepared for a decisive battle with Li Tang at this time, so he would not allow all 100,000 troops to gather in Hedong.
The rise of Li Mi and the rebellion of Li Yuan set off the clarion call for hegemony in the world. If Li Yuan were to be eliminated like this, wouldn't it bring the originally boiling situation to a freezing point?
Huang Mingyuan ordered Zhang Wenyuan to be the general manager of the march on Hedong Road, control the military forces of Hedong and Feng Yi, recover Hedong County, and rescue Puban.
He also ordered Yan Xiaowu to lead his troops to Hanoi after completing the reorganization.
Liu Yunfang was also ordered to temporarily control the newly restored six counties of Xihe, Linfen, Jiangjun, Lishi, Longquan, and Wencheng, as well as the original two counties of Shangdang and Changping, and be responsible for the suppression of bandits in Hedong.
Although all the major counties in Hedong have been recovered, there are still many small counties or remote places that are either in the hands of bandits or in the hands of aristocratic families.
To completely control Hedong and stabilize the place, there is a long way to go.
Hedong transfer envoy was also established, with Duan Yanshi appointed as the prefect of Jiangjun and concurrently as the transfer envoy.
At present, Huang Mingyuan is still unable to enter Guanzhong, and Puban, Tongguan and other places will become the main battlefields for both sides in the future. Currently, there are Youtun Guards in Hedong, Baotao Guards who have rescued Tongguan, Qu Tutong's Youxiao Guards, Yao Junsu's Puban garrison, Qi Luo's Hongnong garrison, and they have not even surrendered to Li yet. The total number of Tang's troops in Guanzhong far exceeded 100,000.
Like Qu Tutong's You Xiaowei, they have lost Chang'an's food support and can only rely on Hedong's support.
He also appointed Li Derao as the prime minister of Shangdang County to lead county affairs; and his cousin Huang Mingshu was appointed as the prefect of Changping County.
The three of them followed the orders and went to their respective battlefields.
Zhang Wenyuan stayed in Zhengping for a day and continued south to Hedong County.
At this time, Hedong County had not been captured by the Tang army because the county was governed by Puban, and Li Yuan also divided it into two. Puzhou was established in Sangquan County (governing the south of present-day Linyi County, Shanxi Province), and Yuzhou was established in Anyi County (present-day Anyi Street, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province).
The governor of Puzhou is Li Yuan's cousin Dugu Huaien, who is leading troops to attack Puban. The governor of Yuzhou was Wei Yijie.
Wei Yijie is the third son of Huaguo Duke Wei Shou, and his grandfather is the famous Wei Xiaokuan. The Jingzhao Wei family is considered to be the first-class big family in Guanzhong. It is slightly inferior to the Five Surnames and Seven Families, but it is not much different. Especially in the Tang Dynasty, it was no longer necessary to have five surnames and seven families.
The Sui army surrounded the city, and Wei Yijie in the city hesitated.
In fact, for a person like him, unless he dies on the spot, even if he is captured, the other party will usually give him face and will not directly kill him. What made Wei Yijie hesitate was that Zhang Wenyuan from outside the city actually sent someone to recruit him to surrender.
In fact, Wei Yijie and Zhang Wenyuan are old acquaintances, and they are also Zhang Wenyuan's old subordinates.
When Zhang Wenyuan was the governor of Changping County, Wei Yijie was a civilian Cao who joined the military.
At that time, the two were about the same age. At first, he was still proud of his status and felt that it was really unbearable for the other person to be a warrior who became a prefect. However, later he was impressed by Zhang Wenyuan's methods and fell in love with him.
When Zhang Wenyuan was transferred to Youzhou by Huang Mingyuan, Wei Yijie was also transferred to Qi County Magistrate. Li Yuan rebelled, and he followed suit, and later became the governor of Yuzhou.
Zhang Wenyuan mentioned in the letter the old friendship between the two, and said that the Sui army had captured Hedong, and that only a few isolated cities such as Anyi were left in the entire Hedong area. He advised Wei Yijie not to make any mistakes and surrender in time.
Wei Yijie actually looks down on Li Yuan.
In fact, apart from understanding Li Yuan, many of the children of wealthy families dislike Li Yuan. Probably because Li Yuan had been pretending to be a coward, incompetent and flattering person in recent years in order to paralyze Yang Guang and protect himself, making the children of the family look down upon him. Although Li Yuan now rebelled, everyone could not change their view for a while.
In fact, at this time, surrender is the most appropriate, but Li Yuan has already captured Guanzhong. If he surrenders, it will have an impact on the Wei family.
At this time, Wei Yijie's staff advised: "Now Wei Gong has occupied Hebei and Hedong, and the situation has been achieved. Although Tang Gong has taken control of Guanzhong, Tongguan and Puban have not yet been occupied. The Sui army can enter Guanzhong at any time. Tang Gong is afraid that It won¡¯t work.¡±
Wei Yi Festival is not here yetMake your decision safely. At this time, there was sudden turmoil in Xia County under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou. Lu Chongmao, a native of Xia County, killed the county magistrate and surrendered to the Sui army.
It is less than forty miles from Xia County to Anyi, and the news spread quickly. Internal chaos quickly broke out in Anyi. Although Wei Yijie put an end to it, the impact was significant.
In the area east of Hedong, there were less civil unrest and less heavy labor, so they were more committed to the Sui Dynasty. When Li Tang raised troops, his status was already embarrassing. Coupled with the overall situation of the Sui army, it is needless to say the direction of the people.
At this time, Dugu Heng'en, who was besieging Puban, heard that Yuzhou was besieged, and sent his army Lu Shaozong to rescue Anyi from the Puban front line. The army marched to Yinye and met Yang Yiyan.
The two sides fought, but Lu Shaozong was defeated and retreated to Puban.
At this time, Wei Yijie no longer had any chance of luck. He secretly ordered his confidant Zhang Lun to kill the commander of the army, Ma Kezuhun Dingyuan, and then opened the door to surrender to the Sui army.
Seeing Zhang Wenyuan again, Wei Yijie had mixed feelings.
"Mingfu, I haven't seen you for several years, but your style is still undiminished."
Zhang Wenyuan also took Wei Yijie's hand, gave him face and said: "Seeing Yijie today makes me full of joy. Ten Anyi cities are not as good as Wei Yijie alone."
So Wei Yijie was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the army.
Wei Yijie was satisfied to see such courtesy from Zhang Wenyuan.
Seeing the mighty and majestic Sui army, and their momentum like a rainbow, I actually felt impressed. And his staff even praised that Duke Wei had such an army, and the whole world was in his pocket.
Wei Yijie's heart moved and he thought of his cousin Wei Gui.
The relationship between Webster and Duke Wei is not close. If you want to get a good relationship with Duke Wei at this time, the best way is to get married.
Wei Yijie¡¯s cousin Wei Yuancheng died early, and his niece Wei Gui was still in her infancy at that time. Many people in the family love this little niece. Unfortunately, Wei Gui suffered many misfortunes. In his early years, he was engaged to Li Min, the son of General Li Zixiong. Before the two got married, Li Zixiong joined Yang Xuangan's rebel army. After the defeat, his whole family was killed. Wei Gui, who was fifteen years old, became a widow before she got married.
Think about the beauty of your niece. Although she is already twenty years old, she is beautiful in appearance, well-mannered, well-mannered, and has good looks and appearance. She is no different from the girls with the fifth surname.
So Wei Yijie mentioned the matter to Zhang Wenyuan, but Zhang Wenyuan was a little embarrassed. He couldn't take care of Duke Wei's affairs, but Wei Yijie was very interested and worked hard to prepare to accomplish this matter. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com