At midnight the next day, the Tang army set off for the camp. After walking for about half an hour, a group of about a thousand people suddenly rushed over from the opposite side. Not long after the battle between the two armies, the enemy army retreated and fled. In this way, Song Jingang continued to send out A small group of troops engaged the Tang army, adopting hit-and-run tactics.

Although Jiang Baoyi was a fierce general, he had a short temper and a simple mind. He finally lost his temper and ignored Li Zhongwen's dissuasion and led his troops to pursue the fleeing enemy. Li Zhongwen had no choice but to follow him. He couldn't let Jiang Baoyi go deep alone, right?

Queshu Valley was originally the valley of the Fen River, but later the Fen River changed its course, and it became a valley. The width of Queshu Valley varies, some areas are very wide, and some areas are very narrow. Li Zhongwen chased for a while and found that the road was getting narrower and narrower. , the mountains on both sides were steep and overgrown, and he knew something was wrong. Just when he was about to order a retreat, he saw countless soldiers coming out of the mountains on both sides, and then arrows rained down...

It turned out that Song Jingang had set up an ambush here. He had sent small groups of troops to provoke the Tang army in order to lure the Tang army to pursue them and fall into the encirclement he had set. Song Jingang's soldiers rushed down from the hillsides on both sides. , the Tang army was cut into several pieces. Li Zhongwen led the army to fight hard and finally broke out of the encirclement. However, Jiang Baoyi was not so lucky, and he was captured alive by Song Jinjiang.

Li Zhongwen led his men and horses to escape to a safe area. After counting the number of people, only more than a thousand people were left. With such a small number of troops and horses, it was obvious that they could no longer fight. So, he discussed a way out with his generals. One general said: "Around. All the prefectures and counties were occupied by Liu Wuzhou, and only Haozhou was still in the hands of the Tang Dynasty."

"Okay, let's go to Haozhou."

The Tang army was defeated in consecutive battles, and Abba was worried about Liu Wuzhou's invasion. His right servant shot Pei Ji and asked to be sent there. Abba appointed Pei Ji as the general manager of Jinzhou Road march, and went to attack Liu Wuzhou, allowing him to do whatever he wanted.

Pei Ji was a cowardly person with no military talent. He personally led an army of 20,000 to fight against Song Jingang. Song Jingang repeated his old trick, sending a small force to challenge, and then pretended to be defeated and fled. Not knowing it was a trick, Pei Ji led an army to pursue, but Song Jingang was defeated. King Kong's ambush wiped out the entire army, and Pei Ji fled to Jinzhou alone.

Song Jingang fought several great victories in a row and was very satisfied. That evening, after inspecting the camp, he returned to the Chinese army camp and saw a man tied to a wooden stake in front of the military tent. He walked over and saw that it was Jiang Baoyi asked a general standing next to him: "What's going on?"

"Report to the King of Song Dynasty that this person is trying to escape again. We have caught him and are preparing to execute him."

It turned out that Jiang Baoyi managed to escape back to the Tang Dynasty after being captured in Queshu Valley last time. This time, he followed Pei Ji in the battle, was captured again, and tried to escape again.

Song Jingang walked up to Jiang Baoyi, stared at him sternly, and asked: "You were captured twice. I respect you as a fierce general. I didn't kill you twice and entrusted you with important tasks. Why did you run away again?" He did not avoid the other party's gaze, but said calmly: "My wife and children are all in Chang'an, how can I stay here?" When Song Jinjiang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment, turned around and said to the general: " Let him go."

"King Song, isn't that letting the tiger return to the mountain?"

"Let it go." Song Jingang took a heavier tone.

"Yes." The general said and waved to the soldiers. Two soldiers immediately stepped forward and untied the rope from Jiang Baoyi's body.

Jiang Baoyi moved his wrist, clasped his fists at Song Jingang and said, "General Song's great kindness will never be forgotten!" Song Jingang didn't say anything, just waved his hand. A soldier stepped forward and handed the horse rein in his hand.

Jiang Baoyi. Jiang Baoyi took the reins, mounted the horse, and rode away.

At this time, a guard ran over, clasped his fists and said, "Tell King Song that Madam is here." When Song Jingang heard this, he was surprised: "Where is it?" The guard turned around and pointed with his hand: "It's in the central military tent.

Inside." Song Jingang hurried to the Zhongjun tent. As soon as he reached the door of the tent, Liu Ruolan was all smiles.

The ground greeted her and bowed to salute. Song Jingang quickly pulled her up and said, "Madam, there is no need to be polite. Come, follow my husband into the tent to talk." The two of them walked into the tent and sat down face to face. The guards served them tea.

After leaving, Song Jinjiang took Liu Ruolan's hand and said, "Madam, you have come a long way. It's been a hard journey."

"How can this little bit of hard work be compared with my husband's battles at the front?" Liu Ruolan said with a smile, "My husband has won consecutive battles, and my brother Long Xin is very happy. He has already issued an edict to appoint him as a minister, holding a yellow ax, upholding integrity, and

Jiuxi.”

Song Jingang gently stroked her crotch and said, "As a husband, I don't care about these honors and dignitaries. As long as I can stay with my wife forever, I will be satisfied..."

In the afternoon of that day, Li Zhiyun came to the General Manager's Mansion and met his fourth brother as soon as he entered the front yard. The fourth brother pulled him to a remote place and whispered: "Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang have led their armies to attack Bingzhou. I am going to lead the troops back to Chang'an."

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"Jinyang is not guarding anymore?"

"We can't defend anymore. Song Jingang is too powerful. We can't beat him. Of the thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy. You go back and prepare. We will leave the city tonight."

Li Zhiyun returned to his mansion, called Scarface and two subordinate officials over, and said that the fourth brother was going back to Chang'an, and that we should quickly organize the team, prepare our luggage, and prepare to follow the army to evacuate Jinyang.

When the lanterns were lit in the evening, everything was ready. Li Zhiyun walked out of the mansion gate and was about to mount his horse. Scarface came over and whispered: "King Chu, I heard that King Qi deceived Sima Liu Dewei and said that he would lead strong troops to fight Song Jingang. Let him

He led the old and weak soldiers left behind to guard Jinyang."

Li Zhiyun said "Oh" and was about to mount his horse. After thinking about it for a while, he finally couldn't bear it. He turned around and whispered to Scarface: "Send a confidant to tell Liu Dewei that we are returning to Chang'an and Jinyang."

If he can abide by the rules, he can run away quickly. Be careful and say it quietly so that no one else knows." Scarface nodded and turned around to make arrangements.

Li Zhiyun mounted his horse, led his men and horses, and followed the fourth brother's army to withdraw from Jinyang City overnight and headed towards Chang'an.

Several months after leaving Chang'an City, Li Zhiyun finally returned to the Palace of the Prince of Chu. When they heard that he was back, everyone in the palace, from subordinate officials to servants, lined up in the front yard to welcome him. Li Zhiyun walked into the palace gate with his head held high.

, waving to everyone with a smile, as if he had not escaped from Jinyang, but a victorious general.

Three days after they left Jinyang, Jinyang City fell. While they were still marching on the road to Chang'an, Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang successively occupied Jinzhou, Luzhou, Yuzhou, Jiangzhou, etc., and finally captured

At this point, except for Xihe City in Haozhou, most of the territory in the Hedong area belonged to Liu Wuzhou, and only a corner of southwest Shanxi was left in the Tang Dynasty.

The news reached Chang'an, and the entire court was shocked. Everyone in the government and the public was in panic. Liu Wuzhou's army was too powerful, and his offensive was too powerful. The newly born Tang Dynasty regime was greatly threatened. Everyone in the civil and military dynasties faced it.

With worries, only Li Zhiyun was not affected at all and remained cheerful every day. Because, only he knew the final result. The Tang Dynasty would eventually dominate the world, and the loss of the Hedong area was just a small episode and nothing at all.

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What makes Li Zhiyun happy is that his "great cause" has made great progress in the few months he left. When he was in Jinyang, he corresponded with Wei Xiaobao every day. Their messengers traveled between Chang'an and Jin every day.

There is an endless stream of people traveling between Yang and Yang. At present, his business territory has covered the entire Guanzhong area, with hotels opening in every county and banks opening in every state.

Of course, he does not work alone, but borrows ships to go to sea, borrows chickens to lay eggs, and partners with others to do business. He has used all kinds of modern business concepts such as cooperation, partnership, and joint-stock systems. In this regard,

, the future father-in-law Liu Hong was indispensable. He was in the government

Ting Zhongshu has been in office for many years and has a wide network of contacts. Although some of the old officials of the Sui Dynasty are no longer in office, they are all wealthy and wealthy. They heard that opening hotels and banks is very profitable, so they all invested in it. In this way, Li Zhiyun's industry was

Like a snowball, it gets bigger and bigger.

As for the arsenal, it has begun to take shape, with hundreds of craftsmen already employed in the factory. Li Zhiyun divided the more than 60 subordinate officials in the palace into two groups, half of whom were engaged in business operations, and the other half who worked in the arsenal as management. Those subordinate officials except

In addition to official positions, there are also part-time jobs, such as factory director, director, section chief, etc. As for craftsmen, they mainly hold technical positions, such as chief engineer, engineer, technician, technician, etc. Everyone is paid according to the level of their position.

The arsenal purchased and made a lot of equipment, but in order to engage in production, the problem of power must first be solved. The northwest region originally contained a large amount of coal. Based on the memory of his previous life, Li Zhiyun marked several places on the drawing and sent the drawing to

Wei Xiaobao, let

He sent people to look for it. Wei Xiaobao sent people to find the coal, and then opened a coking plant on the outskirts of Chang'an. The coke was refined and then transported into the city. The craftsmen built boilers and steam engines based on the drawings drawn by Li Zhiyun, and used

Steam power drives equipment to operate.

Before Li Zhiyun went to Jinyang, he drew dozens of drawings of various weapons. He also wrote down the structural principles, production processes, performance parameters, etc. of each weapon, bound them into a book, and left them all to Wei Xiaobao. When Li Zhiyun came back,

At that time, the manufacturing of weapons had a great

With the progress, craftsmen have created grenades, blunderbuss, rifles, grenades, and even a small mortar, and various ammunition have also been developed. Although these weapons are still crude, they are still
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