Although Li Po believed that the battle at Puban was not worth the gain, it was far inferior to taking Jinyang, and the two battles against Li Shentong were of far-reaching significance.
But war is something that, as long as it is fought and won, generally speaking, there will be some benefits.
Just like this battle, as he himself said, with Puban in hand and Longmen standing at the horns, it would not be so easy for the Tang army to cross the river. The strategic map of the entire Jin Dynasty
Suddenly it was complete.
Later, Li Po also ordered Li Nian to garrison the north bank of the Yellow River, Yuchi and others led Sun Renzu to garrison Longmen, and Yuchi Gong, who was also the captain of Linhe County, led troops to garrison Puban, built a defense line along the Yellow River, and confronted Li Tang across the river.
Another good thing is that Xu Shiji contributed a lot in the destruction of the city. He has passed the probation period and can be put to use. After all, Xu Shiji is a celebrity. Not to mention his fate, he does have some potential as he is capable of both civil and military skills.
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Yu Wenhuo's general Zhao Shixun also gradually rose to prominence. He was able to lead his troops up the city twice during the siege. Needless to say, his bravery was so great that he also had a candidate for the position of second leader from the left in the General Manager's Mansion. As for the guards of the army, they must be brave enough to fight.
Let the men who killed them come to lead them.
After the city was broken, there was another surprise: Xue Shou, the chief secretary of the Prince of Qin's palace, was captured, and two uncles and nephews, Xue Yuanjing, joined the army.
Both of them were from Puzhou, Hedong, that is, Linhe County under the current rule of Li Po. The nephew was older than the uncle, Xue Shou was less than 20 years old, and Xue Yuanjing was in his early twenties.
Judging by their ages, you can tell that the uncle and nephew are not very famous now, and the Hedong Xue family is not considered a powerful family.
It's just that Xue Shou's father is very famous. His father's name is Xue Daoheng.
Xue Daoheng was born in the second year of the reign of Emperor Jing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. He served in the Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, and former Sui Dynasties. He was famous for his proficiency in literature and history. During his lifetime, he was as famous as Li Delin and Lu Daosi.
It can be said that he was a leading figure in the literary world at that time.
It was not until the fifth year of Daye that he was sentenced to death by Yang Guang because he offended Yang Guang.
Later, many people complained about Xue Daoheng, but there was nothing they could do. As a very important figure in the literary world, this man was very famous at that time, with countless disciples and friends.
Now that Yang Guang is dead, the voices of those who complain are even louder. Historians from various princes will not avoid Xue Daoheng when they enumerate Yang Guang's crimes. Most of them say that Yang Guang was jealous of Xue Daoheng's literary talents, so he killed him.
Of course, this is also well-founded. Yang Guang boasts that he is superior in both civil and military skills. In other words, since ancient times, he has been the best in civil and military affairs. Therefore, he cannot see any famous generals, nor can he tolerate talented people.
, so Xue Daoheng died.
But in fact, Yang Guang was not an emperor who was jealous of his talents. He was just too arrogant. Only a king who could be as arrogant as him was unprecedented.
In fact, just by looking at the time of Xue Daoheng's death, we know that his death is inseparable from Gao Xi. How could he, who was in the center and involved in secrets, get away from the battle for the reserve position?
Of course, saying this doesn't make much sense.
Xue Shou was Xue Daoheng's old son. He borrowed his father's honor. He had a distinguished literary reputation and was very filial. After Xue Daoheng's death, Xue Shou swore not to serve in the Sui Dynasty, and he seemed to have a good reputation in the literary circles of Jin.
In fact, at his age at that time, he couldn't be an official. If he had to enter the officialdom, Yang Guang was still here, could he have a good son like him?
Coincidentally, Yang Guang's energy was gradually running out, and within a few years the world was in chaos.
Li Yuan led his troops south to Chang'an, and Xue Cao thought about it and gathered a crowd at Shouyang Mountain to prepare for an uprising. Unfortunately, there was a Yao Junsu in Hedong. After hearing the news, he immediately took Xue Cao's family and forced him to return to Puban honestly.
Later, Li Yuan succeeded in his speculation and recruited talents in Chang'an, and his reputation became more and more famous day by day.
Xue Shou, who was hungry and blue-eyed in Puban City, couldn't bear it anymore. Now he didn't care about his family members and secretly escaped from Puban to join Li Yuan.
At that time, there were countless people around Li Yuan, but he could not be seen as a young man from Jin. It was because he was Xue Daoheng's son. Fang Xuanling recommended him to serve in the Qin Palace. It happened that his brother Xue Deyin, nephew
Xue Yuanjing was also here, and the three brothers were reunited.
In this era, Jin was still very talented. Except for big rebels like Liu Wuzhou, there were only three or three talented people here.
The Wen brothers of Jinyang were called the Three Heroes of the Wen family by later generations, and the Yan brothers were known as the Three Heroes of the Yan family.
Three Phoenixes.
In fact, judging from the current situation, we can see that the brothers are worthy of their reputation. Due to their age, the three Xue families cannot compare with the other two families in terms of reputation or talent.
But they gathered together in the Prince of Qin's Mansion, and their ancestral graves were covered in smoke, becoming a standard potential stock.
Unfortunately, the fate of many people has changed, including the uncle and nephew Xue Shou and Xue Yuanjing. They followed the King of Qin Li Shimin to take charge of Shaanxi Daoxingtai. Because they were from Puzhou, they were sent to Puban by Tang Jian.
It’s unclear what kind of calculation they had. They didn’t expect them to help Dugu Yanyun defend the city. They just wanted to use their Xue family’s reputation to appease the people of Puzhou. Their ambitions were neither big nor small, but they made the uncle and nephew prisoners.
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After catching the scoundrel in Prince Qin's palace, Li Po naturally wanted to meet him.
To be honest, Li Po has met many talented people from Jin, and it is no secret that he has a good impression of the literati among them, but these two...
He kept his mouth shut and kept saying that he was not an official in the Sui Dynasty. He was just pretending to be confused because he understood. Who told you that Li Ding'an from Jin was a minister of the Sui Dynasty?
Well, Li Po was quite disappointed after meeting these two people. First of all, they were too young and their official experience was very shallow. Even if they worked for him, they would not be able to entrust them with any important tasks. At most, they would be given some copywriting.
The work of copying and writing.
In other words, it is difficult for the two of them to hold a big position, and they presume to have the reputation of being close relatives of the Prince of Qin.
Secondly, he clearly felt the gap between him and Li Yuan in these two people. Li Yuan casually greeted them, and the two of them followed him in a hurry. When they came to him, they raised their tails.
Furthermore, the Xue family has no prestige in Linhe County, which has experienced many wars.
Li Po was very dissatisfied with how arrogant you three-person personnel were, so with a wave of his hand, the two Xue sons were sent to Jinyang Prison for custody, and went to keep company with Li Shentong and others.
Before leaving, Li Po asked Xue Shou tactfully, "Even with the name of filial brother, where are your family members now?"
Well, if Li Po doesn't like someone, he will definitely pick up a knife and stab the person's painful area randomly, and he will definitely hurt you.
Xue Shou's family... well, Yao Junsu was neither a gentleman nor a vegetarian. As soon as Xue Shou left, he killed all his relatives in Puban.
Xue Ting didn't feel anything in his heart after hearing this, but his whole body looked wilted.
Well, this is just an interlude. Li Po’s view is actually very accurate. These uncle and nephew are not without talents, but compared to their elder Xue Daoheng, they are worlds apart. Of course, their biggest shortcoming is actually that they are young.
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In this age when time is waiting for us, most of them can only wait for peace. After all, potential stocks are just potential stocks.
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Li Po actually only stayed in Puban for two days before leading his army back to Jiangjun.
Fortunately, Pei Shiqing didn't do anything wrong, otherwise Li Po, who won the battle but was not in a good mood, would have let him know why the flowers were so red.
Even though Li Po was wary of Pei Shiqing and didn't like him, Li Po admired what Pei Shiqing did.
As the head of the Pei clan in Hedong, it is rare that he can devote most of his energy to things like spring plowing and autumn harvest in such a chaotic year.
Pei Shiqing is indeed one of the few people in the world who believes that he can keep the people fed and warm, and bring peace to troubles.
Therefore, the leader of the Pei family was not too concerned about the conquest, but strongly suggested that Li Po cultivate the land peacefully so that the people of Jin could have enough to eat as soon as possible.
Whether it was an invitation to fame or Tao Guang's hidden strategy, when Li Po led his army to attack Puban, he was working diligently in Jiangjun and had made all preparations for spring plowing.
What he did was right, because it suited Li Po very much, so Li Po didn't care what this man thought, he just affirmed what he had done.
Of course, appreciation is appreciation, and the arrangements that have been made will not change.
On the first day after arriving in Jiangjun, Li Po ordered all the troops to repair on the spot. In the evening, he did not ask Pei Shiqing to greet him, but instead invited Pei Shiqing to come into the house to have a drink with him.
When Pei Shiqing walked out feeling dizzy from drinking, his mouth was filled with bitterness.
It seemed that the Jiangjun governor couldn't do it. After driving Li Tang out of Jin, he turned around and finally wanted to take action on those indifferent guys in the east.
What I just said sounded good. The Pei family lived in a corner of Wenxi, but their prestige was in Hedong. On that day, the Wang family of Jinyang helped him pacify Taiyuan and contributed a lot. What about the Pei family...
How could a man as smart as Pei Shiqing not understand the meaning of this statement when he does not need a heavy hammer to play a drum?
The Wang family of Jinyang and the Pei family of Wenxi, one in the south and the other in the north, have led the powerful families in Jin for many years. Now that the Wang family in Jinyang has been beaten repeatedly, they have tried their best to help this person succeed.
What did Mr. Pei do? Apart from surrendering to the wind, it seems that he really has no outstanding achievements. It seems that Mr. Pei's losses were much smaller than those of Mr. Wang, but then again, this also means that Mr. Pei's losses are much smaller than those of Wang's.
In the eyes of others, there is a suspicion of being half-hearted.
Now, although this person has not yet proclaimed himself king or emperor, he has already become the king of Jin Dynasty. What else can he do to use the Pei family's prestige?
With such a lord, Pei Shiqing and even the Pei family did not have much choice.
Pei Shiqing looked at the starry sky, probably to observe the sky and see if there were any unusual phenomena such as big stars shining, but unfortunately, he saw nothing except the stars in the sky.
After hanging his head, he finally sighed secretly, Shangdang, Changping...