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The small river the fleet is currently traveling on is located in the west of Huazhou. The fleet has traveled more than 40 miles and is still 80 miles away from the Yellow River.

At the third watch, the commander-in-chief Miao Chun suddenly received news that a group of Tang Dynasty cavalry came from behind and stopped the fleet.

Miao Chun walked out of the cabin and saw a group of more than a hundred Tang Army cavalry shouting by the river. He asked loudly: "What are you going to do?"

The captain on the shore said: "Our Jiedu Envoy has received news that there are spies of the Yan Army hidden in your fleet. We want to search and order everyone to disembark!"

This is because Xu Shuji sent someone to find out the situation first, and at the same time looked for an excuse to take action. The opponent was the Yan army's fleet, so he gave the imperial court an explanation.

Miao Chun was furious, drew his sword and shouted: "We are the Jingxiang Tang Army, this fleet is the supplies of Longyou Jiedu Mansion, if you dare to come and steal it, be careful not to save your life!"

That's enough. This is what the other party wants. They don't cooperate with the inspection and pretend to be Tang Jun.

"Let's go!" The other general waved his hand, and hundreds of Tang Army cavalry turned around and ran towards the north.

The escort officer Tang Bi worriedly said: "General Miao, how could the other party just let it go like this? There must be a large number of troops ambushing in the north."

Miao Chun nodded, "I know they have an army and there must be an ambush, but we are not weak either!"

He immediately ordered: "Shoot the rally rockets!"

Immediately, several soldiers fired gunpowder arrows into the sky from the bow of the ship. Nine burning gunpowder arrows shot into the sky in succession, burning and exploding in the air.

The Tang troops on each ship jumped ashore and ran towards the first ship. There were six thousand elite soldiers in total. This is the power of the fleet. It seemed that there were no military guards, but in fact there were six thousand soldiers guarding them. Usually, they were divided into Zero, if needed, can quickly assemble to form an army with considerable combat effectiveness.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the six thousand soldiers were assembled. Miao Chun ordered the soldiers to ambush on both sides of the official road and wait patiently.

Xu Shuji originally led 5,000 troops to ambush ten miles away. He waited for the fleet to fail to come, and waited for the fleet to fail to come. He was afraid that the fleet would turn around, so he immediately led the pursuit.

"Jiedu Envoy, the fleet is still there!" the soldier shouted, pointing to the fleet in the river in the distance.

Xu Shuji was overjoyed and ordered: "Rush onto the boat and kill everyone. No one is allowed to be left alive."

Killing people and silencing them is also a good idea. A fleet of ships mysteriously disappeared and no one knew their whereabouts.

Five thousand soldiers were running mightily on the official road. Suddenly, there was a sound of bang, "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Immediately afterwards, random arrows were fired, and arrows from both sides were shot at Xu Shuji's army like a heavy rain. The Huapu army was caught off guard, and they fell down one after another, and screamed.

"Kill--"

Six thousand Jingxiang Tang troops came out from both sides. The Huapu army was in chaos. Seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Shuji turned around and fled. His men also fled in all directions. The Jingxiang Tang army chased them for more than ten miles in one breath, killing the Huapu army. All over the place, surrendered soldiers were killed without hesitation.

In this battle, more than 4,300 of the 5,000 Huapu troops were killed, and only a few hundred escaped. This army was by no means a good one. After Xiangzhou's defeat, they retreated, burning, killing, and looting property. The crimes committed by those who committed adultery against women are countless, and they deserved to be wiped out by the Jingxiang Tang army.

At dawn, the fleet continued to set off and sailed into the Yellow River at noon the next day.

A few days later, the fleet arrived at Sanmenxia, ​​where it received help from Guo Ziyi's army. The grain was unloaded east of Sanmenxia, ​​transported by land to the west of Sanmenxia, ​​and then reloaded. This was quite cumbersome and time-consuming, but there was no way. , if not handled in this way, the ship will be destroyed and people will die.

But this kind of unloading and loading happened again at Hukou of the Yellow River, where the boat had to be sailed on dry land, walking for several miles on land, and using thousands of people and tens of thousands of livestock.

The vehicles and ships were all thousand-stone ships, with the propellers on both sides removed and placed in the fleet. Under the control of experienced boatmen, they sailed through Sanmenxia one by one.

Although there was no danger, it was very time-consuming. It took half a month for the fleet to pass Sanmenxia and continue to sail towards the Qinjin Grand Canyon.

In fact, before waiting for the court's approval, Longyou's large-scale project to introduce people to Longyou had already begun. Li Ye mobilized 30,000 troops, 500,000 shi of grain, 30,000 camels, 20,000 carts, and nearly 50,000 civilians. , as well as one hundred thousand tents and a large amount of various supplies, for four months, from early August to the end of November.

Li Ye personally took command, with Chen Huan as his deputy. Thousands of officials were also involved, including Wei Yingwu, Du You and others who had just joined the army. Lei Wanchun was in charge of the 30,000-strong army to assist Chen Huan.

Li Ye only formulated the plan and did not participate in the specific rescue. Chen Huan was the actual operator of the plan. There were four difficulties. One was to build thousands of miles of refugee channels, and to build a refugee relief station every thirty miles. It starts from Dinghu County, Shizhou, Hedong Road, and extends to Jingxing Road, just across the entire Hedong Road.

The second difficulty is to open up Jingxing. The western section of Jingxing is in the hands of the Tang army, but the eastern section is in the hands of the Yan army. Jingxing must be captured in its entirety.

The third difficulty lies in the Yan Army in Hebei. The Yan Army must be allowed to retreat in spite of the difficulties and not block the actions of the Helong Army.

The fourth difficulty is to persuade the people of Hebei to come to Longyou to take refuge.

Among these four difficulties, the first and fourth points are easier, while the second and third points are more difficult, and a war is likely to break out.

But once this project is successfully completed, it will not only protect a large number of people from being robbed by the Huihe people, but also bring Li Ye a world-famous reputation. It will also bring a large number of troops to the Helong Army.

Just when Longyou was mobilizing together and deploying refugee relief projects in full swing, Helong Jiedushi Li Ye led 3,000 cavalry into Guanzhong.

Of course Li Ye was going to participate in the Army Polo Competition held by the Ministry of War.

At this time, it happened to be a period of calm in the confrontation. The Shi family was engaged in a successor struggle and had no time to expand, so they temporarily stopped the war.

The Tang army also breathed a sigh of relief and took the opportunity to recruit troops for training and conduct internal reorganization.

Therefore, holding a polo match at this time is very helpful to boost morale and unite the morale of the military.

Of course, during the polo match, many things can also be negotiated quietly. This is also the real purpose of the court holding the polo match.

Li Ye selected eight polo players in the army. He had a strong cavalry and was able to select the best polo players. After giving them to Bai Xiaode for training for ten days, the army was on the road.

The family member who followed him to Chang'an this time was Qing Yu. Although he also wanted to take Yang Yuhuan with him, Yang Yuhuan was really not suitable to appear in Chang'an.

His officials were accompanied by Liu Yan, Duan Xiushi, Wen Jingnian and others.

This time Li Ye went to the capital and received a public guarantee from the emperor Li Heng, guaranteeing that he would come and go safely. This also meant that the emperor would not touch him when he came to the capital this time.

The Political Affairs Hall also gave him the highest security treatment, allowing him to lead 3,000 people into Guanzhong and 300 escorts into Chang'an. This was actually the treatment that An Lushan received when he came to Beijing.

In order to appease him, Li Heng also specially rewarded Li Ye with Yang Yupei's 100-acre mansion in Pingkangfang as Prince Qi's palace. At the same time, he also rewarded Li Ye with Yang Guozhong's garden house by Qujiang Pool as Prince Qi's palace.

This morning, Li Ye finally led the army to Chang'an, which he had been away from for a long time.