Tibet

Pei Sanniang finally arranged two concubines for her husband. One was Chunxiao, a maid who had followed her for many years. She was Pei Sanniang's best friend. Her task was to take care of her husband's daily life.

The other one is An Xiaotong, a famous dancer and Li Dai's best friend in the Jiaofang Division. Li Dai has long promised to take her as his concubine, and now he finally got his wish.

The reason why Pei Sanniang agreed was because she wanted this very charming An Xiaotong to attract her husband's heart so that he could resist the temptation of the vixen.

After arranging chores at home, Pei Sanniang left Chang'an with Qingyu and Taiwei three days later and headed for Longyou. Liu Yan and others were also returning with them, and 300 Li Ye's personal cavalry escorted them back to Longyou.

Ten days later, Li Ye led 18,000 troops to Taiyuan Prefecture. Li Ye's original plan was to go to Yanzhou. Before he left, he received news from Lei Wanchun that the refugee plan did not go well and encountered a setback.

If the news comes from Chen Huan, it must be a problem with the construction of the refugee channel, but if it comes from Lei Wanchun, it means a military setback.

Li Ye crossed the Yellow River from Pujin Pass and currently has three lines to attack Guanzhong. The Tongguan line is defended by Guo Ziyi and Wang Sili, the Hedong line is defended by Li Guangbi's army, and Dengzhou is led by the new Nanyang Jiedushi Li Xian. Ten thousand troops were stationed.

The Hedong where Li Ye walked was controlled by the Tang Army. He went all the way north and directly arrived at Taiyuan Mansion. Dugu Lie's fourth brother Dugu Jue was left behind in Taiyuan. Although there was a confrontation at Jingxing, Li Ye still went to Taiyuan City first, but it took more time. Two or three days, I don’t care if I delay these two days.

The key is that Dugujue is very supportive of the refugee channel, and Li Ye must thank him in person.

In fact, the refugee passage is not long. It spans one prefecture and one prefecture on the Hedong Road, Taiyuan Prefecture and Shizhou. Finally, you get on the boat from Dinghu County in Shizhou and go to Shuofang Lingzhou. That is the first stop, and then from Lingzhou The state is diverted to Longyou.

Therefore, most of the refugee passage passes through Taiyuan Prefecture. Without the full support of Taiyuan Prefecture, it would not be possible. Li Ye, both public and private, should first visit Dugujue and Taiyuan Prefecture officials to express his gratitude.

On the official road in the south of Jinyang County, Li Ye saw the refugee passage established. At the intersection of the east-west main official road and the north-south main official road, there was a huge temporary rest camp with hundreds of tents set up. It provides a two-day rest for young and old people who really can't walk.

There are more than a dozen officials and 200 soldiers in charge here. The chief officer is Jia Shen, the commander of the Helong Refugee Agency. Jia Shen was originally the magistrate of Zhending County, Hengzhou, and was a subordinate of Yan Gaoqing. He followed the eldest son Yan Quanming to report to Chang'an. As a result, he was detained in Taiyuan by Hedong Jiedushi Wang Chengye. Later, he had nowhere to go, so he followed Yan Quanming to Xiangyang to join Li Ye and participated in the resettlement of refugees. Because of his outstanding performance and outstanding ability, he was promoted to the head of the refugee agency by Li Ye.

When Jia Shen heard that His Highness had brought him, he quickly led the officials to greet him.

"See Your Highness!" Everyone bowed and saluted together.

Li Ye turned over and dismounted and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone!"

Jia Shen stepped forward and said with a smile: "I thought His Highness would go to Yanzhou first and then come from the west, but I didn't expect to come directly from the south."

"Originally I was going to Yanzhou, but before I left I received news that Jingxing was in trouble, so I came directly to Taiyuan Prefecture."

Li Ye looked at the magnificent camp in the distance and asked with a smile: "Is that the rest camp? It's very spectacular!"

"Reporting to Your Highness, there are a total of 800 large tents, divided into two by the fence, of which 500 large tents are warehouse camps, and the other 300 tents are rest camps."

Li Ye ordered all the soldiers to rest on the spot. He smiled at Jia Shen and said, "Let's go see the camp!"

Accompanied by Jia Shen, Li Ye walked towards the rest camp, but unexpectedly found that there were thousands of refugees inside and outside the rest camp. Li Ye was stunned for a moment.

"Jingxing hasn't been opened yet. Where did these refugees come from?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, these are the refugees from Hebei who fled to Taiyuan before. There are 200,000 people."

"Two hundred thousand people?"

Li Ye frowned, pointed his riding whip and said: "But there are only a few thousand people here, what's going on? Or are 200,000 refugees unwilling to go to Longyou?"

"No, most of the refugees are willing to go to Longyou. They don't have enough to eat here, and they are hungry and have enough to eat. These are the refugees who came from Yuci County. Most of the refugees are in Jiaohe and Qingyuan counties. There are people over there. There are two large refugee camps, Chen Changshi is in charge there, and Beizhong is in charge of picking up refugees from other counties. Beizhong has been busy for many days, and these thousands of people are the last ones."

There are 200,000 refugees in Taiyuan, which is beyond Li Ye's expectation.

Li Ye walked into the work tent. There was a large table filled with various materials.

Li Ye sat down and asked: "I may not have time to go to Qingyuan County and Jiaohe County, so I want to ask about the general situation?"

"I know better from my humble position. What do you want to know, Your Highness?"

"Have the 200,000 refugees over there started to head west?"

"It's starting. The first group of 30,000 people set off five days ago. I heard that hundreds of ships have already anchored in Dinghu County."

Li Ye saw a map on the table, looked at it and asked: "How to cross Luliang Mountain?"

"Report to Your Highness, let's go here!"

Jia Shen pointed to a red line on the map and said: "This is the Xiangyang Ancient Road, and it is also the only passage from Taiyuan Prefecture to the Yellow River. There is a mountain road of dozens of miles that is relatively rugged and difficult to walk, but we have set up many rest and supply points. There is a supply and rest point almost every two miles, and there are 3,000 soldiers to help. If you walk slower, even the elderly can pass by."

Li Ye nodded in approval and asked: "Did we reach an agreement with Taiyuan Prefecture, we will take the refugees away, and they will fully help us establish a refugee channel?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, although there is no such agreement, this is what it means!"

At this time, Li Ye faintly heard the rapid sound of horse hooves. He walked out of the tent and looked to the north.

He saw a group of cavalry galloping from a distance, led by a general, about forty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a dignified appearance. At first glance, Li Ye thought it was Dugu Lie who had come to Taiyuan. These two brothers They look so much alike,

This is the fourth child, Dugujue, who stayed behind in Taiyuan. Li Ye met him when he got married.

"Good nephew!"

Dugujue waved his hand and walked over quickly.

Li Ye quickly stepped forward and clasped his fists in greeting, "Fourth uncle, long time no see!"

Dugujue smiled and said: "I received a letter from my elder brother, saying that you were setting off for Taiyuan. I guessed that you should arrive, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect to meet him."

Li Ye nodded and said with a smile: "My fourth uncle came just in time. I don't have to go to Taiyuan. I will go directly to Jingxing. There seems to be something urgent there."

"I know, let's go to the big tent and talk!"

The two came to a large tent. There happened to be a map on the table. Dugujue pointed to Jingxing on the map and said: "This is Niangzi Pass, a pass with extremely dangerous terrain. It is actually a section of the Great Wall. The Yan army is at the pass." There are three thousand troops stationed in the city, and I heard that General Lei suffered heavy losses when he attacked Niangziguan."

After actually suffering a big loss, Li Ye was a little worried. If he couldn't take Jingxing and open up the situation in Hebei, then his refugee plan would completely fail.

Li Ye was a little anxious and decided to rush to Jingxing immediately.