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Chapter 350
Taiyue Mountain, formerly known as Huotai Mountain or Huo Mountain, is one of the five towns together with Beizhen Yiwulu Mountain, called Zhongzhen.

At the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, they thought that this mountain was the climax of the sky, far higher than other peaks, so it was named Taizi.Later, during the Warring States period, the county was set up here and named Shangdang County, because the land was extremely high, and the sky was the party, so it was called Shangdang.

Huoshan is difficult to walk, even if you hang a cart and tie a horse, it is difficult to cross it. It is like a sharp knife cutting through Shangdang County in Bingzhou from Hexi and Linfen County. .

Li Chongjiu left Yu Chigong to stay in Jinyang with [-] soldiers, and he himself led [-] main forces, passing through Yuci from Jinyang, and going south to Shangdang County.

The army headed south, and all the counties in Li Tang were terrified along the way.

The army and Shiai County just passed by, but at this time, Zeng Yu, the county magistrate of Shiai County, sent someone to ask for surrender in panic.

It was an official of the Li family who came forward as an envoy, claiming to be Li Chongjiu's uncle.

Li Chongjiu looked at the other party with seriousness, and after taking out the genealogy of the above-mentioned generations, the Li Hu branch was a side branch they separated. Tracing back to the origin, Li Chongjiu belonged to the Zhongshan Li family, and the ancestor was Li Qi, the son of Qin Taifu Li Ji.

And Li Ji also has a son who is an official in Zhao State. He is Li Mu, a famous general of Zhao State, and the ancestor of the Li family in Zhaojun today.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help laughing when he heard the other party speak seriously.

The origin of his family is not even clear to Li Hu himself, but there will be a person who claims to be the uncle of Li Chongjiu's clan and comes here to ask Li Chongjiu to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan. Isn't this a joke?
It is poor in the busy city that no one cares about, and rich in the mountains with distant relatives.

Li Chongjiu thought about it for a while, but he didn't ask anyone to throw the other party out of the camp. He said that he had to ask Li Hu about this before bringing it up, and he also gave him ten thousand dollars.The other party happily returned to Shiai County to report to the magistrate Zeng.

When the army marched out the next day, Zeng You, the magistrate of Shiai County, officials in the county, and local gentry came together.

To put it this way, it is because Shiai County can produce such outstanding people as Li Hu and Li Chongjiu, and the other party, as a county parent official, of course wants to come to see him.

Although Li Chongjiu knew that the other party was flattering him, there is an old saying in China that if you are rich but do not return home, it is like walking at night in brocade clothes.

Although it was not what I expected, it was quite satisfying to be able to exhale and raise eyebrows in front of the elders in the village who spoke the same accent.

After receiving them in a hurry, Li Chongjiu ignored them, and invited Zeng You to return to Shiai County, and immediately led his army to march towards Shangdang County.

After the infantry entered the territory of Shangdang County, Er Tuo led [-] cavalry to join them.

Right now, Yinghefu led [-] cavalrymen to continue to plunder in Linfen County. At the same time, he was also monitoring the main force of Li Shimin's Tang army stationed in Baibi. Li Chongjiu gave him the order that if he encountered the main force of the Tang army, he should not fight.

As for Yan Yelie, he led [-] cavalry and withdrew to Xihe, at the junction of Taiyuan County. On the one hand, he guarded the back of Queshu Valley for Yinghefu, and at the same time he could echo Taiyuan.

It is now the end of autumn. For the Fanjun cavalry who have always lived in a place of bitter cold, the end of autumn in Shanxi will not be too cold, and they are quite adaptable here.

In the past when the power of the grassland was strong, the barbarians on the grassland always liked the autumn and winter seasons, and they copied south to the front line of the Yellow River. Firstly, the horses were fattest at this time, and secondly, the temperature here was warmer than that on the grassland.Ying He Fu, Er Tuo, and Yan Ye Lie were somewhat reluctant to leave.

After Li Chongjiu joined Ertuo, there were [-] soldiers and horses. The land of Shangdang was full of mountains and rivers. In addition to mountains like Taiyue, there were also rivers like Lushui.

Lushui is the Zhuozhang River, and the word Lu means that its water potential is huge. Li Chongjiu led his army to the bank of Lushui. He saw that Lushui was not frozen even in the severe winter. In the forest, there are horsemen and soldiers patrolling back and forth along the river.

Seeing the Tang flag fluttering, Li Chongjiu knew that now Li Tang's Shangdang defenders would be on the bank of the river, guarding against danger.

The general of the Tabai Army finished his investigation and returned to report to Li Chongjiu: "My lord, judging from the flags of the enemy army, there are Yin Kaishan, the general manager of the Taiyuan Road, Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, and Guo Ziwu, the governor of Luzhou, on the bank of the river. If you write a word of king, the general will not know where it is from?"

"Wang Xingmin, the general of Zuo Tunwei sent by Li Yuan." Li Chongjiu looked at the river and said.

"So that's how it is." The general of the Tabai Army suddenly realized.

Wang Mahan said with a smile: "Li Yuan sent four generals from Shangdang County to arrive together. It seems that they are going to defend this riverside and fight us decisively."

Ji Chuan said: "The discord between Yin Kaishan and Li Yuanji is nothing to worry about. I heard that Wang Xingmin is also Li Tang's hero, but Luzhou governor Guo Ziwu brought a lot of troops."

Wen Yanbo said: "Shangdang County is a big county, with more than 12 households in its heyday. Compared with the surrounding counties, it has experienced less wars, and the county has a lot of troops."

Wang Mahan snorted and said: "It's nothing to have a lot of soldiers and horses. They are just county soldiers. It's just that there are no boats on this river. We can't fly over to fight them with wings. Damn it, why is it so cold?" , the river is not frozen."

Li Chongjiu looked at the general of the Tabai Army and said, "Take a look at the upstream and downstream to see if there are any shoals that can be crossed?"

Fang Yan said: "My lord, I have explored for [-] miles upstream and downstream, and there are two shoals where we can cross the river, but beside the shoals, the Tang army has set up iron chains, wooden stakes, and soldiers and horses stationed there, obviously they have been prepared for a long time. "

The generals couldn't help frowning when they heard the words, Ji Chuan said: "It seems that we have to wait a few more days until the river freezes before crossing the river."

Wang Mahan muttered, "Whatever he is, just kill him."

"Don't be reckless." Li Chongjiu scolded.

At this time, Er Tuo said with a smile: "If you want to cross the river, where do you need a boat? Boats, you Han people are troublesome."

Wang Mahan was upset by Li Chongjiu's scolding, and immediately asked: "What can you do?"

Er Tuo chuckled, and immediately ordered a foreign soldier to come over, took a leather bag, and said: "This is what you rely on."

Wang Mahan suddenly realized and said: "So it's a sheepskin raft!"

All the generals couldn't help laughing.

In the middle of the next night at a ferry crossing in Lushui, hundreds of famous people were ridiculed, taking off all their sheepskin jackets and trousers, and only wearing an underwear.

It was already the beginning of winter, and the wind in the mountains was biting, but for the strong and vigorous Shi Dexiren, the cold wind was nothing.Each of them drank a large bowl of kumiss, and their bodies were warm.

After drinking, these Fanmen held the daggers in their mouths and went into the water with their leather bags inflated.The leather bags are all made of whole sheepskin, and the openings are tied tightly, which can support the weight of a person.

Soldiers of Fan Jun used their palms as oars to cross the river in the thick night, while horseshoes sounded from time to time on the other side of the river, and they kept seeing torches shaking on the opposite bank.

It must be the patrolling cavalry of the Tang army holding torches and patrolling the river to prevent the enemy from crossing the river.

But the soldiers of Fan Jun tried their best not to make a sound. Amidst the noise of the river, a hundred Fan Jun quickly crossed the river along the river.

After reaching the bank of the river, all the soldiers lurked in the shallows of the river to meet the second group of soldiers to cross the river, and waited for the [-] Fan soldiers to cross the river.

All the troops gathered together and headed downstream for the ferry.

At this time, on the other side of the ferry, Wang Mahan and his soldiers were all lurking on the other side.

The lights on the opposite bank were brightly lit, and the Tang army set up a camp here to prevent the Youzhou army from crossing the river.

In the camp on the other side, the construction was still going on overnight. Iron cables were being erected and wooden piles were being laid on the beach of the ferry.

Soldiers of the Tang army held torches and patrolled back and forth along the river bank, and the sound of fighting was heard again and again in the cold night.

Wang Mahan snorted, and a long stream of white air spewed out from the tip of his nose. At this moment, he pressed his hand.

A dozen small boats on the river bank took off their shelters and headed towards the ferry like arrows.When the boat arrived at the river, the boat was already found on the other side's bank, and they immediately yelled.

Each small boat carried more than a dozen Han soldiers. When they saw each other's traces, they immediately drew their arrows and shot towards the river bank. When the rain of arrows fell, the peasants ran away when they saw this, and there was a mess on the river beach.

The soldiers of the Tang Army raised their spears and crossbows, came out of the camp, and rushed to the river beach.

(End of this chapter)