After being autistic in the tent for many days, Li Shimin finally walked out of the tent under Xuanba's persuasion.

Not far east of Yanmen City, opposite the Sanggan River.

The Qin army built a new city here. This was not the emperor's palace, but named Dongxing Pass.

The original Yanmen Pass was set up on Gouzhu Mountain, commonly known as the Two Passes and Eighteen Passes. The north entrance of the Pass is Baicaokou, the south entrance and Taihelingkou. The east and west wings of Yanmen Pass extend to Fanzhihe Yuanping, respectively, and the eighteen passes.

At this time, Yanmen Pass was also Xixing Pass, and the newly opened Dongxing Pass was completely newly built by the Qin army, with the purpose of garrisoning troops to surround Yanmen City and blocking the east direction of Yanmen.

This was originally a military city built at the entrance of the valley on the east bank of the Sanggan River.

Li Shimin was only able to get out of Xuan Ba's persuasion at first, but after visiting Xuan Ba ​​for a while, he was very surprised.

Although this newly built Guancheng is not very magnificent, it occupies the dangerous valley entrance. What is even more eye-catching is that it is neatly planned, especially because it is very lively here.

There were actually caravans coming and going outside the city, with all kinds of mountain products and local products arranged in a long row, and various furs from the northern part of the Seychelles were also smooth and radiant. Not to mention that there was a large area there with many cattle, horses, camels and sheep tied around them.

The people nearby, merchants from afar, and even soldiers, civilians, craftsmen who did not rest on duty were crowded and bustling.

This doesn't look like a battlefield.

You know, although Dongxing Pass is separated from Yanmen by a river, it is only twenty miles apart. It can be said that this is still the front line.

After all, there are still 50,000 Liu Wuzhou's Dai army in Yanmen City, and there are more than 100,000 Turkic army in Gouzhu Mountain North.

All kinds of people, all kinds of goods.

There are even temporary tea shops and restaurants.

Li Shimin didn't have any interest in traveling, but he was still amazed at everything in front of him.

"Shouldn't the people be afraid of soldiers like tigers?"

Xuanba bought a few skewers of grilled mutton. The mutton was a big skewer, and one skewer was a pound of mutton. After grilling, the aroma was attractive, the color was golden, scorched on the outside and tender on the inside. After one bite, the mouth was oily.

"Why are we afraid of soldiers like tigers? Our Qin army is strict in military rules. We never take the people one needle and one thread, and we will not do anything to oppress the people's businessmen. We always pay at the price and will never do anything randomly. Besides, our Qin army is treated well. When we are fighting outside, we have a lot of rewards. We are nervous about war, so we can enjoy a lot of money and spend some money. The merchants are also willing to make this money and think our money is easy to make."

What's more, the emperor's merchants transported grain and induced methods to attract countless merchants to follow the army to transport grain and various supplies for the army. They transported grain from the rear, then exchanged it for salt and tea, etc., and also transported some other goods and sold them to the soldiers.

Then buy spoils from the army and take them back. This way, it is equivalent to doing two business trips.

The Qin army's spoils were usually auctioned directly to those merchants. Sometimes, merchants did not even need to pay for the spoils. They just needed to provide a receipt from the money house. They could then exchange them directly in the big city behind them, eliminating the trouble of transporting these money and silk.

The Qin army soldiers have always been treated well, and most of the trophys seized will be distributed to the soldiers. Therefore, when the Qin army fought, ordinary pockets were relatively bulging, and merchants also liked to do some business with these wealthy soldiers.

Especially in the battle like before us, 200,000 Qin troops gathered in the north of Dai, and under the Yanmen Pass, there were no less than 100,000 Qin troops, and more civilians kept going back and forth.

This is simply a huge market, which merchant would let it go.

Therefore, thousands of businessmen came here soon, and even thousands of brothel women came to do business.

李世民想起自己之前的行军打仗,哪有这样的事情.

Wherever the army passes, not to mention that merchants will not follow, even the people will avoid it.

However, Luo Cheng used merchants to transport grain for him, and even used merchants to deal with the spoils.

"Second brother, there is a good restaurant here, let's go in and try it."

This is a restaurant that looks very luxurious. Although it is built outside the city of Guancheng, it is not simply a shed. Instead, it is a large building made of wood, and the styles are very particular.

There are even carved doors and windows. At the gate, you can see a long menu hanging on the walls on both sides, and dishes are hung on the two walls.

The dishes are exquisite and the taste is also very good.

As he ate, Li Shimin couldn't help but cry.

He had to admit that although Luo Cheng was far younger than his father and was not from a famous family, he was now more popular with the people.

The two brothers were having dinner, and after a while someone cheered downstairs, the cheers grew louder and louder.

Someone ran downstairs to ask, and after a while he ran back, excitedly shouting, "Good news, good news, General Zhao of Fanyang has killed Gao Tansheng and Gao Kaidao, recovered the entire territory of Zhuo County, and tens of thousands of rebels of the Gao family were gone, countless prisoners were captured, and five thousand Turkic cavalry were killed!"

Hearing this news, countless merchants and military academies cheered in unison.

Li Shimin could feel that the cheers were sincere from the heart, and they were sincerely happy for the victory of the Qin army. Yes, they were the people of Qin, and they hoped that Qin would win.

But what about him?

He was King Zhao of the Tang Dynasty, and another victory for Luo Cheng was another heavy blow to him.

Song Jingang was defeated in Xinkou, Liu Wuzhou was trapped in Yanmen, Chai Shao was defeated in Dali, and now Gao Kaidao Gao Tansheng was defeated in Zhuo County.

Originally, the coalition forces were coming in full force and wanted to advance straight forward, but now, they were defeated one after another. It seemed that they had been defeated one by one, but Jie Li, Liu, Wu and Zhou were about to be surrounded.

But he thought again that although the Qin army had the advantage, they might not be able to laugh to the end. The Li family still occupied Guanzhong, Shu, Hetao, and Longyou. Dou Jiande also occupied half of Hebei, and Jie Li's main force was still not damaged.

Just one battle, as long as Luo Cheng fails once, they still have a great chance.

But where is this opportunity?

Returning to the tent of the military camp from the market in Dongxing Pass, looking at the guardian soldiers standing outside, Li Shishi sighed and fell asleep again.

Let's go to bed, maybe the situation will change after a night's sleep.

After sleeping until dark, Li Shimin opened his eyes and found a person sitting in his tent.

"Erlang, are you awake?"

"What? I don't know me anymore. I'm Sichang."

Li Shimin looked at his brother-in-law Chai Shao in surprise and sat in front of his bed, "Why are you here?"

"Like you, you were defeated and captured, and then you came." Chai Shao smiled bitterly. Compared to the last time he was in Longyou, Chai Shao became thinner, darker, and more dim.

Li Shimin and Chai Shao faced each other, but they didn't know where to start.

"Shuliang and Deliang are here, and Yun Dingxing is there." Chai Shao's words made Li Shimin jump up in shock.
Chapter completed!