The Sui army camp was outside Yuguan Town. It was a temporary camp covering an area of ​​1,000 acres. The so-called temporary camp means there were no walls or camp bars. It was just dug trenches around. The trenches were surrounded by large vehicles, and spears were inserted outside the trenches, which were at least a hundred steps away from the edge of the spear array to the large tent. This was to prevent rockets from attacking the large tent. At the same time, a large number of patrols were deployed outside to prevent the enemy from stealing the camp. In addition, several sentry towers were built, and soldiers on the sentry towers were observed from afar.

In the tent of the Central Army in the camp, a middle-aged scholar was walking back and forth with restlessness. His name was Du Huan, and he was once the county magistrate of Mayi County. After Liu Wuzhou rebelled in Mayi County, he fled to Yulin County with his family and reported to Luoyang about Liu Wuzhou's rebellion. He was appointed as the county magistrate of Yulin County by King Yang Tong of Yue for reporting in time.

This time when the Turkic invaded Bingzhou in the south, Du Huan was also watching, but he never expected that the Northern Sui Dynasty would kill Yulin County with a shot, which surprised Du Huan. Zhang Wenxun was in Wuyuan County at this time. On the one hand, Du Huan urgently sent someone to report to Zhang Wenxun, but on the other hand, he had to bite the bullet and come to the Sui Camp to investigate the truth and truth.

Du Huan was not worried about his life safety. When he was the county magistrate in Mayi County, Li Jing was still his subordinate and was considered an old friend. He knew that Li Jing was not a cruel person, so he dared to come to the Sui Camp alone.

At this time, a soldier outside the tent shouted: "General Li is here!"

Du Huan quickly turned around and saw that the curtain of the tent was lifted, and Li Jing walked in from outside the tent. As soon as Li Jing entered the tent, he smiled and said, "So it's an old friend. Is Du safe?"

Du Huan was a little embarrassed. Li Jing saluted him back then, but now it is a chaotic era. Even Liu Wuzhou has become emperor, so there is no imbalance.

Du Huan hurried forward to salute, "Thank you for your concern. I am in good health. But the pharmacist is high, I want to congratulate the pharmacist on whether he is! Congratulations to General Li."

"Mr. Du is so polite, please sit down!"

Li Jing asked Du Huan to sit down, and then asked his personal soldiers to serve tea. Then he asked indifferently: "I don't know very well now. Is Brother Du an official now of the Turkic?"

"No! No!"

Du Huan waved his hand in a hurry, "This is a big problem. I want to make a statement first, I have no relationship with the Turks."

"But Zhang Changxun surrendered to the Turks. Now Yulin County and Wuyuan County belong to the Turks!"

"It's not entirely true. It's true that Zhang Tongshou surrendered to the Turks, but we did not surrender to the Turks. I am still the magistrate of Yulin County appointed by Emperor Tai, and"

"And what?" Li Jing heard something in Du Huan's words.

Du Huan hesitated for a long time and said, "And Zhang Tongshou has secretly surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and was named the chief supervisor of Fengzhou by Emperor Tang, but it has not been announced."

Li Jing took a sip of tea and asked calmly: "Mr. Du means that you are actually officials of the Tang Dynasty now, right?"

Du Huan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Emperor Tang only appointed Zhang Changxun, and he has not taken into account the middle and lower-level officials. I am still the county magistrate appointed by Emperor Tai. The situation here is very complicated now. No one can tell where we are?"

"What's the matter with Junmaster Du coming to me?" Li Jing asked with a faint smile.

"First of all, I want to talk to the pharmacist about the past. In addition, the pharmacist brought tens of thousands of troops to come. The people in Yulin County were in panic. As the princess of Yulin, I have the responsibility to stand up."

"Why is the county magistrate the chief officer and the prefect of the king?"

"Premier Wang died of illness last year. Now the prefect is Zhang Changxun, but he has been staying in Wuyuan County and rarely comes to Yulin County, so the head of Yulin County is actually me."

Li Jing walked a few steps behind his hands and said slowly: "I know the purpose of Du County Magistrate Du. I must know my purpose. I will not say secret words. This time I will be ordered by His Highness, and I will attack Zhang Changxun and Liang Shidu under the order of His Highness of Qi. The Hetao area has been in the Middle Earth since the Han Dynasty. Whether Yulin County, Wuyuan County or Lingwu County are the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty. This time I will lead the army to take back the three counties of Hetao from the Turks. If Du County Magistrate knows the current affairs and immediately opens the city to surrender, I will report to the King of Qi to appoint you as the prefect of Yulin County. If Du County Magistrate is obsessed with it and resists stubbornly, then under the fierce attack of the army, the entire Yulin City will be crushed to pieces. Which is more important, Du County Magistrate will consider it yourself!"

Although Yulin County is large in area, it has only two counties, Yulin County and Fuchang County to the south. Fuchang County is just a small person with a population of only two or three thousand people. Most of the population of Yulin County is concentrated in Yulin County. Even so, the population of Yulin County is only more than 40,000, of which 60% are Han people, and the other 40% are Tiel people and Turks. The economy here mainly relies on farming and animal husbandry.

Farmland is mainly distributed on both sides of the Yellow River, while animal husbandry is concentrated around Jinhu Lake to the north. Because the land here is fertile and vast and livestock is extremely cheap, most families in the county are relatively wealthy, and every household has more than a dozen animals. Some are used for transportation, some are cultivated, and some are cultivated, the Han people and Tiel people get along very well here.

There are more than 20,000 residents living in the county town, 90,000 of them are Han people. Tiel and Turks live on both sides of the Jin River not far to the north, so the county town is not big, with a circumference of only about twenty miles, and the city walls are not tall and strong. In addition to 20,000 people, there are also three thousand Zhang Changxun's army stationed in the city, commanded by a general Lang.

County Magistrate Du Huan returned to the county town with concern, but he did not reply to Li Jing on the spot, but he also knew that he had to face the reality. Apart from surrendering to the Northern Sui Dynasty, they had no second way to go, but the county town was controlled by the army, and he could not have the final say. He needed to go back and persuade the army to leave or surrender.

As soon as Du Huan entered the county town, the general Qin Hongwu of the Langcheng came up. Qin Hongwu was about thirty years old and was with Zhang Changxun. He followed him for many years. He turned out to be a brave general of the Sui army. After Zhang Changxun established himself, he was promoted to a general of the Huya Langcheng, leading 5,000 people to guard Yulin County. However, Yulin County only had 3,000 people. There were 500 garrisons in Yunzhong Shucheng to the north, and there were 500 garrisons in Liangu Shucheng to the south, and there were 1,000 garrisons in Fuchang County.

This also shows the importance of Qin Hongwu. Zhang Changxun had only 20,000 people in total, so he led 5,000 people.

"Mr. Du, what does Li Jing say?" Qin Hongwu stopped Du Huan and asked.

Du Huan sighed and said, "What else can he say? He said that he would lead a large army to attack Liang Shidu under the order of Zhang Xuan, and Wuyuan County and Yulin County should also be taken back to the Northern Sui Dynasty."

Qin Hongwu snorted coldly, "He said it simply! He thought Wuyuan County and Yulin County were still the territory of the Sui Dynasty?"

Du Huan shook his head, "He didn't think so. He believed that Wuyuan County and Yulin County are now the territory of the Turks."

Qin Hongwu was stunned, "How could it be the territory of the Turks?"

"I explained it to him, but he didn't believe it. He said he only recognized this!"

Du Huan pointed to the Turkic wolf-headed banner above his head, "He said that since the Turkic flag was hung, this place was of course the Turkic territory. He gave us one night to consider, either leave or surrender, and he will attack the city after dawn tomorrow."

After saying that, Du Huan whipped a whip of war horses and headed towards the county government. Qin Hongwu was stunned for a while and suddenly shouted, "What will the county magistrate plan to do?"

"I don't know anything, I just want to go back and have a sleep." Du Huan's voice went away.

Qin Hongwu was in a mess, and he didn't know what to do. The other party had an army of 50,000, so where could his 3,000 defenders defend the county?

At this moment, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Have the reply from the supervisor come?"

The Yulin County and the County Government are all together. The county magistrate is Meng Shouyi, a native of Yan'an County. He has been the county magistrate here for at least seven or eight years. He is a very timid and afraid of trouble. Although Du Huan's arrival took away his power, Meng Shouyi did not complain. He had no war and massacre, allowing him to live a peaceful life, support his old mother and raise his children. He didn't care how much power he could have.

Of course, Meng Shouyi also knew that the 50,000 Northern Sui army had killed him in Yulin County, which scared him so much that he was frightened. When Du Huan came back from the Sui Camp, he immediately came to inquire about the situation.

Du Huan was about to send someone to find him, but he didn't expect that he would come first. The two of them sat down in the lobby. Du Huan told him about his visit to the Sui Camp. Before Du Huan finished speaking, Meng Shouyi punched the table hard and said anxiously: "What else can hesitate about this? Of course, opening the city to welcome the army. We were originally the Sui Dynasty. I don't think this is called surrender. It is called returning to this dynasty. Why didn't the county magistrate agree immediately?"

Du Huan sighed and said, "It's not so easy. What's the use of surrendering? It's enough for the one who is willing to surrender."

Meng Shouyi was silent. He knew that Du Huan was talking about Qin Hongwu. After a while, Meng Shouyi asked in a low voice: "What should we do now?"

Du Huan pondered for a moment and said, "You go and consult with the patriarchs of several major families and ask them to mobilize their children to open the city to surrender. Be sure to surrender tonight. If it is delayed until tomorrow, the Sui army will start to attack the city."
Chapter completed!