Of course, when Li Siyuan (Miao Jilie) vaguely expressed his intention to reorganize the army and led his troops to fight again, he was unanimously backlashed and advised from the central army. Some old subordinates even cried and advised him, and asked him to take care of himself and not waste the vitality that others had gained.

To put it bluntly, these escaped men have basically lost the fighting spirit and courage to continue fighting against the thieves in a short period of time. They just wanted to repair them well for a while under the protection of the city walls before making plans. Despite this, Li Siyuan (Miao Jilie) still did not give up on his subsequent efforts.

Subsequently, in the name of the Nanlu General Manager who was in charge of the attack and control of military affairs in the south of Taiyuan Prefecture, he transferred nearly 10,000 defenders from Jiexiu, Pingyao and other places on the spot. In addition, he sent troops to all 15,000 new soldiers recruited from the station in a short time and stuffed them into the inside and outside Lengquan Pass.

Because of the large number of troops and the narrow interior of the pass, he recruited civilian forces nearby at Tongji Bridge, Baibizhai, etc. outside Lengquan Pass, and built many camps at the dangerous places on the mountainside water. Mianlianli thought it would be the place to accommodate and station. Even so, he was still worried.

In addition, the dangerous situation of crossing the Fen River was about to be broken through - Ji Bridge, the slab house was built with firewood, charcoal and grease in advance, and the commander of Shi Shaoyong (Niezi), a trusted subordinate, was appointed as the commander of Shi Shaoyong (Nieziji), who was the commander of the capital. As long as Lengquan Pass was no longer available for support, the bridge could be destroyed immediately in a short time to block the enemy.

Then, with another confidant subordinate, An Chonghui, the commander of the Yingzhou military and horses, stopped in Jiexiu, and was the judge of the Fenzhou water and land transport and the commander of the field defense camp. However, the next step he continued to lead his troops northward. When he arrived at Pingyao City, which was adjacent to the gate of Taiyuan Prefecture, he did not welcome the reinforcements and supplies he expected.

Instead, a small team of envoys from Taiyuan City, the capital of Beidu brought him harsh instructions from King Li Keyong of Jin and a bad news.

He was repelled and defeated again in the Yanmen area. Li Keyong, who came from the Lulong Army of Daibeilan Prefecture, had no soldiers or soldiers to give him a hand in a short time. Instead, he was responsible for his loss of troops and land, but he still needed to commit crimes in front of the battlefield to achieve success.

The bad news that followed was that the western key to Shizhou (now Luliang City, Shanxi) belonging to the western barrier of Taiyuan Prefecture, Dinghu County/Mengmen Pass, located in the mountains at a critical and narrow place, was breached by the Taiping Army, which was flowing upstream along the Yellow River by fraudulent means of disguising the smuggling team.

Therefore, not only could he not return to the Beidu Taiyuan to repair it, but he also had to continue to sit in Fenzhou and divide his troops to support and rescue. The Shizhou Prefecture, which may be besieged, was Li Shicheng (near the city of Luliang, Shanxi); because after he entered and left the army with the governor Li Cun, there were only less than 3,000 old and weak soldiers in the city.

Otherwise, once the hub of Lishicheng is inaccurate, the Taiping Army entering Shizhou can go west along the Lishishui that runs through the Luliang Mountain Rift Valley and go straight to the confluence of Fenzhou Prefecture Zhixicheng (near Fenyang City, Shanxi Province), threatening his rear and even cutting off the retreat;

To the north, you can enter Lanzhou through the Chihongshui River, forming a trend of echoing the Lulong/Youzhou army that was blocked outside the Yanmen Pass. It is a threat that King Jin, who is standing in front of Yanmen and finally defeated the land of Daibei, would be even more untolerant and acceptable.

Therefore, it was time for Li Siyuan (Miao Jilie) to make a dilemma; it is important to know that the previous time he encountered a similar dilemma, when the five armies of Daibeixingying besieged Zhu Xie's troops many years ago, he almost lost all his troops and relatives.

After losing the most basic victory and military strength he had once been strong and powerful, he could only be like a past-and-forth person who was abandoning the wind and rain, and with the last little capital, he tried hard to move around and around, tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall just to persist for a longer period of time.

But he still had to persevere, just for the last chance that might come in the future, and also to repay King Jin.

At the same time, in the territory of Xizhou, which is besieged on the southern foot of the Luliang Mountains and Fenzhou, a visitor also welcomed a visitor in the besieged City of Xichuan (now Longquan Town, Luliang City, Shanxi). However, Wang Renshou, who is now the aftermath of the Taiping Army (Six Prefectures) and the officer of the army camp.

But he was no longer the young Wang family who was full of confidence and wanted to make a living for his family; but more of a corpse who grew up quickly through the wind and frost; he saw him telling the officials and generals who came to meet without hesitation:

"I'll ask, the Jin army that went south has been defeated and destroyed. You have no support outside and have little support inside. When will you not surrender? When will the city be destroyed? Will it be better to burn together?"

"It's really a matter of love!"

A gray-bearded official, who described his old man quickly begged:

"I was really frightened after hearing the news. Now I can't afford to get sick. There is no one in the city who can make decisions."

"I'm here to give me an ultimatum, not to discuss it. After noon, there is no room for anything else."

Wang Renshou said unmoved:

"Either you make the decision right now, or you can change someone who can make the decision immediately. At least, you can only ask the primary responsibility for the surrender of the city. Others have a way to live in a different place; but if you resist the punishment, it will be a disaster for death and death."

"Since that's the case, the villain should respect the will of your army and try his best to open the door to greet him, hoping to get along with him..."

At this time, among the officials who were coveting each other, someone finally heard what he meant and said cautiously: Everyone couldn't help but look closely, but it was Wang Ruyi, the new Xichuan County Magistrate, who had not long been appointed; but he was inevitably shocked and rushed to speak:

"I wish to follow me..."

"I'll surrender too..."

“Below, below….”

Because at this moment they suddenly realized that since the chief, who was a famous family and had great achievements in poetry and calligraphy, stayed in the door while sick, and said that he would not surrender or fight and ignore him, he would not take on the corresponding responsibilities; then he would not be used as the best candidate for the open explanation.

So under the various operations that these local officials and generals and officials worked together to survive, even if there were more than a thousand Hedong soldiers who were left in the city who lacked fighting spirit and morale, they also put down their weapons and left the city gate on duty with the assistance of the local united soldiers who were far less than their own.

Therefore, just half an hour later, the last city/stronghold in Xizhou where a built-in garrison was announced to change hands. However, in private, Wang Renshou personally sent the newly surrendered county lieutenant out of the city to ride a post horse and say goodbye:

"This is the last thing I can do for my hometown in Qi County. I hope you can tell me truthfully that the existence of the house or the overturn is within a moment of their thoughts, but please do whatever you want..."

"From now on, I will be the lord of the Wang family in Yuanzhou, Jiangxi, and those children who have already left the house will have nothing to do with Hedong."

However, although Wang Renshou explained this, he did not have much anticipation for the reaction from the Qixian family. After all, most people who wanted to make changes and innovation at the beginning, or who found a way out and future for themselves, came out of the house.

Therefore, those who can stay in their hometown to guard the door are only relatively conservative and stable, and even the most stubborn. Although they have experienced many changes in Hedong, they still hold on to the plot of being unable to leave their hometown and stick to their hometown.

Now, he has received preferential treatment from the small court of Later Tang Dynasty. Most of the tribe's children have been awarded the position of Qinggui and Mei, and the county magistrate Wang Ruyi, who was sent back to pass the message, was one of them. I am afraid that it would not be so easy to change the course or turn around again.

Or, after experiencing and seeing so many things and tasks, he did not feel that the Qixian family, which still sticks to his ancestral land, would have a better ending and lucky ending. Because even if the Wang family is known as the local leader and the county-level family, it still cannot change the reality of occupying fertile land and tenants.

Compared with Jiangdong, Liangling areas with strong sea trade and commercial atmosphere, or places such as Hunan, Jiangxi, Jingnan, and Xiajiang, which have the historical tradition of relying on the Yangtze River waterway to conduct business, can decisively separate the families and disperse the fields to avoid them in disguise, and the Taiping Army will be more liquidated and attacked.

These families who lived in Hedong for generations and only maintained their families with their prosperity in land and monopolized almost the vast majority of local related food and profit industries, and did not have the courage and determination to cut off their arm or die to survive.

Therefore, once the Taiping Army defeated the small pseudo-Tang court that occupied Hedong, the great families led by Wang's family were the best targets to kill chickens and attract the people's hearts. However, Wang Renshou was just asking for peace of mind.

In fact, in order to make plans for the future and future of the Taiping Army, he had already voluntarily declared and admitted that he was "exiled" from his family by the Wang family of Qi County, and had to defect to Yuanzhou Yuanzong during a routine internal background review of his relocation two years ago.

Therefore, at least from behind him, he is no longer subject to restrictions on old officials and families in the "Taiping Examination Regulations". This time he was recruited to participate in the Hedong strategy and his duties in the aftermath of the Great Rear Front, and he did not have the corresponding intention of secretly taking the teaching and trial.

Therefore, in the next work of clearing the land of households, releasing slaves, gathering people to garrison, liquidating wealthy surnames, etc., he must show more efforts and resolute attitude than others in order to sort out local social order and purging old forces.
Chapter completed!