Late Tang

As soon as Li Jing returned to Dengzhou from Xuzhou, there was an urgent letter from Feige to convey the emergency military situation in Hebei.Gongsun Lan took out the code book and translated the military situation, with a solemn expression, reported: "Two military situations, one is that Li Keyong sent envoys to Hejian, and proposed to our army that he is willing to change the conditions, so that we can redeem Murong Xue with [-] shi of grain. Two people. Second, the governor of Hebei, Pei You, reported that Li Ke used a large-scale attack on Hebei, attacking Yizhou all the way, and attacking the army all the way. Li Quanzhong lost several battles in a row and lost more than [-] troops. He is now unable to hold on gone."

Hearing this news, Li Jing was also very surprised.Li Ke used this tactic very flexibly, and Li Quanzhong was no match for him at all.With the loss of [-] soldiers and horses, Li Quanzhong's strength could no longer stop Li Ke from using it.What's more important is that in such a situation, Chengde's Wang Jingchong is likely to take advantage of the fire to rob.

But no matter what happens, it will be detrimental to the Qin army.

Youzhou is very important to the Qin army. Only by occupying Youzhou can they occupy the most favorable position in the next battle for Hebei.

Li Jing frowned, and after thinking about it, he said: "If Youzhou is captured by Li Keyong, it will be extremely disadvantageous to us. If Youzhou falls into Li Keyong's hands, then the three states of Zhuo, Yi, and Ding may all fall together." In the hands of Shatuo."

Gongsun Lan nodded. She also has some experience with the strategic situation and can understand it.

Today's Qin Army territory is divided into two parts, one in Liaodong and the other in Shandong.Although Yichang Town has been opened in the middle, there is a coastal land passage.But if Hebei cannot be captured in one day, then the strategic situation of the Qin army is not optimistic.

And Youzhou is the most important thing in plotting Hebei.

"His Royal Highness happened to redeem Murong Xue first, and slow down Li Keyong's heart first. On the other hand, he rushed to Hebei immediately to preside over the overall situation in Hebei."

Li Jing nodded in agreement, and immediately wrote to Li Keyong, agreeing to redeem him.Then he sent a letter to Pei You, the governor of Hebei, and Gai Yu, who was sent one step ahead, to let them pay attention to the situation. If the situation is tense, they can consider sending troops to deal with Li Keyong and prevent Shatuo from entering Hebei.

After thinking about it, Li Jing wrote another letter, which was addressed to Li Quanzhong, hoping that Li Quanzhong and his son would be attached to him.Regarding the matter of persuading Li Quanzhong to surrender, Li Jing handed it over to Gongsun Lan's Supervision Office and asked her to arrange it.

Li Jing had just arrived in Dengzhou at this time, and he hadn't come to the pier in time, and there was no time to delay, so he hurriedly ordered the boat to sail again to Youzhou, Hebei.

Seeing that Li Quanzhong's situation was in crisis, Chengde Jiedu envoy Wang Jingchong not only did not send troops to rescue him, but instead made trouble at this time.At the end of July, Wang Jingchong suddenly led [-] German troops into Yiwu Township.Almost all Dingzhou soldiers and horses are in Yizhou at this time, and the place is empty.Fifty thousand German troops entered, and in less than a few days, they had already swept across eleven counties in Dingzhou and annexed Dingzhou in one go.

Li Quanzhong in Yizhou City was furious when he heard the news. It was true that there were wolves in front and tigers in back. He was caught between Li Jing, Li Keyong, and Wang Jingchong, and there was no way out this time.

Li Keyong in the city of Yizhou was also very angry when he heard the news. Li Keyong had already regarded the four prefectures of Yi, Ding, Zhuo, and You as his territory.At this time, Wang Jingchong suddenly seized Dingzhou. Li Keyong seemed to be robbing his territory, so how could he not be angry.

"It's unreasonable. Wang Jingchong dared to take advantage of the fire and rob me. He actually robbed me, Li Keyong. He really wanted to die."

One of Li Ke's single eyes shone like lightning, and Wang Jingchong's move had already angered him.

Kang Junli held the knife seat at the side, and immediately got up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead [-] troops to the south to meet this Wang Jingchong, a mere Uighur bastard, who dared to grab food and snatch it from the head of our Shatuo people. Don't give it to me." A lesson for him, I'm afraid this guy will get on his nose in the future."

Li Ke put his fist on the case, and immediately said: "Okay, I will give you [-] soldiers and horses, and you go south immediately, first take down the three cities of Yongle, Suixian, and Zunxian in Yizhou, and then garrison troops Yongle at the border of Yiding. If Wang Jingchong dares to step into Yizhou, I will beat him up immediately. However, if he is sensible, don’t enter Dingzhou for now.”

Although Li Keyong wished to send troops into Chengde Town immediately, Li Keyong also knew very well that Chengde Town was not Yiwu Town.Chengde is a big town with strong strength.What's more important is that if Li Keyong can successfully swallow the two towns of Yiwu and Lulong this time, he will be very satisfied. Even if Wang Jingchong wants to divide Dingzhou, he can accept it.He will never forget that Shatuo's real enemy is Li Jing.In Hebei, Li Jing is the enemy.With Wang Jingchong, we still have to join forces to deal with Li Jing.Now that the relationship with Wang Jingchong is too rigid, it will only make Li Jing cheaper in vain.

But Li Keyong also has a limit. This time, at most one Dingzhou can be given up. It is absolutely impossible for Wang Jingchong to want more.

In Yizhou City, Li Quanzhong's brows became more and more wrinkled, and he lost a lot of weight.Half a month ago, he was still proud of himself, and he was proud of swallowing Lulong Town in one fell swoop because he was behind the oriole.Now, he has to swallow the bitter fruit for his reckless behavior.

"Is there a way out, and where will the way out be?"

These days Li Quanzhong tossed and turned sleeplessly, seeing him getting thinner day by day, but there was nothing he could do.Li Keyong outside the city is still besieging the city. Although he can still defend the city for a while, how long can he keep it?

Instead of sending troops to rescue, Wang Jingchong took advantage of the fire and robbed Dingzhou.

Cheng De's army has taken action, how can the Qin army who has gathered a large army in Moyingtun sit and watch?

One Li Keyong had already driven him to a desperate situation, and the addition of Wang Jingchong had already filled him with despair.When Li Jing makes another move, he really has no chance of life anymore.

There was a knock on the door, pulling Li Quanzhong back from his thoughts.He raised his head a little annoyed, and scolded: "Didn't the king say that he wants to be quiet for a while and not to be disturbed?"

The voice of Li Quanzhong's son Li Kuangchou came from the door, "Father, it's me."

Hearing that it was his son Li Kuangchou, Li Quanzhong didn't have a good look on his face. Li Kuangchou was defeated by Li Keyong earlier, and [-] soldiers were lost in the First World War, which suddenly made the situation in Yiwu Town into a very bad situation.In the past few days, my son has been thinking behind closed doors. It's so late, why did you come here suddenly?

Li Kuangchou is the second son of Li Quanzhong. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child. He can be considered a strong general, but he lacks some strategy.

The door opened, and Li Kuangchou, who was dressed in normal clothes, entered the room. He was nearly seven feet tall, with bronze skin, a thick back, thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he was extremely strong.But standing in front of Li Quanzhong, he was extremely respectful and cautious.

"It's so late, what's the matter with you?" Li Quanzhong didn't have a good look at his son.

"Father, the child wants to introduce someone to the father."

Li Quanzhong looked at his son suspiciously.

"The other party came here on his own initiative. He claims to be Li Jing. He has important matters to discuss with his father." Li Kuangchou replied cautiously with his head lowered.He didn't go into too much detail about the matter. In fact, Li Jing's person was very powerful. That person sent someone to deliver the message, and the person who delivered the message was actually his wife Zhang's personal maid.Only now did he find out that his wife's personal maid was actually Li Jing's undercover secret agent planted by his wife's side.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel chills down his back. Since it is difficult for the other party to arrange a spy to be his wife's personal maid, if the other party arranges a killer assassin, I am afraid that he would have died a hundred times earlier.

"Invite someone." Although he didn't know exactly what kind of medicine Li Jing planned to sell in the gourd for Li Jing's meeting, he could basically guess a little.At this time, when Li Jing sent someone, it was natural that he would be courteous first and then soldiers. [-]% of the time, Li Jing wanted to send someone to recruit him.

If it was in the past, Li Quanzhong would definitely not meet, but now, he does not dare to immediately reject this retreat.

"Meet the King of Zhongshan County!" Li Jing's envoy was a middle-aged man with a voice as loud as a bronze bell. "I have admired the name of the county king for a long time, and I will be lucky to see you today!"

"You're welcome!" Li Quanzhong nodded with a smile on his face, got up and came to greet him.He has a face of enthusiasm and sincerity, which makes people feel cordial.

After the ceremony, both parties took their seats, and Li Kuangchou personally served tea for them.

"I don't know Gao's surname yet, what position does he occupy under the King of Qin?" Li Quanzhong saw that this man's demeanor was extraordinary, and he knew that the other party must have a lot of background.

"Hahaha." The man laughed heartily for a while, "I am free to build a famous apartment, and I will send it to you. Now I am temporarily serving as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in Daxingtai, Northeast China. This time, I was entrusted by the King of Qin to meet the King of the County. It came suddenly, a little presumptuously."

However, the smile on Li Quanzhong's face suddenly froze, and he was a little stunned.Of course he had heard of Gai Yu's name. Li Ke used to be one of the seven generals of Yunzhou when he rebelled against the Tang Dynasty.Later Li Keyong was defeated, and he was captured by Li Jing and defected to Li Jing.After several years, he has changed from a prisoner to one of Li Jing's core conspirators.The official minister of Daxingtai once served as the Jiedu envoy of one of Li Jing's six towns.A real confidant, a senior staff member.

He never expected that Li Jing would send such an important confidant to Yizhou City to have a meeting with him. He was shocked at the moment, but also felt very useful.No matter what Li Jing wants to talk about, first of all, this sincerity is very sufficient, and it gives a lot of face.

"Hehe, I didn't expect Brother Ji to come here in person. I'm really flattered."

"The matter is very important, so I have no choice but to come here in person." Gai Yu said bluntly, "My King Qin heard that Li Keyong sent troops to attack the county king for no reason, and he was also full of worries for the county king. Li Keyong is a Shatuo Human, An unfamiliar white-eyed wolf. The Tang Dynasty treated Sha Tuo well, but he turned against the Tang Dynasty twice. Now he is taking advantage of the weak power of the court to follow the law and lead his troops to plunder and attack everywhere. To be honest, His Royal Highness King Qin It’s been too long since I can’t stand it anymore. Sha Tuo’s troops are very sharp, and the county king is probably hard to resist right now?”

Gai Yu cuts to the chase and speaks directly, but every sentence is in place.

Li Quanzhong is really regretful now, swallowing Lu Long, but attracting prying eyes from all sides.

"Your Majesty, this is a handwritten letter from His Royal Highness King Qin who asked me to deliver it to His Highness."

Gai Yu took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to him, Li Quanzhong took it and opened it to read.

This letter was as direct as Gai Yu's words, and Li Jing didn't go around any circles. The beginning was about Chen Ming's current dangerous situation for Li Quanzhong.After pointing out that Li Quanzhong had nowhere to go, Li Jing proposed a mutually beneficial plan to Li Quanzhong in the letter.

The plan proposed by Li Jing is also very simple, that is, the two companies cooperate and become allies.

After forming the alliance, as long as Li Quanzhong handed over Youzhou to Li Jing, Li Jing would send troops to help Li Quanzhong repel Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong.

This proposal was completely beyond Li Quanzhong's expectations. Li Quanzhong did not write a letter to persuade him to surrender, but actually wanted to form an alliance with him, and the condition was only to cede Youzhou to Li Jing.

This condition, compared to the current situation of Li Quanzhong, is not too much at all, and not only is it not too much, it is even so generous that he can't believe it. (To be continued.)