Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 331 Linzhou Yang Family
After Liu Jiye got the order, he immediately gathered his soldiers and horses, and rushed directly to Tuanbai Valley.

Liu Jiye was anxious and non-stop.

There are two roads from Hedong and Zhongyuan to reach Jinyang, which can be divided into Jinjiang area and Zelu area.

What Li Yun sticks to is the Zelu area.

The main roads from Zelu to Jinyang can be roughly divided into east, middle and west. The east route goes from Luzhou to the northeast through Lucheng, after passing Jinggu Pass to Licheng County, then north to Liaozhou, west to Tuanbai Valley, and straight to Jinyang.In the middle route, go northward from Zelu Zhisuo to Wuxiang County, Xiangyuan County, trace along the Zhuozhang River, pass Angche Pass, Shihui Pass, Xuancheling to Jinyang.The west route goes northwest from Luzhou to Fenshuiling through Qinxian County, Tunliu County, passes through Nanguan and Beiguan, then goes to Pantuo Town, and then goes north to Jinyang.

In the mountainous and forested environment of Hedong, the three roads effectively blocked the gateway from the Central Plains to Jinyang City.

But when Li Yun took advantage of their invitation to go to Hebei to contain Da Zhou, he took Liaozhou by surprise, and the situation changed significantly.

Between Liaozhou and Jinyang, there is only Tuanbai Valley, 25 miles east of Yuqi County, which is steep and guardable.

Once the Central Plains is allowed to break into the Tuanbai Valley, it will directly approach Jinyang City, the capital of the country.

Liu Jiye claims to be invincible because of his bravery and toughness. The cavalry team under his command has the blood of Shatuo, and his personal strength is extremely strong. They depend on each other and can explode extraordinary combat power on the battlefield.But he himself is by no means only brave, he is a wise and brave general who dares to take risks, is bold and strange.

This Liaozhou was acquired by Li Yun, so Liu Jiye took precautions and sent people to infiltrate Liaozhou to find an opportunity to take it back.

Even though there was a gap between Li Yun and the Central Plains recently, and the two sides had an alliance and cooperation intention, Liu Jiye did not relax.

This Liaozhou must be in the hands of the Northern Han Dynasty, otherwise Jinyang City will be exposed to the enemy's soldiers all the time, and they will not be able to sleep peacefully.

Saying one thousand to ten thousand, in the final analysis is a matter of the national power of the Northern Han Dynasty.

If the national power is strong, there will be nothing wrong with stationing a large army directly in the important place of Tuanbai Valley, or directly building a pass.

But the garrison requires money, and the construction of the pass requires money even more.

The poor salaries of the Northern Han Dynasty could not be paid, so how could they have enough money to garrison the army regiment Baigu and build the pass?
Li Yun subdued Luo Youdu quickly, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

Luo Youdu directly sent troops to the Northern Han Dynasty, and the decisiveness of his actions was beyond everyone's expectations.

Reasonably speaking, based on the situation Luo Youdu is facing, staying in Bianjing, stabilizing the temple, holding the enthronement ceremony, and securing the center is the top priority.

Who would have thought that he would lead his troops directly to the expedition, without even holding the enthronement ceremony, he directly invaded the border of the Northern Han Dynasty with lightning speed.

Aren't you afraid of someone playing tricks behind your back?
When Liu Jiye got the news, the Central Plains Army had already entered Liaozhou and was about to transfer to Tuan Baigu.

"You must get ahead of the opponent!"

Liu Jiye looked determined.

When Liu Jiye arrived at Tuanbai Valley, Shi Shouxin's leading army also arrived at Tuanbai Valley.

One of the two is on the west side of Tuanbai Valley and the other is on the east side.

I got the news from the other party almost at the same time.

One is Liu Wudi and the other is Shi Gandang.

Both of them are warriors who dare to fight, without a moment's hesitation, after changing from pack horses to war horses, they all launched an attack immediately, intending to drive each other out of Tuanbai Valley and occupy this favorable position.

Tuanbai Valley is a valley, which is not conducive to the advancement and retreat of the army.

In this special terrain, there are no tactics at all.

In a word, the brave wins when we meet on a narrow road.

The sound of horseshoes was loud.

The two vanguard troops approached like lightning, Liu Wudi and Shi Gandang were both in the lead, leading the soldiers and horses to the forefront.

What Liu Jiye used was a mighty long-handled machete, mighty and domineering. Shi Shouxin also used a machete, but it was a thick-backed machete, not a long-handled weapon.

The two locked each other almost at the same time.

None of the brave men flinched, they stood in front of each other's soldiers.

The long-handled machete and the thick-backed broadsword were blocked by the sparks of the day, and they were both blocked by the reaction force, unable to carry out the next round of attacks.

The two rode past and rushed into the opponent's army formation.

Liu Jiye regained his breath and slashed violently calmly, determined to show his prestige. The knife was fast and fierce, and the long-handled machete flashed coldly. flew out.

Seeing this scene, even the cavalry in front of the temple, who had experienced many battles, couldn't help being slightly shocked.

Shi Shouxin roared unceasingly, his broadsword parted the waves of flesh and blood of the Northern Han army, slashed repeatedly, and killed three people under the sword.

The cavalry of both sides also collided together at this time.

One is famous all over the world, the Shatuo cavalry who frightened the Quartet at the end of Tang Dynasty, and the other was founded by Zhao Kuangyin, the first powerful cavalry in the Central Plains.

Both troops have extraordinary fighting will and strength.

This hits one together.

In an instant, large pieces of blood and corpses fell from the horse's back to the ground.

Even if he survived by luck, he would become a lump of flesh in the face of the ruthless trampling of the knights of the enemy and us.

They are all world-renowned elites, but in the confrontation of just a few breaths, they both paid great casualties to each other.

The long and narrow Tuanbai Valley is filled with the smell of blood.

This battle lasted from noon to dusk, and the two sides retreated tacitly.

It's not that they don't want to fight anymore, but that the accumulation of corpses in the mountain path has affected each other's actions.

There is no need to fight anymore...

Liu Jiye was covered in blood, and when he counted the number of people, he immediately felt distressed.

It's only an afternoon's work, and I actually lost more than [-] people on my side. The opponent's combat power is much stronger than that of Li Yun who has fought against each other in these years.

Liu Jiye gave the order to retreat. His task was not to keep the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains out of the Tuanbai Valley. His little army was not enough for Luo Youdu to fill his teeth. It was to give Jinyang City time to gather troops. his purpose.

"Let's go! It's enough to fight for a day. It's too bad we can't bury the elite here."

Fighting this kind of battle is not his style at all, but no one in the Northern Han Dynasty except him can stop Luo Youdu's Central Plains soldiers for an entire afternoon in this short period of time.

Shi Shouxin sat on a stone with a golden knife, and let the soldiers bandage his wound. Hearing that he had lost more than nine hundred people, he was also secretly shocked, what a stubble.

After all these years of fighting, the two opponents that really made him fresh in his memory: one is Yelu Xiezhen from Khitan, and the other is Liu Jiye this time.

When the battle report spread to the rear, Luo Youdu looked at Shi Shouxin's evaluation of Liu Jiye, and couldn't help laughing: "It's rare for Shi Gandang to praise the enemy."

Li Yun is now acting as Luo Youdu's staff officer. Hearing the words, he smiled and said: "This Shi's bold performance is already very good. If he were a veteran, he would not dare to fight Liu Jiye like this. In fact, this is not Liu Jiye's fighting style. This person is brave. He is big and careful, and is best at surprise attacks. He can often take the cavalry under his command to unexpected places, and then see the opportunity to launch a surprise attack. This person is extremely brave, and his command is a rare elite. Once he is given the opportunity , it is difficult to recover the situation.”

"In the Northern Han Army, he is the only one who can be called a famous general!"

"The subject has followed his way several times..."

"Their supply of soldiers is far less than ours. In order to delay our army, Liu Jiye has spent his blood this time."

Luo Youdu thought of the battle of Liu Jiye's fame, the great victory at Yanmen Pass, this Liu Jiye, and later Yang Ye, miraculously went around outside Yanmen Pass with thousands of cavalry, defeated ten times the Khitan soldiers, and beheaded the Khitan commander Datong Mansion Jiedu The envoy Xiao Duo Li was captured alive and the command envoy Li Chonghai was captured.

It's really amazing.

But then because of Zhao Kuangyi's mysterious operation, Yang Ye died in battle at the mouth of the Chen family. Under heavy siege, he beheaded hundreds of Liao troops. This invincible name is not in vain.

However, it is not Liu Jiye who really attracts Luo Youdu's attention, but Yang Zhongxun, the contemporary head of the Linzhou Yang family, Liu Jiye's younger brother.

Early the next morning, Luo Youdu received the news he wanted.

Liu Chengjun's envoy for help has arrived in Linzhou, but Linzhou has no intention of sending troops.

Luo Youdu smiled unexpectedly, just as he expected.

The Yang family in Linzhou and the Zhe family in Fugu are actually of the same nature.

They are all local family warlords. The founder of the Yang family in Linzhou is Liu Jiye's father Yang Hongxin. The local tycoon in Xinqin County of Linzhou ruled the roost by force. In troubled times, he became a local warlord for the reason of protecting the environment and the people.

From the very beginning, Yang Hongxin was copying the homework of Fugu Zhejia next door to build Linzhou into a force loyal to the Yang family.

Yang Hongxin copied his homework well, and the people in Linzhou were tough and strong. Many Shatuo people lived here, integrated with the local ancient Zhao people, and became a local warlord no less than Fugu.

In order to make friends with Liu Chong, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, Yang Hongxin sent his eldest son Yang Chonggui to serve in the Northern Han Dynasty, and he has the current Liu Jiye.

But this kind of warlord has no loyalty at all in his heart, and what they value is family interests.

While sending his son off, Yang Hongxin also chose to be loyal to Da Zhou, pleasing both sides and placing bets on both sides.

Following the death of Yang Hongxin, Liu Jiye's younger brother Yang Zhongxun served as the head of the Yang family.Under the lead of Liu Jiye, Yang Zhongxun joined the Northern Han Dynasty in the second year of Guangshun.

In Luo Youdu's memory, Yang Zhongxun in history would vote for Guo Rong's Great Zhou during the reign of Xiande, and has since severed contact with the Northern Han Dynasty.

After Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe was added, Yang Zhongxun also turned to the Song Dynasty.

It’s just that for some reason, the current Zhou and Yu are much stronger than the Song in history.

Why did Yang Zhongxun still follow the Northern Han Dynasty?

But looking at the situation, Luo Youdu knew in his heart that the Yang family was still the same Yang family, and Yang Zhongxun was still the same Yang Zhongxun.

He didn't send troops to support Jinyang City, obviously because he didn't want to offend himself and meant to show his favor.

That being the case, it is necessary for Linzhou to make a fuss.

After all, selling face to make him surrender is not the same concept as surrendering himself.

"Come here, pass on our military order, and order the Yong'an Army Jiedu Envoy Zhe Dejian to prepare for the battle and lead the soldiers of Fuzhou to go south anytime and anywhere, and attack Linzhou with me!"

Fugu Zhejia and Linzhou Yangjia have nothing to do with each other, but Luo Youdu doesn't believe it anyway! !

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