The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 287
One after another torches burned the head of Luzhou city, swaying with the night wind blowing, the night was already deep, and the fearful Shatuo soldiers and Fanhan soldiers looked out at the quiet night outside. They were frightened and puzzled, and many people didn't understand why they suddenly failed like this.

Behind the majestic city walls, the streets and alleys of the city were pitch-black. Because of the war, the curfew in the city, and the night stalls that still existed in the past were cleaned up after the rout of the soldiers entered the city. Only the patrolling Jin soldiers held torches and shuttled through the streets and alleys from time to time.

As a temporary palace, it was also quiet. After entering the city, Li Keyong looked exhausted, lying on the bed and having difficulty falling asleep, and finally fell asleep, as if he heard the sound of gold and iron horses in his ears. Interspersed with the battlefield to attack the main formation of the Chinese army, his face was full of blood, and he shouted hysterically at him with a weapon in hand.

"Kill Li Keyong—"

"The Shatuo savage is over there!"

"I saw him!"

"what!!"

The roar in the dream seemed to resound in my ears. The figure on the bed made up the cold sweat on his face and shook his head. The next moment, he opened his eyes and let out a roar. He woke up suddenly and sat up. The burning candle was gasping for breath.

Bang!
The door was pushed open, and the guards outside heard the screams inside, drew their weapons and rushed in. When they saw King Jin who was sitting up, the latter shouted at them: "Get out!"

The guard quickly closed the door, and Li Keyong also exhaled heavily at the same time, put on a single shirt and sat on the edge of the bed. At this time, he had long lost sleepiness, and just sat on the edge of the bed blankly, watching the candlelight Preoccupied.

Today's defeat brought back some bad memories from the past.

'The defeat at Yao'erling back then was because I took it lightly. Today's defeat is not my fault or right, it is not my fault. '

On the Zezhou battlefield, he compared carefully, and he faced the opponent's coach with one soldier and one general. It can be said that there was no leakage, and there was no difference, and he even had the upper hand. If he was given a little more time, it would not be a big deal to defeat this Liang army. Difficult.

'The morale of the army must be stable, otherwise the next battle will inevitably be defeated again. Once the prestige is lost, the newly won Youzhou will become troublesome, and Yelu Abaoji will also look down on me, Shatuo. '

Li Keyong sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the candlelight in rapt attention. The burning red wax gradually changed from deep to dark as the night outside, and it also burned to the candlestick, and the wax water accumulated in a thick layer on the pedestal.

Soon after dawn, the people who were still sleeping in the city heard a series of horseshoes galloping past in the street outside, and the generals of the Jin army who were resting in various places in the city were called up one by one and rushed to the palace. news.

At five o'clock, the king of Jin sent troops to surround the post house, and Li Cunxiao, the flying tiger general, was arrested and thrown into prison.

The news spread that it belonged to the garrison of the Black Crow Army. The news about Li Cunxiao's arrest and imprisonment had already been circulated. After everyone was shocked, they were indignant. Some even wanted to go to the palace together to appeal for the general's grievances. In the end, Li Cunxin came with his bodyguards. Press down, no one dares to stand out.

at the same time.

After daylight, outside Luzhou City, Liang Jun, who had been chasing and killing all night, set up camp to rest and regroup. Everyone had a smile on their faces when they defeated the Jin army head-on. Now that the situation is reversed, it is their turn to besiege Luzhou. What's more, the Jin army has no reinforcements this time. Once the city is broken and Li Keyong is captured, Yang Shihou invites the king of Liang to go straight to Taiyuan via Heyang, and then goes north to control Yanmen, Yun, Dai and other states.

However, after all the excitement, there were still some doubts. After all the generals calmed down, Master Yang scanned the generals for a while.

"Have you seen the supervisor?"

"The supervising army is not always there in Luzhou. It's not right either. The Black Crow Army returned to Luzhou together with Li Keyong. At this time, the supervising army should have received the news and led the army back to the camp."

A Liang general over there said, Yang Shihou nodded slightly in agreement, and looked at Wang Yanzhang, who shook his head, he was not very clear.

When he came down from the mountain that day, he met Yang Shihou and kept fighting on the front line. He didn't even think about where the supervising army was. He only realized that he had gone to Luzhou when he went north to pursue the Black Crow Army.

"The recruitment envoy, the general, has always felt that the supervising army is weird." He was about to finish the rest of the sentence, when footsteps suddenly sounded outside, and one of them got off his horse and ran to the tent, arching his hands: "Report to the envoy. , the Jin army in Luzhou is a little strange, they have been staying behind closed doors, and the number of scouts patrolling outside has gradually decreased."

Ok?
Yang Shihou frowned. He had just been defeated for a while, and it was reasonable to defend the city and tighten his troops, but the number of scouts outside the city was decreasing. Didn't this make him deaf?

"Go to investigate again, and make sure to capture a scout from the other party."

After sending away the commanding officer, I felt an inexplicable anger in my heart thinking that there was still no news from the Longxiang army at this time. Even though the supervising officer was also a deputy recruiter, he could not respect the general's order when he marched and fought. Some ignored it.

"What the hell does the king of Liang send such a person to me, what does it mean? He didn't make any suggestions, and he couldn't find anyone!" '

Yang Shihou took a sip of warm water, thought of his annoyance, and slammed the cup heavily, causing all the generals in the tent to look at each other, and no one dared to speak.

At this moment, the person he was thinking of was sitting in the forest and sneezed.

"Ah!"

Geng Qing rubbed her slightly itchy nose, "I don't know which bastard scolded me behind my back." Whispering, the news he was waiting for finally came back from the outside.

The thin figure carried a struggling Shatuo man to the forest. In the field of view of the surrounding Longxiang army leading horses, Jiuyu lifted the Shatuo soldier, threw it high into the air, and fell in front of Geng Qing.

"Ask you one thing. If you say it well, you will save your life. If you don't say it well, you will be killed later." Geng Qing pressed his knees, bent his upper body, looked at the panicked Shatuo people, and signaled She raised her chin to the side.

"Those two are a lesson for you. Now tell me, where is the Black Crow Army Lord? Tell me the truth. Not only will you be spared, but it will also be beneficial."

The Jin army scout glanced at them, and saw two scouts dressed in Jin army lying or lying there, already out of breath.

"I count to three breaths!" Geng Qing raised his hand and raised a finger: "One breath."

The scout looked at the two corpses, heard the second count and the second finger raised by the person in front of him, swallowed his saliva, and the moment the third finger was raised, there were footsteps coming from the side, There is also the sound of the blade 'clang' being unsheathed.

"I said! Don't count." The scout hurriedly turned his face back, and said in a breath: "The general was dismissed by the King of Jin, and Li Cunxin took the temporary military post. This morning. I heard that the general was taken by the King of Jin." Go to prison and ask for a car. The car cracked him."

The hands resting on the armrests of the chair suddenly clenched into fists, and Geng Qing narrowed his eyes.

"Why punishment?"

"The king of Jin said the general." He looked up at the figure in front of him, hesitated for a moment, the blade approached his neck, felt the coldness of the knife edge, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't do it, I said the king of Jin said that the general colluded with Liang Jun , Only yesterday's defeat!"

Geng Qing leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes for a while, then patted the armrest and got up, took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and threw it to the scout.

"reward!"

Walking in front of the drawn horse, Geng Qing stopped and turned his face slightly: "Brother speaks Chinese fluently, so he shouldn't be really from Shatuo, right?"

The scout touched the silver ingot in his hand, and nodded quickly when he heard the words.

"No, I am a Han soldier recruited by King Jin in Taiyuan. I have been in the army for two years."

"Okay, then I will give you another benefit. Tell the soldiers of the Black Crow Army about the general's imprisonment, and complain a little more. The general has led the Black Crow Army for many years, and there are always a few confidantes. Are you right? ?”

Geng Qing got on his horse and looked at him with emotionless eyes, "After this incident, I will serve in our army, and I will give you something."

"Really?" The scout's eyes lit up. In this turbulent age, enlisting in the army is nothing more than getting a full meal. If you can be an official, who wouldn't be tempted?What's more, he is not from Shatuo, so he can't be loyal to the end.

Seeing the figure on horseback nodding, he hastily knelt down and kowtowed. When Geng Qing rode away, he was kicked to stand up and returned his horse and weapon.

Afterwards, Yang Huaixiong blew a whistle, and the two corpses lying on the ground suddenly got up, wiped off the blood on their faces and necks, laughed and took off the armor of the Jin army, and the scout was stunned.

The sun was tilting, and they went to the east of Liang Jun's camp. The returning Longxiang army entered the camp quickly. Geng Qing took Yang Huaixiong, Jiuyu, and more than ten generals to the big tent.

Yang Shihou was talking to the generals, when he heard the news, he stood up, frowned, and looked at the figure who came in with some displeasure.

"The supervising army is really a great official authority. If you want to leave, you can come whenever you want. Where is Yang's barracks?!"

The sun is shining in.

Geng Qing looked at him blankly with his hands behind his back.

(End of this chapter)