First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 391 Zhaozhou Inspector Guo Xiaoke

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Not long after, a burly young general with a resolute face came walking fast under the leadership of the guards.

As soon as this person got in, everyone's eyes lit up, he was such a hero from Wuhan, his demeanor alone was extraordinary.

"Hussar general Zhang Yeyi, I have seen the king and all the envoys." After entering the tent, Zhang Yeyi crossed his hands and bowed straight to Li Xiaogong without looking sideways.

"Okay, General Zhang is really mighty", Li Xiaogong clapped his hands and praised, "This time, General Zhang will make a contribution."

Immediately Li Xiaogong explained the plan of cutting out food in detail, Zhang Yeyi's eyes flickered with panic, his clenched fists represented his excitement, opportunity, this is his chance to get ahead.

"How? Can General Zhang be sure to complete this task?" Li Xiaogong slightly leaned over and asked in a deep voice.

"The last general will never disgrace his fate," Zhang Yeyi replied solemnly without saying much.

"Very good", Li Xiaogong nodded in satisfaction, and looked at the crowd, "What do you think?"

Everyone was a magnanimous person, seeing such a character as Zhang Yeyi, he loved talents in his heart, so he nodded in agreement.

When he was at Gao Chong, Li Xiaogong paused, suddenly remembered something, and asked directly: "You Zhi, I remember that you often have an attendant by your side, who has a good demeanor, I think it is somewhat similar to General Zhang, I don't know Where is that man?"

Gao Chong slandered from the bottom of his heart: I have taken Tian Yangming to dinner with you so many times, don't you know Tian Zongxian's grandson, and you are still asking questions knowingly.

But Gao Chong knew that it was Li Xiaogong who wanted to give Tian Yangming a chance, so he immediately said: "Go back to your lord, that man's name is Tian Yangming, and he is now in the camp."

Li Xiaogong nodded slightly, and did not call Tian Yangming into the account, because they are all acquaintances, so as to avoid embarrassment.

Immediately announced the military order, led by Hussar General Zhang Yeyi, with Tian Yangming as the deputy general, led a total of [-] elite troops to cross the river in a starry night, waiting for an opportunity to cut off the enemy's food road.

Zhang Yeyi was excited to take the order, and Tian Yangming was equally excited to receive the military order. The two young people who got the opportunity hit it off immediately after meeting, and immediately planned how to build a miracle.

Hebei, the Tang army camp outside Dingzhou city.

Li Daoxuan paced back and forth outside a tent.

Finally, the curtain was lifted, and the haggard Li Jing looked up and saw Li Daoxuan was at the door, he couldn't help but startled, "Your Majesty, what is this?"

"Oh, you figured it out." Li Daoxuan took Li Jing's hand and walked hurriedly, "Yesterday you ordered not to disturb you, so I ordered the tents to be sealed off. I just got the news that the bandit army has rushed to Yingzhou."

Li Jing paused when he heard the words, "Is it really Yingzhou?"

Li Daoxuan didn't understand, so he nodded straightly and said, "The scout came to report that the bandit army left Hengzhou and went east, which is the direction of Yingzhou."

Hearing this, Li Jing shook his head, "That's not necessarily the case."

Li Daoxuan was stunned for a moment.

Seeing this, Li Jing said directly: "To go west from Hengzhou, you need to cross the mountains and enter the east of the river. It is impossible for Liu Heita to give up the land of Hebei, so he can only go in the other three directions.

To the north is Dingzhou, where our army is here, to the east is Yingzhou, which has just been recovered, and our army has more than ten thousand troops stationed there.

If Liu Heitai attacks Yingzhou again, if he is blocked, he will be trapped in Yingzhou when our army goes south to Yingzhou, but if he can break through Yingzhou, he can go straight to Cangzhou and then border on Shandong Xu Yuanlang."

"Li Changshi means that Liu Heizai intends to stay in Cangzhou?" Li Daoxuan was shocked, "He is so bold, how dare he treat Yingzhou as nothing?"

Li Jing frowned and thought, "Liu Heitai is a thoughtful person. Looking at his past, he never fought uncertain battles, but now his goal is obviously Yingzhou. I think he has other plans."

For a while, Li Jing, who was as wise as Li Jing, also fell into a stalemate. He really couldn't figure out what Liu Heita wanted to do.

Li Daoxuan was stunned, rubbing his head, and muttering, "I have seen the map, Dingzhou is in the north, Yingzhou is in the east, and Hedong is in the west, then...".

Speaking of this, Li Daoxuan raised his head sharply, Li Jing also suddenly realized, and the two said in unison: "Zhaozhou!"

"This guy is really daring," Li Daoxuan murmured, "If someone else is in trouble, he must be trying to protect himself, and this thief is actually trying to attack the city."

"Liu Heikai's thoughts are very clear. He can only be revitalized by fighting to support the war, otherwise he will have no foothold in Hebei," Li Jing nodded and sighed.

"Then shall we go to Zhaozhou immediately?" Li Daoxuan asked.

What surprised him was that Li Jing shook his head, and Li Jing smiled, "Maybe Liu Heitai doesn't know that the governor of Zhaozhou is not easy to get along with."

Li Daoxuan paused, then blurted out, "Who is the governor of Zhaozhou?"

He had never been to Zhaozhou, so he didn't know who the governor of Zhaozhou was.

"Guo Xiaoke", Li Jing recalled: "Guo Xiaoke was born in the army and is familiar with military strategy. He got acquainted with him when he was recruiting the puppet Zheng Wang Shichong. He made great achievements in Hulaoguan. State Governor".

"It turned out to be him", Li Daoxuan knew who it was as soon as he heard the name.

Li Jing was cautious by nature and could not speak out, but Li Daoxuan was straightforward, and said directly: "If it is Guo Xiaoke, it should not be a problem to guard Zhaozhou. He is much better than a family like Wang Gongzheng of Hengzhou."

Li Jing agreed in his heart, but he didn't say anything. After all, Wang Gongzheng was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, and he became the governor of Hengzhou mostly because of his family background.

At this time, Li Daoxuan also realized, "Li Changshi meant to let Liu thief attack Zhaozhou, but we pretended not to know, and attacked from behind at the critical moment."

Li Jing nodded in agreement, "Of course we still need to send scouts to inform Zhaozhou Ambassador Guo in advance so that he can cooperate well."

Li Daoxuan was overjoyed and immediately went down to make arrangements.

Zhaozhou, the governor of Pingthorn City, Governor Guo Xiaoke received Li Daoxuan's letter, he was overjoyed immediately, and he was planning how to deploy it in his heart.

If the city defenses were strengthened immediately, it would be inevitable that the cunning Liu Heitai would have noticed in advance. In this case, the only thing to do is to loosen the outside and tighten the inside. Thinking of this, Guo Xiaogong immediately called his confidant and gave orders in a low voice.

The next day, Pingthorn City was open as usual, and there was a constant stream of traffickers and pawns.

However, Governor Guo Shijun, in spite of the objections of his subordinates, led dozens of horsemen to hunt outside the city.

This incident had a great impact. It is said that the Governor of Zhao Prefecture, Shi, was yelling at the gate of the city. The rebels in Hebei made a rebellion.

The people in the past were dumbfounded.

As expected by Li Jing, after Liu Heita led his army to Yingzhou, facing the newly entered Tang army, Liu Heita did not start a war, but turned around and quickly went south, heading straight to Zhaozhou.

"Your Majesty, didn't you attack Yingzhou and then go to Cangzhou?" Fan Yuan asked with a confused face.

"That's right, as long as Yingzhou is defeated and Cangzhou is conquered, we can form an alliance with Xu Yuanlang, and it will be a great success," Cao Zhan asked with a puzzled expression on his face.

Liu Heikai laughed loudly when he heard the words, looked at Cao Zhan and said with a smile: "Even you, a reckless man, have thought of it. Tang Jun has many capable people, how could he not know."

The generals were stunned, Fan Yuan slapped his head, "Wonderful, Your Majesty is so wise, Yingzhou and Cangzhou must be waiting for us, but Zhaozhou is empty."

(End of this chapter)