Late Tang

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Yinshan, Baidao.

King Shatuo's order cavalry rushed to the four directions with Feihuzi's command arrow, and ordered the soldiers from all ministries to gather.

With the prestige of King Flying Tiger, Li Yaer, Shatuo, and the newly conferred positions of Governor of Yinshan and Jiedushi north of Yinshan, Hu tribes, large and small, responded by sending troops.

In a short period of time, groups of Hu warriors came to gather every day.These warriors were tough and strong, and they were all born knights. They didn't even need Li Keyong to provide them with equipment. They rode their own horses, carrying bows and arrows, and swords, and came from all directions.

After entering the customs this time, Li Keyong also assembled all his troops.

Of the 5000 young and strong soldiers, Li Keyong left [-] people to stay in the camp, and the remaining [-] young and strong soldiers gathered together.In addition, Mrs. Liu will also go south together, bringing her army of three thousand young and strong women.

[-] Black Crow Army, plus [-] Women's Army.

This is not all the strength Li Ke used, and the soldiers who are constantly coming from various ministries are not counted.

Since receiving the imperial decree, Li Keyong's mood has been open for a day, with a smile on his face every day, immersed in the plans on various maps with the Shatuo generals.

For those warriors who responded, Li Ke used considerable enthusiasm and generosity to hold a banquet every night to welcome these leaders, and gave wine and barbecue to the warriors who came.Between the wine glasses, Li Keyong would always loudly describe the benefits of entering the customs and fighting for the Tang Dynasty to these Hu cavalry, telling about the countless wealth and female population that the Uyghurs gained from fighting for the Tang Dynasty, and all the Hu cavalry were offended Red eyes.

Mrs. Liu didn't like to attend such banquets. She liked to ride on a horse and inspect her three thousand female soldiers.

Sitting on the horse, Liu's eyes were like water, but with a touch of coldness, as if he could see through everything.

The fingers are slender, and the complexion is slightly wheat-colored and healthy, but pink.A pair of vermilion lips, speaking and smiling sweetly.

Three thousand blue silks were tied up, a bun was rolled up on the top of the head, and a golden hairpin was inserted, which was simple but capable, and a royal blue forehead was tied on the forehead, with fiery red fireworks patterns on it.Wearing a lambskin narrow-sleeved leather jacket with a small lapel, it looks more neat.Emei was swept lightly, without any makeup on her face, but she still couldn't hide her charming temperament.

In the north wind, the corners of the skirt fluttered, like butterflies dancing among flowers.His expression is indifferent, but he is more like the goddess general of Qionggong who does not eat the fireworks of the world.

Mrs. Liu was a little dazed when she heard Li Keyong's loud laughter coming from the wind in the distance.

Li Keyong appreciated the decision of accepting the imperial court's pardon, conferment and summons, and returning to the Tang Dynasty in the south.But on the other hand, as Li Keyong's wife, she knew that Li Keyong's heart was not what he appeared on the surface.On the surface, after Li Keyong's defeat against the Tang Dynasty, Li Keyong's whole person has changed greatly. He has become less aggressive, and he has begun to respect and respect the Tang Dynasty.

But Liu knew that these were just appearances.

Li Ke revealed to her more than once that he wanted to establish a Shatuo Kingdom.

Today's obedience to the imperial court is actually nothing more than Li Keyong learning the lessons of the past and changing his strategy.In his heart, he hated Li Tang more than anyone else.

Husband has a big picture!

Liu didn't know whether all this was good or bad, and she was full of worries.

But as Li Keyong's wife, she has no choice but to support him wholeheartedly.

Li Ke used to wait for nearly [-] prairie knights from various tribes in Yinshan Mountain, and then pulled out their tents and went south to enter the pass.

The huge cavalry marched forward, and Li Keyong embarked on the battle to return to the Central Plains just like his ancestors.The difference is that back then, his ancestors were pursued by soldiers and intercepted before, and their future was uncertain.

The grassland in winter is full of tall withered grass, and walking in it immediately seems to be in a vast yellow ocean.

Not long after entering the customs, Li Keyong got the news that the supervisor Chen Jingsi had arrived with his uncle Li Youjin, Kang Junli, Li Kexiu and others.

Li Keyong personally sent guards thirty miles away to welcome the group into the camp.

"Li Youjin has seen his clan!" In the Battle of Daibei, Gai Yu proposed a strategy to Li Keyong, asking Li Youjin to wait for Li Keyong to wait for the queen, and then let him surrender to the Tang army voluntarily.It was Li Youjin who was the queen at that time that Li Keyong escaped from the siege.Later, although he fled thousands of miles, he was blocked by Li Jing in Fengzhou, and the whole army was wiped out.But in any case, Li Youjin's performance at the beginning made Li Keyong and other Shatuo soldiers respect him very much.

"Uncle, don't do this. Without uncle, the Shatuo tribe would have been wiped out." Li Ke solemnly avoided Li Youjin's gift, and then gave Li Youjin a heavy gift instead.

This time the imperial court pardoned Li Keyong, and dispatched the Shatuo army into the Central Plains to quell the chaos.However, in order to control the Shatuo tribe, the imperial court sent Li Youjin to bring more than ten Shatuo generals to Li Keyong's camp.However, some generals such as Li Guochang and Li Jinzhong, as well as the family members of Li Guochang and some generals, are still in Chang'an, and they are actually hostages.

After gathering Li Youjin and other generals, the morale of the Shatuo army became stronger.When the army entered Daibei, Li Keyong continued to send envoys with his command flag and command arrows to Daibei, a site that the Shatuo people had managed for generations, to recruit troops.

When the anti-Tang Dynasty was defeated, they fled to Mobei in a hurry. Although they finally established a territory in the north of Yinshan Mountain, most of the Shatuo tribe and the Daibei tribes that merged into Shatuo still remained here.Although the most elite Shatuo young men were almost captured by Li Jing, there were still many dissidents here.

The Li family has been operating in Daibei for several generations and has a very high prestige.

Soon, wherever Li Keyong went, people came to join the army one after another, most of them were Shatuo people, Sogdians, Uighurs, Xi people, Tatars and other Hu tribes, and some Han people from the north.These people were originally closely related to the Shatuo tribe. After Shatuo's defeat, these people were also suppressed, which was not as satisfactory as before.Li Ke used to make a comeback, and a large number of people came to join him.

From the 5 cavalry plus 5 women's troops when they set off from Yinshan North, Li Ke has gathered a full [-] horses in his hands now.Although there are [-] horses, a large part of them can only be regarded as auxiliary soldiers in the army.But even if this part of the majesty was removed, Li Keyong still had [-] generations of cavalry from various northern ethnic groups in his hands, not counting the Liu family's [-] women's army.These three thousand female soldiers are also cavalry, and they have been trained for two years.

With this solid capital, Li Ke is full of energy.

However, with an army of [-] and tens of thousands of horses, the logistical pressure is also enormous.

However, Li Keyong believed that since he had become an officer and army, according to the old rules of sending food out of the border, the food and grass would naturally have to be supplied by the current Shangguan, the former envoy of the enemy family Hedong Jiedu and commander of the west camp in Hebei, Zheng Congyu.

Li Keyong asked Liu to write a letter on his behalf, and sent people to Taiyuan to ask for food.In order to frighten Zheng Congxuan, Li Keyong directly asked Liu to double the number of the Shatuo Army and write it as [-] Daibei Iron Cavalry.

The document was sent to Taiyuan, Zheng Congxuan frowned after reading it.

Zheng Congxuan has always been opposed to the imperial court's plan to recruit An Shatuo and other Hu people into the pass to suppress the rebellion.

As the prime minister of Yizhengshitang, he served as the left-behind envoy of Beidu, Taiyuan Yin, and Dongdu Jiedu envoys. He first acted as envoy of Beidu camp recruiting and presided over the crusade against the Shatuo rebellion. During the Hebei rebellion, Zheng Congxuan was a very prestigious and important minister in the court.Because of Li Jing's current attitude, Zheng Congzhen is actually the commander-in-chief of the entire crusade against the Hebei rebels.

Zheng Congxuan was of the same family as the former Prime Minister Zheng Tian, ​​both of the Zheng family of Xingyang, known as the "two Zhengs" in the world, although they were slightly inferior to the Qinghe Cui and Boling Cui surnames, they were still highly respected.In his opinion, using the five tribes of Tiande, Datong, and Xiayin is already a bit risky.After all, the imperial court is getting weaker and weaker. If the barbarians are used to suppress the rebellion, it is likely to give these barbarians a big chance, and they will not lose their tail in the future.

Not to mention, the Shatuo, Xi, and Tatar tribes are even more dangerous, especially the Shatuo people's rebellion against Daibei not long ago.

Facing Li Ke's provocative "One Hundred Thousand Generations of Northern Cavalry" request for food, Zheng Congxuan frowned for a long time, then picked up a pen and wrote a line of instructions on the back, "Qian Qianmin, Mi Qianshi!"

Zheng Congxuan only gave Li Ke [-] guan coins and [-] shi rice. According to Li Ke's claim of [-] yuan, each of the Shatuo army could get [-] Wen kuai and a little more than a catty of rice.

This batch of food and rewards were quickly sent to Li Keyong's camp. Li Keyong saw that Zheng Congyu only gave him such a small amount of money and food, which was even more stingy than sending a beggar.Furious on the spot, he drew his sword and cut off the desk in the tent, shouted at the guards, and wanted to lead his troops to Taiyuan to have a theory with Zheng Congxiang.

Li Siyuan stood in the tent, listening to Li Keyong's roar, he was worried.He knew that at a time like this, they must not be like before. They no longer have the capital to be domineering to the court.After leaving the tent, Li Siyuan didn't immediately send an order to gather troops, but pondered for a while, then turned his head and rushed to Liu's tent.

Mrs. Liu was also taken aback when she heard Li Siyuan's report, and hurried to Li Keyong's military tent.

"Husband, do you want our Shatuo clan to perish?" Mrs. Liu said directly to Li Keyong loudly after entering the tent.

Liu's words immediately calmed Li Ke down.After a moment of silence, Li Ke said with hatred: "But this tone is really unbearable!"

"If you can't bear it, you have to bear it. Han Xin also had humiliation in his crotch back then, but he didn't do something big in the end. Husband is going to Zheng Congyu like this now, except for humiliating himself, there will be no result. If I am a husband, at this time You should not go to Zheng Congyun, but go to Hebei!"

"Go to Hebei?"

"The imperial court pardoned Shatuo and reconquered Shatuo in order to use Shatuo's soldiers to deal with the rebels in the four towns of Hebei. Now that my husband has [-] soldiers and horses in his hands, it is time to take advantage of the rebels in Hebei. As long as If we can win a battle, how can the imperial court not pay attention to my theory of Shatuo? As long as we fight better, the imperial court will have to rely on us. At that time, if my husband proposes to replace Zheng Congxuan as the governor of Hedong, I am afraid that the imperial court will not I will seriously consider it!" Liu said eloquently.

Li Keyong's words immediately moved Li Keyong, and finally he punched hard on the table, "In Madam's opinion, Zheng Congxuan, we will settle with his old and new ones at that time. The shame he has imposed on me today , and he will repay it twice at that time!" (To be continued.)