Late Tang

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At the festival hall of the commander-in-chief's mansion in Yacheng, Youzhou, King Yan and Lu Longjun's commander-in-chief Liu Yue are calling an emergency military meeting.

Participants included Lulong Army Ya Army, Najiang Army, Ningwu Army, Qingyi Army, Guangbian Army Shanqian Fourth Army, and the newly built Shanhou Eighth Army, as well as Yinhulu Army, Yinan Army, Dingbadu Army, etc. The generals and representatives of the various armies, as well as the governors of the states.

Now that Liu Yue is called the King of Yan, the actual territory of Youzhou Town has been reduced by more than half compared to before.

Yingzhou lost its actual control many years ago, and then Pingzhou was cut off by Li Jing.Later, there was civil strife in Youzhou, and Liu Yue explained that Li Keju's general Li Quanzhong drove Li Keju away, and Youzhou was divided into three, which were actually controlled by Liu Yue, Fan Xinglong and Li Quanzhong respectively.When Fan Xinglong took advantage of the battle between Li Jing and Khitan, he was persuaded by the Khitan people to take back Pingzhou. As a result, Li Jing won the battle with Khitan and Liaoxi ahead of time. Fan Xinglong retreated in fear, but his subordinate Jitan Fourth Army sent Fan Xinglong Xianji and Tanzhou surrendered to Li Jing.

Li Quanzhong captured the Yiwu Army and became the King of Yi. Although Mozhou was returned to Youzhou Town, Yingzhou has since been assigned to the Yiwu Army.

The five prefectures of Ying, Ping, Ji, Tan, and Ying were drawn from Youzhou one after another. In the hands of Liu Yue, the King of Yan, there were only four prefectures of You, Zhuo, Gui, and Mo left in Youzhou Town.Among them, Liu Rengong, the governor of Mozhou, was named his subordinate, but in fact, like Li Quanzhong at the beginning, he was an uncontrolled army leader who listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement.

The majestic King Yan can only guard the land of the three towns, which is extremely annoying to Liu Yue.

Since forming an alliance with the three towns, Liu Yue always wanted to expand his territory, but Li Quanzhong's Yiwu Army was in the southwest, Xi people and Tatars were in the northwest, and Li Jing, a killer, was in the northeast.Although he wanted to attack the Yichang Army in the southeast, it was next to Ziqing Town, which was also Li Jing's territory.Moreover, although Chengde and Wei Bo are allies, they are unwilling to extend the hand of Youzhou Town too far.

After much deliberation, finally Liu Yue had to think of a new way.

That is to build several states on the current four-state territory.

Finally, on the territory of Guizhou, Confucianism, Wuzhou, and Xinzhou were separated, and a Shunzhou was divided in the Lushui area between Youzhou and Tanzhou.

In this way, Liu Yue's territory has eight states again, You, Zhuo, Mo, Wei, Shun, Xin, Wu, and Confucianism. Although the territory is still those territories, at least the name sounds louder. In the blink of an eye, Youzhou Town immediately became the town with the most prefectures under the jurisdiction of the four towns in Hebei, two towns more than the six towns in Weibo.

Of course, Liu Yue's actions were not all for fame.

The biggest purpose of the new division into four states is to strengthen the control of the Lu Long Army. The real purpose of this move is to weaken the strength of the leaders of the Lu Long Army.

In particular, the original Guizhou was divided into four, which were mainly sent to the four armies of Najiang Army, Qingyi Army, Ningwu Army and Guangbian Army in Guizhou.Originally, the Ningwu army was controlled by the Gao family, but the Gao family had completely surrendered to Li Jing three years ago, and then the whole family moved away.However, the key areas in the confrontation between Youzhou and the imperial court are the several basins of Guizhou outside the military capital pass.In order to prevent another act of defecting to the enemy like Gao Shunli's family did back then.

In the end, Liu Yue divided Guizhou into four states, and then used the Fourth Army as the governor of the four states to check each other and strengthen control.Finally, Shunzhou was set up between Tanzhou and Youzhou as a buffer to the north of Youzhou after the loss of Tanzhou.

The four armies of the Najiang Army, Qingyi Army, Ningwu Army and Guangbian Army, after some adjustments, are now called the Fourth Army in front of the Mountain, and they are stationed in several basins between Taihang Mountain and Yinshan Mountain for the defense of Youzhou. The main striker of the army.Each of the four armies governs three thousand soldiers and horses, a total of twelve thousand.

In addition, after Liu Yue formed an alliance with the four towns, he recruited a lot of troops and built the Eighth Army behind the mountain.The back of the mountain originally meant the north of the mountain, so it was the north of Yanshan Mountain and the territory of Youzhou, so Tan and Gui belonged to the north of the mountain.Liu Yue ordered the newly recruited soldiers and horses to be the eighth army behind the mountain, which is very obvious.The Fourth Army in front of the mountain was an official army to guard against Datong, while the Eighth Army behind the mountain was formed to guard against Li Jing from the beginning.

The Eighth Army behind the mountain also has 3000 soldiers each, and the Eighth Army has a total of [-] soldiers, almost all of whom are infantry.

In addition to the new army of the Eighth Army behind the mountain, Liu Yue also controlled the most elite tooth army in Youzhou Town, with a total of [-] elite soldiers, [-] cavalry, and [-] infantry.Then there are three other armies, the Yinhulu Army, the Yinan Army, and the Dingbadu Army.

These three armies are all dominated by Hu people.

Dingba has eight thousand soldiers. It was originally formed by Li Maoxun recruiting Uighurs, and it has been under the command of Li Maoxun's guard general Liu Rengong.Liu Yue, Li Quanzhong, and Fan Xinglong attacked Li Keju, and Liu Rengong finally returned to Youzhou and gathered the army.Up to now, Dingba has [-] soldiers and horses, but there are only [-] Uighur cavalry, and the remaining [-] are infantry, mainly Han people in Hebei.

The Silver Hulu Army and the Silver Saddle Army are also Hu Qi!

The Silver Gourd Army has three thousand riders, mainly Xi people who settled in Youzhou, and their archery skills are extremely strong, so they are named after Hu Lu who holds arrows.

The Silver Saddle Army also has [-] riders, and they are also mainly Hu people, but they are mainly Khitan people who settled in Youzhou Town. Because of their excellent equestrian skills, they named them Silver Saddle Army after the Khitan carved saddles.

All the troops in Youzhou Town add up to [-] soldiers and horses. In fact, there are [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.

Liu Yue is a veteran of the Lulong army. He has been a lieutenant general in the Lulong army for generations in his family. He joined the army in the 32th army. He has been in the army for 50 years. At the age of [-], he finally became the commander of the Lulong army. And also became the King of Yan.

In all fairness, Liu Yue doesn't have any commendable abilities.Although he has been in the army for 32 years, he has not performed well on the battlefield.But under the battlefield, he has some skills.In addition, the king of Yan's greatest hobby is gambling, and he once did something that lost half a year's salary of his department overnight.But Liu Yue likes to gamble, but the quality of the gamble is good. He has a good reputation on the gambling table and never defaults on his debts.

At this time, Liu Yue's eyes were bloodshot and his face was pale, like a gambler who was about to lose all his chips at the gambling table.

Fear, remorse, but also a little hope of luck.

Liu Yue glanced at the generals, and said in a heavy tone: "Everyone, there is news from the mountain that the Tang army in Datong is mobilizing frequently. It is estimated that the Tang army seems to be preparing to attack our army."

Speaking of this, Liu Yue waved to the guards behind him, "Now, I have a worse news to tell you all. Li Jing has attacked us, and within three days, our Shunzhou has been captured. Presumably everyone has also heard some rumors, and now let Shunzhou Governor Yuan Xingqin introduce it to you in detail."

Yuan Xing, who was only 35 years old, stood up and saluted everyone.

Yuan Xingqin lowered his head, and said with some panic: "The last general is incompetent, and Shunzhou will fall in three days. Please also ask the king to deal with it."

The generals didn't know who Yuan Xingqin was before, but after the establishment of the four prefectures, Yuan Xingqin was closely in charge of the governor of Shunzhou in Youzhou, making the generals speculate in private for a long time, not knowing what the background behind him was.Now all the generals have heard some rumors that Yuan Xingqin was originally the general of Dingbadu, and he was considered to be Liu Rengong's subordinate.Somehow, he was appointed as the governor of Shunzhou, so naturally no one talked about it.

There was not much anger on Liu Yue's face, and he said: "This time your opponent is Li Jing, and your army does not have many troops. This is not a crime of war. General Yuan, tell everyone about the scale of Li Jing's troops this time." .”

Yuan Xingqin glanced at the general, and then said: "This time the Northeast Army suddenly invaded, it was Li Jing who personally led the troops. However, there were not many soldiers and horses dispatched by him. It has been found out that Li Jing led the troops. There are only 1 soldiers and horses."

"Only [-]?" Hearing this, several generals looked suspiciously at him.

If Li Jing had 20 soldiers and horses, if he invaded Youzhou, why would he only lead 1 people to come, and he would come in person.Especially if Li Jing had only [-] soldiers and horses, but Shunzhou was captured by Li Jing in only three days.Although there are only about [-] soldiers in Shunzhou, but if there are only [-] intruders, they will not only defend for three days.

Although Wang Sitong, the envoy of the Silver Gourd Army, and Li Chengyue, the envoy of the Yin'an Army, commanded the Hu soldiers, they were both Han Chinese, and the powerful leaders of the Lu Long Army held strong soldiers.The two glanced at Wu Xingqin, with contempt in their eyes.Li Jing only had 1 people, and he lost Shunzhou in three days.

"Although the [-] soldiers led by Li Jing are small, they should not be underestimated. The second army dispatched this time is the second army of controlling the crane and the second army of Shengjie, both of which are the most elite cavalry under Li Jing." Liu Yue Wei Yuanxing Chin explained.

"Controlling Crane Army, Jinjia Shengjie Army!" Hearing these two names, the hall immediately fell silent.Li Jing has nearly [-] soldiers and has almost [-] armies, but the Crane Army and Shengjie Army are the elite among them.

Liu Rengong sat there, looking at Liu Yue's terrified expression, his heart suddenly moved.

He deliberately laughed loudly: "If Li Jing really came here this time, and only brought the two armies of Konghe and Shengjie, then after Li Jing takes Shunzhou, he will definitely not continue to attack Youzhou."

"Liu Shijun, what do you mean by these words? Li Jing is now recognized as the No.1 general. Didn't he just lead [-] troops when he entered Youzhou?"

"That's right, Mr. Liu, how can you be sure that Li Jing isn't really planning to directly attack Youzhou this time?"

"Maybe Li Jing won't come to attack Youzhou. Maybe his eyes are on the military capital. As long as the military capital is taken down, the four prefectures of Gui, Wu, Confucianism, and Xin will be cut off and surrounded."

All the generals in the hall immediately started talking in a hurry.

Liu Rengong stretched out his hand to press down, making the generals quiet down.

All the generals immediately quieted down, including Liu Yue, all looked at Liu Rengong.

"Everything you say makes sense, but you only know one, not the other."

Wang Sitong clasped his fists and said, "I would like to hear Liu Shijun's opinion."

Liu Rengong nodded and said with a smile: "Do you think Li Jing is loyal to the Tang family?"

Li Chengyue nodded and said: "Two years ago Li Jing may have been loyal to Li Tang, but now that Li Jingxiong is stationed outside the pass, with a strong army, how can he sincerely submit to the weak court? Seeing Li Jing's actions, he is only maintaining his appearance It's just a matter of effort."

"That's right, Li Jing's heart is well known to all passers-by. There is no rebellion now, but it is more beneficial for him to keep his current status because we help him control the court. If this is the case, then Hebei maintains the status quo, which is definitely better for Li Jing than the court's stability of Hebei. It is more beneficial. If Li Jing attacks us with all his strength at this time, our four towns in Hebei may be wiped out under the attack from both sides of the court. If the four towns in Hebei are pacified, it will only be more beneficial to the court. Li Jing must know better than us the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. "

Everyone heard that it made some sense, but someone still asked: "If that's the case, then why did Li Jing make a surprise attack on Shunzhou?"

"Now that we are confronting the imperial court, how can Li Jing not take advantage of it?" Liu Rengong thought he knew Li Jing's character very well, and because of this, he expected that Li Jing was just here to take advantage of this time, not to really fight against each other. Lu Longzhen, "In the current situation, it is true that Li Jing and us have a bitter relationship with each other, but everyone, don't forget that when our teeth and tongues fight, our relationship with Li Jing is still an enemy and not a friend. But with Li Jing's only rate Ten thousand riders went south to see that Li Jing should have come to take advantage of the opportunity this time, rather than a real decisive battle. Therefore, a certain person thought that we should immediately send people to discuss peace with Li Jing, as long as we make a strong statement, we can promise Li Jing some benefits , I believe that Li Jing will not make an inch of it, after all, he must understand the truth of cold lips and teeth better than us."

Hearing his analysis, Liu Yue finally gained some confidence.

If Li Jing was really focused on attacking Yan, then under the attack from both sides of the court and Li Jing, they would definitely not be able to stop them.Even if there are three allies in the south, Liu Yue doesn't think they are that reliable.

Although Liu Yue was also worried in his heart that Li Jing would take an inch and attack him a little bit.But after losing the three states of Jitanping and Ping, the northern gate of Youzhou has already been opened.

However, compared with Li Jing's threat, the imperial court's threat is heavier.Compared with the two evils, whichever is the lesser, for the time being, I can only ask Li Jing for compensation first.

"Okay." Liu Yue nodded, and said to Liu Rengong, "This plan was proposed by Liu Shijun. No one is more suitable for this mission than Liu Shijun. This king will ask Liu Shijun to go to Liao Dynasty in person. Take a trip to the camp. It must explain that Li Jing stopped going south!"

Liu Rengong had expected that this task would fall on him in the end, so he didn't refuse. He nodded and said: "I have decided to do my best, which means that Li Jing has ceased fighting."

Liu Yue nodded, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "As long as Li Jing can stop fighting, we can make some appropriate concessions."

Wu Xingqin said with some concern: "Your Majesty, if you blindly give in to Li Jing, I'm afraid it will make Li Jing think that we are weak. If he gets ahead by then, he will take the opportunity to seize my Shunzhou today, and he will take it again in the future." Mozhou, what should we do? Instead of retreating step by step and being cut by Li Jing's blunt knife, it is better to preemptively, while the northwest is still stable, immediately gather troops and horses to go north, repel Li Jing, and retake Shun, Tan, Ji, Ping Zhuzhou. At the very least, Shunzhou must be taken back, showing that we are not the ones that can be bullied by Li Jing."

It should be said that Wu Xingqin's proposal is still valuable. The official army in the west and Li Jing in the east are both enemies and not friends.In the west, there are Junduguan and Taihang in their hands, so they are safe for a while.But now that Pingzhou is lost in the east, the door is wide open.Compared with the threat of the official army, Li Jing in the Northeast is a greater threat.

But Liu Yue didn't take it seriously, or he couldn't raise his will to fight against Li Jing at all.Right now, Li Jing has no plans to attack Youzhou on a large scale, so he just pretended not to see it, and hoped that Li Jing would not come to attack, or hoped that he could last until the court was defeated first, and then he would come back to confront Li Jing when.

"At the moment our main enemy is the Tang army in the west, and it is really inappropriate to take the initiative and provoke Li Jing. Therefore, we still have to take a slow-down strategy against Li Jing and deal with the Tang army in the west with all our strength."

With Liu Yue's statement, Yuan Xingqin immediately shut up, and the other generals who were worried and wanted to speak also stopped talking. (To be continued.)