Late Tang

In February of the first year of Guangming, a dazzling meteor streaked across the sky.

This is a different meteor, because it passed through Ziwei Star, and some astronomy and astrologers whispered that it was Yazhao, and the meteor first passed through Pojun, passed through Tanlang, and then passed through Ziwei Star, so , this may also mean that some kings will fall, and it may also be the corrupted wolf who broke the army and committed Ziwei.

However, when Li Ke was repairing a carriage in Taigu's barracks in the east of the river, when he heard the Shatuo soldiers who came to deliver the carriage discussing the matter, some mocking smiles appeared on the corners of his mouth.After the failure last time, he completely became an unbeliever. In the past, he believed in the wolf god, Changshengtian.But God did not bless him.He turned his head and looked up at the sky, telling himself that he would never believe in astrological omens.

I control my own life!

Then after he expressed his thoughts, Lao Kang and Mi Rong said fearfully, "My lord, that's an astrological omen, a revelation from heaven, and a warning from Changshengtian!"

"The astrology indicates that there will be a king who will be killed by the general!"

Their tone is pious, sincere and fearful!Although what they said was not very clear, Li Keyong had already understood what they said, and the astrology seemed to indicate his situation. He is now hiding in the military camp and dare not show his face, and his two The foster son who was once trusted has now become a commander in chief of the town and a prince of the county.The words of Lao Kang and the others once again touched the fear deep in his heart.

Now he dare not trust anyone easily, especially Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan.

He didn't dare to show his face, because he hadn't confirmed Li Sizhao's loyalty and trustworthiness, and Li Keyong was still waiting, waiting cautiously for the moment when his safety was confirmed.

In February, the glaciers in the east of the river thawed and everything recovered.

Taiyuan, which is located in the middle of the river, is full of wild plants and trees sprouting, showing a strong sense of spring.

Zheng Congxuan has assembled several vassals and horses of the Hedong Allied Forces in Hedong. There are a total of 15 troops in eight towns including Hedong, Hezhong, Datong, Yanmen, Zhenwu, Tiande, Zhaowu, and Xiasui. The coalition army went south to attack Luoyang, Zheng Congxun, marshal of the Hedong coalition army, put in all his efforts, and even tried his best to tolerate Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan.

Zheng Congxuan vowed to go south. This time, he was not in such a hurry as last time. The Hedong coalition army walked very slowly. The soldiers and horses of the eight towns gradually became familiar with the cooperation during the march.

At the time of Queshu Valley, thousands of elite soldiers from Hedong Town had already been stationed here.

It is not far from Taiyuan, and guards the important passageway from Taiyuan to the south. The terrain here is very dangerous, and there is even a saying that only rats and sparrows can pass through.During the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang, and then sent troops south, hoping to enter Guanzhong first.At that time, when Li Yuanbing arrived at Jiahu Fort near Queshu Valley, he encountered continuous heavy rain, the road was difficult, and the follow-up food and grass were not available. Facing the most dangerous checkpoint in front of him, there were Hu Qi in the north who were ready to move. Li Yuan was hesitant and wanted to go back. Learn from Jinyang to protect the fundamentals.

Later Tang Taizong Li Shimin knelt outside Li Yuan's tent and cried bitterly at night when he heard the news, and finally succeeded in persuading Li Yuan to strengthen his military spirit, captured Jiahu Fort in one fell swoop, and finally broke into Guanzhong all the way and established Datang.

Located in the middle of Hedong Town and Hezhong Town, it is the southern gateway of Taiyuan.

If you want to consolidate Taiyuan, you must guard Tianmen Pass in the north, Jingxing in the east, Mengmen Pass in the west, and Shuque Valley in the south.

Li Keyong marched all the way in front of the coalition forces. Li Sizhao led [-] troops to the south this time, and Li Siyuan also sent [-] troops to respond to Li Jing and Zheng Congxuan.The [-] Shatuo Army was divided into two parts. Li Siyuan's unit was the left forward of the coalition army, and Li Sizhao's unit was the right forward.

The other two Shatuo armies also dispatched a total of [-] young and strong civilian husbands as auxiliary soldiers this time. In order to gain Zheng Congyu's support and gain some respite, both Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan were very attentive to this trip to the south.Although of the [-] auxiliary soldiers, [-] were captured by Li Sizhao from Yizhou, and [-] were from the strong Han Han in Yunshuo, especially Anqing, Sage, Qibi, Tuyuhun, Uighur and some On behalf of the Northern Han Dynasty, the powerful forces conscripted the young and strong into the army.The name is to fully support Zheng Congxuan, but in fact there is also a reason to eliminate differences and expand Shatuo's control over the land of Yunshuo.

But the performance of the two still made Zheng Congxuan very satisfied.However, Zheng Congxuan did not fully trust them. Just in case, Zheng Congxuan wrote to Li Jing to ask Li Jing's opinion, and arranged for Li Sizhao and Li Sizhao to be the left and right vanguards of the coalition forces, placing their soldiers and horses in front of the coalition forces.

However, the [-] auxiliary troops of Shatuo's second army were finally organized by Zheng Congxuan on the grounds that the food and grass of the coalition forces were unified and coordinated by the coalition camp, and they were incorporated into the camp for direct command and arranged in the Chinese army.

The supply of food and grass for Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan's [-] soldiers and horses was completely controlled by Zheng Congxuan, and their auxiliary logistics troops were also managed by the battalion.Zheng Congxuan first let the Shatuo army be the vanguard, and he personally watched from behind, and then withheld their food and supplies, completely following the ideas stated in Li Jing's reply letter.

Li Keyong has been hiding in the Shatuo auxiliary army camp, following behind the troops of Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan, and under the strict surveillance of Zheng Congxuan's soldiers and horses.Along the way, Li Ke used his best to hide his identity, and secretly collected information from all parties.Especially when passing through many city passes in Taiyuan all the way, he secretly kept a record of the number of defenders in various places and the location of the checkpoints.

Hedong has always been an excellent and dangerous place in the north, and it is the place where the king and hegemony are based.

And the land of Hedong is centered on Taiyuan.Only by occupying Taiyuan can we truly control Hedong.Judging from the history of the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan rebelled in Taiyuan and eventually occupied the world.And Liu Wuzhou, who was also a powerful man at the end of the Sui Dynasty, although he once controlled the entire land of Daibei, he was ultimately unable to capture the entire Hedong, let alone the world.In the struggle between Li Yuan and Liu Wuzhou, the most important thing is the ownership of Taiyuan.

Li Ke used these days to observe Hedong Town secretly, and found that Zheng Congxuan was indeed a figure who would become a prime minister. With him, in just a few years, this famous Zheng family prime minister who went out of Taiyuan twice successively did take care of Hedong. It's as orderly as an iron bucket.

With his ability and prestige, with Zheng Congxuan around for a day, Hedong will be stable for a day.

This time he was at the lower level. After carefully observing Hedong Town, Li Ke had a very straightforward opinion in his heart.

If he wanted to make a comeback, he would never be able to defeat Li Jing with conventional methods.Li Jing occupies Shandong and Liaodong, and now occupies half of Hebei.If he wants to compete with Li Jing, his only hope is to win the entire Hedong before Li Jing unifies Hebei.

And the most critical one of them is that he has to replace Zheng Congxun to control Hedong Taiyuan. Only when he controls the largest town in the world can he have the opportunity to control the entire Hedong and compete with Li Jing again.

Li Keyong led two personal guards, Lao Kang and Mi Rong, to check around Shuque Valley. This valley is extremely dangerous, although Zheng Congzhen only stationed more than a thousand soldiers here.However, due to the dangers of the terrain, a thousand soldiers and horses can rely on the mountains and rely on the dangers.

Li Keyong pointed to Jiahu Fort, "Shuque Valley, the southern gate of Taiyuan, and the key to Shuque Valley lies in this Jiahu Fort. There are a thousand soldiers here, which can completely block the attack of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Taiyuan sent troops to help. However, if there is an elite soldier who can adopt the special combat mode of the Qin army, it may not be necessary to dispatch most of them. Only one elite soldier can break through this pass, and then lead the troops directly to the city of Taiyuan , hit the Hedong army by surprise."

Shi Yan shook his head, he was originally the defender of Blackstone Fort, but later returned to Cheng Huaiyi's command, and rushed to Yunzhou to report to Li Siyuan.After the dispatch of troops this time, he led a team of elite scouts to search for Li Keyong's whereabouts, and finally he was able to find Li Keyong.However, after Li Keyong confided in him, he immediately threw aside Li Siyuan, the new master, and led his team to change clothes, mixed into the auxiliary barracks, and secretly treated Li Keyong. Protect.

"It is too difficult to use an elite army to break through such a dangerous pass as Jiahu Fort. Unless it is the Qin army, only they have sharp firearms that explode quickly and flying troops that can fall from the sky. And even if the Qin army is dispatched, But many of their special warfare techniques are no longer new, so the success rate is not too high. If you switch to other troops, there is even less hope for a surprise attack."

Li Keyong nodded, he now valued this former guard Yier more and more.Regardless of whether Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan are still loyal to him, he can no longer trust them wholeheartedly.And Shi Yan's performance, as well as his ability, made him favor him.

After this big defeat, Li Keyong calmed down a lot. Although Shi Yan ruthlessly opposed him, he was not only not angry, but also very satisfied.It is not safe to blindly pin the hope of victory in the battle on strange tricks.Li Jing likes to use odd tricks because he can really come up with many tricks that others can't think of.

One trick is fresh, eat all over the sky.

Li Jing likes to use the strange and the fresh, but he can't.

"Actually, there is a plan, maybe it can help the King of Jin to seize Taiyuan!" Shi Yan looked at Li Keyong staring at the canyon and thought deeply, how can he not understand what Li Keyong's ideas are, and hesitated at the moment.

Both Lao Kang and Mi Rong were just bodyguards, and they were not good at strategies.But they also know that Hedong Township is a powerful town in the world, and now Zheng Congyu is the commander in chief. This man has a lot of prestige, and it will be difficult to seize Hedong Township from him.They looked at each other, and they all felt that Shi Yan was boasting too much.

Even Li Keyong looked at Shi Yan with some doubts.Although he wanted to seize Hedong Town, he just thought about it in his heart. At least, now he is a person who dare not even reveal his identity. There are only a few dozen people under him, and even the Shatuo Army has not regained control. How about winning Hedong Town?

Shi Yan also saw that the crowd didn't believe his words, and his face turned red involuntarily.

With a bruised face, he poked his neck and said, "Actually, it is not difficult to capture Hedong Town!"

"Really?" Now Li Ke was interested, and he could see that Shi Yan's appearance was not just talking big.

"King Jin, if you want to seize Hedong Town, there is a feasible strategy, and the winding path leads to seclusion!"

"What do you mean?" Li Keyong didn't understand the meaning of Shi Yan's words at all.

Shi Yan stepped forward, approached Li Ke and whispered in detail, Li Ke listened with his ears, his expression gradually changed, and finally the one eye opened wide, indescribably shocked, surprised, shocked, surprised... (To be continued.)