Late Tang

(The previous chapter is 813, the chapter name is wrong. This chapter is 814, there is no missing in the middle. There will be an updated chapter in a while, the update is late, sorry, please vote!)

The thick smoke from the flames of war darkened the sky.

In the camp of Shatuo people in the east of the river, in the cowhide tent.

"Subjects of King Shatuo, please come to Fenglin Valley tonight."

No matter how many times I read it, these two sentences are still the same as when I first saw them. Li Cunzhang found this rolled sheepskin in his armor, but he didn't know how the letter came from or who sent it.There is no signature, no seal, no seal on the letter, and the handwriting is very strange.He put the letter paper on his chest, and whispered to himself, "Subjects of King Shatuo, please come to Fenglin Valley tonight."

What exactly does this mean?

Li Cunzhang's first reaction was that the letter might have been sent quietly by someone from Li Siyuan.

Since King Jin disappeared for a long time and did not show up, Li Siyuan put Du Yuhou under house arrest as the successor commander, and reached a series of truce agreements with Li Jing.Those Yizhou Shatuo infantry soldiers who were isolated in Hebei at the beginning have always been unclear about this.Afterwards, Li Sizhao, the head of the generals in Yizhou, also accepted Li Jing's proposal and accepted Li Jing's request to the court to seal him The Datong Jiedushi and the Datong County King and other officials and titles, withdrew from Yizhou and handed Yizhou over to Li Jing.

Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao were both adopted sons of the King of Jin. Li Siyuan was originally the commander of the Fan Han horse infantry, and Li Sizhao was originally the commander of the Yamen.Li Siyuan also served as the commander of Hengchong, and Li Sizhao also served as the commander of the Tielin Army.Both of them are rare talents in Shatuo's younger generation.

But now, the news of King Jin's death in battle has spread outside. Although King Jin has a son, he is too young. The rest of his brothers were either captured or died in battle. There is no one who can inherit his throne.Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan are the two most likely to inherit the Shatuo throne.And now these two people, each standing behind a group.

Who will become the new King Shatuo has been the most sensitive topic during this period of time.

There cannot be two tigers in one mountain, and it is impossible for the Shatuo tribe to have two kings.Between Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan, only one person can win.

In this Southern Expedition, Shatuo's [-] soldiers and horses were also divided into two groups, the left and the right, which were not under each other's control, which intensified Shatuo's desire for violence.

Li Cunzhang is also the veteran of Shatuo, and he is even the earliest among Li Keyong's adopted sons.However, Shatuo people will not fight for the throne in order of seniority, just like Li Keyong has his own son, but now no one supports them to inherit the throne.Shatuo's situation is not good, and Shatuo needs a prestigious and capable person to lead Shatuo.

In private, he felt that Li Siyuan was actually slightly stronger than Li Sizhao, especially this time Li Siyuan led the army to defeat the third division of Datong, and won the dazzling record of Yunshuo Erzhou in Datong, which gave him a lot of extra points.It's just that now he's in Li Sizhao's camp, and his body decides his head.

Maybe Li Siyuan wanted to avoid internal strife, and hoped to win over the generals of Yizhou Shatuo Army in this way.After all, among the tens of thousands of Yizhou soldiers, it is the generals at all levels who can really talk.Especially a senior general like him.

Should he hand over the letter to Li Sizhao to prove that he is firmly on the side with him?

He pinches his chin uneasily. He has a big beard. He loves his beard very much. He often trims it. Even when it's cold, he wears a beard cover. He doesn't forget to protect it when he sleeps.Speaking of which, Li Cunzhang's surname is a bit indecisive, otherwise, with his qualifications as the seven generals in the cloud, he would not be inferior to Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao now.Moreover, he cherishes his feathers a little too much, and when he does things, he is afraid of tigers and wolves. Several times before, Li Keyong also gave him the opportunity to lead the army alone to defend against one side, but every time he messed things up. Oops.

"It must be Li Siyuan who is wooing people."

Li Cunzhang secretly guessed, but Li Siyuan did not join the Hedong coalition army going south this time. The commander of the Yanmen Shatuo Army was Li Cunjin, who was also the righteous son of Jin Wang, but his prestige in the army was far inferior to him.The Yanmen Army is currently short of generals, except for Li Siyuan, the top generals in the lower row are Li Cunjin, Cheng Huaiyi and others.Cheng Huaiyi was guarding Taixi Pass, and Li Siyuan was in charge of Yunzhou himself.

"Subjects of King Shatuo, please come to Fenglin Valley tonight."

But, could this be Li Sizhao's temptation?

Although Li Sizhao was very short, he was by no means to be underestimated.Every time the battle formation charged, this short guy always charged bravely at the forefront.And like Li Siyuan, he is very calm.He also has strong restraint. Originally, he liked to drink, but once King Jin said that drinking is easy to cause trouble, so he asked him to drink less.As a result, he quit altogether and never drank again.

Although the relationship between Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan is actually the best among the righteous sons of King Jin.But for Shatuo's throne, all brothers can turn against each other, let alone righteous brothers.

Maybe this is a trap carefully arranged to test the reaction of the generals.Speaking of which, among the generals in Yizhou, he seems to be the one who can really threaten Li Sizhao.Other generals, such as Li Si'en, Li Siben, etc., are far inferior to Li Sizhao's prestige.If he really went to the Fenglin Valley, would he find Li Sizhao sitting quietly in the valley, holding the big spiked sword in his hand, squinting his small eyes, waiting for him to throw himself into trouble?On both sides of the valley, maybe there are five hundred swordsmen or archers in ambush?

"Subjects of King Shatuo, please come to Fenglin Valley tonight."

He heard the sound of footsteps, he quickly stuffed the letter into the armor, and patted it again.Fortunately, only a civilian from the auxiliary barracks came in. "What's the matter?" He asked loudly.

"The general wants to use horses tonight?"

"Well, you should prepare the horse first and feed more feed. I may have to watch the night." In fact, he doesn't need to watch the night at all tonight, but he still said it, maybe he still wants to go to Fenglin Valley in his heart.

"Ok."

Li Cunzhang suddenly looked at the man with some suspicion, why hadn't he seen this man before?Is it a letter from him?Or that he was sent by Li Sizhao to monitor him?I heard that many feudal towns now have that kind of spies. For example, Li Jing, the king of Qin, has a special supervision office. It is said that there are as many as nine bureaus below, which are divided into categories and perform their duties.There are also Chazi from Huainan Town, the challenger from Xichuan Town, etc.Maybe this person is Li Sizhao's spy, or he is directly sent by Siyuan.

Did he find the letter?

Could it be that he put the letter under the pillow?Impossible, this civilian husband seems to be honest, and it is impossible to entrust this kind of person to send the secret letter.In fact, Li Cunzhang had never seen this person before, but he seemed familiar to him.

After the civilian husband bowed down to dismiss him, Li Cunzhang stood behind the curtain and watched him go away.This person didn't look suspicious at all, but he always felt that there was something special in his eyes when he left. He must be in a hurry to go back to report to Li Cunjin, or to report to Li Sizhao.

Suddenly, he firmly believed that this civilian husband must be a secret agent.

After being alone, he immediately took out the letter paper and threw it into the brazier, watching the parchment curl and burnt black, and finally turned into white ash, flying with the black smoke, and then shattered into ashes.

"Subjects of King Shatuo, please come to Fenglin Valley tonight."

He moved to the side of the tent, only to see a team of Shatuo cavalry riding slowly outside the tent. The knights on the horses were wearing black armor, which was dyed golden yellow by the yellow sunlight.In front of this group of cavalry, there is a wilderness. Through the wilderness, the shadowy figure of the other party is moving, and that is the Shatuo Army camp in Yanmen Town.

However, Fenglin Valley is in the south, which is due south of the two camps, and it is about the same distance from both sides.

Suddenly, the figure of the civilian husband appeared in Li Cunzhang's mind again.It's just that this time, in his mind, the peasant is not a peasant wearing a short brown robe, but a black iron armor, a layer of black chain armor, a black horn helmet, and a horse riding a horse. A war horse in a black vest, and the image of the Crow Army holding a sharp scimitar in his hand.

He couldn't remember his name, but in his mind, the image of that civilian husband and that black crow soldier overlapped more and more until they overlapped perfectly.

This civilian husband really has a problem, he is actually a Black Crow Army.

After discovering the other party's true identity, it didn't make Li Cunzhang happy at all.

On the contrary, he completely fell into a moment of even more confusion.

Li Siyuan's personal guards are Hengchongdu, and Li Sizhao's personal guards are Tielin Army.

None of their personal soldiers were Black Crow Soldiers, and in fact, neither of them had ever commanded Black Crow Soldiers, because the Black Crow Soldiers had always been used by Li Ke. This army.

Even after Li Keyong died in battle, neither Li Sizhao nor Li Siyuan inherited this army.

Although Yanmen Town and Datong Town have now rebuilt a Crow Army, it is not the original one.

The original crow's army suffered heavy casualties in several battles, and finally in the battle of Zhigu Pass, the last [-] crow's army perished along with Li Keyong.

The Black Crow Soldier who suddenly appeared now in disguise was definitely a real Crow Army, not any one formed by Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan.

A thought suddenly appeared in Li Cunzhang's mind, could it be that this Black Crow Soldier was following King Jin?Could it be that King Shatuo, among the people of King Shatuo in that letter, represents King Jin? Could it be that King Li Keyong of Jin is not dead? Not only is he not dead, but he suddenly appeared here and secretly contacted Own?

He leaned against his shield, his mind troubled.

Who is waiting for him in Fenglin Valley?

Li Cunjin, Li Sizhao, Li Keyong? (To be continued.)