Late Tang

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On the grassland, Shi Yan, Li Ke's secret envoy, stood on his horse, and in front of him was a mighty cavalry on the grassland.Black flags, black leather armor, tall horses, and sharp scimitars converged into a black torrent, exuding a chilling aura, and the army's ranks stretched for more than ten miles as far as the eye could see.

In just a few months, Shi Yan lived up to his expectations. He traveled day and night inside and outside the Great Wall and on the vast grassland and desert. Finally, he persuaded Khitan Yi Lijin and dozens of tribes on the grassland to agree with Li Ke. At the request of Li Ke, a coalition of grassland tribes was formed, ready to go south to replace the north, and clean up the door for Li Keyong.

In this army, the real soldiers are only [-] cavalry, but this time they went south to fight, they were going to rob.In order to retake Shatuo from Li Siyuan, Li Keyong promised the tribes that they will only face tens of thousands of soldiers when they go south this time, and when they arrive, those tens of thousands of soldiers will still insist on fighting. It will exceed [-].And he made an agreement with the tribes that Li Keyong and the tribes would each get half of all the Qianliang children in the land of Daibei, and the land would belong to Li Keyong.If they can help him take down the five prefectures of Weizhou, Wu, Xin, Confucianism, and Gui by the way, then all the money, food and children of the five prefectures will belong to the tribes, and he will not take any of them, only the territory.

The leaders of the tribal coalition forces were happy to accept Li Keyong's generosity, and were willing to go to the Central Plains to make a fortune this summer.

The warriors and iron cavalry from each tribe collected [-] soldiers, but each warrior brought four auxiliary soldiers. The strong warriors brought their father and son with them. In their view, this would be a grand hunt , we must bring more manpower, otherwise, how will we bring back those rich spoils by then.Each warrior brought more than twice as many auxiliary soldiers as before. In addition, there were many small tribes who dispatched their entire clan. All men, young and old, were dispatched, and some even brought strong slaves and strong women along with them. .

By the time this team finally arrived at the Yinshan grassland, it had already reached a scale of 8 people.The real mighty, boundless, the team stretches for dozens of miles.

Last year, there were several wars on the grassland, and the Khitan and the grassland tribes in the north of Yinshan suffered great losses.Because of the strength of the Qin Fan, the grassland tribes have not crossed the Yin Mountain to plunder for several years.This time, Li Keyong told them that Li Jing's hundreds of thousands of troops are currently fighting against the Khitan, Shiwei, and Heishui allied forces in the northeast.Right now, Daibei is empty, so he just went to grab a ticket.

Now, countless tribes on the grassland have gathered under Li Keyong's passionate invitation, and are going to go to the Central Plains to grab it.Anyway, Li Keyong invited them to rob his own house, how could he refuse such a good thing.

Shi Yan stared at the groups of cavalry that passed by in front of them. These tribal coalition forces had no formations, they just roared past. Groups of groups, even families, fathers and sons joined the battle.But Shi Yan would never doubt the power of this army.Grassland tribes, even the elderly and children, are sometimes more powerful than soldiers in the Central Plains.

What's more, he firmly believed that as long as this large army appeared in Daibei and entered Datong Yanmen, it would definitely put enormous pressure on Li Siyuan's army.At that time, the soldiers who have renewed their allegiance to King Jin will take the opportunity to attack and fight back.It is absolutely impossible for Li Siyuan to block the internal and external attacks.

King Jin took so much effort to invite a large army from the grassland, not all for the purpose of dealing with Li Siyuan.To deal with Li Siyuan, the order of King Jin is almost enough.However, the King of Jin didn't want to let things go on forever, so before it was inconvenient to use the Southward Army in Hezhong, he directly invited a Hu army from outside the Great Wall to destroy Li Siyuan with the power of thunder and take back Daibei.The most important thing is that once the Hu people get hooked in Daibei, as long as they say a few nice words, they will definitely continue to fight Weizhou and the Piedmont states.

Let the Hu people fight with Li Jing.

Li Ke and Abacus played well. If the Hu people captured Weiwu and other places because of Li Jing's dedication to the Northeast War, it would be a great thing.Anyway, it's just paying some money to feed the population, and it's definitely still profitable.Even if the Hu people are defeated by Li Jing, it doesn't matter.Anyway, it was the barbarians who died, and it would be good to use those barbarians to consume Li Jing's strength.

No matter how you calculate it, Li Keyong is not at a loss.

Shi Yan remembered that the emissary he sent must have already arrived in the river.I don't know if the news has been successfully delivered to King Jin. Now the tribal coalition forces are ready to go, just waiting for King Jin's order.

In the middle of the river, Shatuo Camp, the night is getting dark.

After beheading Li Sizhao, Li Keyong completely took over the military power of the two southward Shatuo armies and reunited them into one.For this reason, Zheng Congxun, marshal of the Hedong coalition army, was a little dissatisfied, but in the end he just acquiesced.Li Keyong was not Li Sizhao and Li Cunjin. As long as this domineering guy was willing to go south to attack Luoyang together, Zheng Congxuan would tolerate his other small moves.

It was dark at night, but Li Keyong hadn't fallen asleep yet.He sat quietly under the lamp, thinking silently.

Mrs. Cao was also following in the army at this time, seeing Li Keyong remained silent, she asked, "Is there any news from General Shi?"

Li Keyong nodded, and then said: "You don't have to worry, last time he sent someone to say that everything went well. Shi Yan is loyal and effective, and will definitely fulfill his mission, bring the coalition forces back, and defeat those traitors , Take back the land of Daibei."

Mrs. Cao shook her head, "I'm not worried about General Shi's failure to complete his mission, but other things. I always feel that maybe there is no need to meet in arms like this. General Siyuan is your adopted son, so maybe we can talk about it. That way There is no need to fight, the barbarians go south, and the King of Jin wants to drive away the tigers and devour the wolves, he is afraid that the wolves will enter the house. Daibei is our foundation now, if Daibei is wrong, he will be homeless."

Li Keyong met Cao Shi's worried eyes, but he couldn't help but think of Liu Shi in his heart.How happy the husband and wife were before, but now everything has changed.Liu Yunniang has become someone else's woman, but she has to use external force to regain power from the hands of her two adoptive sons.

Li Ke walked over, rubbed Cao's shoulders, and looked at her with firm eyes: "It will be fine, we will definitely be able to take back Daibei and establish Shatuo Kingdom in the future. When our children grow up, he will It is King Shatuo."

At this time, footsteps came from outside, and a guard reported: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report."

Li Keyong recognized the voice of the black crow soldier Mi Rong. The last time he was in danger, Mi Rong had been guarding him wholeheartedly, which made Li Keyong trust him very much.Now that he regained his military power, Li Keyong immediately appointed old Kang Mirong and others as important guards, and Mi Rong even became his personal bodyguard.

Li Ke used to lift the tent to come out, and Mi Rong led a person standing there, and reported: "Your Majesty, the envoy from Daibei has arrived."

"Any news about Shi Yan?" Li Keyong smiled.He had been waiting for this news, and now it finally arrived.

The people behind Mi Rong bowed to Li Keyong: "Report to Your Majesty, I am not General Shi's messenger, I am General Cheng Huaiyi's messenger, and I just flew all the way from Taixi Pass."

The smile on Li Keyong's face froze at the corner of his mouth. Cheng Huaiyi was guarding the Taixi Pass on the Weidai border. Before Li Keyong showed up, he had secretly sent someone to contact him.In fact, the last time Li Keyong went to Yanjing, he passed through the Thai Opera Pass.Cheng Huaiyi has renewed his allegiance to him and is willing to fight back against Li Siyuan at a critical moment.But now that Cheng Huaiyi sent people here, something unexpected must have happened.

"What happened?" Li Ke asked with a frown.

The messenger took out a letter box from his pocket, which was still sealed with Cheng Huaiyi's wax seal. The seal was intact and had not been opened.

Li Keyong opened the letter box and took out a letter from it.

The more Li Ke used to frown, the more severely he frowned, "Cheng Huaiyi's spies discovered that the Qin army in Weizhou was changing frequently, and was moving towards the border of Weidai and Weiyun. There are also signs that more Qin troops are passing through the military capital. Xing and Puyin Flying Fox Xing passed through the Taihang Mountains and entered Daibei."

Mi Rong couldn't help but said in surprise: "The Qin army suddenly moved so suddenly at this time, is it because they want to attack Daibei by force?"

"Or, Li Siyuan, a traitor, already knew what was going on here, so he jumped over the wall in a hurry and didn't care about hiding. He had already torn off his disguise and went to Li Jing directly, asking Li Jing to send troops to help him, so that we can clean up the house." Li Ke said coldly. Humph.The change in the place of Daibei indirectly proved his previous suspicion of Li Siyuan was correct.As expected, this damn life saver had colluded with Li Jing long ago.Otherwise, it would be impossible for Li Siyuan to react in such a way as soon as he killed Li Sizhao, without even sending him an explanation.

"You immediately notify Cunzhang, Cunjin, Sien, and Siben to come here immediately. I want to discuss specific countermeasures with them." Li Keyong said to Mi Rong.

Several generals Shatuo arrived soon, and on the way they all knew the reason why Li Keyong called them here.Hearing that the Qin army had changed and sent more troops to Daibei, everyone looked solemn.Daibei is Shatuo's hometown, and now Li Siyuan, the 'traitor', is here.If Li Siyuan led the Qin army into Daibei, it would be really troublesome.

Almost all the family members of the officers and men in the Hezhong camp were in Daibei, if Daibei were lost, the army might lose its morale.

"What is your Majesty planning to do?" Li Cunzhang asked.

Li Ke clenched his fists tightly. He had been thinking for a long time just now.Although he now controls the [-] Shatuo soldiers and horses in the camp in the river.But there is still one Taiyuan away from Daibei in Hezhong, if Li Siyuan really joins the enemy right now, it is afraid that the distant water will not be able to save the nearby fire.So far, it's no use rushing.He originally thought that he personally killed Li Sizhao in the river and captured [-] soldiers and horses in the river.Then let Shi Yan lead the Hu people to go south to replace the north. At that time, Cheng Huaiyi and other generals rose up again, attacking from inside and outside, without giving Li Siyuan the slightest leeway, and took Yanmen Datong.But who would have thought that Li Siyuan's reaction would be so fast, or that Shi Yan's movements would be a beat slower.

"Immediately send someone to notify Shi Yan to lead his troops to the south immediately. In addition, tell Cheng Huaiyi that if the matter is urgent, he can act in advance. In any case, the Qin army must not be allowed to enter Yanmen Datong!" Li Ke said in a deep voice. (To be continued.)