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Chapter 468 The General of Hebei
"Destroy Liu Heita?"

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but fell into deep thought when Zhang Xuansu said that he was sure to kill Liu Heitao.

After defeating Dou Jiande last year, Liu Heitai unified Dou Jiande's remaining forces. From November last year to May this year, a total of three major events were done.

The first thing is that Liu Heita defeated the men and horses of Yuan Zigan, the governor of Mingzhou in Tang Dynasty, and occupied Mingzhou.Yuan Ziqian was originally the general guard of Wu'an County in the imperial court. Later, Li Mi used his ancestor Junyan to recruit him to surrender, so he surrendered Li Mi.

But later Li Mi defeated Wang Shichong, and Yuan Ziqian followed the way out of most of the old court officials in the Wagang Army and joined Li Yuan.

After Dou Jiande's defeat, Li Shentong, Li Tang's pacifying ambassador of Shandong Province, deliberately took advantage of the vacancy and annexed Liu Heita's tribe, rushing to Hebei before Li Chongjiu, but unexpectedly Li Shentong kicked a stone and encountered a stubble.

Liu Heita not only defeated Li Shentong's invasion, but also captured Mingzhou, and Yuan Ziqian of Mingzhou under Li Tangfeng surrendered to Liu Heita.

Considering Xu Shiji's aggressive offensive in the north, Liu Heita moved the Xia army's base camp from Leshou County to Yongnian County, Wu'an County, renamed it Mingzhou, and built a palace as Wanchun Palace.

The second thing, Liu Heita thought that after Dou Jiande's death, he could inherit the throne of King Xia, but he didn't know that there was news from Youjing that Dou Jiande was not dead, but instead was enshrined by Li Chongjiu, offering delicious food and drink.Because of his insufficient prestige, Liu Heita did not dare to replace Dou Jiande, so he still regarded Dou Jiande as King of Xia, and sent people to Guanjin to sweep the grave of Dou Qingji, Dou Jiande's father, and arranged twenty families to guard the cemetery.

Liu Heita claimed to be a general in Mingzhou, and at the same time sent envoys to Luoyang to pay homage to the Emperor Taizhu in order to make friends with Wang Shichong.Wang Shichong was overjoyed when he learned about it, and because he failed to make an alliance with Li Chongjiu, he turned to seek an alliance with Liu Heita.

The third thing is that Liu Heitai knew that he was going to replace Dou Jiande, and his prestige was not enough, so he led his army to conquer.

Liu Heita first formed an alliance with Yu Wenhua and Yanhao in the first month of this year.

Yu Wenhuaji was retreating to Wei County at this time. When he was defeated by Li Mi before, many soldiers died.So Qin Wang Yang Hao was abolished, and he became emperor himself, with the name of the country as Xu and the name of Tianshou.

When Daxu established the country, all the heroes were guessing that Yu Wenhuaji could last for a few days.After the defeat of Yuwenhua and Tongshan, there were only 10,000+ horsemen left in the 2+ strong team, which can be said to have been overthrown by Li Mi.However, after Li Mi was defeated by Wang Shichong in the Southern Conquest, Yu Wenhuaji was able to take a breather. After Li Mi joined Li Tang, Yu Wenhuaji took the opportunity to send an all-powerful army to attack Liyangcang.

At that time, Li Chongjiu had the intention to give Li Yangcang to Yu Wenhuaji.

Yu Wenhuaji got a big deal for no reason, and at the moment, it used the grain and grass of Liyang warehouse to raise money, but it unexpectedly revived. In history, Yu Wenhuaji, which was originally destroyed by Li Shentong and Dou Jiande, actually occupied Li Shentong in the east and Dou Jiande in the west, and was sandwiched between the two powerhouses. In, live more spiritually.

After Liu Heitai formed an alliance with Yu Wenhuaji and Wang Shichong successively, the serious trouble was over, and he led his army eastward to take Shandong directly.

At this time, there were many princes in Shandong. The original imperial court Qizhou Tongshou Li Yiman occupied Pingling, the exile Qi Gongshun occupied Qing and Lai, Chunyunan occupied Wendeng, Xu Shishun occupied Rencheng, Jiang Hongdu occupied Donghai, Wang Bo occupied Qi County, Meng Haigong, and Jiang Shanhe. In Yunzhou, Zhang Qingte was assigned to Jibei County, Zang Junxiang was assigned to Haidonghai County, and Xu Yuanlang was assigned to Yanzhou.

Among them, Li Yiman, Xu Shishun, Jiang Hongdu, and Chun Yunan have all descended to the Tang Dynasty.

But Wang Bo first descended to Tang, and now seeing Yu Wenhua and his comeback, he descended to Xu again.

As for Meng Haigong, Jiang Shanhe, and Zhang Qingte, they all surrendered to Dou Jiande, but now that Dou Jiande is overthrown, they stand on their own.

As for Xu Yuanlang, Zang Junxiang, and Qi Gongshun, they were neutral.

Liu Heikai went on a campaign abroad to consolidate his authority. He crossed the Yellow River in March this year, fought fiercely with Meng Haigong and Jiang Shanhe, and defeated Meng Haigong's [-] army.

Liu Heitai then attacked Zhang Qingte again. At this time, Xu Shiji was ordered by Li Chongjiu to send troops to Hejian to attack Gaoyang, encircling Wei and saving Zhao.Liu Heikai had to lead his army back from Shandong to Baoyang, and Xu Shiji withdrew his troops.

But Liu Heita did not stop, and sent troops to attack Dongjun. Dongjun defended Wang Guiben to subdue Li Tang.But Liu Heikai said: "This is a disloyal person, what use is there for him?"

At present, Liu Heitai killed the general and returned Wang Gui's head to Dongjun.

Seeing that Liu Heita's troops were pressing against him, Xu Shiji, governor of Hedong Road, offered three times to Li Chongjiu, asking Li Chongjiu to send troops to attack Liu Heita's back, so as to prevent Liu Heita from making a big fuss.

Now that Li Chongjiu's use of troops against Khitan is over, he can attack Liu Heita to eliminate his confidant's troubles.

So after listening to Zhang Xuansu saying that he had a plan to defeat Liu Heikai, Li Chongjiu said: "Zhang Aiqing, why don't you want to eliminate this serious trouble, but now the military campaign against Khitan has just ended, and the soldiers and horses are exhausted and need to rest, not to mention the treasury is empty and there is no money and food." , I think the crusade against Liu Heita will have to wait until September at the earliest."

Zhang Xuansu said with a smile: "Please rest assured, the king, please leave this matter to me."

Li Chongjiu heard what Zhang Xuansu said, and said with a smile: "Very well, Zhang Qing, you will assist Governor Xu in handling this matter."

Zhang Xuansu said yes at the moment.

Chang'an City.

In the Wuji Palace, Li Yuan was admiring the flowers with his beloved concubine Zhang Jieyu and Yin Defei in the back garden of the palace.

Li Yuan was in a very good mood, while Pei Ji, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji were talking to Li Yuan.Zhang Jieyu and Yin Defei refilled wine for them.

The two monarchs and ministers chatted for a while, Li Yuan pillowed on the dragon chair.

Pei Jiyan said: "Li Gui is gone, the land of Longyou and Hexi is no longer worrying, and His Majesty's unification of the world is just around the corner."

Li Yuan smiled when he heard the words, and said: "As long as you like to make fun of it, Li Gui is killing himself."

Li Yuanji said: "Father, although Guanzhong is free of worries, but Hebei..."

"Fourth brother," Li Jiancheng interrupted aloud, "Fourth brother, what are you talking about, why bother to disturb father's interest at this time."

Li Yuan laughed when he heard the words, and said: "Prince, when will my Li family not let people talk, Yuanji, tell me what happened to Hebei?"

Li Yuanji said: "Father, although Guanzhong and Bashu are settled, I, Li Tang, have lost ground in Hebei. Last year I captured Hengshan County for Li Chongjiu, this year I lost Mingzhou, and then I lost Dongjun. It's not that the boy criticized the elders, but father, are you really relieved to entrust the affairs of Hebei to the King of Huai'an?"

Li Yuan held his beard and sat up straight when he heard the words, Li Jiancheng said unhappily: "Fourth brother, the king of Huai'an is the general appointed by the emperor. If you question the king of Huai'an, you are questioning the emperor's servant."

Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "Prince." Li Jiancheng stopped talking now.

Li Yuan looked at Li Yuanji and said, "King Qi is so interested in the war in Hebei, do you intend to go to Hebei again to take over the leadership of King Huai'an?"

Li Yuanji's face changed slightly when he heard the words. Since the loss of Bingzhou last year, he really didn't want to go back to the east of Hebei and wade through the muddy water again. This attack on King Huai'an was also based on Li Jiancheng's intention.

Li Shentong has always been very close to Li Shimin, which aroused Li Jiancheng's fear. As the pacification ambassador of Hebei Province, Li Shentong controls the soldiers and horses of several states in Hebei, and has a high position.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng deliberately wanted to replace Li Shentong and cut off Li Shimin's arm.

Hearing Li Yuan's question, Li Yuanji didn't want to go to Hebei, but in order not to let Li Yuan take it lightly, he still insisted on saying: "The child is willing to do the dog's work for the father."

Li Yuan listened to Li Yuanji's tone and said solemnly: "There is Li Chongjiu in Youzhou, Liu Heitai in Hebei, and Yu Wenhuaji in Hanoi. Which one of these three is the easy-going generation? If it were you, you would have a few heads."

Hearing that Li Yuan was smiling all over his face, his face suddenly changed. Li Yuanji lowered his head immediately. Even Zhang Jieyu and Concubine Yin De, who had been chatting and laughing at the side, were slightly panicked and his face paled.

Pei Jiyan said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Qi Wang also has a heart for the country, so you don't have to blame him."

Li Yuan said coldly: "It's good to have this kind of heart, but you can't control yourself. I thought that after the defeat of Bingzhou, he would learn a lot of wisdom, but I didn't expect it to be like this."

Seeing this, Li Jiancheng said, "Yuanji, what else do you have to say now, the King of Huai'an is something you can easily say behind your back."

"Father, Crown Prince, Yuanji knew he was wrong." Li Yuanji immediately lowered his head.

Li Jiancheng winked at Zhang Jieyu, Zhang Jieyu held up a glass of drink, stepped forward to Li Yuan with a smile and said: "Your Majesty, such a big fire is frightening the children, come and drink a drink to calm down. "

Li Yuan smiled at Zhang Jieyu, took the drink, and said: "However, although the King of Huai'an can be trusted, he is indeed no match for such heroes as Liu Heita and Li Chongjiu. In preparing to attack the Eastern Capital, apart from Shimin and I, Li and Tang, there is no one else who can lead the army to replace Huai'an King."

Li Jiancheng said: "How about Tiaohejian County King?"

Li Yuan immediately said: "Xiao Gong can't move."

Li Jiancheng said the names of several generals again, and Li Yuan shook his head.

Li Jiancheng said immediately: "Father said it all, and the only way is to let Sanniang go into battle again."

"Sanniang?" Li Yuan didn't immediately object.

Li Jiancheng was overjoyed from the bottom of his heart, and said, "What does the emperor think?"

Li Yuan shook his head and said: "If it is not possible, I don't want Sanniang to go to the battlefield again."

"Father, what's the reason for this?" Li Yuanji said, "At the beginning of the battle in Hedong, there was only the third sister, who was evenly matched with the Youzhou army."

Li Jiancheng also went further and said: "Father, the child also thinks it is okay, the third sister is your daughter, hand over the military power in Hebei to him, why don't you worry about it?"

Pei Ji also said: "Your Majesty, I also think that what Prince Qi said is very reasonable."

Li Yuan said: "Don't talk about it anymore, let me think about this matter again."

(End of this chapter)