Li Quanzhong led 50,000 lone troops to sit in Zhuozhou.

His official position in the Tang Dynasty at this time was the envoy of the Yiwu Army, and he was named the king of Shanggu County. However, now his territory is no more than Zhuozhou, and the real Yiwu Town's territory Yiding Erzhou has long been divided between Yanmen and the Chengde Army, and even Yingzhou, his foundation, has long been the territory of the Qin Army. Sitting in the lonely city, Zhuozhou was completely surrounded by the Qin army on three sides. The soldiers and horses under his command claimed to have 50,000, but in fact there were only 20,000 soldiers who could fight, and the remaining 30,000 were just newly recruited young men.

Li Quanzhong was a man of great will, a few years ago he was only a lieutenant under Li Maoxun, the Uighur general of Lu Long's army, but later seized several opportunities to betray the Li clan and collude with Liu Yue, and sought to seize a foothold, gradually becoming a career.

If there was no Li Jing, a fierce dragon crossing the river, maybe Li Quanzhong would really have the day when he could become the king of Hebei, at least, he once owned the two towns of Yiwu and Lulong.

It's a pity that Li Quanzhong, the head snake, couldn't fight Li Jing, a strong dragon, in the end, and under the combined siege of Li Jing, Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong, he finally fell to the point where the mountain and water are exhausted.

Although Li Quanzhong saw that the opportunity was not good, he was very decisive to express his surrender to Li Jing, and he was a big man who could bend and stretch.

But Li Quanzhong's previous experience made it impossible for him to gain trust with Li Jing at all. Although Li Jing sent troops to relieve him of the siege for strategic purposes, he actually did not trust his surrender at all.

In Li Jing's eyes, Li Quanzhong is just a wall grass and a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised.

Now, Li Jing is threatening to defeat Shatuo, and the frightened Cheng German army retreats. The turtle cowered in Chengde Town and did not dare to come out. Li Quanzhong. It has become Li Jing's next target.

Li Jing invited him to Yanjing for a banquet. Li Quanzhong didn't dare not go.

Li Quanzhong, who was tall and powerful, sat on his horse and looked out over the Sanggan River. The two brothers, Lee Converse and Lee Kuangchou, followed closely behind him.

On the north bank of the Sanggan River, it is Youzhou, and after crossing the river, it is Yanjing City, the current base camp of the Qin army.

Li Jing is now the king of Qin, leading the generalissimo seal of the world's soldiers and horses. Fake Jieyue, Shang Shuling, and the military inside and outside the metropolitan governor, can be described as the strongest domain in the world. However, Li Jing changed Youzhou Jicheng to Yanjing City, a Daxingtai governing place, but called Beijing, which shows that this young Uncle Li Huang is actually not a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty on the surface.

Think about it, this is the first male city in Hebei. I gave it to Li Jing myself.

Now, Li Jing wants to give him Zhuozhou by himself.

Come to think of it. A hint of helplessness appeared at the corner of Li Quanzhong's mouth. Before he put away his wry smile, a horse galloped in front of him and reported to him: "The king of the county, the Guangli Bridge in front is guarded by the Qin army, and the defenders only allow the king of the county to cross the bridge with less than 100 people." Li Quanzhong once called himself the king of wings, and then he surrendered to the imperial court and was renamed the king of Shanggu County. But in fact, his subordinates have always called him the Winged King. Now, when he wants to go to see the King of Qin, he can only ask his subordinates to call him the King of the County.

Li Quanzhong's brows furrowed when he heard this, Li Jing summoned him to the banquet, in order to prevent Li Jing from being dissatisfied, he chose again and again, and only brought 3,000 people to come. But now, Li Jing actually only asked him to bring a hundred people, which is too much. Could it be that Li Jing really wants to attack him?

"Did you ask clearly? Is this really an order from King Qin? Did you tell them that they were invited by the King of Qin? ”

The scout was a little frightened, and argued: "The Qin army guarding the pass is tense, saying that the king of Qin has an order first, and the troops of more than 100 people must have a handwritten order from the king of Qin himself to pass the pass." Otherwise, any attempt by more than 100 soldiers and horses to pass the level will be regarded as an attack and can be counterattacked! ”

Li Quanzhong's anger rushed straight to his head, but he still suppressed his anger and said: "A certain person was invited by the King of Qin to go to Yanjing for a banquet, and he was a guest of the King of Qin, how can he be hospitable?" ”

After the scout left, Li Congwei approached his father and reminded: "Father, Li Jing is clearly demonstrating for us." It seems that this time in Yanjing, there is no good banquet, and my father must be careful to take precautions. Li Quanzhong nodded and did not speak.

After a while, the scout rode back on horseback, with an arrow stuck in his back.

"The king of the county, they have a very tough attitude, and they resolutely do not allow us to bring troops over, and they also injured their subordinates with arrows."

"Father, let's go back." Li Kuangchou said angrily.

Li Quanzhong tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, he knew that he couldn't bear to make a big plan. Li Jing invited him to the banquet, but at the same time made such a move, it was obvious that this was a demonstration to him. And it's not just about demonstrations.

Maybe Li Jing wanted to provoke his anger and deliberately provoked, wanting to create a pretext for sending troops to annex Yiwu Town.

Li Jing must not be given such a chance!

Li Quanzhong turned his head and gave an order, "Converse, Kuang Chip, you brothers will lead the soldiers and horses to stay here and wait for me, and I will take a team of guards to Yanjing for a banquet." ”

"Father, no." The Lee Converse brothers did not expect their father to make such a decision. only took fifty people to Yanjing for a banquet, obviously to be slaughtered.

"Needless to say, a certain decision has its own."

In fact, Li Quanzhong saw very clearly that the current situation was very unfavorable to him. But people are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, and he doesn't have half a penny to bargain. He is gambling now, betting that Li Jing's appearance will not be so ugly.

As long as Li Jing still cherishes his reputation and behaves exquisitely as usual, then he will try his best to bow to Li Jing, and he should still be able to fight for a glimmer of life.

If he gave up Zhuozhou, he would be able to save it, and he would not hesitate. Even if Li Jing asked his father and son to hand over the military power, this is not impossible to consider. He has always believed that as long as there are people, there is still a chance to make a comeback.

After letting his two sons lead the troops to stay, Li Quanzhong only took ten guards to pass through Youzhou. Anyway, if Li Jing really wants to attack him, he doesn't even bring 3,000 people, so it is better to simply bring only 10 people, which makes him look higher.

But as he got closer to Yanjing, he felt a wave of fear coming over him. In front of his son and subordinates, he must act calm, if he is all out of order, his subordinates will be even more panicked. But now that he has left everyone, he realizes the gravity of the situation.

At this moment, he is truly alone in Longtan Tiger's Den. I sent it to the door myself.

Yanjing City Qin Wangfu. Gongsun Lan entered Li Jing's study. Li Quanzhong ordered his second son and 3,000 soldiers and horses to stay on the south bank of Guangli Bridge. He only came with ten guards. Now Li Quanzhong has sent him to the door, and his two sons are also on the south bank of the Sanggan River. If Saburo intends to get rid of them, now is a good opportunity. Take Li Quanzhong first, and then send an army to surround his second son, then the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Zhuozhou City will be leaderless, and a notice can be surrendered. ”

Li Jing looked at the beauty, thought for a long time, and finally said: "This proposal is a bit tempting. But it is not necessary. Li Quanzhong is a smart man, and he knows what choice to make. At this time, forcibly swallowing the Yiwu Army did not do much good, and it ruined the reputation. It's better to just let him leave by himself, you must know that Lu Dao is not letting him go for nothing, when he leaves, he will also go to crusade against Huangchao on my orders, this is also very important to us. ”

"He's so obedient. Give up Zhuozhou and lead the troops to leave? ”

Li Jing chuckled. "Last time, he could give up Yiding Erzhou without hesitation, how could he be reluctant to Zhuozhou this time?"

In the newly built Diaoyutai Hotel in Yanjing City, Li Quanzhong was entertaining the Taishi and the left servant of the Qin Domain's Shangshu to shoot Cui Yunqing.

"The King of Qin has heard that the king of Shanggu County is brave and strategic, and he is a rare general. The king of the county also knows that now is the time of national crisis, and every time there is a national disaster, he thinks about the good general. For example, today's towns have formed four major coalition armies of Hebei, Henan, Hedong, and Guanzhong, and dozens of feudal towns have responded to the army. Originally, the King of Qin was about to lead his troops south, but at this time, the Khitan Hu Man united with the Mu Wei and the Black Water Yan Iron Hoof to go south and tried to invade the Central Plains, and the King of Qin had to be captured outside. ”

Li Quanzhong listened carefully. He knew that Cui Yunqing was here on behalf of Li Jing, and his fate would be announced by Cui Yunqing.

"If the King of Qin needs it, he is willing to lead his troops and horses to fight Hu Man." Although he was never willing to go to that distant Haidong and fight with the Hu people who couldn't be beaten by eight poles. But if Li Jing really meant this, he must not refuse.

"No, no, no. The king of the county misunderstood. Cui Yunqing said with a smile, "Although there are 200,000 Khitan and other coalition forces, the King of Qin is not afraid of him. The King of Qin had already mobilized his troops and horses to prepare to attack the barbarians, but in this way, he could not pull away for a while, and he could no longer lead his troops south to crusade against the Huangchao rebels. Therefore, the king of Qin had a proposal, that is, to appoint the king of the county as the deputy marshal of the Hebei thief camp, and the general vanguard of the world's thief camp, and lead the Hebei camp to the south, and join the Henan camp Yu Shuai, and work together to fight the thief. ”

Li Quanzhong did not speak, bowed his head and pondered.

He was thinking carefully about the real meaning behind Cui Yunqing's words, Li Jing asked him to go south to the Central Plains to beg for thieves, and also gave him the title of deputy marshal of the Hebei camp, the chief vanguard of the world's thieves, and the matter came a little suddenly.

After a long time, he asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in the Hebei camp?" ”

"Fifty thousand!"

"Fifty thousand?"

"That's right, 50,000, all the soldiers and horses under the command of the county king, a total of 50,000, all belong to the Hebei camp." Cui Yunqing replied.

Li Quanzhong suddenly understood, and at this moment, everything was understood.

After going around in such a big circle, the so-called Li Jing knew that he had the courage to plan and be good at using soldiers. It's just a pretext, and there is only one purpose, that is, to ask him to let him go to Zhuozhou, and then pack up and leave. However, compared to the results he guessed, Li Jing's approach left some leeway.

Li Jing gave him a chance to leave, and also gave him a banner to leave with dignity, and asked him to leave Hebei and go to Henan in the name of the pioneer envoy and the deputy marshal of Hebei under the banner of begging for thieves. With these two names, and Li Jing did not turn his face publicly, after he left, he could still find a piece of his own territory somewhere in Henan or Guannei. After all, Li Jing had promised that he was willing to let him leave with all the soldiers and horses, even the 30,000 young and strong auxiliaries.

Seeing that Li Quanzhong was silent, Cui Yunqing said: "This is a very good opportunity, there is often only one opportunity, and if you miss it, you won't have it." Li Gong, it should be clear, right? ”

Li Quanzhong raised his head, "I understand, thank you King Qin for your kindness, I will go back and prepare, and lead my troops south to King Qin as soon as possible."

Cui Yunqing chuckled, "Don't worry, the king of the county, you are an important guest at today's dinner, how can you not participate." There is no need to be in such a hurry when it comes to sending troops. ”

"Okay" Li Quanzhong's face was as relaxed as possible, although he was about to be forced to leave, his heart was not relaxed.

"Actually, it's not a good thing to leave Hebei now. Hebei, the land of chaos. Cui Yunqing got up, "The king of the county will rest first, and after sunset, someone will be sent to pick up the king of the county to go to the banquet, and at that time, the king of Qin will also have a lot to talk to the king of the county." ”

Li Quanzhong also got up to send him off and sent it to the door.

"Okay, no need to send it." Cui Yunqing waved her hand, "King Jun, believe so, you will never regret today's decision in the future." ”

Standing at the door of the hotel, Li Quanzhong did not return to the room until Cui Yunqing boarded the carriage and left for a long time. Facing the empty room, he suddenly smashed the table in front of him with a sudden fist.

Although reason told him that he did have to thank Li Jing for giving him this chance to leave safely. But in fact, this still can't change the fact that he was forced to leave by Li Jing.

He was taken away by Li Jing, and now he was driven away, but before leaving, Li Jing asked him to thank him for this, oh my God, what the hell is this!

But after the anger, he calmed down and prepared for the dinner. He knew that he could be angry about it, but in the end, he still had to accept Li Jing's arrangement. Even, he still has to think about what kind of praise he has to use to thank Li Jing for his 'kindness' arrangement at the dinner party! (To be continued......)