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In Dengzhou Heavenly Wolf Festival Hall, Li Jing was discussing with his four major strategists Li Zhen, Li Liang, Gai Yu, and Jing Xiang.

Youzhou finally became chaotic as they judged.

As early as when he was in Chang'an, Li Jing saw that the Son of Heaven finally let him hang up the handsome seal of Lu Long, and let Chen Jingxuan become the deputy ambassador of Youzhou Lu Longjun and the festival, he had already expected such a day.

But when this day really came, Li Jing was still full of disappointment.

If it weren't for Chen Jingxuan's misdeeds of selling cakes, Li Quanzhong would not have defected to Liu Yue, Li Keju would not have been defeated, and Chen Jingxuan himself would not have been chased like a lost dog.

If there is no chaos from Tian Lingzi and Chen Lingxuan, Li Jing can maintain the internal confrontation situation in Youzhou for a longer time, so that they can continue to consume their strength, and Li Jing can spend the least effort to continuously expand his power in Youzhou Town, and finally control the entire Youzhou Town.

Now, all is in vain.

The battle report he just received, Chen Jingxuan was extremely arrogant, and he was powerful in Youzhou, and he didn't take Li Keju in his eyes at all. As a result, Li Keju finally decided to make a move on Chen Jingxuan.

However, the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the yellow finch follows.

Li Keju's general Li Quanzhong was humiliated by Chen Jingxuan before, and Li Keju failed to administer justice, so he secretly turned his back on him and switched to Liu Yue's account. As a result, Li Keju and Liu Rengong attacked Chen Jingxuan's mansion at night and attacked the 5,000 forbidden army camp brought by Chen Jingxuan.

Although Chen Jingxuan occupied Youzhou Yacheng, he didn't expect Li Keju to dare to attack him. In a hurry. The inner city was quickly lost. was killed by Li Keju into the Tooth City. Although Tian Lingzi transferred 5,000 elite forbidden troops to Chen Jingxuan, he also sent the generals of the forbidden army, Yang Shili, Niu Miao, and Luo Yuangao, to help Chen Jingxuan. can fight together, with mental calculation or unintentional, the 5,000 forbidden army was defeated. By dawn, more than half of the 5,000 forbidden troops were killed and wounded, and the rest surrendered, but Liu Rengong got Li Ke's order to slaughter all the surrendered troops. General Luo Yuangao was captured. He was also put to death.

Chen Jingxuan and Yang Shili led dozens of cavalry escorts, disguised as Uighur cavalry, and fled at night.

Li Keju was only happy for one day, and the next night, Li Quanzhong suddenly led his troops to appear. Li Keju only said that Li Quanzhong came to receive his secret order and opened the door to let him enter the city. As a result, as soon as Li Quanzhong's 10,000 horses entered the city, they immediately attacked his own soldiers and horses, and soon captured the city gate. And tightly guarded the city gate, and two days later, Liu Yue and Fan Xinglong's army killed.

Lu Longjun once again killed each other, the two armies fought tragically around Youzhou City, and Li Keju used Yacheng to hold on for ten days. In the end, he was defeated and broke through. In the end, Liu Rengong had to lead 3,000 Uighur cavalry to protect Li Keju and his family to break out of the encirclement and flee all the way south.

"General Pei has already led the naval army to the mouth of Zhangshui in Youzhou. Joining up with the Yanyun army led by General Guo, the navy army built a water camp and stationed it on the seaside. "Li Weiyuan is in Khitan, and Gongsun Lan, as the deputy of the Xiao Cavalry Division, also participated in this meeting at this time, mainly providing intelligence information.

"Li Keju retreated with 3,000 men and horses to our camp and sought refuge. General Guo did not receive the military order from the commander, so he did not let them into the camp for the time being, but only let them set up camp twenty miles away. It was reported that Li Keju had personally arrived at Dengzhou by boat, and the 3,000 Uighur cavalry was temporarily under the command of Liu Rengong. ”

"The Uighurs just lack brains." Li Jing shook his head and sighed, if he wants to kill Chen Jingxuan for assassination, why bother to engage in such a big battle. It's good now, he can't even stay in the future, according to the tradition of Lu Longjun, he was driven out of Youzhou by the military leaders, and he is no longer the commander of Youzhou.

"Dashuai, Li Keju really has no brains, and he actually naively came to ask for help at this time. This guy doesn't seem to be willing to be ousted, but he came just in time. We didn't know the situation before, so we had to let the Yanyun army retreat first. But now the situation has been figured out, this is a chaotic battle between two tigers and the fisherman to benefit. Chen Jingxuan fled, his forbidden army was destroyed, Li Keju was defeated, his soldiers and horses were gone, and the last victor was Liu Yue. I think that we can detain Li Keju, then swallow his soldiers and horses, and then use the banner of Li Keju to send troops to Youzhou. Gai Yu suggested.

"No!" Jing Xiang objected.

"Why?" Li Jing asked, he thought that the plan of Gaiyu was somewhat feasible. detained Li Keju, and then took Youzhou under the pretext of sending troops to help Li Keju pacify the civil strife in Youzhou. Youzhou has just experienced a civil strife, and it is the time when it is at its weakest.

Jing Xiang said: "Liu Yue and Fan Xinglong's losses in this dispatch are not large, and Li Quanzhong defected, and the original Li Keju troops and horses in the department are now also transferred by Liu Yue. Liu Yue has already taken control of the lands of Lulong's states since he was appointed to Youzhou. In Youzhou Town, apart from Liu Rengong's 3,000 cavalry, there was no other opposition. If we attack Youzhou, we will have to rely on our own strength. Moreover, Li Keju attacked Chen Jingxuan first, which was a rebellion, but it was Liu Yue and them, but under the banner of exterminating the rebellion of the imperial court, we sent troops, and the division was nameless, and if they were in a hurry, maybe they would join forces with the Khitans. At that time, we will cross the sea and attack, but it will be the joint efforts of Youzhou Town and the Khitans, and it is even possible that the German army and Wei Bo will be the feudal towns, and it may also be dissatisfied with our interference in Youzhou Town and send troops. ”

Li Jing pondered for a moment, "What do you think?" ”

"You can send troops to help Li Keju capture Pingzhou, as long as Li Keju has a foothold, it will make Lulong Town unable to reorganize again. In the name of Li Keju, he could not only recruit soldiers and horses to fight against Liu Yue, but also recruit Uighurs and other people. On the other hand, Pingzhou is the gateway to the Western Liaoning Corridor, and we can now garrison troops in Pingzhou under the banner of Li Keju, slowly occupy Pingzhou, and then expand to Yingzhou, which is occupied by the Khitans. ”

"You mean we give up Youzhou for the time being?" Li Jing frowned and asked.

Jing Xiang thought about the wording, nodded and said: "The intention of the post is indeed so, and it is not in line with our long-term plan to attack Youzhou." It is better to retreat to the northeast corner of Youzhou Town, not only to keep Li Keju as an available chess piece, but also not to directly confront them for the time being. If we don't fight Liu Yue and only occupy Pingzhou, presumably Liu Yue will not be stupid enough to force the tiger's whiskers for the time being. And Liu Yue, they are not monolithic. ”

"Lulong Town now only has You, Tan, Ji, Fu, Zhuo, Mo, Ying, Ping, Ying Therefore, now Lulong Town actually has only eight states, after Liu Yue and others defeated Li Keju, Liu Yue served as Youzhou Town, leading Youzhou, Zhuo, and Fu three states, Fan Xinglong served as the deputy envoy of Jiedu, leading Jizhou, Danzhou, and Pingzhou, and Li Quanzhong occupied Ying, Mo Erzhou. ”

"What do you mean, there is still a possibility of infighting among the three people in Youzhou Town?" Li Jing looked at Jing Xiang with a smile in his eyes.

Jing Xiang said confidently: "Lulong Town has always been full of military leaders, and the arrogant soldiers are chasing the generals, and the strong ones are rebelling. As long as the strong military leader will drive out the old commander, history will come here. At present, Liu Yue and Fan Xinglong have been jointly dealing with Li Maoxun's father and son, and Li Quanzhong, who had just defected, received almost all of Li Keju's soldiers and horses. In the entire Youzhou Town, these three people are now the most powerful. As long as there is no external pressure, I am sure that the three will inevitably fight among themselves. Therefore, I don't think we are in a hurry to attack Youzhou, but we can't completely ignore it. You can take advantage of this time to occupy Pingzhou. As long as we only take one piece of land in Pingzhou, I believe that they will accept this result. ”

Li Zhen stroked his beard and said with a smile: "You can first borrow Li Keju's banner and say that it is to attack Youzhou and scare Liu Yue and others." And then let them hand over Pingzhou to us. He could even privately say to the three families that as long as they agreed to this matter, the Zhenguo Army would not be their enemy, and if they could become allies, they would help them in times of need, just as they did when they helped Li Maoxun. ”

If you can occupy Pingzhou, although it is an enclave at the moment, it is equivalent to nailing a nail in Youzhou. Moreover, it can also directly threaten the Khitan. When recovering Liaodong, you can go out of Chongqing Pass to attack the back route of the Khitans in the western Liaoxi corridor, or even directly attack the rear of the Khitan grassland.

And to take Pingzhou, for the Xiazhen National Army, Dengzhou, Liaonan, Pingzhou, although the three territories are separated by the sea, they have become horns. In this way, the entire Bohai Bay was under the control of the Zhenguo Army, not only Youzhou Town, Changyi Town, and Ziqing Town were within the scope of this horn, but even Liaodong and Liaoxi were also within the power of this horn.

There is a powerful naval army of the Zhenguo Army, although the three plots of land are separated by the sea, not only is it not weak, but it can become an excellent defense. The Zhenguo army had a strong naval army to quickly and continuously support the three places and transport soldiers and horses, but the enemy army could not. With the help of the navy, the soldiers and horses of the three places can move through the sea unimpeded, but the enemy army cannot intercept it.

"In the second year of Kaiyuan, the Andong Protectorate moved from Fanyang to Pingzhou, and in the second year of Tianbao, it moved to Yingzhou. If we occupy Pingzhou, we can make it clear to the imperial court that we want to recover the land of Yingzhou in western Liaoxi and prepare for the recovery of eastern Liao. Pingzhou and Yingzhou are not important places, and they were originally the jurisdiction of Youzhou, so I thought that the imperial court would not interfere in this matter. Li Liang said.

All the strategists believe that now is not the time to go all out to send troops to Youzhou, and to take Youzhou, it must be after recovering Liaodong and Liaoxi. Otherwise, if Youzhou stubbornly resists and counterattacks, with the huge territory of Youzhou and Kyushu, the Zhenguo army may fall into the quagmire of war. The most worrying thing is that it will attract the intervention of others, and the most difficult thing is that the soldiers and horses will be lost, and the ambition of the Zhenguo army will be exposed, but it will not be able to take Youzhou.

After thinking deeply, Li Jing finally temporarily dismissed his plan to take the opportunity to attack Lulong Town. The Zhenguo Army is now only in two states, and it really can't be dangerous. Step by step, if you can swallow Pingzhou, it can be regarded as an excellent harvest. (To be continued......)