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Li Ke was worried and haggard!

When he sent troops before, he let Li Kexiu sit in the four states in front of the mountain and let the Liu family sit in Yanmen, just because he considered that his wife Liu acted more steadily. Let the Liu family lead tens of thousands of troops to stay in Yanmen, and they are also carefully guarding against the three departments of Datong.

According to his idea, Li Kexiu led 20,000 troops to sit in Yanzhou, although this cousin was not as brave as Li Keyong expected, but it was not bad. In his opinion, relying on the geographical advantages of the four states in front of the mountain, coupled with the danger of the castle, it is no problem to defend the Qin army in Youzhou for a short time. And Mrs. is sitting in Yanmen, relying on the danger of Gouju Mountain and Yanmen Pass, she can also keep an eye on the three Datong departments for him.

Everything was arranged, but it turned out to be unsatisfactory.

Li Kexiu actually lost all the four states so quickly, leaving Li Jing like a place to enter.

The Liu family sent troops to rescue Ulzhou, and Li Keyong could not say that the Liu family did not see Li Jing's intentions at all. Maybe Liu had seen Li Jing's intentions, but he had to save Ulzhou.

Hedong is a rather peculiar place, and it is a relatively independent place. There is Taihang Mountain in the east to isolate the Jinyan and Yan places, and there is the Yellow River in the west to cut off the connection with Guanzhong. There is also the Yellow River in the south, and the Yin Mountain is outside the north side. Moreover, the terrain of Hedong is higher than other places, and it is divided into six relatively independent large basins in Hedong. Each basin is relatively independent, and the unique topography makes the Hedong area a set of dangerous caves.

Among these six major basins, the northernmost Datong Basin has the largest territory, and it is the Datong Army that occupies this basin, and today's Datong Army is actually the three Hu tribes of the Sage Tribe, the Anqing Department and the Qibi Tribe. The main sites are Yunzhou and Shuozhou. This was originally a territory controlled by the Shatuo people. Now it is controlled by Shatuo's former vassal clans. They have the worst relationship with Shatuo and have the greatest conflict of interest.

The Yanmen Town that Li Keyong now controls is actually the Xindai Basin, with less territory than the Datong Basin, only next to the south of the Datong Basin, controlling Daizhou and Xinzhou. The four states of Ulju and Shanqian are actually relatively independent small basins, which are extensions of the Datong Basin. But it is relatively independent.

The northeast of Ulju leads to the first four states of the mountains, and the north can enter Datong through the Sanggan River, while the southwest can cross the Taixi Mountain and enter the Xindai Basin.

The loss of Ulju not only caused the loss of access to the four states in front of the mountain, but also threatened the northeastern gateway of the Xindai Basin.

The Taixi Mountain Guancheng between the two states of the Wei Dynasty is the same as the Yanmen Guancheng of Gouju Mountain between the two states of the Daishuo Dynasty, and it is the two major gateways to the north of Yanmen Town. Once it is lost, Yanmen Town, a relatively independent basin, will lose its outer barrier. The portal opened.

It was precisely because the Liu clan was aware of this situation that he knew the danger of dividing his troops. I had to take a risk.

"Only guard Yanmen, then it is possible for the Qin army to break through from Ulzhou to Daizhou. But if you divide your troops to reinforce Ulju, you may be defeated by each one! Li Siyuan commented. Mrs. has commendable courage, but Li Jing's troops are sharp, General Kexiu has 20,000 horses, and the land of Sizhou was broken in an instant, I am afraid that Li Jing is deliberately luring his wife to go in Ulzhou. If Madame's reinforcements are defeated again, there will be no one in Yanmen to stop Li Jing! ”

"I won't let the Li thief succeed, we've rushed back." Li Keyong usually admires his wife very much, but at this time he is worried that his wife is not the opponent of Li Jing, an old fox. “

Miao Jilie, now this king immediately appoints you as the head of the horse infantry army inside and outside the Han Dynasty, under this king, and above the generals. You immediately divided 20,000 troops and galloped back to Yanmen, and the king wants you to ensure that Yanmen has you and will not lose! ”

This sudden promotion made Li Siyuan a little surprised, the head of the Ma Bu Army inside and outside the Han Dynasty, this official position is higher than the previous Guo Chongtao, the real deputy commander of Shatuo, Li Keyong is under one person, and above ten thousand.

"What about you, my lord?" In addition to the agitation in his heart, Li Siyuan also understood that if he couldn't defend Yanmen this time, everything else would be just a flash in the pan.

"This king took 10,000 horsemen to Ulzhou Zhigu Pass, no matter what, we have to stop Li Jing's pace!" Li Keyong decided to let Li Siyuan go back to Yanmen, he went to Ulzhou, and when his wife Liu was there, he was not at ease. Secondly, the Yanmen Rebellion was the three Datong Divisions, and the enemy of Ulzhou was Li Jing, the king of Qin. Facing Li Jing, he had to face the battle in person.

Li Keyong patted Li Siyuan on the shoulder and said heavily: "This time it was the king's carelessness, who did not listen to the persuasion of Mrs. and you, and insisted on sending troops, which led to this disaster." Miao Jilie, this king knows that you are loyal, and I know your Wen Taowu strategy, now is the time for my Shatuo to die, I hope you can help this king. You have to remember that this time you go to Yanmen, although you may face strong troops, but you must remember that the terrain of Hedong is unique, our Yanmen Town is actually like a huge city, Heng Mountain, Wutai Mountain, Zhoushan Mountain, Yunshan Mountain four mountain ranges are the four strong walls of Yanmen Town, and Yanmen Pass, Taixi Pass, Shiling Pass, Chitang Pass are the four gates of our Yanmen Town. Yanmen Pass defends the Datong Army, Taixi Pass defends the Qin Army, and Shiling Pass and Chitang Pass are sandwiched to defend Taiyuan. As long as we keep these portals, we can ensure that the Yanmen Gate is not lost. Even if you lose the four states in front of the mountains and lose the Ulzhou, you are not afraid. Relying on the terrain of Yanmen Town, we can attack and retreat, and the last thing we are afraid of is to fight a defensive battle with the enemy. ”

"Understand, I will be cautious and stick to Yanmen!" Li Siyuan replied. No matter how comforting Li Keyong was, it was a very bad fact that Sha Tuo lost the four states in front of the mountain and half of Ulzhou. The towns in Hedong have long been eyeing them, and now that Sha Tuo is injured and bleeding, he is afraid that it will immediately arouse the bloody greed of the towns and rush to them.

"The three departments of Datong are not afraid to take the opportunity to attack, a certain Zheng Congyan who is only afraid of Taiyuan will take advantage of the fire to rob, if Zheng Congyan sends troops to Yanmen at this time, I am afraid that even Zhenwu, Tiande, and Xia Zhuan will come by then, don't forget, we have a blood feud with Zhuzhen." Li Siyuan said worriedly.

Li Ke frowned tightly, and his lone eye revealed helplessness. If it were possible, of course he didn't want to have the same relationship with the surrounding towns, but if Sha Tuo wanted to rise, he could only do so. "In this way, immediately send someone to Hezhong Town, tell Wang Chongrong, and let him tell Zheng Congyan that our Yanmen Town is willing to immediately respond to the alliance and send an elite army to participate in the Hedong coalition army. Go south to defeat the Yellow Nest. Prepare some more gifts. Send someone to Henan to send Yang Fuguang. Let him help with the process. ”

He let out a long sigh and said tiredly: "I am such a pathetic king, I have been reduced to the point that even cats and dogs dare to bully." I hope that Zheng Congyan will really be loyal to the king in his heart, and don't come to take advantage of the fire to rob at this time and fall into the ground. and send a batch of heavy gifts to Wang Jingchong and Han Jian, at this time, we need the support of Chengde Town and Weibo Town. ”

"Chengde has fully supported us, and Weibo Town is too far away. For a while, I was afraid that it would be difficult to make a difference. ”

"No, Chengde Town hasn't gone all out yet, tell Wang Jingchong that I need him to take out another 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce us, and for this reason, I am willing to send Yizhou to Chengde Town as a thank you gift. Tell Han Jian again that as long as he mobilizes troops and horses, makes a military attack, and threatens Taiyuan, it will help us a lot. This favor, I Li Keyong will definitely repay it in the future. ”

"Give Yizhou to Wang Jingchong?" Li Siyuan was surprised.

"There's nothing you can't do. After this war, do you think it will be difficult for us to keep Yizhou? This time take Yizhou. It was Li Jing who deliberately lured us into Hebei so that he could raid our Yanmen. When he came back, how could Li Jing not send troops to recapture it? Yizhou is a trap, we have stepped on it twice in a row, and we must not step on it a third time. Now withdraw all the soldiers and horses in Yizhou, which can not only shrink the troops and strengthen the defense of our Yanmen, but also use this as a bargaining chip in exchange for more soldiers and horses in Chengde Town. Let Wang Jingchong be happy, but I believe that it will not be long before he regrets taking over Yizhou, and when the time comes, it will be his turn to beg us. ”

Yizhou is indeed like a tempting pie, which has led him to lose troops twice in a row.

The two divided their troops, Li Siyuan led 20,000 cavalry to gallop back to Yanmen, and Li Keyong led 10,000 cavalry to aid Zhigu Pass in Ulzhou.

Li Siyuan marched all the way to fifty miles outside Yanmen, but ordered the whole army to stop advancing immediately and began to camp in the valley. Li Siyuan sent scout messengers to quietly rush to Yanmen.

At dusk, the messenger returned and brought back Li Keyong's other adopted son, Li Cunjin.

"What is the current situation in Yanmen?" Li Siyuan asked urgently.

The situation in Yanmen Town was not optimistic, Li Keyong left 50,000 horses behind when he left, and later Liu reinforced Ulzhou and took 20,000 with him. There are 30,000 people left, and they are also divided to guard Yanmen Pass, Xinzhou Shiling Pass, Chitang Pass, etc., and the defenders in Yanmen Pass are only 5,000 Shatuo troops and 10,000 Han troops.

According to the information found by Li Cunjin sent to explore the horses, the three departments gathered 60,000 troops, half of the horses, and the troops were grand, and they had the intention of breaking through Yanmen in one fell swoop.

The three divisions of the Datong Army are not idle, 60,000 horses, and they are equally strong. And even if Yanmen Town adds the 20,000 soldiers in Li Siyuan's hands, it is only 35,000. Even if it is to defend the city, it is not easy. If it is a conventional battle, although this battle can be won, it will also be a great loss.

Li Siyuan didn't want to use this method, it was too mediocre.

"Big brother, since you led 20,000 elite cavalry to come back to help, as long as you lead your troops into the customs and set up a banner, then the three departments of Datong are only afraid that they will retreat!" Li Cunjin said.

Li Siyuan pinched his chin, thought for a long time, shook his head and said, "No, this Datong three invasion is a crisis. But I have heard that Li Jing often says that crisis means danger plus opportunity. A crisis is both a crisis and an opportunity. I think this is an opportunity that, if we can seize it, will change the situation that we are not in a position to do now. ”

"How?" Although Li Cunjin felt uneasy, he did not directly oppose it. is also Li Keyong's adopted son, but the status of the two is very different, he is just a general, and his soldiers and horses are only thousands, but Li Siyuan is now the deputy marshal of Shatuo, and Li Keyong is above 10,000 people.

Li Siyuan muttered: "Although the three divisions of Datong are fierce, they all have brave and unscrupulous people, and it is not worrying to repel them, now what we have to think about is how to hit them hard, and even annihilate them, and take Datong in one fell swoop." At present, the whereabouts of our troops have not been leaked, and the Datong Army does not know about them, so they plan to continue to keep them secret, and I will lead the army to quietly enter the customs in the middle of the night tonight, so that the enemy will not know. ”

Li Cunjin saw Li Siyuan's big chest and the chance to win, so he knew that he must have a plan in his heart, but seeing that he didn't say a word, he guessed that it was for confidentiality. Slightly dissatisfied in his heart, Li Cunjin quickly adjusted his mood and nodded in response. I don't know if it's a plan or a plan, if he wins, he will naturally have a share of the credit, if he loses, let Li Siyuan bear it alone! (To be continued......)