In the middle of winter, Datong, the cold wind is biting, the wind rolls up the dust in the sky, and the air is filled with a solemn atmosphere.

On the outskirts of Yunzhou, in front of the cockfighting platform, Li Siyuan, the commander of Shatuo, stood on the side of the road with the nobles of Shatuo and all civil officials and military generals to greet the envoys from Yanjing. After Li Siyuan took charge of Shatuo, he stayed in Yunzhou on the grounds of guarding against the Qin army, and used Yunzhou as the new domain town of Shatuo Yacheng Station.

His current official position is the commander of the Shatuo Army in Yanmen Town, the Ma Bu Army inside and outside the Han Dynasty, and the commander of the Hengchong Army. After Li Keyong disappeared, the generals supported him and temporarily assumed the temporary position of the commander of Shatuo.

However, the arrival of an envoy from Li Jing, the king of Qin, brought him a new official position.

Liu Yunniang's letter to Li Siyuan received a very good effect, Li Siyuan was worried about the Qin army's victory attack at this time, and saw that Li Jing could stop the war as long as Sha Tuo and he expressed his surrender, and agreed without much hesitation, and the other generals also wished to have this respite. Sha Tuo in Yunzhou Yacheng quickly replied to Li Jing, accepted Li Jing's proposal, and sent a letter of surrender to Li Jing.

Li Jing also quickly sent a mission, and with the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, Shang Shuling, fake Huang Yue, the envoy of the Metropolitan Governor of the internal and external military, the general leader of the world's soldiers and horses, played the Son of Heaven, for Li Siyuan to be crowned as the king of Yanmen County, the inspection of the Taibao, the Yanmen Festival envoy, the acting governor of the capital, the commander of Shatuo, the general of the left leading army, the general of the Shangzhu State and the auxiliary country! In addition, he also served as the Yunzhou Thorn History, Yanmen Observation and Disposal Envoy, and Water and Land Transfer Envoy.

Although it has not been confirmed that Li Keyong is dead, the official position that Li Jing has asked for for Li Siyuan is completely non-existent.

And so it goes. Li Siyuan will completely replace Li Keyong. Become the new Shatuo King.

Li Siyuan did not look up. The two eyes were always staring at the ground, and the dazzling Shatuo crown was held in the box in his hand at this time, ready to be handed over to the envoy to bring back to Yanjing and present to Li Jing, which was also one of Li Jing's additional conditions. Even if Li Jing asked for many official positions for him from the Son of Heaven, he actually wanted him to be a Shatuo king without the crown of Shatuo inheritance. The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and Li Siyuan's heart twitched.

He knew that this was Li Jing's envoy and his team.

At this time, Li Siyuan couldn't tell what it was like, and he once fought alone in Eight Towns. The Shatuo clan, known as the strongest soldier in the world, is about to surrender at the moment when he hands over the crown, isn't he a sinner of Shatuo?

But this crime was buckled on his head, and he felt that he was really wronged.

The just-concluded Battle of Daibei was due to Li Keyong's insistence on forcibly sending troops to Hebei despite the opposition of him and his wife, but Sha Tuo had just been defeated in Yizhou and Junduguan, and Sha Tuo's army was greatly injured, but he sent troops again, and as a result, he fell for Li Jing's tricks. lost five states in a row, not only was the wife captured. Even he didn't know if he was alive or dead. If it weren't for his efforts to turn the tide in Yanmen, not only defeated the 60,000 soldiers and horses of the Datong Army with a few outnumbered troops, but also counterattacked and captured the two states of Datong Yunshuo in one fell swoop, the current Shatuo is afraid that he has already lost the most powerful foothold.

However, although there are still five states on the surface of Shatuo, in fact, there are more than 30,000 soldiers and horses and generals who are trapped in Yizhou, Hebei, blocked to the east of Taihang Mountain, and cannot return to Yanmen. And although he broke through the Datong army, but the soldiers and horses in his hands are only more than 30,000 people, even these days he keeps recruiting troops and buying horses day and night, and even regardless of hidden dangers, a large number of prisoners of war from the three Datong departments are also integrated into the army, but the cavalry in his hands is only 30,000, the well-trained infantry is less than 20,000, and the rest is the newly recruited 50,000 recruits.

100,000 horses, which sounds like a huge number, but only Li Siyuan knows that this force is not as powerful as it seems on the surface.

His new army lacked armor, not even weapons, could not even match a man with a bow, and was in dire need of arrows, many of whom had only a spear or a sword. The cavalry, except for his rampage, had almost no horses.

In addition, he was in dire need of food and grass.

Moreover, seeing that spring ploughing is imminent, a large number of young and strong laborers in Yanmen Town have been conscripted into the army, and a large number of men have been conscripted to serve in Yao service, helping the army build and strengthen the city, make ordnance, and transport grain and grass.

And although he was elected by the generals to take over the power of Shatuo's soldiers and horses, his prestige was still insufficient. The generals on the Yizhou side have not replied to him so far to express their support for him, which makes Shatuo's military spirit not stable.

In such a situation, how to start a war with Li Jing?

Even if he refuses to defend the city, as long as Li Jing fights with them, traps them in castles, destroys their crops, kills their cattle and sheep, and burns down their houses, they will be destroyed in less than a year.

Because of this, he had to accept Li Jing's proposal for a truce, and he told himself that he was not greedy for power, he did it for the future of the entire Shatuo clan.

He once refused Li Jing's request to crown him as the king of Yanmen County and the envoy of Yanmen Festival, because that would make others mistakenly think that he had taken refuge in Li Jing, and made such a decision for the sake of these glory and wealth, and hot rights. But Li Jing also rejected him, and said that this was also one of the additional conditions, and he had to agree to it before he could continue to cooperate.

He knew that Li Jing was not the kind person, and there would be no good things in making a deal with him. He is always accustomed to throwing a little sweetness first, let you pay for it, and then throw the conditions a little bit, every time it is always just right, so that you can't refuse, and then when you suddenly find out that something is wrong, you are already deep in it and can't extricate yourself.

Can Li Siyuan refuse to stop fighting with Li Jing now?

No!

In order to get a chance to breathe, even if Li Jing handed him a poisonous fruit, he had to swallow it. What's more, he didn't do it all for Sha Tuo, at least, in his heart, part of the reason for doing this was also for her who had fallen into Li Jing's hands.

Unfortunately, his behavior is not understood by everyone. At the very least, Li Cunxin accused him of trying to plot for the throne of Shatuo. He never liked Li Cunxin, and he also knew that Li Cunxin had always been jealous of him. But Li Cunxin should not dismantle his platform and cause infighting at this time. He had to use thunderous measures to imprison Li Cunxin. This approach has put a stop to the signs of civil strife. Reunited the hearts of Shatuo's people. But he knew the truth. His behavior, if King Jin comes back in the future, it will definitely become an endless trouble.

Thinking of this, Li Siyuan could only lament the unfairness of fate.

God gave the Shatuo people a Li Keyong, and let him lead the Shatuo people to rise up, and finally carved out a piece of their own territory. But success is also used by Li Ke, defeat is also used by Li Ke, and it is Li Ke who is used. Let Shatuo experience danger again and again, and each time it is more tragic than the last.

The Shatuo clan has now reached the chance of life and death, and he now has a chance to save the edifice from collapse, although the Shatuo clan is in danger at the moment, he must not let it collapse in his hands.

Han Xin once endured the humiliation of his crotch, and Gou Jian once paid for his courage!

I will definitely be able to endure the humiliation and lead the Shatuo clan to rise again!

He was not completely desperate, and in his opinion, there was still a glimmer of life for the Shatuo tribe. His secret envoy had already set off for the Saiwai steppe to meet with the Khitans. If you say who can be Li Jing's opponent now. I'm afraid there are only Khitans outside the Saiwai. Chengde and Weibo in Hebei, and even Shatuo. Now it is difficult to match the Qin army.

Last time, Li Jing was known as the Northern Expedition, but he played the Khitans. The Khitans fought in the grassland, but Li Jing raided the Xi Realm with a surprise army, broke the Eastern Xi attached to the Khitan, and ambushed the 20,000 horses of Li Duzhong's troops who went to the grassland to help the war in the Xi Realm.

However, although the Khitans were tricked, their strength did not lose a single bit. The Khitans are still the overlords of the outside of the Saiwai with 400,000 men and more than 2 million troops. Although the Khitans were repeatedly defeated in the battles with the Qin army for western Liao, losing all the territory of the Liao River Valley, and now even the vassal Xi Realm has also been lost, they are still not to be underestimated.

The Khitan had fought countless battles with the Tang army, defeating fewer and winning more. If he could use this army of soldiers and horses to lead them into the Central Plains, Li Siyuan believed that he could contain the Qin army.

In addition, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yizhou, although these tens of thousands of horses are only infantry, they are also veterans who have experienced many battles. Moreover, the leaders of this army are Li Sizhao and Li Cunzhang and other only few generals left in Shatuo today.

If he can withdraw this army and horses to Yanmen Town, the confidence in his heart will be a little stronger.

Li Siyuan was full of indignation, clenched his fists, and dug his nails into his palms. The Qin army's ability to break through the pass was too strong, and the Black Stone Fort and Bauhinia Pass did not play a role at all in front of them, although there was also a surprise attack by Li Jing's air force, and the defenders did not experience this kind of battle. But now that the Qin army occupies the Black Stone Fort and Bauhinia Pass, Shatuo and Chengde Town can only look at the pass and sigh.

"It's all caused by the recklessness and impulsiveness of the King of Jin, perhaps, the current King of Jin is no longer suitable to lead the Shatuo people." A thought suddenly popped up in Li Siyuan's heart, which startled him.

At this time, Li Jing's envoy and his party came to Li Siyuan.

Surrounded by everyone, Gai Yu, who was thin and long, sat on a horse, overlooking Li Siyuan and the crowd who greeted him, and a smug smile could not hide it spreading from the corners of his mouth. His gaze swept over the crowd and then landed on the cockfighting platform, a place full of memories.

It was here that Gai Yu, who was a Yunzhou dental school, and Kang Junli, Li Quanzhong and others supported Li Keyong's rebellion against the Tang Dynasty, and executed Duan Yunchu and other court officials Ling Chi here, and then set off the banner of Shatuo's anti-Tang Dynasty.

At that time, he was bent on planning for Li Keyong, and he once opposed Li Keyong using Duan Yunchu and others alive, but Li Keyong not only did not accept it, but also shared the human flesh with the generals.

Later, Li Ke was defeated with his army, and he also surrendered to Li Jing here, and since then he has been under Li Jing.

The seven generals of Yunzhou back then, who else is there now? In addition to himself, it seems that there is only one Li Cunzhang left, and he is also trapped in Yizhou. For example, Kang Junli and others who are extremely loyal to Li Keyong are most afraid that they will only end up being poisoned by unknown circumstances.

Who would have thought that today's Shatuo would be led by a hairy boy at the beginning.

Zhou Dewei, the deputy envoy standing on Gai Yuma's side, saw that he was distracted, and hurriedly pulled his robe, and said in a low voice: "When I go back to Yunzhou, Gai Gong must have a lot of emotion." ”

This time, Gai Yu sent an envoy to Daibei, also considering that he was originally from a strong military background in Daibei, and he was once a Yunzhou dental school, and he was once the first strategist under Li Keyong, and he was familiar with Shatuo, so he was specially appointed to come, and Zhou Dewei, who was also born in Daibei, acted steadily, and he happened to lead the mission guards.

After such a reminder, Gai Yu came to his senses, straightened his waist on the horse, and looked directly at Li Siyuan.

Li Siyuan was also raising his eyelids at this time to look at Gai Yu, this man who looked weak was also the core member of Shatuo's cluster. It was this group of people who were the first to support Li Ke to raise troops against the Tang Dynasty, and witnessed the fierce record of the Shatuo tribe in fighting the Eight Towns alone.

It's just that when the first battle of Daibei was defeated, this strategist, who was once the most regarded by the King of Jin, resolutely fell to Li Jing. With a dignified appearance, a long beard fluttering on his chest, he looks a bit like a military advisor, but in fact, he is just a spineless wallgrass, and Li Siyuan is full of contempt for Gaiyu. "Shameless!"

"Miaojilie! After a farewell year, I will be impressed when I see it again, the wild boy in the past is now the king of Yanmen County, the governor of Shatuo, it is really gratifying! Gai Yu said to Li Siyuan with a smile.

Li Siyuan couldn't hold back the unhappiness in his heart, forced a smile on his face, and bowed his hand: "Gai Gong is still the same style, and this time he returned to his hometown, it should evoke a lot of old things." I still remember that when I was a child, Gai Gong and others were together with King Jin, and it still feels like they are right in front of me. ”

Gai Yu smiled and motioned for Zhou Dewei to take over the Shatuo crown in Li Siyuan's hand.

Li Siyuan opened the wooden box, and there was a gold box inside, and then opened it, and inside was a silver box, and then opened it, and inside was a jade box, and the Shatuo Crown, which had been inherited for hundreds of years, was placed inside.

Zhou Dewei took the translucent jade box and held it in front of Gaiyu.

Gai Yu is no stranger to this treasure, which symbolizes the authority of Shatuo, and he has seen this crown several times when he followed Li Keyong. However, he had never seen Li Keyong father and son actually wear it, and when Li Keyong wore this crown, he was already in the Qin Domain.

For Li Kehe, in fact, there is no hatred in Gaiyu, and there is only gratitude and guilt in his heart. He was originally born in the border army, so when he grew up, he also inherited his father's business and became a Yunzhou dental school, but he was weak and difficult to excel in martial arts, so he was ridiculed by many people in the army. But although Li Keyong is young, he attaches great importance to a dental school that likes to read and does not like to ride with knives and shoots, and he is cited as a confidant and promoted as the mastermind, so that he can display his strengths in his chest.

If it weren't for Li Keyong, he would just be a weird weak tooth school, and it was with Li Keyong's trust that he could use what he had learned in his chest and gradually become a strategist.

If it weren't for the coincidence, he wouldn't have thought that he would use his strengths to deal with Li Keyong instead. Speaking of which, when he descended to Li Jing, he also thought that Shatuo was finished, but he never thought that Li Keyong would make a comeback one day.

It's just that Li Keyong still lost after all! When he returned to Yunzhou, there was no longer a shadow of the original one! (To be continued......)