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On the northeast corner of Shuozhou, on the border corner with the three states of the Yunwei Dynasty, there is a city that Li Guochang built not long ago when he was the defense envoy of Datong, which is called Jincheng.

This newly built city was built on the basis of Tianwang Village, where the original Tianwang Temple was located, because when it was built, it was rumored that a golden phoenix flew out of a well in Tianwang Village, so it was also called Jinfeng City. The rest of Li Guochang named this city Jincheng, because Li Guochang and Li Keyong father and son thought that Zhu Ye's ancestors were also from Jincheng, in order not to forget their ancestors and miss the ancestors' former residences, so they named Jincheng. He also valued the castle very much, and used it as a base for settlement, and built many fortified facilities around the castle. These castles are collectively known as the Three Gangs and Four Towns Protector City.

Fifteen miles southeast of Jincheng City is the escort post, the history records that Emperor Yuanhong of Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty had been stationed here, hence the name.

Twenty miles east of Jincheng is Zhao Bagang. At the foot of Longshou Mountain. The north bank of the Hunhe River. The terrain is high and steep, lying horizontally in the north and south, and there is Guanyin Pavilion and so on on the post.

Huanghuagang, also known as Huanghuadui, is located at the junction of Huairen, Shanyin and Yingxian counties, and the top of the beam is 400 zhang high. The old chronicle said that in ancient times, this post was yellow and golden. Hence the name, there is a Huanghua Temple built on the gang.

These three posts have great geographical advantages, and Li Guochang has built a military village on them and stationed soldiers and horses.

In addition to the three posts, on the four sides of Jincheng, there are also four military towns, each of which is heavily guarded.

They are Anbian Town 20 miles east of the city, Sima Town 20 miles west of the city, Shenwu Town 40 miles north of the city, and Daluo Town 40 miles south of the city.

The four towns occupy dangerous positions respectively, and each is stationed in Shatuo with heavy troops. Guarding the old nest of Shatuo Li Guochang and his son, Jincheng. The walls of the three gangs and four towns are as high as three zhang, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In particular, Shenwu Town is stationed in Shenwu River. Daluo Town is stationed at the mouth of Dashanmen, and Jincheng, a newly built city, is like a fortress.

However, no matter how strong the castle is, it has to be guarded by people, and on the gate of Daluo Town, forty miles south of Jincheng, Liu Shi looked into the distance, and always felt that his eyelids jumped. Li Keyong couldn't listen to his persuasion, and was reluctant to give up all this that the Li family ran in Shuozhou, and he always had illusions in his heart.

But Liu didn't have any illusions about it, but she couldn't persuade Li Keyong. Even Li Guochang, who is now worried and sick, still has a little fantasy, fantasizing that his son Li Ke can use this to play a triumphant song again.

A few days ago, when the news of the loss of Ma Yi came back, Li Guochang was angry and frightened, and fainted all of a sudden, although he woke up again, but after a trip to the ghost gate, he was already very weak. The whole person has lost a lot of weight, and the majesty of the former Shatuo fierce generals is gone, just like an old man in the twilight, who is already dying and waiting for death.

Now Li Guochang is completely out of control, Li Keyong is fighting outside, several prestige clan elders in the Shatuo clan, such as Li Youjin, Li Quanzhong and others, Li Youjin and Li Keyong are leading the troops outside, and Li Qianzhong has become a prisoner of the imperial court. Li Guochang's other sons are still young, nine sons, two of whom died in Chang'an before, and three more were captured by the Zhenguo army in this battle. The rest are either on the front line with Li Ke, or they are too young to take on heavy responsibilities.

The affairs of the entire Jincheng are now all on the shoulders of a woman. Li Guochang has publicly handed over the affairs of Jincheng to the Liu family, this daughter-in-law is very general, and many of her words have now been confirmed. Li Guochang regretted that he didn't listen to his daughter-in-law at the beginning, and now that he is in the situation, he simply handed over all the affairs of Jincheng to her.

These days, Liu has been doing two things, one is to prepare dry food and clothes for the long journey. The second is to recruit soldiers and horses, almost all those who are more than 14 or 50 in Shuozhou have been recruited by her and stationed in three posts and four towns to assist in defense.

The wind and rain gradually stopped, and a wandering blue light gradually appeared between the heavens and the earth, getting brighter and brighter, the jade rabbit retreated, and the shadows of the mountains and the vague shadows of the trees gradually appeared on the horizon. In a trance, the east was dyed bright red, and a little golden light was eager to break free from the shackles of darkness, surrounded by steaming clouds, and the sky was dawning.

Liu's heart tightened.

On the road in front of the city, a team slowly walked, the armor was scattered and the helmets were crooked, the flags were sluggish, and they were extremely embarrassed. Coming closer, the horses could be seen exhausted, snorting loudly in the morning light. Liu suddenly had a feeling that she was about to collapse, and she saw Li Keyong.

The husband was not carried or dragged along, he came back on his own horse. Mrs. Liu closed her eyes, and after a long time, a tear crossed the corner of her eye, dragged out a shallow tear trail and then fell to the cold city.

Li Keyong was defeated, and he was completely defeated, and he came back quite cunningly.

Shanyang and Ma Yi were lost successively, and more than 15,000 soldiers and horses were lost, and the elite Shatuo he carried was now only 7,000 men and horses.

Seeing Liu's first face, Li Ke said bitterly: "Everything is as Mrs. expected, we lost, we lost very badly, and I regret that I didn't listen to Mrs. Advice at the beginning." Liu stepped forward and hugged Li Keyong, no matter how proud this man was at the beginning, how he rejected her hard persuasion, but he was still that man, he was him, not only her husband, but also the pride and hero of the Shatuo people, and now, he is still the patriarch of the newly taken over Shatuo clan.

"There are always times when you win or lose, the key is that you can't fall, you are my husband, you are the patriarch of the Shatuo people, you are the hero in everyone's hearts, as long as you don't fall, we Shatuo people will not fall. There will be a comeback. A day of comeback. Liu put her arms around her husband and comforted.

Li Keyong hugged Liu. Suddenly, I felt tears flow uncontrollably. He became the head of the tribe's children when he was young, and when he was a teenager, he shocked the Tatar warriors, and at the age of fourteen, he joined the army to go south to fight against the Pang Xun rebellion. His position was not because he was the son of the patriarch, but on his own. He was invincible, invincible, and became a defender in the clouds at the age of fourteen. Now he is only eighteen, and he has become the head of a clan, and he has defeated the Tang soldiers several times.

He has never encountered such a big setback as this time, the seven generals of Yunzhou, Cheng Huaixin died in the battle of Jingluocheng, Li Quanzhong was captured in the battle of Jingluocheng, and then Xue Zhiqin was killed in the city of Shuozhou, and Li Cunzhang also went to the Zhenguo army to deliver a letter and was detained. His henchmen and seven generals, only Kang Junli, Xue Tieshan and Gai Yu are left.

At the beginning of the army, the two brothers died in Chang'an. Previously, three younger brothers were captured in Thai Opera Pass. At present, his uncle Li Youjin was also hit by an arrow under Shuozhou City and was carried back on a stretcher all the way. His father, the one he had always been proud of, had also fallen.

Liu watched her husband cry like a wronged child in her arms, and there was no contempt in her heart, this was still the man she loved more and more. The boy doesn't flick when he has tears, but it's not time to be sad. She believed that after her husband had cried, he wiped away his tears and was still the hero admired by the whole clan.

Li Keyong cried for a long time in Liu's arms, and the tears soaked the clothes on Liu's plump. But after crying happily, and looking up again, Li Keyong regained his coldness.

"I have decided to abandon Shuozhou, evacuate the whole clan, and go to Yinshan North!"

Liu immediately agreed with her husband's decision, and it was not too late to make amends. When Li Guochang saw his son come back in such an embarrassment, his already pale face became even more ugly, and with a long sigh, Li Guochang's whole spirit seemed to be drained all of a sudden, and he became a bad old man waiting for death in the twilight. In a short period of sober time, Li Guochang recalled his life over and over again, grew up in Daibei, and began to follow his father to fight for the Tang Dynasty when he was a teenager. In this life, he has fought countless battles for the Tang Dynasty, his father is a man who is more famous than him, without the efforts of his grandfather and father, there will be no strong Shatuo clan when he took over.

Now that I think about it, Sha Tuo's strength and his rising high position are actually not just his own credit, it is the work of several generations of their family, otherwise, how could the emperor give him the surname Li. It's a pity that he was arrogant for a while, thinking too highly of himself, but too low for the court, and always felt that he should get more.

And he gave birth to a son who was even more arrogant than himself, although his wife Qin and daughter-in-law Liu were both smart women, but why couldn't he listen to those words in the first place.

"Aye, I'm going to lead my people to retreat to the north of Yinshan." Li Keyong stunned the father and son, and hurriedly said his thoughts again.

Li Guochang woke up from the contemplation of memories and heard his son's words clearly, he nodded, and said with infinite emotion, "Let's go, let's go, our father and son are sinners of Shatuo." When you lose it, you know that you cherish it. We have forgotten how your grandfather and great-grandfather resolutely came to the Central Plains with 7,000 tents and 30,000 people. At the beginning, the Shatuo people fought against the Tibetans and almost lost their clan. We now have a little strength, and we actually dare to fight with the Tang Dynasty. Emaciated camels are also bigger than horses, and we forgot about that. ”

Li Ke used that one eye to shine with a faint cold light: "We will be back." ”

Li Guochang struggled to sit up, but he couldn't get up after struggling a few times, and Li Keyong hurriedly helped his father up.

The violent movements made Li Guochang's face a little sickly ruddy, he coughed a few times, panted and held his son's hand, stared at his son tightly, and said in a serious tone: "These days, I have been recalling this half of my life, recalling the hundred-year history of our Shatuo people. I have drawn an experience, a summary, and a lesson. Son, if you don't want Shatuo to die at the hands of our father and son, then listen to me, if you can, find a way to restore the relationship with Datang in the future, maybe, we Shatuo people can really make a comeback. If you can't, then go north or west, the farther away from Datang as possible, and it's better to never come back. ”

Li Keyong didn't fully understand the meaning of his father's words, but he nodded solemnly at the end.

"Since you're leaving, let's leave now!" After Li Guochang said this, the strength of his whole body subsided, and he fell to the side weakly, falling into a deep sleep. (To be continued......)