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At the festival hall of the marshal's mansion in Yacheng, Youzhou, Liu Yue, the marshal of King Yan and Lu Longjun, was convening an emergency military meeting.

Present at the meeting were the Lulong Army, the Ya Army, the Najiang Army, the Ningwu Army, the Qingyi Army, the Guangbian Army, the Shanqian Fourth Army, and the newly built Shanhou Eighth Army, as well as the generals and representatives of the Yinhulu Army, the Yin'an Army, the Dingbadu and other armies, as well as the history of the state thorns.

At present, Liu Yue is called the King of Yan, but the actual territory of Youzhou Town has been reduced by more than half compared to the beginning.

Yingzhou lost actual control many years ago, and then Pingzhou was cut off by Li Jing. Later, there was civil strife in Youzhou, and Liu Yue explained that Li Keju's general Li Quanzhong drove Li Keju away, and Youzhou was also divided into three, which were actually controlled by Liu Yue, Fan Xinglong, and Li Quanzhong. Fan Xinglong took advantage of the battle between Li Jing and the Khitan, and was said by the Khitans to recapture Pingzhou, but Li Jing won the battle with the Khitan Liaoxi in advance, Fan Xinglong retreated in fear, but his subordinates Jitan Fourth Army made Fan Xinglong sacrifice Jitan Erzhou to surrender Li Jing.

Li Quanzhong captured the Yiwu Army and called the Yiwang King, although Mozhou was returned to Youzhou Town, but Yingzhou was then under the Yiwu Army.

The five prefectures of Ying, Ping, Ji, Tan and Ying were successively carved out of Youzhou, and in the hands of Liu Yue, the king of Yan, Youzhou Town was only left with Youzhou, Zhuo, Fu and Mo. And among them, Liu Rengong, the assassin of Mozhou. Name his subordinates. But in fact, it is the same as Li Quanzhong at the beginning. It's an uncontrolled military leader who listens to tunes and doesn't listen to propaganda.

The dignified Yan King could only guard the land of the three towns, which was extremely annoying for Liu Yue.

Since forming an alliance with the Three Towns and raising troops, Liu Yue always wanted to expand his territory, but in the southwest was Li Quanzhong's Yiwu army, in the northwest were the Xi and Tatars, and in the northeast was Li Jing's killer. Although he wanted to attack the Yichang army in the southeast, it was next to Ziqing Town. It's also Li Jing's territory. And although Chengde and Weibo are allies, they don't want Youzhou Town's hand to stretch too far.

After thinking about it, Liu Yue had to think of a new way.

That is, on the territory of the current four states, several more states will be built.

In the end, on the territory of Yanzhou, the three states of Confucianism, Wu and Xin were divided, and in the Lushui area between Youzhou and Danzhou, a Shunzhou was divided.

In this way, Liu Yue's territory has eight states, You, Zhuo, Mo, Fei, Shun, Xin, Wu, and Confucian. Although the turf is still the turf, at least the name sounds much louder. In the blink of an eye, Youzhou Town immediately became the largest town in Hebei under the jurisdiction of the four towns, two more than Wei Bo's six towns.

Of course, Liu Yue's actions are not all for fame.

The biggest purpose of the new division of the four states is to strengthen the control of the Lu Long Army, and the real purpose of this move is to weaken the strength of the leaders of the Lu Long Army.

In particular, the original Yanzhou was divided into four, and its main purpose was to go to the four armies of the Najiang Army, the Qingyi Army, the Ningwu Army, and the Guangbian Army of Yanzhou. Originally, the Ning Wu Army was controlled by the Gao family, but the Gao family completely took refuge in Li Jing as early as three years ago, and then moved away. However, now the confrontation between Youzhou and the imperial court is competing for the key area, which is the several basin areas of Yanzhou outside the military capital pass. In order to prevent another act like Gao Shunli's family did back then.

After Liu Yue was the most ruthless, he divided the state into four states, and then appointed the four states as the envoys of the four armies, so as to contain each other and strengthen control. After the last, Shunzhou was set up between Tanzhou and Youzhou, as a buffer to the north of Youzhou after the loss of Danzhou.

The four armies of the Najiang Army, the Qingyi Army, the Ningwu Army and the Guangbian Army, after some adjustments, are now called the Four Armies in front of the mountain, which are stationed in several basins between Taihang Mountain and Yinshan Mountain, and are the main force of the forward force of the Youzhou Defense Army. Each of the four armies had 3,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 12,000.

In addition, after Liu Yue formed an alliance with the four towns, he recruited troops and horses, and built a new Eighth Army behind the mountains. The back of the mountain originally meant the north of the mountain, and it was the north of Yanshan, the territory of Youzhou, and the north of the mountain was Tan and the concubine. Liu Yue ordered the newly recruited soldiers and horses to be the Eighth Army behind the mountain, and the meaning was very obvious. The Fourth Army in front of the mountain was the official army to guard against Datong, and the purpose of the formation of the Eighth Army in the back of the mountain was to prevent Li Jing from the beginning.

The Eighth Army also had 3,000 men per army, and the Eighth Army had a total of 24,000, almost all of which were infantry.

In addition to the new army of the Eighth Army behind the mountain, Liu Yue also has the most elite tooth army in Youzhou Town, with a total of 8,000 elite soldiers, 3,000 cavalry, and 5,000 infantry. Then there were three more troops, the Silver Hulu Army, the Silver Saddle Army, and the Dingba Army.

These three armies were all armies dominated by the Hu people.

Dingba had 8,000 soldiers, which was originally formed by Li Maoxun recruiting Uighurs, and has always been commanded by Li Maoxun's guard general Liu Rengong. Liu Yue, Li Quanzhong, and Fan Xinglong attacked Li Keju, and Liu Rengong returned to Youzhou after the last and collected this army. Up to now, there were 8,000 soldiers and horses in Dingba, but only 3,000 Uighur cavalry, and the remaining 5,000 were infantry, mainly Han Chinese from Hebei.

The Silver Hulu Army and the Silver Saddle Army are also Hu Cavalry!

The Yinhulu army of 3,000 horsemen, mainly settled in Youzhou, is dominated by Xi people, and the archery skills are extremely strong, so it is named after Hulu who is loaded with arrows.

The Silver Saddle Army also has 3,000 horsemen, all of whom are mainly Hu people, but they are mainly Khitan people who settle in Youzhou Town, because of their excellent equestrian skills, they are named after the carved saddle of the Khitan, and they are called the Silver Saddle Army.

All the armies in Youzhou Town combined, with 58,000 soldiers and horses, in fact, 16,000 cavalry and 42,000 infantry troops.

Liu Yue is a Lu Long veteran army leader, his family has been a general in the Lu Long Army for generations, he joined the 18th Army, and now, he has been in the army for 32 years, and finally at the age of 50, he ascended to the position of Lu Longjun in one fell swoop, and also became the king of Yan.

In all fairness, Liu Yue doesn't have any commendable abilities. Although he has been in the army for thirty-two years, he has not performed well on the battlefield. But under the battlefield, he has a lot of skill. In addition, this Yan King's biggest hobby is gambling. once did the thing of losing half a year's salary overnight. But Liu Yue is a good gambler. But the gambling is good. Have a good reputation at the gaming table and never settle for it.

At this time, Liu Yue's eyes were bloodshot and his face was pale, like a gambler who was about to lose all his chips at the gambling table.

Fear, remorse, but with a hint of luck.

Liu Yue glanced at the generals and said in a heavy tone: "Ladies and gentlemen, news came back from the front of the mountain that the Tang army in Datong was frequently transferred. It is estimated that the Don army seems to be preparing to start attacking our army. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yue waved to the guards behind him, "Now, there is even worse news to tell you. Li Jing made a move against us, and within three days, he had already captured our Shunzhou. Presumably, everyone has also heard some rumors, so let Shunzhou Assassin Shi Yuan Xingqin introduce it to you carefully. ”

Yuan Xing, who was only thirty-five years old, stood up and saluted everyone.

Yuan Xingqin lowered his head and said with some trepidation: "The last general is incompetent. Shunzhou was lost in three days, and the king was asked to deal with it. ”

The generals didn't know who Lu Dao Yuan Xingqin was before. After the new construction of the four states this time, Yuan Xingqin Ren closely led the Shunzhou assassination history of Youzhou, so that the generals speculated privately for a long time, and they didn't know what the background was behind them. Now all the generals have heard some rumors, Yuan Xingqin was originally a general of Dingbadu, and he was considered to be Liu Rengong's subordinate. Somehow, he was entrusted with the history of Shunzhou Thorn, and naturally no one talked much.

Liu Yue didn't have much anger on his face, and said: "Your opponent this time is Li Jing, and you don't have many soldiers and horses, so this is not a crime of war." General Yuan, let me talk about the scale of Li Jing's dispatch this time. ”

Yuan Xingqin glanced at the general, and then said: "This time, the Northeast Army suddenly attacked, and Li Jing personally led the troops to come. However, there are not many soldiers and horses dispatched, and it has been found out that Li Jing's troops are only 10,000 horses. ”

"Only 10,000?" Hearing this, several generals looked at him with suspicion.

Li Jing's 200,000 soldiers and horses, if he invaded Youzhou, why did he only lead 10,000 people to come, and he came in person. Especially if Li Jing only had 10,000 soldiers and horses, but Shunzhou was captured by Li Jing in only three days. Although there are only about 3,000 soldiers and horses in Shunzhou, if there are only 3,000 people who come to attack, how can they not hold on for more than three days.

Although Wang Sitong, the envoy of the Yinhulu army, and Li Chengyue, the envoy of the Yin'an army, led the Hu soldiers, they were both Han Chinese, and the real power of the army in Lu Long's army was strong. The two of them swept past Wu Xingqin, and there was a contempt in their eyes. Li Jing is only 10,000 people, and he actually lost Shunzhou in three days.

"Although the 10,000 soldiers and horses led by Li Jing are few, they should not be underestimated, and the second army dispatched this time is the second army of Gonghe and Shengjie, both of which are the most elite cavalry under Li Jing." Liu Yue explained for Yuan Xingqin.

"Controlling the Crane Army, Jinjia Shengjie Army!" Hearing these two names, the hall immediately fell silent. Li Jing has nearly 100,000 soldiers under him, with almost 20 armies, but the Crane Army and the Shengjie Army are the elite of them.

Liu Rengong sat there, looking at Liu Yue's frightened face, and his heart suddenly moved.

deliberately laughed loudly: "If it is really Li Jing who came in person this time, and only brought the second army of Konghe and Shengjie to come, then after Li Jing took Shunzhou, he would definitely not continue to attack Youzhou." ”

"Liu Yuanjun, what do you mean by this? Li Jing is now recognized as the number one general, when he first entered Youzhou, didn't he only lead 20,000 soldiers and horses? ”

"Yes, Liu Yuanjun, how can you be sure that Li Jing doesn't really plan to attack Youzhou directly this time?"

"Maybe Li Jing won't come to fight Youzhou, maybe his eyes are on the military capital pass, as long as the military capital pass is taken, then the concubine, Wu, Confucian, and new four states will be cut and surrounded."

The generals in the hall immediately began to speak.

Liu Rengong stretched out his hand and pressed it, making the generals calm down.

All the generals immediately quieted down, including Liu Yue, all looked at Liu Rengong.

"Everything you say has made sense, but you only know one thing, but you don't know the other."

Wang Sitong hugged his fists and said: "I would like to listen to Liu Yuanjun's high opinion." ”

Liu Rengong nodded and said with a smile: "Do the generals think that Li Jing is loyal to the Tang family?" ”

Li Chengyue nodded and replied: "Li Jing may have been loyal to Li Tang two years ago, but now that Li Jingxiong is outside the pass, his soldiers are strong and strong, how can he really submit to the weak court?" Watching Li Jing act, he is just maintaining his superficial kung fu. ”

"Yes, Li Jing's heart is well known to passers-by. It's not against it now, it's just that we help him control the court, and it's more advantageous to keep his current identity. Since this is the case, then Hebei maintaining the status quo is definitely more beneficial to Li Jing than the imperial court stabilizing Hebei. If Li Jing attacks us with all his strength at this time, our four towns in Hebei may be annihilated by the imperial court from both sides. If the four towns of Hebei are pacified, it will only be more beneficial to the imperial court. Li Jing must know better than us the truth of cold lips and teeth. ”

Everyone listened to some reason, but someone still asked: "If this is the case, then why did Li Jing raid Shunzhou?" ”

"Now that we are confronting the imperial court, how can Li Jing not take advantage?" Liu Rengong thought that he was very clear about Li Jing's character, and it was because of this that he expected that Li Jing was just here to take advantage of him this time, rather than really coming to fight across Lulong Town, "In the current situation, Li Jing and we are indeed cold, but don't forget, there are times when teeth and tongues fight, and no matter how cold our lips and teeth are, our relationship with Li Jing is still friend or foe." However, judging from the fact that Li Jing only led 10,000 horsemen south, Li Jing should have come to take advantage of the opportunity this time, rather than really come to the decisive battle. Therefore, I think that when we immediately send someone to negotiate peace with Li Jing, as long as we Chen says that it is powerful, and then allows Li Jing some benefits, I believe that Li Jing will not gain an inch, after all, he must understand the truth of cold lips and teeth better than us. ”

Hearing his analysis, Liu Yue finally had some confidence in his heart.

If Li Jing is really bent on attacking Yan, then under the attack of the imperial court and Li Jing from both sides, they will definitely not be able to stop it. Even if there were three allies in the south, Liu Yue didn't think it was that reliable.

Although Liu Yue was also worried in his heart, Li Jing would gain an inch and invade a little bit. But after the loss of Jitanping Sanzhou, the northern gateway of Youzhou has already been opened.

However, compared with Li Jing's threat, the threat of the imperial court is heavier. The lesser of the two evils can only be grieved by Li Jing for the time being.

"Okay." Liu Yue nodded and said to Liu Rengong, "This plan was proposed by Liu Yuanjun, and no one is more suitable for this mission than Liu Yuanjun." The king asked Liu Yuanjun to go to Liaoying in person. It must mean that Li Jing stopped going south! ”

Liu Rengong had expected that this task would fall on his head at the least, so he did not refuse, and nodded in response: "I will do my best to show that Li Jing is armistice." ”

Liu Yue nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "As long as Li Jing can stop fighting, we can make some concessions appropriately." ”

Wu Xingqin said with some worry: "King, if we blindly give in to Li Jing, I am afraid that it will make Li Jing think that we are weak and have a good time." At that time, if he gains an inch, takes the opportunity to take my Shunzhou today, and wants to take Mozhou tomorrow, then how is it good? Rather than retreating step by step and being cut by Li Jing's blunt knife, it is better to strike first, take advantage of the stability in the northwest, and immediately gather troops and horses to go north, repel Li Jing, and recapture Shun, Tan, Ji, and Ping Prefectures. At the very least, we have to take Shunzhou back, showing that we are not the target of Li Jing's bullying. ”

It should be said that Wu Xingqin's proposal is still valuable, and the officers and soldiers in the west and Li Jing in the east are both friends and foes. And in the west, there is also the military capital Guan and Taihang in their hands, which is safe for a while. But now that the east has lost Pingzhou, the door has been opened. Compared with the threat of the official army, the threat of Li Jing in the Northeast is greater.

But Liu Yue didn't think so, or he couldn't raise the will to fight against Li Jing at all. At present, Li Jing has no plans to attack Youzhou on a large scale, so he pretends not to see it, hoping that Li Jing will not come to attack, or expecting that he can hold out until the court is defeated first, and then come back to confront Li Jing.

"At present, our main enemy is the Tang Army in the west, and it is really not appropriate to take the initiative to provoke Li Jing. Therefore, at present, we must still delay Li Jing's troops in order to deal with the Tang army in the west with all our might. ”

Liu Yue's statement, Yuan Xingqin immediately shut up, and several other generals who were worried and wanted to speak stopped talking. (To be continued......)