"Li Quanzhong sent assassins to assassinate my father, this revenge is not shared!" Li Ke, who was dressed in white linen and wore a black veil on his arms, gritted his teeth and shouted to the white army gathered under Yanmen City, "I know that I will raise the army today, cleanse Yizhou, kill Li Quanzhong and Chi Wandao, and cut down the grass and root out the Li thief's family, Fang Xue hates this!" ”

Li Keyong left his wife Liu to sit in Yanmen, and his brother Li Kexiu guarded the four states of Xinru Wufei, and personally led the three generals Li Siyuan, Li Sizhao, and Li Cunzhang, and raised an army of 50,000 out of the Flying Fox Road to kill Ben Yizhou again.

Before sending troops, Li Keyong ordered that after entering Hebei, he got the city and executed all the righteous soldiers in the city. The people in the city were all captured and sent to Yanmen as slaves to take revenge on their fathers.

Wang Jingchong, the envoy of the Chengde Army, met Li Keyong's envoy in Zhenzhou, and heard that Li Guochang was assassinated by Li Quanzhong, and Li Ke took revenge with troops and asked him to send troops. Wang Jingchong was reluctant to send troops at this time, the last time he sent troops to Dingzhou, captured Quanzhou, and the result was that the Qin army sent troops from Hejian after the most Lu, and recaptured seven counties in a blink of an eye. But Wang Jingchong also knew that Lu Longjun had been removed, the Yiwu Army was half-dead, and had become a vassal of the Qin Army, and the towns of Hebei were left with Chengde and Wei Bo. Wei Bo, on the other hand, was far to the south, and the Cheng German army, which was facing the huge pressure of the Qin army, had to have a strong ally.

This is also the reason why Wang Jingchong married Li Keyong as a brother last time, and set Li Keyong as his fiancée for his nine-year-old son.

In the last incident in Youzhou, they all made a huge mistake, which not only made them miss the opportunity to defeat Li Jing, but also completely collapsed Hebei's alliance. made them completely inferior to Li Jing. And now Li Ke is angry and sends troops. It doesn't matter if the time is right or not. If he doesn't move any longer, Li Keyong will be defeated, his lips will be cold, and the next one will be Chengdezhen's turn to fall under the iron hooves of the Qin army.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wang Jingchong decided to send troops, not only to send troops, but also to send a large army. Wang Jingchong left half of the soldiers and horses to guard the four prefectures of Zhen, Yi, Zhao and Shen, and then gathered 50,000 soldiers and horses to go north to Dingzhou. Respond to Li Keyong.

Zheng Congyan, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, heard that Li Ke sent troops to attack Yizhou, so he sent an envoy to persuade peace.

Li Keyong was the king of Jin at this time, which was higher than Zheng Congyan's county throne, but Zheng Congyan's current official position is not only the envoy of the Hedong Festival and the northern capital, but also the deputy marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, the marshal of the Hedong soldiers and horses, and the control of the Hedong armies. Li Keyong didn't want to offend Zheng Congyan too much at this time, so he had to ask him to meet in the account.

The envoy entered the tent and said: "Now Zheng Gong heard that the king of Jin sent Yizhou with a large army to avenge the revenge of the king of Yanmen County, and he wanted to kill the people wherever he went. Zheng Gong sent a certain person to speak. Li Quanzhong of Yiwu Town and King Jin were both Tang courtiers and ministers in the same hall. His father was killed. Even if it was Li Quanzhong's doing, what is the crime of the people of Yizhou? I want to think twice, besides, now that Huangchao is in rebellion, all towns in the world must send troops to Qin Wang to recover the two capitals. The King of Jin is an important minister of the imperial court, and the Shatuo Army is also an important force in the Hedong Coalition Army. ”

Li Ke said in an angry voice: "What does Zheng Gong mean? Could it be that if this king does not obey his orders, will he gather troops and horses from various towns in the east of the river, and plan to attack my Shatuo again? You go back and tell Zheng Congyan, your father's hatred is not shared, this enemy must be avenged, if he believes so, then after so-and-so has finished avenging, so-and-so will definitely send troops south to King Qin. If he doesn't believe it, let him decide, but we Shatuo are never easy to mess with, let him think twice before acting! ”

The envoy resigned and sighed: "Li Keyong is too arrogant, if it is not my race, his heart will be different!" So he didn't stay anymore and went directly back to Taiyuan, Hedong.

Li Keyong marched quickly, with the control of the three counties of Yizhou, this time Li Keyong passed through the Flying Fox Road very smoothly, and crossed the Taihang Mountain into Hebei. After Shatuo's army entered Yizhou, they killed people and excavated graves wherever they went. The Yiwu army was captured and not a single soldier was left, and all of them were executed. As for the people of Yizhou, the young and strong were conscripted into the army to serve, and the rest were sent back to Yanmen as slaves, and many were sent directly to the grassland to exchange these slaves for Khitan cattle and sheep.

Li Quanzhong was in the city of Yizhou, and heard that Li Keyong led 50,000 troops from Yanmen into Yizhou, and Wang Jingchong led 50,000 troops from the south to kill Dingzhou.

A former ally, now he wants his life.

"If you want to add sin, why is there no word?" Li Quanzhong bit his lower lip, clenched his fists, and his face was purple. Li Ke's reason for sending troops was that he had sent assassins to kill his father, Li Guochang, but there was no such thing at all. He had never sent an assassin to Yanmen, although he had indeed thought so in his heart, but he was not enough to protect himself at the moment, how could he dare to easily provoke Sha Tuo, a bad neighbor.

His eldest son, Li Congwei, said: "Father, this is simply an excuse used by Li Ke to send troops, the purpose is just to see that my Yiwu Town is weak, so he wants to devour it." ”

"But our spies did find out that Li Guochang died at the hands of the Assassins, and I heard that one of the Assassins' accomplices confessed that they were sent by their father." Li Kuang said.

Li Quanzhong glared at his second son: "Could it be that I, Li Quanzhong, am the kind of person who dares to do it?" It's something I've done, I won't deny it, but it's not something I've done, and I'll never carry it on my back. ”

There was silence in the hall, the assassin was not sent by them, then there were only two possibilities for the matter. One is that Li Guochang is not dead at all, this is just a scene that Li Keyong wants to send troops to Yizhou from beginning to end, but this possibility is very small, or Li Guochang is dead, but he was not assassinated and died, but Li Keyong used this matter to attack them. In addition, there is also the possibility that other people sent assassins to kill Li Guochang, and then blamed them.

Li Ke used many enemies, and it was not strange that someone sent an assassin to assassinate them, but it was strange that they were to blame. This is a plan to kill two birds with one stone, not only to deal with Li Keyong, but also to deal with them Yiwu Town.

Everyone in the hall thought of a person's name almost at the same time, Li Jing.

If it is said that Li Jing is the person behind the scenes, it will not be surprising at all. Li Jing once sent someone to assassinate Liu Yue, which led to a series of civil strife in Lu Long, and then broke down the entire anti-Li alliance. The most bloody soldiers get Youzhou. also made Yiwu Town have to rely on Li Jing because of this. Later, the Assassins went to assassinate Li Keyong. was captured, and Li Jing took Shatuo's captives in exchange for the Assassins.

Now that another assassin had assassinated Li Guochang and killed him, they immediately thought that Li Jing had done it again. If the assassination of Li Keyong is successful, it will naturally be a great thing for Li Jing, and if it fails, it will be blamed on Yiwu Town, so that Li Keyong will send troops to deal with Yiwu Town.

Or this assassination went straight to Li Guochang from the beginning. The purpose is to blame Yiwu Town and induce Li Keyong to send troops.

Li Quanzhong has also seen countless winds and waves, but when he thinks of this possibility, he still can't help but feel cold all over. If it is really as he thinks, then Li Jing is too ruthless, Li Keyong sent troops at this time, it was difficult for him to protect himself in Yiwu Town, and the final result was either swallowed by Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong, or swallowed by Li Jing. And Li Jing has always been scheming. Either strike first, or set up a dark chess game. Lure the enemy into a move, and then strike back.

Li Jing has not made a big move since he seized Youzhou, but this part of Hebei will have to fight a big battle sooner or later to determine the final winner. Li Jing is the strongest, but he has been standing still, now it seems that Li Jing is indeed scheming, he is using Yiwu Town as a bait, and once again luring Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong to leave the lair and go to Yiding to fight.

The three families of Qin, Jin, and Zhao fought, but in the end, Yiwu Town was used as the battlefield, and things were obviously more favorable to Li Jing. Because not far from Yiding, it is the three passes of Mozhou where Li Jingtun gathered heavy troops, and the Hejian fortress in Yingzhou. And set the battlefield in Yiding, Li Keyong left the old nest in Hedong, crossed the Taihang Mountain to fight in Hebei, and the logistics supply line was very long. On the other hand, when the two towns left the base camp to send troops, they would inevitably have to stay behind to guard the soldiers and horses, which made their troops weaken.

The more Li Quanzhong thought about it, the more he felt that he had discovered the truth after the fog of the entire chess game.

It was Li Jing who led all this behind the scenes, he not only put Li Ke into the calculation, but also put Wang Jingchong in his pocket, and he, Li Quanzhong, was just a decoy for this battle, nothing more.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel sad, after so many years of struggle, he ended up like this.

A wave of exhaustion came over his body, making him weak and weak. In an instant, he seemed to be more than ten years older, and he had already been eliminated from the competition before the battle had even started. It turned out that he was still thinking that although he had suffered a heavy blow, he was among the three families of Qin, Jin, and Zhao, and he might still be able to maneuver. But now it seems that he was too optimistic.

Surrounded by strong enemies and having no strength, this is completely like a child walking in the vegetable market with a large piece of gold in his arms.

"Father, what are we going to do? Today, Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong sent troops on both sides, and there were many thieves, and we were only afraid to resist. Li Kuangchou asked anxiously.

Li Quanzhong waved his hand, signaled the meeting to end, and let Zhong Wenwu leave, leaving only Li Congwei and Li Kuangchou with two sons.

After everyone left, Li Quanzhong brought his two sons into the study.

After a long silence, Li Quanzhong calmly told them the results of his analysis.

"How can Li Jing be like this?" Lee Congwei slammed his fist on the table.

"The law of the jungle eats the strong, that's it, and now, we can only sigh that our skills are not as good as others." Li Quanzhong sighed.

The father and son all hung their heads, they had no way to retreat at all, Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong wanted to take their territory, but Li Jing also wanted to take their territory.

After a long time, Li Quanzhong suddenly raised his head, and his eyes returned to clarity.

"How many soldiers do we have now?" He asked.

The eldest son, Li Congwei, replied: "After the last war, there were still 20,000 soldiers and horses, and during this time, we recruited about 30,000 new soldiers. However, these recruits are all new recruits, and they have not yet learned the battle formation technique, so they are not of much use. ”

Tens of thousands of horses are not less, but if you compare them with Li Jing, Li Keyong, and Wang Jingchong, they are like giants and children, and they are not at the same level at all.

Gritting his teeth, Li Quanzhong clenched his fist and waved, "Immediately transfer all the soldiers and horses from the counties of Yiding Erzhou back, in addition, immediately transfer all the money, grain and equipment to Zhuozhou, if the people from all over the country are willing to go, let them go to Zhuozhou, Yiding Erzhou, we don't want it." ”

"Father!" The Li Congwei brothers exclaimed that although half of the two states of Yiding fell into the hands of the enemy, they still controlled most of the places. If they were to be discarded, they would only be left with a Zhuozhou. And Zhuozhou is almost surrounded by Li Jing, with Youzhou in the north and Mozhou in the south, on the plain, there is no danger to defend at all. If Li Jing wants to annex them, then they have no power to resist.

Li Quanzhong has already made up his mind, "Son, Li Jing is looking forward to us fighting to the death with Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong, when the time comes, he will sit and watch on the side, and when we fight out, Chengde and Yanmen two towns will take Yiding Erzhou, and they will also pay a lot of casualties. But what about us, at that time, we had already become Li Jing's cannon fodder. Listen, in this troubled world, there is no territory, and you can fight again in the future, but if there are no people, there will be nothing. As long as we still have soldiers in our hands, there will be a place for us in the world. Li Jing wants us to be bait and cannon fodder, but we are not as good as he wants. Yiding Erzhou can't hold it anyway, just send it directly to Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong, let's retreat to Zhuozhou, just keep this last bit of strength. If Li Jing didn't want to watch Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong occupy Yiding Erzhou, then he could only send troops to fight them and rob them, which has nothing to do with half of Kaiyuan Tongbao! ”

The Li Congwei brothers were stunned on the spot, and they didn't expect that their father could still have this clarity at this time, and he could still be so determined to break his wrist. The foundation of Yiding Erzhou, if you say don't want it, you don't want it, this decision, ordinary people really can't do it.

Still, they had some doubts.

"Since Li Jing wants to settle the three states of Zhuozhou, can he watch us retreat into Zhuozhou? Will he take the opportunity to send troops to Zhuozhou and annex us? ”

Li Quanzhong pondered for a while, "Maybe, but not for the time being, but the soldiers will come to block it, and the water will flood, if Li Jing really can't tolerate us anymore." It's a big deal, we either leave with the troops, or simply hand over the military power to Li Jing, and let's go to the martial arts hall in Youzhou like Li Keju and be an idle instructor. ”

Hand over the military power, Li Jing will definitely save their lives, it is no problem to be a rich man, Li Keju, the former commander of Lu Longjun, is now an idle martial arts instructor in the Qin army, although he no longer has power, but he can still maintain his leisure and wealth.

It's just that Li Quanzhong asked himself, can he accept such an ending?

Let's take one step at a time, Li Quanzhong sighed, what is key now is how to ensure that they will not become Li Jing's cannon fodder, and how to save their soldiers and horses.

In troubled times, a soldier is a king, even if it is a grass king, a big fist is the last word! (To be continued......)