This woman never shed tears.

Although Liu Yunniang is a woman, she is a heroic woman by nature, she is a woman of the Han family, although she does not have the blood of the Shatuo people, but Li Jing reminded herself that she is not an ordinary daughter of the Han family at all. She can ride horses, dance swords, and command thousands of troops, and what she has in her bones is actually the fierce blood inherited from the heroes of the northern army, and the same character as Li Keyong.

When the female generals of the Women's Army under her command said goodbye to her at the north gate of Naoya Pass, she had a hint of calm and a smile on her face. She was calm, and his words were brave and dignified. At the moment of separation, it was Jing Sanniang who cried, and Liu Yunniang comforted her.

Li Jing stood on the high gate tower of the north gate of Zhigu Pass, looking down on the farewell ceremony.

This time the war of the Western Expedition has come to an end at this time. The battle started a little suddenly, but it didn't end hastily.

Li Jing seized Li Keyong's ambition to expand to Hebei, saw the opportunity, and personally led his troops and horses into Yanmen Town, and achieved great results. In this battle, the Qin clan directly seized the land of the five states of Confucianism, Confucianism, Xin, Wu and Wei at the intersection of the four major mountain ranges of Taihang, Yanshan, Yinshan and Hengshan, and since then firmly controlled the military capital of the Taihang Eight Mountains, the Flying Fox and the Puyin Mountains, and controlled this dangerous passage connecting Hebei, Hedong and the grassland, and the western barrier of Yanjing City, the center of the Qin Domain, has been in his hands since then.

This battle not only changed Yanjing's strategic position, but also severely damaged the Shatuo army again.

Li Ke was defeated and died, Liu was captured, and the Shatuo army was divided into two. Blocked on both sides of Taihang Mountain. If it weren't for the critical time, Datong Sanbu dropped the chain. The capture of Yanmen failed. was recaptured by Li Siyuan and captured Yunshuo Erzhou, and this battle was quite perfect.

Li Siyuan's whereabouts are unknown, and now Li Siyuan is in charge of Shatuo, although the Shatuo people have lost five states in a row, but now they still have Dai, Xin, Shuo, Yun, Yi five states, and still have a certain strength. Many generals in the Qin army proposed to take advantage of this opportunity to simply take advantage of the victory and continue to go south, capture Yanmen in one fell swoop, and destroy Shatuo.

However, this proposal was also unanimously opposed by the General Staff and the Cabinet of Monks.

Shatuo was defeated. But it is not that the dragons are leaderless, panicked and turbulent, Li Siyuan has stabilized the morale of the army and controlled the situation. Moreover, although the Shatuo people are now separated from each other, the four states controlled by Li Siyuan can be defended according to the danger. Li Jing sent troops this time, and he didn't have many soldiers and horses in his hands, and taking the five states was already a bit strong. If we continue to use troops, we will be somewhat out of reach.

If there is no force to quickly extinguish Yanmen Town. Then if the troops continue to be used, it may evolve into a long-term offensive and defensive confrontation with the Shatuo people, which is not good for the Qin army.

What's more, compared to Yanmen Town, Qin Fan now has two more important opponents to clean up.

Up to now, the strategic focus of the Qin army is still Hebei, and if you continue to be unable to kill Shatuo with a stick, it will be of no benefit to continue to chase and fight the already crippled Shatuo. Compared with Shatuo, Chengde Town is the main target. And now, Li Quanzhong in Zhuozhou is a top priority that needs to be solved urgently, Li Jing can't let Li Quanzhong take tens of thousands of horses, and he has been stuck between the throats in the south of Yanjing City, which is a serious hidden danger, and the sooner it is solved, the better.

Li Quanzhong was very cunning in this battle, the strong man broke his wrist, and in the face of the attacks of Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong, he directly abandoned Yiding Erzhou and retreated to Zhuozhou. Such a forbearant guy is always terrifying, just like a poisonous snake, Li Jing would never want such a poisonous snake to lurk around him.

The Governor of the Five Armies continued to attack Yanmen, and the General Staff and the Cabinet and Shangshu Province strongly advocated the withdrawal of troops to maintain the results of the battle in Daibei, and then return to Hebei, first solve Li Quanzhong, and then swallow Yiding, and implement the strategic plan step by step.

Li Jing chose again and again, but in the end, he decided to give up attacking Shatuo first, and instead stabilized the vicinity of the base camp Yanjing.

Since he no longer continued to use troops against Shatuo, Li Jing planned to talk to Li Siyuan.

The information in Li Jing's hands shows that Li Siyuan respects Liu very much, and may even have a trace of admiration for her. Now that Li Keyong doesn't know life and death, Li Siyuan controls Shatuo's power, and Li Jing is ready to talk to Li Siyuan on the condition of Liu.

As long as Li Siyuan was willing to surrender to the Qin clan on the surface, then Li Jing could guarantee the safety of the Liu clan and stop using troops against Shatuo. If Li Siyuan behaves well, he promised that he could consider letting Liu go back in the future.

Of course, this is just a delaying tactic by Li Jing to stabilize Li Siyuan and prevent the Shatuo people from being restless. In fact, this is just a bluff, the Qin army has decided not to use troops against Shatuo in a short time, but this decision naturally cannot be known to the people of Shatuo.

If Li Siyuan really has that subtle affection for Liu, maybe he can use Liu to influence Li Siyuan.

He cleared his throat, "Clear order, right?" ”

"Yes, King Qin. We returned to Yanjing along the route of the incoming march, staying vigilant along the way until we returned to Yanjing. ”

"What should I do if I encounter an enemy soldier?"

"If the opponent has few people, we will take the initiative to repel or annihilate it, and if the opponent has many people, we will defend in place, light fireworks and send signals and wait for reinforcements."

Li Jing nodded, this time he captured the five states of Shatuo, and there were really a lot of prisoners. Including the 10,000 women's army, the Qin army now has 20,000 Shatuo prisoners of war. In addition, there were many local officials in the counties of the five states, as well as those Shatuo and the powerful people of the Daibei Zhuhu Division, etc., in order to stabilize the newly occupied territories, Li Jing ordered the auxiliary army to escort these people back to Yanjing in batches.

In the land of Daibei, it has always been a mixed residence of Han and Hu, and the people are fierce and difficult to control. In fact, there were even more Hu people than Han people in these places, and the Hu people had been dominant for a long time, and Li Jing had to adopt this method of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle if he wanted to fully control these newly occupied places.

Once these local tyrants are moved, the original local power will also collapse, and the Qin army will be able to rebuild local order and resume production.

Li Jing will also evacuate later, he will take the Liu family with him, and the identity of the Liu family is very important and cannot be lost. Now that Li Keyong is just missing, he is convinced that this guy is definitely not dead, and at this time, he may be hiding in some corner and licking his wounds, ready to make a comeback again. Now Li Jing hopes to reach a cooperation with Li Siyuan, and can't wait to see Li Keyong return to Yanmen in the future. What kind of wonderful meeting will be between the father and son.

If you can take this opportunity. Ignite Li Siyuan's ambition. Let him turn his back on Li Keyong from now on, which is naturally the best. A strong fortress is always the easiest to attack from the inside, at least that's what he expected.

If Li Siyuan really controls Shatuo through this, after the taste of power is compensated, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to give up. If Li Keyong returns to Yanmen in the future, will Li Siyuan be willing to return the rights to Li Keyong? Even if he was willing, at that time. Can Li Keyong really trust Li Siyuan?

From the moment Li Siyuan took over the helm of Shatuo's soldiers and horses, I am afraid that suspicion has already taken root in Li Keyong's heart.

The latest information shows that Li Siyuan is now being elected by the generals as the commander of Shatuo, commanding the soldiers and horses of Shatuo, and temporarily borrowing Shatuo affairs. Before he became the commander, he had already locked up Li Cunxin, the Marquis of Duyu, who was in charge of military justice and supervising the generals.

And the other Shatuo generals Li Sizhao, Li Cunzhang, Li Sien, and Li Sien, who are still separated from Yizhou, Hebei, have not taken over the affairs of Shatuo to Li Siyuan until now. Respond by taking on the position of Grand Commander.

At this time, Liu Yunniang was parting with the generals of the women's army who were about to leave in front of the city gate. The Women's Scout will be divided into several batches. Return to Yanjing with the Qin army. This women's army built by Liu Yunniang has existed in name only, and what awaits them is an unknown fate.

Li Jing knew that under Liu's smiling face, there was resentment and curse against him.

Scold her!

After this battle, it is almost impossible for Sha Tuo to turn over again. After this battle, the Qin army solved the threat from the west, and finally could use troops to Hebei with peace of mind. Give another two years, two years at most, and Li Jing will be able to flatten the entire Hebei.

Li Jing watched Jing Shisanniang and other female generals kneel on one knee in front of Liu Yunniang and say goodbye.

The sunlight shines through the clouds, scattering a golden light on Liu's face.

The noise in front of the city gate made it difficult for him to hear what they were saying, and Jing Sanniang, a strong woman, couldn't help but cry at this time. Li Jing couldn't help but think, these women were actually trained well by the Liu family, and they were not weaker than some ordinary soldiers outside the feudal towns, should they keep some of them? Or, simply marry them all to the men in the territory of the older unmarried as wives, so that they can marry and have children, do laundry and cook, and no longer have to dance knives and guns, after all, it is the responsibility of men to go to the battlefield and tear them up!

Finally waiting for their chatter to end, Li Jing smiled and said to Liu Yunniang, who returned to the city gate: "How about thinking about letting you write a letter to Li Siyuan, if you are really in a kind mood, then you should consider a certain proposal." You should know that Shatuo no longer has the strength to resist this king. Submit to this king, and this king is willing to keep the Shatuo clan for this. ”

Liu looked at Li Jing calmly and was silent.

"Don't doubt the determination of this king, if Li Siyuan continues to take Shatuo to be the enemy of this king, then this king will lead a large army to level Yanmen Town, kill every man in Shatuo, and make Shatuo extinct!" Li Jing's voice raised by three points.

Liu's face finally couldn't help but change a little, "You won't do this." ”

Li Jing sneered, "After Li Siyuan defeated the Datong army and captured Yunzhou, he killed more than 10,000 prisoners at the cockfighting platform, and he was not merciless in eradicating dissent. Do you think that what Li Siyuan can do, this king can't do? Although this king is always merciful, if it is necessary, he will not hesitate to shed a million blood. I'm giving Sha Tuo a chance, after all, if he can surrender his troops without a fight, this king is still very happy. ”

"As long as Sha Tuo surrenders, you can stop fighting?" Liu looked at Li Jing suspiciously and asked.

"Of course." Li Jing nodded, "This king is not a reckless soldier who likes to kill warlike people. As long as Li Siyuan expresses his submission and is willing to no longer be hostile to my Qin Domain, this king is willing to submit a table to His Majesty, and Li Siyuan will inherit the throne of Yanmen Festival, and in the future, the two families will take the current boundary as the boundary, do not interfere with each other, and will be the Tang Dynasty Ping Domain, and will be friendly from now on. ”

"No other requirements?" Liu still couldn't believe that Li Jing would let Sha Tuo go at this time.

"If you say that there is a request, it is not nothing."

Liu's face showed that I knew that Lu Dao would mean this.

"I have only one request, Li Siyuan must send his wife's daughter, plus Li Keyong's three sons, to Yanjing and stay with his wife as hostages. In addition, he also needs to stop the massacre of the Anqing, Sage, and Qibi tribes, and as long as the people of the three tribes are willing, they must be allowed to leave Daibei and move freely into our Qin domain. Other than that, there are no special requests. ”

Li Jing's request was not excessive, but Liu Yunniang still shook her head.

"I can ask Siyuan to send my daughter, but those three children can't."

Li Jing didn't care either, he didn't really care about the hostages or anything, "That's not good, this king takes a step back, Li Siyuan has to send Li Ke at least one of his three sons." Of course, your daughter has to send it too. ”

Liu Yunniang thought for a moment, now that her husband is alive and dead, the Shatuo army has been newly defeated, five states have been lost in a row, and the soldiers and horses have been separated from both sides of Taihang, if she agrees to Li Jing's request, if she can really win a chance to breathe, even if she becomes Li Jing's prisoner hostage from now on, she is willing.

"Okay, I'll write a letter to Si Yuan, but I also hope that you will be the talker and don't forget your promise."

"Madam, please rest assured, I, Li Jing, have always been good at talking, and the gentleman is out of his word, and the horse is difficult to chase!"

Looking at Liu's solemn appearance, Li Jing couldn't help but feel that her appearance was very cute. He wanted to laugh every time she showed that resolute and sacrificial expression. Well, let her continue to be like this, women are women after all. Sometimes, emotion is more than rationality.

Doesn't she know the way, if he is really sure that he can destroy Sha Tuo, how can he put down his sword and come to talk to her?

It is precisely because he is not sure on the battlefield that Li Jing will seek greater interests off the battlefield. It's a pity that Liu's concern is chaotic, and the authorities are confused, and they can't see all this clearly, although Sha Tuo is now defeated, Li Jing's enemy is not only Sha Tuo. Speaking of which, Liu is the same as Li Keyong, shorter than this overall view, but Li Siyuan is slightly stronger in this aspect. I don't know if it's really right for him to let Sha Tuo go this time.

"Madam, this king has another proposal, you might as well write it to Li Siyuan in the letter."

Liu, who was clinging to the wolf's hair, stopped with his jade wrist and asked, "What kind of conspiracy is it?" ”

"Madame's prejudice against this king is very deep!" Li Jing smiled, "Actually, it's not a conspiracy, but a win-win proposal." Madame also knows that now the Flying Fox and Puyin are under the control of our Qin army, and tens of thousands of Shatuo people are isolated in Hebei, guarding the land of Yizhou, lone and weak, and the situation is critical. Therefore, this king has a proposal, it is better to let the Shatuo soldiers and horses of Yizhou give up Yizhou to this king, and then this king will open a road and send the Shatuo soldiers and horses of Yizhou back to Yanmen? ”

Liu shook his head without hesitation, "No, I don't believe you, if they give up Yizhou, who can guarantee that you will really let them go back to Yanmen." Trading with you is a deal with the devil, and it is best not to do it. ”

Li Jing smacked his lower lips, slightly disappointed. If the Yizhou Shatuo army really handed over Yizhou, Li Jing would never really let them return to Yanmen safely, and would definitely take the opportunity to swallow these tens of thousands of Shatuo soldiers and horses in one fell swoop. But it was just a mention, and I didn't think that Liu would really naively agree.

"Well, since Madame doesn't appreciate it, forget it. I hope that in two or three months, when the tens of thousands of Shatuo soldiers in Yizhou are cut off, Mrs. will still be able to remember the king's proposal today. Whenever the lady is interested in this offer, she can always come to the king, and the offer is still valid! After speaking, Li Jing left with a smile. (To be continued......)