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In the northeast of the territory of the Gyeonggi Province Xiasui Jiedu Envoy, located on the gate tower of the Jinglu Army in the west of the Dafei Kuyan Pond, Li Guochang, the envoy of the Zhenwu Jiedu and the military envoy of the three tribes of Shatuo, stood up straight and looked at the four fields, the thunderstorm was coming, and the sky was as black as an ink fountain. The yellow sand is vast, and the earth is reckless.

Inside and outside the city of the Jinglu Army, there were the corpses of soldiers on war horses everywhere, and the ground was dyed red.

The city was full of soldiers from both sides gasping for breath, whether it was the Shatuo soldiers in black robes, the Zhenwu soldiers in red robes, or even the Youzhou party soldiers in yellow uniforms, they were all tired and couldn't stand up at this time.

It's just that the party soldiers in Youzhou were surrounded in a big circle at this time, while the Shatuo soldiers and Zhenwu troops were sitting on the periphery.

Li Guochang walked down the city tower, and a row of officers saluted him in unison.

"General, we've won!" A young Shatuo officer had an excited smile on his tired face, "The party has been defeated by us, and Youzhou will be occupied by us in the next step, and Tuoba Sigong can no longer stop us." ”

The Jingluo Army is an important military city in Youzhou, and the Tang Dynasty has about 81 armies on the border. The Jinglu army was stationed in the territory of Youju on the plateau in the north of Gyeonggi Province, with 3,000 men and horses under the jurisdiction of the Jinglu military fortress, with the Dafei Kuyan Pond to the east, the Kuye Ganbo to the north, and the Tusu Libo to the south.

As a meandering place in the north of Gyeonggi in Chang'an, Youzhou has an important role in shielding Chang'an.

On the periphery of the meander, to the west is the north-south longitudinal confrontation of the Helan Mountains. To the north is the Yinshan Mountain Range, which stretches across the long mile. Since ancient times. This is not only an important geographical dividing line, but also an important dividing line between the Hu people of the Middle Earth and grasslands.

On the inner side of these two dividing lines, the Yellow River Loop Plain forms a zigzag bend in the Yellow River channel.

Datang has Fengzhou and Shengzhou in the north of Hequ, Ling, Yan, Xia and Yin in the south, Linzhou in the east, and Youzhou in the central south.

The eight states of Hequ, together with the three surrendered cities, constitute the northern barrier of Chang'an, the center of the entire Tang Dynasty. Extremely important. At this time, the current states belong to the Tiande Army Festival Envoy, the Zhenwu Army Festival Envoy, the Shuofang Festival Envoy, and the Xia Sui Festival Envoy, and the four Jie Degree Envoys.

Li Guochang raised his troops at first just because he didn't want to lose control of Daidatong, the base camp of Shatuo. Among them, there are also increasingly arrogant, overconfident in Shatuobing, and misestimating the strength of Datang. He sent troops, but he just wanted to divide Daibei. But the subsequent attack of the imperial court made him full of worries.

After consulting with his son Li Keyong, Li Guochang and his son prepared to promote peace. Father and son led their troops to attack everywhere. Li Keyong even sent troops to Youzhou, which had just undergone a change of military commander.

Although the attack on the Ningwu army in Yanzhou failed, there were not many losses. Opposite. After that, they connected the three states of Xiadai, Xin, and Lan, and their momentum was greatly boosted. Unexpectedly, the imperial court not only did not come to appease as expected, but instead replaced a powerful figure like Zheng Congyan as the commander. Li Guochang and Li Keyong, father and son, were a little panicked at this time.

After some deliberation, Li Keyong thought that he had not yet beaten the imperial court, after all, they were far away in Daibei to make trouble, and the Son of Heaven and Xiangguo in Chang'an City did not feel the pressure. After thinking about it, Li Keyong believed that he should continue to put some pressure on the imperial court to promote reconciliation. There are two ways to put pressure on the imperial court, one is to capture Taiyuan, one of the five capitals of the Tang Dynasty, and the other is to directly kill the soldiers and horses into Guanzhong.

Subsequently, the father and son divided their troops again, and Li Keyong led his troops south to Taiyuan, preparing to find an opportunity to attack Taiyuan. Li Guochang, on the other hand, led the Zhenwu Army and part of the Shatuo Army to the south, and wooed Tuoba Sigong, who claimed to be the assassin of Youzhou, and was ready to expand the momentum with the party members.

It's a pity that the party members not only did not agree to his request, but insulted him.

Li Guochang's soldiers and horses killed Benyouzhou, not just to take revenge, but also to prepare to put more pressure on Chang'an according to what he had agreed with his son before.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were five main traffic arteries through the meanders inside and outside the river. First, take the Lingzhou Road in the west, and follow the west bank of the Yellow River to the north to lead to the eastern surrender city, stationed in the grassland outside the Yin Mountain. To the south, along the Weiru water, Yuanzhou, Jingshui can go straight into Guanzhong. You can also enter the pass by following Maling Mountain to the southeast.

The second main road is the Xiazhou Road, which passes through Youzhou to the north to enter Fengzhou and Tiandejun. To the southeast through Yanzhou can enter the customs.

The third main road is the Yinlin Shengzhou Road in the east, which leads to the grassland outside the capital and Yinshan in the north, and connects with Yanzhou in the south.

The fourth main road is the horizontal Lingyan Xiayin Road, which leans on the white mountain in the south, and takes Mengmenjin and Hehejin to the east, which is the main road to the east of the river.

The fifth artery is the Yellow River water transport, which is about 2,000 miles from Lingzhou to Shengzhou and Shan Yu Duhufu.

These five main roads, Lingyan Xiazhou Road and the Yellow River water transport are east-west, and Lingzhou Road is far to the west, so if Li Guochang wants to enter Guanzhong, there are only two roads to go: Xiazhou Road and Yinlin Shengzhou Road.

Due to the large number of soldiers and horses in Yinlin Shengzhou Road, Li Guochang chose to pick a soft persimmon to fight Tuoba Sigong. Youzhou was originally the next state of Xia Suiyinjie, but the party people were powerful in Youzhou, and now the leaders of the party people took the opportunity to support the army and called themselves Youzhou Assassins, they were the same as Li Keyong's father and son, and they were not good birds.

Li Guochang went to attack Youzhou in the name of revenge, the drunkard did not mean to drink, the ultimate goal was to take Youzhou, and then take Yanzhou directly. There was an advantage to beating Youzhou over Yinlin, and he thought that the imperial court would be happy to see them fight each other with the party members, and would not interfere.

Things went as he expected, and everything went well.

Li Guochang left a part of the men and horses to defend the Tiande army, so the whole army went south, 10,000 soldiers and horses swaggered into the territory of the Tiande army, and then went south from the Xiazhou Road into Youzhou. Tuoba Sigong led 5,000 troops to meet the Zhenwu army in the Jinglu Military City.

The two sides fought for several days, and they have been evenly matched. The front five consecutive days of siege, Li Guochang only used the Zhenwu army, and so on the sixth day, the party and the Zhenwu army were exhausted, that night, Li Guochang personally led three thousand Shatuo elite soldiers to attack the city, the tired party people were finally defeated, fought until nearly dawn, Tuoba Sigong led more than 2,000 remnants of the enemy to flee south, retreated to Youzhou Yan'en.

The victory in this battle not only defeated the party members and captured the Jinglu military city, but more importantly, after this battle, Ba Ba Sigong was no longer able to fight against him. The Zhenwu Army and Shatuo soldiers led by him could immediately use Jingluo Military City as an advance base, first sweep away the remnants of the Youzhou Party, and then directly send troops to Yanzhou, approaching Guanzhong, and forcing the imperial court to negotiate and reconcile.

"Dashuai!" Officer Shatuo said loudly: "After defeating the Dang Xiang people, there will be no more incapable troops in Chang'an in the south." The party can't stop us, and those good-looking Shence troops won't be our opponents! The Shatuo army will soon be under the city of Chang'an, and you will go down in history! ”

"Gone down in history?" Looking at the young officer's swollen red cheeks with excitement, Li Guochang smiled dumbly, he never thought of fighting to Chang'an City, he Li Guochang and his son were already satisfied if they could seek to seize the land of Daibei.

He looked up at the pitch-black sky, and a rainstorm was coming.

"Victory, finally victory."

The confrontation between the two Hu soldiers of the Tang Dynasty was ultimately superior to the more fierce Shatuo people, and the party members were finally defeated. Xia Suiyinjiedu envoy sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and did not send a single soldier to come at all.

In fact, the current Xia Suiyin Festival envoy did nothing, and he had seen the party member Tuoba Sigong drive away the assassin history, claiming to be the assassin of Youzhou, and he also took over the military towns and towns in the territory. Hearing that Zhu Xie Chi led the army south to fight with the party members, he not only did not worry, but smiled very happily.

In this battle, Tuoba Sigong led 3,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce the Jingluo military city, the party had 6,000 soldiers and horses, and Li Guochang commanded 10,000 horses. The two sides fought for five days and five nights, and the Shatuo people won the most victorious victory. Jingluo City was captured by the Shatuo people, more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded, more than 1,000 people surrendered at this time, and Tuoba Sigong fled back to Youzhou with only more than 2,000 people.

However, in order to win this battle, Li Guochang's losses were not heartfelt.

In the battle, 7,000 Zhenwu soldiers were killed and wounded, and more than 300 Shatuo soldiers were killed.

However, although the casualties in this battle were not small, the significance was very significant. After a little bit of the city, the gate of Youzhou has been opened.

At night, there was a splendid campfire in the military city, and more than 1,000 party members were captured, listening to the laughter outside with anxiety, and their mood was heavy and confused. The Shatuos did not kill them, but imprisoned them in the city, and did not seem to have any intention of killing them.

Compared with those party members, the Shatuo people and the Zhenwu army at this time were jubilant, campfires jumping, and there were unique tunes and laughter in Saibei everywhere. Since the beginning of the army, except for a small setback in Yanzhou, the Shatuo people have been invincible and invincible. Taking the Jingluo Military City, they gained a lot, the Military Strategy City not only garrisoned the main road of Xiazhou, but also responsible for the Dafei bitter salt pool, the salt produced by the salt pond has a lot of income every year, and now it has all become Li Guochang's spoils.

Li Guochang led the troops and horses for a long time, and knew very well how to improve and boost morale, and at dinner, he announced on the spot that more than 100 officers who had fought bravely had been promoted, and hundreds of soldiers had also received special rewards, and all the soldiers who participated in the battle also received a reward. Boxes and bundles of gold and silver money were distributed to the soldiers on the spot, and these money and silks were all stored in the treasury of Jingluo City, and Li Guochang was generous.

More than 8,000 soldiers and horses drank wine to celebrate, good wine and meat were sent down without hesitation, cans of fine wine were piled up in the camp, and the burned fat meat was filled out in large barrels, and thousands of people cheered in unison, and the scene was jubilant and enthusiastic. (To be continued......)