As soon as the news of the loss of Weiba Mountain City arrived, there was an extremely bad news from the north.

On July 3, the mountain fortress of Longtan Mountain, sixty miles north of Jili City, was lost and was broken by the Khitan Lian Raiders, and all 800 Goguryeo soldiers in the mountain city were killed.

When the news came back, the Goguryeo soldiers of the entire Jili City were shaken. At present, not only the mountain city of Weiba has been lost, but also the mountain city of Longtan has also been lost, and the two important mountain cities to the east and north of Jili City have been lost at the same time, and both armies have been completely annihilated, and 3,800 people have been killed at once. The flames of war have burned in front of the gate of Jili City, and after fighting with the Khitans for so long, nothing has ever happened in front of the house. What's more, this time not only did they hit the front of the house, but even the two gates were occupied. There were all kinds of rumors everywhere, and the soldiers and the people were talking about it.

"The Lian Lai Department and the Yelu family of the Diera Department joined forces with 5,000 troops, and attacked the Longtan Mountain City by night, although the brothers desperately held on, they were finally attacked by the Khitan dogs on the mountain city, and all the 800 brothers who defended the city were killed." Xiao Bing, the chief historian who reported this information, lowered his head, his face full of gloom. In the previous confrontation with the Lian Rabu, they basically had the upper hand. Each time, they captured the gathering place of Khitan dogs, plundered a large number of bullheads and returned. This time, the Khitan dogs broke through two of the mountain cities they relied on the most.

Gao Dexin's eyebrows furrowed tightly, and after a while, he asked a question.

"The company has only 1,000 tents in total, and only 2,000 soldiers and horses. And the soldiers and horses of the Yelu family of the Diestabbing Department were only 3,000 people. Just now, Weiba Mountain City was lost, even if 5,000 Khitan dogs wanted to storm Weiba City, which was guarded by 3,000 people from Zhaokang, it would inevitably suffer heavy casualties. How can they be capable? Immediately break through a six-mile Longtan Mountain Mountain City? Moreover, the mountain city of Weiba is in the east of Jili City. And Longtan Mountain City is in the north of Jili City. The two places are hundreds of miles apart. The Khitans can't fly, how can they capture two mountain cities in a row? There must be something in this that we haven't figured out. ”

When Gao Dexin said this, Gao Bing was also startled. He asked in surprise: "Could it be that the Khitans not only came with 3,000 reinforcements, but also had reinforcements all the way?" ”

"This possibility is not high, since the Khitans used 5,000 people to capture Longtan Mountain City, then there will only be more soldiers and horses to capture Weiba Mountain City. The Khitans are currently fighting for Yingzhou in Liaoxi, and it is impossible for them to have so many soldiers and horses to come. Gao Dexin shook his head. Although the Khitan population has now exceeded one million, plus the other Hu tribes they have conquered. There are also those Han people and other slaves, who now have a population of four or five million, which is comparable to the Bohai Sea in the prosperous country of Haidong.

But the Khitan is still only a coalition tribe, and although there are khans, the Khitan has eight large tribes. The ethnic groups are also basically autonomous in peacetime, and the khan cannot control them. For such a major event as sending troops, the khan did not have many rights, at most only the right to convene a meeting, and in the end, it was voted on by the leader of the eight tribes. In Liaodong, the Lian Lai tribe is actually not a tribe. Rather, it should be called a family of the Diera Division, the strongest of the Khitan Eight Divisions.

The Khitan is now an alliance of eight tribes of the Shake Clan, under the eight major tribes. There are also various families. The Lian Ra Department is actually the Lian Ra family that is missing the Lac Division, the same as the Yelu family. However, the Yelu family is a strong clan in the Diethorn tribe, and the Lianra clan is only a small branch.

This war is just a war between the Lianra tribe under the Diera tribe, one of the eight Khitan tribes, even if the Yelu family sends troops to support. But the other seven ministries, there is no reason to get involved. And if it is said that the Diethorn Department sent troops with all its might, in addition to the three thousand reinforcements of the Yelu family, there was also a team of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses that penetrated deep into the area of Weiba Mountain City, but did not reveal any of their whereabouts in advance, which is impossible.

"Maybe it's the Tang people of southern Liaoning." After Gao Dexin said this, he also felt a little regretful. The relatively large Tang people near Weiba Mountain City have only Stone City and Stone Man Pillar City. The two powerful soldiers and horses barely exceeded 10,000, but most of these soldiers were just a number. Not to mention whether they can come up with 10,000 people, even if they bring all 10,000 people to attack Weiba City, it is absolutely impossible to take Weiba City like lightning and annihilate 3,000 Goguryeo elite soldiers, including Zhaokang.

All along, the opponents of Jili Prefecture were the Khitans who went south, not the Tang people. In the eyes of the Goguryeo people, the Khitan dog is the real enemy. And the Tang people in southern Liaoning, if they weren't lying in those mountain cities, they would have been wiped out a long time ago. All along, they kept these Tang people, but they actually decided that the Tang people were not threatening. Keep these Tang people, you can also go to the grass valley in time to extort some money and grain, this piece of land in southern Liaoning, except for the southernmost Duli Town, Qingni City and Beisha City, the others are the objects of their extortion. Speaking of the Tang people capturing the mountain city of Weiba, Gao Dexin himself did not believe it.

Just when Gao Dexin and the others were confused, a captain from the mountain city returned to Jili City.

"You said that the soldiers of Zhaokang and Weiba Mountain City are still alive?" Gao Dexin felt like he had fallen into a dream. Originally, I thought that the eldest son had died, and the family had already set up a sacrificial hall and prepared a clothed mound. Unexpectedly, such news came back.

"The eldest prince fell for the tricks of the Tang people, and that Qin Zongshou became the vanguard of the Tang people, and mixed into the mountain city in the name of offering food, and mixed it with drugs and wine, which stunned the brothers, and then took the mountain city of Weiba without blood. Now the eldest prince and the three thousand brothers are in the hands of the Tang people. The leader of the Tang people said that he wanted us to cede all the Weiba City and the three surrounding mountain cities to the Tang army, and give them 5,000 military horses, and then release the eldest prince and the 3,000 brothers. The lieutenant stammered.

"Tang Jun?" Gao Dexin asked in shock.

The difference between the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Army is huge, if it is only the Tang people in southern Liaoning, Gao Dexin is not afraid. But if it was really Tang Jun, things would be different.

"It's the Tang Army, the general who led the troops, it seems that the official position is the champion general and general Jinwu, the prince of Zhendong County, the military envoy of Zhendong Army, the assassin of Dengzhou, the defense envoy of Dengzhou, and he also serves as the protector of the capital of Andong! is a young general, only in his twenties, but this time he brought 10,000 soldiers and horses into Liao. ”

The captain who reported the news was a little nervous, and his voice stammered a little, "In addition, most of the Tang forces in southern Liaoning have already belonged to that Andong Du to protect Li Jing, and I heard that even Duli Town has also been attached to Tang Ting, this time the city lord of Duli Town personally brought three thousand Duli Town soldiers and horses to accompany Li Jing. And I also heard that the three cities of Duli Town, Beisha City and Qingni City have now been merged into the Liaonan Governor's Office, and the three cities of Duli Town have become the three counties under the Liaonan Governor's Office. ”

"Li Jing, but that Li Jing of Da Xie Yan?" Gao Dexin finally remembered who Li Jing was, but he still couldn't believe the great changes in southern Liaoning.

"It's the Li Jing of Da Xie Yan, who was originally a general of Shamen Town, and later killed his boss and became Da Xie Yan's soldier and horse envoy."

"How many soldiers and horses did he bring into Liao?" Gao Dexin asked.

"When I entered Liao, I brought 10,000 soldiers and horses, but there were troops from various departments in southern Liaoning, such as Duli Town, and dozens of powerful forces were wiped out and annexed along the way, and now there are more than 20,000 soldiers and horses." These pieces of information were all directly told to him by the Tang Army, and he had personally seen the strength of the Tang Army in Weiba City, and there were indeed so many people.

"The guy surnamed Li is a madman!" Shi Gaobing, the mayor of Jili City, sighed. "He also dared to open his mouth widely, four mountain cities and five thousand war horses. That's too much to ask! "It's not that Jili City can't take out five thousand war horses, but five thousand war horses are not five thousand sheep, even if it is Jili State, it is a huge wealth. What's more, Li Jing asked for more than this, he also asked for four mountain cities, including Weiba City.

These four mountain castles are the barrier to the east of Jili City, and even the connecting passage with Daxing City and other cities. With the loss of these four mountain cities, the east side of Jili City was directly exposed to the Tang army.

Gao Dexin let out a long sigh, this Li Jing's time was too ruthless.

At the moment, when they were fighting with the Khitan dogs, at this time, Li Jing suddenly led his army north, and his son and 3,000 soldiers and horses were in his hands, and Li Jing completely took the initiative. Gao Dexin is not a person who can't see the situation clearly, and he can come to this day and become a local powerful faction in the Bohai Kingdom with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, in addition to his noble Goguryeo royal bloodline, but also because of his wisdom.

He knew very well that if he refused Li Jing's request now, then Li Jing was likely to use Weiba City as a base and march to Jili City. To the north, the Khitans had just captured Longtan Mountain City, and had already reached sixty miles north of Jili City. The Jili army will face the possibility of fighting on two sides, on the one hand, the Khitan dog will pounce like a wolf, and on the other hand, Li Jing's Tang army will be eyeing on the other.

Gao Dexin frowned tightly, pacing the room with his hands behind his back, and the more he paced, the more upset he became. Li Jing's conditions, he couldn't think of the slightest way to deal with them, but to agree, there was no other way.

"King, it's better to promise that Li Jing for the time being, and calm the trouble in the south first. In addition, the eldest prince and three thousand soldiers are exchanged back, and now that the Khitan army is already in the city, the Khitan threat is even greater. Gao Bing put forward his own opinion.

Gao Dexin let out a long sigh, judging from the immediate situation, the Khitans were more of a threat than the Tang people. But in the long run, it is clear that the Tang people are more threatening. The Tang army has withdrawn from Liaodong for more than 100 years, and this time it is back again, but I am afraid that it is easy to invite God and send God.

With a long sigh, Gao Dexin seemed to be more than ten years old, he sat down a little depressed, and waved his hand at Gao Bing: "Agree to the request of the Tang people, Gao Changshi, you will go to Weiba City on behalf of Jili City to welcome the eldest prince back." The speed must be fast, the Khitan dog has already hit the door, and there is no way back. (To be continued......)