"Old Man Zheng must be secretly colluding with Li Jing, otherwise he would never have been so tough, what should we do now?" As soon as Li Ke returned to the camp, Li Cunzhang and other generals immediately knew what had just happened in the Chinese army commander's tent, and looking at Li Ke's gloomy face with extreme anger, An Jinjun couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

An Jinjun who spoke was a new general under Li Ke, a Sogdian surnamed Zhaowujiu who returned with Shatuo back then, surnamed An Jinmingjun and younger brother An Jinquan, and now he is a confidant general for Li Ke.

"I don't know what to do." Li Ke lowered his head and stroked his forehead with his right hand, indescribably depressed. Although he has always looked down on Zheng Congyan, Zheng Congyan's tough posture today is a resounding slap in the face, and he has not yet fought back. Zheng Congyan's words are indeed very clear that the fundamental reason why the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty can still pardon him for his repeated rebellions is that Yang Fuguang, who defected to Pang Xin, the Son of Heaven, expressed his willingness to fight for the Son of Heaven. Because of this, Zheng Congyan and Helian Duo generals have never attacked him.

But if he wants to return north at this time, it will be to break his promise to the Son of Heaven, and at that time, even Zheng Congyan and others, who have always respected the will of the Son of Heaven, will no longer be able to hinder themselves to repay old grievances.

Now he is completely in a dilemma, riding a tiger.

At this time, Li Jing was about to enter Daibei, and only with the Shatuo soldiers of Yanmen and the Hu people who went south, Li Keyong had no confidence at all that they could defeat Li Jing, Zhang Zimian and Li Siyuan. But he wanted to go north to support, but Zheng Congyan stared at him, stuck him, and made it difficult for him to move. Stay here and watch the war in Daibei. Waiting for Li Jing to destroy his foundation. It was unbearable for him. But. Now he can't get rid of Zheng Congyan again.

What a dilemma!

"The lesser of two evils, it is better to let General Cheng Huaiyi preside over the situation in Yanmen, and let the soldiers and horses of the Xin Dynasty retreat to Yanmen and Taixi to defend and fight. As for Datong, just leave it to the Hu people, they have 200,000 people going south, hoping to defeat Li Jing. Even if he can't, Li Jing wants to defeat them. At that time, the two tigers will inevitably compete and lose both, and at that time, Li Jing will not be able to go south to attack Yanmen."

"Let me give up Datong?" Li Ke interrupted An Jinjun with a wave of his hand, although Datong Town was captured by Li Siyuan, Li Keyong had already regarded it as his own territory. Besides, Daibei's Datong has always been the foundation of Shatuo, but it was later stolen and occupied by the traitors in the three tribes of Shatuo for a period of time. "Without Datong, we will be cut off from the grassland, and now, the grassland is our greatest ally. It is also the most retreat road, and the North of the First Generation cannot gain a foothold. We can also temporarily retreat to the outside of the plug. But if Datong is lost, we will not have this choice. ”

"But now Zheng Congyan and Helian Duo are full of defensive hostility towards us, and they are now colluding with Li Jing, bent on trapping us here, and then letting Li Jing capture Daibei in one fell swoop. Although Zheng Lao Pifu is a literati, he has the support of Helian Duo, Bai Yicheng and other towns, and his strength is far beyond ours. Even if Wang Chongrong has an alliance with us, I am afraid that he will not support us to turn against Zheng Congyan at this time. ”

"For the time being, we'll just wait and see what happens!" An Jinjun couldn't help but sigh and said, "If Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan don't rebel, they will never give Li Jing this opportunity." Now we can only expect those Hu people, perhaps, we can send someone to contact Chengde and Wei Bo, Chengde is now the most threatened by the Qin Domain, Han Jian has just been defeated by the Qin army, almost died, these two people are now the only remaining Qin army in Hebei Except the two feudal domains, they are cold to us, and now Li Jing is sending troops and horses into Daibei, it is the time for them to send troops. If they are willing to send troops, maybe the matter will take a turn for the better. ”

The strategy of connecting and horizontal is the reason why Sha Tuo has always been able to survive the blows of the Qin Domain. Although they were defeated several times, it was precisely with the help of the anti-Qin allies that Li Jing defeated them several times, but he was unable to completely sweep them away, Li Jing was very strong, but in the north, he could only fight alone.

And Sha Tuo, although the allies have fallen one after another, but until now, there are still a few allies.

Alliance, assimilation, weakening, this is the reason why An Jinjun can be reused by Li Keyong, and he put forward this six-character policy in response to Sha Tuo's situation. This first policy, the alliance, is the enemy of the enemy, and the alliance can be made into friends. Li Jing is Sha Tuo's first enemy, therefore, around Li Jing's enemy, all forces other than Li Jing should be co-opted and formed allies. Whether it is the Khitan or the Murwei or the Tatars, Xi people, and the Xi people, Goguryeo or Hebei's Chengde, Wei Bo, and so on. Through marriage, righteousness, and even swearing allegiance to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, in exchange for every point of support. The second strategy is to expand the Shatuo army, accept righteous sons, give surnames and other means, and include some of the barbarian tribes loyal to Shatuo, and even the Han people and other ethnic groups into the Shatuo tribe, just like the three Shatuo tribes back then, so as to enhance the population and strength of the Shatuo tribe. Li Keyong has already begun to remove all the soldiers of the Shatuo army, regardless of the Han and the Chinese, from their original tribal divisions, and call them Shatuo in a unified manner, and even through the marriage of this new Shatuo clan with other clans, more people will become Xinshatuo people. The third strategy is to use force to fight against those surrounding disobedient tribes, sell them to the Khitan, and exchange them for slaves, which can not only weaken these opposition forces, but also enrich and strengthen Shatuo's strength.

In this three-pronged way, the Shatuo clan will become larger and larger, the population will grow massively, the number of Shatuo warriors will increase, the strength of the clan will increase, and a new anti-Qin alliance will be formed.

In the end, in the land of Daibei, those fierce border people, regardless of the Han Dynasty, will turn them into new Shatuo people, so that the problem that has been plaguing Shatuo's strength is the most, and the problem of insufficient population of Shatuo will be solved.

On the way forward, the Shatuo people do not have the slightest capital to take lightly. Otherwise, he will not only be annihilated by a strong opponent like Li Jing, but will even be subverted from the inside by those barbarians around him. Just like at the beginning, the three tribes of Shatuo, this system was good at the beginning, and the two Sogdian Sage Anqing tribes who were not Shatuo were also included in Shatuo, which greatly enhanced Shatuo's strength. But the assimilation was not enough at the beginning, and there were still great boundaries within the non-true Shatuo people, which led to their betrayal later. And now, Li Keyong must strengthen the strategy of assimilation, just as Li Jing has been doing outside the Guan, assimilating those Goguryeo, Silla, Bohai, Khitan, and even their Shatuo people, and finally becoming Qin.

Half of the population of the Qin Domain was actually Tibetans, but the issue of the Han Dynasty has never been a problem for Li Jing. Li Jing's assimilation work is extremely good, and this is what they Shatuo people need to learn. Think of the destruction of the once powerful tribes of the Turks, Tielers, and Uighurs, who were actually wiped out by the small tribes around them that had not been assimilated.

However, in order to realize this long-term vision, the premise must be that they must survive the current attack of Li Jing, and they must keep the foundation of the Shatuo people.

"Old Horseman Zheng is already bent on fighting us, with him, it is impossible for us to return north!" Ahn Jin Jun frowned, "Unless"

"Unless what?" Li Keyong had to admit in his heart that Zheng Congyan was a weak old man, but now he had a mortal threat to the fate of him and the Shatuo clan. Even if he doesn't do anything, as long as he sees that Shatuo can't return north, it is equivalent to the deadliest threat.

An Jinjun said with a smile: "Zheng Congyan, like almost all Han Confucians, attaches the most importance to the way of monarchs and ministers. Because of this, even if Zheng Congyan has a very poor relationship with us and has a deep old grudge, as long as Li Tang Tianzi pardons our previous rebellion, he can only swallow his anger and reserve his opinion. Therefore, even if the Son of Heaven named the king of Jin, but only named him the king of Xingyang County, he did not have the slightest opinion. Therefore, it is not impossible to deal with this kind of old-fashionedness. The key is to deal with him through the Son of Heaven, as long as it is the holy decree of the Son of Heaven, even if Zheng Congyan has any opinions, he will abide by it. I believe that if the King of Jin can make the Son of Heaven make an order and let Zheng Congyan cede the throne of the Hezhong Festival to the King of Jin, I am afraid that he can only do it. ”

Let the Son of Heaven give an order to Zheng Congyan and give up the position of Hedong Jiedu.

This was originally just an analogy for An Jinjun, the speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, but Li Keyong kept it in mind. This kind of strategy has no effect on dealing with characters like Li Jing, but if it is against old guys like Zheng Congyan and Zheng Jin, it is simply tailor-made.

The only key is how to make the Son of Heaven make an order to let Zheng Congyan give him the position of Hedong Marshal. This is not a simple matter, after all, although the Son of Heaven is young, he is not such a foolish character. Rick touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

Zheng Cong's handsome account, Zhenwu Festival Shuai Helian Duo and Tiande Festival Shuai Bai Yicheng were full of worries: "Ling Gong, I only think that this one-eyed wolf is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he now has 50,000 Shatuo soldiers in his hands, and there are 100,000 young and strong people, in addition, Wang Chongrong, the handsome man of the Hezhong Festival, is not only his righteous brother, they are also his sons and daughters." That Wang Chongrong is also a mutiny to seize the throne, and he has also descended to the shameless generation of the Yellow Nest, these two people have a nest of snakes and rats, let's fight side by side with them, but it is difficult to be down-to-earth. ‘

Bai Yicheng also said: "Yes, Gong Zheng, Li Ke uses this person, repeatedly untrustworthy, and rebellion is not frequent. For such people, it is better to get rid of future troubles forever. With him, those of us who are neighbors don't want to live in peace. According to a certain point of view, now that the King of Qin is attacking the north and smashing his lair, we just respond to the King of Qin, strike first, and directly annihilate the one-eyed wolf and his 50,000 wolf cubs in one fell swoop, once and for all. ”

Zheng Congyan pondered for a long time, and shook his head slowly, "As long as Li Keyong does not lead his troops back to the north without authorization, then he is still the king of Jin canonized by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the envoy of the Yanmen Festival, so that the commander cannot send troops to attack him without reason." ”

Helian Duo and Bai Yicheng, the two party marshals, couldn't help but show disappointment when they heard this, and secretly sighed in their hearts that Zheng Congyan was too pedantic, and now what time is it, he still thinks about this. The two sighed in their hearts, but they were also silent and stopped talking. They all knew that once this old Linggong made up his mind, he couldn't pull it back even if he had nine cows. (To be continued......)