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Just when Li Jing landed in Vladivostok, Li Keyong finally became the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, Taiyuan Yin, and Beidu to stay behind, and Tongping Zhangshi.

On the first day of the first month of April, Taiwei, Zhongshuling, and Li Keyong, the king of Jin, proudly entered Jinyang City with his 100,000 soldiers and horses. Although 50,000 of these 100,000 horses were temporarily recruited from the short ones among those people before he set off from Luoyang, that is, the other 50,000 people, and half of them were newly recruited by Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao. His current army of 100,000 soldiers and horses is no longer the elite of Shatuo who once dominated the world and was undefeated.

After a long journey, they appeared to be in a somewhat disorganized ranks, tired and demoralized. They wore a variety of clothes and robes, including black Shatuo military robes, red Tang army robes, and even some soldiers who were originally Luoyang Qi Army wore white Qi army uniforms. In addition, most of the recruits who were originally just folk craftsmen are still wearing blue, brown, gray, white and other colors and styles.

Their weapons are also varied, some carry spears, some carry eight-foot spears, some carry horizontal knives, scimitars, some carry shields, horned bows, and some carry iron whips, iron bones, iron maces, and meteor hammers. In short, their weapons are very messy, varied, and varied.

Even their flags are not unified and complete.

The whole team looked like a rabble, with less than 20,000 horsemen and the rest all infantry on foot.

The cavalry was in front. The infantry is in the center. Behind was a cavalry escort of 200,000 civilians and many wagons.

Among these 200,000 people, there are old and young. There were both young men and young women. Some of them were soldiers and craftsmen recruited by Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao at the beginning, but most of the original 100,000 people were added to the army. In Luoyang, Li Keyong reached a deal with Yang Fuguang, Zheng Congyan and others, Zheng Congyan went south to Luoyang, and took over as Luoyang Guard, Henan Yin, Eastern Capital Jidu Defense Envoy, Jingdong Xingying Capital and Shannan Zhudao and Western Henan Towns Marshal. Li Keyong took over Zheng Congyan's original position and successfully secured the important town of Hedong. This time he set off north, Li Keyong collected many people from Luoyang and Henan and took them away, many of whom were homeless. However, Li Keyong generously took out food to supply the displaced people in exchange for them to follow him to Taiyuan. In troubled times, population is also a very important resource.

He finally gathered 100,000 troops and 200,000 people, and before leaving, he ruthlessly searched the territory he occupied, brought all the materials he could take away, and asked for a batch of grain from Yang Fuguang, and naturally went to ask for a batch of grain from Zhu Asan, whom he had always looked down on.

Zhu Quanzhong was stunned for a long time in the face of Li Keyong's envoy's request. But Zhu Quanzhong still did not refuse this request, and gathered a batch of grain, cloth, and ordnance for Li Ke to use. At the time of receipt of these supplies. Li Keyong couldn't help but look down on Zhu Quanzhong more and more, and even regretted that he had less materials to ask for.

When passing through the town of River. His sons and daughters, Hezhong Jiedu, made Han Wang Chongrong also generously gave him a batch of money, grain and materials, and Hezhong Town had two pools of salt, which was relatively much richer. Li Keyong is now a neighbor of Hezhong Town, and he is naturally not stingy with this brother and his in-laws.

The other righteous brothers and righteous brothers who are also Yang Fuguang's righteous sons also gave him some money and food, so this time when he went north, Li Keyong felt a little strong again. Although he was only a rabble in his hands at this time, even the real Shatuo warriors in it were less than one in ten, and even fewer elites. But he was still very happy and satisfied to be able to get Hedong Town without bloodshed. Although this is also because Hedong Town has now become the first feudal town of Li Jing to go south, and it is in the middle of the two towns of Wang Chongrong in Hezhong Town and Wang Rong in Chengde Town. The towns are a little stronger and are reluctant to leave the town, but there is Li Jing in front of them, and Wang Chongrong and Wang Rong are in danger of going to the two towns, and those who are a little less powerful are willing to go to Hedong Town, after all, Hedong Town has always been one of the important feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty, but they are not strong enough, and they can't compete with Li Keyong.

Yang Fuguang asked Li Keyong to go to Hedong Town, also because although he was defeated repeatedly under Li Jing, he was also defeated again and again, and he was the only person in the towns who was familiar with Li Jing and had a deep grudge against Li Jing, which could not be resolved at all. It is most appropriate for him to go to Hedong Town to keep an eye on Li Jing.

In Hedong, arrange for Li Ke to defend against Li Jing, and in Henan, arrange for Zhu Wen to guard against Li Jing. Yang Fuguang also plans to recruit Chengde and Wei Bo and let them guard against Li Jing together.

Yang Fuguang has no personal enmity against Li Jing, and even had a good cooperation experience at the beginning. But the Son of Heaven hates Li Jing, and if he wants to deal with Li Jing, he naturally has to follow the Son of Heaven. Even if it is completely in the hands of Tian Lingzi today, this will not change.

Li Keyong rushed to Taiyuan at this time without waiting, entirely because of his son-in-law, Wang Rong, the marshal of Chengde, who was taken to Yanjing by Li Jing as a hostage, and Chengde Town was almost swallowed by the Qin army just now. Whether it is for Li Keyong, Yang Fuguang or their entire alliance, although Chengdezhen is not yet a member of their alliance, the preservation of Chengdezhen is also a barrier for them. Today, from Taiyuan in Hedong to Bianzhou in Henan, Deng Ru in Shannan, Caizhou in Huaixi, and the hinterland of the Central Plains have now become the scope of their alliance.

However, this alliance is not yet stable, especially after Tian Lingzi, the old eunuch, suddenly made a ruthless move, they still have to fight with the Sanchuan towns led by Tian Lingzi, and they also have to continue to compete for support from the Guanzhong towns, they don't have much energy, and they are not prepared to deal with Li Jing's possible southward movement at any time. Therefore, it was urgent for them to try to maintain the status quo in Hedong, Hebei Province and prevent Li Jing from going south. It is precisely because of this that Li Ke used his talent to get the position of Hedong Festival Marshal so quickly.

Li Keyong rushed back to Hedong, not only to get Hedong Town in his hands as soon as possible, but also to guard against Li Jing, and at the same time, to prepare to meddle in the situation in Hebei.

In front of the gate of Jinyang City, Taiyuan Prefecture. Lick Yole truce horses. Take a closer look at the city. When it was the first time to oppose the Tang Dynasty. He tried to capture Taiyuan, but unfortunately, he did not succeed. Later, Zheng Congyan came, and this guy ran Taiyuan like an iron bucket, and there was no chance. But for 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, who knows that Zheng Congyan drove him out of Hedong. I have been running Taiyuan for so many years, but now, I have to give it to myself.

Taiyuan, Li Yuan and his son achieved the foundation of the Tang Dynasty with this, and now, he lost Daibei, but he got Hedong again, which is also regarded as the loss of Sangyu and the harvest of the east.

"Li Jing, I've let you down. I'm back with Rick! Rick clenched his fists, and his eyes shone with a look of madness. Let's ride a donkey and read a record book. Wait and see! ”

As soon as he entered the city, Li Keyong quickly sent troops to take over the entire city, and began to seal the warehouse as soon as possible. The soldiers left behind in Hedong blocked it, and Li Ke rode over, drew his sword, and chopped off the head of the junior officer with a sword.

"The holy will of the Son of Heaven, Zheng Xianggong and this king are reversed, from now on, all the soldiers and horses officials in Hedong Town will be dispatched by this king, and all the money and grain in the treasury will be owned by the marshal's house, and no one shall move without the order of this king. If there is disobedience, this is the end! ”

The power of a sword shocked the soldiers left behind in Hedong, and on that day, the 30,000 horses left behind in Hedong Town were all integrated into his own army by Li Keyong.

Shuaifu, Li Keyong listened to the righteous sons report the rich family backgrounds of Hedong Town one by one, and couldn't help but laugh and laugh.

Zheng Congyan is indeed very good at governing the place, since he took over Hedong Town for the second time, with his deep reputation, as well as the group of capable officials and cadres brought from the imperial court, Hedong Town has been governed in an orderly manner over the years, and the treasury is abundant.

"What's going on over there right now?" After laughing, Li Keyong immediately asked again. With Hedong's rich belongings, he couldn't help but want to trouble Li Jing.

"I just got the news, Li Jing seems to have led the army east to the Bohai Sea and fought with the Khitan and other northeastern tribes."

"Really?" Li Ke straightened up with a sudden surge, and his one-eyed eyes widened.

Shi Yan, who was almost killed by Li Jing at the foot of Yin Mountain, nodded, "This is the news that has been repeatedly confirmed, Li Jing has indeed personally conquered Haidong, and, according to the news we have gotten, he has taken away 200,000 elites." ”

Li Keyong's face changed slightly, pinching his beard and squinting slightly with one eye, he sorted out his thoughts in his mind, and gradually, he began to become clearer and clearer.

"Dog's day, Li Jing made such a big formation a few years ago, saying that he was going to destroy Chengde, it seems that the drunkard didn't mean to drink."

Shi Yan also followed: "And it is still killing two birds with one stone, he set up such a big formation, mobilized troops and horses, successfully frightened Chengde, easily seized Dingzhou, and forced Chengde Town to surrender, and at the same time sent Wang Rong as a hostage." In fact, Li Jing's mobilization was real, but the fight was fake, they actually used the battle of Chengde as a cover, secretly assembled the army, but rushed to the Bohai Sea to fight with the tribal alliance. Li Jing is very insidious and cunning, now that Chengde Town has been fooled, the marshal has been sent as a hostage, and he has lost a state, and he will definitely no longer dare to touch Qin Fan in the next short period of time. As for Li Jing, with a large army, he killed in the Bohai Sea, and it is estimated that the coalition forces do not know that Li Jing is already on the way. When they were still confused, Li Jing suddenly appeared on the Bohai battlefield, and it was estimated that the tribal alliance would suffer a big loss. ”

Li Cunzhang was a little puzzled: "It has always been that if you go outside, you must first settle inside, why didn't Li Jing attack Chengde directly, but instead went to the Bohai Sea, thousands of miles away, to fight?" ”

"That's because you didn't figure it out, for Li Jing and Qin Fan, which is inside and which is outside. At this stage, for the Qin Domain, their real center was north of the Yellow River, specifically the Bohai Rim. Therefore, Chengde is actually the outer part of the core circle of the Bohai Rim, while Liaodong and Liaoxi are the inner circle, or the latter. Chengde Town did not have the strength to pose a real threat to Li Jing at all, but the tribal alliance was in the northeast rear that really threatened Li Jing, once the tribe broke through the defense line of the Bohai Sea, it could rush into Liaodong and Liaoxi, directly threatening his inner circle. Therefore, Li Jing's choice to deal with the tribal alliance first is precisely the strategy of attacking the outside world and first securing the interior. Ahn Jinjun said slowly.

Li Keyong nodded, obviously not thinking that Li Jing's strategy was right or wrong. There are priorities, Li Jing has been grabbing land in the hands of the Hu people all these years, and the grievances between them are very great, and it has already reached the stage of the endless decisive battle, and now it is not whether Li Jing wants to fight the Hu people, but the Hu people have to fight Li Jing to the death, and Li Jing should not fight. The Hu people are forced to do this, if Li Jing doesn't take the opportunity to fight with the Hu people and never suffer in the future, then there is a problem with his brain.

But Li Jing's strategy is right, and that is definitely not a good thing for them. If Li Jing wins this battle, then he will really have no worries, and at that time, there will be no power in the entire Northeast to interfere with Li Jing. Li Jing can really go south with confidence, and when the time comes, who will stop Li Jing without containment?

"Maybe we can take advantage of Li Jing's personal expedition to the Bohai Sea and do something!" (To be continued......)