Li Keyong soon received a decree from the Chang'an court, asking him to lead the Hedong army south to western Henan to reinforce Zhu Quanzhong. Moreover, the Yang brothers were very bold in exchanging part of the benefits of their secret agreement for him first, sending people to send 100,000 arrows, 10,000 knives and guns, 3,000 pieces of iron armor, and a batch of grain had been prepared in Luoyang, which could be used when he went south. Things haven't been done yet, the benefits have already arrived so much, Li Keyong is in a very good mood, and when he returned to Jinyang Palace, the palace of Jinyang City, his favorite woman Cao was waiting for him to come back with his son Li Cunqiao.

Seeing Li Ke's rare appearance of smiling with eyebrows and a spring breeze on his face, Cao hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "King, is there any happy event, I am so happy to see you."

Li Ke took the Cao family into his arms with a handful, he was tall, and the jade Cao family, a small family from the border military family of the Han people, was not as tall as his shoulders, and snuggled in his arms, like a small bird.

"The imperial court and Li Jing have reached a peace agreement, the Qin army will not retaliate against us for the time being, and today, a lot of foreign wealth has just been made, 100,000 arrows, 10,000 knives and guns, 3,000 pieces of iron armor, and 300 barrels of gunpowder. Hahaha! ”

Cao Shi was also overjoyed when he heard this, "That's good, Li Jing's soldiers are strong and strong, and he really fights, but how is it good." Now it's best to turn hostility into jade. However, the Yang brothers on the court side are also like ghosts, why did they suddenly give us so many weapons? Do they want the king to do something for them? ”

"Well, you're really smart, just a little bit." Li Keyong nodded. Say. "But you don't have to worry too much. Since I was twelve years old, I have been following my father and brothers on the battlefield, and I don't frown when I kill people. Although Li Jing is strong, I am not afraid of him. The Yang brothers spent such a big price to find me this time, naturally because they knew my ability. But don't worry, they didn't ask me to do it with Li Jing, this time they paid for it, and they asked me to kill Zhu Asan for them. ”

Cao Shi stroked Li Keyong's broad, thick chest, and said in surprise: "Zhu Asan? Liang Wang Zhu Quanzhong? Isn't he a general of the imperial court? Among the towns in Henan, he is the strongest, why did the Yang brothers deal with him? ”

Li Keyong sneered, "What Liang King Zhu Quanzhong, is just a subordinate who used to feed pigs to people, from Li Jing, with Huang Chao, and finally sold the master for glory, so that he took advantage of the chaos to steal the current Zhuzhou County, and became the king of Liang like a dog." It's ridiculous. On his own, he is worthy of being compared with this king? If it weren't for the imperial court's bent on destroying the Yellow Nest. How could he be so kind to recruit him. But now that Huang Chao is dead, as the so-called bird is hidden, how can the imperial court let him Zhu A San Xiao Yao, and still occupy the territory of the three feudal towns in Henan, becoming the largest feudal town in Henan? Zhu Asan used to feed pigs, but now his pig has been fattened, so of course the Yang brothers are going to cut him. ”

However, Cao Shi said on the side: "This Zhu Asan actually still has some means, it is said that he and Li Jing are the same age, when Li Jing has been in full swing, when the power is beginning, he is still feeding pigs in the landlord's house in Xuzhou, but in just a few years, he first started with Li Jing, then cast into the Yellow Nest, and then descended to the imperial court, but now he already has the land of three towns, and he is the king of the domain." And I've heard that many of the remnants of the Yellow Nest have surrendered to him. And I heard that although he used to be a thief, a slave with three surnames, but his ability is not small, the towns and states he controlled, did not blindly recruit troops, reckless soldiers, and increase taxes, but recruited displaced people, tuntian production, and his territory was a little better than in the hands of the court in the early years, and even had some prestige among the people. ”

"The more this is the case, the faster Zhu Asan will die!" Li Ke snorted coldly, although a pig feeder has such a ability, which makes him unhappy, but he has to admit that Zhu Asan is indeed a stranger.

"Does the king really plan to get rid of Zhu Wen for the Yang clan?"

Li Keyong nodded, "Yes, there is one in the peace agreement between Yang Fuguang and Li Jing, and the imperial court must send Zhu Wen's head." Originally, Li Jing wanted my head, but the Yang brothers tried to protect it at the least, and it was replaced by his head of Zhu Wen after the least. If I don't kill Zhu Wen, Yang Fuguang will definitely let Zhu Wen kill me. What's more, Yang Fuguang promised that after I got rid of Zhu Asan for him, the money and grain of the territory of the three towns controlled by Zhu Asan could be taken as thirty percent, which was not a small amount, and with these supplements, Hedong Town could train more elite and more elite. You say, what reason do I have not to kill Zhu Asan? ”

"The king surrendered Zhu Asan, but Yang Fuguang only gave the king thirty percent of the money and grain, and he got seventy percent of the money and grain, and the population of the soldiers and horses, these all belonged to him. It is we who contribute, but it is the Yang brothers who benefit, does the king think this is cost-effective? Why don't you consider directly controlling Zhu Asan's territory? Cao said.

"It's not as simple as you think!" Li Ke smiled with a smile, the women's family is a women's family after all, the Cao family is much gentler than Liu Yunniang, much more charming, considerate, and will give birth to a son. But there is one thing she is absolutely not as good as Liu Yunniang, that is, her vision, especially her strategic vision. If Li Keyong could swallow Zhu Asan's territory, how could he not do that. But he can't do it, and he can't do it.

Zhu Asan's territory is very large, surrounding the southwest and east of Luoyang, but his territory is in the north of Luoyang, and there is also a river and two towns in Heyang, as well as a Yellow River. Coupled with Luoyang City, Henan Province, which is personally controlled by Yang Fuguang, if he wants to fight Zhu Wen, he must pass through the territory of the two towns.

Now he has the confidence to deal with Zhu Asan because this is an unjust sneak attack, which is fully supported by Yang Fuguang. This will be a decapitation battle, after the surprise attack to take Zhu Wen, you have to rely on the strength of the imperial court to force the Liang clan to surrender, and dare not move. If he wants to eat alone and swallow the Liang Domain, it is almost impossible. Not only Yang Fuguang would not be willing, but even the generals of the Liang Domain would not be willing, and even other surrounding towns would not be willing. As long as one party refuses to sit idly by, Li Keyong may have a difficult home to return.

After all these years of fiasco, Li Keyong became more and more cautious. Now that he has obtained Hedong Town, his territory is good, his real strength has declined, and his Shatuo elite is too few. There are fewer reliable and brave generals, and there are almost no who stand alone. Not to mention that Li Jing has already approached the vicinity of Taiyuan and threatens Taiyuan at any time. Even in today's Chang'an Imperial Court, Li Keyong has no guts to offend. He needs the support of the Yang family, at least until he is truly strong, he will obey the Yang brothers.

This does seem a little unfair, but there is no such thing as fairness in this world. For us today, we are sandwiched between the two super forces of Chang'an and Yanjing, and we are mortal enemies with Li Jing, so we can only rely on Yang Fuguang to fight against Li Jing. Without Yang Fuguang's support, it is impossible for us to survive in this crack. Shatuo has been defeated too many times, and he can't afford another fiasco. "Sha Tuo was just a lamb at first, then gradually grew into a cow, then into a horse, then into a camel, and finally they became a wolf, a tiger, just when they saw that they had turned into dragons and were about to become dragons, they encountered Li Jing, a mortal enemy.

After one battle after another, they were defeated.

The Shatuo people were beaten from a dragon to a sick tiger, then to a lone wolf, and finally to a camel that was about to die of emaciation, then to a wounded horse, and for a time, they became a lamb that could be slaughtered. Now, they have finally recovered somewhat, from lamb to young cow, and finally to pony.

But they are still too weak, too far from the peak. Any wrong step and they could be finished. Today's Li Keyong is no longer so arrogant, no longer so arrogant, he has begun to become a little cunning and a little obscure. He has now finally learned that when there is no absolute strength, it is best to hide his edge and keep a low profile. Just as the biting dog is missing, either it doesn't make a move, or if you want to make a move, you must have enough certainty.

"When will Shata be revived? The concubine remembered that the king's greatest wish in this life was to establish his own Shatuo country. ”

Li Ke shook his head with a wry smile, "I have been fighting with my father since I was a child, and we Shatuo are the most powerful warriors, but we are bloodied and fought and died for the battle, but we are working for the Han people." We don't even have a piece of territory that really belongs to us, we work hard for the Han people, fight, and defend the border, but we live a bitter cold life. And those Han dignitaries and nobles spend all day drinking, lustful dogs and horses, and do power and blessing on our heads. At that time, I did make a decision to establish our own Shatuo kingdom. But as you have seen in these years, although the Central Plains is large, there has never been a place for us. Although Li Tang is decaying, he has a new Li Jing. What choice we have now is to stay in the dark and wait for the right time. Sometimes I even despair, maybe I will not be able to establish a real Shatuo Kingdom in my life, and I have even lost the two Shatuo crowns, true and false, that have been passed down from generation to generation. Now, I don't think about establishing the Shatuo Kingdom right away, and even if I'm mentally prepared, maybe I won't have a chance in this life. But, I can't, but my son can. What I can do now is to accumulate some recovery for Cunmiao, this world is very chaotic, no one knows what Ludao will be like tomorrow, maybe when Cunmiao grows up, the Shatuo clan will really be revived! ”

Cao Shi stroked his chest: "The king doesn't need to sigh, you are the dragon among people, and now the dragon is trapped in the shallows for a while, but one day, he will return to the sea." ”

Li Ke stood on top of the tall building of the temple with a railing, looking into the distance with one eye, and fell into silence. But his hands were tightly clenched into fists, and Cao's words made his originally negative blood boil again. Yes, he is still young, what reason is there to be negative, for himself, for Sha Tuo, and even for his son Li Cunxuan, he has to cheer up.

Zhu Asan, I'm sorry, for the revival of Shatuo, I can only use you as a stepping stone! (To be continued......)