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Cao Xiang may be the most unlucky festival envoy in the late Tang Dynasty, at the end of August, he succeeded Dou Huan as the envoy of the Hedong festival with the Zhaoyi festival envoy. After taking office, in the face of Taiyuan's arrogant soldiers, directly at the time of the school parade, he publicly killed one of the ten generals who took the lead in making trouble, so Taiyuan soldiers and horses were subdued. Subsequently, Cao Xiang led troops into Lanzhou, defeated the Shatuo army for a while, led the army to pursue to Honggu, and led the cavalry to Li Ke to rush in, the two armies fought, and Cao Xiang's troops were defeated and retreated to Taiyuan. At the end of September, just after returning to Taiyuan, Cao Xiang, like Lu Jianfang, suddenly died. There are also many rumors about his death, saying that he died in an assassination attempt by the Shatuo people.

Cao Xiang has served as the envoy of Hedong Jiedu for less than two months, and he has already died as unexplained as Lu Jianfang.

Facing the sharp blades of Li Keyong, a father and son, Chang'an was also a little shocked. The bravery of the Shatuo people exceeded their imagination, and in the blink of an eye, they had already captured several states and occupied the territory of nearly ten states.

At this time, the imperial court thought about it, and finally thought of Zheng Congyan, the prime minister who had served as the envoy of the festival in Hedong for three years eight years ago.

Zheng Congyan, born in the Zheng family of Xingyang, Henan, is a Zheng family with five surnames and seven high families in the world. Grandfather Zheng Yuqing is a famous minister of Xianzong, served as the left servant of Shangshu, Tongping Zhangshi, the secretary of the military department of the inspection school and the eastern capital to stay, Fengxiang Jiedu envoy, and the prince of Xingyang County. His father, Zheng Han, was the envoy of the Xingyuan Festival.

Zheng Congyan's four brothers are also in high positions. Brother Zheng Yunmo, once served as the assassin of Songzhou. The younger brother Zheng was a servant of the ministry. The younger brother Zheng Maoxiu was Dr. Taichang, a member of the military department, a member of the military department, a member of the Ministry of Justice, a member of the Ministry of Langzhong, a secretary and supervisor.

Born in such a high family. Zheng Congyan is naturally extraordinary. When he was a teenager, he was both civil and military. Reputation. In his early years, he was a junior sergeant. Later, he successively served as the secretary of the provincial school Shulang, the relics, the supplement, the Shangshulang, the knowledge system, and the Chinese scholar. Twelve years ago, he was transferred to the Ministry of Rites, then to the Criminal Department, and then to the Ministry of Officials. Since then, he has been moving around the feudal towns. He was reappointed as the secretary of the military department of the inspection school, the history of the Bianzhou Thorn, and the observation envoy of the Xuanwu Army. When the Pang Xun Rebellion occurred, Zheng Congyan renovated the city wall, recruited soldiers, thieves did not dare to intrude, after Tang Xizong succeeded to the throne, Zheng Congyan returned to the dynasty to serve as the secretary of the criminal department, and moved to the same Pingzhangshi.

Just a long list of Zheng Congyan's resumes. It's enough to be shocking. In particular, Zheng Congyan not only served as Taiyuan Yin as early as eight years ago, but also stayed in the northern capital. Hedong Observer. And later he also served in various feudal towns, especially in the Pang Xun Rebellion, Zheng Congyan even appeared.

The family is not only high, but also has outstanding ability, and has served in Hedong, and is familiar with the customs of Taiyuan. Now that Shatuo's troops arrived in Taiyuan, the imperial court immediately remembered the prime minister.

So the imperial court appointed Zheng Congyan as the inspector of the school, Pingzhangshi, Taiyuan Yin, the northern capital to stay, and the Hedong Jiedu envoy to concurrently recruit the camp. did not take over the position of Cao Xiang's vacant envoy, but also put Li Jun's camp envoy of the Yicheng Army on the top of the position.

Because Li Jun was too slow to act, he was changed to recruit the southern capital of the camp, which was the same level as Li Jing, the eastern camp capital.

"Now that Zheng Congyan has been appointed as the envoy, Li Jun and others are afraid of Zheng Xianggong, so now the soldiers and horses of Zhaoyi, Yicheng, Zhongwu, and Hezhong have all arrived in Taiyuan." Zhou Dewei introduced the situation in front of him, which was basically similar to the news that Li Jing had mastered.

"None of this seems to have anything to do with me, does it?" Li Jing was a little puzzled, Zhou Dewei said that the new round of transfer of the imperial court was related to him, and he really couldn't think of it.

"Of course." Zhou Dewei said very seriously, although he has been living in Ulzhou since he came out of Yunzhou, he actually has no intention of being a hunter. Hunting was just a temporary waiting for an opportunity, and he had been watching and inquiring about the changes in the situation in Datong. Many things are even more than Li Jing knows.

"Li Keyong's father and son are quite powerful, and there is a great tendency for An Lushan to rebel back then. The Nashatuo soldiers are indeed powerful, and they have been fighting for the south and north for the imperial court all these years, and they have integrated many other Hu tribes in Daibei, which is very powerful. The soldiers and horses of the four towns transferred by the imperial court did not arrive for a long time because they were afraid of the strength of the Shatuo soldiers. Zhou Dewei looked at Li Jing and continued: "I heard that Zheng Xianggong took over as the envoy, before taking office, when His Royal Highness resigned, he once made a request to the Son of Heaven, that is, to transfer the county prince and the Zhendong army to Datong to quell the rebellion. ”

At this time in the late Tang Dynasty, the only thing that the imperial court could really take in the past was the general Gao Yu. It's a pity that now that Nanzhao is attacking Xichuan, the imperial court has just transferred the land of the country Gancheng from the Zhongwu Army to Xichuan, and even caused the grass thieves and salt dealers such as Huangchao Wang Xianzhi to make chaos on the territory of Yicheng and the Heavenly Army.

In addition to Gao Yu, the most powerful thug in the imperial court in the past was Shatuo. But now that Shatuo has rebelled, the imperial court is suddenly in a dilemma of having no soldiers to fight and no generals to use. Thinking about it, it was the newly rising Li Jing and Zhendong Army who performed extraordinary. It was precisely because Tian Lingzi heard someone mention Li Jing that he asked the emperor to let Li Jing send troops from the north and south. Originally, Tian Lingzi thought that Li Jing might not send troops, or would only send 1,800 troops symbolically.

Then he will have a way to deal with Li Jing, if Li Jing does not send troops, it will be a rebellion, how can the Son of Heaven still think about this guy at that time. And if Li Jing only sends a few soldiers and horses, he can also use this to deal with Li Jing. And if Li Jing really sent troops on both sides, then it would be just right to see Li Jing and Sha Tuobing tearing each other apart. borrowed the Shatuo people to deal with Li Jing, if the Zhendong Army was gone, Li Jing would be nothing.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Li Jing not only sent troops, but also sent troops with all his might. But things didn't turn out as he imagined. Before Li Jing arrived in Hedong, he had already stirred up the wind and rain in Youzhou and fought with Lu Longjun. Originally, this was a great thing, but after fighting for a long time, he cheered for Lu Longjun on the side, and Lu Longjun did not show the strength of an old feudal town at all, but was played by Li Jing, and he was dizzy. A strong man of 100,000 people was actually divided into two sides, and they fought with each other, and the new remnants of Lu Long's army became Li Jing's vassal.

Li Jing, the eastern camp, was in charge of the capital, and he did not enter the east of the river for a long time, but he made a lot of noise in Youzhou, which made Tian Lingzi very uncomfortable.

As soon as Zheng Congyan took over as the envoy, he immediately played and asked the Son of Heaven to issue an order to urge Li Jing to enter Hedong. Li Jing, a partial division transferred from Dengzhou, was able to defeat Youzhou Lu Longjun and couldn't find the north, which surprised Zheng Congyan. It was also more and more determined that Li Jing must be transferred to Hedong to help him quell the rebellion.

However, Zheng Congyan also understood that the will of the imperial court was not so effective for Li Jing. Therefore, Zheng Congyan also added a request later, that is, to make Yu Xuan, the capital defense envoy of the Tiande Army, and the deputy envoy of the recruiting camp, and the commander of the western capital. Yu Xuan is Li Jing's teacher, and he Zheng Congyan has no personal relationship with Li Jing, so let Yu Xuan coordinate Li Jing.

This time, Tian Lingzi didn't say much, anyway, he was also looking forward to Li Jing entering Hedong, so that the Shatuo people and the Zhendong army could tear each other apart. Therefore, at present, the imperial court has mobilized a total of soldiers and horses from the seven towns of Hedong, Zhaoyi, Heyang, Yicheng, Zhongwu, Zhendong, and Tiande to deal with Li Keyong's father and son. Zheng Congyan was the envoy, Yu Xuan was the deputy envoy and the commander of the camp in the west, Li Jun was the commander of the south and Li Jing was the commander of the camp in the east.

Tiande Army, the weakest feudal town in the late Tang Dynasty, was originally Fengzhou and other places under the jurisdiction of Shuofang Jiedu, and later Shuofang Jiedu was divided into four square towns: Tiande, Zhenwu, Lingyan and Xiazhou. Originally, it was known as the Da'an Army and the Tian'an Army. In the early days, it was an important town to guard against the north. However, after the Anshi Rebellion, the Uighurs did not pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the garrison of the Tiande army was very small, and in the late Tang Dynasty, the Tiande army became the weakest town in the Tang Dynasty.

The only places under its jurisdiction are Fengzhou, the West Surrender City, the Tiande Military City, and the North City.

And in the four towns divided by the original Shuofang, the remaining three towns are all Jiedu envoys, but the Tiande Army, although privately also called the main will be the Jiejun, but in fact, the Tiande Army has never been upgraded to the Jiedu Envoy, his level, higher than the defense envoy, is the defense envoy. The soldiers and horses of the Tiande army are only a few thousand.

However, Li Jing was very happy to hear that the teacher Yu Xuan was appointed as the deputy envoy.

"At the same time that Yu Gong was appointed as the deputy envoy for recruitment, the imperial court also promoted the Tiande Army to a level, and has officially been promoted to the Tiande Army Festival Envoy, and Yu Gong is now also promoted to the Good Tiande Army Festival Envoy." Zhou Dewei told all the news he heard.

Li Jing was also happy for the teacher's promotion, Yu Xuan was originally the envoy of the Ziqing Festival, and later he was demoted to the Sima of Dengzhou, and then promoted to the defense envoy of the Tiande Army, and now he has finally become the envoy of the Jiedu, although it is only the weakest feudal town, but this is still a great thing.

"Where are Li Keyong's father and son now?"

Liu Xun stretched out his hand and pointed on the map, "Li Keyong led the soldiers and horses of the three tribes of Shatuo to be stationed at Tianmen Pass in the north of Taiyuan, and confronted the soldiers and horses of the five towns of Taiyuan, Zhaoyi, Yicheng, Zhongwu, and Hedong. Li Guochang, on the other hand, has returned to Zhenwu and is currently preparing to attack Tuoba Sigong in Youzhou. Liu Xun is now not only Li Jing's guard general, but also a staff officer, and with Li Jing's support, he began to participate in the planning. He has a clear control over the enemy's situation.

"What about the strength of the two sides, is it clear?"

Liu Xun nodded, "According to the information sent by Gongsun Niangzi, we have a preliminary estimate that the current rebel army is roughly divided into three parts. One is led by Li Keyong, and is currently stationed at Tianmen Pass in the north of Taiyuan, with about 10,000 soldiers and horses in Shatuo. The other is the Zhenwu Army led by Li Guochang and a part of the Hu soldiers, and there are about 10,000 people, but this soldier is not as elite as Li Keyong's command. The remaining one, there are also as many as 10,000 soldiers and horses, but most of this soldiers and horses are newly recruited soldiers and the weakest strength. Mainly led by Li Keyong's younger brother, Li Youjin, the governor of Shatuo, and stayed in Yun, Shuo, Wei, Dai, Xin, and Lan Prefectures respectively. (To be continued......)