In February of the first year of Guangming, a dazzling meteor crossed the starry sky in the sky.

This is a different meteor, because he crossed the Ziwei Star, and some astronomical astrostars whispered that it was a sub-omen, and the meteor first passed through the broken army, passed through the greedy wolf and then crossed the purple micro star, so it may also mean that the king will fall, and it may also be the greedy wolf who broke the army and committed Ziwei.

However, when Li Keyong was repairing a carriage in the military camp in Taigu, Hedong, when he heard the Shatuo soldiers who came to deliver the cart talk about it, the corners of his mouth showed some mocking smiles. After the last failure, he completely became an unbeliever, and in the past he believed in the wolf god and immortality. But Heaven did not bless him. He turned his head to look up at the sky, telling himself that he would never believe in astronomical signs.

My life is up to me!

Then after he said his thoughts, Lao Kang and Mi Rong said fearfully: "King, that is a sign of the stars, a revelation from heaven, and a warning from the immortal heaven!" ”

"The astrological signs indicate that there will be a king who will be offended by the general and fall!"

Their tone is pious and genuinely fearful! Although the words were not too clear, Li Keyong had already understood their words, this astrological sign seemed to be a sign of his situation, he was now hidden in the military camp and did not dare to show his face, and his two righteous sons, who he once trusted, have now become the marshal of a town and the king of the county. Lao Kang's words once again touched the fear in his heart.

He didn't dare to trust anyone easily now, especially Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan.

He didn't dare to show his face, because he hadn't confirmed that Li Sizhao was loyal and credible, and Li Keyong was still waiting. Little Wing waited for the moment when it was safe to be confirmed.

The Hedong glacier thaws in February. Everything recovers.

Taiyuan is located in the middle of Hedong. It is also the germination of the four wild plants and trees, revealing a strong sense of spring.

Zheng Congyan has already assembled several feudal towns of the Hedong Coalition Army in Hedong, Hedong, Hezhong, Datong, Yanmen, Zhenwu, Tiande, Zhaowu, Xia Sui and other eight towns of 150,000 troops, in order to successfully assemble and lead the Hedong coalition army to the south to counterattack Luoyang, the marshal of the Hedong Coalition Army Zheng Congyan made great efforts, and even tried his best to tolerate Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan, not only did not take the opportunity to attack the two Shatuohu barbarian armies, but accepted them as a part of the Hedong coalition army at this time.

Zheng Congyan swore south. This time it was not as hurried as last time, the Hedong coalition army was moving very slowly, and the soldiers and horses of the Eight Towns were slowly familiar with and cooperated in the march, and after crossing the Yellow River in the south, they immediately dealt a heavy blow to the soldiers and horses of the puppet Qi Henan.

At the time of the Bird Mouse Valley, thousands of elite soldiers from Hedong Town were already stationed here.

It is not far from Taiyuan, guarding the important passage of Taiyuan to the south, the terrain here is very dangerous, and there is even a saying that only rats and sparrows can pass. During the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang. Then he sent troops south, wanting to enter the customs first. At that time, Li Yuan's soldiers went to Fort Jiahu near the Valley of Sparrows. In the face of continuous heavy rain, the road is difficult to travel, the follow-up grain and grass are not continued, facing the most dangerous checkpoint interception ahead, there are Hu cavalry in the north who are ready to move, Li Yuan hesitated at that time, and wanted to return to Jinyang to protect the fundamentals.

Later, Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, knelt outside Li Yuan's tent at night and wept bitterly, and finally succeeded in persuading Li Yuan to strengthen his military heart, capture Jiahu Fort in one fell swoop, and finally entered Guanzhong all the way and established the Tang Dynasty.

It is located in the middle of Hedong Town and Hezhong Town, and is the southern gateway of Taiyuan.

If you want to consolidate Taiyuan, you must guard Tianmen Pass in the north, Jingcheng in the east, Mengmen Pass in the west, and Rat Bird Valley in the south.

Li Keyong marched all the way to the front of the coalition army, Li Sizhao led 30,000 soldiers and horses south this time, and Li Siyuan should also send 10,000 troops to respond to Li Jing and Zheng Congyan. The 40,000 Shatuo Army was divided into two parts, Li Siyuan's division was the left front of the coalition army, and Li Sizhao's division was the right forward.

The other two Shatuo armies also sent a total of 50,000 young and strong people as auxiliaries this time, in order to obtain the support of Zheng Congyan and win some respite, Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan were very attentive to the southward Qinwang. Although of these 50,000 auxiliary soldiers, 20,000 were forcibly captured by Li Sizhao from Yizhou, and 30,000 were forcibly recruited by Li Siyuan into the strong Han in Yunshuo, especially Anqing, Sage, Qibi, Tuyuhun, Uighur, and some Northern Han people. In the name of fully supporting Zheng Congyan, in fact, there is also a reason to eliminate dissent and expand Shatuo's control in the land of Yunshuo.

But the performance of the two still made Zheng Congyan very satisfied. However, Zheng Congyan did not fully trust them, just in case, Zheng Congyan sent a letter to ask Li Jing's opinion, and arranged for Li Sizhao and Li Sizhao to be the vanguard of the coalition army, and put their soldiers and horses in front of the coalition army.

However, the 50,000 auxiliary troops of the second army of Shatuo were finally assigned to the direct command of the camp by Zheng Congyan on the grounds that the grain and grass of all departments of the coalition army were unified and coordinated by the battalion of the coalition army, and they were arranged in the Chinese army.

The supply of grain and grass for Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan's 40,000 soldiers and horses was completely controlled by Zheng Congyan, and their auxiliaries and logistics troops were also under the management of the camp. Zheng Congyan first asked Sha Tuojun to be the vanguard, and he personally watched from behind, and then detained their grain and grass and baggage troops, completely according to the ideas mentioned in Li Jing's reply letter.

Li Keyong had been hiding in the camp of the Shatuo Auxiliary Army, following the troops of Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan, and under the close surveillance of Zheng Congyan's soldiers and horses. Along the way, Li Ke tried his best to hide his identity and secretly collected intelligence from all sides. Especially when passing through many cities and passes in Taiyuan along the way, I secretly memorized the number of defenders and the location of the checkpoints.

Hedong has always been an excellent and dangerous place in the north, and it is the place where the king is the foundation.

And the land east of the river is centered on Taiyuan. Only by occupying Taiyuan can we truly control Hedong. Judging from the history of the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan started the incident in Taiyuan and eventually occupied the world. And Liu Wuzhou, who was also a powerful man at the end of the Sui Dynasty, although he once controlled the entire land of Daibei, he was ultimately unable to seize the entire Hedong, let alone seize the world. In the battle between Li Yuan and Liu Wuzhou, the most important thing is the belonging of Taiyuan.

Li Ke used these days to observe Hedong Town secretly, and found that Zheng Congyan is indeed a character who is in and out of the phase, with him, in just a few years, this famous Zheng Prime Minister who has been out of the town of Taiyuan twice, has indeed taken care of Hedong in an orderly manner, like an iron bucket.

With his abilities and prestige. There is Zheng Congyan in one day. The east of the river will be stable for one day.

This time at the bottom. After carefully observing Hedong Town, Li Ke had a very straightforward opinion in his heart.

If he wants to make a comeback, the conventional method will never win against Li Jing. Li Jing owns Shandong, Liaodong, and now half of Hebei. If he wants to fight with Li Jing, his only hope is to take the whole of Hedong before Li Jing unifies Hebei.

And the most critical one of these is that he has to replace Zheng Congyan to control Taiyuan, Hedong, and only control this one of the largest towns in the world. Only then will he have the opportunity to control the entire Hedong, and he will have the opportunity to compete with Li Jing again.

Li Keyong led Lao Kang and Mi Rong's two personal guards to check near the Mouse Bird Valley, this valley is extremely dangerous, although Zheng Congyan only stationed more than a thousand soldiers and horses here. But with the danger of the terrain, a thousand soldiers and horses can completely rely on the mountain to take risks.

Li Keyong pointed to Jiahu Fort, "Taiyuan is the southern gateway to the Mouse Bird Valley, and the key to the Mouse Bird Valley is this Jiahu Fort, where there are a thousand soldiers and horses. It can completely block the attack of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and insist on sending troops to Taiyuan to help. But if there is an elite army, it can adopt the special combat mode of the Qin army. Maybe you don't need to dispatch most of them, only one elite soldier can break through and take this pass, and then lead the troops directly into the city of Taiyuan, and catch the Hedong army by surprise. ”

Shi Yan shook his head, he was originally a guard of Blackstone Fort, but later came under Cheng Huaiyi, and rushed to Yunzhou to report to Li Siyuan. After this dispatch, he led an elite team of scouts to find Li Keyong's whereabouts, and the result really made him find Li Keyong. However, after Li Keyong put his heart on him, he immediately threw Li Siyuan, the new master, aside, and took his team to change their clothes and mix into the auxiliary barracks, secretly protecting Li Keyong.

"It's too difficult to break through a dangerous pass like Fort Jahu with a crack army. Unless it is the Qin army, only they have sharp firearms that can explode quickly, and flying troops that can fall from the sky. And even if the Qin army is dispatched, many of their special combat methods are no longer new, so the success rate is not too high. If you change to other troops, if you want to sneak attack and take the pass, the hope is even slimmer. ”

Li Keyong nodded, he now valued this former guard Yi'er more and more. Regardless of whether Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan were loyal to him or not, he could no longer trust both of them wholeheartedly. And Shi Yan's performance, as well as his ability, made him favored him.

After suffering this defeat, Li Keyong calmed down a lot, although Shi Yan ruthlessly opposed him, he was not only not angry, but also very satisfied. It is not safe to blindly pin the hope of victory in battle on a miracle plan. Li Jing likes to use odd because he can indeed come up with many schemes that others can't think of.

One trick is fresh, eat all over the world.

Li Jing likes to use strange and fresh, but he can't.

"In fact, there is a plan, maybe help the King of Jin to seize Taiyuan!" Shi Yan watched Li Keyong keep staring at the canyon and pondered, how could he not understand what Li Keyong was fighting these ideas, and hesitated at the moment.

Lao Kang and Mi Rong are both just guards, and they are not good at strategy. But they also know that Hedong Town is a strong town in the world, and now Zheng Congyan is handsome, this person has great prestige, and it is difficult to seize Hedong Town from him. They looked at each other, and they all felt that Shi Yan was overblowing.

Even Li Keyong looked at Shi Yan with some doubts. Although he wants to seize Hedong Town, he just thinks about it in his heart, at least, now he is a person who doesn't even dare to reveal his identity, there are only so many dozens of people under his command, and even the Shatuo Army has not regained control, how can he talk about taking Hedong Town?

Shi Yan also saw that everyone didn't believe his words, and his face couldn't help but blush a little.

The bruised stalk said to his neck: "Actually, it is not difficult to capture Hedong Town!" ”

"Really?" Now Li Ke is interested, and he can see that Shi Yan is not just talking big.

"King Jin, if you want to seize Hedong Town, there is a feasible strategy, and the winding path leads to seclusion!"

"What do you mean?" Li Keyong didn't understand the meaning of Shi Yan's words at all.

Shi Yan stepped forward, approached Li Ke and whispered, Li Ke listened with his ears, the expression on his face gradually changed, and the one-eyed one at the end of the last one widened, unspeakable shock, surprise, shock, surprise (to be continued......