Shanxi, about 20 miles east of Dingzhou Prefecture City, there was also a very tired army resting in a hurry in a military horse camp.￡∝,

This so-called camp is also a piece of grass. The villages have not been set up. I just tied up some deer villages with spears and placed them randomly as support.

The tents were not neatly arranged in the camp, and each tent was stuffed with several times of people, and they were crowded with them. The tent smelled so badly, but the soldiers inside just slept.

Most of these soldiers were wearing red coats of the Eastern Tang Army, obviously pursuers commanded by Li Yan. However, some people were wearing clothes of ordinary people, with no leather armor under their heads, some were holding helmets in their arms, and some did not even have helmets. They were all children or vassals of Shanxi who joined along the way. Shanxi was mountainous and had a complex terrain, which was not conducive to the cavalry's performance, but was conducive to the hiding of the people. Therefore, when the Mongolian invaded, the powerful powers were maintained well. The powerful powers were often appointed as the general manager of the prefectures and counties, and in fact they were separatist. The less powerful powers occupied several hills and dominated the king.

However, the farmers who do not want to be local owners are not good farmers, and the powerful people who do not want to be warlords and officials are not very powerful!

Therefore, seeing that the Taiyuan War was defeated, what else can everyone hesitate? Hurry up and surrender to the Tang Dynasty and make a founding hero in the future! So Li Yu set out from Taiyuan and pursued and fought all the way, but the more soldiers and horses they fought! When he left Taiyuan, he only brought more than 30,000 people, and now he has no less than 70,000 people!

The Emperor of Tang Dynasty estimated that when his army crossed the Taihang Mountains, 100,000 troops would be able to get together! If he could contact Chen Dexing, the two families would fight side by side and eliminate the Mongols who invaded Henan.

The problem now is that Chen Dexing may ask for more benefits! Perhaps he would ask for Hebei to the east of Taihang. The Daqing River (a river formed by the original Shandong section of the Yellow River after the Yellow River seized the Huai River and entered the sea).

If Chen Dexing really made this request, Li Qi was ready to grit his teeth and accept it. After all, defeating Mongolia is the top priority. As for Chen Dexing and the Song Dynasty, they can only be dealt with slowly in the future.

Perhaps he doesn't have to consider this issue during his lifetime. After all, the Central Plains suffered too much losses in the past few decades of war and could not even recover without decades of rest.

Just as Li Yan was thinking about how to do a benevolent government after the war and rest with the people, there was a disturbance outside his tent, and then he heard another shouting: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is here."

Then he saw a curtain lifting the door of the big tent, and a man of twenty-seven or eight years old walked in with a happy face. It was Li Yanjian, the prince of Li Yan.

"Father, I'm so happy!" Li Yanjian didn't even have time to salute, so he reported the good news to Li Yan loudly.

"Great joy? Where did the joy come from?" Li Qi looked at his son and suddenly thought of something, "Is it because of the news from the east of Taihang Mountain? Contact Chen Dexing?"

Li Yanjian just shook his head and said, "There is no need to contact Chen Dexing, there is better news! Wang Dechen surrendered to us!"

"who?"

"Wang Dechen! Gong Chang Wang Dechen!"

"What?" Li Yu was shocked and stood up suddenly, "Is it a misunderstanding? The territory of the Wang family is at the foot of Liupan Mountain. If he dares to rebel, Kublai Khan will kill all the nine tribes of the Wang family?"

"Kublai can't kill the nine clans of Wang!" Someone suddenly answered loudly outside the tent, and then the sound of armor sounded. A large man from Longxi strode into the tent. Seeing Li Yan, he was about to bow down and kowtow. Li Yan immediately stopped him: "What kind of gift did Brother Shunfu give? Get up and talk... Brother Shunfu, how did you come in person? Is there something wrong in Hebei?"

The person who came in was Wang Dechen, that is, Wang Tiange (the name of Brother Tian was given by Brother Mengge). After hearing Li Yan’s question, he smiled bitterly: “The emperor is wise, and Zhending Mansion has now been occupied by King Chen Ming. How about you say Kublai Khan can still deal with me?”

Li Yiteng stood up, his eyes as lightning as lightning. He stared at Wang Dechen tightly, and only spit out two words: "Take it serious?"

"How isn't it true!" Wang Dechen said, "I got the news the night before yesterday. Several officials from Zhending Mansion's rebellion ran into the wife's gate! My younger brother asked them personally that King Chen Ming's army entered Zhending Mansion three days ago, and there were always 30,000 to 40,000 combat soldiers!"

Li Yu's face had a complicated expression, and he walked a few steps in the big tent, and looked back and said to Wang Dechen: "Brother Shunfu, how many people do you have in your hands? How many people do Batulu have? Can they still fight?"

Wang Dechen bowed and replied: "To be honest, I have brought great losses to Shanxi. Now there are 3,000 people who can fight, but they are all elite soldiers in a hundred battles! As for Batulu's hands... if I ignore my three thousand, there are still 23,000 people, half of them are Mongolian host soldiers. They are defeated, and they have no good swords and armor, so they are not very resistant to fighting. If the emperor sends elite soldiers quickly, he will definitely win a complete victory."

Li Yanjian habitually showed a hesitant and thoughtful expression on his face. Li Yanjian knew his father's personality best and had to think about the big things for a long time. It was really not a character of fighting for the chaotic times.

The prince of the Tang Dynasty stomped his feet and said, "Father, if the Tang Dynasty still wanted to have Hebei, it would not be delayed anymore. If the Ming Dynasty had all Hebei, I am afraid that it would be hard to say who China belongs to!"

Li Feng took a breath, that's the reason! Chen Dexing would have a place in Hebei and Yanyun, whether it was population, army or financial resources, he would be far superior to the Tang Dynasty. Will he be willing to be the "Liao Lord"?

"Father, don't hesitate, advance quickly. No matter what, we have to drive our 70,000 troops to Zhending City! Otherwise, the hard work of the father for more than 30 years will be wasted!"

Li Yan suddenly stopped, looked back at his son, and focused his attention: "Yes! We must drive the army east of Taihang Mountain as soon as possible! Yan Jian, quickly draft an order for me, and asked Shi Tianze, Zhang Rou, and Wang Wentong to lead troops out of Xinkou to recruit heroes from northern Jin, and then station large troops at Feihukou."

The east of Feihukou is Yizhou, and the east of Yizhou is Yanjing! Li Yu's deployment was to threaten Yanjing with Shi Tianze and Zhang Rou's troops. He then annexed the east of Taihang, echoing the troops of Li Yanguo in Jinan, so as to force Chen Dexing to retreat to Yanyun.

Kublai Khan is likely to have been defeated now. Without the tens of thousands of elite soldiers around Kublai Khan and Kublai Khan, Mongolia could not control the Central Plains. Being able to return to Hetao through Guanzhong was already a great fortune. The Song State was vulnerable, and the future world would not be the Ming Dynasty... At this moment, the Tang Dynasty even gritted its teeth and wanted to compete with Chen Ming!

Chen Ming's master Chen Dexing had no intention of competing for the world with his father-in-law Taishan at this time. Because he knew that Kublai Khan's army was following his butt, and his "refugee army" had grown to 170,000 to 180,000 when he left Zhending City. There were a lot of people, but only 30,000 to 40,000, and the one who could fight was the 14,000 people he brought out from Yanjing.

However, the number of 170,000 to 180,000 is not completely useless. At least it is huge. Walking on the Hebei Plain is like a torrent without a head and tail! If you meet a more timid opponent, you will be scared away. In history, every peasant uprising that occurred in ancient China would use this tactic of holding the people to boost the momentum. However, only knowing that the tyrant will not be organized and utilized, nor a reliable base will not lead to any good results in the end. Fortunately, Chen Dexing has both organization and territory.

In addition to its massive momentum, there is another advantage to entangling the people, which is that every time a war occurs, it can drive the people to consume their opponents. Their elites will wait for the enemy to wait until the enemy is exhausted before rushing to kill. This method is what Kublai Khan, who has just entered the Zhending City, burned into ruins, is worried.

Yes, Zhending City has been burned to pieces! Apart from the surrounding city walls, there are no complete buildings inside. As for the arsonist, it is not someone else, but Chen Dexing, who always says that he is a benevolent king.

Last time, Dinghai Port was set on fire in Mingzhou of the Southern Song Dynasty, and then Haijin Town on Yanjing Road. Now, Huahua Zhending Mansion was burned again. He is really a great benevolent king!

However, setting fire to the city is a must! Otherwise, who would lose his great home and follow the journey of thousands of miles?

Standing at the head of Zhending City and staring at the city that was devastated by fire for a long time, the Mongolian Khan Kublai Khan suddenly snorted coldly, as if he wanted to express his depression in his heart. He was really depressed. He originally wanted his tens of thousands of Mongolian troops to burn, kill and plunder in Zhending City! Unexpectedly, Chen Dexing, the thief, took the lead!

"Shan, let me take my men and horses to chase me!" Brother Wanhu Changtou Yan walked up to the city gate tower with a look of bad luck and knelt on one knee at the Mongolian Khan. "The Chen thief has plundered more than 100,000 people, and travels only twenty or thirty miles a day. Some people and horses can catch up in a day and one night!"

Kublai Khan glanced at him, "What if he catches up? There are at least 20,000 elite troops around Chen Zhe! Even if all the 50,000 troops here are going, they may not have a chance of winning!"

"But Khan, a good Zhending Mansion was destroyed like this. If Chen Thief continued to make trouble like this, I am afraid that Shunde, Guangping, Daming and other roads would be ruined. What if he crossed the Yellow River again, what should I do?"

"Cross the river?" Kublai Khan snorted, "No! Chen thief finally had some kindness! If I commanded the army, I would have rushed into Henan all the way, and there would be no grass left wherever I passed! If so, my Mongolians would not be able to gain a foothold in Henan, and my great knight would be over."
Chapter completed!