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At the festival hall of the Yacheng General's Mansion in Youzhou, King Yan and Liu Yue, the commander of the Lu Long Army, convened an emergency military meeting.

Those attending the meeting were the Ya Army of Lu Long, the surrendered army, the Ningwu Army, the Qingyi Army, the Guangbian Army, the four fronts of the Shanhou Eight Army, the newly built Shanhou Eight Army, and the generals and representatives of the Yinhulu Army, the Yinan Army, the Dingbadu and other armies, as well as the governors of each state.

Now that Liu Yue is called the King of Yan, the territory of Youzhou Town is actually reduced by half compared to the original one.

Yingzhou lost its actual control many years ago, and then Pingzhou was cut off by Li Jing. Later, in the civil turmoil in Youzhou, Liu Yue explained that Li Keju's general Li Quanzhong drove away Li Keju, and Youzhou was divided into three parts, and was actually controlled by Liu Yue, Fan Xinglong and Li Quanzhong respectively. Fan Xinglong took advantage of Li Jing's battle with the Khitan and was persuaded by the Khitans to retake Pingzhou. As a result, Li Jing made a profit in advance and fought against the Khitan in the battle between Liaoxi. Fan Xinglong retreated in fear, but his subordinate Ji Tan's four army envoys to kill Fan Xinglong and offer Ji Tan's two states to surrender Li Jing.

Li Quanzhong captured the Yiwu Army and became the King of Yiwu Army. Although Mozhou was returned to Youzhou Town, Yingzhou was then placed under the Yiwu Army.

The five prefectures of Ying, Ping, Ji, Tan and Ying were successively drawn from Youzhou. In the hands of Liu Yue, the king of Yan, there were only You, Zhuo, Gui, and Mozhou. Among them, Liu Rengong, the governor of Mozhou, was named his subordinate. But in fact, he was like Li Quanzhong at the time. He was an uncontrolled military leader who listened to the tune and did not listen to Xuan.

The dignified King of Yan could only guard the three towns, which was extremely angry for Liu Yue.

Since forming an alliance with the three towns, Liu Yue always wanted to expand his territory, but Li Quanzhong's Yiwu army in the southwest, Xi people and Tatars in the northwest, and Li Jing, the killing talent in the northeast. Although he wanted to start from the Yichang army in the southeast, it was close to Ziqing Town. It was also Li Jing's territory. Moreover, although Chengde and Wei Bo were allies, they were unwilling to stretch their hands too far.

After thinking about it, Liu Yue had to think of a new solution in the end.

That is, to build several states on the current four state territories.

Finally, on the territory of Guizhou, the three states of Ru, Wu and Xin were divided into one Shunzhou in the Lushui area between Youzhou and Tanzhou.

In this way, Liu Yue's territory had eight states, You, Zhuo, Mo, Gui, Shun, Xin, Wu, and Ru. Although the territory was still the territory, at least the name sounded much louder. In the blink of an eye, Youzhou Town immediately became the town with the most prefectures under the four towns in Hebei, with two more towns than the six towns in Weibo.

Of course, Liu Yue's actions were not all for the sake of fame.

The biggest purpose of the new four states is to strengthen control over the Lu Long Army. The real purpose of this move is to weaken the strength of the leaders of the Lu Long Army.

Especially the original Guizhou was divided into four, mainly for the surrendered army, Qingyi army, Ningwu army and Guangbian army of Guizhou. Originally, Ningwu army was controlled by the Gao family, but the Gao family completely surrendered to Li Jing three years ago, and then moved away from each other. However, the key area between Youzhou and the court is the key area of ​​Guizhou basin outside the military gate. In order to prevent any action of surrendering to the enemy like Gao Shunli family in the past.

Liu Yue finally divided Guizhou into four prefectures, and then appointed the governor of the four prefectures as the commander of the four prefectures, restraining each other and strengthening control. Finally, Shunzhou was established between Tanyou as a buffer for the north of Youzhou after the loss of Tanzhou.

After some adjustments, the four armies of the surrendered army, the Qingyi army, the Ningwu army and the Guangbian army were now called the Shanqian army. They were stationed in several basin areas between Taihang Mountain and Yin Mountain, and were the main force of the vanguard of Youzhou's defense official army. Each arm of the fourth army was under 3,000 troops, totaling 12,000.

In addition, after Liu Yue formed an alliance with the four towns, he recruited troops and built the Eighth Army in Shanhou. The Eighth Army in Shanhou was originally meant to be the north of the mountain, which was the north of Yanshan Mountain and the territory of Youzhou, which was Tan and Gui belonged to the North of Shanhou. Liu Yue ordered the newly recruited Eighth Army in Shanhou, which had a very obvious meaning. The Four Armies in Shanhou were the official army to guard against Datong, and the purpose of the Eighth Army in Shanhou was to prevent Li Jing from the beginning.

The Eight Army behind the Mountain also has three thousand troops, while the Eight Army has a total of 24,000, almost all of them are infantry.

In addition to the new army of the Eight Army behind Shanhou, Liu Yue also held the most elite Ya Army in Youzhou Town, a total of eight thousand elite soldiers, three thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry. Then there were three troops, the Yinhulu Army and the Yinan Army, and the Dingbadu Army.

These three armies are all armies dominated by the Hu people.

Dingba had 8,000 soldiers. Originally, it was formed by Li Maoxun's recruitment of Uighurs. It was always commanded by Li Maoxun's guard general Liu Rengong. Liu Yue, Li Quanzhong, Fan Xinglong attacked Li Keju, and Liu Rengong finally returned to Youzhou and gathered the troops. Until now, Dingba's capital has 8,000 soldiers, but the Uighur cavalry only has 3,000, and the remaining 5,000 are infantry, mainly Han people in Hebei.

The Yin Hu Lu Army and the Yin An Army are also Hu cavalry!

The Yinhulu army had three thousand cavalry, mainly the Xi people who settled in Youzhou, and had extremely strong archery skills, so they were named Hu Lu, who was carrying arrows.

The Yinan Army also had three thousand cavalry, both of which were mainly Hu people, but were mainly Khitans who settled in Youzhou Town. Because of their excellent horsemanship, they were named after the Khitan carved saddles and named Yinan Army.

All the troops in Youzhou Town have 58,000 soldiers and horses, but in fact, the cavalry is 16,000 and the infantry is 42,000.

Liu Yue is an old Lu Long army leader. He has been a general of the Lu Long army for generations in his family. He has been in the army for thirty-two years. Finally, at the age of fifty, he ascended the position of commander of Lu Long army and became the King of Yan.

To be fair, Liu Yue did not have any commendable abilities. Although he had been in the army for 32 years, he had no outstanding performance on the battlefield. However, he was very skilled under the battlefield. In addition, the biggest preference of the King of Yan was gambling. He once did something to lose all his six-year salary overnight. However, Liu Yue liked to bet, but his gambling products were good. He had a good reputation at the gambling table and never missed the debt.

At this time, Liu Yue's eyes were covered with blood and his face was pale, like a gambler who was about to lose all his chips at the gambling table.

Fear, regret, but with a hint of luck.

Liu Yue glanced at the generals and said in a heavy tone: "Everyone, the news from Shanxian has been sent back, the Tang army in Datong is frequently mobilized. It is estimated that the Tang army seems to be ready to start attacking our army."

Speaking of this, Liu Yue waved to the guard behind him, "Now, there is a worse news to tell you. Li Jing has taken action against us. Within three days, our Shunzhou has been captured. I believe everyone will listen to some rumors. Now let the Shunzhou Governor Yuan Xingqin introduce it carefully to you."

Yuan Xing, who was only 35 years old, stood up and saluted everyone.

Yuan Xingqin lowered his head and said in a panic: "The last time I am incompetent. Shunzhou will be lost in three days. Please ask the king to deal with it."

The generals did not know who Yuan Xingqin was before. After the establishment of the four prefectures this time, Yuan Xingqin was appointed as the governor of Shunzhou in Youzhou, and let the generals speculate privately for a long time, not knowing what background he was behind him. Now all the generals have heard some news. Yuan Xingqin was originally a general of Dingbadu, and was considered to be Liu Rengong's subordinate. Somehow he was appointed as the governor of Shunzhou, so naturally no one talked too much.

Liu Yue had little anger on his face and said, "Your opponent this time is Li Jing, and your troops do not have many soldiers, this is not a crime of war. General Yuan, let me tell you about the scale of Li Jing's troops this time."

Yuan Xingqin glanced at the general and then said, "This sudden invasion of the Northeast Army was Li Jing who led his troops to come. However, he did not dispatch many troops and horses. It has been found out that Li Jing led only 10,000 troops."

"Only ten thousand?" Hearing this, several generals looked at him with suspicious eyes.

If Li Jing's 200,000 soldiers and horses were invaded Youzhou, how could he lead only 10,000 people to come, and he would come in person? Especially if Li Jing had only 10,000 soldiers, Shunzhou was captured by Li Jing in only three days. Although Shunzhou had only about 3,000 soldiers, he would have been defended by the city. If only 3,000 invasions were in, he would not only guard for three days.

Although Wang Sitong, the envoy of the Yinhulu Army, and Li Chengyue, the envoy of the Yinan Army, were commanded by the Hu soldiers, they were all Han people. Lu Long's army had a powerful military head with strong soldiers. The two of them swept over Wuxingqin, and their eyes were full of contempt. Li Jing had only 10,000 people, but he actually lost Shunzhou in three days.

"Although Li Jing led a few ten thousand troops, they should not be underestimated. The two armies dispatched this time were the two armies of Guanhe and Shengjie, both of which were the most elite cavalry under Li Jing." Liu Yue explained to Yuan Xingqin.

"Chenhe Army, Golden Armor wins the Jie Army!" Hearing these two names, the hall immediately became silent. Li Jing had nearly 100,000 soldiers under his command, and had almost twenty armies, but the Guanhe Army and the Shengjie Army were among the elite.

Liu Rengong sat there, looking at Liu Yue's frightened look, and his heart suddenly moved.

He laughed loudly on purpose and said, "If Li Jing really came here in person this time and only brought Guanhe and Shengjie army, then after Li Jing took Shunzhou, he would not continue to attack Youzhou."

"Envoy Liu, what does this mean? Li Jing is now recognized as the first general. When he entered Youzhou, he only led 20,000 troops?"

"Yes, Liu Enjun, how can I determine that Li Jing is not really planning to attack Youzhou this time?"

"Maybe Li Jing won't come to attack Youzhou, maybe his eyes are military gates. As long as he takes military gates, the Gui, Wu, Ru, and the new four states will be cut and surrounded."

The generals in the hall started talking in a slight manner.

Liu Rengong reached out to press the pressure, calming the generals.

The generals immediately calmed down, and Liu Yue, all looked at Liu Rengong.

"What you said makes sense, but you only know one thing, not the other."

Wang Sitong clasped his fists and said, "I wish to listen to the noble opinions of the envoy Liu."

Liu Rengong nodded and smiled, "Does the generals think Li Jing is loyal to the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Chengyue nodded and responded: "Li Jing may have been loyal to Li Tang two years ago, but now Li Jingxiong is in control of the pass, and his troops are strong, how can he truly surrender to the weak court? Judging from Li Jing's actions, he is just maintaining his superficial skills."

"Yes, everyone knows Li Jing's heart. I haven't rebelled now, but it's more beneficial to have us help him control the court and keep his current identity. Since that's the case, then maintaining the status quo is definitely more beneficial to Li Jing than the court's stability. If Li Jing attacks us with all his strength at this time, our four towns in Hebei may be destroyed under the attacks on both sides of the court. If the four towns in Hebei are pacified, it will only be more beneficial to the court. Li Jing will definitely know the truth about losing his lips and cold teeth," he said.

Everyone heard it a little reason, but someone still asked: "If so, why would Li Jing have to attack Shunzhou?"

"When we are confronting the court, how can Li Jing not take advantage?" Liu Rengong thought he was very clear about Li Jing's character. For this reason, he expected that Li Jing was just here to take advantage this time, not really going to fight Lulong Town. "The current situation, Li Jing and us are indeed cold in their lips, but don't forget that there are times when they fight with their teeth and tongue. If their lips are cold in their teeth, our relationship with Li Jing is still enemies and not friends. However, given that Li Jing only leads 10,000 cavalry south, Li Jing should be here to take advantage this time, rather than actually fighting to the decisive battle. Therefore, I thought that if we immediately sent someone to discuss peace with Li Jing, as long as we say it is powerful, I believe that Li Jing will not be able to gain a better position. After all, he must understand the truth that the lips are cold in their teeth than we do."

After hearing his analysis, Liu Yue finally felt a little confident.

If Li Jing was really determined to attack Yan, then they would definitely not be able to stop him under the attack between the court and Li Jing. Even if there were three allies in the south, Liu Yue did not think it was reliable.

Although Liu Yue was also worried that Li Jing would become more and more aggressive and invade little by little, after losing Ji Tanping the three states, the northern gate of Youzhou had already been opened.

However, compared with Li Jing's threat, the court's threat came more severely. Compared with the two harms, we can only ask Li Jing for the sake of the whole thing for the time being.

"Okay." Liu Yue nodded and said to Liu Rengong, "This plan was proposed by Liu Envoy, and no one is more suitable for this mission than Liu Envoy. I will ask Liu Envoy to go to Liao Camp in person. It must mean that Li Jing stops going south!"

Liu Rengong had long expected that the task would finally fall on him, but he did not refuse. He nodded and responded: "Making a decision to do his best will mean that Li Jing ceases to fight."

Liu Yue nodded, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "As long as Li Jing can get a truce, we can make some concessions appropriately."

Wu Xingqin said with some concern: "King, if you give in to Li Jing, you will probably make Li Jing think that we are weak and good. If he is at that time, he will take the opportunity to seize Shunzhou today and take Mozhou again in the future, what should we do? Instead of giving in step by step and being cut off by Li Jing's blunt knife, it is better to take the initiative and take the troops to the north while the northwest is still stable, immediately gather troops to repel Li Jing, regain Shun, Tan, Ji, and other states. At least, you have to take back Shunzhou, indicating that we are not the targets that Li Jing can bully."

It should be said that Wu Xingqin's proposal is still valuable. The government army in the west and Li Jing in the east are both enemies and not friends. The army in the west is in the hands of Taihang, which is safe for a while. But now that the east has lost Pingzhou, the door has been opened. Compared with the threat of the government army, Li Jing in the northeast has a greater threat.

But Liu Yue didn't agree, or he could not raise his will to fight against Li Jing at all. At present, Li Jing had no plans to attack Youzhou on a large scale, so he pretended not to see it. He luckily hoped that Li Jing would not invade, or hoped that he could hold on until he could defeat the court first and then turn around to confront Li Jing.

"At present, our main enemy is the Tang army in the west, so it is not appropriate to take the initiative but provoke Li Jing. Therefore, we still need to slow down our troops against Li Jing and use all our strength to deal with the Tang army in the west."
Chapter completed!