Chapter 793 Li Siyuan
They brought the loss of Zhigu Pass and his wife was captured. The King of Jin led 3,000 people to reinforce but fell into a trap. He was ambushed twenty miles south of Zhigu Pass and disappeared after the defeat. When the news of his disappearance, the "ravaged general" Li Siyuan was killing people in Yunzhou City.
It was a cold morning, and the wilderness in Daibei was as strong as the grassland outside the border. The vassal state of Datong Army, Yunzhou, was already at the feet of his Shatu people. Since the defeat of the Battle of Daibei several years ago, the Shatu people finally returned again.
The troops of the three tribes of Datong were defeated at Yanmen Pass. Li Siyuan did not miss the opportunity. Despite the opposition of the generals, he led 30,000 elite soldiers from the pass out, chasing them all the way, without giving the three tribes a chance to breathe and reply. Li Hengchong's troops were like the waves of the sea, and like the strong wind on the grassland, one gust was tight and another, violently and constantly striking the defeated soldiers of the three tribes.
The three tribes went from small defeat to big defeat, success from failure to eventually turn into defeat, and then there was no resistance.
Li Siyuan chased the defeated soldiers, conquered Shuozhou, and then chased them all the way, and finally chased them to Yunzhou and seized Yunzhou.
Outside Yunzhou City, the cockfighting platform, where Li Keyong and seven generals of Yunzhou were cut alive and Duan Wenchu and other imperial officials were blowing, the wind was blew and the rain was falling!
Early in the morning, the blood was already flowing here, and the cut-off heads were inserted into wooden stakes on both sides of the ten-mile road from Yunzhou to Fighting Jitai, which was extremely terrifying.
There are men, women, elderly, and children on the heads.
Anyone who drew a clear line with people after the defeat of the Shatuo people and even brought harm to others, as well as those who betrayed them, were caught and beheaded one by one.
However, the main people who were killed were the people of the three tribes, the Anqing tribe, the Sage tribe, the Qibi tribe, and Li Hengchong issued a very strict order to the people of the three tribes, and retaliated against them for their betrayal of Shatuo and this time, this time.
In particular, Li Hengchong, the Anqing tribe and Sage tribe, which were originally called the three tribes of Shatuo, directly ordered that all men who were above three feet taller than a horizontal sword were killed, the elderly women were also killed, and the remaining young women were distributed to the soldiers who had made meritorious as slaves.
At first, the men of the tribe who were about to be killed were still cursing. Later, when Li Siyuan's swordsman was tired of chopping, he directly lined up the tribes who were about to be executed, and the ones who were about to be executed were executed. This cruel execution finally caused the strong tribes to collapse. The most captive among the prisoners was Shi Jingcun of the Anqing tribe. During the ambush at Yanmen, he was seriously injured in many places. He was trapped in a heavy siege and was captured. He was unconscious for many days and had just woken up.
Seeing Li Siyuan's ruthless methods, Shi Jingcun couldn't help but turn pale. His body, which was still in a weak state, was trembling constantly, and a look of pain appeared on his face.
Two tall Shatuo sword and axemen tightly raised his shoulders and pulled his arm to the execution platform. No matter how Shi Jingcun struggled, he was still getting closer and closer to the blood-stained wooden stake.
"Botrayer, when you betrayed Shatu, you should have known that this day would be there!" Li Siyuan stood on the side with a heavy sword with both hands and said coldly, "You shouldn't betray us at the beginning. Now, you will pay the price. Let's wait for the killing. No one can save you. Even Li Jing can't save you. Those who betray Shatu must die, don't resist!"
Then facing death, Shi Jingcun could not calmly face it. He kicked and beat him wildly. The two swords and axes called two helpers. Four strong men held the poor guy together and pressed his head firmly on the wooden stake.
"When you arrive in the underworld, tell the King of Hell that you died because of betraying Shatu!" Li Siyuan said in a cold voice like the cold wind, "Those who betray Shatu will never escape our revenge!"
Li Siyuan pulled out his big sword with both hands and waved it down hard. The big sword cut off Shi Jingcun's neck with one sword. A cavity of blood splattered, and the head rolled out of Xu Yuan, and his eyes were still dying with his eyes.
Throwing the sword to the personal guard, Li Siyuan discovered that three people riding horses came to the guillotine, led by his personal guard.
Li Siyuan recognized one of the knights as Shi Yan. This strong guy, who was like a big bull, was a warrior in Shatuo's army. He dealt with ten strong soldiers alone. This guy used to be the guard of the King of Jin and fought with real swords and guns all the way. Now he should be the general in Black Stone Fort. In short, Shi Yan is actually the adopted son of King of Jin and his righteous brother. However, relatively speaking, Shi Yan is not as close to and trust as King of Jin, but this guy is definitely a powerful general.
The two did not have much friendship in private, but seeing Shi Yan appear here at this time still surprised him. He looked at the few people, "Is there something happened, General Shi!"
Shi Yan jumped off his horse and quickly walked to him with a heavy face, "What a big deal happened, Zhigu Pass was lost, and his wife and General Li Kening were captured. The King of Jin did not know, so he led three thousand soldiers to go there, but was ambushed by Li Jing twenty miles outside Zhigu Pass. The three thousand soldiers were gone, and the King of Jin was missing, and his whereabouts were unknown, and his life and death were unknown." He told the evil deeds in a deep tone.
Li Siyuan was stunned on the spot, his mind full of that sentence: his wife was captured. At this time, he suddenly discovered that in the face of two major bad news, the wife was captured and the defeat and disappearance of the King of Jin, he was more concerned about the wife's capture.
"How is this possible?"
As far as he knew, Li Jing did not have many troops to attack Daibei, all of which were only more than 50,000, and many of them were auxiliary soldiers. Moreover, Li Jing captured several states and had to divide his troops to guard the army. At most, more than 30,000 soldiers could be used. His wife guarded Zhigu Pass and had more than 40,000 people in his hands with General Li Kening. Why did Zhigu Pass fall so quickly? Moreover, when he and King Jin divided the troops with King Jin, there were 10,000 cavalry in his hands, but why did he take 3,000 people to Zhigu Pass with three thousand people? What about the remaining troops? Even if there were only 3,000 people, how could the King of Jin be ambushed by Li Jing all at once?
There were countless questions circling in his mind, making him unable to believe Shi Yan's words.
"Everything is Li Jing's conspiracy!" Shi Yan lowered his head and said. "Li Jing had not been able to surround Zhigu Pass before, so that his wife could send troops to rescue from Yanmen so that the three troops of Datong could take the opportunity to attack Yanmen. Then he used his wife to lead the King of Jin back to reinforce. After the King of Jin dropped the large army and led the cavalry back to Taihang Mountain, he immediately sent a surprise force to raid the Black Stone Fort and Feihu City, and then seized Zhigu Pass and encircled the King of Jin."
"Aren't you guarding Black Stone Fort? Why can't you defend it? Li Jing has only 30,000 people in his hands. How could he attack both Zhigu Pass and Black Stone Fort?"
Shi Yan has been feeling guilty these days. It can be said that the fall of Black Stone Fort was the beginning of this series of disasters. "Li Jing mobilized two very powerful troops," he told Li Siyuan, "that is an air force. It fell from the sky. No matter how dangerous the level is, it cannot stop them."
Li Siyuan was thinking about what kind of air force Li Jing had, which was so powerful. But now these are no longer the most urgent matter. The most important thing at the moment is to figure out the entire situation of Shatuo.
"Where did you come from? When did the wife be captured and when did the King of Jin disappear?"
"After the fall of Black Stone Fort, I fled the battlefield and rushed to Feihu City to report the news. But as soon as I arrived at Feihu City, the Qin army pioneer also arrived. Seeing that Feihu was difficult to defend, I rushed to Lingqiu again, caught up with King Jin, and reported to him. After hearing the news, the King of Jin was determined to go to Zhigu Pass to bring his wife back. He asked General Cheng Huaiyi to take 7,000 troops to guard Lingqiu and take 3,000 people to Zhigu Pass himself." Shi Yan recalled: "But that happened five days ago. In fact, it was in Jin.
The night before Wang Gang left Feihu City, Li Jing had already sent troops to cross the small road to break through three military camps in Zhigu Pass, and crossed the rear road to break through Zhigu Pass City guarded by General Li Kening. Then Li Jing led his troops to surround his wife and prepare to ambush the valley where Li Jing was, forcing his wife to surrender without fighting. When the King of Jin, who was still unaware of the situation, arrived outside Zhigu Pass the next night, Li Jing had already set up a dozen ambushings. When the King of Jin was in a daze, he was completely out of his life and death."
"You said that the wife surrendered without fighting?" Li Siyuan was a little puzzled and looked at Shi Yan in confusion. The wife was definitely not that kind of person.
"In fact, the wife was about to fight against Li Jing at that time, but Li Jing's killer sneaked into her, stabbed Jing Niang to death, held her wife away, and then Jing Shisanniang ordered her to surrender without a fight."
Li Cunxin, who came to hear the news, was shocked when he heard this result. He looked at Shi Yan a few times and suddenly said, "Mrs. The King of Jin is missing, why are you safe?"
"At that time, I was too tired and fainted after catching up with King Jin in Lingqiu and reported the news. King Jin asked General Cheng to take me back to Lingqiu City. Then we learned about the loss of Zhigu Pass and King Jin's disappearance. General Cheng led his troops to evacuate Lingqiu City and retreated to Taixi Pass on the border of Wei Dai. Then he sent me to report to Yanmen. When I arrived at Yanmen, I realized that the general had defeated the invading Three Datong tribes. I chased him all the way and only caught up until now."
When Li Hengchong heard that even Lingqiu City was lost, his face became a little gloomy again.
"Speak bad news together."
Shi Yan coughed a few times, "Also, the general should know that Lingqiu City is the main road leading to Hebei, connecting Feihu Xing and Puyin Xing. Now Heishi Fort, Feihu City, Lingqiu City, and Zijing Pass are all lost. The two main roads, Feihu Xing and Puyin Xing, are completely under the control of the Qin army."
"In this way, our 50,000 infantrymen and Wang Jingchong's 80,000 reinforcements were blocked east of the Taihang Mountains and could not come?" Li Siyuan stared at Shi Yandao in a low voice.
"Li Jing controls Feihu Xing and Puyin Xing, and there will be no reinforcements. Unless they can also create an air force like Li Jing, otherwise, they will not be able to conquer Zijing Pass in a short time." Shi Yan said helplessly.
"We have to find King Jin and save the wife!" Li Siyuan said with a tight fist.
"It has been five days since the King of Jin disappeared on the battlefield. Maybe King of Jin has died in battle." Li Cunxin said coldly, "Even if King of Jin is still alive, the entire Weizhou is under the control of Li Jing. King of Jin is trapped alone in the enemy territory and is very likely to fall into Li Jing's hands. As for his wife, he is already in Li Jing's hands, maybe..."
"Maybe something?" Li Siyuan glared and glared at Li Cunxin fiercely. He knew very well what Li Cunxin was going to say, but he would never accept that.
"Li Jing is not a gentleman. He has many wives and concubines. I heard that Li Jing has always favored his wife and admired her very much." Li Cunxin said deliberately.
"Bang!" Li Siyuan couldn't bear it anymore and punched Li Cunxin in the face, causing him to bleed in his nose, rolling on the muddy ground, feeling embarrassed.
"Come here, tie up Li Cunxin and detain and take care of him!"
"Li Siyuan, I am Du Yuhou, who is in charge of military law and supervises you. You have no right to arrest me!"
Li Siyuan glanced at Li Cunxin coldly, spitted on the ground beside him, and said to the guards on the side disdainfully: "Take them down and take them under strict supervision!"
"Li Siyuan, you are taking the opportunity to eliminate strangers, and you are planning to take the opportunity to seize the military power of Shatuo. You want to replace the King of Jin..." Li Cunxin struggled and shouted, but unfortunately no one should stop him. Even if Ru Shi Yan and others were not close to Li Siyuan in the past, they couldn't help but think in their hearts that King of Jin was defeated and disappeared, their wife was captured, and the old patriarch was assassinated. Several brothers of King of Jin were still young, and a few of them had some skills, such as Li Kexiu and Li Kening, were now defeated and captured by Li Jing. King of Jin was defeated and became the captives of Li Jing.
Among the many adopted sons, Li Siyuan is now the deputy commander of the army. He had just won the Yanmen counterattack and captured the two states of Yunshuo in one fell swoop. He had a very high prestige. The other adopted sons in charge, Li Sizhao, Li Cunzhang, Li Sien, and Li Si were all still in Hebei, separated from the east of Taihang Mountain. Li Cunjin, Li Cunxin, and Li Cunjin were not qualified enough. Compared with Li Siyuan, Li Cunxin is now escorted again. The entire Shatuo Army, the four states of Xin, Yun and Shuo are now completely controlled by Li Siyuan, and decided in one sentence.
Even if Li Siyuan really has any ideas, no one will stand up and say anything at this time.
"We want to find King Jin and save his wife!" After tying and detaining Li Cunxin, Li Siyuan's move to kill chickens and warn monkeys was extremely effective. Even Li Cunxin, who was responsible for military supervision, was locked up by Li Siyuan. At this time, who dared to ignore Li Siyuan's prestige?
"The King of Jin is trapped in the enemy territory of Weizhou. If you want to find it, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack." Shi Yan said in a low voice.
Li Siyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, which was a sign before getting angry.
Shi Yan continued: "I mean King Jin must be retrieved, but I guess King Jin will still be alive now, otherwise the Qin army would definitely promote the news of King Jin's death. Judging from the current movement, the Qin army has not found King Jin yet. I predict that King Jin may be injured and is now hiding in a mountain near Zhigu Pass. If we want to save King Jin, we can only send a small group of people to search for it."
Li Siyuan nodded.
"General, I think that although it is important to retrieve King Jin and save the wife now, in addition to this, I think we should also consider how to retake Weizhou. At least we should open up Feihu Xing and Puyin Xing, reconnect Yizhou, and get a convergence with our Hebei soldiers and the soldiers in Chengde Town." Shi Yan continued to say carefully.
Li Siyuan said in a deep voice: "This major decision must be made after the King of Jin comes back!"
"General, the current situation is special, and the King of Jin is not sure how to make a decision. Besides, the general is not allowed to accept the orders of the king outside, not to mention that the general is already the deputy commander appointed by the King of Jin. The King of Jin is missing and his wife is not here. For the sake of reason, the general should take on this heavy burden at this time. General, I ask the general to temporarily take on Shatuo's affairs and lead the army!"
The other generals also knelt down on one knee at this time and bowed and shouted: "We beg the general to temporarily take over Shatu's affairs and lead the army!"
Chapter completed!