This woman never shed tears.

Although Liu Yunniang is a woman, she is born a hero among women. She is a Han woman. Although she does not have the blood of Shatuo people, Li Jing reminds herself that she is not an ordinary Han daughter at all. She can ride horses, dance swords, and command thousands of troops. What she has in her bones is actually the strong blood inherited from the powerful army in the north, and the same character as Li Keyong of the frontier.

When the female generals under her command said goodbye to her at the north gate of Zhiguguan, there was a hint of calmness and smile on her face. She showed a sense of calmness, and his words were brave and dignified. When it came to the moment of separation, Jing Shisanniang was crying, and Liu Yunniang was comforting her.

Li Jing stood on the high city gate tower at the north gate of Zhigu Pass, looking down at the farewell ceremony.

This Western Expedition has come to an end at this time. The battle began a bit suddenly, but it did not end hasty.

Li Jing seized Li Keyong's ambition to expand to Hebei, seized the opportunity, and personally led his troops into Yanmen Town, achieving great results. In this battle, Qin Fan directly captured the five prefectures of Gui, Ru, Xin, Wu and Wei, where the four major mountains of Taihang, Yanshan, Yinshan and Hengshan, and from then on, firmly controlled the three cliffs of Jundu Xing, Feihu Xing and Puyin Xing among the eight passes of Taihang, and controlled this dangerous passage connecting Hebei, Hedong and grasslands. The western barrier of Yanjing City, the center of Qin Fan, was in control from then on.

This battle not only changed Yanjing's strategic position, but also once again severely damaged Shatuo's army.

Li Keyong was defeated and died, and the Liu family was captured. Shatuo's army was divided into two and blocked on both sides of the Taihang Mountains. If it weren't for the critical moment, the three Datong units lost their chains. They failed to capture Yanmen, but Li Siyuan took over the Yunshuo and the two states of Yunshuo. This battle would be quite perfect.

Li Siyuan's whereabouts are unknown. Now Li Siyuan commands Shatuo. Although the Shatuo people have lost five states in a row, they still have some strength in the five states. Many generals in the Qin army proposed to take this opportunity to take advantage of the victory and continue to go south, conquering Yanmen in one fell swoop and destroy Shatuo.

However, this proposal was unanimously opposed by the Academy of Staff and the Cabinet Monks.

Although Shatuo was defeated, it was not without a leader. He was panicked and in a panic. Li Siyuan had stabilized his morale and controlled the situation. Moreover, although the Shatuo people were separated from both sides, the four states controlled by Li Siyuan could be defended under the dangerous pass. Li Jing sent troops this time, but he did not have many troops and horses. He was already at the end of his strength to continue using troops. If he continued to use troops, he would be unable to do so.

If the power of Yanmen Town is not quickly destroyed, then continuing to use troops may turn into a long-term offensive and defensive confrontation with the Shatuo people, which is unfavorable to the Qin army.

What's more, compared with Yanmen Town, Qin Fan now has two more important opponents to deal with.

Until now, the strategic focus of the Qin army is still Hebei, and it is impossible to kill Shatuo with one stick. Then it will be of no benefit to continue chasing Shatuo, who has been broken. Compared with Shatuo, Chengde Town is the main goal. Now, Li Quanzhong from Zhuozhou is an urgent task that needs to be solved. Li Jing cannot let Li Quanzhong lead tens of thousands of troops and stay stuck in the throat of the south side of Yanjing City. This is a serious hidden danger, the sooner the better.

Li Quanzhong was very cunning in this war. He cut off his arm. Facing the attacks of Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong, he directly discarded the Yi Ding and retreated to Zhuozhou. Such a tolerant guy is always terrifying, just like a poisonous snake. Li Jing would never want such a poisonous snake to hide beside him.

The head of the Governor's Office of the Five Army continued to attack Yanmen. The General Staff, the Cabinet and the Secretariat strongly advocated withdrawing troops on this basis and maintaining the results of Daibei. Then return to Hebei, first deal with Li Quanzhong, and then swallow Yi Ding, and implement it step by step according to the strategic plan.

Li Jing chose again and again, but finally decided to give up attacking Shatuo first and instead stabilize the base camp near Yanjing.

Since he no longer continued to use troops to Shatuo, Li Jing planned to talk to Li Siyuan.

The information in Li Jing's hand showed that Li Siyuan respected Liu very much and might even admire her a little bit. Now Li Keyong is not aware of life and death. Li Siyuan controls Shatuo's power, and Li Jing is preparing to talk to Li Siyuan on the condition of Liu.

As long as Li Siyuan is willing to express surrender to Qin Fan on the surface, Li Jing can ensure the safety of Liu and stop using troops to Shatuo. If Li Siyuan performs well, he promises to consider letting Liu go back in the future.

Of course, this was just a delaying strategy for Li Jing to stabilize Li Siyuan and prevent the Shatuo people from restlessness. In fact, this was just a bluff. The Qin army had decided not to use troops against Shatuo in a short period of time, but this decision naturally could not be known to the Shatuo people.

If Li Siyuan really had that subtle feeling for Liu, perhaps he could use Liu's family to influence Li Siyuan.

He cleared his throat, "Did you know the order?"

"Yes, King Qin. We followed the route of the army when we came back to Yanjing, and remained vigilant along the way until we returned to Yanjing."

"What should I do if I encounter enemy soldiers?"

"If the opponent has few people, we will take the initiative to repel or annihilate them. If the opponent has many people, defend on the spot, ignite fireworks and send signals to wait for reinforcements."

Li Jing nodded. This time, he captured many prisoners. Including the 10,000 Detachment of Women, the Qin army now has 20,000 Shatu prisoners of war. In addition, there are also many local officials in the counties of the five prefectures, as well as the powerful tyrants of the Hu tribes in the north. In order to stabilize the new land, Li Jing ordered the auxiliary army to escort these people back to Yanjing in batches.

The land in the north of Daibei has always lived in a mixed place of Han and Hu, and the people are tough and difficult to control. In fact, there are even more Hu people than Han people in these places, and Hu people have been in a dominant position for a long time. If Li Jing wants to completely control these newly occupied lands, he must adopt this method of cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot.

Once these local tyrants are moved away, the original local forces will also collapse, and the Qin army will be able to rebuild local order and resume production.

Li Jing will also evacuate later. He will bring Liu with him. Liu's identity is very important and cannot be lost. Now Li Keyong is just missing. He firmly believes that this guy must not be dead yet. At this time, maybe he is hiding in some corner, licking his wounds, preparing to make a comeback again. Now Li Jing hopes to reach a cooperation with Li Siyuan. He is eager to see what kind of wonderful meeting will be between the father and son after Li Keyong returns to Yanmen in the future.

If he could take this opportunity to ignite Li Siyuan's ambitions and let him deviate from Li Keyong from now on, it would naturally be the best. A solid fortress is always the easiest to break from the inside, at least he hopes so.

If Li Siyuan really controls Shatuo through this, after the taste of power is paid, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to give up. If Li Keyong returns to Yanmen in the future, will Li Siyuan be willing to return the power to Li Keyong? Even if he is willing, can Li Keyong still truly trust Li Siyuan at that time?

From the moment Li Siyuan took over Shatuo's troops, suspicion probably had already taken root in Li Keyong's heart.

The latest information shows that Li Siyuan is now elected by the generals as the commander of Shatuo, commanding Shatuo's troops and temporarily borrowing Shatuo's affairs. Before he became the commander, he had already locked up Li Cunxin, the Du Yuhou who was responsible for military law and supervising generals.

The other Shatuo generals Li Sizhao, Li Cunzhang, Li Sien and Li Siben, who are still separated from Yizhou, Hebei, have not yet responded to Li Siyuan taking over Shatuo affairs and serving as the position of commander.

At this time, Liu Yunniang was separated from the generals of the Women's Detachment who were about to set off in front of the city gate. The Women's Detachment would be divided into several batches and returned to Yanjing with the Qin army. This women's legion built by Liu Yunniang was already in name only, and what awaited them was an unknown fate.

Li Jing knew that Liu's smiling face was resentment and curse towards him.

Let her scold you!

After the Shatuo Jing, it was almost impossible to turn over again. After this battle, the Qin army solved the threat from the west and finally could use troops to Hebei with peace of mind. After giving another two years, Li Jing could wipe out the entire Hebei in a maximum of two years.

Li Jing looked at Jing Shisanniang and other female generals kneeling in front of Liu Yunniang on one knee and said goodbye Yiyi.

The sunlight shone through the clouds and scattered a golden light, shining on Liu's face.

The noise in front of the city gate made him unable to hear what they were saying, and Jing Shisanniang, a strong woman, couldn't help but shed tears at this moment. Li Jing couldn't help but think that these women were actually well trained by Liu, and they were not weaker than some ordinary soldiers in the vassal states. Should he keep some of them? Or, just betroth them all to men in the unmarried territory of older age as wives, so that they can get married and have children, wash clothes and cook, and no longer have to dance with swords and guns. After all, it is the man's responsibility to go to the battlefield to fight!

After finally waiting for their nagging to finish, Li Jing smiled and said to Liu Yunniang who returned to the city gate tower: "How are you thinking about asking you to write a letter to Li Siyuan? If you are really kind, then you should consider a certain proposal carefully. You should know that Shatuo is no longer able to resist my king's strength. Submitting to me, I am willing to retain the Shatuo clan for this."

Liu looked at Li Jing with a calm expression, silent.

"Don't doubt my determination. If Li Siyuan continues to take Shatuo to be enemies with me, then I will lead a large army to flatten Yanmen Town, kill every man in Shatuo, and make Shatuo's extinction clan!" Li Jing's voice increased three points.

Liu's face finally changed a little, "You won't do this."

Li Jing sneered, "After Li Siyuan defeated the Datong Army and captured Yunzhou, he killed more than 10,000 prisoners on the cockfighting platform, and was not ruthless at all. Do you think that I can't do what Li Siyuan can do? Although I am always kind, if I need this, even if I bleed a million times, I will do whatever I want. I am giving Sha Tuo a chance. After all, if I can surrender the troops without fighting, I will be very happy."

"As long as Shatuo expresses surrender, you can stop the war?" Liu asked suspiciously.

"Of course." Li Jing nodded, "I am not a militant, bloody and warlike person. As long as Li Siyuan expresses his surrender and is willing to no longer be hostile to our Qin vassal, I am willing to submit a letter to Your Majesty and submit a letter to Li Siyuan to inherit the position of Yanmen Jiedu. In the future, the two families will use their current borders as boundaries and will not invade each other, and will become the Pingfan of the Tang Dynasty, and will be friendly from now on."

"There are no other requirements?" Liu still couldn't believe that Li Jing would let Sha Tuo go at this time.

"If you say a request, it's not without it."

Liu's face showed that I knew it would be like this.

"I only have one request. Li Siyuan must send his wife's daughter, plus Li Keyong's three sons to Yanjing and stay with his wife as hostages. In addition, he also needs to stop the massacre of the three tribes, Anqing, Sage and Qie. As long as the tribes are willing, they must leave Daibei and move freely into our Qin vassal. Apart from this, there is no special request."

Li Jing’s request was not too much, but Liu Yunniang still shook her head.

"I can ask Siyuan to send my daughter, but those three children cannot."

Li Jing didn't care either. He didn't really care about hostages or something. "That won't work. I will take a step back. Li Siyuan has to send Li Ke to at least one of his three sons. Of course, your daughter must also be sent."

Liu Yunniang thought for a moment, but now her husband is not sure about his life or death. The Shatuo army has been defeated and has lost five states in a row. The troops and horses are separated from both sides of Taihang. If she agrees to Li Jing's request, she can really win a chance to breathe, even if she becomes Li Jing's prisoner from now on, she is willing.

"Okay, I'll write to Siyuan now, but I hope you keep your word and don't forget your promise."

"Madam, please rest assured. My Li Jing always keeps his word. A gentleman's words are as good as he can!"

Looking at Liu's solemn appearance, Li Jing couldn't help but feel that her appearance was cute. Whenever she showed that kind of resolute and sacrificed expression, he wanted to smile. Well, let her continue to be like this. Women are women after all. Sometimes, they are more emotional than rational.

Don't she know that if he was really sure to destroy Shatuo, how could he put down his weapons and talk to her?

It is precisely because he was not sure on the battlefield that Li Jing seeks greater benefits on the battlefield. Unfortunately, Liu was confused and the authorities were confused and could not see all this clearly. Although Sha Tuo was defeated now, Li Jing's enemy was more than Sha Tuo. Speaking of which, Liu was the same as Li Keyong, who was short of this overall view, but Li Siyuan was a little stronger in this aspect. I don't know if his way of letting Sha Tuo go this time was really right.

"Madam, I have another suggestion. You might as well write it to Li Siyuan in the letter."

Liu, who was obsessed with the wolf hair, stopped with his jade wrist and asked, "What kind of conspiracy is it?"

"My wife has a deep prejudice against me!" Li Jing smiled, "In fact, it is not a conspiracy, but a win-win proposal. My wife also knows that now Feihu Xing and Puyin Xing are controlled by our Qin army. Tens of thousands of Shatu people are separated in Hebei, guarding a small land in Yizhou, and the situation is critical. Therefore, I have a suggestion. It is better to let the Shatu soldiers of Yizhou give up Yizhou to this king, and then I will open a road and respectfully send the Shatu soldiers of Yizhou back to Yanmen?"

Liu shook his head without hesitation, "No, I don't believe you. If Si Zhao and the others gave up Yizhou, who can guarantee that you will really let them go back to Yanmen? Trading with you is a deal with the demon, and it's best not to do it."

Li Jing smacked his lips and was a little disappointed. If the Shatuo Army in Yizhou really handed over Yizhou, Li Jing would never let them return to Yanmen safely. He would definitely take the opportunity to swallow the tens of thousands of Shatuo soldiers in one fell swoop. But it was just mentioned, but I never thought that Liu would really agree naively.
Chapter completed!