Chapter 801
Li Quanzhong led a 50,000 troops alone to trap Zhuozhou.
At this time, his official position in the Tang Dynasty was the governor of the Yiwu Army and was named Prince Shanggu. However, his territory is only one state in Zhuozhou, and the real Yiwu Town territory of Yiding and the two states had long been divided by Yanmen and Chengde Army. Even Yingzhou, his foundation, had long been the territory of the Qin army. He was guarding the lonely city, and Zhuozhou was completely surrounded by the Qin army on three sides. He claimed that he had 50,000 troops under his command, but in fact he could fight only 20,000, and the remaining 30,000 were just newly recruited young and strong.
Li Quanzhong is a very good person. A few years ago, he was just a captain under Li Maoxun, the Uighur general of Guizhou, Lu Long's army. Later, he seized several opportunities and betrayed the Li family and Liu Yue, and conspired to seize a foothold, and gradually achieved career.
If Li Jing hadn't crossed the river, Li Quanzhong might have been able to become the king of Hebei. At least, he had had two towns, Yiwu and Lulong.
Unfortunately, Li Quanzhong, the local snake, could not defeat Li Jing, the strong dragon. Under the siege of Li Jing, Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong, he finally fell to the point where he was at the end of his life.
Although Li Quanzhong saw that the opportunity was not good, he expressed his surrender to Li Jing very decisively, and a real man who can bend and stretch.
However, Li Quanzhong's previous experience made him unable to gain trust from Li Jing. Although Li Jing sent troops to rescue him for strategic purposes, he actually did not trust his surrender at all.
In Li Jing's eyes, Li Quanzhong is just a fence-bearer and an ungrateful wolf who is not well-raised.
Now, Li Jing is so powerful that he defeated Sha Tuo that Cheng De's army retreated and retreated. He hurried in Chengde Town and did not dare to come out. Li Quanzhong has become Li Jing's next target.
Li Jing sent an invitation to invite him to Yanjing for a banquet. Li Quanzhong dared not to go.
Li Quanzhong, who was tall and powerful, sat on the horse and looked at the Sanggan River. Li Kuanwei and Li Kuangchou were following him.
On the north bank of the Sanggan River is Youzhou. After crossing the river, it is Yanjing City, the current base camp of the Qin army.
Li Jing is now the King of Qin, and he is the Great Marshal of the World. He is a military commander, a prefect, a minister of the Shang Dynasty, and a great commander in the military affairs inside and outside. He is the most powerful vassal in the world. However, Li Jing changed the city of Youzhou to Yanjing City, a capital of a large terrace, but it is called Beijing. From this, it can be seen that this young uncle Li was actually not the loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty that appeared on the surface.
Think about it, this is the most powerful city in Hebei. It was given to Li Jing by myself.
Now, Li Jing wants to give Zhuozhou to him again.
Thinking of this, a trace of helplessness appeared on the corner of Li Quanzhong's mouth. Before his wry smile was closed, a horse was rushing to come forward and reported to him: "Prince, the Qin army is guarding the Guangli Bridge in front. The defenders only allow the prince to take a hundred people to cross the bridge." Li Quanzhong once called himself the King of Wings, and later surrendered to the court again and was renamed the Prince of Shanggu. But in fact, his subordinates have always called him the King of Wings. Now, if he wants to go to see the King of Qin, he can only ask his subordinates to change him to the Prince of Prince.
Li Quanzhong frowned when he heard this. Li Jing summoned him to the banquet. In order to prevent Li Jing from being dissatisfied, he chose to take three thousand people to the end. But now, Li Jing actually asked him to bring one hundred people to the house, which was too much. Could it be that Li Jing really wanted to attack him?
"Have you asked clearly? Is this really the order of the King of Qin? Have you told them that they were invited by the King of Qin?"
The scout was a little frightened and argued: "The Qin army guarding the pass was tense, saying that the Qin King had orders first, and the troops with more than 100 people must have the Qin King's handwritten order. Otherwise, any attempt to pass the pass by more than 100 soldiers will be regarded as an attack and can be counterattacked!"
Li Quanzhong's anger rushed to his forehead, but he still suppressed his anger and said, "I was invited by the King of Qin to go to the Yanjing banquet. I am the King of Qin's guest. How can I treat guests?"
After the scout left, Li Kuanwei approached his father and reminded him: "Father, Li Jing is obviously demonstrating for us. It seems that there is no good banquet for the banquet this time when he enters Yanjing. My father must be careful." Li Quanzhong nodded and said nothing.
After a while, the scout came back on his horse, with an arrow inserted on his back.
"The prince, they have a very tough attitude and are determined not to lead troops there. They even shot arrows to injure their subordinates."
"Father, let's go back." Li Kuangchou said angrily.
Li Quanzhong tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart. He knew that he would make a big plan. While Li Jing invited him to the banquet, he made such a move. It was obvious that he was demonstrating to him. And it would never be just a demonstration.
Perhaps Li Jing wanted to arouse his anger and deliberately provoke it, and wanted to use it to create a statement of sending troops to annex Yiwu Town.
You must never give Li Jing such a chance!
Li Quanzhong turned his head and issued an order, "Converse, Kuangchou, you two brothers will lead your troops here to wait for me. I will take a team of guards to Yanjing for a banquet."
"Father, no." The two brothers Li Kunwei did not expect their father to make such a decision. They only took fifty people to Yanjing for a banquet, which was obviously to be slaughtered.
"No need to say more, I have my own decision."
In fact, Li Quanzhong saw it very clearly that the current situation was very unfavorable to him. But people were the slaughter and I was the fish, and he had no capital to bargain. He was just betting that Li Jing would not be so ugly.
As long as Li Jing still cherishes his reputation and acts with great care as usual, then he tries to bow to Li Jing and he should still gain a glimmer of hope.
If Zhuozhou is given up, he will be able to be safe, and he will not hesitate. Even if Li Jing asks his father and son to hand over the military power, this is not impossible to consider. He always believes that as long as he is there, there will be a chance to make a comeback.
After asking his two sons to lead troops to stay, Li Quanzhong passed through Youzhou with only ten guards. Anyway, if Li Jing really wanted to attack him, he would not even have 3,000 people. It would be better to just bring only ten people, which would make him look taller.
But when he got closer to Yanjing, he felt a wave of fear coming towards him. In front of his son and subordinates, he had to look calm and composed. If he was confused, his subordinates would be even more panicked. But now that he left everyone, he realized the seriousness of the situation.
At this moment, he was truly walking through the tiger's den alone and delivered it to his door.
Gongsun Lan entered Li Jing's study in the Qin Palace in Yanjing City. "Li Quanzhong ordered his two sons and three thousand soldiers to stay on the south bank of Guangli Bridge. He only led ten guards to come. Now Li Quanzhong came to the door, and his two sons were on the south bank of Sanggan River. If Sanlang intends to get rid of them, it is a good opportunity now. Take Li Quanzhong first and then send an army to surround his two sons. Then the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Zhuozhou City will be headless, and a notice can be surrendered."
Li Jing looked at the beauty and thought for a long time. Finally, he said, "This proposal is a bit tempting. But it is unnecessary. Li Quanzhong is a smart person. He knows what choice to make. At this time, it is not very good or bad to swallow the Yiwu Army. It is better to let him leave by himself. You know, it is not for nothing. When he leaves, he will go to attack Huang Chao under my order. This is also very important to us."
"He is really so obedient. He gave up Zhuozhou and led his troops to leave?"
Li Jing chuckled. "Last time he could abandon Yiding and the other states without hesitation. How could he not bear to leave Zhuozhou this time?"
In the newly built Diaoyutai Hotel in Yanjing City, Li Quanzhong was entertaining the Grand Tutor, and the Left Pushe of Qin Fans and the Left Pushe of the Minister of the Qin Fan.
"The King of Qin has always heard that the Prince of Shanggu is brave and scheming, and is a rare general. The Prince of Qin also knows that it is the time of national crisis. Whenever the national crisis is in trouble, he will think of good generals. The King of Qin has sent an order to all towns and sent troops to fight against the king and fight against the thieves. Today, the towns have formed four major coalition forces in Hebei, Henan, Hedong and Guanzhong, and dozens of vassal states respond to the uprising. The King of Qin was about to lead troops south, but at this time, Wei, the Khitan Human Joint Office, and the Heishui Mohe iron hoof went south to try to invade the Central Plains. The King of Qin had to defend the Hu barbarians outside."
Li Quanzhong listened carefully. He knew that Cui Yunqing came on behalf of Li Jing, and his destiny would be announced by Cui Yunqing.
"If the King of Qin needs it, he is willing to lead his troops to fight against the Human." Although he would never want to run to the distant Haidong in his heart and fight against the Hu people who are completely invincible. But if Li Jing really meant this, he would never refuse.
"No, no, no. The prince misunderstood." Cui Yunqing smiled, "Although the Khitan and other coalition forces had 200,000, the King of Qin was not afraid of him. The King of Qin had mobilized troops to attack the barbarians, but in this way, he could not get out of his body and could no longer lead his troops south to attack the Huang Chao thief. The King of Qin knew that the prince had always been loyal and righteous, and was brave. Therefore, the King of Qin had a proposal to appoint the prince as the deputy marshal of the Hebei Struggle Camp, and be the general vanguard of the world to fight against the thieves. He led the Hebei Struggle Camp to the south, meet with the Henan Struggle Camp Yushun to fight against the thieves together."
Li Quanzhong didn't say anything, lowered his head to ponder.
He thought carefully about the true meaning of Cui Yunqing's words. Li Jing asked him to go south to the Central Plains to fight against the thieves, and also gave him the title of deputy commander of the Hebei camp, and the vanguard of the world's thieves to fight against the thieves, and the matter came a little suddenly.
After a long time, he asked: "How many soldiers are there in the Hebei camp?"
"fifty thousand!"
"fifty thousand?"
"That's right, 50,000, all the soldiers and horses under the prince's command, totaling 50,000, all belong to the Hebei camp." Cui Yunqing replied.
Li Quanzhong suddenly understood everything. At this moment, he understood everything.
After going around such a big circle, the so-called Li Jing knew that he had the courage to plan and was good at using troops. It was just a entrusting word, with only one purpose, which was to ask him to let him go to Zhuozhou and then leave. However, compared with the results he guessed, Li Jing's approach left some room.
Li Jing gave him a chance to leave, and also gave him a decent sign of leaving, allowing him to leave Hebei in the name of Pioneer Envoy and Hebei Deputy Commander to go to Henan under the banner of fighting against thieves. With these two names, and Li Jing did not publicly turn against each other, after he left, he could still find his own territory in Henan or somewhere in the pass. After all, Li Jing had promised to let him leave with all his troops, even the 30,000 young and strong auxiliary soldiers.
Seeing Li Quanzhong remained silent, Cui Yunqing said: "This is a very good opportunity. There are often only one opportunity, but if you miss it, you will be gone. Mr. Li, should you be clear, right?"
Li Quanzhong raised his head, "I understand, thank you for your kindness in Qin. I will go back and prepare now, and lead the troops south to serve the king as soon as possible..."
Cui Yunqing chuckled and said, "Don't be anxious, you are an important guest at today's dinner, so how can you not attend? There is no need to be so anxious about sending troops."
"Okay..." Li Quanzhong tried his best to show his relaxation on his face. Although he was about to be forced to leave, he was not relaxed.
"Actually, leaving Hebei now is not a good thing. Hebei is a chaotic place." Cui Yunqing stood up, "The prince will take a break first, and after the sun sets, someone will send someone to pick up the prince to the banquet. At that time, the prince of Qin will have a lot to talk to with the prince."
Li Quanzhong also stood up and saw him off, all the way to the door.
"Okay, no need to give it away." Cui Yunqing waved his hand, "Prince, I believe that you will never regret today's decision in the future."
Standing at the entrance of the hotel, Li Quanzhong did not return to the room until Cui Yunqing got on the carriage for a long time. Facing the empty room, he suddenly punched his fist and smashed the table in front of him.
Although reason told him that he really wanted to thank Li Jing for giving him the opportunity to leave safely, in fact, this still couldn't change the fact that he was forced to leave by Li Jing.
He was taken away by Li Jing, and now he was driven away. Before leaving, Li Jing asked him to thank him for it. Oh my God, what is this fucking thing!
Chapter completed!