Chapter 804: Cup Bow Snake Shadow
When Li Jing drove Li Quanzhong out of Hebei, Li Sizhao had to stand by because of insufficient troops. As for Wang Jingchong in Chengde Town, he did not take any action. Seeing the Qin army calmly taking over Zhuozhou from Li Quanzhong's hands.
Just as Li Sizhao, Wang Jingchong and others were worried and worried that Li Jing would drive away Li Quanzhong and point his sword at them next, he unexpectedly received a letter from Li Jing.
Li Jing sent an envoy to send them a letter of handwritten letter, proposing that the national crisis is now invaded, the two capitals are in the fall, and the emperor is hunting the west. Li Jing is willing to put state affairs first, and to make war with Shatuo and Chengde Zhenhuan as jade and silk, clear misunderstandings, and go to the national crisis together. Li Jing proposed that in the name of righteousness, the three families quit the war. In addition, Li Jing proposed that for Shatuo alone in Yizhou, Li Jing would appointed Li Sizhao as the governor of the Datong Army with the order of the Grand Marshal, and his troops under his command were organized into the Datong Army. In addition, Li Sizhao was appointed as the pioneer envoy of the Hedong Army, and asked him to lead Yizhou troops through Chengde Zhenzhou through Jingxing and into Taiyuan, and to obey the orders of the Hedong Alliance Army Marshal Zheng Cong-si, and went south to serve the king together.
Li Sizhao was trapped in Yizhou alone, and his life was getting harder and harder. He almost relied on the support of the German army. The army was determined to return, and soldiers fled every day. He thought that Li Jing was going to send troops to attack Yizhou, but when the turn of the situation was reversed, Li Sizhao was really overjoyed.
Originally, Li Jing had proposed that as long as Li Sizhao handed over Yizhou to the Qin army, they would let them pass through Puyin and fly across Taihang Mountain to Yanmen. However, this proposal was a dangerous hiding evil intention. If they handed over Yizhou to Li Jing and then returned through the dangerous passage controlled by Li Jing, it goes without saying that Li Jing would definitely not miss this great opportunity. They would definitely ambush them halfway.
Therefore, Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan both rejected Li Jing's proposal without hesitation. Now, Li Jing proposed to let them go home from Jingxing, and had already taken the initiative to reach an agreement with Hedong Town for them, which finally made them moved. Zheng Congxian is a gentleman, and since he is willing to give in, there will be no problem.
After Li Jing's letter was delivered, Zheng Cong-si of the Hedong Army soon sent a letter, saying that as long as Li Sizhao and others were really willing to go south to serve the king. He welcomed them to join through Jingxing and into Taiyuan.
After reading the letter, Li Sizhao immediately summoned Li Cunzhang, Li Sien and Li Siben from the Yizhou army.
"Is there any fraud?" Li Cunzhang's qualifications are older than Li Sizhao, and he was one of the seven generals in Yunzhou who first raised an army with Li Keyong. However, although he is older, his abilities are inferior to Li Sizhao. Therefore, before Li Keyong left, he also appointed Li Sizhao as the chief general of the Yizhou infantry. Li Cunzhang did not have much conflict with this, but after suffering so much loss under Li Jing's men, he was still a little subconsciously alert when he heard Li Jing's plan.
Although he was able to leave this ghost place, he really made him happy. But he suspected that it was Li Jing's trap and conspiracy. After all, the relationship between Zheng Congqi and Li Jing was much better than that with them. Li Jing and Zheng Congqi were side by side during the Battle of Daibei, and their enemy was Shatu. The last time he rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, Zheng Congqi had already led his troops to Hezhong, and he was about to reach Luoyang. As a result, Li Keyong turned against him, and Zheng Congqi's army of king-supporting collapsed. It is hard to say that Zheng Congqi did not hate them in his heart.
"To be honest, this is indeed a conspiracy by Li Jing." Li Sizhao, who is only more than five feet tall and looks very short among the generals, had a shrewd look in his eyes. "But now we have seen our situation. It is impossible to fight back to Yanmen with us. And we will never stay here for a long time. We can't even solve the problem of food and grass, let alone the army's minds are back and morale is weak."
Li Sizhao carefully weighed, "As far as I know, the Khitan coalition forces are now 200,000 attacking the Bohai Kingdom, and the Bohai Sea is in danger. Bohai is not only Li Jing's ally, but also Li Jing's northeastern barrier, and he is very clear about the truth that his lips and teeth are cold. Therefore, Li Jing sent a large army north to fight the Khitan coalition. It is precisely that Li Jing let Li Quanzhong leave with 50,000 troops. Now Li Jing proposed this plan, it is obvious that Li Jing was a little jealous. He wanted to seize Yizhou, but he didn't want us to break the net. Therefore, we have this opportunity to leave. Although this may still be a trap, at least 50% of the chance to leave. This is an adventure, but at present, we must take this risk, otherwise, we will be doomed until next summer."
"Then why did Li Jing appoint Yi Guang as the governor of the Datong Army?" Li Cunzhang frowned, still puzzled.
Li Sizhao's face was calm and said to the generals: "It's very simple. This is just a trick. Now that the King of Jin is missing, I don't know how to live or die, the generals of Yanmen elect Siyuan as the commander and temporarily take charge of Yanmen Town. Li Jing had previously asked Siyuan to be named the Prince of Yanmen and the governor of Yanmen. This was done, first, to make us think that Siyuan really betrayed the King of Jin and defected to Li Jing. Second, if the King of Jin returns in the future, he wants to cause suspicion between King of Jin and Siyuan. Now Li Jing has increased the Jiedushi for a certain person, and the purpose is still the same, and to make us disagree with Shatuo. In fact, Li Jing has not paid anything. Whether it is the Jiedushi of Yanmen or the Jiedushi of Datong, these two vassal states were all captured by our Shatuo army themselves, so what does it have to do with him?"
Even though he said that, Li Sizhao actually had to admit that Li Jing's simple trick did have a great impact on them. After Li Keyong disappeared, Li Siyuan defeated the Datong Army, seized the two states of Yunshuo, and imprisoned Duyu Marquis Li Cunxin, and became the commander.
The generals in Yizhou, Li Sizhao and others couldn't help but wonder, was all this a temporary solution, or was it that Li Siyuan saw that King Jin was missing and his wife was captured, and now he used the prestige of the new Datong Army to defeat the prestige of the Datong Army and wanted to replace the King of Jin. For this reason, Li Sizhao and others did not publicly express their support for Li Siyuan as the commander.
If King Jin really died in battle, it might be better. But now the King Jin is not aware of his life and death, and Li Sizhao has to be more careful.
"Yiguang wants to accept Li Jing's proposal, will he accept the official position he asked to be granted?" Li Sien asked. As we all know, the King of Jin was not there, and now Li Siyuan is actually in charge of Shatuo. Li Jing asked Li Siyuan to be granted the title of Yanmen Jieduo for Li Siyuan, but he also captured the Datong Army and controlled the Datong Town at the same time. If Li Sizhao accepted the title of Datong Jieduo for Li Jing's request to be granted by him, this would undoubtedly be a challenge to Li Siyuan's authority.
What would Li Siyuan think? They had not publicly supported Li Siyuan's temporary ruling of Shatuo before. Now Li Sizhao is going to serve as the governor of the Datong Army again. This will undoubtedly cause Li Siyuan to have many ideas, and may even be misunderstood by Shatuo soldiers to split the upper class.
"I know that Li Jing just wants to create suspicion, internal strife within us, and finally want to split us. Logically, I should not have accepted the position of Datong Jiedu, but I need to accept him. This is not because I am greedy for power in the mu. You are so familiar with me and know that I am not such a person. It's just that King Jin has not come back yet. We have to watch the house for King Jin."
"Do you doubt Siyuan?" Li Siben said in surprise.
"It's not suspicion, but prevention! If Siyuan doesn't have this intention, it's best. If it's the case, we can stop him." Li Sizhao said. Li Cunzhang and others lowered their heads and said nothing, as if they agreed or doubted. But in the end, no one said anything.
Maybe you can try it out. If Li Siyuan really has the will to be independent, they really have to prepare early. If not, it will be careful and harmless.
The generals of Yizhou who were determined to make preparations for evacuation immediately. It is not easy to withdraw tens of thousands of people back to Hedong. At least the food along the way must be prepared. In addition, you must be careful to prevent Li Jing from changing his mind and taking the opportunity to attack. On the other hand, Li Sizhao had to send a messenger to Yunzhou immediately to report the information here to Li Siyuan.
Li Sizhao and others did not know that the Qin army now seemed extremely powerful and could drive Li Quanzhong out of Hebei without a soldier. They did not know that the Qin army was actually facing countless difficulties and did not dare to fight them in a real decisive battle. What they saw was the rapid expansion of the Qin army's power, defeating Li Keyong, capturing Liu Yunniang alive, defeating Dongxi, expelling Li Quanzhong, and scaring Wang Jingchong away.
The current situation is like Li Jing is a tiger, but he is actually a sick and weak tiger. He looks powerful, but in fact he goes to some people with strong external factors. Although Shatuo and Chengde towns are hungry wolves, they are several wolves standing together. Both sides are concerned about each other and no one dares to be tough.
As a result, Li Jing, the tiger pretended to be like a tiger roaring in the mountains, Sha Tuo, the hungry wolf, was the first to show his fear and dared not hold on, so he retreated first.
A few days later, Li Sizhao officially took over as the position of Jiedushi of the Datong Army and the Pioneer of the Hedong Camp, and was awarded the title of Prince of Datong County, Taibao of the Procuratorate, General of the Right Leader Guard, General of the Assistant State, and General of the Supervisor of the State. Li Jing appointed Li Sizhao almost the same official position as Li Siyuan.
The Shatuo tribe lost Li Keyong as the leader, but now they have two leaders all at once.
After accepting the appointment, Li Sizhao led 30,000 Shatuo Army and 20,000 military and civilians who were forcibly recruited, a total of 50,000 people slowly evacuated Yizhou, entered Zhenzhou through Dingzhou, and finally entered Hedong Taiyuan through Jingxing, and joined Zheng Congxi and other Hedong towns coalition forces, and went to Zheng Congxi to obey the order. According to the agreement, Li Sizhao and others who returned to Hedong could not immediately go to Datong Town to take office. He had to lead the army to follow Zheng Congxi to the south and counterattack Luoyang.
Now these Shatu soldiers who followed Li Sizhao back to Hedong were in a mess. From the moment they entered Hebei in a fierce momentum to now leaving in a disgrace, their morale has dropped to the extreme. The Shatu soldiers who arrived in the suburbs of Taiyuan were three points like humans and seven points like ghosts, but finally left the day when they were worried that they would be able to get rid of their armor every day.
Thinking of his ability to leave the desperate situation in Yizhou, Hebei, these Shatuo infantrymen all thanked Changshengtian for their blessings.
Everyone knows very well that if they continue to stay in a lonely and dangerous place like Yizhou, they will definitely have to die there in the end.
Qincheng, Taigu County, Taiyuan, and Li Sizhao's camp.
This is Taigu County, south of Jinyang City, Taiyuan Prefecture, located south of Taiyuan, next to the borders of Fen, Qin, Lu and Yi, but is separated from Xinzhou controlled by Yanmen Town, the entire Taiyuan Prefecture. Although Zheng Congqi is committed to state affairs first and is willing to trust the Shatuo people again and release Li Sizhao through Jingxing, it does not mean that he is confused. Although he asked Li Sizhao to come back, he placed his troops in the southernmost part of Taiyuan, next to it was the camp of the towns. It would be almost impossible for Li Sizhao to breach the contract and return to Yanmen.
"King, General Sizhao and the others are gone." In the 20,000 auxiliary soldiers and civilian camp next to Shatuo Camp, in the craftsman camp in the corner of the camp, Mi Rong dragged his lame legs into the tent next to him, and quietly said to a scarred man with a towel around his head.
A terrifying scar on the scarred man's face was still covered with newly grown red flesh. It seemed that the wound had hurt his eyes at the beginning. One of his eyes was slightly closed, turbid and unconscious, but he was half blind. He raised his head and this person was Li Keyong, a black crow who had been missing for many days.
I'm afraid no one would have thought that even if the Qin and Jin troops were not even able to find him, he had already arrived in Taiyuan at this time. He was actually hiding in Shatuo's army, and he was still a craftsman in the civilian camp.
After Li Keyong was hiding at the Weizhou Pass and recovered from his injuries, he did not go west to Yanmen. The Qin army sent too many troops to search and intercept him in that direction. Li Keyong took the risk and went against the scene, dressed up as an ordinary person, followed many refugees who were displaced by war and entered Hebei, and then rushed to Yizhou.
But when he arrived in Yizhou and was about to find Li Sizhao, he suddenly heard a news that Li Sizhao and Li Jing reached an agreement to hand over Yizhou to Li Jing, and then exchanged for the official position of the governor of the Datong Army and the Prince of Datong. He was able to return to Hedong from Jingxing guarded by Zheng Congyi, and would serve the court, send troops to serve the king, and serve under Zheng Congyi.
Although he couldn't believe it, after secretly inquiring, Lao Kang and the others confirmed that the news was true.
After thinking for a long time, Li Keyong did not go directly to see Li Sizhao, but continued to hide his identity. Finally, he followed the Yizhou Shatuo Army all the way back to Hedong from Yizhou. Along the way, Li Keyong strictly kept his identity confidential. Except for the few personal guards around him, no one knew that the old scar in the auxiliary barracks craftsmen's camp was their king!
Li Keyong deliberately hid his identity, coupled with the terrifying scar on his face, and he took off his eye mask and pretended to be a craftsman. Therefore, no one has discovered his true identity until now.
Since the scar was added to his face, Li Keyong became more and more ugly, adding a bit of fierce temperament to him out of thin air.
Leaving the axe in his hand, Li Ke sat on the ground with a gloomy face, "No, it's not the time to disclose his identity."
The last defeat made Li Keyong hit hard. Not only did he lose, he almost died. Moreover, his wife and brothers are still in the hands of Li Jing, and his daughter and eldest son have also become hostages of Li Jing.
However, Li Jing, the two adopted sons he trusted the most, have now been appointed as officials from the court to the court, one is the governor of Yanmen, the other is the governor of Datong, and both are also named kings, one is the governor of Yanmen, the other is the governor of Datong. One is the commander of Shatuo, and the other is the governor of Shatuo.
Chapter completed!