In February of the first year of Guangming, a dazzling meteor in the sky crossed the starry sky.

This is a different meteor because it crosses the Ziwei Star. Some people who are good at astronomical astrology whisper that this is an omen. And the meteor first passed through Pojun, passed through Tanlang and then crossed Ziwei Star. Therefore, this may also mean that a king will die, and it may also be Pojun Tanlang who violates Ziwei.

However, when Li Keyong was repairing a carriage in the military camp in Taigu, he heard the Shatu soldiers who came to deliver the carriage to discuss this matter, and some sarcastic smiles appeared on the corner of his mouth. After the last failure, he completely became a believer. In the past, he believed in the wolf god and immortality. But heaven did not bless him. He turned his head and looked up at the sky, telling himself that he would never believe in any astrological omens.

My destiny is up to me, but my god!

Then after he expressed his thoughts, Lao Kang and Mi Rong said in fear: "Wang, that is an omen of astrology, a revelation from heaven, and a warning given by Changshengtian!"

"The astrological signs indicate that the king will be attacked by the general and die!"

Their tone was pious and fearful! Although they didn't understand what they said, Li Keyong had already understood what they said. The astrology seemed to be a sign of his situation. He was now hidden in the military camp and dared not show up. His two adopted sons who had once trusted have now become the commander of the town and were named Prince. Lao Kang and the others once again touched the panic deep in his heart.

He dared not trust anyone easily now, especially Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan.

He did not dare to show up because he had not confirmed that Li Sizhao was loyal and trustworthy. Li Keyong was still waiting, waiting for the moment of confirming safety.

The Hedong Glaciers thaw in February and everything revives.

Taiyuan, located in the central part of the east of the river, has sprouted all kinds of plants and trees, revealing a strong spring feeling.

Zheng Congxian had already assembled several vassal troops from the Hedong coalition forces in Hedong, including Hedong, Hezhong, Datong, Yanmen, Zhenwu, Tiande, Zhaowu, Xiasui and other eight towns. In order to successfully assemble, he led the Hedong coalition forces to the south to counterattack Luoyang. Zheng Congxian, the Marshal of the Hedong coalition forces, even tolerated Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan. Not only did he not take the opportunity to attack these two Shatuo Huzhong barbarians, but he instead accepted them as part of the Hedong coalition forces at this time.

Zheng Cong-si swore to march south, not as haste as last time. The Hedong coalition forces walked very slowly, and the troops of the eight towns were slowly familiar with each other during the march. After striving to cross the Yellow River south, they immediately attacked the troops of Henan, the pseudo-Qi and Henan.

During the time of Bird Valley, thousands of elite soldiers from Hedong Town were already stationed here.

This place is not far from Taiyuan, guarding the important passage to Taiyuan south. The terrain here is very dangerous, and there is even a saying that rats and birds can only be passed through. During the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan raised an army in Jinyang and then sent troops south to enter Guanzhong first. At that time, Li Yuan's troops arrived at Jiahu Fort near Bishi Valley. When it encountered heavy rain, the road was difficult to move. The food and grass were not continued. Facing the most dangerous level in front of him, Hu cavalry in the north was ready to move. Li Yuan was hesitant at the time and wanted to return to Jinyang to protect the foundation.

Later, Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin knelt outside Li Yuan's tent at night and cried bitterly. Finally, he successfully persuaded Li Yuan to strengthen his morale and conquer Jiahu Fort in one fell swoop, and finally invaded Guanzhong and established the Tang Dynasty.

This place is located in the middle of Hedong Town and Hezhong Town, and is the southern gateway of Taiyuan.

If you want to strengthen Taiyuan, you must guard Tianmen Pass in the north, Jingxing in the east, Mengmen Pass in the west, and Shiquegu in the south.

Li Keyong marched all the way in front of the coalition forces. Li Sizhao led 30,000 troops south this time. Li Siyuan also sent 10,000 troops to respond to Li Jing. Zheng Cong-si and 40,000 Shatuo Army were divided into two parts. Li Siyuan's troops were the left vanguard of the coalition forces, and Li Sizhao's troops were the right vanguard.

The other two Shatuo Army also sent 50,000 young and strong civilians as auxiliary soldiers this time. In order to obtain the support of Zheng Congxian and win some breathing opportunities, Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan were very attentive to go south to serve the king. Although these 50,000 auxiliary soldiers were captured by Li Sizhao from Yizhou, and 30,000 were Li Siyuan forcibly snatched the strong foreign Han people in Yunshuo, especially Anqing, Sage, Qiebi, Tuyuhun, Uighurs, and some powerful forces in the Northern Han people recruited young and strong troops. It was called fully supporting Zheng Congxian, but in fact there were reasons why Shatuo used this to eliminate the differences and expand Shatuo's control in Yunshuo.

However, Zheng Congxian was very satisfied with the performance of the two. However, Zheng Congxian did not fully trust them. In case of precautions, Zheng Congxian wrote to ask for Li Jing's opinion and arranged for Li Sizhao and Li Sizhao to be the vanguard of the coalition forces and put their troops in front of the coalition forces.

However, the 50,000 auxiliary troops of the Shatuo Second Branch were finally organized into the camp and directly led the army and arranged them in the central army on the grounds that the food and supplies of the coalition departments were unified by the coalition camp.

The food supply of 40,000 troops from Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan was completely controlled by Zheng Congqi, and their auxiliary and logistics soldiers were also under the management of the camp. Zheng Congqi first asked Shatuo Army to be the vanguard, and he watched from behind, and then seized their food and supplies, completely following the ideas mentioned in the letter Li Jing replied.

Li Keyong has been hiding in the Shatuo Fu Army camp, following Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan's troops, under the close surveillance of Zheng Cong-si's troops. Along the way, Li Keyong tried his best to hide his identity and secretly collected information from all parties. Especially when he passed through many city passes in Taiyuan, he secretly kept the number of defenders and the location of the checkpoints in various places.

Hedong has always been an excellent and dangerous place in the north and the foundation of kings and domineering.

The land of Hedong is centered on Taiyuan. Only by occupying Taiyuan can one truly control Hedong. Judging from the history of the late Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan initiated the incident with Taiyuan and eventually occupied the world. Liu Wuzhou, who was also a powerful man at the end of the Sui Dynasty, once controlled the entire Daibei land, but ultimately could not seize the entire Hedong, let alone seize the world. In the battle between Li Yuan and Liu Wuzhou, the most important thing was the ownership of Taiyuan.

Li Keyong secretly observed Hedong Town these days and found that Zheng Congxian was indeed a general and prime minister. With him, in just a few years, the prime minister of Zheng, a famous family who had left Taiyuan twice, did manage Hedong in an orderly manner, like an iron bucket.

With his ability and prestige, with Zheng Cong-sei in one day, Hedong will be stable for one day.

This time, after carefully observing Hedong Town, Li Keyong had a very straightforward view in his mind.

If he wants to make a comeback, the conventional method is to never win Li Jing. Li Jing owns Shandong and Liaodong, and now he owns half of Hebei. If he wants to compete with Li Jing, his only hope is to take over the entire Hedong before Li Jing unifies Hebei.

The most critical one is that he has to replace Zheng Cong-chung to control Taiyuan, Hedong. Only by controlling this big town in the world can he have the opportunity to control the entire Hedong and compete with Li Jing again.

Li Keyong led Lao Kang and Mi Rong to check near the Shique Valley. The valley was extremely dangerous. Although Zheng Congyi only stationed more than a thousand soldiers and horses here. However, with the danger of the terrain, a thousand soldiers and horses could be completely dependent on the mountain. One man was the pass, and ten thousand men could not drive them.

Li Keyong pointed at the Jiahu Fort, "The gateway to the south of Taiyuan is the Rat and Bird Valley, and the key to the Rat and Bird Valley is this Jiahu Fort. There are a thousand soldiers here, which can completely block the attack of tens of thousands of soldiers and persist in sending troops to support in Taiyuan. But if there is an elite soldier who can adopt the special combat mode of the Qin army, it may not require most of the troops to attack and capture this pass, and then lead the troops straight into the city of Taiyuan, and catch the Hedong Army off guard."

Shi Yan shook his head. He was originally the garrison of Black Stone Fort, but later he returned to Cheng Huaiyi's command and rushed to Yunzhou to report to Li Siyuan. After sending troops this time, he led an elite team of horses to investigate Li Keyong's whereabouts, but he really found Li Keyong. However, after Li Keyong was heartbroken, he immediately threw Li Siyuan, the new master, aside, took his team of people to change clothes, and mixed into the auxiliary camp. He secretly protected Li Keyong.

"It is too difficult to use an elite soldier to attack and break a dangerous pass like Jiahu Fort. Unless it is the Qin army, only they have sharp firearms that blast rapidly and flying troops that can fall from the sky. And even if the Qin army is dispatched, many of their special combat techniques are no longer new, so the success rate is not too high. If it is replaced by other troops, the hope is even more slim."

Li Keyong nodded. He now valued this former guard Yier more and more. Regardless of whether Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan were still loyal to him, he could no longer trust both of them. Shi Yan's performance and his ability made him favor him.

After suffering this great defeat, Li Keyong calmed down a lot. Although Shi Yan opposed him ruthlessly, he was not only not angry, but also very satisfied. He blindly pinned his hope of winning the battle on strange plans, which is not a safe manifestation. Li Jing likes to use strange things because he can indeed come up with many strategies that others cannot think of.

One trick can be eaten all over the world.

Li Jing likes to use strange things, but he can't.

"Actually, there is a plan that may help the King of Jin to seize Taiyuan!" Shi Yan looked at Li Keyong and stared at the canyon and thought deeply. He didn't understand what Li Keyong was trying to do, and hesitated.

Lao Kang and Mi Rong were both guards and were not good at strategy. But they also knew that Hedong Town is a world-class town, and now Zheng Cong-sei is the commander. This person is very prestigious, and it is difficult to ascend to the sky if he wants to seize Hedong Town from him. They looked at each other, and they all felt that Shi Yan had bragged too much.

Even Li Keyong looked at Shi Yan with some confusion. Although he wanted to seize Hedong Town, he was just thinking about it. At least, he is a person who dared not even reveal his identity. He only has dozens of people under his command, and even the Shatuo army has not yet regained control. How can he take Hedong Town?

Shi Yan also saw that everyone did not believe his words, and his face couldn't help but flushed.

He said with a purple face and a stammer on his neck, "Actually it's not difficult to seize Hedong Town!"

"Take it seriously?" Li Ke was interested now. He could see that Shi Yan was not just talking big.

"The King of Jin wants to seize Hedong Town, there is a strategy that can be done, and the winding paths lead to secluded!"

"What does it mean?" Li Keyong did not understand what Shi Yan meant at all.
Chapter completed!