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So, Liu Yunniang, who was full of worry, entered the Forbidden City all the way, strode into the Political Affairs Hall, and found that Li Jing and the participating political affairs in Yanjing had arrived.

The Political Affairs Hall is located in the Forbidden City. It is furnished and gorgeous. The floor is covered with Persian carpets instead of ordinary rushes. A corner of the hall is a red sandalwood screen from Japan, with hundreds of lifelike and colorful rare birds and beasts carved on it. This screen is a gift sent by Emperor Mitsukoshi, the current 58th Emperor of Japan, to congratulate Li Jing on his wedding. The walls are full of exquisite magnificents produced in Shu. On both sides of the hall are statues of winged heavenly wolves, and the round ruby ​​eyes look bright on the green marble.

As soon as Liu stepped into the room, the eunuch Zhang Chengye, one of the important officials, leaned over. "Madam, I'm going to pick you up. You've heard about Daibei's affairs, and now it's completely out of control. Considering that the wife is familiar with it, the King of Qin specially invited the wife to attend the meeting. I hope it won't disturb you and the children in your stomach." He had a fake beard on his lips, and there was no such smell as other eunuchs on his body and the sweet smell of the powder and perfume used to cover up the smell. Even when he spoke, his voice was not sharp. If someone who didn't know his identity, he would never have thought that such a man like a general would be a eunuch.

"You must have known about some of the situation on the way here." Li Jing, who was sitting in the head, had a solemn expression and a low tone. "Just just now, the Supervision Bureau received an urgent report from the CIA to Daibei. Daibei University was in chaos!"

Liu followed Zhang Chengye to one side of the hall to sit down. She glanced at everyone in the hall. There were only eight people participating in the political affairs in Beijing tonight. However, the hall was full of people. Except for her attending, all the generals above the fifth rank in Beijing tonight were notified to attend the meeting of the Political Affairs Hall.

"What happened to Daibei? Did Li Keyong fight back?" Li Cunxiao asked loudly.

"Li Keyong should still be in Hezhong Town at this time, but the matter of Daibei is more complicated than that when Li Keyong fought back." Li Jing said as he turned to look at Gongsun Lan, "Gongsun, please give you a detailed introduction to the current situation in Daibei."

"Okay." Gongsun Lan nodded.

Gongsun Lan has just been promoted to the Duke of Pingyang County, and is one of the few people who have won the titles this time who have not been reduced but raised. However, the promotion is not entirely because she is Li Jing's woman. Gongsun Lan is in charge of the Qin Fan Supervision Department. As the intelligence director, leading the Supervision Department is also commendable. In addition, Li Jing also intends to further improve the status of a woman. In addition, she is Li Jing's woman, so she has not been reduced but raised this time and is successfully promoted to Duchess.

Gongsun Lan, who was newly promoted to the Duke of Pingyang County, is in a very good mood now. At today's emergency meeting, she was wearing a women's large-sleeved shirt, wide-sleeved double-breasted skirt, and a bright yellow shawl between her arms. She wore a jade belt that was rare for women, and a green palace belt hung on it. At the bottom was a small incense ball and a jade dragon pendant. With her high-rolled flying bun, she was wearing a hundred birds and shaking golden steps towards the phoenix. A purple treasure jewel was also attached to her forehead above her two black eyebrows.

The whole person looks dignified, generous, noble and beautiful.

"The situation in Daibei can only be described in one word now, that is, out of control! It is like a wild horse that has broken away from the reins!" Gongsun Lan briefly summarized the situation in Daibei in one word. Then he slowly said, "Just not long ago, Li Keyong suddenly resurrected from the dead. He first appeared in Yanjing. This one-eyed wolf was very skilled and brave. He sneaked into Yanjing City, broke into Mrs. Liu's mansion, and stole the pair of children whom Li Siyuan sent to be hostages."

"Then he returned to the Hedong Allied Forces camp in Hezhong Town, killed Li Sizhao, the governor of the Datong Army, and then appeared and seized control of 50,000 Shatuo soldiers. Li Cunzhang, Li Cunjin, Li Sien, Li Siben and other Shatuo generals all swore all loyal to him. When we learned this news, we immediately tried to contact Li Siyuan in Daibei, hoping to instigate him."

It is impossible not to say that the Supervision Bureau is too slow to act. In fact, everything went smoothly before.

Li Siyuan had decided to surrender to Qin and released the Qin army's spy Li Cunxin. However, when Li Cunxin and Li Siyuan were about to take action first and try to eliminate generals loyal to Li Keyong, the situation was not secret and someone leaked the news.

Under the instigation of the general loyal to Li Keyong, the Shatu soldiers in Yanmen heard that Li Keyong was still alive, and Li Siyuan had secretly colluded with Li Jing and betrayed the King of Jin, most of the Shatu soldiers mutinied. The Shatu army in Yanmen was infighting, and Li Siyuan was besieged by his subordinates. At this time, except for his rampage, even his newly built Black Crow Army was unreliable.

Li Siyuan obviously underestimated Li Keyong's prestige in the Shatuo Army. Li Keyong did not appear in Hedong, but some Shatuo generals who were in contact shouted loudly, and responded immediately. If it were not for the critical moment, the Qin army's spies had noticed their plan to mutiny in advance, Li Siyuan might have died in Yanmen.

"Where is Li Siyuan now?"

Gongsun Lan picked up the bamboo whip and pointed at the sand table and said, "In this, Shuozhou!"

"Yanmen has been controlled by generals loyal to Li Keyong, and the entire area of ​​Dai and Xin in the south of Yanmen Pass has basically been rebelled against Li Siyuan. Originally, when our Weizhou garrison received the news that Li Siyuan was about to surrender, he had quickly moved to Taixi Pass when he received the news that the secret spies from Daibei were sending back Li Siyuan to surrender. Unfortunately, he was still one step short of the end. Cheng Huaiyi, the guard general of Taixi Pass, was loyal to Li Keyong, refused to guard Guancheng, and blocked our troops outside the pass. Now Li Siyuan has retreated to Shuozhou New City with thousands of troops, where there are still some people loyal to him. For the time being, he still controls Yunshuo and his total number of troops is no more than 20,000, and there are only more than 8,000 troops around him. Li Keyong's troops may go north at any time, and the troops under Li Siyuan may not be reliable. They may betray Li Siyuan at any time."

"Time is tight!" Li Jing said in a deep voice. "If we can send troops into Datong before Li Keyong, then we may take over the two prefectures of Datong Yunshuo in one fell swoop."

"Li Keyong is still in the river. Now Li Siyuan is facing only mutinous subordinates. They don't have many troops. Now we will send troops from Wei, Xin and Wu to Yunzhou immediately and then reinforce Shuozhou. The chance of victory is still very high." Cui Anqian, who attended the meeting, said.

Cui Anqian also participated in the first battle against Li Keyong on the north to attack Li Keyong and his son. That time, he was the general of Zhongwu Jie and led Zhongwu Badu to the war. Although this time it was a civil war between vassal states, Cui Anqian did not like Li Keyong. Li Keyong was capricious and a Hu man, cruel and untrustworthy. He was supportive of Li Jing's desire to send troops to seize his territory.

"If it's just that, there's no need to worry too much." Gongsun Lan interrupted, "But Daibei is out of control now, not only that. Li Keyong was very cunning from the urgent letter we sent back from the horses outside the Yinshan Frontier. Before he appeared, he had already sent deep into the grassland to contact the grassland tribes inside and outside the Yinshan Mountains, and invited them to go south to Daibei to help him clear the portal. Li Keyong offered a very generous condition. After defeating Li Siyuan, he and they took half of the population and children. Moreover, if the tribal coalition forces also captured Weizhou, Xinwu and other states, no matter how many places they captured, the territory belongs to Li Keyong, and all the money and grain population will be given to the tribe. This condition is very tempting, and the tribe also knows that our main force is in the northeast. Therefore, the news shows that many tribes are already moved and summoned tribe warriors to go south."

"How many warriors are there?" Zhang Zimian asked. As the general who had killed Wang Xianzhi and defeated Huang Chao, he never asked who the enemy was, but only where the enemy was.

"Ten thousand soldiers!" Gongsun Lan replied.

"Ten thousand soldiers? According to the custom of grassland, one soldier will lead two auxiliary soldiers, one to attack grass valley and the other to guard the camp. Although they are auxiliary soldiers, the grassland tribes live on horseback. Even auxiliary soldiers are often equivalent to the light cavalry in ordinary vassal states. Ten thousand combat soldiers and twenty thousand auxiliary soldiers, that is 30,000 cavalry, which is quite powerful." Zhang Zimian calculated immediately.

"It's not only that." Li Jing held his fingers together, "There are indeed only ten thousand soldiers dispatched by the tribe this time, but they thought that this time they went south was just for robbery. Therefore, each of them brought four auxiliary soldiers, and many auxiliary soldiers also brought helpers like brothers and sons. Some tribes even sent slaves and women together. The entire Hu people who went south had 80,000. They completely regarded this as a feast of hunting and a robbery. It is estimated that they not only planned to rob Guang Daibei, but also planned to rob our states in front of the mountain, and even wanted to visit Youzhou for a walk."

When they heard the number of 80,000 people, the generals in the hall couldn't help but look solemn. Although they could already hear that this team of Hu people heading south was completely a mob. But when the number of people exceeded 10,000, they could no longer underestimate them, let alone 80,000 people. With more than 10,000 people, there were crowds of people. If 80,000 people were even more boundless.

The Left General Office of Staff, Jing Xiang, looked up from his front row, "Your Highness, if only the Hu people go south, you are not afraid. But the key now is the opportunity for them to go south. If we send troops to fight these Hu people, then we may not have the energy to support Li Siyuan. If we support Li Siyuan, we may not be able to intercept the Hu people into Daibei for the time being."

Gai Yu, the commander of the Right General Staff, also spoke out: "Now Daibei is like a quagmire, and you may swallow up any entry if you accidentally. Eighty thousand Hu people are heading south, the two Xin Dai states south of Yanmen have completely lost control, and Li Siyuan cannot truly control the two Yunshuo states in Datong. If we want to enter Datong, we must have at least 30,000 elite soldiers to stabilize the situation in Datong. At least 50,000 elite soldiers are needed to defeat the Hu people and clear out the troops loyal to Li Keyong of Datong."

"If we want to take down the Yanmen and Xin and the other provinces together and completely occupy Li Keyong's lair, how many soldiers are needed?" Guo Chengan asked.

Without waiting for Gai Yu to answer, Zhang Zimian said directly: "Qin Fan does not have the strength to take back Yanmen Town. Even if he wants to pull out his teeth, he will take this opportunity to annex the two prefectures of Datong Town in one fell swoop, which is a bit of a risk."

"But this is worth taking. If we can take Datong Town, even if we only take Datong Town, it will be a huge victory. After we seize Datong Town, our power in Hedong Daibei will be stronger, and Li Keyong's power will be weaker, and he will block Li Keyong's way out of the frontier, which will play a huge role in isolated siege of Li Keyong in the future. If we miss this opportunity, according to normal circumstances, we may not be able to send troops to Hedong within three years." Li Jing said slowly. According to the conventional situation, it is impossible for Li Jing to let go to Hedong before Hebei was settled.

Because Hedong is easy to defend but difficult to attack, it is an excellent territory for fighting in the inside line, which can attack and defend.

But now, because Li Keyong forced Li Siyuan to rebel, the Qin army had an excellent opportunity to take over the north with Li Siyuan, and even if it was just to capture the two prefectures of Datong and Yunshuo, it would be a huge victory. Li Keyong's main force was still in the south and he didn't have time to come back.

"But we have now invested five corpses in the Northeast war, with 350,000 troops. The war has just begun and we have no spare energy to enter the Daibei War." Cui Anqian, the new left and right governor of the Governor's Office of the Five Army, had to remind Li Jing.

"We only have 20,000 combat soldiers in the five states of Wei, Xin, Wu, Ru and Gui, west of Taihang outside the Jundu Pass," he pointed out.

"The total of the three cities of Yanjing and Shanhaiguan, Junduguan, Lulongsai, Mozhou, Hejian Fortress, Tianjin City, Tangshan and Cangzhou is only 80,000." Jing Xiang added.

Cui Yunqing suggested: "Maybe we should let Li Siyuan lead his troops to withdraw into Weizhou, we will set up troops on the border, resist the city and defend, and give up Datong."

"There is only one chance like this. You must not miss it, and the time will never come again!" Li Jing frowned.

At this moment, Zhang Zimian said loudly: "If the King of Qin trusts Zhang, he will only be able to draw 30,000 elite soldiers to a certain place, and he will be willing to take over the two prefectures of Datong Yunshuo for the King of Qin."

Li Jing's eyes lit up. Zhang Zimeng is a rare talent as a general. If he was really willing to lead his troops to fight in Daibei, this matter would not be without a turning point.

"You're serious?" He sat up straight and looked directly at Zhang Zimian.

"I am willing to issue a military order. If I cannot take down Datong Town, I am willing to apologize." Zhang Zimian replied without fear.

"The good paper and ink laughed at the Inkstone. It is decided that I will now appoint General Zhang as the marshal of the West Camp, the General Staff Academy, the Governor's Office of the Five Army. The Ministry of War immediately issued a document to transfer 30,000 elite troops from Hebei and recruit another 20,000 township soldiers from Marshal Zhang, and the Japanese troops will be sent to the North!"
Chapter completed!