"Old man Zheng must have colluded with Li Jing in secret, otherwise he would not be so tough. What should we do now?" As soon as Li Keyong returned to the camp, Li Cunzhang and other generals immediately knew what had just happened to the Central Army General's tent. Looking at Li Keyong's extremely angry gloomy face, An Jinjun couldn't help but shook his head and sigh.

An Jinjun, who spoke, was a new general under Li Keyong. He was a sogdian from Zhaowu who was born in the east with Shatuo. His surname was An Jin and his name was Jun. His younger brother An Jinquan is now a confidant general in Li Keyong.

"I don't know." Li Ke lowered his head and stroked his right hand, feeling indescribable. Although he always looked down on Zheng Congxian, Zheng Congxian's tough attitude today shook him a loud slap, and he didn't have the strength to fight back. Zheng Congxian said it very clearly. The fundamental reason why the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty can still pardon him for repeated rebellions is that Yang Fuguang, who defected to the Emperor, expressed his willingness to fight for the Emperor. Because of this, Zheng Congxian and Helianduo's generals have never attacked him.

But if he wanted to return north at this time, it would be that he would break his promise to the emperor. Even Zheng Congsheng and others who had always respected the emperor's will would no longer hinder themselves from attacking themselves and repay their old grudges.

Now he is completely in a dilemma and is in a dilemma.

At this time, Li Jing was about to enter Daibei. With the Shatuo soldiers from Yanmen and the Hu people going south, Li Keyong had no confidence that they could defeat Li Jing, Zhang Zimian and Li Siyuan. But he wanted to go north to support, but Zheng Congqi stared at him and stuck him, making it difficult for him to move. Stay here to sit and watch the battle in Daibei, waiting for Li Jing to destroy his foundation. This was unbearable for him. However, now he could not leave Zheng Congqi.

It's really a dilemma!

"It is better to let General Cheng Huaiyi preside over the situation in Yanmen and let Xin Dai retreat to Yanmen and Taixi to fight defensively. As for Datong, let him just leave it to the Hu people. 200,000 of them went south, hoping to defeat Li Jing. Even if Li Jing cannot defeat them, the two tigers will inevitably fight and both lose. At that time, Li Jing must be unable to go south to attack Yanmen again..."

"Will I give up Datong?" Li Kerong waved his hand and interrupted An Jinjun. Although Datong Town was seized by Li Siyuan, Li Kerong had already regarded it as his territory. Besides, Datong in Daibei has always been the foundation of Shatuo. It was only later stolen and occupied by the traitors of the three Shatuo tribes for a period of time. "If we lose Datong, we will be cut off from the grassland. Now, the grassland is our biggest ally and the last way out. If Daibei cannot gain a foothold, we can temporarily retreat to the outside of the Great Wall. But if Datong is lost, we will not have this choice."

"But now Zheng Congxi and Helianduo are full of guard against us. They are colluding with Li Jing, and they are determined to trap us here and then let Li Jing take over the North in one fell swoop. Although Zheng Lao Pinfu is a literati, he has the support of Helianduo, Bai Yicheng and other towns. His strength is far beyond us. Even if Wang Chongrong has a covenant with us, I am afraid that he will not support us and Zheng Congxi at this time."

"For the time being, we can only watch the change!" An Jinjun couldn't help but sigh, "If Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan did not rebel, they would never give Li Jing this opportunity to take advantage of it. Now we can only expect those Hu people. Perhaps, we can send people to contact Chengde and Wei Bo. Chengde is now threatened by the Qin vassals, and Han Jian was just defeated by the Qin army and almost died. These two people are now the only remaining Qin army in Hebei. They and us are too cold to do so. Now Li Jing is drawing troops into Daibei, which is the time for them to send troops. If they are willing to send troops, maybe there is another turning point."

The strategy of unity was the reason why Shatuo had been able to survive the attacks of Qin vassals until now. Although they were defeated several times, it was precisely because of the restraining and help of the anti-Qin allies that Li Jing defeated them several times, but he was unable to completely eliminate them. Li Jing was very strong, but in the north, he could only fight alone.

And Shatuo, although his allies fell one after another, there are still several allies today.

Alliance, assimilation, and weakening, is the reason why An Jinjun was reused by Li Keyong. He proposed this six-character policy in response to Shatuo's situation. The first strategy is that the alliance, that is, the enemy of the enemy, can all be aligned as friends. Li Jing is Shatuo's first enemy, so all forces other than Li Jing should win over and become allies around Li Jing. Whether it is Khitan, Shiwei, Tatar, Xi, Wuren, Goguryeo, Chengde, Wei Bo of Hebei, etc., through marriage, charity, or even surrender to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in exchange for every support. The second strategy is to expand Shatuo's army, accept adopted sons, and give them

By means of surnames and other means, some of the barbarian tribes who were loyal to Shatuo, even Han people and other tribes, were included in the Shatuo clan, just like the three Shatuo tribes back then, thereby enhancing the population and strength of the Shatuo clan. Li Keyong has begun to abolish all the warriors of the Shatuo army, regardless of the foreign and Han dynasties, and unified them as Shatuo. He even wanted to marry the other tribes through the Xinshatuo clan to turn more people into Xinshatuo clan members. The third strategy is to use force to attack those tribes that disobey the surrounding areas, sell them to Khitan, and exchange them back to slaves, which can not only weaken these opposition forces, but also enrich and strengthen Shatuo's strength.

With this three-pronged approach, the Shatu tribe will become larger and larger, with a large population, the number of Shatu warriors will increase, the strength of the tribe will be enhanced, and a new anti-Qin alliance will be formed.

In the end, the strong border residents, regardless of the foreign Han, turned them into Xinshatu people in the land of Daibei. In this way, the problem of Shatu's greatest strength has always been plagued by Shatu's problems, and the problem of Shatu's insufficient population will be solved.

The Shatu people did not have any capital to take it lightly on the road ahead. Otherwise, they would not only be annihilated by a strong opponent like Li Jing, but they would even be subverted from the inside by the barbarians around them. Just like the three Shatu tribes, this system was good at the beginning, and they also included the Soddian Zage Anqing tribes who were not Shatu, which greatly enhanced Shatu's strength. But the assimilation was not enough at the beginning, and there was a huge boundary for the non-real Shatu people inside, which led to their later betrayal. Now, Li Keyong must strengthen the strategy of assimilation, just as Li Jing has been doing outside the pass, assimilating all the Goguryeo people, Silla people, Bohai people, Khitan people, and even their Shatu people, and eventually became Qin people.

In fact, half of the population of the million Qin vassals were foreigners, but the problem of the foreign and Han dynasties never became a trouble for Li Jing. Li Jing did a very good job of assimilation, which was what they needed to learn from. Thinking about the destruction of powerful tribes such as the once powerful Turks, Tiel, and Uighurs, it was actually destroyed by small tribes that were not assimilated around him.

However, to achieve this long-term vision, the prerequisite must be that they have to survive Li Jing's attack and to preserve the foundation of the Shatuo people. If even Daibei is lost, then they will not be able to assimilate the foreign Han people in the border areas, and they will be assimilated by Li Jing.

"Old man Zheng is already determined to fight with us. With him here, we will never be able to return north!" An Jinjun frowned, "Unless..."

"Unless it?" Li Keyong had to admit in his heart that Zheng Cong-si, a weak old man, now posed a fatal threat to his and the fate of the Shatu tribe. Even if he did nothing, as long as he watched Shatuo and could not return north, it would be the most fatal threat.

An Jinjun smiled and said, "Zheng Cong-si, almost like all Han scholars, attaches the most importance to the way of the ruler and ministers. For this reason, even if Zheng Cong-si had a very bad relationship with us and had deep old grievances, as long as the Emperor Li Tang pardoned our previous rebellion, he could only swallow his anger and reserve his opinion. Therefore, even if the Emperor named the King of Jin, but only named him the Prince of Xingyang, he had no opinion at all. Therefore, there is actually no way to deal with such old and old style. The key is to deal with him through the Emperor. As long as it is the emperor's imperial edict, even if Zheng Cong-si had any opinions, he would still abide by it. I believe that if the King of Jin could make the Emperor issue an order and let Zheng Cong-si give the position of Jiedushi of Hezhong to the King of Jin, I am afraid he could only do it."

Let the emperor issue an order to Zheng Cong-sei and give up the position of Hedong Jiedu.

This was originally just an example of An Jinjun. The speaker was unintentional, and the listener was intentional, but Li Keyong remembered it in his heart. This strategy would not have any effect on people like Li Jing, but if it was to deal with old guys like Zheng Cong-sei and Zheng Ting, it would be tailor-made.

The only key is how to get the emperor to issue an order to let Zheng Cong-sei give him the position of Hedong Jieshen to him. This is not a simple matter. After all, although the emperor is young, he is not such a foolish character. Li Keyong touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

Zheng Cong-sei, Zheng Cong-sei, Zheng Wujie, Helianduo and Tiande-sei, Bai Yicheng, the two governors of the Dangxiang people, said with concern: "Ling Gong, I just think that this one-eyed wolf is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He now has 50,000 Shatu soldiers and 100,000 young and strong men. In addition, the Hezhongjie, Wang Chongrong is not only his sworn brother, but also their relatives. Wang Chongrong is also a shameless person who has won the throne in a mutiny and surrendered to Huang Chao. These two snakes and rats are in a nest, and we can't feel at ease when we fight side by side with them."

Bai Yicheng also said: "Yes, Mr. Zheng and Li Keyong are untrustworthy and do not always rebel. For such people, it is best to eliminate future troubles forever. With him, we neighbors should not be able to live in peace. According to my opinion, now that the King of Qin has attacked Daibei and directly attacked his nest, we just responded to the King of Qin, and took the initiative to start and directly wiped out the one-eyed wolf and his 50,000 wolf cubs in one move, and once and for all."

Zheng Congxian pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head slowly, "As long as Li Keyong did not lead the troops north without authorization, he would still be the King of Jin and the governor of Yanmen, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. In this way, this general cannot send troops to attack him without authorization for no reason."
Chapter completed!