Zhou Dewei soon discovered that there was a hand hidden behind the thief.

Ordinary thieves are not so organized at all.

Zhou Dewei once sent people to surrender the thieves in Shandong and promised to be a high-ranking official and generous salary, but no one paid any attention. The envoys could not even enter the mountain gate, and some envoys disappeared directly.

Even though some thieves were recruited, they were quickly besieged by other thieves.

Zhou Dewei suspected that Zhu Youqian was secretly causing trouble. After all, Zhu Youqian had been in Qingzhou for five or six years and had mixed forces.

When the Jin army led Shandong, he was the one who suffered the greatest losses in profits.

If Zhou Dewei had not gone south, Zhu Youqian would at least be a governor of Pinglu. If he had a little more ambition, it would not be impossible for him to swallow the entire Shandong.

Whether you are in the future to join Tang or Jin, you will be more confident.

Zhou Dewei stopped in Zibo and summoned Zhu Youqian to see him.

Zhu Youqian came, but came with an army of 30,000. It was obvious that he did not trust Zhou Dewei and suspected that Zhou Dewei would take the opportunity to get rid of him.

After such a cordial meeting between the two sides, the suspicion was not only not eliminated, but became even more serious.

At this time, Zhou Dewei was also facing the same situation as Li Shenfu and Xuzhou. If Zhu Youqian had two hearts, Zhou Dewei's 40,000 Lu Long's army would probably not be able to return to Hebei.

As a general from Hebei, Zhou Dewei quickly made the decision like Li Shenfu.

However, Zhu Youqian was not Jiang Yin, but a complete warrior. He was also the smartest group in the late Tang Dynasty. His original name was Zhu Jian. When Zhu Wen led 200,000 troops into the river, Li Ye abandoned Shaanxi and Guo, Li Keyong abandoned Jin Jiang, and Wang brothers gave him the head.

But Zhu Youqian lived a very prosperous life and served Zhu Wen very hard. "I was originally incompetent, but my wealth was so rich that I was the power of the marshal. Fortunately, I have the same surname and I wish to change my name to my sons."

Zhu Wen then accepted it as his adopted son and gave it the name Zhu Youqian.

At this time, Zhu Youqian had already realized Zhou Dewei's hostility and knew that he was not an opponent, so he secretly asked Li Shenfu for help.

He declared how unfair it was to surrender to Zhu Wen back then and how compromising he was.

Li Shenfu made a quick decision, and on the one hand, he ordered his general Liu Cun and Liu Xin to lead 20,000 troops to support him, and on the other hand, he wrote a letter to Zhou Dewei. Qingzhou had already joined the Tang Dynasty and the troops in Hebei should retreat!

At this time, Wang Yantong from Yunzhou also received news and came to join in the fun.

A scene of four sides fighting in Shandong.

However, Zhou Dewei made a quick decision and led his troops to attack Qingzhou.

Since the middle Tang Dynasty, Lu Long's army has been a powerful army in the world. He fought against the Khitan with his left hand and suppressed Heshuo with his right hand. Even in the hands of Liu Rengong, it is worthy of Li Keyong and the Khitans.

Now that it is in the hands of the famous general Zhou Dewei, it is even more powerful.

Zhu Youqian is okay to play conspiracies. When the two armies are fighting for their lives, they are far inferior to Zhou Dewei. He is also greedy for life and cherishes his life, and the elite stays by his side.

In contrast, Zhou Dewei personally arrived at the city to supervise the battle and boost morale. The eldest son Zhou Guangting fought bloody battles in front of the formation.

The elite troops of Bianliang had already lost all their losses in the battle of Baixiang, and the Jin army had psychological advantages against the Liang army.

Qingzhou only lasted three days before it was captured by the Jin army.

Zhu Youqian led three thousand elite troops to break through and escape into Mount Tai.

By the time Liu Xin and Liu Cun’s 20,000 troops arrived, Qingzhou had already fallen into the hands of the Jin army.

The Jin army waited for labor with freedom.

The two armies are still allies. Even if Liu Cun breaks up and has 20,000 troops, he cannot conquer Ziqing, so he can only lead his troops to retreat.

After taking Qingzhou, a thorn behind Zhou Dewei was removed. Regardless of the bandits that were still rampant in the territory, he headed straight for Yanzhou.

The core area of ​​the entire Shandong is Yanzhou.

For thousands of years, it has been known as "a major military city, a thoroughfare of nine provinces, and a throat of Qilu".

When Zhu Jin seized the Yanzhou of Zikerang, he had the intention of annexing the world.

Zhu Wen spent nine years fighting to destroy Zhu Jin and Zhu Xuan brothers.

If the Jin army took Yanzhou, they could block the Tang army in Xusi, and then slowly digest Shandong, connect with Hebei, and embrace the Central Plains into their arms.

If the Tang army took Yanzhou, the Jin army would be greatly suppressed in Shandong. Pinglu was always within the attack range of the Tang army, and he could still advance to core areas such as Cao and Song to the west.

Fortunately, Li Ye revised the combat plan at that time, allowing Li Shenfu to advance to Shandong. Otherwise, the huge Shandong area would be the food of the Jin army.

Zhou Dewei was a famous general of the Northern Army, and Li Shenfu was a famous general of the Southern Army.

Now the two of them are in the same place.

After Zhu Yougui's brothers and sons were killed, Zhang Wanjin, the governor of Yanzhou, led the governor of Taining Army and dedicated his troops to the court, so he did not miss Zhu Youzhen's court.

Originally, the Tang army advanced northward, and Zhang Wanjin felt that Bianliang was almost the same. With Jiang Yin's fate, he did not make any excessive requests. He only asked a general to lead his own troops to Haizhou.

Both sides have almost finished talking.

But now Zhou Dewei's strong invasion of the south has not arrived yet, and Li Cunxu's reward has arrived, the governor of Yichang Army, the governor of Cangzhou, and the deputy envoy of Chongzheng.

Zhang Wanjin's heart that had originally accepted his fate was ready to move again.

Although the Tang Dynasty has won over the years such huge territory such as Helong, Songwei, Yunnan, Hunan, Lingnan, etc., in fact, in the eyes of the people of Guandong, they do not think that the Tang Dynasty is the final winner.

The core of the world is still in Kanto.

The main areas of Kanto are Hebei and Henan.

An Lushan's land population was only half of Hebei, and it overturned the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Wanjin is an old fox of this era. He was originally a primary school in Yunzhou. Later, Li Ke was defeated by Papaya Jian. He felt that Hedong was about to be finished. He threw himself into the north rabies Liu Shouguang. Liu Shouguang was destroyed. Seeing that Zhu Wen was in great power, he threw himself into Zhu Wen again.

The Tang Dynasty was naturally much stronger than Hedong, but the Tang Dynasty was stingy.

I don't give anything, I just want to have sex with him for nothing.

When Zhang Wanjin had no choice before, he could only accept his fate and lie down, but now the opportunity has come.

As a warrior at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Wanjin could not embarrass the warriors. He now betrayed the Tang Dynasty and threw himself into the arms of Hedong.

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Li Shenfu was already very guilty of failing to block Zhou Dewei in Qingzhou.

Now Zhou Dewei's hand stretched out to Yanzhou again.

Li Shenfu immediately led an army of 70,000 and rushed straight to Yanzhou.

"The situation in Shandong is here! Yanzhou fell into the hands of Hedong, which is a loss of Shandong. What are you going to see Your Majesty!"

With the inspiration of Li Shenfu, all the generals were excited.

Wu Yuandeng bowed to Li Shenfu and said, "Our army and the Jin army can only fight secretly, not openly. The last general will go to Shandong to drag Zhou Dewei. The general should quickly seize Yanzhou, then pacify Yunzhou, and enfeoff the Jin army in Pinglu!"

Although there is no need to report to Li Shenfu about the matter of the Imperial City Department, Li Shenfu has already realized that the rise of thieves in Shandong is inseparable from the Imperial City Department.

"Five days, I will only need five days!" Li Shenfu killed the Jinzhan Railway.

"I will wait for the general's good news in Shandong!" Wu Yuandeng's eyes were as sharp as an eagle.

Xu Wen looked at Wu Yuandeng's back quietly, thoughtfully, and suddenly bowed to Li Shenfu and said, "Please be the pioneer!"

Li Shenfu was full of surprise. It was not because of Xu Wen's request for battle. In fact, Xu Wen and Li Shenfu were both the 36 heroes on Huai Shang who first followed Yang Xingmi. They had absolutely no bad abilities and could be both civil and military. After three years of governance in Yangzhou, a city that was poisoned by war quickly restored its vitality and provided a powerful material guarantee for this Northern Expedition.

However, Xu Wen has always been low-key, which was like this in the Yang Xingmi era, in Zhu Wen's hands, and in the Tang Dynasty.

Compared with the Jiang Zuo who was screaming and rushing forward, he seemed to have no ambitions.

And now he took the initiative to ask for the fight.

As an old acquaintance, Li Shenfu naturally knew Xu Wen's ability, "Okay, I'll give 20,000 regular soldiers and 30,000 auxiliary soldiers."
Chapter completed!