Chapter 91: Li Keyong Enters the Customs
Huang Chao arranged Huang Ying in a remote palace, and only sent a few loyal maids of Cao Shihong to serve with Yamaguchi Meizi. They waited for the child to be born before making any plans.
At this time, Huang Ying had not said a word for several days, and was just in a daze all day long. She never thought that Zhu Wen would betray herself and Daqi. In her heart, Zhu Wen was a great hero.
How could a great hero, whose mission was to save the world, surrender to the cruel Li Tang so hastily?
She really couldn't understand, how could such a heroic figure defect to the enemy so easily? Is it really for the high-ranking officials of the imperial court, as the legend said? But...but in Daqi, we can only give him
More! If it wasn't for the high-ranking official and generous salary, what was he for? She really couldn't figure it out. If she hadn't been seven or eight months pregnant, she would have rushed to Tongzhou to find out.
But now she can't go anywhere, and she doesn't know if people outside know that she now has Zhu Wen's flesh and blood. She is not afraid of what others will say, but mainly because she is afraid that she will not be able to face the little life that is about to be born.
Yamaguchi Meizi often tried to persuade her to reassure her, and said that maybe Zhu Wen had a last resort, or that he was just trying to make ends meet with Tang Junxu, but she didn't believe these reasons herself. How could Huang Ying do it?
Do you believe it?
At this time, Huang Ying could not stop eating except being in a daze. She believed in turning grief and anger into food intake.
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****************In October of the second year of Zhonghe, Han Jian, the military governor of Wei Bo Army, marched into Yunzhou. Cao Cunshi, the military governor of Tianping Army, fought outside the city. As a result, Cao Cunshi died in the battle.
Zhu Xuan gathered his defeated troops and closed the gates of Yunzhou City tightly, mobilizing soldiers and civilians to defend the city. Han Jian could not attack for a long time, so he had to withdraw his troops. Zhu Xuan was temporarily recommended by the generals to stay in the Tianping Army, and petitioned the imperial court for recognition.
How can the current imperial court have the energy to take care of these things? Besides, they can't take care of it even if they want to. They can only appoint Zhu Xuan as the Tianping Army's retainer, and Zhu Jin and Zhu Qiong will be stationed in Caozhou and Puzhou respectively. In this way
Since then, Zhu Xuan has become the de facto ruler of the Tianping Army, and he will naturally become the military governor of the Tianping Army in the future.
Tang Qun, the governor of Lanzhou, colluded with Li Maozhen of Shatuo. Zheng Congdan, the governor of Hedong Jiedu, discovered some clues and transferred Tang Qun to Huaizhou to be the governor. Tang Qun knew that the incident was leaked, so he had no choice but to kill Zheng Congchan's envoy and rebel in the state.
Zheng Congdan sent Zhang Yanqiu and others to lead a crusade. It only took three days to break through Lanzhou and kill Tang Qun, the assassin.
When Li Keyong heard the news, he could only sigh. Although he had a large number of barbarian soldiers, his actual elite soldiers were less than 20,000. How could he defeat Zheng Congdan from Hedong? At this moment, Wang Duo's official document was delivered
When he arrived in Hedong, although Zheng Congchen knew that Li Keyong was ambitious and ambitious, once he established a firm foothold in the Central Plains, it would be a disaster.
But now Wang Duo is the commander of all the troops and horses of all the Taoist camps, and he can control the troops and horses of all Taoists. What's more, now they just ask Li Keyong to pass by for a while, how can he have any reason to refuse?
Li Keyong also received an official document from Wang Duo pardoning all previous crimes, and stated that he had been informed of Hedong's release. Li Keyong's big eye was shining with golden light, but the other eye could not shine no matter what.
Li Keyong was born with a disability and could not open one eye since he was a child, so he was known as the "One-eyed Dragon". However, Li Keyong was undoubtedly gifted with supernatural powers, especially his archery skills. When he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he followed his father Li Guochang.
(Zhu Xie Chixin) and his two brothers Li Kexiu and Li Kegong participated in the battle against Pang Xun's uprising and made great contributions. Later, he was appointed as the Yunzhou Capture and Guarding Envoy due to his merits.
Later, Duan Wenchu was killed and he was appointed to stay in Yunzhou. Together with his father Li Guochang, who was the guardian of the Shan Yu and the military governor of Zhenwu Army at the time, he wrote a letter requesting that Li Keyong be recognized as the defense envoy of Yunzhou. The imperial court refused and sent troops to attack Yunzhou many times.
After the defeat of Li Keyong and his son, they fled to Tatar. Li Keyong was well respected among the Tatar tribes for his unparalleled archery and outstanding martial arts.
Later, Li Guochang's younger brother Li Youjin recruited 30,000 Hu barbarians in Daibei. He wanted to join the Guanzhong Qinwang, but was unable to control them. So Li Keyong asked the Tatars to report to the court and let Li Keyong lead the troops to Qinwang. But Li Keyong
After all, Yong was a Hu, and his barbaric nature allowed him to plunder at will in the Hedong states despite the lack of military rations. Unexpectedly, Hedong's Jiedushi Commander Zheng Congchen was not a fuel-efficient man, so how could he allow Li Keyong to use it on his own territory?
Acting wild? After a few battles, Li Keyong was disgraced. He returned directly to Daibei and took the opportunity to occupy Yanmenguan and Daizhou. However, Daizhou had a small land and few resources. How could he support so many Hu soldiers? It was impossible.
He often went out to plunder nearby prefectures and counties, which made Zheng Congfan even more dissatisfied.
It's no wonder that with the qualities of these people, Li Ke would definitely cause trouble in the Central Plains even if he took Huang Chao out of Chang'an. Zheng Congchen's reason was simple. People who are not from my race must have different minds. But now Wang Duo has spoken.
When Li Keyong entered Guan Qinwang, he could no longer insist on it. He knew very well that the emperor was looking forward to returning to Chang'an day and night. If he did not agree with Li Keyong's entry to Beijing, Wang Duo and other ginseng would have said that they were blocking Sha
King Tuo had a large army and was diligent, and he could not bear the charge of colluding with the yellow bandits. Therefore, after receiving the order, he could only let Li Keyong go.
Li Keyong is also a bachelor. He is also an adventurer. Instead of leading these barbarians to starve here, it is better to enter the pass and fight with Huang Chao. At least he can let these brothers have enough to eat. The battle will be fought.
If you are good, you can also get a reward from the emperor, why not?
Li Keyong brought 17,000 warriors from the Tatars, plus more than 30,000 barbarians from Li Youjin, and marched southward from Daizhou in a mighty manner. For fear of Zheng Congchan's attack, the army did not dare to pass through Taiyuan. Li Keyong
He personally led hundreds of soldiers to the gate of Jinyang City in Taiyuan to say goodbye to Zheng Congchan and asked to see Zheng Congchan in person.
Zheng Congdan heard that Li Keyong had only brought a few hundred people, and knowing that Li Keyong had no plans to move east of the river, he went to the city in person and said to Li Keyong below: "General Li must strictly restrain his subordinates when he enters the customs this time."
, don’t disturb the people again. The imperial court will help you with the food and daily necessities of the army, remember this."
Li Keyong dismounted and thanked him: "Thank you so much, Mr. Ambassador, for your teaching. Li Keyong will keep it in mind."
Zheng Congchan opened the city gate again, sent a few good horses and a few carts of food, and then sent Li Ke away with this broom star. Zheng Congchan was also a prime minister after all, and he didn't want to be with Li Ke.
What kind of trouble could a person like Ke get into? The trap Li Keyong created in Yunzhou back then was big enough, but if he enters the customs now, he might not be able to make any mistakes.
Li Keyong's farewell to Zheng Congchen was just a formality, so that if his entry into Guanqinwang's career was unfavorable, he could return to Daibei and establish some friendship with Zheng Congchen before the old guy stole his way.
, Li Keyong was quite cautious, and he had already thought of his retreat when he sent out troops.
Li Keyong's 50,000 men marched south in a mighty manner. This time they did not rob the people, because Li Keyong knew that Wang Duo, the commander-in-chief, asked him to march into Guanzhong this time. Someone must have sent food along the way to provide for their food and clothing.
Question. But there were still a few blind people who robbed civilians, and Li Keyong chopped a few of them, so no one dared to cause trouble again.
Li Keyong crossed the Yellow River from Longmen Ferry in Xia Yang, then went all the way south, arriving in Tongzhou in October.
The people in Tongzhou City were frightened when they heard that tens of thousands of Hu soldiers were stationed outside the city. Of course Zhu Wen knew that it was Li Ke who was destined to be his enemy. While he sent people to post notices to calm the people, he personally went to the city to observe the troops stationed in the city.
Li Keyong outside the city. Although there were many people and horses outside the city, there were only more than 10,000 people in order. The rest of the troops were very scattered. It can be seen that Li Keyong's military discipline was not very strict at this time. The legendary "Yao'er"
The current combat effectiveness of the "Army" is probably not as powerful as it was in the legend.
Zhu Wen was confident that he would go out of the city and kill Li Keyong's 50,000-strong army. He had every reason to believe that as soon as these foreign barbarians saw the power of his Sky-shaking Thunder, they would definitely flee. After all, in this era of cold weapons,
Not to mention these miscellaneous barbarians who live far away on the border all year round, even Li Tang's well-trained officers and soldiers had no choice but to run away.
But obviously now is not the time to deal with Li Keyong. If Zhu Wen and Li Keyong fight, it will not do anyone any good. It can be said that both of them are guest troops to Li Tang, and no one is a real
Those who fought to be loyal to Li Tang had no choice but to cooperate with Li Tang for the future of themselves and a group of brothers. Now Li Tang is like a very rich man, with semicolons in various places (in each vassal town)
, but the old store was robbed by force. Although other branches sent some people to rescue them out of dignity, most of them were unable to do so, or they just wanted to grab something from the main store.
Zhu Wen and Li Keyong are like two well-known high-level thugs. Now they have been invited by the rich man Li Tang to help rob the head office. There will naturally be a lot of benefits if they are robbed. If they can't be robbed, there will be no
There will be great disadvantages. At the very least, the two thugs cannot fight each other first. In that case, not only will there be no benefit at all, but they may be in danger of being fired immediately.
Zhu Wen used binoculars to search for traces of Li Keyong among the enemy troops. He had never seen Li Keyong, but historical records indicate that Li Keyong was a one-eyed dragon. How could such an obvious feature not be discovered?
Sure enough, Zhu Wen found Li Keyong surrounded by several generals. He was dressed in black and his face was a little dark. It should have been caused by living a hard life in Tatar in the past few years and being exposed to the scorching sun on the grassland.
This kind of black color. Li Keyong is wearing heavy armor and looks very capable. The generals beside him are also big and round guys. It seems that they are all warriors on the grassland. I wonder if Li Siyuan is among them?
Zhu Zhen, who was also on the city at this time, said: "Third brother, why do these barbarians outside the city insist on camping outside our Tongzhou city? Judging from their appearance, they should be the Li Keliang that Tianwang Duo mentioned earlier.
This guy has quite a lot of people!”
Zhu Wen sighed: "Hu people entering the pass will definitely bring disaster, but this old guy Wang Duo just won't listen. Brother Zhen, let everyone be more energetic. This Li Keyong is a famous robber. In the past two years,
He was plundering everywhere in Daibei and was extremely cruel and killed countless people. If he dares to attack the city, he can throw thunder at me and I will be responsible for all the consequences."
Chapter completed!