On Li Ji's right hand, sat a general in his thirties, who had the unique Khitan style of braided hair. He was the governor of Songmo and the great leader of the Khitan, Li Jinzhong.
When I heard that the Tang Army had won three battles, especially that Wu Chengsi had captured Nansu City along the way, I felt a little heavy in my heart.
Such a general appeared again in the Tang Dynasty? And he was so young. This was not a good thing for the Khitan people.
A general named Zhu questioned: "Commander, do you think General Wu will..."
"Could it be something? Lie to report military information?" Guo Daifeng snorted coldly.
General Zhu frowned and said, "That's not what I meant. I was wondering if he might be exaggerating a little. After all, General Wu is relatively young."
"Fart, you've never met Mr. Wu. Just because he is younger than you, do you think he is the kind of person who exaggerates military affairs?" Wei Daiqi had a bad temper and suddenly became furious.
Another general named Huang laughed and said: "What General Wei said is that the result of the battle should be correct. After all, General Wu has General Pei Xingjian under his command."
"Ah! That makes sense. General Pei is a disciple of General Su. With his advice, it's not surprising that General Wu can win such a great victory!" General Zhu nodded repeatedly.
Guo Daifeng said coldly: "As far as I know, General Wu separated his troops from General Pei a few days ago and asked him to attack Tiebei Pass."
General Huang was surprised and said: "So, these two victories were won by General Wu himself?"
"Nonsense, he didn't kill him, could it be you?" Wei Daiji frowned angrily.
The generals looked at each other for a few times. It was not that they had any objections to Wu Chengsi, but they were just a little unbelievable when they suddenly heard that Wu Chengsi's results were the best among the three armies.
If you think about it carefully, he discovered that Su Dingfang's frame-up case was solved by himself, and he is a descendant of the founding hero, the warrior Xun.
As the saying goes, a tiger's cub will come out of the door, and this is what I think.
Gradually, everyone put smiles on their faces and started chatting and laughing with each other.
Li Ji looked around and said angrily: "You still have the nerve to smile? General Wu has already captured Nansu City, and General Xue will probably capture Liaodong soon. If we are still unable to capture Xincheng along the way, we will see you then. Won’t you blush when you meet your fellow soldiers?”
The faces of all the generals suddenly turned red, and they rushed to say: "Marshal, give the order to attack the city. The last general is willing to be the vanguard!"
Li Jinzhong lowered his head and remained silent. Although he led five thousand Khitan cavalry to assist in the battle, he did not mean it sincerely. If possible, he hoped to avoid casualties on the Khitan army and horses.
Li Ji said calmly: "Just hold it in for now. Send my general's order to keep the army at the east and west gates away from the city gate. Don't block it so hard that they don't even know the news from outside. The army will rest for three days. Let’s attack the city again in three days!”
Li Jinzhong frowned and pondered for a moment, and soon understood.
Li Ji hoped that the battle reports from the two cities of Nansu and Liaodong would be transmitted to the new city, causing panic among the Korean people. After the panic spread, he would then defeat the city in one battle.
At this moment, another sergeant entered the camp, glanced at Li Jinzhong first, and then said with his hands: "Marshal, news just came that there was a coup in Khitan, and the leaders of the six tribes jointly elected Dahe Yuqian as the new leader."
Li Jinzhong stood up suddenly and said in shock: "You, what did you say?"
the sergeant repeated.
Li Jinzhong said angrily: "How is this possible? Where is the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Justice?"
"Ogajishi was killed by Ogamoro, the leader of the Li tribe, and the other six tribes are attacking the Juubian tribe and Fubu." The sergeant replied.
Li Jinzhong was shocked and angry. Fubu was his tribe and had always been the strongest tribe of Khitan. But this time he led the army to help the Tang Dynasty and took away many warriors from his tribe.
In addition, since he is not in the tribe, it may be difficult to resist the attacks of the other six tribes.
"Commander, the governor's headquarters is in urgent need. Please allow me to lead my troops to come back for reinforcements!" Li Jinzhong said with cupped hands.
Li Ji was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Right now, the Tang Dynasty is at war with Goryeo, and I'm afraid I can't help you."
Li Jinzhong said hurriedly: "I understand that this is an internal matter of our Khitan, and I will find a way to solve it myself." After saying this, he handed over to everyone and quickly left the camp.
Guo Daifeng suddenly asked the sergeant: "When did the Khitan people stage a coup?"
"Three days ago."
"Even if Li Jinzhong goes back, I'm afraid it will be difficult to restore the situation." Guo Daifeng said solemnly.
Li Jidao: "As Li Jinzhong said, this is a matter for the Khitan people, let them resolve it themselves."
"Commander, if the new Khitan leader defeats Li Jinzhong, I'm afraid he will no longer obey the orders of the Tang Dynasty." General Zhu said gruffly.
"No, they will still surrender." Li Ji twisted his beard and said.
"How do you know?"
"The new leader they recommended is Dahe Yuqian. I have met this man several times. Like Li Jinzhong, he is full of fear of me, Datang, and will never dare to offend Tianyan easily."
After a while, Li Ji said again: "But it is necessary to take precautions. Send a message to General Wu and ask him to pay attention to the Khitans in the north."
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One day later, Zuo Xiaowei's sentry horse came to Nansu City and passed the news to the city gate guards. The city guard squad leader went up to the tower and passed the news to the personal guards.
"Lieutenant, this is the news from Marshal Li." The squad leader handed over a document.
Wei Heng took it over. The document was not an official military report, nor did it name Wu Chengsi to sign it personally. He opened it and browsed it, and while reading it, he said: "I understand."
Just as he was about to turn around and enter the lobby of the city tower, another city gate soldier climbed up to the city wall and ran over in a hurry.
"Wei Xiaowei, good news came from Tiebei Pass. General Pei led his army to capture Tiebei Pass and annihilated more than 3,000 enemies. This is a military report!" the soldier said happily.
Wei Heng said happily: "Hey! That's great." He grabbed the general's report and quickly entered the tower hall.
In the hall, Wu Chengsi was discussing something with his generals.
"Wei Heng, what's wrong? Is there any good news?" Seeing Wei Heng's excited face, Wu Chengsi raised his head and asked.
Wei Hengfei said quickly: "General, General Pei has captured Tiebei Pass and beheaded more than 3,000 people! This is the military report he sent!"
Hei Te Changzhi laughed and said: "As expected of General Pei, in this way, there will be no large Korean army around Nansu City."
"Second brother gave him more than 12,000 horses, so it is appropriate to establish the iron back barrier." Wu Youji said with his arms crossed.
Wu Chengsi took the military report, read it carefully, and said with a smile: "Well done."
Wei Heng then said: "By the way, general, there is news from Marshal Li that there is civil strife in Khitan and a new leader has been elected. He asked us to be careful."
He said and handed over another official document.
Hearing his words, Liu Shenli was startled and looked at Wu Chengsi in surprise.
Goryeo and Khitan bordered on the north, and Tiebei Mountain was equivalent to the northern barrier of Nansu City. With this barrier in hand, there was no need to worry about a sudden sneak attack by the Khitans.
"General, did you foresee that the Khitans would have a coup and then asked General Pei to attack Tiebei Pass?" Liu Shenli asked.
Wu Youji, Heijia Changzhi and Han Cheng were all startled and looked at Wu Chengsi.
Although Wei Heng's mind has always been flexible, his overall view is far inferior to that of the others. It took him a while to think about the relationship.
Wu Chengsi didn't seem to hear Liu Shenli's words. He frowned and fell into deep thought, his eyes shining brightly. After a long while, he noticed that others were looking at him and wondered: "What's wrong with you?"
Liu Shenli asked again, and Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "You can say yes, you can say no. I do expect that the Khitan is likely to be in civil strife, but asking General Pei to fight against the iron gate is not to guard against the Khitans."
"Second brother, how do you know there will be civil strife in Khitan?"
"Do you know Dahe Grassland?" Wu Chengsi asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"He is the leader of the Khitan Li tribe. In the case of General Su, he colluded with the Goryeo people. Because he and the Khitan people involved in the matter were either killed or captured, and the court wanted to use troops against Goryeo, so only
I sent someone to verbally reprimand Li Jinzhong, and the matter was settled."
"Is it because of Dahe Grassland?"
Wu Chengsi raised his eyelids and said, "Do you still remember that the Tang envoy was detained by the Khitans a few days ago?"
Liu Shenli was moved in his heart and said: "By the way, it seems that the one who detained the Tang envoy was Li Bu."
"Yes, the new leader of the Li tribe is the son of Dahe Grassland. His father was killed by us, and I had expected that he might take action. Sure enough, he detained the Tang envoy, so I expected that he would do it again
Something bigger will happen."
"So that's it." Liu Shenli nodded slightly and asked, "Then why did you want to clear the Iron Bei Pass?"
"The reason is very simple. I hope to open up a channel to attack the Khitans!" Wu Chengsi said every word.
"Second brother, you want to attack the Khitans?" Wu Youji said in surprise.
Wu Chengsi smiled slightly: "We will discuss this matter in a few days. Wei Heng, you send someone to Tiebei Pass to convey my military order, let Hou Yanjing lead three thousand infantry to station at Tiebei Pass, and Pei Xingjian will lead other soldiers to station in Nansu City."