Chapter 59 Youzhou rebelled at the beginning of the year
Youzhou.
Luo Yi has already learned the news about the appointment of the new crown prince Li Zhiyun, and he also knows about the pacification of the south. Therefore, he is now worried. When the Tang Dynasty wipes out the south, the next target must be the north, and it must be Youyan!
And he was the first to bear the brunt.
In other words, the time has come to decide the future of the Luo family.
"I guess the imperial court will use troops against Gao Kaidao next year." Luo Yi said worriedly to his younger brother Luo Shou.
"Brother, why not go to Chang'an?"
Luo Yi turned around and looked at Luo Shou numbly, staring at him for a long time, until Luo Shou lowered his head and then looked away.
"Do you think the prince will let me go?"
When Shibo Bi went south, he did not help Li Zhiyun resist, so he always felt uneasy in his heart.
If someone else were to be the prince, he could consider becoming an official in Chang'an, but if it were Li Zhiyun, he would have to hesitate.
"You also think we have no chance of winning, don't you?"
Luo Shou sighed: "Brother, in the past Shibobi's army of hundreds of thousands went south and he couldn't defeat Li Zhiyun. Now that Li Zhiyun is the prince of the Tang Dynasty and has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hand, how can you resist the imperial army in Youzhou alone?"
"But if I surrender to Li Zhiyun, will he let me go?" Luo Yi sneered: "In my opinion, even if I lead all of Youzhou to surrender, he may not kill me, but he will definitely put me under house arrest in Chang'an."
"Then what do you think, brother?"
Luo Yifa said harshly: "I want to contact Shibo Bi. He is at Xiren Ranch now. If he is willing to help me, maybe we can defend Youzhou. To take a step back, even if we cannot defend Youzhou, we can
Go to the grassland."
"But we are not Turks." Luo Shou said.
"So what!" Luo Yi said solemnly: "It's better than leaving your life to Li Zhiyun's disposal."
Luo Shou advised: "Brother, the world is already at peace, we..."
"Get out!" Luo Yi kicked him over.
Luo Shou quickly apologized and exited in three steps and two steps.
Doesn't he know that the world is peaceful?
Doesn't he know that this world belongs to Li Tang?
But he refused!
Since the end of the Sui Dynasty, he had tenaciously occupied Youzhou, but why did he have to surrender to a child with a yellow mouth in the end?
He has never even proclaimed himself emperor!
The more I think about it, the angrier I get.
Luo Shou said that if he surrendered to Li Tang, he might be able to survive, but losing power and becoming a rich man was not what he wanted!
"Someone is coming!"
"Here." A soldier responded outside the door.
"Let Luo Cheng come to see me."
"yes."
There is heavy snow all over the world, and several horses are driving the ground.
Luo Cheng led more than thirty cavalry, braved the wind and snow, and headed north.
As the only son of Luo Yi, Luo Cheng was well protected since he was a child. He was outstanding in martial arts and looked handsome. Soldiers in the army nicknamed him "Qiao Luocheng".
But he himself didn't like this title because it was a mockery of others. He also longed to fight with his father on the battlefield and help his father make achievements.
But in the face of the general trend of the world, Luo Cheng found that he was powerless. Just a high-level approach left the father and son in dire straits.
"I wonder if I can see Shibobi when I go to the Xi tribe this time." He squinted, snowflakes still falling on his face.
Thinking of the tasks assigned to him by his father, Luo Cheng felt extremely stressed.
Can borrowing troops from the Turks really succeed?
At this moment, the soldier shouted: "Major General, there are thick clouds ahead."
Luo Cheng ordered: "After passing Miyun, there are few people around. Send my order to go to the city to rest and set off again tomorrow."
"yes!"
Inside Miyun City.
Xue Wanjun learned that Luocheng had arrived and hurriedly went to greet him.
"Why are you here, Major General?" Xue Wanjun introduced him into the room and asked.
Luo Cheng made an excuse: "My father attaches great importance to the Turks' plundering southward, so he sent me to patrol the border."
"I see, thank you for your hard work, General."
"It's hard work for General Xue to guard Miyun."
The two chatted for a while, and Xue Wanjun left.
What he was thinking was that the Turks had never gone south in the past, but this time they only sent Luocheng to patrol.
Is there anything fishy in this?
In line with the mentality of surveillance and protection, he asked a few of his personal followers to secretly follow Luo Cheng. After all, Luo Cheng was the only son of Luo Yi. If he was attacked by Turks while patrolling the border, things would not end well.
The next day, Luo Cheng led his army out of the city, and behind him, there were several pairs of eyes.
He himself would not have thought that Xue Wanjun would send someone to monitor him.
Two days later.
Xue Wanjun received news from the spies.
"Did you see with your own eyes that Luocheng followed the Turks into the Xi tribe?"
“See it with your own eyes!”
Xue Wanjun nodded and waved his followers away.
He paced a little, his face gloomy. What was Luo Cheng doing? Why was he connected with the Turks?
No, could it be said that Luo Yi was in contact with the Turks?
Xue Wanjun suddenly realized that something was wrong. He quickly called for his soldiers and wrote a letter himself, asking the soldiers to send it to his second brother Xue Wanshu.
Xi clan.
"Khan, do we really want to lend troops to Luo Yi?" asked the association leader.
Yu Gushe said disdainfully: "With Luo Yi, we can't deal with Li Zhiyun at all. Cooperating with him is useless and will only make our Turkic warriors die in vain!"
Shibobi glared at his two younger brothers, and said with a smile: "Why do you care so much? Since Luo Yi is willing to give up Tanzhou for us to spend the winter, then why should I refuse? Can he beat Li Zhiyun, and us?"
What does it matter?"
"Khan means to lie to him?"
"Wrong, you are using him!" Shibo Bi said with a ferocious smile: "How can Tanzhou not be enough? Youzhou is much richer than Tanzhou!"
Ji County.
Luo Yi looked at the map of Youzhou and said to Luo Shou: "The Xue brothers are not trustworthy. Let Shi Bo Bi deal with Xue Wanjun this time."
"But there is Xue Wanche on Yongnu's side, how should we deal with him?"
"You give me an order to have Xue Wanche return to Jixian immediately."
"Brother, are you ready?" Luo Shou wiped his neck.
"That's right!" Luo Yi said: "The Xue brothers have 20,000 soldiers and horses, which makes me feel like I am in trouble. This time I can kill them all at once and completely control Youzhou. If Shibo Bing can kill Xue Wanjun for me, that would be great.
But it’s too late.”
Luo Shou said worriedly: "But brother, what if Shibobi doesn't lend us troops after entering Tanzhou?"
The eldest brother's radicalness was beyond Luo Shou's expectation. He originally thought that the eldest brother was just talking about it, but he didn't expect that he would actually unite with the Turks.
Luo Yi pursed his lips and said with fists: "No, Shibo will not be so short-sighted. If he cooperates with me, he will only get more."
Seeing this, Luo Shou sighed silently.
On the other side, Xue Wanshu received a letter from her third brother Xue Wanjun and immediately realized that things might change.
"Here comes someone."
"exist."
"Go to Yongnu immediately to find Wanche and tell him not to move without my order!"
"yes!"
Yong Nu.
After Xue Wanche defeated Zhang Jinshu, he drank wine in the camp.
He was really unhappy about having to go out as the New Year was approaching, so he could only drink to vent his anger.
Just at this moment.
Luo Yi's personal soldiers arrived and found Xue Wanche.
"General Xue, the general manager has ordered you to go to Jixian immediately."
"What happened?"
"The manager didn't say anything. We need to inform the general in person."
Xue Wanche sighed and prepared to get up and follow the man to Jixian County.
Just as he left the camp, Xue Wanshu's people arrived.
"Wang Er, why is it you?" Xue Wanche looked at the man.
The person coming was his second brother's guard, so he knew him.
Wang Er said: "General, I..."
"General Xue, the manager is still waiting for you." Soldier Luo Yi reminded.
"General, I have something urgent!" Wang Er shouted when he saw the situation.
Xue Wanche frowned, with a trace of doubt in his eyes.