After Liu Jiye received the order, he immediately ordered his troops and horses and rushed directly towards Tuanbai Valley.
Liu Jiye was anxious and kept running.
There are two roads from Hedong to the Central Plains leading to Jinyang, which can be divided into Jinjiang area and Zelu area.
What Li Jun clung to was the Zelu area.
The main roads from Zelu to Jinyang can be roughly divided into three: east, middle and west. The east leads from Luzhou to the northeast through Lucheng. After passing Jinggu Pass, it goes to Licheng County and then goes north to Liaozhou. It goes west to Tuanbai Valley and goes straight to Jinyang.
In the middle, it goes north from Zelu Administration Office to Wuxiang County, Xiangyuan County, and goes up the Zhuozhang River, passing through Angcheguan, Shihuiguan, and Xuancheling to Jinyang. In the west, it goes northwest from Luzhou, passes through Qin County, Tunliu County, and ends at Fenshui Ridge.
After passing through Nanguan and Beiguan, go to Pantuo Town and then go north to Jinyang.
The three roads effectively blocked the gateway from the Central Plains to Jinyang City in the mountainous and forested environment of Hedong.
But when Li Jun took advantage of their invitation to go to Hebei to contain the Great Zhou Dynasty, he made a surprise attack on Liaozhou, and the situation changed significantly.
Between Liaozhou and Jinyang, there is only one steep and defendable road in Tuanbai Valley, 25 miles east of Qi County.
Once the Central Plains breaks into Tuanbai Valley, they will directly attack Jinyang City, the capital of the country.
Liu Jiye is known as invincible because he is brave and tough. He has a cavalry team with Shatuo blood. He is also extremely powerful personally and relies on each other. He can explode with extraordinary combat power on the battlefield. But he himself is by no means just brave.
He is a wise and brave general who dares to take risks, is bold and curious.
This Liaozhou was acquired by Li Jun, so Liu Jiye took precautions and sent people to infiltrate Liaozhou and look for opportunities to recapture it.
Even though Li Jun and the Central Plains were estranged recently and the two sides had intentions of alliance and cooperation, Liu Jiye did not relax.
This Liaozhou must be in the hands of the Northern Han Dynasty, otherwise Jinyang City will always be exposed to the enemy's front, and it will not be able to sleep peacefully.
Speaking of one thousand to ten thousand, in the final analysis it is still a question of the national strength of the Northern Han Dynasty.
If the country is strong, stationing a large army directly in Tuanbai Valley, or directly building a pass, nothing will happen.
But garrisoning troops requires money, and building passes requires money even more.
The poor people of the Northern Han Dynasty could no longer afford their salaries. How could they have enough money to station troops in Baigu and build passes?
Li Yun's quick and easy way to subdue Luo Youdu was beyond everyone's expectations.
Luo Youdu directly sent troops to the Northern Han Dynasty, and his decisiveness was beyond everyone's expectation.
Logically speaking, given the situation Luo Youdu was facing, the top priority was to stay in Bianjing, stabilize the temple, hold the enthronement ceremony, and secure the central position.
Who would have thought that he would lead his troops directly to the expedition, without even holding the enthronement ceremony, and directly invade the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty with lightning speed.
Aren't you afraid that someone is playing tricks behind your back?
When Liu Jiye received the news, the Central Plains Army had already entered Liaozhou and was preparing to transfer to Tuanbai Valley.
"You must get ahead of the opponent!"
Liu Jiye looked determined.
When Liu Jiye arrived at Tuanbai Valley, Shi Shouxin's advance army also arrived at Tuanbai Valley.
One of them is on the west side of Tuanbai Valley, and the other is on the east side.
I got the message from the other party almost at the same time.
One is Liu Wudi and the other is Shi Gandang.
Both of them were brave warriors. Without a moment's hesitation, after switching from pack horses to war horses, they launched an attack immediately, intending to drive the other side out of Tuanbai Valley and occupy this favorable terrain.
Tuanbai Valley is a valley, which is not conducive to the advance, retreat and expansion of the army.
In this special terrain, there are no tactics at all.
As the saying goes, when we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win.
The sound of horse hooves is loud.
The two vanguard troops approached like lightning. Liu Wudi and Shi Gandang took the lead, leading their troops and horses to the front.
Liu Jiye used a powerful long-handled machete, which was powerful and domineering. Shi Shouxin also used a knife, but it was a thick-backed broadsword, not a long-handled weapon.
The two locked onto each other almost at the same time.
The brave men showed no intention of retreating, just in front of each other's soldiers.
The long-handled machete and the thick-backed broadsword were caught in the sparks of the day, and both of them were blocked by the reaction force, unable to carry out the next round of attacks.
The two men rode past and rushed into the opponent's military formation.
Liu Jiye regained his breath and slashed calmly and fiercely, intending to establish his authority. The sword was fast and fierce. The cold light of the long-handled machete flashed, and the upper half of the body of a knight in front of the palace was connected to the huge horse head.
flew out.
Seeing this scene, even the experienced cavalrymen in front of the palace could not help but be slightly shocked.
Shi Shouxin roared endlessly, splitting the waves of flesh and blood of the Northern Han army with his broadsword, and slashed repeatedly, killing three of them.
The cavalry of both sides also collided with each other at this time.
The Shatuo Cavalry was famous all over the world and shocked everyone in the late Tang Dynasty. The Shatuo Cavalry was founded by Zhao Kuangyin and was the most powerful cavalry in the Central Plains.
Both troops possess extraordinary fighting will and strength.
This collision comes together.
In an instant, large chunks of blood and corpses fell to the ground from the horse's back.
Even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will become a ball of flesh when faced with the ruthless trampling by our and enemy knights.
They are both world-famous elites, but in just a few breaths of fighting, both of them suffered huge casualties.
The long and narrow Tuanbai Valley is filled with the smell of blood.
The battle lasted from noon to dusk, and then both sides retreated with a tacit understanding.
It's not that they don't want to fight anymore, but the accumulation of corpses on the mountain road has affected each other's actions.
There is no need to fight anymore...
Liu Jiye was covered in blood, and as he counted the number of people, he felt very distressed.
In just one afternoon, he actually lost more than 800 people on his side. The opponent's combat power was much higher than that of Li Yun who they had fought against over the years.
Liu Jiye issued the order to retreat. His mission was not to defend the Central Plains soldiers and horses from Tuanbai Valley. His few soldiers were not enough for Luo Youdu to suffocate. It was to buy Jinyang City time to gather troops.
his purpose.
"Let's go! I've bought one day and that's enough. We can't bury all the elites here. It would be a shame."
Fighting this kind of battle was not his style at all, but except for him, no one in the Northern Han Dynasty could stop Luo Youdu's Central Plains troops for an entire afternoon in such a short period of time.
Shi Shouxin sat on a stone with a golden sword and let the soldiers bandage his wounds. Hearing that he had killed more than 900 people, he was secretly shocked. It was such a hard fight.
After all these years of fighting, there are two opponents that really remain fresh in his memory: one is Yelu Xiezhen of the Khitan, and the other is this time Liu Jiye.
When the battle report reached the rear, Luo Youdu looked at Shi Shouxin's evaluation of Liu Jiye and couldn't help but laugh: "It's rare for Shi Gan to praise his enemy."
Li Jun is now acting as Luo Youdu's staff. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Shi Bing's performance is already very good. If he were an old minister, he would not dare to fight Liu Jiye like this. In fact, this is not Liu Jiye's fighting style. This person is brave.
He is very careful and careful, and is best at surprise attacks. He can often lead his cavalry to unexpected places, and then spot the opportunity to launch a surprise attack. This man is extremely brave, and his men are rare elites. Once he gets the opportunity,
, it is difficult to save the situation.”
"He is the only one in the Northern Han army who can be called a famous general!"
"I have fallen into his trap several times..."
"Their troops are far less abundant than ours. In order to delay our army, Liu Jiye spent a lot of money this time."
Luo Youdu thought of Liu Jiye's famous battle, the great victory at Yanmen Pass. It was this Liu Jiye, and later Yang Ye, who miraculously arrived outside Yanmen Pass with thousands of cavalry, defeated ten times the Khitan troops, and killed the Khitan commander Datong Mansion Jiedu.
The envoy Xiao Du Li was captured alive, and the commander-in-chief Li Chonghai was captured alive.
It's truly remarkable.
But later, due to Zhao Kuangyi's mysterious operation, Yang Ye was killed in battle at Chenjiagukou. He was surrounded and killed hundreds of Liao soldiers. His reputation as invincible was not unfounded.
However, what really attracts Luo Youdu's attention at the moment is not Liu Jiye, but Liu Jiye's younger brother, Yang Chongxun, the contemporary head of the Linzhou Yang family.
Early the next morning, Luo Youdu received the news he wanted.
Liu Chengjun's envoy for help has arrived in Linzhou, but Linzhou has no intention of sending troops.
Luo Youdu smiled as expected, just as he expected.
Linzhou Yang family and Fugu Zhejia are actually of the same nature.
They are all local family warlords. The founder of the Yang family in Linzhou is Liu Jiye's father Yang Hongxin. A local tycoon in Xinqin County, Linzhou, dominates one party with force. In troubled times, he became a local warlord on the grounds of protecting the country and the people.
From the very beginning, Yang Hongxin copied the work of the Fugu Zhe family next door and built Linzhou into a force loyal to the Yang family.
Yang Hongxin did his job well, and the folk customs in Linzhou were strong and fierce. Many Shatuo people lived here and merged with the local ancient Zhao people, becoming a local warlord no less powerful than Fugu.
In order to make friends with Emperor Liu Chong of the Northern Han Dynasty, Yang Hongxin sent his eldest son Yang Chonggui to serve in the Northern Han Dynasty, and Liu Jiye was born.
But this kind of warlord has no loyalty at all. What they value is family interests.
While Yang Hongxin was sending his son off, he also chose to be loyal to Zhou, currying favor with both sides and placing bets on both sides.
After Yang Hongxin died of illness, Liu Jiye's younger brother Yang Chongxun became the head of the Yang family. With Liu Jiye's help, Yang Chongxun surrendered to the Northern Han Dynasty in the second year of Guangshun.
In Luo Youdu's memory, Yang Chongxun in history would turn to Guo Rong's Zhou Dynasty during the Xiande period, and he would lose contact with the Northern Han Dynasty from then on.
After Zhao Kuangyin wore the yellow robe, Yang Chongxun also defected to the Song Dynasty.
I just don’t know why, but the current Zhou Dynasty and Yu Ke are much stronger than the Song Dynasty in history.
Why did Yang Chongxun still follow the Northern Han Dynasty?
But looking at this situation, Luo Youdu knew in his heart that the Yang family was still the same Yang family, and Yang Chongxun was still the same Yang Chongxun.
He did not send troops to support Jinyang City, obviously because he did not want to offend himself and wanted to show good will.
In this case, it is necessary for Linzhou to make a fuss.
After all, selling face to get him to surrender is not the same concept as surrendering to himself.
"Come here, pass on my military order, and order Yong'an Army Jiedushi Zhe Deku to prepare for war, lead the soldiers from Fuzhou, go south anytime and anywhere, and attack Linzhou with me!"
The Fugu Zhe family and the Linzhou Yang family have nothing to do with each other, but Luo Youdu doesn’t believe it anyway!!
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