"Zhu Quanzhong's attack on Tianping was defeated, and Caozhou, which he had just won, was lost." On the way back to Jinyang, Li Keyong laughed immediately after receiving the military report from his subordinates.
Zhu Quanzhong was a capricious villain, and Li Keyong hated him deeply.
He was defeated by Huang Chao and was in danger, so he asked for help from Hedong. After sending troops to help you defeat Chao's army, at the Shangyuanyi banquet, he just said a few unpleasant words and derogatory words. Zhu Quanzhong smiled on the surface and secretly mobilized his troops.
Attack and kill.
Is this how you treat your benefactor?
This time Qin Zongquan mobilized more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to besiege Bianzhou. Zhu Quanzhong stayed low and remained small. He recognized the Zhu brothers from the Tianping Army and the Taining Army as his elder brothers and asked them to send troops to rescue. When the Yun Bing and Yan Bing 60,000 troops came to help, they joined forces.
After defeating Qin Zongquan, he found a poor excuse to attack the Tianping Army.
Is this how Zhu Quanzhong repays his kindness?
In contrast, my sworn brother Shao Shude is much more loyal, he keeps his word and repays his kindness.
"Commander, if Zhu Quanzhong cannot attack the Zhu brothers, he will definitely turn to Huaixi again, and the Qin clan will be in trouble." Gai Yu, the mastermind, reminded: "Li Hanzhi in Heyang and Zhang Quanyi in Luoyang can be roped in to contain Quanzhong.
"
This time the Datong Army attacked the north, but returned without success, and everyone was a little frustrated.
Helian Duo was too difficult to deal with. He relied on several fortified cities to reserve grain, grass and ordnance in advance, and defended them to the death. Outside the fortified cities, there were also cavalry whistling in, constantly harassing the Hedong Army's food routes. And to the north
Wu Bu, the attitude between Datong and Hedong is ambiguous, which is annoying.
When this matter was brought up yesterday, the king of Longxi County was furious again. He bluntly said that after conquering Yunzhou and destroying Helianduo one day, he must completely devour the five northern tribes to satisfy his anger.
"Have you handed over Zhang Quanyi's memorial recommending Li Hanzhi?" Li Keyong subconsciously narrowed his left eye and asked.
"We have sent people to Chang'an. There should be no problem with Privy Minister Yang. The commander of the Tenth Army, Ximen Sigong, is seriously ill and is not too busy now. Ximen Zhongsui has recently lost his holy family, so there will be no problems at this time.
"Gai Yu replied.
"Zhu Quanzhong frequently sends people to Chang'an. He should have a plan and pay close attention to it." Li Keyong said suddenly, and then smiled again and said: "But it doesn't matter. Then he sent his troops to attack Zhaoyi, and Meng Fangli was beaten.
For so long, we have been strong with wealth and have many internal grievances. This time we must capture all three states in Hebei. Once we capture this place, we will have time to take care of Zhu Quanzhong. This villain must be killed."
"Commander, this time we attack Zhaoyi..." Gai Yu said hesitantly.
"I know, I know!" Li Keyong waved his hand impatiently and said: "This time we will no longer be half-hearted, and we will not stop fighting in the three states of Xing, Ming and Ci."
"The attacks on Datong and Zhaoyi in consecutive years have cost a lot of money in the town. There are 21 counties in three prefectures and hundreds of thousands of people. If we can get them, we will be able to help big things." Gai Yu actually wanted to say that when he attacked three prefectures in Hebei Province before,
The looting was excessive and many people fled. Now there are 300,000 people who should be laughing.
There should have been at least 600,000 people in the five prefectures of Zhaoyi, and maybe even 800,000. However, over the years, the number of registered residents has plummeted. The people may not have died, but they have fled to other towns, and you can't control it. More
What's more, there were people in the army who were greedy for money, and they actually sold people to the army in trouble. This is too much.
Xia Sui has strong troops and horses, but it lacks people and goods! Shao Shude annexed the three towns of Shuofang, Tiande and Zhenwu, and only had more than 100,000 Han people, but the population of Guangxing Prefecture was far more than this
Three vassal towns.
Hebei is a prosperous land with dense population and abundant wealth!
Human beings are originally the enemy's weak point, but those soldiers and generals below, alas!
"By the way, what do you think of the letter sent by my sworn brother?" Li Keyong asked.
"Come back to the Commander-in-Chief, Prince Lingwu appears to be upholding justice for the Zhuge family, but in fact..."
"I think the matter of foster brother was handled quite well."
Gai Yu: "..."
Seeing Gai Yu's appearance, Li Keyong laughed and said: "Don't you know that my sworn brother has great ambitions? Helping Zhuge Shuang is just for personal gain, but I just feel that he is more pleasing to the eye than Zhu Quanzhong. Changing places, I also
I want to kill a villain like Yang Shouzhong."
"Commander, the Prince of Lingwu County is interested in Shu. If he is ordered to annex Fengxiang Longyou and Shannan West Road, the invasion of Shu will be complete and the Tang Dynasty will be in danger."
"Today is different from the past. The household registration in Hebei is as prosperous as that in Shuzhong, and the wealth is no less. When I wiped out Meng Fangli and Helianduo, and made all the towns in Hebei surrender, even my sworn brother had no choice but to hold back." Li
Keyong looked at the outline of the three cities of Jinyang in the distance and said with a smile: "I will let my adopted brother and his family live in Jinyang at that time. He Gongya's house in the city is still reserved for my adopted brother."
Gai Yu smiled bitterly.
If you say that my lord is cruel, sometimes he is indeed cruel. How can a martial artist not be cruel? But if it is someone he admires and values, he will do whatever he likes, and the reward will be completely insignificant and too casual.
"Commander, regarding the Shannan West Road, it is better to write a letter to Chang'an and ask Privy Envoy Yang to take a step back. Don't give Lingwu County Prince an excuse." Gai Yu suggested.
"Just write a letter. After helping this time, the Li family doesn't owe him anything. Now it's important to attack Zhaoyi first. After returning to the army this time, we will prepare food, grass, equipment, and send out troops next year. There is also Zhu Quanzhong, kill him
After Meng Fangli, he will look for his bad luck. This guy just lost to Yunzhou, I don’t know what he will do." When it came to business, Li Keyong also restrained his loyalty and said.
Zhu Quanzhong is currently reorganizing his troops in Bianzhou.
Qin Zongquan had just made a comeback and captured Zhengzhou in Yicheng Town, which made him a little annoyed.
Zhu was always the only one who took advantage of others' insecurities or civil strife. This time, he was actually taken advantage of by his defeated general Qin Zongquan. It was really frustrating.
"Are you Yang Shihou?" Outside Bianzhou City, Zhu Quanzhong asked as he looked at the newly arrived person.
"My soldier Yang Shihou was originally in Li Han's army. He heard that the king of Wuxing County defeated Qin Zongquan, so he came to join the army." Yang Shihou replied respectfully.
Because of his victory in the Battle of Bianzhou, the Emperor issued an edict to make Zhu Quanzhong the King of Wuxing County.
"I heard that you and Fu Cunchen, the primary and secondary school commander of Li Han's army, went to join the Dingnan Army, why didn't you go again?"
"Shao Shude lives in a remote area in the west, and he has the kindness of a woman. He doesn't like his master, so he doesn't want to surrender to him."
Zhu Quanzhong was silent.
Yang Shihou was uneasy, but he didn't dare to look up.
"When you come to Bianzhou, why don't you do it as a craftsman?" Zhu Quanzhong didn't say anything, but naturally there were people observing his words, so he stepped forward and said.
Yang Shihou was startled and said anxiously: "Prince Mingjian of Wuxing County and his soldiers came all the way from the river. They are so eager to serve that they can show the sun and the moon. How can they explain it carefully?"
"It's not a detailed plan, so why don't you know three questions? Shao Shude, the king of Lingwu County, annexed the four northern roads and conquered the Hewei River to the west. He must have the heart to devour the world, so he sent you to Bianzhou to do it carefully. It is quite possible." He just spoke.
The man said again: "I see that you don't mean what you say, and there are a lot of prevarications. If you are careful, it may be very serious. Commander, it is better to kill this person. He is no more than a small school."
The speaker's name is Li Zhen, who is the great-grandson of Li Baozhen, the military governor of Luzhou. Zeng served as General Jinwu and was appointed as the governor of Taizhou. Because a group of bandits in eastern Zhejiang broke out, he was unable to take up the post. When he returned to Chang'an in the west and passed through Bianzhou, he took the initiative to go to Zhu Quanzhong.
He applied to the shogunate and was promoted to Jieduzhang Secretary, with a higher starting point than the chief staff officer Jingxiang who was the inspector of the post office when he first came.
"Please ask the prince of Wuxing County for a clear lesson." Yang Shihou looked at Zhu Quanzhong and said sincerely.
After that, he looked around with the corner of his eye. Although there were Xuanwu sergeants on all sides, it was impossible to escape. But if death was really imminent, it would be impossible to capture him without any help. One or two people would have to be supported.
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Zhu Quanzhong pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "How can such a fierce warrior be meticulous?"
When Li Zhen saw that Zhu Quanzhong had spoken, he retreated and said nothing.
"Tell me, Shao Shude brought so many people back from Ruzhou, Mengzhou, and Huaizhou. What is his purpose?"
"Back to the king of Wuxing County, it is difficult for the prefectures to have vast territories but lack of people. Although there are many Tibetan people, they are not accustomed to farming and can only herd cattle and sheep. Shao Shude must have wanted to get some people to go back to reclaim wasteland." In fact, Yang Shihou didn't know much about it either.
Ding Nanjun and Shao Shude, but when Zhu Quanzhong asked, he could only answer bravely.
"Commander, what this man said must be true. Shao Shude is the most ruthless person. He secretly sent people to Henan to recruit troops. The soldiers became ruthless and killed dozens of people under the last general's account. It is said that there are many people in his tribe.
Liu Sandou and Li Fa are still roaming around Henan Prefecture, Shaanxi, Guo, Heyang, and Huaixi, always luring the people and plundering people to the west to lay the foundation." The infantry troops all marched out to Guo Yan.
Guo Yan, his ancestors are from Taiyuan, but they live in Xinye, Dengzhou. A few months ago, he was ordered to go to Shaanxi, Guo and Henan Prefecture to recruit troops. However, he was severely attacked by Datong Mahang people and lost dozens of people. He had just recruited
Eight hundred of his new soldiers were also abducted, and he was extremely ashamed and angry. Fortunately, he brought back nearly ten thousand people to Bianzhou. Zhu Quanzhong did not blame him and promoted him to the rank of general.
After all, the five hundred yuan came from the old man, so he still has some face.
"Is this person a powerful enemy?" Zhu Quanzhong turned to Li Zhen and asked.
To be honest, his impression of Shao Shude was limited to the Battle of Tongzhou. At that time, he only had more than 10,000 troops. Zhuge Shuang, Zhu Mei, Shao Shude, and Yi Zhao combined tens of thousands of troops. The two armies fought outside Tongzhou City. That battle
, he was defeated, even the most elite soldiers and horses could not attack the enemy formation, Zhu Zhen even cried bitterly because she had lost too many elite soldiers.
This person has some skills in leading troops. If nothing else, he can at least win the hearts of the troops, which is not easy.
"Commander, the Dingnan Army is far away from me and does not have much to do with me. I think I can send an envoy to Xiazhou and lure them to attack the east of Hedong by talking about the benefits and dangers. Then we can go all out to the east and go south. We will discuss it later.
"Li Zhen said.
Zhu Quanzhong has been appointed by the imperial court as the southeastern envoy to command the troops and horses of the towns in Henan and Huainan to wipe out the Qin clan power. In addition, due to the long-term chaos in Huainan, the imperial court also ordered him to serve as the military envoy of Xuanwu and Huainan towns. Therefore, in theory,
Huainan was also Zhu Quanzhong's territory, and it was still legal.
As for "Huainan has been in chaos for a long time", it is true that the previous chaos was not settled, but now the chaos has started again: Sun Runan went south.
Yang Xingmi's army, which was originally powerful in Huainan and had won many battles, was like paper in front of Sun Ru, unable to withstand a single blow.
Yang Xingmi saw the ferocity of Cai's soldiers for the first time, and summoned the generals to ask for advice. Everyone said that Cai's cavalry was very sharp, and they were unmatched in their bravery every time. So he handed over the only cavalry to Li Guochang and Qin Zongheng.
An Renyi (Qin Zongquan's younger brother)'s surrendered general was ordered to resist Sun Ru. This was the biggest pain for the southern army. It lacked horses and cavalry talents.
Zhu Quanzhong's current main strategy is to advance eastward. As for going south, of course he also wants to, but he prefers that after Sun Ru has defeated the local forces in Huainan, he will then go south to clean up the mess. Regardless of whether he goes eastward or southward, it seems that he needs to resolve difficulties.
Build a good relationship with the army to prevent them from causing trouble for you in the court.
Mr. Zhu has taken advantage of the imperial court in recent years.
In addition, if Shao Shude is really deceived by lard and wants to attack Hedong, it will be good news for himself. So he said: "Shao Shude and Li Keyong are brothers, but the two families are close neighbors and both have powerful soldiers. Ande is a brother.
Hello? I recently heard that the imperial court wants to intervene in the Shannan West Road. Zhuge Shuang, Shao Shude, hehe, the relationship between these two people is not ordinary, Shao Shude will definitely intervene. Let's sell one good one and recommend Zhuge Zhongfang, Zhuge Shuang's son, as the Shannan West Road.
After Daojiedu stayed, he coaxed Shao Shude. Well, there is one more thing that needs to be said. What is the relationship between Zhang Quanyi of Henan Prefecture and Li Hanzhi of Heyang and the Dingnan Army? I also asked him clearly. If a certain person raises a large army to attack
How can Qin Zongquan and Zhu Xuan have any worries about going west?"
"The handsome man is wise."
"Whether Yang Fugong can survive or not depends on his own destiny. I feel that no matter how the court responds, Shao Shude will send troops. There is no doubt about this." Zhu Quanzhong finally said.