The first snow finally fell. The winter in the north is definitely a super difficult existence, thousands of miles of birds fly away, thousands of paths and people disappear, is its true portrayal, in such a season, not to mention the march to fight, is to work simply outdoors, but only in a few specific times of the day, at other times, everyone is still a cat in the warm house cat winter.

The first stage of Wuwei's battle against Lu Long came to an end. In the duel between the two sides, Wuwei won a decisive victory, although it only took Zhuozhou, but it was extremely symbolic. Tens of thousands of troops were stationed in Zhuozhou, and it was already close to Jicheng, the capital of Youzhou.

On the canal, boats shuttled back and forth, constantly transporting boatloads of supplies from Wuwei to Zhuozhou City, and gathered them for winter. After completely seizing Zhuozhou, this section of the canal was completely controlled, which made Wuwei more convenient in the transfer of grain and materials.

Cao Xin set up his left capital governor Yamen in Zhuozhou City, and Shi Zhuang and Wang Sili were one left and one right, respectively captured Guangyang and Tongxian near the left of Jicheng, and together with Zhuoxian, the capital of Zhuozhou, formed a three-sided siege on Jicheng.

In Ulzhou, Zhang Jia's 5,000 elites, who had received a large amount of assistance from Li Ze, approached the border of Yanzhou and set up camps, forming a containment threat to Yanzhou, so that Lulong's army in Yanzhou did not dare to act rashly.

Half a month later, heavy snow, cold wind, cut off traffic, Jicheng became a de facto lonely city.

At this time, Zhang Zhongwu, who retreated to Jicheng, with his main force, had already withdrawn from Youzhou, arrived in Yingzhou, and began to stabilize his position in Yingzhou again. The military advisor Zhonglang became the Jicheng guard.

The news of Wuwei's victory immediately spread all over the world. When Zhang Zhongwu got up, there were many heroes in the world, and they were not optimistic, because around him, many strong towns were lined up, Hedong, Chengde, which were all famous and strong towns, and in fact, Zhang Zhongwu did not stand out from these two strong towns to take the Central Plains.

Gao Yu died, Hedong was scattered, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and what made the world even more shocking was that in the war, a much stronger Wuwei Town than Chengde suddenly rose, and it was his own strength that defeated Zhang Zhongwu into a crush.

If there were many Jiezhen who didn't think much of Wuwei earlier, the battle on the bank of the Yishui River made the prestige of Wuwei's soldiers spread all over the world, not all armies could fight against Zhang Zhongwu's 20,000 iron cavalry with more than 10,000 people, and finally they could win the battle, thinking about the appearance of 20,000 cavalry pouring in like a tide all over the mountains, it could already make many people panic.

In December, a lot happened.

When Li Ze defeated Zhang Zhongwu on the bank of the Yishui River, Hedong Han Qi and Li Cunzhong joined forces and brazenly annexed the Kelan Army and the Xinzhou Army.

Han Qi is the successor recommended by Gao Biao before his death, and the imperial court at that time was customary to canonize Han Qi as the Hedong Jiezhen to stay, that is, a representative of the Hedong Jiezhen Jiedu Envoy Duty, and now Han Qi after annexing the Kelan Army and the Xin Army, officially asked to be turned into a regular and served as the envoy of the Hedong Jiedu, and Li Cunzhong was the deputy envoy.

Chang'an, the imperial city.

Li Yan's mood is really good these days, the victory on the bank of the Yishui River, the victory in Zhuojun, and the good news of the connection have made the entire Chang'an City boil.

Although the current Tang Dynasty is actually falling apart, but nominally everyone is still based on Chang'an, which is also the reason why Li Yan still wants to repeat the glory of his ancestors, Zhang Zhongwu is the first to jump out and raise the flag to rebel, such a person, if he is not eradicated in time, but let him sit big, I am afraid that the world's festival envoys will rise up and take effect.

It's a pity that he has more than enough heart but not enough power.

A high score is far from enough to defeat Zhang Zhongwu.

Li Ze's martial arts have sprung up, and this person Li Yan still feels that he has pulled it out by himself, not that he agreed to the merger of the three towns to create a super town, how could he have achieved a decisive victory so quickly?

Regarding Lu Long's geographical location, Li Yan, who was well versed in strategic points, naturally understood what it meant to Lu Long to capture Zhuo County.

"It's a pity, now that there must have been to stop moving forward because of the weather, otherwise take advantage of the situation to fight the enemy, and you will be able to recover Jicheng and Youzhou in one fell swoop!" Li Yan, who was standing on the platform of Wufeng Tower, holding the railing with both hands, and the cloak was covered with a thick layer of snowflakes, but he still said to Tian Lingzi beside him with great interest.

"Your Majesty, although the battle between General Li and Zhang Thief has won a big victory, in fact, it is also a tragic victory." Tian Lingzi said: "General Li doesn't want His Majesty to be too worried, so he just reports the good news but not the bad news." ”

"Oh, and such a thing?" Li Yan said in surprise.

"yes!" Tian Lingzi continued: "I talked about this matter with Gongsun Changming, the general of Qianniu Weizuo, at the banquet, the battle on the bank of the Yishui River, General Li was actually lonely, and his subordinates Wanfu, Liang Han's department, suffered half of the casualties, and after the war, he basically lost his combat effectiveness, and there was no long rest, and it was impossible to fight again, and General Li worked hard to build a thousand-person Modao team, this battle, also lost more than half, and even the general's henchman Li Han was seriously injured and bedridden, I heard that because of this injury, The originally scheduled marriage had to be postponed. ”

"The loss is so great, the general didn't mention it in the middle of the twists and turns, which is in stark contrast to a certain person who chatters endlessly to the court for rewards and official positions when he has a small victory, and the general's loyalty to the king can be seen from this!" Li Yan said with emotion. "Tian Qing, the general is high-spirited, but the court can't live up to him, of course, he has to be rewarded heavily, but the general is not yet twenty, and he is already in the third grade, how to reward it? You can't just be crowned the king of the county, right? His father, Li Anguo, is only the king of the county! ”

"The general must not care about this." Tian Lingzi smiled and said, "If Your Majesty really wants to reward the general, why don't you give grace to his wife, mother, and his unborn son!" ”

"We'll have to wait a few months! It seems that there are still four months before his wife can give birth! Li Yan laughed: "Give his mother and his wife some wealth first!" Be rich, don't let people say that the royal favor is thin. ”

"Yes!"

"By the way, what is the result of the discussion between the three provinces of Shangshu under the Zhongshu Sect for the matter invited by Han Qi in Hedong?" Li Yan suddenly remembered something.

"Your Majesty, the three provinces have different opinions, Wang Zhongcheng is silent, Chen Shangshuling takes it for granted, and the minister?"

"You're against it?" Li Yan was a little surprised: "The person who Gao Shuai asked for promotion before he died, there shouldn't be anything wrong, right?" ”

Tian Lingzi bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the former ministers also thought so, but people will change, when Zhang Zhongwu raised troops to Lulong, he was not a pillar of the country, but now?" ”

Li Yan was taken aback: "What do you mean by this, do you mean that Han Qi has a heart of disobedience?" ”

"This minister doesn't dare to assert!" Tian Lingzi played Taijiquan and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Kelan Army and the Xinzhou Army in the last battle under the command of Gao Shuai, regardless of safety, bravely pursued the enemy, and suffered heavy casualties. After returning to Hedong, he has been persecuted by Han Qi and Li Cunzhong. Now it has been swallowed up by the two. As for the Hengye Army earlier, the Daizhou Army was the main force in the final battle of Gao Shuai, but the Datong Army commanded by Han Qi did nothing in the last battle, but it preserved its strength, and now it has become a dominant family. ”

"And such a thing?"

"Your Majesty, there is also Yunzhong to capture Zhang Jia, who was also forced by Han Qi, to give up Yunzhou, where he was stationed, and moved to Ulzhou at great risk, if it wasn't for the support of General Li, he would have been wiped out by Lu Long's army, and now that Zhang Jia has gained a firm foothold, he immediately sent troops to threaten Yanzhou and contribute to General Li's siege of Youzhou."

"What does Han Qi want to do?" Li Yan said with some annoyance.

"I don't know!" Tian Lingzi said: "Han Qi wants to be Hedong Jiezhen, and Hedong Jiezhen is also under the command of the general manager of the Northland Marching Army in name, why doesn't Your Majesty ask General Li to see what General Li's opinion is?" This not only shows His Majesty's respect for General Li, but also avoids making Han Qi complain, if General Li does not agree, His Majesty only needs to tell Han Qi about this result, anyway, Han Qi's stay is also the duty of the Temperance Envoy, the difference is not big! ”

Li Yan was silent for a while, of course the difference here is big. However, Tian Lingzi said this, which also made sense, it seems that General Li is very dissatisfied with Han Qi.

"Then do it!" Li Yan nodded: "General Li is the general manager of the northland march, Han Qi is also his subordinate, the general said that he will launch a second attack in the spring next year, so that Lu Long's rule can not carry out spring ploughing smoothly, making it more difficult for Lu Long in the coming year, I hope that Han Qi will be able to make more meritorious contributions at that time, and then he will be crowned as the envoy of the festival, and General Li will have nothing to say." ”

"This is natural!" Tian Lingzi said with a smile.

Tian Lingzi, who walked out of Miyagi, was in a very happy mood. Today's words are naturally made for a reason, in order to let him say this, Gongsun Changming, the general of Qianniu Weizuo, paid a price of 100,000 yuan for this.

Han Qi couldn't be the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, so he left a hidden danger for Hedong, and Wu Wei still held Zhang Jia's card in his hand, so he could use this as an introduction to provoke civil strife in Hedong, and finally completely take Hedong into his arms.

Only by taking Hedong can Li Ze become the real king of the Northland.