From the west of Yuguan, the nearest is Yingzhou, and the northwest of Yingzhou is Pingzhou. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info farther west of Yingzhou, which is Luanzhou.

In the last years of Zhenguan, Tang Taizong set up the "Song Desert Governor's Mansion" in western Liaoning (near Tongliao in Inner Mongolia today), and ordered the Khitan leader "Cave Song" to be the governor, and it was hereditary from generation to generation.

Later, after the death of Gu Ge, the relationship between his descendants and the Tang Dynasty became worse and worse, and even did the bad thing of "invading Yingzhou" with the "Xi people", but the Tang Dynasty adopted an attitude of calming things down, and also named the grandson of the cave song, "Li Qianzhong", as the general of Wuwei and the governor of Songmo.

That's it, the Tang Dynasty court also appointed Li Quanzhong's in-law Sun Wanrong as the assassin of Guichengzhou, but did not get the good results of filial piety to the Tang Dynasty as hoped.

When Wu Zetian was in power, in May of the first year of Tongtian (696 AD, also the year of Bingshen), Zhao Wenhui, the governor of Yingzhou, was arrogant and self-serving, and had harassed and insulted the Khitan several times, regarded the Khitan chieftains as slaves, and did not give timely relief when the Khitan had a famine, which also aggravated the rebellious psychology of Li and Sun.

So, Li Quanzhong, Sun Wanrong and others raised troops to kill Zhao Wenhui, which was the famous Yingzhou Rebellion in history.

Since the Yingzhou Rebellion, the power of the Khitans has gradually increased. After the military genius Yelu Abaoji was born, he not only unified the grassland tribes, but also raised troops to destroy the Bohai State.

When the sun rose in the east, the defenders at the head of Yingzhou City suddenly found that a thicker and thicker black line appeared on the horizon in the distance.

The defender rubbed his eyes fiercely, staring at the blinding sunlight, desperately trying to see what it was.

Under the gaze of the defenders, the black line became thicker and thicker, like a huge wave on the Bohai Sea, and in the blink of an eye, it paved the ground east of the entire Yingzhou.

"Yike...... ......"When the towering handsome man crossed the sky and approached, the defender shouted in a strange voice of horror, "Enemy attack! Enemy attack, quickly strike the gong...... Ring the gong......"

With the sound of the police gong at the head of Yingzhou City, the main force of the Li Jiajun flocked to the east gate of Yingzhou with an unprecedented majestic attitude.

I saw that the banner was waving, the iron armor was sensen, and the spear was shining in the cold light, dazzling people's eyes and hearts.

"Bai Xing, the teacher and his old man took Yuguan for the second time, all of them were successful in sneak attacks, and this time they swaggered to the city of the Khitans, alas, for hundreds of years, the first time the Han family's sons and daughters have suffered." Zuo Ziguang, who had the title of supervising the army, took the initiative to chat with Yang Lie.

Yang Lie pursed his lips and remained silent, obviously too lazy to take care of Zuo Ziguang, who was very noisy.

Zuo Ziguang didn't care about whether Yang Lie would answer. After years of getting along, he is very familiar with Yang Baixing's temper, this Yang Du commander, has always regarded himself as a pure soldier, and he likes to be quiet and not moving.

"Bai Xing, tell me, what will our teacher achieve in the future?" Zuo Ziguang didn't mind Yang Lie's silence at all, he continued to test on his own.

However, no matter how Zuo Ziguang tried it, Yang Lie kept his mouth shut and refused to spit out half a word.

"Hehe, Bai Xing, look at this ......" Zuo Ziguang suddenly took out a piece of letterhead from his cuff and stuffed it into Yang Lie's hand.

Yang Lie didn't care too much at first, and when he looked at the letterhead, his handsome face, which had always been unwavering, was finally slightly moved.

I saw that there was this paragraph on the letterhead: "...... Regret the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, slightly lose the literary style; Tang Zong and Song Zu are slightly less coquettish......"

The handwriting on the letterhead, even if it is less than ashes, Yang Lie also knows it, and it must be Li Zhongyi's handwriting.

"Emperor Qin is Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, there is no need to say more. It's just that, who is this Song Zu? Why am I not impressed at all? Yang Lie's curiosity was finally aroused, he tightened his brows, and asked Zuo Ziguang hesitantly, "Could it be Liu Jinu?" No, this person does not have outstanding martial arts, let alone brilliant cultural governance, how can he be qualified to stand side by side with Tang Taizong? ”

Zuo Ziguang and Yang Lie have very different ideas, since ancient times, the ancestor who has taken Song as the country name, except for Liu Yu and Liu Jinu, is there no one else.

Although Liu Jinu's character is not good, he also usurped the Jin Dynasty and became self-reliant, and he was addicted to Song Gaozu. Such a slave brother who has been an emperor has not been taken seriously by Li Zhongyi, Zuo Ziguang will inevitably think crookedly: the teacher is an old man, and he will be the emperor after all.

In this era, those who dared to give words to defy the emperor either died or became emperor themselves.

Zuo Ziguang's attitude towards the future direction of Li Jiajun, Yang Lie has always known in his heart, but he deliberately pretended to be stupid.

The reason is obvious, the Li family army has grown to the current level, and recently expanded the guards, once the victory returns to the south, it will be jealous of the imperial court.

In short, Yang Lie's attitude was extremely clear, if the imperial court wanted to be unfavorable to Li Zhongyi, he had to step on his Yang Baixing's corpse.

"Jiang Ming, our teacher, what kind of teacher is it?" Yang Lie thought about it, and finally made up his mind to persuade Zuo Ziguang, "I was born in a reckless manner, and with the support of a famous teacher, I have the authority in my hands today, and the grace of knowing is like reconstruction." ”

"Jiang Ming, I advise you not to think about so many miscellaneous things, I am a simple person, and I have followed the teacher all my life to walk the world." Yang Lie's words seemed unremarkable, but in fact, Zuo Ziguang understood in his heart that Yang Baixing was quite dissatisfied and helpless with his secret actions.

If Li Zhongyi is the master of holding a knife, then Yang Lie is the sharpest blade at hand by Li Zhongyi.

Zuo Ziguang clearly remembered that Yang Lie once said: No matter who it is, as long as you dare to disadvantage Li Zhongyi, it will be people who block and kill, Buddha who will block and chop Buddha, and jade will not hesitate to burn.

In terms of temperament, Yang Lie's fame is much more indifferent than Zuo Ziguang.

The two disciples were intriguing in front, and Li Zhongyi sat comfortably on the back of the "blood killing", squinting his eyes, and casually observing the movements at the head of Yingzhou City.

From afar, Li Zhongyi saw the police gong sounding wildly in Yingzhou City, crowded with people, boiling with voices, and dusty.

"Master, Yingzhou under the rule of the Khitans has been peaceful for a long time, and the city defense has been abandoned to such an extent......" Li Yunxiao sighed and said, "Hehe, if our army sneaks up at night, it will be successful." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, this time out of Yuguan, the capture of the city as a supplement, to contain the elite Liao army in Nanjing Road, is an important purpose.

Recently, Li Zhongyi has expanded the Guards, and another 5,000 new troops are being trained.

Counting the original more than 20,000 people, the Li family's army has suddenly grown to a scale of nearly 30,000 people, and Li Zhongyi knows very well in his heart that his strength can be as strong as it is today, all thanks to the Khitans' southern invasion.

Someone persuaded Li Zhongyi that since the court was suspicious of him, it was better to raise his own respect, so that the court had to rely on his protection.

However, Li Zhongyi is an out-and-out great nationalist, standing on the position of the entire Han nation, and the Khitan people will always be the first evil that threatens the Chinese people in the Central Plains if they do not decline or collapse.

In the face of national righteousness, Li Zhongyi was not allowed to retreat in the slightest, so after eating the 40,000 elites of the Khitan army, he decisively went north and entered the hinterland of the Khitan people again, intending to turn it upside down.

Helplessly, although Li Zhongyi had the determination to go on the Northern Expedition, the imperial court had always been deeply suspicious of him and consciously suppressed the strength of the Li family's army.

Before the troops were dispatched, the soldiers in Li Zhongyi's hands were only more than 18,000 people.

Now, Li Zhongyi took advantage of the opportunity to defeat the Khitan Middle Route Army and liberate the captured Han people, and directly expanded the army by nearly 10,000, and his strength suddenly increased by more than one-third.

When Li Zhongyi led the army to return south, even if the imperial court was uncomfortable, in order not to anger the victorious army, it must also recognize Li Zhongyi's legitimate status in the temple.

"Master, are you thirsty?" Just when Li Zhongyi was in a state of confusion, Zhu Niang handed the water bladder to his hand and reminded him in a whisper that he had not been hydrated for two hours.

Li Zhongyi smiled, took the water bladder and poured it violently, and wiped the water stains on the corners of his mouth with his backhand, but it caused Zhu Niang's eyes.

In the old house of the Li family, Li Zhongyi pays attention to the image, lives and moves, nourishes the body, does not get tired of eating, does not get tired of being fine, lives an extremely luxurious life, and pays attention to style.

However, what makes it difficult for Zhu Niang to understand is that as long as Li Zhongyi enters the barracks, he is like an illiterate soldier, his behavior is vulgar and unsightly.

Li Zhongyi had already seen Zhu Niang's incomprehension, but he didn't bother to say the mystery of this.

In the past, Li Zhongyi participated in poverty alleviation work, and when he first started to squat in the village, he always wore a straight suit and shiny leather shoes, and he was always out of place with the dress of the surrounding farmers.

On the surface, the villagers seem to be polite to Li Zhongyi, but in fact, the psychological estrangement is extremely deep, and people don't like to talk to him privately.

Although the barracks are different from those in the countryside, the Li Jiajun is an army mainly from small peasant and hunter families, and there has been no particularly dramatic change in consciousness and concepts over the past thousand years.

If you are your own person, you must stir the horse spoon in a pot, share weal and woe in peacetime, and be informal, and in wartime, the soldiers will really have the heart to work for Li Zhongyi.

This truth, Li Zhong is easy to understand, and he knows only half of it, and Zhu Niang's knowledge is still a little shorter after all.

Yelu Qidan, the general of Yingzhou, quickly climbed to the top of the city, looked into the distance, and found that the boundless Li Jiajun, like a tide, was surging towards Yingzhou.

"Come, hurry, hurry up and start a beacon fire, report to the Nanjing Left-behind Division, and report to the ......" Yelu Qishan is also a veteran general who has fought for many years, and after careful observation, he decisively made a decision that he thought was correct.

Yingzhou is the heartland of the Khitan, and since Shi Jingjiao sacrificed the sixteen states of Youyun, there has never been a war.

Based on this, the strength of Yeluqi's single-handedness, when it was fully calculated, was only 2,500 horsemen.

With such a small number of troops who are not good at defending the city, in the face of the attack of the Han army that is more than ten times that of Li Zhongyi, Yeluqi thinks with his feet, and knows that it is a matter of time before the city is broken. (To be continued.) )