On 20 July, only 13 days after the Qingjian Gorge robbery, Li Qi was already on the bank of the Yellow River.

At the end of summer, the water potential of the Yellow River is relatively gentle, two pontoon bridges have been erected on the river, and the Jinyang army is crossing the river in batches. There are also dozens of ferries on the river, which are ferrying, transporting the personnel and materials of the Jinyang Army to the Wubao Wharf opposite. Several ospreys hovered over the river in the distance, searching for prey in the water.

"Is Your Majesty worried about this battle?" A clear voice came from behind him.

It was Yang Zhaoyuan who spoke, a veteran of the Jin army, who accompanied the army this time and joined the army as a marching battalion, responsible for managing the baggage and grain and grass transportation in the rear.

Li Qi has already appointed his eldest son Yang Hongxin as the assassin of Linzhou in accordance with the original historical trajectory.

After meeting Yang Hongxin's second son Yang Chonggui, Li Qicai suddenly remembered that this little guy who was only seven or eight years old and had a tiger head and a tiger brain later changed his name to Yang Jiye. I really didn't expect that the famous Yang family general in later generations was also born in Shatuo, which was also an accident.

Therefore, Li Qi made some adjustments according to the original history, and changed Yang Hongxin from the defense envoy of Luzhou to the assassin of Linzhou, so that he would be the same as the original, and the border with the folding family of Fuzhou.

"This is natural, the Dang Xiang Qiang has occupied the Dingyan Army for nearly a hundred years, it can be said that the tree has deep roots, and it should not be rushed, otherwise the Qiang Department in the Hengshan area may be united." Li Qi said, "The party members can dominate the north, relying on more than 20,000 cavalry troops, and it is indeed not easy to deal with. ”

"Your Majesty's personal expedition this time, is it ready to solve the party's problems once and for all?"

Li Qi shook his head: "I naturally want to, but I can't do it with my current strength, so I can only weaken them first." Li Siyuan is still eyeing the land of Hebei, and there is also the Khitan trouble, if our army is trapped in the Dingyan army, it is not cost-effective. In addition, what is the attitude of the folding family in Fuzhou? ”

"Zhi Congyuan replied that he would only wait for His Majesty to lead a large army to start attacking Sui and Yinzhou, that is, to lead the soldiers and horses of Fuzhou Prefecture to raid Xiazhou." Lu Yan replied.

"Okay, after this battle, I will assign the land to Fuzhou."

"Your Majesty...... This land Jinze is a salt pond, and the annual fiscal and tax revenue is not a small number, and about twenty percent of the income of the Dingyan army is counting on the salt pond of Jinze, which will make the strength of the Zhe clan rise greatly. ”

Li Qi smiled but did not speak.

Li Renfu was certainly reluctant to pay the salt tax, and he would inevitably fall into a long-term battle with Fuzhou because of this, and all he had to do was to continue to support Fuzhou and Shengzhou and make them the main force to curb the expansion of the party.

The Jinyang army is crossing the Yellow River on a large scale, and this time the Jinyang side dispatched 30,000 infantry troops and 15,000 cavalry troops, nearly 50,000 troops plus auxiliary troops transporting baggage, grain and grass, and more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, which have the momentum of destroying the Dingyan army in one fell swoop.

Zhang Qianzhao, a cavalry general who defected on the Dingzhou front last year, was appointed as the vanguard by Li Qi, and his 3,000 cavalry troops were mainly from the original An Xiantong's men. After crossing the Yellow River, this vanguard force rested for a while, and then marched towards the northern part of Suizhou City, preparing to first cut off the connection between Suizhou and Xiazhou, where the military town of Dingyan Army was located.

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At the same time that the Jinyang army crossed the river, Li Renyu, the assassin of Suizhou, left his nephew Li Yizan to defend the city of Zhou, ran back to Xiazhou with his pro-army, and personally asked his brother Li Renfu for help.

"This Jinyang army came so fast, it only took more than ten days to start crossing the river?!" Li Renfu was a little surprised when he heard this.

Most of the main generals of the Xiazhou Festival have gathered in the hall.

"It's not good, it seems that you can't give up this time, the little emperor has gone out in person." Li Yichao, who is only in his twenties and of medium stature, but very athletic, said. He is the second son of Li Renfu, and due to the early death of his eldest son Yi Han, Li Yichao is now the designated heir of the town marshal of Jiedu.

"Boss, how much property have you robbed them, Jinyang's report is that 300,000 taels of silver were robbed, which needs to be handed over, and then a sum of money will be compensated, otherwise there will be no negotiation." Li Renfu thought for a moment and said.

Li Renyu listened to it and said with a bitter face: "Where did you rob any money?!" The car was full of pig iron, and it took a long time to die, and hundreds of subordinates died, but the hair was not fished. ”

Li Renqian sneered when he heard this: "Hehe, don't you want to swallow this wealth so that you can strengthen yourself?" ”

Li Renyu said angrily: "Who wants to swallow it privately, and when did I hand over half of what I robbed?!" This time it was really eye-catching, but I didn't expect them to change their bags halfway and secretly cross Chen Cang......"

Li Renqian looked at him and said, "It's quite similar!" ”

"You ......" Li Renyu was furious, and reached out and pressed it on the hilt of the knife.

"Phew!"

Li Renfu slapped the table, "The enemy is now, and there is a disturbance in his own nest, what kind of system!" ”

When the two of them saw that Li Renfu was angry, they were dumbfounded.

"This matter is a bit strange, the Jin army reacted so quickly, it should have been prepared...... "The military division under the tent Jing Mu said, "Maybe the general fell for the other party's tricks, and it just gave people an excuse to crusade against us......"

"So what? The other party made the list of robberies clear, and Yi Zan, Wu Tan and several of them were on the list of others. Li Renfu sighed, "Three hundred thousand taels of silver...... Coupled with the compensation and pension, this is a year's income for the Dingyan Army, and they calculated it correctly. ”

"It's nothing more than fighting, are we afraid of Jinyang?!" Li Yichao, who was strong in blood, said indignantly.

"The opponent's army is pressing, I'm afraid that I have been prepared for a long time, this battle is not easy to fight." Jing Mu said.

Li Renfu sat in his seat and was silent for a long time, then raised his head, glanced at the generals standing under the hall with a sharp gaze like an eagle, and then slowly spoke: "This time it is the boss who has fallen into the way of others, but the other party has bullied the door, and he is going to fight after all, so that the other party knows that our party department is not something that anyone can handle at will!" Suizhou was south of Hengshan and could not be defended at all, so he abandoned it first and defended Yinzhou with all his might. You have to win on the battlefield first, and then the old man will ask for guilt! ”

Li Renyu said: "Why do you have to petition for guilt after winning? ”

Li Renfu glared at him: "As long as the interests are not lost, this face and this thing are insignificant." The emperor of the Central Plains has a good face, and we always have enough face to get enough face before we can come down the steps. Otherwise, if you really provoke people, can you really withstand it? ”

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The army crossed the river very slowly.

It took more than three days for nearly 70,000 men and horses of the Jinyang army to cross the Yellow River, and when Li ordered the army to start marching from Wubao, he heard that the party department abandoned Suizhou and retreated to Yinzhou.

Li Yizan took the direction of Funing Village, and Zhang Qianzhao's front army failed to intercept the opponent......