"Why didn't the king of Longxi come in person?"

Looking at Li Kening standing below, Li Ye said with a smile. www

Hold accountable? Or even leave Li Kening behind?

Li Ye is not so stupid, he doesn't want to meet Li Ke with soldiers now, it's not time yet.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the king of the county occasionally felt cold when he was conquering Meng Fang, and it was inconvenient to travel far away, so he sent his ministers to ask His Majesty for his guilt on behalf of the king of the county. And the king of the county asked his ministers to pay tribute to His Majesty with a thousand horses, and 200,000 pieces of money! ”

Laugh at.... Laugh at...

Everyone didn't expect Li Ke to use such a big hand, thousands of horses and 200,000 yuan of money, is this to use money to eliminate disasters?

Li Keyong is not afraid of the imperial court's crusade, but he also knows that if the imperial court really crusades against him, he will also suffer heavy losses, and Zhu Wen and the others will definitely not let go of this opportunity to deal with him.

Taking this bit of money, grain, and horses also has the meaning of being soft to the imperial court, and after solving Meng Fangli, Helian Duo and others, Hedong's strength has risen greatly, so naturally there is no need for this.

"It turns out that the king of Longxi is in poor health, so tell the king of Longxi to take care of his health." In the last four words, Li Ye deliberately accentuated his tone.

Li Kening hurriedly said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty." ”

As soon as Li Kening's words fell, Meng Fangli's envoy on the side stood up, "Your Majesty, Hedong Li Keyong attacked Zhaoyi without authorization, and asked Your Majesty to issue an order to crusade against Li Keyong." ”

"Idiot!"

The envoys of the other feudal towns glanced at the people sent by Meng Fangli, and couldn't help but curse in their hearts.

Obviously, Your Majesty doesn't want to turn your face with Li Keyong now, aren't you actually embarrassing Your Majesty by doing this? Even if His Majesty intends to crusade against Li Keyong, can you have a good life in the Zhaoyi Army? I didn't even understand this point, and I was sent as a messenger, and I didn't know what Meng Fangli thought.

The cold glint in Li Ye's eyes flashed, and he looked at Li Kening, "Li Aiqing, what the envoy of Zhaoyi Meng Jiedu said is true?" ”

Li Kening hurriedly said, "Back to Your Majesty, this person is talking nonsense. It's just that because of the struggle for Zhaoyi orthodoxy, there were some conflicts, but Hedong definitely did not participate in it. ”

"I see." Li Ye nodded, "In that case, Pei Aiqing, in the name of the imperial court, draw up a piece of paper, let both sides stop, and it is better to shed less blood during the Spring Festival." I remember Li Cunxiao in Zhaoyi, right?

The next holy decree is to let him come to Chang'an. I've heard that this man is a brave man, and he can be called a fierce general. It just so happens that I plan to reorganize the left and right Shenwei army, and there are still two candidates for the general, so I look at Li Cunxiao as well. ”

"Your Majesty, this...

Before Li Kening finished speaking, Pei Rong saluted in understanding, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Li Ye This is a discordant plan on the surface, Li Cunxiao is now having a very bad time under Li Keyong, Li Keyong is suspicious of him, Li Cunxin and Kang Junli are targeting him, and some other generals also don't speak to him because of jealousy, if it weren't for Li Ke repairing Li Cunxiao, it is estimated that he would not know where he was demoted.

If Li Cunxiao really came to join the imperial court, Li Ye naturally didn't mind giving him a position as a general. Anyway, the Shenwei Army has not really been formed now, and if it can be used to disgust Li Ke with a false position, it is also worth it.

He just wants to let Li Ke use the generals below to have civil strife, so that Li Ke's strength can be weakened, why not.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty's fierce general!"

Zhu Wen's envoy Jing Xiang hurriedly complimented.

Li Kening didn't expect things to develop like this, and he was a little caught off guard. But in front of so many officials, he may not be able to get out of this Taiji Palace, so he can only agree to come down first, and then find a way to go back.

After a few points of attention have passed, everything else is a process, and this Yuanri Dynasty will be held until noon.

Those envoys from the local feudal towns did not return immediately, and most of them did not leave until after the Shangyuan Festival.

Now the imperial court is a little different, and those who have to take this opportunity to observe the strength of the imperial court anyway, and then go back to report it, and then consider how to get along with the imperial court.

As for the dealings between these envoys and the ministers of the court, Li Ye saw it in his eyes, but with Jinyiwei staring at him, he was not worried that these people would be able to make big waves. www

Compared with Chang'an, most of Li Ye's attention is on Longyou, which is related to whether Datang can open up the connection with the Guiyi Army.

Moreover, when he learned that the imperial court was sending troops to Longyou in a big way, the envoy of the Guiyi Army was naturally very happy.

Strictly speaking, there are two groups of envoys to the Guiyi Army, one is sent by Zhang Huaishen, the current envoy of the Guiyi Army, nominally representing the entire Guiyi Army; One wave was sent by Zhang Huaiding, the assassin of Liangzhou, and only represented Zhang Huaiding and his allies.

Before, the imperial court didn't know much about the Guiyi Army, but with the previous border trade, there were also Jinyiwei's spies who arrived in Hexi, and the arrival of the two groups of Guiyi Army envoys at the same time also made the imperial court know more about the Guiyi Army.

Not to say a comprehensive understanding, but there is also a general idea. At least I know that the Guiyi Army is also more complicated, Zhang Yichao's eldest son Zhang Huaiding is not very satisfied with Zhang Huaishen's power, and has always wanted to regain the power of the Jiedu Envoy, so he will send people to Chang'an before to cooperate with the imperial court.

Li Ye naturally knew that Zhang Huaiding had deceived him, but he didn't mean to blame.

Last year, under the leadership of Zhang Huaiding, tens of thousands of war horses were sold to the imperial court, which was undoubtedly a relief to Li Ye, who was in urgent need of excellent war horses.

Even if Li Ye knew that Zhang Huaiding had deceived him before, he would not blame the other party, he only looked at the results.

And in this visit to Chang'an, Zhang Huaiding sent his young son Zhang Chengfeng to Chang'an, which is equivalent to being a proton. Stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, Li Ye naturally won't blame.

"What's your name?"

Looking at the boy in front of him, who was only a few years older than himself, Li Ye had a smile on his face.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I will call Zhang Chengfeng below."

"How old are you?"

"I'm 15 years old!"

"Yes, young and promising. Speaking of which, your grandfather was also a hero of the Tang Dynasty, and although the imperial court gave him an official position, he did not give him a title. What the ancestors didn't do, I, the descendant, helped them do.

Zhang Wei, passing on my will, canonized Zhang Chengfeng as a male in Guzang County, and sent him to Guozi to study. ”

The young Zhang Chengfeng and the envoy of Zhang Huaiding on the side obviously did not expect the emperor to be so generous, and the envoy hurriedly pulled Zhang Chengfeng to salute Li Ye.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Ye waved his hand, "Let's get to the point." I know what your master meant by sending you, and I can support him to win the position of the Guiyi Army, but the court will not issue an order, as long as your master can occupy Shazhou, the court will issue an order to recognize your master's Guiyi Army to make the throne.

Don't be in a hurry to rejoice, before that, your master has to do something. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!" The envoy of the Liangzhou Guiyi Army couldn't hide the excitement in his heart.

"Send troops to assist the imperial army in attacking the allied forces of the Tubo tribes in Longyou."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, in this matter, the minister's representative Assassin promised Your Majesty that he will not disappoint His Majesty."

"That's the best!"

Although the base camp of the Guiyi Army is in Shazhou, Liangzhou has been the military and political center of the northwest region for many years, and its foundation is not weak.

At that time, the imperial court also sent 3,000 troops to garrison Liangzhou, although most of these soldiers died of illness, but their heirs were there. Zhang Huaiding occupied Liangzhou for many years and was not defeated by the Tibetans and Uighurs, which shows that Liangzhou's strength was not bad.

This time, the main forces of the tribes of Longyou and Tubo were attracted by the imperial army, so if Liangzhou sent troops at this time, it would definitely achieve results. Compared with the imperial army, the Liangzhou army was more familiar with these nomads, after all, they had been dealing with each other for decades.

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And in the former Weizhou Prefecture, due to the New Year, the army did not attack, but was preparing.

Although the later battles were dominated by cavalry, the infantry was not without the opportunity to play, and the siege of the city still had to rely on the infantry.

On the side of Danzhou and Diezhou, because there were no big tribes, and some tribes directly took refuge in the Tang Dynasty, Wang Jian and the troops of Shannan West Road quickly occupied the two states, leaving the army of Shannan West Road to garrison, and Wang Jian joined the army commanded by Liu Kui with 6,000 cavalry.

30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, such a large army, is an existence that cannot be ignored by these Tubo tribes in Longyou.

Liu Kui divided the cavalry into three groups, Wang Jian led the cavalry of the Songzhou Governor's Mansion and the cavalry of the Right Shenwu Army with 8,000 people as the left wing, Yuan Zhiqing led the 10,000 cavalry of the Right Tiance Army as the right wing, and Liu Kui personally led 10,000 cavalry in the center. And Li Jiepi led 20,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry.

Although the infantry army was only followed by 3,000 cavalry, the Tibetans would not have bothered this infantry if they had been smart.

These 20,000 infantry are definitely hard bones, and there are three cavalry of the Tang Army next to them, what is it to trouble the infantry, not to find death?

"Horses, this time the Tubo tribes in Longyou have gathered a total of 40,000 cavalry, and there are tens of thousands of cavalry on the Taozhou side whose attitude is unknown.

"Didn't Taozhou Tubo send someone to say that he wanted to take refuge in my Datang?"

"Do you believe that?" Liu Kui shook his head, "In my opinion, this Taozhou Tubo may want to be a grass on the wall, and the heart is guarded." ”

"But the Tibetans still gathered 40,000 cavalry, this...

"Afraid of what? A ragtag of poorly armed rabbles scares you? How can Hexi be recovered in this way? Recovering the Western Regions?

And it's not like we're without reinforcements! ”

"Reinforcements?"

Everyone is puzzled, at present, the imperial court can be said to have transferred nearly half of the cavalry, could it be that the cavalry of Zuo Tiance's army was also transferred? But so far, is it useful?

Liu Kui did not explain.

The reinforcements he said were naturally the Liangzhou Guiyi Army, which was not a weak force, and he didn't know how many Liangzhou Guiyi troops came to support, but he believed that his army could defeat these Tubo troops in front of him without the help of the Guiyi Army.

As the army continued to approach Linzhou, the scouts on both sides fought more frequently and intensively.

In this era when there are no high-tech means, field warfare relies on this to determine the enemy's position.

"Tell me to go down and get ready, the big war is coming!"

With the binoculars in the hands of his subordinates, Liu Kui instructed the surrounding generals, and asked them to inform the Right Shenwu Army to prepare for battle, if it really starts, no one can control these infantry.

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