Fenzhou.

Although a few days ago, Li Keyong defeated the 30,000 Lingwu army in Shizhou, but this news could not make him happy.

In terms of the imperial court, the main force of the forbidden army has conquered Yindi Pass, Lingshi County, and Lengquan Pass, and now the vanguard has arrived in Jiexiu County, and will soon be under the city of Linfenzhou.

If it were just this army, Li Keyong would not be so worried.

However, in addition to the current these, there were 50,000 troops from Luzhou to the north and headed directly towards Taiyuan.

The imperial army in front of him is mainly based on the left and right Shence army, plus the Zuo Yulin army and the Zuo Tiance army, and the entire army adds up to 100,000 people.

Moreover, the Right Divine Ce Army and the Left Heavenly Ce Army are both elite.

At this time, in addition to the thousands of troops lost at Lingshi and Lengquan Pass, Li Ke only had more than 50,000 people: 30,000 cavalry and 25,000 infantry.

It is not an easy task to defeat the 100,000 forbidden army in front of you with an army of 50,000, especially when the imperial court has a weapon that can deal with cavalry.

If you attack these 100,000 forbidden troops with all your might, what will happen to the 50,000 troops that Zhaoyi has gone north? That's going to cut yourself off.

Therefore, seeing the current situation, everyone in the Fenzhou Thorn Mansion couldn't help but be silent.

"Father-in-law, why don't you take advantage of the fact that the forbidden army is not firmly established, raid Jiexiu, and find a way to eliminate Jiexiu's vanguard of the forbidden army."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little silent, Li Cunxian, one of Li Keyong's righteous sons, couldn't help but stand up.

In the past, the Shatuo Army was a terrifying army, and even in the face of enemies stronger than themselves, they were never afraid.

Now he is actually timid, is it because he is used to living this life of fine clothes and food, so he is a little lacking in courage?

"Nope." Gai Yu shook his head, "According to the scout's news, the Zuo Yulin army did not advance again after occupying Jiexiu, and when the eldest brother came back, the Zuo Tiance army had already left the Cold Spring Pass. ”

"How did you lose the Yin Di Pass and the Cold Spring Pass? Both dangerous levels are easy to defend and difficult to attack, but as a result, how long did they fail to hold out and were breached? Can't you defend a closed city? ”

In the previous letter, Gai Yu was not detailed, and in his opinion, it was almost believable that the two Guancheng were lost so quickly.

"Big brother." Li Kening stood up, "It's the forbidden army that has a kind of trebuchet, which is extremely powerful, can shoot dozens of hundreds of catties of boulders, and has a long range, and the two gates were smashed open by this kind of trebuchet." ”

"Damn!"

Thinking that the situation has become the current situation, Li Keyong is a little angry, but now it is useless to say this.

Li Kening hesitated for a moment and said, "King Jun, this trebuchet is difficult to move, and it is only extremely powerful when attacking a city. And our army is good at field warfare, not defense, and it is recommended to find an opportunity to take the initiative to find a decisive battle for the forbidden army in the field, give full play to our cavalry advantages, and defeat the forbidden army in one fell swoop, so as to solve the current dilemma. ”

"What if the forbidden army advances step by step? The defensive ability of the forbidden army is very strong, if you see our intentions, even if my Hedong Erlang is brave and good at fighting, it will not be easy to defeat the forbidden army.

If you want me to think about it, it is better to capture the thief and capture the king, maybe it can turn the situation around. Gai Yu boldly suggested.

"Capture the thief and capture the king?" Li Ke looked at Gaiyu suspiciously.

Gai Yu hurriedly explained, "Big brother, as far as I know, that little emperor has been following the forbidden army, and this may be our chance. ”

"Big brother, no, although the court regards us as rebellious, the major feudal towns have also sent troops. But most of these feudal towns are just working and not making efforts, if we attack the emperor, Zhu Wen and others will definitely not sit idly by, and when the time comes, they will attack Hedong in the name of King Qin. ”

Li Kening's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly dissuaded him.

Li Ke stared at each other, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly, "This is a good idea... ”

"The King of the County!" Li Kening was in a hurry.

"Fourth brother, don't worry." The gloomy color on Li Kening's face flashed, and he quickly smiled, "We didn't say what we wanted to do to the little emperor, we just asked him to withdraw from the army and crown this king as the king of Jin." ”

For the title of King of Jin, Li Keyong has never forgotten that Hedong is the land of the Three Jin Dynasty, and if he can't get the title of King of Jin, he always feels that there is a fly in the ointment.

"Gaiyu, tell me about your plan to capture the thief and capture the king."

Gai Yu arched his hand slightly, "King of the county, it's actually very simple. As long as the county king orders the withdrawal of troops and lures the forbidden army to pursue, this will inevitably cause the vanguard of the forbidden army to break away from the little emperor's ranks.

If the county king can attract the Zuo Yulin army, the right Shence army and the Zuo Tiance army away, and then send someone to block the cold spring pass, then the life and death of the little emperor will be in the hands of the county king. ”

"That's it!"

Thinking that the little emperor was persecuting himself so much, Li Ke didn't have a chance to vent with the fire in his heart, and now that he had this opportunity, he had to vent it and let the little emperor know that Hedong was not something that the other party could come to if he wanted to.

"Fourth brother, you will lead 10,000 cavalry and 25,000 infantry to feign defeat, attract the forbidden army to attack, take the opportunity to withdraw to Taiyuan, and not let Zhaoyi's army go north to attack Taiyuan.

I will personally take 20,000 cavalry and entertain the little emperor. ”

Li Ke said coldly.

Seeing that his eldest brother insisted on going his own way, Li Kening knew that no matter how much he persuaded him, he was a little dissatisfied with Gaiyu.

It was a risky plan, and in his opinion, it was completely unnecessary. And he always felt a little bottomless in his heart, feeling that this plan would not succeed so easily, but his eldest brother couldn't listen to the persuasion at this time.

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In a jungle in Wenshui County, north of Fenyang, Sun Chengjun, who was a fire commander in the front of the Zuo Shence Army, was hiding here to rest temporarily.

Although after joining the forbidden army, his position has become lower, but compared to the town army, he still likes the forbidden army, the conditions are much better than the town army, and he also has a lot of opportunities to go to the battlefield.

However, it is a pity that Zuo Shence's army is not the main force in this expedition to Hedong.

It's not that Zuo Shence's army is not good at fighting, but that its general Li Maozhen is not an old man who follows His Majesty, to put it bluntly, Li Ye doesn't trust Li Maozhen very much.

In history, the former owner of his body, who bullied him a lot, did not use the Zuo Shence Army as the main force.

Just like this time, at this time, the main force of the Zuo Shence army was still south of Lengquan Pass, but several cavalry under its jurisdiction were requisitioned as scouts.

Even the Shaanzhou soldiers, who were not forbidden troops, followed Zuo Yulin's army and they went to pursue the Shatuo army.

Since a few days ago, after the forbidden army marched into Jiexiu, I thought that there would be a big battle with the Shatuo army.

As a result, the Shatuo army ran away and ran towards Taiyuan.

Shatuojun ran away? How can this work?

So Li Ye ordered the forbidden army to pursue, and there were many battles with the cavalry of the Shatuo army, which must be the main force of the Shatuo army.

So the Left Tiance Army, the Left Imperial Forest Army, and the Right Shence Army all pursued the fleeing Shatuo Army, leaving the Left Shence Army behind the back hall.

More than a dozen of the Forbidden Army scouts dismounted and put their horses on the edge of the pond to drink water, while they rested against the trunks of trees, chatting with each other and passing the time.

"Fire Chief, what do you think we're doing here? The Shatuo people have all fled. ”

A soldier took out his barrier knife and complained while playing with it while cutting wood.

Sun Chengjun took out a handful of hay and put it in front of his war horse's mouth, and the war horse directly and unceremoniously bit the hay into his mouth and chewed it slowly.

"This is a military order, we must obey it, rest for another quarter of an hour, and then reconnoiter ten miles north and then return...

Before the word 'Hui' could be finished, the earth suddenly shook, Sun Chengjun immediately pulled out the horizontal knife on the horse's back, and the scouts around him also jumped up and came to the side of the war horse.

"What's the situation?" Sun Chengjun asked one of the scouts in the tree.

"Huo Chang, it's cavalry, Shatuo cavalry, at least tens of thousands, heading south."

Although he didn't know why there were cavalry here, Sun Chengjun decisively ordered, "Retreat quickly!" ”

These more than ten scouts immediately withdrew towards the depths of the woods, and the Shatuo cavalry obviously had no intention of entering the woods to inquire about the situation, allowing more than a dozen of Sun Chengjun's people to escape.

Feeling the violent shaking of the earth, Sun Chengjun also quickly climbed a relatively tall tree, and when he saw the endless Shatuo cavalry marching towards the south.

For this spectacular scene, Sun Chengjun's dozen people are obviously the first time they have seen it.

"Fire Chief, haven't the Shatuo cavalry already fled to Taiyuan? How come there are so many Shatuo cavalry here? That's certainly more than 10,000 people. ”

Sun Chengjun's expression was solemn, "Maybe we have been tricked, and the main force of the Shatuo people has not all retreated." Hurry up and release the eagle and get the news out. ”

Sun Chengjun hurriedly wrote a few lines on a piece of paper, wrapped it, and put it into the small bamboo tube on the eagle's leg in the cage.

With a hiss, the falcon rose into the air, circled the sky a few times, and headed south.

And the Shatuo cavalry also found this eagle, this is not the range of the eagle's activities, then there is only one possibility, there are forbidden army scouts nearby.

Seeing that his whereabouts had been exposed, Li Keyong ordered the cavalry to move forward quickly, and he must keep the little emperor.