Chapter 85: Trends of the Parties (1)
Wang Jing and Guo Chongtao's strategy is obviously feasible, and he is naturally as good as a stream.
Guo Chongtao hesitated for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Li Keyong hasn't gone to Hedong yet, right?" ”
Guo Qizuo nodded.
Guo Chongtao got the positive news and said excitedly: "The original Hedong Jiedu envoy Zheng Congyan is still in Hedong, will he be willing to hand over the control of Hedong?" ”
When Wang Jing heard this, he glanced at him, and said suspiciously: "Zheng Congyan is an old minister of the Tang Dynasty, loyal, and must obey orders from above, do you want to cause trouble from him?" ”
At this time, Guo Qizuo also looked at Guo Chongtao, Guo Chongtao glanced at the two of them, and said calmly: "Why not, in addition to the defeat of the Shatuo people in the hands of our envoy, there is another person who has also defeated them, and this person is Zheng Congyan." ”
"Li Keyong went south to King Qin, Zheng Congyan sent him grain and grass to reward the three armies, however, Li Keyong got grain and grass, and still plundered Hedong Prefecture, which completely angered Zheng Congyan, he immediately ordered his generals Wang Chan and Xue Wei to attack, and immediately defeated the Shatuo army, which shows that in the face of Li Keyong, the original Hedong Jiedu made Zheng Congyan not without the power of a battle." Guo Chongtao patiently explained.
"Well, then how are you going to trick Zheng Congyan into confronting Li Keyong?" Wang Jing listened to the other party's explanation and nodded slowly, while Guo Qizuo also looked at him curiously.
Guo Chongtao knew that if he wanted these two people to agree with his opinion, he had to give a convincing reason, and after a little deliberation, he said: "The southeast of the river runs through Henan, and the right is near Guanzhong, once Li Keyong grows through the east of the river, the most threatened is the land of Liangjing." ”
"Well, that's good." Wang Jing echoed, this clear-eyed person can see it.
"Who is Li Keyong, he is from Shatuo, and their father and son have a history of rioting and rebelling against the Tang Dynasty, if Li Keyong grows stronger and riots again, is the safety of the land of Liangjing still guaranteed? Zheng Congyan, who is loyal to Tang Ting, would he be willing to see this? Guo Chongtao shook his head and said, "If we start from this aspect, know the benefits and disadvantages, and then sarcastically and sarcastically mock him only cares about preserving his reputation, but does not care about the safety of Jingshi, do you say, will Zheng Congyan confront Li Keyong?" ”
Guo Qizuo and Wang Jing glanced at each other, obviously quite moved, Li Ke used to be the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, it is impossible not to bring troops into Hedong and conquer the land of moderation, and if at this time, provoke Zheng Congyan to confront him, the war will inevitably affect Guanzhong, Henan and other places, and it is difficult not to attract the attention of Tang Ting.
In fact, Li Keyong has never rebelled against the court again in his life, but Guo Qizuo, Guo Chongtao and others don't know, and other people in this period can't know either, what is afraid that you have done it for the first time, once you do it, you have to take precautions.
It's like a person stealing something and being caught, although he may not steal again in the future, because then other people will not guard against him, it can't be, after all, he has a criminal record.
Guo Chongtao took advantage of this to try to provoke the contradiction between Zheng Congyan and Li Keyong.
Moreover, the violent and barbaric people of Shatuo have suffered greatly from the people of the Central Plains, it is impossible for Zheng Congyan not to know at all, as long as he knows a little bit, coupled with Guo Chongtao's provocation, the possibility of a conflict with Li Keyong has greatly increased.
Guo Qizuo was silent for a moment, and then said: "Okay, since this plan was planned by Chongtao, then you will be responsible for this matter."
"No" Guo Chongtao did not give in and immediately responded to the promise.
"How should General Yue arrange it?" The three of them all read Zhu Li's letter, and they all knew that Zhu Li asked Guo Qizuo to reuse Yue Pengju, even if it was to give Zhu Li face, the three of them had to arrange a proper position for Yue Pengju.
"After breaking through Daizhou, Zhou Dewei has entered the town of Ningwu Pass, the three passes in the north, Yanmen has Zhang Guiba, the partial pass has Gao Yuan, and Ningwu has Zhou Dewei, and the land of Shuozhou is already solid, I intend to let Brother Wang rush to Xiazhou with Wang Chongyin and Meng Juehai to help Gaosu." Guo Qizuo did not respond immediately, but made arrangements. "The Hetao is newly determined, the Gaosu Jiedu envoy is not coming from the right way, and there should be no few people who are playing the idea of the Hetao now, and Brother Wang is not personally sitting there, I don't worry."
"No problem, Gao Su is my brother-in-law, so I am naturally duty-bound." Guo Qizuo answered the question, although Wang Jing was puzzled, he agreed to it.
Guo Qizuo saw that the other party agreed, so he spoke: "As for General Yue, I am going to send him to serve under the command of Li Gong in the Lulong Festival, no matter how you say that Li Gong is kind to us, now that the battle between him and Li Quanzhong is becoming more and more intense, let Yue Pengju go to help, not only can repay the favor, but also can be perfect." ”
"The land of Youzhou, no matter who it ends up in, can't let Li Quanzhong get it, this person has a gap with the envoy, once he ascends to the throne, the land of clouds and Shuo, I'm afraid there will be no peace." Guo Qizuo said worriedly.
When Wang Jing heard this, he thought for a moment, then nodded and approved Guo Qizuo's arrangement.
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Ouchi Palace, Privy Council.
In the dark hall, a ray of light shines through the open door, and it also shines on a person's body.
This person is Zhu Mei who escaped from Shaozhou, but his state is not very good at the moment, his body is trembling like a yellow leaf in the autumn wind, he knelt on the ground, and buried his head deeply between his arms.
"Waste, a team of secret guards, actually let you be buried for nothing, what else can you do?" In the darkness, a spy voice shouted angrily like a woman's scream.
"Liu Gong forgives the sin, Liu Gong forgives the sin, that, that Zhu Li is too powerful, Liu Gong, Liu Gong, you didn't see the scene at that time, so many masters, unexpectedly, they were slaughtered by him on the ground, even if his subordinates rushed up, it was in vain, Liu Gong Mingjian, Liu Gong Mingjian, now at least his subordinates have saved their lives, and someone can come back to Liu Gong to deliver a message to you." Zhu Mei trembled and explained tremblingly.
When the people in the darkness heard this, they fell into silence, and only after a long time did they say gloomily: "Zhu Li can become famous, it is indeed relying on his bravery, if you want to slaughter a team of secret guards one-sidedly, you are either born with a strange sword, or you are at the peak of peerlessness, but how old is Zhu Li?" How is it possible to reach this level? ”
For the other party's question, Zhu Mei was naturally speechless, he was now at most the peak of a second-rate general, and he had not even reached the level of a peerless general, let alone dared to talk about the peak of peerlessness.
The man obviously didn't expect Zhu Mei to answer his question, and after muttering to himself for a while, he sighed helplessly: "Forget it, where is Zhu Li now?" ”
The other party said "Forget it", which finally made Zhu Mei breathe a sigh of relief, and she didn't dare to slack off when she heard the words, and hurriedly said: "It should be at the boundary of Yangzhou." ”
"Should?" The people in the dark are dissatisfied.
This dissatisfaction immediately made Zhu Mei's little heart panic again, and hurriedly explained: "The dead soldiers of the Shence Army, the secret guards of the Shatuo Army, and the party scouts have been chasing and killing Zhu Li to Yangzhou Gaoyou, and Zhu Li has lost his trace, and he is now either hiding in Gaoyou or in Jiangdu. ”
"Then don't ask about this matter, let Zhou Chenghui go." Although the person in the dark was helpless, at this time, he obviously had no intention of pursuing Zhu Mei, paused for a moment, and continued: "You go to Suining, find a way to kill Li Xiaochang's waste, since he has no ability, let him disappear." ”
"After taking over the helm of Suining, you have to find a way to strengthen the military and monitor those warriors in the north for us, especially Gaosu in Xiazhou." The man in the secret said solemnly.
"No"
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Jinyang, Thorn Mansion.
Li Keyong sat at the top of the hall with a gloomy face.
After receiving the news of his father's tragic death, he immediately waved his army north, intending to attack Dai and Shuo and avenge his father.
But the local warlords in the prefectures and counties in Hedong seemed to be extremely uncooperative, and there was no way, so he had to conquer them one by one from south to north, and more than two months had passed, and the Shatuo army had conquered Puzhou, Jiangzhou, Cizhou, Zezhou, and Jinzhou.
At this time, the general of the Shatuo Army, Fu Cunxian, was attacking Xizhou; Shi Jingsi led the crowd and was attacking Fenzhou; Kang Junli's Northern Expedition to Qinzhou; Li Cunxiao led the Flying Tiger New Army to attack Luzhou.
The two people who accompanied Li Keyong to sit in the main hall, one of them was a transcendent Taoist priest; The other person was a man in black with an eerie aura all over him.
"Flying Crow, the dead soldier sent to the south, hasn't he killed Zhu Li yet?" Li Ke looked at the man in black with one eye and said in a deep voice.
Li Keyong had the bandit name "Li Ya'er" when he was a teenager, and when he joined the army, he fought in the south and the north, and broke out of the nickname of "Flying Tiger", so the dead soldiers under his command were called Flying Crow Warriors, the commander was codenamed "Flying Crow", and the two deputy commanders were called "Black Crow" and "Flying Tiger" respectively.
The man in black is the flying crow warrior's commander, and he said helplessly: "Lord, our people and Zhu Li have encountered several times, and they have all been killed by him, but it is certain that Zhu Li is still in Yangzhou." ”
"Rice buckets, waste." Hearing this, Li Ke was furious, stood up suddenly, and walked around anxiously, as if he wanted to find something to vent the anger in his heart.
In the face of Li Keyong's anger, the man in black didn't seem to care, and continued: "Lord, unless General Cunxiao is sent out, otherwise, no matter how many more people are sent, I'm afraid the result will not be too good. ”
Li Keyong frowned slightly when he heard this, suddenly stopped, and said: "Cunxiao is now commanding the army to attack Luzhou, you now let him chase and kill Zhu Li again, do you want him to do everything alone, then what's the use of me raising you?" ”
"Lord, it's not that my subordinates don't dare to die, but even if we all fight to the death, it is still impossible to kill Zhu Li; The subordinates got the news that the master of the court secretary and supervisor dispatched a team, led by Zhu Mei, and all of them were folded in Wangwu Mountain. The crow said earnestly, reasonably.