In order to avoid fighting on two fronts, Li Chun issued an edict against his will to pardon Wu Shaoyang and sent an envoy to grant him a temperance.

Wu Shaoyang officially served as the envoy of Huaixi Jiedu, but he was not grateful to the emperor's Longen, and secretly redoubled his support for Chengde.

This time Wu Shaoyang's support is sincere, real, he hopes that Wang Chengzong can hold on, one more day, Huaixi's life will be better than one day, and it is best to drag down the new dynasty, so that everyone's good days will come back.

Li Shidao also provided real assistance to Chengde, and contributed money, strength and comfort, so he almost didn't send an army to help defend Zhenzhou.

Everyone understands the truth of cold lips and teeth, but some people obviously don't have a far-reaching vision, and a little favor from the imperial court makes him forgetful, and Liu Ji, the envoy of Youzhou Festival, is such a person.

During the Zhenyuan period, the imperial court was tolerant of the feudal towns, and most of the feudal towns were arrogant and lawless, but Liu Ji was humble and cautious, and his contributions continued, and Emperor Dezong was very satisfied with this obedient Jiedu envoy, and constantly added officials to Liu Ji.

Dezong Dynasty, Liu Ji did the same book under the door of the Ping Zhang, became a famous envoy, Shunzong Li Yu succeeded to the throne, plus its inspection school Situ, Li Chun ascended the throne and entered the service.

After receiving Li Chun's edict, Liu Jiqin led Youyan Tieqi 70,000 to the south to crusade against Wang Chengzong, among the three towns of Hebei, Youzhou and Weizhou have always been friendly, and Chengde often has battles.

Liu Ji took this God-given opportunity to defeat his old opponent in one fell swoop, and his intentions were clearly revealed.

Together with Liu Ji, Fan Xichao, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, Zhang Maozhao, the envoy of Yiwu Jiedu, Cheng Huaizhi, Lu Congshi, the envoy of Zhaoyijiedu, Tian Ji'an, and Li Quanzhong, the envoy of Yicheng Jiedu, were sent to Zhenzhou together with Liu Ji.

Each town sent 170,000 troops, plus 70,000 troops of the two gods of Tutu Chengguang, and the total number of troops was 240,000.

The total strength of Chengde is only 50,000, and in the face of nearly five times the enemy, the pressure has doubled, and although there is the secret support of Li Shidao and Wu Shaoyang, it is also difficult.

According to the strategy formulated by Li Chun at the beginning, the Youzhou Lulong Army and the Henghai and Yiwu armies from the north, and the Wei Bo Tianxiong Army and Yicheng Li Quanzhong from the south, the five armies marched together, and its strategic task was to attract and contain the main force of Chengde, like two iron tongs to clamp Wang Chengzong's two hands, so that it exposed its weak heart, and the winning division of the imperial court gave a fatal blow.

There were three main victorious divisions of the imperial court, the main force was the 70,000 army of the left and right Shence commanded by Tutu Chengxuan, the vanguard was Lu Congshi's 30,000 Zhaoyi army, and the flank was the 20,000 Hedong army of the veteran Fan Xichao.

Strategic planning looks flawless, but facing the enemy is not the same thing at all.

Lu Congshi, the pioneer who swore in advance that he wanted to level Chengde, began to lie down perfunctory since he sent out the army, and Chengde Wang Chengzong eyebrows, fake and fight the real peace. However, Tutu Chenghuang trusted Lu Congshi very much, and he was obedient to him, and Tutu Chengxuan, the commander, was actually Lu Congshi for him.

At this time, Liu Ji, who had the strongest power and the most positive attitude in the Zhuzhen army, was ill again, Lu Long's army did not advance, Zhang Maozhao and Cheng Huaizhi were weak, and there was no danger in the north of Chengde.

On the southern front, the strongest Tianxiong army, after capturing a county town in Chengde, stopped moving, and secretly did not come to Wang Chengzong in front of him, communicating with each other, and was even closer than peacetime.

As for Li Quanzhong, his troops were already weak, and Li Quanzhong was not a general, and soon after he left the town to fight, there was a riot inside, and he didn't have to be attacked by the enemy, so he took the initiative to lie down.

Li Chun didn't have much hope for the Tianxiong Army, but Tian Ji'an didn't care much about Tian Ji'an's performance. As for Zhang Maozhao, Cheng Huaizhi, Li Quanzhong and others, Li Chun's original intention was to send them over to make a strong noise, so that they could rest assured, and by the way, they would never make peace with Chengde.

What makes him hate iron but not steel is Tutu Chengguang, with 70,000 male soldiers in his hands, and the generals under his command are like clouds, the soldiers are full of food, and the equipment is the best in the world.

Speaking of this one day, Li Chunsheng felt remorseful and knew that the Son of Heaven intended to change the commander, and the prime minister Li Jifu advised: "Changing the commander in battle is really a taboo for soldiers, and the war is stalemate, Your Majesty should put stability first." ”

Another prime minister, Pei Yan, also thought that it was inappropriate to change the commander as soon as the war was slightly frustrated, but he saw two steps farther than Li Jifu, and suddenly said that Chengguang did not understand military affairs, and it was indeed difficult to be the commander of all armies.

Pei Yan suggested that Tu Chengxuan's position as the capital commander remain unchanged, and at the same time send an important minister of the DPRK to Hebei to assist Tu Chengguang in commanding the Hebei war, and gradually overhead Tu Chengguang to actually command the Hebei army.

Pei Yan's proposal was resolutely opposed by Li Jiang, who believed that if he did not recall Tutu Chengguang and set up another commander-in-chief, the internal contradictions between the officers and the army would be aggravated, and the troops would be at a loss for what to do, and the result would inevitably lead to confusion in command, an unprecedented increase in internal friction, and the fact that although there were many troops, they could not be twisted into a single rope, which was actually the way to defeat.

Li Jiang suggested that Fan Xichao be added as the deputy commander of all armies, Fan Xichao is old, prestige is high, he took the lead, first stabilize the imperial court armies, and then the imperial court sent a member of the important minister to Hebei to comfort, although the minister is not involved in the military, but on behalf of the Son of Heaven to supervise the army, 240,000 troops cloud into virtue, is to consume and consume Wang Chengzong.

Li Chun was determined to make up his mind for a while. One day, he asked Li Mao: "Is it a mistake for me to let Tutu Chengguang be handsome." ”

Li Mao said: "Although Lieutenant Tutu does not understand military affairs, he is the son of heaven, and there is nothing wrong with representing the armies of the president of heaven. ”

Li Chundao: "There is nothing wrong with what you say, but why did you fall into this step today?" ”

Li Mao said: "Chengde has been more than 50 years since Li Baochen was divided, deep-rooted, urgent and difficult, and it is also reasonable, the 200,000 army is advancing separately, and the pressure on Chengde is also unprecedented, Your Majesty must not be in a hurry." ”

Li Chundao: "An army of 200,000 people, how much food will be consumed in a day, do you know that if you continue to fight like this, Wang Chengzong will not fall, but I will collapse first." ”

Li Mao persuaded: "Your Majesty is difficult, and Wang Chengzong is even more difficult." In rebellion, morale is maintained by rewards. Wang Chengzong raised 50,000 soldiers in six prefectures, and his financial resources were exhausted, and now the soldiers were not rewarded at all except for two meals a day, and if this continued, their morale would inevitably collapse within three months. Your Majesty is rich in 300 military states in the world, and he is fighting against the opposite, no matter how difficult it is, it is better than Wang Chengzong. ”

Li Mao's persuasion did not make the stone hanging in Li Chun's heart fall.

The Son of Heaven was in a bad mood, unhappy, Li Mao and Liu Xiguang discussed, and then began to ask the emperor to go to the Xiyuan field to play, before the game Li Mao summoned his teammates to tell a few words, everyone was shocked when they heard this, Li Mao said: "Something happened, I'm going to take it." ”

As the coach of the Shenlong team, Li Chun often single-handedly picks up all the opponents, but this time the situation is a little wrong, the Shenwu team led by Li Mao has been aggressive from the beginning, taking the lead, and has the upper hand in less than a cup of tea, and since then, the advantage has gradually expanded, which really surprised Li Chun.

What surprised him even more was that the team led by Li Mao was blunt and reckless, and he was not polite to himself, the son of heaven, and repeatedly snatched the ball from under his nose, and forced himself to a dead end several times, forcing the dignified Tang Dynasty to give up the right path and take the wrong path in a hurry.

The Son of Heaven can't take the right path, what kind of truth is this, Li Chun was furious, called a pause, gathered the team members, and said sharply: "Cheer me up, if you lose, you will be filled with an army of 3,000 miles." ”

Everyone was shocked at first, and then overjoyed, and the Son of Heaven worked hard to be strong, and there was no reason to be invincible.

Under the leadership of Li Mao, the Shenwu team is high-spirited, skillful, and the strategy and tactics are very appropriate, even if the Shenlong team plays with the spirit of 120,000 points, it is only at the last moment that the score is overtaken.

As soon as the gong sounded, the officer on duty raised the red flag and ordered the two teams to be separated, and the referee counted the points.

At that moment, Li Chun's heart was never nervous, and his heart beat vigorously.

"Winner - Shenlong Team."

The referee made a final decision, and a dragon roar instantly sounded in the field, and Li Chun ran around the field like a child.

All the members of the Shenlong team followed closely behind, celebrating with a crown, some people shed tears excitedly, some people turned over a few times on the ground, and some people simply rolled around. Since playing with the Emperor, they have stepped on the undefeated drum to go from victory to victory, but those victories were won too easily, even without victory.

Too many good times once made them forget that they would lose when they played, and Li Chun's sentence "If you lose, you will be filled with 3,000 miles", which really scared them out of sweat.

The war in Hebei is not going well, the Son of Heaven has a gloomy face for half a month, he originally came to play a game to relax, but Li Mao doesn't know each other, he is stalking, and the face of the Son of Heaven is black like a piece of pig iron, if he loses, he will be exiled for three thousand miles, how unjust should he be?

Helpless, they had to work together and launch a counterattack against each other, they are indeed the best players, but the nerves of the battle have been relaxed for too long, how easy is it to tense up for a while?

In the end of this battle, they did not go all out, roaring again and again, and they had really used all their strength.

The victory at this moment is completely their spell work, they are used, and they are entitled to be proud of it.

Li Chun was tired of running, so he simply lay in the yellow dust, resting enough, he got up, he was already sweating and sweaty, and his face was gray and he couldn't see his true face clearly, he took off his face protection, didn't need to be supported by others, strode to the front of the Shenwu team, and roared proudly: "What, I don't need you to let the ball, I still win you." Li Mao, are you convinced? ”

Li Mao is sitting on the ground panting, his face is red like a pig's liver, playing polo is not his forte, such a high-intensity confrontation, he is still the first contact, he is going all out, I believe his players are also going all out, in the first half of this game they are performing, although it is to press the Shenlong team to play, but still retain stamina, the second half is completely dead, those players who kill red eyes, even if they fill him with three thousand miles, they have to divide the victory and defeat.

They did not hide any selfishness, and they were convinced of defeat and defeat.

"Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, we admit defeat, but we don't accept it."

"If you don't accept it, you won't be able to fight tomorrow."

Li Chun laughed, proud like a general.

He ordered the winning side to reward each with a reward of 100 pieces of silk and 30 horses of silk, and the losing side to reward each person with 30 pieces of money and 10 horses of silk.

Prior to this, both teams were rewarded the same regardless of whether they won or lost.

Li Chun also announced: "From today onwards, I want you all to use your true talents and learning, win a heavy reward, and lose, depending on the performance of the others, I may be appropriately appeased, but the gain will never be the same as the winner." I want to have clear rewards and punishments. ”

The emperor, who was in great spirits, convened several prime ministers overnight to discuss the war in Hebei. On the afternoon of the second day, Li Mao was edicted to enter the palace, Li Chun put on his jersey, and said to Li Mao and all the members of the Shenwu team: "Today, I will give you another chance, win, I will have a heavy reward, lose, I will be all in Hebei." At the end of the game, the entire Shenwu team was sent to play on the Hebei front.