The news of the Tiance army's large-scale entry into Guanzhong spread throughout the Central Plains overnight, and all the princes felt uneasy about the entry of this northwest strong force into the competition for the world, and almost at the moment when Linzhou was taken, Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong of the East took the lead in reacting.

The two dismissed all their subordinates, and the army rode horses and talked for more than an hour before slowly withdrawing, no one except themselves knew what the two said, but since then the situation in the Central Plains has begun to take a sharp turn and begin to go in a strange direction. That night, Li Keyong led the army to camp overnight and set off for Qinzhou. At the same time, Zhu Quanzhong also withdrew his troops on all fronts, not only giving up Qinzhou, but also giving up Luzhou, and giving them all to Li Keyong. In the following ten years, the two states of Lu and Ze were almost undefended.

This news quickly spread throughout the surrounding military towns with the gallop of the Tanma, and the Shence Army and the Chang'an Imperial Court controlled by Yang Fugong were ecstatic, and almost non-stop sent envoys to Hedong to pull Li Keyong to deal with Li Xuanqing together.

However, at the same time that Yang Fugong got the news, the flying pigeon of the Kanto branch of Xuanyingwei also came with the latest news, unlike Yang Fugong who only focused on Li Keyong, Xuanyingwei's intelligence also showed that Zhu Quanzhong began to prepare for the southward attack on Qin Zongquan after disengaging from Li Keyong.

After Li Xuanqing received the urgent information from Xu Tianxiang on the front line, he began to stare at the map that had just been made and was silent.

"My lord, is there something wrong with the front line?" Cen Tianshi was called in a hurry, and when he saw Li Xuanqing staring at the huge map in the family room, he was silent, and hurriedly asked.

When Li Xuanqing heard his voice, he handed several pieces of information to Cen Tianshi, and said with a wry smile: "Sir, it seems that we are really going to war on both sides." ”

After reading a few pieces of information at a glance, Cen Tianshi said with a wry smile: "It seems that it's not good to fight too the front line, this Yang Fugong is typically frightened, but why did Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong suddenly cease fire?" ”

Li Xuanqing shook his head and said with a slight hean: "It is estimated that the two of them have reached an agreement to divide up the territory, so there will be a truce and a truce." It's just that in this way, we have to speed things up as well. The reform of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Guanzhong is about to begin. ”

"What does the lord mean to reform while fighting?" Cen Tianshi was a little uncertain and said: "In this way, the rear is unstable, isn't it easy to exploit loopholes for the other party?" ”

"No, if the newly occupied states implement reforms, all the people at the bottom will get benefits, and when the time comes, they will firmly stand on the side of our Tiance Mansion, as for those wealthy and lawless people, even if you don't reform, those who should exploit Confucius will still take advantage of loopholes. When the time comes, I'll ask the Xuan Ying Guard to cooperate with the Patrol Hall. Li Xuanqing shook his head and said with a smile. Later generations of land reform were a powerful weapon that could change the balance of power between us and the enemy during the war years, and this era is no different.

"These things will be done in a few days, and they will not delay the energy of the lord. It's just that if Yang Fugong can really pull Li Keyong as an ally, then how should we act? Cen Tianshi only thought about it for a while, and then stopped dwelling on these issues, but was a little worried about the changes in the battle situation.

"Even if Li Keyong joins the other party's alliance, he and the Tiance Army will only have direct contact with the Fengzhou line, so we can stabilize the northern front as long as we repel the opponent's offensive in the Hetao area. As for the southern front, Yang Fugong will not open the defense area and let Li Keyong's army appear in Guanzhong, at most the two will reach an agreement to remove the mutual alert between Hezhong and Guanzhong. Li Xuanqing's eyes fell on the Hetao area and said thoughtfully.

Cen Tianshi pointed to Xu Tianxiang and other troops in Qingzhou and said: "Will our army's troops in Qingzhou not move and let Yang Fugong gather a large army to attack?" ”

"I have ordered Tianxiang to concentrate forces to take Ningzhou, Pizhou, Guyuan, Jingzhou and Longzhou before the other party reacts, completely occupy the land of Guanxi, and force Yang Fugong to make a desperate gamble and fight a decisive battle with our army on the front line of Linzhou. At that time, our army can encircle and annihilate the Shence army from the west and north together. Li Xuanqing said as he began to write and draw on the map.

"The Lord God counts, and the time is admired. The food and straw materials needed by the front line will be personally arranged every day to ensure that the soldiers have no worries. Cen Tianshi nodded, and then said: "Tianxiang and the others are all on the southern line, so do you have to go out in person?" ”

Li Xuanqing nodded and said solemnly: "I will meet the Shatuo cavalry on the northern line, and then lead the troops to cross the Yellow River to the south, subdue the party members, and solve Xiazhou together when the time comes, so that the ruling area of Tiance Mansion can be connected, and the cause of the soldiers is not something that Li Keyong can resist." He clapped his hands and smiled: "The army has been assembled, Lingzhou will be handed over to Mr., and the Modao battalion will stay in Lingzhou as a reserve force, so that Mr. will not act as an empty city plan." ”

After the two discussed all this, Li Xuanqing was also dressed neatly, the personal guards and the heavy cavalry battalion had also been assembled, and the cavalry corps in black and white armor was neatly lined up outside the city waiting for Li Xuanqing's order.

When Li Xuanqing said goodbye to Cen Tian, he came to the outside of the city with a skillful horse, and after seeing that everything was ready, he raised his right hand, but saw the horse's hooves clattering, the military flag fluttering, and the large group of men and horses galloped towards Fengzhou.

At the same time that Li Xuanqing's side was reorganizing the army and heading to Fengzhou, Yang Fugong's side had also injured Li Keyong, and the two met near Hezhong Mansion.

When Yang Fugong arrived with Li Maozhen and Yang Shouliang and other members of the Shence Army, Li Keyong also happened to arrive at Hezhong Mansion, and the two sides met in Li Keyong's big tent.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Chang'an has been going on for almost two years, don't come to harm, our family is here to salute His Highness." Yang Fugong saluted Li Keyong with a smile, and said with a little emotion: "Time flies so fast, Chang'an didn't expect to see each other today." ”

Li Ke glanced at Yang Fugong with his single eye open, and said coldly: "This king is not as proud as you, it is not counted as being at ease in Chang'an City, and he can still get along with this kid Li Xuanqing." This sentence is a pun, Yang Fugong is uncomfortable, there was no Li Xuanqing to attack Guanzhong before, Yang Fugong favored Zhu Quanzhong for the battle between Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong, and repeatedly accused Li Keyong in the name of the imperial court, but he didn't expect feng shui to take turns, and now it is his turn to beg Li Ke to use it.

"His Royal Highness laughed, Li Xuanqing was a disciple of the emperor's royal family before, the prince of Lingyang County, our family is by the emperor's side, and it is a little unpleasant to watch this kid jump up and down. I didn't expect this kid to be just a hairy boy when he was in Chang'an, how long did it take to get a town general, and now he is still coming to Guanzhong to make trouble, according to his speed, won't he run to the Central Plains next year, His Royal Highness has to worry about it. Our family is old, and when he arrives in Chang'an, our family will resign from the emperor or follow the emperor to visit the eastern capital. ”

Yang Fugong's careless words made everyone present wake up in horror, when Li Xuanqing set off from Chang'an to Fengzhou, there were only a few people, and it was only less than two years, and hundreds of thousands of troops could drive to Guanzhong to fight, how amazing is this? Moreover, Yang Fugong's hairy boy also reminded everyone that he was only less than twenty years old, and he could wrestle with the world's top feudal towns, so if it was another five or ten years, who else could be his opponent among these people present? Not to mention the younger generations, even these older generations are not his opponents.

Li Keyong's face also became solemn, his single eye exuded a scorching luster, and he was silent for a long time. And Yang Fugong saw that his words successfully beat Li Ke's heart with taboos, nodded secretly, and stopped talking, just picked up the mare's milk wine on the table next to him and poured it himself.

"I can join forces with you to deal with Li Xuanqing, but I have one condition." After a while, Li Keyong suddenly spoke, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he made Zhou Dewei and Fu Cunxian, who were accompanying him, secretly uncomfortable, but there was no way to interrupt him at this time. Sure enough, I only heard Li Keyong say: "I heard that you are still preparing to reach an agreement with the party members in Xiazhou, right?" ”

This sentence not only made Zhou Dewei and others frown secretly, but even Yang Fugong was secretly scratching his head, at this time, he was still thinking about the old things about Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds, and the enemy who could become an ally at present had to become an enemy. However, these words can only be slandered secretly, and there is no way to put them on the table.

Yang Fugong gritted his teeth, and could only say in a showdown: "Your Highness, our family has contacted Tuoba Siji before, but this person is very timid, and recently his nemesis Tuoba Siji has also returned to Youzhou to make trouble, so he has not replied to our family's proposal." ”

Li Keyong nodded and said: "Okay, my Hedong Army is responsible for attacking Fengzhou from the north, and then going south to Xiazhou, mobilizing Li Xuanqing to divide his troops to the north, and you will work together to drive it out of Guanzhong, and when the time comes, my Shatuo cavalry will definitely be able to take it in one fell swoop." Li Keyong obviously disdained Li Xuanqing and casually recounted his plan. However, I have to say that his words are very feasible, after the war on both sides, Li Xuanqing's forces will inevitably be dispersed, and in the grassland to deal with the cavalry impact of the Shatuo people, there will inevitably be many troops that need to be mobilized, so that the army in the Guanzhong region will definitely be reduced a lot, and the follow-up troops of the Shence Army have also arrived one after another, and it should be said that it is still very possible to deal with it.

In the crowd, Li Maozhen glanced at Li Keyong, then at Yang Fugong, sighed secretly, and swallowed the words that came to his lips. Li Keyong's plan seems to be feasible, but in his opinion, it is basically not feasible. The reason lies in the strength of your own army. In the past few years, Yang Fugong has wantonly planted people within the Shence Army, resulting in the already weak military strength declining again, and even if Li Xuanqing divides his troops to the north, it is a question whether the Shence Army can drive Li Xuanqing out of Guanzhong. Besides, since Li Xuanqing dared to attack Guanzhong with great fanfare, didn't he have a plan to deal with it? Clear-eyed people outside Fengzhou know that Li Maozhen doesn't believe that Li Xuanqing didn't expect this. And the most important one, according to Li Keyong's plan, the biggest benefits of this war were taken by himself, and he laid a territory as big as Fengzhou and Xiazhou, will there be a way to make people spit it out at that time?

However, although Li Maozhen was thinking about these things in her heart, she didn't want to say it, and the reason was Yang Fugong. Since the emperor returned to Chang'an, Li Maozhen was expelled from the court by Yang Fugong and was put in Qizhou and Fengxiang. So I didn't want to remind Yang Fugong at this moment, I just secretly thought about my own future, and my mind had already drifted out of the big account of negotiation.

Li Keyong agreed when he saw Yang Fugong, and he was very excited to arrive in addition to the difference, and even changed the name of Yang Fugong, and the two pushed the cup and began to negotiate in the real sense.

The prerequisites are negotiated, and the rest will be easy to handle. The various forces under the Shence Army and the Hedong Army and its subordinate forces formed the Kwantung Alliance, and agreed to jointly deal with Li Xuanqing and Tuoba Siji. And Li Keyong also promised to lift the blockade of the Guanzhong area by Hezhong Prefecture, support Guanzhong materials, and provide intelligence support. And Yang Fugong also said that after going back, he suggested that His Majesty the Emperor canonize Li Keyong as the Prince of Yipin, fake the festival, and give Li Keyong the title of the thirteen Taibao under him in turn. In addition, if Li Keyong needs it, he can issue an edict to reprimand Zhu Quanzhong and other princes who are against Li Keyong, so as to ensure that the court's support for Li Keyong will not change.

This alliance based on dealing with Li Xuanqing and began to connect in tandem has been negotiated by Li Keyong and Yang Fugong into an alliance to divide the world's territory, and the two sides have begun all-round cooperation in politics, economy and military.

And almost at the same moment when the two reached an agreement, the response measures of the Tiance Army began to be launched in advance, and the two sides, which were already turbulent, engaged in a new round of competition again at this time. Yang Fugong succeeded in pulling in a strong ally, while Li Xuanqing started his plan ahead of schedule.