Li Cunhuan heard this, hey! There are conditions to talk, which proves that it is possible, Li Cunhuan said with a solemn expression: "This also depends on what conditions Ge Gong is, the Lone King is not a stupid hat, he can't say anything to Ge Gong, and the Lone King should do anything." So Ge Gong, don't blame the lonely king for being a villain first and then a gentleman! Ge Gong, you said, the lonely king bargained here, and when the negotiation was completed, everyone was happy! The talk collapsed! You're out of luck! I'm depressed! ”

When Ge Congzhou heard this, he laughed and said, "Ha! Ha! Ha! I can't imagine that His Royal Highness King Qin is a wonderful person! Good! Since this is the case, the old man said bluntly, first, if there is an attack on King Liang, don't ask the old man to participate in the war, even if it is to ask the old man to escort the grain and grass. Of course, the old man is not a pedantic person, if His Royal Highness King Liang sends troops to attack, the old man will still face the battle. However, the old man's principle for King Liang is to only defend and not attack! ”

Hearing this, Li Cunhuan pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "There is no problem with this!" Since Ge Gong is so affectionate and righteous, the lonely king will not make it difficult for others, making people ruthless and unrighteous. ”

"Good!" Seeing that the first condition was successful, Ge Congzhou couldn't help grinning, success is good at the beginning! Ge Congzhou stretched out two fingers and said, "Second! The old man wants to be in the position of a real person, or not! Give the old man a separate army, at least 20,000 people! ”

When Ge Congzhou said this, he secretly glanced at Li Cunhuan, his condition was actually testing Li Cunhuan's sincerity. As soon as he surrendered, he was given a real envoy, or it was inconvenient to lead an army of 20,000 men alone. Although it is said that whether it is from Ge Congzhou's prestige or ability, this is enough. After all, Ge Congzhou was the envoy of the Yunyan Festival before Zhou, and it is not a big mouth to ask for the official position of the envoy of the Festival. And with Ge Congzhou's ability, let alone 20,000 soldiers and horses, even if it is an army of 58,000, it is capable of commanding.

The problem is still two words, trust. Can you trust someone who has just surrendered? If Ge Congzhou and Zhu Wen have correspondence, after a period of time, give Li Cunhuan an internal and external attack, and Li Cunhuan will be injured even if he does not die.

But he didn't want Li Cunhuan to agree without hesitation, "Okay!" I will appoint you as the commander of the Yuan Congjun, and Xie Yanzhang as the deputy commander of the Yuan Congjun and the commander of the left and right wings of the Ma Army. That's an army of 20,000 soldiers! ”

Ge Congzhou couldn't imagine that Li Cunhuan not only agreed very happily, but also installed a 'henchman' for him very happily, and couldn't help but admire Li Cunhuan's mind, and he really became a big thing, and he was broad-minded.

Ge Congzhou was not hypocritical, stretched out three fingers and said, "Okay!" The old man is here to thank His Royal Highness for his fulfillment, and the third thing the old man does is that the old man hopes to have a house! Of course, if His Royal Highness King Qin is bold and rewards the old man with thousands of times, the old man will be reluctant to accept it and accept it with a smile! ”

"Is it that simple?" Li Cunhuan couldn't think of the last condition, he originally thought it was the most difficult, but he didn't want Ge Congzhou to ask for a house and money.

Ge Congzhou shook his head and said, "If Your Highness doesn't agree to the first two conditions, what if it's simple?" ”

Li Cunhuan smiled, Ge Congzhou put forward three conditions, but in fact, everything was just a test of himself. "This Ge Gong can rest assured, although the lone king is now in a difficult warehouse, he can still take out a house! But there are no more than a few thousand, hundreds of them, I hope Ge Gong will laugh at it! ”

Ge Congzhou laughed and said, "That's it!" A few hundred times is enough for the old man to be chic for a while, but I just hope that His Royal Highness the King of Qin can distribute the money on time, otherwise the old man will starve to death! ”

When Li Cunhuan heard this, he also laughed. I feel that Ge Congzhou, this guy, is actually not as stubborn as he imagined, but also has the side of an old naughty boy.

On the same day, Li Cunhuan let Ge Congzhou come out, and personally shared a car with Ge Congzhou to bring Ge Congzhou to the palace. This is a clear message that Ge Congzhou has really surrendered! And he won the favor of His Royal Highness King Qin.

Because Xie Yanzhang is still in Qingzhou, Li Cunhuan arranged a guest room for Ge Congzhou to live in the palace. Li Cunhuan expressed trust at the beginning, and ran to Ge Congzhou when he was free. But he didn't want Ge Congzhou to be humorous, and he never asked about political affairs, only talked about soldiers. And he is often able to say thought-provoking things, and Li Cunhuan began to like to talk to Ge Congzhou very much.

From the beginning of the visit with the surname of etiquette, to talking to Ge Congzhou whenever he had time, it was really surprising that his jaw was dislocated. Ge Congzhou, an old guy, was actually in Xuanwu and gained Zhu Wen's trust. In Lulong, after only a few days of surrender, he was so favored by His Royal Highness King Qin, I am afraid that he is about to surpass Zhou Dewei, the number one real power figure in the military!

However, Li Cunhuan did not have a long time to idle, and new problems also came. The position of the envoy of the Pinglu Festival has made many people worry. Li Cunhuan was very decisive this time, appointing Ge Cong Zhou Yao to lead the Pinglu Jiedu envoy, and appointing Sun He, who had Lu Long's first good guard general, as the deputy envoy of the Pinglu Jiedu, in fact, his power was already equivalent to the Jiedu envoy, after all, the Jiedu made Ge Cong Zhou Yao to lead, and Sun He was already the largest in Pinglu. In addition, it can be seen from this appointment that Li Cunhuan's current strategic intention in the south is mainly to defend.

At the same time, Hejian Xiao general Zhu Jilong was appointed as the deputy commander of the Iron Eagle Capital, although Feng Baodu still served as the commander of the Iron Eagle Capital. However, Li Cunhuan also felt that Feng Baodu's ability was mainly in intelligence, and Feng Baodu, the Iron Eagle Capital, couldn't control it, so Zhu Jilong was named the deputy commander, but he was actually the commander.

Everyone also had their own rewards in this battle, for example, Li Cunxiao was crowned as the secretary of the military department of the inspection school, Hanyang Hou, and 1,000 households in the food town. According to the calculation of paying 100 yuan a year for each household, Li Cunxiao's food yi multiplied by 1000 yuan per year to get 100 yuan, and the government gave Li Cunxiao 100 yuan per year every year.

At this time, someone suggested that Li Cunhuan should support the prince left by Emperor Kangning as the emperor and compete with Li Keyong. Li Cunhuan objected without hesitation. He hadn't moved this thought, but his goal was to use the Heavenly Blessing Emperor in Li Ke's hand. He is the son of Tang Zhaozong, and in terms of credibility, he is still a little stronger. Moreover, it was said that Li Cunhuan also supported the Tang Zhaozong lineage, if he now supported the Kangning Emperor lineage, wouldn't he slap himself?

Time slowly flickered to February of the first year of Tianyou, several major events happened during this time, Yang Xingmi and Qian Biao discussed peace, I don't know whether Yang Xingmi was tired of fighting with Qian Biao, and wanted to recuperate for a while, and then fight with Qian Biao.

It is still intended to develop forces in the north. After all, the timing is good, Li Cunhuan is on the defensive in the south and does not interfere in the affairs of the south. And Zhu Wen is anxious, there is a great opportunity to take advantage of Zhu Wen, and he is not afraid that Li Cunhuan will come to a praying mantis to catch cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind! However, for the time being, no one knows Yang Xingmi's thoughts.

Zhu Wen was in a good situation, leading an army of 100,000 to capture Bishui Pass in December, and Luoyang on January 10, Li Hanzhi fled across the Yellow River in a panic, and defended Heyang, preparing to defend his territory north of the Yellow River. And Zhu Wen took the opportunity to fully recover all the counties in Henan Province.

And Liu Zhijun probably also felt the threat of Zhu Wen, and led an army of 40,000 to Shaanzhou, which is now Sanmenxia City. It is adjacent to Henan Mansion, where Luoyang is located, and seriously threatens Zhu Wen's flank. Zhu Wen and Li Hanzhi and Liu Zhijun fought a few games, winning and losing each other, and the three parties temporarily restrained each other and stalemate.

However, it was Luoyang that made Zhu Wen cry, a good Henan mansion, and it was hard to let Li Hanzhi do it three feet high. What is three feet high? The ground has been scraped three feet, and the sky is not high. Henan Province, which originally had more than 100,000 households, now has less than 10,000 households left. All the grain and grass that Zhang Quanyi harvested last autumn was transported to Heyang by Li Hanzhi.

In fact, the lack of grain and grass is one of the important reasons for the stalemate between Zhu and Wen, otherwise Zhu Wen would have brought an army of 150,000 from Hebei, plus local soldiers and horses, to say the least, there are 200,000 people. Li Hanzhi and Liu Zhijun's soldiers and horses in Shaanzhou together don't know if there are 100,000 people, and the two sides are still separated. Zhu Wen can completely concentrate his forces and defeat one person first.

There is also the Liangchuan Festival made Wang Jian and Li Maozhen fight, Li Maozhen lost Hanzhong, but still occupies Fengzhou, an important state and county into Dongchuan, and now he is still attacking each other with Wang Jian, it seems that Li Maozhen is wholeheartedly trying to recover Hanzhong, after all, Hanzhong is his granary. And Wang Jian, the envoy of the Liangchuan Festival, was not to be outdone, and if he didn't get Hanzhong, he was afraid that he would sleep and be afraid that Li Maozhen would lead the Fengxiang army south to compete with him for Shuzhong.

At the same time, Li Cunhuan also got two good news, in fact, it is correct to say one, that is, Li Cunhuan has it again, cough! Cough! It should be said that Li Cunhuan has a queen again, Li Sumei and Yu Xianyun have been diagnosed with joy, and the difference is only ten days. Now that they are all together, they all want to be the first to give birth to a son to Li Cunhuan, but it is Ying Pian, who is most nervous, and has the heart to give birth to a son, but is afraid that his son's status will be embarrassing. I feel lost when I give birth to a daughter, but the good thing is that Li Cunhuan is not at most just adopting a daughter.

Li Cunhuan didn't have so many thoughts, he was now wholeheartedly in the White Tiger Hall, and Zhou Dewei, Ge Congzhou, Yang Shihou, and Guo Chongtao carefully planned how to attack Hedong.

However, Li Keyong is not stupid, Li Cunhuan's various signs are superficial, and he intends to go to Hedong. Although he only fought a big battle last year, from March to October, almost a year was spent on fighting. But who called Li Cunhuan a thick foundation! There is the capital to continue fighting.

Li Keyong hurriedly mobilized 10,000 horses to support Shi Shanyou, the defense envoy of Datong. At the same time, Li Siyuan was appointed as the defense envoy of Yanmen and formed the second defense surname. Obviously, Li Keyong is mentally prepared to lose Yunzhou and Yingzhou.

Li Cunhuancai didn't care what Li Keyong thought, and wrote the essay with Feng Dao, who had first-class articles. The writing is very good, and he scolded Li Ke for coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and wanted to destroy Huaxia as a Hu person. directly pushed Li Keyong to the opposition of the Han people, and scolded Li Keyong for betraying the country to seek glory, recognizing thieves as fathers, abandoning China and being like barbarians.

The angry Li Ke was born with one Buddha, the second Buddha ascended to heaven, and the three corpse gods jumped violently. Many Han generals have been affected, everyone has principles in their hearts, they didn't feel anything before, and now they are pointed out by Li Cunhuan, and everyone can't help but give birth to a kind of life that is to be a subordinate anyway, why do I want to add barbarian toes? Serve a first-class person to a second-class person!? If Li Cunhuan comes, it will be good from him!

Li Keyong naturally knew what his subordinates were thinking during this time, but he had no way to stop others from thinking about it. He even suspected all the Han generals around him for a while, and even wanted to replace all the soldiers around him with Shatuo people.

But Li Keyong has a good son in the end, although he is a half-hero Li Cunqiao, but he is still a hero now! He succeeded in persuading Li Keyong. On the contrary, he let Li Keyong exert more grace and power on the Han people, which controlled the upper-level henchmen and generals, and did not let them have different hearts. However, the lower-level soldiers were different, and the Jinyi Guard propagated the supreme chauvinism of the Han people all night and night, which seriously shook the morale of the army.

For this reason, Li Ke used a strict order to exterminate the Jinyi Guards in Hedong with strict orders under his command, but Li Cunhuan and Li Keyong have not yet broken out into war, their secret service has broken out a war hidden in the dark, without swords and swords, but a dangerous war like walking on a single-plank bridge erected on a cliff.

In late February, Li Cunhuan finally sent troops. Li Cunhuan appointed himself as the envoy of Hedong and appointed Yelu Abaoji as the deputy envoy of Hedong. Although Yelu Abaoji got the official position of recruiting deputy envoys, it was not easy.

Li Cunhuan sent troops this time, divided into two routes, all the way from Youzhou, through Yizhou, along Laishui, upstream, to capture Ulzhou. After capturing Ulzhou, he marched westward and went through Pingxing Pass to replace the state administration office Yanmen.

And Yelu Abaoji is a lot more dangerous, starting from Youzhou, passing through Gubeikou, walking outside the pass, to Li Cunhuan one step ahead of Ulzhou, the north of Yunzhou, with cavalry to harass, and attract the attention of the other party. Once Li Cunhuan attacked Ulzhou, he still had to contain Yunzhou's soldiers and horses from going south. Then it was necessary to contain Li Ke's soldiers and horses in Mobei to go south to support, although it was mainly containment, but the situation was not optimistic. Because of the march outside the pass, there can not be too many soldiers and horses, otherwise the supply will not continue. Li Cunhuan could only allocate 5,000 light cavalry to Yelu Abaoji's iron cavalry and 3,000 light cavalry of the Anton Army. However, he was allowed to temporarily recruit mercenaries on the steppe.

On 26 February, after taking the oath of division, Li Cunhuan personally led the Zhongxiao Army, Zuo Yan [***], Right Yan [***], the Long March Army, the Yuan Congjun Army, and some other scattered soldiers and horses mobilized, totaling 120,000 troops. Claimed to be an army of 300,000, it drove straight to Ulzhou.

Li Cunhuan's soldiers and horses had not yet arrived, and the Ulzhou Assassin had already hurriedly sent someone to ask Shi Shanyou, the defense envoy of Datong, for help. He also knows how powerful Li Cunhuan is. Gather all the soldiers and horses of Ulju.

But as soon as he saw the soldiers and horses gathered, this Ulzhou assassin was dumbfounded, why? In one state, the total number of soldiers and horses assembled is only 4,000 men. In fact, this is all the relationship between Li Keyong and Yelu Abaoji, Yelu Abaoji is harassing in the north, and most of the soldiers in Ulzhou are in the north. And most of them were local villagers. told them to ignore their homeland and come to Lingqiu, the Ulzhou Governance Center, to assemble, and they didn't care so much.

Another is that Li Keyong defeated the battle last year, and the 80,000 army was gone, and there were no less soldiers and horses in Ulzhou. Even if the Ulzhou Assassin quickly issued a recruitment order, this soldier either said that he would recruit a hundred, or there were a hundred. If you recruit, you have to train, you have to pay the soldiers, and you have to have equipment.

Helplessly, the Ulzhou Assassin left a thousand people to stay in various parts of Ulzhou, and he came to the Flying Fox with 3,000 soldiers and horses. This is the only way for Li Cunhuan to go west to Ulzhou, but when he arrived here, he was even more aggrieved, and there were 1,000 people written in the military register. When they arrived, there were only five hundred people at most, and more than a hundred of them were either over sixty years old or little dolls who were no more than eleven or twelve years old. No matter how inconvenient it is, there are crippled veterans.

That's it, there are 400 of them! Ulju Thorn Shi comforted himself. As a result, when I looked at the remaining four hundred people, I couldn't wait to cut off the head of the Flying Fox guard, except for one hundred of these four hundred people, who could be regarded as soldiers, the others knew at a glance that they had just been recruited. Either they are honest peasants, who look more like they are holding a spear than a hoe, and I don't know if they will stab people with their spears. Either it's a ruffian hooligan with a ruffian face, who doesn't stand up, doesn't sit or sits, and beats and rushes when training.

Eldest brother! This is a war! It's not a street PK, you have to have a little team spirit! Do you know what a battle formation is?

There is no way for the Ulzhou Assassin, he knows that the only thing he can do with these guys is to be loyal to the country. And when he thought about it, he still felt unwilling to be loyal to a barbarian. Heart, Lao Tzu is also a Han man, can he sacrifice for a barbarian? Isn't this sorry for the ancestors, sorry for the nation, and sorry for yourself? Without saying a word, he wrote a letter of surrender to Li Cunhuan.

Li Cunhuan received the letter of surrender from the Ulzhou Thorn History, and was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly appointed a member of the department to guard Ulzhou, so that the original Ulzhou Thorn History would assist. He quickly led the army across the Pingxing Pass. There is no pass built here yet, but the terrain is also very dangerous, Li Cunhuan didn't want to be blocked here by Li Keyong, so he quickly led the army to cross it.

However, Li Cunhuan also met his first battle of attacking Hedong here.

Li Siyuan learned that Li Cunhuan led the army to cross the area of Pingxingguan, but did not shrink his forces and prepared to defend. Instead, ask the scout carefully. He deduced that Li Cunhuan did not bring many soldiers and horses, and the terrain around Pingxingguan was complicated, and the army marched slowly and wriggling like a long worm. Li Siyuan immediately deduced that there must not be many soldiers and horses brought by Li Cunhuan!

"Li Cunhuan must be blocked in Taixi Mountain!" Li Siyuan said categorically at the meeting of the White Tiger Hall in Yanmen, and did not give others a chance to object.

Taixi Mountain was the general name of the Pingxingguan area at that time, and the Pingxingguan had not yet been built at that time. However, here for the convenience of everyone's reading, the name Pingxingguan will be applied.

And at this time, Li Cunhuan was really as Li Siyuan expected, he only brought four thousand Youyan [***] soldiers and horses and five hundred iron eagles with him, and the army was still slowly advancing on the mountain road of Taixi Mountain.

(To be continued)