Although there are all kinds of signs that chaos in Hebei is about to break out. But probably the calm before the storm, except in the river, Liu Zhijun and Wang Heng were marched into the river by Youguo Jiedu, and there was no war. Even in the south, it is rare to calm down, that is, Yang Xingmi and Qian Biao, the two pairs of enemies, are pulling and pulling, but no one can help anyone. There is a deformed atmosphere of peace and prosperity in the world.

However, whether it is Li Cunhuan or Zhu Wen and Li Keyong, or even all the princes in the world, they all know that this kind of peaceful and prosperous atmosphere will not last long.

"It should come, it will always come." Liu Rengong muttered in the dense spring rain.

"Father, the army is ready." Liu Shouwen, who was wearing a robe, said calmly.

For this son, Liu Rengong likes it from the bottom of his heart, filial piety and intelligence, but unfortunately some of them are not very good, but sometimes he is not decisive enough. At best, it is kind-hearted, and at worst, it is indecisive. But overall, Liu Rengong is still very satisfied.

Liu Rengong looked behind him, and through the dense rain curtain, he could see a dark and oppressive scene, and he didn't know how many people were in it. Liu Rengong knew that there were 3,000 elite soldiers he had trained in Shouyang, and 7,000 Li Keyong allocated to him the 7,000 Hedong Army, which was 10,000.

This time, Liu Rengong's target was Yingzhou, and Wang Gao also sent his uncle Wang Chuzhi to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to attack Mozhou. This pair of embarrassed guys are ready to capture Ying and Mo Erzhou in one fell swoop. At this time, Shi Shanyou, the general of Hedong in Yunzhou, will send troops from Yunzhou to contain the army north of Lulong. Liu Rengong's goal is to choose to go south to occupy Yichang Town, or go north to drive straight to the city of Youzhou. It depends on the situation.

Li Keyong has promised Liu Rengong that this time he will capture Yichang, and he Liu Rengong will become the envoy of Yichang. If you capture Youzhou City, then it will be the envoy of the Lulong Festival. For Liu Rengong, who is just hanging on to the empty head Lu Longliu, who is actually only in control of Shouyang County, and is ambitious, this is no less than surviving in a desperate situation, Liu Rengong has made up his mind this time, if he doesn't succeed, he will become a benevolent!

In the dense spring rain, the guards of Boye County chose to hide in the city tower, corner tower and other places that can shelter from the wind and rain. Although it is said that the spring rain is as small as a cow's hair, it is better than dense, and in the absence of shelter from the wind and rain, people are very prone to colds. In this era of rudimentary medicine, the cold is a disease that can kill ordinary people.

Liu Rengong's subordinate Liu Yanlang looked up at Boye County not far away, which is the county closest to Yiwu and Chengde in Yingzhou. Li Cunhuan also made his career in this battle and was appreciated by Li Kuangchou.

Looking at the soldiers who were hiding in the dark to avoid the rain, Liu Yanlang couldn't help but show a sneer. "Li Cunhuan, where I want you to stand up, fall down from where!"

In the past, Liu Yanlang was almost killed by Li Cunhuan, and Liu Yanlang has never forgotten this hatred. He is like a steppe wolf lurking in the dark, looking for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to his enemies while adding to his scars.

And now is the time for Liu Yanlang to take revenge, Liu Yanlang waved to the back, hundreds of black shadows scattered forward, not paying attention, and saying that it was just a weed in the wild. In fact, they were dressed in lichen clothes, and in the drizzle, ordinary people looked like weeds at all. But I don't want to hide a lot of killing opportunities under this weed.

Hirono is a castle built against a large mountain, the terrain is quite steep, and the terrain is relatively high, and there is no moat. It also saved Liu Yanlang and others from the cold of wading through the moat.

Under the city wall, Liu Yanlang and the others did not rashly launch a surprise attack, but quietly observed again, and then Liu Yanlang waved his hand. Several soldiers pulled out a hook with a rope from their bosom.

After observing the direction of the wind, he suddenly threw his hand, only to hear several faint metal strikes in the wind and rain. The soldiers did not hesitate, and tightened the ropes, and immediately they were as agile as apes, and their hands climbed quickly, slowly turning into blurred black shadows in the spring rain. Including Liu Yanlang, everyone's hearts were as tense as if they had pulled the bowstring of a full moon.

After a while, there was no movement, Liu Yanlang couldn't help but be anxious, and was just about to send someone up to investigate. At this moment, a rope ladder rolled down the wave of the city wall, making a gurgling sound on the city wall. When Liu Yanlang saw this rope ladder, his heart was overjoyed, and he couldn't help but exclaim excitedly, he knew that this time the plan was going to be completed. Liu Yanlang's tough face showed a terrifying and hideous face, Liu Yanlang pulled out the saber on his waist and waved the knife. Although there was no roar, it was still full of momentum. Liu Yanlang bit the side of the horizontal knife without a blade, and took the lead in climbing up the rope ladder.

Liu Yanlang, who had just turned over the city wall, was already full of war, roared in the wind and rain, held a horizontal knife in his hand, and strode towards the nearest corner tower to him.

"Who!?" When he was about twenty steps away from the corner tower, a voice came from the corner tower, and the voice was lazy. I guess the person he came from was that colleague.

"Me!" Liu Yanlang did not panic at all, and responded very calmly. His footsteps remained at the same speed as before, neither speeding up because he was spotted by the enemy, nor slowing down in fear.

The soldier hiding in the corner tower was still wondering who was coming, but when he reacted, Liu Yanlang had already walked into the corner tower with a cruel smile.

"Do you want to ......" The soldier pointed at Liu Yanlang with one hand, and just wanted to scold the other party, but Liu Yanlang's horizontal knife was raised high without knowing when it was time. The soldier hurriedly picked up the spear that was mounted on the wall, but by this time it was too late.

Liu Yanlang's horizontal knife slashed through the soldier's throat, and a ball of blood bloomed in Liu Yanlang's bloody eyes, this is a blood flower that is more beautiful than any blood.

The soldiers' comrades also reacted, but in the face of Liu Yanlang, it didn't take long for them to become the souls of the sword, and the sound of the wind and rain covered the sound of the fight. When Liu Yanlang strode out of the corner tower, Lu Longbing had not yet discovered the enemy attack. The spring rain slowly washed the blood on the horizontal knife onto the city wall paved with bluestone slabs. Hundreds of elite soldiers of the Hedong Army stood silently behind Liu Yanlang, and everyone's faces were full of smug smiles.

"Kill!" Liu Yanlang waved the horizontal knife in his hand, and hundreds of soldiers erupted into an earth-shattering roar. At this time, Lu Longbing on the city wall reacted. But it's a pity that it's late, Liu Yanlang and they have already killed the edge of the city tower, and below the city tower is the death hole of Boye County-the city gate.

Not long after, after a fierce battle, a raging fire suddenly ignited on the city of Boye County. The closed gates of Boye County also slowly opened in the spring rain, revealing the residential area of Boye County without any defense. Although there was a dense rain curtain blocking it, Liu Rengong, who was ten miles away in Boye County, could still see it clearly.

"It's done!" Liu Rengong couldn't help but roar excitedly, at this moment, Liu Rengong didn't have the majesty of 10,000 commanders. The multiple defeats have made Liu Rengong even more eager to win.

"Let's go!" Liu Rengong waved the horizontal knife in his hand in a high-spirited manner, and 10,000 black troops in the spring rain poured out in the darkness, like an army emerging from hell, and they were all murderous. Some of them were the former Youzhou Rong soldiers who followed Liu Rengong to join Hedong, and now it was time for their king to return! They were more excited than anyone else, and they all longed to return to the land of Lulong. Tell everyone that they are the real masters of this land!

............ "Your Highness, something is wrong!" "The current Feng Dao no longer has the calmness and reserve of the literati in the past.

"Something! So panicked! Li Cunhuan, who was reading the book of war, glared at Feng Dao dissatisfiedly.

Feng Dao was drunk by Li Cunhuan, but he came back to his senses, cleaned up his panicked mood, and said: "Yingzhou is in a hurry, there is an unknown army sneaking up on Yingzhou, and Boye and Hejian have been captured. The Yingzhou soldiers and horses were martyred, and the Yingzhou assassin is now sorting out the soldiers and horses in Shucheng and preparing to defend against the enemy's attack. In addition, Yiwu Wang Gao sent his uncle's backyard soldiers and horses to make Wang Chu directly lead 5,000 elite soldiers to attack Mozhou, and had captured Qingyuan and Tangxing counties in Mozhou, but fortunately, the Mozhou soldiers and horses found it in time. Otherwise, he will be driven straight into the king's office! ”

"Wang Chuzhi? So the soldiers and horses that attacked Yingzhou were Wang Rong's? Wang Rong, that kid has the guts? Li Cunhuan's heart was full of doubts, don't look at Wang Rong's occupation of the land of Sizhou, not only the land is fertile, but also has 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers. But this kid is also a conservative person, saying that he has the courage to make trouble for himself, Li Cunhuan really doesn't believe it. But Wang Chuzhi has sent troops, is Yiwu still capable of sending a second army to attack him?

"Summoning Guo Dazhong!" Li Cunhuan no longer speculates randomly, no matter whether this army is Wang Rong's or not, although it is troublesome to find out about him, it is not impossible. After all, the army that can capture most of Yingzhou will definitely not be less than 5,000 people. With such a number of people, in places such as Yiwu and Chengde, where the detection intensity is not strong, it is not difficult to be found in Jinyiwei's eyelids, but it is difficult to get to the sky if you want not to be found some clues.

Li Cunhuan ordered to go down, but in a quarter of an hour, Guo Dazhong came to the White Tiger Hall to see Li Cunhuan. Li Cunhuan couldn't help but be a little strange, the head office of Jinyiwei is in Jinshan, an artificial earth mountain located in the east of Youzhou City, although it is not far from Li Cunhuan's palace, it generally takes two quarters of an hour to ride a fast horse to and fro. Why is it half the time today?

However, as soon as Guo Dazhong saw Li Cunhuan, he explained the reason why he was so fast, he did not receive Li Cunhuan's summons, because he received another important news, and he had already arrived before receiving Li Cunhuan's summons. "Your Highness, the Bianzhou Jinyi Guard has sent a message from the flying pigeon, and Zhu Wen has sent troops! I don't know how many soldiers and horses there are. Just when he set off from Kaifeng City in Bianzhou, there were already 40,000 troops, and they included Zhu Wen's proudest four major guards, the Tianxing Army, the Longxiang Army, the Shenjie Army, and the Flying Cavalry Army. ”

"Zhu Wen ......" Li Cunhuan's brows were even deeper, and Zhu Wen's involvement undoubtedly made the situation in Hedong even more confusing.

"Your Highness, there is another interesting story about the Flying Cavalry! This flying cavalry is still set up by Zhu Wen for His Royal Highness! Guo Dazhong saw Li Cunhuan's frowns, and in order to persuade him, he smiled and diverted the topic.

"Oh?" Li Cunhuan was really attracted by Guo Dazhong's words, and looked at Guo Dazhong suspiciously.

Guo Dazhong said with a smile: "In the past, Zhu Wen was worried about the Battle of Qizhou, thinking that the reason why he was defeated in the hands of His Highness was because the cavalry army was not as good as His Highness. After Zhu Wen occupied Guanzhong, he immediately recruited troops from Longxi, and served as one of them, nicknamed Tabai General Li Si'an as the commander of the Flying Cavalry Army, Wang Yanzhang, who was titled Wang Tiegun, as the deputy commander of the Flying Cavalry Army, Wang Yantong, a fierce general, was the left military envoy of the Flying Cavalry Army, and Xia Luqi, a fierce general of Qizhou, served as the right military envoy of the Flying Cavalry Army. ”

"Oh? I know Wang Yanzhang and Wang Yantong's strength, although that Charuqi is insidious, his martial arts are also good. Who is this Li Si'an? Actually above Wang Yanzhang and the other three? Li Cunhuan asked with a puzzled face.

"Li Si'an is a general under Zhu Wen, but he has always been active on the battlefield in the south, so it is not surprising that His Highness does not know. This Li Si'an was originally just a small soldier under Zhu Wen's command, but because of his strange appearance, Zhu Wen admired it very much and gave him the name Li Si'an. In the early days, every time Zhu Wen went out to fight, he followed Zhu Wen's side, and when Zhu Wen dealt with Huang Chao and Qin Zongquan, he led more than 100 elite horsemen every time, rushing left and right, and no one was invincible. Later, Li Si'an led his troops to attack thousands of miles. Crossing the Huai River, occupying the two cities of Tianchang and Gaoyou. At that time, Sun Ru, who was crisscrossing the south of the Yangtze River, did not recover these two cities. However, although this man is brave and cunning, he is obviously slightly inferior in resourcefulness, and every major battle is either a big victory or a big defeat. Guo Dazhong couldn't help but laugh when he said the back.

Li Cunhuan couldn't have imagined that Zhu Wen actually had such a superlative, and he was so happy and troubled by Guo Dazhong, Li Cunhuan's mind was a lot easier.

Li Cunhuan began to ask about the origin of this sneak attack on Yingzhou soldiers and horses, but Guo Dazhong didn't know, he could only reply to Li Cunhuan, and he would send someone to investigate with all his might. After all, Jinyiwei is not omniscient.

Li Cunhuan also expressed his understanding of this, but as soon as Guo Dazhong left, Li Cunhuan couldn't help but fall into the troubles caused by Zhu Wen's dispatch of troops. Li Cunhuan decided to summon Zhou Dewei to talk, and now Zhou Dewei has unknowingly become Li Cunhuan's military advisor, and all major things have passed through Zhou Dewei's hands, which will determine the final strategy.

Zhou Dewei's mansion is very close to Li Cunhuan's Qin Palace, but it is next door. On the one hand, it is convenient for the two sides to discuss matters, and on the other hand, it is also Li Cunhuan's show of favor to Zhou Dewei.

In just a moment, Zhou Dewei arrived at the White Tiger Hall, and Li Cunhuan was meditating on the famous Central Plains sand table in the center of the White Tiger Hall, and he didn't notice Zhou Dewei's arrival.

Zhou Dewei bent down to Li Cunhuan and said, "The last general, Zhou Dewei, see His Royal Highness the King of Qin!" ”

"Oh! It's Zhenyuan! Only then did Li Cunhuan find out about Zhou Dewei's arrival, and hurriedly beckoned Zhou Dewei to his side, and said with a sad face: "Zhu Wen has sent troops from Bianzhou. There are 40,000 troops, but I don't know how many soldiers and horses will join Zhu Wen along the way. However, it is certain that the number of troops sent by Zhu Wen this time will definitely not be just these 40,000 people. In addition, there is also the matter of Yiwu's trouble, I think you know it too, right? ”

"Yes, the last general has just finished reading the documents copied by Feng Senjun, let's talk about Yiwu's attack this time. I suspect that this time it was Hedong meddling! Zhou Dewei's finger lightly tapped on the location of Taiyuan Mansion, which is located in the northwest of the sand table.

"Li Ke has always been a righteous person, this time it won't be him, right? And he also had a lively fight with Liu Zhijun in the river. Li Cunhuan asked suspiciously.

"I know Li Ke with this person, although he is the head of righteousness, but he is not stupid to be able to become the overlord of Hebei. What's more, Kang Junli is insidious and cunning, and this time it was mostly his plan. They saw that His Highness's power had increased greatly, and they wanted to strike at or even destroy His Highness before he consolidated his power. It is estimated that if you want to use Yiwu as an excuse to intervene in this war, Your Highness will have to make more preparations. This time, Wang Gao's attack caught me off guard. What Your Highness needs to do now is to end this war quickly. Zhou Dewei said in a deep voice.

Li Cunhuan nodded when he heard this, but suddenly shook his head, Zhou Dewei couldn't help but be surprised, and asked, "What does Your Highness mean by this?" Could it be that there is a different view of the current situation? ”

"Hmm!" Li Cunhuan nodded, and his gaze slowly shifted from Yiwu's Dingzhou to Yunzhou, "Since Li Keyong is meddling, then Shi Shanyou, the Datong defense envoy in Yunzhou, will definitely not be willing to watch the play on the side." This time the battle situation ......" Li Cunhuan's brows became deeper and deeper.

"In any case, the last general must defend Lu Long for His Highness!" Zhou Dewei said firmly.

"Forget it, no matter what, this time you must send troops to fight again, otherwise others will say that I Li Cunhuan is a bully! Zhenyuan, this time I am going to divide my troops into two routes, starting from Youzhou all the way, going to Liangxiang, and directly marching to Yiwu. Another way to Mozhou, teach Wang Chuzhi a good lesson! Li Cunhuan gritted his teeth and said, he couldn't imagine that he was actually bitten hard by the last one he ignored the most.

It's like a lion being bitten by a wild dog while he was sleeping. The animal that I used to look down on the most, the animal at the bottom of the food chain took a bite. It's not just a matter of how much you have been bitten, it's a shame, it's a feeling of being provoked to your majesty. This hatred Li Cunhuan has to be repaid twice as much no matter what!

"In this way, I will recommend a person for His Highness to be the vanguard of the attack on Yiwu. However, this person is from a humble background, and I hope that His Highness will not despise him for his inferiority. Zhou Dewei said on the side.

"Oh? Who is it that deserves to be recommended by Zhenyuan in person? When Li Cunhuan heard this, he couldn't help but be curious.

Because Li Cunhuan has a firm grasp of the appointment and dismissal of officials at all levels. In order to prevent the generals from forming too united factions, Li Cunhuan will also send Jinyi Wei to verify the people recommended by the generals from all over the country. There is nothing to fine, it is generally just a month or half a month's fine, the problem is humiliation, so generals at all levels are very cautious in recommending them.

Zhou Dewei is a traditional soldier who never interferes in political affairs, and always acts according to the rules for the promotion of his subordinates. Those who have meritorious service will be promoted, and those who have done wrong will be punished, all of which will be handled by military law. This is also what Li Cunhuan admires most about Zhou Dewei, the most soldiers in the five dynasties of the Tang Dynasty interfered in politics, resulting in the tenure of the lord, many times through the hands of the soldiers, resulting in a lot of unsatisfactory places for the lord, and the soldiers will mutiny. In fact, Li Cunhuan's doing this is just a restriction on the military's power.

"This person's surname is Yuan, and his name is Xingqin. However, he was born as a civilian, and his father was just a small soldier, but he was a powerful man. He is even more witty and decisive, and with a little training, he must be a general's talent! Although Zhou Dewei didn't say much, he still had a high evaluation of him.

"Oh?" Li Cunhuan originally wanted to send someone to investigate this person named Yuan Xingqin, but after thinking about it, the person recommended by Zhou Dewei would naturally not be a simple person. Second, this inevitably shows that he does not attach importance to Zhou Dewei's recommendation, which will inevitably make people feel as if they have ignored Zhou Dewei's opinion. Li Cunhuan changed his words and said: "Well, the army must set off tomorrow, Zhenyuan, you can bring this Yuan Xingqin to see me this afternoon!" ”

"Good!" Zhou Dewei responded.

Li Cunhuan immediately discussed the details with Zhou Dewei, and issued an order for all troops that needed to go to war to start preparing for war, and the grain and grass also began to prepare. Although Li Cunhuan was eager to send troops, the war was not so simple, and he needed to be fully prepared before he could march. This adequate preparation refers not only to grain, grass, and weapons, but also to maps, guides, donkeys and horses to transport supplies, and other livestock. These are naturally prepared by the following people, and they are not detailed.

In the afternoon, Zhou Dewei personally brought a young man to ask to see Li Cunhuan.

Li Cunhuan asked Zhou Dewei to take him to the martial arts arena, and he returned to the room and changed into short clothes, and then he arrived at the martial arts arena. In the martial arts arena, I saw Zhou Dewei fighting with a young man.

The young man looked like he was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and there was nothing special about his appearance, neither a handsome and dashing temperament, nor a majestic beard, but a slightly ugly bronze face. But he is seven feet tall, that is, two meters tall, and has a burly body. It is estimated that this person is Yuan Xingqin, whom Zhou Dewei admires a lot.

At this time, Yuan Xingqin used a spear in his hand, although it was unremarkable. But martial arts have won the demeanor of the battlefield and go straight to the ground. The spear stabbed out, full of an indomitable momentum. It gives the feeling of being put to death. However, Li Cunhuan took a closer look and found that every time Yuan Xingqin made a very fast move, he attacked against attack, and quickly against fast, not to death. However, it also shows the characteristics of Yuan Xingqin, that is, his martial arts are one word, fast.

It's simple, but I don't know how much hard work has been put into it. Maybe it's because of the helplessness of not having a famous teacher to guide you! You can only practice a few simple moves to improve your martial arts.

"Good!" Li Cunhuan's voice interrupted the fight between the two.

"The last general (small) participates in His Royal Highness King Qin!" Zhou Dewei and the others hurriedly saluted.

"Get up!" Li Cunhuan dragged his hands weakly.

(To be continued)