readx; On the tenth day of the first month of September, the Tang army took Geshuyao's 10,000 troops as the main force, and 50,000 soldiers stationed on the south bank of the Shumo River, and confronted the Khitan army in the Xingzhou area, but the main force of the Tang army 90,000 troops went north to Longyuan Mansion in Tokyo, and in Longjing Longyuan Mansion, the main force of the Tang army encountered the three princes Da Yingjun and more than 200 nobles of the Bohai Kingdom. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Da Yingjun was originally going south to Nanjing, but he almost encountered the southbound Khitan army on the way, they panicked and did not dare to continue south, and turned east into Tokyo Longyuan Mansion, preparing to escape south from here, but the arrival of the main force of the Tang army undoubtedly reassured them and gave them hope of life.

The Tang army station, the third prince Da Yingjun under the escort of more than 100 Tang army cavalry, came to Li Baozhen's temporary marshal tent, Da Yingjun was a little worried, he didn't know why the Tang army commander was looking for him, entering the Tang army station, the Tang army did not camp, but was in a state of rest on the way, ready to set off at any time, only a simple tent, dozens of soldiers guarded around the tent.

In the handsome tent, Li Baozhen and Zhao Chongjie were standing in front of the sand table discussing something, and a guide was showing them the way to Xiande Mansion.

"General, the third prince is here!" A soldier enters the tent to report.

Zhao Chongjie knew something, so he smiled and said, "Then I'll go check on the situation of the soldiers first." ”

He walked out of the camp with the guide, and Li Baozhen was the only one left in the tent, and in a moment Da Yingjun was brought in, Li Baozhen waved his hand, and all the soldiers retreated.

Li Baozhen talked to Li Qing'an before leaving, and Li Qing'an considered supporting Da Yingjun, who had been a hostage in Datang for many years, as the king of Bohai, and within three to five years, he would turn Bohai into the territory of Datang step by step, and this task would be handed over to Li Baozhen.

Li Baozhen looked at this young prince, and saw that his body was thin, his face was pale, he was very thin, and his weak body was one thing, but more importantly, he was dodging his eyes, lowering his head, looking very cramped, and showing his timid and weak side, Li Baozhen nodded, this prince was very in line with Li Qing'an's requirements.

"You may be seated!"

Li Baozhen smiled slightly, trying to dispel Da Yingjun's nervousness in a soft tone.

"Thank you..... Checkmate! ”

Da Yingjun sat down nervously on a wooden box, he wanted to express his gratitude to Tang Jun, and stammered: "We don't have any.... Thinking of the Tang Army... arrived, begging the Don Army to be able .... Save the Bohai Sea from fire and water. ”

"This is natural, the arrival of the 100,000 troops of the Tang Army is to fulfill the agreement signed by the general of my family and the King of Bohai, has the prince read this agreement?"

"I've seen it, it has become the official letter of the Bohai Kingdom, and the prime minister and Mr. Wei have brought it to the Tang Dynasty."

Da Yingjun gradually calmed down and was no longer so nervous, and he said, "We will fully support the Tang Army's garrison in the Bohai Kingdom." ”

Li Baozhen smiled, "The general of my family has learned about the prince's experience in Datang, and the prince has lived in Datang for fifteen years!" ”

"Seventeen years to be exact, I spent it in Luoyang when I was two to four years old."

"Seventeen years! The prince is twenty-five years old this year, and almost half of his time has been spent in Datang, of course, there are also painful memories, but that has nothing to do with Datang, but the anti-thief An Lushan did it, please understand this. ”

Da Yingjun hurriedly bowed and said: "I can understand, in fact, I spent fourteen years in Chang'an and Luoyang, and I was very happy, only in the last years of Fan Yang was under house arrest, and I knew that An Lushan had already decided to rebel at that time." ”

"Hmm!" Li Baozhen nodded, time was not easy for him to turn around again, so he smiled frankly: "I invited the prince here today to discuss with the prince about the future arrangements of the Bohai Kingdom. ”

Da Yingjun's heart jumped, and he hurriedly said, "Please General Li speak up." ”

"Okay, I'll just say it bluntly, this is what our general meant, he wants the third prince to be the heir to the throne of Bohai."

Da Yingjun was stunned, and after a while, he asked in a low voice, "Why does His Royal Highness King Zhao take a fancy to me?" ”

"It's very simple, the third prince has been in Datang for many years, is more familiar with the culture of Datang, and can communicate with Datang more easily, so it is most in the interests of Datang for the third prince to inherit the throne."

"But my father and my eldest brother ..... them."

"You don't have to worry about this!"

Li Baozhen waved his hand, "I only ask about your attitude, are you willing to inherit the throne?" ”

Da Yingjun's heart was moved, how could he not be willing, he dreamed of becoming the king of Bohai, but he was the third prince, in the shadow of his father and brother's strength, he had no hope, he was so inferior and desperate, today Datang was willing to support him to ascend the throne, and his inner heart was gradually replaced by ecstasy.

"That's what I need to ..... Promise anything? "He's not stupid, he knows that there's no such thing as a free meal.

"Actually, I don't want you to promise anything, as long as the Bohai [***] team follows the actions of the Tang Army, we will destroy Silla together."

Da Yingjun didn't understand what Li Baozhen meant, the Balhae Kingdom had just formed an alliance with Silla, and it seemed a bit unreasonable to destroy it in the blink of an eye.

Li Baozhen saw that he didn't understand for a while, so he didn't force him, so he smiled and said, "Okay! After destroying Silla, you only need to do one thing now, and you will become the only king of the Bohai Kingdom recognized by the Tang Dynasty. ”

Li Baozhen took out a document and handed it to him, "This is the agreement on defense cooperation between the Tang Dynasty and the Bohai State, which has the signature of my general, that is to say, the future defense of the Bohai State will be undertaken by the Tang Army, and the Bohai State will no longer have to consider military expenditures, and concentrate on restoring the people's livelihood destroyed by the Khitan. ”

Li Baozhen said very implicitly, in fact, it was to disarm the Bohai State, and the Tang Army would actually occupy the Bohai State, he smiled and said: "The third prince can read the last one, the Tang Army promised to annex Silla to the territory of the Bohai State within two years. ”

Da Yingjun's face was cloudy, he didn't know what to do, he sighed in his heart, the bane was that his father agreed that the Tang army would be stationed in the territory of the Bohai Kingdom, so the Tang army would have to move an inch, what should he do?

Li Baozhen saw the contradiction and hesitation in his heart, and said: "Longquan Mansion is under the fierce attack of the Khitan army, once the city is broken, the Khitans will slaughter the entire city's soldiers and civilians, the third prince doesn't want to save his own people, are you still hesitating and wasting time here?" ”

One sentence woke up Da Yingjun, yes! The destruction of the Bohai Kingdom is just around the corner, is he still qualified to bargain with the Tang Army?

"Alright! I sign. ”

Da Yingjun picked up the pen, and this time, he did not hesitate to sign his name behind the paperwork.

"Good!" Li Baozhen applauded: "Since the third prince is concerned about the overall situation, then the Tang army will fully support the third prince and the Bohai Kingdom." ”

He put away the paperwork and ordered, "Send the third prince back." ”

Da Yingjun left the tent, Li Baozhen walked to the tent door with his hands behind his back, looking at him far away, he felt that he had a long way to go, but it was full of challenges, and the excitement in his heart made him can't help but want to look up to the sky and roar.

The sky is extraordinarily gloomy, with dense clouds, howling cold winds, and a gray mist between the heavens and the earth, which indicates that the harsh winter of the Bohai Kingdom is coming......

The Tang army continued to advance, and three days later, the Tang army passed through the Taibai Mountain from Mingyuegou in Luzhou, and made a surprise attack at night, occupying Xiande Mansion in one fell swoop, and capturing all the 500,000 cattle and sheep and a large amount of forage that the Khitan army had not had time to withdraw.......

The army then inserted itself behind Li Yanzhong's army and launched a full-scale attack on Li Yanzhong's 70,000 troops deployed on the north bank of the Shumo River.

On the one hand, he sent people to Li Huaijie for help, on the other hand, he organized the army to resist, but with Ge Shuyao's 10,000 troops crossing the Shumo River, it formed a situation of pincer attack on Li Yanpet, that night, the Tang army launched a large-scale attack on Li Yanpet's department, Li Yanpet's 30,000 Xi army and 40,000 Yan army were difficult to defeat the night attack of the Tang army, only supported two hours, and the whole army collapsed, a defeat, the Yan army general Zhang Zhongzhi was killed by Zhao Chongjie with an arrow, and the Yan army was first annihilated.

Li Yanpet led the last 10,000 Xi people desperately to break out of the encirclement, and finally only led 3,000 remnants of the army to break out of the encirclement, fled north in panic and fled to Li Huaijie, the battle of the Shumo River, the corpses of the Khitan coalition army filled the ravine, the blood flowed into a river, the Tang army threw the corpses into the river, and the Shumo River was also cut off, the Tang army killed more than 65,000 Khitan and Yan troops, captured nearly 100,000 war horses, and then the Tang army entered the Xiande Mansion in Zhongjing.

In the early morning, the dark clouds hung low, and the biting north wind whistled, and the big flag on the head of the city of Xiandefu was flapped and hunted, which was the middle of September in the second year of Qingping, and a strong cold air swept in, making the Bohai country reach winter overnight.

Li Baozhen stood on the head of the city early in the morning and looked into the distance, he had just received the news from Shangjing that the Khitan army had failed to attack the city and had withdrawn to the area of Kuhan Sea, and there were signs of withdrawal.

Li Baozhen knew that the Khitan did not fail to attack the city, but that their logistical baggage had been captured, and they had no choice but to withdraw their troops.

At this time, a snowflake fell from the sky and landed on Li Baozhen's nose, he was stunned, and couldn't help but raise his head, only to see the snowflakes falling from the sky, and the first snow of winter came.

"General!" A soldier ran up, "Someone has come to deliver a letter, it's a letter from the general!" ”

Li Baozhen's spirits perked up, he felt a little incredible, he was now in the hinterland of the Bohai Kingdom! The general also had a letter delivered, and he hurriedly said, "Where is the person who came?" ”

I saw a dusty young man walking over under the leadership of several soldiers, he knelt down on one knee and gave Li Baozhen a military salute, "I am the first Falcon Battalion Zhengwu Yu, and I am ordered by General Ji Sheng to send a letter to General Li."

After speaking, he handed an eagle letter to Li Baozhen, Li Baozhen also knew that Ji Sheng led a scout team to be active in Hebei, and he asked the messenger again: "Where is General Ji now?" ”

"General Hui, General Ji is currently leading his brothers to hide in Yingzhou, and he can cooperate with the army at any time."

Li Baozhen nodded, and took the letter, this is the letter that Li Qing'an asked Ji Sheng to transfer to him, he couldn't wait to open the letter, only to see Li Qing'an write in the letter: 'Feng Li Baozhen is the general of Longwu and the protector of Andong, the governor of Bohai, the title of the Duke of Liao, Zhao Chongjie is the general of Jin Wuwei, Ge Shuyao is the general of the sixth rate of the East Palace, Zhao Chongjie is also the Duke of Beiping County, as the governor of Youzhou, Ge Shuyao is the governor of Yingzhou, the marquis of Xincheng, all the generals under the account are promoted to one level, and the officers and soldiers are rewarded with gold and silver from the Bohai treasury; The following are military orders: 1. Exterminate the Khitan nest before the winter comes, the Khitan and Xi men will be killed, leaving no future troubles, women and children can be sent to Hedong for resettlement after the war in Hebei is over, and Li Huaijie's head must be sent to the capital; 2. Winter is coming, and the army can rest in the Bohai Sea for a winter and attack An Lushan next spring......

Li Baozhen was very emotional, Li Qing'an's actions were extraordinary, and the results of the battle had not yet been reported, and the reward was coming, which showed Li Qing'an's trust in them and his firm confidence in the army's northern expedition.

He immediately ordered: "Let General Zhao come to see me quickly!" ”

After a while, Zhao Chongjie came over and said with a smile: "What is the general looking for me?" ”

Li Baozhen handed him the letter, "This is the general's letter, take a look!" ”

Zhao Chongjie was stunned, he took the letter and read it hurriedly, his eyes were suddenly excited, and he immediately said: "The last general is willing to lead the troops into the pine desert and Raole." ”

Li Baozhen said with a smile: "That's what I mean, it's snowing at the beginning of the year, and time is pressing, you can lead 10,000 cavalry to the west and enter the lair of Khitan and Xi." ”

"Obey!"

Zhao Chongjie immediately went to lead the troops, and at this time, Li Baozhen informed the garrison of Li Qing'an's reward, and suddenly the three armies were thunderous and their morale was greatly boosted.

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Xiande Mansion is today's Jilin Dunhua, mid-September is equivalent to the end of October and the beginning of November in later generations, the north begins to cool down, cold air invades, the first snow of this year is earlier than in previous years, the north wind comes overnight, and the mountains and rivers are wrapped in vegetarian.

Shangjing City is built on the mountain, which is stronger and taller than Zhongjing City, coupled with the desperate defense of the army and civilians in the whole city, making it difficult for the Khitan army to capture in a short period of time, and the defeat of the Shumo River Battle and the cut off of grain and grass have greatly reduced the morale of the Khitan army, and the intensity of the attack on Shangjing has also been greatly reduced.

The sudden arrival of the Tang army reversed the tide of the war, and Li Huaijie also realized that their crisis was coming, and now they could only survive by retreating to the Song Desert in the shortest possible time, and now that the Tang Dynasty army had arrived, their dream of conquering the Bohai Sea was shattered.

At this time, Li Huaijie still had more than 60,000 troops in his hands, including more than 40,000 Khitan troops and 20,000 Yan troops, which was also his last force, and he wanted to keep this army no matter what.

The Khitan army withdrew from Shangjing, entered the Huzhou city in the Khuhan Sea to rectify the army and horses, the Khan Sea is today's Jingpo Lake, Huzhou City is a male fort, built on the top of the west bank of the middle of the Khuhan Sea, the circumference is about four miles, here are mainly garrisons and some fishermen, but the arrival of the Khitan people has already withdrawn these garrisons and fishermen into the Shangjing City, and the whole Huzhou City is an empty city.

Although the Khitan army was cut off from food and grass and the situation was very critical, Li Huaijie still had to stay in Huzhou City for a day or two, nominally to rectify the army and horses, but in fact he wanted to take the opportunity to annex the Yan army.

If he could engulf the Yan army, then his loss would not be large, but only the Xi army and the Yan army would be wiped out.

The main commander of the Yan army will be An Lushan's third son An Qinghe, and the deputy will be Zhang Zhongzhi, but Zhang Zhongzhi has been killed in the battle of Shumo River, An Qinghe lost a dependent, An Qinghe is only twenty-five or six years old this year, is An Lushan's youngest son, and is the most loved by An Lushan, plus he has a weak physique since he was a child, so he did not learn martial arts, and embarked on the road of literature, which is also An Lushan's idea, his second son An Qingxu has been able to be a martial artist, he needs a young son of Wen Neng Dingguo, so he named him ' Qinghe' also has the meaning of letting him follow the text, and he asked Hebei Confucianism to teach him knowledge since he was a child.

An Qing and Jinglun are full of bellies, but they have no talent to lead troops, this time he is the main general of the northern expedition, in fact, An Lushan only wants him to be the supervisor of the army, the actual army mobilization command is in the hands of Zhang Zhongzhi, but Zhang Zhongzhi's death suddenly pushed An Qinghe to a helpless situation, basically he obeyed Li Huaijie's orders.

An Qinghe was pacing back and forth uneasily in the room at this time, it was a good thing to withdraw the troops, but how he could bring the troops back to Yingzhou safely made him worried.

"Young marshal, it seems to be snowing!" A soldier walked at the door.

An Qinghe was startled, and hurriedly walked out of the door, only to see goose feathers falling in the sky, "It seems to be snowing early this year!" ”

An Qinghe was very surprised, and suddenly had an uneasy feeling in his heart, if the heavy snow closed the road, would they still be able to walk?

At this time, a knight rushed over, his horse's hooves were hurrying, and he stopped his horse in front of Anqinghe, "Major General, the marshal asks you to discuss the emergency military situation!" ”

"What's the matter?"

"It's snowing heavily, and the marshal said that the plan has changed, please ask the major general to hurry over."

An Qinghe did not dare to hesitate, he hurriedly took a few personal soldiers to ride to Li Huaijie's camp, Li Huaijie's camp is located in the middle of Huzhou City, surrounded by a hundred and ten small tents, because the city is not big, the army is stationed outside the city, only Li Huaijie, Li Yanpet and An Qinghe live in the city.

An Qinghe rode to the front of the camp, turned over and dismounted, and happened to meet Li Yanchong, who came to the meeting, "Young General, the weather is abnormal!" Why did it snow in advance? Li Yanpet laughed.

"Yes! It's weird, it snowed early. ”

An Qinghe catered to two sentences, but sneered in his heart, "You are killing people like hemp, can you not be angry with others?" It's called damnation!"

Scolding in his heart, but with a smile on his face, the two walked into the big tent together, as soon as they entered the big tent, both of them were stunned, Li Huaijie was not in the tent, at this time, suddenly heard the sound of breaking the porcelain bowl, 'Dangchang!' An Qinghe didn't react, but Li Yanzhong's face changed greatly, "It's not good!" He roared, drew his sword, and rushed out of the tent.

But it was too late, hundreds of Khitan men rushed in with sharp axes in their hands, and they slashed Li Yanzhong and An Qinghe into pulp, and at the same time, their retinues were also killed.

Li Huaijie immediately convened a meeting of senior officers, and at this meeting he obtained the allegiance of the Yan army officers and Xi people's officers, and officially annexed the 20,000 Yan army and more than 4,000 Xi troops and organized them into the Khitan tribal army, but at this moment, he suddenly received news that nearly 100,000 Tang troops had surrounded their way out.

At dusk, the snow became heavier and heavier, the wind whined, and the blizzard hit, and in an instant, everything around completely disappeared into the chaos and yellowish clouds, and white snow flakes flew through the clouds, and the dark sky and the sea of snow merged, and the sky and the earth gradually merged......

The Khitan army began to break through in the blizzard, the dense arrows mixed with the flying snowflakes, the Khitan army broke through again and again with heavy casualties, overnight, the Khitan army broke through six times, more than 10,000 people were killed and wounded, and still could not break through the arrow blockade of the Tang army.

The Khitan army was forced to retreat to Huzhou City temporarily, waiting for the next opportunity to break through.

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(To be continued)