The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were nominally the Pingbo region, but in fact they were restricted, and they had neither the right to govern the people, nor the magistrates, let alone the general military officers who were transferred out of the town. In Li Xin's eyes, the seal of the vassal king was a broken stone, and it had no effect at all.

At this time, half of his plan had been successful, and the army of thieves was led by him to run around in the whole Shanxi, and it had gradually become a tired army, while the Daizhou thieves were already very weak due to the division of troops to the south, and according to reliable information, there were less than 20,000 people besieging the city, so they could take the opportunity to wave their troops north to attack the Daizhou thieves. In this way, the siege of Daizhou was lifted, and the threat of Shanxi thieves to the Ming Jingshi was lifted. Once the battle situation becomes clear, presumably neither Yang Sichang nor Zuo Liangyu will let go of the opportunity to make merit, can Liu Guoneng have a way to survive under the attack from Henan and Beizhili?

So Li Xin informed the messenger of the king of Jin that he could ask the king of Jin to move north with him, and then escort him south to recapture the fiefdom after Daizhou won. Unexpectedly, the messenger immediately rejected Li Xin's suggestion, and actually took out the Ming Dynasty's tradition of using literature and martial arts to suppress Li Xin. It turned out that this messenger was the official of the Shanxi Inspectorate Division, and Li Xin had heard a little about Xingjin as the chief soldier in the name of a horse thief.

Take 10,000 steps back, even if the war in the north is tight and you have to go north, there is no reason to let the dignified vassal king go to you in person, it is a reliable plan to go to meet him, if Li Xin mentions it, he may also push the boat down the river. But Li Xin's attitude was so arrogant, coupled with his preconceived prejudices before, he came up with a bull's temper, and even pointed at Li Xin's nose and reprimanded.

"As a military general of the Ming Dynasty, you are in charge of the troops, but you don't go to protect the Taizu bloodline, is it because you have two hearts?"

These words are extremely serious, Li Xin changed color, there was no smile on his face, and the thousands of soldiers under his command could not rest for several days, and they fought bloody battles repeatedly, and this thing didn't have a hard word, and it wouldn't be such a big hat!

Li Xin turned his back, and Lu Jiu on the side couldn't look past it for a long time, and shouted fiercely: "Where did the madman come from, dare to pretend to be an official of the imperial court and privately transfer the army, come, give me a stick to beat the general!" ”

At the sound of the order, the angry soldiers rushed up and went out with the matter. The angry face was deformed, and he scolded: "Li Xin thief, are you going to rebel?" Are you trying to rebel? ”

A few rebellions in a row, empty in the room echoed, Li Xin acquiesced to Lu Jiu's actions, but sighed heavily in his heart, if Da Ming is full of this kind of arrogant, empty-eyed, selfish, and not the slightest sense of the overall situation, can Da Ming still be saved?

Not to mention that the war is tight, even in peacetime, Li Xin, as the chief soldier of the imperial court, also has to keep a distance from the vassal king of a place. What's more, in order to disrupt the deployment of the army of thieves in Shanxi, his battle to attack the east and west has been delayed for a lot of time, and how long Daizhou City can hold out is also a big problem, how can the life and death of a Jin king be compared to Huang Yu in his eyes? Li Xin was now eager to fly to Daizhou with the army immediately, but he knew that the repeated fierce battles had exhausted most of the energy of the Three Guards, and he had to rest at least for one night before taking action.

Lu Jiu was not polite at all, and directly instructed his own soldiers to drive those messengers out of Xinzhou City, and as the city gate that had been opened a crack was closed heavily, the last dark red of the remnant sun in the sky also lost its color.

The smacked at the city gate, and scolded hatefully: "Thief Li Xin, you wait, I Lu Sizhen will resign and go to prison without telling you, and Lu Zi will write upside down!" ”

The pro-soldiers across the door sneered when they heard this: "What are you yelling about? Isn't the word Lu still Lu when it is reversed? A burst of laughter ensued.

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The thing was also in a hurry, and there was no logic in speaking, and he was ridiculed by a group of Qiu Ba, and he waved his hand and a few companions and slipped away, after all, there are many thieves here, and it is night, and there are many crises everywhere in the wilderness, and walking is the best policy.

Lu Jiu looked at the backs of several people with disdain at the head of the city, and at the same time called scouts, and after explaining them, he let them out of the city, and followed.

Wu Shan has been very angry recently, and he has learned the news of the fall of Xinzhou, and he understands that the Ming army defeated in Qingyuan that day is not the Three Guards Army of Datong, but an army killed from Shaanxi. It was precisely because of this that he lost his correct judgment, so that Li Xin's treacherous plan succeeded, and he was led by the nose all the way, which made him think that this battle was extremely unjust. After Liu Guoneng learned of Kong Youde's defeat, he once again ordered Wu Shan to bring his men and horses back to recapture Xinzhou, the gateway to northern Taiyuan.

The army had just passed Yuci Wushan and got another news that shocked him, the so-called rumors of the King of Jin's suicide were all false, someone in Lan County in the northwest of Shanxi had already raised the banner of the King of Jin, and Li Xin had already returned to the west to meet the King of Jin at this time.

Hearing the news that Li Xin personally went to welcome the king of Jin, Wu Shan sneered several times in a row, it seems that he still thinks highly of this horse thief surnamed Li! It seems that he has seen the fate of this person. In any case, his goal is very clear, that is, to go down to Xinzhou first, and then go to Lanxian County to capture the King of Jin alive who does not know whether it is true or not, if it comes true, this blow to the Ming Dynasty is really unprecedented!

Wu Shanbing did not enter Taiyuan City, went directly to the north, but there was an old man to visit halfway, it was the general of the defeated army, Kong Youde, who fled all the way back to Taiyuan after the defeat, but he did not dare to enter the city to restore his life, for fear that Liu Guoneng would take advantage of this to kill him and make an example of him. It happened that Wushan's army passed through his hiding place, and he planned to bring back the thief soldiers who had been borrowed from Wushan to regain Xinzhou.

Wu Shan immediately promised that he would come to attack Xinzhou in this battle, and as long as he won the credit for Xinzhou City, it would all go to Kong Youde, and then he would lead all the people to capture and kill the King of Jin. Kong Youde immediately agreed to this condition, and he was able to give up the credit of recovering Xinzhou, not to mention that it was still unknown, but this kindness was enough for him to be grateful.

Unexpectedly, after Wu Shan and Kong Youde arrived in Xinzhou, they were shocked by the scene in front of them and couldn't say a word. Everywhere you enter the ruins and broken walls, the sky above the city is full of smoke, and there are still a few places where there is still a faint fire, Xinzhou City was actually destroyed by Li Xin!

The work of recovery came to naught in an instant, Kong Youde was extremely depressed, but Wu Shan comforted him that he didn't have to get angry, since Li Thief was able to destroy Xinzhou, it means that he knew that he could not hold this city with the strength of the Three Guards, and it also showed that this person was not enough to confront the Chuang army head-on, so as long as they fought it head-on, the possibility of defeating this Ming army would be very high!

Wu Shan's words Kong Youde also felt reasonable, "In this way, you have to go to Lan County as much as possible!" If it's too late, let the thief slip away! ”

Lanxian County is located in the upper reaches of Fenshui, belongs to the town of Xiwei, is not far from Shaanxi Shenmu, to the south is Chijian Ridge, to the north is also the Chongshan Mountains. It can be said that it is not only a good place to hide, but also a good place to be easily blocked. Once the army suddenly attacks with lightning speed, it is not impossible to capture and kill the King of Jin in a battle, in comparison, Li Xin is insignificant!

Kong Youde doubted the authenticity of the news that the King of Jin was in Lan County, and said that the King of Jin committed suicide on the night of Taiyuan City, but no one really saw the body of the vassal king. Wu Shan had been prepared for this, his scouts had already been sent out, and the news that came back made him very encouraged. Coupled with the traces of Li Xin's army marching westward, this further confirms the authenticity of the previous news.

Wu Shan did not hesitate, the soldiers were fast, and the army headed northwest overnight. Sure enough, just after the Shapo Ridge, they encountered a large number of Ming troops, Wu Shan didn't pay attention to them at all, and the cavalry quickly collapsed and scattered under the impact, in the final analysis, it was a group of defeated troops cobbled together with a rabble with extremely low morale, how to compare with his black-armored iron cavalry. Only this cavalry is also the capital that Wu Shan relies on to survive, and the rest of the thief infantry are cannon fodder who can give up at any time. In the past, at the critical moment of dealing with the Ming army more than a dozen times, as long as this cavalry was displayed, it was almost invincible and invincible!

This time, due to the urgency of time, Wu Shan directly took out the trump card and resolved the battle in the shortest time, for fear that the situation in Lanxian County would change, and he would once again fall into the embarrassing situation of being led by the nose by the Ming army. He firmly believes that as long as Li Thief's Ming army is blocked, under the head-to-head duel, he will definitely win a big victory! In the past few battles, although they are all heavy punches, but every time there is a feeling of punching the air, very unhappy, what is lacking is just an opportunity to block the death, now there is a chance to be ashamed, and can steadily capture the great merit of the King of Jin, I can't help but feel excited when I think about it!

As in the first battle of Qingyuan, Wu Shan also personally led the black-armored cavalry to take the first step in case of accidents, and the infantry army followed suit. Finally, he arrived in Lan County before dawn, and the Lan County Commander heard that the army of thieves had arrived, so he was so frightened that he didn't even dare to resist, so he opened the city and asked for surrender. This made Wu Shan very disappointed, or rather angry, could it be that the news that King Jin was still alive and Li Xin was going west was fake?

But the words of the county order quickly denied Wu Shan's speculation, the king of Jin did not die, and indeed lived in Lan County, but he hurriedly left with his entourage a day ago, according to his judgment, it should be going north, as for whether there is a Ming army to respond, this guy is vague, obviously a confused official!

It was also a scourge to keep such goods, and Wu Shan cut off his head with a knife and ordered it to be hung at the head of the city to deter those who thought wrong. After Kong Youde caught up, after learning the whole story, he complained that Wu Shan should not have killed the county commander of Lanxian County, so who would dare to surrender to him?

Wu Shan disagreed, "Killing him is just to deter Xiaoxiao, you and I are about to go north, so naturally we can't divide troops to garrison here......"

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