Li Qianzhong often had the same dream, he dreamed that he occupied the entire territory of Hebei and led hundreds of thousands of troops to line up on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Thousands of warships of the Tang army, the sails were overwhelming, the mighty came from the south bank of the Yellow River, suddenly the black clouds covered the sun, the wind was fierce, the white waves were monstrous, the warships of the Tang army shook violently in the river, they capsized one after another, the Tang army erected a white flag, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty asked him to surrender, promised to row the north bank of the Yellow River to him, let him establish the Khitan Dynasty.

Many times Li Qianzhong woke up from a dream, he still refused to open his eyes, and reminisced about his dream for a long time, and now this dream seems to be not far away from him.

As long as he can completely defeat this Tang army that rushed north, his Khitan iron cavalry can sweep Hebei, and at that time the Turks were in the northwest and Tubo responded at the same time in the southwest, using the revival of the Li clan as an excuse to attack the Tang Dynasty in an all-out way.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty was worried about internal and external troubles, they could only succumb under their own iron hooves, he could not want the whole territory of Hebei, but to assign Youzhou and Liaodong to himself, the key is Youzhou, only the Khitan army occupies Youzhou, he will have the foundation to sweep the north of the Tang Dynasty, and it is a matter of time before he occupies the north of the Yellow River.

At this time, Li Quanzhong led 5,000 Khitan troops were about to get out of the rift valley, and according to the latest information obtained by his spies, the Tang army's logistics battalion was stationed on the official road outside the forest, and they did not even enclose the camp fence, obviously not aware of the arrival of their army.

Li Qianzhong almost couldn't hold back the ecstasy and excitement in his heart, and ordered in a low voice: "Speed up and get out of the valley immediately." ”

Half of his army had already left the rift, and at this moment, there was a sudden shout of killing from the rift, Li Qianzhong was stunned, and asked urgently, "Where is the sound of fighting?"

At this time, Li Quanzhong had already reacted, he pushed away his own soldiers, urging the horse to rush out of the rift, only to see the fire outside the rift, I don't know how many big trees were ignited by the fire, and the whole sky was reflected red.

Groups of Tang troops killed from all directions, the swords were shining, the shouts of killing shook the sky, his soldiers did not have any formation, took off their armor, and discarded their weapons in their hands, some of them knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, some ran in all directions, and the camp was in chaos.

Some Khitan soldiers were unwilling to be killed, and rose up to fight with the Tang army, but they could not fight against the Tang army who had been ambushed in advance, Li Duozuo held a big knife in his hand, extremely fierce, he was like a tiger going down the mountain, the knife flashed, and the head rolled to the ground.

Li Qianzhong was stunned by the tragic situation outside the rift, so that his own soldiers pulled him back to flee, he didn't struggle at all, his mind was blank, how could Tang Jun know his plan.

Didn't Wu Youyi lead a large army to Yingzhou? How could this Tang army fall from the sky?

At this time, Li Qianzhong finally came to his senses, he struggled to get off the ground, "Quickly let me down"

The soldiers could no longer care about his resistance, so they put on a soldier's armor and pushed him onto a war horse, which carried Li Quanzhong to the west of the rift.

There was chaos in the rift valley, Li Qianzhong's personal soldiers slashed and stabbed with knives and spears, killed all the Khitan soldiers who were blocking the way, and rushed through a bloody road, and dozens of cavalry surrounded Li Qianzhong and quickly fled to the west of the rift.

But when they had just run out of the rift valley only a few dozen paces, they saw a roar of firelight, shouts all around, and thousands of Tang troops surrounded them from all sides, with bows and arrows, sharp spears, and arrows and spearheads aimed at Li Qianzhong and his own soldiers.

The dozen or so soldiers led by him were so anxious that they roared loudly, urging their horses to break through, only to see a burst of random arrows coming, and more than a dozen soldiers were all shot to death.

Li Qianzhong was so anxious that he shouted, "Stop it all"

The remaining soldiers did not dare to break through again, and only protected Li Quanzhong tightly, and at this time, Li Zhen appeared in front of them.

Li Zhen learned from the captured prisoners of war that it was the great chief Li Quanzhong who personally led the army to attack the Tang army, so he changed his mind, if Li Quanzhong could be captured alive, the political interests would be greater.

Li Zhen saw that all the Khitan soldiers were guarding one person, and although the man was wearing the uniform of an ordinary soldier, Li Zhen still guessed that he was Li Quanzhong, the Khitan chieftain.

Li Zhen looked at him and smiled faintly: "Li Qianzhong, do you think you can escape?"

Li Qianzhong turned his horse's head around, more than a thousand Tang soldiers surrounded them, and more than a dozen of his own soldiers couldn't help but roar, and were about to rush up to break through, but Li Quanzhong drank them, "None of them are allowed to move rashly"

"Who are you?" he asked, looking at Li Zhen.

"In the lower inner defender Li Zhen"

"It turned out to be you" Li Qianzhong was so frightened that he took a few steps back, he didn't expect that Li Zhen, who killed them all in Yuguan, would be such a young general.

He knew that he couldn't escape, and sighed in his heart, and at this moment, there was a loud noise behind him, which frightened Li Quanzhong's war horse for a while.

I saw that the Tang army pushed dozens of boulders down from the top of the mountain and sealed the exit of the rift valley, at this time, there was a loud sound of falling boulders in the distance, and then the Khitan soldiers shouted in fear in the valley.

Li Quanzhong immediately understood that Li Zhen had trapped his soldiers in a short valley, and if they attacked with fire, thousands would all be burned to death.

He tore off the armor of the soldiers on his body, hugged his fist at Li Zhen and said, "It's not a pity for me to die, please let General Li spare my soldiers." ”

He pointed to the rift valley, at this time thousands of Khitan troops were trapped in the rift, and the Khitan soldiers who tried to climb over the boulder of the sealed valley would immediately be killed by random arrows, and the valley suddenly cried and screamed.

Li Zhen nodded, although this Li Qianzhong is a capricious villain, but he is sympathetic to the soldiers, it is rare, so he said: "Yes, you let all the soldiers surrender, I will spare them"

Li Qianzhong turned his horse's head and shouted: "Soldiers, listen, all surrender to my orders, all surrender."

Li Qianzhong shouted over and over again, and the valley gradually quieted down, and many soldiers who were ready to fight with the Tang army stood still, at a loss, "Dangchang, someone dropped their knives, and more and more soldiers laid down their weapons."

At this time, the Tang army shouted: "Throw out the weapon"

The Khitan soldiers threw countless knives, spears, bows and arrows over the boulder, and the Tang soldiers stepped forward to count, and after a while, someone stepped forward and said to Li Zhen: "The weapons are almost thrown away." ”

Li Zhen nodded and ordered: "Move to Dashi"

As dozens of boulders moved away, groups of Khitan raised their hands from the valley, and a group of Tang cavalry galloped past them, shouting: "Those who surrender raise their hands above their heads and go to the open space in front to concentrate"

After a while, groups of Khitan soldiers raised their hands above their heads and walked towards the open space not far away, Li Quanzhong saw that there were only more than 2,000 soldiers left, and the rest of the soldiers were killed on the other side of the rift, he couldn't help sighing, and said to Li Zhen: "It's okay, you can dispose of me at will, I can kill me willingly"

After speaking, he closed his eyes and stretched his neck, but Li Zhen ignored him, and coldly ordered the soldiers around him: "Take him back and hand him over to Di Xiangguo for disposal."

A team of cavalry escorted Li Quanzhong away, Li Zhen slowly stepped forward, looked at the messy valley mouth, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Li Quanzhong's army was completely annihilated, and the Khitans couldn't set off any storms.

There is a close but subtle relationship between war and politics, war is the continuation of politics, is to serve the government, this is undoubted, but there is a certain subtle relationship between the outcome of the war and the impact of politics, for example, Li Quanzhong personally led the elite Khitan soldiers to attack the logistics of the Tang Army, once successful, it will greatly boost the morale of the Khitan soldiers.

But if it fails, it will also seriously weaken the morale of the Khitan army, which is like increasing the leverage several times, winning is the king, defeating is the king, and more importantly, if Li Quanzhong dies, Sun Wanrong will become the new Khitan master, and he will use Li Quanzhong as an excuse to attack the Tang army with all his might, so as to grasp the Khitan military power.

And Li Quanzhong did not die, which made Sun Wanrong dare not act rashly, and the Khitan cavalry who was preparing to attack the Tang army with all their strength had to retreat, and the peace talks that were originally just a strategy became real negotiations.

At the beginning of September, Wu Youyi led a large army into Yingzhou, and at the same time, Sun Wanrong sent his brother-in-law Yi Yiyu to Liucheng to discuss peace with Wu Youyi.

It was only at this time that Wu Youyi had just learned that his rear army generals, Li Duozuo and Li Zhen, had joined forces to defeat Li Quanzhong's sneak attack and capture Li Quanzhong.

This undoubtedly gave Wu Youyi a heavy slap in the face, once again proving his mistake in going north to Liaodong, which made Wu Youyi upset, in the big tent, Wu Youyi paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, thinking hard about how to explain this matter to the saint, he made two mistakes, didn't it make the saint extremely disappointed in him?

At this time, Liu Xiaomin, the chief bookkeeper who was standing aside, said in a low voice: "Actually, the general doesn't have to worry too much, since the Khitan people are asking the general for peace, then let the Khitan people give an explanation." ”

This is a solution, Wu Youyi sighed and said, "I'm afraid that the saint won't believe it."

Liu Xiaomin was originally a criminal Cao in the same state to join the army, is Wu Youyi's confidant, Wu Youyi was ordered to lead the army this time, he brought not many people, Liu Xiaomin is one of them, in charge of the three military documents, quite powerful, he is very shrewd, many things are he for Wu Youyi's advice, he understands Wu Youyi's difficulties, so he smiled: "I think that there are a thousand ways to say a thousand things, and the general's surrender without a fight can only show that the general's strategy is clever and prescient, who dares to say that the general is adventurous?"

"But how can you explain Li Quanzhong's preparation to attack my rear army?"

Liu Xiaomin smiled slightly: "The total annihilation of Li Quanzhong's troops is not only Li Zhen's doing, the key is to send Li Duozuo into battle, he is a subordinate of the general, why should his credit be credited to Li Zhen?"

Wu Youyi suddenly understood that Liu Xiaomin meant to let him take the credit for Li Duozuo on himself, so as to solve the problem of him sending troops to advance, and after pondering for a long time, Wu Youyi asked: "Is Li Duozuo here?"

"He arrived last night, and he was in the camp, and in addition, Li Zhen's army was also camped twenty miles away, does the general want to see Li Zhen?"

It turned out that Li Zhen had also arrived, Wu Youyi thought about it and said to Liu Xiaomin: "You go to Li Duozuo for me, tell him what I mean, and ask him to write a new report."

"What do you mean by being lowly?"

"Let's just say that I expected that the Khitans would sneak attack the rear army, so I will plan and let Li Duozuo's report reflect my meaning. ”

"Humble duty understood. ”

Liu Xiaomin hurriedly went with a salute, and Wu Youyi immediately ordered: "Pass my order, I want to go to Li Zhen's camp"

Historically, Wu Youyi was indeed relatively weak and afraid of war, including the later Wu Yizong, Wu Zetian originally wanted to control the military power of the Wu clan through the Liaodong Campaign, but the performance of the Wu children disappointed her, and finally made her consider failure, and later Tang Zhongzong Li Xian was able to regain the crown prince, which was also related to this Liaodong Campaign, the Liaodong Campaign in history took place between 66 and 67 years, and Lao Gao advanced it by a year here