Wu Youyi suddenly understood that Li Zhen was using the assassination case to blackmail himself, and there was no confession at all, of course, the assassin was in his hands, if he wanted, he could fabricate a confession at any time, Li Zhen's real purpose was to force himself to hand over the task given to him by the saint.

The saint did have a will in his hands, so that Li Zhen would lead Lu Longjun, but Wu Youyi didn't want to disperse the military power, so he never mentioned it, but now Li Zhen used the internal security gold medal and the assassination case to pressure him, obviously to force him to hand over power, which must be Di Renjie's intention.

Wu Youyi had heard of Li Zhen's methods of dealing with Xue Huaiyi and Lai Junchen, and even Wu Sansi was a little afraid of this person, so it was best not to go against him.

Wu Youyi finally couldn't resist Li Zhen's pressure, so he had to pretend and suddenly said: "I remember, the Holy Lord sent someone to send a few handwritten edicts early this morning, I haven't had time to read them, maybe there is General Li's arrangement, please wait, I'll look for it."

He didn't let Li Zhen enter the account, he hurriedly returned to the account, Li Zhen sneered slightly, this is called toasting without eating and drinking, he has to force him himself, he is willing to take out the things.

After a while, Wu Youyi came out with a holy decree and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, there is really an appointment from General Li, I just sent it, I didn't see it." ”

Li Zhen took the holy decree and opened it, and appointed him as the envoy of Lu Long's army, temporarily commanding the Lu Long army, and assisting Di Renjie to restore order in Yingzhou, which was really unexpected by Li Zhen, he saw a small table next to him, so he put the holy decree on the table, knelt down and saluted, "Weichen Li Zhen, obey Your Majesty's will"

He stood up and said to Wu Youyi with the holy decree: "Since the Holy Lord has other arrangements for me, then the assassination case will be put on hold for the time being, and we will investigate it later, and now we should focus on military affairs." ”

Wu Youyi scolded secretly in his heart, but he had no choice but to hand over the military talisman to Li Zhen, and said to him: "The cavalry is stationed in the southwest of the camp, and I will accompany General Li to take over the military power." ”

The 100,000 Tang Army commanded by Wu Youyi was actually cobbled together from several armies, including the original Hebei garrison, the Andong Protector Army, and tens of thousands of Gyeonggi Guards.

Lu Longjun belonged to the Andong Protectorate, originally stationed in Pingzhou, about 6,000 people, but also an independent army, commanded by the general Zong Huaichang, but Zong Huaichang was surrounded by the Khitan army, Lu Longjun suffered heavy losses, nearly half of the loss, Zong Huaichang himself was unfortunately killed.

The 3,000 Lu Long defeated army that has escaped at present is temporarily managed by Wu Youyi, who originally planned to break up all the 3,000 defeated troops and distribute them to various armies, but he didn't expect that the Holy Lord would let Li Zhen take over this remnant army.

However, Wu Youyi changed his mind, it was okay to throw this remnant army to Li Zhen, it could be regarded as unloading a burden and letting him deal with it, and what would he do with himself if he failed miserably in the end?

The garrison of the Lu Long army was in the southwest corner of the camp, at this time the army was disheartened, the morale was low, the ambush in Kip Stone Valley was very tragic, not only the governor Zong Huaichang was killed in battle, but also six lieutenants were killed in the battle, and another lieutenant was seriously wounded, the mood of the soldiers was very low, and groups of three or five were discussing around the big tent, guessing their lives

At this time, a group of soldiers escorted the general Wu Youyi into the cavalry garrison, and the soldiers stood up one after another, looking at Wu Youyi with anxiety.

In the big tent, more than a dozen school captains gathered in one tent, and Wu Youyi left in a hurry after announcing the appointment, throwing a pile of messes to Li Zhen.

More than a dozen lieutenants looked at Li Zhen, their eyes were full of hope, they had received the news that Wu Youyi was going to break them up and distribute them to the various armies, at that time they would become a ragtag scattered army, with a low status, and would eventually become a substitute for the attack of the various armies.

But now they have ushered in a new military envoy, and it is also the world-famous internal security general Li Zhen, which means that Lu Longjun will continue to stay, how can they not be excited, they suddenly knelt down on one knee together, clasped their fists and said loudly: "See General Li"

Li Zhen nodded and said with a smile: "Generals, please excuse me, from now on, I will temporarily serve as the envoy of Lu Long, this is a special designation of the saint, that is to say, I will rebuild the Lu Long army." ”

Li Zhen slowly swept around the crowd, and said: "I heard that the six captains are almost killed or seriously injured, so they need to be reappointed, but I will promote the new captains in the war, and everyone may be promoted, and they will compete for promotion with their military merits." ”

Everyone nodded silently, although everyone was eager to be promoted, they also knew that the three thousand army only had three captains at most, so Li Zhen's plan was acceptable to everyone, and the reward was decided by the merits of the war.

"Okay"

Li Zhen didn't say anything more to the captains, and immediately ordered: "Everyone go and gather all the soldiers, we have to lecture the soldiers."

The captains came out of their tents one after another, each gathered his subordinates, and in a moment, three thousand soldiers were lined up, Li Zhen stood on a large table, and he said to everyone in a loud voice: "All brothers, listen, from now on, I am your main general, and I will lead everyone to rebuild the Lu Long Army and rebuild the glory that belongs to you."

The three thousand soldiers were silent, everyone looked at Li Zhen blankly, many people's eyes began to have tears, Li Zhen took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Some people say that you are a remnant of the defeated army, vulnerable to a blow, and some people even suggest disbanding the Lu Long army, but is this really the case? I think it is not the defeat of the Kipkou army, but the main general underestimated the enemy, and encountered an ambush, you faced tens of thousands of Khitan troops, no one surrendered, and fought your way out of the encirclement, you are not a remnant of the defeated army, you are heroes, you should be honored, not discriminated against."

There were already many soldiers who couldn't help crying, almost every soldier shed tears, it was tears of humiliation, Li Zhen's eyes also flashed with tears, he wiped away his tears, and shouted loudly: "Honor cannot be obtained by prayer, it must be won in the battle of blood and fire, we are heroes, not losers, we must use facts to prove it, win back our dignity with blood, and defend the dignity of Lu Longjun with blood."

Everyone's blood began to boil, tears turned into excitement, the soldiers raised their arms and shouted, they hissed and shouted, the sound of their chanting drowned out Li Zhen's encouragement, the decadent morale was swept away, everyone longed for war, eager to kill the enemy, they wanted to use blood to win their dignity.

An hour later, Di Renjie, under the escort of Li Zhen and the three thousand Lu Long Army, rushed to Pingzhou.

Pingzhou is today's Qinhuangdao area, at that time Shanhaiguan has not yet appeared, but there is the famous Yuguan, Yuguan guards the corridor of western Liaoning, is the only way to enter Hebei from Liaodong, before, the Khitan army is divided into two roads, one is led by Sun Wanrong to attack Miyun County, Danzhou, trying to enter Youzhou from Miyun County, and the other is the general Luo Wucheng led 20,000 troops to the south along the western Liaoning corridor, preparing to conquer Yuguan, from the eastern front into Hebei.

When the news came that Wu Youyi led an army of 100,000 to the north, the Khitan armies on the eastern and western fronts retreated north in a hurry, but just as Chen Ziang worried, Wu Youyi stationed the army in Youzhou and did not want to make progress, and the fear of the Khitan people gradually disappeared.

Li Quanzhong also sent the general Sun Wanrong to lead an army of 15,000 people to storm Yuguan, in an attempt to seize the gate to Hebei first.

The Yuguan garrison had only more than 800 people, led by Xu Qinlian, the deputy envoy of the Longshan Army in Yingzhou, who had continuously asked Wu Youyi for help, but the reinforcements never arrived.

The siege battle has been fought for three days and three nights, more than 10,000 Khitan troops have attacked frantically, and more than half of the defenders have been killed and wounded.

Knock knock,

In the afternoon, the Khitan army once again launched an attack on Yuguan, and the overwhelming army came to Yuguan, they carried siege ladders, held high shields, held war knives and spears in their hands, and shouted to kill the sky.

The soldiers at the head of the city were exhausted, but at the moment of life and death, everyone had to fight hard, lift stones, raise bows and crossbows, and put up a final resistance.

"Captain Wu, you take ten brothers to defend at the gap in the east wall."

The main general Xu Qinlin commanded the defense at the head of the city, his eyes were red, his voice was hoarse, and in the face of the endless attacks of the Khitans, he could only make a desperate bet and fight to the death with the enemy.

"Crossbowmen Ready"

He shouted, more than 200 crossbowmen aimed at the more than 1,000 enemy troops running in the front, Xu Qinlin saw that the enemy army had reached the range of crossbow arrows, he shouted: "Release the arrows."

More than 200 crossbow arrows shot down from the city, shooting strongly at the Khitan army, the leather armor of the Khitan soldiers could not resist the crossbow arrows of the Tang army, and dozens of people who ran to the front screamed and fell.

Immediately after the second round of crossbow arrows of the Tang army, Sun Wanrong was furious and shouted: "Release the arrows to suppress them"

Two thousand Khitan archers fired arrows at the head of the city together, and the dense arrows shot towards the head of the city like a dark cloud, and a Tang military captain shouted, "Get down"

The Tang soldiers fell down one after another, but there were still more than a dozen Tang soldiers who could not reach their bodies, were shot by arrows, and fell from the city screaming.

Sun Wanrong saw that the arrows had an effect, and shouted again: "The arrows are covered, and the siege ladder goes to the city."

The arrows rained down on the city, suppressing the Tang army and unable to raise its head, and the Khitan army suddenly drummed loudly, and thousands of soldiers approached the city wall carrying siege ladders.

Tall siege ladders were erected, and the Khitan soldiers climbed up like ants, while the Khitan bows and arrows stopped firing.

Xu Qinlian shouted: "Smash them with stones, smash them back"

Hundreds of Tang soldiers lifted boulders and threw them on the siege ladder, and the boulders tumbled down, breaking the bones and tendons of the Khitan soldiers, and they rolled off the ladder one after another.

More than a dozen Tang soldiers used long steel forks to hold on to the ladder and pushed it outward, the ladder gradually left the city and overturned outward, and dozens of Khitan soldiers on the ladder let out a terrible scream together.

Captain Wu Xiaoming led 50 soldiers to defend a gap in the east, where the situation was most critical, and the city wall collapsed in yesterday's fierce battle, showing a gap two feet long.

Hundreds of Khitan soldiers stormed this gap, dozens of fierce Khitans had rushed to the city, and the Tang army resisted desperately, suffering heavy casualties.

Captain Wu Xiaoming slashed an enemy soldier with a knife, but a sharp spear stabbed from below coldly and stabbed into Wu Xiaoming's lower abdomen, Wu Xiaoming screamed, and when death came, he tried his last strength to hold the enemy who stabbed him, and fell down the high city wall together.

Seeing that the Tang army was about to be unable to support it, at this moment, a soldier rushed to the scene and said loudly to the main general Xu Qinxi: "General Xu, our reinforcements have arrived twenty miles away, please hold on for a while."

'Twenty miles,

Xu Qin laughed miserably, the reinforcements finally came, but there are still twenty miles, at least an hour, but in the current situation, where can they still hold the city?

Perhaps it was the tragedy of the war that moved the heavens, and suddenly, a soldier pointed to the north and shouted: "Look"

I saw that the northern sky suddenly turned yellow, the wind increased, the sand with the smell of fish hit his cheeks, and a powerful sandstorm was surging towards Yuguan.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Sun Wanrong shouted: "Withdraw the troops immediately"

When the bell of the withdrawal rang, the Khitan army withdrew like a tide and rushed towards the camp two miles away.

At this time, the Tang army had no time to cheer, and they also lay on the head of the city, waiting for the sandstorm to come.