Although the Tang army had defeated the Khitan army, Di Renjie did not dare to be careless, on the one hand, he sent people from Pingzhou and Danzhou to find stonemasons to repair the passes, and on the other hand, he followed Li Zhen's advice to recruit thousands of young men in Pingzhou and train them to participate in the defense of the city.

Early that morning, Di Renjie came to the army garrison behind the pass as usual, only to see that in the school yard covering an area of several hundred acres, the 4,000 young men who had just been recruited were divided into ten phalanxes and were being trained by Captain Lu Long

At this time, Di Renjie saw Li Zhen standing next to the school yard from a distance, so he walked over unhurriedly, Li Zhen was watching the soldiers training intently, and did not pay attention to Di Renjie coming behind him, Di Renjie greeted him with a slight smile: "General Li, morning"

Li Zhen turned around, only then did he see Di Renjie, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Did Xiangguo come over so early?"

"I've gotten up a long time ago, I'm getting older, I can't sleep well at night, walk more in the morning, and take a little rest at noon, and the spirit of the day will be restored. ”

"At such an age, it is not easy for Xiangguo to come to the former enemy to worry about. ”

Di Renjie smiled, "I heard that you plan to give all the colored satin rewarded by the Holy Lord to your subordinates, right?"

Li Zhen nodded silently, "They fought hard and deserved to be rewarded, and when they came to me, their morale was high and they regained their former confidence, which is the greatest reward that the soldiers gave me." ”

"This is very good, the merit is not arrogant, the reward is not selfish, this is what it is like to lead soldiers to fight. ”

Di Renjie praised Li Zhen, and after changing the topic, he pointed to the young and strong regiments who were training vigorously in the distance and smiled: "You actually plan to supplement them as Lu Longjun."

Li Zhen was told by Di Renjie, and he didn't deny it, and said happily: "That's true, the full strength of the Lu Long army should be 6,000 people, but now there is only half left, just take this opportunity to make up for the lack of troops." ”

"Yes" Di Renjie smiled slightly: "Boost the morale of the army, restore the vitality of the Lu Long army, and you, the Lu Long military envoy, can also explain to the saint." ”

Li Zhen's heart moved, he had always been very worried about his future, especially what was the purpose of the Holy Lord letting him serve as this Lu Long military envoy? He was puzzled in his heart, and just happened to talk to Di Renjie about this matter, so he asked tentatively: "Xiangguo thinks that I am only temporarily serving as Lu Long's military envoy?"

"It should be."

Di Renjie understood Li Zhen's worries, he smiled, and said frankly: "After all, you are still the general of the internal guard, I think the real intention of the Holy Lord to arrange you to come to Hebei is to hope that I, an old man, can have a capable assistant, and then considering that I can't do it without a single soldier in my hands, so I appointed you as Lu Long's military envoy, in my opinion, as long as my mission is over, you can also leave your post and return to Beijing, but"

Speaking of which, Di Renjie smiled meaningfully again, "This Yuguan victory is beyond the expectations of the saint, and it may change her arrangement for you, as you can know from the fact that you were named the founding marquis, the saint takes this Yuguan victory very seriously." ”

Li Zhen nodded silently, Di Renjie's explanation was above his heart, he pondered for a moment and then asked, "Xiangguo thinks that the Holy Lord will leave me in Liaodong."

Di Renjie shook his head, "I don't know, the holy will is unpredictable, but you will soon know her true intentions." ”

"How do you say this?" Li Zhen heard what Di Renjie said.

Di Renjie smiled faintly, "The reason why I came to you is because I just got a piece of news that the Khitan has withdrawn from Yingzhou, do you know?"

This news made Li Zhen deeply stunned, he thought that the Khitan would attack Yuguan in a big way, but he didn't expect them to withdraw their troops, why is this?

"Does Sangkook know why?"

It is said that because of the Turkic sneak attack on their lair, Li Quanzhong did not dare to stay in Liaodong for a long time, so he withdrew from Yingzhou. ”

"Could this be a trap?" asked Li Zhen with a deep sigh.

"Very likely"

Di Renjie sighed slightly, "Actually, I'm more worried about Wu Youyi, even if it's a trap, he will jump into it without hesitation." ”

Li Zhen understood what Di Renjie meant, Wu Youyi was eager to make meritorious contributions, and he would inevitably swallow this bait.

Six days after the victory in Yuguan, Wu Youyi finally couldn't hold his breath and led an army of 100,000 to arrive in Yuguan.

He led an army of 100,000 troops to garrison troops in Youzhou for more than ten days, but Di Renjie and Li Zhen led the army to Yuguan the next day after arriving in Youzhou, and Yuguan attacked the strong with weakness, only 3,000 defeated troops, but annihilated more than 10,000 strong Khitan troops in one fell swoop, which made Wu Youyi feel lost.

The 100,000 army marched mightily on the official road to Yuguan, the flags were overwhelming, the team was boundless, Wu Youyi rode in front of the team, his face was very gloomy, and his eyes were faintly flashing with anger.

It stands to reason that he Wu Youyi is the main general of this attack on the Khitan, the head of Qingbian Dao, the Tang army has achieved a great victory in Yuguan, and he should report it to him first, and then he will report it to the Shengshang, but he didn't expect Li Zhen to report to the level without authorization, robbing the credit for breaking the enemy, but putting him Wu Youyi in an unrighteous place.

Of course, Wu Youyi knew that this must be Di Renjie's instigation behind his back, otherwise Li Zhen would not dare to do it so obviously, but what made Wu Youyi even more unacceptable was that after the saint named Li Zhen the governor of Pingzhou, he allowed him not to be subject to his own control, which was a blatant support for Li Zhen, which simply made Wu Youyi angry and blew his lungs.

However, last night Wu Youyi received a letter of peace from the Khitan chieftain Li Quanzhong, and he felt a little more comfortable, at least the Khitan people knew that they were the main general of the Tang army, and did not hand over the letter of peace to Di Renjie.

Although Wu Youyi had to raise troops to go to Yuguan under the persecution of Wu Zetian's holy decree, he was secretly glad in his heart at this time, fortunately he raised his troops in time, so that he could hope to grab the final victory, and would not be snatched away by Di Renjie first.

Wu Youyi turned around and shouted: "Speed up"

The 100,000-strong army accelerated its march and rushed towards Yuguan.

The next morning, the main force of the 100,000 Tang Army finally arrived at Yuguan, the army set up a large camp outside Yuguan, in the big tent, Wu Youyi specially met with several captains who fled back from Yingzhou, several captains told the general in detail how they fled back, and finally the captain surnamed Zhou said: "Xiao people do not want to work for the Khitan people anymore, and worry about the safety of their families, so they fled overnight, we were able to get out, all the way back, the current Khitan army is retreating, morale is generally low. ”

Wu Youyi pondered for a moment and asked, "What is the relationship between Xiao and Xi people and the Khitans?"

"Returning to the generals, the Xiao and Xi people were usually oppressed by the Khitans, but after they got the benefits, they would follow the Khitans to fight for the tigers, and they were more brutal when dealing with the Han people, but when the battle was not smooth, they would retreat faster than the Khitans. ”

Another lieutenant next to him added, "They're two half-hearted dogs." ”

Everyone immediately laughed again, and at this time, a soldier reported at the door of the tent: "General Qiyu, Di Xiangguo and General Li are here." ”

Wu Youyi's face immediately became gloomy, and he waved his hand at several captains and said, "You guys go down first."

Several lieutenants were led out, and Wu Youyi ordered: "Please let them in."

After a while, Di Renjie and Li Zhen walked into the big tent, and Di Renjie smiled slightly: "It is the luck of the Tang army that the general can lead the army to arrive in time."

Compared with the enthusiasm when they met for the first time, Wu Youyi seemed to be a different person, he neither went out to greet them, nor did he give them any smiles, he reluctantly invited them to sit down, and said coldly with a calm face: "I didn't want to come to rob you of your credit, but someone complained to the secret saint, I had to be forced to come, please Di Xiangguo and General Li rest assured, I will never rob you of your credit." ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Li Zhen again and snorted heavily.

Li Zhen didn't seem to see anything, sat aside and drank tea in a hurry, and said no, Di Renjie came to talk to Wu Youyi.

Di Renjie saw that Wu Youyi couldn't bear the fire, so he knew that this person's city government was insufficient, and he was not annoyed, and still said with a smile on his face: "It is rumored that the Khitan lair was invaded by the Turks, and the Khitan had to withdraw and sue for peace, I don't know what the general thinks of this matter?"

Wu Youyi's heart suddenly became vigilant, Di Renjie was testing himself He was extremely sensitive to this matter, obviously, Di Renjie and Li Zhen were not satisfied with winning in Yuguan, they also wanted to seize more benefits, Wu Youyi sneered in his heart, raised his eyebrows and said: "I did receive a letter of peace from Li Quanzhong, but I have sent someone to report to the Sheng, of course it should be decided by the Sheng, but as the head of Qingbian Dao, I have the responsibility to lead the army to recover Liaodong." ”

Speaking of this, he turned back to Li Zhen and said: "Since the Holy Lord appointed General Li as the Governor of Pingzhou, I hope that General Li can abide by his duties, keep Pingzhou well, and don't leave his post without permission, otherwise the military discipline will be intolerable, although I can't punish you, but I believe that the Holy Lord will no longer favor a general who commits a crime and does whatever he wants." ”

Wu Youyi's words were very serious, that is, to warn Li Zhen not to rob him of his merits anymore, to stay in Pingzhou, and not to allow him to leave Yuguan and enter Liaodong.

At this time, Li Zhen smiled and said: "I don't plan to rob the general of the credit, I just want to remind the general that the Khitan is likely to lure the enemy into luring the Tang army to rush north, and I believe that Li Quanzhong has no intention of surrendering." ”

"You believe it?"

Wu Youyi disdained Li Zhen's reminder, and he sneered repeatedly: "Why do you say this? Could it be that Li Qianzhong has a spy you planted by his side, so you know these details? General Li, I advise you to put away your heart of merit, I am the main general who attacked the Khitan, don't think that if you win a battle, your tail will be raised to the sky." ”

At this time, Di Renjie next to him persuaded again: "General Li is not trying to compete for any credit, the news that the Turks attacked the rear of the Khitan is indeed suspicious, I am not saying that the Turks will not do this, the Turks may have this idea, but they will definitely send envoys to contact the court in advance, he must not only seize the property of the Khitans, but also get the favor of the Tang Dynasty, this is the consistent style of the Turks, not to attack the Khitans for no reason, so there must be another hidden truth here." ”

Where is Wu Youyi willing to listen to Di Renjie's explanation, he was already impatient, and immediately stood up and issued an eviction order: "Okay, I still have to deal with military affairs, I don't have time to talk to the two of you in detail, please two of you."

Di Renjie and Li Zhen glanced at each other, and both shook their heads secretly, this result was expected by them, Wu Youyi was obsessed, it seemed that he must lead a large army into Liaodong.