Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 111
When Li Keyong returned to the main tent of the Chinese army, Cao Gai, his subordinate, saw that Li Keyong would return depressed, and hurriedly said, "Master Jie, what do you say, Mr. Du?"

Li Keyong said: "From now on, there is no need to mention food and military pay."

Gai Yu said in surprise: "Jie Shuai, the battle between the Hedong army and Zhu Wen has cost a lot of money, and the soldiers also need heavy rewards to restore morale. If the court has no money and food to support, Jie Shuai will be in danger now."

Li Keyong shook his head, handed the emperor's handwritten letter to Gai Yu and said: "The imperial court has just quelled the party rebellion, and the treasury has no money or food. Your Majesty still asks me for help from Hedong. Now it is like this. You let me How to do it?"

Looking at the letter, Gai Yu immediately sensed His Majesty's malice, and hurriedly said: "The two tigers are fighting each other, and the imperial court will benefit. Commander Jie, withdraw immediately!"

Li Keyong let out a long sigh and said, "If this is the case, the world will laugh!"

Gai Yu said: "Jie Shuai, when the former emperor was here, he ordered Jie Shuai not to attack Zhu Wen. Now, the new emperor has used his old hatred to order Jie Shuai to attack Xuanwu. This is not because the imperial court relies heavily on Jie Shuai. The emptiness, Jieshuai's heavy troops are all in Heyang, if there is a loss, the towns will attack each other, what should you do, Jieshuai, have you forgotten about Yunzhou?"

Li Keyong's face suddenly turned as cold as ice. Ten years ago, when Li Keyong's father Li Guochang sent troops to the party, Helianduo, the leader of Tuyuhun, raided the Shatuo base camp and detained Li Keyong's clansmen, causing Li Keyong and his father Li Guochang There is no home, no way to go.

At that time, the imperial court appointed Helian Duo as the envoy of the Datong Army, and Li Jun as the emissary to recruit the North to continue the crusade against Shatuo. When Li Keyong was at his worst, he and his father Li Guochang fled to the desert and fled to the Tatar tribe. Gouan.

Gai Yu said again: "Jie Shuai, Helianduo is still in Yunzhou, next to Hedong, if you want to take revenge, shouldn't you start with Helianduo?"

Li Ke used Dawu: "If it wasn't for Gai Sicao's words, this commander might lose his army."

So Zhu Wen, an envoy, was sent to agree to strike.

……

Zhu Wen was overjoyed when he heard that Li Keyong was willing to stop the army.

Li Zhendao, the army under Zhu Wen's tent, said: "Jie Shuai, since Li Keyong agrees to stop the army and make peace, why not make an alliance with Hedong by blood. If so, the imperial court will not be able to decide the matter of Xuanwu."

If Li Keyong is willing, Zhu Wen can sworn brothers with him, but what kind of person is Li Keyong?Wasn't Zhu Wen not insulted enough during the Shangyuan Post banquet?

"Forget it, it's fine if you can withdraw your troops. As for the others, there is no need for this commander to bring shame on himself."

Of course, Lao Zhu played tricks secretly, Li Keyong, isn't he arrogant and arrogant, I gave my daughter to you as a concubine, even if you Li Keyong look down on me, you will still have to be my son-in-law at that time.

But Zhu Wen doesn't even look at what he looks like, his daughter follows his father, not to mention that her daughter is still young, just with that appearance, when Li Ke is blind...

Li Zhengang withdrew, the guard at the gate reported, and Jiang Xuanhui, the secretary in charge, reported to report.

"pass!"

The person who came handed over the document and then withdrew.

Zhu Wen opened the letter with frost on his face.

"Jing Xiang has descended to Tang Dynasty!"

Although Jiang Xuanhui said in the letter that Jingxiang descended to Tang Dynasty only for self-protection.

But Zhu Wen was still very annoyed.

"The commander-in-chief treats him very kindly, and even shares the beauties with him. How could he be so burdened?"

Looking down again, Zhu Wen gradually became serious.

Jiang Xuanhui recorded the grand occasion of His Majesty's return to Beijing.

"The imperial court actually pacified Tuoba Sigong, the Dingnan army, and brought back more than 2 prisoners of war. On the way, they also wiped out the Jingyuan army, with tens of thousands of cattle and sheep. There were more than 2 infantrymen and more than 6000 cavalrymen returning to Chang'an, all of whom were on both sides. Horse heavy armor."

"call!"

Zhu Wenran said to himself: "The imperial court pacified Li Maozhen, Wang Xingyu also returned to the imperial court, Han Jian also returned to the imperial court, and now Tongzhou, Baoda, and Jingyuan have returned to the imperial court, and Dangxiang's army has also been beaten half to death. Now the whole The land in Guanzhong is under the rule of the imperial court."

Zhu Wen remembered Jing Xiang's words, there must be someone capable of assisting His Majesty in the imperial court, what a pity!Now Jingxiang also belongs to the emperor.

"After returning to the teacher, it is the best policy to deal with Yan, Huan and Xu Sanzhou immediately."

As for the warning Jiang Xuanhui reported to let him return to the town, Zhu Wen didn't care at all.

Zhu Wen has seen through this world, whoever has the biggest fist is the one who makes sense.

Only accumulating strength is the right way. If you follow the imperial court, you will just wait for others to take care of you...

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Daming Palace, Yanying Hall.

The news of Hedong and Xuanwu's strike reached Li Ye's ears.

Li Ye still couldn't believe it.

His Majesty the Emperor personally conspired against Li Keyong, but failed!
Li Ye was not depressed. The current situation was already very good. With Li Ke's dispatch of troops this time, the strengths of Hedong and Xuanwu were weakened, especially Zhu Wen, who missed the best time for expansion.

As for the imperial court, the generals Zhu Zhen, Yang Shihou, and Huo Cun were taken over, and Zhu Wen's chief counselor Jing Xiang was obtained, and even the enclave of Zhaoyi was obtained.

According to Wei Zhaodu's report, the four prefectures of Zhaoyi, Lu, Xing, Ming, and Ci did not delay the farming season this year. Although the population was lost due to the invasion of the east of the river, the grain cultivation was not delayed, and even tens of thousands of acres of military land were settled. , can support the army.

As for Zezhou, the southernmost state of Zhaoyi, it was not under the control of the imperial court. When Li Keyong retreated to Hedong, his cousin Li Kexiu stayed behind as the Heyang Jiedu envoy, and he represented his adopted son Li Siyuan to replace Li Hanzhi as Luoyang Yin.

I'm afraid Li Keyong also saw that Li Hanzhi was nothing but a leader, occupying such a wealthy place as Heluo, he couldn't even support [-] soldiers, so he declared Li Hanzhi the governor of Zezhou, anyway, the current Zezhou was also devastated so that not a single blade of grass could grow.

Li Ke used what he asked, although Li Ye was unwilling, he agreed.

Other than this being a bit disturbing, the rest is good news.

Du Chongwei reported that Youhuwei's army had exhausted the land of Suizhou and Yinzhou, and reported the household registers of the two states and the pass military fort to the imperial court, urging the imperial court to arrange the assassination as soon as possible.

But Tuoba Sijian expressed his willingness to obey the imperial edict, offering ten thousand heads of cattle and sheep to plead guilty, and has gone to Youzhou to take office.

Shuofang Jiedu envoy Han Xun expressed his gratitude, willing to donate [-] stones of Chiyan every year.

As for Jingyuan, Gao Wenmin's army of 1000 men stationed there, and with Zhang Jun's cooperation, the city defenses of various passes were disarmed one after another.

Yang Shihou selected 3000 people to return to Beijing among the soldiers, and Gao Wenmin selected thousands more to serve as soldiers in various states, and the rest of the old and weak were dismissed and returned to farming.

Gao Wenmin was afraid of accidents, so he sent a whole army to accompany Yang Shihou.

Looking at these days, Yang Shihou is coming back soon.

Now Tongzhou, Baoda, Jingyuan, Suizhou, and Yinzhou are all under the imperial court, and new problems have also come.

Li Ye no longer sets up Jiedushi now, so the imperial court must directly manage these states and counties.

In this era, the transportation is very inconvenient, and the imperial court neither has so many people, nor can it keep an eye on so many states and counties.

Go to the state to set up a county, and the matter of leading the county with the state will be put on the case.

(End of this chapter)