Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 27 Li Keyong

There were people coming and going in the big tent, and there was constant noise, but no one paid any attention to Li Jinzhong, who was kneeling on the ground, as if they regarded him as air.Li Jinzhong felt a little humiliated, but he was helpless. His previous performance was really bad!
Cheng Huaixin came in from outside the tent, saw Li Jinzhong kneeling, and sighed.

At the time of the Yunzhou uprising, Li Keyong, who was "young and ignorant" by his own group, was not at ease.The Li family - or Zhu Xie's family - is the most prestigious family of the three Shatuo clans. It was the leader in the early years. Although it has been divided and disintegrated by the imperial court in the past few decades, it is still the first family well-deserved. The other families have ambitions. , wanted to challenge the status of Zhu Xie's family, but always felt that there was something missing and could never succeed.

It is precisely because of this that Li Jinzhong, the military envoy of Shatuo in Yunzhou, Cheng Huaixin, Kang Junli, Xue Zhiqin, and Gai Yu, who are generals of the Yajun army, joined hands to become the deputy of Shatuo in Yunzhou. The envoy, Li Keyong, was the leader and killed Duan Qiong.

Their calculations are not unusual to outsiders.It is nothing more than that if they fail, Li Ke can use the top tank. After all, their family is quite powerful in Shatuo. Father Li Guochang has made great contributions to the court. At present, he is still the military governor of Zhenwu, and the court should focus on appeasement. , they can follow the bargaining, get benefits.

But who would have thought, these old hooligans miscalculated.Although Li Keyong is young, he is really decisive and very thoughtful.The response of the court was also surprisingly strong. The father and son took control of the two towns, which made it intolerable for any person of insight, so the two sides developed to the point of confrontation and a decisive victory by force.

To be honest, the odds are not very high.

Hedong, Yiwu, Yicheng, Zhongwu, Heyang, and Zhaoyi are already the troops of the six towns, and they are the main force in the attack. The newly recruited Fan soldiers had a total strength of less than [-].

In addition, there are Youzhou Town, Tiande Army, Qibi, Helian and other Fan troops and horses on the flank battlefield. I heard that the three Shatuo divisions are not very stable now, except for Li Youjin's Shatuo division, which secretly prefers Li's father and son. , the Sage Department and the Anqing Department have both turned to the court side, and the situation is very critical.

Today's Datong Army can win many times, but cannot lose once.If you lose, you will never be able to recover, and the tree will inevitably fall and the end will be scattered.If there is no adventure, it is basically difficult to turn over. Even if Li Youjin is more convinced of their family, he has always believed that only Li Keyong, who is outstanding in martial arts, can revitalize the three parts of Shatuo, but he can't go against the general trend, right?

You see, didn't Li Youjin Ming also accept the imperial edict, expressing that he would send troops to destroy Li's father and son?The Shatuo Department, or the Zhuxie Department, cannot follow your Zhuxie family all the way to the dark just because of their name.Everyone has to survive, why do things that have no chance of winning?

Li Jinzhong was also born in the Shatuo clan. According to his seniority, he could be called Li Keyong's uncle. He was quite aware of the undercurrents.Therefore, when Li Keyong asked him to kneel and stated clearly that "there are no uncles and nephews in the army, only up and down", although he felt very useless, he still knelt and didn't move.

The Zhelu army city was seized, which had a considerable impact on the overall situation. Besides, he also damaged his troops and horses under the city. If he was not punished, it would be unreasonable.

"General Li, the military envoy (the military envoy of Datong) is just a momentary anger, and it is not in the way. You are also an old man of Yuan Cong. This time, don't talk about it, just follow the military envoy in everything. , Everyone knows this, and you are not at fault. Xue Zhiqin lost so many people in Zhonglingshui, so that Shuozhou was shaken, and the military envoy whipped and scolded. "..." Having said this, Cheng Huaixin was also a little embarrassed.Who would have thought that Tiande's army was so immortal that it jumped here and occupied this vital place, so that they could not enter or retreat, and the thief was embarrassed.

Li Jinzhong and Cheng Huaixin are not in the same system, and their friendship was normal in the past.Listening to him comforting him at this time, he felt a sense of confidant and sighed: "After this matter, you should have more contacts with Brother Cheng."

"We'll talk about it later." Cheng Huaixin waved his hand and said, "If you can't get over this hurdle in front of you, everything will be over."

Li Jinzhong also had nothing to say.The Caocheng River is indeed the best way to go south to Lan and Shierzhou, but the Zhelu Army City is its important threat.It's fine if someone who can't fight takes it, but the Tiande Army defeated Xue Zhiqin's more than 3000 horses in Zhonglingshui, which is obviously fighting power.

If you leave it alone and take the main force to the south, then if the Tiande army goes out of the city and breaks the transportation line, the Datong army can only rely on the materials they carry, and use a little less, and the maneuvering space is greatly reduced.If heavy troops are left behind to guard, then the troops going south will be insufficient, and the assurance of winning the battle will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, the crux lies in the five or six thousand people in the city of the Zhelu Army.

They were not the incompetent people in the late Ming Dynasty who were all nested in the city, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty could rely on a few hundred or even dozens of people to look after them.In fact, they have a strong field ability, don't look at this will shrink, but that's because the force is small, if you leave the main force and try again?Leave a few hundred people to guard, and they will have to eat it in less than half an hour.

Of course Li Jinzhong and Cheng Huaixin didn't know about the bad things in the late Ming Dynasty, but the truth was clear.Unless you deceive the Tiande Army, defeat its main force in the first battle, make them terrified, and even directly occupy Zheluping, then you can go south with confidence, otherwise you will have to take risks and test the combat effectiveness of the Datong Army and the ability of the generals to seize the opportunity. Ability, in short, difficult.

"How about going to Furong City?" Li Jinzhong asked.

"It's just as difficult. It's also a fortified city, and its strength is unknown.

"There's nothing to say about that." Li Jinzhong said, "I'll ask the military envoy for orders in a while, and I'll make a contribution to the crime, and I'll fight for Zhe Luping to get rid of this serious problem."

"What are you fighting for?" A heroic young general walked in outside the tent, followed by four or five generals, who all looked at Li Jinzhong with sympathy, disgust, contempt, or schadenfreude.

"Military envoy..." Li Jinzhong knelt there awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

"Although Zheluping is not a big city or a strong city, it is not so easy to fight. Even if we bring all the 1 people there, if there is no internal response, they will be wiped out, and we will not be able to eat it."

"Military envoy, how can I take all the troops and horses away, I have no objection—"

"Okay!" Li Ke interrupted Li Jinzhong's words with an irritable wave, and said, "Bring your troops and horses to smash the stockade outside the city. In two days, if it doesn't work, come and see you."

"But please rest assured, the stockade outside the city will not contaminate the eyes of the nobles." Li Jinzhong got up from the ground and said with an oath.

"Go away!" Li Keyong scolded, seeing Li Jinzhong striding out of the camp, then he turned to Cheng Huaixin and said, "Apart from Zheluping, are there any other officers near Caochengchuan?"

"Should be gone."

"Should?" Li Keyong stared at Cheng Huaixin, and said coldly: "How can you use the word 'should' to prevaricate the important matters of the military aircraft? Immediately spread the investigation and find out for me."

"Yes!" Cheng Huaixin, who was confused, also walked out.He really couldn't understand why he had provoked this little ancestor again today, maybe he planned to go bankrupt, and he was in a bad mood.

After sending Cheng Huaixin away, Li Keyong looked at the few people following him.Gai Yu, Kang Junli, Xue Zhiqin, and Li Cunzhang are all old people who can be trusted. Only at this time will Li Keyong show a little anxiety, worry or even panic.

The Zhelu army city was occupied by the Tiande army, which was beyond his expectations.He had heard that the Tiande army was coming, and thought it was just a false story like Qibi and Helian from Yunzhou.In the end, I didn't expect people to come to the real world. First, the Zhenwu Army was leveled in two prefectures, six counties and three cities, so that the locals put out the idea of ​​echoing the Yunzhou side. This in itself was a great success, although for Li Keyong and his son. Not fatal.

However, the subsequent march to Shuozhou was a bit unexpected for them.

They all serve as soldiers for food, what the hell are you doing so actively?It is even more incredible to hear that they have no stable logistics. It can be said that the deployment of the Datong rebels has been completely disrupted.At that time, they were dividing their troops to replace the state and Weizhou, and they couldn't draw back their troops. Xue Zhiqin was eager to remove the threat along the way and took the initiative to attack. The result was a big defeat, which made the situation even more unfavorable.

To be honest, at that time, Li Guochang and his son were quite worried, worried that Shuozhou would be directly captured by the Tiande Army, which would shake the foundation of the Datong Army.In the end, Xue Zhiqin was not a waste to the extreme. After the defeat, he kept Shuozhou City, so that a large amount of military resources and food and grass were not taken away by the Tiande army.Otherwise, the Tiande Army, which has been in possession of military supplies for several months, can stay in the local area and not leave, directly threatening the side of the Datong Army, or going south to Daizhou, or north to Yunzhou, there is no problem.

It is precisely because of this that the Datong Army quickly returned to aid after stabilizing the situation in Weizhou. In addition to Li Guochang leading a group to Daizhou to defend against the main force of the camp, Li Keyong personally led more than [-] soldiers and horses into Shuozhou, trying to annihilate the Tiande Army.

It's just that they still waste too much time in Weizhou. When they arrived in Shuozhou, the Tiande army had already moved south, and they got in touch with the Beihang Camp and obtained stable supplies. They were no longer in the same embarrassing state as before.

Now things are more difficult! With more than 1 horses, field battles are fine, but in the battle of fortifications, he is really not sure that he can defeat the Zhelu army.In history, Li Keyong used this as a base, and then collected food and materials in the Caochengchuan area with abundant water and grass, and then sent troops southward to attack Lanzhou and Shizhou.This base will be gone, so what can I do?

"Military envoy, the strategy of attacking Lan and Shi is immutable. But where to base the foothold can be reconsidered." Seeing that Li Keyong was a little worried, Gai Yu, the dog-headed military division, had to say something lenient: "The last general thought that it would be better to go east to Loufanling, occupy the Loufan pass guarding the emptiness of the imperial palace, and then think of other ways."

"Loufanling..." Li Keyong carefully recalled this place and the surrounding traffic routes, and asked: "There is Furong City 70 miles south of Loufanling, and there is a solid army in the city, how to break it?"

"It is not necessary to defeat the solid army." Gai Yu replied: "There are many small roads in the mountains, people and horses can walk, but the square rail cart cannot pass. As long as you spend more energy, there will always be a way to bypass." Not sure, but it can also have unexpected effects. Our army has never been there before, and it is normal for local defenses to be lax, and there are plenty of resources, which will help our army to last."

Li Keyong nodded lightly and said, "Let's try the Zhelu army first. Li Jinzhong attacked the stockade outside the city. If troops were sent to the city to rescue them, he would have taken them all at once. There is no way..."

"It should be." Gai Yu replied.

(End of this chapter)