Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

quiet!

The Cuiping Mountain camp was unusually quiet. Dozens of generals looked at Fan Xin with their swords in hand, waiting for his final decision.

The two countries were at war and instead of killing the envoys, the royal court actually targeted a few women and children. It was simply too despicable!

After a long time, Fan Xin opened his eyes and looked at the messenger calmly.

"Are you saying that the imperial court wants to execute Shangguan Wan'er on the charge of rebellion?"

"Back to my lord, the court plans to execute Shangguan Wan'er in three months on the grounds that she conspired with Wu Jizhi to rebel!"

"And the emperor has sent a large army to surround Prince Yan's Mansion and the Luoyang Chamber of Commerce, and they may take action at any time!"

After hearing these words, Fan Xin took a deep breath and laughed angrily.

"Okay, okay, I have always tolerated the descendants of the Li family because of the love of the Supreme Emperor, but I didn't expect that what I got in exchange was getting worse. Do you really think that I am a fool?"

"Come here, set up a sand table!"

"Yes!"

The sand table is a must-have for marching operations, allowing combat generals to understand the battle situation more intuitively.

As the guards were laid, a map of the Tang Dynasty's territory appeared in front of the generals.

"Everyone, you are all my trusted old subordinates. If you have any good ideas, please tell me! Huang Qi, you are the Youzhou military envoy, tell me first!"

The general named Huang Qi cupped his fists, pointed at the sand table with his sword and said in a deep voice.

"Everyone, today's Tang Dynasty is divided into ten towns. There are Fanyang and Pinglu towns in the east. There are a total of 200,000 Youzhou troops, controlled by the prince!"

"The western part is under the jurisdiction of five towns: Anxi, Beiting, Hexi, Longyou, and Jiannan, with a total of 280,000 Tang troops! It is controlled by the imperial court."

"As for the central part..." Huang Qi swung his sword and said calmly: It has two towns under its jurisdiction, Shuofang and Hedong, with less than 120,000 people. "

Jiang Ji hugged his shoulders and frowned: "It seems that there are 200,000 more officers and soldiers than us!"

"That's wrong!" Huang Qi shook his head and said with a smile.

"The west seems to have a large number of officers and soldiers, but it is actually divided into several major factions, including Zhang Xian's Anxi faction, Li Yaotang's Beiting faction, Guo Zhiyun's Youyou faction and Wang Hua's Jiannan faction."

"On the surface, these five Jiedu envoys represent the imperial court and Youzhou to check and balance each other. In fact, they are in cahoots with each other internally, and no one is convinced by the other."

"The only real threats to us are Hexi and Duanyou. These two towns command up to 200,000 troops. Once there is a conflict with the imperial court, these people will be very troublesome!"

Fan Xin touched his chin with a thoughtful look on his face.

"So, if we want to suppress the imperial army, we must first get rid of the troops in Duyou and Hexi?"

Huang Qi nodded and said solemnly: Your Majesty, 90% of the imperial elite are deployed in the west, and less than 120,000 people are garrisoned in the central part. "

"If we want to quickly suppress the imperial court and make Li Longji surrender, we can only bite off these two hard bones.

Seeing the approval of several close generals, Fan Xin no longer hesitated and stood up immediately, scanning the generals one by one.

"Since you all think it's appropriate to pull out the nails on the outside first, and then encircle the center of the Tang Dynasty, then go ahead and do it."

"Jiang Ji, Cao Wei, Lin Tie, Huang Qi, Zhang Shouyi, I appoint you and others as the advance generals of the 18th Route, and immediately march to the right to suppress the officers and soldiers there!"

"I will obey your orders!"

Dozens of armored generals clasped their fists together, mounted their horses and galloped towards their respective stations.

Not long after, an army of more than 200,000 people swept towards the right like an unparalleled black dragon.

In the blink of an eye, there were only thousands of cloaked Qianniu Guards left in Cuiping Mountain.

"Your Majesty, there are still 120,000 Tang troops stationed in Luoyang. Isn't it too dangerous for us to go back with so many people? After all, the execution of Shangguan Wan'er three months later was clearly a conspiracy."

Glancing at Liuzi, Fan Xin mounted the black wind horse and looked at the vast mountains in the distance.

"Don't worry, there is no sword in this world that can kill me."

"If Li Longji wants to kill me, let's talk about it in the next life, drive!" After saying that, he patted the black horse and ran away.

Liuzi shook his head, got on his horse and led the Qianniu Guards to follow him.

drive!

drive!

After the team galloped for hundreds of miles, Liu Zi suddenly pulled the reins, pulled out the purple gold hammer and shouted.

"No, there are enemies, protect the prince!"

"Okay, Liuzi, don't be nervous, it's our old friend here."

Waving his hand and ordering his subordinates to put down their sabers, Fan Xin rode his black horse forward.

There, a hundred thousand Khitan troops were distributed on the hills, watching him quietly.

Arriving in front of the formation, Fan Xin smiled at the Khitan woman in front of him.

"Xiao Qing, when we said goodbye to Yingzhou, we haven't seen each other for many years. I didn't expect you to still be so good-looking."

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The person at the head of the formation is none other than Xiao Qing, the daughter of the Khitan royal family and the current Khitan Great Khan.

It is inevitable for old friends to feel a little sad when they meet each other. Xiao Qing smoothed her hair on her forehead and said with emotion.

"I remember you mentioned a poem on the picture of a chicken pecking at rice. It's easy to change an old person's heart, but it says that old people's hearts are easy to change."

"After all these years, you are still so dazzling!"

Fan Xin blushed and didn't know what to say. He only found out later that Xiao Qing liked him. Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.

Xiao Qing is now the Great Khan, the supreme leader of the Khitan tribe, and it is impossible for her to marry a Han man as an equal wife.

Seeing this, Xiao Qing's beautiful eyes flashed with a hint of sadness, and she forced a smile.

"Okay, Khan is joking with you, tell me, why did you invite me here this time?"

When business was brought up, Fan Xin's face gradually became solemn.

"Nothing else, I hope you can help me contain the 120,000 Tang troops stationed in Luoyang!"

Xiao Qing thought for a while, nodded and agreed: Yes, but we must be given two million loads of grain and one million copper coins as reward afterwards. "

Although the two have a good personal relationship, when it comes to countries, their interests must come first.

Fan Xin never thought that the Khitans would help him for free, so he happily agreed.

"Okay, deal!"

After the two briefly discussed the details, they led their men to Yingzhou together.

……

Yingzhou, at the city gate!

Pfft!

Cutting off the enemy's head with one knife, the deputy general clutched his chest and shouted sternly.

"President Fan, there are too many Tang troops outside the city. I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long. Please leave quickly!"

"Find His Highness King Yan and ask him to avenge his brothers!"

"Old Liao, don't say anything. I will never abandon you and your brothers!"

Fan Yun wiped the blood from his face, took his sword to the entrance of the city wall and looked outside.

I saw a few huge imperial flags flying in the sky among the black heads.

One of the men on horseback said with disdain.

"Fan Yun, if the imperial court is determined to clear you out this time, why don't you quickly open the city gate and surrender?"

"Bah, Duan Yi, I am also an official of the imperial court, who gave you the courage to attack the city!" Fan Yun said without giving in.

"Imperial official?" Duan Yi spat on the ground with a sneer on his face.

"What court official? I'm afraid it's Fan Xin's official. Stop talking nonsense. Will you surrender or not?"