When Yang Fuguang and Zhou Ji heard Li Ye's words, their eyes were filled with strangeness. It seemed that Li Ye knew about Qin Zongquan's affairs, which was very abnormal. It stands to reason that Li Ye was far away in Pinglu, so it was impossible for him to know the internal affairs of the Zhongwu Army.
Zhou Ji was still hesitating, but Yang Fuguang had already set his sights on Song Jiao, and finally took it back. When he introduced Song Jiao just now, Li Ye made it very clear that Song Jiao was the leader of his spies. It is the leader of the spies, not the leader of the scouts. This name can be said to have a profound meaning.
Combined with the other party's cultivation, it is not difficult for Yang Fuguang to imagine that the spies Li Ye is talking about are probably in the rivers and lakes. But this is not uncommon, he has heard of similar things, when Li Xian was alive, whenever he went to war, he had the habit of using Jianghu monks to collect military information, and Gao Pian did the same.
It's just that Li Ye was able to figure out the situation of the Zhongwu Army before he even arrived in the Central Plains. Obviously, the plan was very early. He contacted Li Ye for the purpose of going out of Zhenpinglu. Yang Fuguang realized that Li Ye was probably going to play a big game . Thinking of this, Yang Fuguang's evaluation of Li Ye couldn't help but rise to another level.
Sensing that Yang Fuguang looked at him differently, Li Ye smiled and said, "Jun Yang doesn't need to look at me. My meaning is obvious. I'm talking about Qin Zongquan."
Seeing Li Ye's generous admission, Zhou Ji was quite surprised, but Yang Fuguang said: "King An is right. Before the battle, you must work together. Even if you can't share the hatred of the enemy, you can't let your family get off your back. In this case , our family will take a trip to Caizhou to meet Qin Zongquan."
Zhou Ji was shocked: "If the supervisor is going to Caizhou, if Qin Zongquan has another heart, wouldn't he throw himself into the tiger's mouth?"
Yang Fuguang glanced at Li Ye, and said with a smile: "Emissary Lian, don't worry, His Royal Highness King An is supporting us. The general trend is on our side. Qin Zongquan is a smart man. He will not go against the trend, at least not at this time. people handle."
Zhou Ji was hesitant and in a dilemma, Li Ye said, "The supervisor is right, with tonight's battle, I believe Qin Zongquan knows what to do."
Next, everyone discussed the details of the joint expedition. Li Ye did not mention the matter of food and fodder at this time. After all, the Pinglu Army has no shortage of food and fodder for the time being. It seems reasonable to plan these things after Dengzhou is really conquered.
After discussing this, Li Ye didn't stay in Xuzhou any longer. Before leaving, he told Yang Fuguang and Zhou Ji that his envoy would arrive soon, and the envoy would be responsible for the future contact.
On the second day, when Li Ye left Xuzhou, he asked Song Jiao to send the monks from Tsingyi Yamen back to send a letter to Liu Dazheng, asking him to lead a large army into Xuzhou, join forces with the Zhongwu Army, and rush to Dengzhou as planned That's it.
Li Ye planned to take a trip to Dengzhou by himself to see the defense situation of Dengzhou. He was acting as a scout.
When he has reached the ninth level of Qi training, as long as he doesn't fight the army head-on, entering and leaving the city is just a matter of leisure. The city defense army can't defend him at all, so Li Ye doesn't have to worry about safety. In addition, he can see the defense situation of Dengzhou. Naturally, there were more scouts and spies than ordinary scouts.
It would of course be the best if I could meet Zhu Wen in advance. Only by knowing yourself and yourself can you win all battles.
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Li Guochang is old. When he was Zhenwu Jiedushi a few years ago, he disobeyed the imperial court's control and invaded the prefecture and county of Linzhen. He worked hard, but was defeated in the end, so he had to flee to the grassland to seek asylum from the Tatar Ministry.
It was also thanks to the weakness of the Tang Dynasty that they did not cross the Great Wall to pursue the Tatars, which gave Li Guochang a chance to breathe. If the court was changed to a strong one, Li Guochang might be desperate and be arrested and punished. The series of battles caused Li Guochang a lot of new injuries, and the relapse of old diseases made Li Guochang's body collapse day by day.
This time when Huang Chao attacked Chang'an, the most important thing for the dynasty was to defeat the rebels and take back the capital, so Li Guochang's previous incident had become a secondary conflict. Quite powerful and worth relying on, this gave Li Guochang the opportunity to redeem his crimes and conquer Huang Chao.
The current war is the only chance for Li Guochang and his son to make a comeback. However, Li Guochang was unable to lead the army himself because of his poor health, so Li Keyong had to lead the army alone.
Li Keyong borrowed 50,000 soldiers and horses from the Tatar tribe, marched all the way south, and stopped when he reached Daizhou. Here, he met the chief of the Shatuo tribe, Li Guochang's elder brother Li Youjin.
The Shatuo tribe has been attached to the Tang Dynasty for many years. It has been guarding the border for the Tang Dynasty, and it is called the Northern Army. This time, Huang Chao raised troops and Chang'an was conquered. Also included in the list.
Originally, when Li Guochang started the war with the Tang army, the entire Shatuo tribe was attacked by the Tang army. Later, Li Guochang was repeatedly defeated. Li Youjin saw that he could not do anything, so he surrendered to the Tang army. The Shatuo tribe, after the war, Li Guochang and his son fled to the grasslands, and the Shatuo tribe is still the frontier army of the Tang Dynasty.
If it weren't for Li Youjin's betrayal back then, Li Guochang and his son would have no chance to stand up today.
Now that he has this righteous name, Li Youjin can write to the court, let Li Keyong lead troops to help him, and give Li Keyong a chance to make a comeback.
To lead an army to fight, you must first have food. The Tatars borrowed soldiers from Li Keyong, but there was no food. You have to borrow food from the feudal town.
Li Youjin had no food, and the food for the frontier army had to be supplied by the Central Plains, so Li Keyong borrowed food from the Jiedu envoy of Hedong.
On this day, the general who went to transport food came back.
"General, the food has been brought back." It was a young general, with a hulking back and an extraordinary might. It was Li Keyong's most trusted general, An Cunxiao, who was only two years younger than him.
"How much food did you bring back?" Li Ke asked quickly as he got up.
"Five thousand copper coins, five thousand dendrobium corn." An Cunxiao replied.
"What?" Li Keyong was stunned. Five thousand guan of copper coins and five thousand dendrobium of corn were of course not too much, but too little. For 50,000 soldiers, this amount of food was not even enough to fit between the teeth.
What's more, after Li Ke used Daizhou, he had more than 50,000 troops. He summoned the warriors of the Tatar tribe, and now his troops have reached 100,000.
Li Keyong was furious: "That old man Zheng Congyu, how dare you bully me like this?!"
Zheng Congyu was the Jiedushi of Hedong, and Daizhou was also a subordinate state of Hedong. If Li Keyong wanted to enter the Central Plains, he must take the way of Hedong, and Hedong was also the most powerful Jiedushi along the way. Hedong is the east of the Yellow River, the land of the Three Jins.
Zheng Congxuan took out some grain and fodder casually, and there was not only so much. Obviously, Zheng Congzheng had no serious plans to use grain and fodder for Li Ke.
At this time, a white-faced monk sitting in the tent, the old god said: "When the old general was Zhenwu Jiedu envoy, he did not deal with Hedong, and Kang Chengxun was in Hedong to restrain Zhenwu. Later, Kang Chengxun was forced to leave the town by Zhenwu, and he died on the way home. Zheng Congxun succeeded as the governor of Hedong, so naturally he would not give the general a good look."
This monk is Huiming, who came from Zhuoxiao Temple, and had been to Chang'an with Li Keyong before. At that time, Li Keyong and Li Ye fought in Huangli Township. If Huiming hadn't protected Li Keyong and walked fast, Li Keyong would have been captured by Li Ye.
Li Keyong waved his hand and asked An Cunxiao to go down first. He returned to the main seat and looked at Huiming, still angry: "This time I was ordered to lead the army to fight against thieves, to be loyal to the country, and to occupy the righteous name. Zheng Congxuan How dare he act like this? Is it possible that he still wants to prevent me from going south? "
"Obviously, that's what Zheng Congxiang intends to do."
Huiming lowered his eyes, his voice was calm, and he said calmly, "But it's no wonder Zheng Congxuan. When the old general was sitting in Zhenwu, he invaded Linzhen County, expanded his power, and finally fought against the imperial army. In the eyes of the courtiers, , the general and his son are like rebels. Although Huang Chao is currently in trouble in the Central Plains and the court agrees to recruit the general to go south to serve the king, who can guarantee that the general is different from Huang Chao? Perhaps the general has the same thoughts as Huang Chao and wants to take advantage of this Opportunity to occupy the Tang Dynasty."
These words were harsh and heartbreaking, but when they came out of Huiming's mouth, they were very calm, and there was a convincing force in the calm.
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Li Keyong was a little embarrassed. Zhenwu didn't follow the imperial court's order and invaded the prefecture and county of Linzhen. To put it bluntly, it was a rebellion. Moreover, at that time, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao were making trouble in the Central Plains, which can be said to be echoed by the north and the south.
But who would have thought that the officers and soldiers fought against Huang Chao for several years. Although Huang Chao was forced to flee north and south, and finally hid in Guangzhou in the south of Lingnan, the fighting became stronger and stronger, and more and more troops fought, and finally even broke Chang'an. Fortunately, Li Guochang and his son, sitting on Shatuo's elite soldiers, were directly wiped out.
So far, Li Keyong still doesn't understand why Shatuo's elite, who are much more elite than Huang Chao's militiamen, would lose if they say they are defeated.
In the Tang Dynasty, regardless of the outcome of the internal war, as long as the government faced a foreign race, it would be able to overthrow the opponent casually. The tribes of the grassland thought they were very powerful, but they repeatedly sent troops to the south, not to mention invading the Central Plains, they couldn't even defeat the troops of the border towns, even when the Tang Dynasty was weakest.
Later, the Khitan became stronger and repeatedly invaded the south. Lu Long's army, who was stationed in Youzhou, fought a country with one place, but did not let the Khitan invade the Central Plains.
There is only one exception, and that is the serious shortage of troops, and it is often necessary to fight against a hundred in Hexi and the Western Regions. It is another story for the Tang army in the Western Regions who has been fighting bloody battles for decades with one against ten, almost one against a hundred.
Li Ke said angrily: "I will serve the country loyally and only want to make amends, how can I be like that yellow thief?!"
After saying this, Li Keyong suddenly came to his senses, looked at Huiming and said, "Master, does that mean that Zheng Congxuan thinks so? He suspects that I have ulterior motives, so he doesn't give me food and fodder?"
Huiming showed a slight smile: "The general is smart, as expected, he can understand with just one point."