Chapter 382
Before the troops move, food and grass will come first. In war, many times, what is fought is logistics, and what is fought is food and grass.
Li Jing burned the Youzhou soldiers and food in Sanhe City with fire, and almost captured Liu Yue, the leader of the Youzhou soldiers, alive in Xianzhou City. In this battle, Liu Yue was frightened and blew up the arch and snake shadow. The wind and cranes were all the way, and finally fled to Jizhou City before stopping.
Fan Xinglong and other generals who were fighting against Li Quanzhong and Li Keju on the front line, when they heard that the food and grass in Sanhe were burned, their leader Liu Yue was beaten and fled directly to Jicheng, the city behind them. They couldn't help but look at each other and were frightened. They had a tacit understanding, Fan Xinglong and other Youzhou generals retreated that night.
Li Keju was surprised at first, but when he received Li Jing's victory, he couldn't help but be very excited. He immediately led Guizhou soldiers to chase him. The two armies fought and stopped, and finally captured the two cities of Liaoxi and Huairou, directly attacking the door of Tanzhou and blocking the gate of the mighty army.
Just when Li Keju was fantasizing about taking the opportunity to defeat Liu Yue, Fan Xinglong and other dissatisfied generals, he suddenly received news that after Li Jing looted the city of Xianzhou, he did not take advantage of the victory to march, but was returning troops to Youzhou City.
As soon as Li Jing retreated, Fan Xinglong and other soldiers pressed towards Tanzhou again, preparing to retake Liaoxi and Huairou cities. In this way, although Li Keju was very upset in the end, he had to hand over the two cities of Liaoxi and Huairou to Li Quanzhong and his son to defend. He added Li Quanzhong as the governor of Tanzhou, Li Kuangwei as the commander of Liaoxi Town, and Li Kuangchou as the commander of Huairou Town. He brought Liu Rengong and other generals, but had no choice but to return to Youzhou.
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"Li Jing deliberately did not pursue the victory!" Liu Rengong said hatefully, "He just doesn't want us to quell the civil strife in Youzhou, so that he can control us."
Didn’t Li Keju understand these things? “One day, I will fully control Lulong Town. At that time, I will calculate these accounts one by one with Li Jing.”
However, now, Li Keju knew that he could not offend Li Jing. As soon as he returned to Youzhou, Li Keju immediately went to see Li Jing. He also took out a large part of the money and money seized from these operations and gave it to Li Jing.
Li Jing accepted these gifts without hesitation.
After delivering the gift list aside, Li Jing said gently: "I used to worry that you would not be able to support the situation in Youzhou after I left. Now, Liu Yue and Fan Xinglong were defeated by this, and it would be difficult for me to do anything else. I can also go to Datong to fight against the thieves with confidence!"
"The uncle is really recreating his nephew. I am so grateful to him." Li Keju said hypocritically.
"Originally, I planned to help you completely deal with Liu Yue and the others. However, a messenger arrived in the court. The Shatuo thief Li Keyong of Datong became more and more serious. The court's soldiers had suffered several losses. The court repeatedly urged me to send troops, and I had to do it." Li Jing also said in a fake manner.
However, Li Keyong would never believe these words in his heart. You had been in Youzhou City for so long before, why didn’t the court urge you to quell the rebellion? Now that it is time to be at the critical moment, you suddenly pile up the picks and stop fighting, obviously you want to keep Liu Yue and the others to restrain him. But even if you know this, what can you do?
Although Liu Yue and the others were defeated for a while, they lost tens of thousands of soldiers. But in terms of this, Li Keju's strength is still not as good as theirs. If he offended Li Jing now and Li Jing suddenly turned against him and supported Liu Yue as the general of Jie, he would immediately die without a place to bury him.
To endure, to endure humiliation and bear the burden. Li Keju held back in his heart. Only by tolerating can he have the opportunity to talk about other things.
"When will my uncle leave? My nephew really can't bear to leave. When Zhendong Army leaves, I'm afraid we will be unable to resist Liu Yue and Fan Xinglong. My nephew has insufficient prestige and cannot command these people at all." Li Keju said hypocritically.
Li Jing was thinking, and after a while, he said, "Since that's the case, why don't I leave a few people for you."
When Li Keju heard that he was hitting a snake with a stick and wanted to install someone in Youzhou, Li Keju was so regretful that he was so blue. At that moment, he wanted to slap himself a few times and call you a humble mouth. But that was the case. At this time, he could no longer object.
"I sent troops this time with eight thousand united soldiers. However, some of the previous battles were lost, and there were still six thousand now. Since you are not strong enough, I will leave these six thousand united soldiers to help you. In addition, I will lead the four generals Jiang Ju, Shi Shoucheng, Guo Zhenhai, and Gao Rong to stay. In terms of civil service, how can I leave Zhang De'an, the military supervisor under the command of the military supervisor of the East Army, be there for contact?"
After thinking about it, Li Jing finally decided to keep the united soldiers from southern Liaoning. First, because these united soldiers were not strong in combat, Li Jing did not plan to bring too many people to Datong and cross mountains and ridges. Second, Li Jing did not plan to bring them back when they were brought out. Now it is just right that they can be thrown into Youzhou and can be used as a nail.
The four generals he chose were also the ones he had been thinking about for a long time. Shi Shoucheng and Jiang Ju were originally powerful forces in southern Liaoning, and most of these Liaoning united soldiers were their subordinates. They were also injured this time, so Li Jing took this opportunity to completely withdraw them from the core circle of Zhendong Army. He added some official positions to them and took these 6,000 united soldiers, which not only purified the Zhendong Army's team, so as to facilitate the complete digestion of the remaining Liaonan troops in the future. Moreover, he also buried a nail next to Li Keju.
, monitor Li Keju to ensure Li Jing's interests in Youzhou. As for the eunuch, it was because the eunuch was both civil and military, and could be placed in the army and beside Li Keju. As for Gao Rong, this person was from Goguryeo. A total of 6,000 Hu people were recruited in the Zhendong Army, and these people accounted for a large proportion of Zhendong Army, and now they were all headed by Gao Rong. Gao Rong's prestige among these Hu soldiers was increasing day by day. This time, Li Jing simply proposed to Zhendong Army and stayed in Youzhou to avoid some signs.
When Guo Zhenhai was chosen to stay, Li Jing was preparing to let him monitor Shi Shoucheng and the others, so as not to be attracted by Li Keju in the end. These six thousand soldiers were one-sided, Shi Shoucheng was the commander of the military commander of the capital, Gao was the commander of the military commander of the capital, Guo Zhenhai was the commander of the capital Yuhou, Jiang Ju was the commander of the Sima, and Zhang Dean was naturally a master of the military supervisor.
Hearing that Li Jing had no room for relocation, he immediately arranged the entire plan. Li Keju was so upset that he couldn't speak, but in the end he had to smile and nod in agreement.
"Nephew, these six thousand soldiers are all elite soldiers. These generals are also generals of our town's eastern army. They are carefully selected for you. You have to treat them well. In addition, the military expenditure, food and grass will be responsible for the nephew." Li Jing said casually.
"Okay!" Li Keju made this good word, gritted his teeth and banged out.
After resting in Youzhou City for another three days, Li Jing called Guo Zhenhai, Gao Rong and others to talk alone. They were promoted and rewarded them with generous amounts of money and food. Finally, they persuaded these people to stay in Youzhou.
This army did not stationed in Youzhou City, but moved to Wozhou, the eastern gateway to Youzhou.
After leaving the united soldiers, Li Jing still had 20,000 troops. After the previous battles, the Liaonan soldiers and Duli Zhen soldiers suffered huge losses, with more than half of them. However, after the Gao family surrendered, the troops were reorganized, and the number of troops still reached 20,000. This did not count the wounded soldiers of as many as 1,000. These wounded soldiers were now handed over to Guo Zhenhai and the others, stayed in Wozhou first, and took them back when the Zhendong Army returned.
Due to this war in Youzhou, Li Jing did not choose to cross Taihang Mountain and enter Jin when he entered Hedong.
Instead, from Jimen to the north of Youzhou, the Jundutou, also known as the Great Wall Pass of Juyong Pass, entered Jundu Xing, one of the eight passes of Taihang, from then on, entered Guizhou, and then entered Datong along the Sanggan River.
Jundu Xing was the throat route from Yan to Jin and outside Inner Mongolia in ancient times.
Li Jing led 20,000 troops to slowly pass through the dangerous pass Juyong Pass. Li Keju, who had been here, looked at Li Jing's back gradually moving away, and suddenly felt much more relaxed in his heart, and felt like a mountain fell to the ground.
He suddenly realized that for the sake of the position of General Lu Longjun, he buried his father's death in his heart and forced his smile to face Li Jing. Is this really worth it? But this kind of physiognomy was just a change of thought. He suppressed it again. For the position of general, everything was worth it.
This damn man, Li Keju turned his head and spitted out with some resentment. He heard that Li Keyong, a father and son of the Shatuo tribe, were now making the imperial soldiers dizzy and unable to tell the difference between the east, south, west and north. He thought to himself that if Li Keyong beat Li Jing too, it would be considered as a way to help him vent his anger.
However, Li Jing, who had already entered the Jundu Xing, could not hear this.
There is a natural boundary between Yan and Jin, that is Taihang Mountain. Taihang Mountain is majestic and difficult to cross, and there are only eight canyon tunnels to pass through, which are the eight Taihang Passes. Jundu Xing, one of the eight Taihang Passes, is not too long. The entire Jundu Xing actually crosses the border between Youzhou and Guizhou, and does not enter the territory of Hedong.
Although the road was dangerous, it was only a few dozen miles away. Li Jing's army had already traveled through Jundu Xing in just one day.
After entering Guizhou, this place can basically be regarded as the territory of the Gao family. Gao Shunli was originally the Ningwu Army envoy. When he came back this time, he had already become the general of the Zhendong Army from General Yan. Li Jing followed him into Ningwu Military City, went to visit Gao Shunli's mother first, and then visited other tribe members of the Gao family.
Afterwards, Gao Shunli discussed with Li Jing and wanted to move the Gao clan to Dengzhou. This proposal was not only because Gao was worried that Li Keju and other Youzhou soldiers would retaliate, but also because he was expressing his loyalty to Li Jing. Li Jing did not hesitate about this proposal and immediately agreed.
After discussing with Li Jing, Gao Shunli summoned the remaining left-behind soldiers of the Ningwu Army. After inquiring, most of them were willing to go to Dengzhou, where life was better, by the merchants. These soldiers would escort their family and Gao's family to move to Dengzhou.
Chapter completed!