In Datong in the middle of winter, the cold wind was biting, and the north wind swept up the dust in the sky, and a solemn atmosphere filled the air.

In the suburbs of Yunzhou, in front of the cockfighting platform, the commander of Shatuo Li Siyuan, led the Shatuo nobles and civil servants and generals to stand on the side of the road to welcome the envoys from Yanjing. After Li Siyuan took over the power of Shatuo, he stayed in Yunzhou on the grounds of preventing the Qin army, and used Yunzhou as the new vassal Yacheng station of Shatuo's new vassal state.

His current official position is the commander of the cavalry and infantry army inside and outside the Shatuo Army in Yanmen Town, and the commander of the rampage. After Li Keyong disappeared, the generals supported him and temporarily served as the temporary position of Commander of Shatuo.

However, the arrival of the envoy of King Li Jing of Qin brought him a new official position.

The letter Liu Yunniang wrote to Li Siyuan was very effective. Li Siyuan was worried about the Qin army's victory at this time. When he received the letter, he saw that as long as Sha Tuo and him expressed surrender, he could quit the army. Without much hesitation, he agreed. The other generals were eager to have this opportunity to breathe. Sha Tuo in Yunzhou Yacheng quickly replied to Li Jing, accepted Li Jing's proposal, and submitted a letter to Li Jing.

Li Jing also quickly sent a delegation, and used the Marshal of the World, the Secretary of the State, and the Fake of Huang Yue to command the military commander of the internal and external forces, and to command the position of the Emperor, and to issue Li Siyuan the title of Prince of Yanmen, the Chief of the Yanmen Army, the Chief of Yanmen Army, the Chief of the Beijing Grand Principal, the Chief of the Shatuo Grand Commander, the General of the Left Guard, the General of the Supreme Commander, the General of the Supervisor of the State, and the General of the Assistant State! In addition, he also served as the Governor of Yunzhou, the General of the Yanmen Observation and Disposal Envoy, the Envoy of the Water and Land Transportation Envoy, and other officials.

Although it has not been confirmed that Li Keyong is dead, the official position Li Jing has now been appointed as Li Keyong as non-existent.

In this way, Li Siyuan will completely replace Li Keyong and become the new King Shatuo.

Li Siyuan did not look up. His eyes were staring at the ground. The dazzling Shatu crown was held in the box in his hand, and he was ready to hand it over to the envoy to bring it back to Yanjing to Li Jing later. This was also one of the additional conditions for Li Jing. Even though Li Jing had appointed many official positions for him from the emperor, he actually wanted to be a Shatu king without the Shatu crown. The sound of horse hooves went from far to near, and Li Siyuan's heart twitched.

He knew that this was Li Jing's messenger and his team came.

At this time, Li Siyuan couldn't tell what it felt. The Shatuo tribe, who once fought alone in the eight towns and was the most powerful soldier in the world, was about to surrender the moment he handed over the crown. Wouldn't he be Shatuo's sinner?

But when this crime was taken on his head, he felt that it was really wronged.

The just-concluded Battle of Daibei was because Li Keyong ignored his and his wife's opposition and insisted on forcibly sending troops to Hebei. As a result, Shatuo had just been defeated in Yizhou and Junduguanxin. Shatuo's army was seriously injured and had not recovered, but sent troops again. As a result, he was caught by Li Jing's trick. He lost five states, not only did his wife be captured, but he didn't even know his life or death. If it weren't for his efforts to turn the tide in Yanmen, he would not only defeat the crowd with a small number, defeated the 60,000 troops of the Datong Army, and also counterattacked and captured the two states of Yunshuo in Datong, Shatuo would have lost his last foothold.

However, although Shatuo still has five states on the surface, in fact, more than 30,000 soldiers and generals were trapped in Yizhou, Hebei, blocked to the east of the Taihang Mountains and could not return to Yanmen. Although he had broken through the Datong Army, he had only more than 30,000 soldiers and horses. Even though he had recruited soldiers day and night these days, he even reorganized a large number of prisoners of war from the three Datong divisions into the army regardless of hidden dangers. However, his cavalry was only 30,000, and less than 20,000 well-trained infantry, and the remaining were the newly recruited 50,000 new recruits.

One hundred thousand people sounded like a huge number, but only Li Siyuan knew that this armed force was not as powerful as it seemed on the surface.

His new army lacked armor and even weapons, and could not even have one person with a bow, and arrows were in urgent need of them. Many new recruits had only one spear or a knife. Apart from his rushing, the cavalry had almost no horses.

In addition, he was in a hurry to lack food and grass.

Moreover, as spring plowing was approaching, a large number of young and strong laborers in Yanmen Town were conscripted into the army, and a large number of men were summoned to serve Yao, helping the army build and reinforce cities, make weapons, and transport food and grass.

Moreover, although he was elected by the generals to take over the power of Shatuo's military and horses, his prestige was still insufficient. The generals in Yizhou have not yet replied to express their support for him, which has made Shatuo's morale unstable.

In this situation, how can we start a war with Li Jing?

Even if he refused to defend the city, Li Jing would have to fight with them to consume, trap them in castles, destroy their crops, kill their cattle and sheep, and burn their houses. In less than a year, they would be destroyed.

It is precisely because of this that he had to accept Li Jing's proposal to quit. He told himself that he was not for the sake of power, but for the future of the entire Shatuo clan.

He once refused Li Jing to give him the title of Prince of Yanmen and the governor of Yanmen, because that would make others mistakenly believe that he defected to Li Jing and made such a decision for the sake of these glory and wealth. But Li Jing also rejected him and said that this was also one of the additional conditions, and he had to agree to continue to cooperate.

He knew that Li Jing was not the kind of kind person, and there would be no good things when dealing with him. He was always used to throwing out a little sweetness first, letting you pay for it, and then throwing out the conditions little by little. Every time, it was always just right, making you unable to refuse. Then when you suddenly find something wrong, you were already trapped in it and couldn't extricate yourself.

Can Li Siyuan refuse to quit with Li Jing now?

cannot!

In order to get a chance to breathe, even if he knows that Li Jing handed him a poisonous fruit, he must swallow it. Moreover, he did this not all for Sha Tuo. At least, in his heart, part of the reason for doing this was to her who had fallen into Li Jing's hands.

Unfortunately, his behavior cannot be understood by everyone. At least, Li Cunxin accused him of trying to plot against the throne of Shatu. He never liked Li Cunxin, and he also knew that Li Cunxin had always been jealous of him. But Li Cunxin should not have destroyed his platform and caused internal strife at this time. He had to use thunder to imprison Li Cunxin. Although this approach stopped the signs of civil strife and reunited Shatu's people's hearts. But he knew that if the King of Jin came back in the future, his behavior would definitely become endless troubles.

Thinking of this, Li Siyuan could only lament that his fate was unfair.

God gave Shatuo people a Li Keyong, and asked him to lead the Shatuo tribe to rise up, and finally created a territory of its own. However, Li Keyong was successful and Li Keyong was defeated, and it was Li Keyong. It was Li Keyong who made Shatuo experience dangers again and again, and it was more tragic again and again.

The Shatu tribe has now reached a chance to survive and die. He now has a chance to win over the building. Although the Shatu tribe is in danger at the moment, he must not let it collapse in his hands.

Han Xin once endured the humiliation under his crotch, and Goujian once slept with firewood and paid for his courage!

I will definitely be able to endure humiliation and lead the Shatuo clan to rise again!

He was not completely desperate. In his opinion, the Shatuo tribe still had a glimmer of life. His secret envoy had already set off to the grassland outside the border to meet the Khitans. If anyone could stand against Li Jing now, it would probably be the Khitans outside the border. Chengde, Wei Bo, and even Shatuo in Hebei are hard to match the Qin army now.

Last time, Li Jing claimed to be the Northern Expedition, but he played the Khitans. The Khitans fought on the grassland, but Li Jing's surprise troops raided the Xi territory and defeated Dong Xi who was attached to the Khitan. In the Xi territory, he ambushed 20,000 Li Jinzhong's troops who went to the grassland to assist in the battle.

However, although the Khitans were fooled, their strength was not lost at all. The Khitans were still the overlords of the Great Wall with 400,000 string control men and more than 2 million tribes. Although the Khitans were defeated many times in the battle with the Qin army for western Liaoning, they lost all the territory of the Liaohe River Basin, and now they have even lost the vassal Xi realm, but they still cannot be underestimated.

The Khitan had fought countless battles with the Tang army, with few defeats and more victory. If he could use this army and lead them into the Central Plains, Li Siyuan believed that he could curb the Qin army.

In addition, although the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yizhou are just infantry, they are all veterans who have experienced many battles. Moreover, the few generals left in Shatuo, such as Li Sizhao and Li Cunzhang, are now leading this army.

If this army could be withdrawn back to Yanmen Town, his confidence would be stronger.

Li Siyuan was full of resentment, clenched his fists and his fingernails into his palms. The Qin army's ability to break through the pass was too strong. Black Stone Fort and Zijing Pass did not play any role in front of them. Although there was also a reason why Li Jing's air force was raided, and the defenders had never experienced such a formation. But now when the Qin army occupied Black Stone Fort, Zijing Pass, Shatuo and Chengdezhen could only sigh at the pass.

"It was all caused by the reckless impulse of King Jin. Perhaps, the King of Jin is no longer suitable to lead the Shatuo people." A thought suddenly appeared in Li Siyuan's mind, which scared him himself.

At this time, Li Jing's messengers and his party came to Li Siyuan.

Surrounded by the crowd, Gaiyu, who had a thin figure and long figure, sat upright on the horse, overlooking Li Siyuan and the crowd that was greeting, a hint of smug smile spread from the corner of his mouth. His eyes flew past everyone, and then fell into the place full of memories.

It was here that year that Gai Yu and Kang Junli, who were the Yunzhou Dental School, Li Jinzhong and others supported Li Keyong and rebelled against the Tang Dynasty. Here he executed Duan Yunchu and other court officials, Lingchi, and then raised the banner of Shatuo's anti-Tang Dynasty.

At that time, he was determined to plan for Li Keyong and had opposed Li Keyong's skin of Duan Yunchu and others, but Li Keyong not only did not accept it, but also shared the cut of human flesh with the generals.

Later, when Li Keyong was defeated, he surrendered to Li Jing here, and since then he has changed to Li Jing's command. After many years, he is now an important official of the Qin vassal state. Thinking about it, he is really lucky.

Who else is there in the seven generals of Yunzhou back then? Apart from himself, there seems to be only one Li Cunzhang left, and he is also trapped in Yizhou. People like Kang Junli who are extremely loyal to Li Keyong are most afraid of being killed by unknown poison.

Who would have thought that Shatuo would be led by a young boy from the past.

Zhou Dewei, the deputy envoy standing on the side of Gaiyuma, saw that he was distracted, quickly pulled his robe and whispered: "Gao Gong must be very moved when he returns to Yunzhou."

This time, Gai Yu went to Daibei to envoy Daiyu, because he was originally a powerful army in the north, and was once the Yunzhou dental school, and was once the first strategist under Li Keyong, and was familiar with Shatuo, so he specially commissioned him to come. Zhou Dewei, who was born in Daibei, acted steadily and was led by him to the guards of the envoy.

After this reminder, Gai Yu woke up and immediately straightened his back and looked directly at Li Siyuan.

Li Siyuan was also lifting his eyelids to watch Gai Yu. This seemingly weak man was once the core member of the Shatuo cluster. It was their group who first supported Li Keyong to raise an army to rebel against the Tang Dynasty and witnessed the Shatuo tribe's fierce achievements in fighting alone in the eight towns.

However, when the first battle of Daibei was defeated, this counselor who was once regarded by the King of Jin resolutely turned to Li Jing. He was handsome, with long beards on his chest, and looked a bit like a military advisor. But in fact, he was just a fence-bearing man who had no backbone. Li Siyuan was full of contempt for Gai Yu. "Shameless!"

"Miao Jilie! After leaving for many years, I should look at each other with admiration. The wild boy from the past is now the Prince of Yanmen and the Grand Governor of Shatuo. It is really gratifying!" Gai Yu said to Li Siyuan with a smile.

Li Siyuan resisted the unhappiness in his heart, and forced a smile on his face, bowed to him: "Mr. Gai is still more charming. This time he returns to his hometown, it should have brought up many old past events. I still remember that when he was a child, Gai and others were together with King Jin, and it still makes people feel right in front of him."

Gai Yu smiled and signaled Zhou Dewei to go over and take over the Shatuo crown from Li Siyuan's hand.

Li Siyuan opened the wooden box, and there was a gold box inside. Then it was a silver box inside, and then it was a jade box inside. The Shatuo crown, which had been passed down for hundreds of years, was placed inside.

Zhou Dewei took the translucent jade box and held it in front of the Gaiyu.

Gai Yu is not unfamiliar with this treasure that symbolizes Shatuo's authority. He had seen this crown several times when he followed Li Keyong. However, he had never seen Li Keyong and his son really wear it. When Li Keyong wore this crown, he had already been in the Qin vassal state.

In fact, Gai Yu did not have any hatred or anything like that, and he felt only grateful and guilt. He was originally a powerful army in the border army, so when he grew up, he inherited his father's business and became the Yunzhou Dental School. However, he was weak and difficult to achieve martial arts skills, so he was ridiculed by many people in the army. However, although Li Keyong was young, he valued a dentist who liked to study but did not like to play with swords, ridicule and shoot. He was attracted by his confidant and recommended him to show his strengths.

If it weren't for Li Keyong, he was just a strange weak dental cadet. It was because of Li Keyong's trust that he could have used what he learned in his heart and gradually became a counselor, and finally gained the attention of Li Jing and gained his current status.

If it weren't for the chance, he wouldn't have thought that he would use his director to deal with Li Keyong in the end. It turned out that when he surrendered to Li Jing, he thought that Sha Tuo was over, but he never expected that Li Keyong would make a comeback.
Chapter completed!