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Chapter 400 Yanliang Attacks Jin

After the imperial edict was announced, the ministers should have had a great banquet, but the mourning period of the late emperor had not passed, and it was inappropriate to open a state banquet. So Li Ye only pursed his lips, and the heads of all officials signaled, and the martial artists slowly retreated.

The whole court was completely renewed. For the Tang Dynasty, the most difficult period had passed. Emperor Xizong of Tang died early and Tian Lingzi died early. The eunuchs were no longer there. Today, 50% of them were in the hands of the Tang Dynasty. According to Duan Mingyu's proposal, the new emperor Emperor Zhaozong of Tang Li Ye launched a political reform to the court. In the past, the military power, financial power and regime were all in one, so he had the conditions for self-respecting troops. Duan Mingyu wrote a letter to restrict the power of the military. The military power of the military governor, regardless of financial power and regime, he only cared about military power. In this way, even if the military governor wanted to divide the government, he had no food and grass, and had no heart to the people, how could he accomplish anything?

A vigorous political reform kicked off, looking at the world. Except for Shu, Hebei and Hedong, other places are under the control of the Tang Dynasty. Chen Jingxuan and Wang Jian of Shu were still fighting fiercely, but Wang Jian had already gained the upper hand. In time, he should be able to defeat Chen Jingxuan. Both of them were ambitious people who were unwilling to submit to the court. It would be better to fight. There are nearly ten major vassal states in Hebei, big and small. The main vassal state is Liu Rengong, the governor of Lulong in Youzhou. He had more than 100,000 troops under his command, and Zhu Wen led his troops to surrender.

After him, Zhu Wen now occupied a county, and this county town was allocated to him by Liu Rengong. Although Zhu Wen's strength was not as strong as before, there were still tens of thousands of troops. After being captured by the Hedong army of Tang and Li Keyong's Hedong army, he brazenly called himself the king and proclaimed himself "King of Liang". His army and horses were called Liang army. Zhu Wen recruited troops and his territory expanded a lot. There was also a vassal state that was Li Keyong from Hedong. Li Keyong was strong and the strongest vassal state. He has always had no malice towards the Tang Dynasty. It is difficult for Li Ye to directly extend the claws of reform to him.

History has changed, and the Tang Dynasty has regained its vitality. After the Three Feudatories defeated Tian Lingzi, Tongguan and Chang'an City the last time, Li Keyong led his troops to the way home. On the way, he was attacked by Zhu Wen. Liu Rengong was the Youzhou regime that Li Keyong sent troops to help him seize. Li Keyong and Zhu Wen were once again a feud, but Liu Rengong took in Zhu Wen and watched Li Keyong be attacked. Li Keyong was defeated unexpectedly. Liu Rengong saw that Li Keyong was defeated and cute.

He had the ambition to annex Hedong, proclaimed himself the King of Yan, sent 60,000 troops, joined forces with Zhu Wen, and advanced to Hedong, chasing Li Keyong's defeated troops. Li Keyong's army was dispersed. Liu Rengong wrote a letter to Yelu Abaoji, the leader of the eight Khitan tribes, and persuaded him to send troops. Therefore, the Khitan immediately sent troops to Hedong. The situation in Hedong was in danger. Li Keyong had not escaped from the encirclement of Liu Rengong and Zhu Wen, and had not fled back to Hedong. Hedong was in chaos and the people of Taiyuan were panic.

On the way to escape, Li Keyong encountered all the defeated soldiers. There were only more than 500 people in a battalion, and the main general was Zhou Dewei. He was surprised and happy to hear that King Jin was here, but he was worried that the pursuit of the army would be pursued. His soldiers were small and weak, and he would not protect the prince, so he took out his energy to protect Li Keyong and ran to Taiyuan desperately, running far ahead of all deserters and pursuers. At this time, Taiyuan was also called Jinyang. Although the Khitan also sent troops, Yanmen Pass was in hand, and Jinyang City was tall and it was not a big deal.

Fortunately, Li Cunxiao and Li Keyong defeated the two defeated troops but were not defeated. The two soldiers were deliberately entrusted to the back formation and retreated. They set up ambushes from time to time, creating traps, destroying roads when they encounter mountains and breaking bridges when they encounter water, creating various obstacles for the pursuers. Liu Rengong's Yan army was not as strong as the Hedong army, and Chad was still scared when he won. As soon as he saw the Hedong army clearly and the line was neat. When he saw their pursuers coming from afar, the long spear and halberd of the stern standing like a forest came in one after another under the command of the general, and he did not dare to force them too much. This way, the Hedong army was protected by the greatest protection.

In the past, Fu Jian of Qin was defeated, and 900,000 troops died. In the later Tumu Fort, more than half of the 500,000 troops were lost. Fortunately, two famous generals in the Hedong Army were deliberately escorting their positions, which made the army's plan to kill Hedong soldiers fail. Although the army threw down countless food, grass, arrows and various supplies, fattening Liu Rengong and Zhu Wen, its troops were protected. Thirty thousand people successfully escaped from the tiger's mouth of the Liang army and the Yan army.

While escaping, they gathered together. Although they were still in a mess, they were not divided into organization or division, after all, there were many people. Li Keyong was relieved and lay on the carriage. Thinking of this inexplicable defeat, Li Keyong was heartbroken, but he also understood that if this battle failed, the Yan army and Liang army would take advantage of the victory to counterattack and retaliate.

So in the car, he began to formulate a response strategy and issued frequent edicts, ordering his brother Li Siyuan to hurry to the Sanjiaokou to command military affairs west of Shangdang, and ordered Zhou Dewei and others to station in Feng, Ding, Gaoyang Pass and other passes, and ordered Cheng Siyuan to sit in Xiongzhou to control Baoding and Baosu's army. Of course, some of these generals have not been found yet. If the edict is issued, they have to find these people first.

Li Ke used an arrow on his hips and thighs. At first, he did not clean up the remaining poison in time. Lao Gao, who was swollen in the wound, could only lie in the car every day. He received a memorial from the front line. Li Keyong suddenly suffered a big defeat and a big change. He was confused and thought of the defeat. Hedong was shocked. Generals, prime ministers, gentry, peddlers and pawns. Everyone knew that even if he could defeat the two armies and retreat to the Khitan, it would be difficult for his life to erase this wound. When he thought of this, Li Keyong couldn't help but feel as if he was ashamed of a knife. He roared in a sudden way, like a wounded tiger, extremely shrill and miserable.

Not far away, the defeated soldiers were dragging their tired bodies to build camps. Although they were still exhausted, they were close to their hometown. Everyone's expressions were much more relaxed than the shocking birds a few days ago. There was a shrill roar in the military tent. Some soldiers nearby heard it, but were slightly stunned, and looked in that direction a few times, then continued to lie down while lying down, burying the stove and cooking. Some people were digging trenches in the distance, setting up deer antlers, and resisting horses...

There was a wounded soldier with a messy hair and a military uniform with empty sleeves walking slowly to the military tent, sitting on the ground, taking out a bun from his arms, and slowly gnawing. After a few days of getting along, the personal eunuchs standing there had already recognized him. His surname was An, and he was a soldier brought from Taiyuan. He was from Shangdang, and the accent he heard from him was indeed from the other side.
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