Tan Lifeng, a great tycoon in Yanzhou, retreated from the Vietnamese army and was attacked by the Mongols. He gathered the scattered soldiers and rural soldiers in Yanzhou and formed a stronghold to defend himself. When the Mongolian army passed through, he tried to attack Tan Lifeng, who was far away from Pinghu.

But they failed to return. At that time, the Mongolian army was eager to go to Cangjiang to collect troops.

As a result, they temporarily let go of Tan Lifeng in Pinghu. They originally planned to eliminate the Vietnamese army and then come back to deal with Tan Lifeng. Who would have expected that this trip would lead to a road of no return. When they escaped back,

But there was no more energy left to deal with Tan Lifeng.

By some mistake, Tan Lifeng's reputation as a great leader in Yanzhou was fulfilled. The former Dai Viet officials in Yanzhou fled in panic with the retreat of Congliang Sucan, leaving the people of Yanzhou behind. However, Tan Lifeng stepped forward and

protect

The safety of many people was endangered. This made Tan Lifeng's reputation in Yanzhou unparalleled for a while. Meng Yuan suffered such a disastrous defeat and was no longer able to effectively rule Yanzhou. He could only concentrate his forces to defend Yanzhou City and surrounding arteries.

And Tan Lifeng himself also knew his own disadvantages. The Mongolian army had assembled about 20,000 cavalry in Yanzhou, and although he had a lot of troops, no less than 20,000 in total, he could not pull them out to fight with the Mongols.

The army fought in the field, and as for the people of Yanzhou who expected him to regain the lost territory, he was helpless.

As the situation of the Mongolian army improved step by step, Tan Lifeng's life began to become difficult. At this time, the Mongolian army did not want to engage in a life-and-death struggle with this man. They just asked him to provide 100,000 kilograms of food and grass every month, and they could live in peace. With ten

Ten thousand kilograms of grain and grass bought the Tan family in Pinghu, and Tan Lifeng agreed to this condition without hesitation. Within the area he controlled, it was not difficult to provide one hundred thousand kilograms of grain and grass every month.

But now, the Northern Conquest Army is here! Looking at Li Fugui's greetings from the fifth battalion of the Northern Conquest Army, Tan Lifeng frowned.

To see or not to see?

If the Mongolian army is a tiger, then the Northern Army is also a cheetah. And now he can only be regarded as a wild wolf at best.

No matter how strong the wild wolf is, it will not be a match for the tiger and the cheetah, but the problem is that he is now sandwiched between the tiger and the cheetah.

"Father, this Li Fugui brought only a thousand people and dared to come to our Pinghu to show off his power. He really doesn't care about life and death. We have given him a huge face by ignoring him." Tan Zuojin said angrily.

Tan Lifeng glanced at his eldest son and said, "Li Fugui only has a thousand men, but he has the entire Northern Expedition Army behind him. Even his fifth battalion of the Northern Expedition Army is not something we can afford to offend."

"Father, Li Fugui's fifth battalion has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses distributed throughout Yanzhou. He also has to deal with the 20,000 Mongolian cavalry in Yanzhou City. He has no spare power to deal with us, so he came to beg us. Since

Why should we be polite to him when he wants something from us, and in this situation, we don’t need to be polite to him!”

"Oh. It seems that you have some insights. Let me hear it." Tan Lifeng smiled. He put Li Fugui's invitation on the table and looked at Tan Zuojin.

"Father, now that the main force of Vietnam has withdrawn, in this northern land, it has become a confrontation between the Northern Army and the Mongolian army. Although the Mongolian army was defeated in Cangjiang, it is the power of a country after all. Although it suffered a heavy setback, it

Far from hurting his muscles and bones, Yun Zhao only used

The Northern Expeditionary Army may not necessarily have the upper hand in this confrontation. Therefore, we have become the targets they want to win over. Father, if we want to choose sides, if we choose the wrong side,

That would be terrible!" Tan Zuojin said.

"You mean, Yun Zhao's Northern Expedition Army will be unable to defeat the Mongolian Army?" Tan Lifeng thought thoughtfully.

"At least in Yanzhou, the Mongolian army has the upper hand. The Mongols have gathered 20,000 cavalry in Yanzhou City, and now that Li Fugui's troops are scattered, they can easily be taken advantage of by the enemy. If the news about our dealings with them is revealed to the Mongolians,

If the army gains anything, it will inevitably offend the Meng people, and when the time comes, our Qin family will inevitably be in trouble!"

"According to what you said, we will choose the Mongolian team!"

"Father, we are not on either side! In Yanzhou, these two families have to beg us. How can the battle between the Mongols and the Northern Army be decided in three or two years? The longer the time goes, the more likely our Qin family will be.

It gets stronger and stronger, so let the two of them fight!"

Tan Lifeng chuckled, "In that case, why do we have to offend the Northern Army again? Li Fugui wants to come to pay homage to the mountain, which also gives me enough face!"

Tan Zuojin picked up the greeting card and said angrily: "Father, is he here to worship the mountain? He is simply here to recruit surrender!"

"Zuo Jinna, our Qin family used to be a wealthy family in Yanzhou, but in the eyes of the officials, we were just a piece of fat. We suffered from being exploited by the officials. This time, I risked my life and finally won."

The Qin family had a chance to turn around.

In troubled times, rise and fall can happen quickly. If we are not careful, we will be doomed. No matter in the eyes of the Mongolian army or in the eyes of the Northern Expeditionary Army, we are still just a little bastard. Don’t think too highly of yourself.

.Li Fugui is extremely arrogant, but he is arrogant

You have to be confident. He has a background and a backer. What do we have? All we have is this small chip in our hands. Part of what you said is right, that is, we have to bet on the winner. At the moment, Meng Yuan is also

Okay, it's okay to conquer the Northern Army.

, it’s not clear who wins and who loses for a while, so we naturally have to put away our chips and look for the right moment, but there is no need to offend anyone. I definitely want to see Li Fugui, don’t look at the monk’s face to see the Buddha’s face.

Oh! I still have to give Yun Zhao some face."

"What about the Mongolian people? If Li Fugui comes here with such a big fanfare, the Mongolian people will not know about it."

"So what if I know? If they can kill Li Fugui, I will naturally send them food as usual. If they don't dare to send troops, I will even save 100,000 catties of food and grass. I will give these food and grass to the Northern Army! I think

, Li Fugui is here, that’s what I mean!”

"What if Meng Yuan wants to cause trouble for us?"

"Childish! The Northern Conquest Army is coming. Will the Mongolian people still pay attention to us? They should be thinking about how to deal with the Northern Conquest Army at this time. It's too late for them to win over us! They will only care about food and grass.

These one hundred thousand catties of grain and grass, they must have our attitude!" Tan Lifeng shouted. "Open the middle door wide to welcome Li Fugui."

Li Fugui was dressed in casual clothes. He didn't even carry a sword and only brought two guards. He stood swaggering outside the Qin Family Village. Looking at the majestic Qin Family Village, Li Fugui shook his head repeatedly, "Is this some kind of village? It looks like a castle.

Castle, I think even Pinghu County doesn’t have it here

Solid, tsk tsk, there are also sub-forts and guard forts. There must be secret passages below to connect to the main fort. No wonder when the Mongolian army passed through the border, they didn't capture it for a while. This Tan Lifeng is not simple. This city is not just a handful.

God can build it!" Li Fugui looked back at the guards behind him and praised.

"It doesn't matter whether it is strong or not, if he refuses to submit to our conquering army, the general will come and defeat him in a few strokes!" A guard said disdainfully: "The conquering army is invincible, how can this little Zhuangzi still be able to do it?

Can we not do it? General, the people here are sending food and grass to the Mongolian army, which is not a good thing. Why are you so polite to him?"

Li Fugui shook his head and said: "You can't say that. When the Mongolian army was pressing on the border, Tan Lifeng was able to muster the strength to fight against his opponents without surrendering. He still had the guts. At least he was much better than those officials who escaped.

As for now, well, we can’t generalize. He can’t defeat the Mongolian army. We can’t blame him for his humiliation, right? As long as he still cares about Dai Viet, we have to give him a way out!”

"The general is wise. The villains don't understand these principles. The villains know that whoever joins the enemy is a bad guy, and the bad guys will be cut down!" said the guard.

Li Fugui laughed, pointed at him, and then nodded at himself, "So, I have become a general, and you are just a guard!" He glanced at Qinjiazhuang and said to himself: "It looks like the stone fortress in Anqing.

Pretty much, if we really fight, it won’t be easy to deal with!”

Just as he was thinking about it, the gate of Qin's Manor opened with a rumble, and two rows of armored soldiers rushed out and lined up on both sides of the manor gate. The guard behind Li Fugui was startled and touched the handle of his knife.

Li Fugui narrowed his eyes and stared at the wide open gate. Behind the soldiers, an old man in robes with a smile on his face led a large group of people to file out of the village. Before they even walked out of the gate, they were already clasping their fists and bowing repeatedly.

, "When General Li arrived, he failed to greet him. It is really Qin's fault. Li led the old squires of Pinghu to apologize to General Li!"

Li Fugui laughed and greeted him. "Mr. Qin gave me face, and Li was flattered. I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

The four states of Yizhou, Qin, Yiliang and Pu established envoy offices. Yao Changkun welcomed Yun Zhao who had returned from Boyang, Luzhou and came to inspect.

"I've met the Governor!" After not seeing him for several months, Yao Changkun had lost a lot of weight.

Reaching out to help Yao Changkun up, Yun Zhao looked up and down for a while and said, "Thank you for your hard work. This mess is really going to tire you out!"

"The Governor trusts me, how dare Chang Kun not try his best? Governor, please, everything is lacking here, Commander, please forgive me!" Yao Changkun respectfully welcomed Yun Zhao into the hall. In the hall, there was a banquet, without any delicacies.

, except for a few large bowls filled with some pork and vegetables, there really was nothing.

Yun Zhao laughed and sat down, "That's right. When I was in Yunjiazhuang, this braised pork could only be eaten during the holidays!

The two sat across from each other, burning the knife fiercely and downing several glasses of wine. The fatigue of running around for days disappeared under the burning of strong alcohol, "You still have wine here, that's good!"

"Captain, I snatched this from the doctor!" Yao Changkun laughed and said, "Now the food shortage in the four states is severe. I have already banned the production of wine. These things were obtained from Jingzhou. Cheng Qun said

We impose a material embargo

, especially grain, under the supervision of the Jingzhou Navy, not even a grain of wine crossed the river. This wine was smuggled over, and it was only enough for us to use to disinfect the wounded. The distribution in the army was not enough. If the governor hadn't come over,

, I can’t bear to take it out and drink it!”

"You are actually in such a difficult situation?" Yun Zhao pondered for a moment, "What does Cheng Qun want to do?"

"Commander, Chang Kun has understood what happened today. Cheng Qun doesn't want us to win! He is buying time for himself!"

Yun Zhao's eyes flashed, "Are you saying that Cheng Qun is not willing to give in?"

"That's true, otherwise it's hard for me to imagine why he sent Leopard Tao Guards into Xiangzhou at this moment!" Yao Changkun nodded: "His goal is the central and western regions!"
Chapter completed!