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In the northeast of the Xiasui Jiedushi in Gyeonggi Province, on the gate of the Jinglijun army located west of the Dafei Kuyan Lake, Li Guochang, the Zhenwu Jiedushi and the three tribes of Shatuo, stood up and looked up at the four fields. Thunderstorms were coming, and the sky was as dark as ink. The yellow sand was vast and the earth was vast.

Inside and outside the military city, the bodies of soldiers with war horses were everywhere, and the ground was dyed red.

The city was filled with soldiers from both sides who were gasping for breath, whether they were Shatu soldiers in black battle robe, Zhenwu soldiers in red battle robe, or even the Yuzhou Dangxiang soldiers in yellow military uniforms, were so tired that they couldn't stand up.

However, the Dangxiang soldiers in Youzhou were surrounded in a big circle at this time, while the Shatuo soldiers and the Zhenwu soldiers were sitting on the periphery.

Li Guochang walked down the city tower, and a row of officers saluted him together.

"General, we won!" A young officer Shatuo had an excited smile on his tired face, "The Dangxiang people have been defeated by us, and the next step of Yuzhou will be occupied by us. Tuoba Sigong can no longer stop us."

The Jingluo Army is an important military city in Youzhou. The Tang Dynasty established about 81 troops on the border. The Jingluo Army is stationed in Yuzhou on the northern plateau of Gyeonggi Province. The Jingluo Army City is under its command of 3,000 troops. To the east is Dafei Kuyan Pond, to the north is Kuyeganbo, and to the south is Tuhelipo. In this desert area, its status here is very important.

As a place with a river bend north of the capital of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, Youzhou played an important role in shielding Chang'an.

The outer periphery of Hequ is the north-south Helan Mountains to the west, and the north-south Yinshan Mountains to the north. Since ancient times, this has not only been an important geographical boundary, but also an important dividing line between the Hu people in the Middle Earth and the grassland.

On the Yellow River Hetao Plain inside these two dividing lines, a large curve in the Yellow River channel forms a shape of a large bend in the inner side.

The Tang Dynasty established Fengzhou in Hequ, with Shengzhou in the north, Ling, Yan, Xia and Yin in the south. Linzhou was in the east, and Yuzhou was in the south.

The Eight Prefectures of Hequ, plus the Three Surrender City, formed the northern barrier of Chang'an, the center of the Tang Dynasty. It is extremely important. At this time, the states now belong to the four governors, namely the governor of the Tiande Army, the governor of the Zhenwu Army, the governor of the Shuofang Army, the governor of the Xiasui Jiedu, and the governor of the Xiasui Jiedu, and the governor of the four governors.

Li Guochang raised an army. At first, he didn't want to lose control of the Shatuo people's base camp, Daibei Datong. Among them, there were also increasingly arrogant, overconfident in the Shatuo soldiers, and miscalculated the strength of the Tang Dynasty. He sent troops, but he just wanted to secede Daibei. However, the subsequent attacks of multiple troops by the court made him feel worried.

After discussing with his son Li Keyong, Li Guochang and his son prepared to fight and promote the war. The father and son led their troops everywhere. Li Keyong even sent troops to Youzhou, who had just experienced the change of commander.

Although the Ningwu Army in Guizhou failed to attack, there was no loss. On the contrary, they later became famous in the next generation, Xin and Lanzhou. Unexpectedly, the court not only did not come to appease as expected, but instead replaced powerful figures like Zheng Cong-sei as the general. Li Guochang and Li Keyong and his son were now panicked.

After the last discussion, Li Keyong believed that the court had not been hurt. After all, they were in trouble in Daibei, and the emperor and prime ministers in Chang'an City could not feel the pressure. After thinking about it, Li Keyong believed that he should continue to put some pressure on the court to promote reconciliation. There are two ways to put pressure on the court. One is to capture Taiyuan, one of the five capitals of the Tang Dynasty, and the other is to directly rush into Guanzhong.

Then, the father and son divided the troops again, and Li Keyong led his troops south to Taiyuan, preparing to find an opportunity to attack Taiyuan. Li Guochang led the Zhenwu Army and a part of Shatuo Army to the south, and grabbed Tuoba Sigong, who was separatist and claimed to be the governor of Youzhou, and prepared to pull the Dangxiang people to expand their momentum together.

It’s a pity that the Dangxiang people not only did not agree to his request, but instead insulted him.

Li Guochang ran to Youzhou by his troops. He was not just about taking revenge, but also about to put more pressure on Chang'an as agreed with his son.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were five main transportation routes through Hequ inside and outside. The first one was Lingzhou Road to the west, and to the north, you could lead to the east, Shoujiang City, and to the grasslands outside Yinshan. To the south, along the Wei Rushui, Yuanzhou, and Jing River can go straight into Guanzhong. To the southeast, Xumaling Mountain can also go into Guanzhong.

The second important road is Xiazhou Road. You can enter Fengzhou and Tiande Army to the north through Youzhou. You can enter Guanzhong through Yanzhou to the southeast.

The third main road is Yinlin Shengzhou Road to the east, connecting the Shanyu Protectorate and Yinshan in the north, and connecting to Yanzhou to the south.

The fourth main road is the Lingyan Xia Silver Road, which is located in the mountains in the south, and takes Mengmenjin to the east and joins Hejin, which is the main road leading to Hedong.

The fifth main road is the Yellow River water transportation, which is about 2,000 miles from Lingzhou to Shengzhou and the Shanyu Protectorate.

The five main roads, the Lingyan Xiazhou Road and the Yellow River water transport are east-west, while the Lingzhou Road is far west. Therefore, if Li Guochang wants to enter Guanzhong, there are only two roads, Xiazhou Road and Yinlin Shengzhou Road.

Because Yinlin Shengzhou has many troops, Li Guochang finally chose to pick the soft persimmon Tuoba Sigong to fight. Youzhou was originally the next state of Xia Suiyin Jiedushi, but the Dangxiang people are in great power in Youzhou. Now the Dangxiang people leader takes the opportunity to support troops and call themselves the governor of Youzhou. Like Li Keyong and his son, they are not good birds.

Li Guochang then attacked Youzhou under the name of revenge. The drunkard's intention was not to drink. The ultimate goal was to seize Youzhou, then take Yanzhou directly, and finally make the situation of troops entering Guanzhong, forcing the court back to the negotiating table. Fighting Youzhou is one advantage over defeating Yinlin and Jizhou. He believed that the court would be happy to see them fight against the Dangxiang people without interfering.

Things were as he expected and everything went well.

Li Guochang left some troops to defend the Tiande Army, and the entire army went south, 10,000 soldiers and horses swayed into the Tiande Army, and then went south from Xiazhou Road to Yuzhou. Tuoba Sigong led 5,000 troops to fight against the Zhenwu Army in Jingluo Juncheng.

The two sides fought for several days and were equally matched. In the first five consecutive days of siege, Li Guochang only used the Zhenwu Army. By the sixth day, the Dangxiang people and the Zhenwu Army were exhausted. That night, Li Guochang personally led 3,000 Shatuo elite troops to attack the city. The tired Dangxiang people were finally defeated. They were almost dawn. Tuoba Sigong led more than 2,000 remaining enemies to flee south and retreat to Yan'en, Youzhou.

The victory of this battle not only defeated the Dangxiang people and captured the Jingrui Army City, but more importantly, after this battle, Babasigong was no longer able to fight against him. The Zhenwu Army and Shatuo soldiers led by him could immediately use the Jingrui Army City as the advance base, first wipe out the remaining Dangxiang soldiers in Youzhou, and then directly dispatched to Yanzhou, approaching Guanzhong, and force the court to negotiate and reconcile.

"Master!" Officer Shatuo said loudly: "If you defeat the Dangxiang people, you will be unable to fight the army when you go south to Chang'an. The Dangxiang people cannot stop us, and those Shence troops who look like goods will not be our opponents! The Shatuo army will soon be under the city of Chang'an, and you will be famous in history!"

"Home in history?" Looking at the young officer's cheeks that were flushed with excitement, Li Guochang burst into laughter. He had never thought of fighting to Chang'an City. He was already satisfied with his ability to seize the land of Daibei.

He looked up at the dark sky, and heavy rain was coming.

"Victory, finally victory."

The confrontation between the two Hu tribe soldiers in the Tang Dynasty was ultimately the more fierce Shatuo people were even better, and the Dangxiang people were eventually defeated. The Xia Suiyin Jieduo governor sat in the mountains to watch the tiger's fight, and did not send any soldiers or soldiers to come.

In fact, the Xia Suiyin Jiedushi is now ineffective. He had seen Tuoba Sigong, a Dangxiang man, drive away the governor and claim to be the governor of Youzhou. He also took over the military and towns in the territory. He heard that Zhu Xiechi led his army south to fight with the Dangxiang man, not only did he not worry, but he laughed very happily.

In this battle, Tuoba Sigong led 3,000 troops to reinforce Jingliu Juncheng, with Dangxiang people of 6,000 troops and Li Guochang's command. The two sides fought for five days and five nights, and the Shatu people finally won the final victory. Jingliu City was captured by Shatu people, with more than 2,000 people killed and injured. More than 1,000 people surrendered at this time. Tuoba Sigong fled back to Youzhou with only more than 2,000 people.

However, in order to win this battle, Li Guochang was not interested in the losses.

The Shatu soldiers were brave and brave, and the Zhenwu Army was also very brave. During the battle, 7,000 Zhenwu Army killed and injured thousands, and more than 300 Shatu soldiers were killed and more than 300.

However, although this battle suffered a lot of casualties, it is of great significance. After striving for the city, the gate of Youzhou has been opened.

At night, the city of Zhuangjun was filled with brilliant campfires, and more than a thousand prisoners of the Tangxiang people were captured. They listened to the laughter outside in a nervous mood, and were in a heavy and confused mood. The Shatu people did not kill them, but imprisoned them in the city, and seemed to have no intention of killing them.

Compared with those Dangxiang people, the Shatu people and Zhenwu army were jubilant at this time, with campfires jumping, and the unique tone and laughter of the northern part of the Seychelles everywhere. Since the rise of the army, the Shatu people have always been invincible and captured everything except for a small blow in Guizhou. They have gained a lot of gains after taking over the Zhengluo Juncheng. The military city not only stationed at the important road of Xiazhou, but also were also responsible for the Dafei Ku Salt Pond. The salt produced in the salt pool is very expensive every year, and now it has become Li Guochang's spoils.

Li Guochang was very clear about how to improve morale. During dinner, he announced on the spot that he would promote more than 100 brave officers who fought bravely, and hundreds of soldiers also received special rewards. In addition, all the soldiers who participated in the war also received a reward. Gold, silver, money, and silk were distributed to the soldiers in the spotlight. These money were stored in the treasury in the city, and Li Guochang was generous.
Chapter completed!