Chapter 672 Tiger Wife
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Yinshan, Baidao.
King Shatuo's messenger ordered the cavalry to run to all directions with Feihuzi's arrows, and ordered the soldiers of various troops to gather.
With the reputation of King Li Yaer Shatuo, the newly granted Yinshan Governor, and the official position of the governor of the army north of Yinshan, the Hu tribes of all sizes near Yinshan responded to send troops.
In a short period of time, groups of Hu soldiers came to gather every day. These soldiers were strong and strong, and were all born knights. They didn't even need Li Keyong to provide them with equipment. They rode their own war horses, bows and arrows, and swords, and came from all directions.
This time when Li Keyong entered the pass, he also gathered all his troops.
Two thousand young and strong, Li Keyong left 5,000 people to stay in the camp, and the remaining 15,000 young and strong soldiers gathered together. In addition, Liu will also go south together and take her three thousand young and strong women's army.
15,000 Black Crow Army, plus 3,000 Detachment of Women.
This is not Li Keyong's full strength. The soldiers who are constantly coming from each unit are not counted.
Since receiving the imperial edict, Li Keyong's mood has been refreshed and he has a smile on his face every day, immersed himself in various plans on maps with Shatuo.
For those soldiers from all the troops who responded to the coming, Li Keyong was very enthusiastic and generous. He had to hold a banquet every night to welcome these leaders and give them fine wine and barbecue to the warriors. Between the wine glasses, Li Keyong would always loudly describe the benefits of entering the pass to fight for the Tang Dynasty to the Hu cavalry. He told the countless wealth and women's population obtained by the Uighurs for the Tang Dynasty. All the Hu people's eyes turned red.
Liu did not like to attend such banquets. She liked to ride on horseback and inspect the three thousand female soldiers who were patrolling her.
As soon as she sat down, Liu's eyes were like water, but with a faint coldness, as if she could see through everything.
His ten fingers are slender, his skin is slightly wheat-colored, but it is pink. His red lips are smiling as if he is sweet.
Three thousand black hairs were tied up. A bun was rolled up on the top of the head, and a golden hairpin was inserted. It was simple but capable. A royal blue forehead was tied to the forehead, with fiery red fireworks on it. A small lambskin narrow-sleeved leather jacket with small lambskins made it look even more neat. Emei swept her lightly, without makeup on her face, but she still couldn't hide her charming temperament.
In the north wind, the corners of the skirt are flying, like a butterfly dancing in the flowers. The expression is cold, but it is even more like the goddess general of Qiong Palace who is not as good as the worldly fireworks.
Liu was a little stunned when he heard Li Keyong's loud laughter coming from the wind in the distance.
Li Keyong accepted the court's pardon, granted a title and summons. The decision to go south to return to Tang was very appreciated. But on the other hand, as Li Keyong's wife, she knew that Li Keyong's heart was not as good as he did on the surface. On the surface, after Li Keyong's previous defeat in the anti-Tang army, his whole body changed greatly, and he became less sharp and he would show his strength. He began to respect and respect the Tang Dynasty.
But Liu knew that these were just appearances.
Li Keyong has revealed to her more than once that he wants to establish a Shatuo Kingdom.
His current obedience to the court is actually just that Li Keyong learned from the lessons he had learned from before and changed his strategy. In his heart, he hated Li Tang more than anyone else.
My husband has a big plan!
Liu didn't know whether all this was good or bad, and she was full of worries.
But as Li Keyong's wife, she had no choice but to support him wholeheartedly.
Li Keyong waited for nearly 5,000 grassland knights of various tribes in Yinshan, and then pulled out his tent and headed south into the pass.
The huge horse team moved forward, and Li Keyong embarked on the battle to return to the Central Plains like his ancestors. The difference was that his ancestors had pursued troops and had a blockade, and their future was uncertain.
The grasslands in winter are full of tall dead grass, and they immediately walk in it, as if they are in a vast yellow ocean.
Not long after entering the pass, Li Keyong received news that the military inspector Chen Jingsi and his uncle Li Youjin, Kang Junli, Li Kexiu and others had arrived.
Li Keyong personally sent the guards to thirty miles away to welcome the group into the camp.
"Li Youjin has seen his clan!" In the Battle of Daibei, Gai Yu proposed a plan to Li Keyong, asking Li Youjin to give Li Keyong a backer, and then asked him to surrender to the Tang army voluntarily. It was because of Li Youjin's backer at that time that Li Keyong escaped from the siege. Later, although he fled for thousands of miles, he was blocked by Li Jing in Fengzhou and lost all the entire army. But no matter what, Li Youjin's original performance made Li Keyong and other Shatu soldiers respected him very much.
"Uncle must not do this. If it weren't for uncle, the Shatuo clan would have been wiped out long ago." Li Keyong solemnly avoided Li Youjin's gift, and then gave Li Youjin a heavy gift.
This time, the court pardoned Li Keyong and transferred Shatuo army into the Central Plains to quell the rebellion. However, in order to control the Shatuo clan, the court sent Li Youjin to Li Keyong's camp with more than ten Shatuo generals. However, some generals such as Li Guochang and Li Jinzhong, as well as Li Guochang and some generals' families, were still in Chang'an and were actually hostages.
After joining Li Youjin and other generals, the morale of the Shatu army became stronger. After the army entered Daibei, Li Keyong continued to send envoys, taking his flags and arrows to the Shatu people in Daibei, which had been operating for several generations, and recruiting soldiers and horses.
When he was defeated in the anti-Tang Dynasty, he fled to Mobei in a hurry. Although he finally captured a piece of land in the north of Yinshan, most of the Shatu tribes and the Daibei tribes that were dissolved into Shatu still remained here. Although the most elite Shatuo green and strong people were almost completely captured by Li Jing, there were still many people from various Hu here.
The Li family has been operating in Daibei for several generations and has a very high prestige.
Soon, wherever Li Keyong went, people came to join the army one after another, mostly from the Shatuo people, Sogdians, Uighurs, Xi people, Tatars and other Hu tribes, and some Han people from the north. These people were originally close to the Shatuo people before, but after Shatuo was defeated, these people were suppressed, which was not as good as before. Li Keyong made a comeback and a large number of people came to join.
From the 15,000 cavalry and 3,000 detachments of the Women's Army when they set out in the north of Yinshan Mountain, Li Keyong has gathered a total of 50,000 troops in his hands. Although a large part of these 50,000 troops can only be regarded as auxiliary soldiers in the army. However, even if this part of the strong momentum is removed, Li Keyong has 30,000 generations of cavalry of various tribes in the north. It is not yet considered the 3,000 detachments of the Women's Army of the Liu family. These 3,000 female soldiers are also cavalry, and they have been trained for two years.
With this strong capital, Li Keyong was full of energy.
However, the 50,000 troops and tens of thousands of war horses were also extremely stressful.
However, Li Keyong believed that since he had become an official army, according to the old rules of food, the food and grass would naturally be supplied by Zheng Cong-si, the former enemy of Hedong Jiedu and the commander of the camp west of Hebei.
Li Keyong asked Liu to send someone to Taiyuan to ask for food. In order to shock Zheng Cong-sei, Li Keyong directly asked Liu to turn over the numbers of Shatuo Army and wrote it as 100,000 Iron Cavalry in the North.
The document was sent to Taiyuan. After Zheng Cong-sei read it, he frowned.
Zheng Congsheng has always opposed the imperial court's desire to recruit Anshatu and other Hu people into the pass to quell the rebellion.
As the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall, he served as the reign of Beidu, Taiyuan Yin and Dongdu Jiedu, he was the first to serve as the recruitment envoy of the Beixingying to preside over the Shatuo rebellion. Now he is the commander-in-chief of the west of Hebei, presided over the Hedong and nine foreign troops to attack the Hebei rebellion. Zheng Congxian was a very prestigious official in the court. Because of Li Jing's current attitude, Zheng Congxian was actually the commander-in-chief of the entire rebels to attack the Hebei rebels.
Zheng Cong-si and Zheng Ting, the former prime minister, were both Zheng clans in Xingyang, and were known as the "Two Zhengs". Although the two families of Qinghe Cui and Boling Cui were slightly inferior, they were still highly respected. In his opinion, using the five feudals with Tiande, Datong and Xia Yin was already a bit risky. After all, the power of the court was gradually weakening. If the feudal people were used to quell the rebellion, it would be very likely to give these feudal people a chance to be big, and they would not lose their final position in the future.
Not to mention, the Shatu, Xi, and Tatar tribes are even more dangerous, especially the rebellion of Daibei before the Shatu people was not long ago.
Faced with Li Keyong's "100,000-Daily Northern Iron Cavalry" with a provocative taste, Zheng Congqi frowned for a long time, and then picked up a pen and wrote a line of instructions behind it, "Qian Qian Qian, Mi Qian Shi!"
Zheng Cong-yi only gave Li Ke Yong a thousand guan and a thousand stone of rice. According to Li Ke Yong's claim of 100,000, it was equivalent to each Shatuo army being able to get ten cents and more than one kilogram of rice.
This batch of grain and rewards were quickly sent to Li Keyong's camp. Li Keyong saw that Zheng Congyi had only given him such a little bit of money and food, which was even more stingy than sending a beggar. He was so angry that he drew his sword and cut off the desk in the tent with a sword, shouted at the guard, and wanted to lead his troops to Taiyuan to theory with Zheng Congyi.
Li Siyuan stood in the tent, listening to Li Keyong's roar, and was worried. He knew that at this moment, they must not have the capital to dominate the court as before. After leaving the tent, Li Siyuan did not immediately send an order to gather troops, but pondered for a moment and turned toward Liu's camp.
Liu was also shocked when he heard Li Siyuan's report and hurried to Li Keyong's military tent.
"Is my husband trying to destroy my Shatuo clan?" After Liu entered the tent, he said loudly to Li Keyong.
Liu's words immediately calmed down. After a moment of calmness, Li Ke said hatefully: "But this tone is really unbearable!"
"You have to endure it even if you can't. Han Xin also had the humiliation under his crotch back then, but he didn't do something big in the end. Your husband is looking for Zheng Congxian in this way, except for causing the humiliation of himself, there will be no result. If I were my husband, I shouldn't go to Zheng Congxian at this time, but to Hebei!"
"Go to Hebei?"
"The court pardoned Shatuo and re-attended Shatuo, in order to use Shatuo's troops to deal with the rebels in the four towns of Hebei. Now my husband has 50,000 troops in his hand, and it is time to establish his authority with the rebels in Hebei. As long as he can win a battle, how could the court not pay attention to the principle of Shatuo? As long as we fight, the more the court will rely on us. By that time, my husband proposed to replace Zheng Cong-sei as the governor of Hedong, and I am afraid that the court will consider it solemnly!" Liu said in a leisurely manner.
Chapter completed!