Chapter 474

The sad Li Chongjin

Just as Dong Zunhui led his army to clear out the riots in Zezhou, an emergency imperial meeting was also held in the Kaifeng Prefecture Palace thousands of miles away. The four big bosses, Fan Zhi, Wang Pu, Wei Renfu, and Han Tong, were all present, and the object of discussion was Li Chongjin, the commander of the personal guards' cavalry and infantry army, and the governor of the Huainan Army!

Han Tong bowed to Guo Xin, who was drowsy on the dragon chaise, and then said to Fan Zhi and the other two: "There is certain news at the end, and then Li Chongjin may rebel in the near future!"

Fan Zhi frowned and couldn't help but lower his voice and said, "Is the news reliable?"

Han Tong nodded: "Absolutely reliable. A few days ago, Li Chongjin's troops were gathering the defense line and rectifying the troops. However, because of the shortage of food and grass, they did not immediately raise an army. But a few days ago, Li Chongjin asked Tang State for a large amount of money and grain in the name of our Great Zhou. Now Tang State has paid tribute to us. Facing Li Chongjin's envoy, he dared not be disrespectful. While raising grain and grass, he sent people to report to the Privy Council. Now all the main forces of our Great Zhou are rushing to Luzhou, and Kaifeng Prefecture is very empty. If Li Chongjin raises up now, it will be very harmful!!"

Fan Zhi looked at Wang Pu, but the other party had no good idea, and then stared at Wei Renfu. Wei Renfu frowned and said, "According to me, why not send someone to comfort him, give him an iron scroll of alchemy, and try to delay his time of rebellion! The key is Dong Shuai. If he can quickly resolve Li Yun's troops, then Li Chongjin will be scruples and dare not openly show the anti-bank. "

Everyone nodded, so they sent the six-house envoy Chen Sihui to Yangzhou and gave Li Chongjin an iron voucher to the court to give him a silence with the country!

Chen Sihui quickly rushed to Yangzhou and handed the iron voucher of the alchemy book to Li Chongjin. Li Chongjin opened it and saw that there were only four big words on it: "Never let each other down!" He couldn't help but hesitate. At this time, Chen Sihui said to Li Chongjin again: "Your Majesty and several important officials have all told me together that I must watch the general accept the iron voucher of the alchemy book in Yangzhou. The general is Your Majesty (Guo Xin)'s eldest brother, and should be loyal to the country and not be sowed by the traitor!"

At this time, Li Chongjin's first counselor Zhang Chonggu said, "General, don't fall into the enemy's delayed plan! Now General Li Yun raised an army in Luzhou and had captured Zezhou and was threatening Tianjing Pass. The court sent Dong Zunhui to lead a large army to attack Li Yun, and the Kaifeng Prefecture was definitely empty. Now the court sent people to appease the general, which shows the uneasiness of the ministers. It would be better to raise an army immediately and command the army to the capital to serve the king. Even if the general is unwilling to ascend the throne due to brotherly friendship, he can be a minister of government and make trouble!"

Chen Sihui was shocked. Before he could think too much, he laughed, which really attracted Li Chongjin's attention.

Li Chongjin frowned and asked, "Chen Sihui, why are you laughing at?!"

Chen Sihui smiled and said, "General, the suggestions made by your adviser are really funny. Then Li Yun is only 30,000 old and weak, so how can he need hundreds of thousands of troops from the court to pacify?! Now the imperial army is gathering in Kaifeng Prefecture. If the general insists on falling into the trap, please give me some advice! It's just the day when the general is defeated, don't blame me for not explaining it in advance!"

Looking at Chen Sihui who was full of confidence, Li Chongjin was also a little hesitant. Li Yun had only 30,000 soldiers under his command, which is a recognized fact. The court has recently rectified the troops from all over the country and has indeed drawn a lot of elite soldiers. Although the court sent large troops to the northwest, the number of troops was strictly kept secret. Li Chongjin had sent many detailed works to Kaifeng Prefecture, but all of these detailed works were arrested and none of them escaped.

While Li Chongjin was hesitating, a famous soldier hurried in from outside the house and bowed to Li Chong. While breathing, he shouted: "The court sent someone to send a quick horse to the palace. General Dong Zunhui defeated Li Yun in Nianzi Valley and captured a lot. Dan Gui, the general under Li Yun, fled in a panic, without knowing what to expect; Li Yun was only exempted from his body, and had no supplies!"

As soon as the news came out, everyone was stunned. Li Chongjin quickly took the Di newspaper from the soldier and checked it carefully. Zhang Chonggu, Zhan Jing and others under his command also rushed forward and kept a close eye on the information on the Di newspaper. However, Chen Sihui breathed a sigh of relief and almost collapsed to the ground.

The time, location, number of enemies killed, and the number of materials seized were very detailed in the document. Especially, there was a list of captured generals and officials of Li Yun's troops attached on it, so it should not be faked!

Li Chongjin couldn't help but smile bitterly and said to Chen Sihui: "Sir, I'm here to work hard. Please go to the inn to rest. I'll write a letter of gratitude and will send someone to Kaifeng Prefecture soon."

Chen Sihui also knew that Li Chongjin and the others had to discuss countermeasures secretly. No matter how hard he stayed, it would not be very effective. Anyway, with Dong Zunhui's victory here, Li Chongjin had to be cautious. So he left happily and went to the inn to take a shower. He had been traveling for a while for the past few days and had already sweated a lot.

After Chen Sihui left, Zhang Chonggu sighed: "I didn't expect that Dong Zunhui would make achievements again. The newspaper in this residence was written in very detailed. It should not be a forgery from the court. What a pity..."

Li Chongjin also sighed: "I didn't expect that Li Yun was so unbearable. It was a waste of my expectations for him! What should we do now? Let's talk about it."

Zhai Shouxun stepped forward and said, "General, no matter what kind of victory the court has achieved, they will pay a certain price. Our primary problem now is food. As long as there is food, you will not panic! Otherwise, once the court cuts off our food and grass supplies, our army may have a mutiny!"

Li Chongjin sighed and said, "Oh, grain, grain, grain! I don't care that Guo Rong sent me here, it turned out to be the one who saw this weakness! Did the messenger who went to Jinling send back news? Will Li Yu give us food or grass?"

Zhai Shouxun shook his head repeatedly, "The ministers of the Tang State were just perfunctory and had no practical actions. Now the envoy is still in Jinling, so there should be no good news in the short term! It's a pity that we confronted Tang State across the river, otherwise we would have raised an army to steal them!"

Zhang Chonggu frowned and said, "General, you can't hesitate anymore. If Dong Zunhui continues to win a great victory and moves south, we will not help even if we raise an army. I suggest sending envoys to Tang State to borrow food again and promise to return the land in Huainan!"

Zhai Shouxun was shocked and hurriedly said, "Are you crazy?! Our current foundation is all here. If Huainan is returned to Tang State, where can we go?!"

"Kaifeng Prefecture!" Zhang Chonggu said loudly: "General, only by giving Tang a temptation that cannot be refused can we hope to form an alliance with them and obtain our scarce food and food supplies. Once we are armed, we can go north to Kaifeng Prefecture and seize the power of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If we take a step back ten thousand steps, we are unable to go north and can rely on these borrowed food and grass to maintain the army, so that the court will not dare to attack us!"

Li Chong walked back and forth a few steps, made up his mind, and said loudly: "You are right. Send a messenger immediately, using the land of Huainan as the material, and borrowing grain from the Tang State! As long as the Tang State lends us food, the army will return it to them after the army goes north! At the same time, send a detailed work to Zezhou and Luzhou. I want to know what happened there, how much power Dong Zunhui has, and can Li Yun still attract the main force of the court?"

Just when Li Chongjin was desperate for Li Yun, Dong Zunhui was leading someone to put Li Yun's ashes into a box and placed them in a coffin with the burned armor.

Murong Yanzhao bowed to Dong Zunhui and said to him: "Master, the statistics have been completed now. Forty-seven people in the palace set fire with Li Yun. Their bones have been restrained with the best coffins as you told me and buried together!"

Dong Zunhui nodded and said to the generals: "Although Li Yun was blinded by power, he also had his own dignity. In any case, he was brave enough to act! And his subordinates were also loyal, much better than Dan Gui!"

Seeing Murong Yanzhao being puzzled, Shi Shouxin whispered from the side: After the war in Nianzi Valley ended, Dangui broke through the siege alone, struggling with more than a thousand defeated soldiers, and defended the dangerous place near Zezhou. But he felt that our army was powerful and could not bear to surrender. Not only did he not enter the city to assist in defense, he robbed Li Yun's only grain storage base outside the city and robbed Li Yun's few grains and grass. Now Dangui is a bandit in the Taihang Mountains with those grains and grass.

When Murong Yanzhao heard this, he couldn't help but say: "When Li Yun said that he had the Dangui spear, he was enough to dominate the world. Unexpectedly, the general he trusted most was so unbearable. He was not as good as these unknown soldiers who knew the word "loyalty and righteousness!"

Everyone nodded, and Dong Zunhui was secretly happy. This time, with the help of Li Yun's fate, he educated the middle-level and above officers of the army, which was a little bit of achievement. At this time, Wang Quanbin stepped forward and reported: "General, according to the confession of the captured soldiers, Li Yun's concubine Liu was also in the mansion, but no female corpse was found in the body, and he was likely to flee to the city to hide."

Dong Zunhui sighed: "A weak woman is also pitiful! If Li Yun ends up like this, let him leave some blood and live! Ma Quanyi, you have suffered several disasters and stay here for the time being the Zezhou defense envoy. The rest of the generals followed me north. Pass the orders, and the entire army will finish resting and continue to go north and attack Luzhou."

All the generals obeyed the orders, so they followed Dong Zunhui to lead the army north. At this time, the reinforcements sent by Liu Jun from the Northern Han Dynasty were intercepted by Zhe Derui and were unable to move south; and after Li Shoujie learned that his father's entire army was destroyed, he lost his composure and was in panic all day long.

A few days later, Dong Zunhui led his army to the city of Luzhou, promising that as long as Li Shoujie led his troops to abandon the equipment and surrender, he would be able to live without blame and save his life.

At this time, Li Shoujie had no generals inside and no reinforcements outside. His morale was extremely low, and he had no confidence or courage to stick to it. After thinking for a moment, he surrendered.

Fortunately, Dong Zunhui was more credible. After disarming Li Shoujie's troops, he did not massacre them. Except for a few stubborn generals, the rest were all gone. Li Shoujie was also temporarily appointed by Dong Zunhui as the Shunzhou Troupe Envoy, and took office with his father's ashes.

After pacifying Luzhou, Dong Zunhui left behind the necessary garrison troops and immediately commanded the army to move south, with the target directing directly to Huainan!


Chapter completed!