Chapter 142 Youzhou is in a hurry

"Don't go to Hedong?" Yang Dingguo was a little surprised and said, "Hedong is the foundation of Shi Jingtang. If Shi Jingtang retakes Hedong, then he and Li Congke will have the power to fight. Even if they are defeated, they can at least resist stubbornly. If he goes to other places, Qin Bei will not have such a deep foundation in Hebei. Although a "Agreement for the Elders" was reported, I guess Qin Bei and the people of Hebei will not recognize him. If Shi Jingtang leads troops in, they will only think that he is a treason and invasion!"

"That's the case." Xue Fu said: "But just because everyone thinks so, Shi Jingtang has a chance. Since Zhang Jingda is in charge of Hedong, Shi Jingtang cannot enter, and the Khitan cannot support Shi Jingtang for a long time. Shi Jingtang cannot fight a protracted war. If he cannot get food in the Han area as soon as possible, he will definitely be defeated!"

"So," Guo Fen said: "Where will General Xue think Shi Jingtang will go?"

"A Shi Jingtang is not worthy of fear, but there is Yelu Deguang behind Shi Jingtang!" Xue Fu said: "If I were Yelu Deguang, I would take advantage of everyone's attention to Hedong, pretending to be suspicious of soldiers in the background of Datong Prefecture, but secretly mobilized Shi Jingtang and Zhao Dejun's elite troops, and even personally took action to gather the troops to break through Youzhou!"

"Youzhou!" Cao Yuanzhong and others were a little surprised, and Zhang Yi said: "In the Youzhou side, Li Congke has also arranged heavy troops!"

"There must be heavy troops there, but the one who led the troops was Li Congke's confidant Liu Yanhao. It is hard to say whether this person is a lion or a sheep." Xue Fu said: "Madam, we should pay close attention to the Northeast. If Shi Jingtang's soldiers invade Lei Gong's mouth, the situation in the Central Plains will stabilize. But if Youzhou is in a hurry, the situation in the Central Plains will be in chaos!"

He frowned slightly when he said this: "We cannot start a war on both ends. The energy of Beiting has not yet recovered, and the marshal has marched thousands of miles away. Now that the war is imminent, I am afraid that I will not be able to come back in a year or two. Even if I come back, the fatigued soldiers who are running thousands of miles away cannot be used. With the troops we stayed in the East, the defense of the territory is not enough. If you want to interfere in the situation in the Central Plains, then you must not! I just hope that the situation in the East will not be misunderstood by my misfortune."

Shortly after the meeting ended, news came from the Central Plains, but soldiers approached Lei Gong's mouth. After receiving the news, Cao Yuanzhong smiled at Xue Fu and said, "Governor Xue is worried. It seems that Shi Jingtang or Yelu Deguang are not doing what Governor Xue said."

Xue Fu said with a roar and said, "Unless there is a big field battle or Shi Jingtang attacks the city in full swing, it is still hard to say."

Another month later, Dongfang suddenly became anxious, and Yan Shu arrived three times a day!

The first urgent report was that Zhao Dejun suddenly appeared, entered the country from Tanzhou, northeast of Youzhou, and directly invaded the main city!

The decision-making team of Tiance Army stayed in Liangzhou was shocked and quickly summoned the civil and military ministers. Before the formal meeting was yet to be formal, the second urgent report came again! However, the Youzhou garrison sent troops to rescue Tanzhou.

It shouldn't have been so fast from Tanzhou to Youzhou to send troops. However, Liangzhou and Youzhou were thousands of miles apart. There were layers of barriers when the news came. Moreover, the Tiance Army and the Later Tang Dynasty were not the same country. This information was sent back all the way after being found out by secret spies hidden in the Later Tang Dynasty, so they could not publicly use fast horses to speed up. They had to secretly send it back all the way. The second urgent report went faster, and the first urgent report went slower, so they almost got together.

When Xue Fu knew that these two urgent reports were spread to Liangzhou, the situation in the northeast might have been decided, but he shook his head and sighed: "This Liu Yanhao is probably a fool! Tanzhou Youzhou is only two hundred miles apart, and the geography is not as important as Jizhou. Zhao Dejun is also a famous general. He did not attack Jizhou with sufficient troops and attacked Tanzhou with weaker troops. Most of the time it was because he suspected that he would be besieged the city. If he surrounded Jizhou, he might be defeated by Jizhou's defenders, so the intention of besieging Tanzhou without sieging Jizhou - the intention of surrounding the points and attacking aid was very obvious! Liu Yanhao actually sent troops! Youzhou is in danger!"

Unexpectedly, he had just finished speaking, and the third urgent report came back: the reinforcements from Youzhou were defeated on the road!

Cao Yuanzhong and others looked at each other, and Lu Jialing reported, "Madam, we may have to set up a method for the aftermath."

When the senior leaders of the Ce Army were planning on the same day, the situation in the Northeast was actually decided.

Moreover, those three urgent reports did not happen on the same day.

That day, Liu Yanhao, the chief general who guarded Youzhou in the Later Tang Dynasty, was in a very happy mood while tasting the wine transported from Lanzhou.

He is the younger brother of Empress Liu today. In other words, he is Li Congke's brother-in-law. He has been following Li Congke since he was still in Fengxiang and has been deeply trusted by his brother-in-law. Later, Li Congke went east to fight and ascended the throne, and Liu Yanhao became Minister Conglong!

The king and his minister shared hardships, and had great achievements in supporting the dragon, and were brother-in-law and brother-in-law. These three relationships combined really made Liu Yanhao both close and noble, and the civil and military officials in the court rarely competed with him.

Therefore, when the general of the North was selected, after Zhang Jingda was selected from Hedong, Li Congke, the candidate of Youzhou, chose him!

At the beginning of going north, Liu Yanhao did not disappoint his brother-in-law's wishes and easily collected Youzhou. Although Zhao Dejun's main force escaped to Liaodong, he took over Youzhou City intact, enfeoffed Zhao Dejun's mansion, and took over the concubine that Zhao Dejun had not had time to take away. Later, in the name of cleaning up Zhao Dejun's remaining party, he swept up the Yanyou lands, such as Jizhou, Tanzhou, Wuzhou, Xinzhou, Zhuozhou, etc., regardless of whether it was innocent or not.

All the experts were spared! A month later, he made a public statement saying that the Yan land had been cleaned up. After Li Congke got the test, he praised Liu Yanhao for his quick movements. Seeing that Liu Yanhao was favored, the imperial court saw that Liu Yanhao was favored, and Liu Yanlang, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, came forward to make fun of him again. Many people made a statement and praised Liu Yanhao. For a time, the eastern capital Luoyang's evaluation of Liu Yanhao was still above Zhang Jingda. Seeing this, Li Congke felt relieved of the Northeast.

Little did he know that when Dongdu was quarreling with Liu Yanhao, Yandi complained everywhere. It turned out that after Liu Yanhao confiscated the house, all the gold, silver and jewelry were put into his pockets - it was fine if he confiscated the people's house, but after the house was confiscated, he did not take out subsidies for military funds, nor even rewarded soldiers and generals. He just took out a part to bribe the Dongdu masters such as Liu Yanlang and others. Therefore, everyone in the northeastern states complained! But Li Congke favored him inside, and Liu Yanlang protected him outside, and everyone in Yandi dared to be angry but not speak out!

In the autumn and winter of the fourth year of Tiance, Hedong recovered from the chaos, and Qin Bei also came to stability due to the efforts of Zhe Congyuan and Tiance army. The Northeast did not look like something was wrong. Liu Yanhao, he had already lived in Zhao Dejun's old house. In the past few months, he had specially sent someone to renovate it, and the decoration was even more magnificent. Every day, he either called the singer and the singer boy, listened to change and listened to military dramas, and sometimes he made a guest appearance, and his life was very comfortable!

After spring, I saw that the ice and snow had not yet disappeared, and the warmth of the day had arrived. He was looking for happiness with Zhao Dejun's concubine. Suddenly, a general outside broke in despite the obstruction of the boy in the gate. Liu Yanhao was half naked and furious when he saw it. He saw that it was Zhang Lingzhao, and shouted: "What are you doing? There is no rule!" He took the anger at the gate boy in the gate,

Zhang Lingzhao shouted: "Supervisor Liu, Tanzhou is in an emergency. A soldier broke through the Great Wall and surrounded Tanzhou!"

Liu Yanhao was shocked and shouted, "Is it... not a Khitan?"

Zhang Lingzhao said: "It's not Khitan, it's Zhao Dejun!"

Liu Yanhao said with a terror and laughed, saying, "It turns out that it is this dejected dog, why should he care about him!"

Zhang Lingzhao said: "Zhao Dejun has been without any news since he fled to Liaodong. Now he suddenly appears in Tanzhou. I am afraid he has other tricks!"

Liu Yanhao said, "Then send someone to drive him away! This stray dog ​​probably couldn't find food and grass in Liaodong, so he came to hunt grass valley." Then he divided his troops out of the city, but he still had fun with Zhao Dejun's concubine and teased him, "Your husband is back, where is in Tanzhou, do you want to go and see him?"

The concubine smiled and said, "My husband is right in front of me. What's wrong with Guan Nu's family?"

Liu Yanhao laughed and hugged her, Hu Tian, ​​Emperor Hu. Zhang Lingzhao thought of something after he went out and came back to report. This time he was stopped by the gatekeeper. He heard the desolate sound inside outside and shook his head and left angrily.

Liu Yanhao was looking for fun in the room, closing the door during the day and lighting big candles at night - big candles are a symbol of luxury in this era - so sometimes I can't tell the difference between day and night, and I don't know how long it took, and suddenly it became chaotic outside. Zhang Lingzhao was slapping the door again. Liu Yanhao said furiously: "So what's going on!"

Zhang Lingzhao said: "Supervisor Liu! The army we sent to Tanzhou was ambushed when we were about to arrive in Tanzhou City and was defeated by Zhao Dejun! The guards of Tanzhou were defeated by the city! Seeing that they were defeated, they had already opened the city to surrender! Now Zhao Dejun has escorted the surrendered army and rushed towards this side!"

Liu Yanhao was shocked and shouted, "Idiot! Idiot! A bunch of idiots!" He picked up his clothes and pants and rushed out. The concubine grabbed his pants legs and shouted, "Your son..." Liu Yanhao kicked her away and said angrily, "It's all you missed me!" He pulled out the knife and chopped the concubine! Seeing that blood was flowing all over the floor, the boys next to him were all scattered when they saw it!

Liu Yanhao dragged his knife and shouted to Zhang Lingzhao: "Let's go, why are you looking at?"

He hurriedly mobilized the army. Yan land had nothing to do for several months, and Liu Yanhao had no intention of presiding over the training. Not only did he search the house and did not reward him, but he continued to deduct military rations in accordance with the bad customs of the Later Tang army. Therefore, no matter the soldiers and generals, they were in no spirit. It took a long time for the army to pull up. The sound of horse hooves in the northeast, Liu Yanhao came to the city and saw that Zhao Dejun's banner had already floated into sight!

He saw that Zhao Dejun's forward was only three or five thousand cavalry, so he divided the troops into two parts, 60% defending in the city, and 40% divided into Zhang Lingzhao, who went out of the city to fight!

After Zhang Lingzhao received the order, he opened the city gate to meet the enemy. He was also a powerful general, and his troops were three or four times more than Zhao Dejun. Unfortunately, the soldiers refused to fight to the death. Zhao Dejun had just captured Tanzhou and had a strong morale. His soldiers were many Yan people. When they arrived at the city of Youzhou, they were as if they saw the door and rushed over. As soon as both sides took the lead, Zhang Lingzhao was under the disadvantage!

Fortunately, Zhao Dejun's troops were relatively small after all, so Zhang Lingzhao fought bravely again, so he barely blocked it!

All the generals on the top of the city asked Liu Yanhao to send troops to rescue him. Liu Yanhao was hesitating, and suddenly the northwest dust rolled, and another army was approaching! All the generals were happy and said, "That must be reinforcements from Wuzhou and Xinzhou!"

But someone said: "Wuzhou is a major defense area in the northwest border area, and we have not issued a transfer order to them yet. How could they come?"

When the generals heard it, they felt that it was not good. The smoke and dust were getting closer and closer. However, a group of defeated soldiers came to the city and shouted: "Wuzhou Xu family, Xinzhou Li family colluded with foreign enemies and offered the city. The enemy is here. Open the city gate quickly, open the city gate quickly!"

All the generals were shocked!

Wuzhou is the gateway to the northwest of Yan land, and the residence of Yongguan in later generations is within its territory! Wuzhou Xu family, Xinzhou Li family, etc. are all families whose property was confiscated by Liu Yanhao. Although they had a lot of their property, they were in a mixed relationship with their local forces and still escaped many tribe members. After losing their family business, they became deeply hatred. Now they colluded with foreign enemies and offered the city. How could Liu Yanhao not be surprised?

After the army approached and saw the flag clearly, if the generals were just surprised just now, then the flag would be enough to panic everyone!

"stone!"

stone!

Moreover, the flag was inlaid with gold edges, and the standard was only used by generals who were royal relatives and were outside the town! Liu Yanhao was so familiar with this banner that he could see who the person was at a glance. He actually forgot to remain calm in front of the generals and shouted in horror: "Shi Jingtang! Shi Jingtang! It's Shi Jingtang! He... Why did he come to Youzhou? Aren't he attacking Lei Gongkou? Damn, damn! What is that old guy Zhang Jingda doing!"

Liu Yanhao was about to mobilize troops out of the city to reinforce Zhang Lingzhao, but when he saw Shi Jingtang's banner, he was so scared that he dared not move! Shi Jingtang's cavalry came so fast. They were athletes from northern Jin. They had been through wars and were powerful soldiers and brigades tempered by life and death! There were only 800 vanguards, but these 800 people came like wolves!

This is one of the few strong troops in the world today!

While Liu Yanhao was still hesitating, these 800 people had already rushed to the city and entered Zhang Lingzhao's flank! Zhang Lingzhao was already at a disadvantage, and the formation was completely disrupted!

Zhao Dejun's army struggled to cover up and kill! Zhang Lingzhao's entire army was defeated!

"Close the city gate! Close the city gate quickly!"

"But our troops are still outside!"

"Close the city gate quickly! Do you want to disobey!"

At this time, some of the soldiers had retreated, but there were still thousands of people outside the door. Under Liu Yanhao's strict order, the Qianjin Gate was finally put down! The suspension bridge was also lifted.

Zhang Lingzhao was shocked. He was originally breaking the back, but he rode his horse and rushed over, jumped onto the suspension bridge, and rushed into the city the moment the Qianjin Gate was placed in.

The big flag of the stone characters rushed closer, and the soldiers and horses from the northwest swept over! Zhao Dejun's support from Tanzhou was also approaching!

Seeing this, Liu Yanhao dared to go out?

Poor that the thousands of remaining soldiers outside the city were all in front of the friendly troops on the city, and had to face the *** of Zhao Dejun and Shi Jingtang's elite troops!

"The Prince Shi has arrived! Everyone put down their weapons and surrender. The Prince Shi will not treat everyone badly!"

Surrender? Or not surrender?

If Zhang Jingda was in the city, the soldiers might still have a bit of courage, but Liu Yanhao...

Thinking of his actions in the past few months!

Dangdang, Dangdang...

In a moment, one weapon after another fell to the ground!

The hearts of the Later Tang generals at the top of the city were all pounding! The surrender of Youzhou troops under the city hit their nerves more violently than rushing to the city gate!

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