Chapter 9 Crying Medicine Ridge

And Li Ke used his general Gao Wenji to guard Shuozhou, and was persuaded by Li Zhuo to surrender successfully and surrender to Li Tang. The fall of Gao Wenji opened the gate. Li Youjin, the chief of Shatuo, Mi Haiwan, the governor of Sa Ge, and Shi Jingcun, the governor of Anqing, all turned to Li Tang and surrendered to Li Zhuo.

Li Ke was dumbfounded by this and urgently summoned Li Jinzhong, Kang Junli, Xue Zhiqin, Cheng Huaixin, Li Cunzhang, Xue Atang, An Xiuxiu and other generals to discuss ways to deal with Li Tang's conquest and suppress the army.

Li Jinzhong said angrily, "Gao Wenji eats inside and outside, and I will definitely kill him quickly!" Keyong, let me take a man and a horse to attack Shuozhou urgently, and I will definitely capture Gao Wenji!"

Kang Junli sighed: "I am loyal. Now Li Zhuo's 100,000 troops are stationed in Daizhou, echoing Gao Wenji. They are going to attack Weizhou next. Our main opponent now is Li Zhuo, not Gao Wenji. It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Sooner or later, we will take the head of the traitor Gao Wenji, but now is not the right time!"

"You still know the general situation and take care of the overall situation. We only have more than 30,000 horses now, and we can only clenched our fists and hit one place. Let's talk about how to defend Weizhou? Weizhou is our nest. In case of loss, the consequences are unimaginable!" Li Ke said.

After listening to Li Ke's words, you and I began to talk about it. After arguing for a long time, no specific battle plan was discussed.

Cheng Huaixin stood up and said loudly, "Guys, if you want to defend Weizhou, you must seize Yaoerling. As long as Yaoerling is in our hands, Weizhou can keep it. I would like to mention a brigade of troops stationed in Yaoerling and fight with the Tang army to the end!"

The generals listened and most of them agreed with Cheng Huaixin's suggestion.

Li Ke nodded and said, "What Huaixin said is very true. It seems that he can only bet on Yaoerling this time. Just now, Zhongzhong and Huaixin took the initiative to fight, so I entrusted the task of defending Yaoerling to Jinzhong and Huaixin! In addition, Zhiqin and Cunzhang also went together. I will give you 20,000 soldiers and horses, which is most of the family's possession! Junli led 5,000 soldiers to garrison in Weizhou. Xue Atan and An Xiuxiu led the rest of the troops to garrison in Yunzhou. At the same time, they went to Anbei Prefecture to ask Dad to send reinforcements!"

The generals said that they would fight with the Tang army in Daibei and never retreat and surrender.

The next day, Li Jinzhong, Xue Zhiqin, Cheng Huaixin and Li Cunzhang ordered 20,000 Shatuo soldiers and went straight to Yaoerling. Yu Lu had nothing to say. After arriving at Yaoerling, the generals looked at Yaoerling, but when they saw the peaks of Yaoerling, they were strangely shaped. The main peak is a typical and strange peak, which is only more than 30 meters in diameter and more than 100 meters in height. Surrounded by cliffs and not connected to other peaks, I really don't know how the Creator "pinched" it out!

What's more surprising is that the rock mass of the main peak is round, smooth in color, large and small. At the top of the peak is a thousand-year-old cypress tree. I don't know how it can have such tenacious perseverance to resist drought, wind, thunder and lightning, and grow so lushly. The cold wind blew, and the cypress trees swayed from side to side, like a candle flame swinging in the wind.

Li Jinzhong said, "The terrain of Yaoerling is dangerous. As long as our army guards the intersections, we are not afraid that the Tang army will pass from here!"

Cheng Huaixin laughed wildly: "Li Zhuo dares to invade Weizhou. Yaoerling is the place where he is buried, hahaha!"

Just as Li Ke dispatched troops, Li Zhuo ordered He Lianduo to lead his troops into Shuozhou and gather troops with Gao Wen to attack Yunzhou. Li Zhuo personally mentioned the army and went to Weizhou.

Coincidentally, when the Tang army rushed to Yaoerling, the Shatuo army also arrived soon and was on guard, which was detected by the Tang army. Li Zhuo made a quick decision and ordered the army to divide into several routes and attack Yaoerling. The Tang army quickly seized the main highland of Yaoerling. Shatuo soldiers could not resist and retreated one after another and withdrew from Yaoerling.

Li Jinzhong was shocked and quickly collected the soldiers and horses. After a look, he had lost six or seven thousand people. Cheng Huaixin came to Li Jinzhong and shouted, "The Tang army came from afar. After a fierce attack just now, its spirit has fallen. I am willing to lead the people who dare to die and take back the main highland of Yaoerling!"

"Huixin, it's too dangerous to do this!" Li Jinzhong waved his hand.

Cheng Huaixin shouted, "The head of the strong man is righteous, and the body of the good man is split. If you don't fight with the Tang army this time, Weizhou will definitely be lost. For the survival and development of Shatuo, I fought with Li Tang!"

Li Jinzhong listened and said excitedly, "Huaixin, I'll go with you to seize the Yaoerling Heights!"

Xue Zhiqin and Li Cunzhang couldn't persuade them. Li Jinzhong and Cheng Huaixin ordered 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Yaoerling Heights. The rest of the soldiers and horses were commanded by Xue Zhiqin and Li Cunzhang and stationed in the north of Yaoerling.

When Li Zhuo saw that Li Jinzhong and Cheng Huaixin sacrificed their lives to counterattack the Yaoerling Highlands, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He ordered the archers to prepare for shooting, and strictly ordered Li Keju, Li Youjin, Mi Haiwan and Shi Jingcun to lead elite cavalry to launch an assault after the attack of Shatuo soldiers were frustrated.

At this time, it was already dark. Li Jinzhong and Cheng Huaixin marched in the dark with these tens of thousands of Shatuo soldiers, and the Yaoerling was dark and difficult to distinguish. The cannon shook the sky, the gongs and drums sounded together, the torches were raised on all sides, and the arrows were like rain. More than 100 fire forklifts slid down from the high slope, and 10,000 soldiers and horses in Shatuo's department suddenly became chaotic. Exactly: beating drums on Yaoerling, wildfires and smoke pouring all over the sky. The narrow road came out on all sides, and Shatuo iron rode a crossbow.

Li Jinzhong and Cheng Huaixin knew that they were planning and ordered to break through. After a burst of fire and arrows, more than half of Shatuo's soldiers and horses were killed and injured. Li Keju, Li Youjin, Mi Haiwan and Shi Jingcun led heavy soldiers to kill on all sides. Li Jinzhong fought desperately in front of him with a one-eared bright silver tiger halberd. Everyone followed the rest and rushed forward. A bloody road came out, Li Jinzhong and others shook off the pursuers and sent people to march again.

At this time, most of the tens of Shatuo soldiers and horses had been damaged. Li Jinzhong was shocked to hear that Cheng Huaixin was dead in the battle and had to lead the team forward. Suddenly, the sound of gunfire sounded one after another, and the officers and soldiers on Kaolin heard four sides shouting, "Catch Li Jinzhong alive, catch Li Jinzhong alive!" Thousands of defeated soldiers couldn't help but panic. They saw a group of Tang troops killed in front of them, and the leader was Li Keju.

Li Ke raised his voice and shouted, "Today, under the edict of the Son of Heaven, kill Li Jinzhong!" Before urging him to stop Li Jinzhong from fighting. At this time, Li Jinzhong had no intention of fighting. He shook his halberd and urged the horse to escape. Li Ke raised his bow and arrow and shot Li Jinzhong off the horse. Tang Bing caught up with him and killed Li Jinzhong with a knife.

Xue Zhiqin and Li Cunzhang heard a loud shout in front of them in Lingbei. A group of Shatuo soldiers fled desperately to their camp and knew that Li Jinzhong and Cheng Huaixin had failed to counterattack Yaoerling.

At this time, Li Zhuo took the power of victory and ordered the Tang army to attack Xue Zhiqin and Li Cunzhang's camp. Shatuo's soldiers and horses were killed and injured countless times. He couldn't resist it and fled. When Xue Zhiqin and Li Cunzhang fled back to Weizhou, there were only hundreds of people.

In this battle, 20,000 elite soldiers and horses of Shatuo were almost destroyed, and Li Jinzhong and Cheng Huaixin died in Yaoerling. Although Xue Zhiqin and Li Cunzhang escaped for their lives, they were all lost and were extremely sad. Kang Junli listened to the crying of Xue Zhiqin and Li Cunzhang and couldn't help crying.

Kang Junli stood at the head of Weizhou City and knelt down in the direction of Yaoerling to worship the fallen soldiers. Everyone also bowed down and bowed down in great pain.

After the victory of Li Zhuo and Li Keju, Li Keju and other Tang generals quickly entered Weizhou. Kang Junli knew that he was invincible and decided to preserve his strength, drove the soldiers and horses of Weizhou Shatuo out of the city, scattered them in the nearby mountains and forests, and launched a guerrilla war.

At the same time, Gao Wenji and He Lianduo's soldiers and horses also launched an attack on Yunzhou. Li Ke couldn't sing with his lonely palm and led his troops to break through the siege. The two sides fought in a scuffle. Li Ke took only more than a thousand soldiers and horses out of the siege and fled to Anbei Mansion. When he saw his father Li Guochang, the father and son cried.

Li Zhuo made up his mind to make a world-class achievement for Li Tang this time, so soon after Li Keyong fled to Anbei Mansion, Li Zhuo dispatched 100,000 elite soldiers and horses to Anbei Mansion to kill Li Guochang's old nest. Although Li Guochang and Li Keyong's father and son tried their best to resist, they were eventually defeated by the Tang army and their troops were all scattered. Li Guochang fled north to the Tatar tribe alone with Li Keyong and his clan. Tang Xizong appointed Helianduo as the governor of Yunzhou and the defense envoy of Datong Army; Bai Yi, a native of Tuyu, became the governor of Weizhou; Mihai Wan, a Sa Ge man, was the governor of Shuozhou; Li Keju still served as Lulong's jiedushi, and served as an additional official as a waiter. Li Jun also gave Li Keju a large amount of gold, silver and dozens of beautiful women.

Tar was originally a different part of the clan and lived in the Yinshan area. In the next few months, Helianduo secretly bribed the Tatars to capture Li Guochang and his son. Li Keyong knew the conspiracy and often went on a tour with the Tatar commander, putting horse whips, leaves or hanging needles as targets in the distance. He did not hit the target once, which made the Tatars impressed the handsome. . He also set up a banquet to drink with the Tatar hero and drank it. Li Keyong said, "I have offended the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. I am willing to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty without a way. Now I heard that the northward army of Huang Chao will definitely become a big trouble in the Central Plains. Once the emperor of the Tang Dynasty wants to forgive my sins, he will go south with you and make great contributions together. It is not very painful. Fast! Life is not long. Who wants to die in the sand all the time!"

After hearing these words, Tatar knew that Li Keyong had no intention of staying in Tatar, so he no longer accepted Helenduo's bribe to murder Li Keyong.

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