He rushed to the Great Wall Pass in a fierce manner, but the sound of horns sounded in the formation and issued an order to withdraw troops... The large group of people turned around one after another, and the army also felt a sense of shame, depressedness and depression.

Li Siyuan's face was gloomy and cold, like a piece of pig iron. He even felt palpitations and convulsions due to his anger... However, he looked at the pier with resentment, but he had to turn around and lead the troops to retreat north.

The thunder was loud and the rain was small. Li Siyuan originally planned to assemble the army, at least from the scene, he wanted to shock the defenders of Zheqiongyuan and even the ruler of the mansion, Lin and the other states, but the other party did not take this trick at all. And after all the shouts and scolds, he did not get any advantage... Li Siyuan did not lose his mind because of his anger and rashly ordered a strong attack, so he had to retreat temporarily.

After all, Zhe Congyuan was ready to defend the pass. The tribes of the Later Tang Dynasty were mainly cavalry, and they did lack siege equipment. If they had to attack the pass, the soldiers had to get off their horses and climb across the mountains, and then use simple siege equipment such as temporary long ladders to try to seize the pass by ant-attached attack.

However, the soldiers under Zhe Congyuan were not decorations. They were ordered to guard the pass and were already on high alert. Li Siyuan knew that if he attacked rashly, he would be like kicking the iron plate with all his strength... At the moment, his troops were limited, and he did not have to do anything to make a breakthrough in the defense line in the prefecture and Linzhou corner.

However, the Great Wall winds thousands of miles and has a long barrier, so it is really difficult to cover everything. Only a thousand days are thieves, but not a thousand days are thieves. If you avoid the key areas that Zhequanyuan is guarding, and then follow the defense lines of the frontiers of Fuzhou and Linzhou, you will surely find an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

After all, he was offended by Zhe Congyuan. Not only was Li Siyuan eager to replenish the increasingly embarrassing military supplies by committing border abduct, but he was also revealed by the other party to scold him as the Emperor of Later Tang. In fact, he was just a Hu man who had returned to Diyi, and he was also a leader of the Tartars who wanted to endanger the people of the border... If he did not seek back the situation in the territory under the control of the Zhe family, Li Siyuan knew that in the eyes of the leaders of the tribes, wouldn't he be so majestic?

However, even though Li Siyuan knew that Zhe Congyuan was good at preserving the defense of Rongbian, the towns of Lulong, Hedong and Zhenwu under the Later Tang Dynasty ruled, they were under greater pressure to resist the Khitan army. Instead, they invaded the border to attack the territory of the Zhe family and had limited strength. Therefore, Li Siyuan only knew that Zhe Congyuan was good at defending, but he did not know how good the third generation head of the Zhe family was to defend Rongbian.

If he is more famous than fighting on the battlefield, Zhe Congyuan's fame is undoubtedly much smaller than Li Siyuan. Moreover, among the many righteous people Li Keyong received, he is one of the few famous generals in terms of achievements and achievements. If the two armies face each other, it should be Li Siyuan better... However, this time in the face of Li Siyuan's large-scale invasion, Zhe Congyuan has the border reliance, so he still fights this defensive battle in the way he is best at.

Of course, Li Siyuan would not know that Zhe Congyuan was in charge of the frontier. Not only during the Later Tang Dynasty, the two states of Lin were safe and sound, but even when the Central Plains dynasty began to suppress foreign tribes, and the sixteen states of Yanyun had all been ceased to the Khitans, the Sixteen State of Yanyun had been ceased to the Khitans. From Zhe Congyuan to Rong, the Khitans did not allow the Khitans to enter the prefectures from beginning to end. Linzhou... At present, Li Siyuan had only 30,000 troops, and the components of the troops under his command were mixed. It was not easy to break through the defense line of Zhe Congyuan and robbery in the south.

So four days later, Li Siyuan pretended to attack the pass and dispatched troops to detour. His adopted son Li Congke fought in the southwest and finally broke through a gap from an ancient Great Wall with relatively flat terrain. Then thousands of Hu cavalry headed directly to Yincheng County under the rule of Linzhou, intending to plunder the wealth, money and food along the way. However, the march lasted for more than twenty miles, but instead fell into the ambush circle that had been set up by the Zhe family's army.

Zhe Congyuan predicted that Li Siyuan would not give up, so he deliberately closed the door and beat the dog, luring a group of enemy troops to venture deeper, and then set up an ambush to fight to the death... The soldiers and horses who were invaded were killed and killed were killed. Li Congke relied on Jio's courage and fighting skills, although he struggled to break through, he was hit by two arrows and left more than two thousand corpses, so he had to lead the remnants to retreat from the pass...

Zhe Congyuan did not just defend himself. Whenever he explored the Great Wall pass, there were signs of Hu cavalry activities, he would select elite troops and take the initiative to attack, killing two groups of tribes. When the rest of the army in the Later Tang Dynasty came after hearing the news, the attacking Zhe family troops had retreated into the pass early and acted as if they were strictly guarding and defending.

These small-scale wars were fought, but Li Siyuan's side was still not worth the loss, and he was in a dilemma without losing any rice... It was precisely because of the unfavorable war that Li Siyuan's confidant minister who had previously escaped from his lord, went through hardships, and fought against the Wei Dynasty and the Khitan's decisions, had a plan to find another way out...

"The Zhe family is just a local clan that controls the two prefectures, so they no longer take the master seriously... It is so difficult for Lin and the two prefectures to plunder money and grain. How can we revive the Tang Dynasty's country and the country?"

It is located in the vast grassland of Zhungeer Banner, Inner Mongolia, and is scattered in a tent in the wilderness. Someone was talking in a deep voice in a large tent.

However, he conspired to discuss and bluntly deny that Li Siyuan should not have turned to the outside world... It was Shi Jingtang, who had once advocated surrendering to the Khitan, striving to find a place to settle in the Yanyun territory, and using foreign tribes to fight against the Wei Dynasty, and had a very unhappy relationship with his lord.

At this moment, Shi Jingtang's expression was infiltrated, and he immediately turned around and looked around at the people in the tent. In addition to his confidant Liu Zhiyuan, who had made a name under his command, Shi Jingtang secretly instigated and participated in this secret discussion, there were also Du Duijin, who had served as the vanguard under the tent of the Hedong Priest Li Keyong, who is now considered a long-time general of the Later Tang Dynasty... and his son Du Chongwei, and even a cavalry general Zhang Yanze who was recently promoted by Shi Jingtang in the army.

After hearing Shi Jingtang's deep voice, Liu Zhiyuan, Du Duijin, Du Chongwei, Zhang Yanze and others' expressions became even more serious... After all, they also knew that Shi Jingtang had always opposed Li Siyuan's decision to reorganize in the bitter and cold place outside the border. It was too difficult, and no matter how many years he endured, he might not have the hope of returning to the Central Plains... Instead of spending a long time and struggling outside the border, it would be better to try to compete with the Khitan, so that he would be more likely to find a fiefdom without being sleepy and wandering around.

However, Li Siyuan hated the Khitan. In his opinion, Shi Jingtang's proposal was tantamount to resigning to the enemy, not being ashamed of being shameless, and it was too far from the bottom line... At the critical moment, he saw a person's nature and his ideas were contrary to each other, which eventually led to the deterioration of their originally close relationship between the king and the ministers.

Previously, he was scolded and scolded by his lord and father-in-law. Although Shi Jingtang did not dare to refute it again, but until now he endured it, his dissatisfaction grew day by day. So he secretly summoned his subordinates close to him to conspire, and brought up the old things again, and no longer taboo to express his strong dissatisfaction with Li Siyuan's decision... Then it almost means one thing:

Shi Jingtang was already determined and was unwilling to follow Li Siyuan to endure hardships outside the border. He still had to follow his own opinions and set up his own business with his father-in-law according to his own opinions.

Several people in the tent remained silent. Although they were closely related to Shi Jingtang, they were instigated to come to participate in this secret discussion that must not be leaked... But betrayed their lord, after all, it is important to be serious and it still needs to be carefully considered. After a while of silence, Du Duijin spoke first and said hesitantly:

"It is true that as Governor Shi said, the Lord insisted on recruiting external tribes, waiting for the opportunity, and intending to make a comeback. But now it seems that we are suffering from displaced and may not have the chance to return to the Central Plains... But it is not trivial to encourage some soldiers to rebel against the Lord. Moreover, if we leave, we may not be able to ensure that we will be hired and placed. This... is still a bit inappropriate..."
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