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Chapter 445 You take Lulong Army, I take Heng Navy

The news of the meeting between Li Keyong and the Khitan tents in Yue Yelu Abaoji in Yunzhou was also spread to Bianjing. Even if they heard that they had become righteous brothers as recorded in history, Li Tianqu did not know the details of the meeting in Yunzhou, but he could probably guess the process of Li Keyong getting along with Abaoji, which would definitely not be considered harmonious and happy.

Because of the official history line, Li Keyong and Yelu Abao's chance alliance, not long after the Khitan immediately turned against Jin State and joined Zhu Wen's camp.

Originally, Li Keyong wanted to form an alliance with Abaoji in order to join forces with the Khitan to fight against Zhu Wen and Liu Rengong. However, he exchanged tens of thousands of gold for war horses and livestock, but Abaoji did not have any greater advantage. What kind of righteous brothers are still the word "profit"? Moreover, Abaoji considered himself a younger brother in front of Li Keyong, and probably had a lot of fire in his heart. Therefore, the Khitan decisively defeated the alliance and began to plunder the northern border of Jin State...

Therefore, in addition to Zhu Wen and Liu Rengong, Li Keyong's three major hatreds, there are actually his two dead hatreds, Yelu Abaoji.

However, now it is because of the internal struggle between Liu Shouguang and Liu Shouwen of Yan State. Li Keyong made an appointment with A Baoji several years earlier than the original timeline.

The motive of King Jin at this time was not only to take the opportunity to avenge Liu Rengong, but also to bomb the Khitans from Yan State... Li Tianquxin said that he and Li Keyong were considered old friends. He probably used a pair of guns and sticks to order A Baoji to give up the opportunity to expand south. In the future, he would be the founding emperor of the Liao Dynasty, and of course he was also very enthusiastic. As a result, he went far away, but was ordered by Li Keyong as his younger brother. Even if he didn't get angry in front of him, the fire he was holding in his heart would burst out sooner or later...

Li Keyong was still too strong in dealing with various forces. After his son Li Cunxu took over, he was actually much more mature and rational than his son. After repelling the two invasions of the Khitan, after all, Li Keyong had become sworn brothers with the other party in his name, Li Cunxu called Abaoji his uncle and his wife Shuluping his aunt. In the end, he stabilized the Khitan forces, which prevented Jin from being in a difficult situation of attacking the north and south for a long time, but could concentrate on dealing with Liang.

However, A Baoji finally had to defeat the alliance. Not only did he find that Li Keyong's attitude was tough and too strong, but another very important reason was that he must have planned to end the tribal alliance system and instead establish an empire with the Khitans as the main body. Then what A Baoji would urgently need was the enthronement from the Central Plains dynasty.

Therefore, Zhu Wen, who was originally scheming, sent envoys to the Khitan and tempted Abaoji to say, "I am all peaceful today, but Taiyuan has not been subdued, you can drive the enchantment to Xinzhuang, and cut off the enemy for me, and entrust the enthronement with you." But now bordering the south of Jin State is the Great Wei Empire that nominally cooperated with Li Keyong, and also sent troops to intimidate the Khitan cavalry to withdraw from Yan State. Then Yelu Abaoji may not be about to turn against Li Keyong soon.

Li Tianqu thought that Zhu Wen has retreated to Chang'an now, even if A Baoji inherited the Khan throne and began to reorganize and become emperor, he would never be able to go to Guanzhong to demand the legal recognition of the Liang Kingdom. So, if the Central Plains dynasty is enthroned, who can you ask for?

Since the Khitan troops had withdrawn from the Yan Kingdom, Li Keyong would soon take action. Li Tianqu knew very well that it was almost time to deal with the mess left by Liu Shouguang and Liu Shouwen.

"I will not fight for military prefectures under the rule of the Lulong army. Liu Rengong, Liu Shouguang and his son also had to find the King of Jin to settle the score. However, the Henghai Army vassal state south of the Lulong army was taken away by Liu Rengong from Lu Yanwei at that time, and it was not considered a territory that Jin had once controlled.

In this way, Jin State takes Lu Long and our dynasty will take Henghai. I believe the King of Jin will not be able to make any decision. After all, Yan's domestic chaos almost led the Khitan to expand south, and it could not help resist the tribes outside the border, so there was no need to keep it anymore... Dividing the territory of Yan State, the benefits of Jin State cannot be taken over..."

In the imperial study room, Li Tianqu immediately said to Jie Qing, who was waiting for the imperial edict:

"The imperial edict informed Wang Chongshi that Liu Zhijun could send troops to attack Cang, and the two prefectures in Jingshi were under the jurisdiction of Yingxianfang. Now Yan State was greatly damaged by Liu Shouguang's internal struggle. Liu Shouguang, Lu Long's army had to go to fight together. The Ziqing Army wanted to deal with the defeated general Liu Shouwen, and now he wanted to swallow the Henghai Army at the same time, and it was probably easy to capture it.

But... the Henghai Army's capital, Qingchi, Cangzhou, told Wang Chongshi and Liu Zhijun to keep it until the end of the attack, and there was no need to send troops to siege. Even if Liu Shouwen was allowed to leave the city, where could he escape? Compared to falling into the hands of King Jin, Liu Shouwen should also know that surrendering as soon as possible is his only way out."

In this way, Emperor Li Tianqu of Wei and King Li Keyong of Jin all sharpened their swords and sent troops to Yan State, which was in its weakest period due to internal struggle.

At that time, Wang Chong's army, led by Liu Zhijun, once defeated the Dingbadu army led by Liu Shouwen with fewer victories and more, and ran rampant in the Henghai Army. Now it aims to occupy the city walls, and now the local fangs whose strength is damaged are even more powerless to resist.

In addition to the Qingchi area of ​​Cang and Jingzhou, wherever the Ziqing Army passed, the various counties and yards almost surrendered, and the war was very smooth. The reason why Li Tianqu instructed Wang Chong's army was that Liu Zhijun did not have to directly attack Qingchi, Cangzhou, where the Henghai Army's central headquarters was located, and did not want to siege the city and attack fiercely was due to another layer of concern.

Although the remnants of the Henghai Army commanded by Liu Shouwen, the governor of the Henghai Army, and even the remnants of the Yajun commander Sun He, were unable to fight. But if they really forced them to be too anxious, they could still hold on to each other for a while. After all, Qingchi City was the headquarters of the Henghai Army, and the city defense system was relatively solid.

Li Tianqu knew that by then, a lonely city in Qingchi would be completely trapped in his own forces, and then the defenders would be completely blocked and attacked slowly. Sooner or later, the city would be destroyed. But if this was done, the remnants of the Henghai Army might do more.

After all, Liu Shouwen should have a figure like Lu Yan, the judge of the Henghai Army.

If the internal struggle between Liu Shouguang and Liu Shouwen of Yan State follows the original trajectory... Liu Shouwen was captured alive by the fierce general Yuan Xingqin in front of the formation. Tens of thousands of military cavalry of Khitan and Tuyuhun saw that the main lord who hired them to help the battle were captured, and then all retreated. Liu Shouguang came to the battle to kill him, so he gathered the troops of Lu Long's army and immediately went to attack Qingchi, the Henghai Army's headquarters.

Liu Yanzuo, the son of Liu Shouwen, temporarily inherited the position of Jiedu under the support of Yajiang Sun He, and struggled to survive for more than 100 days until the city was exhausted. Lu Yan was responsible for replenishing military supplies. As for his means of plundering food and paying for the soldiers guarding the city to fill their stomachs... According to "Zizhi Tongjian" and "New History of the Five Dynasties":

"The food in the city is gone, and the people eat jinn mud, the soldiers eat people, and donkeys and horses eat zits and tails. Lu Yan selects weak men and women, and cooks them with koji and squash to give them food to the army, which is called slaughter and slaughter." "Yan and others lead hungry people in the city to eat koji and call them 'Zaowu', and kill them every day to pay the army."...

Therefore, if you forcefully attack Qingchi, the Henghai Army's capital, Li Tianqu thought it would be very likely that you would only get a dead city. Under the rule of Yan State, the people who struggled to defend Liu Rengong, and Liu Shouguang's tyrannical exploitation were already very miserable. If there were other ways to annex the entire Henghai Army, it would be better to avoid the kind of way that would most likely lead to the siege of the city, which would be slaughtered by all the residents in the city and act as military rations.

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After Jie Qing took the order, Li Tianqu sat on the chair and pondered. He suddenly sighed and murmured:

"After all, Liu Shouwen has not fallen into the hands of his brothers. Now in Qingchi City, Cangzhou, there will be no hasty support for the young master to succeed to the throne. Sun He, Lu Yan and others will be fully in charge of the city defense matters... I also hope that if Liu Shouwen will no longer have any luck, instead of fighting to the point where the people in the city are exhausted from food..."
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