In the Tang army camp, Li Shentong could no longer sit still.

The collapse of the war in Mingzhou is already difficult to curb. Unless Li Yuan can bring the main force of the Tang army in Guanzhong to attack Hebei, it will be difficult to stop the Zhao army's pace of strides in Hebei.

However, Li Yuan could not come to attack Hebei before he conquered Luoyang.

The current situation of Li Tang was even better than that of Qin during the Warring States Period. The order in which Qin destroyed the six kingdoms was first sent troops to wipe out Han in Henan, and then ordered the general Wang Jian to go out of Jingxing, destroy Zhao in Hejian, Boling, and Hengshan today, and then defeat Yan in Youjing today, and finally destroy Wei, Chu, and Qi.

Li Yuan established a strategy to start Henan and then Hebei. Relatively speaking, Li Chongjiu wanted to unify Hebei, and before Li Tang defeated Wang Shichong, he took the lead in integrating the power of Hebei and fighting with Li Tang.

The two companies each have their own abacus.

As the ambassador of Shandong Dao, Li Shentong had a very subtle role in it. Li Yuan was the plan to conquer Shandong, and he wanted Li Shentong to win over Hebei gentry as Cui Min, the Cui family of Boling, the highest gentry of the gentry in the world.

Just as Li Yuan was in Guanzhong, he successfully pacified the Guanlong family members such as Wei, Pei, Liu, Xue, Yang, etc., Changsun, Dugu and other Daibei nobles.

This was very effective in the early days when the Guanzhong family members still had official positions, the Hebei family members had surnames, and the Xianbei nobles had blood. After the Jiangdu Incident, Yang Guang died and the Hebei officials were not aware of their followers.

Therefore, the officials looked at the Shandong gentry with huge power. Cui Mingan, as the head of the Cui family in Boling, was the mission to Shandong, laying a good foundation for Li Tang to manage Shandong. For a time, Shandong officials surrendered one after another. Even several giant bandits, such as Wang Bo, Xu Yuanlang, and others, also defected to Li Tang to show their favors to him.

However, Li Shentong's days of smooth sailing in Shandong were very short. Cui Mingan made great contributions to Li Tang, but Li Yuan only gave him a system of a fourth-rank Huangmen Assistant Minister, and entrusted the Guanlong family to reuse the Northern Guijie relatives. Li Yuan's move disappointed Hebei gentry one after another.

At this time, Li Chongjiu and Dou Jiande, who were from a poor family, rose one after another and established a plan to snipe Li Tang into Hebei.

Dou Jiande and Liu Heita successively led the Hebei counties under Li Tang.

While Li Chongjiu was conquering Hebei, he did not forget to win over the gentry. First, the Lu family of Fanyang was forced to sever their ties with Li Tang under the purge of Li Chongjiu. Later, Li Chongjiu reached an in-laws in Taiyuan, allowing the Wang family of Taiyuan to remain neutral between Li Tang and Zhao.

As a result, the Hebei prefectures and counties that had defected to Li Tang were all lost, and even Wang Bo and Xu Yuanlang and other fencemen defected to the new masters. This move led to the great situation of Li Tang in Hebei becoming passive.

In the second year of Wude, after Li Chongjiu defeated Dou Jiande in Yishui, he first revealed the atmosphere of annexing Hebei. From top to bottom, Zhao State's counselors and generals were not just Hebei. Instead, they wanted to cover the four seas and cover the north and south. The ambition of Zhao State was not comparable to that of Zhao, Qi and Wei during the Warring States Period.

Therefore, once Li Chongjiu defeated Liu Heita, it is likely that it will be a two-part battle with Li Tang in the future. With Li Tang's strength today, he naturally does not want to have such a powerful opponent in Hebei when unifying the world, and can fight with him.

After hearing that the main force of the Zhao army came, Li Shentong finally made a decision that night and withdrew his troops overnight.

Three days later, when they entered the official road in Hanoi, the Tang soldiers lined up in a long line of marching against the sticky mud and mud.

There are harvested wheat fields on both sides of the official road. Because it rained heavily yesterday, the road was very slippery.

After Li Shentong made the decision, 20,000 Tang troops brought their baggage back to Shihanoi. Now the official road was bustling with Tang soldiers. They marched urgently for three days, and there were dying animals on both sides of the road, and occasionally a cart with wheels facing the sky.

Sometimes the cavalry rushed into the crowd, and the soldiers pushed and shoved, and the war horses stood up and neighed constantly. The pack horses were frightened and the grain trucks also flipped over.

Li Shentong, who had galloped for a while, took a look behind him, but saw the Tang soldiers stepping on the mud, dancing in the drizzle, accompanied by shouts, crackling whips and creaking the axles. The Tang soldiers were rushing to the road, looking hurried and in a hurry, and there was no such thing as the spirit of rushing towards Liyang when they first marched into Liyang.

Li Shentong calmed down and asked, "Does Zhao army come after pursuing?"

Li Shenfu said on the side, "Yesterday, there seemed to be cavalry hanging on the tail wing of our army the day before yesterday, but I have not seen it from today."

Li Shentong's face darkened, and he pointed at a ridge in front of his right hand with a horse whip, saying, "Snatch this place immediately and see if there are any enemy troops nearby!"

After issuing the order, Tang army general Li Daozong led two thousand light cavalry to the ridge.

A moment later, three red flags were raised on the ridge, Li Shentong and Li Shenfu were all relieved when they saw it.

Li Shenfu said, "The general is too cautious. Li Chong's nine enemies are Liu Heita. He will not fight hard with our army before he conquered Mingzhou. This is of no benefit."

Li Shentong said, "I also hope this is the case, but it is not common sense to speculate on Li Chongjiu's use of troops. It's better to be careful. After passing the front, our soldiers will be able to respond."

Just now, a rapid horn sound suddenly sounded on the ridge.

Li Shentong and Li Shenfu's face changed.

Li Shentong shouted to the scout general: "What's going on?"

The scout general said, "Let's go and investigate it."

After saying that, the scout general waved and the two teams of scout cavalry were sending out, and at this time, Li Daozong's cavalry had already retreated from the ridge.

Li Shentong said angrily: "As a general, why did Li Daozong go down the mountain to escape without forming a formation?"

Li Shenfu Yan said: "It's too late for the general to set up a formation to meet the enemy now."

Li Shentong took a look and the exhausted Tang army infantry winding on the road. In order to escape the pursuit of the Zhao army, the Tang army marched for three days and was already exhausted, but he did not expect that the Zhao army would still catch up.

Did Zhao Jun fly over with his back with wings?

When Li Daozong retreated to Li Shentong, he said, "Master is..."

Li Shentong shouted immediately: "Do I have ordered you to take off the mountain ridge? What if the Zhao army condescends? I want to deal with your military law."

Li Daozong sighed and said, "Master General, you are wrong. It's not Zhao Jun, but Yu Wenhua and that guy!"

Li Shentong and Li Shenfu were both shocked. Li Shenfu said in surprise: "It's Xu Jun from Yu Culture and!"

"Yu Wenji!" Li Shentong shouted to the sky, and even his usual cultivation disappeared. Li Shentong's face turned red, and his eyes revealed a ferocious look. He said, "Yu Wenjiu and that fool actually helped Li Chongjiu hit me. Don't he know that Li Chongjiu is his biggest rival right now?"

At the other end of the ridge, Xu Guo’s army lined up and stepped forward.

Yu Wen and his whip was pressed on the horse, and a general said to Yu Wen and his words: "After the vanguard of the Zhao army saw our army, he had already returned."

Yu Wenji nodded after hearing this and said, "Shouying Zuoying, the troops of the Fengying camp, don't be wary of the Zhao army's cavalry, and transfer them together."

The general on the side heard the words, "Your Majesty, are we really going to deal with Li Shentong? You must know that this has helped Li Chongjiu."

Yu Wen and his eyes shone coldly and said, "Do you still need to teach me what I do?"

The general was angry when he saw Yu Wenji and wanted to pull out his horse and turn around, but Yu Wenji had already urged him to step forward and killed him with one knife.

The generals were silent, Yu Wen and the blood-stained knife were taken back to the scabbard and shouted: "All army attack!"

After saying that, Xu Jun and his side rumbled drums.

Hundreds of ships of all sizes floated above the Yongji Canal, and were walking along the river with sprints.

At this moment, the sunset shone in a slanted light, and tens of thousands of golden lights flashed on the river. The river surface is wide and there is a north wind blowing again. The ships are all hanging half sails and walking very fast, even better than galloping horses on the land.

It turned out that when Li Shentong heard about the withdrawal of his troops, Li Chongji ordered Xue Wanche and Luo Shixin to lead the cavalry to pursue him, while Li Chongji led 5,000 elite troops to board a boat and chase him along the Yongji Canal.

Li Chongjiu stood on the deck with his sword. He couldn't help but smile when he heard the generals on the side. The generals on the side smiled and said, "There are people who add icing on the cake these days, and there are people who take advantage of the situation. Li Shentong is really in trouble."

After saying that, everyone laughed loudly when they heard this.

It turned out that Li Chongjiu received the battle report. Li Shentong heard that the Zhao army was advancing along the water and land, following him and chased him. The soldiers walked in a hurry and walked dozens of miles a day. The soldiers were exhausted. As a result, Yu Wenhua was waiting for his leisure to work in front of him, and he was standing by halfway.

Yu Wen and this battle defeated Li Shentong and seized countless flags, war drums and armor. Li Shentong could only lead the Tang army, who had lost all the supplies, to retreat to Hanoi in shame.

Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "Although he could not cut off Li Shentong's head with his own hands, he would be happy to defeat the Tang army with Yu Culture and his hands."

In fact, even without Yu Culture and the action, Li Chongjiu could have intercepted Li Shentong one or two days later, and the result was the same. However, now with Yu Culture and work on behalf of others, it is no longer necessary to pursue Li Shentong. Li Shentong is already very embarrassed in Hebei.

"King, news came from Liyang City that the six thousand cavalrymen who suddenly cried into Liyang City."

"General Guo Xiaoke led 30,000 uncles and 10,000 troops to send troops from Linqing and go to Mingzhou on the official road. It is expected that in two days, you can set up a formation on the banks of Mingshui!"

"Ying Hefu, the 50,000 cavalry of the Etude's troops have all gathered in Wu'an County and waiting for the king's orders!"

"In the end, Xu and Yuchi led 30,000 troops to Zongcheng. Soon after, they would meet with Zhang Xuansu in Daming."

When the generals heard this, they all thrust their chests. At this small land of Mingzhou, there were more than 100,000 troops from Zhao State. They could launch a general attack on Mingzhou just by waiting for Li Chongjiu's order.

"The overall situation has been roughly decided, and the battle to seize Hebei has finally come to an end."

Li Chongjiu said to the left and right generals: "Send the order."

"promise!"

"The navy returned to Liyang!"

All the generals agreed upon hearing this.

"The commander-in-chief has an order and return to Liyang!"
Chapter completed!