Chapter 15 4. Snow had to be swept in front of the door

After learning from the pain, Li Ke began to focus his eyes on his feet.Li Keyong launched a war between the South and the North, and after a lot of punches, he finally conquered the world. In this King Qin war, no one took advantage of the war.There are not many princes involved in this battle, and it can be said that this is a small-scale high-end battle that happened locally.Compared with the Battle of Chang'an, the spread is much smaller.It's not that this battle is unattractive, it's that the princes really don't have time to participate. After Huang Chao's death, Qin Zongquan swelled rapidly, poisoning the Central Plains, and arrogant. Zhu Quanzhong and the surrounding princes devoted all their energy to dealing with Qin Zongquan.Gao Pian, who sits in the southeast, has become increasingly depraved due to the crisis of belief. People's hearts are scattered, civil strife is frequent, and the power of the shogunate has completely collapsed, forming a big whirlpool vacuum, causing a bunch of shrimp and crab disputes.

Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong also felt bored.In particular, Li Keyong had a lot of things to do. There were many wars in the area of ​​Hedong and Hebei, and there were still many people who were dissatisfied with Li Keyong and provoked Li Keyong from time to time. Li Keyong was also squeezing the living space of his neighbors. , so Li Ke used no time to care about others, and did not devote too much energy to the battle in Guanzhong.On the contrary, he almost fell into the infamy of oppressing the palace and oppressing the emperor. His efforts were not thankful, and he didn't get any fish, which made his whole body fishy.

Li Keyong is arrogant, has always looked at the world, and has a very high self-esteem. This coup prompted Li Keyong to fall into deeper contemplation. How much gold does this world's most hunk have? Can number one in the world sweep the world? Always do things for others, who will do your own things? Li Keyong's reflection and adjustment have gone through a process of saying whether it is long or short. Li Keyong suffered setbacks in the Central Plains. After returning to Taiyuan from Bianliang, he was depressed, angry and overwhelmed. He pinned his hope of redressing his grievances on the court and wrote eight consecutive letters asking Emperor Xizong to punish Zhu Quanzhong.What Li Keyong didn't expect was that instead of punishing Zhu Quanzhong, the imperial court added officials to Zhu Quanzhong for pacifying Huang Chao, and instead made peace between Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong.This made Li Keyong once again experience the power of this weak court.Although the imperial court is weak and the country is declining day by day, the dignified court officials are still so comfortable playing political tricks, and the rickety imperial court still has the authority that cannot be violated at will.

Li Ke used the excuse that redress of grievances was impossible, and in August 884, he forced the imperial court to cede Linzhou and put it under the management of Hedong. Soon after, he asked the imperial court to confer on his cousin Li Kexiu as the envoy of Zhaoyi Jiedu, in the east of Taiyuan. , Jurisdiction over the two states of Zelu in Hebei.Yunwei's defense envoy was dismissed, but Yunwei's territory was assigned to Hedong.Li Ke used his father and son as Jiedu envoys until Li Guochang died.Li Ke used political means to consolidate and expand the base area centered on Hedong.

After the Battle of Chang'an, Li Ke obtained the territory of Hedong legally.Li Keyong was originally a radiant and razor-sharp tiger, now dominating Jinyang, directly threatening the psychological and geographical security of his neighbors, moreover, these neighbors were originally Li Keyong's mortal enemies.Li Keju, the governor of Lulong in the northeast, and Helianduo, the governor of Yunzhong in the northwest, fought bloody battles with Li Keyong and his son for many years, and drove them to the desperate situation in Mobei.This kind of hatred will never be forgotten by Li Keyong, Li Keju, or Helian Duo.

The imperial court placed Li Keyong in Hedong, which undoubtedly allowed them, old enemies, to restrain and attack each other.Li Keju, He Lianduo and others know better than anyone else that Li Keyong is definitely not something in the pool, and he will never be content with the status quo. Sooner or later, he will attack his neighbors, and his ambition to dominate one side is obvious.As long as Li Keyong is alive, the neighbors will not be able to think about peace for a day. It is better to strike first, and to suffer later.It is better to take the initiative to attack than to be beaten passively.Li Keju and He Lianduo decided to attack Li Ke first.Li Keju didn't dare to act alone, let alone directly challenge Li Keyong who was at the peak.Li Keju took aim at his neighbor Wang Chucun, and decided to attack the weak Wang Chucun first.

At that time, Wang Chucun was the envoy of Yiwu Jiedu. Yiwu was surrounded by Lulong in the east, Chengde in the south, and Hedong in the west.Wang Chucun is Li Keyong's staunch ally, and he has contributed a lot to the return of Li Keyong and his son and the rescue of Chang'an.Wang Chucun and Li Keyong's family have been friends for generations. Not only is their friendship deep, but they also entered into an marriage relationship. Wang Chucun married Li Keyong's daughter as his nephew.In this way, Wang and Li are like one family.This is why Li Keju pointed the finger at Wang Chucun first.Li Keju knew that Wang Chucun was not too difficult to deal with, and it was easier to use troops as he was close at hand.If Yiwu is taken down, Li Keyong can be dealt with directly.Violating Wang Chucun, Li Keyong will definitely stand out. This is the ultimate goal of Li Keju to make things bigger. Li Keju wants to anger Li Keyong and drag Li Keyong into the war.Otherwise, after Li Keyong becomes stronger, it will be difficult for several Li Keju to protect themselves together.

Li Keju didn't act alone, he drew in a new ally, a new kid.His name was Wang Rong, he was twelve years old at the time, and he was an official residence of Chengde Jiedushi.How did Wang Rong become Chengde Jiedushi at such a young age?In that era of bloody violence and rebelliousness, how could a teenager be able to serve as a feudal official? Special times also have special rules of the game.In the Tang Dynasty, the "Three Towns of Heshuo" was the originator. The so-called "Three Towns of Heshuo" refers to the three towns of Chengde, Lulong and Weibo. The southern region has a vast territory and strong soldiers and horses.Later, the feudal towns were separated, and the imperial court felt powerless and could no longer control them. Only then did the three towns of Heshuo start the habit of inheritance from father to son, and the soldiers and civilians in each feudal town got used to it.

Among the three towns in Heshuo, Weibo Town is the most violent and chaotic, and rebellious incidents happened frequently.All the towns in the world are disturbed, only Chengde's army and people are honest, there are few rebellions, and it has been the most stable for decades.The rule of the Wang Rong family in Chengde can be traced back to more than 60 years ago. In 822 A.D., the military envoy Wang Ting of Chengdu made a rebellion and killed Chengde Jiedu envoy Tian Hongzheng. Forced to grant the royal court to make up the post of Jiedushi.Wang Tingcou was originally a descendant of the Uyghur Abus, with a bold, aggressive, cunning and sinister character.In 834 A.D., Chengde Jiedu envoy Wang Tingcou passed away, and the garrison of Chengde supported his son Wang Yuankui, who was known as the military envoy Wang Yuankui, to serve as acting Jiedu envoy. Instead, he served the court respectfully.Wang Yuankui's political strategy achieved great political results, Chengde did not suffer any loss, but instead received repeated awards and gifts from the imperial court.In the first month of 855 A.D., Chengde Jiedu envoy Wang Yuankui passed away, and the Chengde army supported his son Jiedu deputy envoy Wang Shaoding as acting Jiedu envoy.In 857 AD, Chengde Jiedu envoy Wang Shaoding died.Cheng Dejun supported his brother Jiedu deputy envoy Wang Shaoyi as the acting Jiedu envoy. Wang Shaoyi reigned for ten years and was very popular with the army and the people for his lenient and simple administration.In 866 AD, Wang Shaoyi died.Before Wang Shaoyi died, he called Wang Jingchong, the son of Wang Shaoding, who knew the army and horse envoy, and warned, "Your father thought you were young, so he handed over the power of the general and government to me. Now that you have grown up, I will send the military envoy You have to go all out, fulfill your duties, be loyal to the court, and be with your neighbors, and don’t ruin the family’s achievements.” Wang Jingchong died in 883 AD after he reigned for seventeen years. At the time of his death, the imperial court was promoted to the title of King Zhongmu of Changshan.After Wang Jingchong's death, the army supported Wang Jingchong's son Wang Rong as the acting governor. Wang Rong was ten years old at that time.

Up to Wang Rong's generation, the Wang family has governed Chengde IV for sixty years, with a long history and deep roots.Therefore, the young Wang Rong was able to sit in the Jiedushi's seat smoothly.Wang Rong can not only sit in the handsome position, but also can sit in the handsome position.It shows that the Wang family has a deep foundation and great influence in Chengde. Wang Rong was born thin and dry, but he has an extremely tough personality, and he is bent on pursuing a great cause.However, young people are young after all, and some things cannot be seen clearly.It was precisely because of this that Li Keju took a fancy to Wang Rong that he took the opportunity to confuse Wang Rong and invited him to deal with Li Keyong together.

Lulong and Chengde were originally large towns. Later, in order to divide and disintegrate the power of the feudal towns, the imperial court divided some sites in the three towns of Heshuo and established some small feudal towns.Li Keju took this as an excuse, saying that Wang Chucun's land was originally the place of Chengde and Lulong, and they should be taken back, otherwise the two towns would be quickly eaten away by Wang Chucun and the thriving Li Keyong.Danger comes sooner or later, and we have to guard against it. As soon as the young man Wang Rong heard Li Keju's clamor, he immediately became impulsive and decided to join forces with Li Keju to conquer Wang Chucun.This is the first "big event" that Wang Rong has done, and Wang Rong has great enthusiasm and impulse for it. In order to prevent Li Keyong from making a big move to help Wang Chucun, Li Keju also persuaded Helian Duo, chief of Tuyuhun Yunzhong Jiedu, to attack Li Keyong from the northwest, so that Li Keyong could not look at each other head to tail.Things will be much easier when Wang Chucun is taken down.The reason why Li Keju chose to attack Wang Chucun and Li Keyong at this time was because he saw that Li Keyong was defeated by Zhu Quanzhong's attack in Henan, and his spirit was greatly lost. This was a godsend opportunity to take advantage of the fire. Take advantage of the fire, take advantage of the fire, catch fire everywhere. Someone fanned the flames, someone lit the fire. You are angry, he is angry, and I am also angry. It was the spring of 885 AD, shortly after Emperor Xizong fled for the first time and returned to Chang'an.Tian Lingzi, who is not afraid of chaos, does not know whether it is the dog's power or the dog's power, which annoys the lion king Chongrong.Wang Chongrong asked Li Keyong for help, but Li Keyong was unable to spare Wang Chongrong, because Li Keyong had launched the Yiding War to the east of Li Keyong, and Li Keyong needed to rescue his other ally and in-law, Wang Chucun.Yiwu is the east gate of Hedong, so Li Keyong is actually defending against the enemy at the gate. Li Keju dispatched veteran Li Quanzhong to lead 60,000 elite soldiers from Youzhou, the prefecture of Lulong, to attack Yizhou to the north of Wang Chucun.Helianduo sent troops from the cloud to attack Hedong. Lu Longbing has guarded the border for generations, and they are all powerful troops who have dealt with the Khitan, and their combat effectiveness is very sharp.Wang Chucun saw that the visitor was not friendly, and he was alone and unable to resist, so he quickly sent an urgent messenger eight hundred li to ask Li Keyong for help.Li Ke used to see Li Keju's intentions. Li Keju's attack on Wang Chucun was just a cover for temptation, and the real purpose was to use it against Li Ke.Without hesitation, Li Keyong dispatched general Kang Junli with 30,000 elite troops to aid Yizhou. The vanguard who attacked Yizhou was Liu Rengong, the captain of Youzhou, who had a great strategy.We must remember this person, he quickly made a fortune in the future and became the hero of the side fighting for hegemony.Taking advantage of the darkness, Liu Rengong dug several tunnels from the outside of the city to the inside of the city.Liu Rengong led the vanguard death squad into Yizhou City from the tunnel raid.The Yiwu defenders in Yizhou were caught off guard and were defeated by the Youzhou army. They abandoned the city and fled.By daybreak, Liu Rengong had occupied the entire city of Yizhou and opened the door to welcome Lulong's coach Li Quanzhong's army into the city.Li Quanzhong sat on his horse, stroked his gray beard, and led his troops into the gate of Yizhou majesticly. Lu Long's soldiers were very proud when they saw that Yiwu's army was so vulnerable.Li Quanzhong decided to take advantage of the victory to capture Dingzhou, Yiwuzhi Prefecture.When Li Quanzhong entered Yizhou City, Yiwu Jiedu envoy Wang Chucun led 20,000 reinforcements from Dingzhou to the north to outside Yizhou City, and joined forces with King Kang of Hedong. Wang Chucun watched from afar Lu Long's soldiers guessing and drinking at the top of the city, their guards relaxed, and he already had a 70% or 80% chance of winning in his heart.Wang Chucun quietly ordered 3,000 Yiwu soldiers dressed in sheepskins to move to the city of Yizhou swaggeringly, followed by several generals dressed as herdsmen.The Lulong garrison at the head of Yizhou city immediately cheered when they saw such a large flock of sheep passing under the city.When Lu Longbing fought against the Khitan, one of the most important things was to plunder livestock. Plagiarism is a habit, and plundering is a habit. Seeing a herd of livestock has already formed a conditioned reflex, and there is only one thought of "robbing".Without waiting for Li Quanzhong's order, Lu Longbing scrambled out of the city gate and ran straight to the "sheep", his posture was like a big gray wolf seeing a lazy sheep. Wang Chucun saw that there were quite a few Lu Long soldiers leaving the city, so he waved the commander's flag and ordered the backup reinforcements and soldiers disguised as sheep to divide and kill Lu Long soldiers, and at the same time seized the door and entered Yizhou City.Lulong's army in Yizhou City was thrown into chaos by the sudden Yiwu army.Li Quanzhong saw that Li Keyong's reinforcements had arrived, and in a panic, he led the Chinese troops to flee from the other side of the city gate.Through a "sheep tactics" surprise attack, Wang Chucun regained the lost Yizhou City. Li Quanzhong was defeated and suffered heavy losses. He was afraid that he would be punished by Li Keju if he went back, and if he didn't go back, he was afraid that Hedong and the Yiwu army would cover up and chase him.In desperation, Li Quanzhong decided to rebel in front of the battle, and led 10,000 direct line troops to return to Youzhou in the name of returning to the teacher.After entering Youzhou City, Li Quanzhong went on a killing spree, occupying all the key points of the city defense in an instant.Li Keju never dreamed that Li Quanzhong would rebel.Hearing that the four cities had been occupied by Li Quanzhong, Li Keju regretted that he had hired the wrong person and hadn't discovered that the old man Li Quanzhong had such evil intentions.Li Keju knew that his end was coming, and there was no way to escape.In order to avoid falling into the hands of Li Quanzhong and being humiliated, Li Keju led his family up to the watchtower of the commander-in-chief's mansion, ignited a raging fire, and burned himself to death in despair and resentment. There was no coach in Youzhou, and Li Quanzhong ostentatiously wrote to the imperial court asking to be Lulong Jiedushi. At this time, the imperial court was being confused by Tian Lingzi and Wang Chongrong. In order to contain Li Keyong, he agreed to Li Quanzhong's Jiedushi request. Besides, while Li Keyong sent Kang Junli to rescue Yizhou, he personally led an army to rescue Wuji.Cheng Debing was Li Keyong's opponent, and he was defeated by Li Keyong as soon as the battle started.Cheng Debing retreated to protect Xincheng, Li Ke used the victory to pursue, broke Chengde's army again, and pulled down Xincheng.By the way, Xincheng was originally Li Keyong's hometown before his father and son fled to Tatar.Chengde's soldiers were defeated all the way, Li Ke used non-stop to cover up the massacre, beheading tens of thousands of Chengde's soldiers.At this time, Helianduo launched an attack in Daibei. Li Keyong was afraid of mistakes, so he did not go further to attack Chengde, and immediately returned to the river. Seeing that Lu Long and Chengde had returned without success, Helianduo hurriedly withdrew his troops Step back into the cloud. This time, Li Keju and Wang Rong took advantage of the fire to rob, not only did not get any advantage, but also turned into a fire, losing soldiers and generals, and a complete defeat. Especially Li Keju lost his money at one time, and lost all his wealth and life.Wang Rong actually gave a social practice class on the ground, but it was not free. After defeating the challenge of Li Keju, Wang Rong, and He Lianduo, Li Keyong wanted to send troops to Xuanwu and seek revenge from Zhu Quanzhong, but two other things happened one after another.First, the Luzhou Rebellion gave Li Keyong the opportunity to annex Zhaoyi, and second, Wang Chongrong's request for help forced Li Keyong to adjust his strategic deployment. Zhaoyi Town is located in the southwest of Chengde, northwest of Weibo, and east of Hedong. It has jurisdiction over Xing, Ming, Ze, Lu, Bei, Ci, Wei and other prefectures. In 882, the Zhaoyi army mutinied and killed its commander Gao Xun. Meng Fangli, the general of Tianjing Guan, took the opportunity to kill the rebellious general, and led a part of the Zhaoyi army to his hometown of Xingzhou.People from Luzhou reported to the imperial court and asked Wu Quanxu, the supervisor of Zhaoyi, to act as Jiedu envoy. At that time, it was the time of the battle against Huangchao. Wang Duo, as the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, appointed Meng Fangli as the magistrate of Xingzhou on behalf of the imperial court. Unexpectedly, Meng Fangli was disrespectful, despised the magistrate, and rejected Wang Duo's award.Not only that, Wu Quanxu was also imprisoned.Meng Fangli wrote a letter to old Wang Duo, confessing that he did not want to usurp, and asked the imperial court to send a civil servant to Luzhou to be the envoy of Zhaoyi, so as to prevent the reckless military leaders from killing each other. Old Wang Duo felt very strange seeing this, but there was no other way.After many choices, Wang Duo chose Zheng Changtu.Is the name Zheng Changtu familiar?It was the one who stood on the side of the little imperial court in the previous chapter.Since Zheng Changtu is familiar with the situation in Luzhou, Wang Duo plans to send Zheng Changtu to be the commander of Zhaoyi.But not long after, the imperial court issued an official order to let You Pushe and Zuyong transfer envoy Wang Hui to be the envoy of Zhaoyi Jiedu.Rent adjustment is roughly equivalent to the tax commissioner.This Mr. Wang Hui is old and cunning, and he knows that the crime is more or less serious. He excuses that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, the Central Plains is in chaos, and Meng Fangli has separated the Xing, Ming, and Ci states. Go to take office, and say let Zheng Changtu do it.The imperial court had no choice but to issue an imperial edict to entrust Wang Hui to stay behind in the Daming Palace, to appease the capital and set up the Fengyuan Mausoleum.Zheng Changtu was also unwilling, so he arrived in Luzhou dawdly, and left in a panic after three months of work.This Zheng Changtu Master Zheng didn't end well later. He was beheaded by Emperor Xizong because he participated in the small court. Meng Fangli's military rank was too low to convince the public, so he asked the court to send a civil servant to be the envoy of Zhaoyi, so that he could manipulate behind the scenes.No one is willing to take up the post of Zhaoyi Jiedushi, and Meng Fangli is in the arms of Meng Fangli.Seeing the emergence of a power vacuum, Meng Fang declared, "It's not that I don't listen to the court, it's that the court can't send anyone."If you don't do anything, you won't get meat if you don't have a thick skin.Meng Fangli simply appointed himself as acting Jiedushi. Meng Fangli has always been worried about Luzhou, thinking that it is a high-risk area with frequent disturbances. In fact, he can't trust the people of Luzhou. He is worried that his head will be like other military leaders who make troubles, and he will move in a daze someday.In 885 AD, Meng Fangli decided to move the Zhaoyi Township to his hometown of Xingzhou, and arranged for his subordinate Li Yinrui to be the governor of Luzhou (now Changzhi County, Shanxi).This relocation is not important, it hurts the muscles and bones, and damages the interests of the big households in Luzhou.This place has been a family of officials and generals for many years. The roots are intertwined and the interests are at stake. If it moves to the east, it will hurt its vitality.It is impossible to relocate only the officials. In a small place in Xingzhou, there is no prosperous business, and it is meaningless to be an official.Therefore, the wealthy businessman must be uprooted and taken away together.This is a big trouble, people in Luzhou are fluctuating, and they are not happy, and they all express their opposition to Meng Fangli's decision.Opposition is opposition, arms can't twist thighs, and no one has the power to fight against Jiedushi Marshal Meng Fangli. There is no hope of direct confrontation, and the people of Luzhou thought of a self-help strategy.Qi Shenjiao, the supervisor of Luzhou, was also unwilling to leave Luzhou's old territory. He not only secretly encouraged the army and the people to oppose Meng Fangli, but also sent people to Taiyuan secretly to ask Li Keyong for support, and asked Li Keyong to intervene to force Meng Fangli to stop moving to the town government. the plan of. If a person loses his head, he can do anything.Qi Shenhui belongs to this kind of stupid eunuch who has no brains.When Li Keyong saw Qi Shenjiao's letter, he was immediately elated. This is really a godsend.If you go to Xuanwu, you must pass through Zhaoyi, which is the only way from Hebei to Henan.The last time Li Keyong wanted to send troops to Henan to rescue Chenzhou, Zhuge Shuang refused when he tried to use Heyang, so he had to turn around and send troops from the river.Now it is time to march into Zhaoyi at the request of Lu Ren.When Qi Shenhui was thinking about his own small calculations, he made a big mistake of leading wolves into the house, a very common mistake.One misstep becomes eternal hatred. When the cold winter came, Li Keyong sent He Gongya, Li Yun, An Jinjun and others to conquer Luzhou.Li Keyong originally thought that Meng Fangli, a low-ranking officer, was vulnerable, and he only needed to send a few second-rate generals from Hedong to settle the situation easily.The result was beyond Li Keyong's surprise, Meng Fangli's combat power was not ordinary, and he defeated He Gongya in the first battle.Now Li Keyong felt that he had to pay a serious price in order to obtain the results.So he sent his younger brother Li Kexiu to lead 50,000 Fan Han cavalry infantry to Luzhou. At this time, Meng Fangli was not in Luzhou, and the general Li Yinrui faced Li Kexiu.Below the city of Luzhou, the Hedong Army and the Zhaoyi Army lined up.The two armies played three battle drums, and Li Kexiu jumped on his horse and raised his spear to assassinate Li Yinrui on the battlefield and captured Luzhou.Li Kexiu took advantage of the victory to attack and captured the neighboring Zezhou.Since then, Luzhou has entered the territory of Hedong, and Zhaoyi has been divided into two.Li Kexiu was given the title of Zhaoyi Jiedu Envoy that none of the officials of the Tang Dynasty wanted. After Li Keyong defeated Li Keju and captured Luzhou, Wang Chongrong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, urging Li Keyong to rescue Hezhong one after another.Li Keyong didn't want to meddle in the emperor's business anymore, because the emperor and the court were really dishonorable, shameless and had no position.Li Keyong once rescued Chang'an, and made great achievements in recovery. He also actively pursued and suppressed Huang Chao, which solved a very terrible and helpless trouble for the court.However, how did the so-called holy court and wise emperor treat Li Keyong?It can't be used as a dog for Li Ke, and it still vacillates on major issues, making conflicts between left and right.This made Li Keyong extremely disappointed with the court and the emperor, not only disappointed with the degeneration and decline of the court, but also disappointed that the court did not support him.Therefore, Li Keyong had the intention of doing it alone, and decided to get rid of the court and do it himself.At the time when Li Keyong was actively planning a long-distance and short-range attack strategy based on Hedong, Wang Chongrong's letter for help arrived in a hurry.In desperation, because of Wang Chongrong's face, Li Keyong had to give up his plan to conquer Zhu Quanzhong again. In November, he crossed the Yellow River west to help Wang Chongrong defeat Tian Lingzi, and Emperor Xizong fled again. Li Keyong tasted the sweetness from the battle of Luzhou, and felt that Meng Fangli was worthy of being defeated quickly, and Zhaoyi was the fat that was close at hand.Li Keyong is no longer shy, secretive, or embarrassed. He doesn't need any warm invitations and eager expectations from Luzhou people. He decides to make a move when it's time to act. Zhaoyi became the top priority. In September 886 AD, Li Keyong once again sent his younger brother Li Kexiu to lead an army of 50,000 to conquer Meng Fangli.Meng Fangli knew he was in big trouble, even though Meng Fangli didn't take the initiative to cause this trouble, and even though Meng Fangli didn't plan to have any grudges with Li Keyong, now it was Li Keyong who insisted on finding Meng Fangli's trouble.Not only can't provoke Li Keyong, but he can't hide from him either.Meng Fangli gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and cursed cruelly: "His grandma, Li Keyong is too bullying. I, Meng Fangli, am also an upright man. How can I be wronged and go all out to fight you." Although Meng Fangli's spirit is commendable and his intentions are full of pride, but the war is not about bragging or playing games, and in the end the victory or defeat must be judged by strength.Meng Fangli sent Lu Zhen to meet the enemy, and met Li Kexiu in Jiaogang.Li Kexiu bravely won the three armies and was the leader of the Hedong army.Li Kexiu has been the vanguard in almost all important battles since Li Keyong entered the customs, and Li Kexiu has been involved in all the major battles and vicious battles of Li Keyong. After the two armies took over, Li Kexiu sent his army to charge directly, defeating Lu Zhen, and the Hedong army didn't take much effort to kill more than 3,000 Xingzhou army.Lu Zhen was defeated and fled, but was caught alive by Li Kexiu.The Xingzhou army was defeated and fled back, and returned to Xingzhou.Li Kexiu took advantage of the victory and captured Guzhen, Wu'an, Linming, Handan, Shahe and other counties.Li Kexiu marched straight in and surrounded the city of Xingzhou. Meng Fangli had no choice but to bite the bullet and open the city to meet the enemy. He fought against Li Kexiu under the city of Xingzhou, but was defeated by Li Kexiu again.Now Meng Fangli became nervous, realizing that the disaster was approaching.In desperation, Meng Fangli thought of a person, Chengde Jiedu envoy Wang Rong. Wang Ronggang had a grudge with Li Keyong, so he asked Wang Rong to help, and Wang Rong would definitely come, because an enemy's enemy is a friend.Sure enough, as Meng Fangli expected, Wang Rong was not intimidated by Li Keyong, and he readily sent 30,000 troops to rescue Xingzhou. Li Kexiu originally fought long distances, and the attack momentum could not last.Seeing that Xingzhou and Zhenzhou joined forces to resist the Hedong army, Li Kexiu decided to withdraw his troops and return to the division, worried that he would suffer from internal and external attacks. The Hedong Army withdrew from the siege, leaving Meng Fangli with a temporary respite.In this battle, Hedong Li Keyong once again expanded his territory, compressing Meng Fangli to the three prefectures of Xingmingci.At the same time, a bad check was issued, and the general An Jinjun was named the governor of Xingzhou.Now the generals of the feudal town have also learned the trick of using empty checks. Do you want to get promoted and make a fortune?Find a place for you to attack by yourself. If you can't beat it, you won't. What makes extraordinary people different from ordinary people is not that they can avoid failure, but that they can quickly reflect, adjust, and reset after failure.While Li Keyong was fighting in front of his house, he also had to participate in King Qin's rescue.Li Keyong was a little annoyed by all the disturbing things mixed together.Li Keyong began to reflect deeply on the past few years.Saving Chenzhou not only did not increase Li Keyong's fame and record, but on the contrary, he lost his army, lost face and almost lost his life.Helped Wang Chongrong drive away Tian Lingzi, but he was notorious for scaring the emperor away.In the end, the emperor returned to Beijing for the second time, and Wang Chongrong once again picked up a big bargain, gaining both fame and fortune, but Li Keyong didn't get any benefits.This has to make Li Keyong feel annoyed, and has to make Li Keyong reflect on the lack of the original strategy.Obviously Li Keyong was a little anxious for success, and the reason for his eagerness for success was that Li Keyong was a little dizzy from the flames of victory.The brilliance of the Chang'an Battle made Li Keyong hot-headed for quite a long time, arrogant and complacent, gazing at the world and even ignoring the world.In fact, the battle of Chang'an was not done by Li Ke alone. The princes from all over the world gathered in Chang'an, and Huang Chao was troubled both at home and abroad.Under the reputation of crowning China, Li Keyong misestimated his own energy, misestimated the world situation, and made a quick decision to fight for hegemony, especially underestimating the cunning and insidiousness of the princes.Li Keyong originally thought that with the power of the Chang'an battle, he could defeat Huang Chao in one go, settle the Central Plains, claim credit for the imperial court, and then shape himself as the overlord of whoever he is.It turns out that Li Ke used it wrong, at least he miscalculated an originally inconspicuous person, Zhu Quanzhong. This series of setbacks finally made Li Keyong gradually sober up, and he began to adjust his hegemony strategy.Li Keyong no longer cares about his teachers casually, no longer aims too high, no longer seeks far away, and no longer wastes his own land to plant other people's fields.Li Ke has learned from the battles of Yiding and Luzhou. The foundation is not solid, the ground is shaking, and the backyard of his hometown is not peaceful. No matter where he goes to seek development, it is futile.Li Keyong temporarily put aside his plan to conquer Zhu Quanzhong, and turned his attention away from Kaifeng, which was beyond his reach, and concentrated on the east and surrounding areas, especially the junction of Shanxi, Hebei, and Henan. If Xuanwu is to be attacked, this place must be taken.