"Bang!" Li Ke waving the whip vigorously, and he was angry.

The brocade robe had been smashed, and blood was oozing out of the scabbed wound. Li Siben straightened his body and did not move.

"King..." Gai Yu said softly.

"Master and disciple of Dasang, and you are still in the mood to come back, you will be the one who beats you!" Li Keyong kicked him hard again, and then said, "You don't need to take Yi'erjun, go back and think about your mistakes."

Li Siben bowed and walked away in shame.

He was originally a vanguard army envoy, but later the military envoys of each army were replaced, so he was dismissed. Now that the position of the vanguard army has been removed, the vanguard army will definitely not be able to return, which means he has lost his military power, which is indeed unlucky enough.

But thinking about it the other way around, it’s good to not be killed, so don’t ask for too much.

"King, I have to think about the countermeasures now. Ma Ke sent his nephew and took more than ten cavalry to go back to Dezhou. Shao Zhe's move was to shake our army's morale." Gai Yu said.

Shao Shude released Li Siben back and asked the Yiwu Army and Chengde Army to send people back to report the news. The Chengde Army members went back directly, and the Yiwu Army members rushed to the Shihe River, which is the place where the main force of the Jin army was stationed.

The respective performances of both sides highlight the distance between the two towns and Hedong.

"What if I continue to attack Dizhou and do not agree to the Shao bandits?" Li Keyong asked.

"The people in the city may be disappointed. Although it is not impossible to send troops in the future, there will be greater resistance." Gai Yu said: "Other, although Dingren will not say anything, I think there will be opinions in my heart."

"Nothing nonsense!" Li Keyong scolded: "If someone is captured again and again, wouldn't he be controlled by others?"

"There has been a long time since the release of prisoners." Gai Yu said, "If the king doesn't want to, just ignore it. But Shao Zhe pretends to be hypocritical and must deal with it well. He shouldn't whip General Li just now."

"Hmph!" Li Keyong walked around irritably.

If all the captured soldiers and horses in Hedong are nothing, just ignore them, and the soldiers will not be able to make a big fuss. Those who eat the martial artists and work hard to work hard, no one is sorry for anyone. If they are captured, they will have to redeem their people.

Yes, there has never been such a saying.

This time, the bad ones are also prisoners from Chengde and Yiding Towns. It would be fine if they were all dead, but they would be worry-free. But more than 4,000 people were captured. If Wang Rong and Wang Gao asked for help

Although Li Keyong can refuse these prisoners, the problem is not big, but it is ultimately a hidden danger.

These guys who have no choice but to do anything! Li Keyong sighed. According to Li Siben, this time he was completely cheated by the scavengers. It would be better if he didn't have them.

But Chengde is such a big vassal state, and it is still so rich. It is always equipped with more than 50,000 elite infantry and cavalrymen, and sending more than 30,000 elite troops out of the town to fight easily. It is necessary to win over the four prefectures of Hebei. After all, there was a war once.

He mobilized more than 100,000 horses, who dared to ignore them?

Yi Ding also has 20,000 to 30,000 infantry and cavalry. Although he has always been obedient and is a die-hard ally, he cannot make them too disappointed.

"The army continues to march towards Dizhou." Li Keyong made a decision and said, "I have decided, so there is no need to say much. Whether to fight or not, how to fight, small or big fight, I will talk about it later."

Gai Yu dared not say anything else. King Jin was in a mess and was obviously blind. He didn't know what to do.

In fact, he also thought this was very tricky and it was not appropriate to do it. If he had to come up with a strategy, he felt that it would be better to agree to Shao Zhe's conditions and stop the troops. Anyway, he would not be able to cross the Yellow River now, so he would take it.

What's the use of venting anger in a small Dizhou?

But at this point, the King of Jin had made a decision and could only take one step at a time.

******

Ma Ke's nephew Ma Xin rushed back to Zhenzhou and reported what he saw and heard. After Wang Rong learned about it, he immediately summoned his confidant to discuss.

Liang Gongru, the head of the shogunate, was the governor of Jizhou.

Zhang Honggui has some relatives with the Wang family. His uncle Zhang Shouhong once married the eldest daughter of the Jiedushi Wang Yuankui and Princess Shou'an.

Zhao Liang, the commander of Zhuifeng, and a confidant promoted by Wang Rong after taking office.

The other five or six generals were from the Wang family. Most of them were relatives.

Chengde, a vassal state, is a typical family town model. Generals at all levels and governors of various states, historically, are mostly relatives or relatives of the Wang clan, and at least more than half of them are so selected.

On the surface, this can easily anger the martial artist. But in fact, the Wang family pays great attention to their qualities and has a lot of benefits to give. The martial artists were bribed and given too much, so they had no intention of rebelling.

It's.

Wang's cautious family tradition actually originated from the Wang Ting's mutiny.

In the past, the governor of Chengde, Tian Hongzheng, used the wealth in the town to reward his family and his confidants, and immediately aroused opposition. For example, Tian Hongzheng's brothers and nephews spent high consumption in Chang'an and Luoyang, and they spent 200,000 yuan a day, all relying on

Tian Hongzheng helped the soldiers, and Chengde was dissatisfied, so the yamen general Wang Ting gathered the martial artists to rebel and killed Tian Hongzheng to be honest. Tian Hongzheng was a little guilty and embezzled public funds in the town to give their relatives a living. Without restraint, he would not be slaughtered by the martial artists.

It's a ghost.

Since Wang Ting got together, Wang Yuankui, Wang Shaoding, Wang Shaoyi, Wang Jingchong to Wang Rong have always paid great attention to buying martial artists. The power is in the hands of the Wang family, and everyone spends money together. The Wang family takes more money, and the rewards of the martial artists are not too shabby, so they have been doing this.

It's okay.

The Wang family also paid great attention to weaving the relationship network. The brave generals in the town gave more favors, or directly married, and pulled them into the ranks of senior military generals and became a member of the ruling class. Over time, the relationship network became more and more stable, and the entire Chengde Town iron barrel was like

, almost became an independent kingdom.

If Wei Bo is a military republic, then Chengde is a bit similar to the constitutional monarchy, that is, Wang is the "monarch" of Chengde Town, and the military generals are "commoners". Everyone governs together and enjoys wealth and honor, so the overall situation is relatively stable.

There are very few mutinies.

But by Wang Rong's generation, the situation changed.

Wang Jingchong died young, and his two brothers Wang Jingyin and Wang Jingru also had a short life and died one after another in recent years. The fourth brother Wang Jing?, he is not in good health and cannot help but be in poor health, which means he cannot be a martial artist, so there is no chance.

, you can't enter the core power circle, even if you are a "royal relative".

If you don’t have direct relatives, what about the relative relatives? There are many people, but there are really no outstanding ones, which is embarrassing.

A large part of the foundation of the Wang family's rule collapsed.

Wang Rong had not realized this problem at this time, and he was still worried about the war: "The Jiankou fought bloody battles in Yunzhou, unfortunately failed, and thousands of soldiers were captured. Everyone, how to deal with this matter?"

"That bastard Wang Chuzhi is really a scam." Zhang Honggui said in a loud voice: "He actually escaped at the battle and killed the soldiers in the Zhenzhou. I really want to cut him alive."

According to Ma Xin, Jiankodu fought against the Yiwu Army and Jin Army in formation, with high morale and bloody battles. The Xia people rushed to the battlefield several times, but all returned in disgrace. But at the critical moment, the Yiwu Army fled without fighting.

They were implicated, and the entire army was eventually defeated, with nearly half of the troops being damaged.

After hearing this, Liang Gongru refused to comment and said, "King, the town is not peaceful now. You may send someone to negotiate with the King of Jin and bring people back. If the soldiers start to make trouble, people will be in turmoil, it will be another trouble."

"What if the King of Jin does not allow it and vents his anger on my side?" Wang Rong asked.

He was afraid of being beaten. After Li Keyong took over the Xingming Cizhou of Zhaoyi Town, he repeatedly launched troops to attack Zhenji, which made the whole town very upset. Finally, he spent money to buy peace.

Li Keyong is really a donkey-tempered person. Wang Rong was not sure what his attitude was and dared not make a decision easily.

"King, although the Jin army is strong, it may not be able to eat our four prefectures in Ji." Liang Gongru said: "It's okay to send envoys to ask."

"Okay." Wang Rong sighed and said, "Now the vassal states embezzle, the towns in Hebei are no longer glorious. If you want to travel to Heshuo, you have to look at the faces of outsiders. But you still have to coax and hold Li Keyong, everyone.

, The Heshuo story is the foundation of our existence and should not be abandoned easily. If Jin Zhen is here, even if he cannot defeat the Xia people, Shao Shude will use gentle means to us and will not swallow it in one bite. This will bring you the best and the gaps.

The opportunity to survive in the world. Remember, remember."

The four words "Heshuo Story" are probably the main pursuit of the four Hebei vassal states, Wei Bo, Chengde, Cangjing and Yi Ding, and the consensus of the whole town's martial arts before Youzhou Town was destroyed.

They will not give up this core interest unless they have to. All their diplomatic and military actions are carried out based on this core interest.

In short, taking Hedong as the screen and walking on the Heshuo story, everything is for the benefit.

******

Lu Yanwei actually got the news earlier than Wang Rong because he led his troops to Texas.

"Alas! The vassal states attacked each other, and the court no longer distinguished the right things. Therefore, they swallowed each other, but only looked at each other. The world is over!" When he heard that Shao Shude led his army to Qizhou again and wanted to attack Ziqing, Lu Yanwei sighed.

Repeat.

Of course, he might have forgotten that he was preparing to attack Dizhou, which was also an act of embezzlement by the feudal states.

People are so double standards.

"Master General, Xia people are powerful, and it is inevitable that the three towns in Hebei will unite..." said the aide.

Lu Yanwei sighed again and nodded.

Is the mood a bit complicated?

Lao Lu believed that he was not an ambitious man. In the past, Huang Chao entered Chang'an, and he led his army into Guanzhong to suppress the rebellion. After winning, he returned.

He was still a little confused about the court.

Lu Yanwei believed that his ideal state was that the Tang Dynasty court was still there and was in peace with the vassal states. The vassal states offered some money from time to time, and when the court was in trouble, they sent troops to help, and when there were conflicts between the vassal states, the court came forward to mediate. If there were any vassal states, they would have ambitions.

It was too big and too strong, so the court came forward to organize various towns to send troops to encircle and suppress them. For example, Ziqing Town, which besieged Li Shidao, was divided into three after the war.

This is the perfect state of the balance of power between the central and local governments.

Unfortunately, the balance was broken. Although Huang Chao was defeated, the impact was too far-reaching and has developed to this day, so it has become out of control.

"Will Li Keyong make peace with Shao Zhe and stop the army and return to Taiyuan?" Lu Yanwei asked the chief aide and the shogunate guest Gao Hui.

Gao Hui was born in the Gao family of Bohai. He had mediocre martial arts skills but good intelligence. Lu Yanwei was appointed as a subordinate and trusted him very much.

"The Grand Marshal, with the temper of King Jin, I am afraid he will not promise." Gao Hui said: "But now that Shao is powerful, the King of Jin is unable to support him. He must join forces with the towns in Hebei. He may be afraid of the cold and Chengde, Yiwu

The heart of the two-town martial artist is undecided.”

The towns in Hebei are very strong.

Wei Bo has a population of more than three million and 80,000 martial artists.
To be continued...