Li Jinzhong often had the same dream. He dreamed that he had occupied the entire territory of Hebei and led hundreds of thousands of troops to array on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Thousands of warships of the Tang army were covered with sails, and came from the south bank of the Yellow River. Suddenly, dark clouds covered the sun, strong winds were blowing, and white waves were surging. The Tang army's warships shook violently in the river and overturned one after another. The Tang army raised a white flag. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty asked him to surrender and promised to row the north bank of the Yellow River to him and let him establish the Khitan Dynasty.

Many times, when Li Jinzhong woke up from his dream, he still refused to open his eyes and savored his beautiful dream for a long time. Now this beautiful dream seems not far away from him.

As long as he could completely defeat the Tang army that rushed northward, his Khitan cavalry could sweep across Hebei. At that time, the Turks were in the northwest and Tubo responded simultaneously in the southwest, and used the excuse of reviving the Li family to attack the Tang Dynasty in an all-round way.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty was worried about internal and external troubles, so they could only surrender under their iron hooves. He could not give up the entire Hebei area, but to assign Youzhou and Liaodong to themselves, the key was Youzhou. Only when the Khitan army occupied Youzhou, he would have the foundation to sweep the north of the Tang Dynasty. It would be a matter of time before occupying the north of the Yellow River.

At this time, Li Jinzhong led 5,000 Khitan troops to get out of the rift. According to the latest information obtained by his spies, the Tang army's logistics and supplies camp was stationed on the official road outside the forest. They did not even surround the camp, and obviously did not realize the arrival of their own army.

Li Jinzhong was almost unable to control his ecstasy and excitement, and whispered: "Start up and leave the valley immediately."

Half of his army had already left the Rift Valley. At this moment, there was a sudden shout of killing from the Rift Valley. Li Jinzhong was stunned and asked his side anxiously, "Where is the fighting sound?"

At this time, the shouts of killing had reached not far from them. Li Jinzhong's soldiers were so anxious that they pushed him and ran away. At this time, Li Jinzhong had already reacted. He pushed his soldiers away and urged his horse to rush out of the rift. He saw that the fire outside the rift was soaring into the sky. Many big trees were lit by the fire, and the whole sky was reflected red.

Teams of Tang soldiers came from all directions, with a shiny sword light and a shout of killing sound. His soldiers had no formation, took off their armor and discarded their weapons. Some of them knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, while others ran scattered, and the camp was in chaos.

Some Khitan soldiers were unwilling to be killed and rose up to fight against the Tang army, but they could not fight against the Tang army that was ambushing in advance. Li Duozuo held a big knife in his hand, which was extremely fierce. He was like a tiger descending the mountain. The sword light flashed by and the head rolled to the ground.

Li Jinzhong was so shocked by the tragic situation outside the rift, that his personal soldiers pulled him back and fled, and he did not struggle at all. His mind was blank. How could Tang Jun know his plan?

Didn’t Wu Youyi lead a large army to Yingzhou? How could this Tang army fall from the sky?

At this time, Li Jinzhong finally woke up. He struggled to get off the ground, "Let me down quickly."

The personal soldiers no longer cared about his resistance, put on a soldier's armor and pushed him on a war horse, which carried Li Jinzhong to the west of the Rift Valley.

There was a strife in the Rift Valley. Li Jinzhong's personal soldiers stabbed the spear with their swords and killed all the Khitan soldiers blocking the road, breaking through a bloody road. Dozens of cavalry surrounded Li Jinzhong and quickly fled to the west of the Rift Valley.

But as they ran out of the rift, only a few dozen steps, they saw a fire lit up, and there were shouts around them. Thousands of Tang soldiers surrounded them from all sides, with bows and arrows, and the spear was sharp. The arrows and spearheads were aimed at Li Jinzhong and his personal soldiers.

The dozen personal soldiers in the lead roared in an anxious manner and urged the horse to break through. A burst of arrows shot in, and more than a dozen soldiers were all shot to death.

Li Jinzhong shouted anxiously, "Stop it all."

The remaining personal soldiers did not dare to break through again, but only protected Li Jinzhong tightly. At this time, Li Zhen appeared in front of them.

Li Zhen learned from the captured prisoners of war that it was the chief Li Jinzhong who personally led the army to attack the Tang army's rear guard's baggage. He changed his mind and if Li Jinzhong could be captured alive, the political benefits would be greater.

Li Zhen saw that all the Khitan soldiers were guarding one person. Although the man was wearing the uniform of an ordinary soldier, Li Zhen still guessed that he was the Khitan chief Li Jinzhong.

Li Zhen looked at him and smiled faintly, "Li Jinzhong, do you think you can escape?"

Li Jinzhong turned his horse around and more than a thousand Tang soldiers surrounded them. His dozens of personal soldiers couldn't help but yelled and were about to rush up to break through. However, Li Jinzhong stopped them and said, "No one is allowed to move rashly."

"Who are you?" he looked at Li Zhen and asked.

"Li Zhen, the inner guard"

"It turned out to be you." Li Jinzhong was so scared that he took a few steps back. He didn't expect that Li Zhen, who killed them in Yuguan, was such a young general.

He knew that he could not escape, and sighed in his heart. At this moment, a loud noise came from behind him, scaring Li Jinzhong's war horse neighed.

The Tang army pushed dozens of huge rocks down from the top of the mountain and sealed the exit of the rift valley. At this time, a loud sound of huge rocks falling from a distance, and then Khitan soldiers shouted in fear from the valley.

Li Jinzhong immediately understood that Li Zhen had trapped his soldiers in a very short valley. If he attacked with fire, all thousands would be burned to death.

He pulled off the soldiers' armor on his body, clasped his fists at Li Zhen and said, "I'm not sorry for my death. Please let General Li let my soldiers go."

He pointed to the Rift Valley. At this time, thousands of Khitan troops were trapped in the Rift Valley. The Khitan soldiers who were trying to climb over the huge rock of the Valley would be shot to death by arrows. The valley suddenly cried and cried.

Li Zhen nodded. Although Li Jinzhong was a capricious villain, he was polite to the soldiers, which was rare. He said, "Yes, let all the soldiers surrender, I will spare them."

Li Jinzhong turned his horse's head and shouted loudly: "Listen, all the soldiers surrender, all the orders, all the surrender."

Li Jinzhong shouted over and over again, and the valley gradually became quiet. Many soldiers who were about to fight against the Tang army stood up and were at a loss. "Dang, someone dropped the knife, and more and more soldiers put down their weapons."

At this time, Tang Jun shouted: "Top the weapon out."

The Khitan soldiers threw countless swords, spears and bows across the huge rocks. The Tang soldiers stepped forward to count them. After a moment, someone stepped forward and said to Li Zhen: "All the weapons have been thrown away."

Li Zhen nodded and said, "Move to Dashi"

As dozens of huge rocks moved away, teams of Khitans raised their hands out of the valley, and a team of Tang cavalry rushed past them and shouted loudly: "The surrenders raised their hands above their heads and went to the open space ahead to concentrate."

Soon, groups of Khitan soldiers raised their hands above their heads and walked towards the open space not far away. Li Jinzhong saw that there were only more than 2,000 soldiers left, and the rest of the soldiers were killed on the other side of the rift valley. He couldn't help but sigh and said to Li Zhen: "Okay, you can deal with me at will, I can kill you."

After saying that, he closed his eyes and stretched his neck, but Li Zhen ignored him and ordered the soldiers around him coldly, "Take him back and leave it to the Prime Minister Di to deal with it."

A team of cavalry took Li Jinzhong away. Li Zhen slowly walked forward, looking at the messy valley entrance, and felt a little relieved. Li Jinzhong's army was completely wiped out, and the Khitans could no longer cause any storms.

There is a close but subtle relationship between war and politics. War is a continuation of politics and serves the government. This is unquestionable, but the impact of the end of the war on politics has some subtle relationship. For example, if Li Jinzhong personally led elite Khitan soldiers to attack the Tang army's logistics, once it succeeded, it would greatly encourage the morale of Khitan soldiers.

But if it fails, it will also seriously weaken the morale of the Khitan army. This is like adding several times of leverage. If you win, you will be king, and if you lose, you will be a bandit. More importantly, if Li Jinzhong is killed, Sun Wanrong will become the new leader of the Khitan. He will take Li Jinzhong as an excuse to take revenge and attack the Tang army with all his strength, thereby gaining the power of the Khitan army.

Li Jinzhong was not dead, which made Sun Wanrong dare not act rashly and the Khitan cavalry who were ready to attack the Tang army with all their might had to retreat. The peace talks that were originally just a plan turned into real negotiations.

In early September, Wu Youyi led a large army to Yingzhou. At the same time, Sun Wanrong sent his brother-in-law Yi Yuanyu to Liucheng to discuss peace with Wu Youyi.

Until this time, Wu Youyi had just learned that his rear general Li Duozuo and Li Zhen joined forces to defeat Li Jinzhong's sneak attack and captured Li Jinzhong.

This undoubtedly gave Wu Youyi a heavy slap, once again proving his mistake in going north to Liaodong, which made Wu Youyi feel upset. In the tent, Wu Youyi paced back and forth with his hands, thinking hard about how to explain this to the emperor. His two mistakes made the emperor extremely disappointed with him?

At this time, Liu Xiaomin, the chief clerk standing beside him, whispered: "Actually, the general doesn't have to worry too much. Since the Khitans ask for peace from the general, let the Khitans give an explanation."

This is a solution. Wu Youyi sighed and said, "I'm afraid the emperor will not believe it."

Liu Xiaomin was originally the General of the Zheng Cao Army of Tongzhou, and was Wu Youyi's confidant. Wu Youyi was ordered to lead the army to fight this time. He brought not many people. Liu Xiaomin was one of them. He was in charge of the documents of the three armies and had real power. He was very smart. He gave advice on many things. He understood Wu Youyi's difficulties and smiled and said, "I think there are a thousand words for a thousand things. The general defeated his troops without fighting. This only shows that the general is very good and has foresight. Who dares to say that the general is aggressive?"

"But how can I explain the fact that Li Jinzhong is preparing to attack our rear army?"

Liu Xiaomin smiled and said, "It was not only Li Zhen who did the entire annihilation of Li Jinzhong's troops, but also Li Duozuo went to fight. He was a subordinate of the general. Why should he remember his contributions on Li Zhen?"

Wu Youyi immediately understood that Liu Xiaomin meant that he would take Li Duozuo's credit on him, which would solve the problem of his rash deployment. After thinking for a long time, Wu Youyi asked, "Is Li Duozuo here?"

"He arrived last night and was in the camp. In addition, Li Zhen's army also set up camp twenty miles away. Will the general meet Li Zhen?"

It turned out that Li Zhen had arrived, and Wu Youyi thought about it and said to Liu Xiaomin: "You go find Li Duozuo for me, tell him what I mean, and ask him to write a new report.

"What do you mean by humiliation?"

"I thought I had expected the Khitans to attack the rear army, so I took the initiative to make my intentions reflect in Li Duozuo's report."

"I understand."

Liu Xiaomin gave a tribute and hurried away. Wu Youyi immediately ordered: "Tell me my order, I want to go to Li Zhen's camp."
Chapter completed!