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Chapter 420 Long absence

There was a change in Pu San Anzhen's thoughts, but Li Quan didn't know it at first.

There are more than [-] people under his command, and his camp is located in Anding Town on the lower reaches of the Beiqing River, which is separated from the Jin Army camp by about two miles.Jin Jun took some actions, but he would not inform him in advance, let alone report to him about any decisions made by Pu San Anzhen.

This section of Beiqing River is the result of the Yellow River's decisive battle in Chanzhou during the Xining period of the former Song Dynasty.At that time, the river flowed eastward at Liangshanbo, and it was divided into two factions. One united with the Nanqing River to flow into the Huai River, and the other united with the North Qing River to flow into the sea. There were 45 prefectures and counties, and more than 30 hectares of land were destroyed.

The amount of water that the Beiqing River receives from the Yellow River is only two to three out of ten, but after the water from the Yellow River is poured into it, it seems to be affected by the Yellow River's bad temper, and it bursts and floods from time to time.After Mingchang, the old embankment of Beiqing River continued for a long time, and the floods became more and more serious.

From the north of Jiyang to the open space on both sides of the river, there are many relics left by the flood of the river, and there are no less than a hundred abandoned farmland villages.For example, between the two armies of Li Quan and Pu San Anzhen, there are many inland rivers and ditches, and the field is divided into irregular blocks by the silted river water, making it difficult to pass through.

Although the two parties have reached a cooperation intention, in the end one party is an official and the other is a thief.The official army is full of contempt for the bandit army, but the bandit army is afraid that the official army will overwhelm and annex them, so the two sides set up camps apart, so that each other can feel more at ease.

The sentry cavalry of the Ding Navy had patrolled so far before, and reported that Li Quan's camp was looser than the camp of the Jin Army, maintaining the appearance of marching and stationing at any time. active.

The sentinel's observation was correct.

In the eyes of Pu San Anzhen, the death of his subordinate Heshi Lie Yawu Tower was a traumatic loss for the Hebei Jin Army.Then, in Li Quan's eyes, since he cooperated with Pu San Anzhen, he has not only hurt his muscles and bones, but he has become so angry.

Last year, together with the Red Coat Army, they captured Yidu Mansion and Zizhou in one go, and now they are all in the hands of Ding Haijun. Weizhou, the base that Li Quan relied on in his early years, was lost earlier than Yidu.

Li Quan was extremely anxious about this situation, and everyone in Li Quan's subordinates was even more disturbed.

Therefore, for a while, Li Quan and his generals have been intensively rectifying their troops. They are ready to seize an opportunity at any time, not only to fight back to Yidu, but also to go to Laizhou, and take away the land that Guo Ning has been managing for a long time. land of prosperity.

But no matter how beautiful the idea is, it is always difficult to implement it.In the past few days, military reports from Yidu Mansion and Zizhou have been returning, so Li Quan knew that Yidu Mansion had only stood up to Ding Haijun for one day.Thousands of Liu Qingfu's troops under Li Quan's command were taken as prisoners.

Li Quan became more and more annoyed by this, so even though he garrisoned An Ding Town, his mind was gearing up, looking for ways to take the initiative to attack and reverse the situation.

If this situation is not reversed, it will collapse!
Once occupying three prefectures and one prefecture, a powerful force that could rival Yang An'er and Liu Erzu in the Red Coat Army has now shrunk to only Binzhou.And Binzhou is not where Li Quan's foundation is. The real potential here is Yin Chang, the former Binzhou military commander who responded to Yang An'er's rebellion.

Originally, relying on the momentum of the Red Coat Army, Li Quan lived in peace with Ding Haijun for more than half a year.Seeing that the Red Coat Army was about to come to an end, Li Quan contacted San Anzhen, the servant of Xuanfu envoy of Hebei Province, and returned to the rule of the court.In the current situation, relying on the strong to seek self-survival is a flexible approach, which is only logical.

But who knew that this servant San Anzhen was bragging like crazy, but it was actually an embroidered pillow and a bag of grass?This kind of nobleman of the Jurchen would only use his tricks of intrigue in the capital city to the battlefield, but how could it work?

The so-called plan by Pu San Anzhen was just an excuse for Ding Haijun to dispatch.And once this vicious tiger comes out, Yang Miaozhen can't stand it, Li Quan can't stand it, and Pu San Anzhen, who thinks he is a brave and good fighter, can't fucking stand it!
At this time, Li Quan's headquarters, which had lost a large area of ​​territory, was like a tree without roots and water without a source, although there were still more than [-] people.Even though Li Quan himself and the generals put in great efforts to boost morale, but the soldiers suddenly left their hometowns, knowing that all the villages fell into the hands of the enemy, the panic was hard to control.

What's even more irritating is that Ding Haijun still spread rumors all over the world, saying that Heshi Lie Yawu Tower was brave and good at fighting, but Liu Qingfu was as timid as a mouse, and would only kneel down and beg for mercy.

What nonsense!
Liu Qingfu has been with Li Quan for nearly 20 years, how many times he fought fierce battles, how many times he was born and died!If he is as timid as a mouse, is it possible that I, Li Tieqiang, are blind?

That rumor is clearly a rumor released by Ding Haijun, and its intention is very despicable, to drive apart the close cooperation between the two sides.

But servant San Anzhen actually believed it.

For a while, Li Quan continued to send a small group of people to the south of Beiqing River as usual.This move is not only to closely control the movement of the Ding Navy, but also to give full play to Li Quan's influence around Yidu, trying to find a way to hold back the march of the Ding Navy.

When Li Quan was in action, he would often bump into the Dinghai cavalry, as well as the Jin army cavalry who also went south to investigate the situation.Although the Jin army will not fight with Ding Haijun, at least it will help Li Quan's subordinates to report the news and fulfill the responsibility of a friendly army.

But since the day before yesterday, the number and scale of the Golden Army Sentinel Cavalry has decreased sharply, and their range of activities has also shrunk to within twenty miles along the Beiqing River.

What does this represent?
Li Quan immediately sent Zheng Yande, an effective subordinate, to investigate.In the end, Zheng Yande was summoned by servant Anzhen alone, had a very polite chat, and offered him a glass of wine.Pu San Anzhen also explained the situation specifically, saying that his knights were exhausted from running, and the horses were not accustomed to the soil and water in Shandong, so they needed to rest for a few days.

When Zheng Yande reported back that day, Li Quan's heart sank: "Not good!"

The general Tian Si asked: "Marshal, what's wrong? Those Jurchen cavalry are all from the Central Capital, and they are all very delicate. I don't think they look tired after running around for days at all."

Li Quan turned back and sat down, his face livid.

"Do you know what kind of person that servant San Anzhen is?"

"A noble relative of the Jurchens."

"That's right, he is a first-rank member of the imperial court, a noble relative of the Jurchen, his mother is a princess, and his wife is a princess. Now he is in charge of the east and west roads in Hebei, and is the head of all the envoys in the world. Such a person, usually Higher than the top, even if he pretends to be a corporal, the arrogance in his bones cannot be concealed from others. In several states, I have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to cooperate with him. Up to now, I have only seen him three times. Five times, I had two meals."

Speaking of this, Li Quan sneered.

"As for you, in the eyes of Pu San Anzhen, you are nothing more than ants. After today, has he ever invited you? Has he ever invited you to drink a drop of wine? Old Zheng, how many catties and taels do you have? Is it possible for servant San Anzhen to take a fancy to it? Don’t you know that if you don’t have anything to do to be courteous, it’s either adultery or robbery!”

As soon as this sentence came out, all the generals in the tent were shocked, as if a basin of snow water was poured from the top door, it was icy cold from head to toe.

Zheng Yande said in horror: "Marshal is right, there must be ghosts in this!"

There was silence in the tent for a while.

Someone murmured: "I think it's wrong to lose Yidu Mansion so quickly. Old Liu is capable of fighting, how can he be so unbearable? There must be something hidden in this..."

"What secret?"

The man hesitated for a while, looking at Li Quan's expression: "Then Guo Ning is an official of the Kingdom of Jin, and so is Pu San Anzhen, could it be...the two of them conspired to sell us?"

"This..." No one could answer, they all turned to look at Li Quan.

This cooperation with Pu San An Zhen was promoted by Li Quan.Prior to this, the army kept shrinking and gave up many territories. Li Quan could also explain that it was a strategy that had been arranged long ago.But if it is said that the whole matter is caused by their own side being framed by others, then everyone will have to wait for their own marshal to give an explanation.

Li Quan's forehead was throbbing with blue veins, but his expression was still calm.

He bowed his head in thought for a moment, then suddenly got up again and turned back to the back tent.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what Li Quan meant, and when they were about to stand up and look behind, Li Quan turned around again, holding a box in both hands.

"Old Zheng, come."

Zheng Yande took two steps forward.

Li Quan opened the box, and everyone felt a burst of light shining. It turned out that the box was full of gold, pearls and treasures.

In Zheng Yande's eyes, there was a lot of precious light reflected, which was unusually bright: "Marshal, this is?"

"Take these and go to the Jinjun camp again. This time, don't ask to see the senior officials and generals of the Xuanfu envoy, go to see those familiar Guan Gou and Ling Shi, spread all these, and ask Real news."

Li Quan put the box into Zheng Yande's arms, patted the box, and closed the lid: "I want to know what new ideas Pu San Anzhen has."

Zheng Yande swallowed and nodded repeatedly: "I'll go right away."

"Be careful, don't let irrelevant people see you during this trip."

"Marshal, don't worry, I'll save it."

Zheng Yande left in a hurry, and Li Quan was waiting in the tent of the Chinese army.The generals may have military affairs at hand, but at this time, no one can take care of them, and they all sit with Li Quanku.

About an hour later, the sky gradually darkened, and the sound of footsteps outside the tent was Zheng Yande's return.

"how?"

Zheng Yande's expression was anxious and his face was ashen-colored: "That servant Anzhen sent someone to see Guo Ning the day before yesterday, and suggested that the two companies negotiate and carve up Shandong's territory. It is said that servant Anzhen proposed that he not pursue Heshi Lieya. Wuta and the others are dead, but Bozhou, Dezhou, Dizhou, Binzhou and Jinan prefectures."

There will be an uproar.

Even a fool can understand that this is really selling Li Quan and others!The territory mentioned in this sentence, only Binzhou is in the hands of Li Quan, and Yidu, Weizhou, Zizhou and other places, since Pu San Anzhen did not mention it, Guo Ning will not return it to the original owner!

A dozen or so people in the tent cursed loudly.

Li Quan asked in a deep voice: "Guo Ning, do you have any response to Pu San Anzhen's proposal?"

"Just as I was going to inquire, there was indeed a letter of reply, which was sent to Pusan ​​Anzhen camp."

Li Quan closed his eyes slightly, gritted his teeth, and rattled.

(End of this chapter)