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Chapter 358: Warlord Separatism
Just when the brothers Li Fu and Li Ke were fighting each other, the Xi tribe's army went south and captured Youzhou. The Khitan army also went south and captured Jizhou. Seeing that the Tang Dynasty was in such a mess, the Mohe people were unwilling to be left alone. The hometown of Goguryeo in the city area.
In the entire Northeast region, only Xue Rengui remained loyal to the Tang Dynasty and defended Yingzhou. In addition, Liu Rengui also resisted the huge power of the Khitans and Mohe and defended the Korean Peninsula, echoing Xue Rengui. However, the situation was also extremely dangerous.
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At this time, Li Fuzhi was very proud.
After occupying most of Hedong Road, Li Fu sent troops to raid Li Ke, thus occupying Hebei Road and becoming the largest warlord in the north.
Li Fu was adopted by Li Shimin to Prince Yin Li Jiancheng when he was a child, but he was a direct descendant of Li Shimin. During the Li Zhi Rebellion, Li Fu also sent troops to help the king.
Later, the Western Turks and Tibet jointly attacked the Tang Dynasty, and Li Fu also sent troops to support Chang'an, but before the army arrived, Chang'an had fallen, so Li Fu withdrew his troops.
Chang'an fell, Li Shimin died in battle, Li Zhen's life and death were unknown, and the Tang Empire collapsed. Li Fu was a little sad at first, but then he became excited. Maybe this was God giving him the opportunity to take on the responsibility of revitalizing the Tang Dynasty. mission.
The Hedong area is well-equipped with soldiers and food. This is the place God gave me to make my fortune! Back then, didn't Emperor Gaozu also raise an army in Taiyuan and finally sweep the world?
What the great ancestor Li Yuan and his father Li Shimin could do, I can also do!
¡°Li Fu has always felt depressed.
He is the son of the emperor, but his father Li Shimin adopted him as his son to the deceased Prince Yin Li Jiancheng.
This also shows that he has no chance of being crowned emperor.
Li Fu was very unwilling. He was also his father's son. Li Zhen could be the prince, why couldn't he?
Now that the father is gone, the world is in chaos, and he has hundreds of thousands of elite frontier troops. Not to mention that Li Zhen¡¯s life or death is unclear, even if Li Zhen is alive, he will never give in!
The first thing Li Fu thought about was to expand his strength. To the west were the Tubo and Turks. Li Fu thought that he did not have the strength to confront the foreigners head-on, so he gave up his plan to march into Guanzhong.
To the south is the Luoyang Central Plains area occupied by Helan Shiren.
This area is a fertile land, and it is indeed the capital of the emperor. However, Helan Shiren is strong and well prepared. He has sent tens of thousands of elite troops to guard the dangerous places in the north. It is extremely difficult to capture Luoyang. .
If you fail to turn it into a war of attrition, it will damage your own strength, and the gain will outweigh the loss.
There are no big forces in Hebei Road to the east. Hebei is rich and has a large population, but only Li Ke is stationed in Hebei Road.
Now that Chang'an has fallen and the court is out of control, if Li Ke is given time, he will definitely control Hebei Province in his own hands. Using the financial and material resources in Jizhou, Hebei, he can build a powerful army in a short time.
In this case, Hedong Road where he is located will either surrender to Li Ke or be annexed.
Li Fu has great ambitions, and naturally he will not give up the fat on Hebei Road. As for Li Ke being his brother, he can't control much.
In the struggle for power, where is the brotherhood?
Therefore, Li Fu sent General Gao Kan to launch a surprise attack on Jizhou.
Although Gao Kan was a young general, he had extremely strong military capabilities. He defeated Jizhou in one surprise attack and his army swept across the entire Hebei Province.
Li Ke was almost captured by Gao Kan. He fled northward with the remaining defeated soldiers and entered the grassland, where he turned out to be a rogue bandit.
Occupying Hebei, Li Fu's strength greatly increased, and he suddenly became the most powerful force in the north of the Tang Dynasty except for the foreign races. He had 300,000 troops under his command, most of whom were elite border troops and had sufficient food and supplies.
Afterwards, Li Fu turned his attention to the Northeast. If the Xi tribe and the Khitan people had not occupied Youzhou and Jizhou and blocked Li Fu's way forward, he might have taken the entire Northeast into his hands.
Subsequently, Li Fu sent people to Lingzhou to take over the 50,000 most elite Central Army of the Tang Dynasty that Li Zhen had left in Lingzhou, but he was rejected by Pei Xingjian.
Pei Xingjian¡¯s reasons are very good. Now that the life or death of Prince Li Zhen is uncertain, how can he take orders from others?
His army only takes orders from Prince Li Zhen!
Li Fu was rejected and angrily wanted to send troops to attack Pei Xingjian, but was stopped by Gao Kan.
In the palace hall, Gao Kan said to Li Fu: "Although most of the prince's troops are battle-hardened frontier troops, they may not be able to defeat Pei Xingjian. Pei Xingjian's troops are the main force of the Central Army of the Tang Dynasty, and their combat effectiveness Extremely strong, if we really have to fight, it's still unclear who will win.
Moreover, with this army stationed in Lingzhou, the prince can block the attacks from the Western Turks and Tubo. If they are really wiped out, then the prince will directly face the attack of the Tubo and Turks. This pair It is extremely disadvantageous for the prince. "
After listening to Gao Kan's words, Li Fu gave up his plan to attack Lingzhou, but he added: "Now that my father has passed away, the country cannot live without a king for a day. I am the son of the late emperor, and it is only natural for me to ascend the throne as emperor!"
Gao Kan added: "Tibet and the Western Turks are now powerful. If the prince ascends the throne and becomes emperor, he will be attacked by a joint attack from the Western Turks and the Tubo. With the prince's current strength, he should slowly expand his strength and absorb and digest what he has just gained." Hebei region, accumulate strength, and should not conflict with foreigners prematurely."
After listening to Gao Kan's words, Li Fu thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, as the general said, this emperor should take his time before becoming emperor!"
The entire Tang Dynasty was in complete chaos. The warlords from all sides gathered their troops and formed actual vassal towns. At the same time, there were many small forces who were also ready to move.
Lingnan Road, Wuzhou.
A strong man named Huang rose up. In just one month, he gathered tens of thousands of troops and swept across the entire Lingnan region. The powerful military advisor named Huang was a man named Changsun Yan
In Bozhou, there was a place where the powerful surnamed Long was separatist, and small warlords like him who took advantage of the chaos were everywhere in the entire Tang Dynasty. The entire Tang Dynasty became extremely chaotic, with warlords separatist regimes everywhere and Latin conscripts everywhere. The fields were deserted and the people were displaced.
There is no place for peace in this world.
At this time, the Tubo people who occupied Chang'an were busy digesting the newly acquired territory, so they did not have the energy and ability to continue to expand in a short period of time.
Lu Dongzan is making great strides towards the established goal of cannibalizing the Tang Dynasty. Behind the entire warlord regime of the Tang Dynasty, there is the shadow of Lu Dongzan making trouble, and everything is moving towards the plan formulated by Lu Dongzan.
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