At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 320
Cui Hongsheng, nicknamed Shangke, was born in the Cui family of Boling, and is currently the prefect of Shanggu County, that is, Li Jing's immediate boss.To be honest, Cui Hongsheng doesn't like Li Jing very much, because Li Jing is too boring, and the key point is that he doesn't know how to flatter his superiors. Since he took office for half a year, he has never taken the initiative to visit the prefect's mansion except for business. Please, Li Jing just came to celebrate his birthday, but the gift was only two boxes of cakes and two birthday noodles, which made Cui Hongsheng dumbfounded.

However, Cui Hongsheng had to admit that although Li Jing was not good at being a man, he was very good at doing things and had great abilities, especially in the aspect of managing the army and suppressing bandits. He had to be completely reborn, and his combat power rose in a straight line, from the five scumbags of the war to an elite army capable of winning battles, which is really impressive.

Shanggu County is adjacent to Yanshan Mountain in the north, Taihang in the south, Juyong in the east, and Dai County in the west. The territory is full of mountains and rivers, the geographical environment is dangerous, and the people's customs are tough. There are more thieves and horse bandits than lice on the head of dysentery. For example, Our old friends Wang Xuba and Li Shanfei were once the bandits who ran rampant in this area.

Juyang County is the county seat of Shanggu County. Even so, tax collectors may be robbed when they go out of the city to collect taxes on weekdays. There was nothing he could do about it, but Li Jing only came here for half a year, and he actually wiped out several groups of bandits near Juyang County, and then built hundreds of bloody bandit heads into a Jingguan. The bandit was so frightened that he ran away with his tail between his legs.

As a result, the law and order environment near Juyang County improved greatly, and the surrounding villages and towns could even keep their houses open at night. Therefore, Li Jing also got the nickname Jingshanhu, or Li Yanwang.

Although Cui Hongsheng doesn't like Li Jing, Li Jing's ability is obvious to all. Only half a year after he took office, he reversed the law and order near Ju County, allowing Cui Taishou to enjoy Dunlun with his concubines at night, so Cui Hongsheng is very supportive of Li Jing's work , almost asking for money for money, for people to give, for weapons for weapons, and repeatedly encouraged Li Jing to let him do it (I'm covering you), it's best to give all the bandits in Shanggu County to Ben The prefect died.

This day was the twelfth day of February, and Cui Hongsheng took a group of officials out of the city to inspect Nongsang. He didn't dare to do it before, but now that the bandits near Juyang have been wiped out by Li Jing, Cui Taishou is naturally willing to show it in front of the people. As a parent official, I am diligent and close to the people.

Cui Taishou came to the field and "met" a few farmers who were farming. After a cordial conversation and encouragement, he ended today's inspection work and returned to the city to continue to take care of everything.

When Cui Hongsheng was drinking the sweet lotus seeds and snow fungus soup, he finally woke up and hadn't seen Li Jing for a while, so he asked Mu Liao beside him, "What is our Jingshanhu doing recently?"

All the staff members smiled, and one of them smiled and replied: "Jing Shanhu naturally went to patrol the mountain. A few days ago, he took a thousand soldiers from the county to the north. It must have made a big difference."

Cui Hongsheng heard the words and said: "Don't care about him, it would be better if we clean up all the mountains in Shanggu County."

The staff members laughed again. Although this Li Jing is not likable, he is a talented person who can work. Since he came, he has solved the headache that the prefect has been facing. This year's official assessment should be rated as excellent.

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The sunset in the west is like a huge fireball, which is about to sink below the horizon. The afterglow dyes the vast field a blood red. The four fields are lonely and the twilight is dim. Grabbing the first crop of spring grass newly grown by the river.

Li Jing was sitting by the river with his back to the setting sun, holding a water bag in one hand and eating bread with relish in the other. The setting sun cast long shadows on him and the iron gun stuck beside him.

A thousand soldiers from the county behind them were doing the same thing. Toasted pancakes and water were their dinner. No one complained, because Li Juncheng ate and used the same food as everyone else, and everyone knew that once the battle was won, , Li Juncheng will definitely distribute all the spoils to everyone, and he will take the least, or even not take any.

The reason why the soldiers in the county feared Li Juncheng was because Li Juncheng was selfless, strict in running the army, and clearly rewarded and punished.

The reason why the county soldiers respect and love Li Juncheng is because Li Juncheng is selfless, leads by example, and loves soldiers like sons.

The reason why the soldiers of the county support Li Juncheng is because Li Juncheng uses his soldiers like a god, and he can always lead everyone to win battles and lead everyone to win one glory after another.

In the past, the soldiers of Shanggu County were a group of wimps who were scolded by the people pointing at their spines. They fled when they saw bandits and bandits. Since Li Juncheng came, the soldiers suddenly realized that they were actually good at fighting. The horse thieves and bandits were actually not as scary as they imagined. The arrows would bleed, and their necks would lose their heads. Ever since, they became more and more brave and won more and more battles. Thumbs up, the bandits who looked at them with disdain in the past are now invincible as long as they see them.

After being a county soldier for so many years, everyone finally tasted the honor of being a soldier, and their waists became straighter and straighter. Today, they can finally hold their heads high and walk on the official road confidently!
The sun had finally set, night fell, and a bright moon rose slowly from the blue sky in the east.Li Jing stood up, pulled out his iron spear, got on his horse, and said in a deep voice, "Continue to march!"

The county soldiers stood up in unison, without making any noise, and continued to march towards the direction of the rising moon at night. No one knew what the mission was this time, but no one asked.

The team traveled to Tokyu for about an hour under the moon, and the moon was already high. At this time, Li Jing ordered to set up camp on the spot.

Li Jing's army was very strict, and he was not allowed to speak during the march, but he was not so particular after setting up camp, and the soldiers were allowed to chat and even play in a moderate amount.

"My lord, after we left Juyang, we traveled all the way north, and now we have passed the Great Wall. Could it be that your lord's trip is to go to Yudu Jinshan to surprise the Turkic tooth tent?" A soldier asked half-jokingly.

Everyone turned their attention to Li Jing, and they obviously had doubts in their hearts. This march has gone too far, which is a bit unreasonable.

Li Jing said: "Your thinking is beautiful, this place is still far away from Yudu Jinshan. In fact, there is no mission this time. It's just taking you guys on a long-distance march."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words, they were not afraid to fight bandits and bandits, but they had no idea what to do with Turkic people.

Not long after the county soldiers set up their camp, a figure approached furtively. The vigilant scouts spotted it, and immediately rode their horses around to catch the intruder.

"Lord Jun Cheng, we caught a spy spying on our camp!" The scouts threw the "spies" tied like rice dumplings in front of Li Jing.

Li Jing took a look at the spy, and said coldly: "What are you doing, spying on the officer's camp, what do you want?"

That "spies" was none other than Ha Ni from the Hari tribe. He glanced at Li Jing first, and found that his appearance was no different from that described by the boss Changqing. In our pastoral area, the grassland people came here to negotiate, and they have no malicious intentions!"

Li Jing frowned and said, "Harry Ministry? But the Harry Ministry that paid tribute to the emperor at the end of last year?"

Ha Ni nodded sharply and said, "Yes, yes, I don't know what your name is?"

Li Jing looked relieved and said: "It turned out to be Harry's department, and my official is Shanggu Juncheng. I happened to pass by here. I didn't expect this to be the pastoral area of ​​your Harry department. Anyway, I will lead the army to leave immediately to avoid misunderstanding."

Ha Ni hurriedly waved his hand and said, "So it's Mr. Li from Shanggu County. That's okay. The Harry Department is also a citizen of the Sui Dynasty. Since Master Li is passing by here, the Harry Department should welcome him warmly, so there is a reason to drive him away. By the way. , I heard that Master Li and Supervisor Gao Mu are sworn brothers?"

Li Jing asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

Ha Ni smiled and said: "Lord Li doesn't know something, our Harry Department and Supervisor Gao Mu are very familiar, and the horse farm that Supervisor Gao Mu is about to open is not far from our pastoral area."

Li Jing "suddenly" said: "So that's how it is!"

(End of this chapter)