Late Tang

In Duli Town, Wang Pu heard that Li Juren, the son of Li Lingfu, was dead. Before he died, he actually handed Qingnipu to Li Jing instead of his younger brother Li Juyi. Failed to seize Qingni City. Li Jing took Qingni City without spending a single soldier, and now he is sitting on Qingni City. So far, depressed in my heart, I can't afford to be sick.

Li Jing led the army back to Qingni City, Li Juyi announced to Mrs. Gao and Li Meng that Li Juren was dying, and all the civil and military people in Qingni City and the rich families came to see Li Jing.Li Jingnai took over as the city lord, with Li Meng as his assistant, and Li Chunyi, the secretary of Shamen town, as his assistant, and Lin Wu was appointed as the general of Qingni town, leading the Qinglang battalion to garrison the city.Another Zhenhai battalion was sent to garrison Qingni port, and Li Xu was the commander of the navy.

In addition, Li Jing reorganized the directly subordinate cavalry capital of Shamen Town and the Konghe cavalry into a new Konghe cavalry battalion, which was a large battalion of 2000 people in ten capitals. One thousand Hu cavalry were recruited, mixed with the original one thousand soldiers and horses.Li Jing appointed Li Juyi as the new ten generals of the Crane Controlling Camp, and Gao Rong as the deputy ten generals.Jache, Fu'an, Cao Meng, Li Biao, Yu Bao, and Gao Duo were all generals, and four cavalry generals Mao Youliang, Yang Xing'an, Ma Ruhai, and Chen Xianjin were transferred from all the cavalry in Shamen Town.

Of the more than [-] Fan soldiers, except for [-] Huqi who were recruited into the Crane Army, the remaining [-] were also recruited by Li Jing. The new three battalions were formed into three battalions of flying guns, flying spears, and flying axes, stationed outside Qingni City. .

While reorganizing the army, Li Jing posted notices to appease the soldiers and civilians.In addition, the funerals of Li Lingfu, Li Juren, and Juyi's father and son were also arranged.Li Jing and the sergeants, big and small, all paid filial piety, and after the sacrifices were made, they were buried in Tieshan Ridge on the coast of Liaohai.

The old Qingni City army was also reorganized into three garrison infantry battalions, plus the third infantry battalion of the Fan Army, Lin Wu's Iron Spear, and Li Xu's Zhenhai. Thousands of troops.

The crane-controlling army was kept by Li Jing's side, which was also Li Liang's idea.The Crane Controlling Army is the last elite in Qingni City. Bringing them around will not only help Lin Wu control the situation in Qingni City, but also help Li Jing slowly subdue the elite Crane Controlling Army.

Gao Rong and other Fan soldiers received a large amount of money from Li Jing after the war. Originally, Li Jing promised to help them capture Beisha City after the war.However, after going through two battles, especially after suffering a big loss in the town of Duli, where the Fan soldiers lost thousands of people, they immediately came to their senses.It's okay to be a mercenary with these mobs, and it's impossible to snatch Beisha City.

Faced with Li Jing's offer to recruit them, there was not much hesitation. The leaders of all tribes, big and small, couldn't help being moved, and they all agreed within a short time.

After signing a truce with Duli Town and sorting out the mess in Qingni City, Li Jing did not intend to immediately withdraw to Daxie Village.

"The last time Beisha City took advantage of the fire and robbed Qingni City. Now that I am the new city owner of Qingni City, I will definitely avenge this revenge."

Li Liang also agreed with Li Jing's decision, "In the past, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty ruled in Guanzhong, while Emperor Guangwu ruled in Hanoi. This is to consolidate the roots and fight for the world. In this way, advancing can defeat the enemy, and retreating can hold firm. Now the Lord has Owning the entire Daxie Village, but Daxie Village is only an archipelago on the sea, and its foundation is inherently unstable. Now that I have Qingni City in my hand, this is a godsend foundation. Owning Daxie Village can connect Liaodong and Ziqing Town, and expand northward to Liaodong Land, reclaiming land, and resettling the people. Use the workshops on Daxiezhai Island to produce goods to accumulate wealth, and use Qingni City to stockpile land to produce food. Accumulate strength, and when the Central Plains changes, you can send troops westward to the Central Plains , to fight for the world."

"Fight for the world?" Li Jing smiled lightly, "I am a border general of the Tang Dynasty, and the military adviser will not say such words in the future, which will attract people's attention. Besides, the Li family of the Tang Dynasty has been in power for 300 years, and people's hearts are against each other. How can it be changed sooner or later."

Li Liangdao: "If the Lord doesn't have Qing Yun's ambition, how can he do such a thing? Looking at the various actions of the Lord, this is the image of an overlord. As long as the Lord has some ambitions, I am willing to follow the left and right to the death. Yes, I will help you wholeheartedly."

Li Jing smiled, what Li Liang said is true, the masterminds always want to meet ambitious masters, so that they can have the opportunity to display their talents.Standard literati, they would never think of making a career out of themselves, but thinking of learning literary and martial arts, selling goods to the emperor's family, assisting a Ming master to succeed, and leaving his name in history.But right now is not the time to say those words, although Datang is about to leak and sink, but even if such a big ship sinks, it will take decades to sink.

If you jump out too early, you will only be the first to be beaten.

"I want to use the three-foot green blade in my hand to wipe out the turmoil in the world, rejuvenate the Tang Dynasty, and rebuild the prosperous world!" Li Jing stroked his sword heroically.

Li Liang's eyes lit up, and he could already hear the meaning of Li Jing's words.In today's world, if you use the banner of Zhongxing Datang, you will undoubtedly be smarter than those Jieshuai who rebel and proclaim themselves emperors at every turn.After he understood Li Jing's intentions, he smiled slightly and finally stopped mentioning these things.

Instead, he said: "I am in favor of sending troops to Beisha City, but don't really fight in the end. Although Beisha City is not as good as Duli Town, it is a mountain city built on the Dahei Mountain. Of course, Emperor Taizong conquered Liao and sent [-] troops to besiege [-] Goguryeo The defending Beisha City suffered heavy damage and was unable to take down for a long time. In the end, it was taken at a great price. If we attack Beisha City today, if we attack Beisha City, we will not be able to capture it if we have fewer soldiers. If we have more soldiers, we will come to Qingni City and Daxie Village It is unavoidable, and secondly, a hard attack will cause huge losses, and it is not worthwhile. In the end, I invite Shicheng, Shirenzhu and other forces near Beisha City to send troops together. Compensation for money and food not only reaps a harvest, but also weakens Beisha City. It can also strengthen friendly relations with other forces through joint forces."

Li Jing nodded after hearing this, "There is a severe drought this year, and it seems that the summer harvest season is coming, but there is no harvest in all parts of the north. At this time, using troops in Beisha City can get a lot of money and food. Beisha City is originally a group of horse thieves. He has money, food, gold and silk. If he is wise and sheds some blood this time, we can temporarily avoid using troops against him. If he is not knowledgeable, we can just pull the coalition forces from all ministries and make a good alliance."

Immediately, Li Jing asked Lin Wu and Li Xu to lead the army to stay in Qingni City, and there were three battalions of garrison troops and a third battalion of Fan soldiers with 6000 horses to guard.Li Jing led Qinglang, Tiebi, Zhenhai, Feiying and Xinjian Crane Controlling 6000 troops to Beisha City, and sent people to contact Shicheng and Shirenzhu Gangcheng, and asked them to send troops together.

Along the way, Li Jing was not in a hurry to rush to Beisha City, but ordered the five battalions to separate and keep a certain distance.While marching, they wiped out bandits, pirates, horse thieves and other forces along the way. It was not only training soldiers, but also stealing money and food from thieves and thieves. On the other hand, it was also to eliminate the bandits near Qingni City and keep Qingni City peaceful.

The land of Liaodong was named under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, but it was actually a land without an owner.There are many forces and people from all ethnic groups mixed together.Most of the forces are like Duli Town, with tens of thousands of soldiers, and dozens of small ones.Large powers occupy hundreds of miles, building cities and castles, while small powers simply build a cottage in the mountains and forests, or even hide directly in caves.There are bandits, horse thieves, and pirates everywhere.Even when Li Lingfu took control of Qingnipu, with his strength, he could not wipe out the thieves within the sphere of influence.

Within three days, the five battalion companies destroyed dozens of strongholds, killed a thousand bandits, captured more than [-] prisoners of war, and seized a lot of food, money, silk, etc., and captured many captive men and women.Li Jing sent people to behead all these bandit leaders, and demote the rest to slaves, and ordered them to send all the captured men and women back to Qingni City first.

At the foot of Beisha City, Li Jing did not rush to attack the city, but led the Crane Battalion to station under the city, and let the other four battalions scatter around Beisha City to continue to destroy those bandits.Zhang Dewei was panicked when he heard that Li Jing was leading troops to attack on Dahei Mountain.I also heard that Li Jing wiped out dozens of cottages, beheaded over a thousand, and captured thousands of people along the way.Now I have even contacted Shicheng and Shirenzhugang to attack together, and I feel even more uneasy.

While panicking, the scouts suddenly reported that after Li Jing's soldiers arrived at the foot of the mountain, they were so arrogant that they scattered most of the soldiers to suppress the bandits, while he left only [-] soldiers to wait for the soldiers from Shicheng and Shirenzhu.Hearing this news, Zhang Dewei couldn't help feeling a bit of excitement.

In the middle of the night that day, Zhang Dewei's general, Wang Du, called for a battle, and personally led [-] soldiers and horses down the mountain to attack.Li Jing had already expected that the other party might attack the camp, and had already prepared for it.The soldiers and horses of the king's capital rushed into the camp, but only got an empty camp, and now they knew it was a trick.However, Li Jing had already led the crane cavalry to cover up and attack from the side. The two armies fought, Li Jing's two thousand against five thousand.But although the Crane Control Camp was newly reorganized, there were [-] of Li Lingfu's old fine cavalry, and [-] of Li Jing's direct cavalry, and the newly recruited [-] cavalry were also Hu cavalry, good at riding and shooting.

In this night battle, Beisha City had many soldiers and horses, but because Beisha City was defeated last time, half of the old soldiers were gone.Zhang Dewei cleaned out the Hu people in the city again, and finally went to the small half of the Hu soldiers. Now, among the five thousand soldiers, there are less than a thousand old soldiers, and the rest are all newly recruited soldiers.These people are not proficient in martial arts and have poor equipment. How can they be the opponents of the Two Thousand Crane Controlling Army.During the melee, Wangdu's bright red armor appeared abnormally. Li Juyi followed him and caught up with him on horseback. The two sides fought less than a few times, and Li Juyi stabbed him off the horse with a long spear.Even the general flag of Wangdu was stabbed to death by Li Juyi and the flag bearer was taken away.

The flag was lost and they were about to die. The Beisha army who was ambushed suddenly became chaotic and fled in all directions.

Li Jing led his army to hide and kill, and chased him from the foot of the mountain to the foot of Beisha city.Zhang Dewei saw the flames coming straight up the mountain, and when he got close, he realized that the [-] soldiers from his family had returned in a complete defeat, while Li Jing's soldiers were killing pigs and cows behind him, and he fainted from fright.

The defeated army fled to the city and shouted to open the door.Zhang Dewei issued an order not to open the door, and watched Li Jing lead his army to chase down the city, hacked and killed, and finally watched many hopeless soldiers abandon their weapons and knelt down and begged for mercy.

Five thousand soldiers and horses were gone, Li Juyi rode his horse Yang Leng, with the head of the king's capital stuck in it, and rode his horse a hundred paces below the city, and shouted: "Zhang Dewei, you will surrender at this time, when will you wait!"

(To be continued)