Late Tang

On April 15th, the [-]th year of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing led his army back to Shamen Town in a triumphant return to Beishan Wharf. Countless people in Shamen Town looked forward to them, waiting to welcome them. people.Not only the common people and merchants on Shamen Island came to greet them, but also the Daxie Village and other islands sent troops and officials to greet them.

Li Jing led his troops into southern Liaoning and fought three battles. In the first battle, he defeated Beisha City, which was besieging Qingni City.The second battle against Duli Town was a small defeat at first, and then a big defeat in Duli Town, which forced Duli Town to sign an alliance under the city. For Wanguan's dowry, other families in Duli Town sent more than 300 million gifts.In the third battle, the sword pointed at Beisha City, first destroying the enemy's battalion and horses, and then taking Beisha City under the internal response of the bloodless soldiers.

Today's Li Jing not only killed his boss, Feng Zhang, but also owned the entire Daxie Islands with more than [-] islands.Now it has even killed Liaodong, and owned Qingni City and Beisha City all at once.Qingni City is the largest seaport in eastern Liaodong and even the entire north, while Beisha City is the largest, strongest and most dangerous mountain city in southern Liaoning.

Now up and down Dengzhou, everyone is amazed that Li Jing has become powerful.In the past, the mud-legged peasant who united the soldiers of the village, although on the surface he only wears the title of general of Samana, deputy soldier and horse envoy of Daxie village, but everyone knows that Li Jing is now a dragon that cannot be underestimated. Lu Zhengrong is difficult for ordinary people to control.

Regarding the return of Li Jing, many generals and civil officials from all over Dengzhou and even the entire six states of Ziqing Town sent envoys to Shamen Town with generous gifts to ask for an audience.

More than 1 troops made their triumphant return at sea. In addition to the escort of dozens of warships from the Rage Camp, more than 20 troop carriers of more than [-] shi were dispatched.In the distance, white sails fill the port, and the flags are like the sea.

Seeing that it was about to dock, the super warship of Pei You captured in the last naval battle was sailing at the forefront, and now it has become Li Jing's special flagship, the ship is named Sirius. "Hoo! 36 rounds!"

Li Jing waved his long sword and shouted loudly.

Immediately, the flying fire craftsmen on the ship immediately loaded 36 special flying fires into the cannon cart. The formula of this flying fire is special, and the sound is loud, but the range is not far, and the power is not great.Li Jing asked to load a batch, which was mainly used as signal cannons, salutes, and intimidation to make a show.Now that they are triumphant, Li Jing has already received a letter from Lin Wei who stayed behind in Daxie Village on the road, knowing that Shamen Town is now a gathering of forces from all sides.There are those who want to build relationships, those who want to see the reality, and some who even come here specially to do business and buy these powerful weapons such as Shenhuo and Feihuo in Shamen Town.

Under such circumstances, Li Jing made a decision. This time, when returning to the teacher, there will be a grand and solemn triumphant ceremony of dedication and love, which will create a huge momentum. It is not only to boost the morale of the people and soldiers under the rule, but also to increase everyone's self-confidence. .At the same time, it was deliberately made for those who came to inquire, to let them know that although Shamen Town has eaten a few large pieces of fat now, it is not that others may come to take advantage of it.

Nutao Camp has 36 large and small warships, 36 troop carriers, and a caravan of 36 ships led by Zhang Yingying. A total of [-] large ships formed three large arrays on the sea, each array has three ten A small phalanx of two ships.

Li Jing's Sirius was the first to fire a 36-gun salute, and the shells shot a hundred steps into the sea, rumbling, and blasted huge water jets in the sea.This artillery formation immediately shocked many onlookers at sea, their faces were as white as paper.The common people and soldiers in Shamen Town are better, they have seen the power of Shenhuo.Although there was no such a huge sound, the fact that the flame could burn on the sea water was even more shocking.

On the pier, a middle-aged man dressed as a rich businessman had his eyes twitching, and the corner of his mouth kept sucking in air. He turned to another accomplice dressed as a businessman next to him and said, "Could it be that both Duli Town and Shamen Town have already mastered it?" The power of the flying fire? Judging by the momentum, it is indeed extraordinary. Even if it does not have much direct lethality, if the two armies are facing each other, if they suddenly use it and throw it into the enemy's formation, it can quickly collapse the enemy's formation. Especially if It can be used to deal with cavalry groups, and it can achieve great results. This kind of thing, if used well, can completely change the situation of the entire battlefield. No wonder Duli Town annihilated Li Lingfu's [-] coalition forces at once, and Li Jing was able to wipe out the entire army. Both Lizhen and Beisha City were defeated. This thing is very important, we must find a way to get it and dedicate it to the general."

The man next to him also nodded and said: "That's right, I heard that Li Jing had secretly donated a hundred altars of divine fire to Song Wei. The sacred fire is the most powerful in water warfare, and its power on land is slightly weaker. If you give it to Song Wei, then Song Wei's strength will be greatly increased, and our Ya Army will be in trouble. You went to Qingni City and saw Li Jing, what is his attitude towards General Wang's wooing?"

"Don't mention it, I didn't even see Li Jing's people in Qingni City. After Li Jing sent someone to ask for my letter, there was nothing more to say. It is obvious that Li Jing is not willing to take refuge in General Wang, but He is determined to follow Song Wei and his gang. The only way out now is to implement the second set of plans."

The other man frowned and said, "Wait a minute. With Li Jing's current momentum, I'm afraid that the guards around him must be heavily guarded. If I want to assassinate him, I don't think there is a chance. If you shoot easily, you will only lose your life in vain. In my opinion, Why don't you hurry back to Qingzhou and report the changes in the situation here to the general, and I'll check out some more information about Li Jing here."

On the pier, there are many such sessions.After the salute, the drums and horns of the three armies sounded together, and the fleet finally filed into the port, landing one after another.

When Li Jing stepped off the bridge and rode Mustang King through the pier, countless people waved and shouted his name.Li Jing also kept waving his hands to signal that in order to protect Li Jing's safety, not only a thousand brothers from Li Xigou's newly expanded gendarmerie battalion were dispatched, but also formed a human wall on the pier with three steps and one post, opening up a narrow passage.Lin Wei also dispatched a part of the Black Bear Battalion, the logistics battalion, the urban management brigade, and the public security brigade to work together to maintain order at the pier and ensure Li Jing's safety.

After spending a whole morning on the pier, Li Jing finally returned to the Shamen town general's residence.

All the generals entered the town general's mansion one after another, they couldn't help but let out a long breath, and wiped the sweat from their foreheads.There are so many people on the pier and along the way, no wonder the people are so enthusiastic.This time, except for the Black Bear Battalion and several battalions such as logistics, supplies, transportation, and military police in Shamen Town, almost all the other combat battalions were mobilized.Moreover, with such a big victory, for Shamen Town, winning the battle will face a heavy reward.Seven or eight thousand Salmonella troops set out to march, which means that there are seven or eight thousand town army families behind, with a population of tens of thousands.In addition, Li Jing has not returned to Shamen Town, and when he sent someone back to send back the good news, he made the announcement.In this great victory, the Samana army obtained almost 30 mu of official land at once, all of which belonged to Li Jing.Li Jing has already ordered that all those who are willing to go to Liaodong to hoard land will be given [-] mu per household, no grain will be collected for two years, only half of the grain will be collected for three years after two years, and the full grain will be collected after five years.Moreover, it is also stipulated that all the people who go to hoard the land, in addition to being given one hundred acres of land per household, all the fields that the people reclaimed by themselves will not be requisitioned for three years, then two and a half years, and five years after ten. Within a year, only [-]% of the land tax will be collected.He also promised that for the people who immigrated from Qingni and Beisha, Li Jing would help them build bunkers, provide them with leased cattle, seeds, agricultural tools, etc., and even help them dig wells, organize the digging of ditches, and build waterwheels, etc.

More than 30 mu of land, calculated as one hundred households, can be divided into more than 3000 households.If land reclamation is added, two or three thousand households can still pass.This announcement aroused the excitement of countless people. Although doing business can make money, in many people's minds, it is still not as real as having their own land.At the end of the Tang Dynasty, mergers were serious, and many people lost their own land.Now that there is an opportunity to get a piece of land that can be passed on to children and grandchildren, this is something that must be snatched head-on.

In addition to more than 30 mu of land, Li Jing also ordered to give rewards to more than [-] people in Daxie Village this time.Each person will be given a consistent reward, two bolts of cloth and two buckets of grain.Although a large amount of materials were distributed, it cost a lot.But now the famine is getting worse, even in a trading city like Dengzhou, prices are constantly rising, and the money in the hands of the people is actually shrinking.Distributing money and food to the people is actually giving the people some subsidies brought about by rising prices and stabilizing the stability of Salmonella Island.

For this reason, Li Jing also specially ordered that the salaries of soldiers and workers in all the barracks, workshops, etc. in Shamen Town can be directly replaced by grain, and the grain price will remain at the price at the beginning of the year and will not be raised.This result not only increases the salaries of soldiers and craftsmen, but also greatly alleviates the panic caused by the rising food prices of famines in various places.Now everywhere is chaotic, but Shamen Town can be peaceful and stable, which is related to the large amount of grain stored in Shamen Town.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, famine broke out all over the world. There were hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of shi of grain stored in warehouses in various places in the Sui Dynasty, but they refused to open warehouses to save the people.Finally, after the fall of the Sui Dynasty, after more than ten years of wars in those warehouses, the food in those warehouses was still eaten for decades after the founding of the Tang Dynasty.This result made Li Jing always sigh when studying history. It was a very good strategic decision for the Sui Dynasty to build a warehouse for grain, but they stored grain but failed to use it reasonably. This was the biggest mistake.Shamen Town has been storing food, but Li Jing will not just store food.At the beginning, food was stored to cope with the current situation.

A series of announcements of good news made the people of Shamen Town respect and love Li Jing, a young general.When he came back this time, he naturally faced such a warm welcome.

As soon as Li Jing sat down, Lin Wei and other remaining generals all stepped forward to congratulate Li Jing.This congratulation is not only for the triumphant return of the army this time, but also for Li Jing's congratulations for going out to fight once, and unexpectedly brought back three beautiful Ru Furen.

"I heard that Song Jieshuai had sent an envoy to Shamen Island when I was in Qingni City. Where is the envoy now?" Li Jing had seen two envoys from Qingzhou in Qingni City before, but one wave was from Wang Jingwu, and the other wave was not. It belongs to teacher Cui Yunqing.What was mentioned in the letter brought by Wang Jingwu's envoy was nothing more than a solicitation, but in the teacher's letter, it said that the situation in Ziqing was turbulent recently, and he was asked to return from Liaodong earlier, saying that his troops might be needed at any time.Although I didn't go into details about what happened, there are only two possibilities. One is that Song Wei is going to start a fight with Wang Jingwu, and he needs to call him, the trump card fighter, over.The second possibility is that the civil unrest and bandits are getting worse and worse due to the famine.

No matter which one it is, since Song Wei wants to use his army, Song Wei must first give him something sweet.

He had occupied Daxie Village for so long, and after blocking Song Xi who was sent by Song Wen back, Dengzhou and Qingzhou had nothing to say.Li Jing, Li Liang and others judged this in private, thinking that neither Wang Jingwu nor Song Wei actually wanted to see Li Jing swallow Daxie village alone.

If Song Wei wants to use him right now, it is very likely that Song Wei will hand over Daxie Village to him in exchange for his military assistance.

As expected by Li Jing and others, Song Wei's emissary was Lei Gang, the magistrate of the Ziqing Jiedu shogunate. Among the official positions below the Jiedu envoy, the magistrate was second only to Jiedu deputy and Jiedu Sima is in fourth place.Usually in charge of the four cao of soldiers, warehouses, cavalry, and helmets, which is a very important position.Song Wei actually sent such a heavyweight envoy, which shows that the matter is really serious.

"Guerrilla General, Captain of Shangqi, Cavalry Envoy of Scattered Soldiers, Military Officer in Yingtian, Jiedu Yamen and Pioneer of Jiedu, General of Shamen Town, Li Jing, Deputy Envoy of Daxie Village, outstanding military exploits and extraordinary heroism , put down the bandits, and keep the peace of one side. Today, we are commending his meritorious service and promoting him to be a military envoy of Daxie Village. The rest of the officers and men of Daxie Village who have meritorious service will be promoted according to their merits."

Although Lei Gang is a civil servant, he is a solid and strong man. It is said that he is a military commander. He is only in his forties at this time. , Congratulations."

Li Jing smiled lightly and said, "I heard that the commander-in-chief's mansion still needs to be assigned a task, but I don't know what task it is."

Lei Gang said: "Brother is really in a hurry. I entrust you with this task, so I really didn't pick the wrong person." After he finished speaking, he took out another handwritten book from his pocket, but it was Li Jing's other book. A new appointment, Song Wei appointed Li Jing, the pioneer of Jiedu plus the title of suppressing emissary, and asked him to lead his troops to dispatch troops within three days after receiving the order, and landed in Zizhou and Qizhou to suppress bandits and quell the chaos. "

(To be continued)