Late Tang

When Li Jing asked that sentence, Jiedu judge Lei Gang seemed a little suspicious that he had heard it wrong. He looked at Li Jing suspiciously, with a confused expression on his face.Li Jing repeated in that deep voice, and he was finally sure.

Silence, Lei Gang was a little surprised, he didn't expect Li Jing to ask such a question.Then there was anger, Li Jing was just a farmer, a local villager.Thanks to Cui Yunqing's emphasis on promotion, he has achieved his current status, and Jieshuai also values ​​him very much, helping him to be promoted several times.In his opinion, Jie Shuai has now given Li Jing the coveted position of Daxie Village Brigade and Horse Envoy, and also added a title of Suppressing Envoy to him. Li Jing should be very happy and satisfied.

No one expected that Li Jing would be so greedy, and now he dared to bargain.Just as he was about to yell at him, he could see Li Jing's flat face, as well as the sturdy generals on the left and right, he suddenly understood that Li Jing was no longer the same Li Jing as before.He also personally witnessed the grand reception on the pier when Li Jing made his triumphant return just now. Not only is Li Jing a good soldier, but he is also extremely popular now.According to the information he inquired, Li Jing had newly acquired Qingni City and Beisha City. After Li Jing's compilation and adaptation of Qingni City, there are now eight battalions with a total of 7000 soldiers stationed in Qingni City. Although there are fewer soldiers in Qingni City, there are also soldiers stationed Three thousand horses.And Li Jing brought back [-] people from the Fifth Battalion. It turned out that Daxie Village also had six battalions: the Black Bear Battalion, the Logistics Battalion, the Supply Battalion, the Gendarmerie Battalion, the POW Auxiliary Battalion, and the POW Transport Battalion.

Liaodong has 4000 soldiers and horses, and Daxie Village has [-] soldiers and horses, which adds up to a total of [-] people. This is not counting those security brigades. The urban management brigade and the civil defense brigade are the same in his opinion. Almost all of them can be counted as those in the army.

When they came, Song Wei and Cui Yunqing told him that Li Jing only had 8000 soldiers on the surface. If the current Daxie Village is included, the number of soldiers should be [-], but the actual number of soldiers should be [-] to [-].At that time, he was still a little surprised, how the small Daxie village could raise so many soldiers and horses.He thought that among Li Jing's seven or eight thousand soldiers, there were only a small half of the elite, and the rest might be some auxiliary logistics soldiers who made up the numbers.

Who would have known that Li Jing already had 4000 troops without making a sound.You know, the entire Pinglu Army is currently rated at only 500 soldiers.Although it is said that no matter which feudal town is now, the actual number of troops has already exceeded the number of soldiers.But there are too many Li Jingchao, and his soldiers and horses are too elite.

With more than 50 troops, occupying four cities, covering an area of ​​hundreds of miles, with [-] million people and one million acres of arable land, Li Jing has the qualifications to negotiate terms.

"Da Xie Zhai soldiers and horse envoys plus town envoys, this is not a low position. From then on, the Ya Nei will be a general. The season commander also told me that Ji Yu is Cui Sima's favorite student. At first, I was born in General Song Wen’s Unity Camp, and Jie Shuai is also a family. This time Jie Shuai specially asked me to bring some blank official positions to report. The generals under General Ji Yu’s command can be appointed at your discretion promoted."

Li Jing shook his head: "These are not enough. Daxie Village was brought down by myself. Could it be that Song Jieshuai appointed other people to secure this position? I have Daxie Village. I have already promised my teacher and Song Jieshuai , will continue to send money and food to Song Jieshuai in the future. Right now, Song Jieshuai plans to let me help him get rid of Wang Jingwu and help him control Ziqing Town, so I also want to get the part I deserve."

The current Li Jing has the qualifications to say such a thing, and Li Jing thinks that now is indeed the time to say this.What should be contested must be contested, the position of the small Daxie village soldiers and horses is still too low.

Lei Gang's face was a little ugly, he suppressed his dissatisfaction, and asked: "Then what kind of reward does the Yamen want?"

Li Jing chuckled softly: "As long as Song Jieshuai is ready and you have a horse to lead his troops to help, Wang Jingwu will definitely perish. I won't say much. If things don't work out, I don't want anything. If things work out, then I will There is only one request, I will be the governor of Dengzhou, and I will give my subordinates a military number, and I will be the military envoy! Of course, even if I become the governor of Dengzhou, my brothers and I will still be loyal to Song Jie Handsome. But if you want the horse to run, you have to feed the horse. Appropriate rewards, I think it should be."

"President of Dengzhou? Bugle number?" Lei Gang took a deep breath, this Li Jing really dared to speak.

Since the late Tang Dynasty, the small feudal towns have governed two or three prefectures, and the large ones have governed five or six prefectures.Jieshuai often also serves as the governor of the state where Yacheng is located. For example, Song Wei's current official position in the court is General Jinwu, Ziqing Jiedushi is an envoy, and he also serves as the governor of Qingzhou at the same time.In each feudal town, if the feudal town is controlled by Jieshuai, generally the governors of the following states are also served by generals.In Ziqing Town, since the Li family was attacked and divided by the imperial court, Jiedu envoys were generally emptied, so the governors of the following five states have always been served by civil officials.For example, Cui Yunqing was a civil servant when he was the governor of Dengzhou.

But now Song Wei is gradually seizing power, Deng, Lai, Qing, Zi, Qi, the five prefectures, and now Song Wei has basically reached an alliance with the big clans and military leaders in each place. After the exchange of interests, the prefects of the five prefectures are now They were all served by trusted generals sent by Song Wei.Song Wen, the current governor of Dengzhou, is Song Wei's kinsman and general under his command. Song Wei and Cui Yunqing reached an exchange of interests at the beginning. Cui Yunqing entered Qingzhou, and Song Wen took over the position of governor.

The position of the governor is very important. It can be said that in the feudal town, the position of the commander-in-chief is the first. In contrast, the governor is a small feudal town, in charge of soldiers, horses and civil affairs, followed by the military towns below.Li Jing's current status can barely be regarded as a general in the army town along the way.But it is still far from the governor.How could Lei Gang not be surprised when he wanted the position of governor with a single word.

What is even more surprising is that Li Jing's request is not just for the position of governor, he also needs a military title.

The formation of soldiers and horses in the various feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty was generally the formation of the Duyingxiang Army of the five gangs, one army of five men, one gang of two Wu gangs, one team of five gangs, one capital of the second team, and one battalion of five capitals.Above the battalion, the Xiang and the army are sometimes used together, and sometimes the upper and lower belong to each other.In most feudal towns, there are five battalions in one side, and ten battalions in one army and two sides.For example, the Pinglu Army is a bugle, with more than [-] people.In the earliest days, the Pinglu Army was actually stationed in Yingzhou in western Liaoning, under the envoy of Fan Yang Jiedu.

At that time, Fan Yang Jiedu envoy had two armies of Lu Long and Ping Lu, and the Pin Lu army belonged to the foreign battalion.Later, because he did not follow An Lushan's rebellion, he was moved across the sea to Qingzhou by the imperial court and formed Pinglu Jiedu.In some large feudal towns, in addition to the main army, there are usually several outer town armies below.The highest officer of the army is called the military envoy, which belongs to the high-level establishment of the frontier army such as guarding, township, and garrison.

If you only need a bugle number, then Li Jing's army can break through the previous level of guarding the town, or even break through the level of guarding and arresting, and go directly to the army.Having an army is really one size smaller than Jiedushi, if you add the position of governor he requested.Then Li Jing is the governor of Dengzhou and a military envoy at the same time. He is completely a trumpet.

Seeing Lei Gang's surprised look, Li Jing smiled and said: "Judge Lei should know that the general has 4000 soldiers and horses under his command. There are five compartments in the front, rear, left, right, and middle, with five battalions of 5000 troops in each compartment. I have already thought about the number of the army, so how about calling it the Zhendong Army?"

Lei Gang is a little numb with surprise now. The other outer town troops generally have five battalions of five to six thousand people, and the larger ones have left, middle and right three compartments.Li Jing's heart is even bigger. When he comes up, he not only needs a military title, but also a five-compartment army, more than 6000 people.

Wiping the sweat from his brow, he was a little at a loss as to how to make a decision now.This time, Song Wei specially asked him, the No. [-] person in the Jiedu Mansion, to come here, even considering the urgency of time, it is impossible to have to ask back and forth for some things.So Song Wei gave him full power to negotiate with Li Jing, and asked Li Jing to help him solve Wang Jingwu.Originally thought that Li Jing might take the opportunity to ask for official positions or something, even money and food, etc. are all fine.But who would have thought that Li Jing's appetite would be so big, with the army bugle compiled by the governor and the five chambers.

This matter was somewhat beyond his tolerance.

"Judge Lei, you don't have to doubt my loyalty to Commander Jie. What you have to worry about now is to prevent Wang Jingwu from suddenly realizing it. If he understands it, if he regrets not letting our army go to Ziqi to suppress the bandits again, then Jie Shuai's plan is about to fail."

Lei Gang was startled and immediately woke up. Now is really not the time to argue about these things.If Wang Jingwu really understood and stopped letting Li Jing send troops, then this false plan to destroy Guo would come to nothing.At that time, if Li Jing insisted on sending troops, then Wang Jingwu would doubt it, and if he didn't do it, he would just jump over the wall in a hurry.

Gritting his teeth, Lei Gang nodded with difficulty: "Okay, I promise you all this. As long as General Li sends troops to help Song Jieshuai eradicate Wang Jingwu and others, after the matter is completed, I will give you Dengzhou Governor and Zhendong Army. But Although I promised you now, I will persuade Jieshuai when I return to Qingzhou, but I can't guarantee the result."

Li Jing smiled lightly and said: "It doesn't matter, as long as you promise me now, I will send troops. I also ask Judge Lei to go back to Qingzhou and Song Jieshuai to report my request. I will lead my troops to arrive later, hoping to get Song Jieshuai Otherwise, even if I get to Qingzhou, if I don’t get a satisfactory answer, I won’t fight Wang Jingwu.”

Lei Gang nodded: "Of course."

After sending Lei Gang to the door, Li Jing did not forget to say one last thing, "One last thing, I don't mind helping Song Jieshuai to eradicate Wang Jingwu. But if you don't keep what you promised afterwards, then my army will have some More than 2 brothers, don't let me down."

When Lei Gang heard the threatening words, he couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead.This Li Jing, alas!

(To be continued)