Late Tang

"Things are not good!" Liu Xun said to Li Zhen with a solemn face, looking at the number of soldiers outside the tent.He had made several excuses just now, and wanted to go out of the tent to join his brothers, but he was mercilessly blocked back by the soldiers outside the tent.

Li Zhen sat in the tent with his eyes closed. Hearing this, he let out a long sigh and said helplessly, "I'm to blame for this. I never thought that I would meet an acquaintance in Li Jing's barracks. It seems that he has already given me my identity." Li Jing's suspicion was exposed. I am more worried about us than us now. I am worried that Li Jing is so smart that he may guess our plan to attack Song Wei first from the fact that I pretended to be Wang Ya's subordinate. "

"acquaintance?"

"That's right. When I met Li Jing just now, I saw a person behind Li Jing. It turned out to be my younger brother Li Liang. I heard that he had given up the imperial examination and official career and concentrated on business. I didn't expect that he would become a man now." The mastermind next to Li Jing. My younger brother was smart and wise when he was young, and he liked military books and miscellaneous learning when he grew up. He clearly recognized me just now, but he kept his face, probably because he has learned from my fake A lot of things have been guessed from the identity."

Liu Xun couldn't help being surprised: "Li Jing wouldn't be so smart, and even if he could guess Yajiang's plan, but here is nearly three hundred miles away from Qingzhou, and it's almost noon now, even if Li Jing goes to Qingzhou now Hurry up, I'm afraid his army will be too late."

Li Zhen shook his head: "Then Li Jing is not an ordinary person. You also saw his camp and the soldiers and horses in the camp today. The camp is very carefully arranged. It seems that only elite troops have this experience. And his soldiers and horses are stationed in the camp. After the camp, there was no noise in the camp, and the soldiers were in good order. And I have seen these soldiers and horses carefully, all of them are physically strong, and everyone has armor. Even after camping, they still have their armor. I'm afraid the general's soldiers will not be bad."

Liu Xun sighed, and said a little convinced: "I have seen these soldiers too, but Qingzhou Yabing is actually worse than them. Except for the [-] soldiers directly in the left and right hatchbacks of General Wang Ya's yamen, there are also It is barely quite outside, and the other Yamen and Yamen are far behind."

"What should we do now?" Liu Xun asked.

Li Zhen smiled wryly: "What else can we do now, I know you have the courage of a hundred men, but it won't work here at this time. Let's just stay here honestly, so we can rest assured."

In the tent of the Chinese army, Li Jing is now discussing affairs among the generals.

"Tell everyone a bad news. Our plan may have been exposed and Wang Jingwu noticed it."

Li Juyi, the tenth general of the Controlling Crane Battalion, said in a loud voice: "If Wang Jingwu finds out about it, let's go to Qingzhou with great fanfare. If Wang Jingwu is not Wang Jingwu, just capture him and kill him."

Guo Cheng'an said: "Bochang is still three hundred miles away from Qingzhou. Even if Qingqi gallops, it will take at least one day and one night to get there. The most important thing now is that after Wang Jingwu knows about our news, he is likely to take the lead in attacking us. , Before we arrive, launch an attack first. In this way, even if we arrive, if Song Jieshuai and the others are defeated by Wang Jingwu, then we will be caught in a dilemma."

Gao Rong, who was newly promoted to be the deputy tenth general of the Flying Cavalry Battalion, said with a smile: "I think the current situation is very good. Let's just go to Qingzhou. If Wang Jingwu doesn't do anything, we will help Song Wei kill Wang Jingwu. If Wang Jingwu has already done it first If Song Wei is killed, we will also kill Wang Jingwu, and then we will directly promote the military envoy to take the position of Jiedu envoy."

These words immediately attracted the attention of the major general in the army. Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't think about the position of commander-in-chief now. With my qualifications and prestige, even if I sit in this position now, many military leaders below They won't be convinced by anyone, and if they don't, they will be surrounded and suppressed by the imperial court. The best situation right now is to help Song Wei get rid of Wang Jingwu, this is the best situation for our interests."

"General Pei, why don't you express your opinion, what do you think, just say it." Seeing that Pei You was sitting at the bottom without saying a word, Li Jing said cautiously.

Pei You got up and bowed to Li Jing: "General, I have some immature ideas under my post, so I will throw bricks to attract you. I think what the general just said is very reasonable. We have no hesitation in the struggle between Song Wei and Wang Jingwu." We must stand on Song Wei's side. Therefore, the most critical point now is how to keep Song Wei before Wang Jingwu kills Song Wei. Although we have six thousand soldiers here, it is difficult to solve the near water. I think , when this is an extraordinary time, do extraordinary things.””

"What is the extraordinary strategy?" Li Jing asked.

"The army can be divided into two groups, one positive and one strange. Naturally, the army will advance to Qingzhou immediately, and it is best to report to Song Wei immediately. But even if Song Wei knows, the current situation is to compete for real strength. Unless Song Wei abandons Qingzhou and leaves, the veto is meaningless, and according to my guess, Song Wei is definitely not willing to withdraw without a fight. Therefore, Guan Jian has to send out a surprise soldier."

"How?"

"Send special forces to fly to Qingzhou, disguise themselves as caravans or sneak into Qingzhou City in batches to protect Song Wei. As long as Song Wei does not have an accident, even if Wang Jingwu temporarily captures Qingzhou City, we can fight back at that time. But if Song Wei If he died, or fell into the hands of Wang Jingwu, then the situation would be bad."

Li Jing nodded, and had to say, this analysis is very good.In this battle, Song Wei was Guan Jian. Once he died, there would be no leader among the dragons. At that time, Li Jing lacked the sense of justice and integrity.And without Song Wei, Li Jing would not be able to unite with other forces to deal with Wang Jingwu in Qingzhou. It would be very difficult to deal with the Qingzhou that Wang Jingwu was defending with these thousands of soldiers and horses alone.But now, let someone report to Song Wei and ask him to withdraw from Qingzhou first, which is also unrealistic for someone like Song Wei.The only thing that can be done is to send someone to protect Song Wei first.

"Someone wishes to lead the Silver Spear Battalion to go!"

"I would like to lead the guard battalion there!"

"I'll take the Crane Control Camp."

"I'll take the Flying Riding Battalion!"

"Our Flying Eagle Camp is the best place to go."

"My special battle is enough!"

One after another, the generals called for the battle. It was a good thing to have a battle. None of these people was afraid of fighting.And the brothers below are looking forward to fighting more now. Since the new rank of soldier, everyone is counting on fighting for meritorious service and upgrading. Otherwise, it will take 11 years to go from enlistment to first-level sergeant major just by the number of years. , who can endure this.

Li Jing thought for a while, going to Qingzhou is not easy, it is a very important task.The status of the people who went there was low, and it is estimated that Song Wei would not be mentioned at all.After thinking about it, Li Jing said? "You don't need to argue, I decided that I will personally lead the troops to fly to Qingzhou. Li Liang will go with me. You can't bring more soldiers, but you can bring 200 special forces. The rest of the soldiers and horses," Li Jing glanced at the generals in the tent, and finally fell on Pei You, "After I leave, the army will be led by Pei You, the tenth general of the guard battalion, and Guo Chengan will be the assistant. The rest of the battalion soldiers must follow his command. .”

Li Jing untied the seven-foot jade sword on his body and handed it to Pei You: "I will give you this sword. If anyone dares to disobey the order, you can cut it first and then play it!" The power of commanding the battalion and horses was handed over to him, a surrendered general, and he couldn't help but get excited.Immediately taking the sword, he choked up and said: "General, please rest assured, the final general will definitely live up to the general's entrustment."

After arranging a few things, Li Jing finally said: "Remember to lock up that Li Zhen and Liu Xun for me, and never let them run away. But don't make things difficult for them, these two people are not easy, I have to deal with them later. Have a good chat with them." Li Jing now knew that Li Zhenna was a stronger counselor than Li Liang, so how could he be willing to let him go.That Liu Xun, Li Jing also thought of who this person was in his memory.Later Liang Zhijiang, also known as Liu Xun, the number one wise general of the Five Dynasties, although he is only a teenage soldier now, he is still showing his talents for the first time.Such a talent, Li Jing will not let go.But there is no time now, so we should wait until Wang Jingwu is destroyed. It is estimated that when Wang Jingwu is gone, Liu Xun should no longer resist and surrender.

In the afternoon of the same day, after having a full meal, Li Jing led two hundred special soldiers out of the camp and headed for Qingzhou.This time it was a three-hundred-mile raid, and Li Jing asked every special soldier to ride on two horses.He didn't bring any extra luggage, so he took some canned food and water, and went straight to Qingzhou.

Along the way, non-stop, day and night.Along Shishui, 26 riders went south all the way, passing through Qiancheng, Linzi, and Yidu cities, all of which were selected shortcuts, passing through the city without entering, walking around the city, after a day and a night of travel, until the evening of the [-]th At that time, Li Jing finally led his army to a small town a few miles north of Qingzhou City.

In the small town, Li Jing left more than 400 war horses in a small valley outside the town and sent several soldiers to guard them.Then he sent a few people to the town on foot, bought a batch of ready-made clothes, bought some carriages and boxes, and bought a batch of goods at random.Li Jing pretended to be a big businessman, Duan Shan and an officer pretended to be the leader of the guards, etc., and the 200 people below dressed up as guards, buddies, grooms and so on.

A group of people drove the convoy to the city before the city gate closed.At the gate of the city, Wang Jingwu's tooth soldiers checked, and Li Jing quietly looked at the top of the city. Qingzhou City, as the tooth city of Ziqing Town, is very large, four feet high, and there are six gates in Qingzhou. There is also an urn city outside the capital.There are many turrets and arrow towers on the city, and many soldiers come and go on patrol.

The soldiers who were interrogating wanted to make things difficult, but Li Jing had asked Duan Shan to offer him a small box of copper coins, as many as ten pennies. "The lieutenant, please raise your hand. A car broke down on our road, which delayed some time. If we can't enter the city tonight, it will be troublesome. Here is [-] yuan. I will give it to the lieutenant and the brothers to drink."

The soldier who was interrogating was just a small gang leader, and he was already a little flustered after being called a captain. When he opened the box again, he saw a box full of yellow copper coins. The number of passes is about the same.Without looking at Li Jing and the others at the moment, he waved his hand and said, "Go in, remember to be early next time, otherwise there will be no reason to open the city gate once it is closed."

Duan Shan nodded quickly, and then waved, Li Jing and the others drove into Qingzhou City with a convoy.

(To be continued)