Late Tang

Inside Dengzhou Water City, Wang Jingwen led Wang Jin and dozens of generals from the Qingzhou and Laizhou Navy. At this time, their faces were gloomy, their heads were lowered, and they stood in a row on the pier of the Water City, waiting for Li Jing to come to accept the surrender.

Everyone has read the letter sent by Li Jing just now, it is indeed written by Wang Jingwu.Moreover, this letter turned out to be a blood book, which shows the embarrassment of Wang Jingwu when he wrote this letter.They have heard the news from Qingzhou Kuaima that Wang Jingwu and others moved first, but failed to keep Song Wei and others. Li Jing led the Zhendong Army to arrive, defeated Qingzhou soldiers and Ziqi soldiers, and took back the Qingzhou City.What's more, Li Jing only used one army in the east of the town to pursue them all the way, and defeated Qingziqi soldiers and horses in Zishui, beheaded three thousand and captured three thousand, and Zishui was bright red.

If it was possible, Wang Jingwen would have liked to step forward and tear Li Jing apart. If it wasn't for Li Jing's intervention, he would have brought two hundred elites and galloped three hundred miles into Qingzhou, guessed Wang Jingwu's plan and told Song Wei first, and then made another ruthless move. How could Song Wei escape, and how could the matter fail.Moreover, it was Li Jing's mother clan, the Han family, who later opened Qingzhou City for Nei Ying, and Li Jing personally took action for the fiasco by the Zishui River.Everything is because of Li Jing.

But what can he do now?Just last night, Wang Jingwu's secret envoy arrived at Shuicheng and brought another letter from Wang Jingwu.In the letter, Wang Jingwu told him that with Li Jing in Dengzhou, the navy had no other way out.Besides, if they can exchange the Dengzhou navy for Li Jing's promise not to send troops to Ziqi, they still have a chance.After the surrender, Wang Jingwu couldn't guarantee whether Li Jing would really stop sending troops to Ziqi, but in the current situation, Li Jing finally retreated.If they dare to break their promises and refuse to surrender, Li Jing will not only be able to easily destroy the navy, but also go back to Ziqi. At that time, who can persuade Li Jing to retreat.

"The military envoy of the Zhendong Army, the Dengzhou defense envoy General Li is here!" Zhao Jiang opened his throat and roared.

On the first warship to dock, groups of soldiers jumped onto the pier, and then quickly formed a team, running to various parts of the pier, and immediately took over the pier.After the wharf was taken over, a few more ships docked, and more Zhendong troops went ashore, and began to take over all parts of Shuicheng one by one according to the established goals.Barracks, warehouses, etc.

After waiting for a full hour, after Zhendong Army had completely controlled the entire Shuicheng, Li Jing's Sirius slowly approached the pier under the escort of four armored sea falcons and four walkers.

Under the escort of the guards of the Silver Spear Battalion, Li Jing boarded the pier.

"Wang Jingwen led the three naval divisions of Qing, Lai, and Deng, with a total of 5000 troops, to surrender to the general!" Although Wang Jingwen was unwilling by tens of thousands of ships, he still knelt down in front of Li Jing with one of his generals and sacrificed his life. The general's seal, as well as the roster of soldiers and the details of money and grain.

The Wang family, who used to be aloof, finally bowed their knees and surrendered.

It was impossible for Li Jing not to be excited at this moment, but he was only happy for a while.Today's Wang family is no longer the original Wang family. Although they are still resisting in Ziqi and Qizhou, they are doomed to perish.Otherwise, Li Jing would not have spared Wang Jingwu's life, nor would he have chosen to surrender instead of attacking.For Li Jing, the current Wang family is really not worth the slightest casualties.Even if he had to let them go because of this, it didn't matter, because they were no longer worthy of being his opponents.Let them go, and they will not be able to turn over the waves.

Five thousand soldiers and horses have been disarmed, put down their weapons, and squatted on the pier with black heads.

The ceremony of accepting the surrender was very simple. Wang Jingwen, Wang Jin, etc. handed over official seals, the roster of sergeants, various weapons and armor, money, food, gold and silk, etc.The soldiers just wore only one battle robe, leaving everything else behind, and after being checked, they were taken into the prisoner-of-war camp.

Dengzhou Shuicheng has a good family background. In addition, although the Laizhou Navy and Qingzhou Navy did not bring money and food, their warships, weapons and armor are also a lot of money. 5000 men and horses returned together, and there were nearly [-] sets of weapons and armor alone, and nearly a hundred ships.

Among those who were surrendered, apart from Li Jing and the officers in the middle and front compartments, there were also Liu Xun and Li Zhen.These two people have been detained by Li Jing ever since they were recognized by Li Jing in Bochang City.When returning to the city, Li Jing talked with the two in person, but they were unwilling to come to Dengzhou at first.But how could Li Jing let these two people go, Li Zhen is known as one of the double jade counselors of the Houliang, and Liu Xun is the number one wise general in the Houliang even though he is a little younger now.To deal with the two of them, Li Jing used a very simple trick.

Li Jing told Li Zhen that he had let out the rumor that Li Zhen and Liu Xun had revealed Wang Jingwu's plan to Li Jing.Moreover, Li Jing also asked people to bring their family members to Dengzhou. Liu Xun's family was in Qingzhou, and when Li Jing captured Qingzhou again, his family was found and brought to the barracks, while Li Zhen Although Li Zhen's family members were in Chang'an, he also sent a letter to Chang'an Zhang Chengye, asking him to bring Li Zhen's family members here.

Although this strategy is a bit overbearing, the effect is quite significant.Now no one will believe that Li Jing guessed Wang Jingwu's plan by himself, they will only believe that Li Zhen and Liu Xun betrayed Wang Jingwu, especially when Li Jing deliberately let out rumors that his staff officer Li Liang was Li Zhen from After the younger brother's news was released, the matter was even more confirmed.In the end, Li Zhen could only smile wryly. As for Liu Xun, his whole family was picked up by Li Jing, so what else could he do.

What's more, Li Jing is not bad.Li Jing directly worshiped Li Zhen as Sima of Zhendong Army, which was much higher than Li Liang's staff officer who followed Li Jing earlier than him.Speaking of it, apart from the envoys, deputy envoys, and envoys of the supervising army, the Zhendong Army has the largest staff in the army.As soon as Li Jing came, he handed over such an important position to him, a little cavalier who participated in the military, which was already quite important.

As for Liu Xun, because he is still young, Li Jing appointed him as the deputy ten general of the Silver Spear Battalion, which is also a promotion compared to the original general.What's more, he came to Li Jing's guard camp, so he valued it.

In the end, both of them were considered convinced by Li Jing and joined the Zhendong Army.Seeing that Li Jing took down Shuicheng without bloodshed, both of them were amazed by Li Jing.Li Jing was not proud of Qingzhou's victory this time, but took down Shuicheng with the least loss, which was the wisest choice.Winning without arrogance is often more difficult than losing without being discouraged, not to mention that Li Jing is only a young man in his early twenties.On this point, both Li Zhen and Liu Xun felt no regrets about their decision to join Li Jing's command.

After the surrender ceremony was over, Li Jing moved the headquarters of the Nutao Camp to Shuicheng.The [-] soldiers who surrendered will be sent to Qingni City and Beisha City, where they will be released after a year of free labor.As for Wang Jingwen and other generals, Li Jing did not make things difficult for them.For Li Jing, let them go, and they will not be able to take revenge on him in this life.It's better to let them go back to Wang Jingwu's place, so as to add some trouble to Song Wei.

Up to now, Song Wei has not given him the position of Governor of Dengzhou as promised, which has already made Li Jing a little unhappy.If Li Jing wants to grow stronger, conflict with Song Wei is inevitable.However, Li Jing is not willing to have too much conflict with Song Wei now, but Li Jing doesn't mind if he gets into some trouble appropriately.

Some things can be allowed, and some things can't be allowed.Without the title of governor, Li Jing can truly control the territory of Dengzhou.The title of a defense envoy alone is not enough, not to mention that Song Wen, the governor, also serves as a regiment training envoy, and this official position of commanding a state's troops and horses has not been removed.Now that Li Jing and Song Wen are both the military chiefs of Dengzhou, Li Jing can't let it go.If you make a concession, then this defensive envoy is really worthless.

"We now have Daxie Islands and the second city of Liaodong. The territory is not small. Is it too hasty to compete for the position of governor of Dengzhou?" Lin Wei has always been Li Jing's most trusted right-hand man. When Xi spoke, he was a little worried.

"If you have to fight, you have to fight, and what should come will come." Li Jing's current situation, if he wants to continue on this road, it is inevitable.

As Li Jing expected, what should come will always come.Song Xi was half-dead by Li Jing's words, and didn't stay to watch the surrender, and went back to Dengzhou directly by boat. When he told Li Jing's original words in front of Song Wen and the generals, everyone's expressions turned ugly. .Song Wen didn't expect that Li Jing's wings were hardened, and he was about to turn against him immediately.And the other generals are all veterans. Li Jing had nothing to do with them before, and everyone was happy to see Li Jing making trouble in Daxie Village.But now, Li Jing has become their boss in a blink of an eye, and now this junior is going to make them submit to Li Jing in the future with just a few words, which makes them all dissatisfied with Li Jing's attitude.

"What the hell is this Li Jing, but he's still a rookie, he actually wants to ride on my head and shit, don't think about it!" A general shouted loudly, and many people behind him shouted.

Song Xidao: "The post of regimental training envoy who is concurrently held by the governor has not been removed, so he is still the highest commander of the soldiers and horses in Dengzhou. Even if Li Jing has made great contributions to calming the chaos, he has added a post of defense envoy, but what qualifications do he dare to do?" We must openly fight for the right to command the army."

"Let's find him!"

"Yes, go find him!"

Song Wen, who was extremely angry at the moment, brought nearly [-] soldiers and generals from various ministries under Dengzhou City, and came straight to Shuicheng in a murderous boat.

Song Wen and other people rushed to Shuicheng, and someone shouted, "Li Jing come out!"

Li Jing led the generals of the Zhendong Army out of the camp with a smile on his face: "Didn't the defense envoy say that tomorrow is the time for the generals and schools in Dengzhou to discuss it? Why are you here now? Didn't General Song Xi take care of it?" Bring the whole story?" He deliberately pretended not to see Song Wen, but only guided him.At this time, the fight for military power is not the time to reminisce about the past, otherwise, once reminiscing about the past, how can we fight.

Song Wen wanted to wait for Li Jing to explain to him in person, but Li Jing pretended not to see him, and his face turned red with anger.Song Wenqi froze all over his body, pointed at Li Jing and said, "Li Jing, when the commander asked you to be a defense envoy, did he expressly say that from now on, all the troops and horses in Dengzhou will belong to you?"

"The defense envoy is already in charge of a state's soldiers and horses, so what's the point?" Li Liang said on behalf of Li Jing.

"But the governor is also the training envoy of the regiment, and he is also in charge of a state's soldiers and horses. Don't you know this?" Song Xi also stood up and said loudly on behalf of Song Wen.

With the troops on both sides, the Zhendong Army naturally said that Li Jing was the defensive envoy, and then the Dengzhou soldiers and horses would be under the jurisdiction of Li Jing.On the other side of Dengzhou, everyone would rather let Song Wen, the regiment, train and lead, than see Li Jing suddenly climb on top of them.Apart from Li Jing being too young, it was mainly because Song Wen was representing the commander-in-chief Song Wei. Now that Song Weigang had defeated Wang Jingwu, everyone knew who the boss of Ziqing Town would be next.At this time, of course, Song Wei should be followed closely instead of Li Jing.

Just as he was biting his hands, another group of people suddenly came from the pier.

The leader was a eunuch in his fifties with a fair face and beardless, and on his side was Zhang Chengye, the military supervisor who had left Dengzhou for a long time.

As soon as Zhang Chengye saw the crowd, he said loudly: "The imperial decree has arrived, please ask the angel to read the imperial decree, and Li Jing will accept it!"

Song Wen and the others were stunned for a moment, but they didn't expect that there was an imperial decree sent directly to Li Jing, and they immediately knelt down to welcome the decree.After setting up the incense table, the eunuch read out the imperial decree, which was written in four parallels and six in parallel, but everyone understood the content of the imperial decree.

No one expected that the emperor would suddenly confer Li Jing as the champion general of the third rank. From the third rank general Jinwu, in addition to the third rank Zhendong Hou and the third rank Anton Duhu, Song Wen also agreed to give Li Jing Please seal the post of Zhendong Army Envoy and Dengzhou Defense Envoy.

What's going on here? Why did Li Jing suddenly become famous in front of the emperor, and why did he get so many official positions?No matter which position it is, the minimum is also from the third rank.

Except for Li Jing, among all the people present, Song Wen was only from the third rank, and Li Jing was immediately above Song Wen.What's the point of the Dengzhou soldiers and horses that have just been fighting for a long time.Li Jing not only has the position of defense envoy, but now he has also added the positions of Zhendong Marquis and Champion General.What's more, he also added the post of General Jin Wu, although this is also a false title, but this is the meaning of the minister of the emperor's bodyguard. What's more, Li Jing also has an official of the Anton Governor, which is comparable to his governor. There are more official positions.

Suddenly, Song Wen felt dizzy for a while. He never thought that Li Jing, who had begged him not to go to Qingzhou and asked him to help arrange an official position, would turn into a dragon as soon as he entered the situation.

Li Jing was also a little dizzy, but he was happy and excited.At the beginning, Zhang Chengye was given 200 million yuan to go to the capital. Although Zhang Chengye said he could get him a title, he never expected that he would be a Marquis.What made Li Jing more happy was not only the marquis, nor the vain positions of the champion general and General Jin Wu. What made him really happy was that the emperor actually wanted to rebuild the Anton Protectorate and let him be the Anton Protector.

With this position, it means that the entire Liaodong is now Li Jing's territory.Although this land is actually still occupied by dozens or hundreds of forces of various ethnic groups, large and small, since it has been included in Li Jing's pocket, then this land belongs to him Li Jing.

(To be continued)