Late Tang

With a jade sword on his waist, a purple-red round-neck official robe, and a folded-foot headdress on his head, Li Jing strode into the Heavenly Wolf Hall.Wang Pu from Duli Town in southern Liaoning, Shi Shoucheng from Shicheng, Jiang Ju from Shirenzhu City, Han Anmin and Xiao Dingbang from Dengzhou stood up and saluted Li Jing.He returned the salutes one by one, and said a few words to Zhang Chengye and Zhang Tai.Then step up to the first iron seat and sit down.

Under the iron seat, there are many Zhendong army generals who came in after him.They are sitting on the left side, namely Lin Wei, envoy of the front chamber, Lin Wu, envoy of the left chamber, Wang Zhong, envoy of the right chamber, Zhang Chengzong, envoy of the rear chamber, and Xuancheng, deputy envoy of the middle chamber.There are also generals Liu Shouqian, Li Wei, Li Shugen, Qiu Shengong, Cui Chengxiu, Li Juyi, Guo Zhenhai, Gao Rong, Mei Gen, Zhu Li, Li Xu, Zhang Lie, Wu Qian, Meng Yang, Li Yuan, etc.In addition, there are civil servants Li Zhen, Li Liang, Guo Chengan, Li Chun, Zhang Hong, Pei You, Du Zhongwu, Cui Zhiyuan and others.Literary bureaucrats and military positions are all in one place.Almost all the main figures in Li Jing's forces were summoned.

A group of people gathered together, not only those who followed Li Jing at the beginning, but also representatives of several major families who joined later.At this time, everyone is polite. "How do we respond to this decree?" Lin Wu, who had a violent temper, was the first to speak, and Wang Zhong immediately took over, "Yes, I think what General Lin Er said makes sense."

Han Anmin also said at this time: "Mr. Jun, the court obviously doesn't care about our feelings. No matter how powerful our Zhendong army is, it is impossible to send troops to Zhejiang East and Datong at the same time."

Sitting there, Li Jing nodded to Han Anmin in satisfaction.His attitude is good, which shows that between the imperial court and Li Jing, they are still on his side for the time being.In fact, the aristocratic clan is also profit-seeking.Now the Han family boarded Li Jing's boat, and not only many Han family children have entered Dengzhou and southern Liaoning to work.Moreover, Li Jing also handed over many of the products produced to the Han family, letting them take them to sell farther afield, and made a lot of money.

"How is the current situation of the Han family caravan? Is the business okay?" Li Jing asked with a gentle smile.

"Not so good." Han Anmin frowned, "The heavy rain at the beginning of the month caused constant storms at sea, and the fleet at sea couldn't sail at all, while on land, the heavy rain made the road extremely muddy, making it difficult for the convoy to walk. The caravan has not been out for more than half a month."

Xiao Dingbang also sighed, the rain caused them a great loss.

"Your Majesty, I believe that we can disobey the imperial court's order. It is raining and stormy at sea, and it is difficult for our navy to move forward. If we want to go to Datong, we must cross the sea and fly to Youzhou to fly Guxing To enter Yuzhou, you have to take Qingziqi along the Jishui River, pass through the Central Plains and Henan, and enter Hedong. No matter which way, Youzhou and Ziqi are now in constant war, and the road is not smooth." Guo Chengan sighed, and looked at it as he spoke. Looking at Zhang Tai who was sitting next to Li Jing.

Li Jing didn't answer Guo Chengan's words directly, but raised his head to Li Wei and said, "General Zijun, let's talk about the two sources of information about the rebel army that we have obtained."

Li Zijun nodded: "Shatuo and Zhu Xie's father and son are in the southwest. The Shatuo army captured the Zhelu army and took the Kelan army directly. Lu Jianfang, who was ordered to go to Zhenwu, died suddenly in Lanzhou. After receiving the news, it is very likely that Lu Jianfang died under the assassination of Zhu Xie Chixin and his son; in the south, Shatuo's army broke through the defenseless Yanmen Pass, bypassed Daizhou, burned and plundered Tanglin and Dun counties, and pushed into Xinzhou. "

"Now Dongdong Jiedu envoy Dou Huan is in a hurry to recruit civilians, dig a moat around Jinyang City, where Taiyuan Mansion is located, and is recruiting united soldiers. Who knows that these soil groups stopped moving as soon as they reached the north of the city, and demanded rewards! Dou Huan He ordered Deng Qian, Marquis Yu of Mabudu, to go to comfort him empty-handed. As a result, a thousand soil regiments cut Deng Qian to death, and then carried the fragmented body to the Yamen of Jiedushi to demonstrate. The merchants in the city forcibly borrowed [-] guan, and rewarded each of the Tutuan soldiers with [-] yuan, and only one piece of cloth would be enough."

Hearing this, everyone in the hall couldn't help frowning, this Hedong first betrayed Li Guochang and his son, and cut Duan Wenchu.Now even the Tutuans in Taiyuan are making a fuss to kill officials and cut Deng Qian, what a group of arrogant soldiers and savage generals.

"Because Dou Huan's performance was too weak and incompetent, the imperial court dismissed him and replaced him with Cao Xiang. At the same time, the four towns of Zhaoyi, Yicheng, Zhongwu, and Heyang transferred troops, plus our Zhendong Army to support Hedong;"

"I just got the news that Li Guochang and his son had already attacked the Ningwu Army in Youzhou Town in the east without waiting for the imperial troops to arrive. They were attacked by Lu Long's army, and the Shatuo Army made little progress. Now that they have retreated, Li Guochang is plotting to attack the west again. Yuju in front of you."

The Zhongwu Army and the Yicheng Army are both south of the Yellow River and east of Luoyang.The Heyang and Zhaoyi armies are north of Luoyang and the Yellow River, just below the Hedong army.It is normal for the imperial court to transfer the Four Route Army to conquer Li Guochang and his son, but it is obviously abnormal to transfer the Zhendong Army as far away as Dengzhou.

In the current situation, it can be said that Li Guochang and his son are attacking from all directions. The south has already reached the Taiyuan Mansion, the east dared to enter the territory of Youzhou, and the west is still planning to attack Youzhou in the northwest.

Lin Wei sneered and said: "The Shatuo people are brave if they are brave, but they are brave without strategy. They did not attack Taiyuan with all their strength, but instead divided their troops into various routes, attacked from all directions, and invaded various places. Come on, they're going to die."

"It's too early to say that they have lost. I think it will be difficult for the imperial court to attack several groups of troops. Although Li Keyong and his son have divided their troops into multiple groups, they have not yet suffered a major defeat." Li Jing shook his head. shook his head.

"Then let's leave them alone and let them turn upside down." Wang Pu said.

Most of the other generals also meant this, although the emperor issued an imperial edict to come over.But the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Although Li Jing has always maintained respect for the court, it does not necessarily mean that Li Jing will be afraid of the court.In addition to Guanzhong and the southeast, the current imperial court can directly control the territory, and even these feudal towns in the Central Plains, on the surface, the Jiedu envoys obey the imperial court.However, most of these Jiedu envoys are civil servants, and as long as the interests of the soldiers below are not touched, everyone still listens to them.But once their interests are touched, they will immediately get up and drive away Jiedushi, or even kill Jiedushi.Compared with the situation in Datong, it is actually not much better.

Needless to say, Li Jing rebelled against the imperial court, as long as he just found a few excuses to shirk and not send troops, the imperial court would have nothing to do with him.

However, Li Jing did not intend to do so.When all the feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty did not take the imperial court seriously, Li Jing hoped to maintain the appearance that the Zhendong Army was loyal to the imperial court.Although the imperial court has lost its prestige, for Li Jing, he can't get anything practical by rebelling against the imperial court now, but it is still very important if he can always use the banner of Li Tang.

What's more, even if it is to send troops, it is actually not a bad thing for Li Jing.Other soldiers and horses may not be willing to send troops, but Li Jing is willing.

Li Jing, who is familiar with history, knew that Li Ke used his father and son to oppose the Tang Dynasty in history, and was brutally suppressed by the court in the end, and finally had to flee to Tatar.If it hadn't been for Huang Chao's troubles too much later, and the court called up their father and son again, there would never have been Jin Wang Li Keyong in history, let alone the Later Tang Dynasty.

"I, Li Jing, are the ministers of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the Zhendong Army is a sharp sword of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Wherever His Majesty's finger points, our Zhendong Army will also cut there. After thinking for a long time, I decided to send troops to Datong." Li Jing looked Looking at the people in the hall, righteousness said awe-inspiringly.

The generals were a little surprised, but no one objected, and things seemed a little weird.

Wang Pu secretly observed all the people in the hall, especially Li Jing's advisers Li Zhen, Li Liang, and Guo Cheng'an. Seeing that they all had calm expressions, he immediately understood that Li Jing must have already met before calling this meeting. A decision has been made within the inner circle of Zhendong Army.

"However, if we want to deal with the Shatuo people, we have to use a large army. According to the will, we also need to send troops to conquer Wangying. Therefore, this time, our East Army will fight on two fronts. In addition, the Goguryeo and Khitan people in central Liao We are fighting, but we also have to garrison troops to guard against them at any time. In Dengzhou, we also have to garrison troops ready to be dispatched by the commander of Qingzhou at any time, and send troops to support the attack on Wang Jingwu's rebellion." Li Jing paused, and said: "Given the current situation is so complicated , I have decided that before dispatching troops, I will recruit another [-] troops from both sides."

Hearing this, Shi Shoucheng and Jiang Ju from southern Liaoning had complicated expressions.Previously, Li Jing reorganized the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in southern Liaoning into 1 people.Now, Li Jing is recruiting new recruits.

Li Jing cleared his throat: "However, the recruits can't go to the battlefield for a while, so they can only stay behind. Therefore, the soldiers and horses for this expedition will still be drawn from the original soldiers and horses. To conquer Li Keyong and his son, I plan to send 2 troops, including Liao Seven battalions were dispatched from the south hatchback, three battalions from the first section from Duli Town, and ten battalions from the hatchback from the east side of the town. A total of [-] battalions were mobilized. In addition, eight battalions from eight counties in southern Liaoning In the Unity Battalion, [-] soldiers and horses from the eight Unity Battalions were deployed as the logistics and auxiliary troops for this dispatch. They were responsible for the transportation of food and grass, as well as cleaning the battlefield, escorting prisoners, and transporting spoils of war. Even when necessary, They will also serve as reserves to support the battlefield."

"In addition, the four naval battalions except the Zhenhai battalion stayed in Dengzhou, the other three battalions, and five Zhendong army infantry battalions, a total of 8000 troops went to eastern Zhejiang." Li Jing then said.

Hearing this arrangement, many people frowned frequently. The Zhendong Army originally had 25 five-compartment battalions with 5000 troops. Later, three new battalions were added in Liaodong, with 8000 troops.And there are 1000 people in Duli Town, [-] in the two sides of Liaonan, and [-] local soldiers from the eight united camps in Liaonan, making a total of [-] people.

Now Li Jing wants to send 8000 troops to Datong, and another 1 troops to the east of Zhejiang. There are only [-] troops left in the town of Duli, and only [-] soldiers in southern Liaoning. There are only [-] people left in the Eastern Army.

Before everyone understood why Li Jing made such an astonishing decision, Li Jing had already announced his decision and dissolved the meeting.

(To be continued)