Late Tang

At the head of Huichang City, not only the bold Liu Rengong was worried, but his subordinates were even more shocked.Those veterans who followed him from Guizhou were better, some of them were Uighurs, and they were always bolder.But these new recruits have been scared out of their wits. Last time the six cities of Huichang were destroyed, and one hundred thousand young and strong were looted. That's all.

Now when he saw the ocean-like soldiers and horses outside the city, his face was already pale and he was fighting with both hands.Even, Liu Rengong suddenly smelled a foul smell.Damn it, someone peed their pants in fright.

"General, what should we do?" Liu Rengong's team leader Liu Dali asked.This Ding team is the only force Liu Rengong can rely on. There are fifty people, and the food and pay are twice as much as other soldiers. Even the usual food is much better than other soldiers. At least one meal of meat is provided every day.But now even the head of the family has turned pale and asked, which shows that his Huichang battalion has completely lost its combat effectiveness.

Liu Rengong pondered for a while, holding the battlements tightly with both hands, and the soldiers and horses below were getting closer.Based on his years of experience in the army, it can be seen at a glance that there are at least 3 people in the army.And looking at the opponent's formation, the advance is full of rules, the military flag will not fall, and the smoke will not disperse.Not to mention the orderliness of the queue, there are still cavalry on the left and right galloping to protect the two wings, and there is even a cavalry in the front to explore the way. It is very rare for the opponent to be so cautious.

With so many soldiers and horses, one spit by one person can drown his 500 men.What's more, when such a menacing army arrived, without anyone spitting, it is estimated that hundreds of recruits in his Huichang camp would have been drowned by his scared urine.

Squinting his eyes slightly, Liu Rengong carefully looked at the other party's banner, and he finally saw it clearly as it got closer.In addition to the Zhendong army flag, the Li Zishuai flag is also flying.He had also heard of some generals of the Zhendong Army. There were quite a few generals surnamed Li, but there were no generals who might command tens of thousands of troops.Could it be said that Li Jing, the envoy of Zhendong Army, has arrived in person?

Thinking of this, I no longer have any thoughts of fluke in my heart.

But the more critical it was, Liu Rengong calmed down more and more.He didn't just fool around from being a tomb robber to today's top ten generals stationed in a county. It's because of his ability to keep calm during Guan Jian.With his brain active, he quickly analyzed the situation in front of him.

Based on the current situation, the opponent has an army of [-] and a large number of cavalry, while his Huichang army has only a hundred cavalry. Even if he loses the four hundred recruits, he will not be able to escape.Since he couldn't escape, it was even more impossible to defend the city.Even if Huichang is not far from Youzhou City, with such a large army, as long as the opponent swarms up, a round of arrow rain can suppress them to the point where they can't hold their heads up, and then they can break through Huichang City in an instant.

"Go, open the city gate, I want to personally welcome Li Junshi's arrival!" Liu Rengong quickly made a decision.

Liu Dali, the head of the Ding team, is Liu Rengong's family brother. Hearing this decision, he stammered and said: "General, you, you want to surrender to the Zhendong Army?"

Looking at the tense faces around him, Liu Rengong looked up to the sky and laughed, "Hahaha, why are you here? What are you worried about? Do you know who is coming down here?"

"Suppressing the Eastern Army! Last time they robbed the six cities of Huichang and took away a hundred thousand young and strong men and women." Liu Dali replied puzzled.

"What the hell are you talking about!" Liu Rengong kicked his brother and said, "Where did you hear Hu Fang's nonsense, don't you know that the Li Jun envoy of the Zhendong Army and our Marshal Li are actually brothers?" ?”

Liu Dali didn't care about the footprints on his body, and quickly retorted: "Impossible, our commander-in-chief is a Uighur, but Li Jing of the Zhendong Army heard that he is Han, how could they be brothers."

Liu Rengong is now very dissatisfied with his brother who is as stupid as a cow, thinking in his heart, after passing this test, he must replace this stupid guy.Immediately he forced a smile on his face and said: "Apart from the biological brothers, there is another kind of brothers called alliance brothers. Don't you know that the last time our commander drove Zhang Gongsu away, we had the strong support of General Li Jiyu? These weapons, as well as the war horses, were all bought from the Zhendong Army. And last time, the Zhendong Army did not come to rob Youzhou, the rest was to create momentum and help us share Zhang Gongsu's soldiers and horses. Otherwise , How can there be such an easy success. So, speaking of it, this Li Jungong and our commander-in-chief are a family. Although they are not married to Jinlan, they are also brothers in the alliance."

"You said, our handsome brothers are here, can we invite them into the city without opening the door?"

The officers of the Huichang Battalion half-understood what they heard. They felt that this was the case, but they also felt that it was not the case, but they couldn't tell what was wrong.

Liu Rengong took five hundred men to the east gate and ordered the guards to open the gate.

The east gate of Huichang City was opened wide, and Liu Rengong led his soldiers and horses out of the city to welcome him, and also asked the people in the city to come out of the city to welcome him.

Li Wei, the vanguard of the battalion, led a thousand soldiers from his headquarters to Huichang city. When he saw a large group of people coming out of the city from a distance, he thought that some Youzhou general in the city had a problem with his head and dared to stop the car with his arms.But when he looked closer, the east gate of Huichang City was wide open. Hundreds of soldiers and many civilians stood respectfully at the gate, opening the gate to welcome them.

Li Wei quickly reported the situation to Li Jing, who was in the army, and Li Jing couldn't help but chuckled when he heard about it.At present, Li Wei is ordered to stay where he is, and he will take over the city after Guo Zhenhai, the forward guerrilla envoy, and Qin Zong, the forward guerrilla envoy, have arrived.However, I would like to remind you that you must be careful and guard against fraud.

Three thousand soldiers and horses gathered together, and after some careful testing and inspection, it was found that there were indeed no other soldiers and horses in the city, only [-] soldiers and horses outside the city.Now they quickly took over Huichang City.Then Li Jing's central army, the left and right hatchbacks, and the rear troops rushed to the city one after another.

As for Liu Rengong's 500 troops, Li Jing did not receive them as Liu Rengong expected, but he did not hostile to them either.Li Jing ordered to reward the five hundred soldiers and horses, one thousand dollars each, plus two catties of wine and meat.But just in case, Li Jing still let the 500 people station outside the city.Huichang City was temporarily requisitioned by Li Jing as a temporary base in Youzhou.

After receiving a reward, the soldiers of the Huichang camp all had the surprise of remaining alive after a catastrophe. Although they were driven out from the comfortable barracks in the city, they finally managed to save their lives.

On the same day, an officer of the Zhendong Army approached Liu Rengong and asked him to bring the letter back to Youzhou.

In Youzhou City, after Li Maoxun drove away the former commander-in-chief Zhang Gongsu, he has appointed himself the heir of Youzhou.Although he has not been formally called a commander, the people below have already called him the commander in chief, and he has already moved into the mansion of the commander-in-chief of Longlu.

As early as two days ago, Li Maoxun had already received the news that the Eastern Army of Dengzhou Town had crossed the sea again.He knew very well why Li Jing came here.He had already heard the news that Li Jing was appointed by the emperor as the commander of the east camp of Li Keyong, a man from Shatuo in Datong.When Li Jing came here, he must have gone to Datong by way.

But things are definitely not that simple.

When he drove Zhang Gongsu away, Li Jing did him a great favor, not only selling his weapons, but also helping him keep his secrets, and even sent troops to Youzhou to help him disperse some Youzhou soldiers.

According to the agreement, after the matter is completed, he should give Li Jing 100 million coins or 30 shi of grain.

However, after the matter was completed, he kept delaying the payment of the money and food. Li Jing sent envoys three times, but he did not give it.It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with the money, but that he didn't know that the position was not that good until he took the position of Marshal Lu Long.Although he used Chen Gongyan's signboard to win this position half-dozen half-dozens.But he was only Li Maoxun, not Zhang Gongyan, especially since he was a Uighur.

In Youzhou, he has no foundation at all, and there are many military leaders below, each of them is coveting his position as commander.Last time Li Jing robbed six counties and took away [-] young men. This matter was originally said. At that time, Li Maoxun was not Marshal Lu Long, so Li Jing actually helped him.But the bad thing is that Li Jing's appetite is too big, and he ruined six counties all at once.This made those military leaders use this as an excuse to attack him.

If he hadn't had [-] soldiers in Youzhou, it is estimated that driving Zhang Gongsu away would just be making wedding dresses for others.However, if he wanted to give money and food to Li Jing, it would obviously cause public outrage.Li Maoxun also had to temporarily compromise with those military leaders.

Those military leaders were temporarily appeased, but now, Li Jing is here again.

"Marshal, Liu Kutou is back!"

"Isn't he in Huichang?" Li Maoxun still had an impression of this son's subordinates.

"Huichang has fallen into the hands of Li Jing, and Li Jing asked Liu Kutou to bring back the letter."

"Let him in." Hearing that Li Jing had taken Huichang, Li Maoxun only felt a headache.

As soon as Liu Rengong entered the hall, he immediately knelt down to Li Maoxun, "I pay homage to the commander-in-chief."

"Get up, tell me what's going on in Huichang?"

Liu Rengong explained the matter in detail, only saying that Li Jing was very powerful, and because he didn't get a reply from the commander in chief.Therefore, he didn't dare to start a war with Li Jing, so he temporarily withdrew from Huichang City to preserve his power and wait for the command of the commander-in-chief.Finally, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Li Maoxun with both hands.

Li Maoxun opened the letter and read it. After reading the letter, he felt a tightness in his chest and couldn't breathe.

Liu Rengong checked his face and hurriedly stepped forward to help comfort his back. It took a long time for Li Maoxun to feel better.But his complexion was still extremely bad, Liu Rengong took the opportunity to glance at the letter paper on the table.I saw that there were not many words on it. The letter was written by Li Jing himself, and he wrote three things.The first thing is that Li Jing asked for the 100 million guan money owed by Li Maoxun, but now, the 100 million guan money has become 200 million guan money, directly doubled.The second thing, Li Jing said that he was going into the cloud to suppress the rebellion this time, and it was inconvenient to transfer the logistics food, so he asked Li Maoxun to prepare [-] shi of food for the Zhendong Army in Youzhou.In addition, Li Jing also said that he would temporarily borrow the four counties of Huichang, Guiyi, Zunxian, and Yixian from Youzhou Town, and that he would definitely return them after the rebellion was put down. "

Could it be that Li Maoxun's face is so ugly, Li Jing's move can be called a general.Let's talk about the arrears first. It was originally 100 million, but now it has directly become 200 million.Although Li Maoxun had already taken the position of commander-in-chief, in order to win people's hearts, Li Maoxun spent a lot of money and food to reward Lulong's armies and generals, and his inventory was almost exhausted.Now Li Maoxun can't get 100 million, so where did he get 200 million?

And Li Jing proposed to borrow the four counties, which meant a direct face-to-face.These four counties happen to be the four counties along the Juma River and Yi River from the seaside of Youzhou to the foot of Taihang Mountain.How can Li Maoxun increase his response to Li Jing's request?If he agrees, what prestige will he have in the future, and how can he command the Youzhou army?

What's more, when Li Jing sent troops, he actually asked Li Maoxun to prepare one hundred thousand shi of grain for him, completely treating Li Maoxun, the general, as Li Jing's subordinate.

Although Li Jing is the Duke of the county, he is only a military envoy, and even if Li Maoxun is obviously only the heir of Lu Longjun, he is still a commander in chief, even higher than Li Jing.

Li Jing, this is a blatant provocation!

I just don't know how Li Maoxun plans to respond, is it tough or compromise?Liu Rengong was also a little stunned for a moment.

If it were me, what should I do?Liu Rengong thought wildly, if it was him, he might not be able to get tough in the face of Li Jing's [-] army.

(To be continued)