Late Tang

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The battle situation in the entire Hedong is in chaos, blooming everywhere.

On November [-]th, Gao Wenshun, governor of Shengzhou, led [-] soldiers and horses to join Shuozhou prison city envoy Gao Wenji with [-] soldiers and horses, and a total of [-] soldiers and horses rushed to Yunzhou.Later that night, Fu Wenda wanted to raid the Zhendong Army camp before the Zhendong Army had received the news of the arrival of Yunzhou reinforcements.

As a result, the Gao Wenji brothers and the Sage and Anqing tribes of the three tribes of Shatuo had already secretly joined Li Jing. At night, Li Youjin's troops who attacked the Tang camp were attacked by the Sage tribe and the Anqing tribe. The [-] Yunzhou soldiers led by Gao Wenshun were also raided by the [-] Shuozhou soldiers led by Gao Wenshun.Several groups of soldiers and horses fought in chaos, but Li Jing led the Zhendong Army to surround and not attack, and sat and watched the civil war between these soldiers and horses.

In the end, more than [-] people from Li Youjin's troops died in the battle. Only Li Youjin changed into the armor of Sage's department in the chaos, and tied a white cloth on his arm, and took advantage of the chaos to escape with a few servants.Gao Wenshun's troops also won the victory. After they raided the Yunzhou soldiers, Li Jing's Zhendong army surrounded them and kept shrinking. Finally, Fu Wentong led the rest of the troops to surrender with more than [-] people.

Zhou Dewei led the Silver Spear and the Second Battalion of Guards to the Niupi Pass. When they arrived, Niupi Pass was in a scuffle. rolling.After taking Niupi Pass, Fu Wenda knew that the situation was over, so he had to surrender in the end.Afterwards, Zhou Dewei took Fu Wenda all the way back to Yunzhou and Yunzhong to capture the second city, used Fu Wenda to swindle the second city, and very smoothly captured the second city with only a thousand soldiers left behind.On the second day, Wuzhou City and the Jingbian Army in Yunzhou fell one after another, and the entire Yunzhou fell into the hands of the Zhendong Army.

After capturing Yunzhou, the Zhendong Army had no casualties.He also recruited and surrendered Sage and Anqing, two brothers Gao Wenshun and Gao Wenji, and two brothers Fu Wenda and Fu Wentong. They surrendered as many as 5000 troops, as many as [-] cavalry, and [-] infantry.It can be said that this is a brilliant victory. Although there are not many elites among them, the number alone is already amazing.

When the Zhendong Army took Weizhou, it only fought three battles, wiped out less than [-] enemies, and had almost no prisoners.When Daizhou was taken down, the soldiers and horses just turned around and came back.But this time when they went to Weizhou, they really took down Guancheng, which was heavily defended by the Shatuo people.The capture of Yunzhou cut off the retreat of the Shatuo people.

Almost at the same time, one day earlier than Li Jing's Battle of Niupi Pass, Li Keyong and Li Guochang entered Xinzhou and raided Li Jun's [-] Yicheng army at night in Tanglin City on the border of Xin Dynasty.In this battle, Li Jun's Yicheng army was unprepared before being attacked by eight thousand Shatuo elites, and they were completely helpless to fight back.The scuffle lasted all night, and it was almost a one-sided massacre.The entire army of the Yicheng Army was wiped out, and even Li Jun, the Deputy Envoy of Recruitment and Jiedu Envoy of the Yicheng Army, was shot and killed by the white robe Shi Jingsi who made a big show in the Honggu battle.

The news of Li Jing's victory in Yunzhou and Li Jun's defeat in Xinzhou reached the ears of Zheng Congxuan in Jinyang City almost at the same time. The news of the annihilation of Zhen's three thousand soldiers and horses made Zheng Congxuan both worried and happy.

Zhang Yanqiu, Marquis of Duyu, saw the defeat of the two groups of soldiers and horses, so he did not dare to continue to advance, but instead garrisoned at Tianmen Pass.

On November [-], the Tiande Army Jiedu envoy Yu Yu led the headquarters and Helian troops to recover the Zhongshoucheng and Dongshoucheng. On the [-]th, Shengzhou was recovered, and on the [-]th, Yinzhou was recovered.

On December [-], Li Jing went south again after recovering Yunzhou, and sent Wang Zhong to recover Daizhou except Yanmenguan, and then recovered Xinzhou.The Zhendong Army finally merged with the Central Route Army.

On December [-]th, after regaining all the territory of the Zhenwu Army, Yu Jian, the governor of the Tiande Army, crossed the Yellow River from Hehejin in Lanzhou, entered Lanzhou with troops and horses, and then recovered the entire territory of Lanzhou.On December [-]th, the Tiande Army, the Zhendong Army, and the six towns of Zhaoyi, Heyang, Zhongwu, and Hedong joined forces at Tianmen Pass.

Except for the Yicheng Army, which was completely annihilated, recruiting soldiers and horses from all walks of life gathered together at this time.The recruitment envoy and Beidu stayed behind, Taiyuan governor, Hedong Jiedu envoy, and Tongping Zhangshi Zheng Congxun rushed to Tianmenguan in person, and brought a lot of wine and meat to condolences to the laborers.

Along with the towns, there are also many Fan soldiers and Hu tribes.There were [-] Tuyuhun cavalry led by Helianduo and Bai Yicheng from the Helian tribe of Tuguhun who came with the German army, [-] Sage cavalry from Mi Haiwan who had followed Li Jing, and [-] Anqing cavalry from Shi Jingcun's tribe. .In addition, there are also three thousand cavalry cavalry from Qi Bizhang who came to the north to attach to Li Jing and followed the Tie Le tribe who went south. Tuoba Sigong fought fiercely with Zheng Congyu during this period, and has openly switched to Zheng Congyu's command , Seeing Li Jing coming, he just sent someone to give some gifts.

Li Jing didn't care about Tuoba Sigong's choice.Climbing high branches is also human nature.Compared with Zheng Congxuan, Li Jing is still inferior.After all, not to mention that Zheng Congxuan was the prime minister and served as the governor of an important town like Hedong, even the Zheng family in Xingyang was not something ordinary people could climb.

However, the soldiers and horses of the six towns gathered, and the most dazzling ones at this time were Li Jing and Yu Yu, the commanders-in-chief of the two divisions.Especially Li Jing, not only regained the land of the four states of Xinyun in the Wei Dynasty, but also wiped out tens of thousands of enemies, and also recruited and surrendered more than [-] people.In particular, the surrender and defection of the Youzhou party members and the Zhenwu army planned by Li Jing once smashed Li Guochang's soldiers and horses, and wiped out six thousand Shatuo elites.

In the few battles before and after, Li Jing was extremely shining.Even though his teacher Yu Yu had broken through Shanyu Dufu's mansion and regained the Zhenwu Army and Lanzhou, he was still not as dazzling as Li Jing.

With Li Jing's mentor and apprentice in front, it seems that Zheng Congxuan's central army is a bit ineffective.The Central Route Army has changed their coaches several times, but they were defeated by Li Keyong. Cao Xiang and Su Hongzhen were defeated in Honggu successively, which made Zheng Congxuan feel ashamed, and Li Jun, the Yicheng Army, was wiped out And the death is even more shocking. Counting Cao Xiang and Lu Jianfang, this is already the third Jiedu envoy who has died since the Tang army crusade against Li Guochang and his son.The first two didn't die on the battlefield, so they finally saved some face.But this, that was directly shot and killed by the adopted son of Li Ke, Sha Tuo's flying tiger son, on the battlefield.

The situation in Hedong can be described as dazzling. If it weren't for the brilliant performance of Li Jing and Yu Yu, the imperial court would have to change commanders again.

These news were sent back to Chang'an, and the defeat of the first few troops also worried the court.However, with the brilliant performance of Li Jing and Yu Yu's troops, the whole court couldn't help but be surprised again and again.Especially when the states were recovered one after another, the three armies joined forces in Taiyuan, and Li Keyong and his son retreated to the remaining Shuozhou, even the young emperor was very happy, canceled the polo activities, and specially called all the ministers to discuss how to reward the generals.

In the end, Li Xuan issued an order to reward Hedong heavily for recruiting the troops.Reward 60 pieces of silk and 60 coins for soldiers and horses in the six towns.He was also granted the title of envoy of the Zhenwu Army Jiedu, Situ who entered the inspection school, the title of Duke of Wei, Jiatong Zhongshumenxia Pingzhangshi, and an envoy for land and water transportation.Jiazheng two-pin special advances to Sanjie, and [-] pieces of silk are given.Jiazheng Congxuan Wei Guogong gave [-] pieces of silk.

In addition, Helianduo and Bai Yicheng of the Helian Department of Tuyuhun were both conferred the titles of the third-rank general Yunhui, Helianduo was added as the Jiedushi of the Tiande Army, and Bai Yicheng was added as the governor of Fengzhou.Each rewarded three thousand pieces of silk, ten female prostitutes, and a mansion in Beijing.

Tuoba Gong, a member of the party, was awarded the title of Xia Suiyin Jiedu envoy, Youzhou governor, and Jinwu general because of his meritorious service in injuring Li Guochang.His four younger brothers were also named generals.

Mi Haiwan from the Sage Department, Shi Jingcun from the Anqing Department, and Qi Bizhang from the Qibi Department each received awards.The governor of Mihai Wansage remains unchanged, and the governor of Weizhou is added.Shi Jingcun's position as the governor of Anqing remained unchanged, and the governor of Jiadai Prefecture.And Qi Bizhang was also named the governor of Yinshan and the governor of Yunzhou.

General Gao Wenshun served as governor of Lanzhou, doctor Ziguanglu Jiajin, Gao Wenji served as governor of Xinzhou, and general Jinwu.

As for Li Jing, he was the first in terms of merit. He had the merit of recovering the four states, defeated the rebels in succession, and planned the rebellion of the party members and the Zhenwu army.However, because Tian Lingzi has been doing bad things behind the scenes, and the prime minister Lu Xieben is also Tian Lingzi's person, in the end, Li Jing repeatedly persuaded Tian Lingzi and Lu Xie in front of the emperor that he was too young and should not be rewarded too much.In the end, the emperor granted Li Jing the title of Duke of Qi, from Erpin Town Army General, Prosecutor of the Ministry of Punishment, and Jin Wuwei General.

Although Tian Lingzi and Lu Jia were very aggressive, the young emperor had a very good impression of Li Jing. Not only was Li Jing diligent and generous, and the tributes were rich and interesting, but Li Jing also fought well several times.And by his side, besides Tian Lingzi and the others who said bad things about Li Jing, there are still many people who have been speaking good things for Li Jing, so Tian Lingzi can't change the little emperor's good impression of Li Jing now.

In the end, the young emperor originally planned to let Li Jing replace Zheng Congyu as the recruitment envoy, and take over the posts of Hedong Jiedu envoy, Taiyuan prefect, and Beidu stay behind.Tian Lingzi resolutely opposed it, and now Bian Yucong, Zheng Tian and other prime ministers could not help but also object.Hedong is an important town in the world, and Jinyang is the northern capital of the imperial court. For such an important town, it is a bit too rash for Li Jing, who is just over 20 years old, to take over, and no one dares to agree.

"Then change the Zhendong Army to the Zhenguo Festival, use Dengzhou and the land recovered in southern Liaoning, build the town's first Jiedushi, use Li Jing as the Zhenguo Jiedushi, and give double banners and double festivals. That's it. It's settled, let's draft an edict." The emperor insisted on his own opinion for a rare time.

Zhen ** was originally an army stationed near Tongguan in Tongzhou, but now it basically exists in name only, and it is just a bugle.The emperor wanted to give Li Jing the military title, and the others had nothing to say.After some discussions among the current prime ministers, they still agreed to the emperor's request. After all, although they could refute the emperor's request, the three provinces did not approve the edict.But compared to letting Li Jing take over the posts of Hedong Jiedushi and other positions, it is just a township Jiedushi, anyway, the territory is also Li Jing's existing.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty said: "General Champion, General Jinwu, Inspector of Dengzhou, Governor of Andong, Zhuguo, Duke of Zhendong, and three thousand households in Shiyi. Talent is highly adaptable, and action must be researched. I use the North Gate to promote the old place of the king, and I have tried to benefit and transform, but I still have to think about it. When Fang should use force, he temporarily stopped the job of adjusting the Yuan, and waited to kill the ugly, and help me worry about diligence. You can check the Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, General Jinwu, General Zhenjun, Governor of Dengzhou, and the governor of Andong Dadu, and concurrently conduct the camp to recruit the deputy envoy to act as the commander of the east camp. Duke of Jin Qi, Shangzhu Kingdom, with The Zhendong Army changed to give the town the national festival, set up the government office with the town's first construction festival, and granted the town's grand master the festival envoy, and granted double banners and double festivals, under the system, Xu Zi chose to serve as assistants." At the same time, the decree arrived, as well as silk Ten thousand horses, one thousand taels of gold, and 3000 taels of silver.

Li Guochang and his son have not been wiped out, and they still occupy Shuozhou, but in the eyes of the court, the rebel army is almost wiped out.He even impatiently rewarded the generals of the army.Among the generals, Li Jing, Yu Yu, and Zheng Congyu were naturally rewarded more generously.Then there are the Tuyuhun Helian Department, the Dangxiang Tuoba Department, the Sage Department, the Anqing Department, and the Qibi Department.Even brothers Gao Wenshun, Gao Wenji, and Fu Wenda, Fu Wentong, also received generous rewards.

Yu Jin was not only promoted to be the Jiedu envoy of the Zhenwu Army, but also served as an envoy of Tongping Zhangshi. Although this title of prime minister is only a false title, he has already entered the first level of envoy.

In addition, this time He Lianduo, Tuoba Sigong, and Li Jing were all promoted to Jiedushi, especially Li Jing, his subjugation Jiedushi was completely newly established, which was even more shocking. At the age of 21, he has already started from scratch, has built a territory by himself, and has become the leader of a town. This reputation is shocking.

Especially since Zhendong Army bestowed the name of Zhenxi, it is even more favored by the emperor.

"The 21-year-old Jiedushi, Li Zhenguo is really the first one since the founding of the Tang Dynasty more than [-] years ago. It's really gratifying and has a bright future." The people who came to issue the decree were still old acquaintances, right prison door right General Zhang Tai.

Li Jing was also very pleasantly surprised when he received this decree, even exceeding his expectations.Before the battle was over, the reward had already come down.Not only was he promoted to an official position, but he was also made a township commander.Compared to these, Li Jing didn't care too much about being promoted to the third position of recruiting deputy envoy to recruit the coalition forces.

After the name was changed to Zhen **, all the soldiers who participated in the battle were also rewarded.However, the imperial court only gave Li Jing the official position to sue. As for how he bestowed rewards on the people below, the imperial court did not want to control it, it was all up to him.

Li Jing took out all the gold, silver, iron and silk that the emperor had rewarded, and rewarded them to the suppressing soldiers below, and the whole army burst into cheers.Compared with the joy of the Tiande Army and the Zhendong Army, Zheng Congxuan's Central Army looked a little bleak. This time, except for the coach Zheng Congxuan who was promoted to the Duke of Wei, the other soldiers did not receive actual rewards.Even the Yicheng Army, which was wiped out, didn't even have a pension order.

Li Jing's new recruiting deputy envoy suddenly became the deputy commander of the coalition forces of the Six Towns, and he naturally noticed the envious and jealous eyes of these new subordinates.Fortunately, this time Li Jing gained a lot from entering Jin Dynasty, so he gave a part of it to the soldiers of the other five towns. On average, nearly 4 people in the other five towns each received about five guan rewards.All of a sudden, the attitude of the generals and soldiers of Zhuzhen changed drastically towards this bold and generous new recruit deputy envoy.In the coalition army, what Li Jing said was faintly more effective than Zheng Congxun, the prime minister, and Yu Jian, the envoy. (To be continued.)