Late Tang

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The spring is cold and the morning wind is bitter!

The army of tens of thousands of people set off in the early morning and rolled southward.Li Jing rode his horse and was in the middle of it, but he was not very happy in his heart, but kept frowning in thought.The Shatuo people's rebellion has been put down, and the army will return to the town.However, since this was the biggest battle and the biggest victory since the new emperor ascended the throne, the emperor suddenly sent envoys to issue an imperial decree a few days ago, ordering the three counter-insurgency troops from the eight towns to go to Chang'an to offer prisoners and Reading ceremony.

If it is possible not to go, Li Jing is not willing to go.However, the eunuch who came to issue the decree told him with a smile on his face that the Holy Majesty had made it clear that Li Jing should lead the guards to join the army.Not only was he asked to go, but all the town officials who went on the expedition were also required to go to Chang'an.

The soldiers and horses going to Chang'an, except for the 2 horses in the township, all the other towns did not have this treatment.

Zheng Congyu originally wanted to stay in Hedong to deal with the aftermath, but as a recruiter, he naturally had to go.In the end, Zheng Congxuan's Hedong Army selected three thousand soldiers to go with him.Deputy envoy Yu Yu also brought three thousand soldiers and horses with him.In addition to the two of them, Heyang and Zhongwu towns were accompanied by a thousand infantry.He Lianduo led the Tiande Army with a thousand Tuyuhun cavalry, and Tuoba Sigong led Xia Sui with a thousand Dangxiang soldiers.The three tribes of Sagmihaiwan, Shi Qingshi Jingcun, and Qibibu Qiibizhang each accompanied by a thousand horses.Li Zhong of the Yicheng Army became a polished commander, but in order to avoid embarrassment, the envoys of the imperial court discussed with Zheng Congxuan and others, and asked Li Zhong to immediately send a thousand soldiers from the Yicheng Army to Chang'an.As for the Zhaoyi Army, even the commander-in-chief is gone, so no one from the Zhaoyi Army will go to Chang'an.

The eight towns and three tribes added up, and a total of [-] soldiers and horses went to Chang'an.

In addition to these Tang soldiers, they also escorted Shatuo prisoners to accompany them.

Due to Li Jing's insistence, except for the brothers Gao Wenji and Fu Wenda, plus Sage and Anqing, all of them were regarded as surrenders, but prisoners.From Li Guochang and Li Jinzhong down, they are all prisoners.Li Youjin and the thousands of Shatuo soldiers under him, Li Jing refused to accept that they were captured soldiers after they surrendered.Including the Shatuo people who were captured in Weidai, Yun, and Shuo, and those captured in Fengzhou, all added up, there are more than [-] prisoners.In addition, according to statistics, the heads of the Shatuo rebels captured by each town amounted to more than [-].

When the number was reported below, Li Jing remembered that the corners of Zheng Congxuan's mouth couldn't help twitching.This number is very watery, and basically all the armies made some false reports, taking the heads of Shatuo civilians as the heads of the Shatuo rebels.

Even the suppressor himself made a false report. The suppressor killed more than 6000 people in several battles, but the report was [-]. This does not include the military exploits of the [-] people planned by Li Jing. Inside.Li Jing did his own calculations. If the Zhenwu army who rebelled and surrendered was removed, the rebels killed in the remaining towns would be more than [-], double the false report.

The generals of the various towns knew it in their hearts, but no one said anything and acquiesced.Anyway, even if the imperial court wants to investigate, there are indeed so many decapitated heads.This time the soldiers and horses in the towns suffered a lot, so they hoped to get more military rewards.

It is impossible for more than 3000 prisoners of war to be sent to Chang'an. Li Jing meant that except for those officers, the rest of the two to 1 strong people can be sent to Chang'an to surrender. As for the others, Li Jing originally meant Kill people directly, and save food waste, but no one agrees.Even Zheng Congxuan was unwilling to kill more than [-] people directly.

In the end, Li Jing proposed that it was not in vain to hand over these captives to the governor.At the price of ten guan per person, he bought them all.Li Jing's reason was to buy these Shatuo people to be slaves and take them to Liaodong to open up wasteland, hoard land and mine.

This proposal made the commanders of the towns very excited. This time the towns have lost a lot of money to put down the chaos. It is unknown how much they will get when the court rewards them.Even if they divide the tens of thousands of captives themselves, it will be of no use, and they will have to waste food.Selling it directly to Li Jing saved a lot of trouble.Although a soldier only sells for ten guan, which seems a little small, but Li Jing said that the money he got will go to the five towns of Hedong, Zhenwu, Yicheng, Zhongwu, and Heyang, and the townspeople don't want it.As for Xia Suizhen and Tiande Army, Li Jing didn't say that he would give them to them. Although Tuoba Sigong and Helianduo were very dissatisfied, they became a town commander this time, which is not bad.These prisoners of war were not given money, and they did not dare to speak too much.As for the three tribes, they were simply ignored.

After the final discussion, 3000 captives were selected, and 14 captives were selected to be taken to Chang'an as captives, and the remaining [-] were handed over to Li Jing.Li Jing paid [-] guan to each of the five towns, and Li Jing gave [-] guan to each of the five tribes.A total of [-] coins were spent to buy [-] Shatuo fighters.Although there are not many elite Shatuo soldiers and even fewer elite cavalry, Li Jing still thinks this deal is a good deal.

He spent money to buy these captives, not really just to lure them to mines. If he wanted to open mines and open up wasteland, he only needed to recruit refugees, as many as he wanted.The bigger reason for buying these Shatuo people was that Li Jing was worried that these Shatuo people would stay in Daibei in the end, and eventually become the foundation for the growth of the Hu tribe.

Before setting off from Taiyuan, Li Jing had already given the money to the towns, took over the 2 Shatuo soldiers, and sent them directly back to Liaodong.When Li Jing entered Jin Dynasty, he had [-] cavalry in his hands. After several consecutive battles, the town suffered little loss, with about [-] casualties.Later, the township government transferred some elite soldiers and horses from the army of the brothers Gao Wenji to make up the [-]-man staff.

In addition to the 2 soldiers, Li Jing also had another [-] soldiers in the hands of Fu Wenda and Fu Wenshun.Originally, Gao Wenji, Gao Wenshun, Mi Haiwan, and Shi Jingcun were all attached to Li Jing.However, in the last award from the imperial court, brothers Gao Wenji, Mi Haiwan, and Shi Jingcun all had to be appointed governors. Only Brother Fu Wenda surrendered because of defeat, so last time only one general Yunhui was awarded the dismissal post.

Brother Gao Wenji didn't care about Li Jing, but Brother Fu Wenda knew that they were in an embarrassing situation. Li Keyong and his son hadn't been defeated before, so the court treated them preferentially.But now that the Shatuo people are completely wiped out, if he is forced to surrender like this, he will be treated as a prisoner like Li Youjin.The two brothers were quite smart, and they directly hugged Li Jing's thigh, resolutely merging into the town.

Ping Bai had a group of soldiers and horses to join him, and Li Jing was willing to accept it after thinking about it.In the end, even the soldiers under Brother Gao Wenji were transferred away by Li Jing. In this way, Brother Fu Wenda brought [-] original northern troops to join Li Jing's command.The Gao Wenji brothers left with their own servants, and the Hu tribes were named governors by the imperial court, so naturally they would not really join Li Jing, and Li Jing didn't care about it.

When 2 soldiers from the town entered Chang'an, Li Jing asked Fu Wenda brothers to lead [-] generations of northern soldiers to escort [-] Shatuo captives back to Liaodong.

The marching speed of the army was not fast, there were more than 3 horses, escorting [-] captives, and [-] Shatuo heads, so they walked very slowly.When it was dark, it was only less than fifty miles away.

After the army set up camp, Li Jing washed his face and suddenly remembered Gai Yu, his captive.So they asked people to bring him up. Gai Yu was the most senior Shatuo officer captured in the battle under Feng'an City.Li Jing knew a little about Gai Yu. Gai Yu was from a family of generals in Yunzhou. He had been in the frontier for a long time, but he assisted Li Keyong with his wisdom instead of being brave.

Among the seven generals of Yunzhou who killed Duan Wenchu ​​and supported Li Keyong, Gai Yu was among them.During this period of time, Xiaoqisi also searched for a lot of information about Gai Yu through interrogating the prisoners and other methods.Gai Yu is perceptive, shrewd, resourceful, and good at guessing Li Keyong's intentions.Li Keyong has a strict and impatient personality, and he does not allow a little delay when encountering urgent matters. As long as someone violates the law, he will follow the military law.Only Gai Yu could understand Li Keyong's intentions, be good at persuading and persuading Li Keyong, so as to achieve the purpose of counseling and assisting.Sometimes Li Keyong was furious at the generals. Seeing that the situation was not good, Gai Yu wanted to dissuade them, but it was inconvenient to speak out, so he pretended to be on Li Keyong's side and scolded the generals. Li Keyong happily spared their punishment .When Gai Yu admonishes Li Ke, he often cites modern stories as examples to persuade him.

In Li Jing's view, Li Keyong is somewhat similar to Lu Bu of the Three Kingdoms, brave but less resourceful, but this Gai Yu is somewhat similar to Chen Gong, Lu Bu's counselor.Others can't say that Li Keyong can't do it, but this building can.

Historically, after Emperor Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty Li Cunxu came to the throne, he posthumously bestowed on Gai Yu the title of Taishi.

It can be said that Gai Yu is Li Keyong's number one adviser.

When Gai Yu was brought into Li Jing's tent, Li Jing thought that this man had eaten Duan Wenchu's human flesh equally with Li Keyong, so he should be a man with a sinister face and full of evil.However, the person in front of him had a haggard face, he was not much shorter than Li Jing, he was tall, but he was obviously thin.

This is not a ferocious villain, but just a man in his forties with a scholarly aura all over his body.

He knelt in front of Li Jing, with his hands and feet tightly bound behind him, waiting for Li Jing to deal with him.He lost half of his ear in the battle, and he was dressed in pitch black, just like the Crow Army, except that his clothes were ragged, and there were several wounds and abscesses on his body.

The breath exhaled from his mouth interweaved into a steaming white mist in the cold evening. Li Jing looked at Gai Yu quietly. He did not panic or fear. Still raised high, looking at Li Jing with the same calm gaze.

In the tent, Li Cunxiao, Fu Cun, and Yang Shihou stared at the prisoner, not understanding why he was so calm.On the other hand, Liu Xun was standing beside Gao Sji and Wang Yanzhang on the other side, trying hard to say something, but he couldn't open his mouth.

The breeze blew and lifted the curtains, and outside the tents, the nobles of the town were fluttering in the wind.

Li Jing stood up and walked forward with a calm face.

"Chong!"

Li Jing slowly pulled out the jade sword from his waist with his right hand, Li Jing's eyes were fixed on Gai Yu when he pulled out the sword, his face was still calm.

The sword light flashed like lightning, and the rope on Gai Yu's body broke into several pieces and fell down.

Li Jingzhi held his sword and said in a loud voice: "I, Duke Qi, General Zhenjun, General Jinwu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and Li Jing, the governor of the Andong Metropolitan Guard, the Governor of Dengzhou, and the Jiedu Envoy of Zhenyu, ask you here." , are you willing to submit to the court from now on, serve under the account of the suppressor, and atone for your crimes?"

Lang Lang's voice rang out, but Gai Yu fell into a violent shock.His mind was in chaos, and his cold and calm heart began to beat violently at this moment, and he couldn't keep calm again.Since Feng'an was captured, his whole body has almost passed away.Every passing day seemed to him just one step closer to death.Because he no longer had any hope of life, his whole being was extremely peaceful.When he was brought into his tent, he thought his time had come.

The moment the sword light flashed across, the experience of this half of his life once flashed in his mind.Learn literary and martial arts, and sell the goods to the emperor's house.It's just that he has no chance, so he can only die in Daibei. He is not reconciled. He thinks that the strength of the Shatuo tribe in Daibei should be able to occupy a place in this troubled world. It's just a show of one's ambition in the troubled times.

He didn't expect that Li Jing would let him go at this time and even recruit him into the town.He was shocked. After this great battle in Daibei, Gai Yu thought he knew the town leader and Li Jing very well.Li Jing, that is a mysterious man.

His heart was beating violently, and he was originally disheartened, but now he couldn't help but become enthusiastic again.He wanted to agree immediately, but felt that he should decline first or second.But when he opened his mouth, the words he said became, "I, I am willing to submit to the imperial court and serve the commander-in-chief from now on!"

After saying these words, he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.In today's world, since a counselor like him cannot live above the temple, it is also the best choice to join the shogunate of a general like Li Jing.

Li Jing laughed, and indeed Gai Yu surrendered.He leaned over to help him up, and kindly patted the dust off his body.

"Since this is the case, then I will wrong Mr. Gai to temporarily take up the post of the staff of the town's military staff department. But for the time being, I don't have to rush to perform my duties. I will let the military doctor treat your injuries first. You will go with the army these days, while the nurse Body. After the injury recovers, we will talk about other things." After speaking, Li Jing turned to Liu Xun and said, "Bohu, I will leave the specific matters to you."

Liu Xun nodded and took over the task.Gai Yu was grateful again, Li Jing said a few words of comfort, and let Liu Xun lead him down.Li Cunxiao saw the two left, and said directly: "Why do you want to keep this person?"

"The sea is open to all rivers, tolerance is great!" Li Jing smiled lightly, "If you want to strengthen your strength, you have to accept more talents. If you reject talents, you are giving others a chance." Just a superficial point After saying a word, Li Jing didn't say any more. (To be continued.)