Late Tang

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Li Jing was slightly half-drunk, half leaning on the grape arbor, looking at the lovely girl's expression under the mercury-like moonlight, she felt as if she was even more drunk.Seeing that Li Jing was still staying there and had no intention of coming over, Zhang Hui couldn't help feeling a little resentful.Picking off a pure white rose flower, he lowered his head and recited softly: "When will we know each other, I'm embarrassed at this night;"

Although Zhang Hui's voice was not loud, Li Jing could still hear it clearly.This is a poem by Li Bai. The meaning of this poem is that I miss you and want to see you, but I don’t know when I will see you?At this time and this night, my heart and my love, how I can't help it because of you!The description seems to be that the night is beautiful and the moon is full, I miss Yiren, meet each other indefinitely, and I am full of feelings.

Through the moonlight, Li Jing saw the blush on her face when she recited this poem, and she showed a shy and shy look.The small cherry mouth was lightly opened, revealing the pure white jade teeth, and the sound from the throat was like the singing of a yellow warbler among flowers, which was pleasant to the ear.She leaned over, although she was still young and her body hadn't fully grown, but after bending down, only a few thin gauzes were placed on her body to stick to her back and hips. Buttocks are exposed.Thousands of graceful, all kinds of charming, let people infinitely intoxicated.It turns out that the little girl also has such a charming side.

Just what does the poem she just read mean?Could it be that she already has someone she likes right now?Recalling that in history, she became the queen of Houliang ten years later and Zhu Wen's wife, Li Jing couldn't help feeling sorry.Is Zhu Wen still feeding pigs at the landlord's house in Xiao County, or has he joined Huang Chao's grass army?Zhang Hui shouldn't be thinking about Zhu Wen, right?Li Jing didn't know at all that at this time, Zhu Wen had already jumped into his new cannon fodder camp with the dream of being a benevolent official as a ruler, and marrying a wife as Yin Lihua.

At this time, the girl Luya came over, and he had already spotted a person standing behind the grape trellis, and he couldn't see it unless he looked carefully.At first they thought it was someone who came in, but then they were surprised to find that it was the young marshal they were peeking at outside the hall just now.Seeing him staring at the little lady, his eyes seemed to be straightened, and he couldn't help but secretly smiled.But she also understands that this matter is extremely impolite, and if outsiders see it, Miss Yu's reputation may not be good.So, he quietly walked to Zhang Hui's side, "Little lady, there are people over there, let's go back." Then he stretched out his hand to support Zhang Hui.

Zhang Hui was still a little bit reluctant, but the little girl didn't have any other excessively indecent thoughts in her heart, it was just a special feeling of a girl's admiration for heroes.Just like later generations of girls chasing stars, seeing a world-famous hero like Li Jing is as exciting as fans seeing the superstar they are chasing appear in front of them.But even if she was reluctant to give up, after all, the Zhang family's tutoring was still very strict, and she didn't dare to stay here like this, so she had no choice but to leave with the maid.

After Zhang Hui left, Li Jing was still half leaning on the grape trellis. It was rare to see such an innocent and innocent girl.It's not lust, it's pure appreciation.Coupled with the swell of alcohol, Li Jing's footsteps were a little sloppy, and he couldn't stand steadily.

This scene was completely seen by a pair of eyes behind the moon gate in the back garden. Zhang Rui didn't see Li Jing back at the banquet for a long time, so he came to look for it in person.As a result, when he found the back garden, he happened to see the previous scene completely in his eyes.Regarding all this, Zhang Rui was both ashamed and angry. What was ashamed was that her daughter, as the daughter of an official, actually had a private meeting in the garden in the middle of the night, and even recited such explicit lines.What made him angry was that he treated Li Jing as a guest of honor, but Li Jing hooked up with his precious daughter.

At that time, he wanted to jump out, but finally held back.Li Jing's current status, even if he goes out, it will ruin his daughter's reputation.In the end, after much deliberation, I could only let out a long sigh, pretending that I hadn't seen it.Even a slap can't be slapped. If the daughter had no intention, what happened just now would not happen.As long as I control my daughter well in the future, there should be nothing else.After all, Li Jing already has five or six wives and concubines. Even if he wears the seal of the commander-in-chief of the third town now, his daughter is also the daughter of a third-rank official, and the Song family is a family of millions. How can he be a little girl for Li Jing? Woolen cloth.

He backed away quietly, and then called loudly from a distance: "Qi Gong, Qi Gong!" Pretending to be just looking for it from outside.

Li Jing became more sober after hearing this voice, and quickly said loudly: "I'm here!"

"Marshal, this is?" Zhang Rui asked in surprise when he arrived.

"I lost my way in the courtyard just now, and came here by accident, but got drunk and fell asleep for a while, which really made Mr. Zhang laugh!" Li Jing's face turned red, but still Immediately made up a lie.

"Since the commander-in-chief is too strong to drink, I should send someone to take the commander back to the camp to rest." Zhang Rui didn't dare to keep Li Jing at this time, fearing that something troublesome would happen, he quickly sent his servants to escort Li Jing back to the camp. The camp outside the city.

After sending Li Jing away, Zhang Rui immediately went back to the backyard to meet his wife.

Seeing that her husband had been sitting on the couch with a dark face as soon as he saw the house, she didn't know what happened, and thought she was worried about the grass thief again.So I got up and made a cup of tea for my husband. Since the sales of goods in Dengzhou became more and more popular, many new habits of Dengzhou began to spread to the Central Plains.For example, drinking tea does not add ginger, onion, salt and oil, and the tea leaves are fried in a new way, and the clear tea is brewed with boiling water.At the beginning, some people were not used to drinking it, but this new tea was ridiculously expensive. At the beginning, it was the arty and elegant drink of expensive tea. Gradually, it is now popular among officials and businessmen to drink this kind of clear tea. Yes, on the contrary, it is an expression of no identity.

"Didn't Marshal Li from the town of [***] come here with his troops? I heard that he has agreed to send troops to recover the three lost cities today. Although his requirements are a bit high, compared to letting grass The thieves are calling, and these are nothing. The people of Songzhou are rich and there are many merchants. Everyone is willing to contribute their efforts to donate a share of money and food. Although Marshal Li is young, I have heard of it before, and he is very brave and capable of fighting. He has never lost a battle so far, even such a brave Hu Qi from the Shatuo people have been defeated by him. Why should my husband be so worried?"

Zhang Rui took the teacup from his wife and slowly turned it in his hands.With a bitter expression on his face, he sighed and said, "My husband is worrying about Li Jing's affairs now." He sighed again, he didn't want to tell that matter, but in the end he couldn't help it, and opened his mouth to talk about the past and the future. Everything the garden saw said it.

Wang was very surprised, but her husband didn't dare to joke about such a thing, it was related to his daughter's reputation.

"Hui'er is only thirteen!" Mrs. Wang is also the daughter of an eunuch. Before leaving the cabinet, she also invited Mr. Xixi. She has read books carefully.The meaning of the poem that the daughter read, of course, she understood immediately.She couldn't believe that her daughter, who was usually so obedient and obedient, had a private meeting with Li Jing who was meeting him for the first time in the back garden, and she could even say such poems.

The husband and wife were silent for a while, and they both sat there sighing. If Li Jing hadn't married yet, this would be a great marriage.But now that Li Jing already has five or six wives and concubines, this matter is troublesome.

"Hey, let's take a step at a time. During this time, madam should take good care of that girl, and don't let her go out. I hope that after the grass thief is broken, Li Jing will be fine after leaving."

"That's all."

After Li Jing returned to the camp, he fell asleep until dawn the next day.After getting up and freshening up, the tent will be raised for discussion.

"Li Sima, how is the recruitment of the five thousand auxiliary army going?" Li Jing's first thing was to ask Li Zhen about his recruitment.

Li Zhen came out with a smile and replied: "Reporting to the commander, all five thousand auxiliary soldiers have been recruited. The people around Songzhou heard that my town [***] recruited soldiers, they came in droves, in less than a day The time is full, and many people who didn't make it in time were still reluctant to leave, and asked for a chance."

The generals burst into laughter when they heard the words, Zhen [***] may not be the most powerful in battle at the moment, and the combat effectiveness is not the highest, but Zhen [***] must have the greatest reputation.In particular, the treatment in the town [***] is excellent, the food and salary are high, the rewards and pensions are generous, and the town [***] has fought so many battles, and has never been defeated, and the number of casualties each time is also small amazing.Especially Zhen [***]'s aura and equipment, just looking at it makes people amazed and excited.As soon as the recruitment order came out, there were indeed a lot of responders.Such a situation is also a great honor for the town generals present here.

Li Jing flipped through the recruiting roster casually, "Even if the recruits are auxiliary soldiers this time, the standard conditions cannot be relaxed. The auxiliary soldiers of the town [***] are also the town [***] , we must not recruit a group of cowardly soldiers to come in. It will damage the prestige of our town [***] and affect the morale of our army. These days, all armies, battalions and battalions are preparing for battle and stepping up training. This auxiliary The barracks also need to step up their training, and their equipment will be delivered from Songzhou soon. Before that, the Flying Eagle Battalion will be responsible for inquiring about the movements of the grass thieves. When everything is ready, we will launch a campaign against the grass thieves. Attack, completely destroy their arrogance!"

Although from the very beginning, this auxiliary barracks was the cannon fodder battalion's plan, but even if it was an artillery battalion, it couldn't do whatever it wanted.If the soldiers were directly informed of the plan of the cannon fodder battalion, not only would it not be effective at that time, but it might cause accidents instead.Moreover, if these recruits can survive this round of battle, Li Jing will not give up on them when they return to Dengzhou, and they will still be incorporated into other armies.Therefore, from the very beginning, things have to be done in a formal way.

After talking about this, Li Jing asked Li Wei about the movements of the towns.

Li Wei sneered: "What else can the towns do? Even Mu Renyu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanwu Town, doesn't care about Songzhou's life or death. He is still shrunk in Bianzhou City. Why are other towns in a hurry?"

Things were exactly as Li Jing had expected at the beginning, although the imperial court sent twelve soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress the grass thieves.However, Song Wei, the envoy of various Taoist camps to recruit grass thieves, is still far away in Zizhou in the east, several states away from Songzhou, thousands of miles away.The two important officials, Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong, the military envoy of all Taoists recruiting grass thieves, have not yet left Beijing.The supreme commander of the battalion, the military supervising envoy, and the most important military envoy are not in place. The other towns now see no rabbits, no eagles, no food and money, and they just don't send troops.

Although Cui Anqian, Du Wei, Du Shenquan, Li Zhuo, and Li Zhong were all loyal to the imperial court, the casualties in several towns were too great in the last Battle of Hedong. For those who sent troops immediately, they paid for the dead and injured in battle, recruited new soldiers, etc., and there were a lot of things.But Xue Chong and Li Xi couldn't protect themselves, so how could they dare to come out of the nest again.Liu Ye in Huainan and Mu Renyu in Xuanwu are both veterans, let alone come here.

Song Wei wanted to come, and saw that the adopted son in name, Li Jing, the little soldier in the tent in the past, is now an extremely personable minister, and he is also the commander-in-chief of the three towns. Such high positions, whether it is official positions, casual ranks, honorary officers, titles, or titles, are completely above him.It's impossible to say that Song Wei has no idea in his heart. It's fine if he doesn't have the ability, but at the beginning he was also a fierce general with a great reputation.

This time he took the initiative to ask for a fight, that is, he wanted to give himself another shot, and use the grass thief's head to give himself another level, so that he could get closer to Li Jing.

However, Wang Jingwu's momentum has grown again now, and before he sends troops, Wang Jingwu has already begun to counterattack Zizhou.He recruited grass bandit envoys in the camp of various ways, so he had to be busy dealing with the chaos at the door of his house.

"So, Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao, and Wang Jingwu are not joining forces now?" Li Jing immediately caught an important piece of information.

Li Wei nodded, "I'm about to report this to the commander in chief. According to what our scouts learned, during the siege of Yizhou, there seemed to be something wrong with Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao, and Wang Jingwu. After the state, the three parties broke up unhappy. Wang Jingwu led his troops back to Yanzhou and Qizhou, and counterattacked Zizhou. Huang Chao led his troops into Puzhou, Huazhou, and Caozhou. Wang Xianzhi's troops made chaos in Yizhou and Yanzhou. In the end, most of them went to Songzhou. The soldiers and horses who have captured the three cities of Songzhou now belong to Wang Xianzhi."

Hearing this result, Li Jing fell into deep thought.In his memory, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao had indeed had internal strife, but it should have happened a long time later, in order to recruit peace from the imperial court. In the end, only Wang Xianzhi was recruited, which caused dissatisfaction with Huang Chao and others, and then Huang Chao beat Wang Xianzhi. The parties parted ways.But now there is one more Wang Jingwu, or are they fighting among themselves ahead of time?

But why are these rebels fighting among themselves? Their situation is very good, and no one recruits them. Why are they fighting among themselves?Li Jing was at a loss, always felt that this matter was not as simple as it appeared on the outside.

"Send more people, try to find out the movements of Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao, and Wang Jingwu's three men, the clearer the better!" Li Jing said in a deep voice.

"Understood!" Li Wei took the order. (To be continued.)