Late Tang

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Li Jing woke up very early. When he opened his eyes, he found that Gongsun Lan beside him was looking at the mirror applique yellow in front of the dressing table.Silver Wolf Xiaoyue also wagged his tail and squatted in front of his bed, whining softly at him.Looking at the time, the sun is already rising.

Li Jing exclaimed inwardly that last night was too absurd and frolicking, and hurriedly got up and put on his hat. Today is the day of his wedding to Zhang Hui, and there are too many things to do.

Combing a messy bun is always so troublesome, Li Jing went around a few times impatiently, intending to leave it at that.Just as she was about to put on the headdress, her wrist was pinched by Gongsun Lan who came lightly with lotus steps, "Sit down, how can you comb like this." She pressed Li Jing's shoulder, and Li Jing sat down obediently.Looking at the woman in the bright bronze mirror, the long and dense eyelashes covered her eyes, but Li Jing still vaguely saw the moisture in the corners of her eyes.

Gongsun Lan carefully moistened Li Jing's long black hair with a twisted hot towel to make it softer, and then combed it carefully with an ivory comb. The soft scallion-white jade fingers ran through the hair, like orchid-like fragrance. The breath passed over Li Jing's hair faintly.

Li Jing closed her eyes, enjoying the rare sweetness and warmth.Gongsun Lan came all the way from Chang'an, but she immediately found out about his marriage to Zhang Hui. This incident probably had a great impact on her, and Li Jing could feel the pain from her hands.

The bun was combed carefully, and Gongsun Lan held it to see that it was perfect.So, she smiled and stared carefully at her man in the mirror.Li Jing in the mirror closed her eyes lightly. After spending a long time with Gongsun Lan, the two gradually developed feelings for each other.

"Okay, this looks like Yushu Linfeng, a suave and proud bridegroom official!" Although Gongsun Lan said this with a smile, the hands that fell on Li Jing's shoulders couldn't help but tightened a little bit, and even grabbed her. Li Jing felt a little pain.

Li Jing sighed quietly: "In a few days, when I return to Dengzhou, I will welcome you to the door and give you a title!"

There were cold tears falling on Li Jing's neck, these words made Gongsun Lan's heavy heart suddenly much lighter.

With a chuckle, the pear blossoms brought rain.

"Sanlang, you don't need to talk about it. With a broken body and a willow body, I am so happy to be favored by the Lord once in a while. Now that I am like this, I am already very content, needless to say about the extra things."

Li Jing was silent, he could only wrap his arms around the beautiful woman's jade neck, turn around and kiss lightly.

"Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong have both arrived in Chenliu. Du Shenquan, the governor of the Zhaoyi Army, led five thousand Zhaoyi troops, Li Zhuo, the governor of Heyang, led five thousand troops of Heyang, and the defense envoy of Jidu, the eastern capital, led five thousand troops. Qiandongdu Army, Zhongwu Jiedu Envoy Cui Anqian led 4 Zhongwu Army, Yicheng Army Jiedu Envoy Li Zhong led 4 Yicheng Army, Xuanwu Army Jiedu Envoy led [-] Xuanwu Army, and Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong each led [-] personal guards gathered. The six towns plus Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong had [-] soldiers, including [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. These soldiers and horses were well equipped, and of the [-] people, [-] belonged to this section At that time, the imperial court sent troops to the towns, and the armaments were excellent."

After a while of silence, Gongsun Lan took the initiative to break the silence and reported the information collected by the Plum Blossom Gate to Li Jing.

"Among the 1 soldiers, there are 4 cavalry, which is [-] percent. And out of the [-] soldiers, [-] are the Shence Army. It seems that they are very strong." Li Jing pinched his chin and muttered, The soldiers and horses of the coalition army exceeded Li Jing's expectations.Li Jing originally thought that the four towns of Zhaoyi, Heyang, Zhongwu, and Yicheng participated in the Battle of Daibei four times, and they were all severely injured. He thought that none of them would not be able to recover in a year, but now they are so fast You can take out [-] soldiers to fight.

Gongsun Lan burst out laughing: "You think too highly of them. The [-] warriors are called to the outside world. Although there are indeed such a large number, they are not as elite as you imagined. The [-] Shence Army, Among them, [-] are the personal guards of Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong, and their strength is still good. They are their confidantes. But the other [-] will not work. Most of the imperial guards in Chang'an were the sons of wealthy families in Chang'an who were named in the army, or wealthy households were exempted from military service. When they heard that Tian Lingzi would not only drive them to the Kanto, but also go to the battlefield, the Shence Army in Beijing did not Yes. Now, although they have all been counted in the towns on the surface, in fact, this is not the case."

During this period of time, as the actual deputy of Zhen [***] Jingcheng Jinzhao Academy, she has been staying in the capital to inquire about intelligence, plant spies, and develop insiders.He is very clear about the matter in Beijing. Tian Lingzi eliminated dissidents, purged the Shence Army wantonly, and transferred tens of thousands of Shence troops to various towns.But how could those people in Beijing be willing to leave the capital? Although Tian Lingzi's thigh couldn't be held back by his arms, there were strategies and countermeasures.Soon, the forbidden soldiers in Chang'an came up with an idea to hire someone to replace them.

Many officers and soldiers of the Shence Army who were transferred out of Beijing sent their family servants to go out of Beijing by name, and some even went directly to Chang'an Street to take beggars home, give them a sum of money, and then let them go out of Beijing instead.

"Some time ago, Chang'an was almost empty of beggars, and there were many prisoners who were also bribed to go to war. In addition to the Shence Army from the six towns, about 15 Shence Army from Beijing Central were transferred out of Beijing this time. , In addition, about [-] vacancies were found. The [-] Shence Army in Gyeonggi suddenly lost [-]. During this period, Tian Lingzi was recruiting troops day and night, and placing a large number of confidantes."

Hearing such news, Li Jing couldn't help being very surprised, "Doesn't the imperial court know about going out of Beijing instead?"

"Of course I know. The whole Chang'an is in trouble. How can I not know. But Tian Lingzi doesn't care about this matter, or can't control it. How can other people control it. Besides, Tian Lingzi is grabbing the control of the Shence Army , as long as the position is vacant, how can he take care of such trivial matters as replacing the capital. This time, Ximen Sigong, Yang Fugong and the [-] imperial troops in the hands of the six towns, in fact, the real army is only five or six thousand. It was replaced by an impostor." Gongsun sneered.

Li Jing shook his head straight after hearing this, "How can there be fighting power like this? An army composed of beggars, servants, prisoners, slaves, etc., is probably worse than grass thieves. Just like this, they dare to send troops to Caozhou in a hurry?"

"Why don't they dare? They saw that you defeated 4 grass thieves in the first battle with the strength of a single army. They were envious and jealous. Now everyone is spreading the word that the grass thieves are just a bunch of grass thieves. The mob is just refugees. Not to mention the six towns joining forces, even a single town feels that they have a chance to win. What's more, they have more than 10 horses. The six towns have mobilized as many as [-] auxiliary soldiers. Each soldier , There are two auxiliary soldiers. Add up to [-] people, I estimate that Ximen Sigong and others must now think that each person can drown Huangchao Wang Xianzhi."

Forty thousand soldiers and sixty thousand auxiliary soldiers!Li Jing nodded, this amount, as long as he can play steadily and advance step by step, it should indeed be enough to deal with the current Huang Chao.But, will they play it safe?Li Jing was suspicious.

"How's the situation at Huang Chao? Is there any specific news?" Li Jing asked.

Gongsun Lan nodded: "Huang Chao's offensive has been very fierce recently. They have captured the city of Caozhou, Jiyin City, and the city of Puzhou, Juancheng, and then dispersed their troops to plunder Cao, Pu, Yun, Ji and Huazhou. Counties and villages. After Wang Xianzhi was defeated, he fled to Huangchao in Caozhou. Now Huangchao has begun to gather soldiers and horses, and the soldiers and horses in Huai and Jizhou have withdrawn. Huangchao's soldiers and horses are also expanding rapidly, mainly divided into three parts , one group was assembled in Jiyin City, Caozhou, led by Meng Kai and Lin Yan, with about [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary troops. The other was concentrated in Juye, Yunzhou, east of Jiyin, and Yuncheng The north and the south face each other across Juyeze. Three sworn brothers, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guiba, and Huo Cun, are stationed in Pu. Juancheng of Zhouzhou has about [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary troops, and they are currently besieging Xue Chong in Yuncheng, Yunzhou. Wang Xianzhi led [-] remnants of his troops, and they are also in Huangchao's army."

Li Jing was a little surprised, "Huang Chao actually has [-] soldiers? [-] auxiliary troops? Is this unlikely?"

Gongsun Lan smiled, "Of course the 15 army is worthwhile. The so-called 2 soldiers are just Huang Chao's own statement, referring to the troops included in the grass army's battle barracks, but in fact, although Huang Chao robbed a large number Fifty thousand soldiers were equipped with weapons, armors and other ordnance. But these people were rarely trained, and even fewer had actual combat experience. The old battalion around Huang Chao who can fight is estimated to be around [-] to [-], at most no more than [-] people. Among them, if there are fewer cavalry, those who have horses are considered cavalry, and they will not exceed [-]. As for the [-] auxiliary troops, most of them only have a spear or a knife."

But even so, it still surprised Li Jing. According to this calculation, Huang Chao's military strength is actually stronger than that of Wang Xianzhi before.The expansion of the power of these grass thieves is really shocking, but looking back, they have criss-crossed the eight states of the Central Plains during this period of time, and they have almost robbed them all. With such a large number, there is nothing to be afraid of.

But in this way, Huang Chao's strength is not much different from that of the officers and soldiers of the six towns.

"Is Sanlang going to send troops to deal with Huang Chao?"

Li Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, pinched his chin and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Li Jing said slowly: "The commander of Ximen gave me the order to enter Yanzhou from Songzhou to the east, go around Yunzhou, and join Xue Chong, the governor of the Tianping Army, and Li Xizai, the governor of the Taining Army. Stationed in Yunzhou and Yanzhou, they are responsible for intercepting the soldiers fleeing to the east of the grass bandits. Commander, you must strictly abide by the military orders!" (To be continued.)