Late Tang

At the foot of Qingzhou City, Li Jing led [-] forbidden troops led by Zeng Yuanyu, who was newly reorganized as the Shenjie Army, to take over the labor force.

After Li Jing's team had gone away and there were no more people in sight, the new Marching Sima Li Xi of the Pinglu Army who had been refusing to advance thirty miles away from Qingzhou, and the new Laizhou Inspector Xue Chong finally ordered the team to continue and enter Qingzhou.

After Ziqing stayed, Li Jing had just left, but the marching Sima Li Xi and the governor of Laizhou Xue Chong just arrived at the city. The time was so coincidental that it was neither too early nor too late.

Xue Chong and Li Xi met on the road. In order to wait for Li Jing to leave, they got together halfway.But the two of them didn't talk much. Although both of them were relegated from the position of Jiedu in the first town to Ziqing Town because of the rebellion of grass bandits, it didn't mean that they were both degenerates in the world and they would love each other.

Li Xi, as the grandson of the famous general Li Sheng, already had a reputation as a genius prodigy when he was young. Even his grandfather Li Sheng, the famous general Li Sheng, could not defeat him in the debate on paper. Not his opponent.Countless people have praised that Li Xi will be another general of the Li family after Li Sheng and Li Min.Relying on his family background and his "talent", he easily became the military governor of Taining Army.

But in front of the grass thieves, he was defeated, so thoroughly, everything was Xue Chong's fault in Li Xi's view.If he hadn't been greedy for meritorious deeds, he wouldn't have been ambushed and defeated by the grass thieves, leading to their destruction.If he was not in a hurry to escape after defeat, but moved closer to him, or even sent someone to deliver the latest military information, he would not have stepped into the trap of the grass thief step by step.Everything was Xue Chong's fault, he wished he could stab this guy with a sword.

However, he also understands the priorities of the matter. This time, he was exonerated and transferred to the army commander of Ziqing Town, all thanks to Tian Lingzi's help.He knew very well that their biggest opponent now was Li Jing, and only by joining hands with Xue Chong and Wang Jingwu could they drive Li Jing out of Ziqing Town.Then, he had to join forces with Xue Chong to pull Wang Jingwu off his horse. At that time, it was time to fight with Xue Chong.

If you can't bear it a little, you will make a big mess, this is what Li Xi has been telling himself in his heart.

Xue Chong is a scholar and scholar. To put it bluntly, a scholar does not know how to use soldiers, but to put it bluntly, he is an idiot.It was also because of their prominent family background that they got into the position of Jiedushi.In the past year, he served as the Jiedushi of the Tianping Army, and it can be said that he was rounded up by grass thieves more than a dozen times.Although he is serving as the governor of Laizhou now, he is actually completely under the shadow of the grass thief.Whether it was about Li Jing, Li Xi, or Wang Jingwu, he didn't even want to think about it. He held a jug every day and lived a fairy-like life.

After the two entered the city, they discovered that Ziqing Town, which was extremely prosperous in the Tang Dynasty, was already sparsely populated.The city is closed, the streets are deserted, and there are not even many shops open.What made Li Xi even more dissatisfied was that Wang Jingwu, deputy envoy of Ziqing Jiedu and governor of Qingzhou, hadn't seen anyone yet.

Li Xi directly sent the team to the Supervisory Academy to pay a visit to Zhang Wanrong.It's just that when they got to the door, the servant at the door didn't inform them at all. When Li Xi mentioned his name, the other party not only didn't pass it on respectfully, but showed a mocking smile on his face.Li Xi's hand was already on the hilt of the sword, but he finally gritted his teeth and backed away.

Finally, after spending a hundred guan in heavy money, he was able to meet Zhang Wanrong, the military supervising envoy.Zhang Wanrong was very indifferent to the two of them, and he didn't even glance at the heavy gifts they presented.Those thousands of gifts seemed to be just a few radishes.

"It's good that you guys are here. Right now, Li Shuai is preparing to enter Liao to recover the old land of Andong. Therefore, for the matter of Ziqing Town, I need to entrust two more Deputy Envoys Wang and Inspector Zhang and Inspector Lu."

Xue Chong asked softly: "Where is Deputy Wang? Why didn't I see anyone after entering the city for a long time?"

Zhang Wanrong said indifferently: "Vice Envoy Wang has just returned home, and I feel a little unwell for the time being. By the way, when Qi Guogong left, he left a letter for Vice Envoy Wang and the others. When you go to see Deputy Envoy Wang, just take the letter with you. Come on. The old man is feeling unwell, so we won't leave two more, come and see off the guests!"

Almost half driven out of the Military Academy, Li Xi and Xue Chong both had ugly faces.Given their status, how could they have suffered such anger.But they knew in their hearts that this Zhang Wanrong was on the side of Song Wei earlier, and now that Song Wei had left, Li Jing was still there.

When they arrived at Wang's house, Xue Chong and Li Xi almost couldn't recognize Wang Jingwu's appearance. His eyes were dim, his face was pale, his hair and beard were disheveled, his eyes were bloodshot, and his whole figure was broken.If they hadn't seen Wang Jingwu in many ways before, they would not have believed that he was Wang Jingwu, the majestic Qingzhou dental general in Ziqing Town.

Wang Jingwu was also taken aback when he saw the two people coming in.

"Why did you come here? Then you also rebelled and were arrested by Song Wei?" Wang Jingwu said, his voice was extremely hoarse.

Li Xi frowned, "Song Wei has already entered the capital, and Kang Chenghui and Cui Yunqing have also been transferred to be the Jiedu Envoy of the Tianping Army and the Jiedu Envoy of the Taining Army respectively."

Wang Jingwu was even more shocked, "Then who is in charge of Ziqing Town now?"

"The imperial decree, Li Jing was appointed as the governor of Ziqing Town and served as the governor of Jiedu. Brother Wang was appointed as the deputy envoy of Jiedu and the governor of Qingzhou. In addition, Brother Wang’s 5000 troops are still under the leadership of Brother Wang.” Li Xi looked directly at Wang Jingwu while talking, but found that his eyes were full of shock, suspicion, and fear when he heard the news. There are surprises.

This made Li Xi very puzzled, why didn't Wang Jingwu know anything?

After asking for a long time, Li Xi finally understood.

Since Yizhou was defeated and surrendered, Wang Jingwu and his subordinates were disarmed and taken to Qingzhou by Song Wei. They were first detained in the barracks, and then he was transferred back to his home a few days ago.But he was not allowed to go out, even the servants in the mansion were all Song Wei's personal soldiers.During this time, he had no idea what was going on outside.He only knew that after he surrendered, he sent someone to Chang'an, hoping to bribe Tian Lingzi in exchange for a way out.

During this period of time, there was no news from the outside world. Wang Jingwu couldn't even see a familiar subordinate. He almost collapsed. He waited pessimistically every day for Song Wei to send someone to announce his death.

But now, upon hearing this result, Wang Jingwu was stunned for a long time, unable to believe it at all.

After half an hour, Wang Jingwu finally believed Li Xi's words. It was Duke Jin Tian Lingzi who rescued him. Their task now is to help Duke Jin deal with Li Jing.

After believing all of this, Wang Jingwu's complexion suddenly turned rosy, and his eyes burst into strange brilliance.This is really a village with nowhere to go, where the willows are dark and the flowers are bright.Who is Tian Lingzi? He is the foster father of the Son of Heaven.No matter how powerful Li Jing is, can he surpass Tian Lingzi?

Especially after hearing that all his [-] soldiers and horses were under his command, he couldn't help laughing up to the sky.

When the tears of laughter flowed down and he coughed continuously, he finally calmed down.

"Song Wei, Song Wei, Li Jing, Li Jing, let's read the libretto on a donkey, and wait and see." Wang Jingwu said coldly. At the beginning, he dared to raise troops when no one supported him. After working with Song Wei and Li Jing for so long, now , Received the support of Eunuch Tian, ​​who has power all over the world.He wants to return to Li Jing the pain that Li Jing inflicted on him back then. His family, his wife and children are all gone.

Thinking of this, Wang Jingwu couldn't help becoming excited again.

"Where is Li Jing now?" Wang Jingwu gritted his teeth.

"Li Jing just left Qingzhou and went back to Dengzhou. I heard that he is going to use troops against Liaodong." Xue Chong took a sip of the wine gourd and said in a drunken voice.

"Li Jing is gone? So which general is Li Jing in Qingzhou now?" Wang Jingwu asked in surprise.

Li Xi shook his head, "Li Jing didn't keep anyone, Qingzhou now only has 500 guards from the supervisor Zhang Wanrong, and the rest are the [-] family members of Mr. and Brother Xue, and the [-] troops under Brother Wang's command. gone."

Wang Jingwu couldn't believe that Li Jing actually handed over Qingzhou to them.

"Not only Qingzhou, but also many other cities in Ziqing Town. Li Jing has no troops."

"How is this possible? What does Li Jing mean?"

"Vice Envoy Wang, don't be too happy. I have come all the way, and Li Jing has not all withdrawn. The town [***] is on the line of the Yellow River in Jishui, and there are at least [-] people." Xue Chong looked at Wang Jingwu's excitement. Naturally, he knew what he was thinking.He said coldly, Li Jing is not a fool, even if Tian Lingzi doesn't want Li Jing to feel better, let Wang Jingwu be Ziqing's deputy envoy and let them come.But who is Li Jing, how could he just leave so easily and give up Ziqing Town.

"Oh, Zhang Wanrong said that Li Jing has a letter for us, and I've already brought it." Li Xi took out the letter and opened it directly, but after only a few glances, his whole face was already clouded.

"What was written in the letter?" Xue Chong and Wang Jingwu asked together.

"You'll know it when you see it." Li Xi's face was dark, and he had the urge to jump and cut people at any time.

Xue Chong took it and scanned it quickly, his face darkened immediately, and handed the letter to Wang Jingwu, trembling with anger, he picked up the wine gourd and opened it, and took a few big gulps.He drank too fast for a while, choked his throat, bowed his head in discomfort and vomited there.

Wang Jingwu took it, and the more he read it, the more angry he became. When he saw the end, he couldn't help tearing the whole letter into pieces.One piece was torn apart fiercely, while his face was flushed, and he cursed, "Son Li Jing, how dare you do this, you are too deceitful! I swear to kill this thief!"

A series of swearing words came out in succession, Wang Jingwu jumped and yelled, coupled with his ferocious facial expression, he looked like a lunatic from head to toe, it seemed like he had an epileptic seizure, and he seemed like a master of dancing! (To be continued.)