Late Tang

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On August [-]th, Li Jing held a grand military parade under Liaodong City.Soldiers from the eight armies, together with united soldiers from the four armies, and rural soldiers from the eight armies, a total of [-] armies with [-] soldiers gathered on the east bank of the Liaohe River, and then drove all the way through the city of Liaohe River. Review of Li Jing and the generals.

After the military parade, Li Jing held an award ceremony to the whole army.

There are more than a thousand soldiers who have won meritorious service at various levels. Li Jing and the generals respectively awarded medals and swords to the officers and men who received the honor.

The first-class martial arts medal, the second-class military cavalry medal, the third-class valiant knight medal, the fourth-class ranger medal, the fifth-class flying knight medal, the sixth-class brigade medal, the seventh-class cloud riding medal, and the eighth-class feather riding medal.

In addition, there are Special Dragon Medal, Special Huben Medal, Special Leopard Tao Medal, Special Eagle Yang Medal, Special Fengxiang Medal, and Special Sirius Medal.

The medals awarded this time are all made of gold and silver inlaid with gemstones, which are very beautiful and precious.It is full of gold in itself, and all these medals not only represent honors, but also represent a lot of privileges.

According to the different levels of medals, the recipients of the eighth-class medal will be called knights, and the recipients of the sixth-class special medal will be called knights.

Scholars can enjoy a fellowship allowance, and will not pay homage to officials, and will receive [-] acres of free land

The jazz not only enjoys a generous jazz subsidy, but also receives [-] acres of free land.

Each honored knight will also receive a sword, a stainless steel horizontal knife specially made by the Ordnance Department, a shark scabbard, and a gold hilt.

And what the honored jazz got is the incomparably precious Damascus knives. These famous knives made of Uzi steel are also decorated with jade, and the jade is equipped with Damascus knives.

Of the more than 1000 honored soldiers, less than [-] of them received special medals, and only more than [-] received eighth-level medals.The rest, more is to get a 'combat medal'.The battle medal is awarded to soldiers who have fought bravely ten times, and a bounty is awarded for each surname.

In addition, during the Battle of Ping-Liao, Li Jing also awarded the Liaodong Battle Medal, and all soldiers who participated in the Liaodong Battle received a piece as a commemoration and rewarded them for their heroic battles.

Every honored soldier wears a special uniform, a decorated sword and a medal, and displays it in front of the whole army.

After Gao Degui's death, the Goguryeo people on the head of Liaodong City are now leaderless. Although Gao Degui's son Gao Anwu succeeded the Goguryeo king, he obviously did not have much prestige.There are great enemies outside the city, and the powerful officials in the inner city, Gao Anwu's life is very difficult.

Standing on the top of the city at this time, watching the Tang army parade below the city not far away, the grand scale and the aura of prosperity made Gao Anwu and the others all look gloomy.The Khitan general Yeluda proposed several times to lead the Khitan soldiers to retreat.

During the two days when the war in Gaozai Town [***] ceased, there were many more catapults under the city.Although there are only ten super catapults, there are more and more smaller catapults, large and small. Now there are more than 300 catapults erected around the entire Liaodong City.

Looking at the continuously gathering army in the town [***] below the city, the camps are even more endless, tens of miles long.

Once the Tang army continues to fight, it is estimated that they will not last long.

Right now, the less anxious the Tang army is to attack the city, the more morale the soldiers in the city will drop.

outside the city.

After Li Jing inspected the generals and awarded honors to the meritorious soldiers.Zhang Tai was invited out, and the imperial edict was publicly read to all the soldiers and civilians accompanying the army.One hundred thousand soldiers could not accept the emperor's will at all, and there was an uproar among the people.

Looking at the scene, Zhang Tai was terrified.This place is like a pile of dry firewood, any spark may cause a fire.

But to his relief, Li Jing did not intend to cause this fire.

Li Jing announced to the whole army on the stage that he accepted the transfer of the imperial court, talked about loyalty, etc., and asked all the soldiers to obey the command of the five new commanders.Then it publicly announced the disarmament of the 20 soldiers and horses in Zhen [***].

All the united army and township soldiers will be completely disbanded before the new year after serving for another three months.

In the other 5 towns [***], each town has 1 people and four armies, and two armies with [-] soldiers are retained as soldiers, and the remaining two armies are converted into united soldiers, disbanded and returned to the division, and trained in autumn and winter.

Li Jing announced the disarmament list.Among them, the Navy, the Crane Controlling Cavalry, the Silver Spear Suburb Army, the Jinjiasheng Jie Army, the Pingri Army, the Tielin Army, the Black Banner Army, the Shenjie Army, the Flying Bear, and the Ten Front Army were listed in the disarmament list.

Zhang Tai, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.The abolition of the Tenth Army announced by Li Jing can be said to be the elite of the elite under his command.If these ten armies are cut down, there will be nothing left for the remaining ten armies in the town [***].

He smiled wryly in his heart, Li Jing really did not let go of everything so easily.

Sure enough, Li Jing soon announced that he would stay here for the time being, waiting for Zheng and Cui sent by the imperial court to take over.During this period, Li Jing will recruit the abolished Tenth Army as the tooth soldier of Marshal Ma of his Hebei Dao Bing.

The soldiers who were still excited below immediately became much quieter.Among them, the soldiers of the Tenth Army who were named felt a lot of peace of mind.No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow the county king, you can't go wrong.The other tenth armies that belonged to the new five towns were much more silent.At least those laid-off united soldiers and rural soldiers sighed a little.Although they served as united soldiers and rural soldiers, their treatment was not bad, even better than that of tooth soldiers in other places.Now being abolished, I can't help but feel disappointed.

Li Jing went on stage with the generals and said a lot of words to appease the soldiers, although many soldiers were dissatisfied with the court's arrangement.But a snake without a head can't do it. Li Jing complied with the imperial court's will, and secretly discussed with the generals and officers at all levels in the army to appease the soldiers.

At this time, the officers at all levels remained silent and supported Li Jing's decision. Although the soldiers below couldn't accept it for a while, they were helpless.The overall situation is still under Li Jing's control.

Although the current situation may not change within two to three months, but thinking of Li Jing's departure, the town [***] will be divided into five, and the morale that was still enthusiastic just now will suddenly drop a lot.

In the next few days, Li Jing simply canceled the immediate attack on Liaodong City and continued to rest.

On the [-]th day of the eighth month, Yeluda, the Khitan general in Liaodong City, led his troops out of the city to the north by night, but Gao Anwu dared not stop him.

As soon as the Khitans left, morale in the city sank even further.When the Goguryeo people in the city saw the Khitan retreating, Li Jing did not pursue them, but their hearts were moved.That night, another Kaesong escaped.In the next few days, Goguryeo generals led their troops to leave every night.

After a few days, some people in the city even started to break through the door and leave in broad daylight.

Although Gao Anwu wanted to stop him, he came down a few times, causing bloody conflicts between the soldiers who wanted to leave and the defenders, and even causing riots in the whole city.In the end, Gao Anwu had to let people leave. As a result, in just half a month, the soldiers and horses in the city had almost run away.Even Gao Degui's former subordinates expected that Liaodong City would not be able to hold at this time, so they kept leading troops away.

At the beginning of September, when the news of Emperor Chang'an's assassination reached Liaodong, there were less than [-] soldiers and horses left in Liaodong city.The secret spies in the city spread the news that Gao Huiwu had no intention of dealing with military and political affairs at all, he was drunk and dreamed of death every day, immersed in women's sex, and completely abandoned himself.

Upon receiving the news, Li Jing immediately ordered to beat the drums and beat the generals to disband the soldiers. At the same time, he sent someone to deliver a letter of persuasion to Liaodong City, asking Gao Anwu to surrender.Give him three days to think about it, and attack the city within a time limit.

These days Li Jing didn't attack the city, in fact, he has been waiting for news from Chang'an.

After waiting for these days, the news from Chang'an finally came.On the surface, Li Jing had just received news of the assassination of Emperor Chang'an.

But in fact, Li Jing has already established a line of communication with Chang'an, and Kuaima delivers news every morning and evening.From Chang'an to the city of Liaodong, Li Jing could receive news from Chang'an within five days.This communication line can almost reach the limit of a thousand miles a day.

As early as half a month ago, Li Jing had already received the news of the emperor's assassination, and received a secret report from Li Wei that everything was going according to plan.

It is also because of this that Li Jing can be so leisurely and stable during this period of time.

However, the imperial court did not disclose the news of the emperor's assassination until not long ago, Li Wei and Gongsun Lan suddenly revealed the news of the emperor's assassination in a secretly controlled Chang'an tabloid.

Li Wei not only disclosed the news of the emperor's assassination through this tabloid, but also announced the news that the court had found out that the people behind the assassination were the three towns in Hebei.It even published many evidences that were originally stored in the six doors.

One stone stirred up thousands of waves, no one thought that a small newspaper could actually burst out such a shocking news.

Since the establishment of a newspaper office in Dengzhou and the publication of newspapers, newspapers have been published from east to west in various places. Places like Chang'an, the capital city, are home to millions. Of course, newspapers have a more promising future.Up to now, there are twenty or thirty newspapers, large and small, in Chang'an City.At the beginning, the imperial court ignored the newspapers, but after the control and reopening, the newspapers in Chang’an are more cautious and conservative, but they have also become an important way for the officials and common people in Chang’an to obtain a lot of news.

Qin Bao turned out to be just one of the smallest newspaper offices, with only three employees.The circulation was only [-] copies, but when the Qin newspaper used the full page of the day to publish the assassination of the emperor that the court had been keeping secret, it immediately became popular.

Various newspapers reprinted it one after another. On the same day, Qin Daily printed an additional [-] copies, all of which were sold out.

The next day, when the imperial court came to investigate, the three of Qin Bao had completely disappeared.

But the uproar they caused became bigger and bigger. The next day, more than 30 major newspapers and tabloids in Chang'an, and even weekly magazines all issued supplements and extra issues, reporting the assassination of the emperor in three towns in Hebei.

At the same time, several newspapers also revealed the fact that during the reign of Emperor Xianzong, the vassals sent assassins into the streets of Chang'an to assassinate the prime minister.

There are also those who are well-informed, and even directly published some information about the mobilization of soldiers and horses from the imperial court in recent days.

After the assassination, the Jiedu envoy of Hedong, Yin of Taiyuan, and Zheng Congyu of Beidu stayed behind to gather [-] Hedong soldiers, and gathered the Dangxiang cavalry of Tuoba Sigong, the envoy of Xiayin Jiedu, and the Tuyuhun cavalry of Helianduo, the envoy of Tiande Jiedu. There are also three cavalry of Anqing, Sage, and Qibi.Heading towards Guizhou, Lulong Town, there are [-] elite soldiers.

At the same time, Cui Anqian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, also rushed to Henan, and together with Zhang Zimian assembled [-] troops from Xuanwu and Zhongwu in Xuzhou, and marched towards the Yellow River.

At the same time, the newspaper also reported that the Shence Army in Guanzhong was also mobilizing frequently. In addition, there was news from Luoyang that the Hezhong, Heyang, Yicheng, and Zhaowu armies were also mobilizing.

All of these seem to point directly at the three towns in Hebei.

The speculations of these newspapers further confirmed the report of the assassination of the emperor in the three towns of Hebei that the Qin newspaper said earlier.

Some newspapers further pointed out that in fact, the assassination of the emperor by the three towns was all because the emperor wanted to imitate the Emperor Xianzong and cut down the vassal.And announced the previous emperor's disposition and transfer of Li Jing and Zhen[***], claiming that the splitting of Zhen[***] by the imperial court was only the first step. Town, and based on the fact that the imperial court appointed Li Jing as Marshal of Hebei Dao Bingma, and Zheng Congyu and Cui Anqian, etc.

As for some people who said that the imperial court mobilized these soldiers and horses to send them into the Liao Dynasty to reinforce and destroy Goguryeo, no one believed it.With the abilities of Li Jing and Zhen [***], the little Goguryeo is already at the end of the road, so it doesn't take the imperial court to send troops thousands of miles to crusade.

The editor of the newspaper insisted that this was just a trick of the imperial court to destroy Guo.The three towns of Hebei saw the imperial court's plan, so they wanted to have a dead end and so on.

It has to be said that these conspiracy theory remarks have won the support of countless officials and people in Chang'an.

Even on that day, countless officials in Chang'an went up to the court like snowflakes, please send troops to conquer the three towns in Hebei immediately.More officials said that at this time, we should temporarily suspend the division of the town [***], let Li Jing continue to lead the town [***] temporarily, let him lead the troops to put down Goguryeo first, and first enter the pass to help the court clear Hebei San Francisco.

On the same day, Tian Lingzi ordered the Jinwu Guards to seal down those newspapers that spoke too much. At the same time, he ordered that all newspapers be sent to Dali Temple for trial before publication.Released only after approval!

But no matter how the imperial court handles these newspapers, at this time, the imperial court can no longer conceal the secret assassination incident.Facing the heated discussions all over the world, as well as the turbulent public opinion of officials, who unanimously condemned the three towns in Hebei, both Li Xuan and Tian Lingzi needed to come up with a countermeasure immediately.

And at this critical moment, Lu Longjun's marching Sima Li Quanzhong suddenly launched an attack on the Yiwu Army.

Wang Jingchong of the Chengde Army, Han Jian of the Wei Bo Army, and Liu Yue of the Lu Long Army each sent troops to support the Yiwu Army who had always been loyal to the imperial court.

It took only ten days before and after, and the troops of the Four Routes wiped out the Yiwu Army that governed Yizhou and Dingzhou.

Later, Li Quanzhong claimed to be the Jiedushi of the Yiwu Army, and handed over the two states of Ying and Mo under his original jurisdiction to Liu Yue.

All of a sudden, in the whole of Hebei, except for the Yichang army in the south, all the other four towns rebelled! (To be continued.)