Late Tang

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In the first year of Guangming, the war against rebellion entered a new stage.

First, Li Jing drove all the Huangchao army from the counties east of the Bianhe River in eastern Henan to the west of the Bianhe River, and then Zheng Tian led the Guanzhong Allied Forces to defeat the grass bandits at Longweipo, and then all the towns that had surrendered to Huangchao all returned to the Tang Dynasty anyway. , Huang Chao withdrew from Chang'an in embarrassment, the Guanzhong Allied Forces were taking advantage of the victory, and Chang'an, the capital of the capital, would soon be restored.

In the Hebei and Jianghuai regions behind enemy lines, the situation has also begun to develop in a better direction.Li Jing defeated Hebei's separatist vassals one after another, and Gao Pian, Zhou Bao and others also led many anti-thief teams in the southeast to take advantage of the chaos.

This made the emperor Li Xuan, who was in Chengdu, moved and pleased. He believed that the idea proposed by the ministers to temporarily avoid the thieves, retreat first and then advance, and completely encircle and wipe out the grass thieves has been initially realized. The 300-year-old Li Tang cannot be subverted by a few salt dealers.

However, while Huang Chao was retreating steadily and the Tang army was reporting continuous success, Li Xuan also suddenly discovered that Li Jing's army had become 40 in the past few years without paying attention.Just now, in the far northeast region, Li Jing has invested four large armies to fight against almost all the Hu soldiers in the northeast except the Tang army.The total number of soldiers and horses dispatched by the four armies was as high as 25. There were 12 soldiers and 24 main troops alone.

Moreover, Li Jing still has spare energy to maintain a group of [-] soldiers in Hebei and a group of [-] soldiers in Jianghuai and Shandong.

Moreover, this army has an astonishing combat effectiveness. In the past year, Li Jing led this Qin army and defeated Goguryeo, Bohai, Khitan, Dongxi, Liu Yue, Li Keyong, Han Jian, etc. , Wang Jingchong, Huang Chao, Gao Pian and others captured the vast areas of Liaoxi, Andong, Rehe, Hebei, Beiping, Huaidong and Huaibei.

Emperor Li Xuan only remembered that in the roster of soldiers and horses of the Ministry of War of the Tang Dynasty, the Qin army was originally called the town leader, but it was just a military town with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under its jurisdiction.

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Li Xuan couldn't help scolding his mother, who gave Li Jing such expanded power?

But looking back, Li Xuan found that it was he who handed over these rights to Li Jing little by little.As a result, today's Li Jing not only has a lot of soldiers and food, but also has a reputation that the commanders-in-chief of all towns and towns in the world are extremely envious of.

He personally issued an edict to the world, and respectfully called Li Jing the emperor's uncle.He personally granted Li Jing the title of Marshal of the World's Army and Horses, the King of Qin, and gave him a fake yellow axe.He also added all the positions of the three princes to him at one time, and also added the positions of the three provinces of Shang Shuling, Zhongshu Ling, and Shizhong.

Up to now, Li Jing has almost established himself as the imperial court, mobilized troops and horses, and controlled three parts of the world's military and government, without going through him as the emperor.

Previously, Li Xuan was frightened by Huang Chao and fled all the way to Xichuan. In order to gain Li Jing's support, he had to hand over to Li Jing the rights that should not belong to his courtiers.Now, with the successive victories of the Tang army in Guanzhong, there are more than [-] troops controlled by Yang Fugong brothers for him.Li Xuan's mentality began to change again. He felt that Huang Chao was nothing to fear now, and even the Tian Lingzi brothers were far less threatening to him than Li Jinglai.

In his heart, Li Xuan has already determined that Li Jing is the biggest threat to his imperial power today.

Huang Chao hadn't been wiped out yet, but Li Xuan had already started planning how to deal with Li Jing's strategy.

Indiscriminately rewarding the civil and military officers and soldiers of the Qin Fan, this is Li Xuan's first test.

This trick may seem simple, but it works very well.

At least during this time, Li Jing has been busy cleaning up the mess caused by this incident.

During this period of time, he was not very happy, because of Li Xuan's move, under Li Jing, there were suddenly nine more county kings, eighteen state princes, thirty-six county princes, seventy-two county princes, one hundred and eight A prince.There are 36 six people just for the title of duke.Before that, there were only thirteen Dukes in total.Not to mention, there are as many as thousands of other title holders at all levels.

That's not counting the countless other events, such as generals, generals, governors, county magistrates, generals at all levels, and so on.

In this way, the order of Qin Fan's ranks and ranks is completely messed up.

Cherishing officials and stinging nobles is a great trouble for the ruler.Abuse of officials and nobles is a great disaster for the country.

When the order of the ranks of officials and lords is disrupted, the order of the entire country will also be disordered.

Li Jing likes tea but not wine. When it comes to drinking capacity, even he himself can't understand how much drinking capacity he has. Anyway, he doesn't get drunk much.It has something to do with your mood. When you are in a bad mood, you will get drunk with just a few glasses of fruit wine.When you are in a good mood, you can drink a catty of Wuliangye, and you can still dance with two-handed swords out of the sky.

However, Li Jing seldom drinks alcohol at ordinary times, and drinking is easy to cause trouble.

But during this period of time, Li Jing gradually began to drink more. If he was asked to explain, he would definitely not admit that Qin Fan is in trouble now.Qin Jun is pulling tighter and tighter like a string. Although it hasn't reached the point of worrying yet, Li Jing is still worried. This is a bad start. Although Qin Jun is strong, if the string collapses The tighter it is, the sooner it will break.

The Qin army is composed of countless such chains. If the first chain breaks, it may turn into a chain reaction at any time.

The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant's nest.

Li Jing's explanation to his mother, Han Shi, is to drink some wine to relieve fatigue, clear blood and activate collaterals.But in fact, he started drinking more recently, a large part of the reason is because of Liu Yuniang.Liu Shi is not an ordinary woman, she can ride horses and shoot arrows, lead soldiers to fight, and of course she can drink very well.

Liu's words are absolute: people who don't drink are unreliable, and men who don't drink are even more unreliable.If you are a man, you drink alcohol. If you are a real man, you drink strong alcohol.

Li Jing's heart was really not smooth, and if he had a beautiful young woman to drink with him, he could still refuse.After going back and forth, Li Jing's worries did not decrease much, but his drinking capacity increased a lot.

Mrs. Liu didn't know the news that Li Keyong was alive. Li Jing had already sent word to those who knew the news. No one was allowed to spread the news, let alone Mrs. Liu.Li Jing also moved Mrs. Liu to a new mansion, and added a lot of guards. The reason was to protect the safety of their mothers. In fact, Li Jing was worried that Mrs. Liu would abandon him after knowing that Li Keyong was still alive. and go.

One day, Li Jing tentatively said to Liu Yuniang: "I always feel that the corpse found last time may not belong to Li Keyong. If Li Keyong is still alive, what are you going to do? Stay, Or choose to leave?"

Liu Yunniang paused, and then smiled slightly: "What do you mean by that? Didn't you already confirm that the corpse belonged to him last time? Besides, it's been half a year. If he is really still alive, It is impossible that there is no news about it until now. In fact, I have already thought about it. Although the husband and wife are together, the fate is over after all. I don’t think about him anymore. Now I just think about how to get rid of him. Bring up two kids."

"Is this gone?"

"And with you!" Liu Shi added, and Li Jing felt that this sentence was not a lie, because he felt a strong sincerity.But that didn't satisfy him completely, because Liu didn't question and make a choice about his choice.She really thought that Li Keyong was dead, that's why she said this, but if Li Keyong appeared, what choice would she make?

Can the mutual liking of the two be worth the love between them as husband and wife?

"Drink! Thinking about what to do with those things that don't exist is useless. Fill it up, a strong man, a real man, and get bored!" Liu Yuniang poured another glass of Wuliangye for Li Jing. Strange to say, Liu Yuniang not only likes it Drinks, and she's not like most women.Li Huier and Gongsun Lan, the eldest princesses of the East China Sea, also like to drink, but what they like to drink is red wine.Zhang Hui'er, Xiao Yulou, Wang Wanjun, Pei's sisters, and Dayue'er also drank, but they only drank those colorful, sweet and sour fruit wines.

"Well, this is also a bit interesting. Drinking white wine is fun. Those who lead soldiers need to have fun. No matter what, you must not wait for a long time to be in a dilemma. Just like drinking white wine, you have to be bored and be decisive. On the battlefield There is no room for hesitation. You must be decisive, and whether you win or lose, you have to make a decision early."

Recently, Liu Yuniang has also felt a little worried.

Now she has made up her mind to put the past behind her and move forward to start a new life.To be honest, Li Jing is a good man, even if he has many women, besides his twin wives, he also has a lot of concubines, and there are also women outside.But after all, she doesn't ask for a status, she just needs a reliable shoulder and a generous chest to rely on, and she doesn't care about those.Moreover, in fact, during these days, letting Li Jing enter her life did make her feel a kind of ease and joy that she had never felt before when she was with Li Keyong.

Whether in bed or under the bed, this is a man who makes it difficult for women to say no.

But the only thing that worries her is her children, the two sons and daughters of her and Li Ke.A few days ago, the three-year-old daughter Huniu called Li Jing Aye as her husband, and yesterday, the two-year-old Li Luoluo followed Niuniu to call Li Jing Aye.

Although Li Jing was not unhappy, she responded with a smile, and played with them with her two children in her arms.

But the more Li Jing was like this, the more worried she was.

After all, Li Jing has always been hostile to Li Keyong, and Li Keyong died in the battle with Li Jing.The children are not sensible now, but if they grow up in the future and understand that they have always regarded their father and enemy as their father, how much harm will this cause them?

Moreover, it is too cruel for Li Keyong to let her husband's children recognize Li Jing as their father.

If it continues like this, something will happen sooner or later.

There is another thing that gave Liu Yuniang a lot of headaches. She was supposed to have her period yesterday.Her menses are always on time, but yesterday was late.Today, it has never appeared.Moreover, she felt that her breasts were slightly swollen.

She was past the age of **, and her breasts were swollen at this time, and her menstrual period was delayed, which made her think of a possibility after having given birth to a child.

Maybe she's pregnant.

Counting the time, there is no way this child will be used by Li Ke.

Besides Li Keyong, she only had sex with Li Jing.

If she was really pregnant, then the child could only belong to Li Jing.

This possible pregnancy upset her.She told herself that since she chose to be with Li Jing, she should give birth to this child.Although Li Jing has many wives and concubines, and even many children, this is the crystallization of the two and has important significance.

But she thought in her heart that if she gave birth to this child, it seemed unfair to Huniu and Luoluo who had children with her ex-husband.

She has been hesitating whether she should tell Li Jing the news, but she also wants to tell him after confirming that she is really pregnant, so as not to let him rejoice in vain.This matter has been held in her heart for many days, and her body's reaction is becoming more and more familiar. Although she hasn't seen a doctor for a long time, her intuition tells herself that she really has it.

When she was alone at home, she touched her flat stomach which was still as usual, and looked at the two children who were playing innocently in front of her, not knowing what to do!

That night, after Li Jing finished dealing with the matter, he went straight to Liu Yuniang's residence.

Mrs. Liu welcomed Li Jing into the room, and suddenly said, "Go and invite a doctor tomorrow."

"What's wrong? What's wrong with you?" Li Jing asked with concern.

"Just invite a doctor tomorrow." Liu Yuniang said calmly.

Li Jing was taken aback, and quickly asked Zhao Jiang to invite the best doctor in Yanjing City, the little miracle doctor Liu Yueru.

Liu Yueru gave Liu Yuniang the pulse, and said to Li Jing with a smile: "Congratulations, Your Highness, Madam, you are very happy. The pulse condition is very stable, both adults and children are very good. From now on, just pay attention to rest and nutrition, and everything will be fine. "

"Pregnant?" Li Jing asked in surprise.

Liu Yueru nodded, "Ma'am, this is the second child, so as long as you take care of it, it will go well."

The bodies of Li Jing's family are checked regularly by the little doctor.Li Jing has more prosperous descendants than ordinary people. At the age of less than 22, he already has [-] sons and [-] daughters, a total of forty children.

So many children are basically diagnosed by her, and she delivered the baby.She said that Mrs. Liu is happy, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Li Jing's heart was full of surprises, no matter which woman conceived a child for him, as long as it was his woman, he would be happy.

Seeing Li Jing so happy, Liu Yunniang was full of complexities, and finally decided to have a good pregnancy and give birth to this child.

The next day, when the maids Hong Ying and Qing Que accompanied Mrs. Liu to buy fabrics for the children's clothes, there were two guests sitting in the private seat on the second floor of the Xiangrui Teahouse on Xishi Street in Yanjing City, facing the window.The tea guest facing the stairs is elegantly using a bowl cover to remove the tea froth in the tureen. The other guest has a full face and a beard, and wears a soft hat. His eyes seemed to be looking at the street scene casually.

Liu Yunniang, who was escorted by a group of female guards on the street downstairs, didn't notice the excitement in the heart of the bearded man behind the window on the second floor of the teahouse when she appeared under the window! (To be continued.)