Late Tang

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Looking at Yanjing City outside the car window, he hardly knew it, as if he was walking in another world.A year ago, it was just a military city in the northern frontier full of chaos, but now, it is not only a military city, but also a cultural and economic center.

Li Jing has only ruled here for a long time, but it is said that the population of Yanjing City has exceeded 100 million, and even if the registered population of the army and floating population is removed, it has reached 50.If the population of the two acropolises of Tianjin and Tangshan is added together, the population of the entire Youzhou has reached 200 million.

Before he set off from Huaixi, he already knew that Li Jing was now fighting outside the Great Wall with the Hu people outside the Great Wall, so he came here this time, named He Shou, and he actually wanted to take this opportunity to have a good talk with Li Jing, for Huaixi The town fights for the greater good.He was not satisfied with Li Jing's apprenticeship, nor was he willing to be Li Jing's agent in Huaixi.What he wanted was to be on an equal footing with Li Jing, and he even planned to send someone to Chengdu to contact the emperor after negotiating with Li Jing this time, to contact the imperial court directly and fight for the title of king for himself.

Before entering Yanjing City, he found out that 20 Hu people had entered Daibei, and Li Jing had already mobilized all the troops, including the soldiers from the township militia, to prepare to conquer Daibei himself, putting all his eggs in one basket.At that time, he was very happy, thinking that Li Jing's current situation was not good, and it was a good time for him to negotiate with Li Jing.But when his younger sister Yang Lihua took him to visit Yanjing, his heart changed a lot.

Li Jing's strength far exceeded his expectations!

How should he make a decision, should he continue his original judgment and make his own request to Li Jing at this time, or?

He shook his head secretly in his heart, what if Li Jing is not as determined as he is?If Li Jing is not only in no danger, but will win the battle with the Hu people as usual, then if he makes more demands at this time, will Li Jing consider it a betrayal?Then, will Li Jing continue to support him in the future?Or, will Li Jing support another guy to deal with him as he did when he was supporting Gao Pian?

Doesn't Li Jing just like to do this?Just like in Huainan, he supported himself against Gao Pian.In the west of Zhejiang, Qian Liu was supported to deal with Zhou Bao.Gao Pian was so strong at the beginning, but now, he only guards the two states of Yang and Chu, and the day and night are sinking.

Thinking of the news that Xu Wen inquired about, Li Jing also fought against the tribes outside the Great Wall at such a time, and sent six legions with almost 50 million people to fight on several battlefields.But even if Li Jing wanted to mobilize the township militia to fight against 20 Hu people, he did not mobilize the garrison in Jianghuai and Shandong at all. This made him vaguely feel that Li Jing was not at the most critical time, otherwise, he would never let go The 10,000+ soldiers and horses in the Huaisi Heji area did not move.Since Li Jing did not transfer these soldiers and horses, it only shows one thing, Li Jing has full confidence in the next personal conquest.

Sure enough, Li Jing always likes to keep a hand.

I heard that when Li Jing uses troops, he always likes to leave an elite army as a reserve team.It seems that the 10,000+ troops of Huaisi Heji are Li Jing's reserve army.

"Brother, do you want to go to the zoo too?" Yang Lihua's voice interrupted Yang Xingmi's thoughts, he was stunned, and then realized that the carriage had arrived at the gate of the zoo.He glanced out through the car window and saw people queuing up to buy tickets in front of the zoo. He shook his head, "I'm suddenly a little tired. Let's go back today."

Xu Wen looked at Yang Xingmi, thoughtfully, and quickly smiled and said, "Since the elder brother is not feeling well, why don't we go home, anyway, today is a fun day." He saw Yang Xingmi's sudden mood change, it must be I have something on my mind.

The carriage returned to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.

After Yang Lihua left by car, Yang Xingmi immediately summoned Xu Wen, Yuan Xi and other subordinates to discuss secretly.

"Dunmei, how do you feel about visiting Yanjing today?" Yang Xingmi looked at Xu Wen.

"Brother, I have a lot of feelings, but to sum it up, there is only one word, strong! Qin Fan is truly rich and strong, and Qin Wang Li Jing is unfathomable!" Xu Wen sighed.

Yang Xingmi nodded, "I think so too. It seems that we have to make some adjustments to our previous plan. I plan to fully support King Qin in this battle. As long as King Qin needs it, we can transfer troops and draw up food."

Many people in the audience were surprised, which was completely contrary to the plan agreed upon before coming here.

Only counselor Yuan Xi stroked his long beard and nodded with a smile, "The commander-in-chief's eyes are as bright as a torch, and he can see very accurately. Li Jing is strong. Not to mention that he is unlikely to lose this battle, even if he loses, it will not help." He has such a deep foundation, one or two battles will not affect his foundation at all. If we support him at this time, it will be like sending charcoal in a timely manner. Although our Huaixi Town has a small foundation now, we can compete with Qin Fan in the world Compared with the first strong feudal clan, the difference is still too far. This trip to the north also allowed us to see the real gap between the two sides. Some people think that we should not try to part ways with Li Jing for at least three years. On the contrary, we should follow in the footsteps of Li Jing, so that we can develop with peace of mind. Within three years, Li Jing will not be an obstacle to our development, but a boost to our development."

"But Li Jing's eyes are now on the north, but if he wins this battle, he will be stationed in Huaixi, what will happen if he takes over our territory?" Someone asked worriedly.This time, they went north because they were worried about this.To the north of their Huaixi Town, there are already two prefectures of Shou and Hao controlled by Li Jing. If Li Jing goes south and wants to annex their territory, they will really be hard to resist.

"No, not now, at least not for the time being. Even if Li Jing wins the battle with the Hu people, within two or three years, Li Jing's focus will be on Hebei, Hedong, or even the Central Plains and Guanzhong. In short, Li Jing acted with a clear purpose. At the beginning he defeated Gao Pian, but did you see that he took the opportunity to attack Gao Pian in one fell swoop? It must be impossible, but unwilling. Li Jing's roots are in the north, so even if he took the opportunity at the beginning The Huaisi area was seized, but it was also to shield the land of Shandong." Yuan Xi analyzed.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Li Jian, who was out to inquire about the news, strode in.

"Brother, just got the news that the brothers who stayed in Tianjin discovered that Qian Liu, the Jiedu envoy of the Zhendong Army, had just arrived in Tianjin City with a fleet. Li Jing's envoys had already welcomed them ashore at the pier, and they were now heading for Yanjing. Come."

Hearing this news, everyone present couldn't help but change their expressions.

Qian Liu, this is no stranger.Qian Liu is now the Jiedu envoy of the Zhendong Army and the governor of Hangzhou.Just in the southeast of Xuanzhou, their new land, the two are neighbors.Moreover, Qian Liu was still Li Jing's thirteen disciples, and married Li Jing just like Yang Xingmi was a senior brother and Qian Liu's younger sister.

In essence, Yang Xingmi and Qian Liu are the same, they are the agents supported by Li Jing in the southeast.Li Jing supported Yang Xingmi to restrain Gao Pian for him, and supported Qian Liu to restrain Zhou Bao for him.Help him stabilize the situation in the south so that he can look north with all his strength.

At this time, Qian Liu suddenly went north, probably with only one purpose.

"Do you know why they are here at this time?" Yang Xingmi asked.

"Qian Liu played the banner of celebrating the birthday of the King of Qin. Moreover, according to the news from the brothers in Tianjin, Qian Liu did not come alone. He also brought a large amount of food and an army of 1 people. !"

Qian Liu brought 1 soldiers and horses here. It is absolutely impossible to fight against Li Jing. Naturally, it is impossible to bring only guards. Who would bring [-] guards from Hangzhou Bay to Tianjin Port?

There is only one possibility, the damned Qian Liu was one step ahead of them, and he came to show his loyalty.These 1 people came to support Li Jing in fighting the Hu people.

Bang, Yang Xingmi slammed his fist on the table, damn it, he was one step too late.Although right now he and Qian Liu are still living in peace, but their territories are already connected.Qian Liu was actually very dissatisfied with his sending troops across the Yangtze River and occupying Xuanzhou north of Hangzhou.It was precisely because both parties were Li Jing's disciples that no conflict broke out.But contradictions have arisen.

When Yang Xingmi defeated Gao Pian in the future, he would not be able to fight for territory with Li Jing in the north. He could only go south and west. At that time, he would have to fight Qian Liu sooner or later.

Yang Xingmi was very familiar with Qian Liu, and he couldn't be more familiar with him. He sold salt back then, and Qian Liu also sold salt.The two sides also fought for the territory, but they were just small salt dealers at that time, and finally they were suppressed by big salt dealers Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi, and they couldn't do it anymore.He changed his career to become a bandit, and Qian Liu later changed his career to become a local soldier in the Tutuan.These years have passed, and now the two have become Li Jing's disciples together again, and their brother-in-law, the two lands are still next to each other, it is really destined.

"Dunmei, you return to Huaixi immediately, and immediately transfer 1 people from Huaixi to the north, no, transfer [-], and then raise a batch of grain to ship. Damn, we can't be left by Qian Po to compete!" Yang Xingmi was not out of anger, they were both Li Jing's agents in the southeast, if Li Jing was very moved by Qian Liu's loyalty, and if he supported him more in the future, then they who were also in Jiangdong would be able to gain support will inevitably be less.

"Send 5000 people to the north, should we think about it again, we have Gao Pian in the east, and Qin Zongquan in the northwest, we have to guard against it."

"No, there is still King Qin's army in Huaisi, and no one dares to mess around. Since we have sent troops to support King Qin, we should send more. Qian Liu only has three prefectures of Hangzhou, Hu, and Mu, and they can send [-] troops to the front. Come on, we occupy the land of the four states, so we can't be inferior to him." Yang Xingmi has always been a person who is willing to spend money as long as he is sure.Now that he has decided to continue to follow Li Jing, this opportunity to perform should not be snatched by Qian Liu anyway. (To be continued.)