Late Tang

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"In the Qin Dynasty, the moon was bright and the Han Dynasty was the pass. The Long Marchers have not yet returned. But let the dragon city flying generals be there, and don't teach Huma to cross the Yinshan Mountain!"

Gongsun Lan stood in front of the desk with her hands on her stomach, lightly parted her red lips, and softly recited the poem with wet ink on the paper. When she reached the point of not teaching the seven characters of Humadu Yinshan, she couldn't help smiling and nodding, her heart full of admiration .After reading the poem, she was immersed in this ambition for a long time.

"The poem is good, and the characters are even better!" Gongsun Lan exclaimed. Wang Changling's frontier poem is extremely heroic, but Li Jing's characters are also quite imposing. This poem and these characters all embody Li Jing's state of mind at this time.If you don't teach Huma to go to Yinshan Mountain, King Qin's intention to destroy Hulu is all on this paper.

At this moment, Li Jing had just recovered from the heroism she was swaying, turned her head and said with a smile: "Alan, you are here."

"The word Sanlang must be given to me so that I can treasure it. Wang Changling's poems, paired with the words of the King of Qin, are of great significance before this expedition. If I am old in the future, I will take this word to Dengzhou. It's auctioned at the auction house, maybe it can be sold for a hundred and eighty thousand guan, which is just for retirement." Gongsun Lan said with a smile.

"You just take it if you like, why bother to say such a thing." Li Jing picked up the pen again, signed it, and then used the seal. "Tell me you came with good news to report."

"Well, there are some news, and they are all good news. First of all, your old friend, the queen of North Korea, Zhang Yingying, has just arrived in Dengzhou, and she should arrive in Tianjin tomorrow. She brought 20 shi of grain, and in addition There are still 20 troops. This old friend is really good to you. When I heard that you were going to roll up your sleeves and recruit [-] Hu people going south, I was afraid that you might lose something, so I rushed to help you with the most elite sea army under my command. Yes, this kind of friendship is really amazing."

Li Jing smiled and shook his head. Over the years, he and Zhang Yingying sometimes only saw each other for two or three years. Both of them were busy with their own goals, and their relationship was a bit weak.Zhang Yingying led troops to help this time, completely out of Li Jing's expectation. "Didn't Princess Mandala just become the queen of Silla? The situation in Silla should be even more tense now. Why did she leave everything and come here?"

"This shows that, in her heart, her daughter's father is more important than her kingdom. By the way, Zhang Yingying brought your daughter Aixi with her. I also have a picture of Xiao Aixi that was uploaded below. The portrait, the six-year-old Princess Ching Hai, is very cute, just like her mother, she is naturally beautiful, and she is born with a queenly air."

"Did Ai Xi bring it too?" Li Jing smiled. He had never seen this daughter since she was born.Speaking of which, this was Li Jing's first child, and he was already six years old in the blink of an eye.Looking at the portrait of her daughter, that pretty little lolita, Li Jing couldn't help feeling happy.

Hey, if Zhang Yingying did this for him this time, then he owed her more.

After a long time, Li Jing folded up the small portrait and put it in his arms, and continued with his business.

"If there is any good news, don't keep it up, just tell it."

"Okay, first of all, since His Royal Highness decided to personally conquer, all the towns that are close to my Qin Fan are worried that the Hu thief will be powerful, so they have taken the initiative to send troops to the north to help His Highness. Up to now, Tianping Town is where you are from the old father-in-law. , 5000 soldiers and horses have been mobilized here. Your Kang Shibo in Yicheng Town has also mobilized 5000 soldiers and horses. In addition, your senior Xuanwu Xin has also mobilized 1 soldiers. Hero Xin, even He sent two of his proud disciples and disciples, the mountain monk and the elder, and eighteen sword masters to be your personal bodyguards. In addition, your cheap brother-in-law Yang Xingmi sent 2 people, and Qian Liu sent 5000 In addition, your old friend Zhang Yingying, the queen of North Korea, even led 5000 people here. At present, your other father-in-laws Zhang Rui, Yu Qiu, and Yu Gui are also sending 5000 troops to the north. Come on. Well, let me do the math. The reinforcements that have arrived now have 50 troops, and another [-] troops are on the way. That is to say, we have [-] more soldiers and horses before we set off. In addition, The grain and grass sent by the various towns add up to [-] shi, and even the grain and grass have been completely resolved for our battle this time."

Gongsun Lan said with a smile: "It seems that marrying more rich and powerful wives and concubines is really beneficial."

Li Jing was also amused by her words, but in fact, Li Jing has indeed formed a huge interest now.Whether it is the three towns of Tianping, Yicheng, and Xuanwu in Henan, or the three towns in the southeast of Fujian, Lingnan East, and West, or the two towns of Huaixi and Zhendong in the east of the Yangtze River, even the town of Qinghai, which is far away on the Sanhan Peninsula, has been closely linked. He formed an interest alliance with Qin Fan.Under this alliance led by Li Jing, everyone prospers and everyone loses.Especially Li Jing's Qin Fan, Qin Fan is strong, and they will get more benefits accordingly, and if Qin Fan is damaged, they will also suffer huge losses.

The marriage relationship between them and Li Jing is actually just a thread, and the real alliance of mutual interests.

Li Jing decided to personally conscript 20 Hu troops, and even recruited local soldiers and young apprentices. From the perspective of the towns outside, it seemed that the Qin army had reached a critical moment, so they came to support them one after another.This was out of Li Jing's expectation, because Li Jing still had more than 50 troops from Huaisi Heji unmoved at this time. To Li Jing, the Qin army had not yet reached the final juncture, so he did not borrow troops at all.If it really came to that point, Li Jing would have sent someone to borrow troops long ago without Zhu Zhen expressing himself.But no matter what, Li Jing was very happy with Zhuzhen's dispatch of troops this time.Not only because there were [-] more troops and [-] stones of food and grass, but also because from here, Li Jing saw that the alliance had gradually stabilized, and the effect even exceeded his expectations.

"It seems that we have to wait for the date of dispatching troops. Let our troops go to Yuzhou first. We will wait for the reinforcements from these towns to gather at Junduguan, and we will be reorganized here as a reserve army to keep up." With the arrival of the troops, Li Jing also had to adjust his plan. .

"What other good news?"

Suddenly there were 50 more soldiers and [-] shi of grain, and Li Jing was in a good mood.

"The good news is that our beheading operation has achieved results!" Gongsun Lan replied.

"Oh, who did you kill?" Li Jing raised the corner of his mouth, and the smile on his face deepened.

The beheading plan is Li Jing's plan to cooperate with the Northeast War situation. The plan is to send special forces to go deep into the various towns and assassinate important targets.The purpose is to disturb the towns through this action, and the ultimate goal is to make the towns self-disturbed, and there is no spare power to interfere and destroy the Qin army's Northeast battle situation.

To put it bluntly, this plan is actually to muddy the water, muddy the water, and save everyone from staring at Qin Fan.

"There are quite a few targets to kill, but the most important one is Chengde Town Jiedu envoy Wang Jingchong, who was poisoned by our people just last night!"

Chengdezhen Jiedushi Wang Jingchong, Li Jing's first enemy in Hebei, has fought against the Qin army many times since the Qin army entered Hebei, and now occupies the Ding, Zhen, Shen, Yi, and Zhao states. The Qin army has never been defeated, and its strength is still strong. He has joined Weibo Town in the south and the Shatuo army in the west, which can be said to be a thorn in the side of the Qin army.Now that the Qin Army is fighting on multiple fronts in the Northeast and the upcoming Battle of the North, Chengde Town is the most unstable factor. This guy is very likely to send troops to attack Qin again when Li Jing is out of the North. .

Therefore, Li Jing was a little unbelievably surprised when he heard that the beheading plan could actually kill this guy.

"how is this possible?"

"Assassinating Wang Jingchong is indeed very difficult. In this operation, our people planted more than a dozen good men in Zhenzhou, but in the end he was still unable to guard against him, and finally fell under the poison of our thousands of opportunities. Wang Jingchong is dead and can't die anymore. Yes, but now Chengde Town is keeping secrets." Gongsun Lan said proudly.There is only a thousand days to be a thief, not a thousand days to guard against a thief. When the Supervisory Office decided to eradicate Wang Jingchong at all costs, he still couldn't escape after all.

"Wang Jingchong's son is only nine years old now, but his two younger brothers are born from concubines and have a low status. Chengde Town keeps secrets, and this seems to be the beginning of a good show." Li Jing was really overjoyed, Wang Jingchong was only thirty Yu Sui, who had not taken over the position of Jiedu Envoy for a few years, was in the prime of life, but suddenly died of poisoning. At this time, his son was young and his younger brother was older, so it was really a good time for internal division.

Gongsun Lan shook her head, "The Wang family belongs to the Uighur Absi family. This family has a strong internal cohesion, and because it was once married to the princess of the Tang royal family, it behaves in a strong Han style. Back then, Wang Jingchong's father He died early and was young, and finally the family decided to let his uncle take over the position of Jiedushi. When his uncle became seriously ill, Wang Jingchong was already old. After his uncle died, he handed over the position of Jiedushi to Wang Jingchong. Now Wang Jing Chongzi is young, and there are three people who are most likely to inherit the position of Jiedushi. The first is the son of Wang Jingchong, the second is the son of Wang Jingyuan's uncle, and the third is the brother of Wang Jingchong. A certain person feels that the position of Chengde Shuai is very likely to be taken by Uncle Wang Jingchong's legitimate son succeeds to the throne, and in the future he will eventually remain as Wang Jingchong's legitimate son, this method is in line with the succession tradition of the Uighur Absi people."

Li Jing remembered that in history, Wang Jingchong died very early, and his successor was his son-in-law, who was later renamed Wang Rong, who seemed to have succeeded at the age of nine, but the throne has stood for many years in the Hebei feudal clans. young people.Among the towns at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Rong ruled Chengde Town for almost 40 years, which is quite rare, but he was between the Liang and Jin Dynasties, and he only survived for so long by swinging from side to side.Generally speaking, this should be a person with some means but not much real talent.

"I think Wang Tan is the most likely to take over the post. Don't forget that Wang Jing is not only the son of Wang Jingchong, but also has a marriage contract with Li Keyong's daughter. If he takes over the post, he will undoubtedly get the Shatuo people. support." Li Jing said.

"Do you want to send someone to kill this kid too?" Gongsun Lan said bluntly.

Li Jing shook his head: "It's just a mere child, why be afraid of it. If Chengde Town really made an [-]-year-old boy handsome, wouldn't it be better for us? Once Wang Jingchong died, Chengde Town would no longer have to be feared in a short time , at least this time sending troops to replace the North, they don't have the energy to provoke us."

"Who else did it?"

"I also killed some, but they were all small people, and they were not on the stage. The only one worth mentioning is Huainan Gao Pian. We sent the strongest swordsman there and seriously injured him."

"Oh, did Master Yi seriously injure Luo Diao's Master Attendant Gao Pian? Sure enough, he lived up to his expectations." Li Jing laughed.

Gongsun Lan wondered: "According to the report below, Mr. Yi was able to kill Gao Pian, but when he broke into Gao Pian's residence, he just stabbed him with a sword and severely injured him without killing him."

"Well, this is my order to Master Yi."

"Why?"

"Because Gao Pian can't die now!" Li Jing let out a long breath, "Now Gao Pian is getting old, fatuous and old, he believes in the way of gods, obsessed with alchemy and immortality, and the art of alchemy has long since lost the courage he used to have, and he has no aura of a famous general. However, the shadow of a tree, the name of a person, and Gao Pian are still not to be underestimated. We have to prevent him from suddenly regaining his energy one day. Therefore, I sent Master Yi to hurt him to make it difficult for him to regain his glory. But we can't kill him right away and keep Gao Pian here. He is just a fool, but he can use his power to guard Yang and Chuzhou and maintain the current stable situation in Huainan. But if Gao Pian dies, I'm afraid that the brave generals in Pian, as well as Yang Xingmi, who is now rising in Huaixi, can't help but fight for the position of overlord in Huainan. When there is a big war, Huainan will be in turmoil, and it will even affect our stability in Huaisi. Since we are currently powerless Nan Gu, then letting Huainan maintain the current situation is the best choice for us. Therefore, it is the best choice for us to seriously injure Gao Pian, but let him continue to hang his life instead of killing him!"

"Yang Xingmi is very respectful to King Qin now, do we need to take such precautions?"

"The so-called loyalty is just that the chips for betrayal are not enough. Do you really think that if Yang Xingmi has enough strength, he will submit to me? You have seen my jade claw, white feather sea holly and silver wolf Xiaoyue, right? It is very important to raise such raptors and beasts. They must be fed, but they must not be overfed. Starving them too much will reveal their viciousness and hurt the owner. But if they are fed too much If you are full, then they won’t listen to you anymore. Yang Xingmi and Qian Liu are all southeast agents supported by us. For them, we should give them benefits so that they can help us do things, but we can’t Give them too many benefits, otherwise, once they are full-fledged and their minions grow, they may stop listening to us, or even retaliate against us. In everything, planning ahead is the kingly way!"

"I understand!" Gongsun Lan nodded with admiration in her eyes. (To be continued.)