Late Tang

Wang Jingyin kept counting the number of soldiers and horses mobilized by the Qin army. There were 23 soldiers in the four legions alone, not counting the garrisons of the provinces, states and counties, and the large number of united soldiers, township soldiers, militias, etc. If they are all assembled, the entire Qin Fan's soldiers can mobilize at least 40, and the auxiliary soldiers of the township soldiers can recruit more than 60, a real army of one million.

When the scouts sent by Chengdezhen reported that the Qin army from all states and counties were gathering, and there were horses and soldiers everywhere, Chengdezhen was really shocked.Even if the Qin army had to keep troops stationed everywhere, as long as the Qin army dispatched one-third of its troops to attack, that would be 30.

In addition, the detectives in Chengde Town also discovered that the Qin Army had mobilized unimaginable firearms this time.There are a total of 5000 Flying Thunder Cannons allocated to the Iron Cavalry Legion alone, and the Qin Army has also built a new pure firearms troop in the past two years, a [-]-man Shenji Army, and each of them has a thousand Flying Thunder Cannons. There are also many ballistas throwing cannons, etc., a complete firearms unit.And they also have [-] horses, which is a firearms unit that runs no slower than cavalry.

Chengde found that the artillery units of the Shenji Army and the Cavalry Corps, carrying a large number of artillery, crossbows, chariots and horses, set off from the camp near Yanjing and assembled in Tianjin.Obviously, they are going to use the frozen big rivers in Tianjin as a fast southward channel to transport the firearms troops southward.

Wang Jingyin and the others were completely stunned. They didn't know that the Qin Army did have a lot of firearms troops.Flying thunder cannons are actually very simple to manufacture, even simpler than catapults, but they only need steel.Cannons are easy to make, but gunpowder is hard to make.Today's gunpowder weapons are not very powerful and consume a lot of energy.Just firing a cannon would cost tens of catties of gunpowder, and the firearms had to be used in a concentrated scale to be lethal, and they had no effect at all when used alone.In the past few years, the Qin army has continued to expand the production of gunpowder, but basically it has been supplied to the Bohai battlefield.

The result of this is that although there is now an extremely professional unit of the Divine Machine Army, the entire army now has tens of thousands of flying thunder cannons, but most of them have no ammunition.This time Li Jing mobilized the artillery units of the Shenji Army and the Cavalry Army to pull out the cannons, but he didn't actually want to beat them into virtue.Li Jing couldn't fight even if he wanted to. These cannons didn't have much gunpowder.He just pulled it out to scare Chengdezhen, and at the same time transported the artillery to Tianjin, and then the Shenji Army will be transferred to the northeast, and most of the other artillery will be distributed to the armies of Hebei, Shandong, and Jianghuai.

But this time thousands of flying thunder cannons really scared Wang Jingyin.

After confirming that the Qin Army had thousands of Feilei Cannons headed to Tianjin to assemble, he immediately sent a letter to Wang Yan who was already on the road, saying that he should speed up to Yanjing and reach an armistice agreement with the Qin Army as soon as possible. Sometimes, it's okay to back down a little bit.

Wang Jingbin originally thought that Li Jing would not agree so easily. After all, Li Jing had already put on a stance, how could he give up so easily?

But unexpectedly, Li Jing readily accepted his request for peace, and quickly ordered the armies to stop continuing to attack. Withdrew back to his hometown.

The generals of the Qin army on the front line, who commanded all the soldiers and horses on the Chen Bing border, immediately stopped the horses, and no one disobeyed the order.

When Li Cunxiao was summoned by the King of Qin a few days ago and asked him to lead the dragon cavalry army south to Hejian, he thought that the King of Qin was preparing a fake show to destroy Chengde Town in one fell swoop, and he was very happy.As a result, King Qin's subsequent words made him very depressed. King Qin told him that this plan was a success, and now it's time to finish.Therefore, he was specially asked to lead [-] dragon cavalry to the south, put on a full set of equipment, and show off the military appearance of the Qin army in front of the envoys of Chengde in a high-spirited manner, showing the military might of the Qin army.To put it bluntly, the King of Qin gave him a mission to pick up the peace mission from Chengde Town to Beijing.

Standing outside Hejian City at this time, Li Cunxiao suddenly wanted to raise his gun and leap his horse, and led his five thousand dragoons to charge up and chop up these envoys like melons and vegetables, and then he led his men all the way to Shenzhou , Zhaozhou, go to Zhenzhou, and wipe out this thorn in the side in one fell swoop.

Although he understands that if he asks the King of Qin, the King of Qin will definitely reply him with a bunch of reasons such as strategies, plans, and trade-offs, which means that it is not suitable for Chengde at this time.

"Negotiate peace, negotiate peace, negotiate peace!" Li Cunxiao spat in his heart, fearing wolves before and tigers later, how can there be so many things to be afraid of in war.Even if it's enough to fight, even if Qin Fan's situation is not very good now, and his foundation is weakened, isn't it just like fighting for the world.Everyone tighten their belts, bear with it, and it will pass.I always think that this is also good, and that is also good, how can there be such a good thing.

He suddenly clamped the horse's belly, turned the horse's head, and galloped towards the southern city of Hejian Fortress.

"Legion Commander!"

"Magistrate of Huai'an County!"

All the officials and generals present did not expect him to do such a thing, and shouted anxiously behind him.But Li Cunxiao didn't even look back, he had already ridden his horse and disappeared inside the city gate.A group of people looked at each other, a little dumbfounded.

On the same day, Luoyang, the eastern capital.

Dongdu stayed in the official office, next to the indoor heater, there were several kinds of fruits and snacks on the table, all of which were not available in previous years, and they were all shipped from Shandong.On both sides of the stone table were facing two men, one with a pale and beardless face.One has a ferocious face, with one eye and a scarred face.Next to them, there was a strong man with a square face, wearing a brocade robe, and was judging military chess.

If it weren't for the guards in armor and holding guns and knives everywhere outside the house, there would be a kind of leisurely sigh.

"Has the dragon Li Jing woke up?" The white-faced old man picked up the jade cup in front of him, took a sip of the red wine, and put the cup back on the table.When he spoke, his eyes seemed to be smiling, but there was a sharpness in the laughter, and he kept staring at the scar-faced man opposite him. "

"After nearly two years of silence, Li Jing has almost digested everything he swallowed before." Li Keyong looked back at his adoptive father, who is one of the three most powerful eunuchs in the world today, feeling sad for a while.A character who can make Yang Fuguang talk about it is naturally remarkable.Li Jing, who had been keeping a low profile since the Battle of Daibei, suddenly made another move.What's more, it was a huge move. The whole people mobilized, all kinds of soldiers and horses were assembled, and the auxiliary soldiers and civilians were recruited wantonly. This sudden situation can be said to have shocked the whole world.

Qin Fan's actions made every town in the world have to focus their attention.

Li Jing is too strong, and has expanded too fast in the past few years.Last time, Li Jing annexed the two towns of Datong and Yanmen at once. A little further, he annexed the two towns of Lulong and Yiwu. Taining Town also seized half of Huainan, and indirectly controlled the three towns of Tianping, Yicheng, and Xuanwu.

Every time it is dispatched, the Qin army will return with a full load.

Facing such an oriental dragon, no one could ignore it.

Now, Li Jing is sending out troops again, and the scale of mobilization is larger than every time. Appetite is gone.

"Is Li Jing's goal really just Chengde Town?"

"It stands to reason that Li Jing's goal may indeed be Chengde, followed by Wei Bo. These are the only two towns in Hebei that still exist. Li Jing has long wanted to wipe out Hebei. If he goes south, Li Jing will be able to connect Hebei, Beishan, Shandong and Huaisi together, and once Li Jing completes this step, he will truly turn into a dragon at that time." Said Wang Chongrong, the Jiedu Envoy of Hezhong, who was on the side as a referee.

Li Ke held the chess piece for a long time without moving.

"Does King Jin have a different idea?" Yang Fuguang asked.Many people saw that Li Keyong lost the land of Daibei, and thought that Li Keyong had become a bereaved dog, and he was no longer worth anything.But only Yang Fuguang didn't think so. On the contrary, he felt that Li Keyong was more valuable to him after losing Dai Bei.Because Li Keyong, who has lost his foundation, can be controlled by him from now on, becoming his most powerful thug.Although Li Keyong was defeated by Li Jing many times, he believed in his judgment on Li Jing more and more.There is a saying that it is not his friends who know a person best, but his enemies.And Li Keyong is the enemy who knows Li Jing best.

"I can't explain it clearly, but I always feel that something is not right." Li Ke shook his head, "I have played against Li Thief for so many years, and I know him a little bit. The level of military use is extremely high. But looking at Li Jing's actions this time, he can't understand it. He mobilized troops from various provinces, and even mobilized auxiliary soldiers and civilians from dozens of states. The total mobilization of soldiers and civilians reached one million? As for any of the other generals, I would believe that they did this to destroy Cheng De in one fell swoop. But if it is Li Jing, it would be very strange."

Yang Fuguang also nodded. Li Jing had destroyed several feudal towns in the previous battles, but each time the troops were dispatched, they were not too many.There has never been such a war of mobilization of the whole people. In the last battle of Daibei, Li Jing brought in many helpers, but he never touched a single soldier south of the Yellow River.

If Li Jing wanted to deal with Cheng De, even if he wanted to deal with Wei Bo, he didn't need so many soldiers at all.In war, the more soldiers the better.

"You mean that Li Jing is just bluffing this time, and he doesn't really want to attack Chengde? But why did he do this, and what is his purpose?" Wang Chongrong was puzzled.The mobilization of soldiers and horses also consumes a lot of food and grass, especially the mobilization of the whole people, even if it is the end of the year and the cold winter, this is not a small expense.It's not that Li Jing has too much money and no place to use it, or else, how is it possible?

Li Ke replied noncommittally: "Li Jing is extremely cunning, guessing here based on only a little information, it is really difficult to know what Li Jing wants to do, and where he is pointing his sword. However, no matter what, we cannot Sit back and watch Li Jing continue to expand like this, otherwise, once Li Jing pacifies Hebei, he will send troops to the Central Plains!" (To be continued.)