Late Tang

Chapter 918 Challenge

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Outside Yanjing City, a group of sergeants escorted Li Keju and his party out of the city.Li Keju poked his head out of the prison car, looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar city, with mixed emotions and mixed feelings in his heart.From the original lord of Youzhou City, Commander Lu Long, to the defeated general who defected to Li Jing, a bereaved dog, he lost both his army and his power.Although Li Jing treated him very well, he was always depressed and dissatisfied in his heart.Especially two years ago, Li Jing changed his title from Duke to Earl of Shunyi, which made him even more dissatisfied.Seeing that Li Jing is now occupying the magpie's nest, occupying the Youzhou City that originally belonged to him, calling the wind and calling the rain, but he is just an empty earl, or a title like Shunyi, and no longer has any power. This kind of dissatisfaction More fermented.

Li Keju, who has no power, has begun to fall in love with alcohol, wealth, and sensuality in recent years.He started to use his name as Uncle Shunyi to do some evil deeds such as bullying men and women, lending usury and so on.However, Li Keju was usually a little clever, so he bullied ordinary people, especially those new immigrants, and did not dare to attack those who were rich and powerful.But who would have expected that when walking by the river, there would always be wet shoes.Li Jing personally bumped into his subordinates' bullying of men and women, and Li Jing's reaction was completely beyond his expectations.

When Li Jing returned to the palace that day, he immediately sent troops to the Shunyi uncle's mansion to arrest Li Keju, and all his evil slaves were also arrested.The next day, Li Jing personally tried Li Keju in front of the people in the city under the archery tower of Daqianmen, listed his criminal evidence one by one, and finally pronounced the crime and executed him.Li Keju and more than 300 slaves under him were all exiled to the farm in Dongliaohe.As for his family, Li Jing was on the sidelines. After confiscating all of Li Keju's property, he gave his family a settling allowance and asked them to move out of Shunyi Bofu. After handing over all Li's property, they were not implicated.

But for a while, those surrendered generals of Qin Fan who belonged to Li Jing really never thought that there would be such a severe punishment.

Li Keju was charged with only one crime: lending usury, bullying men and women, and harming the people.But he is the dignified Uncle Shunyi, and he was once the commander-in-chief of Lulong Festival in Youzhou.According to general practice, although a character like Li Keju has already fallen, his influence is not small after all, and it is undoubtedly better for such a person to be present.Who would have thought that Li Jing would directly make matters worse, a public trial would come, and Li Keju would be stripped of all his official titles, confiscated all his property, and sent him to Dongliaohe thousands of miles away.

When it came out at this time, the entire Yanjing was in an uproar.Especially those surrendered generals who belonged to Qin Fan. In recent years, there have been many surrendered generals like Li Keju who belonged to Qin Army.For example, Goguryeo, from the king to the general, and many tribes such as Xi, Tatar, Sage, Anqing, Qibi, etc., they all belong to Li Jing, and they are all the same as Li Keju. An empty title, except for a few servants in the mansion, there is not even half a soldier.In the past two years, everyone has lived comfortably and comfortably, and they must have done things that violate the law and discipline.Originally, they still relied on being the lord's or that uncle's, and they didn't take it seriously. They always felt that they were not ordinary people no matter what.Who would have thought that Li Jing would be so ruthless.

Li Keju just made a usury loan and was disabled.And some of them have more excessive things than this, such as occasionally drinking food, tobacco and alcohol, it's not that they haven't done it before.Now, they couldn't help feeling chills all over their bodies.

Li Jing issued an official document on the same day, sternly warning the whole family to take this as a warning.Mi Haiwan and other tribal leaders also received Li Jing's reprimand, asking them to pay attention to restraining the servants in the mansion, so as not to use their banner to do evil outside.After receiving this official document, Mi Haiwan touched the sweat from his forehead.He knew very well that what Li Jing said was actually a warning, that Li Keju was the chicken used to warn the monkeys, and they were those monkeys.

It can be said that the real impact of Li Keju's case is not the people's admiration for King Qin's eradication of a powerful man who bullied men and women to lend usury, but Li Jing's merciless treatment of Li Keju.

All people are feeling the changes of the times.The terrified and uneasy Li Keju in the prison car meant that since the Anshi Rebellion, the tradition of the Tang Dynasty's proud soldiers and brave generals had come to an end in Qin Fan.

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Jing exiled Li Keju to live in Tieling Farm, Dongliaohe, Liaodong Province.

In the Forbidden Palace, under the light of Guanyin Temple in a corner of the garden in the palace, Li Jing woke up and looked around. Wang Guiniang, who was dressed in a clean family attire, was kneeling in front of his couch with a whisk in her left hand and a large string of Buddhist beads in her right hand. , eyes slightly closed, chanting Buddhist scriptures in his mouth.

"Where is this?"

Wang Guiniang opened her eyes, looked at Li Jing, her face was still calm, "This is the Guanyin Temple in the garden of the palace, you come here alone, half drunk and slightly smoked."

Li Jing rubbed her aching head, "What am I doing here?"

Wang Guiniang's right hand was still turning the head prayer beads.

Li Jing got up and sat up, sweating profusely: "What am I here for?"

"You were drunk, and when you came to see me, you started talking nonsense. You said everything, but the most talked about Wang Wanjun and Yu Youniang, and you asked me who I should make my son."

Li Jing lay down, took a long breath, and finally said after a long time: "Don't go, stay here with me."

He doesn't and doesn't know why he came here drunk tonight. The former poor couple have actually been separated for several years, and they haven't even seen each other for a long time up.Why did he drink, he couldn't remember because of the headache.A headache, plus a slightly dazed sense of unreality.He felt like he was in a dream, the room was extremely quiet, he could feel the hot breath from her mouth, and at the same time he saw Wang Guiniang's peaceful face under the lamp, and her tight breasts under her plain robe .

He felt more and more confused, and an inexplicable sense of comfort spread around his body like ripples. A certain instinct in his body was activated, like a wave rushing from a distance, becoming clearer and clearer. more and more intense.

Here he is crazy, his thoughts are erratic, he can't control it, and finally he leads the indulgence by instinct.

He grasped the soft and elastic body that was strong and vibrating in the palm of his hand, the feeling was so refreshing.The softness restrained him, pressed him, and finally he was completely lost in that lust...

Headache!

When Li Jing sat up from the couch exhausted, the sun had already poured into the room.

He had a vague impression, as if he came here drunk last night, said a bunch of nonsense to Wang Guiniang, and then seemed to have a dream with her in the middle of the night, and even stained his pants.But he was puzzled to find that his whole body was clean, Li Jing was getting dressed while shaking his painful head, and Wang Guiniang came.

With a dignified demeanor and elegant demeanor, after practicing in Guanyin Temple for a long time, he really has a sense of transcendence, and he can't see the slightest feeling of the little pepper in the country.She greeted Li Jing with a calm face, and Li Jing smiled and said to him, did someone come to my room last night?

She shook her head.

Didn't you come after last night?He asked her, she blushed and turned her head to the side, saying that I asked for a peace talisman for the blue bird, you bring it to her later, and I asked for one for you, you are always out, remember to bring it with you.

Li Jing sat there, stunned for a while, not knowing what he was thinking.After a while, Zhao Jiang and other guards came over. They had been guarding outside the temple until dawn last night.

In the political affairs hall, all the civil and military personnel who participated in the political affairs and attended the meeting have already sat down according to their respective positions, and are talking with each other, discussing a lot.Li Jing came in wearing a leather jacket with a small lapel collar and a black gauze hat with folded wings on his head, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

"What are you talking about? I heard your buzzing before I came in." He smiled and said.

Jing Xiang, the left envoy of the staff, replied: "The person who was sent to Bohai earlier this morning has returned, and everyone is discussing the news he brought back."

"what news?"

"Your Majesty, Khitan's current Dadie Lie Mansion Yili Jin and Diela Tribe Yili Jin Yelu Pugu died of a serious illness. His younger brother Yelu Hedi took advantage of Yuyue Yelu Shilu, who was extremely prestigious in the family, and Tamarin Sari Yelu The assassin and the general Yelu Fu Guzhi died in battle and were captured, as well as Yelu Qisi, Yelu Yanmu, Yelu Wansi and other generals were all in the Bohai Sea, took the opportunity to take over the power, summoned the soldiers, held a banquet, and invited all the tribes in the grassland During the banquet, he suddenly launched an attack, killed the puppet Khan of Yaoqian, and then broke into the tent of his father, Jiuren Yilijin, and asked him to preside over the call for elections and elect him as Khan ...."

Li Jing was astonished, and had never thought of such a thing.

"What's the situation now?"

"Now, Yelvhadi has killed the little Khan of the Yaonian clan, breaking the tradition that Khitan Khan was appointed by the Yaonian clan from generation to generation, and Yili Jin was appointed by the Shili clan from generation to generation. In many prestigious Shili clans In the absence of the general, he forcibly held the election and held the chai ceremonies. Today, Yelvhadi has become the first khan in Khitan not from the two major tribes of the Dahe clan and the Yaonian clan, and the first A Khitan Khan from the Shili tribe. The Shili Deira tribe has officially become the only tribe that has the right to hold the two hereditary official positions of Khan and Yilijin. Yeluhadi is now the Khitan Khan. Immediately after Chai Celi took office, his father was nominated. Yelv Tiesai, who had served as Yilijin nine times, served as Yilijin and Yilijin of the Khitan Dadie Liefu. The younger brother of Yelu Shilu who took office in Yue, his party brother Yelu Yanmu served as Khitan Yuyue, and then let his two brothers Yelu Qisi be the king of the South Court, Yelu Wansi the king of the North Court, and the original Tarma Tamarin Shali Yelu Abaoji, the son of Yeluzaci, succeeded his father, and Yelu Huage, the son of his brother Yelu Shilu, was appointed as the commander of the tent army..."

Li Jing was not familiar with this person Yelvhadi, so he couldn't help asking, "What's going on with this Yeluhadi?"

Yeluhadi was the son of Yelv Tici, and Yelufu Guzhi and Yelupugu were half-brothers, and Yeluqisi and Yeluyusi were also half-brothers.Yelu Tici and Yelu Yunde are real brothers, therefore, Yeluhadi, Yelu Shilu, Yelu Satri, and Yelu Yanmu are also cousins, and Yelu Huage and Yelu Abaoji are his cousins.But although his father, uncle, and brothers and cousins ​​were all famous Khitan warriors, Yelvhadi was different.This is a thin, without any force, but the most deceitful and cunning person.Originally, his brother Yelv Pugu was just Yi Li Jin, according to the rules, he was elected every three years, his brother was seriously ill, so this time he would definitely choose someone else.And the position of Yilijin was only chosen within the Diela tribe, and within the Diela tribe, it is now only chosen among the two families of Yelv Tieci and Yeluyun Deshi.

It stands to reason that Yelvhadi would also have a chance to be elected as Yi Li Jin, but no matter whether he was compared with his own brothers or his cousins, he had no chance of being elected.He was heartbroken and unwilling, and finally came to a ruthless one. Taking advantage of the absence of his brothers and his brother Yi Lijin had just died, he rose up and staged a coup d'état with disgraceful means.

He also knew that it would be difficult for him to secure the position of Yili Jin, so he even more ruthlessly killed the puppet Khan of the Yaoren clan, became a Khan himself, and then moved out his Khan who had been in charge for nine terms for 27 years Yi Li Jin's father was the tenth Khitan Yi Li Jin, who was in charge of the military and state affairs. In order to fear that his cousin's family would not support him, he asked Yelu Yanmu to take over the position of Yu Yue from Yelu Shilu, and he worked together with his father. He was in charge of the military and state affairs, and let his two brothers be the kings of the south and north courts respectively, and then even the sons of Yelushilu and Yeluzaci were not missed. One was given the post of commander of the palace tent army, and the other was given Taking up the post of commander of the bodyguards and army in Tama Tamarin Shali can be regarded as well-intentioned and comprehensive.He didn't want to do anything else, he just wanted to have fun.

"This Yelujiadi is so reckless, can the Diel tribe and other Khitan tribes allow him to be so reckless? How will the various tribes react, the key is how Yelu Yanmu and others who are in the Bohai Sea will react?" ,It would be great.

"Yelu Yanmu, Yelv Ousi, Yeluyusi and others were all dissatisfied, but because Yelvhadi grabbed the Khitan Khan position and handed over Yili Jin's position to Yelu Tiesi, they haven't made any announcement yet. Action. But not long ago, the new Yili Jin's Yelu Tieci took Yelu Huage, Yelu Abaoji and others to lead 20 people to Bohai Sea."

This news shocked Li Jing and others.

In the Battle of Daibei, although Li Jing wiped out 20 Hu people, in fact, the Khitan troops were only [-].Lin Wu and Guo Chongtao's two corps swept the grassland, but they only wiped out more than [-] Khitan soldiers and horses. They mostly attacked the Khitan tribes, robbed their cattle and horses, and burned their pastures.The Khitans continued to retreat westward and northward, which made the Northern Expedition of the Qin Army ineffective.Now that two years have passed, the Khitan people have also recovered some strength, and they even took advantage of the Qin army's threat to the tribes outside the pass to gradually integrate them together.

It is indeed a good move for Yelv Tieci to gather 20 people to go to Bohai Sea at this time.First, through foreign wars, it is the best way to resolve internal contradictions into a unified foreign policy.Secondly, the Khitans may also take this opportunity to unite various tribes and gather their fighters in the name of fighting against Li Jing, which not only strengthens their strength against the Qin army, but also takes the opportunity to weaken the strength of the tribes so that they do not attack the Qin army. They pose a threat.Thirdly, Yelu Tieci was already Yi Lijin, the tenth general in charge of the Khitan military, and he saw the essence of war very clearly.

The last time I went south was a huge mistake. I fought a tough battle with the Qin army under the fortresses of the Central Plains.

And if the battlefield is in the Bohai Sea, it will be different.Although Khitan is also far away from the Bohai Sea, the Qin army is farther away.And relatively speaking, the terrain of the Bohai Sea is favorable, and the tribes outside the Great Wall are more adaptable than the Qin army.After increasing to the Bohai Sea, the Khitan wanted to take a gamble and drag the Qin army thousands of miles away to the land of white mountains and black waters in Haidong to fight a decisive battle.

For them, after many battles and defeats with the Qin army, they have no way to retreat.If they don't attack, the Qin army will attack.Although the Qin army retreated from the Northern Expedition last time, it will not be so easy to retreat next time.Instead of this, it is better to place the battlefield in the Bohai Sea, and to pull all the tribes to fight together.The bet is that they are more adaptable to the weather and terrain of the Bohai Sea than the Qin army. The bet is that the Qin army's combat methods cannot adapt to the severe cold outside the customs. The journey, especially the need for larger quantities of army supplies.

Yelu Tiesai has drawn up a brand new Khitan strategy, that is, he will never go directly south to the Central Plains to compete with the Qin army, and never go to the Qin people's territory to compete with them.If you want to fight, you can fight outside the pass, on the grasslands, on the hills, and defeat the Qin army with long supply lines and harsh weather.Then they swallowed the Bohai Sea, replenished and recovered their vitality, and swallowed the land of Liaodong and Liaoxi little by little. Before they had an absolute advantage that could completely overwhelm the Qin army, the Khitan people would no longer easily set foot in the Central Plains Pass.

They fought with Qin Jun outside this pass, fighting and robbing a little bit.Li Jing still has many powerful enemies in the Central Plains, but the Khitans can use Li Jing as a powerful enemy to unite all the tribes in the Northeast to deal with Li Jing.It is even possible to take advantage of Li's opportunity to deal with Li Jing to slowly weaken and annex other tribes.

Li Jing sneered: "The Khitan people want to force us to fight them in the Bohai Sea. Are you afraid of them? It happened to be completely wiped out. I'm afraid he didn't know that he had been preparing for this day for two years. The order was sent, and he wanted to personally lead the army and conquer the tribal coalition forces in the east!" (To be continued.)

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