Late Tang

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After the victory in the First World War, the whole village of Wangli Village burst into cheers.

When Li Jing and others rode back to the village, the whole village came out of the North Village Gate to greet them.Cui Decheng greeted him from a distance, pulled Li Jing and pointed to the excited knights who had just returned from a bloody battle and said: "Good soldiers, Ji Yu, you trained these soldiers?"

"These are all my brothers from the Unity Battalion. After more than a month of training, this first battle, fortunately, we only dealt with a group of mobs."

Cui Decheng took a deep breath, aren't the united soldiers all farmers?When these people were recruited, they were only asked to serve and do some chores. When did the united soldiers become so elite?He turned his head to look at Song Xi, and heard that Song Xi also followed Song Wei in the Shence Army of the Forbidden Army, and later participated in the suppression of the Chongxun Rebellion, and went to the southwest to fight against Nanzhao for several years.Li Jing was originally Song Xi's subordinate, so are all united soldiers so powerful?Now that Song Xi has a thousand soldiers under his command, doesn't that mean that he will not be able to underestimate this person in the future?

"Brother Song is worthy of being a general under the commander of Jieshuai, and the united soldiers can train such tigers!"

Song Xi shook his head: "Brother Cui praised me, and only one of my Wendeng united soldiers came out of Sanlang, and the other soldiers were not like this. If I had known that Sanlang had trained Zuo Yi so well, I would have said nothing back then. Those who promised to let these soldiers go. It’s too late, sorry.”

Hearing this, Cui Decheng couldn't help being even more shocked.If what Song Xi said was true, wouldn't it mean that Li Jing, a fledgling boy, was actually better at training soldiers than Song Xi, a general trained in the army?He has only practiced for more than a month, and he is so powerful. Then he went to Shamen Town and practiced for a few more years, wouldn't he be even more powerful.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sighed with a complicated expression: "It's true that the young come out of the blue, and the future generations are awesome!"

Song Xi stood aside with a complicated look on his face. Although Li Jing only fought a group of mob bandits today, the archers and cavalry were not really perfect.But when he watched this battle, Li Jing's analysis and arrangement were orderly, and his command of the battle was more precise and not sloppy, precise and sharp.Although his soldiers were fighting for the first time, they were not afraid or flustered, and basically nothing went wrong when they fought.What surprised him even more was the fighting spirit of these soldiers. No one was afraid of fighting, but full of desire to fight.He didn't know how Li Jing did all this, but he knew that he had been with Jieshuai Song Wei for many years, and such soldiers had a stronger fighting will than the Shence Forbidden Army under Jieshuai's original command, and compared with the border soldiers in southern Xinjiang. The army rushes and kills more bravely.Recalling Song Wen's previous transfer of Li Jing to Shamen Town, he still felt that he didn't agree with it at the time. He felt that Shamen Town was a very important position, and he should go to it with more trustworthiness and ability.Now it seems that it is indeed appropriate for Song Wen to send Li Jing to Shamen Town.To be able to train such an elite army in just over a month, and the first battle was so perfect, it is indeed a perfect fit to be sent to Shamen Town.

Not long after, the people assigned to clean up the battlefield also returned.After killing the last escaped bandit, Li Jing went back to the village directly, and then handed over the task of cleaning the battlefield to those young men from Qingning Township who wanted to join the army.

Most of the young adults who came back had pale complexions, only a few remained unchanged, and their bodies were stained with bright red blood stains.Li Jing asked a few words, and he knew that among the young men sent to clean the battlefield, most of them saw the broken legs, broken arms, blood all over the ground, and some even had their abdomens ruptured and their intestines bleed out. On the ground, he vomited immediately and turned pale.Only a small number of people held back, and collected the corpses of the bandits as ordered, and then cut off the heads of the bandits.

"Write down their names. Everyone will be rewarded with two catties of wine and meat, and a bolt of silk for one thousand." Li Jing was very satisfied with those young men who dared to cut off the heads of the bandits, and immediately asked Zhang Hong and Cui Zhiyuan The three of Wang Zhongwu registered the list and gave generous rewards.As for those who turned pale when they saw the corpse, Li Jing also rewarded them, but they only had two catties of wine and meat, but not Qianbo.

Those who received the money and silk rewards all looked overjoyed, and quickly saluted Li Jing to thank them.Others regretted slightly, they not only regretted missing the reward of a bolt of silk and one thousand coins, but also regretted that Li Jing would underestimate them and miss the opportunity to join the army.

At this time, Han Zhi also came back with his people. The cavalry he brought before was not useful, so he took the initiative to catch those refugees.Dozens of his riders appeared on the stage, and many refugees who fled in all directions were all arrested.At this time, Han Zhi took hundreds of young and strong, brought back all the more than a thousand refugees, and surrounded the open space in front of the village gate.

"Sanlang, how to deal with these refugees who are thieves?"

Cui Decheng said coldly: "This still needs to be considered. Since they are thieves, they should be treated as thieves. Naturally, they will all be executed." These refugees openly gathered crowds to loot in his military town, it was like beating him in front of everyone. s face.Originally, he was very relaxed before, and Li Jing couldn't handle the matter. He just happened to be able to dispatch troops to exterminate these bandits and refugees, which was not only a credit, but also a favor to Li Jing.Unexpectedly, the thousands of people were all killed and captured in less than two hours, so that he had to send someone to transfer the soldiers and horses of Chishan Town who had arrived halfway back to the barracks .

After tossing around for half the night, not only did he not sell out his favor, but he made a joke instead, how could he be in a good mood.

Song Xidao: "It's not necessary to kill them all. I think we can kill some of them, and then demote the others as slaves." Huangfu was listening with a gloomy expression. The fact that the hungry people in Wendeng County were bandits gathered together to loot.If this is the case, no matter what the final result is, it means that there are thousands of gangsters under his rule. If this matter is reported, it is conceivable that he will not be able to escape the name of poor governance. If you lose your official position, you may lose your life.

"Several generals, just now I temporarily interrogated a few bandits who were still alive. There are only more than a hundred real bandits, and most of them are innocent people who were kidnapped by them. We can't generalize them Ah." As he said that, Huangfu was looking at Li Jing with his eyes, hoping that he could say a few words for him.

Li Jing looked up at the thousands of refugees who were surrounded by hundreds of young and strong people in front of the village. They all had despair and fear in their eyes. They knelt down in a large area, and the cries of women and children made Li Jing Can't help frowning.Thousands of people, just like what Huangfu said, he has basically figured out that these people are serious, they are a group of hungry people fleeing famine, and I heard that the Li family is holding a birthday, and they can eat a birthday feast when they come to celebrate their birthdays , They all rushed in, but were stopped by bandits halfway, and were coerced into it.According to the law, these people are indeed bandits. Even if Cui Zhencheng killed them cruelly, he would not only be innocent but also meritorious.

It's just that Li Jing was a little bit reluctant to do that, not to mention that these people were coerced by bandits because of the Li family's birthday celebration.Thousands of people, excluding the old and young, there are at least four to five hundred people, even young and middle-aged men, there are at least two to three hundred people.Two to three hundred young and strong, in the eyes of others, maybe these people are worthless.But in Li Jing's view, these people are a lot of treasure.

"General Cui, General Song, this head is not a leek. If you cut it off, it won't grow again. These people are all hungry people. Fleeing famine to beg for food is already very miserable, but they are still being held hostage by bandits. Now famine is everywhere, and there are more and more refugees everywhere. Still From the point of view of my subordinates, it is important to exterminate bandits, but appeasement should also be the top priority. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda."

Cui Decheng looked at Li Jing, and pondered for a while: "Then how do we arrange it according to the brother's wishes? These are thousands of hungry people. If they are not handled properly, they will turn into a group of cannibal wolves in a blink of an eye. This time they were coerced, but Let them out, and if they can’t find anything to eat, they can do whatever they want, and next time, they will take the initiative to become bandits.”

Huangfuzheng was also in a bit of a dilemma, these people could not be killed, and it would be difficult to protect himself if he was killed.But let it go, if something happens again, he will be even more terrible.

"I see it like this. Today in the village, all the officials, gentry and merchants of Wendeng County are gathered here. They are all kind people. Why don't each family take a few families home, whether they are arranged to be tenants or servants in the village? There are so many of us, one point, and thousands of people will be arranged, what do you think? This matter is settled, and it will also restore the stability and peace of Wendeng County, and it will be a virtue for everyone in the future."

Huangfu was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that this was an excellent idea.In particular, this idea was proposed by Li Jing. In this way, not only will the future troubles of thousands of refugees be eliminated, but it will also be a good achievement for him if the matter is completed.Although these refugees are devoted to slavery, each family may not be willing to accept such thin and hungry people, but if Li Jing proposes, then the Wendeng squires who are rushing to Li's house to make friends, even if they just spend money to support these refugees, they will Sure would. "Okay, what General Li said is right. This is a very good thing. There are too many officials and gentry present, and a few people will be divided up. If it is not possible, let other landlords and rich households also share a few, and it will be a good thing. The distribution is over. Without these refugees, our Wendeng County is much more peaceful, and this is a good thing for everyone."

Li Jing smiled and said that, as the proposer, he would like to bring in more refugees.

"Are there any craftsmen?" At the gate of the village, Li Jing led Lin Wei and other officers from Shamen Town to lead the refugees.However, Li Jing did not directly lead people away, but set up tables and chairs, set up torches, and spread out pens and paper.

Those refugees shivered in the cold wind, half afraid and half cold.Li Jing shouted three times, but no one dared to stand up and answer.

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