Late Tang

Li Jing led the army to sail out to sea, first went to Wuhu Island to join the Nutao Camp that had returned from the defeat, and then joined the soldiers of the Zhenhai Camp, and went straight to Qingnipu.Megan and Julie were invited by Li Jing to accompany them.Although the two were very dissatisfied with their subordinates' house arrest, they also knew that those captains were backed by Li Jing, and they were a little impulsive when they asked to send troops.

But Li Jing also knew that after this incident, it would be difficult for them to get along with their subordinate captains in the future.Immediately, Megan and Julie were transferred to the top ten inspector generals and deputy ten generals of the Raging Wave Camp, and they were temporarily in charge of the remaining soldiers of the Raging Wave Camp.The Zhenhai battalion was handed over to Li Xu, the former capital general who was also of the same clan, and he was promoted to the top ten generals of the Zhenhai battalion.

Before setting off, Li Jing said to Julie, Megan and Li Xu with a serious expression: "Some misunderstandings before were all about Shamen Town. This battle is of great importance and cannot be failed. I hope everyone will put aside previous suspicions and cooperate with each other. Fight this battle well and rescue the generals Huang Shi and the brothers from the Raging Wave Camp."

Li Xu took the initiative to express his position, first apologized to Megan and the two, and promised: "I will live up to the general's order."

The one who besieged Qingni City was Beisha Chengcheng, who advocated that Dewei personally lead him. When he found out that more than [-] people from Shamen Town and the Eighth Battalion of Dengzhou had crossed the sea, he couldn't help being surprised, and hurriedly called his subordinates to discuss.Originally, everyone thought that as long as Li Lingfu was defeated, Li Jing should not send troops again.Li Dedao, his counselor, said: "You don't need to be alarmed. Li Jing only has more than [-] people. When will you worry about it? Li Lingfu's [-] men attacked Duli Town and the army was wiped out. Now Li Jing dares to come with more than [-] men. , It’s just a death sentence. We don’t need to be afraid of him now, as long as we capture Qingni City first, then Li Jing will automatically retreat when he sees this.”

Zhang Dewei immediately ordered to intensify the attack on the inner city of Qingni City. Excluding the [-] soldiers who intercepted Li Juyi's brothers in the valley outside the city, [-] soldiers and horses were left to attack the city. .On the other hand, Li De was sent to Duli Town to send reinforcements to face Li Jing.

Li Jing marched all the way, and at the same time sent Li Weifa scouts to inquire about the situation of Qingni City, and got a report that only soldiers from Beisha City were besieging Qingni City, but the soldiers from Duli Town had not yet arrived. "Beisha City is stepping up the siege. The soldiers and civilians in Qingni City are currently retreating to the inner city. Li Juren and Li Meng are desperately resisting, but they can only hold on for a few days at most, and they will fall if it is too late."

The generals said that they should go to support Qingni City immediately, but Megan and others asked to rescue Huangbeard and others who were trapped in the valley outside the city first.While everyone was arguing endlessly, a scholar in his thirties at the end was smiling alone.

Seeing this, Li Jing couldn't help asking: "Why is Zimei laughing suddenly, but does she have a good plan to defeat the enemy?"

The person seated here is a new scribe who joined Li Jing. His surname is Li, his name is Liang, and his style name is Zimei.His ancestor was a Sumohu man with nine surnames in Zhaowu who lived in the Western Regions, and later entered the Tang Dynasty. Li Baozhen, a hero who revived the Tang Dynasty, was his great-grandfather.In his generation, his family was in decline, and he failed in the imperial examination several times, which made him hate the imperial examination, especially some of the corruption in it, and finally went into business altogether.

When Li Jing attacked Daxie Village, his merchant ship was forcibly requisitioned by Feng Zhang, so he became Li Jing's captive after the war.However, when Li Jing heard that Feng Zhang had conscripted his ship, he had persuaded Feng Zhang not to attack Shamen Town, and that the battle would be defeated, but Feng Zhang did not listen.Li Jing felt that this businessman was a bit extraordinary, so he personally met him, and after talking with him, he felt that this person had extraordinary conversation and good vision, so he personally invited him to be his staff in the tent.The position of staff officer is one of the important staff under the army and horse envoy, a position that is not available at the first level of the garrison town, and its rank is eighth rank.

Li Jing was going to appoint him as the staff officer of Zhengbapin just based on some conversations, which made Li Liang very shocked and surprised. In the end, he felt that he had met a good master, and immediately accepted the invitation and appointment.However, even though he has become a staff officer, he is still a newcomer in Shamen Town, so at this time, he only respectfully takes the last seat when discussing matters.

Hearing Li Jing's question, Li Liang quickly stood up, bowed his hands and said: "Back to the yamen, my subordinates thought that it would not be difficult to save Qingni City. The difficulty is how to answer the fundamental purpose of our troops, which is Under the current unfavorable situation, we should show the military power of our Shamen Town and deter the Liaodong tribes, so that they will not dare to take Qingni City and then develop evil intentions towards our Shamen Town. Therefore, in my opinion, This job is to save the danger of Qingni City, if we show our military power, it will be the master."

Zhang Hong glanced at Li Liang with some dissatisfaction, thinking that this person was just a sensationalist who only played lip service.Thinking of his hard work in handling many affairs for Shamen Town, Li Jing trusted him to become the No. 1 staff member because of his hard work. However, Li Liang didn't care about everything and only cared about things, but he was very trusted by Li Jing. He was a little depressed.

"What's your plan?" Zhang Hong asked directly with a trace of hostility.

Li Liang lightly stroked the three long beards under his chin, and said with a smile: "If the general can use the strategy under his post, Beisha City and Duli Town, who will surely be able to fight in the first battle, dare not think anything wrong about us."

"Let's put it this way!" Li Jing couldn't help arousing his appetite for Li Liang's confident words.

Under the gaze of the generals, Li Liang smiled slightly and said: "Although there are many people in Beisha City, they are all mobs. They are just a group of horse thieves. They have always been suppressed by Li Lingfu in the past, but this time they are just taking advantage of people's danger. Moreover, Beisha City was previously suppressed by Li Lingfu. Great defeat, [-] thousand of the [-] elite cavalry were lost. Among the [-] soldiers, the real elite is no more than a thousand cavalry, no more than [-] infantry, and the rest are only strong men. All attacks are successful. There is even a plan, not only to protect Qingni City, but also to defeat Duli Town."

Li Jing asked: "The plan will be released?"

Li Liang said to himself: "One of the most important reasons for Li Lingfu's defeat in Duli Town is that among the allied forces he brought in, five thousand Khitans and Xiren were bribed by Duli Town and defected before the battle, which made Li Lingfu like this Otherwise, although Li Lingfu will inevitably be defeated, almost his entire army will never be wiped out. As far as I know, not all of Zhang Dewei's 3000 troops in Beisha City are soldiers from Beisha City, but some of them are Goguryeo nobles, Silla people and even Bohai people have a few soldiers and horses, although there are only [-] soldiers, and they are all infantry, but they have accounted for about [-]% of the infantry in Beisha City. We might as well follow the example of Duli Town and Come and buy. These [-] soldiers and horses come from the three forces of Goguryeo, Bohai and Silla. However, their forces are very small and they survive in the cracks of Liaodong. They are mercenaries and bandits. This time they followed Zhang Dewei sent troops to Qingnipu, and the rest also took money to act as mercenaries."

"Mercenaries are actually a group of bandits. As long as whoever pays more money, they will definitely give their lives. These people have no morals at all. Yamen, as long as they spend a sum of money to secretly bribe these three thousand soldiers, You can make amazing achievements at a critical moment."

"How?"

Li Liangdao: "The specific strategy under the post is two positive and two strange. The second is to divide the soldiers into two groups, one directly attacking Qingnipu, and the other directly going to rescue the trapped people in the besieged valley. The key is the second group of strange soldiers, The first group of surprise soldiers is naturally the few foreign soldiers in Beisha soldiers and horses as the internal response, and the second group of surprise soldiers is lurking on the way from Duli Town to the valley when the second group of soldiers rescued the trapped people in the valley .I heard that Zhang Dewei sent someone to send a letter to Duli Town, asking him to send troops to help. The second line of surprise soldiers is the reinforcements from Duli Town."

Li Jing couldn't help clapping her hands after hearing the two positive and two strange strategies.As expected, he was not wrong about the person. This Li Liang was indeed the kind of strategic staff member, and he was also the talent he lacked the most.Secretly buying the enemy's soldiers, when the time comes, the inside should cooperate with the outside, while the ambush outside the city is just to encircle the point to fight for reinforcements. These two strategies are in line with the essence of the art of war. From this, it can be seen that Li Liang is indeed a talent.

"Okay, good plan. But I will leave it to you to personally handle the matter of buying the three-way fan soldiers. Do you dare to go?" Li Jing's last sentence was to test his courage, and the plan was proposed by him. Come out, Li Jing also believes that he can complete this task with that ability.

Li Liang did not disappoint Li Jing, and accepted the matter without hesitation.Li Jingnai personally wrote three letters to the Fan tribes for him to take, and promised the three Fan tribes a bribe of [-] guan each.

Li Jing led the army to land directly at Qingni Port. Zhang Dewei may have heard of the reputation of Li Jing's fleet, so he did not dare to come to the port to fight. Continue to attack Qingni City.Li Jing's soldiers immediately went ashore, and after finding out that the three foreign troops were stationed on the right wing of Qingni City, he led his troops to advance that night, and after attracting three thousand foreign troops to meet them, they suddenly withdrew their troops.

However, Li Liang led more than ten cavalry and took Li Jing's letter to take this opportunity to enter the camp of the Fan army. The three routes of the Fan army were organized into one battalion, each with 1000 troops.The chief general was Gao Rong, a nobleman of Goguryeo, who was an upright royal family of Goguryeo. When he heard the report in the camp that there were more than a dozen Samana town troops in front of the camp, he was surprised and brought into the tent.

"You are Li Jing's man, what are you doing here?"

Li Liang was not at all afraid of Gao Rong's question, and said with a majestic smile: "Someone gave the general rich and honor. Although my general is in Dengzhou, he has heard of the general's reputation for a long time. But I heard that although the general is unparalleled, but There is no place for him to have his own foundation. Thinking about Zhang Dewei, he is just a thief, but he occupies such a big city as Beisha City. And General Gao is the royal family of Goguryeo, but it has no basis. My general respects the identity and hero of General Gao, especially Send a sum of wealth to the general. As long as the general cooperates with my lord, Beisha City will belong to you from now on, and my general is willing to offer a generous gift of [-] guan. Thank you very much. Don’t miss the opportunity, the time will never come, if you don’t draw it earlier today, it’s too late to regret!”

After Gao Rong received Li Jing's handwritten letter, he was very moved. In the letter, Li Jing not only proposed that if he cooperates to defeat Zhang Dewei, then he would fully support him in capturing Beisha City, and he would also give another [-] guan in money.He also promised that after breaking the siege of Qingni City, there will be a big gift to thank him.After Gao Rong was indeed the royal family of Goguryeo, his ancestors were the kings of Goguryeo. Even after the country was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, the nobles of Goguryeo once served as the guardian of Andu, and actually helped the Tang court manage Liaodong.But now, there are only [-] people led by him according to hearsay. This time, he brought [-] people to respond to Zhang Dewei to help out, and it was only because Zhang Dewei paid [-] yuan in employment fees.Five thousand guan is a lot of money. After all, it is only the cost of dispatching troops. The looting and capture on the battlefield belong to them. After a battle, he estimates that he can earn tens of thousands of dollars, which can greatly alleviate the plight of the tribe.

But now comparing with the conditions offered by Li Jing, Gao Rong couldn't help feeling that Zhou Dewei was too stingy.If Qingnipu was captured, it would be a huge share of the foundation property, but he only divided himself five thousand guan.It's like Li Jing, who offered a hundred thousand coins when he opened his mouth. It was just a meeting ceremony, and he was promised to take Beisha City as the foundation.

Gao Rong sighed and said: "Hen Wei met a hero like Ji Yu earlier, you can rest assured that this matter is on my shoulders. You don't have to worry about the other two parts. The Che Ci Department is actually a rebellion of the Mo Mo tribe in the Bohai Kingdom The tribe fled to Liaodong, and it was very difficult. The Buan tribe in Silla was actually the old Baekje tribe. Willing to help General Ji Yu with this. Giving 30 guan is too much, and giving them 20 is enough." Li Liang heard the greedy meaning in Gao Rong's words, and smiled immediately: "In that case, then the [-] guan General Wan got [-], but the two families got [-]."

"Right, that is it."

"Money is just a trivial matter, and the key is to do things well. As long as things can be done well, a little money and food are nothing." Li Liang said seriously.

Gao Rong patted his chest and said loudly: "Please don't worry, sir, this matter is all on my shoulders, and the affairs of the Che Ci Department and the Fu An Department will never be wrong. Sir, go back first, and when General Ji Yu attacks, me and the car assassin We will definitely fight back with the Fu'an Department. But it is enough to see the fire as a sign, and the soldiers and horses will respond with soldiers."

Li Liang returned quietly satisfied at night, and returned to Li Jing.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Li Jing took advantage of the darkness that night to send troops to three routes. On the first route, General Wang Zhong led the Qinglang Battalion and Dengzhou's eight troops, a total of 6000 people, approached the Qingni City.On the second route, Lin Wu led the Iron Spear Battalion, Megan Julie led the Raging Wave Battalion, Li Xu led the Zhenhai Battalion, and [-] soldiers and horses marched to Chishan Valley outside the city.Li Jing led the Tiebi Battalion, Feiying Battalion, and Wudu [-] cavalry with a total of [-] soldiers and horses. They walked quietly with their horses wrapped around their hooves, and went directly to ambush on the road between Duli Town, Qingni City and Chishan Valley. .

Under the guidance of Li Wei's scouts, Li Jing led his troops to quietly choose a dangerous place to ambush.Here, two mountains are sandwiched, and there is a path in the middle that is too wide for two riders to walk side by side. It is really an excellent place for ambushes.

Everything is ready, just wait for the fat sheep to come.

(To be continued)