Late Tang

During Ziqing Festival, Qingzhou, the city of Ya, all the yamen knew that in the palace of Wang Jingwu, the envoy of soldiers and horses, there was a sound of joy and joy.Everyone in the yamen knew that Wang Jingwu's official wife had just given birth to Wang Jingwu's eldest son.Wang Jingwu was nearly forty years old. Although he already had a ten-year-old son, the eldest son was born to a concubine.It was also because his main wife had given birth to two daughters but had no children at the beginning, so he took that concubine.Originally thought that his wife would not have another child, but unexpectedly, she was pregnant with a child last year, and now she gave birth in October, and gave birth to a big fat boy for him.

This son is not the same as the previous son. In the big family, the status of the son and the son are very different.The son of the concubine, especially the eldest son of the concubine, will inherit the entire Wang family business in the future, but the son of the concubine can at most share some money and have no status at all.

"Congratulations, general, happy to have Linzi!" The midwife who delivered the baby smiled like chrysanthemums in full bloom.Being able to personally deliver the eldest son of the palace, the rewards for this will definitely not be small.Sure enough, Wang Jingwu, the father-son hereditary general who controls the Qingzhou Yabing, waved his hand, grinned and laughed loudly and said, "I will reward the midwife with ten coins, and all the servants, girls and servants in the mansion today will be rewarded with five hundred cash!"

Seeing that the Patriarch was so happy and forthright, all the servants sent countless honey-like good words one after another.

Wang Jingwu was happy when Liu Xun, the head of the guards outside, came in: "Report to the general, Lieutenant Wang Yanwen has returned from Dengzhou and said he has something urgent to see!"

Frowning, Wang Jingwu waved his hands, and said to Liu Xun: "Come back so soon, I guess something went wrong with what I told him to do. That Yan Wen, when I assigned the task last time, I rushed to go, Haikou boasted It's down, but once you go out and really start to do things, it's not even a 15-year-old schoolboy like you. Let him go to the study and wait!"

Wang Yanwen is the nephew of Wang Jingwu's family. He is ambitious and talented, and he is impetuous in his work. Wang Jingwu has never liked him very much.On the contrary, the guard in front of him named Liu Xun is the head, but he likes it very much.Liu Xun is only fifteen years old, but he is seven feet tall, with a strong back and a strong waist. He is born with supernatural powers, can ride and shoot well, can draw a three-stone strong bow, and can carry a thousand-jin stone load.However, if you think that Liu Xun is just a brute force and reckless young man, it is a big mistake.

Liu Xun, a native of Mizhou, has been an official for generations in his family, and his father is the county magistrate of Heqiu.According to historical records, he had great ambitions when he was young, and he was good at military strategy!In the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, he was a famous general with great style.First he was a small school in the Qingzhou Ya Army, followed Wang Jingwu, and later gradually emerged as an important general when Wang Shifan, Wang Jingwu's son, was the Jiedu envoy.Known as "one step and one hundred strategies", after Liu Wei died, he was posthumously awarded as Zhongshu Ling by Emperor Zhaoliang at the age of 64.

Although he is only 15 years old now, he is extremely brave and extremely intelligent. He has already impressed Wang Jingwu, and he personally appointed him as the head of his guard battalion, and has been accompanying him all the time.

As soon as he entered the study, Wang Yanwen immediately shouted anxiously: "Uncle, something is wrong!"

Wang Jingwu was born in a family of military generals. He is more than seven feet tall, with a slender figure, a square face, slightly dark complexion, thick eyebrows, big eyes, wide mouth and a protruding nose, and curly beard.Every time he raises his hands and feet, he always has the unique aura of a general.

Seeing the terrified look of his nephew who was not angry, Wang Jingwu couldn't help opening his eyes, glared at him angrily, and said in a thunderous voice, "What do you look like in a panic? How are you going to Dengzhou to do things?" ?”

Wang Yanwen shrank back with some fear, and said cautiously: "It's really an accident. My nephew went to Dengzhou with Zhang Xiaowei. But when Li Jing led his troops to Liaodong, Zhang Xiaowei personally I went to Liaodong Qingni City to ask to see Li Jing. As a result, Li Jing's face was very big. He just received the letter but saw no one and did not reply. Later, after Li Jing won the battle and returned to Salmonella Island, Captain Zhang let I'll report back."

"What did you panic about just now?"

"Not only this, uncle may not know in Qingzhou, Li Jing is really good this time, he defeated Duli Town and Beisha City, and then took advantage of Li Lingfu's death in Qingni City, successfully got Qingni City, And also took Beisha City in one fell swoop."

"It's just an overseas place, so what does it matter?"

"It's a big deal. Li Jing used to have only a few thousand soldiers and horses, but after several victories, he is now a strong soldier, with an army of more than 2, not only hundreds of warships, but also thousands of cavalry. Now He has more than [-] soldiers and horses. I have seen those soldiers and horses in person. They are all armored and helmeted, and their military appearance is at its peak. Especially the Shenhuo and Feihuo owned by Li Jing's army, one is used for naval battles and can be burned on water. No warship can stop it. There is also the flying fire, which can be thrown by a cannon, which can make a loud noise like thunder, and when thrown into the sea, it can blow up waves ten feet high."

"It's true, you didn't exaggerate?" Wang Jingwu couldn't help being surprised when he heard this.

"It's really not a bit of bragging. Uncle, you don't know that the battles Li Jing fought in Liaodong are now being sung in the whole Dengzhou. Why did Li Jing's three thousand cavalry capture the three thousand cavalry in Duli Town without any effort?" He even dared to kill all the way to Beisha City with only [-] soldiers. However, he had predicted the night attack of [-] soldiers and horses in Beisha City. Bing, the big families in Beisha City who were frightened volunteered to respond internally, and launched a mutiny to help Li Jing take Beisha City."

Speaking of the various rumors that he heard in Dengzhou, Wang Yanwen spoke so eloquently that he forgot what he really wanted to say.

When I turned around, I saw Wang Jingwu's gloomy face, and said hastily: "When I was about to come back, I heard that my uncle wanted to transfer Li Jing to Ziqi to suppress the bandits on the basis of Hong's horse thief?"

"It is true." Wang Jingwu nodded.

"It actually happened, then what idiot's idea is this, isn't this leading wolves into the house!" Wang Yanwen said exactly what he remembered Zhang Xiaowei said.But he didn't see that Wang Jingwu's complexion was a little worse, and he said to himself: "Then Li Jing is now strong and strong, and he has always been Cui Yunqing's student, and Cui Yunqing and Song Wei are firmly standing together. Now Li Jing is taking this opportunity to come to Qingzhou with a total of 800 elite soldiers and horses, of which there are almost [-] cavalry. And they must also bring the powerful Shenhuo and Feihuo. I heard that Hong There are only [-] horse thieves, and Li Jing's troops are so powerful, they have fought so many battles, and they have not yet repaid their defeats. Whether it is the Liaohai pirates, the combined fleet in Duli Town, or even the horse thieves in Beisha City, they all Not his opponent. To deal with the [-] horse thieves now, is it necessary to send out [-] elite soldiers and horses? Even I can see that Li Jing has no good intentions, and this is a false plan to destroy the country. .He brought so many soldiers not to suppress the bandits, but to Qingzhou!"

Wang Jingwu's face changed drastically, he turned his head and glanced at Liu Xun, and Liu Xun's expression was also very ugly.

"You said Li Jing brought [-] soldiers and horses? Among them are [-] cavalry?"

At this time, Wang Yanwen realized that his uncle's face was very ugly, but he still didn't understand what was wrong, so he nodded and said, "Yes, Li Jing led the troops from Shamen Town three days ago. Starting from the sea and then entering the Yellow River, going up the river, and coming directly to Qingzhou. By the way, before Li Jing sent troops, he suddenly reorganized his soldiers and horses, and established a military title of Zhendong Army. Zhendong The army has five capitals and one battalion, five battalions and one wing, and five wings and one army, a total of 25 battalions with 5000 troops."

"Okay, you go out first." Wang Jingwu interrupted Wang Yanwen to continue talking.

After this nephew, who was obviously not smart enough, left, Wang Jingwu looked at Liu Xun and said, "Liu Xun, do you think things are really as Yan Wen said, I just came up with a stupid trick to help Song Wei recruit a Is it enough to destroy our strong reinforcements?"

Liu Xunwei said, "General, I'm just a small guard general. It's not up to me to talk about these things. If the general really wants to discuss the situation with someone, the young general thinks that he might as well go to the Zuo Jinwu guard riding Cao Shen who is in the city." Military General Li. I heard that General Li has a lot to do with the general, and he is very smart, so you might as well ask him for advice."

Wang Jingwu was a little hesitant. This Jinwu Guard cavalry Cao Shenjun Li Zhennai was the general of the Imperial Army who came to Qingzhou to escort a batch of tributes back to Beijing.This Li Zhen is a descendant of Li Baozhen, a famous general in the Xingtang Dynasty. His family has been officials for generations, but when it was passed down to his generation, the family fortune had already declined.He first studied literature, but unfortunately he failed many times as a Jinshi, so he switched to the army. Now he is the eighth member of the Jinwu Guard who rides cao and participates in the military.

When he came to Qingzhou this time, Wang Jingwu wanted to make friends, but he had a good relationship with him.Hearing Liu Xun's suggestion, he hesitated because Li Zhen was an outsider after all, and it would be troublesome if such a confidential matter was leaked out. "Liu Xun, tell me your own opinion first!"

"The general thought that we underestimated this Li Jing before, and originally thought he was a small character playing around in Dengzhou. But looking at him now, his strength has long been beyond our expectations. If the king What Wei said just now is true, but the [-] elite soldiers brought by Li Jing are quite terrifying. Song Wei has already united with the Supervisory Academy, and they already have more than [-] soldiers in Qingzhou. Although there are many soldiers, they are all new recruits, so there is no need to worry too much. But Li Jing's soldiers are different, they are strong soldiers who can establish a territory in Liaodong. If he joins forces with Song Wei, then my army in Qingzhou will be in danger. There will be a proposal, why not take advantage of Li Jing's arrival, let's take advantage of the chaos, kill Song Wei first, and then face Li Jing."

Wang Jingwu was hesitant, unable to make this decision for a long time, and finally said: "Go and help me and ask General Li Zhen to come, and I will ask him what he means."

Liu Xun nodded, turned around and left, stopped at the door and said to Wang Jing: "Don't stop, but be disturbed by it. General, please make a decision quickly!"

(To be continued)