Late Tang

A long drought meets nectar, and a small farewell is better than a newlywed.

In the mansion where Li Jing and Gongsun Lan had a private tryst in Shamen Town, the two cuddled together after some sex.The aftertaste after the passion was endless, and the two gradually calmed down their short breathing.

Holding Gongsun Lan in his arms, stroking her black hair, Li Jing asked Li Keyong about his anti-Tang. "How did the court respond to Li Keyong's mutiny in Yunzhou?"

Gongsun Lan was lying on Li Jing's chest, with her head resting on Li Jing's arm, and one hand was still drawing small circles on the bulging abdominal muscles of Li Jing's abdomen.The flush on his face did not subside, and his cheeks were flushed.Hearing Li Jing's question about this matter, he chuckled lightly and said, "It's also very funny to talk about it. Then Li Keyong asked the imperial court to let him stay as the empress, but his father Li Guochang also gave the imperial court a book in Zhenwu. "

"What did Li Guochang say on the fold?"

"Li Guochang's note is very funny. He said that he asked the court to appoint a new Datong defense envoy as soon as possible. If Li Keyong does not listen to the court, the minister will lead the army to attack him. He will never do it for love of a son. Live up to the great kindness of the country! Tell me, isn’t this acting like a good boy for taking advantage of it?”

When Li Jing heard this, Li Guochang's attitude was indeed a bit too arrogant.His son killed the court and ordered the officers and soldiers to rebel. Not only did he not avoid suspicion at this time, he even ran out to say such fake and scandalous words.

"I heard that Li Keyong's mutiny was the result of you taking Dengzhou and Li Maoxun taking Youzhou. Then Li Guochang must have believed that the imperial court would accept the fait accompli as it did with Youzhou in the end. But they didn't want to think about it. The state has been separated from generation to generation, and it is useless for the court to admit it or not. Datong is different. In the past, the court here was a territory that could be controlled by the court. What's more, although Li Maoxun is also a barbarian, Li Maoxun is not much. Basically, even if you become a Jiedu envoy in Youzhou, it will be the same as other Youzhou Jiedushi before, and there will not be much change. But this Li Guochang doesn't think about his own situation, he is from Shatuo Chief, Daibei is also a place where various Hus live together. If Li Keyong controls Datong, and Li Guochang occupies Zhenwu next to Datong, the territory of the father and son will be huge. There is no one to stop Man, if it’s not done well, this Shatuo, Li Ke, and his father and son may cause the Five Hus to suffer.”

Li Jing nodded, lowered his head and kissed Gongsun Lan's forehead to express his agreement.Li Keyong's father and son are indeed different from the general situation.After Li Guochang followed the imperial army to quell the Pang Xun Rebellion, he was very arrogant and domineering.It was precisely because of his growing arrogance that the imperial court began to be wary of him, and finally found an excuse to promote Li Guochang's official position as an excuse to transfer him from his old Datong defense envoy to the unfounded Zhenwu Jiedu envoy.

How could the imperial court allow his son Li Keyong to serve as the defense envoy of Datong again? Moreover, after Li Keyong was an official of the Lingchi court in Yunzhou and reported the fact that he ate human flesh, even several prime ministers in the court were afraid of him. Qi's complexion turned pale.

"How does the court deal with this matter?"

"What else can I do? The imperial court appointed Lu Jianfang, Yuan Yi, who had served as the Jiedu Envoy of Yichang, the Defense Envoy of Datong, and the boss of Li's father and son, as the Defense Envoy of Datong again. At the same time, he also sent Zhimo's younger brother Si Nongqing Zhixiang went to Zhenwu and Datong, and warned Li and his son that as long as they abide by Lu Jianfang's military order, then this matter will be over, and the court will definitely arrange a new job for Li Keyong that will satisfy him."

Li Jing chuckled lightly: "The Li family father and son will never be satisfied with this result. They took so much effort to win Datong, how could they spit out the meat again?"

"You're right." Gongsun Lan said, "Then Li Guochang was just putting on a show. Who knew that the imperial court actually awarded the position of Datong Defense Envoy to someone else, which made Li Guochang very angry. Arrogant and barbaric, both father and son refused to obey the order. Lu Jianfang, the new defense envoy, could not even enter Yunzhou. Seeing this, the court had to take a step back and raised the rank of the commander in chief of Datong Town from the defense envoy to the festival As the military governor, Li Guochang was transferred to be the military governor of Datong, and Lu Jianfang, who failed to take office, was transferred to be the military governor of Zhenwu."

The imperial court did take a step back, and finally let Li Guochang take the post of Datong Jiedushi.However, from the court's point of view, they made a big concession.But in Li Guochang's view, this is not the case.He only saw that both father and son already had two lands.Now that the court has made such a move, in the end, the two father and son have only one piece of land.Is the court playing tricks on them when they don't know how to do arithmetic?

Enraged, Li Guochang, who never stopped doing anything, simply killed the eunuch who was sent by the imperial court to supervise the army in Zhenwu, tore up the imperial edict, and sent someone to inform his son Li Keyong that we are rebelling!

When the news of Li Guochang's father and son's rebellion came back to the court, the prime ministers in the capital still didn't believe it at first. When the urgent report came back again, they accepted the fact that Li Guochang and his son really dared to rebel.Li Guochang was angry, and the princes of the court were also angry. You are a little barbarian, of course, if we hadn't taken you in, your entire clan would have been wiped out by the Tubo people. Is there still an emperor in here, and is there a king's law.

Li Guochang has nine sons, Li Kegong, Li Kejian, Li Keyong, Li Kerang, Li Kexiu, Li Kening, Li Kezhang, Li Keqin, and Li Kerou.When Li Guochang destroyed the edict and killed the envoy, his two sons, Ke Yong's older brother Ke Jian and younger brother Ke Rang were working in Chang'an, and they were actually hostages.Their residence is located in the bustling area of ​​Chang'an City, Qinrenfang next to Dongshi. This was the residence bestowed by Emperor Xianzong when Zhu Xiezhi returned to Tang Dynasty.

When Li Guochang rebelled, the emperor immediately ordered the patrol to lead troops to surround Qinrenfang at night and arrest Li Guochang's son.After a fierce fight, Li Kejian was killed. Although Li Kerang, who was serving as General Jinwu at the time, was not as good as the third elder brother Keyong, he was also very brave.Unexpectedly, they were recognized as fugitives by the monks in the temple. This group of monks did not cultivate their morality and mind, and they were greedy for rewards, so they took advantage of Li Kerang's exhausted sleep and killed him.

"Li Keyong killed his two sons. It seems that he has made a life-and-death enmity with the imperial court." Li Jing lamented that even Shatuo, the trump card army who had received Tang's favor and entered the Tang Dynasty not long ago, turned against him. , the Tang Dynasty has really reached a critical state.

"That's right!" Although Gongsun Lan hated the current Li Tang dynasty, she was even more ashamed of Li Guochang's behavior towards Sha Tuo and his son.No matter how you say it, it is a common concept of all Han people to turn barbarians into great defenses.

"For those who are not of my race, their hearts must be different!"

Gongsun turned around, half lying on Li Jing's body, looked up at Li Jing, and said seriously: "You have to be careful. When I was in the capital, I heard some rumors that Tian Lingzi was very dissatisfied with you."

Li Jing laughed lightly: "Actually, there was nothing between me and Tian Lingtian. At first, because the emperor said he would transfer me to the capital, he regarded me as an enemy. Later, when I gave gifts to the emperor and the officials in the capital, he still treated me as an enemy." I gave him a copy. As a result, this dead eunuch actually sent his elder brother to Dengzhou to find me, and asked me to arrange a soldier for him in the Zhendong Army."

"You didn't agree?"

"The hometown of Tian Lingzi was originally from Xuzhou. His original surname was Chen. After entering the palace, according to the tradition in the palace, he worshiped an old eunuch named Tian as his godson and changed his surname to Tian. Now he has become the emperor's father, with great power. Wanting to arrange a family member, his elder brother Chen Jingxuan was originally a pancake seller. He didn't know a single word, and he couldn't use his fists and feet. Such a pancake seller on the street, but Tian Lingzi previously wanted to arrange him for the Zhongwu Army in Xuzhou Jiedu envoy Cui Anqian worked as a military envoy under the account of Cui Anqian. Cui Anqian was the head of the Cui family in Qinghe, and my teacher was also my brother. Cui Jieshuai was a fair man, so naturally he refused. As a result, Tian Lingzi met with Qianshuai. Nail, let Chen Jingxuan come to me again, I am not a rag, how could I let such a pancake seller come to my town as a soldier and horse envoy." Li Jing still had a look of disdain when he mentioned this matter.That Tian Lingzi really thought of him as Li Jing, so he wanted to send his elder brother to the East Army as a military envoy.If he agrees, maybe more people will be inserted in, and then, he probably wants to replace him.

"No wonder." Gongsun Lan raised her willow-leaf eyebrows, "When I was in Chang'an, I heard news that Tian Lingzi was going to transfer you to Hedong to quell the rebellion of Li Keyong and his son."

"My East Army is far away in Ziqing Town, thousands of miles away from Nayun Prefecture. How could Tian Lingzi make such a request?"

"Not only that, but now there is also Fujian in the east and west of Zhejiang. Wang Ying, the former envoy of Langshan town in west Zhejiang, embezzled his clothes and food because of the Jiedu envoy, and started an uprising with 69 accomplices. Now his rebel troops have passed Ten thousand people led more than ten thousand people to conquer the two states of Suzhou and Changzhou, and then entered the east of Zhejiang by boat from the river to the sea, and even conquered Wanghai Town, Taizhou and other places. The grass army is more powerful. It is only because it is in the remote west of Zhejiang and far away from the Central Plains, so its influence is relatively small. I heard that Tian Lingzi told the ministers in the court that the Zhendong Army has a powerful navy, so it is just right to transfer Zhendong to deal with Wang Ying. The army and sailors went south to the west of Zhejiang and the east of Zhejiang to suppress the rebellion. They also said that the Zhendong army and you are highly appreciated by the emperor, and it is time to raise troops for a thousand days and use them for a short time."

Li Jing frowned when he heard this, Tian Lingzi was really vicious.On the one hand, the Mabu Army of the Zhendong Army must be transferred thousands of miles away to deal with the Shatuo Army, one of the most elite ace troops in the Tang Dynasty in the past 60 years.On the other hand, Li Jing's navy must be transferred to the farther south to calm the chaos in the west and east of Zhejiang.

Whether it is Li Keyong, father and son or Wang Ying, this is not easy to provoke.No matter how strong Li Jing's army is, if he fights against them and defeats them, it will naturally be as Tian Lingzi wants.If they win, there will definitely be huge losses.And if Li Jing's Zhendong Army is separated from land and water, Li Jing believes that Tian Lingzi will definitely have more conspiracies against him.

Li Jing couldn't help but clenched his palms into fists, it seemed that Tian Lingzi had to find a way to teach him a lesson, otherwise, he wouldn't know how many eyes Prince Ma has.Li Jing and Zhendong Army are not something he can mess with casually.

(To be continued)