Late Tang

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There was still one day left before the wedding ceremony, and the congratulatory guests from all parties had basically arrived.

Almost all the Didian inns in Dengzhou City are full of guests.Even several big islands such as Xindengzhou City, Daxie City, and Shamen Town were full of people.Countless people flocked to Dengzhou just to congratulate Li Jing's marriage with Lanling Xiao's family.

Relying on the influence of Li Jing and Lanling Xiao's, not only many businessmen came here, but even the top families of the Tang Dynasty also sent important family leaders to lead the team.And almost all of the more than fifty feudal towns in the world sent envoys to lead the team.

For the aristocratic family, Li Jing has implicitly become one of the strongest feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty, especially the town [***] not only has a strong army, but also Li Jing is well-managed and financially skilled.Moreover, the town of [***] now attracts a large number of scholars to join them, and is extremely popular.These aristocratic families are willing to add icing on the cake and improve their relationship with Li Jing no matter how they look at it.What's more, such a grand occasion is also an opportunity for the children of each family to meet outstanding children of other families, and each family can also take this opportunity to communicate and even reach some agreements.

Naturally, the feudal towns didn't want to be rude and offend Li Jing, not to mention, most of the feudal towns also had many other ideas, such as buying ordnance, war horses, even cattle, cloth, grain, seeds and so on from Li Jing.

"The envoy of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an has arrived at the station twenty miles outside the city!" Li Chun, with white hair, said with a ruddy face.

As the most prestigious member of the older generation in Li Jing's clan, Li Chun is not the patriarch but still plays the role of patriarch.The Li clan is now rising up with Li Jing's step by step, and they are also ascending to heaven.Li's family has grown from a small family in the beginning to a first-class family in Ziqing, so he naturally knows that it all depends on Li Jing.Although Li Jing held the power and held a high position, he did not indulge the Li family too much, and instead had many rules and regulations. In terms of employing people, few of the family's children held high positions, and the young children were even sent to various schools. .But Li Chun also knew that it was actually right to do so.

Now that Li Jing is married to the Xiao family, the Li family's position will be more stable in the future.

Right now, Emperor Lian sent an envoy, which made Li Chun feel even more excited.

But Li Jing was not very excited, he just accepted the eighth lady, even if the emperor favored him, he would not send envoys because of this.After all, congratulating him on taking a concubine is fake, but asking for food is real.

Li Jing personally led the town [***] Wenwu and others out of the city for ten miles to meet the envoy of the emperor.

In the distance, a team slowly approached.Looking at the cars, there are actually hundreds of them.

The team stopped close, and there were actually five hundred armored cavalry of the Forbidden Army.

"Duke Qi, it's been a long time since the last farewell!"

Zhang Tai, the envoy of Beixuanhui Academy and the guard of the right prison, who was dressed in purple, came out of the carriage with a smile on his face.

"Why is Mr. Zhang here?" Li Jing stepped forward with a look of surprise.

"Duke Qi is overjoyed, the old man is here now." Zhang Tai said with a smile, but when he approached, he lowered his head and whispered in Li Jing's ear, "If it wasn't for the persecution of Tian Lingzi, we would still like to stay in Chang'an Palace."

Li Jing immediately understood that this was him expressing his difficulties to himself.Zhang Tai was ordered to come here, naturally for the purpose of borrowing food.If he couldn't borrow food, Tian Lingzi would probably take the opportunity to scold him after he went back.

Behind Zhang Tai, there are several people following, one of them is in his early thirties, the same pale and beardless, but wearing a purple robe.The other few were dressed as generals, extremely majestic and imposing.

Seeing Li Jing looking over, the young Zhongguan smiled slightly at Li Jing.He bowed his hands and saluted: "Yang Fuguang, the envoy of Xuanwei South Court, is temporarily serving as the envoy of recruiting grassroots bandits for the Zhuodao camp. I have heard for a long time that the commander-in-chief is young and heroic, always victorious and undefeated. I admire him very much. I invite you to come here. Please forgive me." .”

In the words, Yang Fuguang's attitude was very respectful.

Li Jing knew what kind of person Yang Fuguang was, even better than Yang Fuguang himself.Yang Fuguang and Yang Fugong, one of the four nobles in the palace, are brothers.Their adoptive fathers were all from the Yang family, a powerful and eunuch family in the palace.Currently, Yang Fuguang's reputation is not very prominent, and he has served as a local military supervisor several times before, and his previous official position was the military supervisor of the Shatuo Army.Now, with the help of Yang Shi and Yang Fugong, at the age of thirties, he has become one of the chief eunuchs in the palace. Among the envoys of the Xuanwei Court, the envoy of the South Court is only a head lower than Zhang Tai's envoy of the North Court. In the palace, he is now the fifth eunuch.

Right now, he is taking over the positions of Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong's Supervising Army Envoys and Military Envoys in the Tianxia All Dao Camp Recruiting Grass Thieves, and monitoring the armies of all Dao.Even in name, Li Jing and the town [***] he led are still a town of soldiers and horses in the Zhudao camp, so Li Jing can actually be regarded as his subordinate.

However, Yang Fuguang was not arrogant at all, and his attitude was so respectful, which made Li Jing's favor towards him a lot.

Li Jing clearly remembered that Yang Fuguang was one of the two most loyal eunuchs in the late Tang Dynasty, and he and his military supervisor Zhang Chengye were extremely loyal to Li Tang.

According to historical records, Fuguang has a strategy, and has repeatedly supervised various town troops.In history, he actively suppressed the uprisings of Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, and played an important role in the suppression of the Huang Chao Rebellion.After Huang Chao captured Chang'an, he served as the military superintendent of the Tang Dynasty.He also induced Zhu Wen, the general of the Huangchao Department, to surrender, and quoted Li Keyong to lead the Shatuo soldiers to attack Chang'an.With meritorious service, he was awarded the title of "Zizhong Huiwu Kuangguo Pingguo Heroic Officer" by adding the three divisions of the government and the Tonghua system to the envoy.

After Yang Fuguang's death, he was gifted as an envoy to watch the army, with the title of Zhongsu.Although he was born in the Huang family, he had great ambitions and was good at caring for soldiers. When he died of illness, the army wailed for days.And there are dozens of adopted sons, who respectively serve as Jiedu envoys and defense envoys in various places.Most of those who put down the Huangchao Rebellion were also old generals of his disciples.

It can be said that Yang Fuguang is not an ordinary eunuch, nor an ordinary eunuch who can only fight for power, but an extremely powerful eunuch capable of fighting.Even his brother Yang Fugong, who is now above him, later took advantage of him and finally became the last extremely arrogant eunuch in Datang.

When Yang Fugong was in Emperor Zhaozong, he used the power in his hands to threaten the emperor and ministers. He not only favored his adopted sons and planted his party members, but also installed cronies, letting his confidants and adopted sons serve as Jiedu envoys and governors. Yang Shouli He was the envoy of Tianwei Army, Yang Shouxin was the envoy of Yushan Army, Yang Shouzhen was the envoy of Longjian Jiedu, Yang Shouzhong was the envoy of Wuding Jiedu, Yang Shouhou was the governor of Mianzhou and so on.These people are known as "outsiders".He also sent 600 adopted sons to various places as military supervisors, thus controlling the local military and political power in his own hands.

Compared with Yang Fugong, Yang Fuguang is like a rare loyal minister who bowed to the Tang Dynasty and died.

For such a eunuch, Li Jing expressed his respect, Li Jing's attitude changed, several people present felt it, and Yang Fuguang couldn't help feeling flattered.Although he was born in the Yang family, a powerful and eunuch family in the palace, and he has a brother who is one of the four nobles in the palace, he himself has also served as the envoy of Xuanwei South Court, and the supervisor of all roads and camps.But he will not get carried away and despise Li Jing who is almost ten years younger than him.

Compared with Li Jing, he was still far behind, but Li Jing treated him with such a gesture, which made him surprised and pleasantly surprised.To be respected by someone like Li Jing is enough to make him excited.Although the eunuchs of Datang were very powerful, those officials feared them but never really respected them.Of course, a person like Li Jing doesn't have to be in awe of him, and this respect is even more rare.

In a happy and excited mood, Yang Fuguang smiled and introduced the people behind him to Li Jing.

"Duke Qi, my family will introduce some generals to you."

Yang Fuguang kindly took Li Jing's hand and walked in front of several generals, and said to the first one: "This is Zhao Ji, the general of the Chenzhou army of the Zhongwu Army, from Wanqiu, Chenzhou. His family has served as the general of the Chenzhou government for generations. Erudite and knowledgeable, good at bow and horse. During the Huichang period, Zhaoyi Jiedu envoy Liu Zhen caused rebellion. General Zhao went out with his father and participated in the battle to recover Tianjing Pass. He won a lot of rewards. , now in the front of the Zhongwu Army, everyone knows the position of a soldier and a horse envoy." Yang Fuguang highly respected Zhao Ji, "General Zhao is brave and resourceful, even though his hair is gray, but he is brave at the time. In addition, the Zhao family, They can be called generals. Come on, let me introduce a few more to you. As I spoke, I walked to the back and said to the generals standing behind. These two are General Zhao Ji’s second younger brother Zhao Chang and third younger brother Zhao Yi. The two young generals behind are the eldest son Zhao Lu and the second son Zhao Lin of General Zhao Ji, both of whom are proficient in horseback riding and archery."

Hearing the name of Chenzhou Zhao Ji, Li Jing was indeed surprised.

Although the Zhongwu Army in the late Tang Dynasty was only a small town, countless talented people came out of it.Such as Cui Anqian, Qin Zongquan, Wang Jian, Sun Ru, Ma Yin, and this Zhao Ji.

Qin Zongquan is a murderous demon king, and Sun Ru is also a cannibal thief. The Caizhou soldiers led by them are called Caizhou thieves. At the end of Tang Dynasty, it can be said to be a demon army that can stop children from crying. They pickle people with salt. When the army rations.Among the three cannibalistic armies at the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were only two in Caizhou under the Zhongwu Army.Moreover, after this army was annihilated, Ma Yin took the remnants to fight in Jianghan, and finally established Chu State among the Ten Kingdoms.

Wang Jian in the Zhongwu Army also started from scratch as a donkey thief Wang Ba, and finally took down Shuzhong and established Qianshu among the Ten Kingdoms.

As for Zhao Ji, although he did not establish his own country, he was definitely a figure that cannot be ignored in the late Tang Dynasty.

The biggest reason why Zhao Ji can make Li Jing remember so deeply is not that he served as a military governor for several towns later, but because he commanded the defense of Chenzhou.

Historically, when Huang Chao invaded Chang'an, the emperor Xishou, and Zhao Ji served as the governor of Chenzhou, he predicted in advance that Huang Chao would be defeated, and it was very likely that he would pass through Chenzhou after the defeat, so he dug deep trenches early, strengthened the city wall, and enriched the warehouse. Repair armor and weapons, recruit tough and brave soldiers to enrich the team, strengthen combat readiness, and defend Chenzhou.And all the people within a radius of 60 miles were moved to the city to fortify the walls and clear the fields for long-term defense.

Afterwards, Huang Chao led 15 horses and fled from Chang'an as expected, entered Shangshan via Lantian, and the army approached Chenzhou.

At that time, Huang Chao's general Meng Kai moved his troops to Xiangcheng, preparing to attack Chenzhou.Zhao Ji went to meet the enemy, and first showed weakness to Meng Kai. When Meng Kai underestimated the enemy and was unprepared, he suddenly attacked. More than [-] people were killed and captured.

Meng Kai is Huang Chao's favorite general and an important leader of the rebel army.Huang Chao was shocked and angry when he heard the news, and personally led the whole army to station in Yinshui, vowing to avenge Meng Kai.He joined forces with Qin Zongquan, with hundreds of thousands of people, besieging Chenzhou.Dig 5 trenches, build multiple passages, and step up the siege.The soldiers and civilians of Chenzhou were very afraid, and Zhao Ji encouraged everyone, "Now that the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, it is time for the big men to make contributions. We should live to the death. We were born in Chenzhou and the governor is in Chenzhou. Die to defend our hometown." He also personally led elite soldiers out of the city to fight, and defeated Huang Chao's army many times, which greatly boosted the morale of Chenzhou's army and people.

After attacking Chencheng for a long time, Huang Chao became more and more angry. He vowed to capture Zhao Ji alive and slaughter all the people in Chencheng to vent his hatred.The Eight Immortals Camp was built in the north of the city, and hundreds of ladle mill villages were built to scoop and grind the captured people into minced meat for military rations.

During the siege, hundreds of battles were fought, but the Zhao Ji brothers blocked them all.It played a vital role for the Tang army from all walks of life to finally defeat and kill Huang Chao.

Huang Chao has been rampant in the world for ten years. Whether it is a big city like Guangzhou and Jiangling, or a capital city like Luoyang or Chang'an, there is no city that cannot be conquered.But only in Chenzhou, after spending more than a year, more than [-] people failed to break through Chenzhou guarded by Zhao Ji.If it wasn't for the Chenzhou battle that dragged Huang Chao down for more than a year, Huang Chao wouldn't have been defeated so quickly.

Zhao Ji was over half a hundred years old, with gray hair, but he was full of energy, with a strong body and sharp eyes.In Li Jing's view, Zhao Ji can be regarded as the most defensible general in the history of ancient Chinese warfare, and there is no need to add one of them.

"General Zhao is old and strong, and the generals of the Zhao family are famous for their bravery. I have heard about it for a long time. I was in Songzhou last time. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to visit Xuzhou. It's a pleasure to meet you this time!" Li Jing stepped forward to face Zhao Jixing The military salute made Zhao Ji's old face blush, and his gray beard trembled uncontrollably.

"I've heard for a long time that the Duke of Qi's army is the god of war, that the common people are both wise and brave in all battles, and I admire him very much. I am very happy to see the handsome demeanor of the general!"

Li Jing smiled slightly, and had a cordial conversation with the other four generals of the Zhao family.

Finally, Yang Fuguang introduced the remaining two generals to Li Jing.

"These two generals are Caizhou Qin Zongquan and Sun Ru, and they are also brave generals of the loyal military army." Yang Fuguang said with a smile.

"The last general Qin Zongquan and Sun Ru pay homage to Qi Guogong!" The two generals were both in their early thirties, tall and burly, and they were equally excited when they saw Li Jing, and even knelt down on one knee to salute.However, Li Jing didn't seem to see them when they performed this great gift, and he didn't wake them up for a long time. (To be continued.)