Late Tang

([-] words broke out, to compensate for the reduced update when I was sick two days ago!)

The fifth day of May, the Dragon Boat Festival.

The envoy of the Son of Heaven from Chang'an led a team to the inner city. Originally, Li Jing planned to go to Dengzhou to meet the envoy, but this time the envoy was Li Jing's old acquaintance, Xuanwei Beiyuan Envoy and General Zhang Tai, the guard of the right prison.He directly sent people to Dengzhou to spread the word, saying that he would come to Liaodong in person under the emperor's order to watch the achievements of the soldiers of the town [***].

However, although Li Jing did not go to Dengzhou to meet him in person, he still asked his disciple Li Rang and the military supervisor Zhang Chengye to meet him and escort them all the way to the domestic city.

Zhang Tai was very satisfied with his trip to Liaodong. From landing and crossing the sea to Duli Town, he traveled 650 miles by sea all the way to the mouth of the Yalu River, and then changed to a boat and traveled more than [-] miles to reach the domestic city.From Chang'an to China, it took him more than [-] miles to travel by car, horse, boat and boat for two months.However, seeing that such a large place in Liaodong was recovered by Li Jing, I was also proud of it.

In the domestic city, all the generals from the town [***] gathered, Li Jing led all the generals to welcome Zhang Tai into the city, and then listened to the imperial decree together in the Beicheng University Field.

Zhang Tai read out the imperial decree, and the emperor bestowed the titles of Hushi General, Zuowuwei General, Shangzhu Kingdom, Andong Duhufu Daduhu, Zhen[***] Jiedushi, Datong Army Jiedushi, Lulongjun Jiedu Envoy, Pinglu Army Jiedu Envoy, Situ, Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, Zhongshu Ling Li Jing, king of Andong County, sealed [-] households with real food, entered Taiwei, and served as Anton salt and iron transfer iron and cast money envoy, Detain the envoys of the Khitan and Sanfan in the Bohai Sea of ​​Silla.

At the same time, Zhang Tai also read out another imperial decree from the emperor, exempting the prefectures under the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate for three years, two taxes and servants.The main civil and military officials under the town [***] were also rewarded by the imperial decree, and they were promoted and rewarded with money.

After reading the imperial decree, Zhang Tai smiled and said to Li Jing: "Congratulations to the general for being promoted to the king of the county. Since Xuanzong, Yizong and today's three dynasties, he is the first king with a different surname."

Li Jing really likes the reward of this king. Although it is only a first-rank county king, and there are heirs and princes on top, it can be regarded as an extremely human minister. Under normal circumstances, there is no chance to be promoted to a first-rank king. up.Although it is said that the tree attracts the wind, but at the moment he is in Liaodong, if he has the title of a county king, plus this official position as the envoy of the Khitan Sanfan in the Bohai Sea of ​​Silla, and the governor of the Anton Metropolitan Guard, Li Jing is now fully capable of facing the Northeast. The right to dispose of frontier affairs.

Moreover, Li Jing was even more delighted by the decree of the three-year tax exemption.Although, even if it is unavoidable, a yamen like the Anton Daduhufu is equivalent to a feudal town, which can withhold taxes and use them as military expenses.However, there is a special statement of tax exemption and servants in the imperial decree, which is still very helpful to Li Jing's plan to recruit people.

"Tian Lingzi didn't object to His Majesty's proposal this time?" Li Jing welcomed Zhang Tai into the mansion.

"Why didn't you object, but Your Majesty is determined this time. Tian Lingzi, Lu Xie and the others just mentioned it and were dismissed by His Majesty and then stopped talking about it. The matter is indeed a bit abnormal." Zhang Tai took a sip of the fragrant tea lightly and continued: "Actually, Your Majesty is also an emperor with great ambitions. It's a pity that he was seduced by the old dog Tian Lingzi since he was a child. But His Majesty is still very satisfied with the success of the county king in recovering Liaodong. Another point is that Cui Anqian and Wang Duo previously Wait, when the bandit Huang Chao pretended to attack Luoyang last time, he seconded your memorial to the king of the county to use Luoyang as a bait to attack and wipe out the bandit. At the beginning, Tian Lingzi and Lu Jiayi opposed it in front of His Majesty. Open the siege to defend Luoyang, let the grasshoppers go to the south of the Yangtze River."

"Afterwards, Cui Anqian took the blame and was dismissed from the post of recruitment envoy, which was also Tian Lingzi's intention. But now the grass bandits are making trouble in the southeast, and half of the southeast land has lost all the taxes and taxes paid this year. The imperial court has been using troops for years, and the treasury is empty. Your Majesty I am very dissatisfied with Tian Lingzi, who is in charge. Tian Lingzi is in power on behalf of His Majesty, and he can't put down the rebellion outside, and can't solve the Kukong inside, which makes His Majesty very disappointed. On the contrary, the king of the county expands the territory to the outside world, and even puts down the rebellion of the thieves inside. , and not only does the troops not use a penny from the imperial court, but also sends a large amount of money and silk to His Majesty every year to relieve His Majesty's worries, His Majesty has never forgotten it, and has long wanted to pay the county king heavily."

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Li Jing frowned, "Is Your Majesty's internal treasury empty?"

Zhang Tai smiled wryly and said: "A few days ago, the Son of Heaven fought geese with King Shou and other kings, and he couldn't get the money out of the money. It's a shame."

"Isn't Tian Lingzi also rich?"

"Tian Lingzi only knows how to accept bribes, so he doesn't know how to manage money. His Majesty has no money, so all he knows is to lead the Shence Army to the east and west markets of Chang'an to rob merchants."

Li Jing nodded, "From now on, I will donate 100 million coins to His Majesty every month, is that enough?"

Zhang Tai was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly, looking at Li Jing full of admiration. "Okay, very good, as long as the king of the county can really donate 100 million yuan per month, I believe that Tian Lingzi will go to His Majesty again to speak ill of the king of the county, and I am afraid that your majesty will always go to the king of the county. However, 100 million yuan a month is not decimal."

"It's our duty to wait for the courtiers to make the emperor happy." Li Jing said slowly. 100 million is indeed a lot, but compared with the support and trust of the emperor, it seems very cheap.What Li Jing needs most now is the trust and support of the emperor.

After staying in Liaodong for half a month, Zhang Tai took the heavy gift from Li Jing, the gift list to the princes of Chang'an, plus the 100 million guan tribute from Li Jing to the emperor, and was very satisfied with the gift sent by Li Jing. The battalion cavalry escorted him back to Beijing.

After sending Zhang Tai away, Li Jing immediately called the generals for a meeting.

At the meeting, Li Jing issued a new task to the generals, to steal people.

Li Jing mobilized 3 troops from the Liaodong armies, divided them into several groups, and attacked Goguryeo, Liaoxi Khitan, and Mobei's Shiwei and other grasslands.At the same time, a navy fleet was sent to circumvent the Sanhan Peninsula and head towards Dongying.

There is only one requirement for soldiers and horses from all walks of life. Li Jing does not ask them to attack cities and land, but only asks them to rob money, food and people.Especially robbing people, Li Jing explained this loudly without hesitation.

The end of May and the beginning of June is the summer harvest season, and people from all over the country will be busy harvesting in the fields.

Li Jing sent an army at this time to grab food and people.Snatch back all the people who can be snatched, send them back to Denglai, and then exchange them with Han people to enrich the Liaodong occupied area.

"When you meet a small city or a city with an empty defense, eat it if you can. But for a big city and a city with heavy defense, you are absolutely not allowed to attack. Remember, your task is to rob." Li Jing shouted to everyone will shout.

The Khitan people like to hunt grass valleys the most. When the harvest season comes, they start to rob other tribes in groups, and they especially like to rob the Han people.In the face of these robbers, ordinary places can only flee to the mountains or into the city.Smaller cities will be breached by them, and larger cities, although these bandits will not forcefully attack, but if the people in the city dare to fight, they will often suffer heavy blows.

Now, Li Jing wants his own people to rob the Khitan and Goguryeo people, and even let the navy rob the Dongying people.Anyway, Khitan and Goguryeo are his enemies, and if he robs them, Li Jing doesn't have to worry about their revenge. While strengthening himself, he can also weaken the enemy, killing two birds with one stone, why not do it.

"Don't be discouraged by the armies that didn't draw troops this time. Every time we send out soldiers and horses, we will rotate every half a month. After half a month, another batch will go forward. Each time, [-] regular soldiers will lead [-] troops. Auxiliary army attack. This is not only a robbery, but also an actual combat training. Therefore, every time we dispatch, we must have a detailed combat plan. In addition, our actions are all military plans. The first important thing is that the killing of money by killing is prohibited, and the property seized must also be handed over to the public."

Although robbery is a good way to solve the population, and robbery can also be used to train troops in actual combat, and can also obtain money and food.But Li Jing didn't want such an action to ruin Zhen [***]'s strict military discipline.Therefore, this was particularly emphasized, emphasizing and emphasizing again, and also sent a military police battalion to accompany the army, and additional Yuhou was sent to supervise military discipline.

By the Khitan Yellow River, the Yaoren tribe, the camp of the Khitan Hende Khan.

"Is Li Jing crowned king?"

In the recent battles between Khan Hende and Deira, he has been repeatedly defeated, and has always been at a disadvantage.The shopkeeper Li, a businessman from the Central Plains who was very popular on the grassland before, approached him and stated that he was the special envoy of Zhen [***] Li Jing, on behalf of Li Jing. He is still skeptical.Although it was later confirmed that this person was indeed Li Jing's emissary, from the bottom of his heart, Khan Hende did not want others to intervene in the internal struggle of Khitan.

However, the Diela tribe has controlled the Khitan army for many years. After all, Khan Hende has not been a new Khan for a long time. Although the six tribes under Yaonian and Dahe all support him, after several conflicts, they are at a disadvantage.

Just a few days ago, he led the six tribes and the Diel tribe to another battle in the Yellow River. The two sides dispatched a total of more than 3 soldiers and horses. After a fierce battle for a day, Khan Hende was defeated again.Just yesterday, he got the news that after Li Jing defeated Bohai and Goguryeo, the Tang Dynasty formally canonized Li Jing as the king of Andong County and the envoy of Silla, Bohai and Khitan.

"Qimba, is this news true?"

Yao Nian General Qinba hurriedly said: "It has been confirmed that it is not surprising that Li Jing can be crowned king. He took over the Liaodong with only one person, and took over the Liaodong Peninsula in more than a year. It only took ten years. In just one month, they wiped out [-] troops from Goguryeo and Balhae, and forced Bohai to withdraw from the alliance and cede land to pay money."

Khan Shende sat on a chair with a golden knife in his hand, pondered for a long time, then raised his head and asked Qinba: "Say, what if we accept Li Jing's proposal?"

"The Diel tribe is aggressive, but after all, it is a struggle within the Khitan tribe. If we accept Li Jing's proposal and cooperate with them, I am afraid that this matter will cause dissatisfaction among other tribes. After all, we Khitan and Datang have fought for many years. Bloody revenge!"

"I know, but the battle between us and Deira is endless. If I back down this time, then my Yaoren family will be completely replaced by Diera tribe, and we will lose the hereditary Khitan Khan position .I can't let the Khitan Khan's position be taken away by Diela in my hands. The Khitan Yaoren's Khan's position has been handed down for nine generations and cannot be taken away in my hands." De gritted his teeth.

"I'm afraid Li Jing doesn't have good intentions. To cooperate with Li Jing, I'm afraid it's seeking the tiger's skin and luring the wolf into the house." Qinba, who was grayed out, sighed.

"I know." Hende Khan said, "I know this, but now all the tribes are watching the fire from the other side. If we don't cooperate with Li Jing, is there any other way out?"

Seeing Khan Hende's insistence, Qinba lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and said after a long time: "This matter is not a matter of chance, but there may be a chance. We can agree to cooperate with Li Jing and let Li Jing send troops to deal with Deira, as long as Diel suffered one or two losses under Li Jing's command and lost some soldiers and horses. At that time, we will come forward to force Diel's tribe to surrender, and then call on all the tribes under the Khan's banner in the name of resisting the Tang army, and unite to the outside world."

"In this way, the cooperation with Li Jing must be carried out in secret, and other ministries must never know about it." Qinba said in a low voice, like a ferocious wolf on the grassland growling.

Khan Hende's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and his eyes flashed brightly.He clenched his fist, "Good plan, use Li Jing's hand to deal with Die, and then use the name of dealing with Li Jing to unite all the ministries under the banner of Yinlang, so that I, Yao Nian, can truly control Khitan!"

"Qinba, go discuss this matter with Li Wei immediately, remember to act in secret!"

"Understood!" Qinba nodded solemnly, turned around and left the tent.

In the middle of the night, Li Wei was woken up by a bodyguard who pretended to be a caravan guy. When he got out of the tent, he saw Qinba, the general of the Khan of Khende outside the tent, waiting for him in a sheepskin robe.If he hadn't met Qinba many times, Li Wei would never have believed that the general of a distant tribe was dressed like an ordinary herdsman.

Inviting him into the account, Qinba directly told Li Wei that Khan Hende was willing to cooperate with Li Jing to deal with the Diela tribe.

"However, the Khan has a request, that is, that our alliance be secret. The first reason is to better deal with the Deira tribe. After all, if it is kept secret, the Deira tribe will not know about our alliance and will be negligent in guarding against it. Among other things Second, the relationship between the Khitan and the Tang Dynasty is not good, and the Khan is still trying to win the support of other tribes. If everyone knows that we are uniting with the Tang Dynasty in order to deal with the Diel tribe, then we will lose the support of other tribes and will instead All the ministries will be pushed to the side of the Diela tribe."

Li Wei lowered his head and thought at the beginning that the Khitan people were willing to join forces, so he was still very happy.Although they want to carry out this cooperation in secret, it doesn't fit the commander's plan.However, the idea of ​​cooperating with the Khitan Khan was originally intended to allow the Khitan to continue the civil strife, lest the Hinde Khan be defeated by the Diela tribe and let the Diela tribe lead the entire Khitan to fight against the Tang Dynasty.Now that Khan Hende is willing to continue fighting Diela, whether it is a secret alliance or they want to fight alone, Li Wei certainly has no reason to object.

"The king of Andong County is willing to fully support the Khan to defeat the Diela tribe and maintain the majesty of the Khitan Khan!" Li Wei stretched out his hand with a smile, and held Qinba tightly! (To be continued.)