Late Tang

Liu Rengong yelled to surrender, and Li Kuangwei couldn't help cursing softly.He wished that these Shatuo dogs would rather die than surrender, so that he could kill them all in one fell swoop.One came to report that Guo Chongtao and other raiding troops were all shut down, so that he was defeated and almost captured.Secondly, the Shatuo people attacked Yiwu Town this time, which turned the good situation that they took the opportunity to capture Lulong into nothingness.

"These Shatuo thieves are all fraudsters. They must want to feign surrender. Come, shoot arrows, and kill them all." Li Kuangwei is unwilling to accept the surrender of the Shatuo people, not to say whether these people are really willing to surrender , even if they really surrender, they will definitely surrender Li Jing, not Li Kuangwei.Li Jing won this batch of surrendered soldiers, and his power would only become stronger, which did not benefit Yiwu Town at all.That being the case, it is better to kill them all at the same time.

"Wait a minute!" There was a loud shout, and several riders galloped up, but it was Liu Xun, a general of the Qin Army.

When Li Kuangwei saw Liu Xun appearing, his face froze, he could only smile and said: "These Shatuo thieves are the most untrustworthy, capricious villains, the Yamen must not trust them easily, the best way to deal with such people is to kill them Killing it will make people feel at ease."

Liu Xun was wearing the standard gold armor of the Shengjie Army, with a long golden cloak hanging on his shoulders, gold silk gloves on his hands, a pair of iron armor boots on his feet, a jade sword on his waist, and a neatly trimmed short skirt on his chin. Mustache, riding on a majestic yellow hussar, leading a team of victorious knights with the same golden armor and yellow cloak and yellow horses.Dozens of cavalry stood in front of him, like a large army, which made people feel an urgent pressure.

The young but honorable Lord Shengjie smiled lightly at Li Kuangwei immediately, and said nothing, but Li Kuangwei felt that the thoughts in his heart were completely exposed in front of this yamen.This grand master of the King of Qin, who is known as the little Zhuge who knows everything in one step, is now in command of the King Qin's bodyguards to win the Jie army.In front of him, he didn't dare to say much.

"The Generalissimo has an order to order the Shatuo Army to abandon their weapons and surrender, and hand them over to the Shengjie Army in Yacheng for temporary custody. Guo Chongtao, Liu Rengong, and Li Cunxin will immediately meet with the Generalissimo." Simply pass down Li Jing's military order, with a tone of voice Full of majesty and unquestionable, Li Kuangwei did not dare to have the slightest doubt, and nodded in agreement.

As soon as Li Kuangwei waved his hand, the Yiwu army immediately rushed forward, tied up hundreds of generals led by Guo Chongtao, Liu Rengong, and Li Cunxin, and took them aside.In addition, there are more than [-] people left, who also abandoned their weapons and knelt down to be bound according to the order, and then they were handed over to the Shengjie army and taken to the inner city for custody.

Li Jing played the banner of relying on the battle to show his identity, and ordered to search for scattered soldiers and to heal the wounded.In addition, the list is released to calm the people and maintain order.

Sitting personally on the gate tower of the inner city, Li Kuangwei, Wang Sitong and other generals of the Yiwu and Lulong armies stood on both sides.Below the city gate, there are Qin Army, Yiwu Army, Lu Long Army, and the Iron Forest Army, one of the four elites of Shatuo led by Guo Chongtao this time.

The people in Youzhou City came to watch one after another and stood on all sides. Only then did they know that Youzhou City had changed.From today onwards, Youzhou City is no longer owned by Li Maoxun and Li Keju, nor by Liu Yue and Liu Yan, nor by Li Quanzhong, Li Kuangwei, nor by Liu Rengong and Liu Kutou, nor by the brothers Liu Yue and Liu Yan. It will be used by Li Ke from Shatuo.

From today, Lulong Town, a century-old feudal clan, will come to an end.From today onwards, Lu Longzhen will become the Marshal of the Tang Dynasty, the Minister of the Northeast Daxingtai, and the king of Qin Li Jing will rule the city.Here, it will belong to Youzhou, the northern parallel province of Daxingtai in the northeast, and, starting today, Youzhou City will also be renamed Yanjing City.

Hearing that Youzhou City was renamed Yanjing City, many common people and scholars in Youzhou City changed their expressions slightly.The city is called Beijing, but it is the capital of the country.Even Luoyang, the original Tokyo, was changed to the Eastern Capital.Now King Qin changed Youzhou to Yanjing, what does this mean?

Could it be that the King of Qin wanted to usurp the Tang Dynasty and establish himself in Youzhou, so the name was changed to Yanjing?

Thinking of this, some people were excited, while others were silent.

But for most of the people in Youzhou, they are actually very happy to hear that Youzhou has been ruled by Li Jing.In recent years, Youzhou, an old and strong town, has been going downhill. Not only has it become weaker and weaker among all the towns in the world, but it has also become a weak town among the three towns in Hebei.Lulong Town is getting weaker and weaker, but mutinies are becoming more and more frequent, and wars continue, making the life of the people miserable.

There is a saying that does not worry about scarcity but inequality.

If everyone's life is sad, the common people will live like this.But next to him is an extremely wealthy town whose life is getting more and more prosperous day by day. Who can calm down after comparing these days.

In the past two years, seeing Li Jing occupy Ziqing, Liaodong, and Liaoxi, he finally hit Lulong.Not only are the people in Youzhou not worried, but they are full of expectations.

Therefore, at this time, when Li Jing made an announcement to appease the people in the city, after a night of fear, everyone felt that the pain had finally come to an end.

Standing on the top of the city gate, Li Chengyue, Wang Sitong, even Liu Rengong, Li Kuangwei and others from the original Lulong towns looked at the reactions of the people with complicated hearts.They were all born in Lulong, but now, the people of Youzhou are so welcoming to an outsider, but they are so indifferent to their own people. They naturally know the meaning of this.

When Li Jing entered Youzhou, he won the hearts of the people.Although this result made them depressed, it was a fact and they had to admit it.

Liu Xun escorted all the surrendered generals to the city gate. Li Cunxin came all the way to the city. When he saw that the guards of the Qin army standing at the top of the city were all tall and mighty, with golden armor and golden spears, they were fierce and mighty. Soft.As soon as he came in front of Li Jing, he couldn't help but knelt down immediately, and couldn't help but said: "I wish to be the king's pawn, and I beg the king to forgive me."

Li Jing held in his hand the detailed information of the surrendered generals collected by Gongsun Lan. According to the information, Li Cunxin was born this year. His original name was Zhang Wuluo, and he was a member of the Uighur tribe.Three years ago, his father died as a result of reporting for Li Keyong, and Li Keyong adopted him as his adopted son.He is not considered a brave man, but he is proficient in the Hu language of the six ethnic groups and can speak well, so he can be regarded as a talent.However, his character is not very good, he is jealous of Li Siyuan and other righteous brothers, and often tells Li Keyong their right and wrong in front of Li Keyong.

"Are you Li Cunxin?" Li Jing asked, looking at the thin and tall man who was clearly flattering with fear.

"My surname Zhang's name is dirty. Li Cunxin is not my real name. It is just the name Li Ke used for someone. From now on, I hope to reuse my real name." Li Cunxin said hastily.

Li Cunxiao stood on one side, seeing Zhang Wuluo like this, he couldn't help frowning, disgusted in his heart, and said coldly: "Such a villain, what's the use of keeping it, it's better to drag it down and chop it up with a knife."

When Li Cunxin heard this, he quickly kowtowed in fright and said: "I know the details of Li Keyong's Yanmen town, and I am willing to be the leader of the army and lead the king's division to fight against Li Keyong's rebels."

"Get up, since you are willing to surrender to this king, then this king will not kill you. Work hard, and this king will naturally not treat you badly." Li Jing glared at Li Cunxiao, then turned his head and smiled and said to Li Cunxin, comforting He said a few words, and then asked someone to untie him.

Although Li Cunxin is really not very good, Li Jing does not intend to kill him.For one thing, he wanted to recruit this Shatuo army this time, in order to disintegrate the fighting spirit of the Shatuo army.In the future, when the two armies fight again, and the Shatuo people know that they will not only survive after surrendering, but will also be treated well, then the Shatuo people may not all fight to the end.And if even people like Li Cunxin can be used by Li Jing, wouldn't other talented people be better reused?This is what it means to buy a horse bone with a thousand pieces of gold.What's more, in fact, Li Jing left Li Cunxin because he had another plan to reuse him.In this world, there is no useless chess, as long as you use it well, a pawn can overwhelm the old man even when he crosses the river.

Guo Chongtao and Liu Rengong who were on the side were apprehensive at first, but seeing that even people like Li Cunxin were accepted by Li Jing, they breathed a sigh of relief.Guo Chongtao thought that he had the talent to lead the army, so he was more valuable than Li Cunxin.Liu Rengong was originally the governor of Lulong Mozhou, so he naturally thought he was higher than Li Cunxin.

Since Li Jing uses Li Cunxin, how can he not accept them.

Guo Chongtao was brought forward, and Li Jing looked at him carefully. He was about 25 or six years old, tall and mighty, nearly seven feet tall.A pair of thick eyebrows and big eyes are piercing.Although he was tied up and brought forward, he still had an imposing manner.

"I have wronged the general." Li Jing stood up with a smile and stepped forward to untie Guo Chongtao himself.

After loosening the rope, Guo Chongtao moved around a few times and thanked him with his hands clasped together.

"Biehu has to be in a hurry, and please forgive me, General. Now that the general is willing to serve the court, this king will naturally let the general show his strengths in the future." Li Jing patted Guo Chongtao's arm, "This king will appoint you as Xiao Xiao now. Everyone in the Wu army knows the position of envoys! The 5000-man Xiaowu army was selected by the Shatuo Tielin Army under your command, and other officers were selected to form the 5000-man Xiaowu army."

Guo Chongtao was a little taken aback, as if he couldn't believe it.It seems a bit inappropriate for him to be the leader of an army after being a newly surrendered general.It would be fine if he surrendered voluntarily, but he obviously surrendered after being defeated and besieged.But Li Jing said it immediately. Although he was stunned, he didn't pretend to refuse in a moment of excitement, but accepted it happily.In his opinion, it was because the king of Qin had also heard about his ability to command troops, so he immediately entrusted him with an important position.

Seeing that Guo Chongtao was able to lead an army, Liu Rengong couldn't help being envious, but also worried secretly, fearing that he would not have such good luck.

But unexpectedly, Li Jing also gave him the position of the army leader.He was awarded as the commander of the Dingwu Army, and the Dingwu Army is also a new general army, mainly composed of Dingbadu's subordinates who belonged to him, plus officers and a team dispatched by the Qin Army, and reorganized into Dingwu military.

The Xiaowu Army and the Dingwu Army both have an army of 5000 soldiers.Three thousand infantry and two thousand light cavalry belong to the mixed infantry and cavalry army.This result greatly exceeded the expectations of the two, although in the end Li Jing stated that within three years of the new reorganization, it will be temporarily included in the sequence of the township army.Only by performing outstandingly within three years and making contributions can one be promoted to the order of soldiers three years later.But even so, it made both of them feel a lot more at ease.The country soldiers of the Qin army are not bad troops.What's more, if Li Jing really gave them two Type A soldiers at once, they would feel a little uneasy and couldn't feel at ease.

Both Liu Rengong and Guo Chongtao got the post of commander of the first army, and they were very happy.Only a small number of surrendered soldiers under his subordinates were eliminated, and the remaining strong and strong were incorporated into the two-man army, and the rest were also given to the field to arrange local registration, and everyone was happy.

The generals of the original Lu Long army had been watching from the sidelines with red eyes.Finally couldn't bear to go out together, and also asked to be included under Li Jing's command.

"The generals have some intentions, and this king is naturally happy. It's just that you were originally Lu Long's generals, and later you belonged to Li Yiwu. This king, it's not easy to win people." Li Jing said to Li Kuangwei with a fake smile.

Wang Sitong said: "At the beginning when Lu Long's commander-in-chief Liu Yue was assassinated, his younger brother Liu Yan took over as commander-in-chief. Later, Liu Rengong drove Liu Yan away. Who knew that Li Quanzhong suddenly launched an attack and seized Youzhou. We followed him only because we had no choice. Now Since Your Majesty is taking over Youzhou on behalf of the imperial court, we and the former generals of Youzhou will naturally belong to Your Majesty."

Li Jing turned to Li Kuangwei and said, "General Li, look..."

Li Kuangwei knew very well that Lu Long's generals were not convinced that his father and son took over Lu Long. Now that the power of Yiwu Town has plummeted, Lu Long's generals are even more dissatisfied.Moreover, Li Jing's intention must also be to accept Lu Long's tribes. Now pretending to ask himself is just a gesture.

He wanted to say no, but couldn't.Li Jing has taken Youzhou, but Li Keyong is still besieging Yizhou, and Dingzhou is still in Wang Jingchong's hands.Now, his father urgently needs Li Jing to send troops to rescue him. How could he refuse Li Jing's proposal at this time.

Immediately forced a smile, said: "Since the generals of Lu Long are willing to follow the king, it is a good thing, and I, Yiwu Town, will naturally do it."

"Since General Li expressed his support for this matter on behalf of Yiwu Town, I don't want to chill the hearts of the soldiers. Anyway, it's all for serving the imperial court. From today on, you will be the generals of my Qin army. "Li Jing laughed.For the generals of Lu Long's army, Li Jing was also generous.

Now Lu Long's army is headed by Wang Sitong and other six generals, but there are only seven or eight thousand troops left.Li Jing generously appointed six of them as commanders of the first army, with 5000 soldiers in each army. For those who were insufficient, Li Jing directly ordered well-trained soldiers to be recruited from the township soldiers of other states in Beiping Province to fill them.Then, he ordered the transfer of a large number of middle and low-level officers to enrich the various armies.

Wang Sitong, Li Chengyue, Yuan Xingqin, Gao Xingyu, Lu Wenjin, and Zhang Juhan all became the leaders of the first army, although they were also the leaders of the first army in the past.But in the past, he was only the military envoy of Lulong Town, but now he is the military leader of the Qin Army, and his status has risen a lot.The rest of the former Lulong Army officers, large and small, were almost all awarded official positions, and the local officials of the prefectures and counties were also assigned various official positions. For a while, Lu Long's military officials were also very satisfied with Li Jing's entry into Youzhou.

Among them, only Zhang Wuluo, who changed his real name back, was not conferred any official position.However, he was not dissatisfied, on the contrary, he was very at ease.He stood in a corner, watching the happy Guo Chongtao, Liu Rengong, Wang Sitong, etc. with cold eyes, but he could not help but sneer in his heart.

Although he didn't see any conspiracy implied in Li Jing's arrangement just now, but he is the most skilled in conspiracy and trickery, just by his keen sense, he has already smelled a strong smell of conspiracy in the air.Who is Li Jing?

Li Jing is not a stupid person, but an extremely shrewd person.That being the case, why did Li Jing treat these demoted generals and officials so favorably? Not only did he not hold them accountable for their crimes, but he appointed them a lot.Especially for those Sha Tuo and Lu Long surrendered generals, not only were they given important positions as military leaders, but they were also handed over to them with their original soldiers.This is very abnormal, but Li Jing did this. From Zhang Wuluo's point of view, Li Jing has already dug a big hole here.

But for the time being, he couldn't think of why Li Jing would do this?

After thinking about it, he felt that Li Jing must be making a big move.Just like the previous series of conspiracies, only one assassin was used to disintegrate the alliance between Li Keyong and Zhuzhen, and only one assassin was used to take Youzhou.

And now, what Li Jing is doing must be such a conspiracy.It's just that he couldn't understand it for a while, and others couldn't understand it like him, so everyone jumped in, but he thought that it wouldn't be long before everyone would be surprised by it.

Li Jing didn't give him an official position, he felt that Li Jing didn't intend to cheat him, maybe Li Jing really planned to reuse him.

Last time, Li Jing used an assassin to make such a big deal.This time, what is Li Jing going to use him for?

Thinking about it, Zhang Wuluo suddenly felt that he was quite important, at least more important than people like Guo Chongtao and Liu Rengong. (To be continued.)