Late Tang

After Gongsun Lan entered the palace, she first asked Zhang Chengye, the head of the palace and the internal servant, and found out that Li Jing was not in the Zhengshitang, nor in the South Study Room, nor in the Qinzheng Palace today, but in Zhongnanhai. . There are three major lakes in Yanjing, Zhonghai, Nanhai, and Beihai. Both Zhonghai and Nanhai are on the west side of the Forbidden City, so it is also called Xiyuan.But at the moment, it was still the first month, so it was a bit surprising that Li Jing ran into the frozen lake.

When he found Li Jing in the pavilion by the lake in Zhonghai, he found that he was surrounded by screens, and inside the pavilion with several large charcoal basins, he was friendly with a tall, elegant, fair-skinned, and noble-looking beautiful woman. talking.On the other side of the soft couch, a slim girl with pink makeup and jade carvings is playing a game of backgammon with Wan'er.When she reappeared, Wan'er had already lost all the bracelets, armlets, and necklaces in her hands to the little girl, and a small pile of pearls, jade, gold and silver jewelry was piled up in front of her.

Gongsun Lan stood there, watching Wan'er lose again with great interest, and pulled out a hundred birds from her head towards Feng Jinbuyao to repay her gambling debt.

Li Jing turned around and smiled at Gongsun Lan: "My intelligence officer is here, and he must have brought good news."

The luxurious woman sitting in front of Li Jing here also looked up and smiled at her: "Sister Lan is here. She originally said that she would bring Qingniao to visit the mansion later, but sister came first instead."

Gongsun Lan also smiled at Zhang Yingying who hadn't seen her for a long time and said, "I don't even know when Her Majesty the Queen came. I would have gone to Tianjin to meet her if I knew."

"Sister Lan, just call me Yingying. I just docked yesterday, but instead of docking in Tianjin, I went ashore in Dalian Port, and then took a rail carriage on the coastal road in western Liaoning. Originally, it was just a blue bird calling for Taking a horse-drawn carriage, who would have imagined that this coastal road has been built so wide and flat, it turns out to be a two-way four-lane road, and two lanes are track roads. Taking a horse-drawn carriage is no slower than taking a boat, and it is more comfortable. It’s very bustling and bustling, and there are so many station towns, it’s really shocking.”

Hearing this, Li Jing was very proud and proud. The Liaoxi Coastal Corridor was the earliest road that was put into construction in the plan of the Qin Fan Longitudinal Line.Up to now, from Lushun and Dalian Port, along the coast to Tianjin, the construction of two-way four-car avenues has been basically completed, and two-way tracks have been laid.This has made the connection between Yanjing and the northern part of the Bohai Sea at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula faster, greatly shortening the contact time between Beiping, Liaoxi, and Liaodong provinces.In the future, Qin Fan will build from Tianjin to Dengzhou, and the third phase of the project will be built from Dalian to the mouth of the Yalu River, and from Dengzhou to the mouth of the Huaihe River.In the future, there will be a fourth phase of the project, a fifth phase of the project, etc. In short, the tracked roads in the core circle around the Bohai Sea will be built first, and then there will be other routes in the future.

If you want to get rich, build roads first.Road construction not only has a huge help and boost to the economy.Moreover, road construction also plays a huge role in the central government's control over the local area.Especially for the original land outside the customs, these newly occupied areas need more detailed control if they want to fill the control vacuum left by the tribal army after the defeat.On a huge land, convenient and well-connected roads are an effective means of expanding control.

Of course, road construction has to be done slowly. In this era, road construction is a project that requires large-scale manpower and material resources, although compared with digging canals, the project is much smaller.However, the scale of Qin Fan's road construction plan is too large, which also makes this a long-term and difficult task.For this reason, Li Jing even set up a new Ministry of Communications in Yanjing, which is in charge of road, river, sea and other transportation, road construction, and canal dredging.A new Ministry of Construction was also established to be responsible for the construction of cities, military towns, forts, etc. in the entire Qin Dynasty, especially in the newly occupied northeast area.Li Jing even has a plan. After the control of the Northeast becomes stronger in the future, a new Great Wall outside the Pass will be built on the line where the Mongolian plateau and grassland outside the Outer Xing'an Mountains intersect, and several important mountain passes will be built. The fortress is used to isolate the Mongolian plateau from the northeast region, and the Great Wall is used to guard against nomadic tribes on the plateau, and the Great Wall is used to protect the future granary of the northeast region.

Li Jing knew that Gongsun Lan definitely didn't come to talk to him about the newly established Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Construction. He guessed, counting the time, it should be Zhu Wen's matter.

"Did Zhu Wen behead Li Keyong, or Li Keyong beheaded Zhu Wen?" he asked.

Gongsun Lan smiled, "Your Highness may wish to guess."

"If I had to guess, I think that under normal circumstances, as long as Li Keyong doesn't underestimate the enemy, Zhu Wen can't cut off his head. And with Zhu Wen's cunning, it would be very difficult for Li Keyong to cut off Zhu Wen's head. But seeing the smile on your face when you came here just now, I think the result might be very interesting. If I guessed correctly, someone’s head must have fallen to the ground, and the most likely possibility is that the head of the dog used by Li Ke was chopped off.”

Gongsun Lan couldn't help being surprised, she didn't expect Li Jing's guess to be so accurate.

"Your Highness is really good at predicting things."

"There is nothing wrong with this. If you compare Zhu Wenwen and Li Keyong's surname carefully, you will know that this is an inevitable result. Li Keyong is indeed fierce, but to put it bluntly, he is more than brave but not resourceful. Ah. And Zhu Wen, don't look at him as if he has all these things now, it seems to be just luck. But luck can't get these, which shows that Zhu Wen is a very strategic person, at least he has a good vision, The choice is right every time. Li Keyong went to Zhu Wen's territory this time to find trouble for Zhu Wen, but with the intention of underestimating the enemy's arrogant soldiers, let's remind Zhu Wen that if Zhu Wen can't beat Li Keyong , then it’s unreasonable.”

Gongsun Lan looked at the man who was talking eloquently, with a smile on his face.It's just this look that always attracts her so much.She glanced at Zhang Yingying, and found that the North Korean queen was also staring at Li Jing, with a deep reverence in her eyes.

"Tell me about the specific situation." After confirming that Li Keyong had died in Zhu Wen's hands, Li Jing was not surprised.Although in history, Liang Jin's struggle for hegemony was the theme of the late Tang Dynasty.Li Keyong and Zhu Wen are life and death enemies. Zhu Wen plotted against Li Keyong, but let Li Keyong escape.But in this life, the situation is different after all.Liang Jin is no longer the top powerful fan, and this time it is Li Keyong who is going to kill Zhu Wenxian.

Gongsun Lan recounted the detailed information sent back from Guo Wei in Bianzhou. When Li Jing heard that Li Keyong was provoked by Zhu Wen at the banquet, he used musician crossbowmen and dancer killers to deal with the unsuspecting Li Keyong. He couldn't help laughing.But when he heard that before Zhu Wen killed Li Keyong, he had twice hoped to marry his younger sister to Li Keyong, and the two families were married, he had no choice but to rejoice.Fortunately, Li Keyong has always looked down on Zhu Wen.Otherwise, if they really come to marry Liang and Jin, it will be really troublesome.

"So, Tian Lingzi still intervened in this matter." Li Jing said whether he was happy or something, with a normal expression.It was expected that Tian Lingzi would intervene in this matter.After all, the information obtained by Tian Lingzi was given by Qin Fan.When Li Jing made the agreement with the Yang family, he had already laid the groundwork.Otherwise, why did Li Jing cease the war with Chang'an?

The signing of the armistice agreement does not mean that Li Jing will really sit back and watch the Chang'an court recuperate and integrate the forces of various towns.Li Jing just wanted to deal with the second town of Hebei with peace of mind. As for the Chang'an court, Li Jing didn't go into battle shirtless, which didn't mean Li Jing would make them feel better.With only a few sheets of paper, Li Jing successfully picked out Tian Lingzi who was shrunk in Chengdu.

Yang Fuguang asked Li Ke to kill Zhu Wen. They all underestimated Zhu Wen, but Li Jing did not underestimate Zhu Wen.Li Jing knew very well that as long as Zhu Wen was given an ally to make him less embattled for the time being, it would be impossible for the Yang brothers to swallow Zhu Wen.Not only could it not swallow Zhu Wen, it could not expand the power of the Chang'an court.Moreover, this will become a powder keg that will eventually involve the two major forces of Chengdu and the Chang'an court.

How good it is to go your own way, let others fight, and reap the benefits of the fisherman in the end.

"Yang Fuguang really misjudged this time and messed things up. Not only could he not swallow Zhu Wen, but he couldn't expand his strength, and he directly pushed Zhu Wen to Tian Lingzi in Chengdu. It's lively now. Tian Lingzi was previously defeated by the Yang family. The brothers were in such a state of embarrassment that they didn't dare to move in Chengdu. Now it's all right. With Zhu Wen's support, Tian Lingzi has already threatened Luoyang and Chang'an in a blink of an eye. It's time for dogs to bite dogs. Now, no one will be there again. Come to disturb our capture of Hebei."

"Zhu Wen is really so powerful. Although he killed Li Keyong now, he was also breached by the Hedong army to break through the outer city of Bianzhou. Now the Hedong army is calling Yang Fuguang to send troops to Xuanwu. No matter how you look at it, Zhu Wen looks like he is in trouble. Alright. Even if Tian Lingzi wants to save them, their nearest soldiers are on the west road in the south of the mountain, and there are thousands of mountains and rivers away." Gongsun Lan is not very clear about Zhu Wen's strength, but no matter how you look at it, Zhu Wen is Nothing good came out.

"Don't worry, Zhu Wen didn't get killed so easily. You can tell that he is not an easy person just by seeing him hook up with Tian Lingzi so quickly. Although he is careless, he is not a soft persimmon. It is impossible for the [-] Hedong Army to destroy him, even if Yang Fuguang is added, it will be very difficult."

"Li Keyong was killed by Zhu Wen. Now the Hedong Army in Bianzhou has Li Keyong's four-year-old son Li Cunxu as the leader. This is the time when the Hedong Army is at its weakest. The old master is mourning, and the new master is young. Wan Jingrui is trapped in Bianzhou, and Taiyuan in Hedong is empty. Should we simply send troops to Taiyuan and take the opportunity to swallow Hedong Town?"

This was a very sexy proposal, but Li Jing rejected it without hesitation.At the point where Qin Fan is now, he already has the strength to act according to his own plan without being influenced by other forces. "What we need is to implement step by step according to our strategic plan, rather than being led by the nose. Although Hedong is important, it is not as important as taking the second town of Hebei at this stage. If we go to attack Hedong now, maybe Yang Fuguang will instead They will let Zhu and Wen go, and contact the towns to fight against us. As a result, there will be a confrontation or a decisive battle. This is not what we want, at least not right now. Let’s stand still and let Yang Fuguang and Tian Lingzi fight , When the two major forces in Chengdu and Chang'an are inextricably fighting, and when both sides are hurting, it is the time for us to take action. Now, we only need to prepare for the battle of Hebei according to the plan."

"Do you really ignore the war in the Central Plains?"

Li Jing thought for a while, "Well, it's okay to ignore it at all. In this way, let's add fire to them. We will send an order to the west of Yuxi and tell Qin Zongquan, monk Rang, Ge Congzhou, and Zhang Guimou, the commanders of the fourth army, as long as they are willing, If we have the ability, then we support them to send troops to Shannan Dongdao to attack the counties and counties controlled by Zhu Wen. Even the Shannan Dongdao prefectures that have not been controlled by Zhu Wen can still attack. Whoever conquers the territory will belong to him. All. The king does not take any money, food, population, and even I, Qin Fan, can provide supplementary armaments, allowing them to exchange trophies for armaments."

These four legions are now only nominally affiliated to Qin Fan, but in fact they are outside of Qin Fan.Li Jing's original recruitment of them was only used to deal with the Chang'an court and drive a nail in western Henan.Right now, Li Jing felt it was time to use this nail again.Now that Chang'an and Chengdu are about to start fighting, the status of Shannan Dongdao has become more important. Shannan Dongdao has more than a dozen states, which are tightly sandwiched between Chang'an, Luoyang, and Chengdu, and it is also close to Zhu Wen's territory, and It turns out that there are small Banzhou counties under Zhu Wen's control.

Others don't know that Zhu Wen is very powerful, he is a master of strategy and tactics, but Li Jing knows it.In order to prevent Zhu and Wen from becoming powerful in the battle against Yang Fuguang's brothers with Tian Lingzi, Li Jing planned to use Qin Zongquan and other forces.Anyway, these guys don't use it for nothing, and it is in line with their wishes to let them march to the Shannan East Road.As for whether Qin Zongquan and others really took the opportunity to win the Shannan East Road, they would turn against Qin Fan, Li Jing was not in a hurry.

Firstly, Qin Zongquan and the others were united by four armies that did not belong to each other. Secondly, even if they conquered Shannan, they would be getting farther and farther away from the Qin Fan, and would only get closer and closer to the major forces in the west.Let them fill the vanguard of Qin Fan, and add some fire to Yang Fuguang and Tian Lingzi, making it lively.

As for Qin Fan, for the time being, let's get ready for this year's Hebei battle.When Hebei is wiped out, then Hebei will be attacked, step by step, step by step, there is no need to take any risks at all!Let them fight, the more lively the fight, the better.Li Jing squeezed his chin, maybe Qin Fan can take advantage of this time to strengthen some control over the southeast region.The signs of Yang Xingmi and Qian Liu's loss of control have become more and more obvious. These two guys are getting more and more wings now, and Qin Fan has to make countermeasures early. (To be continued.)