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Wang Jingwu was defeated by Huangchao in the battle of Linyi, and then surrounded by the Pinglu army.

After the war, Wang Jingwu in Linyi City had 30,000 soldiers before the war, and there were 25,000 after the war. In the chaotic battle with Huangchao, Wang Jingwu's troops did not suffer many casualties, but more were disrupted. After the war, those stragglers saw that their former comrades did not mean to be embarrassed, and they all came out and surrendered one after another.

Song Wei did not kill Wang Jingwu, but only disarmed them and temporarily imprisoned them.

It's just that it is estimated that Song Wei would not have thought that after Wang Jingwu, the court knew that after being captured, not only did he not order the execution on the spot, but also did not order someone to be sent to Chang'an, but issued a decree, and all the rebels were not to blame in the past, and they were still incorporated into the Pinglu army. Not only that, but even Wang Jingwu, the leader of the rebels, was not punished in any way, but was promoted.

Before the rebellion, although Wang Jingwu said that he was the actual controller of the Pinglu Army, his military rank was not too high, but the Pinglu Army knew the soldiers and horses, and they were all in charge. But now, the imperial court not only did not investigate his guilt, but appointed Wang Jingwu as the Qingzhou Assassin Shi, General Jinwu, and even awarded the rank of General Yunlu from Sanpin, and served as the deputy envoy of Ziqing Jiedu, and also the commander of the Pinglu Army. And Wang Jingwu's two major generals, Zhang Chan was appointed as the general of Zhongwu on the fourth grade, the assassin of Qizhou, and the former soldier and horse envoy of the Pinglu Army. Lu Hong was appointed as the general of Zhongwu on the fourth grade, the assassin of Zizhou, and the soldier and horse envoy of the Pinglu Army.

His men were 25,000 men and horses. Nor was it disbanded. It's still under the leadership of the three.

When you hear the news. Li Jing always thought that the eunuch was joking with him.

"Grandpa Zhang, this joke is not funny." Li Jing smiled at Zhang Tai's other adopted son, Zhang Chenggong.

Zhang Chenggong, who was in charge of transmitting the decree, was Zhang Chengye's brother and the elder brother of the eunuch family who was not related by blood. At the age of thirty, he was white and chubby, shook his head and said: "How dare our family joke with the marshal about this important military matter, this is true." ”

Li Jing's smile suddenly stiffened on his face, this is true, how can this be true? The people of the court are fools. How could such a will be given. Wang Jingwu is a rebel, if the court can't destroy Wang Jingwu and make peace with him, such a result is still possible. After all, this is how the three towns of Hebei came, but now the result is that Song Wei has defeated Wang Jingwu, and all the rebels have been captured, not only Wang Jingwu, Zhang Chan and Lu Hong have been captured, but even tens of thousands of auxiliary troops of the rear army have been captured. Moreover, their lair, Qizhou, was also breached, and there was no need for these people to keep it at all. Even if you don't kill them. That can't hand over the swords and guns to them, let alone let Wang Jingwu and others occupy more important positions.

"Great. My father asked us to turn to Dashuai, and this decision was insisted on by Tian Lingzi and Lu Xian. Wang Jingwu served as the deputy envoy of Qingzhou Assassin History, Xue Chong, the former envoy of the Tianping Army, will also serve as the Assassin of Laizhou, and Li Department, the former envoy of the Taining Army, will serve as the Sima of the march of Ziqing Town. Zhang Chenggong lowered his voice a little, "After Xue Chong and Li returned to Beijing, His Majesty wanted to punish him, but Tian Lingzi and Lu Xian tried to protect it. Moreover, both of them are the families of the heroes of the Beijing Division, Li Department and Heyang Jiedu envoy Li Zhuo, and the former Zhaoyi Jiedu envoy Li Jun are the grandsons of Li Sheng, the king of Xiping County. Both families have found Tian Lingzi, and now the two have joined Tian Lingzi's door. It is said that Wang Jingwu's family also found Tian Lingzi to surrender to Cheng, and Tian Lingzi would protect them. ”

The words are not clear, but a little bit is clear.

Back and forth, it turned out that this was another power struggle.

After he became Ziqingliu, Tian Lingzi lost a move in chess, and refused to suffer, so he came to stir up. Protected Wang Jingwu, and also let them serve as the assassins of Qingzhou, Zizhou, and Qizhou, and also led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses. In this way, Wang Jingwu will live for the rest of his life, and he will naturally only be able to follow Tian Lingzi closely in the future and fight against himself to the end. Wang Jingwu is not a grass thief, he is a local general, and Aritian Lingzi is doing his best to protect him, although this incident makes Li Jing feel like he can't cry or laugh and grit his teeth, but such a ridiculous thing is not strange.

As for Xue Chong and Li Xian, this time because of the matter of the grass thief, the future is difficult to guarantee. took refuge in Tian Lingzi, although he was demoted, but the assassin Shi and Sima Yizhen were also not low positions.

This Tian Lingzi is really for the sake of the struggle for power, and he ignores everything. Although Li Jing of Ziqing Town has got his hands now, but in the four states of Ziqing, the four thorn histories are all opposites, and even the deputy envoy of Jiedu and the Sima of Jiedu Marching are all opponents. And these people didn't come empty-handed, Wang Jingwu still had 25,000 soldiers in his hands.

Li Jing wanted to scold his mother very much, and even wanted to directly lead the troops to kill Wang Jingwu.

But he restrained this impulse, and he understood that maybe Tian Lingzi was waiting for him to get angry, waiting for him to react like this. If he really dared to lead the troops to move Wang Jingwu, Tian Lingzi would have lost nothing more than a dog, but he would have to bear many disadvantages. Resisting the decree can't run, this will shake Li Jing's current image, once the emperor is disgusted with him, the situation is not good.

What Li Jing has to do now is to develop in a low-key manner, and must not become a bird. With the support of the emperor now, the difference between the two is huge compared to fighting the imperial court now.

Zhang Chenggong had been paying attention to the expression on Li Jing's face, and when he first saw the anger in Li Jing's eyes flash, he even thought that he would be as angry as he guessed. But this anger was only a flash, and in an instant, Li Jing had already regained his composure, as if it was nothing to do. This change is deeply remembered by him. Suddenly, the evaluation of Li Jing that his father-in-law had said to him before was imprinted in his heart.

Li Jing does have a sense of stability and calmness that is far beyond the superficial youth, no wonder his father-in-law admires Li Jing so much, and even has decided to bind Li Jing wholeheartedly.

Wang Jingwu and his soldiers are still in Qingzhou, and Song Wei, Kang Chengyu, and Cui Yunqing are also still in Qingzhou.

After letting Zhang Chengye, the envoy of the prison army, personally go to entertain Zhang Chenggong, especially selected a batch of rare and expensive gifts, gave a lot of money, and prepared a generous gift for Zhang Tai, Li Jing handed over the matter of entertainment to Zhang Chengye.

Although the Yellow Nest has not been eradicated, no one cares about this thief fleeing everywhere now. Although Li Jing knows that Huang Chao is likely to make a comeback. Stage a comeback. But he didn't want to bother with him anymore. Compared to a scurrying grass thief. Li Jing's biggest trouble now is Tian Lingzi, Wang Jingwu, Xue Chong is Li family, and even Khitan and Goguryeo.

Qizhou Licheng Thorn History Mansion, which temporarily became Li Jing's meeting hall. All the generals are here, gathered together.

"Xingxu, what do you think?" Seeing that all the generals had dark faces and did not speak, Li Jing took the initiative to turn his head to look at Li Zhen who was holding a teacup.

Li Zhen groaned. said: "Tian Lingzi's move is indeed very ruthless, completely ignoring the interests of the imperial court, and reining Wang Jingwu, Xue Chong, Li and others, this is the meaning of destroying Ziqing Town." If we get it, and if he doesn't get it, he will destroy it. Wang Jingwu had no support at the beginning, and a tooth general dared to be an enemy of Song Jieshuai, and even raised troops to make trouble. Now that he has been in rebellion for so long, his heart is getting bigger and bigger, and he has Tian Lingzi behind him. With tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, how can he honestly obey the orders of the marshal in the future? I'm afraid it won't take long. There was another rebellion in Ziqing Town. In any case, Ziqing Town is in chaos, no matter how we clean up Wang Jingwu, we are the ones who suffer the most, and what Tian Lingzi has lost is just a dispensable little chess piece. ”

Guo Chengan also nodded, "Wang Jingwu has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and the history of the four prefectures of Ziqing has all fallen into their hands. We are fighting now, we can't fight, as soon as we fight, we will be able to surrender to Tian Ling, he will definitely wait for us to fight with Wang Jingwu and them, and if we fight, no matter what, it will be very unfavorable to us. But if you don't get rid of them, this Ziqing Town can't really be mastered. If you can't master it, you can't develop, and whatever you do will be useless. ”

Li Jing couldn't help frowning all the time when he heard this, and when he first heard that the emperor asked him to be the queen of Ziqing, Li Jing did feel excited. Although the Zhenguo Army is not weak, the territory is too small, a small Dengzhou, and it is still close to the sea. If you can get Ziqing Town, it will be the land of four states, and what is more important is the geographical advantage of Ziqing Town. Occupying Ziqing Town, Qi, Zi and Qing is equivalent to occupying the gateway of Dengzhou, and even equivalent to occupying the top of the entire Shandong, with a tendency to build from a high position. Whether it is crossing the Yellow River in the north to the North China Plain, or going south to the Huanghuai Plain, or even to the west, controlling the canal, this is the foundation of the struggle for one side's hegemony.

But now, he knew that he had rejoiced too soon. Tian Lingzi wouldn't let him go so smoothly, for a moment, he even wanted to directly send troops to kill Wang Jingwu and them, and then directly occupy Ziqing Town, and even take Tianping Town and Taining Town, which are now extremely empty.

But Li Jing immediately came to his senses, with the ability of the Zhenguo Army, it is not difficult to take Ziqing, Taining, and the Heavenly Army, and even if he attacks the towns of Ganhua and Yicheng, he can take it. But so what, the strength of the Zhenguo Army is not as strong as it appears on the surface, and the number of Zhenguo Army is too small.

At first, he was able to capture the cities with a blitzkrieg, but he couldn't hold it and couldn't support a long-term battle. Especially now, the orders of the Tang Emperor can still mobilize the world.

Li Ke's defeat of father and son is a lesson from the past, at this time, whoever dares to attack each other, who just doesn't put the emperor in his eyes, who is the first bird, will inevitably be besieged by a group, and there is no one left.

Just like the Three Kingdoms, before the Yellow Turban did not corrupt the world, the prestige of the imperial court was still there, and no one dared to mess around. But when the Son of Heaven completely lost his majesty and could not control the place, it was the time when the princes were fighting.

Li Jing can't be this up-and-coming bird, and if the Zhenguo Army wants to develop as quickly as possible, it can't become the target of public criticism. Not only can it not be the target of public criticism, but it must also have the strong support of the emperor.

But it was not easy to get this opportunity to take over Ziqing Town, how could Li Jing just let it go?

His gaze inadvertently swept to Gai Yu in the last seat, his position was very low, he was just a staff officer, and he was also a demoted general. On such an important occasion, he wanted to speak, but hesitated.

"Staff Officer, if you have something to say." Li Jing still admires Gaiyu's resourcefulness, and many of the plans proposed by Gaiyu are often the kind of views that go beyond the ordinary range.

Gai Yu was named by Li Jing, and stood up excitedly at the end of the dozens of civil and military officers in the hall. first bowed to the people in the hall, and then coughed and said: "Back to the big handsome, there is a word for lowly duties, but I don't know if it is appropriate." ”

"Even if it is."

"According to the humble opinion, the current situation is a pit dug by Tian Lingzi."

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Li Jing nodded.

With Li Jing's encouragement, Gai Yu finally said loudly: "Tian Lingzi's plan is actually very simple, he just wants to force us to deal with Wang Jingwu, and then use this as an excuse to attack us, and in the end he must want to make the marshal give up the position of Ziqing marshal." ”

"We all know this, you can tell you your way." Wang Chong said with some dissatisfaction, he didn't have a good attitude towards this demotion.

"It's better to retreat!" Gai Yu looked at Li Jing with a firm expression, "Since this is a pit dug by Tian Lingzi, then we can't jump forward, but we can't just hand over Ziqing Town to them." So, for the time being, let's take a step back. However, we cannot afford to give up in vain. Dashuai, simply, moved all the young and strong people in the four states of Ziqing Town to Liaodong. Directly come to a plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle. ”

Draw from the bottom of the kettle! Li Jing couldn't help but be moved. Gai Yu is ruthless enough to come up with such a plan. One of the most important things to rule is population, and although in many cases, population represents a burden, but in the same way, without population, there is nothing, and this is the most important basic.

Ziqing Town has always been wealthy, so the population is even higher than before the Anshi Rebellion, because there is a maritime trade port along the coast of Ziqing, and Ziqing Town is also the Yellow River and Jishui, two of the four desecrations of the Tang Dynasty. In the past two years, famine has been rampant, and Ziqing Town is much better than other places in the Central Plains. For example, Dengzhou's population has even increased several times, which is a bit deformed and prosperous. However, Ziqi's population is much smaller this year, mainly due to Wang Jingwu's rebellion.

"Move all the young and strong to Dengzhou and Liaodong, so that the four prefectures of Ziqing have no population, and there is no everything. Without farmers arriving land, Ziqing would have no food and no taxes, so what would Wang Jingwu and others do to raise the army? ”

Li Jing chuckled, Gaiyu's idea was very poisonous, but he really liked it. Without the population, not to mention the food tax, even the soldiers fighting the war cannot be replenished. Take a step back first, but take the people away, leaving those old and weak to Wang Jingwu and them, how can they persevere? Don't think about it, it won't take a year or two, Ziqing Town will inevitably be chaotic, and at that time, Li Jing will definitely be stronger after a year or two of development.

At that time, if they kill back, how can Wang Jingwu stop them? What's more, maybe in another year or two, the situation will change again, and it is estimated that at that time, no one will have time to take care of the internal affairs of this feudal town on the coast of the East China Sea.

"Dashuai, move the young Zhuang of Ziqing Town to Dengzhou and Liaodong, can we afford it? Now we have more than 500,000 young people in our hands. Guo Chengan asked worriedly.

Li Jing smiled: "Then let's get together 800,000 people, take everything that can be taken away, and go to Liaodong." This time, we are going to directly lay down a million-person territory in Liaodong! (To be continued......)