Li Jing carried a jade sword at his waist, a deep purple round-necked official robe, and a folded foot hood on his head, and strode into the Heavenly Wolf Hall. Wang Pu of Duli Town in southern Liaoning, Shi Shoucheng of Shicheng, Jiang Ju of Shiren Zhucheng, and Han Anmin and Xiao Dingbang of Dengzhou all stood up and bowed to Li Jing. He returned the salute one by one, and said a few words to Zhang Chengye and Zhang Tai. Then step up to the top of the iron seat and sit down.

Under the iron seat, there were many generals of the Zhendong Army who came in with him. They sat on the left side, respectively, Lin Wei, the soldier and horse envoy in the front compartment, Lin Wu, the soldier and horse envoy in the left wing, Wang Chong, the soldier and horse envoy in the right wing, Zhang Chengzong, the soldier and horse envoy in the rear wing, and Xuan Cheng, the deputy soldier and horse envoy in the middle wing. There are also generals Liu Shouqian, Li Wei, Li Shugen, Qiu Shengong, Cui Chengxiu, Li Juyi, Guo Zhenhai, Gao Rong, Mei Gan, Zhu Li, Li Xu, Zhang Lie, Wu Qian, Meng Yang, Li Yuan, etc. In addition, there are civil servants Li Zhen, Li Liang, Guo Chengan, Li Chun, Zhang Hong, Pei You, Du Zhongwu, Cui Zhiyuan and others. Civil and military positions, all together. Almost all the main figures in Li Jing's power were summoned.

A group of people gathered together, including those who followed Li Jing at the beginning, as well as representatives of several major families who joined later. At this time, everyone is polite. "How do you want us to receive this will?" Lin Wu, who had a violent temper, was the first to speak, and Wang Chong immediately took over the conversation, "Yes, I think what General Lin Er said makes sense." ”

Han Anmin also said at this time: "County Prince, this court obviously ignores our feelings. No matter how powerful our Zhendong Army is, it is impossible to send troops to Zhedong and Datong at the same time. ”

Li Jing sat there and nodded to Han Anmin with satisfaction. His attitude is good, which shows that between the imperial court and Li Jing. For the time being, they were still on his side. In fact, the family is also profit-oriented. Right now, the Han family is on Li Jing's boat. At present, not only many children of the Han family have entered Dengzhou and southern Liaoning. And Li Jing also handed over many of the goods produced to the Han family. Let them take the sales farther away, which is also a lot of money.

"What is the current situation of the Han family's caravan? Is business okay?" Li Jing asked with a gentle smile.

"Not so good." Han Anmin frowned, "The continuous rainstorm at the beginning of the month, the sea is also full of storms, the fleet at sea can't sail at all, and on land, the heavy rain makes the roads extremely muddy, and the convoy is also difficult to walk. Caravan. I haven't been out for more than half a month. ”

Xiao Dingbang also sighed, this rain made them suffer great losses.

"The county magistrate, my subordinates think that we can not obey this will of the imperial court. At present, it is raining constantly, and the sea is stormy, and it is difficult for our sailors to move forward. And to Datong, either cross the sea to Youzhou and fly into Ulzhou, or take Qingzi Qi along the Jishui River through the Central Plains Henan into Hedong. Either way. This Youzhou and Ziqi are now in constant war, and the roads are not smooth. Guo Chengan sighed. As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Tai, who was sitting next to Li Jing.

Li Jing did not directly answer Guo Chengan's words, but first raised his head and said to Li Wei: "General Zijun, let's talk about the information of the rebels on the two routes first." ”

Li Zijun nodded: "On the side of Shatuo Zhu Xie father and son, in the southwest, the Shatuo army captured the Shayu army and directly took the Lan army. Lu Jianfang, who was ordered to go to Zhenwu, died violently in Lanzhou, and his subordinates received news that Lu Jianfang was most likely killed by the assassination of Zhu Xie Chixin's father and son; To the south, the Shatuo army broke through the unguarded Yanmen Pass, bypassed Daizhou, burned Tanglin and Dunxian, and advanced to Xinzhou. ”

"Now Hedong Jiedu has made Dou Huan urgently recruit the people, dig a moat around Jinyang City, where Taiyuan Mansion is located, and recruit unity soldiers. As soon as these local groups reached the north of the city, they stopped moving and demanded a reward! Dou Huan ordered Ma Budu Yuhou Deng Qian to comfort with his empty hands, but as a result, a thousand Tutuan chopped Deng Qian to death, and then carried the fragmented corpse to the Jiedu Yamen to demonstrate, so frightened that Dou Huan scraped the Treasury Mansion, and borrowed 50,000 yuan from the merchants in the city, and rewarded each of the Tutuan soldiers with 300 money, and a cloth horse was the matter. ”

Hearing this, everyone in the hall couldn't help frowning, this Hedong first betrayed Li Guochang's father and son, and cut Duan Wenchu. Now even the Tutuan in Taiyuan has killed officials and killed Deng Qian, which is really a group of arrogant generals.

Because Dou Huan's performance was too weak and incompetent, the imperial court dismissed him and replaced him with Cao Xiang. At the same time, the four towns of Zhaoyi, Yicheng, Zhongwu, and Heyang were transferred to the army, plus our Zhendong Army, to support Hedong; ”

"I just got the news, Li Guochang and his son didn't wait for the imperial court soldiers and horses to arrive, and they had already attacked the Ningwu army in Youzhou Zhenning in the east, but they were counterattacked by Lu Long's army, and the Shatuo army made little progress. Now that he has withdrawn his troops, Li Guochang is plotting to attack Youzhou in the west. ”

Both the Zhongwu Army and the Yicheng Army were south of the Yellow River and east of Luoyang. The Heyang and Zhaoyi armies were north of Luoyang and the Yellow River, just below the Hedong Army. It is normal for the imperial court to transfer the Fourth Route Army to recruit Li Guochang and his son, but it is obviously abnormal to transfer the Zhendong Army in Dengzhou.

In the current situation, Li Guochang's father and son can be said to be attacking from all sides, the south has already killed in front of Taiyuan Mansion, the east still dares to enter Youzhou, and the west is still planning to attack Youzhou in the northwest.

Lin Wei sneered: "This Shatuo person is brave and brave, but brave and unplanned. They did not attack Taiyuan with all their might, but they divided their troops into various roads, attacked from all sides, and invaded various places, which was a self-defeating road. When the imperial court army arrived, they were killed. ”

"It's too early to say that they have been defeated, and the imperial court has fought against several soldiers and horses, and I think it will be difficult to succeed for a while. Although Li Keyong's father and son have divided their troops in many ways, they have not yet suffered a major defeat. Li Jing shook his head.

"Then let's leave them alone and let them turn the world upside down." Wang Pu said.

Most of the other generals also meant this, although the emperor came with a holy decree. But the emperor is far away, and although Li Jing has always maintained respect for the court, it does not necessarily mean that Li Jing said that he would be afraid of the court. At present, the imperial court, in addition to Guanzhong and the southeast, can directly control the territory, and even these feudal towns in the Central Plains, on the surface, the envoys of the festival listen to the imperial court. However, most of these envoys were civilian officials, and when they did not touch the interests of the soldiers below, they still listened to them. But once their interests are touched, they will immediately rise up and drive away the Jiedu envoys, or even kill the Jiedu envoys. Compared to the situation of Datong, it is actually not much better.

Li Jing doesn't need to say that he rebelled against the imperial court, as long as he found a few excuses to shirk and not send troops, the imperial court had no way to deal with him.

However, Li Jing didn't plan to do so. At a time when all the feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty did not take the imperial court seriously, Li Jing hoped to maintain the appearance that the Zhendong Army was loyal to the imperial court. Although the imperial court has lost its prestige, for Li Jing, he can't get anything practical if he rebels against the imperial court now, but if he can always carry the banner of Li Tang, it is actually very important.

What's more, even if it is a troop, in fact, this is not a bad thing for Li Jing. Other soldiers and horses may be reluctant to send troops, but Li Jing is willing.

Li Jing, who is familiar with history, knows that Li Ke used his father and son to oppose the Tang Dynasty in history, and the last was brutally suppressed by the imperial court, and the last was that he had to flee to Tatar. If it weren't for the fact that Huang Chao made too much trouble later, and the court re-summoned their father and son, there would have been no Jin King Li Keyong in history, let alone the Later Tang Dynasty.

"I, Li Jing, am the minister of the Tang Dynasty, and the Zhendong Army is a sword of the Tang Dynasty. Where His Majesty's finger goes, our Zhendong Army will also go. I thought about it for a long time and decided to send troops to Datong. Li Jing looked at the people in the hall and said righteously.

The generals were a little surprised, but no one objected, and things seemed a little strange.

Wang Pu secretly observed the people in the hall, especially Li Jing's advisers Li Zhen, Li Liang, and Guo Chengan, and saw that they all had expressions that were not wavering, and immediately understood that before Li Jing convened this meeting, he must have made a decision in the inner circle of the Zhendong Army.

"However, if we want to deal with the Shatuos, we need a large army. In the will, we also have to recruit troops to fight against Wang Ying, so this time it is our Zhendong Army that fights on both sides. In addition, the Goguryeo and Khitan people in Liaozhong are still fighting, but we also have to garrison troops at any time to take precautions, and in Dengzhou, we also have to garrison troops to be ready to be dispatched by the commander of Qingzhou at any time to send troops to support the rebellion against Wang Jingwu. Li Jing paused and said, "In view of the current situation being so complicated, I have decided that before sending troops, I will recruit another 10,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Hearing this, Shi Shoucheng and Jiang Ju in southern Liaoning had a somewhat complicated expression. Previously, Li Jing reorganized tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in southern Liaoning into 10,000 soldiers. Now, Li Jing has to recruit new recruits again.

Li Jing cleared his throat: "However, the recruited recruits can't go to the battlefield for a while, so they can only stay." Therefore, the soldiers and horses that went out this time were still drawn from the original soldiers and horses. To recruit Li Keyong and his son, I am ready to send 20,000 troops, including seven battalions from the two compartments in southern Liaoning, three battalions from the first compartment in Duli Town, and ten battalions from the two compartments of the Zhendong Army. A total of 20 battalions will be dispatched, and in addition, all 8,000 soldiers and horses of the eight unity battalions will be drawn from the eight unity battalions in eight counties in southern Liaoning to be used as logistical baggage and auxiliaries for this dispatch. They are responsible for transporting grain and grass, as well as cleaning up the battlefield, escorting prisoners, transporting booty, and even as a reserve to support the battlefield if necessary. ”

"In addition, in addition to the Zhenhai battalion staying in Dengzhou, the remaining three battalions and five infantry battalions of the Zhendong Army, a total of 8,000 men and horses, went to eastern Zhejiang." Li Jing then said.

Hearing this arrangement, many people frowned, the Zhendong Army originally had 25,000 men and horses in the 25th battalion of five compartments, and later added three new battalions in Liaodong, with 28,000 men and horses. There are 5,000 in Duli Town, 10,000 in the two compartments in southern Liaoning, and 8,000 soldiers in the eight unity battalions in southern Liaoning, totaling 51,000 people.

Now Li Jing wants to transfer 28,000 troops to Datong, and another 8,000 soldiers and horses to fight in eastern Zhejiang, there are only 2,000 soldiers and horses left in this town, only 3,000 soldiers in southern Liaoning, and only 10,000 troops left in Dengzhou and Zhendong in southern Liaoning.

Before everyone could figure out why Li Jing had such an astonishing decision, Li Jing had already announced the decision and dissolved the meeting. (To be continued......)