Chapter 415: Promotion to the Zhenguo Army
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The battle situation in the entire east of the river was chaotic and blossomed everywhere.
On 7 November, Shengzhou Assassin Shi Gao Wenshun led 1,000 soldiers and horses to join Shuozhou Prison City, so that Gao Wenji 4,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 5,000 soldiers and horses, rushed to Yunzhou. Subsequently, that night, Fu Wenda wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Zhendong Army had not received the news of the arrival of reinforcements from Yunzhou to raid the camp of the Zhendong Army.
As a result, the Sage and Anqing tribes of the Gao Wenji brothers and the three tribes of Shatuo had already secretly taken refuge in Li Jing, and at night, Li Youjin's troops who attacked the Tang camp at night were raided by the Sage and Anqing tribes, and the 4,000 Yunzhou soldiers led by Fu Wentong were also raided by the 4,000 Shuozhou soldiers led by Gao Wenshun. Several soldiers and horses fought in chaos, but Li Jing led the Zhendong Army to besiege but not attack, and sat back and watched the civil war of these soldiers and horses.
In the end, more than 900 people were killed in the battle, and only Li Youjin changed into the armor of the Sage Department in the chaos, tied a white cloth to his arm, and escaped with a few family members in the chaos. Gao Wenshun's troops also won the victory, after they raided the Yunzhou soldiers, Li Jing's Zhendong Army surrounded them, constantly shrinking, and finally Fu Wentong led the rest of the more than 3,000 people to surrender.
Zhou Dewei led the silver gun and the second battalion of guards to gallop to the cowhide pass, just arrived, the cowhide pass was in a scuffle, Gao Wenji led the troops to raid Fu Wenda's mansion, Zhou Dewei led the Zhendong army to arrive, the last little resistance was also completely crushed. After capturing the Cowhide Pass, Fu Wenda knew that the general trend of the road had gone, and he had to surrender after the last resort. Subsequently, Zhou Dewei took Fu Wenda all the way back to Yunzhou and Yunzhong to defend the two cities, and used Fu Wenda to deceive the two cities, and successfully captured the two cities with only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses. By the next day, the Wuzhou City and Jingbian Army in Yunzhou fell one after another, and the entire Yunzhou completely fell into the hands of the Zhendong Army.
Take Yunzhou. There were no casualties in the Zhendong Army. and recruited the two divisions of Sage and Anqing. Gao Wenshun and Gao Wenji are two brothers. and the two brothers Fu Wenda and Fu Wentong, who surrendered as many as 15,000 troops, cavalry as many as 5,000, and infantry 10,000. It can be said that this is a brilliant victory, although there are not many elites among them, but the number alone is quite impressive.
When the Zhendong Army took Ulju, it fought only three battles. Less than 5,000 enemies were annihilated, and there were almost no prisoners. When Daizhou was taken, it was just a circle of soldiers and horses and they came back. And this time he went down to Ulzhou, but he really took the Guancheng heavily defended by the Shatuo people. captured Yunzhou, which cut off the retreat of the Shatuo people.
Almost at the same time, a day before Li Jing's Battle of Niupiguan, Li Keyong and Li Guochang entered Xinzhou and raided Li Jun's 8,000 Yicheng army at Tanglin City on the border of the Xin Dynasty. In this battle, Li Jun's Yicheng was unprepared before the military. was attacked by the elite of 8,000 Shatuo, and he was powerless to fight back. The scuffle lasted all night. It's almost a one-sided slaughter. The Yicheng Army was completely annihilated, and even Li Jun, the deputy envoy and the envoy of the Yicheng Army, was also killed by Shi Jingsi, who was in the limelight in the battle of Honggu.
The news of Li Jing's Yunzhou victory and Li Jun's Xinzhou defeat almost simultaneously reached Zheng Congyan's ears in Jinyang City, and the news that Su Hongzhen's 3,000 soldiers and horses were annihilated by the Tuoba Sigong army who had just withdrawn to Jinyang made Zheng Congyan have mixed joys and sorrows.
Du Yu waited for Zhang Yanqiu to see the defeat of the soldiers and horses on both sides, and he did not dare to continue to advance, but garrisoned at Tianmen Pass.
On November 12, the Tiande Army made Yu Xuan lead the troops and horses of the headquarters and Helian to recover the surrendered city in the middle and the surrendered city in the east, and on the 15th, regained Shengzhou, and on the 19th, recovered Yinzhou.
On December 1, after recovering Yunzhou, Li Jing went south again, sending Wang to regain Daizhou except for Yanmen Pass, and then Xinzhou. The Zhendong Army finally joined up with the Central Route Army.
On December 5, after recovering all the territory of the Zhenwu Army, Yu Xuan, the envoy of the Tiande Army, crossed the Yellow River from Hehejin in Lanzhou, entered Lanzhou, and then recovered the entire territory of Lanzhou. On December 8, the Tiande Army, the Zhendong Army, and the soldiers and horses of the six towns of Zhaoyi, Heyang, Zhongwu, and Hedong converged at Tianmen Pass.
In addition to the Yicheng Army, which was wiped out, at this time, all kinds of recruits gathered together. Zheng Congyan, the envoy and the northern capital, the envoy of Taiyuan Prefecture, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and the secretary of Tongping Zhang, Zheng Congyan, personally rushed to Tianmen Pass, and brought a large amount of wine and meat to comfort the labor army.
Along with the towns, there were also many soldiers and Hu tribes. There are 5,000 Tuyuhun cavalry led by Helian Duo and Bai Yicheng of the Tuyuhun Helian Department who came with the Tiande Army, as well as the 3,000 Sage cavalry of Mi Haiwan who had followed Li Jing's side, and the 3,000 Anqing cavalry of Shi Jingcun's department. In addition, there are 3,000 Qibibu cavalry who came to Daibei to rely on Li Jing to follow the southward Tiele Department Qibizhang, Tuoba Sigong was fighting with Zheng Congyan during this time, and he has openly switched to Zheng Congyan's command, and when he saw Li Jing coming, he just sent someone to send some gifts.
For Tuoba Sigong's choice, Li Jing doesn't care. Climbing high branches is also human nature. Compared with Zheng Congyan, he Li Jing is still much inferior. After all, not to mention that Zheng Congyan is the prime minister and serves as the envoy of such an important town as Hedong, even the Zheng family of Xingyang, and it is not something that ordinary people can climb.
However, the soldiers and horses of the six towns gathered, and the most dazzling ones at this time were Li Jing and Yu Xuan, the commanders of the two partial divisions. In particular, Li Jing not only recovered the land of Xinyun in the Wei Dynasty, but also destroyed tens of thousands of enemies, and also surrendered more than 10,000 people. In particular, the annexation and defection of the Youzhou Party and the Zhenwu Army planned by Li Jing once smashed Li Guochang's soldiers and horses and annihilated the elite of 6,000 Shatuo.
In the first few battles, Li Jing can be said to be extremely shining. Even his teacher Yu Xuan, although he broke through the Shan Yu Duhu Mansion and recovered the Zhenwu Army and Lanzhou, was still not as dazzling as Li Jing.
With Li Jing's master and apprentice in front, it seems that Zheng Congyan's middle route army is a little inactive. The Middle Route Army has changed its commander several times, but it has suffered defeats under Li Keyong, Cao Xiang and Su Hongzhen have been defeated in the ambush in the Honggu, which made Zheng Congyan feel gloomy, and the Yicheng Army Li Jun was wiped out and died, which is even more shocking, counting Cao Xiang and Lu Jianfang, this is already the third festival envoy who died since the Tang Army crusaded against Li Guochang's father and son. The first two, neither of them died on the battlefield, but they finally saved some face. But this, it was killed by the righteous son of Shatuo Feihu Zi Li Ke directly with an arrow on the battlefield.
The situation in Hedong can be described as dazzling, if it weren't for the brilliant performance of Li Jing and Yu Xuan, it is estimated that the imperial court would change commanders again.
The news was transmitted back to Chang'an. At the beginning, the defeat of several troops also worried the imperial court. However, with Li Jing and Yu Xuan, the two soldiers and horses shined. The court couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised. Especially when the states have been reclaimed. When the three armies met in Taiyuan, Li Keyong and his son retreated to Shuozhou, which was the only remaining, even the young son of heaven was very happy, canceled the polo activity, and specially called all the ministers to discuss how to reward the generals.
After the last day, Li Yi issued an order to reward Hedong to recruit all the troops. 600,000 horses and horses in the six towns were rewarded, and 600,000 yuan was paid. And sealed Yu Xuan as the envoy of the Zhenwu Army, and entered the school Situ. Feng Wei Guogong, Jiatong Zhongshu Men Ping Zhangshi, and water and land shipping envoys. Add the second grade to the special scattered step, and give 10,000 silk horses. Jiazheng Cong Wei Guogong gave 10,000 horses of silk.
In addition, Tuyuhun Helian Department Helian Duo and Bai Yicheng were both crowned from the Sanpin Yunlu General, Helian Duo and the Tiande Army Festival Envoy, and Bai Yicheng added Fengzhou Thorn History. Each was rewarded with 3,000 silks, and ten prostitutes were given, and a mansion in Beijing.
The party member Tuoba Gong was meritorious because of the heavy damage to Li Guochang, and he was specially awarded the title of Xia Sui Yinjie envoy, and the history of Youzhou Assassination. General Gajingo. His four younger brothers were also made generals.
Mi Haiwan of the Sage Department, Shi Jingcun of the Anqing Department and Qi Bizhang of the Qi Bi Department each have their own rewards. Mihai Wansa Gedu Governor remains unchanged. Plus the history of the Ulju thorn. Shi Jingcun's Anqing governorship remains unchanged, and the history of Jiadai Prefecture is assassinated. And Qi Bizhang was also crowned as the governor of Yinshan, and added the history of Yunzhou Thorn.
The general Gao Wenshun was appointed as the assassin of Lanzhou Prefecture, and the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu was added, and Gao Wenji was appointed as the assassin of Xinzhou, and the general of Jinwu was added.
As for Li Jing, he was originally the first in merit, had the merit of recovering the four states, and defeated the rebels in a row, and planned the rebellion of the party and the Zhenwu army. However, because Tian Lingzi has been bad behind his back, and Prime Minister Lu Xianben is also Tian Lingzi's person, Li Jing has repeatedly persuaded Tian Lingzi and Lu Xian in front of the emperor that they are too young and should not be rewarded too much. After the last, the Son of Heaven enshrined Li Jing as the Duke of Qi, from the general of the Erpin Town Army, the secretary of the Criminal Department of the inspection school, and the general of Jin Wuwei.
Although Tian Lingzi and Lu carried a lot of strength, the young son of heaven had a very good impression of Li Jing, not only Li Jingjin was diligent and the tribute was rich, interesting and fun, but Li Jing did fight well several times. And by his side, in addition to Tian Lingzi and the people who say bad things about Li Jing, there are still many people who have been helping Li Jing say good things, so the little emperor's good impression of Li Jing now Tian Lingzi can't change it for a while.
The youngest Son of Heaven was originally going to let Li Jing replace Zheng Congyan to take over the position of envoy, and take over as the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, the governor of Taiyuan Prefecture, and the northern capital to stay behind. Tian Lingzi was resolutely opposed, and now the prime ministers such as Bian Yu Cong and Zheng Zheng couldn't help but oppose it. Hedong is an important town in the world, and Jinyang is the northern capital of the imperial court, such an important town, it is really too rash for Li Jing, a person who has just passed his twenties, to take over, and no one dares to agree.
"Then change the Zhendong Army to the Zhenguo Festival, take the land recovered from Dengzhou and Liaonan, build the Zhenguo Army Festival, and use Li Jing as the Zhenguo Festival Envoy, and give Shuangjing and Shuangjie. This matter is so decided, let's draft an edict. "A rare time for the Son of Heaven to insist on his own opinion.
The Zhenguo Army was originally an army stationed near Tongguan in Tongzhou, but now it basically exists in name only, and it is just a military number. The emperor wanted to give this military title to Li Jing, and the others had nothing to say. After some deliberation, several ministers agreed to the emperor's request, after all, although they could refute the emperor's request, the three provinces would not approve the edict. But compared to letting Li Jing take over the position of Hedong Jiedu envoy and other positions, a Zhenguo army is only a festival envoy, and the territory is all existing to Li Jing anyway.
The edict of the Tang Emperor said: "The champion general, General Jinwu, Dengzhou Thorn History, Andong Duhu, Zhuguo, Zhendong Kaiguo County Gong, and Li Jing, 3,000 households in Shiyi: from Junheng, he has repeatedly come to Linfeng, and he is highly adaptable, and he must study the machine at every turn." I take the north gate to Xingwang's hometown, and I still have to think about it. When Fang used force, he temporarily dropped out of the post of Yuan, annihilated the fierce and ugly, and was diligent. It can inspect the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, the General Jinwu, the General of the Zhenjun, the Dengzhou Assassin History, the Andong Metropolitan Protector, and the Deputy Envoy of the Camp to Chongdong Commandery. Jin Qi Guogong, Shangzhu State, to the Zhendong Army to give the town of the country festival, to the town of the army to build a festival to set up a ya, to give the town of the army festival to the envoy, give double double festival, under the system, Xu self-choice to participate. "At the same time, the will came ten thousand horses of silk, a thousand taels of gold, and three thousand taels of silver.
Li Guochang's father and son have not been exterminated and still occupy Shuozhou, but in the eyes of the imperial court, the rebels are just around the corner. and even gave great rewards to the generals of the army who were not in a hurry. Among the generals, the richest rewards are naturally Li Jing, Yu Xuan, and Zheng Congyan. Then there are the Tuyu Hun Helian Division, the Dangxiang Tuoba Division, and the Sage Division, the Anqing Division, and the Qibi Division. Even Gao Wenshun, Gao Wenji, Fu Wenda, and Fu Wentong brothers were also rewarded.
Yu Xuan was not only promoted to the envoy of the Zhenwu Army, but also concurrently with the Ping Zhang, although this title of prime minister is only a fictitious title, but it is already at the level of the envoy.
In addition, this time, Helian Duo, Tuoba Sigong, and Li Jing were all promoted to the festival envoys, especially Li Jing, who was completely newly established as the festival envoy of the Zhenguo Army, which was even more shocking. At the age of twenty-one, he has already started from scratch, laid down a piece of land by himself, and became the marshal of the opening of a town, which is shocking.
Especially from the Zhendong Army, the name Zhenguo Army was given, and it was favored by the Son of Heaven.
"The twenty-one-year-old envoy of the Kaizhen Festival, Li Zhenguo can really be the first one in the more than 200 years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. It's really gratifying, and the future is immeasurable. "The one who came to issue the decree was still an old acquaintance, Zhang Tai, the right general of the right prison gate.
Li Jing was still very pleasantly surprised to receive this will, even beyond his expectations. Before the battle was over, the reward had already come down. not only promoted to the rank of knight, but also opened the town to become a commander. Compared with these, Li Jing, who was promoted to the third position of the deputy envoy of the Recruiting Alliance, didn't care too much.
After changing its name to Zhenguo Army, all the soldiers who participated in the war this time were also rewarded. However, the imperial court only gave Li Jing an official position, and as for how he rewarded the people below, the imperial court didn't want to care, it was all up to him.
Li Jing took out all the gold, silver and iron silks given by the emperor and rewarded them to the soldiers of the Zhenguo Army below, and the whole army immediately burst into joy. Compared with the joy of the Tiande Army and the Zhendong Army, Zheng Congyan's Chinese army was a little bleak, and this time except for the commander Zheng Congyan's promotion to the Duke of Wei, the rest of the soldiers did not receive actual rewards. Even the annihilated Yicheng Army did not even have a will to pay compensation.
Li Jing's new deputy envoy for recruitment, and suddenly became the deputy marshal of the Six Towns Alliance, and he naturally saw the envious and jealous eyes of these new subordinates. Fortunately, Li Jing's harvest this time was indeed not small, so he took out a part of it and gave it to the soldiers of the other five towns, and on average, nearly 40,000 people in the remaining five towns each received a reward of about five times. For a while, for this bold and generous new deputy envoy, the attitude of the soldiers in the towns suddenly changed greatly. Li Jing was in the coalition army, and what he said was faintly more effective than Zheng Congyan, the prime minister, and Yu Xuan, the envoy. (To be continued......)