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Dressed in a dark green round-necked robe, with a stiff head folded on his head, Li Juren, the eldest son of the young Qingni City Lord, was full of elegance, and no one could see that such a tall but gentle young man had been on a horse and killed the enemy at the age of twelve. At this time, he looked like a scholar and scholar, and he bowed to Monk Xuancheng very humbly and said, "My father sent me to invite my foot to the mansion." ”

Xuan Cheng nodded, he had been in Qingni City for a few days, and when he first came, he reported his home, but few people knew where Shamen Town was. No one knows what kind of character Li Jing is, but it took a lot of money to see the person in charge of Qingni City. Then he gave that heavy gift, and a steward from the City Lord's Mansion arranged him in this protocol pavilion. Immediately after the great victory in Liaohai yesterday, Li Jing sent someone to deliver a letter to him, in which he told him about the great victory and asked him to discuss the alliance with Li Lingfu as soon as possible.

Yesterday, Li Lingfu had a big birthday, and he sent two generous gifts, and secretly sent a few members of the reconnaissance team to secretly spread the news about the victory in Liaohai in the restaurant brothel in Qingnicheng. Now that Li Lingfu's eldest son has come to invite him personally, it seems that Qingni City has heard these news and is interested.

Li Lingfu met Xuancheng in the study this time, and the meeting in such a place seemed a little private and close. When Xuan Cheng entered, Li Lingfu was not the only one in the study, but also an old man with white hair and two burly middle-aged men with many beards were sitting. This old man Xuan Cheng knew that he was the chief manager of Qingnipu City, and the two middle-aged people. It looks like he's the general of Qingni City.

Seeing Hyunsung arrive. Li Lingfu greeted him very politely in person.

"General Li Jing of Shamen Town, envoy Xuan Cheng, visited City Lord Li."

Li Lingfu smiled and waved his hand. "It doesn't have to be so polite, it's not the first time we've met." He said straight to the point, "I heard some rumors today that your general Li Jing and the pirates first broke through the one-eyed Jiao thief's den, and then lured and annihilated a detachment of Fengzhang in Tieshan Port, and also captured Wuhu Island?" ”

"The rumors are not true." Xuan Cheng shook his head and said slowly: "It is a false rumor to say that my general joined forces with pirates, and it is even more ridiculous to say that we lured and annihilated Feng Zhang's fleet. ”

When Li Lingfu heard this reply, a trace of disappointment flashed across his face. If these are not true, then there is no need for him to join forces with Li Jing at all.

Xuan Cheng chuckled, "The fact is that my general sent someone to find out where the one-eyed Jiao's lair is, and in order to avenge the last pirate raid on Shamen Town, he raised troops. Before starting the army, he also asked Da Xie Yan to send troops to assist, but Feng Zhang refused to send a single soldier. The general of my family led the army of Shamen Town and the children of the island to sail to the sea and went straight to the lair of thieves in Iron Mountain. Unexpectedly, Feng Zhang not only refused to send troops to help our army. Instead, he secretly sent his fleet to Iron Mountain to ambush our army. ”

"As a result, the city lord also knew about it, and my general led his brothers to fight to the death. defeated the strong with the weak, defeated the Fengzhang fleet, and pursued all the way to Wuhu Island, and captured Wuhu Island in a rage, annihilating the entire Fengzhang fleet. ”

Li Lingfu was stunned for a moment, looked at Xuan Cheng with an honest face, and almost smashed the teapot in his hand on his bald head. This monk is all an obvious thing, and he has to go around such a big circle and say it so grandly. However, he suddenly felt relieved in his heart, everything had been confirmed, Li Jing really annihilated one of Feng Zhang's fleets, and also captured Wuhu Island.

"General Li Jing sent him down, but what else does it mean besides congratulating his birthday?" Li Lingfu didn't want to go around with Xuan Cheng, so he simply asked directly.

"My general wants to join forces with the city lord."

"Why join forces with me?" Li Lingfu's gaze was aggressive.

"Because my general said that the city lord is a hero in the world, he broke through Liaodong alone, built a crane control army with his own hands, and even turned the tide and rescued Qingnipu. Moreover, the general of my family and the ancestor of the city lord are both officers of Pinglu in Yingzhou, Liaoxi, and they are the brothers of Paize Ze in the army. The general and the city lord are both children of the Pinglu army. What's more, we all have a common enemy, the town of Tori. ”

"The town of Duri is not your enemy, is it?"

"To tell you the truth, Cat Island was attacked by us, and now whether it is the Feng Zhang of Da Xie Yan or the Feng clan of Duli Town, they are all our enemies." Xuan Cheng Dao.

Li Meng, who had been half-closing his eyes as if he was dozing off, suddenly spoke, "How does General Li Jing plan to join forces, such an important matter, I'm afraid that I can't fully represent General Li Jing." ”

"Indeed, the alliance is a big deal, and I am just a messenger." Xuan Cheng said: "The general of my family asked me to tell the city lord that tonight, the sea will meet and invite the city lord to the sea in person, and the people in charge of the two families will talk in person." ”

This proposal surprised everyone, Li Mengdao: "Why didn't Li Jing come to my Qingni City in person, don't you know that there is still a fleet from Duli Town outside Qingni Port at the moment?" ”

Xuan Cheng was silent and did not speak, although Li Jing wanted to join forces with Li Lingfu, but in such a situation, he was not willing to venture into Qingni City. Wuhu Island and Qingnicheng are not far away, and it is a relatively safe proposal to choose a maritime alliance between the two sides.

"I'd like to take a trip." Li Lingfu spoke out to break the atmosphere of silence, "Although I have only heard of General Li Jing's reputation for a short time, I already have great admiration for General Li Jing in my heart, and I am very much looking forward to this meeting. ”

"Castle Lord"

"Uncle Meng doesn't need to say much, I've already decided." Li Lingfu stopped Li Meng's advice.

Li Lingfu is a hero, and it is not easy to stabilize the stability of Qingnipu in the chaos in Liaodong. But Qingnipu suffered a heavy blow ten years ago, and there are Duli Town and Beisha City around him, the development is quite difficult, if it is not for the fact that he has a crane cavalry army in his hand, and he has been attacking instead of defending in the past ten years, how can he survive to this day. This time, although he ambushed twice in a row and defeated the opponent's surprise attack, the strength of the two sides was still too weak in Qingnipu. Especially at present, the town of Duli and the city of Beisha are not in a hurry to attack, but only besiege them on both sides by sea and land, and this situation is very unfavorable to him.

The territory of Cheongnipo is not large, although there are also fields. But the output is not enough for the people of the city. The maintenance of Qingni City basically depends on the trade that guards the sea trade routes to make money. But now two armies are blocked. The situation is becoming more and more unfavorable. He urgently needs an ally, an ally who dares to confront Duli Town, and this Li Jing, who suddenly appeared, is such a suitable person.

That night, Li Lingfu took his second son Li Juyi, his third son Li Juli, and two generals of the Crane Army under his command to board the Qingnifu battleship, and quietly left the port with a full 5,000 soldiers and horses, leaving Li Meng and his eldest son Li Juren in the city to stay.

Although he went to the alliance, Li Lingfu also did not dare to be careless. Not to mention that the fleet of the town of Turi on the sea outside the port is not far away. Even Li Jing, a future ally, did not dare to be completely reassured. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the Qingnipu fleet carefully avoided the patrol boats of the Duli Town fleet after leaving the port, and after sailing fifty miles to the southwest, it finally reached Chisha Reef. There, Li Jing also led a fleet and was waiting. After the envoys of the two sides exchanged and confirmed, the last two fleets each stayed one mile away from Chisha Reef, and Li Jing and Li Lingfu each took their men to board Chisha Reef in small boats.

On the small island and reef, before the two arrived, the envoys from both sides had carefully searched to ensure that there was no ambush and so on.

Li Lingfu and Li Jing landed on the island almost at the same time. There is a rudimentary tent on the island that has just been set up temporarily. When they saw each other for the first time, both of them were a little surprised. Li Jing was surprised by Li Lingfu's tall and burly. And it seems that he is only in his thirties and even less than forty, which is very inconsistent with the fact that most people in Datang are older than their actual age. And Li Lingfu was even more surprised, because Li Jing was too young. Although Li Jing has been deliberately growing a beard since he joined the army, the short mustache on his lower chin is only an inch long, and although the two whiskers on his upper lip have been retouched, no matter how you look at it, he is more like an elegant soldier than a bold and unscrupulous tiger general in his impression.

However, at first glance, the two of them were surprised, and they immediately had a feeling of heroism, and they had a feeling of hating each other.

"How do we join forces?" Li Lingfu didn't say a word of politeness, and went straight to the point. This made Li Jing a little surprised, and it was in vain to prepare the words for a long time on the way here. Seeing that he was so direct, Li Jing no longer talked nonsense, "communicate with each other, attack and defend alliances, help each other, and trade and trade." ”

"I have no objection to joining forces, but joining forces always requires everyone to be beneficial. We join forces, what do I need to do, what can you do, what do I get, what can you get? "Li Lingfu is very direct, he can be under the umbrella of Duli Town and Beisha City, and he can also manage Qingnipu well, so he naturally has a good character. This skill lies not only in his ability to fight, but also in his strategy. In his opinion, any cooperation is okay, friends are better than enemies, and one more friend is one less enemy. However, there is a premise for any cooperation, that is, both parties can get benefits.

"Let's deal with the town of Tori together." Li Jing said slowly, "Of course, I can't really make a move on Duli Town right now, but we can take our time." For example, my envoy has already handed over the distribution rights of several in-demand commodities to Qingnipu, and I believe this is a good cooperation. ”

"That's good, but if that's all it takes, it's not worth the effort to come in person." Li Lingfu said with a smile. Hearing Li Jing say that he would not do anything to Duli Town now, he was not disappointed. Li Jing is telling the truth and is also very honest. If Li Jing opened his mouth, he wanted to help him how to deal with Duli Town, he might turn around and leave.

"I still have a good deal to trade with City Lord Li right now." Li Jing believes that any cooperation must be profitable, and joining forces with Qingnipu must be done step by step. Only when everyone gets the benefits and gets the sweetness, the road will be farther in the future. "I know that the city lord of Li Dao has just won two great battles and captured more than 2,000 soldiers from Beisha City and Duli Town."

"That's right." Li Lingfu nodded, "But I don't have more than two thousand prisoners in my hands, I control the crane cavalry to take the initiative to attack every year, and the total number of prisoners captured is thousands." In addition, we have plundered a large number of people on the other side, if you want to do slave business, I can have more than 10,000 young and strong people, of course, these people are not all captured soldiers, and many are ordinary people. Not only the Tang people, but also many Khitans, Murwei people, Turkic people, Goguryeo people, and so on. In addition to the young male slaves, I also had many young female slaves and maids. If you want to buy it, I can give you a discount. ”

Li Jing smiled: "I want all of these, I want as much as I want." However, I am not going to buy it, but I am going to change it. ”

"Change? How to change? ”

"This time, our army broke through the Iron Mountain Bandits' Cave, annihilated Feng Zhang's fleet, and also attacked Wuhu Island, and the harvest was also not small. Presumably, the city lord also had such troubles, and the captured warriors were not easy to use, not only worried about them joining the army, but also worried about them escaping, and often caused trouble in peacetime. ”

"It's true, they were all captured on the battlefield, and even many of their brothers and even fathers have died at our hands for generations, and they have been enemies for generations, and even if they become prisoners, it is difficult to control."

"That's right, because they're your captives, so it's not easy for these people to be taken care of even if they're slaves. I have a proposal, why don't we exchange prisoners of war slaves, you give me your prisoners of war slaves, mine to you, and dispose of these prisoners, which also saves a lot of worry. Li Jing proposed. He thought about the idea of exchanging prisoners for a long time, and those soldiers who were big Xie Yan stayed in his hands, and he had to worry about them making trouble all the time, so it was better to throw them out of the army and feel at ease. If there had been a new batch of prisoners of war from Liaodong, and there had been no direct grievances between the two sides, the situation might have been much better.

Li Lingfu thought about it for a while, discussed it with several subordinates, and finally agreed to Li Jing's proposal to exchange slaves, and the two sides immediately reached the first cooperation. Li Jing sent the remaining more than 4,000 family members of the One-Eyed Jiao Pirates, plus Zheng Mo and more than 600 soldiers who surrendered. In addition, there were nearly 3,000 captives of Da Xie Yan, plus those soldiers and their families on Wuhu Island, a total of 10,000 people, in exchange for 3,000 prisoners in the hands of Li Lingfu, 2,000 young and strong male slaves and 5,000 young and strong female slaves and maids. However, the value of these slaves in Qingnipu was higher, so Li Jing also had to provide Qingnipu with the same value as the other half of the slaves' special liquor, rock candy and perfume in Shamen Town.

After negotiating the first business, Li Lingfu also wanted to buy some warships and weapons from Li Jing. He needed all spears, knives, bows and arrows, especially bows, arrows and crossbows. Although Qingnipu also has his own ordnance workshop, he has to start stockpiling ordnance for a long war as soon as the war begins.

"We need crossbows, especially heavy crossbows." Li Lingfu pondered for a while, "I want to buy you the kind of sharp firearm that defeats the Fengzhang fleet. ”

Li Jing thought about it for a while, although he had a lot of weapons and equipment, he was not willing to sell them, and was willing to store them. However, now that he has formed an alliance with Qingnipu for the first time, he must take some things to sell, anyway, his armament is enough in the short term, so he said: "I can give you three thousand spears and horizontal knives, and I am also short of bows and crossbows, and the same is true for arrows." There is a special armory workshop in my Shamen Town, but all kinds of materials such as beef tendon and cowhide are really tight. If the city lord can provide us with a large number of materials in the future, we can help the city lord Li customize and build. As for that powerful flame, it's quite difficult to make, and I'm almost out of hands, but I can make a hundred cans for you first. ”

"Okay!" Li Lingfu happily agreed, anyway, he could get 3,000 spears and horizontal knives, and 100 jars of powerful flames, and he was already very satisfied with the matter of exchanging materials for ordnance promised by Li Jing. (To be continued.) )