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He was wearing a dark green round neck robe and a hard-legged robe on his head. Li Juren, the eldest son of the Qingni City Lord, was full of elegance. No one could tell that such a tall but gentle young man had already been on the horse and killed the enemy when he was twelve years old. At this time, he looked like a scholar and bowed to Monk Xuancheng very humbly and said, "My father sent me to invite me to go to the mansion."

Xuan Cheng nodded. He had been in Qingni City for several days. When he first came, he reported his home, but few people knew where Shamen Town was. No one knew who Li Jing was. At least he spent a lot of money to see the person in charge of Qingni City. Then he gave the gift and a manager in the city lord's mansion arranged him to this concierge pavilion. After yesterday's Liaohai victory, Li Jing immediately sent someone to deliver a letter to him, telling him about the victory and asking him to discuss the alliance with Li Lingfu as soon as possible.

Yesterday, Li Lingfu gave two generous gifts on his birthday, and secretly sent several followers to secretly spread news about the Liaohai Victory in the restaurant and prostitute in Qingni City. Now Li Lingfu's eldest son came to invite him in person. It seems that Qingni City has heard these news and is interested.

This time, Li Lingfu met Xuancheng in the study. Meeting in such a place seemed a little private and close. When Xuancheng entered, there was not only Li Lingfu in the study, but also an old man with white hair and two burly and bearded middle-aged men. This old man Xuancheng knew that he was the chief supervisor of Qingnipu City. And the two middle-aged men seemed to be generals of Qingni City.

Seeing Xuancheng coming, Li Lingfu politely came up to him.

"Xuan Cheng, the envoy of General Li Jing in Shamen Town, pays homage to Lord Li."

Li Lingfu smiled and waved his hand, "No need to be so polite, it's not the first time we have met." He said straight to the point, "I heard some rumors today that your general Li Jing and the pirates joined forces to break the one-eyed dragon thief cave first, and lure annihilate a squadron of Feng Zhang at Tieshan Port, and seize Wuhu Island?"

"The rumors are not complete." Xuan Cheng shook his head and said slowly: "It is a false rumor that our general and the pirates join forces. It is even more ridiculous to say that we lure the fleet of Zhang to annihilate the annihilation and seal the Zhang."

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

Xuan Cheng chuckled, "The fact is that my general sent someone to find the nest of the one-eyed dragon. In order to avenge the last time the pirates raided Shamen Town, he raised an army. Before the storm, he asked Da Xie Fort for help, but Feng Zhang refused to send one army and one soldier. My general led the Shamen Town army and the children on the island to sail to Tieshan to break the nest. Unexpectedly, Feng Zhang not only refused to send troops to help our army, but secretly sent his fleet to Tieshan to ambush our army."

"As a result, the city lord also knew that my general led his brothers to fight to the death. He defeated the strong with the weak, defeated the Fengzhang fleet, and chased Wuhu Island all the way. In the end, he captured Wuhu Island and annihilated the entire Fengzhang fleet."

Li Lingfu was stunned for a moment. Looking at Xuan Cheng with an honest look, he almost smashed the teapot in his hand on his bald head. This monk was obviously a matter of things, and he had to go around such a big circle and say so proudly. However, he suddenly felt relieved for a while, everything had been confirmed. Li Jing had indeed annihilated one of Feng Zhang's fleets and seized Wuhu Island.

"General Li Jing sent all his time to celebrate his birthday, but he had other meanings?" Li Lingfu was unwilling to go around Xuan Cheng, so he simply asked directly.

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

"Why should we join forces with me?" Li Lingfu's eyes were aggressive.

"Because my general said that the city lord was a hero of the world. He went to Liaodong alone and built the Crane Control Army from scratch. He also turned the tide and rescued Qingnipu. Moreover, my general and the city lord were both officers of Pinglu, Yingzhou, Liaoxi, and were brothers in the army. The general and the city lord were both children of Pinglu Army. What's more, we all have a common enemy, Dulizhen."

"Duli Town is not your enemy, right?"

"To be honest, we attacked Cat Island. Now, whether it is Feng Zhang from Daxie Village or Feng's family in Duli Town, they are our enemies." Xuan Chengdao.

Li Meng, who had been half-closing his eyes, suddenly spoke, "How does General Li Jing plan to join forces? For such an important matter, I am afraid that I can't fully represent General Li Jing."

"Indeed, the alliance is important, and I am just a messenger." Xuan Cheng said: "My general asked me to tell the city lord that tonight, the alliance will be held at sea, and the two leaders of the city lord will meet in person."

This proposal surprised everyone, Li Meng said: "Why didn't Li Jing come to my Qingni City in person? Do you know that there is a fleet of Duli Town outside Qingni Port that has not left?"

Xuan Cheng was silent and said nothing. Although Li Jing wanted to join forces with Li Lingfu, under such circumstances, he was not willing to enter Qingni City. Wuhu Island and Qingni City are not far away. Choosing a maritime alliance between the two sides is a relatively safe proposal.

"I'm willing to go there." Li Lingfu spoke out and broke the atmosphere of silence. "Although I have just heard of General Li Jing's reputation for not long, I have already admired General Li Jing in my heart and looked forward to this meeting."

"City Lord..."

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

Li Lingfu is a hero. It is not easy to be stable in the chaos in Liaodong because of Qingnipu's stability. However, Qingnipu suffered a heavy blow ten years ago, and there were double-teams between Duli Town and Beisha City around him. The development was quite difficult. If he hadn't had a Crane Control Cavalry in his hands, he would have used attack instead of defense in the past ten years, so how could he last until today? Although he had two consecutive ambushes and defeated the opponent's raid, Qingnipu was still too weak in comparison with the strength of both sides. Especially at present, Duli Town and Beisha City were not in a hurry to attack. Instead, they only surrounded and did not attack on both sides by sea and land. This situation was very unfavorable to him.

Qingnipu's territory is not large. Although there are also fields, the output is not enough for the people in the city to eat. The maintenance of Qingni City basically relies on trade to make money by guarding the maritime trade routes. But now the two armies are blocking, and the situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable. He urgently needs an ally, an ally who dares to confront Duli Town, and this suddenly emerges Li Jing is such a suitable partner.

That night, Li Lingfu took his second son Li Juyi, third son Li Juli and two generals of the Crane Control Army boarded the Qingnifu battleship and led a total of 5,000 troops to quietly leave the port, leaving Li Meng and his eldest son Li Juren in the city.

Although he was going to join the alliance, Li Lingfu did not dare to be careless either. Not to mention that the fleet of Duli Town on the sea outside the port was not far away, even Li Jing, a future ally, dared not be completely relieved. Taking advantage of the night, the Qingnipu fleet carefully avoided the patrol boat of the Duli Town fleet after leaving the port, and sailed fifty miles southwest, and finally arrived at Chisha Reef. There, Li Jing also led the fleet to wait. After the envoys from both sides confirmed, the last two fleets stayed one mile away from Chisha Reef. Li Jing and Li Lingfu led their men to board Chisha Reef on a small boat.

On the small island and reef, before the two arrived, the two had carefully searched by the messengers from both sides to ensure that there were no ambushing.

Li Lingfu and Li Jing landed on the island almost at the same time. There was a simple tent that had just been temporarily arranged on the island. The first time they saw each other, they were both a little surprised. Li Jing was surprised at Li Lingfu's tall and burly. He also seemed to be in his thirties and under forty, which was very inconsistent with the fact that most people in the Tang Dynasty looked older than their actual age. Li Lingfu was even more surprised because Li Jing was too young. Although Li Jing had been deliberately growing his beard since he joined the army, the short beard on his lower jaw was only inch long. Although the two beards on his upper lip had been modified, no matter how he looked at it, he was more like a gentle scholar, rather than a brave and unscrupulous tiger general in his impression.

However, at first glance, the two of them were surprised and immediately felt a sense of heroes mingling with each other, and they felt that they had met too late.

"How to join forces?" Li Lingfu didn't say a polite word and went straight to the point. This surprised Li Jing a little. He immediately prepared for a long time on the way and was in vain. Seeing that he was so direct, Li Jing no longer said nonsense, "Transfer to each other, offensive and defensive alliances, watch over and help each other, and trade exchanges."

"I don't object to joining forces, but we always have to have benefits for everyone. When we join forces, what I need to do, what you can do, what I can get, what you can get?" Li Lingfu was very direct. He could manage Qingnipu well under Duli Town and Beisha City, so he naturally had an extraordinary character. This ability is not only because he can fight, but also because of his strategy. Any cooperation is OK in his opinion. Friends are better than enemies, and one more friend will be less than one enemy. However, any cooperation has a premise, that is, both sides can get benefits.

"Let's deal with Duli Town together." Li Jing said slowly, "Of course, I can't really attack Duli Town now, but we can take it slowly. Join forces first in other aspects. For example, my envoy had handed over the Liaodong distribution rights of several scarce commodities to Qingnipu. I believe this is a good cooperation."

"That's really good, but if it's just like this, it's not worth my big fight to come here in person." Li Lingfu said with a smile. He was not disappointed when he heard Li Jing say that he would not attack Duli Town now. Li Jing was talking about the truth and was very frank. If Li Jing opened his mouth and wanted to help him deal with Duli Town, he might turn around and leave.

"I still have a good deal now and want to trade with Lord Li." Li Jing believes that any cooperation requires benefits. Joining forces with Qingnipu also requires step by step. Only when everyone gets benefits and gets the benefits, the road ahead will be further. "I know Lord Li has just won two big victories and captured more than 2,000 soldiers from Beisha City and Duli Town."

"That's right." Li Lingfu nodded, "But I have more than two thousand prisoners in my hands. My Crane Control Cavalry took the initiative every year, and the captives were still thousands more. In addition, we have captured many people. If you want to do a slave business, I can have more than ten thousand young and strong people in my hands. Of course, these people are not all captured soldiers, but many ordinary people. Not only the Tang people, but also many Khitans, Shiwei people, Turks, Goguryeo, etc. In addition to the young and strong male slaves, I also have many young female slaves. If you want to buy them, I can give you a discount."

Li Jing smiled and said, "I want all these, I want as much as I have. However, I don't plan to buy them, but I plan to change them."

"Switch? How to change?"

"This time, our army broke through the Iron Mountain Bandit Cave, annihilated Feng Zhang's fleet, and attacked Wuhu Island. The harvest was also quite good. I believe the city lord had such troubles. The captured soldiers were not easy to use. They were not assured that they entered the army, and they had to worry about them escaping, and they often had troubles."

"It is true. They are all captured on the battlefield. Many of the brothers and fathers of many generations have died at our hands. They have been enemies for generations, and even if they become prisoners, they are still difficult to control."

"That's right, because they are your prisoners, it's hard to deal with these people even if they become slaves. I have a suggestion that it's better to exchange prisoners of war slaves. If you hand over your prisoners of war slaves to me, and I'll hand over these prisoners to you, it will save you a lot of trouble." Li Jing suggested. He thought about the idea of ​​replacing prisoners for a long time. The soldiers from Da Xie Village were kept in their hands and had to worry about them causing trouble at all times. It would be better to throw them out and worry about peace of mind. If there were a group of prisoners of war in Liaodong, there would be no direct grudge between the two sides, the situation might be much better.

Li Lingfu thought for a while, discussed with several subordinates, and finally agreed to Li Jing's proposal to change slaves. The two sides immediately reached the first cooperation. Li Jing combined more than 4,000 families of the remaining one-eyed Dragon Pirates, plus Zheng Mo and his more than 600 soldiers who surrendered. In addition, there were nearly 3,000 prisoners from Daxie Village, plus the soldiers and their families on Wuhu Island, a total of 10,000 people, and replaced three thousand prisoners in Li Lingfu's hands, two thousand young male slaves and five thousand young female slaves. However, these slaves in Qingnipu are of higher value, so Li Jing also had to provide Qingnipu with the specialty white wine, rock sugar and perfume of Shamen Town equivalent to the other half of the slaves.

After the first order was negotiated, Li Lingfu wanted to buy some warships, weapons, spears, swords, bows and arrows from Li Jing, especially the demand for bows, arrows and crossbows. Although Qingnipu also has its own ordnance workshop, at the beginning of the war, he had to start storing ordnances in preparation for a long-term war.

"We need crossbows, especially heavy crossbows." Li Lingfu pondered for a while, "I want to buy you the sharp firearm that defeats Feng Zhang Fleet."

Li Jing thought for a while. Although there were many weapons and equipment, he was unwilling to sell it and was willing to store it. However, now that the first alliance with Qingnipu now, he had to take some things to take. Anyway, his weapons were enough in the short term. Then he said, "I can give you three thousand spears and three thousand horizontal knives each. I also have to be tight on bows and crossbows, and the same is true for arrows. My Shamen Town has a special weapons shop, but various materials such as beef tendons and cowhides are really tight. If the city lord can provide us with a lot of materials in the future, we can help Lord Li customize it. As for that kind of powerful flame, it is quite difficult to make, and I have almost used up my hands, but I can draw a hundred cups first."
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