Li Jing, carrying a jade sword on his waist, a purple-red round-necked official robe, and a folded-legged head, stepped into the Tianlang Hall with big strides. Wang Pu of Duli Town, southern Liaoning, Shi Shoucheng of Shicheng, Jiang Ju of Shirenzhu City, Han Anmin of Dengzhou, Xiao Dingbang and others 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 he stepped onto the iron seat that was headed.

Under the iron seat, there were many generals of the Zhendong Army who followed him. They sat on the left, namely Lin Wei, the front wing envoy Lin Wu, the left wing envoy Wang Chong, the back wing envoy Zhang Chengzong, the middle wing envoy Xuan Cheng. There were also generals Liu Shouqian, Li Wei, Li Shugen, Qiu Shengong, Cui Chengxiu, Li Juyi, Guo Zhenhai, Gao Rong, Megan, Julie, Li Xu, Zhang Lie, Wu Qian, Meng Yang, Li Yuan and others. In addition, there were civil servants Li Zhen, Li Liang, Guo Chengan, Li Chun, Zhang Hong, Pei You, Du Zhongwu, Cui Zhiyuan and others. The civil servants and military positions were gathered together. Almost all the main figures in the Li Jing power were summoned.

The crowd gathered together, including those who followed Li Jing at the beginning and representatives of several major families who later joined. At this time, everyone was polite. "How do we accept this order?" Lin Wu, who was furious, was the first to speak, and Wang Chong immediately took over the words, "Yes, I think what General Lin Er said makes sense."

Han Anmin also said at this time: "Monday, this court obviously disregards our feelings. No matter how powerful our army in Zhendong is, it is impossible for us to send troops to Zhejiang and Datong at the same time."

Li Jing sat there and looked down at Han Anmin with satisfaction. His attitude was good, which means that between the court and Li Jing, they were still on his side for the time being. The clans were actually seeking profit. Now the Han family took Li Jing's ship. Not only have many Han family members entered Dengzhou and Liaonan to serve. Li Jing also handed over many of the goods produced to the Han family, allowing them to sell further away, and they made a lot of money.

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

"Not very good." Han Anmin frowned, "There were continuous heavy rains at the beginning of the month, and the sea was stormy. The fleet on the sea could not sail at all. On land, the heavy rain turned the road into extremely muddy, and the convoy was difficult to walk. The caravan had not left the door for more than half a month."

Xiao Dingbang also sighed. This rain caused them great losses.

"Monday, the ministers of the county thought that we could not abide by the imperial court's will. It is raining and storms on the sea are constantly stopping, so it is difficult for our navy to move forward. Towards Datong, you either cross the sea to Youzhou and cross Feiguxing into Weizhou, or go to Qingziqi along the Ji River through the Central Plains and Henan to Hedong. No matter which road, Youzhou and Ziqi are now in constant wars and the road is not smooth." Guo Cheng'an sighed and looked at Zhang Tai sitting next to Li Jing.

Li Jing did not directly answer Guo Chengan's words, but looked up and said to Li Wei: "General Zijun, let's talk about the information about the two rebels I have found."

Li Zijun turned his head: "In the southwest of Shatuo and Zhuxie, the Shatuo army captured the Zhalu army and directly captured the Kelan army. Lu Jianfang, who was ordered to go to Zhenwu, died suddenly in Lanzhou. After receiving the news under his post, Lu Jianfang was very likely to die under the assassination of Zhuxie's Chixin father and son. To the south, Shatuo army broke through Yanmen Pass, which was not well prepared, bypassed Daizhou, burned Tanglin and Dunxian, and advanced to Xinzhou."

"Now the Hedong Jiedushi Dou Huan is eager to conquer the people, digging moats around Jinyang City, where Taiyuan Prefecture is located, and recruiting united soldiers. Unexpectedly, these earthen groups stopped moving as soon as they reached the north of the city and demanded rewards! Dou Huan ordered Deng Qian, the Marquis of the Horse and Budu Yu, to comfort him with both hands, but as a result, a thousand earthen groups cut Deng Qian to death alive, and then carried the fragmented body to the Jiedushi's yamen to demonstrate. Dou Huan was so scared that he forced the Ganku Mansion to borrow 50,000 kilowatts from the merchants in the city, and rewarded each of the earthen soldiers with three hundred pieces. It would be fine if he had to cloth one."

Hearing this, everyone in the hall frowned. Hedong first betrayed Li Guochang and his son and cut Duan Wenchu. Now even the land group in Taiyuan has made a fuss to kill officials and cut Deng Qian. He is really a group of arrogant soldiers and barbarians.

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

"Just just received the news, Li Guochang and his son had already attacked the Zhenningwu Army of Youzhou in the east without waiting for the imperial army to arrive. They were counterattacked by Lu Long's army. Shatuo Army did not make much progress. Now they have withdrawn, and Li Guochang is plotting to attack Youzhou in the west."

The Zhongwu Army and Yicheng Army were both south of the Yellow River and east of Luoyang. Heyang and Zhaoyi Army were north of Luoyang and the Yellow River, just below the Hedong Army. It was normal for the court to dispatch these four armies to fight against Li Guochang and his son, but it was obviously abnormal to transfer the Zhendong Army far away in Dengzhou.

At present, Li Guochang and his son attacked from all directions. They had already reached the front of Taiyuan Prefecture in the south, and dared to enter Youzhou in the east, and were still planning to attack Youzhou in the northwest.

Lin Wei sneered: "The Shatuo people are brave, but they are brave but have no plans. They did not attack Taiyuan with all their strength, but their troops were divided into various ways, attacking from all directions, and invading all places. This is a way to die. The four-way army of the court came to their death, and they were dead."

"It's too early to say that they were defeated. I feel that it's difficult to achieve success for a while because of the attacks by several troops of the court. Although Li Keyong and his son divided the troops, they have not yet suffered a great defeat." Li Jing shook his head.

"Then let's not worry about them, let them turn things around." Wang Pu said.

Most of the other generals mean this. Although the emperor issued an imperial edict to come over, the sky was high and the emperor was far away. Although Li Jing had always maintained respect for the court, he might not necessarily say that Li Jing would be afraid of the court. At present, the territories that the court could directly control were not only Guanzhong and southeast, but even the vassal states in the Central Plains, on the surface, the Jiedushi listened to the court. However, most of these Jiedushi were civil servants, and everyone listened to them when they did not touch the interests of the soldiers below. But once their interests were touched, they would immediately get up to drive away the Jiedushi, or even kill the Jiedushi. Compared with the situation in Datong, it was actually not much better.

There is no need to say that Li Jing rebelled against the court. As long as he found a few excuses to refuse and did not send troops, the court had no choice but to do anything to him.

However, Li Jing did not have such a plan in his mind. When all the vassal states in the late Tang Dynasty did not take the court seriously, Li Jing hoped to maintain the appearance of Zhendong Army being loyal to the court. Although the court lost its power, for Li Jing, he could not get any practical things for rebel against the court now, but if he could always use the banner of Li Tang, it would be very important.

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

Li Jing, who is familiar with history, knew that Li Keyong and his son had opposed the Tang Dynasty in history, and were finally suppressed by the court and had to flee to the Tatars in the end. If Huang Chao had not made a big fuss later and the court summoned their father and son again, there would not be any King Li Keyong of Jin in history, and there would not be any Later Tang Dynasty.

"I, Li Jing, is the minister of the Emperor's Emperor, and the Zhendong Army is a sharp sword of the Emperor's Emperor. Wherever His Majesty's finger is pointed, our Zhendong Army will also slash. I have been thinking for a long time and decided to send troops to Datong." Li Jing looked at the people in the hall and said with great righteousness.

The generals were a little surprised, but no one opposed it, and the matter seemed a bit strange.

Wang Pu secretly observed the people in the hall, especially Li Jing's counselor Li Zhen, Li Liang, Guo Cheng'an and others. Seeing that they all looked like an ancient well-being, he immediately understood that before Li Jing convened this meeting, he must have made a decision in the core circle of Zhendong Army.

"However, if we want to deal with the Shatu people, we will have a large army. In the decree, we will have to send troops to fight against Wang Ying. Therefore, this time we will fight on both sides of the east army in our town. In addition, the Goguryeo and Khitans in Liao were still fighting, but we must also station troops to guard against each other. In Dengzhou, we must also prepare to wait for the dispatch of the commander of Qingzhou at any time and send troops to support the rebellion against Wang Jingwu." Li Jing paused and said, "Given the complexity of the situation at the moment, I decided to recruit another ten thousand troops on both sides before sending troops."

Hearing this, Shi Shoucheng and Jiang Ju had a complicated expression. Previously, Li Jing reorganized tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from southern Liao into 10,000. Now, Li Jing is going to recruit new recruits.

Li Jing cleared his throat: "But the recruits were unable to go to the battlefield for a while, so they could only stay. Therefore, the soldiers who went on the expedition this time were still transferred to the original soldiers. To conquer Li Keyong and his son, I was going to send 20,000 troops, of which seven battalions were drawn from the two wingers in the southern Liaoning, three battalions were drawn from the one-wingers in Duli Town, and ten battalions were drawn from the two wingers in the eastern army. A total of twenty battalions were dispatched. In addition, all 8,000 troops from the eight wingers in the eight wingers in the southern Liaoning were drawn from the eight wingers in the southern Liaoning to serve as the logistics backpacking and auxiliary troops for the dispatch. They were responsible for transporting food and grass, cleaning the battlefield, escorting prisoners, and transporting spoils. They even served as reserves to support the battlefield when necessary."

"In addition, except for Zhenhaiying, the four naval camps, left behind Dengzhou, the other three battalions, and five Zhendong Army infantry battalions, had a total of 8,000 troops set out to fight in eastern Zhejiang." Li Jing said then.

Hearing this arrangement, many people frowned frequently. The Zhendong Army originally had 25,000 troops in the fifth wings and 25th battalions, but later three new battalions were added in Liaodong, with 28,000 troops. Duli Town had 5,000 troops, and two wings in southern Liaoning, plus eight thousand troops in southern Liaoning, the total number of troops was 51,000.

Now Li Jing wants to transfer 28,000 troops to Datong, and 8,000 troops to fight in eastern Zhejiang. There are only 2,000 troops left in Duli Town, only 3,000 troops left in southern Liaoning, and only 10,000 troops left in Zhendong Army in Dengzhou and southern Liaoning.
Chapter completed!