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Li Jing got up and left the table. Zhang Rui quickly called a young servant to follow him. As soon as he left the hall, the night wind in April blew, and his whole body immediately felt relieved from the drunken and slightly inflamed feeling, and his expression became much more relaxed. He just said he wanted to change his clothes was just an excuse. Li Jing was really unable to drink and took the opportunity to breathe. It was the fifteenth day, and the weather was clear, and a bright moon in the night sky was in the middle, which was extremely bright.

After leaving the servant, Li Jing simply walked in the yard to wake up and sobered up. Anyway, the purpose of coming to the banquet tonight has been achieved, so he is not in a hurry to go back. This time, he set off from Chang'an, and the Zhenguo Army marched very fast.

After the plan to encircle and suppress the 12 towns was finally decided on that day, all the troops and horses also left the capital one after another. First, Zheng Congyi, Yu Jun, Tuoba Sigong, and Hao Lianduo, the troops of the four towns were the first to leave the capital. Then Li Guochang and Yang Fuguang led 3,000 Shatuo Army and the three thousand Shence Army and then set off for Xichuan. The next day, Xin Xi also set off with Mi Haiwan and other three tribes back to Datong Army. When Xin Xi set off, he also brought three thousand Shence Army, two of which were infantry and one thousand cavalry. These three thousand soldiers were completely fought for by Li Jing in front of the emperor. He was the new deputy ambassador of the Datong Army. If there were no soldiers in his hands, the three governors under his command would be several thousand soldiers and horses. This would undoubtedly be difficult to achieve after taking office. For this reason, Li Jing invited three thousand soldiers and horses from Li Yan. In this way, the Datong Army also had 10,000 soldiers and horses.

Xin Xi obtained three thousand Shen Ce Army. When Chen Jingxuan went to Youzhou the next day, he also asked Tian Lingzi to ask for three thousand imperial guards. The three thousand he wanted were all cavalry.

Then, Liu Ye, the governor of Huainan, Mu Renyu, the governor of Xuanwu, and Du Qing, the defender of the Eastern Capital, also left Beijing and returned to the towns. When they left, Li Yan was surprised to send 1,000 imperial soldiers to each of the three men and followed them back to the town.

Later, Du Shenquan, the governor of Zhaoyi, returned to the town, and Li Yan even drew 5,000 imperial guards because Zhaoyi's army had been defeated before. Li Zhuo, the governor of Heyang, Li Zong, the governor of Yicheng, and Cui Anqian, the governor of Zhongwu, also won 3,000 imperial guards.

In addition to the Pinglu Army, the four armies of the Invasion Army, the Tianping Army and the Taining Army were not in Beijing. This time, the twelve towns that were about to suppress bandits were to be suppressed. Among the eight towns in the capital, only the Emperor of Zhenguo Army did not deport the imperial guards to him. In the four towns that were not in Beijing, Song Wei of the Pinglu Army also obtained 3,000 infantry and 500 cavalry.

This mobilization surprised Li Jing for a long time. In the end, Li Zhen pointed out the mystery inside.

This is actually just a continuation of the power struggle between the leading eunuchs within the Shence Army. Last time, Tian Lingzi took advantage of the army of the eight towns and three tribes in Beijing and used the emperor's support to carry out a great purge for the Shence Army in the capital. The current follow-up is just the result of the Yang Fugong faction and the Shence Army generals of the Ximen Sigong faction who failed in the last struggle were squeezed out of the capital. Even Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong have been temporarily squeezed out of the capital, so their followers will naturally not have a good result.

Tian Lingzi was fighting to supplement the troops and strengthen the bandit suppression force, and openly threw the losers of the struggle out of the capital. It was estimated that except for the three thousand cavalry he gave Chen Jingxuan, the remaining 26,500 gods went out to send out the transfer, and they were probably all different elements.

Li Jing also had to admire that Tian Lingzi's consecutive moves were indeed steady, accurate and ruthless, so fast that Ximen Sigong and Yang Fugong had no time to react.

Originally, the imperial guards had already drawn out the troops and attacked the thieves and the total number of troops in each town was tens of thousands. However, no one went directly to Songzhou. Instead, as soon as they left Tongguan, they went their separate ways and returned to their respective vassal states. In the end, even the Xuanwu Jiedu governor Mu Renyu, who was in charge of Songzhou, returned to Bianzhou first and got it. Only Li Jing could not get around, so he finally arrived at the city of Songzhou alone.

Originally, Li Jing was also planning to bypass Songzhou and go back to Dengzhou first. But Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao did not give him Li Jing's face. He had just arrived in Songzhou. Cao and Puzhou in front were already full of thieves, blocking the way forward.

The thieves are in great momentum now. There are a large number of thieves in Song, Cao, Hua, Pu, Yan, Yi, Ji, Yun, Qi, and Jiuzhou. The official army is now guarding the front line of the Bian Canal. The west side of the Bian Canal is not bad, but the east side is almost corrupt. The Tianping Army and the Taining Army have been beaten to shrink and their respective Yachengs are not dared to go out. There are only a dozen cities left in Jiuzhou and are still standing against the city, but the village has almost completely lost. The thieves and locusts pass by, and their power expands rapidly like snowballs. Now it is known as a group of 100,000 people. At the same time, after these thieves pass by, they almost robbed everything, resulting in complete disorder in public security in various places. More refugees began to gather in groups, gather to rob, or enter the mountains to become thieves, occupy the islands as thieves, and even start burning, killing and looting. The entire host of Henan Road is already in a chaotic war.

This reminded Li Jing of a sentence, a spark can start a prairie fire!

Now I have missed the best opportunity to eliminate the thieves. After these thieves merged with Qingzhou soldiers, they have both weapons, people, and professional soldiers and generals, and have completely grown up. Even Li Jing dares not say that he can eliminate these thieves by taking action. In history, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao have not received support from local warlords like Wang Jingguan at the beginning, and they did not win the victory of the Tianping and Taining Army from the beginning.

Li Jing had to stop in Songzhou now. In addition to being blocked from the road ahead, there was another important reason, that is, his food was not enough. The 20,000 army consumed no decimal food every day. When he set out from Chang'an, the imperial court did not give Li Jing much food. It was originally expected that there would be supply later, but after he sent troops, Yang Fugong, the military-supplier, had not left the capital for a long time, so naturally there would be no food supply. If Li Jing had not paid his own money along the way to buy good food from the cities ahead in advance, they would not have even arrived in Songzhou.

Now the nine states ahead are full of thieves, so naturally there is no need to ask for supplies on the road, so Li Jing had no choice but to stay.

It seems that no matter how you look at it, if you want to go back to Dengzhou, you have to fight a battle with the thieves. Fortunately, Songzhou is a big city that can be replenished. However, Li Jing was still a little helpless when facing these thieves. The thieves are known as 100,000, but he has 30,000 to 40,000 rebels. There are not many elite soldiers among them, but because of this, Li Jing felt that this battle is more and more difficult to fight. Because thieves are just playing the tactics of the sea of ​​people, the most common thing that thieves now is people.

For Li Jing, every soldier in Zhenguo Army is very precious. If one hundred soldiers die when fighting against the thieves, they will not be moved. If one of the thieves dies, Li Jing will feel heartbroken. After thinking about it, Liu Xun gave him an idea, which is to recruit a temporary auxiliary army locally in Songzhou and issue weapons. When fighting with the thieves, let the auxiliary army take over first. As long as the first offensive of these thieves is resisted, the Zhenguo Army will fight out later and will definitely defeat the enemy and greatly avoid damage to our army.

Although this proposal is a bit cruel, since Li Jing did not want his soldiers to perish, this is an excellent solution. After hesitating for a while, Li Jing decided to recruit five thousand auxiliary soldiers.

Now that the city is recruiting soldiers, and just now, the weapons and armor of the five thousand soldiers have been completed, Li Jing is in a much better mood. With food and salary, cannon fodder in the lead, cannon fodder has also been in the lead, and cannon fodder has also been equipped with weapons and armor, and the next thing will be easier.

Li Jing was thinking about his thoughts while turning casually, but soon he got lost in the Zhang Mansion. As he walked, he actually arrived in the back garden. It was almost May, and the roses in the garden were blooming, which was very beautiful under the moon. At this moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and a young woman in white entered his vision. From a distance, she looked as beautiful and charming as the roses under the moon.

His eyes couldn't help but look at her, and he couldn't help but feel in his heart. There were countless beauties he had seen, but this was the first time he had seen such a person. This woman looked like she was only thirteen or fourteen years old. She was neither charming nor plump, but she was a little like the rose that had not yet bloomed. At the age of thirteen or fourteen years old, she was only a young age, but her youthfulness was unique to her, but she looked so charming.

She lowered her shoulders, leaned down halfway, lowered her head and sniffed the flowers lightly, and she looked so cute.

A pink face with a little baby fat and thin eyebrows were like a crescent moon, slanted to the edge of the flying clouds. Looking at the broken face, Li Jing, who was drunk, really wanted to go forward and knead a few handfuls.

Li Jing stood under the vine rack, half-welcoming, looking at the cute girl, and couldn't help but get distracted.

The girl in front of the rose finally found Li Jing at this time. When Li Jing broke into the garden, she saw it, but she didn't say anything, because she recognized the young and heroic man at first sight. She had just sneaked to see Li Jing outside the living room with her close girl Luya. The girl at the age of thirteen or fourteen was in the spring. When the maid said that Li Jing, the commander of Zhenguo Army Day, came to the house to attend the banquet, and her heart couldn't help but jump up.

Li Jing is young and brave, a famous young hero in the world. He was already a Duke wearing the three-town handsome seal shortly after he won the championship. Such a character has long been sung by the world. Countless restaurants and tea shops are full of heroic deeds. Even Zhang Hui, who is staying in the boudoir, has heard of countless times. Like many other girls, after countless people add fuel to the fire, Li Jing's heroic image has long become the girl's dream lover.
Chapter completed!