Chapter 620
After crossing Xianxia Ridge, Huang Chao finally found the feeling of invincibility and led the "Cao Army" to sweep the land of Fujian, where the soldiers were few and the generals were scarce, and soared into the sky and fragrant formation to Fujian.
Since the famous general Gao Pian drove Huang Chao out of Hangzhou and after Yue, he did not take the remaining courage to chase the enemy. Instead, he learned from the overlord to stay in Zhenhai to compete for fame and fortune. With the backstage of the court, Lu Xie faction, he was in the same rank as his rival Zheng Ting, the prime minister, actively carried forward the fine traditions formed in the Tang Dynasty's officialdom since the Niu and Li struggle, and devoted his limited energy to the infinite verbal battle.
In the court, Lu Xie proposed that General Gao Pian, who was intimidated in the southeast, replace Cui Anqian's recruitment position, but Prime Minister Lu's cousin Zheng Cao strongly opposed it.
Gao Pian also wrote a letter to the court in Zhenhai, and Lu Cheng advocated a marriage with the new emperor of Nanzhao, and Zheng Prime Minister opposed it again.
Cui Anqian, who was removed from the position of recruiting envoy by Lu, Gao Pian and others, was not frugal. He mobilized his brother, Cui Dan, the Minister of Rites, to take the opportunity to impeach Gao Pian and Nanzhao's diplomatic failure, and Gao Pian wrote a letter to defend...
Gao Situ, the Duke of Yan State, was very busy, so he naturally couldn't care about Huang Chao, the defeated bandit. Moreover, Gao Situ was not as good as Li Jing's little guy who had fought countless battles for the Tang Dynasty and won many great victories.
When he was defeated by Annan, Li Jing still herded cattle in the countryside. Now Li Jing has become the first king of different surnames since the three dynasties. He is also the governor of the four towns. He holds ten prefectures and is named the Prince of Andong County, and is promoted to the Grand Marshal. He is also the Tong Zhangshi of the Central Secretariat and is promoted to the Central Secretariat.
He has only one Duke of Yan until now, and even Situ is still in the procuratorial examination. How could he bear this tone?
Therefore, Gao Pian was determined to change his opponent to show his ability to fight. The little Huang Chao was too careless. Even if he was wiped out, he could not compare with Li Jing's achievements in regaining Liaodong. He wanted to go back to Xichuan to continue fighting with the people of Nanzhao, but unfortunately, when the chief Long died, Nanzhao immediately shrank. Nanzhao did not dare to fight in the southwest. The Uighurs in the northwest were long dead. The remaining one of the Kiass destroyed the Uighurs and ran west of Jinshan. Tuyuhun, Dangxiang people, Tiel people, Tatars and others who left the northwest had no courage to fight with the Tang Dynasty. The only one who dared to challenge the Tang Dynasty was also destroyed by that damn boy and other vassal states. Now Li Guochang is still following his hands with thousands of castrated Crow Army.
Looking around, there is still a place to use force in the northeast direction. After more than a hundred years of not beating the Khitans, they started to shake again. Even Goguryeo, which had been destroyed for more than two hundred years, was restored. There is also a Bohai Sea, which has been hiding far away from the Tang Dynasty, but only dares to shamelessly call itself the Haidong Shengguo to the small tribes around. But now, this damn Bohai has been for more than two hundred years. Finally, they finally saw that they finally got an erection and looked like a man. As a result, Li Jing easily closed the door and beat the dog, lost 60,000 people in one battle, and immediately became a turtle shrouded, and even easily cede land for Li Jing to accompany the money, lying back to Haidong to cry. Li Jing took advantage of it for nothing, and made him the best prince in the three dynasties.
He gets angry when he thinks about this.
He wanted to go to Liaodong or to go to western Liaoning, but Tian Lingzi refused to do so. He was just a eunuch. He gave him some face, so he actually opened a dyeing workshop.
Stay in the southeast to beat a group of mud-legged private salt dealers. What's the point of this day? Let them fight, whoever wants to fight will fight.
Gao Pian looked down on these thieves in the southeast, but the others were having a lot of fun fighting and were fighting to beat the dogs in the water.
The three generals Li Guochang, Li Youjin, and Li Jinzhong Shatuo led the three thousand Shatuo cavalry and killed the leader of the thief Wang Chongyin in the head with one move.
Yang Fuguang, the military commander of the capital, was blackened by Mu Renyu last time, and finally found an opportunity to prove himself this time. He led his army to defeat the thief leader Xu Tangju of Jiangxi and captured him and killed him.
Even before leaving, Pei Yu, the former Zhenhai Jiedushi, showed his skills and killed Cao Shixiong, the leader of the thief, all the way.
In early September, Gao Pian finally couldn't bear it and sent an envoy to Dengzhou to borrow grain from Li Jing.
When Li Jing received the news, he met Zhang Yingying in Pyongyang. Zhang Yingying had been insisting on fighting with Silla in Qinghai Town. Silla was corrupt and both sides were defeated. After Zhang Yingying heard that Li Jing had a great victory in Liaodong and crossed the Yalu River to seize the various places in Pyongyang, he came this time to cooperate with Li Jing. He hoped that Li Jing could send troops to attack the northern part of Silla and support his war in the south.
Li Jing did not agree to such a request immediately. Although Zhang Yingying is the mother of his eldest girl, he would not just joke about the lives of his brothers under his command. No matter how weak Silla is, it is still a unified Silla with a population of millions. Before Li Jing solved Goguryeo, there was no reason to take the initiative to mess with the sticks.
However, for the sake of Zhang Yingying and her children, Li Jing could not have been helpless at all. After understanding the situation between the two sides, Li Jing proposed to send a fleet with about 5,000 troops from land and sea. Of course, these people would fight under the banner of Qinghai Town. Moreover, this army would not be under the command of Zhang Yingying and have the right to fight alone. Li Jing was willing to send this army to the army, but in fact he had another idea, that is, to let them plunder the southern coastal areas of Silla under the banner of Qinghai Town rebels and rob the population.
Now Li Jing is so scarce that he will be crazy. The land of Liaodong is simply a bottomless pit. If you throw tens of thousands of people in, you won’t even have a bubble. There are too many people missing. If there is no one, then Liaodong will not be able to stabilize. That is not to mention continuing to attack north. Military is for political services.
Li Jing knew this very well. If he could not defend himself after fighting, what would he do if he struggled to fight.
The negotiations with Zhang Yingying were very easy. Zhang Yingying’s Qinghai Town was on the archipelago south of Silla. Taking advantage of the advantages of water war, she has been fighting with the Silla people. And while fighting, she can also operate maritime trade, so life is not very difficult, especially Li Jing has always been able to trade with him.
In the long run, secretly sending troops to support Zhang Yingying is also beneficial to the town. If Goguryeo is destroyed, if there is a chance, Li Jing will definitely be willing to destroy Silla, which is already in the last generation. At least, they cannot give them the opportunity to threaten the safety of the town in Liaodong. If Zhang Yingying can really drag Silla to death, then Silla will become a piece of fat that is put to the mouth. The town will be able to plunder a lot of benefits here at that time.
After reaching the agreement, Zhang Yingying bought a large amount of food and some weapons and ships from Li Jing. Li Jing obtained a batch of Silla prisoners and slaves from Zhang Yingying.
After seeing off Zhang Yingying who was in a hurry, Li Jing did not go to see the envoy of Gao Pian immediately. He first left him in Dengzhou, and then summoned Gongsun Lan to ask him about the identity of Gao Pian's envoy.
Lu Yongzhi, a alchemist. In Li Jing's memory, he is no stranger to this name.
It can be said that in the chaos of the late Tang Dynasty, Gao Pian, who had always held 100,000 soldiers. He had the ability to control the entire situation in the late Tang Dynasty, but he had no action at all and missed a great opportunity. Gao Pian's fame and fortune were destroyed throughout his life. Gao Pian was fond of pretending to be a god and ghost, almost reaching the level of madness. Later, he was harmed by his general Bi Shiduo, and his sons and nephews were buried alive. It can be said that Lu Yongzhi had great responsibility.
This man was originally a merchant. When Lu Yongzhi was a young man, he was an orphan and attached himself to his uncle's family, but he stole his house. Later, he fled to Jiuhua Mountain and served as a alchemist Niu Honghui. It is said that he had the art of serving ghosts and gods. Later, he went down the mountain to sell medicine at Guangling Market. In order to advance, he visited Gao Pian's general Yu Gongchu and performed magic. Therefore, he was able to see Gao Pian, who was actually sent to the shogunate and slightly replenished his right position. As a result, the villain took power and caused trouble to the side. He forced Bi Shiduo, Zheng Hanzhang, and Zhang Shenjian. In the end, Lu Yongzhi summoned Yang Xingmi to help the battle, and Yang Xingmi killed him after quelling the rebellion.
A person like Lu Yongzhi is like Tian Lingzi beside Li Yan, and even more hateful than Tian Lingzi. He is now looking, he must have just joined Gao Pian's tent, and Gao Pian sent him to do something.
"Borrow grain!" Gongsun Lan had already met Lu Yongzhi, and it seemed that she had a bad impression and was unwilling to say a few more words.
Li Jing frowned, "Zhenhai Tongrun, Su, Chang, Hu, Hang, and Muzhou are the richest places in the southeast. Even if the thieves invade the southeast before, it is impossible for Gao Pian to borrow grain from us." Zhenhaijun was the former Western Zhejiang Observer, and the six prefectures under his jurisdiction were in the northern part of Zhejiang and east of Zhenjiang to the south of Jiangsu River. The headquarters of Runzhou is the later Nanjing. How could it be that there would be no grain if it occupied Suhu, Changhang, Nanjing?
Moreover, even if he borrowed grain, Gao Pian should borrow grain from the Huainan Jiedushi, Zhejiang East Observer and Xuanxi Observer who were closer to him.
Gongsun Lan replied that Li Liang had already tried it, but Lu Yongzhi looked at him and did not explain his true intention. After hearing this result, Li Jing took a boat back to Dengzhou with Gongsun Lan. After all, although Lu Yongzhi was a person Li Jing despised, Gao Pian behind him was not an ordinary person. Li Jing did not want to offend a person like Gao Pian immediately.
This demon Taoist priest is a handsome talent, and Lu Yongzhi is a starting point in the market, familiar with his human relationships and worldly affairs, and knows public and private interests. When he first met, he could touch people. If Li Jing hadn't known Lu Yongzhi's background well, he would have been confused by his surface.
"What's the matter if you send me a man from Yan State?" Li Jing said coldly without giving him any good face.
Seeing that Li Jing was not moved by his words, Lu Yongzhi was slightly stunned. Even people like Gao Pian were moved by his fair tongue, and regarded him as a genius, and trusted him even more. However, he did not expect that Li Jing was so young, but was not moved at all. The lower part was a little stiff, and he smiled and said, "In Zhenhai, Shizhong Gao heard that the prince was not only good at fighting, but also loved the people as his son, and had a kind heart. The prince reformed the tax laws in Dengzhou and made it happen.
The people who had to pay dozens of cents of taxes to get a tax, and even the ranks were exempted. Gao Shizhong was sighing when he heard this. Gao Shizhong was also a kind person, and he was a famous general to the county prince. Before he took office as Zhenhai, the thieves had already caused trouble to the states for a long time. Although Gao Shizhong defeated and drove away the thieves, Zhenhai suffered a huge loss, and there was insufficient food in all places. Gao Shizhong knew that the thieves were kind and famous, and he sent villains to borrow food to overcome this difficulty."
Li Jing glanced at Lu Yongzhi and asked coldly while thinking about Gao Pian's real intention, "How much does Duke Yan plan to borrow?"
Chapter completed!