Chapter 761
August 15th, Mid-Autumn Festival.
Li Jing officially renamed Youzhou City Yanjing and moved Northeast China Taiwan to Yanjing. On the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, officials from the Shangshu Province, the Cabinet, the General Staff, the Governor's Office of the Five Army, the Supervision Department, the Department of Justice, and the Procuratorate held an open-air meeting outside Yanjing.
At the meeting, the Minister of Personnel of the Grand Taiwan Taiwan read out Li Jing's signature and authorized the establishment of the eight armies including Xiaowu, and appointed Guo Chongtao and other eight generals as military commanders. At the same time, a large number of former Shatuo and Lulong officers were appointed as the central military positions in the new army, and at the same time announced the transfer of officials from various prefectures and counties in the Beiping Province, Hebei Province, and Shandong Province. At the same time, a series of new policy orders were announced, and a one-year land tax on agricultural taxes in the three provinces of Beiping, Hebei and Shandong Province were issued.
Afterwards, Li Jing personally read out the emperor's edict delivered from Chengdu.
The emperor ordered Li Jing to be appointed as the Grand Marshal of the World, and to lead the troops of the world to serve the king and fight against the thieves. He pretended to be Huang Yue, and the commander was appointed as the military commander of the inside and outside the country, and to be appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat. In addition, Li Jing had previously requested the emperor to grant official positions and titles to the Qin army generals, and the case was approved.
The imperial edict was appointed as King of Qin, and the four people of Li Jing were named Cui Yunqing, Lin Wei, Wang Chong and Li Zhen. Nine people including Wang Pu, Lin Wu, Pei You, Li Juyi and other nine people as county dukes, and thirty-six people including Jingxiang, Gaiyu, Guo Cheng'an, Liu Xun and other thirty-six people as founding marquises. At the bottom, they were named 72 founding lords, 108 founding monarchs, and 360 founding men. Among the Qin vassals, all civil and military officials from Li Jing were awarded titles.
In the emperor's edict, Li Jing had already entered the royal family genealogy. According to the royal family genealogy, Li Jing belonged to the name of Xuanba, the fourth son of Emperor Gaozu of Tang. According to the generation, Li Jing was the uncle of the emperor. Therefore, in this edict, the emperor specially called Li Jing the uncle.
Although everyone in the world knows that Li Jing is not the descendant of the Li family royal family, it was just that the court included Li Jing in the genealogy of the Li Tang royal family in order to capture Li Jing. Now the emperor has re-mentioned old things, and based on this, I don’t know how he calculated that Li Jing’s royal family was his uncle, so he came up to call Li Jing’s uncle. It was obvious that he wanted to use this to win over Li Jing.
However, after this edict was read out in front of a group of military and civilians in the suburbs, the effect was still good. Everyone in the suburbs called Li Jing the emperor's uncle.
In the emperor's edict, Li Jing's mother, wife and children were also awarded Li Jing's mother, wife and children. Li Jing now has eighteen sons, the eldest of whom was named Prince Lanling. The other seventeen sons were all awarded the title of Duke of the County, and they were really rewarded with great rewards.
After reading the edict, the angels from Chengdu gave the golden ceremonial guards that the emperor brought along the way. Huang Yue was decorated with gold, used by ancient emperors and later generations as ceremonial guards. Huang Yue was lent to ministers. This means that the emperor was exercising the power of conquest. There are many envoys in the court, and false rituals: they have no right to deal with people in peacetime, and they can kill those who violate military orders in wartime. Zheng Yue: they can kill those who have no official positions in peacetime, and officials below the fifth rank can be killed in wartime. Zheng Yue: they can kill officials below the fifth rank at peacetime and in wartime. Fei Huang Yue: they can kill generals (including false rank, rank at peacetime, and rank at peacetime).
The fake Huang Yue can be said to be a great effort. During the Tang Dynasty, after Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan controlled Chang'an, he used the puppet emperor to give himself the fake Huang Yue position. Then he added a series of official positions, such as the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister, and the Jiuxi, until Yang You finally abdicated the throne.
The emperor now has someone who has added Li Jing to the title of Huang Yue, and added Li Jing's Shangshu Ling. He also added a big word to the Marshal of the World, becoming the Marshal of the World, and commanding the military commander of the world. The Grand Commander of the World, and the Grand Commander of the World, is already a little panicked. Especially for the position of Shangshu Ling, the Shangshu Ling in the Central Court and the Shangshu Ling in the Daxingtai.
Only Li Shimin was appointed as the Central Secretary of the Tang Dynasty. Although the emperor also gave Guo Ziyi a title, Guo refused to resign and dared not accept it. Now, such a position as a non-subject minister was given to Li Jing. We can already know the situation of the emperor who was far away in Chengdu.
It was the Shangshu Ling, the Grand Marshal, the fake Huang Yue, and the voluntary call him Uncle Li Jing, which was amazing.
However, after these titles were read out from the edict, the effect was indeed very great. Although Li Jing didn't care much about these things, he knew clearly that having troops and territory in his hands was everything. But for the people in Hebei at this time, these titles were still very important. Without these, Li Jing was just attacking the vassal states of Lulong Town, but with these, Li Jing officially represented the Tang Dynasty. Even if the Li Tang was weak at this time, the name of Dayi was still there and he was still the common ruler of the world.
After reading the edict, the Qin army arranged a small but very shocking military parade. For Li Jing, it has always been excellent to hold a military parade from time to time to show his strong military power to the officials and people of the newly occupied land.
The neat and uniform infantry formation, bright and sturdy armor, the magnificent cavalry units galloping, and the crossbows that broke the mountain and shook the earth. People from all levels of Youzhou who were watching the parade in the suburbs looked at each other and were shocked.
After seeing the Qin army's momentum, the spies sent by various forces in the onlookers were unable to calm down for a long time, thinking about how to report the Qin army's sharpness back carefully.
A whole day, the emperor's decree was announced in the morning, officials were promoted and promoted, and in the afternoon there was a grand military parade. In the evening, they announced the rewards to the soldiers of the entire army. In addition, all the officials and officials also had a generous reward, and even the ordinary people in Youzhou received a reward of two dou of rice per person.
At night, Youzhou City couldn't help but Jinwu, and even set up a Lantern Market, which was extremely lively.
After the war, worries were swept away, and Youzhou was filled with joy.
Li Jing and the soldiers and civilians in Youzhou were having fun all day until they returned home in the middle of the night, and Cao Ye and Li Zhen and other teams of strategists came to see each other.
"The emperor recognized the general as his uncle, and he wanted to use this to urge the general to send troops to serve the king." Luoyang and Chang'an fell one after another, and then Xuanwu, Zhongwu, and Fengxiang all fell into the pseudo-Qi camp. Although the emperor ran quickly and fled to Jiannan, his life was not easy, and he had to worry about Huang Chao chasing him into Xichuan at any time.
Now the towns in the world either attack each other or just hold troops to watch. There are also those who are willing to work hard on the king's affairs, but most of them are powerless. The ones who truly have this ability to deal with Huang Chao are now the strongest of the Qin vassals. However, although Li Jing sent troops to Henan, he finally seized the balance and Taining, and influenced the three towns. Seeing that he had already met Huang Chao, Li Jing gave up the balance and Song Hua and other states and handed them over to Yu Guan Xinxun and others. He took a step back and ran to Huaisi to fight Gao Pian. Then, he defeated Gao Pian. Huang Chao's troops took the opportunity to attack Xu Su at that time. Originally, the emperor and others were looking forward to a fire between Li Jing and Huang Chao. Who knew that Li Jing would leave after conquering Suzhou, and Xuzhou surrounded him without attacking, and he did not fight until now.
Li Jing didn't want to beat Huang Chao. But the emperor who was far away in Chengdu wanted Li Jing to beat Huang Chao. If Li Jing didn't beat Huang Chao, the emperor was still uneasy even in Changdu. But he had already escaped to Chengdu, and there was no good place to escape.
While adding Li Jing to the title, he also called Li Jing the Uncle Li Jing, and also wanted to impress Li Jing with his feelings.
Li Jing shook his head, "I am very sober now. I will not run to fight Huang Chao hard just by saying "Uncle". Our focus is still Hebei, and this will not change in the short term."
After the Qin army successfully took over Youzhou, there was no big move recently. Previously, Li Jing transferred 20,000 cavalry and Li Kuanwei's 10,000 Yiwu Army to Yizhou to rescue the siege. Li Quanzhong got the 30,000 reinforcements and immediately came back to life. Li Keyong learned in Yizhou that the army was defeated by Guan Shatuo, which not only lost more than 10,000 troops, but also the most important thing was that even the four generals Guo Chongtao, Liu Rengong, Li Cunxin and Shi Jingsi fell into the hands of Li Jing. He couldn't help but be shocked and angry.
He handed over the troops of Yizhou to generals Kang Junli, Li Kexiu, Li Sizhao and other generals, and personally led 5,000 cavalry to return to Weizhou along Feihu Road, then headed north into Guizhou, met with Liu and Li Siyuan, gathered 40,000 troops again, and wanted to capture the army again.
However, at this time, Li Jing had already sent 20,000 more troops to Junduguan. Yang Shihou and Fu Cun had 30,000 troops to guard the Junduguan City. Although Li Keyong came to attack in person, he had only left nearly 10,000 corpses after three days of bloody battle. If it weren't for Liu and Li Siyuan's persuasion, Li Keyong, who was extremely angry, would have continued to attack, and the destruction would have been greater.
In the end, Li Keyong suffered losses and had to lead his troops back to Guizhou. On that day, Yang Shihou led 5,000 flying cavalry out of the city at night to pursue. He attacked Li Keyong's camp in the retreat and once entered Li Keyong's central army. Shatuo's soldiers were in chaos. At the critical moment, if Liu had not arrived separately from the 5,000 female camp stationed several miles away, Li Keyong almost capsized in the gutter. Fortunately, Liu led the female soldiers to block the decline, Li Keyong could gather his troops again and kill him back. Yang Shihou was finally short of soldiers, and finally was counterattacked by the Shatuo people and fought until dawn. Fu Cun, who had not seen him for a long time, led his army to support him and rescued Yang Shihou, who had been surrounded by the siege.
Finally, he withdrew from Jundu Pass and counted his troops. Although Yang Shihou killed at least 5,000 Shatuo soldiers last night, only half of his 5,000 light cavalry returned to the pass, and the losses were extremely heavy. Even Fu Cun went to pick up the troops and lost thousands of troops.
Li Keyong did not take advantage of this night. He didn't expect the Qin army to attack at night, but was caught off guard. The most important thing was that except for his 5,000 troops, most of the rest belonged to the second-line troops, not Shatuo's elite, otherwise they would not have been attacked by Yishao and were beaten into chaos. In the end, although Liu suppressed the decline and counterattacked, more than 5,000 people were still killed in battle, and thousands of them were slightly injured. Even Li Siyuan's general An Xiuxiu was killed in the melee. Li Keyong even got an arrow in his left arm, and one of his arms swollen and thick as his thighs after the battle. In this battle, he was completely exhausted, and Li Keyong had to retreat to Guizhou City.
In Yizhou, without Li Keyong in charge, Li Quanzhong obtained 30,000 reinforcements, and led the Qin general Guo Shunli, two generals from Guo Zhenshan and Li Kuanwei to attack Shatuo's army inside and outside. The two sides fought in Yizhou for three days and three nights, and the Yiwu army could not support it and took the lead in evacuating the battlefield. Kang Junli seized the opportunity and released the last 5,000 cavalry reserve team to pursue Li Quanzhong's troops in the Yiwu army.
As a result, when the pursuit was halfway through, Shatuo pursued the troops headed into the ambush circle of 20,000 infantry soldiers from Pei You who were secretly coming to the rescue of the Qin army. Then Li Quanzhong also turned around and rushed to kill. Suddenly, Kang Junli's most elite cavalry, the cavalry of 5,000 reserve team, was killed, and half of the soldiers were slaughtered, and less than half of them escaped.
The Qin army and the Yiwu army took the opportunity to launch a counterattack. The Shatu army escaped and fled quickly, which led to the collapse of the entire front. On the fifth day of the battle, Shatuo lost nearly half of the nearly 40,000 troops. Most of the Yizhou occupied the city and was recaptured by Li Quanzhong. In the end, only the three cities at Feihukou were still controlled in their hands. Twenty thousand troops hid in the three cities and could not retreat. They served as forces with support for each other, and barely stopped the defeat and defended the three counties of Yizhou.
Guo Shunli proposed to Li Quanzhong on behalf of the Qin army to counterattack Dingzhou instead of continuing to attack the three counties of Yizhou. Although Li Quanzhong did not want to be enemies from all sides, Wang Jingchong also intended to make peace with Li Quanzhong at this time, and even was willing to return half of Dingzhou to Li Quanzhong. However, Wang Jingchong's envoy was captured by the Qin Army Military Intelligence Bureau. Guo Shunli killed Wang Jingchong's envoy and sent someone to raid a city on the border of Yiding and robbed a batch of money and grain. In the end, Li Quanzhong was moved by Guo Shunli and turned around to attack Dingzhou with the Qin army.
With the assistance of the Qin army, Li Quanzhong quickly recaptured six of the 11 counties in Dingzhou. Seeing that he could regain Dingzhou, the Qin army Guo Shunli suddenly evacuated Dingzhou by the excuse of not continuing food and grass, and returned to Hejian. At this time, the Chengde army also launched a counterattack in time. In the end, the Chengde and Yiwu armies formed a confrontation, each accounting for half of Dingzhou, Li Quanzhong occupied six counties, and Wang Jingchong occupied five counties.
Li Quanzhong, the Yiwu Town, is a little undying. Although he received assistance from the Qin army, he finally survived under the attack of Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong. But the situation is not optimistic now. The Lulong Town that he swallowed was originally only for Youzhuo, but now Youzhou has been returned to Li Jing. In fact, he only got Zhuozhou, but the war caused by his swallowing Lulong finally made his foundation almost lose its foundation. Until now, there are three counties in Yizhou in the hands of Li Keyong, and five counties in Dingzhou in the hands of Wang Jingchong.
Looking back, what made Li Quanzhong even more uncomfortable was that after this, Yiwu Zhen was seriously injured, and even his former allies were offended. Now, he could not defeat anyone else, and this broken territory. Finally, he suddenly realized that he had become Li Jing's younger brother without knowing it.
Without Li Jing's support, with his current strength, he would not even be able to keep this territory. Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong could swallow him at any time. But how could Li Jing be a kind person?
Li Jing will never be a kind person. Li Quanzhong knew very well. What he couldn't figure out now was how long can Yiwu Town last like this?
Chapter completed!