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Chapter 318 Take Dengzhou

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"I'm so proud!" The eunuch's sharp voice finally ended with a long tail sound. Li Jing shouted thanks and raised his hands to take the imperial edict. The eunuch said to Li Jing with a smile: "Prespect Li, congratulations!"

"My father-in-law is tired all the way, please go to the camp to rest." Although Li Jing had no good feelings for the eunuch, he would not reveal his thoughts. He also asked him to enter the Shuicheng King to enter the original You Yi Mansion.

The eunuch was very intimate with Li Jing. He came forward and took Li Jing's hand and walked with him. The soft but a little wet hand was in his hand, which made Li Jing feel uncomfortable, but he still let him take it and walk with him. While walking, he looked at Li Jing, and said intimately, "Li Dupu is indeed a young and brave man. Your Majesty and all the ministers of the court are praised. Your Majesty has been awarded the title of the champion general, which is really true. During the Wu of Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing was also brave at a young age. He defeated the Huns and was awarded the title of the Champions Marquis. Now the general's reputation of being brave and brave was directly passed to the emperor, and he was awarded the title of the champion general, which is really comparable to Huo Qubing."

Zhang Chengye, who was on the side of Li Jing, also smiled at Li Jing, "The county marquis defeated the rebels in Qingzhou, and the capital Chang'an has spread. The wine shops and teahouses in the capital can be heard everywhere. There are even singers who have already compiled the victory of the county marquis into singing songs, such as the county marquis rushing to Qingzhou for three hundred miles, fighting with strategies for the prince's mansion. There are also the mighty and powerful army of Zhendong. The cavalry defeated the rebels. There are also kite signs, capturing Qingzhou City at night, bravely chasing the rebels, defeating the rebels on the Zishui River, defeating the rebels by the magical power of the county marquis, shooting nine arrows in succession, etc. Now this is the most popular song in the capital, and it is singing in every teahouse wine and pepper. Once we passed by and wanted to listen, we couldn't even squeeze in. The county marquis is now famous all over the world and is the best of the three armies."

Li Jing was of course very happy to hear this. Fame is also a very important thing, especially when it was spread to the capital. "This is all thanks to the emperor's blessing and the power of Song Magistrate, so he dare not take credit."

Zhang Chengye and this eunuch named Wang Tong both called Li Jing County Marquis because Li Jing's title of Zhendong Marquis was ranked sixth among the eleventh-level titles of the Tang Dynasty. He was above the county duke and county marquis, and there were three levels of county marquis below. According to the system, Li Jing's title was county marquis, so Li Jing's title was originally a county name, and then the two words founding were added below the Duke. The full name should be the founding marquis of a certain county. However, Li Jing's title is not a county name but a military name in the east of the town. This is also the first example. Because it was the emperor's golden mouth and imperial verdict, no one even raised any objections, so the matter was settled.

Moreover, Li Jing had a fief of 3,000 households, and the actual food was granted 1,000 households. Li Jing couldn't help but ask: "I don't know which county it was granted?"

"Your Majesty said that the fief of the county marquis was enfeoffed in Wendeng County, Dengzhou, and the ten villages and one thousand households were divided into Qingxiang Ning as the fief of the county marquis." Wang Tong said.

Li Jing turned his head and enfeoffed the fief in Li Jing's hometown. This was an extremely honor. However, this fief only enjoys the tax paid by one thousand households. The tax paid by his households every year was handed over to Li Jing from now on. Of course, Li Jing had to pay 30% of the income from this income. In addition to collecting taxes, he actually had no other rights to these households, which was completely different from the fief in the Han Dynasty. However, although the Tang Dynasty gave generous titles and titles of different surnames often had titles, the first family was mostly a false title, and often only had hundreds of households in the Duke. A sixth-class county marquis like Li Jing had to enfeoff one thousand households, and they were still enfeoffed in his hometown, which was even rarer.

Along the way, Song Wen and other generals of Dengzhou had their own thoughts. They had come to find Li Jing in a fierce manner, but now they were all calm. According to the current situation, Li Jing, let alone the military power of Dengzhou, his favor in front of the emperor may have surpassed the commander of Jieshang Song Wei. It can be said that in the entire Dengzhou, except for royal princes such as King Zhao Li Shi, Li Jing is now chasing Song Wei, whether it is an official position or a saint's family. Song Wei is the general of Jinwu, Li Jing is the general of Jinwu and the general of champion, Song Wei is the Marquis of Wuning, and Li Jing is the Marquis of Zhendong. Song Wei is the commander of the Lu army, and Li Jing is the commander of Zhendong Army. What's more, Li Jing is the commander of Andong Protectorate, which is not in the territory of Ziqing Town of Song Wei.

Everyone couldn't understand what the emperor was thinking. According to normal circumstances, the guardian of the Anton Protectorate was similar to the rank of the commander of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank

In this way, the most embarrassing thing is Song Wen, the governor of Dengzhou. Li Jing is higher than him in terms of grade and title. Now one of them serves as the defensive envoy and the other serves as the regiment training envoy. Both are the generals of the Dao, and the other is the military commander of Dengzhou. Previously, Song Wen thought that he could suppress Li Jing as the governor, but now, he is suddenly shorter than Li Jing.

The people of Dengzhou were a little depressed, but the generals of Zhendong Army following Li Jing were all proud and honored. This time Li Jing became famous in front of the emperor, and they were naturally very happy as generals of Zhendong Army.

After entering the hall, Li Jing invited Wang Tong as the seat and asked Guo Chengan to present a box of gifts immediately. Wang Tong opened the crack and glanced at it. A piece of golden light was dazzling. Ten taels of gold were exactly five, and a total of fifty taels of gold. To calculate, one gold was equal to five silver, one silver was equal to two pieces of silk, which was one thousand six hundred coins. These fifty taels of gold were equivalent to eight hundred thousand coins, and the total eight hundred coins.

Wang Tong's eyes were almost open, and his face suddenly had a smile. It was eight hundred jin. He was just a seventh-rank eunuch and his status in the palace was not high. Such a gift was the biggest he had ever received, and he immediately smiled happily.

He accepted the gift quietly. Wang Tong waved to the soldiers who were following him. Suddenly someone held several boxes and opened it. It was a complete set of equipment, a set of red icy mountain armor, a set of iron-made imperial swords, and a precious horse spear made by the imperial royal craftsman, as well as a royal red icy horn bow, and a hundred gilded arrows.

"This is all the imperial armor and weapons used by His Majesty to collect. This time, I will give you the general." Wang Tong said with envy. He told the truth. These weapons are all imperial weapons used by the emperor, even armor, and one of the emperor's collections. What a glory it would be to get such a reward.

"Oh, there is another thing that our family forgot. The envoy of the Privy Council of Tian has something to let our family bring to the general."

The envoy of the Supreme Master Tian, ​​then naturally, was the eunuch Tian Lingzi. When Li Jing heard that he had something to bring, he was a little surprised. "Please tell me, father-in-law!"

Wang Tong lowered his voice and said, "Eunuch Tian said. Your Majesty originally intended to let you lead the Zhendong Army into the capital, but because the situation in Qingzhou is turbulent, you are allowed to stay in Qingzhou. Eunuch Tian also said that it is not easy to live in Chang'an, so that the general can stay in Shandong with peace of mind and strive to take back Liaodong for the court as soon as possible."

As soon as this sentence came out, Li Jing immediately understood what Tian Lingzi said. He was afraid that he would lead troops into the capital and affect him. He immediately smiled softly: "I would like to ask the Duke of Jin to tell him that he was just a general of the border army of the Tang Dynasty. The Duke of Jin led 150,000 Shen Ce troops in the capital, so he could not use someone to enter the capital. Even if the emperor summoned him, he would not dare to leave the border easily."

After hearing this answer, Wang Tong was very satisfied. He chatted for a few more words. From beginning to end, Wang Tong didn't say a few words to Song Wen, and kept talking to Li Jing, which made Song Wen and others look even more ugly. Later, Li Jing asked a big banquet to host a good hospitality for Wang Tong.

After drinking for two hours, Wang Tong was only an eighth-rank official, but Li Jing was very happy to treat him like this. He secretly decided to say more good things to Li Jing after returning to the capital. After sending the drunk Wang Tong into the room to rest, Li Jing directly asked someone to invite Song Wen, who was drinking the suffocating wine, to the study.

Li Jing handed a book to Song Wen directly, "A few days ago, Deputy General Kang led his troops to pursue Wang Jingwu, but he was defeated in Zibo, losing thousands of troops. Fortunately, Dayu led the rear army to arrive and killed Wang Jingwu. However, Wang Jingwu retreated into Zibo City to defend, and the general waited for a long time without any achievements. I heard that due to insufficient logistics preparations, the soldiers besieged the city of Zibo City had actually suffered poor food. A group of soldiers in Zibo City suddenly fell to Wang Jingwu secretly, and in the middle of the night, he cooperated with Wang Jingwu, and stepped onto the camp at night, defeating the Pinglu Army.

Song Wen was a little unbelievable when he saw this defeat. Wang Jingwu was about to die, but he actually won two consecutive victories. On the contrary, the Pinglu Army, a good situation in the past, suffered two defeats. Looking at Song Wen's expression, Li Jing had expected it. When he got the news, he was a little unbelievable. Kang Chenghui and Song Wen were both generals who had been through the battlefield for a long time. However, he did not expect that he was not the opponent of Wang Jingwu. But after thinking about it, although Song Wei and others were veterans, their soldiers were gathered together from twenty or thirty battalions in the five prefectures. What's the combat power of the troops that were temporarily pieced together. Moreover, the two prefectures of Zibo and Qi were the battle of Wang Jingwu and others, and Song Wei's personal military camp had long been broken in Qingzhou City.

Looking at Song Wen's silence, Li Jing knew it was time for him to showdown.

He tapped the table gently: "When General Song asked me to send troops to Qingzhou, he promised me that I would take over as the governor of Dengzhou and gave my army the military call. Now I led my troops to Qingzhou as promised, 300 miles to help Song Dashen escape a deadly situation, and helped General Song and others escape a deadly situation. He also helped General Song recover Qingzhou and defeated the rebels, killing more than 8,000 and captives. At that time, Wang Jingwu escaped the Zibo River with his broken arm, but there were only more than 2,000 remaining soldiers. Now, I surrendered Qingzhou, Dengzhou and Laizhou again, 5,000 troops to resolve the Dengzhou Rebellion. The efforts are great, and the contributions are great. Do you think?"

Song Wen remained silent. Li Jing's strength was clearly shown in this battle to enter Qingzhou. Fierce people like Wang Jingwu were no match for him at all. Perhaps it was because of this that General Song did not fulfill his promise and handed over the governor of Dengzhou to him. After all, although Li Jing seemed to be in charge of the soldiers of Jieshou now, he could see that Li Jing was becoming more and more out of control. If he had to Dengzhou, then a small vassal town that could not be controlled by the General's Mansion would appear in Ziqing Town.

"I heard that Wang Jingwu had run the two prefectures of Zibo and Qi for a long time, and Zhang Chan and Lu Hongke were also powerful figures. At present, they were defending Zibo and were taking advantage of the victory to recruit soldiers. Although Song Shuai had more than 20,000 troops, there were tens of thousands of people in the Tuanjie Camp alone, and there was no tacit understanding between the various divisions. To put it bluntly, they were almost a mob. Even if Song Shuai's power was to pacify Wang Jingwu and retake Zibo with those troops, it would be difficult for me to do so."

"What do you want to say?" Song Wen stared at Li Jing and asked.

"Let's make a deal, you give me the position of governor of Dengzhou, and Dengzhou will be my future."

"I can't make the decision on this matter!" Song Wen sneered.

"Don't worry, you won't suffer any loss. You hand over Dengzhou to me, and you can take away all the troops and horses of Dengzhou now, even five thousand united soldiers. I believe that with these troops and horses, Song Jieshuai should be able to wipe out Wang Jingwu. This is a easy-to-find account. Give me Dengzhou, but you can immediately retake the two states of Ziboqi. Besides, even if I am the governor of Dengzhou, Dengzhou and my town Dongjun will still obey the orders of Yu Jieshuai."

Song Wen sneered: "Why might you lead troops to Zibo again to help the general wipe out the rebels?"

"That's not what it said. If the Grand Marshal can fulfill the previous promise first, it is not impossible for me and my brothers to go to Ziboqi again, as long as we have to fulfill the promise first." Li Jing chuckled and said, "By the way, in order to show his support for the Grand Marshal, I am willing to give the Grand Marshal 100,000 stones of grain and one million stale money to the Grand Marshal to quell the military expenses for quelling the rebellion."

Song Wen was still hesitating, and Li Jing continued: "The situation on Song Jieshuai's side is a little bad now. General Song is staying in Dengzhou with nearly 20,000 troops. I'm afraid it's not a good idea. If Song Wei is defeated by Wang Jingwu, it will be troublesome at that time. If Qingzhou is lost again, it will be difficult to take it back."

"I have to follow Jieshuai's arrangements for this matter. I will ask Jieshuai for instructions immediately."
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