As soon as the meeting was disbanded, Zhang Chengye came to see Li Jing immediately.

When he saw Li Jing, Zhang Chengye said straight to the point: "Why should the general agree to send troops? And even if it is difficult to resist the imperial decree, the imperial court did not ask us to send many troops. Isn't it okay to send one or two thousand people to the war? Why did he suddenly raise a large army and even fight? County Duke, Dengzhou and Liaonan are our foundation, and we must not be able to lose it!"

Li Jing got up, helped Zhang Chengye pour a cup of green tea himself, and handed it to him with a smile.

"Brother Jiyuan doesn't have to worry. Have a cup of tea first and compensate me for the newly brewed tea. It has a unique flavor with Brother Jiancha."

Zhang Chengye was not in the mood to drink tea at this time. He always thought that Li Jing agreed to send troops. There was a big reason why he decided to send troops because his adoptive father came to announce the edict. "Monday, it's still urgent to change the military order at this time. You must not harm the Zhendong Army because of impulse."

Li Jing sat next to Zhang Chengye and said to him seriously: "Brother Jiyuan really thinks my decision to send troops this time is wrong?"

"This time the troops were sent was originally a bad move by Tian Lingzi to conspire against the county duke. Can't the county duke see clearly?"

Li Jing remained silent: "That was the case, but since I decided to send troops, I naturally had already cracked the latest chapter of the Sky Python." He said calmly, "Tian Lingzi's move was indeed a crisis for us. But there are dangers and opportunities. There are opportunities in danger. It depends on how we view it!"

"Crisis equals opportunity?" Zhang Chengye looked at Li Jing with some confusion.

Li Jing chuckled and said carefully: "The Zhendong Army has some problems at present, but it has not been revealed yet. The biggest problem is that we have just annexed southern Liaoning and integrated 15,000 troops. Although we have repeatedly compressed, 15,000 troops from the Zhendong Army are 40,000 troops from the 40,000 troops from the Zhendong Army. In addition, there are as many as tens of thousands of Liaoning soldiers who have just been eliminated. If we include the eight thousand united soldiers from the eight counties, the Liaoning soldiers still have 23,000 troops, which is almost comparable to our Zhendong Army."

Sighing, Li Jing continued, "This is a potential danger. The army must be purified. Otherwise, it is very likely that there are mountains and then military orders are not implemented, and arrogance and generals appear. Just like Li Keyong and Taiyuan united soldiers, they always make money and rewards and officials, and even raise soldiers for a thousand days. When they use troops, they will first get up and fight back. Such things are very common in other vassal states, but our Zhendong Army will never allow it."

Zhang Chengye seemed to have some insights when he heard this. Since he arrived in Shamen Town, he always felt that the Zhendong Army was different from other armies of the Tang Dynasty. It was a fundamental difference between freedom and the inside and out. This temperament was far from the same as the Shence Army.

"At the beginning, in order to successfully integrate Liaonan, it was impossible to accept these Liaonan soldiers. At the beginning, they were given a separate camp and a separate territory. However, we cannot continue like this and have to digest them. To digest such a large army, variables are needed. At present, the attack on Li Keyong is such an opportunity. Pull the army out to fight. Let them and our Zhendong Army digest the influence and change these Liaonan soldiers. During the war, we can have the opportunity to integrate these troops again. Moreover, if we pull all these troops out, we can also carry out a deep integration of the Liaonan territory. Turn Liaonan into the territory of our Zhendong Army."

Zhang Chengye thought about it, "I just sent troops to Datong. There were 10,000 troops in southern Liaoning and 8,000 troops in unity. Our Zhenjiang army only had 8,000 troops. Can we conquer them?"

"Don't worry about this. Not to mention the 18,000 Liaoning South soldiers, even if we double the number, our Zhendong Army can deal with them."

Li Jing smiled. Both of them felt much more relaxed.

"Which route is the county lord going to enter Datong?" Zhang Chengye asked.

"Let's land in Youzhou by boat, then follow the giant horse water through Youzhou and enter Yizhou, cross the Taihang Mountains from Feihu Xing, and enter Weizhou."

Li Jing had already chosen this route. If you take a land route, the route is too long and can reach thousands of miles. It only takes one day to land from southern Liaoning to the Youzhou coast. Then you can reach Yizhou from the seaside and enter Feihu County in Weizhou. At most, you can reach it within ten days at a maximum of 660 miles. At the speed of 80 miles a day, you can get there within ten days. This route is not only because of the short distance, but more importantly, the transportation of logistics and supplies on this route is very convenient.

"Will Youzhou let us borrow the territory? We are a 28,000 army, I'm afraid Youzhou will be a little afraid."

"It's best to be afraid. This time, we will take this opportunity to integrate the Liaonan army and train troops for the two purposes of fighting and training. There is another main purpose to teach Youzhou Lulong Army a lesson and give them some deterrence." Li Jing couldn't help but look a little unhappy when talking about Youzhou Army.

Last time Li Jing cooperated with Li Maoxun, Li Jing not only sold Li Maoxun a large amount of military weapons and horses, but also helped him keep the secret. At the critical moment, he sent 14,000 troops across the sea to attack Youzhou, helping Li Maoxun share a lot of pressure. Although Li Jing was trying to fight rabbits, he did not simply help, but instead captured six counties in Youzhou, looted six million property, and 100,000 young and strong people back.

But no matter how you say it, Li Jing also helped Li Maoxun.

But after the matter was completed, Li Maoxun did not send the 300,000 shi of grain or one million sacred coins that he had agreed to have. Instead, he pretended to forget. Li Jing sent a few envoys over there. The Uighurs always beat him up, but he refused to fulfill his promise and read the full text of the president of the super university.

In fact, Li Jing also understood very well that Li Maoxun was feeling sorry for the six counties that were captured and looted by Li Jing, and there was still a population of 100,000. But when Li Jing took action, Youzhou was not Li Maoxun's. Li Jing didn't care about those, and he had to hand over what he promised him.

This time, Li Jing was preparing to take advantage of the opportunity of attacking Li Keyong to enter Youzhou to shock Lu Long's army first. Take the money back first. If Li Maoxun dares to blow up the thorn, since Li Jing helped to seize the position of General Lu Long, he would not mind spending more effort to support a prestigious general in Lu Long's army to compete with him.

"If Li Maoxun refuses to surrender, then we have to fight with Lu Long's army? Although the Lu Long's army is in chaos, it is a powerful man!" Zhang Chengye said worriedly.

Li Jing didn't care: "We have an innate advantage over the Lulong army. Although we look across the sea, the reality is that the Lulong army has no naval forces, but we have the elite navy that dominates the sea. When we fight against the Lulong army, we can land and assault from any location on the long coastline at any time and leave after grabbing. And they can only sigh at the sea. Except for the sea, they cannot get close to us by land. To the northeast, the Liaoxi Corridor and the northeast of Liao are now occupied by Khitans and Goguryeo, and they cannot get through. To the south, there are two vassal states of Yichang and Ziqing Town blocking them, and they cannot get through. So, it would be fine if Li Maoxun knew something, otherwise, our Zhendong Army would torture him thousands of times and make him regret it!"

Li Jing is never afraid of war, even if the other party is Lu Long's army, one of the three strong towns in Hebei. What's more, in terms of the current strategic situation between the two sides, Li Jing can be said to be completely advantageous.

This time, we should take the opportunity to integrate the Liaonan troops and further accelerate the digestion of these troops. On the other hand, we should also transfer these troops so that the Zhendong Army can further control the territory of Liaonan. Third, the late Tang Dynasty is now at the time of chaos, and the Zhendong Army also needs to use actual combat to test itself, use war to support war, and train troops through war. Another thing is to teach the ignorant Li Maoxun a lesson, and by the way, let the Zhendong Army achieve greater reputation and strive for more reputation.

"What is the intention of sending troops to eastern Zhejiang?" It is a bit puzzled to send 8,000 troops to eastern Zhejiang.

Li Jing smiled, "Going to eastern Zhejiang is not about war, but actually doing business."

"What's the solution to doing business?"

"It has been raining for nearly a month recently, and the sea and land routes are not accessible for a long time. Many of our goods have been accumulated in the warehouse. Secondly, our goods have been handed over to the sales agents of Cui, Han, Xiao and other aristocratic tribes. With this link, we have made less profits. At present, I plan to let the navy take advantage of this southern expedition to join hands with Xiao Han and Cui and other major merchants to form a huge maritime caravan to go south to Jiangnan. Take our goods and go to the southern area of ​​Jianghuai Lingnan to exchange for other commodities, especially some materials such as grain and copper."

Due to the rebellion of Wang Jingwu in Zibo and Jizhou, there was another rebellion of Caojun in Puzhou and Jeju. Dengzhou went from Luoyang, Chang'an, Hedong, Shannan, Bashu and other business roads were threatened. Now that this major trade road was threatened, Dengzhou is now producing a large amount of goods, and it is facing the problem of sales.

Dengzhou is not big, and the output in southern Liaoning is not self-sufficient enough. Li Jing’s Zhendong Army can be so strong, it depends entirely on the path of commercial production and trade. Once the trade route is broken, it will take Li Jing’s life.

There is another thing: Li Jing's recent gold mine has dug up a lot of gold. But gold is not currency, it is just a kind of treasure. It is not easy to use in the north and the Central Plains. However, it is different on the coast of Lingnan. Since Lingnan produces a large amount of gold and silver, and there are a large number of Arab and other Hu merchants in coastal cities such as Guangzhou, gold and silver are actually directly circulated in the Lingnan area. Moreover, there is also the food that Li Jing urgently needs in Lingnan. Moreover, Lingnan, a trade transfer station in the Arab world in Asia, can Li Jing's goods get a better way out there.

It was precisely under such consideration that Li Jing was preparing to escort the navy fleet, and led the joint caravan to head south from Dengzhou along the coast to open up a more direct and better business road. By the way, Wang Ying was very chaotic in eastern and western Zhejiang and robbed many prefectures and counties. Li Jing planned to let the 8,000 troops of the Zhendong Army rob Wang Ying.
Chapter completed!