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Liu Xun was a wise general, Wang Yanzhang was a brave general, Gao Siji was a good general, and he was a brave general. Li Cunxiao was fierce and powerful general, Yang Shihou was fierce and powerful general, Fu Cun was cautious and benevolent, and he was a benevolent general. Zhou Dewei was calm and had the style of a great general, so he could be a Confucian general.

The longer the generals under his command are in contact, the clearer Li Jing will see them.

It can be said that these generals are now the generals that Li Jing is optimistic about and trust the most. Although they are not qualified and prestige in the army now compared to Wang Chong, Lin Wu and Lin Wulai, Li Jing is very clear that these people's abilities are stronger than Wang Chong and others. Wang Chong and others can be considered generals, but Liu Xun and others can become generals in time, and their growth space is higher.

People like Liu Shouqian, Zhang Chengzong, Qiu Shengong are also very strong, but they are still a little worse than Liu Xun and others.

Li Juyi, Guo Zhenshan, Pei You and others are the talents of generals, but their loyalty is not as good as Liu Xun and others. With a large team and more soldiers, the army will inevitably be divided into factions and hills. Even if Li Jing suppresses such a thing, it cannot be completely eliminated. If you can't suppress it, you can only balance it. This is the so-called imperial art.

The several reorganizations of Zhen** were actually to avoid the appearance of subordinates with great prestige and power. Continuous reorganizations were to disperse their subordinates' rights. This was not because Li Jing did not trust his subordinates, but now it is the Five Dynasties, and a strong army would lead to the commander, and a strong general would lead to the rebellion. Li Jing could not count on the loyalty of his subordinates, but had to rely on a series of institutional rules to avoid such conditions. After all, for many people, there is no such thing as loyalty. It is just that there is not enough chips for betrayal. What Li Jing had to do was to never give them such bargaining chips for betrayal.

If it weren't for this balance, Liu Xun, Zhou Dewei and others' qualifications wouldn't have been the leader of the Golden Armored Victory Army and the Selected Front Army now.

A powerful force depends on gathering more talents. However, more talents gather, but more requires excellent skills in using people. It is better to have talent without using them than to know how to use them. It is just to make wedding clothes for others.

Night had already fallen, and Li Jing did not rest immediately. He booked a thief to attack the city tonight, but he did not worry too much. He had judged that this thief was not afraid of just by the strength of the thief that he had come into contact with during the day.

After handing over the defense to Zhou Dewei and Liu Xun, Li Jing looked at Yiben's grandson on the city gate, and summoned the new chief officers of the Selected Front Army, and met some representatives of officials and gentry in Yucheng.

The twenty-five generals of the vanguards were all promoted from the original team leader. These new generals met the generals alone for the first time. They were at a loss and felt a little nervous when they spoke back. However, Li Jing could also see that these people were indeed very brave, and several of them were literate. After seeing the ninth general, they were about to meet the tenth one, which was the bold killing prisoner that Liu Xun mentioned earlier, who could have been promoted to deputy commander. As a San, who was only promoted to the capital, suddenly a wake-up call sounded from the city gate tower on the east side.

"Enemy attack! The thief is coming!" A scream sounded, resounding throughout the night sky.

Zhu Wen was wearing a set of Shanwen armor and stood in front of the horse road with a somewhat uneasy expression. From time to time, he looked down at his clothes several times. He was released from the small dark room before darkness. The commander Li Cunxiao personally released him, and told him that he had been promoted to the capital. He threw a set of Shanwen armor and a horizontal knife made of iron to him and left.

While he was stunned, Zhu Cun and Zhu Zhen rushed over and told him the reasons and consequences. It turned out that General Li personally led 5,000 reinforcements, and then broke tens of thousands of thieves under the city and entered the city. Commander Liu reported his affairs to General Liu, but the general rewarded and punished him clearly. Although he was ordered to be punished with one hundred military sticks, he could be beaten in ten days. Although he had to be executed in front of the entire army every time, after the general was punished, he did not forget his merits and promoted him to the Left Du General of the Fifth Battalion of the Selected Front Army, and also ordered him to be rewarded with 100 coins, plus a set of good mountain cultural armor, and a stud iron sword.

When Zhu Wen heard such a news, he was a little unbelievable. When he stayed in the dark room, Liu Xun asked him to commit the military regulations. According to the regulations, he committed a serious crime of being beheaded. He was already very excited to be able to avoid death. He did not expect that he could be promoted and even given a sword.

What he is thinking about now is how to be loyal to the commander in the future.

The hurried alarm interrupted his thoughts and took him back. He happened to see Li Cunxiao, the commander of the camp, walked over with a muddy iron spear, "The thief is here to kill him, come with me to meet the enemy."

Zhu Wen was stunned: "The general summoned..."

"The enemy attacks at night, cancel the summons and come with me." Li Cunxiao said as he walked past him.

When Zhu Wen heard that the summons had been cancelled, he immediately showed disappointment. He was ready to tell the general about his gratitude. However, the military situation was urgent, and he did not dare to delay it. He turned his head and looked at the city tower and hurriedly followed Li Cunxiao.

On the south gate tower, Zhou Dewei did not leave, but stood behind Li Jing like an iron spear. In the night battle tonight, Li Jing handed over the important defensive task to Liu Xun, and also drove the remaining more than a thousand Songzhou soldiers from the reinforcements to Liu Xun. Although the more than 2,000 elite troops of the three armies led by Zhou Dewei gathered, they did not go up to the city wall.

"Master, the bandits are attacking and have already entered the general!" Zhou Dewei saw that the bandits were indeed attacking, and he couldn't help but admire Li Jing more and more. There are five generals: wisdom, courage, benevolence, strategy, and Confucian generals, but he didn't know how to distinguish them from Li Jing. Li Jing was resourceful, so he had a lot of wisdom, but he often charged and traps, so there was no need to say much about courage. Li Jing opposed killing prisoners, and led the army with strict discipline, so he could definitely include the word "religion". If Li Jing added the style of commanding troops, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a Confucian general.

It would be great for generals to be one with one's own strength, but Li Jing has five talents, no wonder he could lead an army at such an age.

"Calculate the time, the other three soldiers and horses have almost pulled the net!" Li Jing flipped through a page of military books and continued to look at them in the fire.

"Wang Xianzhi can't escape with all sides." Zhou Dewei couldn't help but chuckled, "It's a good thing that this person is still known as the general of Tianfu and the general of the rich in the country. Such a trap has not been discovered yet. Instead, he bit the bait as if he was dead. If such a person can accomplish anything, it would be a big joke."

Li Jing also smiled, "Wang Xianzhi is in the situation, how can he see the situation outside the situation? Besides, he has been completely mobilized by us, full of anger and leads his troops to use anger. I am afraid that the lowest-level generals know such a mistake. Unfortunately, he is just a private salt dealer. The salt smuggler can at most be a big thief who kills and sets fire. If he leads troops to command the general, he will be a natural deficit."

"My town has just destroyed the Shatuo people. If Wang Xianzhi is destroyed again this time, the general's contribution will be great." Zhou Dewei said this, his tone was a little low. Li Jing immediately understood what he meant. Li Jing was too young now, but his official position was too high. He was as tall as the three dukes, and his figure was Lingyan Pavilion, and he was wearing the seal of the three towns. If he made a contribution, he would be really awesome to the master.

Especially the last Chang'an experience, Zhou Dewei knew very well. Li Jing had offended Tian Lingzi, a powerful eunuch, and he should be more low-key.

Zhou Dewei saw Li Jing laughing but said nothing, thinking that he didn't understand, so he said again: "Master, this time the 12 towns of the imperial court suppressed the thieves, the commander is Song Jie. At present, the other towns do not work hard. We are so desperate, it's a good thing."

Li Jing smiled slightly and looked at Zhou Dewei with bright eyes: "What, Yang Wu means to let this coach be a thief?"

Zhou Dewei lowered his head and did not speak. He had some words as a subordinate, but he had to make the decision in the end, but Jishuai still had the idea of ​​making the decision.

In fact, Li Jing has been considering the problem mentioned by Zhou Dewei. In fact, Li Jing is not too concerned about suppressing the thieves. Because the thieves are different from the Shatuo people, the Shatuo people occupy territory and have a basis. Fighting seems difficult, but it is actually simple. But the thieves are different. They are just bandits, fleeing everywhere, without a fixed base, and even the soldiers cannot kill them all, because the refugees are their soldiers. They don’t have to worry about logistics food and money, because they can rob them everywhere and get wherever they go. To deal with such an army, multiple troops must be surrounded, but the current court and local vassal states are willing to work so hard, especially when the court cannot guarantee the thieves and money.

Li Jing himself was not willing. He now understood that he was in a situation where a big tree attracted wind and was eager to go back and stabilize his territory. However, now that Wang Xianzhi was in front of him, he still had to fight this battle. However, how to fight was a problem. Li Jing had always considered whether to fight a small battle or a big battle. A small battle was to bring Wang Xianzhi into the encirclement, then withdraw his troops and pull the net, defeat the thieves in one battle, and then return to Dengzhou directly regardless of the rest.

The big fight is naturally to defeat and pursue Wang Xianzhi directly after defeat.

Now Zhou Dewei's reminder made Li Jing make up his mind. So what if he defeated the thief? Li Jing's current official position is so famous, does he still need to be promoted? No. The higher the official position, the easier it is to become the target of others. It is enough to have the reputation of defeating Shatuo people. Generally speaking, if others want to touch him, they have to think about it first.

There is no need to be less official positions, but it doesn’t need to be too high. It’s enough to have a certain amount. The real core is the territory. It is actually difficult to tell the truth if the town is strong outside. After all, if it is not for various things to avoid the real and the virtual, a town that has only been less than a year and has been annexed with multiple troops is not actually very strong.

Li Jing now needs to expand his territory, consolidate his foundation, and train his troops.
Chapter completed!