royal robes

Chapter 610
Main city of Xuzhou
At this time, Li Jing looked anxiously at the letter in his hand.This is a battle report sent from the border of the Tang Dynasty. King Wuyue invaded the border of the Tang Dynasty and broke through three cities in a row. Because the territory of the Tang Dynasty was empty of troops, the King of Wuyue took the opportunity to succeed.King Wuyue was not a fool, he knew that he could not swallow Li Jing's country, so wherever he went, he tried his best to snatch it, just like a robber who would grab everything he saw.

Wu Yue has always been poor, and has long coveted the rich Tang Dynasty. The reason is that selling salt is the mainstay of the country's economy. As a result, Zongxin's Salt Island robbed all the business, and the whole Wu Yue was poor enough.Taking advantage of the emptiness of the Tang Dynasty's domestic troops, it is considered to send troops to rob again and again. This is not a war, but a robbery of the country.

Those with bare feet are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Wu Yue is too poor, and only by robbing the rich Tang Dynasty can he make a living.This time, almost all the soldiers of the whole country were exhausted, and every city was looted, as long as it was valuable, everything was taken away.The only good thing is that the king of Wuyue ordered to kill as little as possible. As long as the city is broken, they will just grab things. If they don't encounter resolute resistance, they will not kill people.

There were wailing voices in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Jing almost went mad with this letter.Wu Yue had such a guts to go to his own territory to grab things.It's already giving face if I don't rob his territory. Of course, Wu Yue is too poor, so Li Jing has never been prepared to attack Wu Yue. Attacking Wu Yue is time-consuming and laborious. Even if he wins, there is nothing to gain.

The more this happens, the poorer you become.Wu Yue was extremely poor. After the salt could not be sold, the coastal residents had almost no food to eat. Finally, the Yue King Qian Hua brought Zong Xin's salt-drying method back to the country. As a result, Zong Xin, who was adding insult to injury, actually made the salt-drying method public. Even if the recipe is made public, it will only lose some distant customers. Zongxin's Yandao is still doing a prosperous business.

In the past, Salt Island was a must for all salt merchants. Now only some salt merchants east of Datang think that Salt Island is too far away, and feel that other places along the coast are closer, so they go to other places to buy salt.But because the technology is immature, the quality of the salt produced is indeed much worse than that of Salt Island.

Because of the publicity of the salt drying law, the price of salt has dropped again and again, and Salt Island can make small profits but sell more. Although it has a great impact on Salt Island, they still stand at the top of the salt industry because the commercial roads are smooth and the salt The island's salt is still exported to Dali, so it is absolutely impossible for the salt island to collapse.

The method of drying salt did not relieve Wu Yue's pressure, and the king of Wu Yue, Qian Zhen, was really poor and crazy.Moreover, knowing that Guo Wei was under siege from all sides, Li Jing of the Tang Dynasty sent [-] troops to Xuzhou. So there were not many troops in the Tang Dynasty, so Qian Zhen took this opportunity to lead his troops to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, in a word... Rob.

Whether it is grain or cloth, whether it is gold, silver, copper or iron, as long as it is valuable, all useful things are robbed.Immediately after the snatching, take the things back to the country, and never love to fight.After everything is settled, go to another city to grab it.

Qian Zhen's goal is very simple, as long as Li Jing doesn't come back, he can grab as many things as he can.Li Jing led his troops to kill them, and immediately retreated to Wuyue.Literally denied this incident, and then used an official to take the blame. The stolen things were said to be robbed by soldiers. After the robbing, they sold and drank by themselves.

Shameless is definitely a manifestation of strength, as long as one is shameless enough, there is nothing impossible in the world.Wuyue King Qian Zhen was also forced to this level, so he had no choice but to act like a rascal.

Both Li Jing and Qian Zhen knew very well that it was useless to attack Wu Yue, because Wu Yue was too poor.If Li Jing wants to take over Qian Zhen's country, Qian Jing will immediately offer it with both hands, and then ask him to support the entire Wuyue people, let's see who is more troublesome.

Li Jing scratched his head and ears angrily, but there was really nothing he could do with money.Li Jing is very clear about the emptiness of domestic troops. How can a single Jiedu envoy have the strength to compete with the soldiers of Wu and Yue?Besides, even if he has this strength, he will only use it to protect himself, so as not to waste his own strength for the safety of others.Doing so will not only deplete one's own strength, but even expose the strength of one's own strength.

Although there are some things that everyone knows, everyone pretends not to know. Only in this way can the false peace continue.These Jiedu envoys who have too much power only care about their own family's things. For them, whoever is the emperor is the same.The emperor is better, their life is better, the emperor is worse, their quality of life will not change, but the life of the people will be worse.At that time, the emperor will be the only one who will be scolded by the people.

"What should I do now? Wu Yue has already bullied me. If I don't send troops again, there will only be a lot of criticism in the country. And this will also greatly affect our domestic taxation. I am now the poorest emperor in the world. I don't want to be poorer." Li Jing said: "Murong Yanchao, it's not that I don't want to help you, there's really nothing I can do now. My backyard caught fire and I'm still fighting at the front door. There's no such reason in this world."

Murong Yanchao's face was also livid, he knew he couldn't stop him, but if Datang withdrew his army, he could only follow him, otherwise, if the army from Xuzhou West City came, he would have no choice but to abandon the city and flee.At that time, I will completely lose my identity and status.

Now Murong Yanchao is still the king of Yan no matter how he says it, the prince of the Han Dynasty.If you even give up your status as a big man, then you will become Li Jing's courtier, and that's how you will be in this life, and you will never be in the world again.Although Murong Yanchao has no ambition to become emperor, he doesn't want to help others conquer the world.

Although Liu Chong betrayed Liu Chengyou in order to protect himself, Murong Yanchao still felt that it was better to let his own family dominate the world than others.If it was Liu Chong who wanted to fight the country, I would be willing to risk my life for him, but Li Jing... I have no hope in this life.

What people fear the most is that there is no hope. As a surrendered general, Murong Yanchao knows what his life will be like in the future. This kind of life is no different from death.After all, I am the king of Han Yan, the son-in-law of the Kunlun faction, how could I live the life of a powerless and small official?

Murong Yanchao said: "Your Majesty, how many troops do you think is needed to defeat Wu Yue's army?"

"According to the description in the battle report, Wu Yue has at least [-] troops. If he wants to win without losing, he needs at least five troops to resist."

"You don't need so many. Wu Yue is just here to rob, and [-] troops are enough to deal with them. Wu Yue's soldiers are not strong in combat, and the Tang army is well equipped and has high morale, so there is no need to be so careful." Murong Yanchao has already made a decision, he To defend Xuzhou, so if you want to get more troops to stay behind, at least you won't be counterattacked.

Li Jing shook his head and said: "How can we be sure that this is not a trick to lure snakes out of the hole? If we fight with [-] troops, what if they suddenly face the battle, annihilate our troops, and then approach step by step? What should I do then? At least five Almighty is guaranteed.”

Murong Yanchao really wanted to lose his temper, [-] troops to fight against a wave of bandits?Isn't this overkill?But Li Jing's worry is not unreasonable, although it seems that they are just a group of robbers, if Wu Yue wants to fight for hegemony, isn't Li Jing's [-] yuan to give away the head?And Wuyue's gang of robbers, I'm afraid they won't even let go of the armor and weapons of the dead soldiers, and they will have nothing by then.

It's just...it's impossible for Wu Yue to have such courage, not to mention that Wu Yue knows it's impossible to swallow Datang, and it's impossible for them to do such a thing.But this is Li Jing's army after all, he can withdraw as soon as he wants, let alone [-] troops, even if he withdraws all [-] troops, he can't say anything else, the two of them will at most become enemies, this is what Murong Yanchao is most afraid of the result of.

Datang is his way out, he can only try his best to fight for welfare, and he can't afford to offend him.

Murong Yanchao said: "Can we go less? There is no need for so many. Now the military situation is tense..."

"Nervous fart, my [-] troops are almost moldy in Xuzhou City. There is nothing wrong with deploying [-] for emergency. You know very well that this battle is only to delay Guo Wei's [-] troops. As long as Guo Wei's troops do not Just dare to move, and the next thing is to see if Liu Chong can break through Weizhou City. Too many troops here are useless, aren't they?"

"That's true..." Murong Yanchao was a little sad. If Li Jing transferred the [-] troops, he would only be left with [-] in his own hand and [-] from the Tang Army. The situation would be different now.The troops on our side are smaller, so a strong attack is impossible. We can only delay based on the situation.

In fact, the overall strategic thinking has not changed by doing so, mainly because of Weizhou.After all, Guo Wei has already put all his troops in Xuzhou, so it is meaningless to attack under such circumstances.As long as it can delay Guo Wei's troops.

Murong Yanchao gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then I wish His Majesty a triumphant return as soon as possible."

Li Jing said: "Hongji and Congjia listen to the order."

"My son is here." X2
"Bring [-] soldiers back to the Tang Dynasty tomorrow. We must make that grandson of Qian Ji know the majesty of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Don't retreat for the time being. Fight if you can. If the situation is good, it is not your fault to break into the Wuyue Palace. "

"As ordered."

Murong Yanchao said: "Your Majesty, didn't you personally lead the troops to suppress the bandits?"

"No, it's good to let the children experience it." Li Jing said, "I'll just guard here. Don't worry if the power of the army is in your hands."

Murong Yanchao felt a little regretful, if Li Jing left, the three princes and several generals would be fooled.With a little trickery, they will listen to themselves.As a result, Li Jing didn't leave. Sure enough, Jiang was still old and hot, and this old man really had some tricks.

Li Hongji was very happy, this time he was leading soldiers to fight.It's not a big deal to garrison Xuzhou with soldiers all the time, and this time the father deliberately let the third brother go with him. It is obvious that the third brother's martial arts and brains are better than his own. Fight the battle better, so that others can see your ability.

Although this time it is mainly about the ability of the third brother Li Congjia, but after the victory, everyone will think that this is their own ability.After all, a blind man cannot become the chief general, so the final decision-maker is himself.The most important point is... You can lead troops to fight for a while, and learn some methods of leading troops from the third brother, not to mention whether you can improve your ability, at least fool around once, so as to avoid being scared to piss your pants when you go to the battlefield in the future.

(End of this chapter)