Chapter 87 Fate Will Be Unexpected, and Plans Will Come to Nothing (3)
(Second update.) )
Gangneung, the sky is clear, and the wind is smooth.
As the seat of Jingzhou Prefecture, the two big characters written on the gate of Jiangling City are not Jiangling, but Jingzhou. Now, the four gates of the city are wide open, and all the officials in Jingzhou, under the leadership of Gao Congzhi and Liang Zhen, all walked out of the city gate to welcome Li Congjing into the city. Behind them were the big families and people in the city who spontaneously came to greet King Qin's chariot.
Outside the city, the gentlemen are in a neat formation, the armor is bright, in front of the formation, Li Congjing is in a robe inside and outside, high on horseback, and beside him Mo Li, Sang Weihan, Tao Yaoyao, Xie Yugan, Zhu Ying and others are accompanied by him, and slowly walk towards the city gate.
After everyone, it was Gao Jixing, the former king of Nanping, because he was cut off by Li Congjing in front of him, and now he can only wear plain clothes - he didn't tie Gao Jixing into the city, which can be regarded as Li Congjing saving face for Jingzhou. Not far from Gao Jixing's side, there were Xu Zhihe, Song Qiqiu and others who he had relied on as a life-saving straw before, who were also pulled out of the camp by Li Congjing today, and as a sightseer, they entered the city with Li Congjing.
Looking up at the city, Song Qiqiu's face sank like water, in his mind, this should have belonged to the city and territory of Wu State, and now, although he entered the city, he was not as a master, but as a "tourist", and it is conceivable that Jingzhou is in the Tang Dynasty today, and there will not be many possibilities for Wu in the future.
Thinking of Wu Guo for this city, and Gao Jixing for several months, during which countless efforts were made, not long ago, he himself did not hesitate to risk his life, and Xu Zhihe came here in person, and the idea of seeking Jingzhou can be described as painstaking and lonely, but now he can only watch Li Congjing in front of him, showing off his might, swaggering into the city, Song Qiqiu's heart turned over the river and the sea, and the hatred continued.
Because of this thought, when Song Qiqiu turned his head to stare at Gao Jixing, his eyes became ruthless. In his opinion, if it weren't for Gao Jixing's greed, timidity, and hesitation when things came to an end, how could Jingzhou slip out of the palm of his hand. Not only that, Xu Zhihe lost in Jingnan today, and after returning to China, he will definitely be greatly troubled by Xu Zhixun, and he will have to be in a difficult situation in the future. Thinking of these, Song Qiqiu couldn't wait to devour Gao Ji Xingsheng and peel him alive.
Gao Jixing came into contact with Song Qiqiu's gaze, and felt a chill down his spine, and he couldn't help but shiver and shrank his head. But then he straightened his chest again, and chose to ignore Song Qiqiu's gaze - by now, he Gao Jixing has nothing, and there is nothing to lose, the so-called dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, who can make him much worse?
For Gao Jixing's scoundrel behavior, Song Qiqiu hated it so much, but he was helpless.
Although it fell into the hands of Li Congjing earlier, but with firewood reused and Zhou Zong led the water division behind, Song Qiqiu was not so discouraged, and he still had hope in his heart. Who knew that Chai Zai used this victorious general, but he was blocked by a mere 3,000 Fuzhou troops from the stone head, and he couldn't advance an inch. Time passed day by day, and no sailor appeared, Song Qiqiu's mood became heavy day by day, and today, hope was completely shattered, and there was only complete despair.
Song Qiqiu glanced at Xu Zhihe, the other party still had a calm and light attitude like staying out of the matter, Song Qiqiu had long been accustomed to this, and finding his inner thoughts on Xu Zhihe's face was tantamount to fishing for the moon in the sea. However, although Xu Zhihe was indifferent, Song Qiqiu could understand the pain in Xu Zhihe's heart.
In Wu State, Xu Zhihe has been a leader among the talents of Wu State since the day he started, and before he met Li Congjing, Xu Zhihe can be said to have been smooth sailing and never planted a heel. I never thought that as soon as I met Li Congjing, I would miscalculate and lose one after another, Song Qiqiu secretly thought that if he was Xu Zhihe, he was afraid that he would vomit blood in anger, so he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
When Song Qiqiu sighed, Li Congjing had driven his horse to the front of the moat, Liang Zhen, Gao Congzhi and others crossed the suspension bridge to greet each other, and when they saw Li Congjing approaching, they bowed down and called His Royal Highness the King of Qin.
Li Congjing looked up at the words "Jingzhou" on the city gate, and felt some inexplicable emotions in his heart for a while. In my previous life, I saw a lot of stories about Jingzhou, and now I have entered the situation of Jingzhou, tossing and turning, calculating, and fighting in it, this feeling has an indescribable wonder.
Motioning for Liang Zhen, Gao Congzhi and the others to get up, Li Congjing smiled and said: "A few days ago, I was also courteous to enter Jingzhou alone, but then I had to open the way with a sword and kill out of the city to save my life." Now that he has re-entered the city, I wonder if he will need to fight with a sword again in the future to get out of the city? ”
Liang Zhen, Gao Congzhi and others all thought that Li Congjing was blaming them, and their faces turned pale, and Gao Jixing behind him thought that he was going to settle accounts after the autumn, and he was so shocked that he almost couldn't sit on horseback.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Li Congjing didn't know what they were thinking, and waved his hand while laughing dumbly, "Today, Jingzhou is willing to repent of its past mistakes, and since then it has been loyal to the imperial court and obeyed the edict, and it is not a narrow-minded person, so you don't need to panic." ”
The officials and generals in Jingzhou were relieved when they heard this, but they did not "extraordinarily punish Lianlian" but did not fail to pursue responsibility.
Liang Zhen and Gao Congxue were concerned about Gao Jixing, but they didn't dare to ask more, they secretly looked for a look in the crowd, and saw that Gao Jixing was just in poor spirits, his face was ugly, and there was no other difference, so he was relieved a lot, and hurriedly smiled and welcomed Li Congjing into the city.
Li Congjing put Xu Zhihe beside him, and said to him with a smile: "Xu Xiang worked tirelessly, traveled thousands of miles, but he failed to enter the city earlier, and now everything has been decided, you and I don't need to intrigue for the time being, and we must do our best to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, Xu Xiang should not shirk." ”
The friendship of the landlord is cloudy, there is a suspicion of showing off his achievements and laughing at Xu Zhihe's failures, but Xu Zhihe didn't care at all, and accepted it with emotion, "King Qin's hospitality, a certain nature will not be disappointed, and it is also a great pleasure in life to be able to drink and talk with King Qin." ”
Li Congjing laughed, "Xu Xiang said this, he is very lonely!" ”
Song Qiqiu was a few steps away, and when he saw Li Congjing behaving like this, he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, and whispered "The villain has the ambition".
Unfortunately, Sang Weihan heard this, which immediately made him very unhappy, and a cold snort came out of his nostrils, and he leaned at Song Qiqiu, saying: "Mr. Song spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, how shameful!" ”
Sang Weihan didn't lower his voice like Song Qiqiu when he spoke, because many people listened to this, and his words were direct, it was not difficult for everyone to speculate what Song Qiqiu had just said, and they all turned their eyes to each other. Feeling the contempt of everyone, Song Qiqiu was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a crack in the ground and get in.
Song Qiqiu was not good at making a big fuss, lowered his face and red head, and did not entangle with Sang Weihan. Sang Weihan's trip to Jingnan made a lot of contributions, and he was in a good mood, but at this time, he choked Song Qiqiu, Xu Zhihe's mastermind, speechless, and pressed the other party, and couldn't help but dance with his eyebrows, triumphant.
Of the three commanders who stayed in Gangneung, two took over part of the city defense, and one commander followed Li Congjing into the city and followed him as a guard. At the same time, Li Congjing asked Gao Jixing to send an order to garrison troops in various parts of Jingnan, give up military resistance, and take over the garrisons in Fangzhou, Xiangzhou and other places.
After entering the city, Li Congjing did not allow him to occupy the Nanping Palace. Now that Gao Jixing has been stripped of his title, he is only waiting for the official edict of the imperial court to be issued, and Gao Jixing, Gao Congzhi and others naturally can no longer possess the palace. That day and night, Li Congjing held a banquet in the palace and invited guests, on the one hand, he initially celebrated the achievements of all parties, and on the other hand, appeased the hearts of the people in Jingzhou.
The banquet lasted for a long time, but under Li Congjing's intentional control, it would not stay up all night, and when it was over, the banquet was withdrawn. After coming down from the banquet, Li Congjing was the first to summon someone else, but Liang Zhen.
Now that Gao Jixing has been stripped of his title and removed from his official position, the officials of Jingnan are headed by Liang Zhen on the surface, although Liang Zhen has said that he wants to return to seclusion at the banquet of Fang Cai, but how can there be such a cheap thing in this world, Li Congjing did not intend to let him go. Moreover, to clean up the Jingnan mess, Li Congjing still needs Liang Zhen.
In front of Li Congjing, Liang Zhen has no room for bargaining, as the mastermind of picking up Gao Jixing's many things, Li Congjing will not be polite to him, four words are enough to make Liang Zhen obediently obey orders: to redeem the merits.
Several big families in the city who followed Sang Weihan to do things together have a lot of credit, and now that they have done it, it is indispensable to reward them for their deeds. This is also simple, let some of them take up official positions in Jingzhou in the future, after Li Congjing praised them, he asked them to follow Liang Zhen, under the leadership of Mo Li, to clean up the mess in Jingnan, which can be regarded as letting them get familiar with affairs first-Li Congjing also needs to examine their character and talent through their actions in the future.
In other matters, the military comes first, except for letting the Jiangling Army give up part of the city defense rights to Junzidu, Li Congjing does not plan to move the Jiangling Army for the time being, whether it is a general or a soldier, let them settle the status quo. When the situation in Jingnan settles down, Wang Shi completely controls Jingnan, and he will deal with the Jingnan army, including the Jiangling army, one by one.
Speaking of which, Jiangling can be regarded as a bloodless soldier, and there is not much trouble, for Li Congjing, the arrangement to dispose of Jiangling is also easy to handle, not to mention anything else, the accompanying officials of the Qin Wangfu are enough to control the situation. Li Congjing's arrangements are not so much to clean up the mess as to take stock and collect Jingnan's assets.
Gao Jixing has been working hard in Jingnan for a long time, and the money and soldiers in the treasury are piled up, and this time Jingnan is settled, and the process is also tortuous, but most of them are Li Congjing working hard, although there are several large armies dispatched, after all, the war has only started recently, and the consumption of resources is not much, at least compared with the wealth obtained from taking Jingnan, those consumption is only a drop in the middle.
——Gao Jixing's wealth accumulated in Jingnan with great difficulty finally made wedding clothes for Li Congjing.
In order to plot against Jingnan, Li Congjing went deep into the tiger's den and tried his best, and the final result finally lived up to his expectations. This transaction in Jingnan, whether it is for Li Congjing personally or for Datang, is not only a steady profit, but also a lot of money!
It is not complicated to arrange these things, but when Li Congjing has taken care of everything, it is also the time of Buddha's dawn. Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, Li Congjing did not rush to rest, but came to a secluded courtyard that was closely guarded by the Military Intelligence Department.