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When Li Congjing issued the total military order, it was already dusk. and when the fighting ceases, it is not yet time.

During the general attack of the Hundred Battles Army, Li Yanchao broke through the south gate and also entered the city. Li Congjing asked people to teach Li Yanchao the method of street fighting, because although Li Yanchao was backward, the progress of the war was not slow, and the losses were much smaller. As Li Congjing expected, when the Hundred Battles Army was fighting in the streets, many young and strong people in Fang City either expelled Lu Wenjin's soldiers who were in ambush houses, or rushed out with kitchen knives and other sharp weapons to help the Hundred Battles Army fight. Let's not say whether he shares the same hatred as Wang Shi, just the policy of appeasing the people announced by Du Qianshu is enough for them to know how to choose. Half of Pingzhou City, in the middle and late stages of the war, boiled up, like a pot, the boiling water composed of the Hundred Battles Army, the Lu Long Army and the people of Pingzhou, wantonly steamed the Pingzhou defenders among them, making them miserable.

At the moment before the time, Lu Wenjin's subordinates in Pingzhou City were all beheaded. Even if some fish were caught in the net, not only were they harmless, but they could not escape for a few days, and they themselves were pressed down by Li Congjing and executed in the next day.

The army broke through the city, cheered and thundered, the soldiers celebrated the victory and the rest of their lives, and the people rushed to tell each other, and the joy was strong. Regardless of whether Lu Wenjin has taken measures to reassure the people in Pingzhou, he lost the righteousness of his family and country first, and he is destined to be unable to win the hearts of the people. Soon after the fall of Pingzhou, it has only been five years, and the hatred is flourishing, if it is a long time, the people are accustomed to the rule of Lu Wenjin and the Khitan, I am afraid that they will forget the hatred and lose their blood, and the battle of the Hundred Battles and Lu Long's two armies to recover the land will be harder.

Capture the city of Pingzhou, the army occupies all key points in the city, takes over the city defense, patrols the streets, and cleans the battlefield. Li Congjing also ordered Li Shaocheng to send his troops to disperse in the city to crack down on traitors and criminals to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble and make profits, and then ordered the scouts to go to the belt to recall Guo Wei, and announced the results of the battle in Pingzhou City to the three cities of Daifang, Lelang, Xuansu and all the cities under his jurisdiction, and ordered the defenders and officials to surrender.

In addition to these, the most important thing is to count the results of the battle, regardless of the number of beheadings, what Li Congjing has to do now is to check the money, materials, food and other property in the official office and the government treasury, or gather some and prepare to distribute some to the soldiers as a reward for those who have fought bravely and made outstanding military achievements, or count the number, seal it in situ, and keep it for later use. In addition, the city defense and fang city suffered considerable losses in the war, and funds should be allocated for repairs, and the houses destroyed and homeless should also be properly resettled. All these are too numerous and complicated and trivial, and Li Congjing handed over the affairs to Du Qianshu and asked him, Sima, to take the military Chinese official to deal with it.

Li Congjing arranged these things in the official office in the city, and after the general arrangements were made, all the generals, officials, and departments were ordered to leave. Although the war stopped, Pingzhou City was destined to be unable to calm tonight, after a big war, the city changed hands, but I am afraid that the people of Pingzhou City will not be sleepy tonight.

Ding Hei entered the door, his face was intertwined with joy, anxiety, excitement and many other colors, and said to Li Congjing: "Military marshal, there are many people gathered outside the mansion gate, military marshal should go and have a look!" ”

A lot of people gathered outside the house? This made Li Congjing a little surprised, and before he could ask in detail, he strode towards the door of the mansion, and Ding Hei and other guards followed behind him.

There were indeed many people gathered outside the gate of the house, and at a glance, the whole street was blocked, all of them were clothed and yellow-faced, and there was a large area of black pressure, not to mention hundreds of people, and more people continued to gather from the streets and alleys, surrounding the official office. Under the torches, these people, including old and young, men and women, all looked up at Li Congjing at the gate of Fangzhi Mansion, and the look on their faces and eyes made Li Congjing a little incomprehensible for a while, but there is no doubt that they have nothing to do with malice.

The city is new, and the people gather in front of the official office, what is their desire? Li Congjing also captured some cities, but he had never encountered such a thing, so he couldn't make up his mind, so he looked at Ding Hei and asked him to explain.

Ding Hei said: "When the military marshal arrived at the official office, many people saw it in person, and not long after you entered the palace, someone came from all over the world when they heard the news and asked to see the military marshal...... The commander of the army is busy with official business, so naturally he has no time to take care of the people, and it is unknown whether the city will change, because we persuade him to return. Correct...... The persuasion failed, but the people gathered more and more, and the humble duty was rewarded. ”

Li Congjing roughly knew what was going on in front of him, he took two steps forward, stood in front of the steps, clenched his fists, and said: "Fathers and fellow villagers, I am the main general of today's recovery of Pingzhou Wangshi, Li Congjing, the defense envoy of the Tang Dynasty, you gathered here late at night to ask for a meeting, I don't know what happened?" ”

Hearing Li Congjing's words, there was a commotion in the crowd, some of them were talking to each other, some were looking at each other, and some were standing and looking up, which seemed chaotic. After a while, the crowd suddenly quieted down, until the needle drop could be heard, and then, as if there had been a drill, the crowd knelt down in unison from front to back, and the waves generally spread backwards, and they all fell to their knees at a moment.

When Li Congjing saw this scene, he was shocked and at a loss.

He had expected what would happen next, but he didn't expect it to be such a scene anyway.

While he was stunned, the crowd had already begun to chant: "The general is mighty!" "The king is mighty!" "The Tang Dynasty is mighty!" At the beginning, the voice was not uniform, but later, the sound was like layers of mountains, breaking through the city and reaching the sky, "The general is brave, protect the border and fight the thief!" ”

"The general is brave, protect the border and fight the thief!"

"The general is brave, protect the border and fight the thief!"

"The general is brave, protect the border and fight the thief!"

The soldiers of the Hundred Battles Army in front of the official office, Li Congjing's personal guards, saw this scene, heard this, they were all very surprised, and then raised their heads and chests, only to feel proud and glorious, and there was an impassioned look on their faces.

Protecting the border and fighting thieves, this is probably the deepest expectation of hundreds of thousands of people in the land of clouds for decades for the king and the generals who led the troops. However, for decades, the Khitan has been constantly attacking the border, invading the border land, killing people and seizing money, and the border army cannot be controlled. Occasionally, the Khitan gathered a large army to go south, and the king division went north to resist the enemy, and it was also a victory, and the Khitan returned to the king, and the border area was not peaceful for decades!

Although Li Cunqiao is heroic and martial, after all, the world is chaotic, and Jin and Liang are not in the Central Plains, how much energy do they have to take care of Youyun? There are many strong men and impassioned people in the land of Gu Yunyan and Zhao, but for decades, countless hot-blooded and strong men have tried to protect their families and defend the country, and they have died under the iron hooves of the Khitan.

Li Congjing walked down the steps quickly, helped up several people in front of him one by one, and then asked everyone to get up, and said, "Fathers, why is this so!" Protecting the border and fighting thieves, the inherent responsibility of the border army, sending troops to the ground, solid soldiers, now from Jing Xi to the cloud defense envoy, how can you not raise swords, bright swords, and Khitan barbarian thieves, traitorous rebels bloody battle? ”

Now standing in front of Li Congjing is a half-hundred old man, with a gray beard, sparse hair, and incomplete teeth, he grabbed Li Congjing's hand holding him, and said in a trembling voice: "The general is promising, we believe it!" However, the border land has been uneven for decades, and the people have suffered deeply, and the king cannot be stopped. Today, seeing the general and the generals under the command of the general fighting bravely, fighting hard, and knowing the peace of the borderlands, I am looking forward to it! ”

Li Congjing saw that although the old man was in tattered clothes, he was full of energy, and when he looked down, he found that the old man had a long scar on the back of his hand, and he was moved, and asked: "The old man used to be a border army?" ”

The old man sighed, his eyes gloomy, "When I was young, I wanted to fight the barbarian thieves, which means the border army, and I have never been included in the army!" "Raise your arm," when the Khitan entered the country, killed my villagers, and angrily raised a plow to hit it, this scar was left at that time! His expression was complex and excited, "Although he is not a border army, he has also killed thieves to defend the country!" ”

Remembering the appearance of the old man angrily attacking the thief at that time, Li Congjing spontaneously had a sense of admiration, "The old man is brave, Congjing admires!" ”

The old man said: "In the past, Lu Wen entered the city of the state, treason and thieves, and we could not get it every time I wanted to kill him, but now the general led the king to the army, and when I heard the general's letter to the people, I knew that the general was the gospel of the people in the border areas such as us!" I've been waiting for the king and the general, it's been a long time! Although the villain is old, today he has led his children and grandchildren to fight traitors with the king! ”

Li Congjing admired it even more.

The old man sighed and said: "Our ancestors live here, and we are Han people, and we will never be willing to be barbarians!" Today, Pingzhou is the general to recover, and the small people dare to ask, when will Yingzhou be restored, when will the Great Wall rise, and when will it be called Khitan blood debt and blood payment? ”

Li Congjing's expression was awe-inspiring, he groaned solemnly, took a step back, and hugged his fist to the thousands of people in front of him, and said: "Although Congjing is young, if this body is alive for a day, he will not only fight against the Khitan soldiers for a day!" Today, the two armies of Baizhan and Lulong have recovered Pingzhou, which is not the end, but the starting point! In the future, we will not only defend Pingzhou, but also cross the Great Wall, restore Yingzhou, and then enter the grassland to compete with the Khitan! This Congjing and thousands of soldiers, countless fathers and elders to encourage the ambition! ”

The crowd, which had already quieted down, became excited again, and everyone raised their arms and shouted: "Weiping Prefecture, cross the Great Wall, return to Yingzhou, and enter the grassland!" ”

Thousands of people shouted in unison, the sound shook the sky, and the echo lasted for a long time.

Li Congjing leaned back to the official office, faced the people in the border areas, stood with his sword, and his heart was intense.

After the people returned one after another, Li Congjing stood in front of the official office, blowing the autumn breeze in Pingzhou, looking at the bright moon on the border, silent.

The old man's last question kept echoing in Li Congjing's ears, making him unable to calm down.

When will the king return to Yingzhou, when will the Great Wall rise, and when will the Khitan blood debt be repaid?

What day, what day, what day!

The next day, Li Congjing posted a list to the people, and three days later, Lu Wenjin would be "put on public trial" and beheaded.

Lu Wenjin can't stay, since he wants to kill, he has to let him die worthwhile, and this value is naturally for Li Congjing. In the border land of Youyun, there is no shortage of people who want to protect the border and fight thieves, but it is by no means a lack of flies and people who forget their righteousness, Li Congjing is now "on trial" of Lu Wenjin, killing him to shock Youyun, is to establish authority, is to make a name, but also to tell everyone in Youyun that there is a Youyun where he Li Congjing is in charge, and those who are loyal to the country are treated preferentially, and those who commit treason and thieves will die! The dark clouds behind are red dark clouds, which are inseparable from the Khitan and will never allow the existence of gray areas!

In the face of national enmity, there is no compromise!

Three days later, thousands of people in Pingzhou City were empty, and the crowds outside the south gate were surging, and thousands of people in Pingzhou were waiting for them. There was a high platform in the crowd, and the thief leader Lu Wenjin and his followers more than a dozen people, kneeling in prison clothes. On the other side, Du Qianshu read Lu Wenjin and other indictments in the eyes of the public, and his voice was like a bell, counting the charges and telling them to heaven and earth.

After reading, Du Qianshu saluted Li Congjing, "Please kill the national thief!" ”

Three years ago, the Khitan barbarians entered the country to plunder, and when their army arrived outside the village, Du Qianshu was reading the book of sages, and witnessed the death of his relatives in Tanaka under the Khitan sabre in front of the window, and saw the bloody hands of the Khitan destroying the villages and towns! When he fled from the village, he was full of tears, turned around and knelt down to worship, and swore to his relatives who died in blood and fire: In this life, he will lead the king to kill the national thieves, destroy the Khitan, and avenge this blood and sea of revenge!

Alone in the Khitan for three years, endure humiliation and burdens, walk on thin ice, spend days like years, and can know Khitan state affairs. Three years later, he left the Khitan, returned to Youyun, entered the military government, and offered plans.

Du Qianshu held the chopping token in his hand and walked into the arena proudly, his eyes were as cold as ice, and his expression was like iron. Throwing the token high, he treated Lu Wenjin and others: "Now I am the protector of the country, you are a traitor, I should kill you for the country!" ”

"Slash!"

The sound falls, the knife falls, and the head falls.

Thousands of people cheered in unison.