With the return of the Son of Heaven from Saibei, King Qin's order was lifted, and the hundreds of thousands of recruited troops from various counties gathered in the Taiyuan area also returned to the place, just like the wind of late autumn sweeping away the dead leaves, it was clean in two days, and no one knows whether these temporarily recruited armies will continue to be preserved or disbanded again.

Zhang Xuan's army returned to Jianghuai in two batches, although Yang Guang did not immediately give them a reward, but they still gained a lot in this battle of King Qin, and obtained 4,000 good war horses from the spoils of war, Pei Xingyan led 5,000 cavalry back to Jianghuai first.

Zhang Xuan led a thousand infantry to the rear, in Taiyuan, Zhang Xuan let the soldiers rest for a day, and as soon as the army was settled, Li Yuan came to visit the barracks.

This time, Zhang Xuan took Li Shimin and Li Xuanba to the north to attack the Turkic logistics camp, and made a great contribution to saving the driver, and the saint also specially received him and praised him for giving birth to two good sons.

Li Yuan was very grateful to Zhang Xuan, not only for bringing good luck to his family, but also for giving his second son an excellent experience, so as soon as he returned to Taiyuan, Li Yuan immediately rushed to visit Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan let Li Yuan into the big tent, the two sat down separately, and Zhang Xuan ordered his soldiers to serve tea.

"Since Gong Li has the right to lead the troops, I don't know what Gong Li's plans are next?"

"I plan to suppress bandits in the central part of Bingzhou, a bandit in the central part of Bingzhou, the leader of the bandits is called Zhen Zhai'er, who has endangered Taiyuan, Shangdang and other counties for many years, I have always wanted to exterminate him, but I have no chance, this time since the saint allows me to lead the troops, I plan to exterminate this bandit and stabilize the people's livelihood in the central region."

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "I heard that the Holy Lord has appointed Wang Wei and Gao Junya as Deputy General Li Gong, both of whom are from guard backgrounds, so they are not easy to deal with!" ”

Zhang Xuan said very implicitly, that is, Emperor Sui was not too relieved about Li Yuan, and sent two people to monitor him. Li Yuan's face changed slightly, and he said with a dry smile: "Everyone is serving the Son of Heaven, and they should be easy to get along with, the general is too worried." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled, "But I have a sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

"General, please. Li Yuan listened attentively. ”

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment, "Actually, I just want to persuade Li Gong that the matter of Ling Lang's completion cannot be delayed any longer, Li Gong was promoted to the head of the army this time, I am afraid that it will cause some contradictions within the Guanlong nobles, I am afraid that some people will be dissatisfied with Li Gong and poke out the completion of the matter, and Li Gong will be in danger." ”

Li Yuan's face changed greatly, and he couldn't say a word for a long time. Zhang Xuan said lightly: "If Li Gong doesn't like to listen, just say nothing." ”

Li Yuan's face changed dramatically, it was not Zhang Xuan who said about the construction, Zhang Xuan was originally an insider, and he didn't talk much in the past few years, Li Yuan was also relieved of him.

The reason why Li Yuan's face changed greatly was that Zhang Xuan reminded him in one sentence that the Son of Heaven promoted him in order to balance the Guanlong nobles, that is, to prevent the Dugu family from unifying the two factions of Guanlong, once he became an obstacle to his uncle's unification of the Guanlong nobles. He doesn't threaten himself with what is done.

The more Li Yuan thought about it, the more scared he became, and he felt that it was necessary to let Jiancheng come back immediately. Discuss how to leave Wagang.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan was anxious, so he got up to say goodbye, and Zhang Xuan did not stop him, and sent Li Yuan out of the camp with a smile.

Zhang Xuan returned to the big tent and met Li Jing at the door of the tent.

Li Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "I have something I want to ask Brother Xian for a favor." ”

From the end of the battle of the sneak attack on the Turkic camp. Zhang Xuan was trying to keep Li Jing, on the one hand, he handed over a large amount of military affairs to Li Jing, and on the other hand, he asked Wei Chigong to persuade Li Jing to stay, Li Jing was loyal to the Sui Dynasty in history, and only surrendered to Li Yuan because the Sui Dynasty was gone.

But because of the Wuchuan Society. made Li Jing withdraw from the Great Sui officialdom in Mayi County ahead of schedule, but Zhang Xuan felt that Li Jing actually had a very heavy heart for fame.

The most typical thing is that he was invited by Laihu'er to go to Goguryeo to serve as Laihu'er's staff, only because Li Jing realized that Laihu'er did something stupid and his future was not guaranteed, so he did not continue to follow Laihu'er, but went to the Western Regions with Zhang Zhongjian, to some extent he was also to avoid trouble, the facts proved Li Jing's judgment, Laihu'er was imprisoned soon after returning to Beijing, until he was finally dismissed and went home to retire.

So the first thing Li Jing did when he came back this time was to tell himself about the Turkic logistics camp, so that Zhang Xuan realized that Li Jing had chosen himself.

Zhang Xuan smiled: "Enter the tent and sit down to talk!" ”

Zhang Xuan invited Li Jing to sit down in the tent, and asked his soldiers to bring a few kinds of wine and food, he poured a glass of wine for Li Jing, and said with a smile: "This sneak attack on the Turkic logistics camp was successful, Senior Brother Yao is the first credit, I have written a military newspaper, I believe that the imperial court will definitely reward my brother." ”

Li Jing smiled bitterly, "I just discussed with Brother Xian for this matter, can you hide my name in the military newspaper?" ”

"Why?" Jang Xuan was puzzled.

Li Jing drank all the wine in the cup, sighed and said: "Because of the Wuchuan Society, I promised Dou Qing that I would not re-enter the Great Sui officialdom again, and it was this promise that I could retreat from the Wuchuan Society." ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "I still don't understand it a little. ”

"It's really difficult for ordinary people to understand, because I know too much about the details of the Wuchuan Society, and so does Zhang Zhongjian, at the beginning, Lonely Shun meant to kill us and destroy our mouths, but with Dou Qing's guarantee, the Wuchuan Society didn't start, I still avoided trouble with Zhang Zhongjian in the Western Regions, and the dust was also for the same reason."

Zhang Xuan was secretly shocked in his heart, could it be that he married him out of consideration to avoid trouble?

He had never thought about it in this direction, but from Li Jing's words, he suddenly realized a deeper meaning.

Zhang Xuan stared at Li Jing with sharp eyes, "Brother Li knows what kind of details Wu Chuan will have, so he will be so afraid of Wu Chuan?" ”

Li Jing pondered, "I can't say this, I swore to Dou Qing to death, but the general can go and ask Chuchen, maybe she is willing to say it." ”

"Alright! I won't embarrass you, but I hope Brother Li can continue to stay in our army. ”

Zhang Xuan was not interested in the secrets of the Wuchuan Society, and only interested in Li Jing, who wanted to keep Li Jing in his army no matter what.

Li Jing smiled slightly: "Has the general always wanted to return to Qingzhou County?" ”

Zhang Xuan's face changed slightly, and Li Jing hurriedly said: "General, don't blame Jingde, he bites his mouth very tightly, and he didn't reveal the general's secret, it was I who guessed it a little bit, Wei Yunqi is still in Qingzhou, and the families of tens of thousands of soldiers are still in Qingzhou, how could the general not want to go back." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Senior Brother Yao is right, we all think that Qingzhou is our foundation, this is the consensus of the whole army, we want to go back to Qingzhou, this is also a fact, but we want to use legal means to go back, but we never want to deliberately provoke banditry and poison the fathers and villagers of Qingzhou, if we are really forced to do so, we will forcibly return to Qingzhou." ”

Li Jing pondered for a moment and said: "It is not realistic to forcibly return to Qingzhou, I have a compromise strategy, maybe I can help the general return to Qingzhou in disguise." ”

Although Zhang Xuan also thought about returning to Qingzhou by bribing Yu Shiji, he was not sure, after all, Qingzhou had quelled the bandits, and they had no reason to go back, if Li Jing could help him find another way, it would be the best.

"Please speak up to Senior Brother Yao!"

Li Jing said slowly: "At the beginning, I once persuaded General Hu'er, he had already taken credit for defeating Goguryeo, and I persuaded him to seize the Liaodong Peninsula and occupy the humble city to support the army and stand on his own, but he did not take my suggestion, or returned to Luoyang, and sure enough, he was imprisoned as soon as he entered the city, why didn't the general consider the humble city?" ”

The city of humble luxury is the Dalian area of the later generations, and the Shandong Peninsula across the Bohai Strait, Zhang Xuan also considered, but his troops and sea ships are insufficient, so it can only be temporarily shelved, in fact, Zhang Xuan seized the East China Sea Island, and Li Jing's plan is similar.

Li Jing smiled again and continued: "If the general thinks that it is inappropriate to seize the humble city, then the second strategy can be adopted, I heard Yang Sima say that Donglai County is sparsely populated, and most of the population is concentrated in the area of Ye County, and there is only one county in Wendeng County in the west of Donglai County, which is almost an empty county, and the population of Guanyang and Changyang counties in the central part is also very small, why doesn't the general directly garrison Wendeng County." ”

Zhang Xuan paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands in his hands, Li Jing's words had already moved him, but he felt that the second plan was still a little bit worse.

At this time, Li Jing continued: "I still have a third strategy, this time the king of Qin, the result is that all counties have recruited troops, so it is not surprising that troops appear in Beihai, Donglai and Gaomi, as long as the general is still nominally in Jianghuai, I think the imperial court is not able to investigate the source of the army in Beihai County." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded slowly, Beihai County was still under his control, so the appearance of a county soldier in Beihai County could be completely explained, and at this time he actually had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a long time and smiled: "I can adopt Senior Brother Yao's third strategy, I hope Senior Brother Yao will stay and help me!"

Li Jing got up and saluted: "Li Jing is willing to serve the general's staff and serve the general!" (To be continued.) )