Two years later!

"Outside, outside, Li Chengjing broke through Zhaoye, and Yin Shouji died with his whole family."

"Outside, outside, Li Chengjing broke through Zhaoye, Yin Shouji and his whole family died......"

Half a month ago, Li Chengjing gathered 500,000 troops to launch a general attack on Zhaoye, Yin Shouji summoned a total of 700,000 troops from all walks of life to defend Zhaoye, and Li Chengjing made a last stand, but unfortunately Yin Shouji's command was improper, and he had already lost the hearts of the people, and in the end, Li Chengjing captured Zhaoye and led the army into the city.

Yin Shouji knew that he was defeated, and he and Li Chengjing had a grudge against his father, once he fell into the hands of Li Chengjing, he would be tortured to death, and the Yin family would not be spared. He has lost completely, and there is no chance to turn the tables around, even if he dies, he is unwilling to die in the hands of Li Chengjing in humiliation.

Yin Shouji ordered the execution of his family, and finally set a fire in the Grand Marshal's Mansion, and when Li Chengjing entered the city, the once majestic Zhaoye Grand Marshal's Mansion was suffering from billowing red smoke. Li Chengjing immediately ordered the three armies to put out the fire, she wanted to find Yin Shouji's body, she vowed to take Yin Shouji's head to her father's grave to worship, in addition, she also wanted to get a large amount of gold and silver treasures collected by Yin Shouji.

Two hours later, the fire was extinguished, and Li Chengjing entered Yin Shouji's study with thick smoke, leaving only a half-burned corpse on the ground, unrecognizable and unrecognizable. failed to kill Yin Shouji with her own hands and cut off his head, Li Chengjing was a little disappointed, but the revenge had been avenged, and her father could rest in peace under Jiuquan.

The soldiers came to report, Yin Shouji collected and looted the gold and silver treasures, Cheng Jing came out to see, there were more than 20 boxes, not including some large unboxed boxes, and the part that was burned by the fire, lamenting that if Li Jiajun had such financial resources, it would only take a year to eliminate Yin Jun.

Li Chengjing ordered to find a warehouse to put these treasures away, send people to guard them strictly, and all the corpses in the study were carried to the mass grave and cremated with the dead soldiers.

After two days of rectification, Li Chengjing held a military meeting, and the commanders congratulated: "Congratulations to the commander for taking revenge and unifying Central and South China." ”

"All the commanders have been fighting with me for two years, and they will work together to help me defeat the Yin army, and after returning to Ningzhou, I will definitely reward me for my deeds and live up to expectations."

"Xie Dashuai......"

Adjutant Long said: "Marshal, no, you should be called the commander-in-chief now, the commander-in-chief is now sitting on half of the country, and he should uphold the legacy of the first marshal, and start to prepare for the great cause of going north and dominating the world." ”

Everyone changed their words in unison, "We are willing to lead the Northern Expedition for the commander-in-chief and clear the obstacles." ”

Li Chengjing said: "I am very relieved that you have such thoughts. However, after two years of war, the three armies were already exhausted, and besides, we had not yet truly unified the central and southern regions, so the Northern Expedition needed to be considered in the long run. ”

Everyone was puzzled, "Yin Shouji is dead, why did the commander-in-chief say this?" ”

"Have you forgotten that half of Heyangguan is still in Bai Jingyi's hands, if I don't recapture Heyangguan, I can't be regarded as truly unifying Zhongnan."

As soon as Li Chengjing reminded them, they remembered that there was a barrier between Central China and Southwest China, that is, Heyang Pass. Heyangguan is located in central China, and can go straight to the southwest, Yin Shouji and Bai Jingyi for the ownership of Heyangguan almost met each other, and later both sides had some scruples, to sign a covenant, stipulating that Heyangguan is jointly owned by both sides, each sending troops to garrison, and at the same time stipulating that Heyangguan is also a war zone, if either side provokes a war is treacherous.

Li Chengjing snorted and sneered: "Yin Shouji is timid and incompetent, he can even cede his own level, I am not him." ”

"What does the commander-in-chief mean?"

"Commander Qi, at twelve o'clock in the morning, you lead 20,000 horses and horses to raid Heyang Pass in the starry night, remember not to kill all the soldiers of the Bai family, just expel them from the pass."

"Is the commander-in-chief going to officially declare war on the Bai family in the southwest?"

Li Chengjing said proudly: "The Bai family's covenant was signed with Yin Shouji, not me, I didn't promise to give him an inch of land, of course I have to take it back completely." Gu Nian He had an appointment with Yin Shouji in advance, so I won't kill all the soldiers in the Guannai, if Bai Jingyi wants to go to war with me because of this, then I will accompany me. ”

Commander Qi received the order to go down to gather troops and horses, although the perennial soldiers were tired, under the complete victory, the morale was extremely high, I heard that tonight to raid Heyang Pass, take the last barrier in Central China, the momentum of the three armies is like a rainbow. When the time came, Commander Qi led 20,000 soldiers and horses like divine soldiers descending from the sky, and when the Bai family army was completely defenseless, he attacked Heyang Pass without any twists and turns.

Before the expedition, Commander Qi followed Li Chengjing's order and strictly ordered the three armies not to kill the soldiers in the pass, and after entering the pass, except for a few who stubbornly resisted and died under the guns, the remaining soldiers either surrendered or left, and Commander Qi let his will, and finally 80 percent of the soldiers surrendered on their own initiative.

After receiving the news, Bai Jingyi gritted his teeth in anger and mobilized 50,000 troops to recapture Heyang Pass.

Li Chengjing had expected that Bai Jingyi would make this move, and after Commander Qi captured Heyang Pass, Li Chengjing secretly transferred 20,000 soldiers and horses into the pass. In the past few days, the Bai family army has attacked several times in vain, but Li Chengjing only sought to hold Heyang Pass steadily, and did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

A few days later, Bai Jingyi no longer sent troops to attack, but instead denounced Li Chengjing's unprovoked aggression in the newspapers, disregarding the covenant, treachery, and despicable...... used unbearable words to promote Li Chengjing as a cruel and unkind demon.

Li Chengjing just laughed after seeing it, but her subordinates saw that Bai Jingyi slandered her so much, and they all asked for orders to send troops to the southwest. Li Chengjing always believed that although the morale of the three armies was strong and the food and salary were sufficient, in fact, there was already a sign of a lack of troops, and the strength of the southwest army was no longer under the Yin army, and it had been recuperating for a long time.

What's more important is that now that Yin Shouji has been defeated, the form of the four parts of the world has been reversed, and Song Jiujue in the north will never watch her annex the southwest. Once she sends troops to the southwest, the two families of the White Song Dynasty will definitely put aside their prejudices and form a faction, at this time, with one enemy and two enemies, the chance of victory is less than thirty percent.

It is difficult to win by sending troops, only seeking self-preservation, Li Chengjing is confident that even if the two join forces, they may not be able to move her at all, so she sent heavy troops to defend Heyang Pass, and she will return to Ningzhou in three days.

On the eve of the class, Li Chengjing was processing official documents, and Adjutant Long came to report that the New Deal had sent a cabinet deputy minister to ask to see him. The New Deal is still nominally the leader of the country, and is internationally recognized, even if Li Chengjing does not obey orders, she also takes it as a courtesy and personally meets her in the living room.

When she arrived in the front hall, it was someone she never imagined.

"Chung Young ......"

"Li Dashuai, long time no see."

Li Chengjing retreated left and right, and then said: "I haven't heard from you since you graduated early, and I didn't expect you to become the deputy minister of the cabinet." ”

Liao Zhongying said: "The situation is changing, and I never imagined that it would be like this when I saw you again." ”

Li Chengjing said: "Reunited after a long absence, we should have a good time, but with your current identity, you must have come to me for a reason." ”

Liao Zhongying got straight to the point, "Cheng Jing, do you know that Bai Jingyi has joined forces with Song Jiujue to complain to the New Deal about your encroachment on He Yangguan, as soon as the news spread, how loud is the public opinion against you at home and abroad, have you thought about it?" ”

Li Chengjing said disdainfully: "These villains who tend to be inflammatory, why didn't I see them fighting against Yin Jun, and now that Yin Jun is in my hands, what's wrong with me taking back my territory?" He also said: "Bai Jingyi sued the new deal, and the new deal sent you to adjust, do you want me to let He Yangguan out, then I will tell you clearly, I can't cede my territory to the Bai family, if Bai Jingyi wants to send troops, I have to accompany him to the end." ”

Liao Zhongying sighed, "Chengjing, you don't have any news about me, and I've been paying attention to your news, but now it seems that you have really changed, and you are no longer the Li Chengjing I knew before." ”

Li Chengjing felt that what she said just now was too heavy, a little apologetic, and a little helpless, "If you have news that pays attention to me, you should understand that I can't help myself, just like now, if I don't recapture Heyang Pass and defend my territory, how can I shock the two major warlords of the White and Song Dynasty?" How can I convince my subordinates that I am a female in charge of the army, I hope you can understand my difficulties. ”

"I took the initiative to ask Ying to adjust the conflict between you and the Bai family, don't get me wrong, I don't mean to ask you to cede He Yangguan."

"You should declare to the whole country that Heyangguan belongs to Central China, and you are only taking back your own territory, and you have no intention of declaring war on the Bai family. Because the old covenant between Bai Yin and Bai Yin is not through your hands, you don't have to admit it, after all, the Bai family also has a long time, so you have to compensate the Bai family. ”

Li Chengjing asked: "What do you mean by compensation?" ”

"Money."

Li Chengjing is obviously also unwilling, "What if I don't accept it?" ”

Liao Zhongying continued: "You know very well that at this moment you are powerless to declare war on the outside world, even if you just want to protect yourself, how can the Bai family make you stable, he can't beat you, and you are tired of harassing the border between the two armies from time to time, not to mention that Song Jiujue is eyeing you."

If you are willing to compensate the Bai family, first, you can block public opinion, and the Bai family will have no reason to send troops to you, and secondly, on behalf of the new policy, I would like to express to you that I agree to canonize you as the commander-in-chief of Central South China and recognize your legal status to the international community. ”

Liao Zhongying saw that Li Chengjing had the intention of compromise, and said: "The most important thing for you now is to recuperate, so that you have a chance to complete your hegemony, isn't it?" ”

The last sentence directly said Li Chengjing's heart, she knew that the financial compensation would greatly increase the strength of the Bai family, but the Li family army needed more time to rest and train the army, in comparison, the advantages of temporary compromise outweighed the disadvantages.

It is easy to make a superficial statement in the newspaper, but the amount of compensation has to be renegotiated.

After Liao Zhongying lobbied Li Chengjing, he went to Hanzhou to lobby Bai Jingyi, and as soon as Bai Jingyi opened his mouth, it was five million oceans. said that it was to compensate with money, but in fact, it was Yin Shouji's money that was spent, but Li Chengjing was very dissatisfied with Bai Jingyi's insatiable greed, the money was not hers, and it was also subject to her approval, so she agreed as if she was really afraid of him.

After several negotiations, Li Chengjing finally agreed to settle the matter peacefully with 3 million taels. In the end, the alliance was signed, He Yangguan returned Li Chengjing, and Bai Jingyi could not send troops to cross the Lei Chi again. In order to prevent Bai Jingyi from repenting and seizing the pass after she left, Li Chengjing redeployed her troops, increased the forts, and left heavy troops in Zhaoye to echo with He Yangguan, and arranged them properly, so that she could rest assured.

At this point, the end of the Sino-South War marked that Li Chengjing completely owned half of the country. As soon as the news came out, it shocked China and foreign countries, and some people praised Li Chengjing vigorously, but they were more satirizing other warlord forces, and they would be trampled under the feet of a twenty-year-old girl in the future.