Zhang Wenbiao? If it weren't for Xu Xuan's mention, Li Jing would have almost forgotten the name.

After calling the chamberlain to get the list of generals of the Privy Council, Li Jing finally vaguely remembered the origin of this person, and couldn't help but hesitate a little in his heart. It is true that Zhang Wenbiao, judging from his past achievements and his performance in martial arts after the Tang Dynasty repeatedly won the championship, is really a rare general, but so what?

This is a general! The general has always been feared by Li Jing, not to mention that this is still a famous Menghu, but at this time he was pulled out of his claws, if he is allowed to return to Chu and give 40,000 elite soldiers, if this person has a different heart, isn't it a food and a thief? Besides, Zhang Wenbiao is still Zhou Xingfeng's sworn brother, with Zhou Xingfeng's experience, who dares to guarantee that this person will not make trouble?

No one can guarantee it. But when Li Jing hesitated whether to agree to Xu Xuan's recommendation, Xu Xuan still threw out a set of arguments that made Li Jing difficult to refuse, which was very simple, because Zhou Xingfeng was killed by Li Yuan, so it was a clever move to put his sworn brother Zhang Wenbiao in Li Yuan. Then Wei Cen and Li Zhenggu were also silent, as if they silently agreed.

Li Jing was a little stunned, he didn't know if this move was a good move, but if the risk was difficult to avoid, it would be a proper bad move. Zhang Wenbiao does have a blood feud with Li Yuan, so he led the army into Yuezhou, so naturally there is no need to worry about whether he and Li Yuan will communicate privately in the future, but what if a Wenbiao becomes the next Li Yuan?

In troubled times, having soldiers in hand is the king's way, if Zhang Wenbiao has different intentions, and it will lead to an emergency in the border town in the future, wouldn't it be a matter of caring for one or the other? You must know that there have been many wars in the past two years, and the Tang Dynasty has faced enough crises, isn't it chaotic enough?

After the two phases were silent and hesitated, Li Jing, as the emperor, finally had his own opinions, and as soon as he made a final decision, he handed over the 40,000 new forbidden troops to Zhang Wenbiao for control, and the name of the new army was temporarily called Yueshan Army, and there were two insurances, one was Zhang Wenbiao's family scroll and Zhou Xingfeng's wife and orphans were not allowed to accompany the army, and the other was to select important ministers as military supervisors to supervise the entourage on behalf of the emperor.

Xu Xuan and the three immediately agreed, and Li Jing immediately asked who was the appropriate envoy for the supervising army, but Xu Xuan said that since he was the supervising army of the heavens, then the emperor needed to make his own decision, and then asked for retirement on the grounds that he had not recovered from his serious illness, and Wei Cen and Li Zhenggu also asked for retirement.

The attitude of these three people instantly made Li Jing feel relaxed and happy, and it was a completely different scene from the previous Feng Yanji and Sun Cheng when they were in power, these newly appointed important ministers knew the proportions, and did not only care about fighting for power and profit, but also actively thought about the court, giving himself enough authority as the emperor, Li Jing couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, if Feng Yanji was there, it is estimated that he would also list a large list of candidates for the military envoy.

Li Jing glanced at the people in the Chengxin Hall, and immediately spoke, almost without hesitation, the candidate for the prison army, or the hard work of the left minister Xu Xuan to choose, by the Zhongshu Sect and the Privy Council after the agreement will be submitted to the emperor for decision. And Han Xizai, who was speechless throughout the whole process, still didn't say half a word at this time, and Xu Xuan and others didn't say a word after saying yes, and the matter was resolved.

This is the whole story that Li Yuan learned from Han Xizai's mouth, and all this change is naturally a little unexpected, if it weren't for Han Xizai's friendship with him, I'm afraid that he would still be in the ecstasy of expanding the number of troops, but he didn't expect that these 40,000 soldiers were snatched from He Jingzhu's hands, not to mention that Zhang Wenbiao would be added to his pillow in the future.

Han Xizai's intention to confide in him was naturally to make Li Yuan understand that since he was also a supporter of King Yan, no matter how the situation changed, he Han Xizai and Li Yuan were still their own people, but he didn't know that Li Yuan hadn't thought of this section at all, and he just sighed after knowing it, and then fell into deep thought.

Nearly a year since he traveled over, knowing that he was in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan had countless times in his mind to make up for the upcoming war that would make the Southern Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, and many of Li Yuan's actions were also made in view of the fact that he was at this stage before the chaos came, and made a decision to strengthen his strength as much as possible before the Zhou army went south.

Li Yuan always held on to a kind of hope, believing that he had the strength to gain a foothold in the era in which he lived, and even to change, at least to change what was recorded in the history books of later generations, the short-lived Southern Tang Kingdom, the chaotic Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, because the Song Dynasty after that was nothing more than a false prosperity under the cover of flashy smoke and clouds, and after all, it could not avoid the terrible catastrophe brought about by foreign invasions.

And if Li Yuan's experience is a branch of history, or a false parallel history, then everything that is about to happen may not happen. In other words, there is some kind of force that can turn it around, then Li Yuan hopes that the wheel of history can deviate slightly, because he is not a person who is not in this history, if history remains unchanged, is it not a ridiculous paradox?

Li Yuan thought more than once that maybe because of his arrival, some things that would come would not happen, and indeed Li Yuan had also made some changes.

For example, the current situation in Chudi, and even the changes in the court at this moment, I have to say that they are all related to themselves, such as Liu Yan and Zhou Xingfeng, these two heroes have returned to dust, and in real history, they should be alive and well at this moment. Li Yuan felt like a catfish thrown into the pond by the hand of the underworld, and his appearance should logically change many events.

But now, Li Yuan felt that he was wrong.

History has not turned to the other side because of its own arrival, and it is even possible that it has accelerated into the chaos that it had to face because of its own appearance.

The series of consequences caused by the 40,000 soldiers made Li Yuan the last thing he wanted to see, Zhang Wenbiao was able to regain control of the army and return to Chu. Li Yuan is not worried about how brave Zhang Wenbiao is, but now that Xu Xuan, Wei Cen, Li Zhenggu and others are on the throne in the court, Wei Cen and Li Zhenggu have obviously leaned towards King Zheng and his party, and Zhang Wenbiao has been able to go out of the town, and He Jingzhu is stuck in his throat to the south of the Yangtze River.

In other words, the conditions for King Zheng to compete for the crown prince were almost ripe by this time, and they had almost become an irrepressible trend. This seems to have added another heavy weight to the road to the throne of King Zheng Li Congjia, which has never been seen in history, and all this seems to have started because of himself.

In fact, in Li Yuan's view, Li Congjia's ascension to the throne is naturally not the fundamental reason why the Southern Tang Dynasty is in crisis, and Li Yuan himself will be self-reliant sooner or later, but now Li Congjia has such a momentum, but as long as he has a little arrogant mind, who can guarantee that he will not ascend the throne in advance? Even when Li Yuan was not prepared, or did not have the strength to confront the imperial court, it had become the climate?

Originally, Li Yuan really thought about supporting Li Hongji, the king of Yan, as much as possible before he was fledgling, after all, this prince who is both civil and military, no matter how he compares with Li Congjia, at least he is not a weak and incompetent person in state affairs. In the turbulent times of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, if you are not strong-minded, it will be difficult to survive.

But since the defeat of the Northern Expedition, Li Hongji, the king of Yan, has lost the trust of the emperor, and now he has been relieved of his military power, and he has been ordered to be grounded in Runzhou, and it is difficult to recover in a short period of time. Li Hongji lost too quickly than expected......

Li Yuan was a little confused, in Li Yuan's original idea, to stay away from the court to build a festival in the local area, in order to accumulate strength wholeheartedly, ignore the court disputes, and just wait for the world to change, but he didn't expect that even if he was thousands of miles away from the national capital Jinling, his butterfly, which should not have appeared in history, would still affect the current situation of the entire Southern Tang Dynasty by flapping his wings lightly in the distance.

Until this moment, Li Yuan suddenly came to his senses. What should come is still coming, no one can stop it, and no one can change it.

He should also recognize the reality, he is in power and when he is the real history, even if he sets off a few small waves, it is not enough to change the pace of the torrent of history rolling forward, on the contrary, it has played a role in fueling the troubles, and even let the big chaos come in advance.

But so what, since history is ahead of the pace, then you might as well take advantage of the trend, make all the preparations in advance, and realize the ideas in your heart at a faster speed to face it, why bother thinking about it?

What if King Zheng takes the throne early? Could it be that he came with a butcher's knife, and he still stretched his neck so that he couldn't cut it? Then don't do anything before it's too late! Li Yuan smiled speechlessly and bitterly, what happened to him, it was really a little troublesome, no matter what, since he had a comprehensive understanding of the historical context in his mind, he would go step by step according to his own assumptions, and there would be no mistakes, and his mother needed to hesitate.

Looking back to face today's problems, the newly formed 40,000 Yueshan Army was given to Zhang Wenbiao, these 40,000 elite soldiers were all trained and adjusted by the veteran Liu Renzhan, and their combat power should not be underestimated.

If nothing else, after Li Yuan expanded the army, he would soon move south to attack Guiguan, and because of the existence of Zhang Wenbiao, a fierce tiger, he would have to be forced to leave some elite troops to stay in Langzhou in case of accidents, and correspondingly, the troops on the expedition would be pinned down and weakened.

Li Yuan suddenly felt as disgusting as if he had choked a fly alive, but he couldn't spit it out, and he had to think of a suitable way to remove the thorn in his heart as soon as possible.

In any case, now that there are 40,000 more soldiers and horses under his command, the weight will be a little heavier, and what Li Yuan has to do is to hurry up and make the weight heavier and heavier.

For Li Yuan, he can only ensure that his next war can be smooth as much as possible, first take Guiguan, then pacify the Southern Han, and obtain a vast territory and population, so that he can have the strength to compete for power in this troubled era, and he will not be afraid even if the chaos comes. And the geographical location of Chudi and Lingnan is also very good, even if there are changes in the south of the Yangtze River, it will still take a while to spread it, because after all, one east and one west are far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, which makes Li Yuan feel a little comforted in his heart.

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