It was already white, and it was the coldest time of the day.

But Li Jie's room is still very warm.

He was sitting on the soft floor in a close-fitting lined robe, and he saw Song Wentong holding something wrapped in black cloth in front of him.

"This is the head of Zhang Han, the deputy envoy of the former Hezhong Festival, please take a look."

The armor on Song Wentong's body still had blood stains that had not been wiped off, and the warmth in the room began to drip to the ground along the lines of the armor.

Li Jie was already accustomed to things like severed heads, so he waved his hand, "Put it aside, you can tell me what happened on the way." ”

Song Wentong was overjoyed as soon as he came in, with Li Jie's understanding of him, it couldn't be because he just killed a deputy envoy who defected.

The latter sat under Li Jie's hand, and after taking a sip of hot tea, he told what had happened.

It turned out that Song Wentong chased in the wrong direction because he didn't understand the Puzhou road, and only adjusted the route of the pursuit after asking a farmer, but he arrived before Zhang Han arrived in Jiangzhou.

This Zhang Han was also unlucky, in fact, he could enter Jiangzhou City before Song Wentong, but because there was no "road guide", he almost fought with the soldiers who defended the city in Jiangzhou, and had to plan to go around the city.

Then he had a face-to-face with Song Wentong.

More than 30 of the 100 deserters died, and all the others were arrested by Song Wentong.

Suddenly two groups of people outside the city were inexplicably fighting, which naturally attracted the attention of the Jiangzhou defense envoy, when Song Wentong was collecting the prisoners on the battlefield, the defense envoy sent people out of the city for interrogation, and then he knew that the young general in front of him was actually his new boss.

After some pushing, Song Wentong went into the city for a meal.

Just as he was eating, another group of people came outside Jiangzhou City.

It's a big crowd.

Exactly 30,000!

As a result, there were four more people at the table.

One of them is Chen Jingsi, who is imprisoned in the camp in the north of Daizhou!

For this Chen Jingsi, who likes to watch the Peking Opera "Rolling Bead Curtain", he knows that in order to understand the danger of Chang'an, a small official went to Mobei and asked the "crow army" used by Li Keyong, the head of Shatuo Canal, to drive away Huangchao.

There is naturally an element of romance in Peking Opera, but it is indeed such a small official in history who indirectly brought Li Yi, who had been taking refuge in Sichuan for three years, to return to Chang'an.

It's just that this time Chen Jingsi brought not Li Keyong's "crow army", but 10,000 Tuhun soldiers and 20,000 recruited Qu soldiers from the three tribes of Shatuo, Sage, and Anqing.

Li Jie was overjoyed when he heard it!

Thirty thousand!

Coupled with more than 10,000 people in the same state, it can be said that Deng Tianwang's blockade will inevitably be solved, and Huang Chao will inevitably shrink his forces under the enemy's back, and the pressure on Chang'an will be greatly relieved.

"Why didn't you see Chen Jingsi coming together?"

"It's not about money, it's okay to Tuhun Bing, I've been in Datang for many years, and I have long been a real citizen of Datang. But the three clans of Nashatuo only recognize money and do not recognize people, and they have to pay the agreed money and grain in Jiangzhou, otherwise they will live outside Jiangzhou and not leave! ”

Li Jie nodded, this is understandable.

After all, these people are mercenaries, and they haven't even given money, so how can they let people do their best?

"The order goes down, the money and silk in the Puzhou treasury must be loaded before noon today, and the king must arrive in Jiangzhou before evening!"

He couldn't wait to send the money to Jiangzhou first, and then stay in Puzhou and wait for Chen Jingsi to bring someone here.

In case this group of canal soldiers delays their trip because of laziness, a journey that is only half a day away for a few days will kill people in a hurry.

For every extra day of walking, the danger of Chang'an increases several times, and the stomachs of the common people will suffer one more day's sin, in case there are more starvation deaths...

Therefore, the money must be taken away from a part of it, and under the heavy reward, this group of poor haha must not rush to the customs with a roar?

Finally, Song Wentong asked again: "Your Highness, the more than sixty soldiers who escaped have been brought back by the last general, please show me." ”

Li Jie stood up and patted him on the shoulder,

"Brother Song, you have only just taken office as a festival envoy, in this river where the head of the army may kill the official and seize the throne at any time, you can't be soft-hearted, if you want to stand up, you have to kill people, in front of them!"

Song Wentong smiled "hehe",

"That's what we mean, isn't it going to be a formality?"

Li Jie also smiled,

"The military affairs in the river are up to you, so you don't need to ask me. In the future, if you want money and money, you can also have food, and you can also do both, and even the transshipment of some state capitals can also make you be a pawn, and such a big festival will always have a little pocket money to have face. But other than that, just remember your promise, and the king's drum urn and golden hammer! ”

When he said the last few words, Li Jie's face was full of smiles, and he looked extremely terrifying.

Song Wentong solemnly gave gifts,

"I don't dare to forget!"

Puzhou is only more than 70 miles away from Jiangzhou, and it does take a day for a large-scale march in general.

But Li Jie was accompanied by light horses, but because he had to protect the five carriages full of copper coins that he was pulling, he didn't see the Ximen Tower in Jiangzhou until after dark.

Outside the West Gate, the Jiangzhou Defense Envoy and Chen Jingsi were already waiting there, and there was a very young young general beside him, dressed in bright armor, very heroic, and a little wild revealed.

A discerning person can see at a glance that this armor is worth a lot of money, far from being comparable to the ordinary standard of bright armor, the patterns on the shoulder armor and breastplate are smashed into gold wire, and there is a huge pearl inlaid in the center of the helmet.

Li Jie pursed his lips,

"Local tyrants!"

It has been recorded in the history books that a pair of high-grade bright armor is worth tens of thousands of yuan, and those who have no mines at home can't afford to wear it.

Li Jie was envious, but he forgot that the black armor on his body was even more expensive.

Although it is inlaid with gold and silver jewelry without a bag, it looks extremely low-key, but every nail leaf and every pattern is made by the hands of the palace superintendent skilled craftsmen.

Let's take an analogy.

This is like asking Wu Daozi to draw on a wall, which is a monument.

And he just wore a piece of art directly onto his body.

After Li Jie simply greeted a few people, he learned that this young man's name was Helianqing, and his Laozi was Helianduo, the current Yunzhou assassin and the defense envoy of the Datong Army!

Li Guochang and Li Ke used father and son soldiers to mess with the three states of Hedong, invincible in Hedong and Hebei Province, and the soldiers were in the direction of the front, so they didn't dare to follow!

And it was this Helian Duo and Youzhou Li Keju who defeated it in one fell swoop, and the Shatuo cavalry, who had been majestic for several years, had to flee to Mobei to beg for Tatar protection.

Helian Qing also looked at him very curiously, and directly touched his black armor between conversations, and then said: "I heard that His Royal Highness is invincible, and it is estimated that he will not be able to walk even if he wears this black armor." ”

Li Jie smiled and said a few words modestly, but a cold glint flashed in his eyes,

Zong Hui whispered dissatisfiedly beside him:

"The heads of the three clans are so ignorant of what to do, and the Jiangzhou defense envoys and Helian Duo's sons and sons who are far away have come to greet His Highness, but they dare to sit firmly in the city!"

Chen Jingsi looked like a good old man, and he also saw that Li Jie was a little dissatisfied that the leaders of the three clans did not come to greet him, so he had to say: "The three of them have been working hard all the way and are resting in the palace, and I hope that His Royal Highness will forgive his sins." ”

"It's okay, just rest when you're tired, and let this king go and see them in person!"

Li Jie rubbed his wrist and smiled,

As soon as he flicked his sleeves, he planned to go into the city to meet these three arrogant old hats!