Li Zhen gave Di Yan a look, Di Yan removed the sword, Li Zhen smiled and said: "I believe that the current situation is critical, Lin Taishou knows better than anyone else, the reason why Lai Junchen sent the supervision of the imperial history and the imperial history to Yangzhou is to monitor Li Yuanjia in the name of the official, now that the two are dead, Li Yuanjia has no way back, and he will inevitably rebel, what should Lin Taishou say?"

Lin Qing gritted his teeth and said, "It's all those Goryeo dogs who hurt me"

Li Zhen and Di Yan looked at each other, both of them understood, it turned out that it was the restoration of the Goguryeo people, Li Zhen was even more Huo Ran, Lin Qing and Zhao Wenchu's backstage was Wu Sansi, this group of Goguryeo people were sent by Wu Sansi, I am afraid that the people who really killed Hou Sizhi and Wang Dazhen were them, not Li Yuanjia's people.

At this time, Zhao Wenchu hurriedly said: "Where are these Goryeo people? ”

Lin Qing shook his head, "After the inn incident, they didn't hear from them, they should have run away, where should I find them now?"

Li Zhen said lightly: "Why is Wu Sansi not afraid of the people from the Wujiang Hall, but he sent a group of Goguryeo warriors to Yangzhou, has Lin Yuanjun thought about it?"

Lin Qing's face turned pale, he understood what Li Zhen meant, I am afraid that Wu Sansi was ready to stay out of the matter from the beginning, so he refused to send his own people, now that the two imperial historians died in Yangzhou, Li Yuanjia has no way to retreat, and the army is about to rise, Wu Sansi will not admit that he has something to do with Yangzhou, then he Lin Qing will carry all the black pots on his back.

Thinking of this, Lin Qing was sweating profusely on his forehead, and Zhao Wenchu also understood, and trembled with fright, "Envoy, we ...... What should I do?"

Lin Qing suddenly thought of something, Huo Di looked up at Li Zhen, only to see that Li Zhen seemed to be smiling on his face, as if he was waiting for something, Lin Qing quickly stood up, gave a deep salute, and begged: "Please Commander Li save my life"

Li Zhen said with a smile: "Actually, Lin Yuanjun still has a way to go, it depends on whether Lin Yuanjun has the courage to do so." ”

Lin Qingyi gritted his teeth, "So far, I can only get rid of this crisis, I am out of the way, Commander Li, please say"

Li Zhen nodded and said: "Lin Taishou and Zhao Changshi jointly wrote to the saint, revealing that Li Yuanjia has the ambition to be the emperor, that Tianzhao stone tablet can be used as evidence, it is best to find a little more evidence." ”

Lin Qing and Zhao Wenchu glanced at each other, they didn't expect that Li Zhen was actually trying to get rid of Li Dan and Li Xian, they thought they were getting rid of themselves first, Lin Qing thought so, "We'll go to the book right away"

Li Zhen smiled again: "It's not enough to just express your stance in the book, you have to take action, I heard that Taishou has a thousand state soldiers in his hands, can you hand over the state soldiers to me?"

At this time, Li Zhen is Lin Qing's lifeline, Li Zhen will obey whatever Li Zhen says, not to mention that Li Zhen's suggestion is extremely right, he must use practical actions to resist Li Yuanjia, so that he will be recognized by the saint.

At this time, Lin Qing suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly pulled Li Zhen aside, and said in a low voice: "I have a few letters from Li Yuanjia, can Commander Li-"

Li Zhen understood and said with a smile: "I will find it out and return it to Lin Taishou." ”

Lin Qing was overjoyed, and immediately took out a jade box from the box and handed it to Li Zhen, "This is the command arrow of a thousand state soldiers, and I will accompany the commander to the military camp."

In Jiangyang City, Li Yuanjia was stunned when he heard that his son had killed the two imperial histories, and Li Xun丨 was even more anxious to stomp his feet, pointing at Li Chen and scolding: "You idiot, are you going to force us to death?"

Li Chen was furious, pulled out his sword and shouted: "If you want to become a big thing, what a pity for the two little imperial histories, if you dare to shake the heart of the army again, I will kill you first"

Li Xun丨 was very afraid of this brother, and he hurriedly said to Li Yuanjia: "Father, it's still too late, the child will go to Wu Yizong to negotiate." ”

Li Yuanjia didn't say anything, he was looking at a secret decree, this is a secret decree of Wu Zetian found from Wang Dazhen, the secret decree is written very clearly, so that Wang Dazhen and Hou Sizhi first stabilized Yangzhou Taishou Lin Qing, and after Wu Yizong caught him Li Yuanjia, the two of them were secretly executed together and destroyed all over the house.

Li Yuanjia let out a long sigh, handed the secret decree to his eldest son Li Xun丨 and said helplessly: "I'm afraid I have no way out."

After reading the secret decree, Li Xun丨 was speechless for a long time, at this time Li Yuanjia made a heart, and said to Li Chen: "You go to Yangzi Island quickly, bring all the rest of the soldiers to Jiangyang, we will occupy Yangzhou first, and then order the world to crusade against the thieves."

Li Chen led more than a dozen entourages to gallop all the way to the dock, and he shouted to the dock steward, "Prepare the ship for me quickly"

The dock steward rushed away, and at this time, one of his subordinates stepped forward and said: "Little prince, there is a merchant from Dunhuang who is willing to serve the little prince."

"Where are the people?"

The subordinates led a fat man up, Li Chen looked at him and asked, "What's your name?"

"In the wine Zhuang, Dunhuang people, from Dunhuang to traffic horses to Yangzhou, I heard that the prince is recruiting strong men, the villain specially brought a few guys willing to serve the little prince. ”

When Li Chen heard that it was a horse dealer from Hexi, his heart moved, they just needed horses, so he asked, "How many horses do you have?"

As soon as the fat man turned around, he waved and shouted: "Bring it up"

Several guys wearing coarse cloth and kudzu clothes led more than 20 horses, Yangzhou does not produce horses, horses have to be trafficked from the northern grasslands, most of the prices are very expensive, Li Chen saw that although these horses are not military horses, but they are very strong, but those guys are also very strong, he was happy in his heart, and asked with a smile: "These horses are worth at least a thousand yuan, you sell them to me?"

The fat man scratched his head and said, "The villain is a businessman, he doesn't want money-"

"What do you want?" asked Li Chen strangely.

"The villain's father is a butcher and wants to make the villain an official, but unfortunately the villain only knows a few big characters. ”

Li Chen understood, "You want to be an official?"

The fat man took out a gold dagger inlaid with precious stones, and offered it with both hands with a smile on his face, "This is a dagger that the villain bought from the Sogdians, and he is willing to present it to the prince."

Li Chen took the dagger and pulled it out, only to see that the blade was shining cold, and it was abnormally sharp, he couldn't help but secretly praise this fat man for understanding human feelings, he immediately fell in love with this wine fat man, and said with a smile: "If you want to be an official, follow me, and I will make you my account." Which one. Cangcao joined the army, a seven-rank official, in charge of military supplies, how about it?"

The fat man was overjoyed, knelt down and kowtowed, choked with tears: "Included by the prince, the villain has finally achieved his father's long-cherished wish, and he is actually a seven-rank official."

Li Chen saw that he was quite interesting, and couldn't help but look up and laugh, "Go back and carve an official seal for you, come with me."

"Hey" The wine fat man agreed, and Huan Huanxi followed Li Chen to the boat, and several men also led the horses onto the big boat.

The atmosphere of Yangzhou City gradually began to be tense, the four city gates were all closed, the shops were also closed, the pedestrians on the streets were deserted, the doors were closed, and they were anxiously waiting for the news to make them feel at ease, Yangzhou had a tragic war when Li Jingye rebelled more than ten years ago, with countless casualties, and many people still remember that war.

Seeing the war restart, how could they not be terrified, but they could only pray in front of the Bodhisattva that war would not come.

The 1,000 state soldiers stationed in Yangzhou City have been secretly taken out of the city by Li Zhen, and the city is urgently recruiting strong men, but fortunately, Yangzhou City has a large population, and there are nearly one million local household registrations and merchants and people from other places, which provides a solid foundation for recruiting strong men.

First of all, the martial arts halls in Yangzhou City have provided more than 500 young and strong men who are good at martial arts, and secondly, the state and county schools have also selected hundreds of sturdy young scholars.

In addition, there are more than 100 officials of the state and county governments, and they openly recruit warriors to defend the city on the streets, recruiting more than 2,000 people, and in just half a day, the Yangzhou government has recruited more than 3,000 strong men, but this is still a little far from the 5,000 strong men expected by the government.

In the state ya, Zhao Qiuniang, the captain of the internal guard, and Lu Jin, another captain, who had just led fifty of his subordinates, sat in the lobby, and Li Zhen was not in Yangzhou City, so the two of them discussed countermeasures on behalf of the internal guards and Taishou Lin Qing, Changshi Zhao Wenchu, and Sima Wu Dongxu and others.

At present, there are a total of 90 warriors in Yangzhou, who are highly skilled and well-trained, and the Yangzhou government has placed great expectations on them.

However, they had a disagreement on recruiting people's husbands, Lin Qing planned to recruit 20,000 people's husbands from ordinary people, and they had the financial support to support them, but Zhao Qiuniang and Lu Jin both expressed their opposition to this plan.

"Lin Taishou, our attitude is very clear, there are not many soldiers, and the same is true for the people, Captain Lu and I are not in favor of recruiting strong men from the ordinary people at will, we hope to recruit some well-trained people, so that when the defense of the city comes, they will not flee from the wind. ”

Zhao Qiuniang's clear attitude made Lin Qing very embarrassed, he and Zhao Wenchu glanced at each other, and said with a wry smile: "We can understand the feelings of the two captains, but now we have found all the well-trained people, the martial arts hall, the state school, the official office, and also selected two thousand young men who are good at martial arts, but the number is still too small, I am sure that I can recruit 20,000 people, and then select some people from them to train, at least five or six thousand people to defend the city." ”

"We believe in Lin Taishou's ability, but now it's too late to train again, so I still ask Lin Taishou to think of a way to find some trained samurai, such as the family of a big family, wouldn't it be good?"

Lu Jin's suggestion immediately reminded several state officials, and Zhao Wenchu nodded and smiled: "Captain Lu is right, the families of large families can indeed be used, and I will be responsible for recruiting these families." ”

At this time, Sima Wu Dongxu said on the side: "Envoy, in fact, there are still a group of people who can be used." ”

"Who is it?" Lin Qing asked anxiously.

Wu Dongxu laughed in a low voice: "Have you forgotten the Salt Society and the Boat Society?"

Wu Dongxu is worthy of being Sima in charge of public security, and he thought of some spontaneous organizations in Yangzhou, which were later predecessors.

Yangzhou has developed commerce, there are guilds in all trades, and mutual aid guilds have appeared in some coolie jobs, the most famous are the salt union, the ship union and the dock union, each of which manages tens of thousands of people, responsible for mediating various conflicts between coolies and protecting the interests of coolies.

Lin Qing suddenly realized, he immediately became excited, from these three coolie clubs, at least five or six thousand strong men who had been trained by the organization could be raised, and the strong men who defended the city were solved.

He immediately smiled at Zhao Qiuniang and Lu Jin: "There is no need to recruit people from ordinary people, there are guilds in Yangzhou, there are tens of thousands of people, they have all been trained, and they can participate in defending the city." ”

"What about weapons and armor?"

Zhao Qiuniang asked again: "Is there enough stock in the city?"

Lin Qing knew it in his heart, he smiled and said: "There is no problem with weapons and armor, there was a military disaster in Yangzhou more than ten years ago, and many people have weapons hidden in many homes, and they can donate them ⊥, Zang County Order, this matter will be handed over to your county government." ”

Jiangdu County Ling Zang Han nodded, "Xiaguan immediately went to mobilize the people to donate weapons and armor." ”

Lin Qing had a bottom in his heart, he cheered up and got up and said, "Okay, let's hurry up and act separately." ”

With a clear plan, the state and county officials went to do their own thing, and Zhao Qiuniang and Lu Jin were responsible for leading the internal guard warriors to organize the strong men, and each samurai served as a temporary team leader, each leading dozens to a hundred people.

Even Di Yan has become the leader of more than fifty state scholars, and when these scholars heard that she was Di Xiangguo's daughter, they all worked hard, and they all wanted Di Yan to remember their names, as if Di Renjie was still in the court.

In the afternoon, the officials sent a large amount of armor and weapons, and Di Yan asked for more than fifty pairs of bows and arrows and fifty pieces of leather armor.

She pointed to a pile of leather armor and bows and arrows on the ground, and shouted to the fifty neatly arranged subordinates: "Archery is one of the six arts, since you are state scholars, you should have learned archery, from now on, you are archers, now listen to my orders, put on armor, and pick up bows and arrows."