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In the summer of Yingzhou, all internal affairs are in full swing. From Liucheng to Yanjun, to Jinxian, Liaocheng, Jian'an and other places, they are all in full swing of construction.
The military construction of the Yingzhou Army is also in full swing. The framework of the left and right wings has been completed. Bailangshan Military Academy is training a large-scale backbone of grassroots officers. There are recruit training camps outside Liucheng and Huaiyuan Military City, and various chants are shaking the sky.
Loud.
Li Chengzhong was busy with military and civilian affairs all day long. He often worked late into the night without being able to go back to his house to rest. He stayed up all night and was often extremely tired. He would lie down on the desk for a while, stare for a while, and then wake up with a start and continue to fight by burning the midnight oil. Although
Although he was tired, he was very full and satisfied in his heart. Watching Yingzhou's rapid development was like watching his own child grow up little by little. He finally realized why future generations of national leaders worked hard day and night.
The anticipation and sense of accomplishment that he never gave up could not be described in words. But his own experience was even more intense. After all, Yingzhou belonged to Li Chengzhong. As long as Li Cheng was shot hard, this territory would be his own.
The private property of warlords, this exclusivity unique to warlords, is something that future generations will not be able to appreciate.
I have the final say on my territory!
The official road planned by Yingzhou is one horizontal and three vertical, that is, from Yuguan to Liucheng, through Yanjun to Huaiyuan Military City, then to Liaocheng, then east to the east-west artery of Xijing in the Bohai Sea, and from Yanjun to Jinxian.
One-third of the project on the three north-south main roads from Huaiyuan Military City to Fuyu and Jian'an to Liaocheng has been completed. The rest has also been contracted to merchants and is under construction.
The blast furnace design plan of Dongshan Iron Works has been released. The construction of the "Scientific Research Concept" is also accelerating, and the three-shot hand crossbow has begun mass production, marking the beginning of Yingzhou's climb on the technological tree.
The layout of the industrial base in western Liaoning and the grain base in eastern Liaoning has been completed, waiting for their production effects to explode.
The number of Dingkou has increased to 400,000. This scale-level labor base can initially meet the development needs of Yingzhou.
As for the army, once the three-month training period is over, Lieutenant General Li Cheng has a main battle group of more than 6,000 people trained with the latest methods, including a large number of veterans and grassroots officers with rich combat experience!
Stimulated by the huge wealth gained from the Eastern Expedition, the entire Yingzhou was operating at high speed, constantly accumulating strength.
While the Lulong Army suffered repeated defeats in the south, Li Chengzhong won consecutive victories in the north. His reputation had begun to rise among the entire Lulong Army, with Yingzhou as the leader, driving the prosperity of northern state capitals such as Pingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou.
The development situation has become a highlight of the Lu Long Army.
The shops in the city are prosperous and the roads are busy with traffic. This prosperous situation is in sharp contrast with the war in the west, central and eastern parts of southern Hebei, which makes Zhang Maoan feel excited and excited. The slowly rising smoke in the countryside, a ridge between the fields
The green crops in the ridges and the leisurely herdsmen on the pastures, the closer they got to Liucheng. Zhang Maoan became inexplicably moved, and his eyes became moist.
Those who have not experienced the frightening situation of trying to survive, and the horrific scenes of firefighting and corpses all over the ground, cannot understand Zhang Maoan’s mood at this moment. What Zhang Maoan has seen and heard since he went to Hedong with Zhang Juhan last year
They are all frequent wars. Today you kill me, tomorrow I will kill you. Today you slaughter my village, tomorrow I burn your city. Ordinary people in such an environment are very precarious, and human life is as cheap as a dog. Zhang Maoan is relatively good.
Yes, he followed Zhang Juhan closely, not to the point where he needed to fight in person, but in the later period when the Hedong Army was at its most difficult and dangerous, Zhang Maoan and Zhang Juhan both climbed to the top of Jinyang with swords, although they never actually stepped forward.
Fighting, but also witnessed the brutality of the war.
So when Li Chengzhong personally served him a cup of wine and added a piece of fragrant mutton to his bowl, Zhang Maoan couldn't help but choked up: "Captain..."
Li Chengzhong looked at him with a smile: "Wen Yi, don't worry, drink wine and eat something before talking."
Zhang Maoan returned from Jinyang, a thousand miles away. He had just changed his clothes and freshened up a little, but he hadn't even eaten a bite. He was really hungry. He knew that Li Chengzhong was considerate of him and nodded quickly.
Drink the wine first, then let your stomach go and eat.
Li Chengzhong didn't bother him, he just sat there slowly sipping his drink and smiling. He was now the governor of Yingzhou and a strong general. He was no longer the little xuanjie captain in the past. He just patiently accompanied a little eunuch.
For Zhang Maoan, eating as a high official is truly a very high level of treatment.
Seeing that he was eating in a hurry, Li Chengzhong comforted him: "Eat slowly, Wen Yi, don't be impatient. It's not enough...here, have another drink." He also filled Zhang Mao'an's glass with wine.
Zhang Mao'an was so moved that he raised his cup to drink, but he never put it down, covering his face until he quietly wiped away his tears with the back of his hand, then said again: "Captain..."
Li Chengzhong smiled and said: "We have been separated for many years, how come Wen Yi is so different from me? I am still called Brother Li, or Brother Zicheng. We are comrades-in-arms when Wen Yi helped me beat up that rogue Zhang Jiusheng."
"Yi, although I have become the governor now, I still treat Wen Yi as a good brother. Let's finish our meal first, and then talk about anything we have to say after we are full."
Zhang Maoan nodded desperately, took a deep breath, and continued to raise chopsticks.
After finishing eating, Li Chengzhong ordered someone to serve tea, and then asked: "How come Wen Yi is here? Tell me, aren't you in Hedong? How is Zhang Jianjun?"
After such a year, Zhang Maoan has become much calmer. He is no longer the high-spirited young man who dreamed of making meritorious deeds on the battlefield. Although Li Chengzhong treats him as kindly as ever, he knows his identity and still treats him as
"Captain" is the honorific title: "Captain, our family went to Hedong with your Excellency, and we really saw a lot. In the past, we only knew that there were meritorious deeds on the battlefield, but we didn't know how many bones there were..."
Just such a sentence is enough to show that Zhang Maoan has changed a lot. Li Chengzhong nodded: "It's good to have this insight, and it will be of great benefit to you in the future. Why are you coming back this time?"
Zhang Maoan said: "I feel ashamed to say that our family came back this time to defect to the governor."
Li Chengzhong said: "Why talk about defecting? Just come here. I, Old Li, have a mouthful of food, so Wen Yi can't be hungry. Has the situation in Hedong reached such a crisis?"
Zhang Maoan sighed and said: "The situation is not good. The month before, the six armies of the Xuanwu Army launched together to besiege Hedong from the east and south. Cai Xun, the governor of Qinzhou, surrendered, and Gai Zhang also surrendered. Then Li Cunzhang lost
After arriving in Zezhou, Meng Qian, the military envoy of Zhaoyi Jiedu, surrendered to Luzhou and surrendered. Li Shenjian was stationed there. Wang Zhou led an army of 10,000 to surrender. Zhang E, the governor of Liaozhou, surrendered. Immediately, the Chengtian army fell into the hands of Xuanwu. The Hedong army successively
Defeated, the Xuanwu Army marched all the way to Jinyang. At that time, the Xuanwu Army challenged the city. No one from the Hedong Army dared to leave the city to challenge. Then the Xuanwu Army attacked the city and climbed to the top of the city several times. If the Black Crow Army had not fought hard, Jinyang would have been destroyed.
It’s broken long ago.”
Li Chengzhong knew that Xuanwu's army was powerful, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful now. Even the famous King Jin was surrounded in the city. He was speechless when he heard that, and then asked: "What happened next?"
Zhang Mao'an said: "The King of Jin once wanted to abandon Jinyang and return north to Yunzhou. In those days, even our family and adults began to pack their bags and prepare to evacuate. Later, General Yazi fought to the death to remonstrate, saying that King Dongping relied on
The purpose of using force and annexing vassal towns everywhere is to usurp the Tang Dynasty. Although it is powerful now, it is unpopular. As time goes by, its ambitions will inevitably be exposed. When the time comes, all the vassals in the world will attack it, and they will surely perish. Yazi
The general advised King Jin to persevere, as long as he can overcome this difficulty, there will be a turn for the better."
Li Chengzhong praised: "Yes! It is indeed true. Who is this General Yazi?"
Zhang Mao'an said: "The prince of Jin Dynasty has a famous name, Yazi is his nickname. It is said that this is the nickname given to him by the emperor. Today, the Hedong army calls him this. Although this man is only sixteen years old, he is brave
Extraordinary, courageous and insightful, and very popular with the military."
Li Chengzhong thought secretly: "Cunxu? Li Cunxu?" Then he suddenly realized, secretly thinking that it was no wonder. The famous Li Cunxu was another strong general in the Hedong Army after Li Cunxiao. The famous Hedong Army produced many strong generals, including Li Keyong, Li Cunxiao and Li Cunxu.
The most famous one is that after Li Cunxiao's death, Li Cunxu gradually showed his extraordinary military talent. He later took over Li Keyong's mantle and ascended to the throne of the Jin Dynasty. After Zhu Quanzhong usurped the throne and established the Liang Dynasty, he continued to fight against Zhu Quanzhong under the banner of the Tang Dynasty.
In the end, he restored the name of the Tang Dynasty, established himself as emperor, destroyed the Zhu family and unified the north. Li Chengzhong didn't know many historical figures, but a fierce man like Li Cunxu was just one of them.
Zhang Maoan added: "Last year, our family went to Hedong with your Excellency to ask for help. The King of Jin originally refused, but it was General Yazi who persuaded Hedong to send troops. Otherwise, we, Lulong, might have fallen into the hands of Xuanwu."
Li Chengzhong nodded and secretly thought that without this vision, how could Li Cunxu have destroyed Daliang and become the founding leader of the Later Tang Dynasty?
"The King of Jin listened to General Yazi's advice and defended Jinyang and refused to retreat. Later, there was heavy rain, and two generals, Li Sizhao and Li Siyuan, took advantage of the rainy night to attack the Xuanwu camp. General Li Cunjin won for a while, and the Xuanwu army retreated."
Li Chengzhong breathed a sigh of relief: "Xuanwu retreated? So, Hedong survived?"
Zhang Mao'an said: "The difficulties have been overcome for the time being, but the Xuanwu army only retreated to the river. They continued to organize their troops in the river and prepared to attack Jinyang again. I heard that King Dongping rushed to the river and wanted to personally supervise the formation this time, so the situation remains the same.
It's not good. The King of Jin sent an envoy to ask for help from our commander-in-chief, hoping that the commander-in-chief can send troops to threaten Yiwu, Wei Bo and Chengde from the flanks."
Li Chengzhong shook his head. Based on his understanding of the current Lu Long Army, it was impossible for Liu Rengong to send troops. At this moment, the Lu Long Army had no strength to fight anymore. The army was stationed in Fan Yang. It would be good if they could hold it firmly. How could there be any remaining strength to attack? Listen.
It is said that the commander-in-chief is preparing to build a second line of defense in Da'an Mountain east of Fanyang. All Lulong's manpower and material resources are gathered there. How can it be possible to support Hedong?
Seeing Li Chengzhong shaking his head, Zhang Mao'an sighed: "Your Excellency also expected that we, Lulong, might not be able to send out troops, so we asked our family to follow the King of Jin's envoy to take the opportunity to come back. The King of Jin's envoy went to Fan Yang, and our family came to look for the governor. I don't know, Sir.
How about in Jinyang, if we, Lu Long, really don't send troops, the King of Jin will definitely be angry with you..." As he spoke, his eyes turned red again.