Seeing that the other party was very rude, a trace of anger flashed across Li Jing's face, but in any case, he was saved only by the help of the other party. Li Jing could only suppress the anger in his heart and go up.
Taking a step forward, he cupped his fists and saluted the young general, and shouted in a deep voice: "A certain Xiangyang ambassador Li Jing is the commander here! May I ask where the general's troops are from?"
The young general lowered his head and glanced at Li Jing. When Li Jing fought with Xu Shiji, his armor was already in tatters. He did not change it after that, and he looked very embarrassed. The young general looked very embarrassed.
After looking at it, the arrogance on his face became more intense, and he snorted disdainfully: "Since you are the leader here, just follow me!" After saying that, regardless of whether Li Jing agreed or not, he turned around and walked back.
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"You!" At this moment, Xiao Wu had already arrived behind Li Jing. Seeing the other party's rude attitude, Xiao Wu immediately became angry and was about to step forward to scold him, but was stopped by Li Jing.
! With the state of Li Jing's army now, it would be unwise to have an impulsive move with the other party. Li Jing shook his head at Xiao Wu and said in a deep voice: "You go back to the barracks first, I'll be back soon!"
Although Xiao Wu was unwilling to give in, he could only obey Li Jing's order, glared at the young general's back, and angrily returned to the military camp. Li Jing, on the other hand, adjusted his clothes and armor, and then stood up and faced
The opponent's military formation walked away.
Arriving in front of the military formation, Li Jing looked up and saw a total of three men on horses stationed at the front of the military formation, including the young general with an arrogant expression from before. The other two,
But they all looked about forty years old. The man in the middle was wearing an official robe, his face was a bit thin, he had a goatee, his eyebrows were slightly upturned, and with the inverted triangular eyes below, he exuded a sinister and sinister look.
The smell! And the middle-aged man next to him also looks somewhat similar, but his eyebrows are less gloomy and more ferocious.
Li Jing's face showed neither surprise nor joy. He straightened his back, clasped his fists at the three people in front of him and shouted: "I am sent to Xiangyang to arrest Ambassador Li Jing. I have been ordered to go to Lujiang to attack the traitor Du Fuwei! May I ask who your army is?
Where are the troops and horses?”
"Discourteous!" The young general immediately shouted loudly: "How dare you, a mere ambassador seeking arrest, not kneel in front of my father? My father is Jiang Ducheng, who is personally conferred by the current emperor! As a subordinate, you should show respect to my father.
Kneel down and worship!"
Li Jing frowned. If you really want to calculate it, it is indeed difficult to define the position of the arresting ambassador, because the arresting ambassador is only a temporary military position, and it is specifically responsible for the crusade against rebellion. After the crusade against the rebellion is completed, this crusade will
The position of the arresting ambassador will be returned to the imperial court. In this way, few people will care about the rank of the arresting ambassador! This is not the case for Jiang Du Cheng. Although he is only a county magistrate, Jiangdu is the palace of the emperor.
Jiang Du Cheng can also be regarded as a close minister of the emperor, but in terms of position, he is much larger than the previous Prime Minister of Mayi County before Li Jing! The young general took advantage of this to ask Li Jing to kneel down and worship.
It is also consistent with etiquette.
However, Li Jing was not the kind of person who was willing to give in. He frowned and glanced up at the three people, especially the middle-aged man in the middle. He already understood something in his heart. These people clearly wanted to gain momentum.
He suppressed him and forced himself to hand over his military power! Li Jing finally got the military position of the arresting ambassador through Yang Tong. If he handed over the general power, wouldn't the arresting ambassador become a completely empty position? Li Jing wanted to understand the connection.
After that, he immediately raised his head and shouted loudly: "Although I am not talented, I am also the arresting ambassador personally appointed by the emperor! I have been ordered to punish the traitors! Although this sir is Jiang Du Cheng, I am the arresting ambassador of Xiangyang.
You are not subordinate to this lord! How can you say that you should kneel down and worship?"
"Bastard!" Li Jing's answer was neither humble nor arrogant, which immediately made the two middle-aged men's eyes light up, and the young general glared angrily, yelled, and was about to rebuke Li Jing. However, the middle-aged man in the middle raised his hand.
, stopped the young general and said: "Xuan Ying! Don't be rude! Why don't you back down!"
The young general was scolded by his father. Although he was unwilling to do so, he did not dare to disobey his father. He could only take a few steps back from his horse. The middle-aged man got off his horse and walked over slowly.
In front of Li Jing, the corners of his mouth suddenly turned up, revealing a smiling face, and he cupped his hands and smiled at Li Jing: "The dog has no shape, and he bumped into General Li. Please forgive me, General Li! In Xiajiangdu, Wang Shichong, this time, he was ordered to
The flowers and stones for building the palace were sent to Jiangdu. But on the way, I heard that there were rebels who wanted to plunder the flowers and stones, so I specially brought 7,000 soldiers and horses from Jiangdu to escort the flowers and stones, not wanting to encounter the general's troops here!"
As Wang Shichong spoke, he repeatedly raised his hands to Li Jing. His attitude was infinitely better than that of his own son! As the saying goes, don’t hit the smiling person. Faced with such a good attitude, Li Jing could no longer keep a straight face.
, also smiled lightly and said: "Your Majesty Wang, you are too polite! There were a lot of things wrong with the general just now! Please also invite Mr. Wang and Mr. Ling Haihan!"
"Haha!" Wang Shichong smiled, grabbed Li Jing's arm, and said to Li Jing very affectionately: "General Li is also a sweetheart! Come on, come on! Let me introduce to the general, this is his brother-in-law Wang Shiwei.
!As for the dog Wang Xuanying, the general has also met him!"
Wang Shichong pointed to the other two people and introduced Li Jing. Wang Shiwei nodded to Li Jing, but Wang Xuanying kept glaring at Li Jing fiercely. Li Jing, who was not as knowledgeable as Wang Xuanying, held his fists and saluted one by one, and then said to Wang Shichong:
"Master Wang! Since you also have important matters, the general will not dare to delay your schedule! Just continue!" Although Wang Shichong was very enthusiastic, but for some reason, this enthusiasm seemed to Li Jing.
It made him feel inexplicably uneasy, and Li Jing subconsciously decided to stay away from Wang Shichong!
As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "What are you talking about, General Li? You and I both work for the imperial court and share the worries of the Holy One! I think the general seems to have encountered some inconvenience here. If there is anything,
You can talk about the matter, and if I can help, I will never refuse!"
Wang Shichong's words made Li Jing stunned, and then he remembered that his own troops and horses had suffered heavy losses. If he used such troops and horses to attack Du Fuwei, there would be no chance of winning! But if he just went back in despair, wouldn't it be in vain?
Did he fail to live up to the opportunity that Wan He finally helped him win? Li Jing began to feel conflicted in his heart. He frowned and looked at the dilapidated military camp behind him, then at Wang Shichong and the neatly formed army behind Wang Shichong, and finally sighed.
With a loud voice, he clasped his fists at Wang Shichong and said: "In this case, you will not be polite! Now that I am going to Lujiang, I hope that Mr. Wang can lend me two thousand soldiers and horses. After Du Fuwei is conquered, the general will definitely send two thousand soldiers and horses to me."
Give it back!"
Li Jing's request was made, but Wang Shichong couldn't help but frown, but he was very dissatisfied. What he just said to Li Jing was completely untrue! Since Wang Shichong destroyed Liu Yuanjin's rebels last year, Wang Shichong has been in Jianghuai area
His power has also been greatly enhanced! At the same time, Wang Shichong's ambition has also increased, and he will never be willing to just be such a small Jiang Ducheng! It's just that the current emperor is notoriously stingy with rewards.
If Wang Shichong wanted to climb higher, he would definitely need greater achievements! In this way, Wang Shichong set his sights on the Wagangzhai rebels, who had become increasingly powerful in recent years!
Although Wang Shichong was determined to annihilate Wagang Village, the geographical location of Wagang Village was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Wang Shichong had limited troops. It was obviously unrealistic to attack Wagang Village by force, so he deliberately spread the news, causing Wagang Village to send troops to rob it.
Just at this time, Wang Shichong heard that the newly appointed ambassador Li Jing was heading to Lujiang with 5,000 troops. He used a trick to lure the rebels in Wagang Village here, so that the rebels and Li Jing's troops could get there first.
Let's fight! After both sides have suffered losses, and then clean up the mess, you can severely damage Wagang Village, and you can also take the opportunity to annex Li Jing's troops and expand your own strength. It can be said that you kill two birds with one stone!
However, Wang Shichong did not expect that the rebels in Wagang Village were so cunning. They realized that something was wrong and escaped first, so Wang Shichong targeted Li Jing's soldiers and horses. He had previously asked Wang Xuanying to use force to suppress others, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity.
Annexing Li Jing's troops. But Li Jing's strong attitude also made Wang Shichong, who was suspicious, hesitant and did not dare to use strong methods to deal with Li Jing, so he changed to a more gentle approach. According to Wang Shichong's idea, as long as Li Jing is willing to agree
If you send troops to help, you can take the opportunity to bring Li Jing under your control. Over time, you can completely annex this army.
But Wang Shichong never expected that Li Jing would come up with such a way to borrow troops, which put Wang Shichong in a dilemma. Looking at Li Jing's attitude, it seemed that this was his final bottom line. If Wang Shichong refused to agree, then Li Jing would rather
Go back to Xiangyang by yourself!
Li Jing's firm attitude made Wang Shichong feel that Li Jing was like a hedgehog, with no way to kill him! Wang Shichong hesitated for a moment, but then he laughed and said to Li Jing: "General Li is really seeing an outsider! How can a mere two thousand men be able to do it?"
Is that enough? Just lend it to the general! And the general won’t say anything about not paying it back! Let the younger brother lead the troops and go with the general. After helping the general to defeat the rebels, let the younger brother lead the soldiers and horses on his own.
Just come back!"
Hearing what Wang Shichong said, Li Jing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he knew that Wang Shichong was willing to agree and arranged for Wang Shiwei to follow him, there must be some plan, but Li Jing could not find a reason to refuse, and immediately agreed.
After the handover, Wang Shichong and Wang Xuanying continued to rush towards Jiangdu with the remaining five thousand soldiers and horses. When they were far away, Wang Shichong looked back at the military camp in the distance, and his face no longer had the kind smile before.
Instead, he had a sinister look, smiled coldly, turned back, and continued on his way.