Late Tang

Wangli Village is 160 miles away from Wendeng County, and Wendeng County is 320 miles away from Penglai City, the prefecture of Dengzhou.

Along the way, Li Jing and others traveled day and night, because they had two horses, two mules, and six donkeys, and the speed of the journey was much faster.They didn't go to Chishan Town, because they didn't wait for Li Jing to say something. When Wang Zhong and Zhang Zuoli escaped from Red Beard's hands that night, they didn't go to Chishan Town at all, but fled northeast.

The group didn't dare to stay longer on the road, for fear that Red Beard and others would catch up.Li Jing was originally worried that Wang Zhong and the others would ask him what he said to the red beards that day and how they escaped, but the strange thing is that Wang Zhong and the others didn't ask anything.Even when Li Jing tentatively asked if he should send someone to report to Chishan Town or the nearby villages when a large group of bandits appeared, Wang Zhong immediately vetoed it with a sneer.

In Wang Zhong's words at the time, he wished that this group of thieves who appeared suddenly would do something big, so that everyone would know about it.In that way, the report they wrote will be believed.As for whether there will be casualties because of this, it is a dead friend who is not dead, so I can't control that much.

Two days later, Li Jing and others arrived in Wendeng County.After entering the county seat, it can be regarded as being in Zhang Zuoli's territory, and everyone felt relieved.Waited in Wendeng for another two days, during which Zhang Zuoli and Wang Xiaowei both handed in the battle reports of the bandits.Zhang Cheng, the magistrate of Wendeng County, is a brother of Zhang Zuoli's clan. After hearing about their battle against the bandits, he was very enthusiastic about them.For two consecutive days, a banquet was held in the restaurant in the county. If it weren't for the late Tang Dynasty, the county magistrates could not lead the army like the governor. Li Jing really thought that the county magistrate was going to recruit them.

After staying in the county for two days, the fact that Li Jing and the others met a bandit was leaked out intentionally or unintentionally.Immediately, the city was full of wind and rain, especially after the rumors were spread.Originally encountered bandits, Li Jing and others fought hard to kill ten thieves in Xihuo Village, and later encountered hundreds of thieves in Zhendonghai, Li Jing and others fought hard to break through.But it was passed around, and it turned out that Li Jing and the others encountered the giant sea thief 'Zhen Donghai' who came ashore to rob, and Li Jing and the others happened to meet.

Then Xiaowei Wang, Li Jing and others launched a surprise attack on Zhendonghai, fighting thousands of pirates with ten people.The course of the battle was comparable to myths and legends.Li Jing, Xiaowei Wang and the others heard someone actually make this into a tune when they were on the street.Several tall and pretty women accompanied by various musical instruments, and a blind old man stood there singing.

Although Li Jing didn't really appreciate the singing of the song, the content inside surprised him.What they sang was the story of their encounter with bandits, and even their names were not changed in the slightest.In it, Wang Xiaowei came to Dengzhou to join the army after he became the family of a famous goalkeeper in the imperial court.It is said that he has the strength of a thousand catties, wields a Qinglong Yanyue broadsword, and has a beautiful beard like Guan Gong. He has a nickname called Sai Guan Gong.In Chishan, Wang Xiaowei held the Qinglong Yanyue Saber in one hand, stepped off the chasing wind horse, beheaded eighteen leaders of the bandits, and drove back the pirates hundreds of steps.

As for Li Jing, there is also no change. It is said that Li Jing was originally a monk at the Ichigo Temple of Fahua Temple in Chishan. Later, he met Wang Zhong who went up to the mountain to offer incense.It is also said that Li Jing is tall and mighty, imposing, majestic and majestic, and he is born with a good skin.He is good at riding and shooting, and he is good at shooting with one hand. He is especially good at shooting. He can shoot both left and right bows and shoot seven arrows in a row. He is nicknamed Xiao Li Guang.It is said that Li Jing and Wang Zhong joined forces that day, Wang Zhong was in front and Li Jing was behind, and the arrows were flawless, and their moves were fatal.It is said that he and Wang Zhong went in and out seven times that day, killing a group of thieves in the east of Zhendong.Finally, Li Jing and others returned, and Whitebeard, the leader of Zhendonghai, led his cavalry in pursuit. Li Jing turned his head and looked at the moon with one move, and fired three arrows in a row, one of which broke the pirate's flag.One arrow broke the golden crown of Whitebeard's hair, and another arrow shot directly into the open space.But in the end, among the thousands of pirates, none of them dared to step over the arrow stuck in the ground.

Apart from Wang Zhong and Li Jing, even the others are famous, and they are called the Twelve Generals of Chishan.Li Jing and the others who listened looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing how to react.

On the third day, all the solidarity soldiers from the Twelve Townships of Wendeng County had gathered, and began to move to Penglai, the Dengzhou prefecture, to assemble.The person in charge of temporarily commanding the united soldiers in Wendeng County was a sturdy man in his 40s. According to Wang Zhong, this man was a horse lance, and he was better at snatching lances with his bare hands.He was originally an officer of the Shence Army, but for some unknown reason, he seemed to have offended his superiors and was dismissed. He asked a friend to go to Dengzhou to find a small officer as a coach of the Unity Battalion, a full-time training regiment training recruits.

The trainer's surname was Lin Mingwei, although he stayed in Wendeng County for a short time, he also heard about Wang Zhong's killing of the Xihuo village thieves.There was a lot of excitement about this incident in Wendeng County, and even Penglai had heard about it.The higher-ups also specially sent a letter to him, asking him to investigate whether Wang Zhong and others killed the bandits, and whether there was any false report.Lin Wei carefully inquired and checked the matter, and he can basically confirm that Wang Zhong and others encountered the bandits in Xihuo Village that day. Two thieves.Moreover, it can basically be verified that they lost a piece of silk when they encountered Zhendonghai later, and because of this, they failed to capture the bandit leader of Xihuozhai.Because just one day ago, more than 100 thieves and bandits from Zhendonghai robbed several prisoners who were secretly escorted to Beijing on the tens of miles of official roads in Chishan Town.And he has already verified that the prisoner who was robbed was none other than Zhen Donghai's second boss and his subordinates.

Everything is very clear, what happened is similar to what Wang Zhong and Zhang Zuoli reported. They first encountered bandits from Xihuo Village, and after a fierce battle, they wiped out all the bandits. Then they met a large group of bandits from Zhendonghai. Ran away.

Lin Wei had already truthfully and detailedly reported the results of all these investigations in writing.He also admired Wang Zhong, Li Jing and others very much.When marching to Penglai, Lin Wei temporarily appointed Wang Zhong as the general to command a hundred recruits.Li Jing was temporarily appointed as the team leader to manage a team of fifty recruits.And the eight people from Li Jing's village were also appointed as the temporary head and deputy head of Li Jing's team to help him manage the recruits.

Although this was just a temporary appointment, not a real official appointment or dismissal, it still made Li Jing feel excited.Especially Wang Xiaoshitou and the others, they were so happy that they rolled over. Although the leader didn't manage ten people, he was still an officer.They were so excited that they almost didn't know their surnames when they looked at other recruits who had just been recruited from almost every township and village.

Wendeng County has assembled a total of 1000 united recruits this time.According to the military system of the feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty, these 1000 people were temporarily organized into a battalion, with ten capitals, each with a hundred people.Lin Wei temporarily served as the ten generals of the battalion, and Wang Zhong was the first general on the left, commanding a hundred people.Li Jing is the leader of the first team in Zuo Yidu, with 50 people in charge.These establishments and appointments are temporary. After the united soldiers arrive in Penglai, they will have to be re-selected and divided, and officers will definitely be appointed and dismissed separately.

But Li Jing was very serious. It was 320 miles from Wendeng to Penglai, and the united soldiers only marched [-] miles a day because they were recruits.This speed is not fast, and the recruits are very leisurely.But Li Jing didn't intend to claim the team title for nothing.

From the first day of Wendeng's departure, Li Jing implemented a whole set of plans that he made.The first is the marching ranks. The other ranks are scattered like a spring outing, but Li Jing strictly requires the united soldiers of the team to line up and march forward.And every day when camping, soldiers must take turns to arrange for soldiers to boil water to drink and scald their feet with boiling water.In addition, soldiers must be arranged to take turns on duty at night, and they must be divided into light and dark posts, and daily passwords are strictly enforced.

Most of these are compiled by Li Jing based on his previous memories and some experience from Wang Zhong.Although there are still many imperfections in this plan, Li Jing made full use of the current marching time and used the dozens of soldiers under him for experiments.

In this way, Li Jing really gained a lot every day.Military training is a very complicated matter. On the surface, the plan on paper looks simple, but in practice, it always encounters countless troubles.However, Li Jing didn't really want to train his temporary subordinates into elite soldiers, but just to test his plan.For every problem he encountered, he carefully recorded it, and then thought about the solution with his heart.

On the other hand, he spent every day with this group of young solidarity soldiers to strengthen his communication skills.He knew that because of his previous status as a scholar, and because he was originally a "literati" in his previous life, he would always have a different temperament from these united soldiers.This kind of temperament has become an obstacle between him and other people. He is now learning to adapt to become an ordinary united soldier, a united soldier who can blend in with everyone and blend in.

Marching during the day every day, and mingling with a group of subordinates during the rest, chatting and joking, at night, Li Jing began to summarize and record all this.Every day is fully arranged, and the whole person is extremely busy and fulfilled, but Li Jing is very satisfied with this kind of life in his heart.

Six days, from Wendeng to Penglai, 320 five miles, five and a half days later finally arrived outside the city of Penglai.

Arriving here means that Li Jing's position as temporary team leader has come to an end.What he is looking forward to now is whether he can really jump from a small soldier to a full-fledged officer after entering Penglai, as Wang Zhong said.

"Dengzhou, here I come!" Li Jing looked at the Penglai City in front of him, shouting with excitement in his heart.

ps: Ten generals, the names of military positions in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, ten generals, commanding thousands of people.There are lieutenants and generals, and the generals command hundreds of people.