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As soon as Li Guan's convoy arrived at the city gate, Songzhou Governor Zhang Rui was approaching him quickly.

"Zhang Rui, the governor of Songzhou, welcomed Li Zhenguo's grand lord!"

Zhang Rui, wearing a purple robe, was respectful. Although Zhang Rui was the governor of Songzhou, Shangzhou and was a senior official from the third rank, this time the thieves attacked and entered Songzhou. In the critical situation in Songzhou, Li Guan, the commander of the Zhenguo Army, led a large army to aid and scared the thieves away. This matter alone was enough to make the 100,000 people in Songzhou very grateful.

At this time, the officialdom was the first priority. This family was born, and the imperial examination was the imperial examination. Almost all officials from these two types of backgrounds could have smooth careers. Although Zhang Rui was appointed as the governor of such an important city in Songzhou, his background was not very high. Zhang Rui was born in the Dangshan City of Songzhou. Although he had a wealth of one million yuan in his family, he was neither a genius nor a master. However, he was not a Jinshi in his early years. In addition, he had wealth and talent in his family. Therefore, he was only about forty years old and was already a governor of Shangzhou like Songzhou.

However, although in the officialdom, he pays attention to his background, qualifications and prestige, his ability is still very important. Li Guan's background is not high and very young, but Li Guan's current achievements are something that even a governor of Shangzhou like him must look up to. He is young and has already been in charge of the three towns. He is the Duke of the State, holding heavy troops and is in power.

Especially this time when the thief invaded, although the court sent twelve troops to encircle and suppress the enemy, the first one was the Zhenguo Army far away in the capital. Therefore, even Zhang Rui, the governor of the third-rank Shangzhou who was conquered the purple-paired goldfish, would not hesitate to surrender to the nobles and welcome them to the city gate.

Gao Sishen, the pro-military captain in the front of the convoy, waving his hand to signal the convoy to stop.

The Songzhou officials following Zhang Rui were all looking at the carriage, and the Songzhou soldiers on their sides were even more eager to look at the style of a soldier who admired the target of Li Dashang.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Li Yan, wearing a robe and a squid, appeared in front of everyone.

Her young face, strong body, a big purple official robe, a jade belt around her waist, a goldfish bag and an imperial dragon pendant. Her face was so heroic, and her eyebrows were filled with the divine colors of a military general.

Now Zhang Rui and others also knew that this young man was Li Guan, the general of the State, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, Tongping Zhang, who assisted the State, and the Duke of Qi of the State.

Although Zhang Rui knew that Li Yan was young, he was still very surprised when he met. Looking at that, Li Yan was more like a young scholar. How could he imagine that this was a commander of the Zhenguo Army who had heavy troops, had won dozens of battles and had no defeat?

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Rui bowed his fists and bowed: "Zhang Rui, the governor of Songzhou, paid a visit to the commander-in-chief!"

Li Yan jumped out of the carriage and looked at Zhang Rui carefully. He was not unfamiliar with the governor of Songzhou, Li Yan, who met for the first time. He had a daughter, and in later history books, he was the queen of Zhu Wen, the Emperor Taizu of Later Liang. What impressed Li Yan was that Zhu Wen, the Emperor Taizu of Later Liang, did not evaluate him well in history. He was a rogue, hooligan, cunning, despicable, cruel and bloodthirsty person. Especially in his later years, he not only raped his ministers' wife and daughter, but even let his daughter-in-law go, but even stranger that he raped more than a daughter-in-law.

But Zhu Wen was once infatuated with his queen Zhang. He just met him in his early years and met again ten years later and married Zhang. He also obeyed Zhang. In history, Zhang was a very virtuous queen. Zhu Wen's perversion broke out more after Zhang's death.

Li Guan stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Rui and smiled, "I thanked the envoy Zhang for his kind invitation, but Li refused to be disrespectful."

Seeing that Li Guan was so young and in a high position, but without any arrogance of being arrogant, Zhang Rui couldn't help but have a better impression of Li Guan. He joined hands with Li Guan to introduce to him the officials of Songzhou who came to greet the city gate one by one. After some greetings, Li Guan directly pulled Zhang Rui into his carriage and entered Songzhou City together.

Songzhou was in the Tang Dynasty, especially since the Anshi Rebellion, and it was even more prosperous because it was located next to the Bian Canal.

The Bian Canal in the Tang Dynasty, also known as the Tongji Canal in the Sui Dynasty, was an important conduit transport channel from Chang'an to Yangzhou at that time. Most of the sewage taxes in the southeastern areas had to be transported to Luoyang and Chang'an through the Bian Canal. Due to frequent transportation, many metropolis emerged on the front line of the Bian Canal, and Songzhou is an extremely prosperous city among them. It has a population of 100,000 and has countless boats and chariots.

During the Tianbao period, it was renamed Suiyang County, but later it became Songzhou, with ten counties under its jurisdiction.

Songzhou guards the major transportation route, and 300 miles west of it is Bianzhou, known as the place of Four Wars. Song and Bianzhou were regarded by people at that time as the key points between Liang and Song, suppressing Qi and Lu, and controlling the Yangtze and Huai Rivers. Even Emperor Dezong once issued an edict saying that the land of Liang and Song was bound to rush water and land, transporting the road and the royal barrier.

Songzhou is bound by Bianzhou in the west, facing Xuzhou and Yanzhou in the east, Caozhou to the north, and Huazhou and Weizhou to the north. Weizhou is also an important place for the intersection of water and land, and is the Hebei metropolis. Songzhou is Bozhou to the south, and Yingzhou to the south. The Yingshui in Yingzhou is another important water transport channel from the south to the north in the late Tang Dynasty. The Yingshui in Yingzhou connects to the Caishui in Chenzhou, and finally enters the Bian River to reach the Dongdu line, becoming another important water transport channel.

Since the Anshi Rebellion, whenever the rebellion began, Songzhou will inevitably become a military strategist for the important place. Zhang Xun defended Suiyang during the Anshi Rebellion, effectively blocking An Lushan's pace from moving south. The most famous incident of killing people and eating meat in the history of the Tang Dynasty was this battle. In the later battles of Ping Li Xilie and Ping Pang Xun, Songzhou embodies an important strategic position.

After Huang Chao captured Yizhou this time, he suddenly returned westward and rushed to Songzhou because of the good location of Songzhou. Songzhou is not only rich and can quickly replenish the Cao army, but also the location of Songzhou can advance or retreat, and the possibility of being besieged is very low.

Huang Chao suddenly entered Songzhou and came fiercely. He even seized Shanfu and Chuqiu, the two counties east of the Bian River. Seeing that if Yucheng was broken, the Songzhou capital Songcheng would be difficult to protect. Zhang Rui summoned the soldiers of the prefecture and the soldiers of various counties and towns, and urgently summoned the soldiers of Tuanjie Township in each county. At the same time, he reported to the Xuanwu Army General's Office, but at this critical moment, the general of Xuanwu Town, Mu Renyu went to the capital and did not return. Without Mu's command, the soldiers and horses of the other states of Xuanwu could not be mobilized.

Later, after receiving the news that the court had ordered the twelve towns to encircle and suppress the thieves, not long after he was happy, the thieves had already broken Yucheng, and the troops followed it to the west bank of the Bian River. The vanguard's vanguard's vanguard was only fifty miles away from Songzhou.

At this time, the troops of the twelve towns were still far away in Zibo, and the other towns were still slowly leaving the town. Just when he was about to despair, Li Guan led the army of the town from Chang'an to rush to the city of Songzhou before the rescue of the surrounding towns.

The officials of Songzhou finally glared at the reinforcements all the way. At this time, they were afraid that Li Guan would leave, so Zhang Zhangrui should post to invite Li Guan into the city to attend the banquet. This banquet was quite rich. Although the news of the attack of the thief came, countless people fled at once, but it was a big city of 100,000 people, and the city was still not comparable to ordinary small cities.

Halfway through the wine, Li Yan put down the wine glass and turned to ask Zhang Rui: "Can you know the details of the bandits?"

"The bandits are powerful. According to the horse probe, the bandits passed through Yizhou like locusts, crossing the states and counties, plundering the whole world, constantly recruiting soldiers and horses. Now there are bandit troops everywhere, and the bandits have already called themselves 100,000. However, according to our judgment, the bandits now have at least 30,000 soldiers and horses, which is not the people who are being held back." Zhang Rui said worriedly.

Li Yan sneered, "It's just a group of mobs. If it were normal, I would be willing to send troops to destroy them directly. But now, I still have to wait for the military orders of various camps to recruit the thieves and commanders of the Grandmaster Song before I can take action."

Hearing this, Zhang Rui and others were worried, "Master General, Song Shuai is still far away in Zibo Prefecture and cannot command the overall situation for the time being. At present, the enemy soldiers are invading the territory, and the people from all over the country are suffering and trapped in the fire and water. I also asked the Duke of Qi to relieve the people from the upside down and save the people from the fire and water."

Li Yan leaned back slightly, tapped his fingers on the table, then picked up a thin linen cloth and wiped the corner of his mouth gently. He smiled and said, "Everyone, there is a saying that the troops and horses have not moved, and the food and grass will go first. Our army arrived from Chang'an all the way. Although we were also willing to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy immediately, everyone should know that Yang Fugong, the military envoy, has not arrived yet, and his military envoy has not arrived yet. If there is no food and food, we should use the emperor to fight. "

Zhang Rui was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Li Yan meant. He had reached an agreement with his colleagues just by just a contact.

"Master General, although Songzhou is just a small place, he cannot watch the soldiers of Zhenguo Army starve. We are willing to raise 200,000 stones of grain to make military rations for Zhenguo Army. However, we urge the soldiers of Zhenguo Army to send troops to help recover the lost Yucheng, Shanfu, and Chuqiu counties." The 200,000 stones of grain is not a small number, but it is not difficult to take out these grains for Songcheng, a famous metropolis on the Bianqu Canal.

Li Guan smiled slightly, reached out his right hand, and lit up his slap. "If Songzhou wants our army to send troops to recover the three cities, this is not a problem. However, only supplying 200,000 stones of food is not enough. I still need a full set of equipment for five thousand people, including five thousand sets of leather armor, five thousand spears, horizontal knives, longbows, shields, as well as tents, carriages and pack horses that transport these things, plus five hundred thousand arrows."

Zhang Rui calculated in his mind that such 5,000 sets of equipment, at least 500,000 stagnant of them, plus 200,000 stagnant of grain, had exceeded one million stagnant of them.

"Five thousand sets of equipment plus 100,000 stones of grain!" Zhang Rui calculated it in his mind and reduced the price. Even so, it had reached one million.
Chapter completed!