Global Warring States: Get the Tang Taizong template at the beginning

Chapter 310 Invitation from Cai Zhong and Cai He

"Xie Ai's Xiliang Army and Wei Yan's Northern Expedition Army guarded Rang County. Xie Ai was the county magistrate, Wei Yan was the county lieutenant, and Ouyang Xiu was the county magistrate."

"Wei Rui's Chariot Army and Gao Xianzhi's Anxi Army guard Anzhong County. Wei Rui is the county magistrate, Gao Xianzhi is the county lieutenant, and Zhang Jiuling is the county secretary."

Li Qian dispatched four legions to guard the two occupied counties, and also sent civil officials of the level of Ouyang Xiu and Zhang Jiuling to manage the two counties.

With the abilities of Ouyang Xiu and Zhang Jiuling, they would have no problem governing a county, let alone a county.

Li Qian left them behind to take care of internal affairs, appease the people, and recruit soldiers.

His territory expanded to three counties, and the population roughly tripled, giving him more people and financial resources to recruit soldiers.

Li Qian expanded the size of his army, planning to recruit 300,000 troops, and then engage in a decisive battle with the greatest emperor of all time.

Li Qian established the Liangshan Army and appointed Chen Qingzhi as the chief general, and Hua Rong and Xu Ning as deputy generals.

Chen Qianzhi was capable of standing on his own and serving as a commander, but he lacked military strength. Fortunately, the Liangshan generals had plenty of military strength, so the two complemented each other.

The Liangshan Army had a strength of 30000 men, including 700 Chen Qingzhi's White Robe Army, 3000 Xu Ning's Golden Spear Squad, 500 heavy cavalry, 4500 Liangshan light cavalry and Liangshan archers, 12000 Liangshan archers and crossbowmen, and 10000 Liangshan sword and shield soldiers and spearmen.

The Liangshan Army was temporarily stationed in Xinye County for training.

The Liangshan army is basically composed of Shi Yu's troops, and their morale is low. It will take time to restore their morale.

"Fortunately, Qin Jie came forward to mediate, otherwise I would be in danger."

Li Qian led his troops back to Xinye County, still feeling frightened.

It is extremely dangerous to fight against enemies coming from all directions alone.

If you are not careful, you will lose everything.

Now that the situation has been revitalized, Li Qian has time to develop slowly.

"My lord, this journey was dangerous, but luckily, good things come to those who are lucky. My lord, you have turned danger into safety. You will surely be invaluable in the future."

Zhao Xiancai led many civil servants to welcome Li Qian.

Zhao Xiancai followed Li Qian from the very beginning, fearing that something might happen to Li Qian.

If anything happens to Li Qian, Zhao Xiancai's position will be in jeopardy.

"Did anything major happen in Xinye County while I was away?"

"Nothing major has happened. Instead, Cai Zhong and Cai He sent someone to deliver a letter, inviting the Lord to a banquet in Xiangyang City."

Zhao Xiancai took out a piece of paper containing an invitation from Cai Zhong and Cai He.

Li Qian looked through the contents and found out that his cousin Cai Mao was celebrating his birthday and a grand banquet would be held in Xiangyang City six days later. Cai Zhong and Cai He regarded Li Qian as their eldest brother, so they invited Li Qian to attend the banquet.

Zhao Xiancai asked, "I wonder if the lord wants to go?"

"Go, why not go?"

Since the brothers Cai Zhong and Cai He took the initiative to make friends with him, Li Qian couldn't ask for more.

If you want to control Jingzhou in the future, you will need to rely on the power of the Jingzhou gentry.

The gentry in Jingzhou are headed by the Cai, Kuai and other families. If one can get the support of the Cai family, it would not be difficult to take control of Jingzhou.

They also need the support of the governor to keep their family prosperous.

Only large and giant cities can open teleportation arrays, so Xinye County does not have a teleportation array yet. Li Qian needs to lead his troops from Xinye County in advance, arrive at Fancheng, cross the Han River, and then reach Xiangyang.

Xiangyang City is currently under the jurisdiction of Xu Qiu, the governor of Jingzhou.

Xu Qiu was a man of high moral character, and Li Qian was certain that Xu Qiu would not do anything to him.

I have done favors for brothers Cai Zhong and Cai He, and the Cai family will not do anything to me.

Therefore, there was no need to bring many soldiers and horses to Xiangyang this time, otherwise it would cause panic among the nobles of Jingzhou - who knows what a county magistrate wants to do with a 100,000-man army to Xiangyang? The army would cost a lot of money, and it might even be stolen by the emperor of all ages.

After making all the arrangements, Li Qian led 3,000 imperial guards to Xiangyang.

The villages and towns along the way did not dare to stop Li Qian, for fear that they would follow in the footsteps of the Overlord of Western Qin and Timely Rain.

They can't stop Li Qian's three thousand guards.

Not to mention the Imperial Guards, Li Qian could capture their city gates by just sending military generals.

Li Qian crossed the Han River and arrived at Xiangyang City safely.

Xiangyang City is a large city with towering city walls, numerous stone arrow towers and an intimidating huge city gate.

There were tens of thousands of soldiers guarding the east gate alone.

Even with Li Qian's current military strength, he is not sure he can capture a large city.

"The situation in Jingzhou is complicated. It is not easy to control the entire Jingzhou."

Li Qian felt that Jingzhou was too vast.

Jingzhou was divided into several parts by the Yangtze River and its tributaries, making it easy for separatism.

Nanyang County, Nan County, Jiangxia County, Changsha County, Wuling County, Lingling County, Guiyang County and other counties all had their own power, and the prefects did not necessarily obey the orders of the governor, and each did what he wanted.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Biao was in control of Jingzhou, but he did not sit there and wait for death. Instead, he was trying to integrate the counties of Jingzhou and had a feud with Zhang Jin, the governor of Jiaozhou. This consumed too much of Liu Biao's energy, so that when Liu Biao came to his senses, Cao Cao's forces were already unstoppable. Liu Biao also died at this time, leaving behind a mess.

It is indeed not easy to unify the entire Jingzhou.

Moreover, there were lord players who were interfering, making the situation in Jingzhou even more complicated. In Nanyang County alone, there were tens of thousands of lord players, both large and small.

Li Qian appeared outside Xiangyang City with 3,000 soldiers, but was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city. They indicated that Li Qian could bring the generals in, but the 3,000 elite soldiers had to stay outside the city.

After all, they couldn't guarantee what Li Qian would do when he entered the city with three thousand elite soldiers.

What should we do if Li Qian leads his troops to attack the governor of Jingzhou and takes control of Xiangyang City to rebel?
This kind of thing is not impossible, because it did happen - during the Liangzhou Rebellion, many local officials rebelled in the entire city.

Li Qian followed the request and left 3,000 guards to camp outside the city, and then took a dozen generals into Xiangyang City.

At this time, the city of Xiangyang was decorated with lights and was extremely bustling.

Cai Mao's birthday was celebrated, and he invited the governor of Jingzhou and many of the nobles of Jingzhou to celebrate in Xiangyang City. This was a grand event. Many players also came to join in the fun, so Xiangyang City was crowded with people.

"Sheng Zuo, a scholar, has come to Xiangyang City!"

"It's really him! I saw him when I was fighting against the Yellow Turban Army in Nanyang, it's definitely him!"

"Why did he come to Xiangyang City?"

"Did he get an invitation from the Cai family?"

"It's possible. He's a celebrity."

"The scholar is so handsome, I wonder if he has a girlfriend? I can flirt with him~"

Some players in Xiangyang City recognized Li Qian's identity, and there was a lot of noise for a while.

Li Qian has long been famous among the gaming community, and even the screams of female players can be heard.

Li Qian brought with him more than a dozen generals, including the strong and archer Huang Zhong, the burly and strong Yuchi Jingde, and the heroic Li Xiuning... It was impossible for him to keep a low profile.

"Our Nanjun's number one lord player, 'Southern Dynasty Grand Commander', is here too!"

There was another commotion among the crowd.

The 26th lord player in the national war ranking?
Li Qian still remembers this player. He was in the top 30 in the national war ranking and was quite extraordinary.

(End of this chapter)