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A fast horse passed through Bingzhou City. The soldier on the horse shouted,"
"Great victory! A great victory! It was a great victory at Oxheart Mountain! Victory, victory!"
"Xue Yantuo's men have been defeated! We've been defeated!"
Outside the city, Xue Rengui's victorious army had already lined up neatly and slowly entered the city in an orderly manner.
Thousands of people lined the streets to welcome him.
Cheng Yaojin was stunned!
It had been a long time since he had seen such an exciting scene caused by a great victory!
Laughter and laughter were everywhere, and gongs and drums sounded in unison.
The people of Bingzhou were extremely excited.
Bingzhou City was a dangerous and isolated city.
In an instant, the scull was reduced to ashes!
The 18-year-old Xue Rengui was the first to enter the city.
Cheng Yaojin looked around but didn't know who it was.
As a roly-man in officialdom, this scene made Cheng Yaojin quickly think of the next step.
Crown Prince, the King of Yue is in trouble!
In the past, the competition for the throne was a one-on-one battle. Now, it seemed like it was going to be a three-legged battle!
Deep in his heart, Cheng Yaojin felt a trace of respect for Li Xiao. He couldn't help but praise Li Xiao in his heart,"
"Good boy, you're three years ahead of your father.”
After the victorious and mighty army entered the city, Xue Rengui, Wang Bo, and Hu Shiwan entered the main hall of the Provincial Governor's Office.
Cheng Yaojin also followed.
Li Xiao was already seated in the main hall.
After seeing Li Xiao, Xue Rengui knelt down on one knee, his face filled with endless reverence as he shouted,"
"Xue Rengui greets Your Highness! One hundred thousand of Xue Yantuo's men had already been killed by this general, and the other one hundred thousand had already fled far away to the north of the desert.”
Xue Rengui's expression was filled with gratitude for Li Xiao's kindness.
Such a huge favor was enough for Xue Rengui to be grateful to Li Xiao for the rest of his life.
Li Xiao smiled at Xue Rengui and said,"
"Rengui, this king has seen your ability. Get up!”
"Your Highness, I have no way to repay your kindness. In this life, I will only obey Your Highness. Your Highness ordered me to go east, but I will never go west!”Xue Rengui said gratefully.
Seeing this, Li Xiao was delighted. It seemed that digging Xue Rengui out was too useful to him.
This wasn't considered a system summon. Xue Rengui was originally a person of this era, and even his age was exactly the same as historical facts.
"Rengui, the soldiers have been fighting for several days and are extremely tired. Go back and rest for a few days.”
"We still have to fight in the future. It's a big deal to recuperate!”Li Xiao said.
Xue Rengui said gratefully,"
"Your Highness is merciful and considerate. I will obey your orders!”
After saying that, Xue Rengui stood up, bowed, and walked out of the door.
After Xue Rengui left, Cheng Yaojin said excitedly,"
"Your Highness, this old minister has just read the battle report. This Xue Rengui is really brave.”
"Your Highness obtaining such a good general is like the current Emperor obtaining Yuchi Jingde!”
"Old General Cheng has a good eye for people. This king hopes that Old General Cheng will put in a good word in front of Imperial Father and not hinder him.”
Li Xiao said in a soft and hard tone.
There were carrots, so he changed his name to Old General.
There was also a big stick to deter him from being restrained and not standing on the opposite side.
Cheng Yaojin hurriedly bowed and said,"
"This old subject doesn't dare. Your Highness is a heroic young lord with the courage of a tiger roaring in the world.”
"Old General, you're too kind. However, Ren Gui is indeed very brave, very good at fighting, and very capable of leading troops.”Li Xiao praised.
"Your Highness, may I ask…how did Your Highness find such a talented general?”
Cheng Yaojin asked hesitantly.
"I have my own way of judging people," Li Xiao said indifferently.”
Cheng Yaojin was shocked when he heard this. He knew that he had been rude and hurriedly bowed to leave.
The thousand black-armored soldiers felt like they had come to Bingzhou for a trip and returned empty-handed. Cheng Yaojin felt disappointed and complicated.
He was disappointed because he didn't get a fight, and complicated because of King Jiang's rise.
There were imperial censors in Bingzhou, so they would naturally write a letter to Li Shimin.
The rise of Li Xiao would definitely disrupt the power structure of the imperial court.
How should he choose sides in the future? How to observe the wind direction? Cheng Yaojin looked worried.
The power struggle in the court was mainly the struggle for the Eastern Palace. Li Chengqian's position as Crown Prince was not stable.
Li Shiming's attitude was very vague, ambiguous, and uncertain.
It was Li Shiming's vague attitude that made Li Tai want to replace Li Chengqian.
He was aggressive towards the position of Crown Prince and had already won over a large number of officials in the court.
Now that Li Xiao had risen to power, Cheng Yaojin had to walk a tightrope between Li Chengqian and Li Tai.
To maintain the balance, he had to consider Li Xiao's factor.
He was slightly gratified that he first met King Jiang Li Xiao in Bingzhou, which was much better than the others in the imperial court.
Cheng Yaojin returned to Chang 'an with complicated feelings.
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Unlike Cheng Yaojin, after defeating Xue Yantuo's cavalry, Li Xiao immediately invested in the development of the people's livelihood in Bingzhou.
According to the system's level, although Li Xiao could not open the technology tree and enter the era of firearms, he could not enter the era of firearms.
However, the daily necessities could still be exchanged!
On the top right corner of the system map was the system store. Li Xiao opened the store and found that he could use his ability points to exchange for it.
There weren't many items that could be exchanged in the mall. The high-level items that could be exchanged needed to reach level 8.5.
Li Xiao now needed hardy and drought-resistant seeds. To develop the economy and people's livelihood, he needed a lot of food.
With enough food, he could raise more soldiers. Only with more soldiers could he resist the threat of the grasslands alone without relying on the imperial court.
It wasn't that Li Xiao didn't want the court's support, but that he had predicted the overwhelming opposition from the court.
Li Chengqian and Li Tai's forces would not let him go. The wind would destroy the tree that stood out in the forest. This was the principle.
If he was too outstanding, he would naturally disrupt the entire political ecology of the Great Tang Empire.
Everything depended on himself. Since he had a platform like Bingzhou, he had to make full use of this platform!
Bingzhou was very big, and Li Xiao was King Jiang. King Jiang's fief was not only in Bingzhou, but also in the five counties of Yanmen Prefecture and Longyou.
Now, Li Xiao only controlled Bingzhou.
In other words, they controlled at least one-fifth of the most prosperous areas of the Great Tang Empire!
Right now, the world was split into ten governor's manors, they were respectively the Nanhe, Beihe, Donghe, Shannan, Guannei, Huainan, Jiannan, Jiangnan, Lingnan and Longyou.
The power center was only concentrated in Guannei Road, Longyou Road, and Shannan Road.
There were 54 counties in the Inner Pass Road and 5 counties in the Longyou Road.
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