Datang: Get a god-level selection system at the beginning

Ever since, under Li Ai's order, regardless of whether other states and counties are willing or not, all the soldiers and horses in the area are counted as one, and they are concentrated in Jicheng.

Although this made the defenses of other states and counties useless, and they could only rely on dogs to maintain law and order, it made Wang Junkuo's troops surge, reaching as many as 15 at once.

Of course, at least one-third of the 15 people are county soldiers or prisoners with little combat effectiveness, but they can be used as an atmosphere group, cannon fodder or the like.

Moreover, Wang Junkuo also gathered all the war horses in Youzhou together, making the number of cavalry reach [-]—this is already a force that can completely influence a war.

Accompanied Li Ai to inspect the army, and distributed a large amount of money as a pre-war incentive. After returning to the barracks outside the city, Wang Junkuo sent a letter from his confidants. One step closer.

With this city of Ji and a 15 army as a vote of honor, plus the head of this useless county king, how could the imperial court have to make me a governor of Youzhou, right?
The title is already a duke, so it is impossible to become a prince, but it should be possible to add some food, right?
Wang Junkuo was thinking happily, while Li Wenbin was also sitting in the camp of the Chinese Army in the Tang Army camp two hundred miles away from Jicheng, thinking about the upcoming decisive battle.

In front of him was a very delicate sand table map, on which Jicheng and the surrounding terrain could be clearly seen.

Although it is unlikely to lose this final battle, Li Wenbin kept in mind the famous saying of despising the enemy strategically and valuing the enemy tactically, and dared not be negligent.

If he loses, let alone his own life, even the upcoming Tang Dynasty will be interrupted, and maybe he will return to the warlord melee period in the late Sui Dynasty.

In that case, I don't know how many people will be killed or injured.

"Chairman, the last general Wang Junkuo has heard about it before, and he is indeed a fierce general. This last battle is actually not easy to fight."

Xi Junmai expressed his concerns: "Besides, Jicheng has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. The city is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you want to win it, you may have to pay a high price."

"Big bug, you don't need to worry too much about this." Li Wenbin waved his hand, "If the director guessed correctly, then Wang Junkuo's letter of surrender should have been sent out. It will be in my hands tomorrow at the latest."

"What, chief executive, how did you make up your mind?" Xi Junmai was shocked when he heard that, "Could it be that Wang Junkuo is a hidden stake that you, chief executive, have planted long ago?"

"Nonsense, he was a bandit in his early years, how could he have anything to do with me?"

Li Wenbin scolded with a smile: "This is actually easy to guess. I used to think that it was a very rare thing that Lujiang King Li Ai could rebel."

"It's... nothing strange, is it? Isn't he Prince Yin's best friend?"

"What kind of buddy is he, he's just standing in line. You don't know this person well, but this manager knows that Li Ai has no opinions at all, even he can hesitate for a long time about what to eat at night."

"That's right. What to eat at night is a big problem in the world... Boss, if you continue to say, just fart that night."

"That Wang Junkuo is rebellious, but honestly followed Li Ai to rebel. This is a very strange thing in itself. So I made a bold assumption, and after careful verification, I came to the conclusion that..."

Speaking of this, Li Wenbin was a little tricky, and seeing the expectant eyes of Xi Junmai and Cui Yan, he nodded and continued: "Wang Junkuo should be playing a trick of raising the bandit's self-esteem."

"First provoke Li Ai to rebel, and then take credit for it, in exchange for breaking the soil and becoming a marquis. I have to say, his wishful thinking is not bad."

Xi Junmai swallowed hard: "Chairman, you guessed this all yourself?"

"Ang, could it be that Wang Junkuo himself told me?"

"Phew... the chief executive is so smart and intelligent, it's really a plan of gods and ghosts, and the general admires him!"

Although Cui Yan didn't speak, she blinked her beautiful eyes, obviously agreeing.

Li Wenbin chuckled, and unceremoniously accepted Xi Jun's compliment.

But in fact, he had heard of Wang Junkuo and what he did.

In history, it was Wang Junkuo who provoked Li Ai to rebel, and then chopped off Li Ai's dog's head to claim credit from the court, and was named the governor of Youzhou.

However, this Wang Junkuo soon showed his fox tail. When he was the local emperor in Youzhou, he was proclaimed to report to the court for his obedience to the imperial court's decree.

He had a guilty conscience and killed the postman and wanted to defect to the Turkic side, but was killed by the savages, ending this sad life.

Li Ai was still alive and well at this time, and Li Wenbin believed that the reason was that Wang Junkuo changed his mind and wanted to play big, otherwise it would be impossible to explain the reason why all the soldiers and horses in Youzhou, including those soldiers and prisoners, were concentrated in Jicheng .

Sure enough, when the Tang army arrived in Zhuozhou, Xi Junmai came to report and caught a sneaky man who was suspected to be a spy of the Youzhou army.

"I am wronged, I am wronged. The villain is not a spy, but a messenger sent by General Wang. There is a letter to be delivered to the chief executive."

The courier took out a superstitious letter from his closet, and bought it from Xi Jun and handed it to Li Wenbin.

After opening it, it turned out that Wang Junkuo vomited a lot of bitterness first, saying that he was coerced by Li Ai - the lives of the whole family were in Li Ai's hands, and if he didn't rebel with him, the whole family would die.

Then he expressed his loyalty to Li Wenbin, saying that he thought about the good of Tang Dynasty every night, tossed and turned, and couldn't sleep.

After talking a lot of nonsense, Wang Junkuo got to the point: when the battle under Jicheng begins, he will lead the army to turn against him, and he hopes that the general manager will cooperate with him in his actions.

Li Wenbin couldn't help laughing when he saw this superstition.

The messenger thought that Li Wenbin was in a good mood, so he tentatively asked: "If the chief executive agrees with my general's proposal, please write a letter and the villain will take it back to the general."

"What's the rush? Come, take the messenger down and keep him under strict supervision, and don't come into contact with other people."

"Here!"

The soldiers took the messenger down, and Xi Junmai asked curiously, "Chief Manager, don't you want to agree to Wang Junkuo's proposal?"

Li Wenbin was about to speak when he saw that Cui Yan had a different expression. He knew that she also had thoughts in her heart, so he smiled and said, "If you have any thoughts, it's okay to say it. If it makes sense, the manager will definitely accept it."

Cui Yan hesitated for a moment, then said something.