Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1027 Mind

On the second day of April in the first year of Tianyou, Yang Xingmi came to Qingkou.

Military newspapers from all over the country flew in like snowflakes, some from the front and some from the rear.

The main rear is Xuanshe Town, where he also served as Jiedushi.

The eighteen counties in the three prefectures and eighteen counties of Xuanshechi were the first piece of land he controlled by himself, and it was also the place where he started his business.Over the years, it has worked hard to absorb refugees from the north and go south. At the same time, it has tracked down the hidden households in the mountains. At one time, there were millions of people.

Reluctantly, he was tossed hard by Sun Ru and suffered heavy losses.Fortunately, there were refugees from the north who went south. With some additions, there were 15 households and more than 70 people. It was a fairly wealthy piece of land under the rule.

Every war in the north is a great opportunity for the development of Jiangnan.Those who were affected by the war will not mention it, and naturally went south to beg for work. Those who were not affected by the war were often worried about the next disaster, and fled south whenever they had the opportunity.Especially the latter, who often have little family property and power, and bring hundreds of people of the whole clan, men, women, old and young, to move south together. Great significance.

It's a pity that after Shao Shude defeated Zhu Quanzhong, he immediately implemented the policy of recuperating and recuperating. Most places in Henan were exempted from taxation for three years, slowly curbing the trend of population moving south.

Those who are still running to the south of the Yangtze River are Huaixi and Eyue, places that have been squeezed harder because of the war.Tang Deng moved his family to Jiangnan with his family last year, but this year there are much fewer.

"There is no need to worry about Shuzhou." Yang Xingmi sat in the boat, looked at the misty scenery outside the window, and said, "E, An, Huang, and Qi are broken, and the Xia people have to transport grain and grass all the way. They are all considered light. They are already at the end of their strength, so there is no need to worry. If I were Shao Shude, I would have withdrawn one of the Weisheng and Youguo armies by this time to reduce the consumption of food and grass. The few remaining people will also flee, and Zhong Chuan and Ma Yin will be taken advantage of in vain."

"Your Majesty, you need to be more careful." Gao Xu said, "I'm worried that Zhe Silun in Huaixi will merge with Zhe Zongben and Ding Hui, and they will attack Lu and Shu prefectures."

"It's okay in Luzhou. Zhe Silun only has so many soldiers in total, and he is not very good at fighting. Zhu Jing in Shouzhou and Chen Su in Shenzhou may not listen to him. He has no ability to cause trouble in Luzhou." Yang Xingmi said indifferently .

Judging from the situation in the past few years, the three prefectures of Lu, Shu, and Hao have joined forces to basically suppress Zhe Silun to death.Although the situation is deadlocked, how many times has Shouzhou been besieged?The boat masters all the way went straight to Feishui, and the boat masters all the way went up against the Huai River to attack Shouzhou.There was even room to break into the empty Ying, Su, and Bo prefectures, looting them back.

But Shouzhou is indeed a strong city.The governor Zhu Jing is also a talent who can win people's hearts. Although he was passively beaten, he just didn't give up and persisted for several years.

Yang Xingmi doesn't believe that there will be much progress along the way. Anyway, Shouzhou is almost destroyed after repeated tug-of-war, and the Xia people can't effectively use the local wealth and soldiers to fight. In fact, there may be no wealth. .

Seeing what his master said, Gao Xu was speechless.With a shortage of troops, Qian Liu on the southern front may take the opportunity to attack Su, Run, Chang and other places, and it all depends on Taimeng, Tian Li, Yang Shihou and others to defend.

As for Jiangxi, in fact, everyone is not worried.Li Shenfu and others were defeated in Qizhou and retreated all the way.Zhong Chuan led the army to stand ready, but Li Shenfu gathered the defeated soldiers, directly defeated the Jiangxi soldiers who came to defend them, and returned in a big raid.

As far as this fighting power is concerned, there is nothing to be afraid of.

"What I am worried about is the affairs of Hedong and Hebei." Yang Xingmi turned his eyes to Gao Xu, and said, "Last year, I sent envoys to Jinyang to meet and help each other. This time, the summer thieves are going south in a large scale, with tens of thousands of soldiers. If the King of Jin can Sending troops to contain them is a great good."

The loose alliance against Shao has actually existed for a long time, just like the alliance against Zhu in history.In fact, Shao Shude is now sitting in Zhu Quanzhong's ecological niche, and it is inevitable to be flanked.

It's not a day or two since Xia Jun gathered and went south.For such a large-scale battle, many people were mobilized before and after. For example, Cao and Song prefectures had a large number of masters going south to transfer grain and grass. Both Cao and Song states were densely populated areas. During the Tianbao period, the former had more than 90 people, and the latter had 50 There are 60 million and [-] million people in this meeting, which is still quite a lot.

It is impossible to hide such a big movement. Li Keyong must have received the news by now.As long as he has the heart, the mobilization of this meeting has already been completed. If there are 5 to [-] people going south, they will be able to build momentum.

But will Li Keyong really know how to do it?Yang Xingmi is not sure.

From the analysis of temperament, the possibility of Li Keyong sending troops is not small.But in things like war, any accidents are possible.If you don't see the news of the Jin army going south with your own eyes, you will always be unreliable.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to worry too much about the northern affairs." Gao Xu said confidently.

Seeing his determined appearance, Yang Xingmi was a little surprised.

"Why?" he asked with a smile.

"Does Your Majesty know about Wei Bo Yabing?" Gao Xu asked.

"Then how can I not know." Yang Xingmi laughed loudly.

The so-called Son of Heaven of Chang'an, Wei Bo Yabing, is famous, disrespectful and disrespectful.

In the 43 counties of the six prefectures of Weibo, it is uncertain who is in charge.

"Your Majesty, the people of Wei Bowu are very dissatisfied with the loss of the two states of Xiangwei. They have fought against Xia Bing several times in the past year. The victories are few and the losses are many. If they hear that the Xia bandits are going south, they will definitely make trouble." Gao Xu said: " Once the battle starts, Li Keyong will most likely be involved, and he won't just let Wei Bo die. Cheng De and Cang Jing won't just sit back and watch."

For Yang Xingmi, fighting on both the north and south fronts, with multiple feudal towns involved, is better than fighting alone.

It is too difficult for warlords to take chestnuts out of the fire for others.There can be cooperation, but after all, I care more about my own one-third of an acre of land.

"So, Xiangwei, Xing Mingci and even Wei Bo are likely to break out in a big battle?" Yang Xingmi stood up excitedly and walked around the cabin twice.

The soldiers and generals stood aside, and Gao Xu also looked at him, waiting quietly for him to make a decision.

"Why are you looking at me?" Yang Xingmi laughed again and asked.

"Your Majesty has actually made a decision long ago." Gao Xu said with a smile, "Since the dispatch of troops, we have taken it easy. We have only sent some food, equipment and reinforcements to Xuzhou, and the main force is stationed in Qingkou. I know what Your Majesty intends."

Yang Xingmi smiled without saying a word.

Xuzhou can still defend.He sent his general Li Tao to Xuzhou. Together with a large number of food and equipment, he was able to persist for a year after being besieged.The vanguard is in Xiapi, and the main force is stationed in Qingkou. If necessary, the boat division from Qingkou can go northward and enter Sizhou to threaten the Xia army's flank.

It is better to attract but not to issue than to invest all the capital at once.

For the Huai army, delaying time until Li Keyong, Luo Shaowei, Wang Rong, Lu Yanwei and others were involved was in their best interests.Fighting on two fronts is much more difficult to deal with than gathering all the enemies in one direction.

In addition, I heard that there is also a fight in Chuanzhong.

Li Maozhen assembled a large army, the main force went north from Mianzhou, entered Bolongjian, and attacked Maozhou on the other side, and incited the local Qiang people to rebel.The Qiang people and Zhao Jian have been fighting for many years, which can be described as a bloody feud, and they will definitely respond to everyone.

According to the news obtained a long time ago, Xia Jun has a group of recruits with average combat strength stationed in Xingyuan Mansion.When Prime Minister Liu Chongwang conquered Shu, the Jishi Army also went south to Longjian. Later, the official army was defeated, and the Jishi Army also retreated after the defeat, and was directly reorganized.It is very difficult for them to have sufficient troops to reinforce Longjian Town in the short term. They have to transfer troops from Guanzhong or even Henan. Shao Shude, can you transfer them?
The stall is too big!Yang Xingmi shook his head. If he wanted to fight on three sides, he had to have the awareness to put out the fire everywhere.The place of the Fourth World War in Henan, so easy to get?

"By the way, the Xia thieves are attacking Donghe City. It seems that there are not many troops, and I don't know what their intentions are." Gao Xu said again: "Your Majesty, you must be careful to prevent the Xia people from crossing the river and entering Haozhou."

Yang Xingmi thought for a while and said: "If he dares to cross the river, he will gather and wipe him out."

Sailing is always faster and less labor-intensive than walking.At that time, the Huai army had the advantage in physical strength, but the Xia army was exhausted, so it happened to give them a hard blow.

Gao Xu didn't speak anymore, he had fulfilled his duty of reminding.

In fact, to put it bluntly, there are not enough soldiers.There are more than [-] Huai troops, and there are only tens of thousands of them that can be used. It is definitely not enough to use these troops to cover the entire battlefield, so we can only divide them into priorities.Now Xuzhou is the main battlefield, and other places can only let it go.When the war in the north comes together and the Xia people are restrained, the situation will improve a lot.

In the afternoon, Yang Xingmi and Gao Xu landed on land.

The army is still gathering one after another, and the equipment and materials are piled up like a mountain, and they are slowly being transported north.

For some reason, Yang Xingmi sighed suddenly.

At the age of 49, he could clearly feel the energy in his body slowly draining away.

When he was young, he was full of spirits and fought with others in the countryside.Later, he was a bandit and fought with the officers and soldiers, and later became an officer and soldier, but he was garrisoned far away in Shuofang, fighting against Tubo thieves.

These are valuable experiences and qualifications, which have laid a solid foundation for him to seize power and make a fortune, but is there no price?The hidden wounds and hidden diseases left in the body are silently reminding you that too much energy has been wasted.

Yang Xingmi felt aggrieved and wanted to look up to the sky and sigh.

It took him 41-[-] years to get what Wang Hou Gongqing got from birth, and he paid a painful price for it.

Huainan is not a good place to start a family, and he knows this.

This place is too stable, and it has been solidified up and down to make people hopeless. It has always been a solid site under the rule of the imperial court.There are very few unruly warriors, but there are many obedient bureaucrats. If Huang Chao, Gao Pian, and Sun Ru hadn't come here to break the original interest class, he might not have the opportunity for a lifetime.

Now that he has the opportunity, he can already stand on a higher level, wrestle with several heroes in the world, and discuss their abilities, but he may not have much time.

At least luckier than Zhu Quanzhong!Yang Xingmi smiled wryly, comforting himself.

I hope this battle will have a happy ending.

(End of this chapter)