Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 104 Dusk
On August [-]th of the second year of Zhonghe, Li Xiaochang's army from Fufang came to the east and joined the Tielin army in Gaoling County.

"Shao Shuai, the thieves from Jingyang County have surrendered, and more than five thousand people have come here." Li Xiaochang was indeed very upright in his work and did not take these prisoners privately, which made Shao Shude look at him with admiration.

These days, the generals are almost hungry for the expansion of the army. They want anyone, dare to accept anyone, and don't care whether they can support them or not.Li Xiaochang probably restrained himself so much because he had no territory left.

"Li Dutong also won a big victory. Congratulations." Shao Shude congratulated with a smile on his face.

"Don't mention this, don't mention this!" Li Xiaochang said with embarrassment on his face: "Nowadays, who hasn't heard of the battle of Shengao Station? The Tielin Army defeated the bandits and captured and killed more than ten thousand people. As soon as the news spread to In Jingyang, the rebel army surrendered, but the Fufang army did not shoot a single arrow. This great victory is in name only, Shao Shuai must not make fun of someone."

The result of the battle of Shengao Station is indeed undergoing rapid fermentation and spreading to the entire Guanzhong.In the past few days, in the lower reaches of Jingshui and Weishui, corpses of rebel soldiers floated down from time to time, which shows how miserable Meng Kai's defeat was that day.

They were all chased into the river!

The name of Shao Shude's fierce god is probably spread to every department of the Chao army.Li Tangbin, Zhang Yan, Zhu Wen, Li Xiang, Meng Kai, Chai Cun, Huang Wenjing, there were indeed too many generals planted in his hands.If it weren't for the fact that the Tielin Army had only 9000 soldiers and was dominated by infantry, the battle to regain Chang'an would start immediately, and the Chao Army would definitely be panicked.

"Victory is victory. Wasn't it victory in the battle in the eastern suburbs of Jingyang before? Beheading hundreds of thieves."

"More than [-] people attacked the [-] thieves who hesitated, but it was only a small victory..." Li Xiaochang smiled wryly: "If it was the Iron Forest Army, the thieves would be gone on the spot."

"Why should Li Dutong underestimate himself?" Shao Shude said with a smile: "Ximen Dujian knows about this, so there will be a reward."

"I hope so. I don't ask for too much, and the four states of Fufang can give me a place to stay, and the sergeants can feel at ease."

One comforted the other, while the other was worried, at this moment, dozens of riders came from the east, dismounted from a distance, and then walked up to Shao Shude, saying: "General Li Xiang has seen Commander Shao."

"General Li fought well this time!" Shao Shude took a quick look, and then laughed: "With an army of less than [-], he took the bandit general Huang Ye's [-] elite soldiers and fought to the death without retreating. He has the demeanor of an ancient famous general."

Li Xiang also took a closer look at Shao Shude, at the first glance he felt very young, and then he sighed inwardly: by accident, he followed Huang Chao to fight life and death, and only now has he become a governor, and he may not necessarily sit It is safe, but he is already the lord of the four states, which is completely incomparable.

"General Shao's battle against Meng Kai, the final general has nothing to say when he hears about it." Li Xiang sighed, "Perhaps the court is not too clear about it, but in Huang Chao's army, Meng Kai's name is very famous. The general defeated this thief." , I am afraid that no one will dare to fight against Huang Chao in the future."

"Then I will accept the general's auspicious words. If the nest thief retreats as soon as he sees a certain general's flag, the soldiers will save a lot of casualties."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words.

"This is General Wang, right? He's so majestic! I heard that in the battle to attack Weiqiaocang, he took the lead and killed three generals. He is really a brave general!" Shao Shude asked, looking at a general behind Li Xiang.

"The general king met the general." Wang Yu wanted to kneel on one knee.

Shao Shude supported him, and said: "You are a warrior, you don't need to kneel to me."

Wang Yu was startled, but he didn't hold back, he just said seriously: "I would like to kill the enemy with the commander in chief!"

Shao Shude turned his gaze to Li Xiang.

Li Xiang smiled and said: "Wang Sanlang prides himself on being brave, and he is almost invincible in a certain tent. Anyway, Commander Shao might as well just accept him, give him a ten general or a lieutenant general, and let him see how many heroes there are in the world. "

"Shao likes warriors the most. Now that he has won General Wang, let's congratulate him with wine." After finishing speaking, he immediately sent an order to Wei Boqiu to handle it.

Everyone chatted and laughed all the way, and soon entered the camp.In Gaoling County, Shao Shude didn't want to live anymore, he felt uneasy after being ruined by the crowd to the point of being a monster.

"Does Marshal Shao know that Wang Chongrong has led the army to the west?" As soon as he sat down, Li Xiang said: "He and Zhu Wen have 3 troops and have reached Pan County, and will arrive near Chang'an in a few days."

"But I don't know." Shao Shude said: "It seems that the imperial court is gathering soldiers and horses. Now there are 13 soldiers in the camp in the west, [-] in the south, [-] in the north, and another [-] in the east. [-] people. The field battle is about the same, but if the nest thief sticks to the city, it will not be able to catch it."

Of course Shao Shude knew that Guandong and Shuzhong soldiers and horses were entering Guanzhong in large numbers, tens of thousands of soldiers came within three months.Looking at the current trend, tens of thousands of people will probably come over in the next few months, and the imperial court wants to complete their work in one battle.The saint's patience to regain Chang'an is probably running out.

"Huangchao is short of food." As an insider, Li Xiang is of course very aware of the actual situation in Chang'an, and he only heard him say: "It may still be able to hold on at the moment, after all, Chang'an, Wannian, Xianyang, Lantian, Zhaoying, Weinan, Liyang Waiting for the county to harvest a crop of grain a month ago. But there are more than [-] people in the nest, and I heard that they are still recruiting for the army recently. There are too many soldiers and the army is short of food, and it will not last for half a year."

Shao Shude nodded upon hearing this.If the encirclement cannot be broken from the outside, and there is a lack of food inside, then Chang'an will not be able to stay.According to the habits of the Chao army's rogue bandits, someone must have suggested going elsewhere for development.Even if Huang Chao didn't want to leave Chang'an's palace, he couldn't disobey the will of the people. It was inevitable for the whole army to retreat, unless he could smash the official army and regain the grain production bases in the surrounding counties.

"Huang Chao has stolen the pseudonym for several years, and he is definitely reluctant to part with the emperor's majesty. Hit, I guess I still have to do it, otherwise how can I be reconciled."

"What the commander said is true." Li Xiang replied: "We are preparing for a deadly battle. I just don't know how to enjoy a few more days of peace after this battle."

"It depends on human effort." Shao Shude said: "I'm not afraid of General Li's jokes. Shao once had an ideal, which is to restore peace to the world, so that the people have enough food and clothing, and don't worry about being harmed by thieves."

Li Xiang shook his head in his heart when he heard the words, these words can also deceive people like Wang Yu, they have traveled far and wide by themselves, how can one person change the world?However, he still said: "Mr. Li admires the ambition of the commander-in-chief. There are many people in the world today, and there are very few people like the commander-in-chief. You should drink this cup to the full."

"Drink this cup full."

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Li Xiang only stayed in Gaoling for one day, and then returned to Weiqiao Town Camp.Shao Shude's order to him was to stick to the camp area, if Huang Chao left, the Dongwei Bridge was a route, and he had to guard against it.

After Li Xiang left, Zhuge Shuang led his troops south for a tour.

Shao Shude felt that he was becoming more and more Buddhist, and almost had the feeling of lying flat and waiting for others to wipe out Huang Chao. Is this the legendary lying win?But after thinking about it, I can understand. At this age, what else is there to pursue?The credit is enough, and there is a place to stay, so why take any more risks?

After defeating Meng Kai, the Tielin Army ushered in another idle period.It seems unsafe to go south to actively attack more than [-] Chao troops, and the Chao troops no longer cross the north, so the situation has froze.

No one can do anything to the monks in the camp in the west, and the fight over there is a mess, and it has basically stopped at present.Shao Shude didn't bother to care about other people. There were many casualties in the last battle and there were vacancies for soldiers. Recently, many people from Guanzhong came to join the army with their troops. They just accepted and replenished the troops, and then practiced more frequently.

By the way, these Guanzhong people all came to join the army after hearing that Shao Shude beheaded the general of the Chao army and punished the people for crimes.Now Marshal Shao's reputation in this area is very good, at least much better than the image of those feudal towns whose mud can't support the wall.

Until the end of October, a full three months had passed, and Huang Chao showed no signs of attacking.This group of people really don't want to make progress. It has been almost two years since they invaded Chang'an. The territory has not expanded at all, and there is no long-term strategic plan. It seems that they are just living day by day.

Just like this, can you sit firmly in the world?In a few days, I am afraid that even the emperors of several counties will not be able to sit still.

On the eighth day of November, the capital commander Wang Duo arrived in Huazhou from Hezhong Mansion, with more than [-] soldiers who had recently arrived from Henan.

On the tenth day of November, Li Keyong led more than [-] people to Tongzhou.

On November [-], another [-] Hebei sergeants arrived in Guanzhong.

After a rough calculation by Wang Shizhong, there were 8 or [-] imperial court troops, and the time for a decisive battle seemed ripe.

In order to motivate the soldiers to fight, Wang Shizhong asked the court to give a new round of rewards to the main commanders.

In December, the imperial court authorized Wang Duo to play.

Shao Shude doesn't care about other people, he only cares about Li Keyong and Zhu Wen.Among them, Li Keyong was granted the envoy of the Yanmen Festival and the Observation Envoy of the Xin Dynasty. To put it bluntly, he handed over the two prefectures of Xin and Dai to Li Keyong.Zhu Wen moved to Xuanwu, but he cannot take up his post yet. The court made it very clear, "When Chang'an is restored, the order will go to the town."In other words, at this time Zhu Wen had to take his 1-odd horses to fight Huang Chao.

As a "star-level" general of several defeated bandits, Shao Shude was granted the envoy of Xia Sui Yinyou Jiedu to observe and deal with, the envoy of the detainees, the envoy of appeasement of the Pingxia party, the envoy of Yinchuan supervisor, and the governor of Xiazhou. Now I can seriously call him "Shao Dashuai".

By the way, Shao Shude is now concurrently serving as the deputy capital commander of the northern camp, in charge of more than [-] people from the Xia Sui Army, the Fufang Army, and the Huang Chao Jiang Army Li Xiang's Department.The imperial court could see that Zhuge Shuang basically didn't care about things now, so it's better to let those who are willing to fight fight well.

On December 3th, another [-] soldiers from Yi Ding and Zhongwu arrived in Guanzhong.Li Ke used the follow-up [-] horses to arrive in Hezhong and Tongzhou.

On December 27, the sage issued a reward, and the man gave three strings of money and two bolts of silk.On the same day, Wang Shizhong ordered all armies to gather in all directions and advance to Chang'an.

It was already the 28th when Shao Shude received the order, and the Tielin Army had already made preparations for dispatching the entire army.Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is nothing to do.Two months ago, Liu Zijing had taken five hundred auxiliary soldiers to escort food, goods, five thousand nesters, and more than a thousand Guanzhong households to Suizhou. The equipment is sufficient, and the sergeant's mental state is also good, ready to fight!

On the morning of the 28th, the Tielin Army went south in batches, with the target: Dongwei Bridge.

The sergeants are high-spirited. It is almost the last battle. After the battle, they can go home with their goods. How happy they are!
　Try to update as much as possible today, but it’s hard to say exactly how many. . . . . .

　　Bought a Red Bull.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)