Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1055 Meeting and Arrangements

On the sixth day of August in the first year of Tianyou, the Xing Ming magnetic war entered the final stage.

Most of the local peasants who had been summoned were let go.The autumn harvest is just around the corner, and Henan has just breathed a sigh of relief. If this year's autumn harvest is delayed because Ding Zhuang is on the battlefield, it will be a big trouble.

The war has been going on for more than a month. If you count from the south to Huaibei, the fighting time will be longer. There are many battle losses in various ministries, and no battalion is complete. Replenishment is urgently needed.

Luoyang originally had [-] meritorious men drawn from the Longxiang army, Shao Shude ordered all of them to be sent to Xing Mingci to supplement the army.For the shortfall, recruits were recruited from [-] soldiers from Xuzhou and recruits from Shanzhou Academy and Yunzhou Academy to make up for it.

While resting and reorganizing, each army replenished to lay a solid foundation for the next stage of operations.

At such a moment, An Jinquan quietly came to Ye County.Shao Shude summoned him at the Wanjin Station by the Fushui River.

An Jinquan's family also came. His two sons were 11 years old and the other was only [-] years old. Shao Shude asked people to reward him with some small gadgets such as jade.

He took a special look at An Shenqi.

Historically, after the fall of the Later Liang Dynasty, the Hedong Department entered Bianzhou.From then on, the Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou, and Song dynasties all belonged to the Hedong family. An Shenqi, a veteran of Hedong, also got along like a fish in water. Their kind of martial arts family became unknown.

"Anjia Dalang is also 11 years old, right? I want to recruit him into the Yin Anzhi, but I don't know what An Shijun wants?" Shao Shude asked with a smile.

An Jinquan let out a long sigh and said, "This is a blessing for a dog."

Shao Shude laughed, poured a bowl of tea for An Jinquan himself, and said: "In the past, the alliance of Huayue Temple, my elder brother and I were married to Jinlan, and it has been almost 20 years."

Speaking of this, he sighed softly, as if reminiscing: "My Shao family moved to Fengzhou during the reign of Empress Wu, and the population was not abundant. After Dezong, the frontiers were restless, and the family gradually declined. Up to my generation, there is no elder brother. , no younger brothers, no clan relatives, I don’t know how happy I am after being recognized as a righteous brother. The Shao and Li families used to go around a lot during the festivals, but these two years have calmed down, it really shouldn’t be.”

Princess Zhe Fangai is indeed a good wife.Over the years, I have firmly maintained the relationship with the Li family. Even if the response is not very enthusiastic, there will never be any shortage of courtesy during various festivals. The scene is done to the extreme, and no one can make a mistake.

Of course, Princess Liu of Jin also played a key role.I don't know what she thought, but she did respond positively to Zhe Fangai, which also played a big role in maintaining the relationship between the two families.

An Jinquan picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and listened silently.

When it comes to the affairs of the world, there is no family affection at all, father and son brothers can kill each other, let alone recognize brothers.The conflict between King Xia and King Jin may be difficult to reconcile.

"I'm not hiding it." Shao Shude said again: "I'm very interested in this world, and I want to start a new dynasty. The towns in the north, namely Hedong and Hebei Weiping, I definitely want to take them."

Everyone knows Shao Shude's heart.An Jinquan was not surprised when he said this.Hedong is now the biggest obstacle to Shao Shude's unification of the north, and there must be more frequent wars in the future.

"Actually, brother righteous, why do you want to fight me to death?" Shao Shude said: "If I found a country, as my elder brother, it's only natural for me to win the title of king. Nephews, talented ones will be appointed. When nieces get married, they will be Uncle, offering a dowry is also what it should be. Even if you wait, I will treat you equally."

Having said that, Shao Shude gave some instructions in a low voice.

After a while, General Tu's military envoy Kang Yanxiao, Wuwei Army Du You Yi's envoy An Xiuxiu, and General Tu's deputy Mi Zhicheng all came to see him.Obviously, they were also summoned by Shao Shude.

"Kang Yanxiao, who was originally a soldier in Taiyuan, went south to Bianzhou. He started from the head of the team and rose to the rank of Duke of Yu. He is now an envoy of General Tu."

"Anxiuxiu, you are an old acquaintance, needless to say. In the past, he was as famous as Xue Atan, and he was the Hedong Xiao general. He was famous for a while, and now he is the Youyi envoy of the Wuwei Army."

"Mi Zhicheng, voted for me after the Battle of Lu County, starting from the team. During this Northern Expedition, he also made great achievements in battle. He has been promoted to lieutenant general and leads a battalion of soldiers and horses."

The three generals were all from Hedong, and it is typical for them to work under Shao Shude now.

An Jinquan was not familiar with Kang Yanxiao, but he was very familiar with An Xiuxiu.An Xiuxiu, An Renyi and others were all from the Shatuo tribe. Like Kang Yanxiao, they all violated military discipline, feared punishment from the shogunate, and defected to other forces.

An Xiuxiu is now a general of the Xia army, and An Renyi is the governor of Huainan, and they are doing well.

After An Jinquan met them, he naturally sighed.

Mi Zhicheng watched coldly, without saying a word.He is not a small person, and his emotional intelligence is not high. Although he is also from the Shatuo tribe, his relationship with other people is very ordinary.When attacking Fuyang, he shot all the arrows without fail, and shot and killed many bandits in succession. He made great contributions and was promoted to lieutenant general.

An Jinquan didn't know him well, and he was not very happy when he heard that he "contributed to the north", so he only said a few words and ignored him.

"Under my account, there is no distinction between Xia general, Liang general, and Jin general. As long as you are honest and dare to fight hard in battle, I will not hesitate to reward you." Shao Shude said: "However, since you are the elder brother The old department, I look at it kindly, and it will be of great use in the future."

Upon hearing this, several people thanked him one after another.

Of course, there are some words to listen to.What King Xia trusted the most was his veteran Guan Xi Yuancong.When you drop troops and generals, you will not be able to rise up to a certain level. Everyone knows that.But these beautiful words are still very comfortable to hear, because it shows that at least King Xia will not discriminate against the generals in Hedong, and will not deliberately suppress them, which is enough.

"The Jin army is capable of fighting, and the generals are also capable. If you fight with me like this, you will only end up in a situation where both sides will suffer. Why bother?" Shao Shude turned his gaze back to An Jin's body, and said, "If Mr. An If you are touched, you might as well contact your old acquaintances. Jin soldiers and generals, as long as you come to vote, I will never treat you badly."

Xu Shi still couldn't get rid of his face for a while, or he didn't want to do things that would be unfavorable to Li Keyong, An Jinquan still didn't say anything.Shao Shude didn't think it was disobedient, and continued to drink tea with them with a smile, and chatted about other topics.They were not allowed to leave until sunset.

Before leaving, An Jinquan was conferred the post of governor of Fuzhou by him—the governor of Mingzhou under King Jin's tent, but the governor of Kunzhou under King Xia's tent. Li and Shao are worthy of righteous brothers. The subordinates defected to each other, and they all seemed to have a good future.

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On the tenth day of August, Shao Shude appointed Lu Huaizhong as the defense envoy of Xing Mingci to defend the five prefectures, and the armies of Wuwei, Tujiang, Jinglue, Feixiong, and Yinqiang were under his control.

Many Jin soldiers were captured in this battle. After the Tutuan villagers were released, there were still tens of thousands of soldiers, most of whom were soldiers from prefectures and counties. This meeting also came to Ye County and formed an array in the wilderness outside the city.

Shao Shude looked at these uneasy faces and said, "Choose three thousand strong men and send them to Luoyang for training, and then they will be sent to various ministries as supplementary soldiers."

"Another [-] old and weak people were picked out and sent to Shendu Garden to build embankments and palaces."

"The remaining 3000 people were sent to Sizhou and handed over to Li Tangbin to replenish the blood of Longxiang's army."

The miscellaneous troops under the command of Li Tangbin have conquered Donghe City in Suzhou on the north bank of the Huai River and wiped out more than [-] enemies. The news has just been reported here.

Once the city was pulled out, Yang Xingmi lost another stronghold on the north bank of the Huai River.At this time, Li Tangbin has led his army eastward to besiege Linhuai.Shao Shude didn't care much about this journey, they were all motley troops who had been drafted many times, and it didn't matter what they were beaten into.

According to the latest data reported by the Xuzhou camp, the Longxiang Army still has a strength of over [-], the Dragon and Tiger Army has [-] troops, the Japanese Army has [-], the Holy Army has [-], and the Gongchen Army has [-]. .

For them, three thousand Jin troops surrendered and died, which was nothing but a drop in the bucket.It is estimated that the generals of the Longxiang army also find it very boring. Sergeants who fight well can be selected into the forbidden army. From then on, they can get far more than their salaries. Well, alas, it's hard to say.

"Send an order to Muzang Jieming, don't worry, go back to Henan." After dealing with the matter of surrendering troops, Shao Shude issued another order.

After crossing the river between Pu and Yun from the right side of Yi Congjun's army, he first defeated the Bozhou soldiers and killed more than a thousand thieves, and then surrounded Bozhou City with lightning speed.

Well, almost won it on the spot.But it's just such a small difference that it has not been able to conquer until now-it was impossible to break through the city while the enemy was in chaos at the beginning, and it was basically difficult when they calmed down.

Wei Bo Jiedu envoy Luo Shaowei dispatched 4000 yamen soldiers and more than [-] town soldiers to help, and defeated the Yicong army under the city of Bozhou.

Shao Shude was worried that he could not hide Jie Ming's superiors, so he tossed out the capital of more than [-] people in the right wing of the Yi Cong Army in the field battle, so he asked him to retreat across the Yellow River and try to make progress later.

From this incident, he also firmly decided to kill Wei Bo Yabing.The town soldiers may be able to pick and choose and accept and surrender a batch, but the government soldiers cannot take any of them.He can fight, and he is rebellious, so let's all die.

"Send an envoy to Zhenzhou to meet Wang Rong, and I will promise him the title of county king, and see what he says." Shao Shude finally said.

The one promised to Wang Rong is naturally the new county king, which is lower than Wang Rong's current King Zhao, but the gold content is completely different.

Wang Rong's Zhao Wang is the same as Shao Shude's Xia Wang, only his generation.Therefore, strictly speaking, their eldest son cannot be called the eldest son, because the prince cannot be hereditary.

But the county king of the new dynasty can inherit it.Although Wang Rongfei was about to be downgraded from the second generation of his title as an old man, but the food town was the real deal, and there was no shortage of wealth, it all depended on how he chose.

If he is coerced by generals and warriors like Luo Shaowei, or if he is unwilling to give up power, then he has nothing to say and can only fight——Shao ​​Shude tends to think that Wang Rong will not surrender, because history has given I don't know the answer, but it doesn't hurt to give it a try, in case there is a surprise.

After finishing speaking, he led Yin An to go straight south, returned to Weizhou, and dealt with official duties nearby.

(End of this chapter)