Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1065 Here Comes Again

On the second day of November in the first year of Tianyou, the first snow of this winter fell.

Wang Pu worked tirelessly and left Luoyang with his entourage.

This time he learned his lesson, instead of going to Heyang, he went to Bianzhou first, crossed Hebei before the big river was frozen, and arrived in Weizhou on the tenth day of November.

People in the state government came in and out, but no one paid him any attention.It was not until noon that Li Yixian, the commander of Yin'an Zhi, invited him to have a meal with Shao Shude.

Lu Huaizhong is also here today, speaking at this moment.

"The Linqing bandit army fought me several times before, and now they have avoided fighting." Lu Huaizhong said: "The bandit is relying on savings, and it is not a way to continue like this. The strategic military needs to defend Xing Mingci. , the forces of Wuwei and Tujiang are too scattered, if Chengde goes south in a big way, it will be very difficult."

"What do you think?" Shao Shude asked.

The Battle of Beizhou has lasted for nearly two months. The Lu Huaizhong Group, with Wuwei and Tujiang as the main force, has successively conquered the three counties of Jingcheng, Wucheng and Weizhou's Zongcheng.

Because of the many strategies implemented, every county had to force it, and at the same time divide the troops to guard it.

Each grain transportation team also had to send additional manpower, which also took up a lot of troops.

In addition, more and more troops went to the countryside to collect food and materials and suppress militias, further diluting the strength of the troops.

After seven buckles and eight buckles, Lu Huaizhong can only use more than 3 troops. This is not counting the soldiers and horses that need to be guarded against Chengde, and the reserve team that is left on hand as a mobile force. 2 people can besiege Beizhou or Linqing.

"Your Highness, please send me more troops." Lu Huaizhong said.

"Old Lu, actually you have a question that you don't want to understand." Shao Shude said: "When I fight Wei Bo, the primary goal is not to occupy land, but to kill people."

Although Lu Huaizhong had a premonition, he was still shocked by such blatant and undisguised words.

"When Your Highness was the team leader in Xicheng... Sigh." Lu Huaizhong sighed, feeling a little melancholy in his heart.

In his mind, Shao Shude was not bloodthirsty or cruel, and he strictly restrained military discipline when he conquered cities and territories. He was a rare and gentle warrior in this era.

But now, he is a little disappointed.

"Wang Yu once told me that he is willing to kill for me, let's see if he can make a name for himself." Shao Shude said: "Fighting the world is not about you and me. Hello everyone. I attacked Henan and defeated the enemy in one battle. Some prefectures and counties surrendered directly. There was no need to send troops to guard them. They even consciously supervised the delivery of food and grass to help me fight. You have also fought for two months and have repeatedly defeated the bandit army. Can a city and a county come to surrender on their own initiative? "

"Are state and county officials here to supervise the transportation of grain and grass?"

"Is there a local big family that sends children who are skilled in bow and horse to join the army?"

"Is there anyone who rewards the soldiers with wine and meat?"

"You send people to the countryside to collect grain, grass, mules and horses. The number of people is less than one hundred. How dare you?"

"The county town or military town that was taken down did not leave troops to guard it. Would it be possible that they rebelled again that night?"

Lu Huaizhong drank a bowl of wine irritably, and said, "Actually, it's not that serious."

"Yes, it's not that serious because the Wei soldiers have been defeated by me repeatedly." Shao Shude said: "If our army suffers a few defeats, it will immediately inspire more Wei people to rebel."

"The more our army wins, the fewer people dare to rebel."

"There are more than 200 million people in the four prefectures of Weibo, and there are countless people who dare to fight. Kill them all, or kill them so timidly that they dare not make trouble, and the rest will naturally be honest."

"Don't just think about taking shortcuts in everything. Don't hold back those grasshead militias and kill them fiercely. If it's really pitiful, after the bandits break up and leave the team, just open and close your eyes. Don't kill them all."

"Sometimes it is even possible to deliberately sell some flaws to encourage more Wei Bo people to rise up and resist, and then kill all those who are brave and brave, and the rest will be captured and sent to Luoyang to repair the palace."

Lu Huaizhong was a little surprised.

What he said before, although he couldn't bear it, he still understood.But deliberately luring more Wei Bo people to revolt, this method is a bit...

"Forget it, I didn't say the last one." Shao Shude couldn't bear it.

Those bird people in Weibo, if you give them hope, it is really possible to gather a large number of vigilantes and attack you overwhelmingly.At that time, if there are tens of thousands of people, will you kill them or not?

If you kill too much, there will be peace.They killed less, and they forbear it for the time being, and they will rebel when they see the opportunity later—from the two prefectures of Xiangwei, it can be seen that there have been three rebellions in the two prefectures this month. Although the scale is not large, it is disturbing. Shao Shude For a while I thought all my hard work was in vain.

"I'll give you some more local folks, let them guard the enemy cities and military towns that we have taken down. Outsiders, don't collude with Mr. Wei Bowu." Shao Shude said.

"Okay." Lu Huaizhong nodded in agreement.

You don't need any good soldiers to defend the city, but courage is enough.If it was Henan Xiangyong, he would indeed not have any sympathy for the people of Weibo, and it would be nice if he didn't kill people.

"The number of soldiers has increased. Before the end of the year, I need to see some results." Shao Shude said again.

Lu Huaizhong's heart trembled, and he replied: "Please wait for the good news, Your Highness."

To be honest, he didn't notice when the "team leader" and "general manager" who used to fight with them, wrap their wounds together, laugh together, and worry together with them disappeared less and less.

Instead, it is the "His Royal Highness" who skillfully uses various techniques of officialdom balance, binds people with interests, and intimidates people with force.The rewards given to the old brothers are sufficient, and it can even be said that there is more than enough, but the kind feeling is getting weaker and weaker, and the business-like attitude in the words is becoming more and more obvious.

Your Highness, seems to be familiar with the emperor's way of doing things.

Even if it's a friend who has been playing with bare buttocks since childhood, that friendship is nothing in front of the difference between monarch and minister, right?

Wang Pu was quickly led in by Li Yixian.

"See Your Highness." Wang Pu bowed and saluted.

"I see Mr. Wang again." Shao Shude said with a smile.

"This time..." Wang Pu organized his words, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Shao Shude.

"I know about this, so let's go back." Shao Shude said: "You decide what to say when you go back."

"Yes." Wang Pu was not surprised at all.

Grant Xiangguo, Zong Baikui, take Shuofang, Xuanwu, Hezhong, Tianping, Taining, Ganhua and other towns as Xiaguo... As long as there is no brain hole, who would agree to this kind of thing?
In history, Zhu Quanzhong also knew how to pretend to be coercive and "be angry but not accept it". He also said that others framed him and he was loyal to the emperor.In the end, didn't you accept it with pleasure?

To put it bluntly, it is called pretense, and to put it nicely, it is called going out of the process.

We all know it's acting, but you just have to have the process of acting, otherwise you will be despised by people, you are a grass-roots team, a vulgar martial artist, and your majesty is not enough.

"Don't forget to receive the reward." Shao Shude added.

This is for Li Yixian.

Rejected, the reward is a little bit less, this is a signal under the surface, everyone understands it.And this was not invented by Shao Shude, it has always been like this since ancient times.

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Outside Gaotang County, thousands of Wei soldiers shouted loudly and pursued bravely.

It's really frustrating!
These days, he has been oppressed and beaten.There must have been seven or eight rounds in Bozhou, and only two games were won, with a loss of more than [-] troops.

In the second half of last month, Yin Xingfang, the new commander of the Shanhe Army, was ordered not to respond to the enemy's challenge, but to stick to the camp and the city.It is safe to be safe, but the morale of the soldiers is low, and they are even more unbearable.

Seeing that this is not the answer, Yin Dutou decided to choose the enemy troops carefully and win a few battles to boost morale.

It's also good luck, the Xia people sent a group of chaotic state soldiers here today.Judging from the disorganized formation, messy equipment, and loud noise, most of them are weak soldiers.Li Daonu, the commander of Hengchong City guarding Gaotang, made the decision on the spot and led more than [-] people to fight.

There are only 2000 people in Hengchong, but they are very elite.Sure enough, as soon as they fought, Xia Jun was defeated.Those present were all old veterans, so they could naturally tell whether it was a real defeat or a fake defeat, so they chased and killed them bravely, sweeping away the depression in their chests.

At this time, they had been chased several miles away, and everyone couldn't run anymore, their helmets were crooked, and they were out of breath.Xia Bing, who was chased by them, died even worse, leaving behind hundreds of corpses.

And at this moment, a large group of cavalry turned out from behind the woods not far away.They were aggressive, and gradually picked up their horse speed, and with an indomitable momentum, they cut the pursuing Wei army into several sections.

"So ruthless!" Li Daonu, who had just hacked to death a Xia Jun military academy, was horrified.

Feint!Fufa!Two words popped out of his mind.

There's no time, hurry up - run away!
As a result, Wei Jun, who had been going forward with great momentum just now, threw away his helmet and armor, and turned back and ran in the direction he came from.

In front of their pursuit, officers of the Xia army began to gather the soldiers who were still in shock, and organized those who still had weapons, and returned their carbines when they came.

"Don't worry about those town soldiers and local regiments, just watch the government soldiers fight." Qizhou State Army Commander Wang Jiao rushed over and threw out the last reserve team in his hand.

There was another sound of hooves in the southeast.

Ye Likecheng, the commander of the Yunzhou State Army, took the lead, and had already found Hengchongdu, which was retreating.

Wang Jiao cursed secretly, clamped the horse's belly, and jumped out.

He had already set his sights on one person, and without hesitation at this time, he rode his horse into the crowd of Wei soldiers, waving his horse lance again and again, forcing several Wei soldiers who were trying to stop him away.And close, a lance stabbed down.

Li Daonu had been aware of it for a long time, and dodged at the critical moment.But before he could heave a sigh of relief, a throwing spear roared towards him, broke through the nail leaf on his abdomen, and got in deeply.

"The commander is dead!" Wei Bing shouted in panic.

Hearing this, the soldiers of Hengchong City, who were still planning to fight against each other, lost their morale to the bottom.It's all up to this, and I'm still playing a fart, let's go to each other!

"Don't worry about Tutuan, kill the yamen soldiers and leave none behind!" Ye Li Kecheng took a step back, saw that Wang Jiao had dismounted, swung a knife and cut off Li Daonu's head, sighed inwardly, then pulled himself together, ordered.

The two of them had exactly the same idea: to kill Wei Bo's most rebellious and most capable government soldiers, kill them all, and leave no one behind.

On the field at the edge of the battlefield, two more troops appeared.

One flag with the word "Dong" and the other with "Zhang", they are Dong Zhang, the commander of the Yanzhou State Army, and Zhang Wen, the commander of the Qingzhou State Army.

The two of them each took [-] cavalry, bypassed the battlefield, and went straight to Gaotang County, intending to grab the credit for the capture of the city.

Wang Jiao was too lazy to grab it.

He was cruising on the edge of the battlefield, shooting an arrow and throwing a spear from time to time, and every time he hit the enemy, he was sure to kill one person, and he never failed.

Dozens of riders followed behind Wang Jiao, looking at their commander with admiration and love.

A general, if there is a group of followers around him who admire him, admire him, and are willing to carry out mortal missions for him, he has already become famous.

The three thousand Qizhou soldiers are now basically as powerful as their arms.

"Huh!" Wang Jiao pulled out a short spear from his saddlebag, shot down an enemy general, and shattered their last formed resistance force.

The morale of the Xia army was greatly boosted, like a tiger descending the mountain, chasing death and chasing north.

Li Daonu's head was hung next to Wang Jiao's saddle, his eyes wide open.He never thought until his death that he was played to death by a group of state soldiers.

(End of this chapter)