Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1123
In fact, there is nothing to talk about with those stubborn old men in Hebei.Shao Shude also had other things to do and he was very busy, so he combined the two into one and invited Zhou Shi to a small horse farm by the Ningbi Pool and asked him to wait first.

"In the past few years, there have been a lot of complicated things. The last time I awarded swords to my sons was at the end of Tang Qianning." On the racecourse, Shao Shude looked at the students standing in front of him, and said with emotion: " I still remember that year, Shao Zhixian, Shao Zhixue, and Qiu Zengxiang were the most outstanding, and my relatives presented the sword with high hopes."

Standing in front of him were all newly graduated martial arts students at the beginning of this year, a total of 295 people, who were about to be assigned to the army after familiarizing themselves with the military rules.

Nowadays, the ones with more vacancies are actually the three armies of Wuwei, Jinglue, and Yicong who just finished the war.Not only did the soldiers suffer a lot of battle losses, but the officers also suffered a lot of casualties, and there were a lot of vacancies. It was not a big problem to arrange less than [-] team leaders and team officers.

There are also a small number of vacancies for General Tu, but not many.

Overall, if the destination is assigned, the Wuwei Army is the most suitable.

However, Shao Shude was not very relieved about the newly reorganized Longxiang Army.So he ordered to transfer 150 low-level officers from the Longxiang Army to Wuwei and other armies, and then from the newly graduated martial arts students this year, 150 people who were more outstanding were transferred to the Longxiang Army, 45 people were added to the Generals of the Storm, and the remaining [-] students , added to the Hubei Daozhou Army being formed.

Long Xiang and Tu Jiang, two troops not directly from Kansai, involved a lot of Shao Shude's energy.

In recent years, Ruzhou, Henan Prefecture, and Bianzhou have successively opened martial arts schools and recruited students to train them.

Judging from the number of students, martial arts is still an elite training mode.With the power of a state, only dozens of students are recruited each year, and many of the places are given to people from relatively ordinary families.

For these families, it is almost a crucial step for the carp to jump over the dragon's gate, and it also makes them full of gratitude to Shao Sheng, and their loyalty is relatively high.

As of the first year of Jianji, a total of ten states have opened martial arts, and a total of 1835 graduates have been trained.They want martial arts to have martial arts, military strategy to have military strategy, and their loyalty is relatively good. They have gradually become the backbone and backbone of a part of the forbidden army.

The Tianxiong Army, which has almost completely completed martial arts, has seen its performance on the battlefield.

General Tu, a unit with complex sources, has greatly improved its combat effectiveness after carrying out the construction of martial arts, and its combat effectiveness has improved rapidly.

Now that the Longxiang Army has also begun to absorb martial arts students, Shao Shude hopes to be like the Tianxiong Army, and slowly eat up these two complicated troops and become his direct descendants.

"Half of the [-] soldiers of the Longxiang Army are from the Chishui and Yicong armies, and the remaining half have been fighting for so many years, and they are also veteran fighters. After you leave the army, you must be diligent and diligent. Look down on others. You must know that there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the people. You have practiced for many years, and others are not easy to eat, so do it well." Shao Shude walked through the first row of students one by one, tidied up their armor, tightened their quiver, and warmly Yan said.

"Swear allegiance to His Majesty to the death." Led by the leading student, everyone shouted in unison.

"Huh?" Shao Shude pretended to be displeased, and said, "They are all my sons, what are they called Your Majesty?"

"Follow the instructions of the general office." Finally someone came to his senses and took the lead in shouting.

"Follow the instructions of the general office." Everyone suddenly realized, and shouted in unison.

Shao Shude turned his anger into joy, and asked people to bring swords and distribute them on the spot, saying: "My students, I am rare, I like them, and I am happy to see them."

After all, a few carriages were pulled over.The car was full of goods donated by various towns, and they were all top-notch, such as pearls from Bohai, foreign treasures from East Lingnan, famous jade carvings from Hangzhou, gold and silver wares from Fujian, and so on.

Shao Shude asked people to roll their names according to the book, and handed out the rewards one by one. While handing out, he said: "My students represent my face. They are about to leave the army. How can they have no money to socialize with their colleagues? Two money per person , five pieces of silk, and two rare treasures, it will be my meeting gift."

"The money and silk are the booty captured from Wei Bo, and it is the result of all the armies' hard work. The treasures are offered by the soldiers in every town who are intimidated by me." Shao Shude continued: "From now on, I will rely on you for my face. It’s up to you. Wealthy beauties, you have to fight with your own swords and guns. If you don’t fight well, I will lose face and worry for you.”

"Boss! If you frown before the bandit army strikes, you don't need to blame the boss, I will commit suicide and apologize."

"General Manager, take us to the battlefield, and swear to the death that we will not retreat, killing the thieves will be frightening."

"The general manager has an order, and he will follow everything. Enemy soldiers, rebellious officials and thieves in the feudal town, I will kill them one by one."

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"Good! Good! Good!" Shao Shude smiled from ear to ear.

He took no trouble and distributed the rewards one by one. Of the 295 people, none of them were left behind.And the attitude seems to be very sincere, as if the elders care about the younger generation, ask a few words casually, understand some situations, and then encourage them, this group of boys who are generally eighteen or nineteen years old are grateful and their morale is almost high. for the essence.

After distributing the rewards, Shao Shude took a test of martial arts on the spot, and then rewarded the top few with the horses of the gods.

Money is completely external to him.

He is not greedy for money and has no interest at all.As long as there were any good things on hand, they finally found some excuses and rewarded them one after another.

He is only interested in beauties.But Mei Ji, who is of ordinary status, he often rewards.

Shao Sheng's generosity and generosity are well known both inside and outside the court.For this reason, he is full of energy and enthusiasm in his work, which may be one of the important reasons why Xia Jun maintains strong morale.

"Judge Zhou, what do you think of this group of young men?" After returning to the top chair, Shao Shude asked Zhou Shi to be brought over, and asked with a smile.

"Mighty and majestic, loyal and brave to fight. On the battlefield, if you lead a strong fighter, you will be invincible." Zhou Shi said.

"I already know the reason for your visit." Shao Shude smiled and said, "It's not easy to come here, so let's stay in Luoyang, the place has been arranged."

Zhou Shi was startled, is this going to put him under house arrest?

"Send someone back to tell Wang Rong that Luo Shaowei made the right choice at the critical moment, what is he waiting for?" Shao Shude said, "Go on."

"Your Majesty, I still have something to say." Zhou Shi said hastily.

"It's a cliché, I don't want to hear it." Shao Shude waved his hand, and soon a sergeant came over and asked Zhou Shi to leave.

Zhou Shi was silent for a while, and had no choice but to leave.

After Zhou Shi left, Wang Chuzhi was brought over again.

Shao Shude looked at him with a smile, and asked: "The Wang family of Dingzhou and my brother-in-law are relatives by marriage, why did General Wang come to Luoyang?"

"Weibo's tens of thousands of warriors collapsed, and the largest town in Hebei was destroyed. Ding and Zhen were worried, so they had to come." Wang Chuzhi said.

"General Wang is an honest man." Shao Shude said in surprise: "I want Commander Wang to send troops to attack Weizhou, is it possible?"

"I have heard that His Majesty promises a lot, if he can inherit the foundation of the Wang family from generation to generation, it is not impossible." Wang Chuzhi said.

"Who in the world doesn't know about the calamity of the feudal town? Even generals and officials don't dare to guarantee their lives." Shao Shude said: "If the commander-in-chief offers Yiding two prefectures to surrender, how can I begrudge a reward?"

Wang Chuzhi didn't speak.

"The Yiwu army has always been loyal and brave. When the nest is in chaos, they will enter the pass to fight and finally break the yellow nest." Shao Shude said: "The general situation is clear today, why bother to struggle? Wang Shuai sent you here, obviously flustered, so why bother?" Woolen cloth?"

Wang Chuzhi sighed, but still didn't speak.

"General Wang is also staying in Luoyang." Shao Shude waved his hand again, and his own sergeant took him away.

"Cangjing, Chengde, Yiding, hehe, after beating Weibo, it's like stabbing a hornet's nest. They all became scared." Shao Shude stood up, shook his head with a smile: "The root of their small thoughts is still there. Li Ke used it on him."

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Xiao Agu has only been in Hedong for a few days.

In the past year, the relationship between Qi and Jin has made a breakthrough.Under the common pressure of Xia Jun, the enemy has basically turned into a friend.

Khitan no longer sent people to harass Youzhou, and even moved the grazing pasture to the north for more than a hundred li to show their sincerity.

Youzhou also withdrew many soldiers and horses, abandoned several fortresses, and promised not to send elite cavalry into the grasslands to plunder property.

The inside of Khitan was very happy about this.

The Xia army's offensive on the western front is almost every year, and now it has become a routine. Every May, troops will be sent to break into Khitan territory from various roads, burning, killing, and looting, and even set up a very angry incident. Name: Da Caogu.

As a last resort, the eight Khitan tribes mobilized a large number of elite soldiers and generals, went westward into the pine forest area of ​​the flat land, and repeatedly fought and harassed each other with the vassal tribes of the Xia Kingdom.

As a result, the situation was temporarily stabilized, but the offensive against the Bohai Kingdom suddenly slowed down, giving people the feeling of being relieved.

After repeated discussions in the middle school, they felt that if they wanted to fight against the Xia people for a long time, they must obtain a relatively rich rear area as a support, and Bohai State was a good target.To achieve this goal, it is impossible not to send more troops.Looking at the current situation, the only ones who can mobilize troops, equipment, cattle and sheep are probably only the southern front.

Therefore, it is inevitable for Qi and Jin to turn their enemies into friends, or even form an alliance to help each other. If they don't do this, both sides may not be able to survive, and they will be wiped out one by one by the Xia people.

Xiao Agu only came to Jinyang in a hurry to further strengthen the relationship between the two parties: A Baoji suggested that he and Li Keyong should make an appointment as brothers, and Agu just came to do this.

Before officially coming ahead of schedule, he privately asked Gai Yu, King Jin's confidant, to inquire about the situation.The result was very satisfactory, King Jin did not reject it, so this matter is almost inseparable.

In addition, he has one more thing, that is to join forces with the Jin army and the Yiwu army to launch a large-scale battle on the Daibei grassland, frustrating the enthusiasm of the Xia people, and uprooting the tribes they migrated over.

Abaoji has great determination and has been thinking about it for a long time, but it requires the cooperation of Li Keyong, so we can talk about it together this time.

There was a neat shout of killing not far away.

It was the fifth battalion of the new army that was training, with a total of more than 5 people.It is heard that the first [-] soldiers recruited have been trained for three years, and they are almost ready to go into battle. King Jin's military strength is growing steadily, and Xiao Agu is just happy to see it.

"General Xiao, my king is here to invite you." A general of the Jin army entered the post and said.

"Okay, I'll go now." Xiao Agu just got up all of a sudden, and said hastily.

After waiting for several days, it can be regarded as waiting.In any case, Li Ke must be persuaded to send troops this time.

(End of this chapter)