Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

On September 27th, the second year of Jianji, the wind and sand continued, the sky was dark, and the sun could not be discerned.

The Flying Dragon Army arrived at Yunzhou on foot, leading the restless horses.

"Where did Li Siyuan go?" Liang Hanyong asked as soon as he entered the city.

At present, he only knows that Li Siyuan rode eastward with thousands of Xiongjie troops and tens of thousands of soldiers from Youzhou, crossed Fangshan Mountain, and his whereabouts were unknown.

There may also be cavalry units accompanying the army.But these cavalry troops have a strong ability to move freely, such as Yi'er, Tuqi, Tuzhen, Feiqi, Yunqi, Qinqi and other troops, they may be here for a while and there for a while, and they may not follow Li Siyuan away.

In addition, there are a large number of Khitan people, the Shatuo Three Clans, and other miscellaneous activities belonging to Li Keyong in the wild, so it is difficult to find out their specific whereabouts.

"Going back to the capital, the general guessed that it should be going east, and it may also go south." Wang He said.

Liang Hanyong raised his whip to beat him, isn't this nonsense?
"Dutou, news came from the state soldiers led by the last general that a large group of rebels appeared outside the Baidengshan camp, and then disappeared." Shi Shucong reported.

"Disappeared? Where did you go?" Liang Hanyong asked.

"The wind and sand are too strong, so it's hard to find out." Shi Shucong replied, "However, there is only one possible destination for the rebel army, and that is the Sanggan River. Cross the river and go down to Daizhou."

Liang Hanyong thought for a while and said, "Xue Li."

"The end is here!"

"You lead the Flying Dragon Army to dispatch from the right wing, and hold food and water for a few days. Don't divide the troops, add more." Liang Hanyong ordered: "You should bring the horses, whether you need them or not."

"Of order." Xue Li answered loudly.

In such bad weather, the horse was restless and frantic, and it was very difficult to ride a horse.But what if it stops? That will come in handy.

Defeating Shi Shanyou was delayed for a few days, who knows how far Li Siyuan ran, the wind and sand made things wrong.

But then again, without the wind and sand, is it possible for you to defeat Shi Shanyou so quickly and seize Yunzhou? They set up a village in place, and it is not a problem to persist for ten days and a half months. You can't be too greedy.

But Li Siyuan was also lucky.If he went with Shi Shanyou, the entire army would probably be wiped out.At most, they can persist for a longer time, but if the back road is cut off and they cannot return to Yunzhou, they will still die sooner or later.

"Wang He!" Liang Hanyong shouted again.

"The end is here."

"You command the various tribes gathered here, divide them into several divisions, and gather the defeated enemy troops."

"Of order." Wang He replied.

During the battle a few days ago, the entire army of Shi Shanyou was defeated, people were scattered everywhere, but they were not well gathered.In the past two days, many rout soldiers abandoned the city and fled south, and they must be arrested one by one.

If you don't catch them, they will run away, gather them up and rectify them, and fight you again.Or scattered in the countryside, burning, killing and looting are all troublesome things.

After finishing the order, Liang Hanyong led his troops to inspect the east and west cities of Yunzhou.

It used to be the capital of the later Wei Dynasty, and the regulations were very strict.Shops, workshops, temples and other facilities in the city are all available. To be honest, it is much better than Lingzhou, Fengzhou, Shengzhou, Linzhou and other places in the early years.

There are also a lot of people, both Han and Han, and the customs are diverse, which is amazing to see - after more than a hundred years of intermarriage, everyone is used to each other's existence, and the way of life gradually converges under the influence of each other, and has become the same as the Central Plains Huge difference. …

The only downside is that after fighting for many years, the people are too poor.

The buildings and streets are very grand, but there is a dilapidated atmosphere, and it is obvious that there is no money to repair them.

The furniture and furnishings are fairly eye-catching, but one can tell that they haven't been replaced for many years.

The same is true of the clothing of the people.

In a word, life can barely go on, but it is really very reluctant, struggling and hovering on the edge of living and not living.

In addition, there are soldiers in every household, which shows how insane the smoking has become in this place.

The economic lifeline of Yunzhou is animal husbandry and commerce, but frequent wars, repeated seesaws, and the lack of business travel, the herdsmen also
They scattered and died, which further damaged Yunzhou's economy.

I don't know what Shi Shanyou is insisting on. In this poor place, without large-scale immigration and investment, there is not much money to scratch.What's the point of having such a site?
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On September 28, Shi Shucong left Yunzhou with an army.

The wind and sand in the field are everywhere, and the mouth and nose are blocked.They only set off for a short while, and everyone was ashamed and morale was extremely low.

Then there were complaints in the army: "What kind of battle are you out in this terrible weather?"

Pei Guan, the battalion judge and urger who accompanied the army, frowned secretly when he heard this.

The state army, the Tibetan soldiers, and the Tutuan just can't bear it. They complain when it's hot, they're dissatisfied when it's raining, they don't want to move when it's snowing, and they complain even more when it's windy and sandy.

"Judge Pei don't have to worry, they are just complaining." Shi Shucong walked in armor, his face was not red and he was not panting, and his physical strength was really good. He continued: "Even complaints can't last long. Whoever talks more will be given a mouthful of sand."

Pei Guan laughed out loud, but after only two laughs, he wisely shut up.At the same time, he secretly thought that it was time to go to the imperial court and plant trees in Daibei.

In the early years when the sage governed Lingzhou, the wood needed for overhauling the city, houses, and other courtyards was cut from the Daxue Mountain (Hasi Mountain) in Huizhou, and transported to the wharf of the Yellow River to make wooden rafts and carry the goods down.After reaching the destination, the goods are sold and the timber is broken up and used as building material.

At that time, Mount Hasi was still afforested.Although the number of trees planted does not seem to be cut down as much, they are planted after all, not just cut down.

In Daibei, a ghostly place, there have been frequent wars in the past 20 years.From the time when Li Guochang and his son rebelled, there has been a lot of chaos.Every time the army came and went, they would wantonly cut down trees, but no one planted them.Over time, it's like this ghost.

Of course, Pei Guan also knew that the responsibility was not entirely in the past 20 years.In fact, as an important border defense town, where the enemy and the enemy see each other, Yunzhou has been like this for thousands of years.

"Judge Pei went eastward this time, why?" Pei Guan didn't want to talk, but Shi Shucong was very interested in talking, so he covered his mouth and nose and asked loudly.

Pei Guan thought for a while, and it seemed that there was nothing he could not say to others, so he said: "There is an order from the imperial court to set up Hedong Road. Since Yunzhou has been captured, it will be brought under the jurisdiction of Hedong Road. All counties, armies, towns, and cities will be sealed up. The treasury is waiting for inspection. All old officials and generals will be suspended, and they will be appointed after screening. In addition, Yun, Xin and other states will also make some moves."

The establishment of Hedong Road has also just been decided, and it has jurisdiction over the five prefectures of Jin, Jiang, Cixi and Pu - Hezhong Prefecture will be Puzhou. …

The four counties of Shuo and Rou prefectures, which were originally managed by Guanbei Road, were included in Hedong Road.

In addition, if the four prefectures of Yun, Xin, Yi, and Wei are captured, they will also be included in Hedong Road.

Of course, Yunzhou has a large area and a sparse population recently, so the administrative division may be readjusted.

Yunzhou only governs one county in Yunzhong.Xinzhou is also barren, and its counties were established slowly since the Tang Dynasty, such as Huai'an County in Najiang Shouzhuo City, Wende County in Yizhou in Xinzhou, Yongxing in Xinzhou in Weiser Army. counties etc.

The age is very short, and it was basically produced after the chaos of the local generals and the approval of the imperial court.

At present, Yunzhou governs Yunzhong (now Datong) county; Yizhou governs Wende (now Xuanhua) county; Xinzhou governs Yongxing (now northeast of Zhuolu), Fanshan (now southeast of Zhuolu, Fanshan Town), The three counties of Huai'an (now Huai'an East) - Longmen County have not yet been established, and should be located in Longguan Town, Chicheng County.

"I've already visited these places. To be honest, they used to be dominated by Tibetans, but they've all gone now. Why are there so many counties?" Shi Shucong said.

"What do you think of Yunzhou?" Pei Guan asked.

"It's not bad." Shi Shucong said: "There are Yangshui, Yushui, Sangganshui, Baidengshui and other rivers near Yunzhou. The water and grass are abundant. Maybe it's not as good as Henan and Hebei to support people, but it's not as bad as it is now. .”

Pei Guan nodded, and said: "The princes of the imperial court also think so, they may want to immigrate to the real side."

From Yunzhou to Xinzhou, within a vast area of ​​[-] miles from east to west, there are only five counties, and the population has died or died after years of tug-of-war.

It's almost gone, it's really desolate, and it's impossible not to emigrate and settle down, and it's hard to restore the border defense system.

According to the results of the latest discussion in the Zhengshitang, Yizhou will be abolished, and Wende County under its jurisdiction will be included in Xinzhou.

Yunzhou will follow the previous strategy and establish a county on the basis of the old army town.

For example, Gaoliu County was set up to rule the Qing Saijun (south of today's Yanggao County);

There are roughly four sources of immigrants, one is the people of Jingzhao Prefecture in Guanzhong, the other is Helongfan, the third is Shuzhong households, and the fourth is densely populated areas in the Central Plains, such as Song and Cao states.

Immigrant resettlement follows the principle of first north and then south, that is, to give priority to filling the northern states and counties, and then gradually expand to the south.

The reason for this is to take into account the military situation.

Yunzhou is the most important military town north of Yanmen Pass, but there are also a series of military forts near Yunzhou.

Let's not talk about the military towns in the north such as the Qingsai Army, Yokoye Army, Tiancheng Army, Weisser Army, and Najiang Shouzhuocheng.To the south of Yunzhou, there are also facilities such as Shenduizha, Huanghuadui, Sanggan Town, Jincheng and its surrounding small fortresses.

Shenduizha is more than forty miles south of Yunzhou.

Huanghuadui is the old name. In the south of Huairen, it was originally a simple wooden fortress. Li Keyong has vigorously renovated and rebuilt it. Now it is called Shenwu Town.

Sangqian Town is in the northwest of Ying County today, and Jincheng is in the southeast of Ying County. The latter was built by Li Guochang, and Li Keyong was born here.

Many years ago, this was the pasture of Zhu Xie, the head of the three tribes of Shatuo.After Li Keyong grew up, he left the Jincheng "Beipiao" and went to work in the northern "metropolis" Yunzhou, step by step.

During the Later Tang Dynasty, this was Yingzhou, which governed Jincheng and Hunyuan counties, and Ningwu County also belonged to it for a time.Yingzhou was ceded to the Liao State in the later Jin Dynasty, and it was one of the sixteen states of Yanyun.

These military forts usually have many garrisons.It is not known whether its troops have been transferred away now, but it is impossible to rest assured that these places have not been captured. Although there are many rivers in the area, it is also a plain terrain, which is conducive to farming and animal husbandry.

"Immigration again..." Shi Shucong muttered.

Shao Sheng seems to like doing this kind of thing very much, maybe this is one of the secrets of his success?
More than [-] troops marched eastward in this way.

After a journey of thirty miles, it took two full days to arrive at the Baideng Mountain camp.

There were several dangers along the way.

The faint sound of horseshoes was often heard in the wind, which made the whole army very nervous.The wind blows and the fog is still there, because it will cover up part of the movement. If the enemy really gets close, they are really unprepared.

Fortunately, in this ghostly weather, friends and foes were unknown, and everyone was not interested in fighting, so they got through the journey without any danger. Shi Shucong even saw a group of Khitan people walking on horseback, and the other party saw them too. But both sides turned their heads to avoid each other and went their separate ways.

Not long after arriving at the Baideng Mountain Camp, another group of people arrived against the wind and sand. It turned out to be people from Honglu Temple.

Pei Guan went to chat with them, while Shi Shucong was thoughtful.

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