Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1167 Appreciating the Snow
The weather is cold this year, and it's only late October, and there have been several heavy snowfalls.

In Taoguang Garden, the people of the Imperial Palace are admiring the snow.

Empress Zhefang Ai, Concubine Zhao Yu, Concubine Shu Fengxuan, and Zhaoyi Fengdu sat together, drinking tea, tasting snacks, talking and laughing.

Zhao Yu and Feng Xuan are already in their fifties. Although they try their best to take care of them, time is not forgiving, and they are old after all.

But although he is old, his favor is not bad.When the sage was tired, he would call them to spend the night, just hug and talk, and recall the years of being together 20 years ago.

Those who walked out of Guanbei together, the love is for a lifetime, no one can replace it.

Standing beside Zhao Yu was Caiwei, the saint's favorite daughter.At the age of 11 this year, she is already slim and has inherited seven or eight parts of her mother's appearance, which is graceful and pleasant.

Next to Shao Caiwei is Liang Jing, the daughter of Princess Huile Shao Guoer, who is 13 years old this year.

Although the two girls are not in seniority, their relationship has always been close, and they are talking and laughing at this meeting.

"Guo'er, the sage has added [-] food seals to Consort Liang, and it is also in Liyang County. Take some time to take a look, I heard that there is another courtyard." Zhao Yu put down the teacup and said.

"Okay." Shao Guoer replied softly.

The little girl who hid behind her mother back then is almost thirty this year.With a demure temperament and graceful demeanor, it can be seen that he has been pampered all year round.

The saint is indeed good to his children, whether they are biological or not.

"Isn't Hebei still making noise? Is Li Yang okay?" Xiao Feng asked.

She is also in her early forties this year, and has been with the saint for 20 years, and she only occasionally sleeps with her, and her love is far from what she used to be.

"The four prefectures of Weibo, Chanbei, and Beizhou are the ones who are making the most of the noise. There is nothing wrong with each other." Feng Xuan said, "Liyang is a good place. Prince Consort Liang sealed this place, and I don't know how many people envy it."

"Liang's son-in-law deserves to fight for the officials." Empress Zheshi laughed.

Shao Guoer's face was also a little happy.A capable husband means the future of the family.Generally speaking, as long as the royal relatives like them are loyal and capable, there are really a lot of opportunities, and wealth is not a problem.

Can't Fu Cunshen take the position of commander of the Johor State camp?Can't Feng Yin sit?Cai Songyang can't sit?But the opportunity was given to Liang Hanyong, and Liang Hanyong also seized the opportunity, which explains everything.

Shao Caiwei and Liang Jing were a little bored, they were already whispering in private and laughing endlessly.

"Jinyang sent people to Luoyang again, with some gifts for the winter solstice." Zheshi suddenly sighed, and said, "The two families are still fighting, and my sister-in-law is not easy."

Zhao Yu and others laughed when they heard this.

Strictly speaking, the Queen and Princess Jin are fellow travelers, both have strong personalities, and they both keep their homes in order.At the same time, they were far-sighted. When one of the two families was in Hexi and the other was in Hedong, they kept moving around all year round.Even after fighting endlessly, they did not completely cut off contact.

There are really very, very few who can do this.

"Although the official said they won a game in Yunzhou, it is not so easy to fight in Hedong." Zheshi said again: "If you can turn the war into jade, and the two families become a family, it would be a good thing."

The news of Li Cunxiao's obedience to the imperial court has spread to Luoyang, but it has not spread widely, and it is only spread among high-level officials.

This is not just a matter of Xinyi Gui Sanzhou.

In terms of territory, these three states are indeed very large, but there are only five counties, sparsely populated, and the number of Tibetans even far exceeds that of Han people. Poverty is their biggest label.

But Li Cunxiao's status is not trivial.

Li Ke used many adoptive sons, but not many who were truly capable, military exploits, and status.There are thousands of righteous sons, all of whom are Li Keyong's adopted sons in theory, but how many can be commanders, assassins, regiment training envoys, and Jiedu envoys?Not to mention the entry of the genealogy - so far only Li Sizhao has been included in the Li family tree, so Li Sizhao is theoretically the eldest son of Li Keyong.

In his early years, Li Cunxiao charged into the battle for Li Keyong, broke the Huangchao, and ranked first in meritorious service.Beat Zhaoyi East Three States, credit first.Fighting against the allied forces organized by the imperial court, the credit was the first again, and even captured the leader of the Liang army Deng Jiyun alive.

Such a strong and powerful general has a very high prestige among the Jin army.His rebellion will have a very important collateral effect, and may accelerate the disintegration of Hedong forces.

Others don't know, but Shao Shude is very aware of the huge threat of the "psoriasis" in Hedong to the Central Plains regime in Luoyang and Kaifeng.

The time when the Henan imperial court had the greatest advantage over Hedong was during the period of Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong, but they failed to wipe out Hedong, so that Zhu Quanzhong felt the "resurrection" of the Jin thieves.

After that, the three dynasties of Later Tang, Later Jin and Later Han all started from Hedong.Regardless of the process, the terrain advantage of the Hedong separatist side is obviously very beneficial for them to wait and see the success or failure of the Central Plains, and then make a move at the last moment to determine the overall situation.

The Great Xia court's attitude towards Hedong has gradually become the same, that is, fighting and dragging, using more "temple tactics", supplemented by military, trying to disintegrate the resistance of the Hedong Group and reduce the difficulty of military conquest.

As today's bedside person, Queen Zheshi is of course well aware of Shao Sheng's plans in this regard since a long time ago.I don't know much about the others, but during the battle of Lu County when they attacked Yun, Yan, and Qi towns, Zhe Fangai remembers letting go of many soldiers from Hedong.

The sage's plan is never a temporary idea.Many strategies, often lasting for many years.According to him, it is to simmer slowly, and finally harvest delicious food.

Li Cunxiao brought Xinyi Gui three states to surrender, it should be the first meal that can be tasted.If we work harder in the future, there will probably be a second meal and a third meal... After a long time, Hedong will be destroyed without attack.

"Empress, Mrs. Liu sent people to spy on the news last year, and wanted to marry Cunxu, the son of King Jin, to marry him. I don't know what to say now?" After a moment of silence, Xiao Feng suddenly asked.

Mrs. Liu did mention it last year, and she was very sincere. For this, she made a fool of her natal Liu's family—Li Cunxu was determined to marry the Liu family.

Poor generation of musicians, almost seventeen years old, but still a bachelor.

Zhe's actually agreed to this marriage, and Shao Shude also acquiesced.And the object of the marriage is the third daughter Foya, born of the Yeli family, who is also 17 years old this year, and is about to become an old lady.

When Xiao Feng asked at this time, maybe it was entrusted by Ye Lilingji.

"It's hard to say. We just had a big fight this year, so it's not that simple." Hearing this, Zhe Shi also frowned, obviously troubled.

There are many women and many children in the official family. The third daughter, Buddha Ya, is not good enough, and there are four and five daughters, but they may not be able to wait.

Sigh, it's really wrong to fight and kill a brother after being well-meaning.

"This matter still needs to be decided by the officials. I wait for women and Taoists, so I can only beat the side drums." Zheshi said with a wry smile: "This time Li Cunxiao has surrendered, Jin Wang is afraid that he will be furious again, and the matter will probably be dragged on. .”

Xiao Feng silently nodded and sighed.

I will go to Ye Lishi later, and let her be calm.If the general trend is like this, Li Keyong may not have much persistence, but there is still a chance.If it doesn't work, just find a son of Xungui who can see through the eyes and marry him, and leave him alone.

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Empress Zheshi led a large group of concubines to enjoy the snow in Taoguang Garden, while Shao Sheng enjoyed the snow in Dongdu Garden—with a group of ministers.

"I've basically figured out Li Ke's bad temper." Shao Shude put down his bow and arrow, and asked the guards to fetch the hare that had been shot down.

"Ke Yong may send troops to attack Xinyi Gui." Chen Cheng rubbed his hands that were frozen stiff, and said, "Shi Shanyou's army was ruined and killed, and more than [-] people were captured and beheaded. The army towns of Yunzhou also suffered heavy casualties. It's already a loss of face, and Li Cunxiao's surrender didn't pick a good time, so he may have to bear Li Keyong's anger."

After the battle in Yunzhou was over, the armies counted and found that more than [-] people were beheaded on the spot and more than [-] people were captured.In the battle to capture the east and west cities of Yunzhou, more than a thousand people were killed and three thousand were captured.

This is not over.In the next half month, the Flying Dragon Army, the Yinshan Town Army, and the various tribes attacked in turn, and captured more than [-] prisoners—these people ran away in a hurry, many of them were tired and hungry, and none of them surrendered few.

The soldiers from Guanbei Province led by Shi Shucong attacked the Qing Sai Army, Tiancheng Army and other military towns to the east, killing more than [-] people and capturing more than [-] people.

Considering the numerous cavalry battles between the two sides, Li Ke may have lost no less than [-] soldiers and horses before and after.

Among the 3 people, although there are many prefectural and county soldiers with average combat effectiveness, as well as local peasants temporarily conscripted, it is still a very large number.

In all the ministries of the Jin army going north, except for the cavalry, the Xiongjie, the Maqian Silver Spear Army, and the Shenyong, Shenwei and other armies all lost more or less part of their troops.

The blow this time was actually not small.It's really hard to say how Li Keyong will react if Li Cunxiao throws salt in the wound again.

"No, Li Keyong won't fight anymore." Shao Shude took over the still warm hare carcass, and said, "He doesn't have enough money now, so he must unite with Yiding Town to send troops. But the warriors in Yiding Town may not be willing to fight Sending troops in the winter may wait until next spring."

After the surrender of Guizhou, Yiding Town has directly bordered Daxia.It is impossible for Wang Gao not to panic.

But if you want to say that he surrendered or sat on the fence, it is impossible.

He only has two states and [-] to [-] troops, but he dares to fight with your [-] forbidden troops, believe it or not?In history, Zhu Quanzhong unified Henan, most of Shannan Dongdao, the middle half of Guandong, Jinjiang Cixi, and Huainan Dao, and surrendered Weibo, Chengde and other towns. His power was extremely powerful, but did Yiding Town surrender?
of course not.Not only did they not surrender, but even after the main force in the field was wiped out, they resolutely refused to surrender and continued to resist.

This kind of thief embryo and cheap bones can only be destroyed physically, there is no other way.There is no doubt that Yiding Town will send troops to help Hedong.

"After the beginning of spring, Wuwei and other troops have almost finished their training, and they will be pulled out to fight Hebei." Shao Shude said: "Next year, I will patrol the north, so you should prepare early."

"Observe the order." Chen Cheng took the lead in responding.

The word "Xun" is not just superficial, it means war in many cases.

Yang Guang toured the Turks in the north and Tuyuhun in the west. That was not a "patrol", but a war.

Shao Sheng's northern tour was of course a tour of Hebei.

At present, Hebei has gone to Weibo six states and Xingmingci three states. If the sage wants to see Hebei, the soldiers of the imperial army will naturally have to work harder. If they stop at Weibo, it will be a bit ugly.

(End of this chapter)