Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1184 Dizhou City

Outside the county seat of Dizhou, Governor Shao Bo had just inspected the troops.

After inspecting the team, it is natural to give a reward, but Shao Bo really has nothing to show for it.One person gave a few hundred dollars and then sent it away, but the sergeants didn't care about it, and went home to do farm work after they left.

Yes, there are almost no established professional warriors in Dizhou.Those who go to battle now are all conscripts who have changed for an unknown number of times.Under the long-term see-saw, the counties have suffered heavy losses, and the days are almost unbearable - in such an economic situation, they still have to make a confession to the King of Le'an County, and there is also a huge amount of daily expenses caused by the embargo stationing .

The forbidden army stationed in Dizhou was part of General Tu, with more than [-] cavalry, mainly fighting against Lu Yanwei, and occasionally facing Wang Rong's Zhenzhou soldiers.

General Tu is the main garrison of Huaihai Road.At the beginning, almost all of them were stationed in Dizhou. Later, as the situation in the south became tense, there were small-scale rebellions in Xu and Si prefectures, so a group of soldiers and horses were sent south to suppress them.The one who stayed in Dizhou was Zuoxiang, and he and Cang Jingbing were old acquaintances.It was precisely because of their existence that Dizhou was not completely occupied, and the imperial court had a bridgehead wedged into the interior of Cangjing Town.

It would be irrational for Shao Bo not to place all his hopes on General Tu.The land in Dizhou has to be protected by local warriors.

Shao Bo turned his head and took a look.

The scattered soldiers were old and young, some had gray temples, some looked childish, some were tall and strong, some were emaciated, and even the weapons were various, and armor was rarely seen.

Generally speaking, such an army cannot fight, and it is very likely that it will collapse at the first touch.But who made Wufu Cangjing too capable of harming him?The people of Dizhou have had enough of those wolves, so which of the soldiers who have been conscripted now has no grudge against them?Otherwise, they could not have persisted until now.

"Dizhou's last vitality is gone. If they are gone, Dizhou's last backbone will be broken, and no one will resist even if they kill their father and enemies in the future." Shao Bo sighed and said.

Brother Shao Yang was a little confused when he heard the words.

Dizhou was on the front line for the imperial court, and the price he paid was too high.The surroundings are desolate, the people are scattered, and the entire prefecture is living a life where neither humans nor ghosts exist. The patience of the people is almost reaching its limit.If they can't get rid of their number one mortal enemy Lu Yanwei this time, then I really don't know what to say.

Of course, what if the Northern Tour failed?The sage patted his ass and left, leaving them in Dizhou to fight against the enemy alone in Hebei and endure the enemy's revenge, what can you do?

rebel?Do you have strength?I'm afraid I can't even cross the Yellow River.The Great Xia court concealed more than a hundred prefectures, and the news of the rebellion in one prefecture and one county was not enough to open the palace city at night and report inside.

"Don't think too much about it." Shao Bo said: "Just wait and see the changes. During this northern tour, the sage came from the empty country, even if you lose a lot, don't have any thoughts. We are only loyal to the Luoyang court. It doesn't matter which saint is. I will pack up today and go to Qizhou to face the saint. You stay in Dizhou and make more contact with General Tu, and be steady."

"Okay." Shao Yang replied.

Brother is capable and knowledgeable, Shao Yang knew it since he was a child.Recently, I have always regretted talking about the general trend of the world with my brother.

In the past Ziqing Jiedu envoy Wang Jingwu died, and Zhang Chan, the governor of Dizhou, refused to accept Wang Shifan's children and rebelled; Lu Hong, the general of the army, also supported his own self-respect, returned to Qingzhou, and forced Wang Shifan.

That was the most chaotic moment in the six prefectures of Ziqing. If you miss that god-given opportunity, you will never have another chance.And you are not even a governor of the town, in this troubled world, how can you have the opportunity to maneuver and gallop freely?

The Shao family in Dizhou didn't come out at the time, so that's it.

In the new dynasty, Shao Sheng tried his best to cut down the vassals, and the towns of Hezhong, Shanguo, Xuanwu, Tianping, Taining, Ganhua, Ziqing and other towns in the Central Plains were wiped out under his blows.Now there are only some remnants of feudal towns lurking silently in the local area, and they can't wait for the opportunity to make trouble.

If it is stable for another 20 years, when the remnants of these feudal towns give up, there will be no chance.

The elder brother boldly judged that if there is a change of dynasty in the future, it must start in Luoyang, not a local vassal.In other words, the main force of the rebellion has changed from a feudal town to an imperial army.He originally expected that this process would take decades, but Shao Sheng cut down the feudal clan in a frenzied manner, so he did not hesitate to delay the great cause of reunification and lay a good foundation.

The result of cutting down the feudal clan is that the best soldiers in the world are collected in Luoyang, and those who are capable of changing the dynasty are those of the Forbidden Army.

What these small local warlords can do is to sit and watch the change of the king's banner on the top of Luoyang City, and support whoever becomes a saint, they have no choice.

After returning to the city, the Shao Bo brothers did not delay.

Shao Yang didn't mention it since he went to the government office, and Shao Bo had lunch with his family.

Looking at the not-so-rich meals on the table, he sighed heavily.Even the governor is like this, but I wonder what kind of life Shengdou Xiaomin is living.It's a shame that Le'an County King is still sucking blood, it's so simple!He even had some doubts, did the sage have some other purpose in placing the food town of King Le'an in Dizhou?With the wealth of five thousand households, wouldn't it be good for me to raise an extra thousand elite soldiers?

After leaving home, Shao Bo took dozens of riders all the way south.

The area from Zhoucheng to the Yellow River Ferry is sparsely populated and all industries are in decline.

The houses were dilapidated and no one was repairing them, the weeds in the fields were not cleared, and the roads were potholed, which was quite inconvenient.

It is already June, and the winter wheat planted last year has come to harvest time, but there are not many people in the fields.Even if there are, most of them are the elderly, women, and children.

After hearing the crisp sound of horseshoes, the farmers who were busy in the fields were trembling, for fear that they were coming to remind the class or Latin again.Seeing their frightened appearance, Shao Bo urged his horse to hide his face and go away, shameless to see the elders of his hometown.

After crossing the Yellow River and entering Zouping County, Zizhou, the scenery changed suddenly.

Zizhou, I don’t know how many years there has been no war.The Anshi Rebellion did not affect much at that time, and the subsequent melee in the feudal towns was also peaceful and not involved.After a long period of peace, although the lives of the people in Zizhou cannot be said to be very prosperous, there is nothing wrong with saying that there is stability.

Shao Sheng's Eastern Expedition may have been devastated to a certain extent, but it ended quickly, and the loss was within a tolerable range, so he recovered quickly.

"The four counties of Zizhou are usually different from the six counties of Dizhou, but now they are left far behind." Shao sowed off his horse, rested in a small shop in the mountains, and looked at the nearby fields. The golden ears of wheat have an extremely complex look.

Cars and horses are constantly coming and going on the post road.One part is eastward, full of various materials such as grain, farm tools, cloth, salt and tea; the other part is westward, carrying a large amount of corn, wheat, fruits and vegetables.

After a little inquiring, I found out that the eastbound materials were exported to the three states of Denglaiqing, and the final destination was Dulipu Wharf in Lushun County, Andong Prefecture.The westbound materials are transported to Licheng, Qizhou, to supply the northern patrol army that has arrived one after another.

There are also several warriors taking a nap in the wild shop.

After a little inquiring, I found out that it was a soldier sent by the sage from the south.The sergeant with the Shu accent was full of complaints, complaining that he was driven to death by the court.

"Those barbarians are becoming more and more difficult to manage." A man with the appearance of an officer said, "This time 300 people went out to fight, and the barbarians accounted for nearly half of them. After walking for two or three months, they received two coins. After arriving in Hebei and fighting a few battles, I am afraid that the two coins will be taken back by the court again."

"You guys are like this, why aren't we Tongzhou sons?" Another person sighed: "When I was alive, I didn't get as much money as the imperial guards, and when I died, I didn't get as much compensation as others. The sons went to the countryside to fight teeth, and they were caught and beheaded." Now, is this a human life?"

"Charge into the battle, toss around the ravine, and attack the city with ants, after these moves, I'm afraid few people will be able to go back."

"Rather than this, why not..."

"Do you dare?" The officer said with a wry smile: "The two armies of Heiji and Jindao marched southward from Xingyuan Mansion. They are so majestic. No matter how hard our soldiers continue to practice, they will not be their opponents. You can also see the Tianxiong army stationed in Taishan Palace. When they arrived, the whole army of [-] people, covered in fine armor, was brave and fierce, and when Zhuge Envoy saw it, his face turned ashen, and he turned back!"

"Then—how about dying?"

"Where are you going to escape?" The officer sighed: "It's definitely not allowed to run to Bazhou. People locked up along the way. Surrendering to Cangjing and Chengde is also not acceptable. If you go to someone else's place, you will probably not be welcomed, the same. Use it to death."

"What should I do?"

"Oh! Stop talking, drink!"

Shao Bo listened to it with great emotion, as if he had met a bosom friend.

This is how the world works today.Shao Sheng punched and kicked and wiped out many feudal towns, but it is nonsense to say that everyone is loyal. How loyal can you be if you can even sell your parents these days?To put it bluntly, I dare not rebel, and I am unwilling to die, and I have nowhere to escape. I really want to force people to death.

However, in fact, there is still a way to survive, that is, go to the frontier to serve as a town soldier, or disarm and return to the field, and go to a distant border county as a government soldier.

Not many people were willing to take this path before.But as time goes by, under the choice of life and death, some people will always figure it out, and then make this choice, move home to the border county, and live in peace and stability-now the war is mainly concentrated in the interior of the Central Plains. To be honest, it's fairly peaceful, even if there are occasional small rebellions, there can't be any big waves.

After the rest, Shao Bo and his party continued on the road and galloped west.

On the post road along the way, you can already see the warriors marching in the brigade.

When climbing to Gaogang, you can also see clouds and sails on the river in the distance. A large number of ships set sail from Luokou, Heyin and other places to transport food, grass and military supplies to Dizhou downstream.

War is actually imminent.

On the fifth day of June, Shao Bo arrived a few miles east of Taishan Palace, but saw a lot of banners and camps nearby.There were countless patrolling and training sergeants, and the dragon-like chariots and horses stretched all the way to the end of the horizon, and they couldn't even fit in. Many of them turned directly into the fields that had just been harvested with their goods.

I'm afraid there are not 10 people stationed nearby!
(End of this chapter)