Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 12 Shanyang Ridge (add another chapter for the Lenny leader)
In mid-August, the army had already marched on the Tongyi Avenue between Zhenwu Army and Shuozhou.

After walking through the first section of the plain, it entered the mountainous area.The road was in disrepair for a long time, and it was very difficult to travel. It was dragged down by the load of vehicles and horses. The army only traveled twenty miles a day. Everyone was very tired, both physically and psychologically.

From Zhenwu Army to Datong Army, there are two routes to take.

The first is to travel 350 li to the southeast and arrive at Yunzhong County, Lisuo, Yunzhou. The second is to take the Shuozhou Road, that is, travel [-] li to the southeast, and arrive at Shanyang County, Lisuo, Shuozhou.Shuozhou Road is the main route in the two routes. Because Yunzhou is relatively desolate, sparsely populated and difficult to supply, since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, people who go north from Taiyuan to the grasslands, whether they are envoys or troops, like to take this route.

On the evening of August [-], the army arrived at Shanyangling.

When the former army came to report, the door was closed and open, no one was there, there were no guards in the post house, horses and food were not seen, but the house was still complete, and people could live.When the generals heard the words, they cursed, but Shao Shude breathed a sigh of relief.

The lack of food is indeed a problem, but the army is in chaos, and there is no hope that there will be food here.With the relevant city and post house in place, everyone no longer has to set up camp, which is a lot easier.

Yes, someone Shao is very promising on this point.It's really tiring to set up camp, and he has to help himself, so it's impossible to be completely idle.I really don’t know how those party leaders and Turkic auxiliary soldiers survived. Day after day, people will be driven crazy!
Hao Zhenwei and Qiu Weidao were the highest-ranking officials in the army, so naturally they could choose their residence first.Hao Zhenwei chose a stone courtyard in Guancheng, which may have been the residence of the former Guancheng guard, while Qiu Weidao lived in Shanyang Pavilion, and Shao Shude and his party naturally followed him to guard.

After eating Hu cakes in the evening, Shao Shude urged the soldiers to sort out the equipment.

The five-piece suit of gun, knife, bow, card and armor is the life of warriors.Is the pistol still usable?Should the horizontal knife be sharpened?The spare bowstrings should be carefully checked in case there are no strings available when going into battle.The small round shields and armors should also be checked carefully. If they need to be repaired, they should be reported as soon as possible. There are always a lot of equipment in the military craftsman camp that need to be repaired, so you have to queue up in advance.

After doing this, let the soldiers hurry to sleep, recharge their batteries, and take over the team's shift at night.As for Shao Shude himself, he used a dim oil lamp in the building to refine his thoughts during the day and carefully record them on paper.

His background is very low, and it is not as good as those who have received a complete and systematic military education since childhood.At this time, no one could teach him, so he could only ponder it bit by bit by himself, and if he died, he would find a few fire chiefs and personal soldiers to exchange and discuss.

Well, I recently got closer with Judge Song and learned a lot.And looking at him like that, he also means to make friends with himself. Shao Shude is not afraid of losing face. He asks things he doesn't understand. Song Le will answer those he can answer.

At Hai Shi, Shao Shude put the pen and paper in the bag, and was about to take a break with his clothes when the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded in the empty streets of the city.Shao Shude was startled, running a horse at night, who is so bold?Are you not afraid of military law?

With a "squeak", Qiu Weidao's door also opened, and the supervisor looked suspicious: "Leader Shao, but the soldiers are in chaos?"

"Your Majesty, there are only a few cavalry, so they should have come from outside the city." Saburo, the personal soldier, came over, brought a bow and a knife to Shao Shude, and then stood by and stood by.

Qiu Weidao glanced at Saburo, then walked to the center of the courtyard, sighed deeply, and said: "The rations are not enough for two months, the soldiers are few, and morale is low. Now that we have entered the border of Shuozhou, the future is unpredictable. No matter what."

Shao Shude said in his heart that you don't see me outside. Even if you say this, you can't even pick it up.

"Your Majesty, the only plan for today is to speed up and go straight to Shuozhou along the Zhongling River. The terrain of Shuozhou is smooth and the land is fertile. "Seeing that Qiu Weidao was a little discouraged, Shao Shude thought about it for a while and then suggested.

Now that it is impossible to retreat, it is better to go straight to Shuozhou instead of hesitating and hesitating.If they captured either Shanyang or Mayi, they would be able to advance and retreat freely, and Li Guochang and his son could not capture them in a hurry.

"There is Xue Zhiqin in Shuozhou, and he has all the powerful soldiers of the five northern divisions. We cannot underestimate the enemy." Qiu Weidao was a little worried.
Xue Zhiqin?Shao Shude was a little stunned. After thinking about it for a long time, he vaguely remembered that Lu Huaizhong had mentioned before that this fellow was actually one of the masterminds of the Yunzhou killing, along with Li Jinzhong, the military envoy of Shatuo and Kang Junli, the general of Yunzhou. Pushing Li Keyong to revolt.

At the time, Li Keyong vaguely knew that he was powerful, and at the same time, he was a little puzzled that Li Jinzhong, as a military envoy of Shatuo, did not raise his own head, so he wanted to ask his father Li Guochang for advice.As a result, Li Jinzhong, Kang Junli, Li Cunzhang, Xue Zhiqin and these old hooligans could not resist the bewitchment of the old rogues, and finally they got up on the spot.

"Shuozhou also has two of the three Shatuo divisions. These people have strange thoughts. Our army suddenly marched forward, isolated and helpless. I'm afraid..." The more Qiu Weidao thought, the more panicked his brows were.

"Dare to ask the envoy, where are Helianduo's department and Qibizhang's department now?" Shao Shude asked.

"They are all in Yunzhou. There is a large part of Tuhun living in the north of Yunzhou, and it is one of the five northern tribes. Helianduo is the governor of Yinshan, and it is not a problem to order to replace Beituhun. In Zhenwu Army, who came from a long way and had a conflict with Helian Duo, the envoy guessed that they might not be able to cooperate fully. Yunzhou is also a strong city, and the two troops of more than [-] soldiers and horses are afraid that they will work there and fail to achieve success. , it’s just hard for us. If we knew earlier, we should have taken the northern route, and we should have enough food for two months.” Qiu Weidao said.

Shao Shude could not agree with what the military envoy said.There is indeed a road between Zhenwu Army and Yunzhou.In the early years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the capital was set near Zhenwu Military City, and later moved to Pingcheng (Datong).

The problem is how many years have passed. The status quo of this road is far inferior to that of the Shuozhou Road in the south, and it is relatively deserted and difficult to supply. There are also Shatuo and the five tribes in the north.Helianduo and Qi Bizhang can mix like a duck in water, but it doesn't mean that they can do the same after the Tiande army has passed.

Qiu Weidao wanted to say something, but he heard the voices of the guards shouting from outside the museum.Shao Shude glanced at Saburo, who immediately understood, quickly ran back to several houses where the sergeant lived, and shouted everyone.

It was night time, the situation was unknown, and everything had to be prepared.

"Your Majesty, Hao Dutou's personal soldiers, said that there is an important military situation." Guan Kairun suddenly came over from the front, and saw that almost all the soldiers of the Shao team were fully armed and rushed to the open space in the courtyard.

"Can you confirm that it is Hao Zhenwei's personal soldier?" Qiu Weidao asked casually.

"The password is correct, I have seen it before, and the identity can be confirmed." Guan Kairun replied.

Qiu Weidao nodded. After returning to the house and changing his clothes, he went to the courtyard and said, "Leader Shao, light two fire sergeants, and go with the envoy."

"As ordered! Li Yixian and Lu Huaizhong, each lead the sergeant of the main fire, bring all the equipment, and set off with me." Shao Shude shouted to the sergeant of the main team standing in the courtyard.

Soon, twenty soldiers came forward with knives and bows. Shao Shude carefully inspected their equipment and fastened a sergeant's quiver. He then walked to Qiu Weidao and said softly, "Your Majesty , you can go."

Guan Kairun watched silently.

Since Shao Shude came, he has been very upset.He could feel that at present, Qiu Shijun valued this outsider more, and was a little dissatisfied with these old Yuan Cong old people, and he had to find a way to make up for it in the future.

The night in August was already a bit cold, and a group of more than [-] people walked on the empty street, which was even more cold.After walking for half a stick of incense, Du Jiangfu arrived.

The gate is brightly lit, and there are more than ten fully armed sergeants standing. People come and go from time to time, and the atmosphere is quite dignified.

After verifying his identity at the door, Qiu Weidao went straight in, while the rest waited outside.

"Jianjun Qiu, just when the scouts came to report, there were enemy horses on Shuozhou Road, about a thousand people. Looking at their costumes, they were not the troops and horses of the imperial court. Most of them were the five troops from the north newly recruited by Li Guochang." As soon as he entered the door, Hao Zhenwei Such an amazing news.

"What does Dutou mean?"

"This general intends to advance to Shuozhou. Hearing that the enemy will not advance, his morale will not be maintained. Even if he retreats to the Zhenwu Army, if the enemy soldiers pursue him, the battle will be defeated."

Hao Zhenwei's meaning is very clear. There are only more than a thousand enemy soldiers in front of you. If you are afraid of the enemy and flee, how will the soldiers see you?How does the court see you?With this performance, let alone the battle for the throne of defense history after returning to town, it would be nice not to be slapped to the end.Therefore, at this time, the Tiande army was advancing but not retreating, and the only thing left was to fight the enemy.

"What Dutou said is very true. We are deeply favored by the emperor, and we are in a high position, and we cannot repay it. Guochang and his son are doing the opposite, and the gods and people are angry. We should work together and punish them together." Hao Zhenwei said so , Qiu Weidao can only express his position.

In fact, as far as his heart is concerned, he is reluctant to go.Or, he still didn't know what to do.

If you go to Shuozhou, you will definitely have to fight, and your life and death are unpredictable. If you don't go, the court's censure will be deadly for a supervisor like them.Supervising the army, supervising the army, not supervising the army to implement the imperial edict, what is the use of you!
Compared with Qiu, Hao Zhenwei, the head of the capital, was much more agile than him once he made up his mind.

That night, the ten generals of the various ministries were called together, and they announced that they would send troops tomorrow and go straight to Shuozhou.The main force of Li Guochang and his son is in Xin and Dai, and the troops in the rear are limited. The Tiande Army, the Qibi Ministry, and the Tuhun Ministry are three-way troops. You are covered in iron, how many nails can you hit?
(End of this chapter)