Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

In early October, Zang Dubao and Ge Congzhou continued to develop northward.

While they were collecting food everywhere--to put it bluntly, they were looting--while sending people to persuade them to surrender, they passed through various counties.

The counties have long since lost their warriors, and the city is extremely empty.The civil servants who stayed behind discussed it and asked to surrender directly.

In order to avoid opposition from warriors among officials at all levels, they finally surrendered successfully under the banner of being submissive and waiting patiently.

On the ninth day of October, Long Xiang's army arrived in Mozhou, and this time they encountered real resistance.

Lu Longjun sent Li Cunju to stand firm with more than 3000 defeated soldiers.Ge Congzhou ordered the siege of the city, but it only lasted three days. Li Cunju's Mozhou Xiangyong, who was temporarily enlisted by Li Cunju, rebelled on a large scale. Xia Jun seized the opportunity and broke into the city.

At the critical moment, some of Lu Longjun also turned against him.

Li Cunju fled with more than a dozen of his own soldiers, and Yuan Xingqin from the Lulong Military Academy chased and beheaded him alone.

So far, most of the two states of Ying and Mo have fallen into the hands of Xia Jun.

On the other way, Tianxiong's army conquered Duliu village, killed more than a thousand enemies, and the rest collapsed.

On October [-], Yukou Pass was conquered.Hundreds of Jin soldiers and [-] Tutuan peasants guarding the pass were killed and scattered, and more than a thousand descended.

On October [-]th, they went to Yijin Pass, fought fiercely for three days, captured the city, and captured more than [-] people.

Yukou Pass is located in Xin'an Town, Bazhou today.

Yijin Pass, Bazhou was established in Song Dynasty, now Bazhou.

On October 21, after collecting food and grass and sending people south to contact the Longxiang Army, the Tianxiong Army continued to go northward without stopping, heading straight for Gu'an.

The morale of Xia and Jin is already one sky and the other underground.

Taking the Tianxiong Army as an example, chasing the Jin soldiers all the way, Changlu County, Lutai Army, Laoyadi, Duliukou, Yukou Pass, and Yijin Pass won six battles and captured more than [-] enemy troops.

The Jin people fled all the way, keeping people behind all the way, but they couldn't break the rear, they could only stop the pursuit of the soldiers a little bit, delay for a few days, and then they were approached again.

Coupled with the so-called sectarianism, the ones they left behind were not direct descendants, and their fighting spirit was very poor, and the effect of breaking up was very limited. On the contrary, they kept killing people, which only hurt morale.

This is how Li Cunzhang looks like.

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Compared with the Jin army who slipped away first, Lu Kuang, who was trapped in Cangzhou City, moved too slowly.

On the third day of October, Tianxiong's army had chased to Laoyadi, and Lu Yanwei was running around in Yingzhou. Lu Kuangzai finally made up his mind and fled north with his family.

The main forces attacking Cangzhou were all kinds of miscellaneous names and Tutuan peasants. There were more than 2 generals who were in charge of the formation. Occasionally they fought, but the most brutal siege battles were still carried out by the miscellaneous.

As of the third day of October, Zhao Kuangming's Jiangling soldiers were almost exhausted.

Among these 3000 people, how many died in field battles, how many died in siege, and how many died in the suppression after the rebellion, it is already difficult to count.Anyway, the result was there, the whole army was wiped out.

Shao Sheng, who was far away in Taishan Palace, heard that he was "furious" and issued an order to "responsible"-this is actually half-truth and half-truth, and it was not Shao Sheng's original intention to consume all people. He originally wanted to consume six or seven The achievement is almost the same. Whether he died at the hands of the enemy or the Great Xia Forbidden Army, Zang Dubao was indeed a bit ruthless.

Ever since, he summoned Zhao Kuangming to Qizhou, comforted him with gentle words, and gave him a reward.As for the pensions for the dead soldiers, there were none in the first place. For example, their treatment was the same as that of the peasants in the Tutuan.

There may not be a pension after death, it all depends on the financial situation at the time.Now one person is given two bolts of woolen cloth, distributed by the imperial court, and one dendrobium grain, distributed by the local government.

This shows how sad it is to have no organization.It is impossible for the state finances to afford the expenses of everyone, especially the local folks who suffered the most casualties.The imperial court was devastated to deal with the imperial army, and the remaining money was spent on state soldiers, so there was really nothing left, and some died—and they died in vain.

Today, Zhuge Tai's [-] Bazhou soldiers are less than [-].

Zhuge Shangren's more than 3000 Tongzhou soldiers are almost the same number.

More than half of the dragon sword soldiers were killed or injured, with less than [-] left.

There are more than [-] Helong Fan soldiers, and there will be another [-] to [-] at this meeting.

The casualties were huge, and they all experienced more than one mutiny, countless deserted and escaped, and those who survived almost reached the stage limit.

If they are forced to fight again, not only will they not be able to kill a few enemies, but their own casualties may increase sharply, which is really not worth the candle.However, the war is urgent, and all the ministries are chasing it bravely, but you are blocked under the city of Cangzhou, is it plausible?Still have to fight hard!

Early this morning, Zhao Jian and Liang Xiangjian went to the front line to supervise the battle under the strict protection of a large group of personal soldiers.

With such a strict security level, it is not other people who guard against them, but their own soldiers.Now the warriors can also see that the middle and upper ranks of the officers are all fucking bought by Shao Sheng, or forced to cooperate with Shao Sheng, and their subordinates are the worst.
Zhao Jian and others also noticed.They spare their lives, and wherever they go, they bring well-bought soldiers who eat, drink, serve, and buy solidly. As long as it is not a large-scale rebellion and a few thorns make noise, they will not be able to accomplish anything—yes, they suffer Xia Jun oppresses them, but Xia Jun is also protecting them, and the relationship between the two parties is very complicated.

"I still have to fight today, my department will attack first?" Zhao Jian looked at Liang Xiangjian and asked.

"What's the difference between who comes first? Sooner or later." Liang Xiangjian's face was foul, and there was resentment in his words.

Yes, it was Shao Sheng who first entered Qinghai.But now they have taken root in the local area, and taking advantage of the opportunity to suppress the Tubo rebellion, they annexed many crippled tribes, and then married with the Qiang people to protect and help each other, and their position became more and more stable.

In the past, the imperial court mainly drew people from Tubo, but this time it focused on the Liang family, the Luo family, and the Yang family. Who is purely playing tricks and balancing.

But knowing it is one thing, how to do it is another.Do you dare to resist?

When Emperor Taizong of the former Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo, the Khitan chieftains sent troops to help in the war, even though they didn't like the Tang people at all.If you talk too much, you will cry and worry.

Zhao Jian nodded when he heard the words, stopped talking, and immediately went down to supervise the siege.

Soon, two thousand dragon sword soldiers and five thousand native peasants followed the siege equipment and launched an offensive.

The fight was sluggish, for both sides, but there were not many dead.

Zhao Jian watched intently, silently hoping that the last bit of capital would not be consumed too quickly.He knew very well that he had no chance to return to Longjian Town, and it was even more impossible to recruit soldiers, because there was no territory.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, land was the most difficult thing to get, and it was extremely scarce.With the current situation, Zhao Jian has given up any illusions, and there is no play.

There was a sudden burst of enthusiastic cheers ahead.

Zhao Jian, who was distracted, looked quickly, but saw that the defenders at the top of the city seemed to be possessed by evil spirits. They no longer fought hard, but stared blankly, yelling occasionally, not knowing what they were doing.

"There's a commotion in the city!" Zhao Jian's spirit was lifted, and he subconsciously glanced at Liang Xiangjian.

Liang Xiangjian's face became even more stinky, he just spat and walked away.

Who would have thought that the Cangzhou soldiers who had been resisting well would suddenly collapse?This great achievement fell on Zhao Jian's head, it was really bad luck.

"The city is broken! The city is broken!" From far and near, almost everyone cheered.

"Shoot into Cangzhou, grab it!"

"Keep attacking the city, how many people died? We can't stop us now, can we?"

"Where is General Kang? How can there be no reward for capturing the city? We will take it for ourselves."

The quarrels of the miscellaneous soldiers and generals have affected the peasants of the Tutuan, and they are also full of hope.

Previously, all the small counties that had been conquered were not very lucrative, and the income was limited.Cangzhou is a famous city and a large city, so it should be more expensive, right?
"Noisy, what's the point?" General Tu Youyi sent Tian Xing to ride his horse, brandishing a whip, and beat the most noisy warriors all over their heads.

The others looked at him fearfully and fiercely.

During this period of time, General Tian was the most ruthless murderer.It is heard that he is Shao Shude's Yuan Cong old man, and he is so domineering that even Kang Yanxiao has nothing to do with him.Some people even subconsciously thought, if this thief is beheaded, will Kang Yanxiao help them cover it up?
But seeing a group of sergeants driving behind him, some people were scared again.As soon as they were persuaded, those who were aggressive would not dare to act rashly.

Tian Xing smiled coldly, that's all he could do.

If it was Hebei Wufu, he would have done it earlier.Most of the warriors from Yun, Yan, and Xu in Henan also rebelled.

I just like to see how you want to rebel, but dare not!
"General Wei has led his troops to open the gate of the city. You should return to the camp immediately and do not act rashly. There will always be rewards for breaking the city." Tian Xing said: "Anyone who dares to stir up trouble is a rebel and will not be pardoned immediately. "

"General Wei" is Wei Rang, who was born in the Cai Department of Hetao Wei, and was the envoy of General Tu's left wing.

After Tian Xing threatened, the soldiers were terrified, and after a stalemate for a while, they finally dispersed.

Tian Xing kept staring at them as they returned to the camp, and just dismounted, and then called Zhao Jian, Liang Xiangjian, Zhuge Tai, Zhuge Shangren and others, and said: "This battle, everyone fought well. The matter of rewards is not a problem. .I have two things to tell you today."

"First, you don't have to go north, so stay in Cangzhou."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.This order will undoubtedly calm down a little bit of resentment in the army.

"Secondly, the good news has been flown to Mount Tai Palace, and the sage will go to Hebei for inspection in a few days. Just wait here and accept the reorganization."

Everyone was shocked, what is the meaning of this?
Tian Xing didn't talk to them too much, and went to patrol the camps with his troops to maintain order.

For reorganization, the elite soldiers were naturally picked out to make up for the Gongchen Army, which had suffered a lot in battle.Others who were not very elite were all sent to Anton Mansion to serve as soldiers, and their families would even be moved there later.

Taking the opportunity of great victory to reorganize various departments and annex miscellaneous brands is originally a sage's forte.

The army in the whole world can only have the surname Shao, and cannot have the surname Zhe, Zhao, Ding or other surnames.

Many people only focus on fighting Hebei, but at this point, there is no foreign enemy that can defeat Shao Sheng.The only possibility of his failure is only in the interior. External and internal troubles are basically equal.Without understanding this, it is basically difficult to understand how Shao Sheng formulates strategies.

Tian Xing understood it a long time ago, so he worked very hard, and he would naturally be in the emperor's heart.