Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1225 New Land
On the second day of December in the third year of Jianji, Shao Shude's car passed Renqiu and headed for Mo County.

Yes, after he left the Lutai army, he didn't go straight to Jizhou, but turned west, passed Yingzhou, and entered Mozhou. He wanted to see the newly conquered land.

There are a lot of troops accompanying them, there are more than [-] soldiers including Tujiang, Gongchen, Yin'an and the newly arrived Dingnan army.

With such a strong army, he even wanted to see if Cheng De Wang Rong would take the initiative to attack, and we would meet for a while.

Of course, Chengde's army did not come, which made Shao Shude's impression of them even deeper: good at defending the city, but clumsy at field battles.

Before leaving Renqiu, he specially summoned Shao Bo, governor of Yingzhou, and asked him to complete the formation of the state soldiers as soon as possible.

Shao Bo brought thousands of people from Dizhou, and Yi Congjun sent another 500 older soldiers, which numbered a thousand or five.

Shao Shude planned to draw 500 soldiers from Anfuqian, select [-] Huaihai Daoist braves, and recruit [-] Youzhou rout soldiers scattered in the countryside, totaling [-] people.

The first priority of the Xinde land in Youzhou is to clean up the banditry.In fact, it is to clean up the broken soldiers scattered in the countryside, whether it is hunting or returning them to their hometowns, it doesn't matter.Anyway, it is necessary to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, and do a good job of spring sowing after the beginning of spring.

Shao Bo was very satisfied with his position as governor of Yingzhou.

This is a large county with about 40 people.Being an assassin here, isn't it much better than the dilapidated Dizhou?

On the night of the second day of junior high school, Shao Shude stayed in the Junzi Pavilion between Renqiu and Mozhou.

When it snowed heavily, Shao Sheng was in high spirits, so he ordered people to drink in the hall and enjoy the snow scene at night.

Junzi Pavilion is actually a very ordinary posthouse, just like the Dai Hotel in Yunzhou, very common.If it wasn't for being famous during the Yongxi period of the Northern Song Dynasty, it would be difficult to enter the history books.

Shao Shude sat in the courtyard, watching the falling snowflakes, and was speechless for a while.

On that day more than 80 years later in history, it should be so cold.The Song army lost its backbone because of "the weather will be very cold, and our teacher can't handle the bow and crossbow". It was defeated by the Liao army. Really easy to pull off.

But it still left him speechless.You can't use a crossbow, and neither can the enemy.

Xia followed the system of the Tang Dynasty. After shooting the crossbow, the crossbowman had to go up and chop people with a two-handed epee or Mo Dao.Bows and crossbows can't be used, can't they cut people?

In fact, the formation of the "Long Sword Army" was popular in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, and they were generally elite troops.After shooting the bow and crossbow, the warrior with the long sword went up to exchange injuries with others, and exchanged lives for lives. How could he be defeated because the bow and crossbow could not be used?Only shoot crossbows?Such a single skill?

This doubt made him subconsciously feel that the Forbidden Army might still follow the route of the Flower Team, even if the training cost is high.If you can't play the multi-armed joint operations of later generations, you should honestly train general-purpose infantry and generalists and spend more money.

The ethos of folk martial arts should be preserved.When ordinary people practice martial arts, they can spread the cost of professional martial arts training, because they can play with bows, guns, and knives when they are recruited, which saves too many resources and shortens the time to become an army.

"Simply a single posthouse, so many grudges in history, God hates it? Man-made disaster?" Shao Shude sighed, picked up the wine bottle and drank it down.

Chen Cheng glanced suspiciously, not knowing why the sage expressed his emotion.

"Your Majesty, Shi Chaoyi's defeat in Mozhou is not a gentleman's house." Chen Cheng said.

He thought that the sage lamented that after the Tang army's defeat of Shi Chaoyi in Mozhou, he failed to get rid of the evil and swept the cave.

"Haha!" Shao Shude smiled, and said, "This time, I want to get rid of the evil and go straight to Youzhou, who can stop me, a veteran soldier?"

Chen Cheng drank a few ounces of cat urine and was a little drunk. He said with a smile, "Li Cunju died in Mozhou, Li Cunshi died in Pingzhou, Li Cunhao was beheaded in Linyu Pass, and An Fuqian and his son apologized outside the museum. Li Si'en and others are here."

In fact, there were Li Cunjin and Li Cunxin, but they had no soldiers, so they ran so fast that they had already returned to Hedong.

During this northern tour, Shao Sheng lost a lot of cheap nephews.

"Let father and son come in." Shao Shude said, "It's really cold outside."

Apologizing with a muddy head, leading a sheep with bare meat, bowing the head and tying the neck, etc., are all forms of submissive surrender.In this regard, you have to admire the creativity of the ancients.

Chu Shenping, the commander of Yinanzhi, immediately went outside the museum and led An Fuqian and his son in.

"The sinner, An Fuqian (An Chonghui), pays his respects to His Majesty." The father and son immediately fell to the ground when they saw Shao Shude sitting cross-legged behind the table.

"This is the second time I've seen General An." Shao Shude said.

An Fuqian raised his head, with tears in his eyes, and said: "Your Majesty is merciful, and I will be grateful for the crime."

Tolerance?Shao Shude sighed, yes, everyone's requirements are really low.If you don't massacre the city, don't kill the surrender, and don't force the people to death, you are already a benevolent king.

"What's your opinion on the battle in Hebei?" Shao Shude asked.

"Youzhou is already in His Majesty's pocket." An Fuqian returned, and after finishing speaking, he praised in a very emotional tone: "After 50 and [-] years, the world finally has a holy master, who will sweep away the demon atmosphere, Mixed in the universe. Every time I think about it, I really think I am dreaming."

Damn, flattery, but it sounds nice.Shao Shude smiled and asked, "Do you think I am the Holy Master?"

An Fuqian nodded heavily, and said: "The ancient kings had three virtues, namely wisdom, benevolence, and courage. Your Majesty has all of them, so he is a holy king."

"I don't want you to have read "The Doctrine of the Mean." Shao Shude said with a smile: "The world's Dade, if one of the three is one, you can separate one side. If you have the other two, you can win the championship. I have some of the three, but They are not doing well enough, and they are still far away from the Holy Monarch. However, in today's world, do you really think that with the three virtues by your side, you can get rid of the ugliness?"

"Isn't Your Majesty such an example?" An Fuqian asked back.

Shao Shude laughed, he no longer had much affection for An Fuqian.At the same time, there was also some pity. It was not easy for him to do this in exchange for his son's life.

"I killed your brother, what do you say?" Shao Shude asked again.

"The general will inevitably be killed in battle." An Fuqian said without changing his face: "Since he has eaten the bowl of rice from a martial artist, he should have the consciousness of being killed in battle. Your Majesty did not cheat, and between the two, the most important thing is to kill prisoners and kill them." If you are upright and upright, you will have nothing to say about crimes."

"You'd better think so." Shao Shude said.

An Fuqian lowered his head.

"How can Li Cunzhang defend Youzhou? Do you have a good plan?" Shao Shude asked.

"Your Majesty, just send troops to encircle it." An Fuqian said: "Li Cunzhang has ruled Youzhou for several years, but he has not made any achievements. Now there are reports of defeat everywhere, and people are panic. If they were taken away by Jinyang, they would either have been wiped out, and the only ones they relied on were the remnants of the Jingsai and Lulong armies. Most of these two armies were from Yan people, and they could send envoys to surrender slowly. Once someone crossed the city to vote, Youzhou can't keep it."

"This strategy is good." Shao Shude praised.

This should be An Fuqian's perception after he became the governor of Zhuozhou, and it has practical significance.

"Where did Li Luoluo go? The city of Zhuozhou was destroyed, and I haven't seen him yet?" Shao Shude asked, "Could it be that he ran back to Youzhou?"

"Return to Your Majesty." An Fuqian replied: "Last month when Li Cunxiao plundered Yizhou, Li Luoluo led the Tielin and Hengchong armies to march westward, and cooperated with the Yiwu Army to encircle and kill them. But Li Cunxiao ran too fast, and Li Luoluo Luoluo will still be in Yizhou. He has a lot of horses under his tent, so he can only go to Yiding to eat."

Shao Shude nodded, and said: "I understand. Your father and son will accompany you to the north for the time being, and they will have another appointment after the recovery of Youzhou."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." An Fuqian hurriedly pulled his son to worship together.

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On the third day of the twelfth lunar month, the Gongchen army, acting as a vanguard, took the lead in pulling out of camp and setting off, and Shengjia continued to head north.After gathering many Tutuan villagers, there are seven to eighty thousand people, which stretch for more than ten miles.

Arrived in Mozhou on the same day and stayed here for three days to meet officials and powerful people.I didn't say it, it's still the old routine, united front!

The two prefectures of Yingmo each recruited some generals and powerful disciples, making the total strength of Yin'anzhi exceed 100.

With more people, cohesion and loyalty have declined.

Fortunately, there are still a large number of palace guards around Shao Shude, and they, together with the veterans of the Silver Saddle led by Shaluqi, serve as the innermost guards.Chu Shenping led the other [-] people to walk and practice while screening. Many people still have to stand the test of time, and it is impossible to get close to Shao Sheng for the time being.

After leaving Mozhou, head north along the embankment of Yongji Canal—it is both an embankment and a post road.

On the evening of the sixth day, we arrived at Waziji Bridge.

It was once the county seat of Guiyi County, Zhuozhou.There is also Guancheng, called Waqiaoguan, which has not been built for many years. After the completion of Guancheng, the county government of Guiyi was moved to 35 miles northwest, facing the Baigou River in the north.

During the later Jin Dynasty, the army was closed at Waqiao. After recovering the two prefectures of Ying and Mo among the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun in the Later Zhou Dynasty, Lixiong prefecture was established here.

Shao Shude put on his armor and rode his horse, galloping outside the pass.

All the troops followed each other, the flags covered the sky and the sun, and the swords and guns shone brightly. The Yiwu Army Rongcheng defenders who were not far away were horrified when they heard this.

"Rat ears!" Shao Shude laughed loudly.

After all, he is a warrior, he likes to march and fight, he likes to kill generals and capture the flag, he likes to see the enemy army crumble and enjoy the spoils of war.

So what if the Yiwu Army has tens of thousands of people?I am here, dare to fight?

Xiao Yun, Pei Zhi and other officials followed behind him, hesitating to speak.

Chen Cheng and Lu Siye, the two people who had followed him all the year round, had a calm expression on their faces, as if they had found the feeling of having spent many years in the camp, where the monarch and his ministers faced each other and discussed the formation of troops.

War? In the past, such occasions were too common.

"When Youzhou is conquered, next year we will use the Yiwu Army first, and strive to open up the connection with Yunzhou." Shao Shude said: "My son Wang Gao, I want to see how he can resist my hundreds of thousands of troops."

"Your Majesty's strategy is very appropriate." Chen Cheng said with a smile.

If you fight for virtue first, the Yiwu Army will probably come to rescue them.

It is easy to decide first, and most of the Chengde army is hesitant. Even if they finally send troops, they will procrastinate.

The character of that guy Wang Rong has long been understood by everyone.The only variable is Li Keyong, he is probably going to save Yi Dingzhen, but no one cares about him anymore.

(End of this chapter)