Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1253 Central Shu and Yingzhou
On May 25, Ge Congzhou delivered his speech at the completed Jintai Hall and led the troops to march.

The martial arts masters are going to work hard, without saying anything, they have to be rewarded, and the military tickets are flying out like running water.

In fact, the money and silk obtained from Cangjing and Youzhou were almost spent, and Shao Shude's pocket was empty.

Thanks to his strong credit, the soldiers were willing to take their military tickets and exchange them with Yousi when they went back to rest after the war.Invisibly, Shao Sheng was given the ability to issue long-term bills of exchange.

The magic of finance is so cool!
He still remembered that in the early years when he was fighting Huangchao, the belongings of the soldiers were stored in Li Xiang's supply camp.Wherever you go, where you take it, is more precious than your own life.

This is what happens with bad credit.No one believes you, you have to see real money.Even because you have a previous record of bad debts, and more than once, you have no credit, the warriors will ask for rewards at the critical moment of the fight, and force you to give money.Because they know that when the enemy is driven away and the war is over, it is impossible to get a penny.

If he died, his death would be for nothing, and he would even be called Qiu Ba scornfully.

Shao Shude's reputation is extremely strong, it has not faded for more than 20 years, and is widely trusted by martial arts.The promised rewards have been fulfilled every time, even if they are converted, even if they are converted into money and silk with other items, they will be given in full, and there has never been a default.

He once thought that if he opened a bank by himself, he would become bigger and stronger soon, surpassing many time-honored temples (lending institutions).

The two armies of Longxiang and Konghe were taken away by Ge Congzhou, and Ding Huisuo was also under his command, supplemented by a large number of Tutuan peasants, with a total force of more than [-], and began to attack Yiding.

The main force of the right wing of the Tielin Army was sent to the Tanzhou area to search and suppress the bandits wandering everywhere, and also to deter the localities, while the rest stayed behind in Youzhou.

As the general reserve force, the bodyguards were sent to Ji and Ping prefectures to frighten the tribes and urge the people to repair the post roads.

Shao Shude and Baiguan stayed at Linshuo Palace.There are only more than [-] palace guards and Yinan Zhi, which has expanded to more than [-] people, plus more than [-] Tutuan villagers.

Overall, all the troops that could be mobilized have been mobilized.Shao Sheng was still very arrogant, staring at Khitan, Chengde, Henan and Daibei who were attacking Hedong, the main force was still attacking Yi Ding, and he was able to handle it with ease.

On this day, after the court meeting ended, Shao Shude convened civil and military discussions, and the first thing was the battle in central Shu.

In the past year, the war in Hebei has attracted most people's attention, so that the war in the small basin in central Sichuan has been eclipsed.But Shao Shude has been paying attention to his son's performance, not only in military affairs, but also in politics.

To put it simply, Shao Chengjie fought three major battles in Central Shu, and under the advice of his staff, he made great efforts to win over the local forces in Central Sichuan, especially those in Dongchuan Town.

The first battle was to win over the Guanzhong sergeants that Zhu Mei brought over.Li Jichong, Maozhen's false son, personally led people to suppress it, but rebellions continued one after another. In the end, the two sides encountered each other in Puzhou.Then the army went north, taking advantage of the situation to besiege Zizhou, the core city of Dongchuan Town.

In the second battle, Li Maozhen personally led an army of more than [-] people to fight along the Zhongjiang River.

The two armies of Jindao and Heizhu rushed to the bandit camp, but they couldn't.Maozhen sent sailors to smuggle ashore again, contacted the Zizhou defenders, repeatedly harassed and burned the Xia army's supplies.The two sides held each other here for dozens of days. On the ninth day of April, Shao Chengjie became impatient, so he ignored the persuasion of his subordinates and used his body as bait to attract the Shu people to attack.

Li Maozhen was overjoyed, and selected more than ten thousand people to go out to the camp, and besieged Shao Chengjie with more than two thousand soldiers from Congmazhi.At that time, Shao Chengjie took the [-] armored cavalry that had been concealed in advance, and rushed to the battle in person to defeat the bandits.Maozhen burned the camp overnight and fled.

After the victory, the Xia army turned around and besieged Zizhou again. This time it went smoothly, and they pulled it out in January.

In the third battle, after dividing the troops to take Dongchuan and pulling up a large number of miscellaneous teams, at the end of August, Gao Renhou led a partial division to attack Mianzhou, attracting the attention of the Shu army. Shao Chengjie personally led the main force and went straight to Chengdu.

Maozhen led the army again and set up camp at Sanxue Mountain in the north of Jintang County. There were more than [-] people in the motley army, and the momentum was extremely strong.

Shao Chengjie personally led the army to charge and kill, shot several arrows in the body, changed horses twice, and finally defeated the Shu army. Maozhen left his fake son Li Jimi to guard the Jintang, and fled back to Chengdu in embarrassment.

When the governor of Mianzhou heard about the defeat of Sanxue Mountain, he abandoned the city overnight and fled back to Chengdu.

After the three battles, 6 people were captured and killed, and Li Maozhen's old base was wiped out at least nearly [-], and his strength was greatly damaged.

In December, under the continuous siege of various brands, Li Jimi went out of the city and surrendered, and Jintang was conquered.At this point, the door to Chengdu Mansion opened wide.

After the Chinese New Year, Gao Renhou went south from Mianzhou.Although it is a partial division, the number of high-ranking troops who have recruited a large number of surrendered troops has expanded to more than [-] people, and they have repeatedly attacked Peng, Han and other states, winning many battles.

In mid-April, he and Shao Chengjie joined forces in the outskirts of Chengdu and set up camp.

Li Maozhen spent all his wealth, recruited warriors, and defended Chengdu.At the same time, he sent his parent and son Li Jikan to Qiong, Ya and other places to recruit soldiers and try to support him from the outside - Li Maozhen had ruled Qiong for many years, and the states southwest of Chengdu were his basic base.

Up to now, the Xia army, which has soared to [-] people, has surrounded Chengdu tightly and is in the process of persuading it to surrender.

"Your Majesty, the battle situation in Central Shu has become clear." Li Tangbin looked left and right in front of the map, his heart was so excited, he wished to fly all the way to replace Gao Renhou and personally command the final battle.

"The next thing is to drive the soldiers and the people to attack the city. There is nothing to say." Li Tangbin continued: "The middle of Sichuan is rich, and the city of Chengdu is high and deep. Taking it by force is the worst strategy, and we still have to find a way to outsmart it."

Shao Shude put down the military report that he had flipped through countless times, and said: "Gao Renhou is a veteran general. I saw him send troops into Qiong, so I knew he had a strategy."

Qiongzhou was Li Maozhen's base camp before entering Chengdu. Except for the people brought over from Chang'an, the rest of his staff were basically from Qiongya.Taking the territory of the old Qiongnan Town, the morale of the army in the city will definitely be chaotic, and things may change.

Li Maozhen is actually a futures dead man.The only suspense is how long he can live.

It’s cool to destroy a rising regime again and again. It’s cool to go against the sky. In history, when the king of Shu was established, he was able to counterattack the Central Plains and show off his power for a while, but when his son Wang Yan met, he was completely a piece of shit. , "Wang Yan, silly boy's ear", this is the evaluation of the later Tang officials who wiped out the former Shu.

The father and son of the Shao family fight elites.

"Your Majesty, perhaps we can set up Jiannan Road." Prime Minister Pei Zhi got up and suggested.

Shao Shude fell silent.

In fact, he didn't really care about things on the battlefield.

What's more, Chengjie fought fiercely and fought fiercely, and won several victories. It was completely a style of vigorously performing miracles and flying bricks with great strength, which was too unskillful!

How come you can't learn from your father's meticulous layout and steady progress?

Thinking about his combat thinking when he went south from Hanzhong, he was very displeased with surprise attacks in the middle of the road, field battles, and sudden attacks.

As a military commander, he should be as thick as a mountain and pursue stability instead of taking risks.

If you walk too much at night, you will always bump into ghosts.This kid does not look like his father at all when he fights.

Apart from military affairs, Shao Shude wanted to see his eldest son's progress in politics.

So far, so-so.What satisfied Shao Shude the most was that Erlang actually married the concubine daughters of three wealthy and powerful families in central Sichuan.

This kid used to concentrate on practicing martial arts, and was obsessed with all kinds of weapons, but he was not very interested in women.This time I finally got the hang of it, knowing the benefits of marriage.

How can you pull up so many miscellaneous troops without uniting the big clans in central Shu?
If you don't unite the big clans in central Shu, how can you have money and food to support the war?

Without uniting the big clans in central Shu, could the rear be so stable?
Do it right.

"Jiannan Dao will not be set up for the time being." Shao Shude rejected Pei Zhi's proposal, and said, "Sanchuan and other generals will be appointed by the camp. Maozhen is still alive, and it's not time to celebrate yet."

"Yes." Pei Zhi touched his nose and went down.

All the officials present were fine people, and they immediately pondered the true meaning secretly.

"A military newspaper in the middle of Shu will submit it to my desk immediately. The rest of the trivial matters will be handled with the help of the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council." Shao Shude said, "Now let's talk about Yingzhou. According to the report from the Ministry of Public Affairs, Khitan seems to be going big. Attack the White Wolf Garrison and other places. From this point of view, most of them have given up going south to Andong. What do you think about this matter?"

"Your Majesty." Li Tangbin was the first to jump out, and said earnestly, "Your Majesty, please order your ministers to go out. You only need [-] guards to gather and annihilate future enemies outside Linyu Pass."

Chen Cheng listened silently, shaking his head secretly.

Is Li Tangbin feeling overwhelmed?Do the guards dare to get involved?Afraid of being reprimanded.

Sure enough, Shao Shude shook his head and said: "Li Qing, please sit down. There is a small battle, and the country's generals are not needed."

Li Tangbin retreated unhappily.

"Your Majesty, the camp behind the mountain knows the inside story of Yingzhou, Ye Lidutou may have a strategy." Chen Cheng said: "In my opinion, the defense strategy set earlier is correct, just frustrate the thieves' offensive and make them fearful. The road to Yingzhou should not be too aggressive, once it gets stuck, it will not be able to be solved by Li Cunxiao's troops."

Chen Cheng's meaning is very clear, just a few soldiers, just repel the enemy's attack, don't be greedy for meritorious deeds, and stretch your own supply line too long.In the west of Liaoning, there are swamps all over the land, and it is difficult to supply. If you get stuck, you are just asking for trouble, unless you plan to gather the main force and attack Khitan in one fell swoop.

But at the moment, it is clear that the time is not yet ripe, and there is no need to overly stimulate the Khitan people.

"Your Majesty, I have seconded the proposal." Wang Pu, the minister of the Ministry of War, said, "Yelü Shilu is the Prime Minister of Khitan, and Yelu Yi is the Marshal of the Army and Horses. This pair of uncles and nephews have been in power for many years, and there are many dissatisfied in Khitan. Now we can take this opportunity to weaken this pair." The prestige of uncles and nephews, as the saying goes, water drops through stone, as long as hard work is done, there will always be results. Sun Sheng, the eldest son of Sui Wen, knew the inside story of the Turks, and successfully separated and divided the leaders, which caused the Turks to decline. Today, it may be possible to act according to this strategy. "

"Good." Shao Shude couldn't help but praise.

This is the real temple strategy.Under the strategy, there is room for generals and marshals to drive and use troops.The general's actions in tactics must serve the strategy.

If the strategic goal is not clear, the tactics will be at a loss. The strategic goal of the first stage is to consolidate the land behind the mountains, promote the internal division of Khitan, and lay a solid foundation for the second stage to attack Khitan.

"Call Yelu Hua." Shao Shude ordered.

(End of this chapter)