Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1289 Good news every month
Outside the city of Dingzhou, when night fell, the city walls were extremely busy.Soldiers in twos and threes descended from the city, just like the city in the middle of the river that was at the end of the mountain.

Cao Yijin, deputy envoy of the Crane Control Army, led the sergeants out of the camp in turn to guard, gathered the scattered and fixed troops, and by dawn, more than [-] people had been collected.

At Chenshi, Li Gongquan, Marquis of Duyu, came with [-] soldiers to replace Cao Yijin's troops.

At this time, another massive siege battle was launched in the north, west, and east directions of Dingzhou.

After the Tianxiong Army arrived at Beiping Mansion, the saint transferred a part of the guards ([-] people) and the left and right sides of the returned Tielin Army to the city of Dingzhou. As well as more than [-] newly arrived soldiers from Daozhou, Henan Province, they repeatedly attacked and fought bloody battles endlessly.

Li Gongquan has been to the friendly army camp.In his view, all armies have made great progress.

The Hubei Daozhou Bingtuan Regiment was indeed overwhelmed by the fierce siege battle at the beginning, and even when the Yiwu Army went out of the city to charge and kill, they were defeated several times.

But Ge Congzhou is a qualified general.He even personally held up the iron mace and smashed it on the deserter's head and chest.At the same time, the officers and soldiers who performed well were rewarded generously and asked for credit for them. For this reason, they did not hesitate to quarrel with the Privy Council and the Sixth Department, and even got into the sage's desk for a time-Ge Congzhou wanted to fight for local officials for the soldiers who dared to fight. It can be seen that after presiding over the attack on the two towns of Cangjing and Youzhou, he has gradually lost his cautious attitude and become more like a tough commander.

The losses of the Crane Control Army were also great.

After all, this is a hastily kneaded army, and there are even many recruits in it.As the saying goes, officialdom makes people grow old, so why not the battlefield?Physical strength, morale, spirit, skills and even unlucky people were eliminated, and the remaining people went forward bravely. Quite an improvement.

Wherever Shao Shude goes, people like Li Tangbin will follow him, in the name of giving advice, but in fact, he is worried that he will stay in Luoyang, Chang'an, Beiping and other important places in the capital - not to doubt him, but to protect him. Once he is coerced by soldiers, Some things just can't be explained clearly.

"I will obey the order." The privy envoys and prime ministers present responded one after another.

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On the tenth day of June in the fifth year of Jianji, only two days before the wedding of the eldest son Shao Siwu, Shao Shude suddenly received a military report from Ge Congzhou: Conquer Dingzhou.

Jiedu Shi Wang Gao looked back at the increasingly chaotic Nancheng, sighed, and left with tears.

"We have arrived in Weizhou." Zhu Shuzong, the privy envoy of Nanya, replied.

"Over ten thousand soldiers of Yi Ding who were captured before and after were all sent to Beiping Mansion to build the palace city."

"Zang Dubao, the envoy of the Tianxiong Army, was appointed as the commander of the camp at the back of the mountain. Tianxiong, the Second Silver Spear Army, the Helianjun Department of the bodyguards, and all the Fan soldiers are all under his control. The Tianxiong Army is temporarily stationed in Beiping Mansion."

After being named Duke, it is more difficult to make meritorious service.Only Lao Lu is special. Li Tangbin is still sitting in the Privy Council to work. He, Yang Yue, Hu Zhen, and Wang Bian are also deputy envoys of the Privy Council of Nanya.

Dingzhou's vitality has not been exhausted at this time.But Wang Gao couldn't hold on anymore and abandoned the city to break through.From the perspective of ordinary people, it may be a good thing.Really hit the miserable situation of Shi Pu in Xuzhou back then, Shao Shude felt that it was time to kill a group of people.

But the saint still has expectations for the Tielin Army.He hoped that Fu Cunshen could rectify this army, revitalize it and become a powerful force.

Li Gongquan looked back at the soldiers behind him.From a state of high morale, they quickly fell to the bottom, and then in the brutal war, they rebounded from the bottom and climbed up bit by bit.Perhaps it is not as good as the high morale at the beginning, but the morale that has not experienced war is "fake morale", and the morale that can be maintained after a bloody battle is "true morale".

And when it was midnight, under the dark night, inside the severely damaged city wall, a group of people quietly opened the only gate of the south city where there was no battle, and rushed away.

"After the three armies of Longxiang, Tiande, and Dingnan have received the rewards, the class will be refreshed."

"The more you are afraid of death, the faster you will die." Li Gongquan said, "However, the culprits are almost exhausted, so they dare not go out of the city to fight, otherwise the Tielin army may be in a hurry."

"People in the Iron Forest Army are a little afraid of death." During the handover, Cao Yijin glanced back at the battlefield and said with a smile.

Perhaps one day, when the stock wealth of the people falls below the warning line and the new wealth cannot make up for expenditures, their lives will be affected.But the war may not end at this time. When the warriors in Yunzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou couldn't even get a few rewards and meat, they continued to fight and resist endlessly until the last point of the town was exhausted. vitality……

Strictly speaking, Daxia now has only three real dukes, Li Tangbin, the duke of the state of Lu with [-] households, Lu Huaizhong, the duke of Wei with [-] households, and Ge Congzhou, the duke of Ji with [-] households. .

Ge Congzhou was successful, he was ranked among the Dukes of the state, and he was also a real Duke with food, not in the same breath as Zhao Kuangning, the Duke of Jing who did not have a household.

Then came the continuous war.Because Li Keyong's strategic focus was in Hebei, and Yi Ding repeatedly assisted Hedong, the feudal vassals in Hebei regarded him as a traitor and a running dog of the Jin people, and they wanted to pull him out quickly.

The Crane Control Army has survived the training, and those who stay will only be more capable.

Yi Ding has since been unable to escape from the war.

The population is declining and the economy is slowly declining. Dingzhou, which used to be able to produce all kinds of high-quality silk including Luo, Zong, Xiling, Ruiling, Liangqi, Duke, Erbao and Shuxian, silk The output of silk decreased year by year, and people's lives became increasingly difficult.

"Ge Congzhou is the county lord of Neixiang, right? He must be rewarded for his great achievements in conquering the three towns. Immediately prepare an inscription, ennoble him as the Duke of Ji, and enshrine four thousand households."

Dingzhou is a big county.Known as Boling in ancient times, there are as many as ten counties.After the Huangchao Rebellion broke out and before Li Quanzhong came to attack, the population of Dingzhou reached its peak, almost surpassing Tianbao's limit, with 50 people.

The Wang family's two generations and 26 years of foundation were finished in this way.

The initial retreat was orderly.But as they ran, rumors spread, and the mood of the soldiers of the Yiwu Army was in an extremely unstable state. They heard that the wind was raining, and their morale collapsed instantly.

"Zhen Xu, the envoy of the right wing of the Iron Forest Army, is old and has been transferred to the command envoy of the Dingzhou State Army. He will take up his post immediately."

After all, there is still a war.

After the political discussion was over, and before leaving, Shao Shude made another decree: Tune Fu Cunshen to be the envoy of the left and right Tielin Army.

In the dark night, the sound of horseshoes sounded in twos and threes.Wang Gao knew that it was a Xia Jun scout who was active at night.He didn't hesitate anymore, he patted his horse and galloped towards Zhenzhou.

But the days of warriors do not seem to be too affected.On the contrary, because of the frequent wars, the generals had to do their best to satisfy their appetites, and the income was even more, at the cost of shrinking folk wealth.

Since the sage is also an envoy of the Tielin army, he is also a nepotism, and over a long period of time, there has been a problem with the flow of this army.Now it needs the blood of the battlefield to cleanse, come and go and save the chaff, so that it can be revitalized.

The siege battle lasted all day, and each ministry took turns.By the time the guards retreated in the setting sun, the battle was finally over.

"One soldier who deserves meritorious service will be rewarded according to the roster."

"Stop the camp in Youzhou, form the camp in Xingzhou, and use Lu Huaizhong as the commander of the camp." Shao Shude ordered: "The four armies of Wuwei, Tielin, Konghe, and Youguo are all under his command. The Daozhou soldiers and soil regiment also belonged to the subordinates."

As a result, the chaos at the gate of the city began to intensify, from the initial whispering and cursing to pushing and shoving, and then to beating each other—for fighting for road.

For the family members who stay in the city, please be blessed.

The generals of the Tielin Army, such as Yeli Yulue, Zheng Yong, Xu Hao, etc. did not receive promotions, but instead transferred an outsider to come over. The meaning of punishment is very obvious.

Surrounding the Three Ques and One is a common siege tactic, the purpose is to disintegrate the will of the defenders and lure them to flee.Xia Jun surrounded Dingzhou and besieged it on three sides, leaving the south alone.The Yiwu army is not stupid at all, knowing that once they lose the support of the city wall, they will be easily overtaken by the enemy in the empty wilderness, and the whole army will be defeated.

All the ministries went back to their own camps, eating, eating, wounds, repairing equipment, repairing equipment, busy but not chaotic, just like the past half a year.

"Adjust Zhao Cen, governor of Yuanzhou, as governor of Dingzhou."

And with the destruction of Yiding Town, there is only one disabled Chengde Town left on the land of Hebei.

"I heard that when he was in Weizhou, Liang Hanyong beheaded more than a dozen generals of the Tielin Army in one breath, and sent the timid ones to the front row to attack the city, and promoted the new generals who dared to fight. Recovery. Now the right side is poor, and we have to practice again." Cao Yijin didn't think there was anything wrong with commenting on the Tielin Army. In his opinion, the overall strength of the Crane Army was indeed inferior to the Tielin Army, but Ruo La In a field battle, it is difficult to say who will win, because the Crane Control Army has at least a few thousand hard-core fighters who dare to fight to the death, and if they are the main force of the battle, the Iron Forest Army may not be able to stop it.

This is a rather surprising will.

So they really didn't escape from the south side in the first place.But today, when things are gradually running out, I can't take care of anything. I know it's a trap, but I have to jump. I try to use the cover of the night as much as possible.

"Where is the Wuwei Army?" Shao Shude asked.

When the Xia army attacked Yiding, Hedong and Chengde sent troops to rescue several times, but the results were not satisfactory.Especially Cheng De, because he is close at hand, he is quite hardworking.However, in several field battles, the losses were not light, and Jizhou was even captured.

Now Wang Rong is only left in the three prefectures of Zhen, Zhao, and Shen, and the morale of the army is also very average. The next step is to take him under the knife.

The formation of the Xingzhou Camp is about to start, and when the 20 troops will overwhelm them, they will not stop until they are immortal.

But this time, anyone with a discerning eye could see how much strength Hedong still had to rescue them.

(End of this chapter)