Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1335

At the end of March in the seventh year of Jianji (907), the Wansheng Yellow-headed Army left Beiping Mansion with a large amount of food and supplies, and went to Yingzhou.

They had already been there once last year, and 3000 people escorted 20 dendrobium grains and beans to Liucheng County.

This time the scale was even bigger than in the past. More than 40 carriages, donkey carts, mule carts, ox carts and other vehicles left Beijing, carrying a full [-] hu of grain, and the Youzhou government treasury was almost empty.

The Wansheng Huangtou Army currently has nearly 3000 people, including [-] infantry and more than [-] cavalry—the old Wansheng Huangtou has merged with a part of the Tingqian Huangjia Army brought by Shi Junli.

The imperial court ordered Shi Junli to be the military envoy, and the old Wansheng Huangtou army envoy Li Congke to be the deputy envoy.

This arrangement naturally made Li Congke very dissatisfied, but he did not dare to vent his anger on the court, so he had no choice but to pour his anger on Shi Junli.

This army has internal discord and serious problems.It's hard to say whether the imperial court's arrangement was intentional, but it was more likely to limit Li Siyuan's influence. After all, he was already an envoy of the Tiancheng Army with eighteen thousand soldiers, and he was more elite than the Tong army.

On the first day of April, Shao Shude held the Shuowang Dynasty Meeting in the Jintai Hall of Linshuo Palace, and all officials above the ninth grade in Beijing participated.

At the court meeting, the conquest of Khitan was officially announced and an imperial edict was issued.

But Chen Su's complaints were not without effect. Shao Shude called Zhao Guangfeng, his servant, on the spot, and asked him to resolve the matter—in fact, it was to reduce the share in other places, allocate some to Hebei, and rent it to the common people at a low price.

"Xuan Wang lectured on martial arts, and chased the young men to Taiyuan; the Han emperor sent out his army, and walked the Xiongnu to the vast sea... Today, I bowed the yellow axe, pointed at the spirit flag, and stationed in Helong. Lou. I hope to break the bamboo and smash the bandits."

On April [-]th, he stayed overnight in the Liucheng Army, and Chen Su, the governor of Pingzhou, came to see him.

"I use Suhe Piji to level the world at first glance. I don't want to pamper the world and harmonize all nations. Guangzheng Shuo uses the shackles to bring order to the order of human relations... The nearest Yeluyi killed the Khan and stole the big position. Where can we protect the feelings of treachery and evil? In a country with a father and a king, neither will be tolerated."

At noon, after having lunch with his family, Shao Shude went to Yingzhou under the escort of Yinanzhi and Tianxiong troops.

"Okay, okay!" Shao Shude said with emotion: "I have a good wife who can defeat a hundred thousand troops."

After paying tribute to the ancients, I stayed overnight in Lai'an (Suizhong) County, Yingzhou on the 23rd.

"Eight Parts System of Envoy Khitan"——

In July, the Pinglu Army marching south from Xuzhou was deployed to the front line of the Huai River to deter the Huai Army.At the beginning of August, Gao Silun led 3000 people across the river to cut off the pontoon bridge for the Huai people, and the whole army was terrified.The Huai people took advantage of the situation to attack, and Gao Silun was defeated. Gao Siji and Li Cunxiao built a floating bridge upstream and rescued Gao Silun back to the north bank.

The Baoning army clung to it, invaded Chizhou, plundered and returned.

Chen Cheng, Minister of Zhongshu, Zhang Xuanyan, Minister of Household Affairs, Du Xiao, Minister of Military Affairs, Yang She, Minister of Industry, Hu Zhen, Li Tangbin, Deputy Privy Envoys of the Southern Yamen, Zhang Guibian, Wang Yao, Deputy Privy Envoys of the Northern Yamen, and Zhang Yun, Young Supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs , Zhao Wang Shao Siwu, Yan Wang Shao Mingyi, Prince Consort Li Cunxu and other officials and relatives accompanied them to Yingzhou.

Lang Cui, the secretary of Shao Shudeling, drafted an imperial decree and sent it to Zhongshu: Wang Tuan, the governor of Xingzhou, was the governor of Hedong Road; Feng Dao, the governor of Liaozhou, was the governor of Xingzhou;

Since the hardships, the sergeants have been looting and looting. It is actually very difficult for the officers to stop them. They can only let them enjoy themselves first, and then settle accounts later.Shao Shude's will is also to settle accounts after autumn.Generally speaking, at this time the Boryeong Army has already plundered from top to bottom, and if you hunt and kill some unlucky ghosts, it will not cause too much backlash.

Meng De, your conditions when you conquered Wuhuan were much worse than mine.They had no choice but to venture forward, detoured around small roads, had no luggage, the soldiers were tired and hungry, and there were few armored ones.If this battle is lost, history may be changed.

In fact, this is also expected.Since Li Keyong's funeral was completed, Li Xiji's health has been deteriorating.Shao Shude dispatched famous palace doctors to Jinyang to diagnose, treat and recuperate Li Xiji.However, the skillful hands of the imperial doctors only allowed Li Xiji to live for about half a year, and finally died of illness.

Shao Shude carefully read it twice from the beginning to the end, and thought to himself that this is the true nature of the fucking Jin army!
He was pressing down on Hedong before, and this group of people still knew how to behave with their tails tucked up, but now they feel that the Emperor Tiangao is far away, and everyone has reverted to their old ways, right?

On the fifth day of the fifth day of the lunar new year, it rained lightly and continued eastward.

One Li Xiji was gone, and two newcomers from Hedong were promoted.After the death of his righteous brother, Shao Shude did not turn his back on him, and he still "loved and cared" Hedong Shangxia.

On April 22, Shao Shude arrived at Linyu Pass.

It is said that this army arrived in Qizhou in July.It was a scorching heat, and there was nothing to do.

In addition, he also wanted to see if Li Cunxian, Li Sigong, Li Chengyue, Yuan Jianfeng and others had lost control of this army.

The queen took the left-behind officials out of the city for several miles to see them off.

This purpose is actually a bit painless.

Zhong Kuangshi asked for Jiangzhou, but to no avail.

She is a queen, what do you want?But her husband's words still made her happy.

This was how things were supposed to be, but at the beginning of April, the Baoning army plundered the counties of Jiangzhou on the pretext that there was no reward during the Cold Food Festival, regardless of the dissuasion of the generals.

At this time, I got news from Jiangxi: the Baoning Army plundered Jiangzhou, and Li Hang could not control it.

After the court meeting was over, Shao Shude was not going to delay any longer, and issued an order in the Jintai Hall: the queen will be the guardian of the country, and she will be in charge of the government. Lu Siye, the supervisor, takes charge of government affairs, and the leaders of the two yamen in the south and north handle military affairs.

"Eight tribal chieftains have not started hiding, only listening to lies, the crimes of the party and the husband, and the happy alliance between the two countries. Let the dog and the sheep look at my pavilion. You can't keep the animal's heart..."

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The army marched east, still taking the traditional Lulong Road.

Shao Shude skimmed over the various figures, he was most concerned about whether the registered householders were dishonest and whether they could accept a new life.He was very relieved when he learned that the Wesfarmers students were helping each other and the situation was improving.

Some common people who were obviously from Fan Hu were working clumsily in the fields.Their patience is not high, and they always have to rest when they are doing their work.Seeing soldiers passing by the roadside, he even stopped what he was doing and looked around in a daze.

After dealing with this matter, Shao Shude continued to march northeast.Along the winding Lulong Road, through Bailang County in the middle, head towards Liucheng.

Inspector Xiao Die held the household registration account book and went to the post office in person to report all the big and small affairs in the state.

The situation reported by Xiao Die is similar.The twelve counties of Ji and Ping have a combined population of more than [-], and more than half of them are registered households. Shao Shude specifically asked what was the problem. After learning that there was a serious shortage of cattle, he was speechless for a while.

On the fourth night of April, Shao Shude stayed overnight in Jizhou.

Looking at that appearance, it seems that he is not willing to do farm work, and would rather serve as a soldier and fight for his life.

Zhong Kuangfan, the governor of Jiangzhou, abandoned the city and fled. He was captured by the Baoning Army.

And the day before, he had visited Jieshi Mountain to observe the sea.

Shao Shude smiled, they were still in labor pains.By the second generation, they are almost no different from the Han people.

In the first month of the seventh year of Jianji, the Baoning Army celebrated the New Year in Jiangzhou.Li Hang also rushed from Hongzhou to reward the army with the treasure knocked from Zhong Kuangshi. The Baoning army smiled happily and stationed here.

The Baoning army, who had been waiting for a long time, seized the opportunity and sent more than [-] elite soldiers to smuggle across the river, following the Huai people's rear army in pursuit.

Shao Shude carefully observed the rural scenery on both sides of the post road.

Zhe Fangai covered her mouth and smiled, carefully arranging Shao Shude's military uniform.

But it's okay to be defeated on the battlefield. Sometimes the far-reaching impact caused by man-made disasters is really hard to describe-Sima Yi slaughtered Liaodong, and the disaster will last for thousands of years.

Li Hang was very angry, so he reported it.

The scenery along the way is quite different from that in Linyu Pass.Dilapidated houses, temples, city walls, abandoned farmland, orchards, and canals can be seen everywhere.

Shao Shu held the queen's hand, said with a low smile, "My lady will wait a few months, and go east for my husband, and bring you some boxes of pearls back."

Shao Shude was silent.

The Huai people were withdrawing their troops and had no intention of fighting, so they were defeated.Even Jiangzhou didn't dare to defend, left behind the broken team, and withdrew back to Xuanshe Town in one go.

This is life, there is no way.

Before departure on the [-]th, an envoy from Jinyang reported that the governor of Hedong Road, Li Xijixie.

Every time it changes hands, the local way of life will change dramatically.

Well, after holding back for a long time, he didn't leave any poems, but he still has a lot of emotions.

An order was issued on the spot: to order Li Cunxian and Li Sigong to strictly enforce military discipline, and to arrest and kill the sergeants who initiated looting—the list has been reported by Li Hang after his visit.

Then there was another "Discussion of Yelv Yizhi", which detailed the appointment of the commanders-in-chief of the soldiers and horses of various routes-in fact, the appointment had been made in advance, and this edict was just to make it public.

"Military and national affairs, don't play tricks." Zhe Fangai said: "The posture of the husband is heavenly, referring to the economics in the palm, the armor and the horse in the chest, the ugly Khitans are definitely not opponents. You can fight as you want, and you should fight. You can fight as long as you want, you don't need to worry about the imperial court, the concubine will take care of it carefully, waiting for your husband to return home."

In December, the Huai army besieged Hongzhou for several months, and the battle was unsuccessful.Surprised to hear that Gu Quanwu sent troops from the west of Zhejiang Province, he had to retreat after a series of victories.

Although this battle was defeated, the main force of the Pinglu army was still very oppressive.Li Chengnai, the governor of Yangwu and Chuzhou, did not dare to neglect, so he called for troops again and again, which effectively contained the enemy's strength.

Hope they don't.The Jin army as a whole is more obedient than the Hebei vassals.

Don't look at the large number of livestock in Daxia, but most of them are beef cattle and dairy cows.Farm cattle are also being bred and trained in large quantities, but the supply is still in short supply, and they are mostly sent to Zhili, Henan, Huaihai, and Hubei. The priority of Hebei is not high enough, and it is ranked behind.

Throughout the hundreds of years of the Northern Dynasties, Liaodong has never been relieved.Hu people entered in large numbers, and the civilization level of Liaodong regressed greatly.

Yingzhou was established in the Tang Dynasty, and the old mountains and rivers were slowly cleaned up, but the Fanhu tribe had already become a climate.After the Anshi Rebellion, it regressed in an all-round way and returned to a state of ignorance again.

What a pity!

On the tenth day of May, Shao Shude arrived in Liucheng County, Lisuo, Yingzhou.

(End of this chapter)