Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Inside the Shendu Garden, as soon as the drums sounded, the soldiers rushed out like wild horses running wild.

Uh, a little spicy eyes.

Without any cooperation, it is rushing and reckless.I don't care what's in front of you, rush in front of the scarecrow, and smash down the wooden galleon, iron rod, iron mace, bone and so on.

Looking at their formation, they are already crooked. Those who rushed fast were seven or eight steps ahead, while those who rushed slowly had not yet "engaged in the battle".

Sitting next to Shao Shude, Xiao Shi covered his mouth and smiled.

Her belly bulged slightly.

Shao Sheng has visited her more times in the past few months than in the past 20 years combined, which seems to indicate a change in attitude.

All kinds of postures are unlocked, and there is no need to waste bullets. Xiao Shi may have obtained more than one hundred milliliters of supplements, and life has already been conceived in his body.

Shao Shude also laughed.He seeks out the best in each other as much as possible.

First of all, courage is commendable.Facing the enemy's thousands of troops and horses, you are not afraid of death, just rush and you are done.

This is a common manifestation of people living in extremely difficult living conditions.

In their cognition, death is not a particularly difficult thing to accept, because they are used to death on weekdays: death from starvation, death from disease, death from freezing, death from hunting, death from tribal vendettas, etc.

People in the Central Plains once had this mentality, such as Henan, which is plagued by disasters.

But after years of peace, even though the new generation of Henan people are still influenced by their parents and have a certain amount of courage, it is conceivable that this kind of courage to fear death will continue to wear off in a peaceful living environment. Every generation, a part is lost, until the environment reverses and shapes their bravery again.

Secondly, Shao Shude found that they were very obedient.

The big and small heads will serve as officers, and they will rush when they say they will, and stop when they say they will stop.This kind of obedience cannot be achieved by whip training, but also comes from the deep-rooted social culture. Every detail in your life reminds you of order and order, and don't overstep it.For rulers, this is a very useful consumable, and it is much easier to satisfy than the imperial warriors, who are really difficult to serve.

After finding two advantages, Shao Shude couldn't find too many.

Perhaps a stocky figure counts as one. Some people have great strength, some have good stamina, some have precise archery skills, etc. After all, they are all selected elites, and it is impossible to have no skills.

Shao Shude is an old martial artist, and you can't hide it from him by putting on airs, and you can tell at a glance whether you have chosen someone carefully.

"Actually, it's okay." Shao Shude commented: "It just needs to practice the army formation and cooperate."

"Your Majesty is holy," said Yang Jue, the Privy Councilor of Bei Ya.

Shao Shude said helplessly: "Yang Qing has time to sing praises, why not spend more time training the foreign soldiers."

Yang Jue also laughed, and said: "Actually, it doesn't take much time, in another year or so, His Majesty will look at them with admiration."

"I'm waiting." Shao Shude said.

Of course he knew that Yang Jue was right.

Teamwork, coordination, formation, etc. can be practiced quickly, and there is no technical content, mainly relying on tireless management and training.

Compared with these basic things, courage and martial arts are difficult to practice, and it takes a lot of time and cost.

Therefore, from the general's point of view, the general priority is to train the army formation and cooperate, so that the troops can be disciplined and cooperate skillfully, which is qualified.

Other things that are more ambiguous will be left to chance.

But these savages seem to be doing it the other way around.Some of their military skills are very good, such as archery, riding, or the weapons they are good at (usually blunt weapons), their physical fitness is also very good, and they have an aura of desperate fighting.

In other words, I have mastered high-end things, but lacked basic things, and now I need to make up lessons.

It takes seven or eight years to train a qualified archer, and it takes more than ten years if it is excellent, but it only takes one year to practice the army formation. This time it is actually a treasure.

Of course, there are not many of these elites in the north, and it is almost enough to "pick up treasures" a few more times.

"When I'm here, there must be a meeting gift. People will give you two pieces of money, one piece of woolen cloth, and one piece of silk." Shao Shude stood up and said.

No need to look any further.

These soldiers need to practice more, and I don't know how many will survive after fighting the Western Regions.Even if they survived, they would not be let go.

This is the same as Ma Zheng.

The high-quality genetic resources of tall stature, large bust, strong grip, good endurance, and smart brains have been lost, and they have been integrated into the Han Chinese population in the Central Plains.

After leaving Shendu Garden, the servant Wang Yanfan came to report that Zhongshu servant Song Le was seriously ill.

"It's so cold this winter..." Shao Shude felt a little melancholy.

Since he returned to Beijing, Song Le seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and his body deteriorated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Last month, he was seriously ill and was bedridden for several days. Shao Shude personally brought the imperial physician to visit him.

Just got better, but got sick again.

This winter may be a hurdle for many elderly people.

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The north wind howled, the snow fell heavily, and the twelfth lunar month of the 11th year of the establishment of the pole was extremely cold.

For ordinary people, it is best to stay at home and cat winter at this time.

But for the Xia army attacking Huainan, this is the best season for fighting.

At the beginning of November, after the Xia armies from all walks of life were almost assembled, Xu Wen and Zhang Hao coerced Yang Wo and ordered the horse infantry soldiers of all prefectures and towns to lay down their weapons and send Xia to more than ten prefectures in the two towns of Huainan and Xuanshe.

As soon as this order came out, there was an uproar in Huainan.

Li Yu of Xuanzhou and Zhu Yanshou of Luzhou, who had temporarily waived because Yang Wo was still alive, jumped out one after another, calling on all armies to raise troops to kill Xu Wen and Zhang Hao.

Chuzhou defense envoy Li Chengnai was the first to respond.

He is Yang Xingmi's son-in-law, so of course he can't see this kind of thing where people and gods are indignant.

On the tenth day of the eleventh lunar month, Li Chengnai led more than ten thousand troops to the south to threaten Guangling.At the same time, he also talked about the [-]-strong Yajun stationed in Chuzhou to work together on the "side of the Qing emperor".

On November [-]th, Qin Wang Shao Chengjie personally supervised the battle in Huaibei.

Pinglu's [-]-step cavalry took the lead, followed by the Longxiang, Jindao, and Yinqiang armies, and smashed across the Huai River in mighty force.

The Huai people's morale was chaotic and vulnerable.

Within a few days, Huaiyin, an important town that had been in operation for many years, was destroyed, and Cheng Nai's younger brother, Cheng Ding, surrendered the whole city.

Li Chenglai, who stayed behind in Chuzhou, was in a hurry and asked Li Chengnai to return to his teacher for rescue.

At the same time, there were soldiers fleeing in Chuzhou city, causing great chaos.

Someone yelled and cursed those who fled from the city to die.

Some people wailed, unable to figure out why the army, which was still fine before, collapsed in an instant.

You know, before this, they used the Huai River defense line to repeatedly defeat the Gao brothers, Li Cunxiao and others, beheading at least [-] Pinglu troops in a few years, and their own losses were less than half of the opponent's.

They are capable of fighting and are not afraid of the Xia people, but why are they in such a mess now?
Li Chengnai was in a hurry to go to Guangling, constantly urging the army to move forward. He had just arrived at Gaoyou, when he heard the sad news that Huaiyin was lost and Shanyang was in danger, he had to change direction and deal with the Xia people first.

The Huai army marched "turning back and running" for several days, and their strength was greatly weakened. When they reached Baoying, they were raided by the Golden Sword Army who came on fast horses, and the whole army was defeated.

Li Chengnai cried bitterly, bowed three times in the direction of Guangling, and killed himself.

After Li Chenglai heard the news of the collapse of the army, he left the city in despair and surrendered.

The Chuzhou Group with the most combat experience in Huainan has been removed from the list so far.In the north of Guangling, the road is already smooth, and there are only a few military towns left, and it is already difficult to resist the advance of Xia's army.

In the direction of Xuanshe, Guangjie, Tiancheng, Kelan and other armies swarmed eastward.

Li Yu and Tao Ya are not as reckless as Li Chengnai.They first pretended to go east to King Qin, and after the Xia army pursued them, they set up an ambush to defeat Li Siyuan.

Li Siyuan was furious, and he reorganized his troops to fight again, defeated the Huai army, beheaded Li Yu, and defeated Chizhou.Tao Ya didn't even dare to go back to Shezhou, so she rushed back to Xuanzhou in a hurry, Latin enlisted in the army, and defended the city.

In the north of the river, soldiers from Shuzhou crossed the south of the river, and the Guangjie army fought with them and was defeated.Zhou Dewei led his army to help and beat the enemy back.

When Zhu Jing of Shouzhou attacked Luzhou, he saluted first and then fought. After some persuasion, Zhu Yanshou surrendered the city, and then went south to Shuzhou under the banner of killing the rebels, and seized the city with lightning speed.The Shuzhou soldiers in Jiangnan had no choice but to surrender to Zhao Kuangning.

By the end of the twelfth lunar month, Qin Wang Shao Chengjie had cleared all obstacles north of Guangling, beheaded more than [-] people, and accepted the surrender of several Huai armies.Xu Wen and Zhang Hao tightly controlled the Left and Right Yaqin Army and Guangling City. After much hesitation, Wang Wan, commander of the East Academy's Horse Army, chose to surrender together with Xu Wen and Zhang Hao.

Seeing that the general situation was over, the rest of the Huai army fled to Jiangnan.

After Zhou Dewei and Li Siyuan captured Chizhou again, they made an emergency landing in Shezhou. They are currently besieging Xuanzhou, but they failed repeatedly and suffered heavy casualties.

Zhu Yanshou persuaded Hezhou to surrender again, but the defenders in Chuzhou and Haozhou were still hesitant and refused to surrender.

Wu Yue and Qian Liu also took the opportunity to achieve results.

Yang Shihou, the governor of Suzhou, went north to attack Changzhou, winning three battles and three victories.

General Gu Quanwu captured Kequzhou and surrounded Muzhou with troops. Huai general Zhu Siqing fought with him, but was disadvantaged and retreated to the city.

The overall battle progressed very rapidly, and in just over a month, the eight states of Yang, Chu, Lu, Shu, He, Chi, She, and Qu were won.The Huai people had never experienced such a disastrous defeat, and the Xia people had never achieved such a brilliant victory, which stunned the hundreds of thousands of troops fighting on both sides.

At present, only the seven states of Hao, Chu, Xuan, Mu, Sheng, Run, and Chang are left on the Huainan side, and they do not belong to each other. They are fighting each other, and defeat is inevitable.

When later generations talked about this battle, Xu Wen and Zhang Hao couldn't avoid it.

Most of the responsibility for Huainan's demise will be held on the heads of these two betrayers.As for the huge strategic advantage obtained by Daxia's attack on most of the country's feudal towns, it will be downplayed intentionally or unintentionally.

If no one helps them clean the land, the reputations of Xu and Zhang will probably be ruined for thousands of years.

After the news came back to Luoyang, it has been 12 years since Jianji (912).

At the Zhengdan court meeting, Shao Shude readily accepted the congratulations from the officials.

For him, it was a belated honor.

Generally speaking, if you occupy all the traditional Han land, you can basically be called an orthodox dynasty, and the history books will not give you the title of a separatist regime or a "pseudo dynasty".

What's more, he also won Liaodong and Helong, and it was the kind of actual control, which surpassed many unified dynasties-sending officials, stationing troops, and collecting taxes are signs of actual control. Liaodong, Helong Long obviously met these three conditions.

But after being overjoyed, looking at Song Le's absent seat and Chen Cheng's white hair made him feel uncomfortable again.

"Go to the Song Mansion." On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, he was going to tour Xijing, and he had a premonition that if he didn't see him before leaving, he might never see him again.