Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 150 Iron Cavalry

"My lord, it's time to get up." In the early morning, Feng Xuan walked in with her maid.

Seeing Shao Shude holding his younger sister in his arms and caressing her, she was also very helpless.I don't know what's going on, but the king loves Fengdu very much.

The two sisters basically served the king together, but in the end, it was always on the younger sister.My younger sister has already given birth to a daughter. From the looks of it, she will have to conceive after a while, but her stomach is still motionless.

"It's time to get up." Shao Shude tucked the quilt for Xiao Feng, let her sleep for a while, and dressed himself under the service of Da Feng and the maid.

It's the beginning of March, and the warm and comfortable home life is coming to an end.Since you have ambitions for the world, you can't linger too much in the gentle township.

I am not the main character of Gao Daquan in the movies and novels that later generations often watch, and I can't adapt to the life of an ascetic monk, and it will surprise my subordinates.The boundaries of governing the people, fighting, and entertaining can be firmly grasped, and one piece of one is relaxed, and the way of civil and military is also.

As usual, the breakfast consisted of pork, fish, and chicken, plus dairy products and corn porridge. After eating, I had a short rest, and then went to the martial arts field in the backyard to practice for a while. It was very good. I have been insisting on honing my skills, and I still haven’t left behind my archery skills .

"Marshal, it's time to leave the city." Li Renfu hurried over and reminded.

"Let's go." The early spring in Xiazhou was still very cold, Shao Shude got on the carriage and went out of the city under the guard of hundreds of soldiers.

He originally wanted to ride a horse, but his subordinates persuaded him one after another, thinking that it would be safer to ride a horse-drawn carriage, lest the assassin would take advantage of it.Shao Shude has been good at everything, and he has to be careful with every step he takes when he reaches his current position.The small probability of being attacked and killed by an assassin had to be guarded against, because it was not uncommon from ancient times to the present, and he remembered that Sun Ce died like this.

It was already dawn when we arrived outside the city, and a part of the Cavalry Army had already led the horses and finished forming.

Before Shao took stock of his family's wealth, he felt that there was still some room for it.So with a cruel heart, a luxurious configuration was given to the cavalry army, that is, one man and two horses.Originally, I wanted to have three horses, that is, one war horse for charging into the battle, one pack horse for carrying military equipment, drinking water and armor, and one riding horse for ordinary travel, but it was too extravagant to think about it. That's the limit.

A war horse eats three times as much food as a soldier.It’s okay to say that when the battalion is not going on an expedition, if you go on an expedition, you have to feed nine liters of grain and beans a day, and feed horses with a mixture of forage and beans for riding, which consumes a lot. The cost of raising cavalry is really high!My side is close to the grassland, so the cost can be reduced somewhat. I don’t know what Zhu Wen will do in Henan. It is bound to take up a lot of cultivated land to raise horses, right?
"Marshal, the iron cavalry army has arrived." Zhe Siyu, who was fully armored, stepped forward and reported.

"Roll roll, those who fail to call three times will be executed immediately!"

"Obey!" Zhe Siyu quickly went down to roll the roll.

After the roll call, of course there will be rewards, this is the old routine of Shao Dashuai.The rewards of the Spring Festival have been moved to today, and the soldiers have always trusted themselves, but they don't think there is anything wrong.

It's just that the reward scene is a bit eye-catching.There are copper coins, silk, cattle and sheep, mixed with hair, a bit like a peasant army returning from looting.

"I remember your name is Li Shaorong?" Shao Shude looked at an officer standing in front and asked.

"The commander-in-chief actually remembers XX?" Li Shaorong was a little excited.

"When he conquered Youzhou, he had military exploits and was excellent in both riding and shooting. He is now the leader of the team, right?" Shao Shude laughed.

"Yes, the commander-in-chief is clear about rewards and punishments, and the general is also just and impartial. A certain is already the commander of the cavalry army." Li Shaorong replied.

"This time to challenge the Hexi Party, Captain Li should make new contributions." Shao Shude encouraged.

Li Shaorong was a little excited when he heard the words, and subconsciously felt what to say, but his speech was clumsy, and he was about to sweat in a hurry. Suddenly, his heart was filled with happiness, and he said loudly: "Swear allegiance to the commander to the death!"

Shao Shude patted Li Shaorong on the shoulder with satisfaction.

As the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes.After the civil strife in the Shuofang army, Han Lang and Kang Yuancheng could not convince everyone, but Xiao Mian, the governor of Yanzhou, refused to accept it.But he has few soldiers, no more than 500 people, and the two counties of Yanzhou are too poor, with a total of only nearly [-] Han people, and they cannot resist the possible crusade of Lingzhou in any case.And this guy was also decisive, he just didn't do anything, he asked Shao Shude to send troops to Yanzhou, and he came here directly.

However, after analyzing with the generals, Shao felt that Xiao Mian might not be sincerely loyal to him, and might still be thinking of using his strength to fight.But how stupid this kind of thinking is!What time is it, and you still want to drive away tigers and devour wolves, do you have the ability?

Shao Shude remembered that Yanzhou was occupied by Li Maozhen for many years in later generations, and his own strength was pitifully weak.The last time when Yang Yue led troops into Yanzhou and attacked and killed Dangxiang Wuyi's four branches, the Yanzhou defenders seemed to be deaf and dumb, pretending not to see it.

With this little strength, I still want to hold on to it. Is this the instinct of a warlord?

Well, Yang Yue is still handling family affairs in Yudole City.If he can return to Xiazhou in time, he can take him to the expedition, and observe carefully along the way to see if this person can entrust him with important tasks.

After the rewards were distributed, Shao Shude solemnly called Zhe Siyu to him, and said: "General Zhe goes first, and someone is going to organize the troops in the rear, and go west at any time."

"I will live up to the commander's entrustment." Zhe Siyu clasped his fists and saluted.

"Acquisitive and intercepted, solemn and solemn, without admonishment, executed several times, blood will be seen in the punishment, not avoiding relatives, this general of a hundred people; good at litigation, envious of thieves and intrusion, scolding others for punishment, wants to punish the crowd , This general of a thousand men is also a general of thousands of people. His appearance is embarrassing, and his words are out of time. It is in your hands. The general was born as a general, and he has learned far more than others, so he can be regarded as a general of ten thousand people." Shao Shude said with a heavy tone.

"Don't worry, Marshal, the general will act cautiously in the end."

"After arriving in Yanzhou, you can contact Wuzang Qingxiang. There are also Dangxiang tribes in Yanzhou, and now they have basically obeyed, so they can help you." Shao Shude urged again.

"The final general obeys orders." Zhe Siyu replied.

After a while, the soldiers of the iron cavalry army gathered up the goods and asked people to distribute them to family members living in and outside the city. Then, three thousand cavalrymen carried food and water for several days and went straight to Yuzhou.

Youzhou is now also a large storage base, and grain, grass, and equipment are continuously transported there.The captured Tuoba Dangxiang Dingkou who took on this task had to dig canals, dig coal, and transport grain, grass and equipment, which was really miserable.For this reason, Tuoba Pu, who was under house arrest, begged to see her, and let her clansmen be released, and of course his father.

Shao Shude patiently listened to the little girl's cries, but in the end he still didn't agree, although it seemed that Tuobapu was willing to pay any price.

The Tuoba party has tens of thousands of people, and there are even more former subordinates, with huge influence.But I will not keep enslaving them, let's do it first, and then pardon them when the time is right, and then I can taste the taste of Miss Tuoba.It's a pity that he absolutely dare not take this girl home, because even Shao Dashuai doesn't want to intervene in the grievances between the Duo clan and the Tuoba clan.

"Let's go." After the three thousand cavalry left for the first time, Shao Shude also boarded the carriage and returned to Xiazhou.

Trembling and trembling, daily vigilance for one day, close sages to seek advice, make people know the integrity, not slow to speak, loyal and sincere, this will be a general of 10 people.I don't know who can do this in today's world.Huainan Gao Pian, who has [-] troops, may not be able to do it, at least the loyalty of his generals is very problematic.

Take your time, you are not slow to start.Zhe Siyu went to Yanzhou, and with the assistance of the Dangxiang tribe, it should not be a problem to control the two counties of the whole prefecture.That Xiao Mian can be kept for now, as a puppet on the surface, so as not to fall into the trap.

Next, it is time to prepare the brigade of soldiers and horses.

In fact, there is already news from the imperial court.When the sage returned to Chang'an from the middle of Shu, he saw that the palace was in ruins, the city was sparsely populated, and foxes and rabbits were running around, feeling unhappy.Tian Lingzi directly accepted the war horses that he had sent over, and this guy actually asked to send another thousand horses over, which is really greedy.

Han Lang and Kang Yuancheng waited in Lingzhou for more than two months for the imperial edict, but they have not responded so far, and they don't know what kind of mood they are in.It's a pity that the elite soldiers of Shuofang brought out by Tang Hongfu back then have now turned into bandits who looted counties and counties.

This time, I have to play another game of slaying people and punishing crimes, which is very good!
(End of this chapter)