Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 173 One Hundred Thousand Bears Like the Tide ([-])
After leaving Ningshuo County, the army turned to the southeast, and reached the vicinity of Castanopsis in three days.

Castanopsis City is the later Zhidan County.The location of this place is very important, it is near the shortcut from Yanzhou to Xiazhou in the north. There have been troops stationed since the middle Tang Dynasty, and they are not the army of the feudal town, but the Shence Army-of course there is no more at this time, only the Baosai Army has thousands of people.

Castanopsis City was the boundary between Song and Xia in the Song Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty settled here and traded with Xixia. It was called the Security Army at that time.

Marshal Shao still has some ideas about this place, and he intends to occupy it, but he is too embarrassed to do it.Gai's land not only blocked the main road leading to Xiazhou, but also led to the various vassal departments of Hengshan. If he stationed troops here, his control over the Hengshan party would definitely be further strengthened.

It's a pity, let's talk about it later.

Li Xiaochang, the envoy of Baosai Army Jiedu, went to Castanopsis City to greet him personally, and sent a large amount of grain and grass.

"Shao Shuai, someone in Fuzheng County in the southeast has also prepared a batch of food and grass, which should be enough for the army." Li Xiaochang followed Shao Shude step by step, and said with a smile.

"The Dingnan army went south to serve the king this time, and Li Shuai also made meritorious deeds. He will definitely report to the saint." Shao Shude said.

Fuzheng County is more than 100 miles southwest of Yan'an. Today it belongs to Ganquan County. At this time, it was a county under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou, and the city was adjacent to Luoshui.Going southeast from Fuzheng County is Ganquan County, Fuzhou, the territory of Dongfang Kui, the Baoda Army.If Li Xiaochang wanted to go to Fuzheng from Yanzhou, besides taking a detour through Castanopsis, he would have to cross the mountains and cross the Dangxiang people's territory.

Therefore, it is unreasonable for the imperial court to divide the four prefectures of Fufang and Danyan into two parts. These four prefectures are originally one.Li Xiaochang and Dongfang Kui each took half, making it very uncomfortable.

"Shao Shuai, Dongfang Kui is ungrateful. In the past, when he was a general under a certain account, when he went to conquer Huangchao, he paid the land of the four prefectures. Unexpectedly, he got into Tian Lingzi's relationship and tried to take my foundation. Marshal Wei, This is a bereaved dog, and there is almost no place for him." Speaking of this, Li Xiaochang was furious, as if Dongfang Kui was really a heinous sinner.

"Li Shuai also made great efforts to fight against Huangchao. I still remember the friendship of fighting side by side." Shao Shude said with a smile: "Dongfang Kui is also the court commander now. If he is really Tian Lingzi's party member, he should be punished by Li Shuai." Don't worry."

"Dongfang Kui is good at covering up, Shao Shuai must not be fooled by him. If there is a call, a certain side will rectify the troops and discuss it with Shao Shuai." Li Xiaochang persuaded.

"Shuai Li, don't be impatient. If Dongfang Kui is to be blamed, an order must be issued by the court." Shao Shude said.

Hearing what Shao Shude said, Li Xiaochang was speechless, a little embarrassed.

"The state is urgent, so I led the army to the south, Li Shuai should go back to Yanzhou."

After finishing speaking, he returned to the army, and the army continued to move forward.

Li Xiaochang waited by the roadside for a long time, until the flag of Shao Shude's Chinese army had disappeared among the distant mountains, then got on his horse and returned to Yanzhou.

Dongfang Kui will settle accounts with you sooner or later.

After leaving Castanopsis, we continued to the southeast for several days, and arrived in Ganquan County in the afternoon of September 23.So far, the road opened by Helian Bobo has been completed, which is the shortcut to Xiazhou commonly known as the "Sage's Road".

Because the former army had already passed by, Ganquan County had already made all preparations. The county magistrate took a group of gentry out of the city to greet him, which was even more respectful than his own general.

The reputation of the king of Lingwu County is indeed better in the four states of Yanyan!
Shao Shude didn't intend to stay here, he only chatted with the people in Ganquan County for a while, and after having a light meal, he set off again and headed southwards, heading for Yanzhou.

On the evening of the 25th, he arrived outside the city of Fuzhou.On the way, I received many military newspapers, basically from all towns in the world.

Qin Zongquan's army is still running around, disturbing the peace of more than [-] prefectures in Henan, Jingnan, and Huainan.

Civil strife broke out in the Zhaoyi Army.Ma Shuang, governor of Mingzhou, rebelled because of conflicts with the upper echelons of the military government. He was quickly defeated and was killed after fleeing to Weizhou.For Meng Fangli, there are only three states left. Facing the huge pressure from Hedong, I don't know how long he can last.

Chen Jingxuan, the commander-in-chief of the Xichuan Festival who was born as a pancake seller, became the commander, governor and envoy of Sanchuan and the prefectures in the gorge.It's not a small idea for Tian Lingzi to give his brother such a name.Chen Jingxuan was incompetent, but Gao Renhou, the general under his command, fought for him. He first quelled the Qianneng Rebellion, and then defeated Yang Shili, the commander of the Dongchuan Festival who was unwilling to return to the court. Chuan Jieshuai, for the time being, expressed his respect to Chen Jingxuan.

Poor Yang Shili, his skills in the polo match were a bit poor, and Chen Jingxuan scored the goal first, but he failed to go to Xichuan, so that now he has ended up dead.

Shao Shude was also refreshed when he saw Chen Jingxuan's new position.It would be great if the imperial court granted him such an official position that could govern Xia Sui, Shuofang, Tiande, and Zhenwu Army!Chen Jingxuan can only control Xichuan, and Dongchuan is still obedient on the surface for the time being, but Zhuge Shuang of Shannan West Road will never ignore him.But I am different, how can the Tiande Army and Zhenwu Army resist me?

However, caution is required in this matter.The Zhenwu Army is currently allied with itself, mainly to defend against Li Keyong.But if he wanted to annex the Zhenwu Army, most of them would go directly to Li Keyong, and then attack and take down the Datong Army Helian Duo. This is unwise, it is better to be cautious.

Bao Dajun Jidu made Dongfang Kui fairly obedient, and prepared a large amount of food and grass here, which was enough for the army for one month.

"Shao Shuai, someone has set up a banquet in the city. I heard that the commander-in-chief likes beauties and sword dances, and he also has stunning looks to serve him."

Dongfang Kui is younger than Li Xiaochang, probably in his 30s.Shao Shude knew that his position was not very stable, and Li Xiaochang was always thinking about taking back the two prefectures of Fufang. If it wasn't for his lack of strength and the fear of the imperial court (Ding Nanjun) asking him to punish him, he would have gone south long ago.

Dongfang Kui is very clear about what he lives on, so he prepared food, food, banquets, and beautiful girls early on, which made Shao Shude very satisfied—you don’t need to be reprimanded if you are so obedient, and if you do well in the future, Li Xiaochang will not swallow you .

"Marshal Dongfang is too polite. Tian Lingzi seized power and deceived the sage. A certain heart was burning with anxiety. He wished he could go south and stand in Chang'an to revive the court. Let's forget about the banquet. People's livelihood is difficult, how could they be so extravagant." Shao Shude rejected his kindness and said.

"Shao Shuai's words made someone really ashamed." Dongfang Kui said in awe, "If there are more people like Shao Shuai in the world, why is the state affairs like this?"

Shao Shude smiled and shook his head.This Dongfang Kui was carved out of the same mold as Li Xiaochang, no wonder they fell in love with each other and killed each other.The same shameless, the same cowardly, can't make a big deal.I don't know whether his foundation has been taken away in the history of later generations. It seems unlikely that he can keep it based on his level.

The four prefectures of Fufang are all the meat of their own mouths.It can be eaten at any time if the time is right.It's just that because the court is still there, it's hard to say anything, and there will always be opportunities later.Especially in Yanzhou, many of Li Xiaochang's subordinates communicated secretly with him, and it started when they beat Huang Chao.To put it bluntly, whether Li Xiaochang can secure his position as Jiedushi of the Baosai Army can be decided by himself, and he must have been vaguely aware of it.

On the 27th, the army arrived at the city of Queen Mother Xia in the south of Fuzhou.The name of this city also comes from Helian Bobo. At the beginning, Liu Yu destroyed Yao Hong and sent his son Yizhen to guard Chang'an.After Helianbo heard about it, he immediately led his army south to Guanzhong, where he stayed with the Queen Mother and built a city to live in.Times have changed, and today's Empress Dowager Xia's city has been dilapidated. The Bao army built a small warehouse here to hoard military rations and firewood.

On the third day of October, the army arrived in Fangzhou and camped near the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor in the west of the city.The officials of Fangzhou and the generals of Xingcheng Town all came to visit and gave some money, silk, wine and meat.

A few years ago, he went south to Qin Wang, but there were no such good things.The officials and generals of Fufang, why are you arrogant before and then respectful!

At this time, he received military reports that Wang Chongrong continued to send envoys to Taiyuan, which gave him many benefits, and finally persuaded Li Keyong to send troops to help him.

Wang Chongrong was really smart. He told Li Keyong that Li Changfu, Zhu Mei and others secretly joined Zhu Quanzhong in order to harm Hedong.Li Keyong became angry as soon as he heard it, and decided to lead "15 Fan Han soldiers" to the west of Guanzhong to crusade against Li Changfu and others.

Shao Shude laughed out loud when he saw the military newspaper, this is really better than the other bragging.He sent 15 troops, known as [-].How many people did Li Ke use to bring, even claiming to be [-]?

Wang Chongrong simply should not be ashamed, "a hundred thousand troops in the river".In this way, the three towns of Hedong, Hezhong, and Dingnan mobilized 35 people. Isn't Tian Lingzi so frightened that he ran away immediately?
(End of this chapter)