Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 228 The Mountain People
When the Dingnan Army attacked Weiyuan, the world was still in a state of turmoil.

Zhenhai Jiedu envoy Zhou Bao didn't trust the Yajun, so he recruited thousands of relatives, called "Houloubing", and received double the salary of the Yajun.Then he drank and had fun in the back building every day, "indulging in sensuality".So the Ya army rebelled, and Zhou Bao fled in a hurry, calling for support from the Houlou soldiers, but the Houlou soldiers also rebelled.

When Gao Pian heard that Zhou Bao had run away, Marshal Gao ordered his generals to come to the tent and line up to celebrate.But many people in Yangzhou starved to death every day, and the market was depressed, so I don't know why handsome Gao was so happy.

Dongchuan Jiedu envoy Gao Renhou fought several battles with Chen Jingxuan, with more victories and fewer losses.But Gao Renhou used to be Chen Jingxuan's subordinate, so he couldn't bear to push him too far.He owned the lands of Zi, Mian, Pu, Ling, and Rong, which were originally more, but the imperial court established Longjian, Suizhou and other towns and cut off many prefectures and counties, and Gao Renhou even recognized them.

Chen Jingxuan currently owns [-] states, and his strength is almost three times that of Gao Renhou, but it is outrageous that he loses more than wins.

There are also three forces in central Sichuan, Zhao Jian from Longjian Wuzhou, Yang Shouhou from Suizhou Town, Yang Shouliang from Qiongnan Town, and the governors under the three also support each other.

Currently Zhao Jian is attacking Yang Maoshi, the disobedient governor of Langzhou.

Yang Shouliang was attacking Shuzhou under his own rule, because the governor of Shuzhou was also a member of Chen Jingxuan and refused to accept Yang Shouliang's rule.

Yang Shouhou was relaxed, but Gao Renhou didn't dare to hit Chen Jingxuan.

Mr. Chen has been deposed from the post of Xichuan Jiedu envoy, and the title of county king has also been taken away. Several provincial governors used this as an excuse to support themselves.The forty prefectures in central Sichuan are in a mess.

Qin Zongquan sent people to attack Bianzhou. He didn't know that Zhu Zhen had recruited more than [-] soldiers from Ziqing and returned. He was suddenly attacked and killed [-] people.Zhu Wen tasted the sweetness, and sent people to Heyang and Shaanxi to recruit soldiers.

"Zhu Quanzhong, he goes to other towns every day to recruit soldiers and rob other people's soldiers and horses. This is a really good plan." General Shao Shude reported on the case and said with a smile.

Chen Cheng bowed his head and remained silent.Commander, didn't you send people to Heyang, Shanguo, Henan Prefecture in the eastern capital, and even Xing, Ming, and Ci prefectures in Hebei to recruit soldiers?

In fact, this was suggested by Chen Cheng.During the Western Expedition to Lanzhou, there was a shortage of sergeant casualties, so of course we had to make up for it.I used to do it locally, but it’s not worth it when I think about it. If a strong man joins the army, not only will he not be able to produce, but he will also spend a lot of money and food to support him.

Zhu Quanzhong's banner was to eliminate Qin Zongquan, and Shao Dashuai's banner was to regain Helong's lost land.

To be honest, Qin Zongquan is a real threat, Zhu Wen is fighting with others, and it is understandable that the governors of the towns allow him to recruit troops.

But Commander Shao had nothing to do with them in regaining the lost land in Helong, so he had to spend money to open the way.The commander-in-chief has no money, and only supplies such as horses are just needed in war-torn places.

Meng Fangli accepted it, Wang Chongying accepted it, Heyang Li Hanzhi, and Henan Fu Zhang Yan even accepted it.Especially the latter two, they are open to recruiting troops, and they don't care about anything.Anyway, these places often changed hands, and the two fled here and there without occupying them for a few days.Maybe Qin Zongquan's men would shoot back, and they would have to run away again. They didn't have any long-term plans at all, and it didn't matter if they even took the soldiers' families along with them.

Soldiers are everywhere in Henan, and horses are really lacking. Thousands of people may be killed or injured in a big battle.

Qin Zongquan left a deep impression on everyone. Now there are too many states and counties in Henan without owners.If Zhu Quanzhong can survive this hurdle, he can even occupy a large number of states and counties without fighting.

Shao Shude set a recruitment quota of [-]. This was the number he decided after gritting his teeth after calculating his family fortune. Family members could also bring them, and they were even encouraged to bring them over.

In addition, he also sent people to recruit farmers to harvest the land.As far as the war in Henan is concerned, there should be many people willing to come here.Especially in these years, many people have lived with their families on the territory of the Dingnan Army. Sending some people from Henan and Hebei to come out and speak out, the effect is better.

After Zhu Quanzhong unifies Henan and restores local order, it will not be that simple to trick people.Taking advantage of the collapse of the current situation, if you don't earn a lot of money, you will be in vain as Marshal Shao.

"Marshal, Datong Maxingbao has recruited more than [-] Henan households this year. Will they continue to be resettled in Lingzhou? These people should have already arrived in Suizhou." Chen Cheng asked.

"Let's continue to release Lingzhou. There are still few people. The newly acquired land in Weizhou may be repeated, and it is not suitable to move people to farm." Shao Shude said: "All households in the town other than the income this year will be transferred to Lingzhou to enrich their household registration."

"As ordered."

"Lingzhou, no matter what, there must be [-] households to be considered complete."

"Then what happened in Weizhou?"

"Send someone to warn, wait until Yang Yue finishes beating."

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In the mountains to the east of Lanzhou, two groups of people are fighting fiercely.

There are about [-] people on one side, half of them are in armor and have excellent equipment.One team even held a long-handled mo knife and advanced like a wall, which was unstoppable.

The other party had about [-] people, with few armors and ordinary equipment, they were beaten back steadily, and the ten or so people behind even planned to flee.

The brave side naturally came from the righteous army, and the armored ones were the heavily armored infantry of Hengshandu.All 400 people were born in Hengshan Dangxiang. Their ancestors lived in the mountains with thousands of ravines for generations, and they have long adapted to the local environment, that is, "Duotushan Berlin".Now on the rolling hills to the east of Lanzhou, they basically still fight at home, with great advantages.

Later generations of the Song Dynasty described these Hengshan Dangxiang mountain people in detail: "The western thieves have mountain tribes who call them 'bubazi'. They go up and down hillsides and enter and exit streams. Among them, you must first choose the pawns who are strong and strong, and all use the saber to cut the horse, don't rule them all with one general, such as Li Siye in the Tang Dynasty used the Mo Dao method."

"Han Shizhong's Epitaph" commented: "It is a custom in the north that a strong man is good at riding a strong horse, wears heavy iron clothes, and goes up and down the hillside like flying, and cannot be hurt by arrows and knives."

Wearing several layers of iron clothes and flying up and down the hillside like flying, this physical strength is indeed quite impressive.Moreover, he is tall, almost two meters tall, and at the same time endures hardships and stands hard work, endures hunger and hunger, and has a high cost performance.

Marshal Shao was able to recruit them under his command because of his daughter-in-law's honor - of course this was a joke, the name of Lingwu County King "Shao Papi" was quite feared by all the party departments.However, he clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments, treats everyone equally, and does not discriminate against the Hengshan party, so naturally there are warriors from various ministries who are willing to serve.

On the other hand, the Tubo people usually don’t go up the mountain, they all graze at the foot of the mountain.Herdsmen and mountain people who farm and hunt in the mountains are not the same thing in essence.This time we will go to the Tunbing Mountain, just to defend against the danger, so that the Dingnan army will retreat in the face of difficulties.

But they seem to have miscalculated.Yeli Yulue and Wuzang Jieming brought together thousands of mountain people, most of whom were sergeants who had entered the yamen's army register. With the equipment and discipline, they made up the weakest link. Now Killing the bow-legged herdsman has the upper hand.

In the mountains, there is naturally a way to play in the mountains. If you are not used to it, you have to be educated.The group of Tubo soldiers in front of them had a hundred more people, but they were about to lose their strength.

"Kill!" Heng Shandu's Mo Dao hand marched into the wall, chopping heavily, and the Tubo soldiers on the opposite side immediately lay down on the ground.Some of them died so badly that half of their shoulders were chopped off by Mo Daoshou, who was born with supernatural power, and the blood gushed out like a spring, which was terrible.

Coincidentally, in another mountain, a group of righteous soldiers climbed up a steep slope at night.The Tubo people have a stockade set up on it, with more than [-] troops stationed, overlooking a valley road in the mountains.Whenever a large army passes by, they can drop rolling stones and trees from the mountain, and at the same time shoot arrows condescendingly, which is a great threat.

There were only dozens of people who climbed up the mountain, and they quietly approached the Tubo fortress under the cover of night.The Tubo people's attention was mainly on the front, and they were less prepared for the steep slope behind, and it was night at this time. After being climbed up by this group of people, one can imagine how panicked they were.

"Hula la..." Someone set a fire, and the fire burned extremely fast with the help of the wind.

This was intentional to create panic and confusion, and at the same time it was a signal to attack, so that the comrades who were waiting quietly at the bottom of the mountain on the other side took the opportunity to attack the mountain.

"Kill!" "There is a thief!" "Hack him to death!" "Hurry up and drive this group of people out!"

The soldiers on both sides spoke different languages, and began to hack and kill with knives and knives.

The Tubo people were suddenly attacked, and the establishment was a little chaotic.The sergeant guarding the dangerous path in the mountain saw the chaos behind and thought he was being attacked, so he hurried back to help.

And their departure also caused a shortage of troops guarding the dangerous path. The general of the Yi Cong Army who led the troops waiting at the foot of the mountain did not hide Dubao, and when he saw this, he personally led hundreds of people to attack. The stockade went up to attack.

Dozens of people rushing to the front were wearing double armors issued by the marshal himself, and they were his powerful backs.After seeing that his side had successfully created chaos on the mountain, his morale was greatly boosted, and he stepped forward bravely.

Reciprocating Wei means "following bravely" in Dangxiang language.

It is recorded in "Song Hui Yao Collection Fan Yi" that on July [-]rd of the second year of Yuanfu, [-] party members returned to the Jinglue Division of Zhengjingyuan Road. Do whatever you can."

In Dangxiang language, "snake" and "bei" sound similar, and the words "dragon" and "eagle" are both read as "wei". Beiwei means snake dragon or snake eagle, and is usually accompanied by warriors around the general. .

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a "back Wei army". In Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bi Tan", it was mentioned: "The flag team is like a pile of brocades, and the silver outfit is back to fight back." This refers to the "valiant army" stationed in Shaanxi. , using long-handled giant axes and hooked sickle guns to deal with Xixia cavalry, it can be seen that they are very clear about the meaning of back Wei in the party language.

Han Shizhong was the first person to establish the Beiwei Army in the Southern Song Dynasty.After the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, Beiwei Army was a very popular designation, but it was an informal name.After the Southern Song Dynasty, the generals of the Western Army used Beiwei as an official designation one after another, and it was no longer limited to infantry, but also cavalry, and gradually spread to other armies.

Shao Shude once thought about whether to gather the backs of the party generals to form the backs army, but after thinking about it, it would not be good to deprive others of their warriors, so he gave up.

After the relatives of Cangdubao rushed up, dozens of mountain athletes who climbed up from the back mountain were being surrounded and killed by the Tubo people, and they were overwhelmed.Their arrival was just right, and when they covered them from behind, the Tubo people were immediately defeated and ran away one after another.

And as more and more Hengshan sergeants rushed up the mountain, the Tubo people did not dare to stand firm. How many dead and injured.

After capturing the stronghold, the Hengshan soldiers chopped off the heads of the Tubo people one by one, hung them on their waists, piled up firewood, and set the stronghold on fire.

In a few days, five thousand Hengshan sergeants have conquered Qizhai, killing nearly 2000 enemies.

Some people, put on the plains, may be ordinary sergeants.But in the mountains, they are the elite, criss-crossing the mountain streams, walking up and down, walking like flying, like walking on flat ground.They are natural mountain infantry. The Tibetans drove the herdsmen from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain to guard against danger. It is true that they made a wrong calculation.

On the seventh day of May, after eight days of fighting, more than a dozen Tubo fortresses in the valleys east of Lanzhou were conquered one by one by the Yi Congjun army, who beheaded more than [-] people and captured more than [-] people.So far, there is no threat on both sides of the post road, and the main force of the [-] Dingnan Army can pass smoothly.

(End of this chapter)