Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 234 Conflict
On May [-]th of the third year of Guangqi, in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang.

Several fast horses rode into the Chase Stable and shouted loudly.

"How many people are there? Call them all!" Liu Sandou got off his horse and asked the groom to take care of him.

"There is another group of people who just came back two days ago and are still resting." Someone replied.

"Pull them all out, put on the clothes neatly, and put on the equipment." Liu Sandou grabbed the ladle and drank a big mouthful of water, and said urgently.

"It will be done, why are you so panicked?" Hearing the movement in the courtyard, several people came out of the room and asked.

"Team C fought with Zhu Quanzhong's men in Henan County and killed two of them. The situation is urgent, so go and help." Liu Sandou replied.

"Okay, let's call the sons." They didn't talk nonsense, they immediately went back to the house and shouted everyone, and then helped each other put on their clothes, took down the weapons from the equipment rack, and each of them brought thirty arrows.

Ma Xing occupies a very large area, and there are hundreds of locally recruited men in it, who are responsible for various chores. At this time, hearing the news, they also clamored to help.

Liu Sandou hesitated for a while, then said: "There are more than a thousand Ruzhou sergeants in the horse shop, if no one stays behind, we just go with two teams, that's enough."

More than ten days ago, people from Ma Xing bribed Qin Zongquan's generals to enter Ruzhou to recruit soldiers, and made it clear that they would bring them back to Xiazhou and would not be enemies with them.The matter went smoothly, and 2000 people were recruited from Liang County, Linru, Lushan, Ye County and other places. Yesterday, a thousand people were sent to Guozhou, and there were still a thousand people left behind in the horse bank, waiting for the second transport. .

What's outrageous is that Ruzhou and Qin's soldiers asked privately if they could go with them.They have fought several battles with Zhu Quanzhong recently, and they lost more than they won.Moreover, Zhu Wen was too ruthless in killing people. He beheaded more than 2 people at a time, and killed [-] people at a time. Everyone was a little scared.

The Xuanwu prefectures are dilapidated and cannot support too many soldiers. They are not very willing to let them farm the land.Hearing that a Sergeant Cai Ren who served as a yamen soldier in the Dingnan Army came forward and talked about how rich the food and salary were, everyone was moved and wanted to follow.

As for where Xia Zhou is, who cares?When Cui Anqian went to Chen, Xu, and Cai states to recruit soldiers, didn't everyone go too?Is Shuzhong not far away?Probably farther than Xiazhou.

Yang Fuguang recruited Zhongwu Badu to go to Guanzhong to seek thieves, and everyone followed him. Later, he followed Lu Yanhong to Shu, and there was nothing wrong with it.Cai people walk around the world, holding their heads up to fight for the generals, where is it not living?
Those who surrendered to Jingnan served as soldiers in Jingnan, and those who surrendered to Kuixia served as soldiers in Kuixia. There were also many who went to Huainan, Jiangnan, Shuzhong, and Guanzhong. It is said that some even went to Guizhou.All the commanders of the towns have agreed to use it, and the sign of Caizhou Army has been erected.The King of Lingwu County in Xiazhou has been quite famous in recent years, and it seems like a good choice to serve him as a soldier.

The people of Ma Xing did not dare to agree to the request of the junior sergeants of the Qin Department. The commander seemed to be more willing to recruit good people into the army than Qin Zongquan's subordinates who were very accustomed.But then again, how can there be good people in Henan at this time?

Zhang Quanyi set up a list in Luoyang, except that he was guilty of murder, and he didn't care about anything else.Under such circumstances, if you want to ensure that your property, wife and daughter are not lost, don't you just have to be ruthless?Not ruthless, isn't that being bullied to death?
Of course, Datong Maxing is not only recruiting soldiers in Ruzhou, in fact, Heyang Town, Henan Prefecture, and Shanguo Prefecture are all recruiting.The commander-in-chief said that the focus is on the prefectures and counties that are close to Zhu Wen's territory, and recruit hard, and the private households are willing to leave, and they will also be pulled away.In principle, prefectures and counties that are far away from Bianzhou raise less or even no money.

Now that the situation in the Central Plains is tense, Qin Zongquan has assembled an army of 15 to attack Bianzhou.Zhu Wen was a little panicked and asked the Zhu brothers for help.Especially Zhu Xuan, the Jiedu envoy of the Tianping Army, Zhu Wen recognized him as his brother, and begged him to send troops to save his life.The commanders above are in a hurry, and everyone in the states and counties below is in danger. They don't have any long-term thoughts at all, and they are all in a state of living day by day.

Under such circumstances, no one cares about the Dingnan Army coming to recruit soldiers.

I don't even know if it will be the governor of a certain state or the magistrate of a certain county next month, so why bother so much!Zhu Zhen went to Ziqing Town to recruit more than [-] soldiers and returned, but no one cared. Then he sent people to Heyang and Shanguo to recruit more than [-] soldiers, but no one cared.

The most incredible thing is that after Zhu Zhen finished recruiting soldiers, she also attacked Qingzhou and won more than a thousand horses.In the second year, people were sent to recruit more than a thousand soldiers, but no one cared about them. The control of the township commanders over the local states and counties has been appallingly low, and they are basically in a state of autonomy.

Furthermore, war horses are really just needed.Zhu Zhen got more than a thousand horses from Qingzhou, and Zhu Wen was ecstatic. Commander Shao now has two ranches in Yinchuan and Yongqing, and Dingxizhai (Xishicheng) is still planning a third ranch, plus the Fan tribe It is not a problem to trade tens of thousands of horses a year for the offerings. The towns in Henan should be so jealous and flocking to them.

Recruiting troops has never been a problem officially, but you have to guard against competitors.

Liu Sandou led a hundred people back on their horses, everyone had armor and well-equipped, and quickly arrived at the location of Team C.A small village along the river, about dozens of households.

The 50 people in Team C were fully armed, confronted with almost three times as many people on the opposite side, and they were about to start fighting.

"Let them go!" Liu Sandou shot an arrow a few steps in front of the opponent.

The three teams consisted of a total of 150 riders, in the shape of a character, holding a riding bow in their hands, and a lance hanging beside the saddle, looking coldly at more than a hundred people on the opposite side-almost all infantry.

Poor guy, he doesn't even have a horse!

More than [-] sergeants newly recruited in Henan County stood aside, watching silently.Some big-hearted guys even had a smile on their faces, as if expecting the two groups to fight.

About 800 people were recruited on the opposite side, and all of them were sitting on the ground at this time, with no intention of running away.

Such was the atmosphere, and Henan suffered repeated military disasters, forcing everyone to be brave and ruthless.You are ruthless, you are powerful, everyone will be convinced and willing to hang out with you.

Respecting strength is the current value.

"This military academy, since he is the king of Lingwu County, should know..."

"Get out!" Another arrow, this time a little closer.

"So domineering, today I will teach Lingwu County King a lesson..." Before he finished speaking, an arrow shot off his pussy head, and the rest of the words were blocked in his mouth.

The knights of Chase Horses are all middle-aged men in their 40s.But don't underestimate them, this group of people is almost all old soldiers who are not suitable for continuing to work hard in the government army.Experience, martial arts, and courage are not bad. At this time, there are horses and armors. In a real fight, the 200 people on the opposite side are not enough.

Some of the new recruits recruited on both sides were booing, laughing and cursing, but most of them were laughing at the gang of Xuanwu Army.

Everyone in the Xuanwu Army looked at each other and froze there, not knowing what to do.

There has already been a conflict today, and two people died. If we just go back like this, there will be no good fruit to eat.They might not necessarily die, because the two people killed by Datong Ma Xing were ordinary sergeants, not military academies, and they couldn't even be said to be executed, but they would definitely be punished.

But let's fight, the opponent is well-armed, experienced, and has excellent archery skills. He looks like an old soldier at first glance.There are only more than 100 people here, and except for a few who have horses, most of them are pawns.How to fight in this flat and endless wilderness?I'm afraid they are all dead, and they won't be able to hold back many people on the opposite side.

Well recruited soldiers, why did you grab a piece and start fighting?Thinking about it carefully, at first it seemed that it was because of a quarrel, but the temper of the Dingnan Army is too violent, they are all desperadoes!
"Let's go?" Liu Sandou took a deep breath, put down his riding bow, took out a long spear from under the horse's belly, and asked.

Fifty riders left behind him, circled far away, and stopped a hundred paces behind the Xuanwu army. They also drew their lances and horses and looked at them coldly.

"Let's go!" The military academy leading the team turned pale. He didn't know whether he was afraid of the cavalry pawns on the Chase Horse, or he was afraid of going back and being punished.

His sergeants were dejected and scattered in all directions, preparing to leave with the newly recruited soldiers.

"get out!"

"I won't go with you!"

"Let's vote for King Lingwu."

"The Dingnan Army is so capable of fighting, and following them will save your life."

"Extremely. If I went to the Xuanwu Army, if there was a big defeat, my head would probably be someone else's fault, so I won't go."

Unexpectedly, the [-] new recruits they recruited in Mianchi and Xin'an counties did not want to leave, and clamored to go to the Dingnan army.

The military academy's face darkened, and he drew out his horizontal knife, and the Xuanwu sergeants also took out their weapons and shouted loudly, it seemed that they were about to kill a few people to show their power.

"Come on!" Liu Sandou stepped forward immediately, went straight into the crowd of Xuanwu soldiers, and stabbed the military academy's chest with a spear.

The man's eyes were full of pain and remorse, obviously he didn't expect the people from Datong Maxing to dare to do it directly.

The sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded.

Taking advantage of the scattered Xuanwu soldiers, 150 cavalry rushed from the front and the rear, and dozens of people were knocked down at once.

Afterwards, they circled to the distance again, drew out their bows and shot, and there was another scream.

After shooting the arrows and charging again, the Xuanwu soldiers couldn't hold on immediately, and fled in all directions.

More than a thousand recruits from both sides were stunned.

"It will be done, today's matter..." Someone leaned over and said worriedly.

To be honest, in the process of recruiting and escorting civilian households, it is not the first time they have killed people, but in the past, most of them were bandits and rebels, but this time they killed serious town soldiers, and they even killed Dozens.At this time, if the horses were chased after them, the hundred people who were fleeing would not be able to survive.

"The commander-in-chief has already issued an order to act cheaply when recruiting soldiers and civilians." Liu Sandou said: "The rules are like this, I also act according to the rules, don't worry. Last time, the soldiers in the dozen or so counties in Lushi County repeatedly asked for bribes. Have you been slaughtered? When you come out to work, especially in this war-torn land, you have to be prepared to kill and be killed."

After finishing speaking, Liu Sandou rode his horse to the newly recruited soldiers again, looked at their disordered appearance, and said, "Will you pack up your things and go with us? Zhu Wen is cruel, so many people died today, and he will definitely take revenge. It’s best to take your family and go together, enter Shanzhou westward, cross the river north into the river, and then cross Suizhou westward, and you will arrive at the territory of the Dingnan Army. It’s not far at all, not far from Ziqing or Huainan.”

Liu Sandou's words are not false.To the west of Henan Mansion is Shanguo Town, across the river from Hezhong Town.After arriving in the middle of the river, cross the Yellow River westward to Suizhou. This is a route they often take.

Another route is to enter Guanzhong via Shanguo, and then go north to Fufang and go to Xiazhou, which is a little further away.

The route to Suizhou is really not far from Luoyang to Ziqing or Huainan.It's just that Liu Sandou didn't speak clearly, and didn't tell them that the final destination was actually not Suizhou, but another place.

Everyone has arrived in Suizhou, can they still run?Honestly, let's carry guns and farm for Marshal Shao, maybe he will be thankful and grateful in the future.

Datong Ma Xing had previously calculated that a family would consume about seven dendrobium grains on the way from Heyang to Xiasui, which was acceptable.

After arriving in Suizhou, if you go upstream by boat, the cost is actually very low-of course, there is no boat for them now, and they are all transporting military supplies.

It is difficult to decide the states, the population of Han people is too small.And Henan is so chaotic, at this time Qin Zongquan even went to Zhengzhou next door to Henan Prefecture, intending to besiege Zhu Wen, the people in the surrounding counties were panicked, and it was a good time to find people.

If there is no accident, Lingzhou is a year old, and the Dingnan Army has some spare capacity to accept more immigrants.However, the commander-in-chief should have gained something in regaining Helong's lost ground.Most of the recruited sergeants' families are still resettled in Lingzhou, but ordinary households may not be, and some may be resettled in the Hewei area.

It's a pity that there are still fewer private households.In recent years, when they heard that you came to recruit soldiers, everyone was willing to go with you, but they were not so active in recruiting people for reclamation.Henan does not lack land, but what lacks is a stable environment. If Qin Zongquan is still tossing around, most of them would not want to leave alone.

I don't know how long this guy can keep going.

(End of this chapter)