Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 239
Yang Shihou stared at Fu Cunjian fiercely, and sneered again and again.

Wang Jianji also looked at him, silent.

"Don't you want to go? Let's go to Xiazhou with someone." Fu Cunshen's eyes kept scanning the two of them.

There was a look of struggle in Wang Jianji's eyes.

He is also an ambitious person, dreaming that one day he will be a commander-in-chief, hold festivals, and live a happy life.But it is not unacceptable to be a general under the account of others.

He now suspects that Fu Cunshen is entertaining him, but when he thinks about it carefully, it seems that Fu is not that kind of person.

He didn't know where he could go after leaving. Jinyang couldn't go to the famous towns in the world, and Huainan and Xichuan were too far away.It seems that Xuanwu Zhu Quanzhong, who just defeated Qin Zongquan, is more suitable for refuge.But his territory is in the place of the Fourth World War, which is too dangerous. There is Li Keyong in the north of the river, the brothers of the Zhu family in the east, and Huainan Town in the south. The possibility of being divided and eaten by others is very high.

There are too many warriors who have risen rapidly these years, but most of them fail quickly and disappear.Zhu Quanzhong, it is hard to say whether he can hold his ground in Henan.

If there is no better choice, vote for Xuanwu, and you will vote, and you will die.But there will be the king of Lingwu County in Xiazhou who can vote, and I am Li Keyong's brother-in-law. I heard that he has a good reputation and is not harsh on the sergeants.Wang Jianji thought about it, and it seemed like a good way to vote for the difficult army.

But there was always a feeling of resentment in his heart, which made him struggle left and right, making him extremely embarrassed.

"Commander Wang, don't act like a woman, go or stay?" Fu Cunshen shouted, interrupting Wang Jianji's thoughts.

"Stay." The word came out of Wang Jianji's mouth, and it was extremely difficult.

"Press it down!" Fu Cunshen ordered.

Several subordinates swarmed up, unloaded Wang Jianji's equipment, and then escorted him away to guard him.

Fu Cunshen turned his gaze to Yang Shihou again, and asked, "Commander Yang doesn't speak, do you want to stay?"

"I'm leaving!" Yang Shihou snorted coldly, and said, "In this world, what can we do with you ridiculous benevolent people like women?"

After hearing this, Fu Cunshen didn't think he was disobedient, and ordered his soldiers: "Prepare him with horses, water, and send him a few pieces of silk, so that he can leave."

"As ordered!"

Yang Shihou got up from the ground, gave Fu Cunshen a hard look, and strode out.

Fu Cunshen came outside the tent. At this time, many sergeants had surrounded him, watching the excitement.

"The teaching order of the soldiers is divided into camps, and those who advance or retreat against the order will be charged with the crime of teaching." Fu Cunshen's face flashed green, and he said angrily: "Who told you to wait to gather and make noise? The fire chief and the team leader , Where is the lieutenant general? Have you brought him back yet?"

The Cai soldiers who watched the excitement were taken aback for a moment. They were all new recruits, and they hadn't gotten too much of the habit of veterans.If you are brave, you are brave, but you are not so unruly. After being tamed by the general, the officers felt ashamed and took everyone back one by one.

"Nian Er and others are newly recruited soldiers, so we will not be held accountable this time. Next time we commit another crime, we will be dealt with according to the military law." Fu Cunshen said again.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they walked faster.

Fu Cunshen simply took people to inspect the military camp and the civilian camp.

There are more than 3000 sergeants, except for [-] old soldiers who serve as the backbone, the rest are all new soldiers.But after his rectification along the way, it looks decent.

Cai Bing is called Cai thief by many people, but are they really born thieves?not necessarily.If there is military discipline and enough food and pay, they are actually brave and good soldiers.

It was also the first time Fu Cunshen led so many soldiers, and he couldn't sleep at night along the way.No matter how many times I get up at night to inspect the barracks, I am afraid of making mistakes.If Marshal Shao knew about his mental journey, he would definitely resonate with him, that's how they both came here.

While tired, Fu Cunshen was also very excited.As a warrior, who doesn't want to command an army and fight on the battlefield?The ancestors of the Fu family had been generals for six generations. They served as military envoys and feudal princes. By the time of his father's generation, the family was in decline. What he had been thinking about day and night was how to revive the family, and even make the Fu family a step forward.

Now I finally have the chance.By accident, I actually had the opportunity to lead the army alone, and there were more than 3000 people when I came up.There are highs and lows in the luck of a person's life. Now that the luck comes, we must seize it.

Three thousand Cai Bing, now more than a thousand people have weapons, and they are no longer the shabby appearance before.Fu Cunshen is confident that when these people arrive in Xiazhou, they will be kneaded better and more formed, and he will be able to show his face in front of the King of Lingwu County—now besides voting for Zhu Quanzhong, he can only I can go to Xiazhou now.

On July [-]th, Pei Tong rushed to the opposite bank of the Fen River in the east of Jiangzhou, and excitedly told Fu Cunshen that Wang Chongying agreed to let the counties of Jiangzhou, Cizhou, and Xizhou provide food and grass along the way and provide rest places. The hard days along the way are finally over!
Fu Cunjian was also very happy.Go north from Jiangzhou, enter Cizhou, then go north to Xizhou, and then find an opportunity to cross the river and enter Suizhou. The distance is not too far, and it is not difficult to walk along the river valley.After crossing the river, they arrived at Chengping County. Pei Tong had already arranged for people to go to report, and asked them to prepare the ferry and food and grass, and take care of them to take tens of thousands of them comfortably.

Of course, it is also possible to cross the river at Longmenguan in Cizhou and enter the border of the Baosai Army, but it would have to trouble Li Xiaochang, which is not worth it.Just walk along the river along the way. Anyway, there are people who provide food, drink and rest places, so why should the commander-in-chief owe one more favor?

There are more than [-] people, and it is a great contribution for a day to bring them back. Pei Tong is overjoyed and wonders how the commander-in-chief will reward him.

Well, before leaving Huaizhou, Li Fa was still recruiting refugees, so I had to find a way to notify him.The Heyang horse shop has been forced to close, and Huaizhou has also quickly closed its doors.Seeing that the four hundred soldiers that Li Hanzhi sent out to help were destined not to go back, in order to avoid retaliation, Li Fa had to be transferred quickly.

There are more than 100 cavalry soldiers in Huaizhou horse shop. It is best for me to send these two hundred party cavalry to help, and then separately notify the other horse shops not to send people to Huaizhou.This route is abandoned!In the future, all the soldiers and civilian households recruited will go in the direction of Shanguo, and then go north to Hezhong.

It should not be too late, Pei Tong immediately sent someone to deal with it, and Li Fa must not be tricked!Under Li Hanzhi's rage, why don't he eat him?
On July [-], after a few days of rest in Jiangzhou, everyone relieved the fatigue along the way, and then moved on.Tens of thousands of people have accepted their fate to go to the territory of the Dingnan Army, but they still don't know where they will be resettled.If it's a poor country - well, it's nothing, it's better than being eaten by Sun Ru or Li Hanzhi.

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"This poor mountain and bad water!" Panting, Yang Yue climbed up a high slope, looked at the mountains in the distance, and scolded with a smile: "I don't know how the Tubo people traveled all the way here."

Their current location is Yehuxia, which is more than forty miles west of Minzhou City.The mountains on both sides of the canyon stand tall, and the raging waves rush in the middle. It is a dangerous place.

As the commander of all the armies on the Southeast Road, Yang Yue led the main force to go south to attack Minzhou after sending part of the Yinshan Fan tribe northward through Dalai Valley to cooperate with the main force to subdue Linzhou Tubo.

Yang Yue wanted to kill Fufuling's bandit chief backer in the seven counties of Minzhou and Weizhou.

After waiting for the arrival of supplies from the rear, he made a plan to split his troops southward in two ways.

All the way from the recovered Zhang County, go south along the Zhangshui River Valley, and walk more than 250 miles to Minzhou; all the way south from the Dalai Valley, march along the Taoshui River Valley.

The first route was led by Wang Yu, the envoy of the Dingyuan Army, with the Dingyuan Army as the main force, plus the remnants of the Zhuanglang clan of the Yinshan Fan tribe and the remnants of the Hexi Dangxiang, with a total strength of more than [-] people.The second route was led by Yang Yue, with the Xinquan army as the main force, supplemented by a small number of troops from the Zangcai family of the Yinshan tribe and the Tuoba tribe, with a total strength of more than [-].The two sides attacked and agreed to meet at Hezheng County (northwest of today's Minxian County, not Hezheng County in Linxia) to attack the Fufuling clan.

In the previous two battles at Niaoshu Mountain and Dalaigu, the armies of the Southeast Road defeated Qubu and Fufuling troops twice. Minzhou Tubo suffered a lot of losses, so they all retreated.Now there are less than [-] soldiers, and their morale is low, so they should be unbearable to fight.

But then again, they still have 5000 troops, so Yang Yue went south with less than [-] troops, and it was actually a bit risky to divide the troops into two groups.Not to mention, the Tubo Luma tribe in Weizhou jumped eastward to Qinzhou, and could come back at any time. He left the Tubo tribe and the Baijia tribe to guard Weizhou. Can these two tribes withstand it? unknown.

But how to put it, the style of Commander Yang is like this, he seizes the opportunity and pursues fiercely, not giving the enemy any chance to breathe.He felt that the Fufuling family in Minzhou was more threatening, so he mobilized the elite main force to try to annihilate them in one battle and recover the three counties of Minzhou.

After Yang Yue led more than [-] troops to the south, he marched along the Taoshui River Valley for more than ten days, and finally waited for the North Army led by Wang Yu.

The two sides camped together at Hezheng County, and Fu Fuling's main force also planned to take advantage of Hezheng County's topographical advantages to force the Tang army to retreat.

The two sides had a tentative fight outside the city of Minzhou. Tubo was defeated and beheaded hundreds of levels, and then they devoted themselves to defending the city.Not to mention that, according to the interrogation of the prisoners, the Fufuling family was still recruiting soldiers in Yile (Minzhou Prefecture) and Youchuan (southeast of Minxian County, northwest of Dangchang), and almost all the adult men were transferred. Deploy defenses around Zhengxian County, and strengthen the frontline troops.

This is an obvious "defend the enemy outside the country" strategy.

After thinking about it with the map, Yang Yue decided on a strategy, that is, to select 3000 elite infantry and walk south along the mountain path to the other side of the mountain.

Wang Yu felt that this plan was extremely bold.Taoshui turned a big bend near Minzhou, from east to west.At present, the place where the army is stationed is the river valley that flows to the northwest, and Yang Yue personally leads these 3000 people to walk dozens of miles of mountain trails, detouring to the other side of the southeast flow.

He is almost 50 years old, and he is still working so hard and so bold, Wang Yu admires the old man's use of troops: deceitful, sudden, and unexpected.

Today is July [-]th, under the guidance of the guide who surrendered, Yang Yue arrived at the Wild Fox Gorge smoothly.

The vicinity of this dangerous pass is empty. Obviously, no one thought that the Tang army would cross the mountains and come to this side. What's more, the offensive from Hezheng County was so urgent that they had to turn all their energy to the north. The rear was extremely empty. .

"Let's all take a break." Yang Yue sat down with the support of the soldiers, and took out water to replenish his strength.

His hands trembled a little, and he was obviously tired, but his spirit was abnormally excited.

The sergeants sat scattered in the valley, eating vinegar cakes in silence.Fighting with Commander Yang, although he won many battles, he was always on the verge of desperately fighting.

After walking on the mountain road for a few days, everyone's military uniforms were more or less damaged, and the dry food would last at most another three days.It's hard to describe how well this battle was fought.

But everyone also admires General Yang.He is always full of enthusiasm, constantly encouraging and boosting morale.

In particular, most of the people who came here were soldiers from the Xinquan Army. Yang Yue was their first military envoy, and he usually had clear rewards and punishments, and he ate and lived with everyone.Since going south, they have won consecutive battles, and everyone can receive a lot of rewards, so they are still willing to listen to his command-it’s enough to win the battle, and it’s okay to be tired, it’s better than a big defeat. Life is strong.

Outside the Yehu Gorge, birds are flying and the waves are rumbling.

After the three thousand sergeants ate the vinegar cake silently, they embarked on the journey again.

This time they no longer concealed themselves, but marched fast.After passing the Yehu Gorge, the journey is smooth.The river valley road is wide and flat, and it seems to be a refurbished post road during the Tianbao period. There are even ruins of abandoned post stations on both sides of the road.

On the afternoon of the [-]th, the army arrived a few miles south of Minzhou City and hid in a valley to rest.

Regardless of everyone's objections, Yang Yue went out for reconnaissance in person.

The gray city wall of Minzhou is almost only half left.Outside the outline of the city wall is a large flat farmland, and there are still people working in the field.

The low-lying river valleys outside the farmland are rich in water and grass, and are the pastoral areas of the Tubo people.

Every spring and summer, the river overflows, submerging the grasslands on both sides of the river, and depositing a large amount of sediment on it.After the flood receded, the grass grew wildly, and it was tender and juicy. The cattle fed with this grass were said to taste particularly delicious.

Yang Yuezai looked carefully for a long time, wrote down all the key points, and then returned to the valley to assign tasks to various ministries.

The sky suddenly darkened.In July, the climate in the Helong Mountain area is so changeable.

Lightning bolts tore through the sky, and amidst the eerie thunder, torrential rain soon enveloped the earth.

In the outpost on the bank of Taoshui, Lun Xiji leaned a Tibetan spear against the wall, ready to have lunch.

There were still five or six people in the outpost, who had finished eating and were talking and laughing loudly.

Lun Xiji sighed, they were all young recruits from the tribe, they thought war was a fun thing, and everyone was very interested.

There were more than a dozen people in the outpost before, but now they are all transferred to the north.Jie'er led an army to confront the Tang people, and many people died every day.One after another men in the tribe were conscripted away, and now those who stay behind are all young men who can't fight.

Alas, I hope the people of Tang will retreat quickly, this is Lun Xiji's only extravagant wish.

He had fought wars, and he knew that wars were a very serious thing, and at the same time cruel, and definitely not as heroic as the teenagers imagined.Killing and being killed, people are cut down like grass and trees, and the death is miserable and ugly, without any dignity and value.

He has been on the battlefield three times in total, and each time he was ridiculed for being cowardly and afraid of death.But he didn't take it seriously, because all the warriors who laughed at him were dead, and only he was still alive.

It's better than anything else to be alive!

The old dog outside the post suddenly barked wildly.Shocked, Lun Xiji rushed forward and opened the door of the house, and the strong south wind mixed with big raindrops poured in.

Lun Xiji stood there motionless, her body trembling slightly.

The teenagers who were chatting and laughing saw him, and some blamed him for wet the ground, and everyone had to sleep at night!

Someone stepped forward and gave him a push.

Lun Xiji seemed to come back to his senses suddenly, raised his right hand, pointed to the valley road at the foot of the mountain, and said tremblingly: "Tang...Tang people's army!"

The boy rushed out of the gate, looked down the mountain, and saw several long brown dragons marching side by side on the road by the bank of Taoshui.

A bolt of lightning fell, and the cold light reflected from the blades of the soldiers of the Tang Army was so dazzling.

Ruined!The boy sat slumped in the rain.

Lun Xiji rushed to a shed, picked up a wooden peg, and was about to ring the bell as a warning.

All of a sudden, he felt a sharp pain in his back, Lun Xiji staggered and fell to the ground.

Hit by a spear!Ruined!Minzhou is finished too!This was his last thought.

In the darkness, three thousand mud monkey-like Tang soldiers rushed into the almost completely undefended Minzhou.

The knife and ax fell from the sky, and the killing began!
Yang Yue rushed into the heavy rain, looked up to the sky and laughed.

His gamble succeeded, Minzhou is finished, Fu Fuling's is finished!Captured the city, captured all the old and weak women and children in Tubo, and cut off the logistical supplies on the front line.Facing the onslaught of more than [-] people from Wang Yu's troops, Fu Fuling's family will be defeated.

Minzhou, which has been trapped by the Tibetans for more than a hundred years, will return to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty.Perhaps, this is also the end of this Western Expedition, and also the end of Yang Yue.

After waiting for most of my life, I will die without regret.

(End of this chapter)