Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 254 Li Zhu
"Zhu Quanzhong's attack on Tianping was defeated, and the Caozhou that he just won was also lost." On the way back to Jinyang, Li Keyong laughed when he received the military report from his subordinates.

Zhu Quanzhong, a capricious villain, he hates him deeply.

At the beginning, he was defeated by Huang Chao, and he was in danger, so he asked for help from Hedong.After sending troops to help you defeat the Chao army, at the Shangyuanyi banquet, he just said a few unpleasant words and derogatory words, Zhu Quanzhong smiled on the surface, and secretly dispatched troops to attack and kill.

Is this how you treat your benefactor?

This time Qin Zongquan mobilized more than [-] soldiers and horses to besiege Bianzhou, and Zhu Quanzhong fell low and became a small boy. He recognized the Zhu brothers from the Tianping Army and the Taining Army as his elder brothers and begged them to send troops to rescue.After the [-] troops of Yunbing and Yanbing came to help and defeated Qin Zongquan together, they found a poor excuse to attack the Tianping army.

Zhu Quanzhong, is this how he repays his kindness?

Compared with it, the righteous brother Shao Shude has a lot more loyalty, he is faithful in his word, and he will repay his kindness.

"Commander, Zhu Quanzhong can't attack the Zhu family brothers, so he must turn to Huaixi again, Qin Zongquan will be in trouble." The mastermind Gai Yu reminded: "Heyang Li Hanzhi and Luoyang Zhang Quanyi can all be recruited to contain Quanzhong. "

This time the northern attack on the Datong Army returned in vain, and everyone was a little frustrated.

That guy Helian Duo is too difficult to deal with.Relying on several fortified cities, we stored food, grass and ordnance in advance, and defended them desperately.Outside Jiancheng, there are still cavalry soldiers whistling, constantly harassing the grain road of the Hedong Army.As for the five departments in the north, they have an ambiguous attitude between Datong and Hedong, which is annoying.

When this matter was brought up yesterday, Li Keyong was furious again. He bluntly said that he would attack Yunzhou in the future, and after destroying Helianduo, he must completely swallow the five tribes in the north to relieve his anger.

"Have you handed over the memorial for recommending Li Hanzhi and Zhang Quanyi?" Li Ke asked subconsciously, squinting his left eye.

"People have been sent to Chang'an. There should be no problem with the Privy Councilor Yang. Ximen Sigong, the envoy of the Tenth Army, is seriously ill and is not in charge of things now. Ximen Chongsui has recently lost his family, and he will not stay in trouble at this time." Gai Yu replied.

"Zhu Quanzhong frequently sent people to Chang'an. He should have a plan and pay attention to it." Li Keyong said suddenly, and then smiled again, and said, "But it's okay. Next, a certain man sent his troops to attack Zhaoyi, and Meng Fangli was beaten. After so long, we have been poor in wealth, and there are many internal grievances. This time, we must take all the three states in Hebei. After capturing here, we will have time to take care of Zhu Quanzhong. This villain will be killed."

"Commander, this attack on Zhaoyi..." Gai Yu hesitated.

"I know, I know!" Li Keyong waved his hand impatiently, and said, "This time, I will not be half-hearted, and I won't let the three states of Xing, Ming, and Ci not give up."

"Attacking Datong and Zhaoyi year after year has cost a lot of money in the town. There are 21 counties in the three prefectures and hundreds of thousands of people. If they can be taken, it will be of great help." Gai Yu actually wanted to say that he looted when he attacked the three prefectures in Hebei. It went too far, and caused a lot of people to flee. Now that there are 30 people, you should laugh.

There should have been at least 60 people in the five prefectures of Zhaoyi, and maybe even 80, but the number of household registrations has dropped sharply year after year.The people may not die immediately, but you can't control them if they flee to other towns.What's more, there were people who were greedy for money in the army before, and it was too much to sell people to the difficult army.

Xia Sui has strong soldiers and horses, but lacks people and goods!Shao Shude annexed the three towns of Shuofang, Tiande, and Zhenwu, but only a little over a hundred thousand Han people, but the population of Xingzhou alone far exceeds that of these three towns.

Hebei is a rich and densely populated place with plenty of goods!

Humans are originally the Achilles' heel of the Dingnan Army, but those generals below, alas!

"By the way, what do you think of the letter sent by my righteous brother?" Li Keyong asked.

"Return to Commander, the King of Lingwu County is on the surface upholding justice for the Zhuge family, but in fact..."

"As for the righteous brother, I think it's pretty good."

Gai Yu: "..."

Seeing Gai Yu's appearance, Li Keyong laughed loudly and said, "Don't you know that your brother-in-law has great ambitions? Helping Zhuge Shuang is only for personal gain, but I just think it's more pleasing to the eye than Zhu Quanzhong. Changing places, I want Kill a villain like Yang Shouzhong."

"Commander, the King of Lingwu County intends to enter Shuzhong. If he is ordered to annex Fengxiang Longyou and Shannan West Road, the momentum to enter Shu has been achieved, and the Tang Dynasty is in danger."

"Today is different from the past. Hebei's household registration is as prosperous as it is in the middle of Sichuan, and its wealth is not inferior. When someone sweeps up Meng Fangli and Helian Duo, and makes all the towns in Hebei bow their heads, even righteous brothers can only hold hands." Li Ke Yong looked at the outlines of the three cities of Jinyang in the distance, and said with a smile: "At that time, the younger brother's family will be allowed to live in Jinyang, and He Gongya's house in the city will be reserved for the younger brother."

Gai Yu smiled wryly.

My lord, if you say he is cruel, sometimes he is, how can a martial artist not be cruel?But if it is someone he admires and values, he will be pleasing to the eye no matter what he sees. The rewards are completely innumerable and too casual.

"Marshal, regarding the matter of Shannan West Road, it is better to write a letter to Chang'an and ask Privy Councilor Yang to take a step back. Don't give Lingwu County King an excuse." Gai Yu suggested.

"Let's write a letter. After helping this time, the Li family doesn't owe him anything. It is important to attack Zhaoyi first. After returning to the army this time, we will prepare food, grass and equipment, and send troops in the next year. And Zhu Quanzhong, kill him." After Meng Fangli was established, he wanted to find his bad luck. This guy just lost to Yunzhou, so he doesn’t know what he’s doing.” When it came to business, Li Keyong restrained his loyalty and said.

Zhu Quanzhong is now rectifying troops in Bianzhou.

Qin Zongquan just killed a carbine and captured Zhengzhou in Yicheng Town, which made him a little annoyed.

Zhu has always been the only one who took advantage of other people's insecurities or civil strife. This time, he was actually taken advantage of by his defeated general Qin Zongquan, which is really aggrieved.

"Are you Master Yang?" Outside Bianzhou City, Zhu Quanzhong looked at someone who had recently voted and asked.

"My husband, Yang Shihou, was originally in Li Han's army. He heard that King Wuxing had defeated Qin Zongquan, so he came here to join the army." Yang Shihou replied respectfully.

Because of his victory in the Battle of Bianzhou, the emperor issued an imperial edict and named Zhu Quanzhong the king of Wuxing County.

"I heard that you and Fu Cunshen, a junior high school student in Li Han's army, went to the Dingnan army, why didn't you go?"

"Shao Shude lives in seclusion in the west, and has the benevolence of a woman. He doesn't look like a master, so he doesn't want to vote for him."

Zhu Quanzhong was silent.

Yang Shihou was worried, but he didn't dare to look up.

"You came to Bianzhou, don't you think it's a secret job?" Zhu Quanzhong didn't speak, and someone from below naturally observed his words, so he stepped forward and said.

Yang Shihou was startled, and anxiously said: "Wu Xingjun Wang Mingjian, the deceased husband came all the way from the river, and he has a heart to contribute, so how can he tell the sun and the moon, how can he explain it in detail?"

"It's not a meticulous work, why do you ask three questions? Shao Shude, the king of Lingwu County, annexed the four roads in the north of the Guan, and conquered the rivers and Wei in the west. He should have the heart to devour the world. It is quite possible to send you to Bianzhou as a careful work." Just now he spoke. The man said again: "I see that your words are insincere, and you are prevaricating a lot. It is very possible to be careful. Commander, it is better to kill this person, and the left is only a small school."

The speaker's name was Li Zhen, and he was the great-grandson of Li Baozhen, the governor of Luzhou.Zeng Guan went to General Jinwu and was changed to Taizhou Governor. Because of the bandits in eastern Zhejiang, he was unable to take up the post. When he returned to Chang'an and passed Bianzhou in the west, he took the initiative to apply for recruitment in Zhu Quanzhong's shogunate, and was appointed as the secretary of Jiedu. The post inspector was even taller when he first came.

"Please ask Wang Mingjian of Wuxing County." Yang Shihou looked at Zhu Quanzhong and said earnestly.

After all, he looked around from the corner of his eye.Although there are Xuanwu sergeants on all sides, it is impossible to escape, but if death is really imminent, it is impossible to capture him without a fight, one or two people have to be pulled behind.

Zhu Quanzhong pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled, and said: "Such warriors, can An Neng be a meticulous worker?"

Seeing that Zhu Quanzhong had spoken, Li Zhen withdrew without saying a word.

"Tell me, Shao Shude brought so many people back from Ruzhou, Mengzhou, and Huaizhou, what is the picture?"

"Going back to the king of Wuxing County, it's hard to find that the prefectures have a vast territory and lack of people. Although there are many Tibetans, they don't know how to farm. They only know how to herd cattle and sheep. Shao Shude probably wants to get some people to go back to cultivate wasteland." In fact, Yang Shihou didn't know much about it. Ding Nanjun and Shao Shude, but when Zhu Quanzhong asked, he could only bite the bullet and answer.

"Marshal, what this person said should be right. Shao Shude is the most ruthless person. He secretly sent people to Henan to recruit soldiers. The soldiers were ruthless, and even killed dozens of people under the last general's tent. According to reports, there are Those who say Liu Sandou and Li Fa are still wandering in Henan Prefecture, Shanguo, Heyang, and Huaixi, and they always lure the people and rob them to the western frontier to strengthen their foundation." Guo Yan was sent out by the infantry.

Guo Yan, whose ancestors were from Taiyuan, lived in Xinye, Dengzhou.A few months ago, he led an order to go to Shanguo and Henan provinces to recruit soldiers, but he was brutally attacked by people from Datong Maxing, and dozens of people were lost. The [-] new recruits he had just recruited were also kidnapped, and he was extremely ashamed and angry.Fortunately, nearly ten thousand people were still brought back to Bianzhou, Zhu Quanzhong didn't blame him, and promoted him to be a general.

After all, it was the old man with five hundred yuan, so I still have some face.

"Is this person a strong enemy?" Zhu Quanzhong turned to Li Zhen and asked.

To be honest, his impression of Shao Shude was only limited to the battle of the same state.At that time, he only had more than 1 soldiers, and Zhuge Shuang, Zhu Mei, Shao Shude, and Yi Zhao allied tens of thousands of troops. The two armies fought outside the city of Tongzhou.In that battle, he was defeated, and the most elite soldiers and horses were unable to attack the enemy's formation. Zhu Zhen even cried bitterly because of the loss of too many elite confidants.

This person has some means to lead troops.If nothing else, at least gaining the morale of the army is not easy.

"Commander, the Dingnan army is far away from me, so it has nothing to do with me. A certain person thinks that we can send an envoy to Xiazhou, and say that we can lure him to attack the east of the river with the benefits and disadvantages, so that we can go east and south with all our strength, and we will make a fuss later. "Li Zhen said.

Zhu Quanzhong has been appointed by the imperial court as the recruitment envoy to the southeast, commanding the troops and horses of the towns in Henan and Huainan, and destroying the power of Qin Zongquan.Because of the long-term chaos in Huainan, the imperial court also ordered him to serve as the Jiedu envoy of Xuanwu and Huainan towns. Therefore, theoretically speaking, Huainan is also Zhu Quanzhong's territory, which is still legal.

As for the "long-term chaos in Huainan", it is true that the previous chaos was not over, and now there is another chaos: Sun Ru has gone south.

Yang Xingmi's army, which was originally majestic and victorious in Huainan, was like paper in front of Sun Ru, unable to block a single blow.

Yang Xingmi saw the ferocity of Cai Bing for the first time, so he summoned all the generals to ask questions, and everyone said that Cai Bing's cavalry was very sharp, and every time he charged into the battle, he was unstoppable.So the only cavalry was handed over to An Renyi, a general who had served Li Guochang and Qin Zongheng (Qin Zongquan's younger brother) successively, to resist Sun Ru-this was the biggest pain of the southern army, lack of horses and cavalry talents.

Zhu Quanzhong's current main strategy is to advance eastward.As for going south, of course he also wanted to, but he wanted Sun Ru to go south to clean up the mess after he had beaten the local forces in Huainan.Regardless of going east or going south, it seems that they need to establish a good relationship with the Dingnan army, lest they cause trouble for themselves in the court.

Mr. Zhu has taken advantage of the imperial court a lot in the past few years.

In addition, if Shao Shude is really blinded by lard and wants to attack Hedong, it will be great news for himself.So he said: "Shao Shude and Li Keyong are brothers, but they are close neighbors, and they all have powerful soldiers. How can they be brothers? I heard that the imperial court wants to intervene in the affairs of Shannan West Road. Zhuge Shuang and Shao Shude, hey, these two The relationship between people is not ordinary, and Shao Shude will definitely intervene in it. Let's sell one, recommend Zhuge Zhongfang, the son of Zhuge Shuang, to stay in Shannan Xidao Jiedu, and coax Shao Shude. Well, there is one more thing to talk about, Henan What is the relationship between Fu Zhang Quanyi and Heyang Li Hanzhi and the Dingnan Army? I also asked clearly. If someone raises a large army to attack Qin Zongquan and Zhu Xuan's generation, An Neng will worry about going west?"

"You are handsome and wise."

"Whether Yang Fugong can live or not depends on his own good fortune. I feel that no matter how the court responds, Shao Shude will send troops, no doubt about it." Zhu Quanzhong finally said.

(End of this chapter)