Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 263 Lychee Road

"Where are you going to set up the camp?" Zhe Siyu and Liu Zijing, the chief and deputy cavalry army envoys, soon arrived. Shao Shude talked with them for a while, and after clarifying the goal, he asked again.

"Temporarily located in Yongfeng warehouse." Zhe Siyu looked at the map and said: "There should be no food in the warehouse, and there are not many defenders. After the food is collected, it can be stored here. It will enter the rainy season later. , it will be much easier to have Cangcheng."

Yongfengcang is 35 miles west of Huayin County. When the Wei River enters the river, there are Weijin Pass and Weijin Ferry.Three miles to the east is Tongshui, and one mile to the east of Tongshui is Tongguan.

Guannan is adjacent to Tongshan Mountain, north is adjacent to the Dahe River, and is opposite Fenglingdu.Entering Guanzhong from Shanguo must pass through this road.

"Yongfeng Warehouse is good, it can be used as a temporary camp site." Shao Shude praised: "Guanzhong has few troops, and the Shence Army is vulnerable. If the defenders of the prefectures, counties and passes do not come out to obstruct, then don't bother. Wait, but you can go deep Zheng, Huayin, Xiagui, Pan, Weinan and other counties collect food and grass for the needs of the refugees. Especially the three counties of Huazhou, where the household registration is extremely rich, should be a big harvest. Well, pay attention to military discipline, don’t go directly Loot, send donations to local big households and gentry, and let them figure out their own way. If anyone loots the people, behead them!"

"As ordered." Zhe Siyu and Liu Zijing replied.

After Zhe Siyu and Liu Zijing left, Shao Shude summoned Yang Hongwang, Zhe Congyun, and Wang Chong.

Wei Mudingli and Bai Gui from Zhongyongdu were still in the east of Fuping, Shao Shude asked them to go directly to the five counties of Tongzhou to collect grain and grass, and then accept the command of the Huazhou camp.

There are three horses for each person in Leopard Cavalry City, which are riding horses for daily travel, draft horses for carrying water, equipment and armor, and war horses for fighting.War horses usually do not carry people or transport anything, just to maintain their physical strength and be in good condition when fighting.

A horse eats three times as much as a human.Two thousand more horses is equivalent to six thousand more people to eat. Even if calculated according to the master's standard, it will consume 1200 hu of grain a month.

It's okay to use fodder when not going on an expedition. Soldiers who cherish their horses will have extra meals, usually bran, beans, and wild grains that are common on the grassland.But after the expedition, they had to feed food. The Dingnan army was used to feeding beans, supplemented by fodder, and the consumption was not small.

As for the fact that the horses are fed grain from head to tail and do not eat forage, that is too extravagant to afford for the time being.

"Tenth General Yang, there are more than 200 iron kites riding, right?"

"Commander, there are 249 riders with warts and vests." Yang Hongwang replied.

It's not easy to save things!

Suizhou Duzuo Academy has jurisdiction over Longquan Academy and Dabin Academy, Xiazhou Metropolitan Academy has jurisdiction over Shuofang East, West, and North Academy, and Lingzhou Metropolitan Academy has jurisdiction over Huile Academy and Huaiyuan Academy. It was newly established in August last year. There are a total of eight workshops in Huaiyuan New City, more than 1 official craftsmen and more than [-] apprentices, making all kinds of equipment.

Rifles, long spears, short spears, horizontal knives, machetes, shields, iron armor, vests, etc., the nutrients needed by these war machines need to be made by them one by one.

It is already very good to be able to save 249 riding an iron kite.Moreover, this year's production capacity should be greatly improved, and next year it will increase even faster, because some of the apprentices recruited in the past few years have been able to make equipment independently one after another. They concentrate on making warts and vests, which are extremely labor-intensive.

The territory is not much smaller than Xixia, but the background is still not as good.Both the population and the number of craftsmen are far inferior.Next year, a policy can be introduced to let the party and the Tubo ministries send a specified number of craftsmen to the three major cities in turn to serve as courtyards to help make equipment.

Saints can ask all states to send craftsmen, musicians, etc. to the capital for duty, can't Qing Tianzi not do it?
"Going to Henan, do you know how to fight?"

"Back to Commander, thousands of leopard riders have trained hard for years, just to destroy the front and break the edge in front of the battle, and kill the thief in the place where the corpse is laid." Yang Hongwang said loudly.

Shao Shude smiled and said: "I am very pleased that the young man has such courage. But now I am in a hurry to start a war with Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong, and I am not sure."

Yang Hongwang's face changed when he heard this, and he immediately replied: "The last general has no intention of being good at specialization, but he follows the order of the commander in chief."

"Going east this time, obeying orders from commanders and generals, the primary purpose is to capture people, concentrate them in Shanguo for resettlement, and then send them northward in batches to Lingxia. The Dingnan Army has enough land, or even too much, so there is no need to occupy more There is a lot of land, but there is an urgent need for people. In short, recruiting refugees is the top priority. Anyone who stops them will be killed without hesitation. Whether it is Li Hanzhi, Zhang Quanyi, or even Li Keyong or Zhu Quanzhong's people—all can be killed !" Shao Shude said: "Anyone who dares to rob me is a sworn enemy."

In fact, Shao Shude has already explained to Zhe Siyu in detail that he must have enough momentum, and must put on a look of recklessness, daring to kill anyone, but when it comes to specific actions, he must be measured.Avoid war as much as possible, and fight again if there is no other way.When fighting, you should also pick the weak persimmons to stand up, so as not to tear your face with Li Keyong and Zhu Quanzhong head-on, and it will be ugly when you look back, and it will be difficult to clean up.

After the cavalry troops set off one after another, Shao Shude led the Tielin Army to continue southward. On the [-]th, the whole army crossed the Wei River and arrived in the area north of Chang'an.

At this time, Yang Fugong couldn't sit still, and the court couldn't sit still anymore, so they sent envoys one after another.

"Also ask the King of Lingwu County to retreat." Zhang Wan was the first to arrive, and said with a sad face as soon as he arrived at the Weinan camp.

"What does Privy Councilor Yang have to say?" Shao Shude asked casually, drawing his fingers back and forth on the map.

"..." Zhang Wan frowns, not knowing how to answer.

"If you have nothing to say, let's go back." Shao Shude continued to stare at the map, studying the marching route presented by his staff.

The route comes from the illustrated archives provided by Mr. Xiao, that is, the famous "Tianbao Lychee Road".

Concubine Yang Guifei grew up in Shu and "deliciously eats litchi".After being favored, Fuzhou (now Fuling, Chongqing), which is rich in lychees, became a tribute land.The temperature in Tianbao years is slightly higher than this, much higher than that of the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty.Bai Juyi once said that "lychee grows in Baxia", which is two thousand miles away from Chang'an.

The speed of Guochao Post is "five hundred miles a day". Considering that it is a fresh product like lychee, which is also a favorite of Concubine Yang, it cannot be transported at ordinary speed.Five hundred miles is not enough, you have to risk your life, seven hundred miles a day, just delivered in three days, the taste is still fresh.

As for sending it from Lingnan, that's impossible, basically it's Tang Dynasty's black concubine Yang Gui, who said so on purpose.Just calculate the distance, no matter how desperate you are, it is impossible to send fresh lychees from Lingnan to Chang'an.

If the starting point of this road is from Chang'an, it will go to Ziwu Pass first, then cross the Qinling Mountains, and enter Ziwu Valley. This section is more than [-] li.After leaving the Meridian Valley, you will soon arrive at Xixiang County (now south of the county) in Lisuo, Yangzhou.

From Xixiang County to the south, cross the Bashan Mountains, to Xuanhan County in Tongzhou (between Xuanhan and Wanyuan today), and then go south to Shengshan County (now Kaixian County), Lisuo, Kaizhou. This section is more than [-] miles.

That is to say, the Dingnan Army can directly enter Ziwu Valley without going through Fengxiang Town, and then enter Yangzhou, Tongzhou, and Kaizhou.These three prefectures are either the territory of Wu Ding's army, or the rebellious prefectures where Zhuge Zhongbao is based, and they are all to be captured.

It's just—Ziwu Valley, Shao Shude inexplicably remembered some old things from the Three Kingdoms period.

The staff also wrote down the pros and cons of this "Litchi Road".The advantage is that the road is short, and there is no need to pass through Fengxiang Town by surprise. The disadvantage is that the road is dangerous and the mountains are dangerous. Once something unexpected happens, the army may be overthrown.

The Iron Forest Army's [-]-step cavalry is Marshal Shao's apex, with strong combat effectiveness, high morale, and incomparable loyalty.If he faced people face to face and opened up a stance to fight in the field, he was not worried at all, what he was afraid of was losing in various accidents.

I don't want to take risks!However, a partial division can be sent to Ziwu Valley.

Thinking of this, he already had a plan: the first layer, the second layer... the fifth layer... the atmosphere.

"Lingwu County Wang Mingjian, the privy envoy wants to ask the court to issue an edict to make the king the Xia king." Zhang Wan said.

Yang Fugong is such an arrogant person, he is willing to use Wang Jue to bribe me, hehe, he is already guilty.

However, what does false fame matter to me?Or put me on the fire and treat me as Li Ke?So easy to talk to?
"The world is in chaos, and the towns are constantly being invaded. I have no choice but to protect the environment and the people. It's nothing more than meager achievements. How can I be named a prince?" Shao Shude put down the map, and sneered, "Please go back, envoy. Tomorrow, I will send my troops into the city."

Zhang Wan's complexion changed, and after thinking for a while, he said again: "The king of Lingwu County calm down. The privy envoy has something to say first, if you don't want to be honored, you can discuss it later."

"Then why don't you go back and discuss?"

Zhang Wan looked unhappy, bowed and left after bowing.

Shao Shude stood up, not thinking about Chang'an at all, and after a while, he gave an order: "Send an order to Yang Yue, go to Minzhou as soon as possible, and serve as the commander of the army in the Minzhou camp, command the Xinquan army and the Bai and Tuoba tribes, Use the way of Chengzhou to attack the two states of Xingfeng and Wuding's army. Also, let Wuzang Jieming come to see me, the people of Dangxiang Mountain, we need them."

　I took the kids out to play, so busy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)