Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 303
"Minggong, if you continue to wait and see like this, I'm afraid it won't be appropriate." In Liangzhou City, Li Mingzhen walked up and down, persuading him constantly.

Weng Gao was a little dazed.

That's how he lost at the end?so easy?It shouldn't be!

During the Qianfu period, Zhang Huaishen led more than [-] cavalry to recover Liangzhou, but they did not fight at all, and withdrew after a little resistance.

Zhang Huaishen didn't bother them either.It's not that he didn't want to, but even if he pulled all the more than 1 soldiers of the Guiyi Army over, he might not be able to defeat Yan Mo.In addition, the imperial court also prevented the Guiyi Army from controlling Liangzhou, so in the end it was forgot.The periphery of Liangzhou is still in the hands of Yan Mo, and its strength has not been damaged at all, and it has even improved after more than ten years of development.

But they lost today!
Weng Gao is not ignorant of soldiers. After resuming the battle with Li Mingzhen, they all sighed: under the fortification of the city, they were repeatedly attacked, and finally they were attacked by surprise, attacked from inside and outside, and left in a big defeat.

This time, Yan Mo was really hurt.Counting the three days of the siege, it is said that more than [-] people were beheaded, which is a heavy loss they have not seen in many years.

I am timid, and I no longer dare to fight!
"Li Sima, at this point, I'm at the end of my rope." Weng Gao sighed.

The three Hexi prefectures look poor, but the income of more than 3000 yuan a year is not discounted at all.Every time the imperial court pays, the salaries of the officials of the shogunate are paid in full first, and then the rewards of the generals are distributed.If the money is not enough, let the court owe it first, and then find a way to ask for it later.

In addition, there are some other income here, in short, five or six thousand a year is not a problem.

The money to buy land in Guanzhong all depends on this income.Recently, I bought a house and land in Fujian Town as a place of refuge in the future, and the cost was particularly high.If you can't be the Hexi Jiedushi, many plans will be postponed, alas!
"Duke Ming, for the current plan, the only way to turn around is to send troops together to conquer Yanmo." Li Mingzhen said with a gloomy face.

To be honest, he also has selfish intentions, and he doesn't want to lose his position as Sima Zuo Xingjun.But how to put it, he was even more unwilling to see Yan Mo continue to be on the head of the shogunate.The king of Lingwu County has the name of the court and is the observer of Hexi. If he can send troops to defeat Yan Mo, Li Mingzhen will be happy to see it.

But Mr. Ming missed the game after all, so it's better to face the reality now, there is nothing much to say.

"Li Sima..." Weng Gao brewed his emotions, and his eye circles turned red again.

Li Mingzhen sighed, and was about to say something more, when he heard a commotion outside, the sound of weapons clashing.

Li and Weng were shocked.

Weng Gao subconsciously stood up, but heard the sound of messy footsteps coming into the yard.

Someone shouted and asked, and soon there was a scream.

"Boom!" The door was knocked open, Li Duo took the lead and rushed in, holding a thick-backed machete in his hand.

Weng Gao took two steps back, his face pale.

Is this mutiny?Maybe not, because the state soldiers didn't respond, and it was the deputy envoy of the Shunyi Army who rushed in.

"Old Li is sick, hold him quickly!" He Yu rushed in from the outside and hugged Li Duo.

Li Duo struggled vigorously, slashed repeatedly with his knife, and slashed Weng Gao's sleeve with one knife, frightening him out of his wits, his legs were so weak that he couldn't move.

"Minggong, let's go." Li Mingzhen grabbed Weng Gao and jumped out of the door.

Outside were dozens of Shunyi Army sergeants with swords and bows.Seeing that the Deputy Envoy and Marquis Du Yu didn't respond, they didn't stop them, and Ren Weng and Li left.

After a long time, He Yu let go of his hand, and Li Duo stopped struggling.

After a while, Chen Cheng, An Xiuxiu, and Fu Cunshen also walked in.

"Someone saw that old man riding away." An Xiuxiu grinned and said with a smile.

In fact, according to his original intention, Weng Gao was to be killed on the spot.

In the past few days, he had heard some old events during the Qianfu period, and he felt that there was no sign or reason for the attack on Liangzhou at the end of the year.Sending people to help Datang fight Nanzhao while attacking Liangzhou, such a wonderful operation is puzzling, and it was probably attracted by Weng Gao.

This time, it is likely to be a repeat of the Liangzhou Kou at the end of the Qianfu period!

"It's cheap." An Xiuxiu finally sighed and said.

Li Duo continued to sneer, He Yu pulled him, and said with a smile: "This old man, it's time to get out. It's a big battle, from the beginning to the end. It's only Chen Fushi who stopped him, otherwise he will be killed with a single knife."

"Slaughter and eat meat." Li Duo glanced at An Xiuxiu and said.

An Xiuxiu glared at him, and touched his waist with his hands.

Chen Cheng coughed, and said: "Weng Pushe ran away overnight, there are routs everywhere outside, it's not very safe, don't let anything happen to you. That's all, let's talk about other things. Today's battle has broken the moat and beheaded thousands of people. , Several generals have made great contributions. I will report everything to the commander in chief, and I will definitely not miss your rewards."

As soon as Chen Cheng opened his mouth, several people stopped and looked at him together with happy expressions on their faces.

"State soldiers, seize them immediately, and break them up and reorganize them into the Shunyi Army. Military envoy An, you can handle this matter, and they will be your soldiers from now on," Chen Cheng said.

"I can save it." An Xiuxiu replied.

One thousand state soldiers is obviously not enough to make up for the war damage, but take your time.The Shunyi army played well this time, I believe the commander will not treat everyone badly.

"The more than 3000 captured captives, don't humiliate them. Later, we can almost recruit them." Chen Cheng said: "General Fu, the people in Guanzhong are urgent, so we should go to them as soon as possible."

"The last will obey."

Fu Cunshen's risky trip this time is indeed quite brilliant.

Three thousand cavalry escorted tens of thousands of people, and if they were not careful, they would be plundered by Yan Mo.When it is the right time, it is neither advancing nor retreating, nor is it safe to stay where it is.But Fu Cunshen judged from the known information that the main force of the end was exhausted, so he took the initiative to attack, and led only a thousand cavalry soldiers to the city of Liangzhou.

This decisiveness is indeed a very important trait for a general.

"That's all right. The most important thing next is to appease Gamo. I don't know what his situation is now, and whether he is willing to surrender." Chen Cheng said.

I don't know if Yan Mo is willing to surrender, but their tribe has indeed been poisoned by the Liugu tribe and suffered heavy losses.As for Liugube, it seems that luck is not very good...

Outside Haomen Valley, the cavalry charge had just ended, and the river bank was covered with corpses.

Looking inside again, the flames were soaring into the sky, and it was a mess.

Lv Ma took the lead, chasing the helpless Tubo shepherd, brandishing his saber constantly.

He is skilled in equestrianism, and his strikes are precise. Every time he finds the target, he raises the knife and falls, and it means that a person is killed, and he is extremely ferocious.

Lu Maqi is really a little afraid of Yang Yue.

He was originally the head of the Luma tribe of Tubo in Weizhou, guarding Weizhou together with the Duqu tribe and the Ququ tribe, and obeyed the orders of the Fufuling family in Minzhou.

But Tubo in Wei and Min prefectures suffered a terrible defeat!The Duqu tribe had disappeared, and the Ququ tribe had lost consecutive battles and suffered heavy losses. After fleeing into Taozhou, it is said that they were annexed by the local tribes.

A considerable number of old and weak members of the Luma tribe were also captured.Together with people from the Duqu tribe and Fufuling tribe, some of them were assigned to prisoners in Weizhou as wives, and the rest were sent to the north to graze at the foot of Helan Mountain. There are probably less than 2 people left—the tribe There are not many men here, and even if there are, they are old and young, and most of them are women and children.

Lu Maqi fled to Qinzhou with his people, and relied on Fengxiang Jiedu envoy Zhu Mei to survive.

But whoever imagined it, Zhu Mei couldn't be trusted!
This coward was frightened by Shao Shude, so he moved to Shuzhong, which made the Luma tribe extremely dumbfounded.

Fortunately, the king of Lingwu County was generous, and Zhe Zongben, the envoy of the new festival, did not pursue those old things. The Luma tribe was able to take the blame and make meritorious service, and sent troops together with the Bai family in Huizhou and the Tuoba clan in Minzhou to fight against Liangzhou.

"Pay attention to the formation, don't charge too fast, the enemy can take advantage of it."

"Catch the captives, and put the old and weak, women and children under surveillance."

"Gather the cattle and sheep together. They must have accumulated fodder, search them all."

"Send more rangers to the outer perimeter to guard, don't suffer a big loss."

Let the riders patrol around and give orders one by one.Five hundred Xinquan soldiers and one thousand Tibetan soldiers raged for a while, and then slowly gathered their formation and counted the spoils.

Unexpectedly attacked Haomen Valley, beheaded more than 7000 people, captured [-] people, and had no fodder for cattle and sheep.It's a pity that a lot of people still escaped, and the news should have leaked out.

"Leave some people to guard, send someone to inform Zhen Xu, speed up the march, and bring the infantry to Haomen Valley to take over." Yang Yue stood up from the horse, got on the horse, and said: "I will take the Xinquan army cavalry to attack at night. Yangfei Valley."

"Military envoy!" Fan He turned pale after hearing this, and said in surprise, "Even if there is a guide to lead the way, this trip is too dangerous."

"If you don't fight, you always fight peaceful battles. What results can you achieve? The thieves are unprepared at night, and the elite are outside. I attack them at night, blow up torches, and beat drums everywhere. Can he know how many people I have come? A group of people stayed behind It would be nice not to run away on the spot." Yang Yue sneered and said, "General Fan, get on your horse quickly. Don't let people in their thirties look forward and backward like they are 60 years old."

Fan He didn't dare to answer these words, so he could only say in a low voice: "The general will obey."

Five hundred riders set off quickly under the cover of night, and headed straight for Yangfei Valley under the leadership of the guide.

The raid went very well.

As Yang Yue said, they came so fast that the bandits were unprepared.In the dark, we can't distinguish between the enemy and ourselves, only the sound of shouts for killing and the sound of drums of Tang troops marching everywhere can be heard.So they panicked, many people trampled on each other, and some people ran away or hid in the woods. In short, very few people dared to stay and fight.

After dawn, Fan He looked around and saw stiff corpses everywhere in the still-unthawed river.

They were not killed by cavalry soldiers of the Tang army, but fell into the river and froze to death in the dark.

There are also many dead bodies inside and outside the tents.

Either he was hacked to death by the cavalry of the Tang army, or he was hacked to death by his own people, and he was extremely aggrieved.

The Xinquan army only suffered more than a hundred casualties, nearly half of which were caused by accidental falls during nighttime raids.

"Let the pawns come and take over the prisoners." Yang Yue climbed up a high slope, overlooking the entire river valley.

The raid last night didn't actually kill many people.There were only more than five hundred beheadings in total. Hundreds of Tubo people died on the way to escape, and the rest ran away.

"Zhen Xu is too slow!" Yang Yue muttered dissatisfiedly.

The [-] infantry led by Zhen Xu were still on their way to Haomen Valley, but they encountered a little "little trouble".

Dozens of riders have been hanging them from a distance, neither approaching nor leaving.

Every time a large group of infantry was sent close, they scattered far away.As soon as you left, they gathered again and continued to hang on, during which time people kept leaving or joining.

"Look at his attire, he is wearing green clothes, just like the Central Plains Taoist uniform." Zhen Xu tightened the bow in his hand, and ordered to speed up the march and join the Luma troops.

(End of this chapter)