Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 341 All loyal ministers
"The envoy Zhao has returned!" In November of the second year of Wende, outside Huizhou City, Shao Shude, who had returned from hunting, greeted Zhao Guangfeng in person.

"I've met the Commander." Zhao Guangfeng saluted respectfully.

"Treat this deer, and drink with Sui Shi Zhao later." Shao Shude ordered.

Zhao Guangfeng took a closer look, and found that Chen Cheng was not by the commander's side, which is fine.But Jiang Dewen, secretary of Shannan Xidao Jiedu Zhang, stood aside with a smile, so he went up to salute again.

Then they entered the city together.

The governor of Huizhou, Han Jian, has not left his post yet, and he will wait for the Heyuan army to go with him.This meeting is busy preparing for Zhao Guangfeng's dust-cleaning banquet.

"General Niu, you have seen all those people, how is it?" After sitting down, Shao Shude asked his soldiers to serve tea for everyone, and asked casually.

"Back to Commander, three thousand soldiers are not bad. Xingyuan Mansion should not hide any powerful soldiers, and they have done their best." Niu Li, who was dressed in military uniform, replied.

Niu Liben served as Zang Dubao's deputy in the Tianxiong Army.This time, he went to Shannan West Road to select the elite yamen army, so he was sent there, the former general of Xingyuan Mansion, and Jiang Dewen, secretary of Jiedu Zhang, also assisted him.

The two, one inside and the other outside, carefully selected [-] elite soldiers, and were "escorted" by the Wuwei Army stationed at Bailaoguan in Xingyuan Mansion to Huizhou.

In two days, dozens more people had to be recruited in Huizhou, because a total of 79 sergeants were beheaded on the way, all of whom were assassins in the army who secretly instigated and fled back in series.

Feng Xiangjun arrived earlier than them.There are also 3000 people, more than [-] are from the old family of Linzhou, and the remaining [-] are from Binning, Fengxiang, and Hengshan Dangxiang Dongshan.

This group was more obedient, only a few dozen people escaped, and after being captured by the cavalry army, all their heads were hung on the city wall of Huizhou.

"General Niu is infamy for someone. The elders of Xingyuan Mansion, I don't know how to scold you in private." Shao Shude laughed.

Elite soldiers are also a very important resource for a feudal town.If there are no special circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to donate.

Zhuge Zhongfang is the commander-in-chief of Shannan Festival. Doesn't he want to preserve his vitality for the military mansion?But it is too difficult.

Right under your nose is Shuofang's 500-step Wuwei Army led by Lu Huaizhong, and a little further away in Xingzhou is the [-] Dingyuan Army led by Wang Yu.It's hard to tell what the generals in the town are thinking, from Jiang Dewen, secretary of Jiedu, down, how many people secretly communicated with Shuofang Town.

When Zhuge Shuang was alive, he once forced Zhuge Zhongfang to salute Shao Shude, "Brother's business", and promised to "come to everything" if there is a call.

In such a situation, if you suddenly turn your face, you may not get enough support.

As far as Zhuge Zhongfang is concerned, this matter can only be figured out slowly, and we will talk about it after answering this time.After the training team is up, we can think of a way.

"The last general is Shuofang's general, so naturally we don't need to pay attention to Xing Yuan's opinion." Niu Li said forcefully.

He is such a person, rigid, serious, strict with others, and stricter with himself.It sounds very boring, but Shao Shude likes this kind of general very much.Who doesn't like a general who doesn't complain about suffering or tiredness, takes things up silently, dares to take on seemingly fatal tasks without complaining?

Shao Shude's letting Niu Li serve in the Tianxiong Army has already shown his inclination, although some people may not quite understand what the Tianxiong Army means.

"General Niu is so loyal and brave, he should be rewarded." Shao Shude laughed and said, "A thousand pieces of Persian brocade and two beauties are rewarded."

The goods obtained in the treasury of the main palace of Umm have not been rewarded yet.If this person comes to surrender, Shao Shude doesn't even want to kill him.

The two beauties are naturally also from the main residence of Wumu. One has red hair and the other has blond hair. They have graceful figures, graceful dancing postures, and exotic styles.More than ten generals have been rewarded before, and this will be the last two.

"Thank you, Marshal, for the reward." Niu Li didn't have a happy expression on his face, but he didn't pretentiously refuse, and accepted it openly.

Big deal, it's a big deal to give back my life to the commander in the future!

"Suishi Zhao, have you ever seen Zhao Jian?" Shao Shude asked again after rewarding the cow gift.

Zhao Guangfeng wasn't worried that he didn't have a reward.The Marshal has always been generous in this regard, and has almost no special interest in money, only power and beauties.

"Back to Commander, Zhao Shangshu rushed to attack Zizhou before Zhu Mei after rectifying his army, and was defeated by Gao Renhou, so he had to return the dragon sword."

"Zhu Mei finished her military campaign in Mianzhou. After the spring sowing in April, she attacked Zizhou and set up an ambush for Gao Renhou. The former army was in turmoil. At the critical moment, the general Wang Xingyu rushed forward with naked flesh and killed several generals in a row. The soldiers of Zhu's army fought bravely. Turning defeat into victory. Gao Renhou packed up the defeated troops and returned to Zizhou. Zhu Mei besieged the city for three months and failed. Later, Dafa Mian and Zizhou civilian households, three out of one Ding, stormed until August. Gao Renhou went out of the city several times to fight back, killing many, Afterwards, the troops failed to continue, and broke out."

"Oh? Where did Gao Renhou go?" Shao Shude asked with interest.

This person is really unlucky.Fengxiang Army who had successfully ambushed Zhu Mei, was actually killed by others.The strategy is correct, but the soldiers are so poor that they fail.

"The commander wants to recruit this person? I heard that he was taken in by Zhao Jian." Zhao Guangfeng replied.

"Let Zhao Jian bring Gao Renhou here." Shao Shude ordered immediately.

"This matter is easy." Zhao Guangfeng said with a smile: "Zhao Jian may want to use Gao Renhou's influence to spy on Zizhou, but the commander has orders, so he dare not disobey."

"How about the imperial army?"

"Wei Xiang led a large army to attack Chengdu, and many of the prefectures surrendered after hearing the news. Qiongnan Town sent troops to help, but was defeated by Ximen Wentong. Wei Xiang appointed Ximen Wentong as the deputy envoy to recruit, and five thousand soldiers attacked Qiongnan Town, fighting hard. For several months, Shu and Qiong prefectures were successively pulled out, and the army expanded to more than [-] people."

Shao Shude asked someone to bring a map and examined it carefully.

If there is no accident, the Shu army, which has been disarmed for many years, cannot beat the foreign soldiers.It is conceivable that Zhu Mei led [-] elite soldiers from the Northwest to the south, fought hard for years, and defeated Gao Renhou's main force.

Wei Zhaodu brought [-] Shence troops to attack Xichuan, but the troops were indeed insufficient.But he had the righteousness of the court, and he disintegrated the will of resistance of a considerable part of Xichuan's soldiers and horses, and it was reasonable to encircle Chengdu.

Yang Shouliang rescued Chen Jingxuan out of a mentality of death, which was in line with the current situation, but he was defeated by Ximen Wentong.Judging by the current momentum, Qiongnan Town will change hands in an instant.

"I heard that Li Kan attacked Suizhou before, can Yang Shouzhen resist it?" Shao Shude asked again.

After Kuixia Jiedu made Li Kan send troops to annex Jingnan Town, which was severely damaged by Qin Zongquan's army, after a period of rest, he responded to the imperial order and turned around to attack Suizhou Town, with great ambition.

"We are gathering troops to attack Hezhou, but the progress is slow." Zhao Guangfeng replied.

Shao Shude nodded.The situation in Central Shu is basically like this.

Zhu Mei is the envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu. His first task now is to take all his nominal territory, and he will not care about Wei Zhaodu's life or death at all. Presumably Wei Xiang also has this awareness in his heart.

There is still a semi-separatist regime in the south of Jingnan Town. Li Kan is not in a hurry to deal with these thorns, but actually reaches into Dongchuan.

After Ximen Wentong captured the four Qiongnan prefectures, he probably would not let go, and might continue to attack other prefectures and counties.Wei Zhaodu probably couldn't do anything to him, because he was Ximen Chongsui's fake son, and he couldn't control it at all.When he was sent to resist Yang Shouliang's reinforcements, he was probably afraid that Ximen Wentong would get involved in the most affluent Chengdu Plain.

Wei Zhaodu kept his eye on the richest Chengdu Mansion, but it was hard to say whether he would be able to capture Chengdu.

"Zhao Jian has no way to expand, so he has no idea?" Shao Shude put down the map in his hand and asked.

"Back to Commander, Zhao Shangshu wants to take advantage of Zhu Mei's army going south to attack Mianzhou."

Good guy!How many forces in the imperial court are going to fight among themselves so soon?Sure enough, they are all loyal ministers!

"Forget it, I can't control that much anymore. How are you going about setting up camps in Banan and Longjian to recruit fleeing people?"

"Marshal Zhuge of the Xingyuan Mansion ordered the Banan prefectures to send people to assist and provide food and rice to help the refugees."

"Very good. Every time five hundred households are collected, they will be sent to Qinzhou." Shao Shude said: "After the rest in Qinzhou, half of them will be sent to Wei, Min, He, Lan, and Jie, and half will be sent to Shengzhou. .”

Shengzhou?Zhao Guangfeng was thoughtful.

He already knew that the commander-in-chief sent all the Tubo descendants of Liugu to Jinhe, Yulin, and Hebin counties, and registered them as households of Qimin.Now that some Shu people have to go there, regardless of whether they can adapt to the environment in the North, it seems that they are very vigilant against Li Keyong.

Seeing Zhao Guangfeng brainstorming his future strategy there, Shao Shude laughed and said, "Don't worry, how can someone be so unwise. Attacking Hedong, as long as you can't go all at once, it will only take advantage of Zhu Quanzhong. Now it's just a Plan ahead, just make some preparations in advance. Zhao Suishi, the easy ones come first, and then the hard ones, but you told me back then."

A smile appeared on Zhao Guangfeng's face.

In today's situation, it is really inappropriate to fight against Hedong.It's not that I'm afraid of them, but I'm worried that Li Ke can't stand it and let others take advantage of it - unless he takes all of Hedong within a short period of time, Zhu Quanzhong will die laughing.

After the discussion, the soldiers brought up the wine and meat, and everyone continued to chat while eating.

Zhongyongdu and Yinshan Fanbu are on the way.When the two [-] cavalry arrive, the Heyuan Army can be formed and stationed in Shanzhou.A total of [-] cavalry, with a two-year garrison period, will be rotated after two years, and Li Renjun will serve as the military envoy.

As for the Jishi Army, there is a small problem at present, because the two towns of Fufang and Danyan are too opposed, and they have not yet selected troops, which makes Shao Shude very disappointed.

Li Xiaochang is dying of old age.Dongfang Kui lacks ability.

Give them some more time, and if it's not finished by the end of the year, they'll have to figure out a way.

If you want to protect the Holy Son of Heaven, you have to be incompetent.If there are foreign enemies attacking Guanzhong and trying to attack the gate in vain, but you can't even mobilize soldiers and horses, what's the use of you?

There is also the formation of the Chishui Army.Well, it's time to condolences to the loyal minister Cheng Zongchu, the court is probably paying close attention.

　This, the Baiyinmeng rewarded by myself, the starting point activity, return the Jingdong card 3000, and add some money to change the mobile phone, there will be no more changes.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)