Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 361 Intention
"Greetings, brother." The old and new cities of Yunzhou were opened at the same time, and Helian Duo, the commander of the Datong Army, went out of the city for a few miles to greet him.

Shao Shude got out of the carriage and glanced at the old man whose face was full of wind and frost.

Is Helian Duo a traitor?
In fact, judging from his actions, he did not do anything to offend the court.

He Lianduo went out to fight against Li Guochang and his son in Hedong, and took his Tuyuhun soldiers and horses to attack Yunzhou.At the beginning, it was a bit of a stroke, but in the final stage, he made great contributions and captured Yunzhou City, and was named the Jiedu Envoy of the Datong Army and the governor of Yunzhou.

Later, when Huang Chao occupied Chang'an, the imperial court pardoned Li Keyong for his crime and ordered him to lead troops into Guanzhong to help in the war.However, Li Ke used repeated bargaining and plundered states and counties from time to time.Zheng Congxuan, the Jiedu envoy of Hedong, ordered the Datong Army, Zhenwu Army, Youzhou Town and Hedong to encircle and suppress together, "invincible". At that time, Helianduo also sent troops, and he was very active.

In fact, he is already very satisfied with his current position.The party holding the festival should be a local emperor, even though it is only a small town.

But he is very uneasy now, because Li Keyong has never been able to forgive him for an old incident back then: After Li's father and son went north to Tatar, Helian Duo bribed the Tatar chieftain with a lot of money to kill Li Keyong .

The Tatars did not do anything in the end.

And the position of the Datong Army is very important, so it got to this point.

"Facing a strong enemy, my virtuous brother is courageous and resourceful. It's really not easy to deal with it so far." Shao Shude smiled and supported Helian Duo, and said: "Li Ke used a crowd of one hundred thousand and came aggressively, almost throwing whips The trend of cutting off. Before a certain army sent troops, they discussed with the officials of the military government, and everyone thought it was impossible. In the end, although they sent troops, there were 20 Han soldiers in Dafa Town, which scared Li Keyong away. This battle, It's not that easy. My brother can do this, it's the end."

There is a 20-year age difference between the two.However, one affectionately called elder brother, and the other frankly called good brother, a political creature, I really couldn't bear to look directly at them.

"Brother, don't make fun of me. Now without foreign aid, it would be difficult for the Datong Army to leave the city for field battles. This time Li Keyong retreated, but if he comes back next time, I will be at the end of my skills." He Lianduo shook his head and sighed. Said: "Hedong soldiers are strong and horses are strong, and they have a geographical advantage. They can advance, attack, retreat or defend. They are not easy to deal with."

There are still tens of thousands of soldiers in Yunzhou, both Fan and Han.The combat power is not as good as Hedong, but it can't be said to be bad, otherwise it won't last until now.

The Helian family was also the chief of most of the Tuyuhun tribes, and many people in the past had served as the governor of the Yinshan Mountains. They were extremely popular among the Tuyuhun tribes in the Yinshan Mountains, and it was not a problem to recruit tens of thousands of soldiers.

And this was actually what Shao Shude valued the most.He wanted to slowly win over and digest the five parts in the north so that they would not be annexed by any of the east or Khitan.

Now it seems that it will start from Tuyuhun.

"I don't know where brother wants to camp?" Helian Duo asked cautiously.

"Is there a place to live in the city?" Shao Shude was not polite at all.

Helian Duo's face changed slightly, and then he said: "There are some Buddhist houses in Kaiyuan Temple, which are very clean and can be used as a residence for elder brothers, but the military camp is difficult to solve..."

"Yunzhou is very vast, so it doesn't matter, one can just bring the Tielin army into the city and conquer the houses in Lifang." Shao Shude said.

Yunzhou City in the Guo Dynasty basically followed the construction of Pingcheng, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In the past, after Emperor Daowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved his capital from Shengle to Pingcheng, he sent people to Yecheng, Chang'an, and Luoyang, which were built in the Cao Wei Dynasty, to inspect the foundation sites of each building and imitate them after returning. Therefore, the scale of Yunzhou is still relatively large: "Later Dao Wu wanted to expand the palace, planned dozens of miles in all directions of Pingcheng, modeled the system of Ye, Luo, and Chang'an, and transported millions of roots."

Guochao began to repair Yunzhou in the 18th year of Kaiyuan.

In the 21st year of Kaiyuan, the ancestral hall of Emperor Xiaowen was set up, and there were priests to offer sacrifices at the right time.In the fourth year of Tianbao, the outer gates that had no city walls in the Northern Wei Dynasty were also included, and the scale of the city was further expanded.

Well, it is much larger than the Huaiyuan New City and Old City that Shao Dashuai spent several years building together, and it is very large in the level of Guochaozhou City.

Kaiyuan Temple was also built by Emperor Xuanzong. "In 26 years, all counties in the world established Longxing and Kaiyuan temples."

Kaiyuan Temple in Yunzhou is located in the south of the city, and there are Fengjie, Beiping, Xinzheng, Renxian and other squares nearby, and one square can accommodate four or five hundred families.

The Tielin Army guarded Shao Shude's car and entered through the East Gate (Yingchun Gate) and directly entered Kaiyuan Temple.

The city of Yunzhou was sparsely populated and there were many vacant houses, so the Tielin army quickly occupied the Lifang houses around the temple, and set up carbine-rejecting guns on the street to guard them tightly.

Shao Shude is also very satisfied with the city.

Among the Zhuzhou cities on Hedong Road, they are also inferior to Jinyang City, ranking second in scale.

What a prairie city!No wonder later generations became their Xijing directly after being taken away by Khitan.

After staying in Kaiyuan Temple, the soldiers directly baked cakes, killed sheep, and prepared meals for Shao Shude.

The monks watched from the side and frowned, this warrior is too vulgar.We usually just drink some wine, but we dare not kill sheep directly in the temple, these gangs of killers!
In the afternoon, after thinking about it, Helian Duo came to see him again.Two other generals came with him, namely Bai Yicheng and Gao Wenji.

Bai Yicheng is from Tuyuhun, Helian Duo's confidant.

Gao Wenji is Li Keyong's general.

At the end of Qianfu, Gao Wenji, the defender of Shuozhou, volunteered to surrender the city.Then he tied up Fu Wenda again and "do evil" again and again, which Li Keyong hated extremely.

These days, most of the officers and generals in the Datong Army are anti-Li activists.

"Brother, just now Youzhou Li Shizhong sent someone to write a letter. He said that he wanted to present to the court and challenge Li Keyong together. He invited me in Yunzhou to present the petition together, and the momentum was strong."

"What's your idea?" Shao Shude asked.

"Someone also wants to go to the imperial court to conquer Li Keyong." Helianduo said.

Shao Shude got up and walked around twice, and said, "Only your two towns?"

"Li Shizhong has sent people to contact Chengde Wang Rong and Xuanwu Zhu Quanzhong. Most of these two people are willing to send troops to attack Hedong."

"Zhu Quanzhong is willing, but Wang Rong can't say." Shao Shude said.

This time Li Ke used the north to attack the Datong army, why did he dare to press the whole army?Because Zhu Quanzhong's main force was attacking Shipu, he had no time to separate himself.

In order to support Shi Pu, Li Keyong also specially sent cavalry general Shi Junhe with [-] elite cavalry to support him and stationed in Suzhou.

Suzhou was conquered by Zhu Quanzhong last year, but Zhang Shaoguang, the governor he appointed, failed to stabilize the situation, was expelled by the surrendered general Zhang Yun, and returned to Shi Pu.Zhu Youyu led the army to attack and captured Shi Junhe, which was regarded as revenge for what happened in Xingzhou last year.

If there is a chance to engage Li Keyong, Zhu Quanzhong is still willing.

But Wang Rong is too young to dare to send troops to wade through this muddy water.

"If Chengde can't come, it's the same for elder brother to come." He Lianduo glanced at Shao Shude, saw the calm expression on his face, and said: "Elder brother led the army here this time, and Li Ke used the rats to flee south in a hurry. I am already timid. If we join forces in the three towns, we will definitely deploy heavy troops to defend the northern front, and Zhu Quanzhong on the southern front can take advantage of the emptiness to attack Ze and Lu. Li Ya'er can't take care of the head and tail, and defeat is inevitable."

Shao Shude sneered when he heard this.

Helian Duo was startled, not knowing where he offended the god.

"If you do this, don't you make a wedding dress for Zhu Quanzhong?" Shao Shude asked.

This is what I do my best to avoid. Do you have any political vision?

Helian Duo was stunned for a moment.

This cheap brother - the picture is so big, he actually wants to eat Hedong.

"Will Li Kuangwei come to Yunzhou?" Shao Shude asked impatiently: "Li Keyong also ran away, why did he go and didn't go, and didn't go in, what's the reason? Brother, you still have contact with him, You might as well send someone to ask."

Helian Duo's mind finally cleared up a bit.

He smacked Shao Shude's words carefully, and found that he seemed to have a vague rejection of Youzhou Town.As for the reason, He Lianduo understood after thinking for a while, Shao Shude wanted all the feudal towns in Hedong Road.

"Brother, I will send someone to ask." Helian Duo said in a low voice.

"Yinshan Tatar, Heiche Shiwei, and Xiren tribes, you sent envoys to contact them last time, why there is still no news?" Shao Shude turned around and sat back in his chair, saying: "Don't tell me that you can't find them. The tribes of the Tuyuhun are grazing in the area of ​​Yunzhou, so they should be well aware of this.”

He Lianduo, who is 50 years old, was questioned repeatedly by Shao Shude, and his face was a little bit uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he felt aggrieved.

Gao Wenji listened silently.He was a warrior, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with Shao Shude's attitude.With a strong soldier in hand, life and death are natural, who will make them weak in the same army?

"Forget it, you don't need to look for the Yinshan Tatars." Shao Shude waved his hand and said, "The black car Shiwei and Xiren tribes must be contacted. I don't want to wait too long."

Yinshan Tatar has a complex composition, including whites and yellows, but the main ones are whites.

They moved from the Western Regions after the collapse of the Uyghur Khanate. They absorbed some Uyghurs, some of the Shatuo tribes, and some of the party members were Tatarized. They were widely distributed and loosely related to Li Keyong. Close, but not particularly close.Otherwise, the Tatar chief would not have once become murderous because he was worried that Li Keyong would seize their power.

There are some Tatar tribes in Shao Shude's ruling area, including Hexi and Lingzhou, but most of them are of yellow race or yellow-white mixed blood, and they should be of Tatar, Dangxiang, and Uyghur blood.The real big heads of the Tatars are still on the prairie north of Yinshan Mountain. If they want to find them all, Shao Shude thinks that the Hun and Zhuanglang clans in the Yinshan tribe can figure out a way. They should know a little bit.

But it would be even better if Helian Duo could help, he must know more.

And once these tribes are found, they are invited to come to Xuanhongchi to form an alliance.

Some things must be done in advance.Otherwise, will Yelu Abaoji really be able to withstand it when Yelu Abaoji leads an army of 30 to the west of Fengzhou?

Of course, these tribes may not come.

Then, the more than [-] troops that went out this time will be able to play a role.You can't take an empty trip, can you?Sweeping around is a routine operation.

How about [-] cavalry, which tribe can produce so many soldiers and horses?When Genghis Khan unified Mongolia, there were only [-] soldiers.

(End of this chapter)