Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 372 Li Yang
When the rooster crows, the neighbors mobilize.

On the ridge covered with dew, farmers are holding sickles and preparing to cut wheat.

The woman got up early in the morning, and after busy work, she prepared the meals and sent them to the field.

When the old woman went out to gather firewood, she did not forget to ask the children to drive the sheep out to graze.

After a while, it will be the Autumn Festival, and the two sheep in the family can be sold, and then exchanged for cloth, salt, needles, thread and brains.

The life of the farm family is not well-off, and everything has to be calculated clearly.

The scholars who passed by said that Marshal Li in Yanzhou was out of tune, incompetent, and his life was drifting with the tide, without any enterprising spirit.

Farewell!
Dashuai Li has been urging classes for the past two years, and he has been exhausted, as if it doesn't matter if he takes more or less.There were also fewer sergeants to support, and several fortresses were dismantled, but the party members did not take the opportunity to make trouble. Isn't this the best result?
Farmers just want to live in security.It's okay to live a poor life, and the sunflowers in the garden can also fill your stomach.But once there is chaos, people are conscripted far away, wandering through ravines, the countryside is ruined, and bandits and soldiers are rampant, can those days survive?
In the past few years, there have been newborn children everywhere in ten miles and eight townships. Everyone is grateful to Marshal Li.

Marshal Li has now moved to the Zhuangzi outside Yanzhou City.

He won't live here for a long time, and within three to two months, he will move to Lingzhou.

The king of Lingwu County gave him a house, which is said to have been built by the shogunate, which is very grand.

The house is nice, but the neighbors are a little strange.

In fact, there are many such houses in the north of Huaiyuan County, all of which were built by the shogunate. Some are empty, and some are already inhabited.

Li Xiaochang inquired and found that Dongfang Kui's house was not far from his home, just across a canal.

On the left is his long-time friend Tuoba Sijing.There is a small forest on the right, which is the residence of Zhuge Zhongbao.

There is also a temple on the northernmost side of the mountain.Master Jiezan, an eminent monk invited from Qingtang, opened the altar to preach the Dharma to the various ministries of the party that were grazing nearby.

Who are these people!
Does the King of Lingwu County want to gather all his defeated generals together and watch them every day, with a strong air?

No, I'm not defeated. I joined King Lingwu early on.

Yandan two states can't stay any longer.

The story of colluding with outsiders and harming the athletes of this town spread to fourteen counties in two prefectures, and his reputation among the local soldiers and scholars was extremely bad. What can I say?

The servant brought wild rice, seasonal vegetables and chrysanthemum wine.

After Li Xiaochang ate casually, he sat under the elm tree in front of the door and looked at the post road across the water.

Dust was flying on the post road, and teams of soldiers went south one after another.

A ranger came here by crossing the river, and soon disappeared into the mountains.

Once the army passed, it was a whole day.

Ten counties in Yanzhou, four counties in Danzhou, five counties in Fuzhou, and four counties in Fangzhou, with a total of 23 counties, more than 20 households, and many tribes, should all fall into the hands of Lingwu County King.

No one can resist!
Li Xiaochang is also an old soldier, and he knows that all the soldiers who go south on the road are good soldiers who can fight, better than Yanzhou soldiers and Yanzhou soldiers.

But to be honest, Yan Yanbing is also a veteran who has been trained for many years. His shooting skills, spear skills, and formation are not bad, but why is he not as good as Xia Bing?
Morale is the key.

Nowadays, the big soldiers in Guanzhong, Hebei, and Henan towns, as far as the infantry is concerned, apart from the temporary state soldiers, county soldiers, and united soldiers, the gap between the personal skills of the serious government soldiers is not too big to be outrageous. , but the combat effectiveness shown is very different.

Or a morale issue!

It is a very serious question whether the sergeants are willing to fight to the death for you if the commander loses the morale of the army.

No matter how skilled the bow and horse are, but the lack of fighting spirit, this army cannot fight.

"There are no more Baosai and Baoda towns." Li Xiaochang went back under the elm tree, drinking and eating under the starlight.

The farmers in the field have returned in twos and threes.

There was a little satisfaction on their tired faces.After a few days of busy work, this year's harvest will be safe in the warehouse, and next year's life will be guaranteed.

Li Xiaochang looked up at the sky, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, there was no rain recently, the people enjoyed the convenience, and the harvest was worry-free.

After the farmers returned home, they gently covered the firewood doors.The woman brought the steaming food to the table, and the children ran around and played non-stop, their small bodies seemed to have infinite energy.

In the woods outside the village, birds fly into their new nests.

On the path in the forest, Ye Lao leaned on a cane and called the chicks who had gone out for food to return to their nests.

The shepherd boy straddled the back of the ox and passed by slowly.

Among the field ridges by the forest, there are still some farmers eating.They also want to stay up late to work harder and charge a little more.

In the grass and on the willow branches, cicadas and crickets sing loudly.

The autumn night in Yanzhou can be so peaceful and harmonious.

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"Pfft!" With a slash, the old head rolled to the ground.

The eyes on the head were not closed, and they were still staring at the child lying on the side.That was his grandson, who was only four years old this year, but still died before him.

The naked woman stared blankly at the roof, letting the beast soldiers on her wreak havoc.

Her husband was taken away with his hands tied behind his back, and became a member of Ding Zhuang, who has been tossed and turned ever since.If you are lucky enough, you might be able to become one of these beast soldiers in the future.

Bian's army had arrived in Zezhou, and Li Hanzhi withdrew his troops from all over the country to move closer to the city.

In order to prevent the Bian people from obtaining the food left by the savages, Li Han ordered all the ministries to collect food on the spot, and all the obtained food was transported to the city of Zhou.

The strong will join the army, and the old and weak women and children will serve as vegetables. They must not leave anything for the Bian army who came from afar.

The commander of the Bian Army is Deng Jiyun, the deputy commander is Zhu Chongjie, and there are more than [-] soldiers.There were also two generals, Li Di and Li Chongyin, each leading thousands of troops.All three came together, rushing aggressively.

Xiao general Ge Cong Zhou Ze led more than a thousand horsemen, and rushed to Luzhou day and night to reinforce Feng Ba's three thousand soldiers who had already entered the city.

Behind them, Zhang Quanyi of Henan Prefecture also moved, personally leading an army of [-], and marching towards Zezhou together with Zhu Youyu's troops who had arrived earlier.

It is heard that Zhu Quanzhong led his army out of Bianzhou, gathered troops all the way, and was almost at Heyang.

With the army gathered and the banners flying, a bloody battle seemed inevitable.

There was a rapid sound of horseshoes outside the door, followed by a scream.

After a while, a large group of soldiers broke into the house, and several soldiers of Li Han's army who were happy inside the house drew their swords to fight.

However, their resistance was in vain, and they were quickly cut into several sections.The woman on the bed also suffered the same disaster, but she didn't make a sound when the knife and ax approached her, as if she had died long ago.

Master Yang strode in.

"Clean up, I'll stay here tonight." In the wilderness, there was only such a village.Li Hanzhi is also ruthless enough, the houses were burned to the ground, is this not going to live?
I heard that Zezhou, its town, invaded Jin and Jiangzhou in the middle of the river day and night, collected its wealth and rewarded the army, and plundered its people for food.Yang Shihou was also deeply impressed by this former general. Although the beast soldiers are brave, they cannot last long and will eventually be defeated.

He suddenly thought of Fu Cunshen and Wang Jianji, how are they doing in Shuofang?

"Lieutenant General, it's cleaned up." A soldier came to report.

Yang Shihou glanced at the blood-stained and smelly house, and sat down on the bed without giving up.

Since he defected to Zhu Quanzhong, because of his bravery in combat, he has been promoted two ranks in a row, and was transferred to the Zhongwu Army Jiedushi Zhao Chang's military mansion as a general, in charge of thousands of soldiers.

This Northern Expedition, after the military order was passed to Chen Xu, Zhao Chang did not dare to be negligent, and immediately sent Yang Shihou as the vanguard, with thousands of soldiers, traveling day and night to Zezhou.And he led an army of more than [-], escorted grain, grass, and equipment, and rushed to Zhengzhou to join the main force of Zhu Quanzhong's troops.

The Fengguo Army in Caizhou also dispatched [-] troops, and they are still on their way.

This is another large-scale campaign comparable to the attack on Wuning Shipu, with a huge momentum.

Xuanwu Town, and the five vassal towns of Xuanyi Town, Zhongwu Army, Fengguo Army, Youguo Army (Henan Prefecture), and Heyang Town were all dispatched. I don't know if Li Ya'er can withstand it.

The two towns of Youzhou and Datong have already dispatched troops!

During the battle, Yang Shihou did not take off his armor, but slept with his clothes on.

But somehow, he thought of Fu Cunshen and Wang Jianji again.

He didn't have any bad feelings towards Wang Jianji, but he was very afraid of Fu Cunjian.

Back in the river, he was almost killed by him!
That person seems to be fair and reasonable, but he is never pedantic, and he will not show mercy when it is time to kill.

Hehe, the pedantic generation of people who came out of Li Hanzhi's hands would be three feet high on the grave, if they hadn't been eaten.

Hundreds of horses were exchanged for the family, and Fu Cunshen was so valuable, Shao Shude really spared no expense to win people's hearts!

If I had been offered this price in the first place, I would have—

The more Yang Shihou thought about it, the more irritable he became, and a violent and murderous urge surged in his chest.

There was the sound of horseshoes outside again, as well as shouts from the sergeants.

"Who is it?" Yang Shihou quickly stood up, silently strung his bow, and asked.

"It's Deputy Envoy Xie from Xuanyi Town." A sergeant replied, "He came from the river."

Xie Tong?Yang Shihou thought for a while, he seemed to be the aide of Dongping County King in his early years.

After the king of Dongping County attached himself to Wang Chongrong, Xie Tong was appreciated by the king, and he was entrusted to travel to Shuzhong, and was recommended as the governor of Lingzhou, and later transferred to the governor of Tongzhou, Shannan West Road.Because there was no one at the top, he was dismissed from office and idled for four years. Seeing that the king of Dongping County was developing well in Henan, he came over to serve him again.

Although the position is high, it is far away from the inner circle.Now the Marshal is surrounded by Jing Xiang, Li Zhen, and Wei Zhen, three conspirators, and there is no place for Xie Tong to stay.

Otherwise, can he be sent out to do this and that many times?
"Thank you, Deputy Envoy." Master Yang saluted hastily.

"General Yang." Xie Tong said with a tired face: "Is there any drinking water in the camp? Jin and Jiang are in chaos, there is no one in the hundred miles, and this one has not eaten for two days."

Yang Shihou ordered his soldiers to bring over some cakes.

Xie Tong distributed it to his followers first, kept one for himself, and started gobbling it up.

"I'm afraid Deputy Xie is going to Lingxia?" Yang Shihou didn't shy away from it at all, and directly expressed his guess.

Xie Tong remained silent.

"Xia Bing will not attack Hedong." Yang Shihou continued: "Shao Shude's face is kind and dark, but at this juncture, he will only help Hedong, and he will not stab in the back. This person's brain is much better than ordinary commanders. gone."

"Does General Yang know that misfortune comes from his mouth?" Xie Tong couldn't help asking.

Master Yang smiled.

There is no place to stay here, but a place to stay.Shao Shude and Zhu Quanzhong can pull up an army from scratch, why can't I?

However, he still listened to Xie Tong's advice after all, and stopped talking loudly.

"Deputy Envoy Xie had better leave tonight. Li Ke's fake son, Li Cunxiao, has led five thousand riders south to Luzhou, and he might come to Zezhou sometime. Once there is a fight, he won't be able to take care of you."

Xie Tong swallowed the last bit of bread, roughly adjusted his beard and robe, got up and bowed to Master Yang, saying: "Thank you, General Yang, for the gift of food."

Yang Shihou was startled, and after a moment of silence, he also returned the salute, urging: "Let's go quickly, the fight is really about to start."

(End of this chapter)