Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 38
Lanzhou in March already smells like spring and flowers are blooming, and it's time for animal hair again——

"Lieutenant General, Loufan Superintendent Mu Chengfa—" Ren Yuji ran over out of breath and said, "There is a military chaos! The leaders Zhang Kai and Guo Fei (fěi) killed Commander Cui and several officials, and they mutiny. Invitation to reward, Cui Jikang has fled back to Jinyang overnight."

"Zhang Kai, Guo Fei?" Shao Shude has never heard of it, but it's normal. Hedong is a big town, and there are many generals at the top level. How could the entire army have only one chief commander like Tiande's army?

"Zhang and Guo recently came to reinforce from Jinyang. Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived in Loufan prison Mucheng, they would kill Shi Yu, the Confucian official, and several others on the grounds that the reward was too small. Commander Cui was alarmed, but he comforted him with kind words. Let them not have to fight, they can go back to Jinyang now. But the sergeants were still dissatisfied, and Commander Cui was frightened and fled overnight. It is said that the chaotic army has also rushed back, and I don’t know what will happen.” Ren Yuji said.

Damn, this is too much!Shao Shude was recently worried about the chaos he had gathered in his hands. As a result, this happened to the Hedong Army again, which immediately made him feel very bad.

Hedong Town, hehe, it's over!The rest of the townsmen fought for you, but none of you were able to toss as much.Last year, Deng Qian, the Marquis of Yu who killed the horses and horses, invited him to reward him and threatened Dou Han, the military envoy of Jiedu.Who else dares to be your boss now?They are all a bunch of bastards who need to be cleaned up, they have to come to a fierce person to rectify and rectify, what kind of shit!

"Does Qiu Shijun know?" Shao Shude asked after adjusting his armor and equipment.

"Of course I know, and sent me to call you."

"Let's go. Tell me again on the way, what magical powers Zhang Kai and Guo Fei have, and they earn as much as many soldiers obey." Shao Shude patted Ren Yuji on the shoulder and said.

Lanzhou City is a little noisy now. Thousands of soldiers are stationed inside, but there is no war. They are all in a panic, and they feel a little smoky.However, I heard that Li Keyong had sent a team to take Zheluping, which was abandoned by the Tiande army. It is estimated that the good days of the warriors will not be a few days, and there will be a series of fierce battles, and I don't know how many people will die.

Shao and Ren crossed the street and arrived at the Military Academy.The sergeant of the Guan Kairun team was on duty at the door. After a few months, the young heroes in Chang'an saw Shao Shude, and they were all respectful, and they were no longer in the same spirit as before.

Shao Shude sighed secretly, the word "quan" is the most wonderful, and I don't know how many heroes have been bowed down.Suddenly I thought of myself, I just wanted to live before, but now I want to climb up again.The supervisor told himself that it might be moved to the Zhenhe, and he wanted to hold this thigh and go up.Strictly speaking, what's the difference with the young heroes in Chang'an?

"Lieutenant General Shao, come in quickly and discuss something important." Seeing Shao Shude coming in, Qiu Weidao quickly stood up and greeted.

"Ren Yuji, you are guarding the door, don't let anyone in." Shao Shude ordered.

Ren Yuji quickly responded and left.Shao Shude turned to look at the military envoy, but found that he was walking around the room, his face flushed and his expression excited, but after a while, his face was tangled, as if there was something difficult to decide.

"Your Majesty..." Shao Shude reminded softly.

Qiu Weidao waved his hand and walked around the room twice, before taking a deep breath and sitting down in front of Hu's bed, saying, "Lieutenant General Shao, this envoy wants to send you to Shizhou to meet someone."

"who?"

"Li Kan, the military envoy of Pinning."

When Shao Shude heard this, his heart tightened.Li Kan's name, he had heard of it during the New Year's Eve. It was the new Hedong Jiedu selected by the imperial court. He should have been in the capital at that time. Has this meeting already arrived?Jinyang is now the land of Longtan and Tiger's Den. Zhang Kai and Guo Fei are in chaos. I don't know how much turmoil will be caused, and how many high-ranking officials and generals will be killed.Li Kan is going now, is he courting death?If you follow along, you are afraid that it will be very dangerous.

Immediately, he secretly scolded himself for being unsatisfactory. A few days ago, he felt that he was mixed with the supervisor and lacked the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.This opportunity came, Li Kan was transferred to Hedong as the commander of Ping Ning, because he came from a long way, and there were no capable soldiers around him, so he brought people up by himself, as long as he made a little credit, wouldn't he rise like a rocket?Isn't it better than fighting to the death in battle to earn credit?

Shao Shude also took a deep breath and said, "If you have an order, the general will follow you."

"Very good, I will issue a reward in a while." Qiu Weidao nodded and said with a smile: "Also, Vice-Chancellor Shao will go to Shizhou and be a leader. Li Jieshuai came in a hurry, and there were only a few personal soldiers beside him. [-]. Gao Xun, the commander of the Zhaoyi Festival, is still in the middle of Beijing, so he cannot help the Austrian. On this trip, you should be cautious."

"How many soldiers should I bring?" Shao Shude asked tentatively.After so many days, he has a general understanding of Qiu Weidao.He is somewhat loyal to the imperial court, utilitarian, and very eager to climb up, but he is a little afraid of death. To put it bluntly, he is a very ordinary ordinary person.If Shao Shude took away most of his hands, would he feel insecure?This is actually a very good observation opportunity.

"That Cai Songyang is not bad, you just let him take 30 people under his command to guard the military academy, and take all the rest away, and make sure to send Li Kan to Jinyang safely. If he has an order, he should finish it first and then come back to report .”

Well, I didn't expect Qiu Weidao to be so arrogant, and he even thought of taking a big gamble.What is the relationship between him and Li Kan, to be so helpful?As for the relationship between Pinning Jiedushi and the eunuch group, Shao Shude did not doubt it.In Northwest Fan Town, there are very few people who do not have friendship with the eunuch group, otherwise they will basically not be able to do it.

"Since the envoy ordered this, the last general will obey." Seeing that Qiu Weidao had no other orders, Shao Shude left the room and returned to the barracks.

At this time, it was almost night, and the sergeants were eating dinner, which was corn rice and pickles as usual.Shao Shude found Li Yanling and asked him to go to the Military Academy to receive the reward. As soon as the news came out, the sergeants who were eating were cheered.Shao Shude was both happy and sad when he saw it. He was happy that the newly gathered people would be able to return to their hearts more, and he was worried that if there was no reward in the future, would everyone coerce themselves into making trouble or simply kill themselves?
It was almost late at night after the rewards were distributed.People gave six pieces of silk and three pieces of money, all of which were temporarily stored in the camp of the Military Academy.The sergeants slept happily all night, and after eating breakfast the next day, they hurriedly set off with equipment, pack horses, and vehicles.Before leaving, Shao Shude approached Cai Songyang and urged him to protect Qiu Weidao's long-term meal ticket.

From Lanzhou to Shizhou, there are several routes. Shao Shude took the Tongqu Avenue that was renovated in this dynasty.

On the sixth day of the third lunar month, the army left Yifang County and went straight for 160 miles to the southwest.Because there were only [-] soldiers, there were not many pack horses and carts, and Shao Shude also intended to exercise the soldiers' ability to march quickly, so it took only four days to reach Fangshan County under the jurisdiction of Shizhou.The county was already under the control of the Zhejia Army, but there was no garrison, and Shao Shude was too lazy to enter the city.

Here you can already see the scattered Linzhou rides, and the two sides have exchanged their identities, and they are at peace with each other.Shizhou City or Lishi County has been known as a famous city since the Warring States Period, and the former residence of Liu Yuan, the victim of the Five Husbands, is also nearby.

At this time, he also got the latest news from Lanzhou: after Cui Jikang escaped back to Jinyang, Zhang Kai and Guo Fei led the army back.Zhang and Guo have just received the promise to be the Marquis of Mabu in Hedong and Mabu in Taiyuan. , Cui Jikang and his son were killed.

Yes, Hedong is the second marshal who died in the past year.The arrogant generals are unstoppable, Cao Xiang died inexplicably, Cui Jikang was hacked to death, will Li Kan, who is about to take office, survive?

The 600 people continued to move forward and arrived in Pingyi County (in today's Zhongyang County) two days later, which is less than four days away from Shilou County, Xizhou, the final destination.

On March [-], Shao Shude's entire army arrived in Shilou County and met a small group of rangers in the wild.The Rangers were subordinate to Wang Chongrong, a general in Hezhong. As soon as they saw Shao Shude, they stepped forward to interrogate him, only to give up when they learned that they were here to welcome Li Kan, the new commander of Hedong.

Shao Shude also found out that Zhe Silun started a massacre in Shizhou a few days ago. Wu Bin, the ten generals of the rebel army, was beheaded, and his followers fled south into Hezhong Town. Many things happened, so Wang Chongrong sent a ranger. Patrol the border and be on guard.

When there is no conflict of interest between warriors, it is actually not difficult to deal with.Shao Shude gave out more than ten pieces of silk, which made these rangers very happy, and took the initiative to inform the former Pinning Festival Commander Li Kan just arrived at Shilou from Xichuan County last night, and is now resting in the inn.

Shao Shude breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words. He is now afraid that Jiexai Hedong is a big man who specializes in defeating people. He has already defeated two big commanders before. If Li Kan was defeated before he took office, it would not be surprising.His long-term meal ticket, Qiu Weidao, was so helpful - it could even be said to be flattering - Li Kan naturally had important reasons, and most of them were also good for him, Shao Xun didn't want to mess things up.

With local people leading the way, the post house is not difficult to find.Just after noon, Shao Shude's entire army arrived at Li Kan's resting place.Outside the inn, there were more than ten sergeants washing the horses. After seeing the group of men and horses approaching, more than [-] sergeants jumped out, and they were very defensive.

"Don't worry, gentlemen, I'm here to meet Commander Li." Shao Shude explained to these people with a smile, then raised his voice and roared: "The last general, Shao Shude, has come to meet Commander Li Jie at the order of Qiu Weidao, the Tiande Supervisor. ."

"Jianjun Qiu has a heart, and this commander hasn't seen him for many years." The door of the inn opened, and a middle-aged man in military uniform walked out under the guard of several sergeants.

(End of this chapter)