Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 405 Is it better to join forces?

In the Prince's Mansion of Longxi County, the house was full of distinguished guests, drinking wine and raising wine.

All present here are Li Keyong's inner circle, the mastermind Gai Yu, the veteran Kang Junli, etc., plus the adopted sons, a few new young generals, gathered together, the atmosphere is warm, and it does not look like the Northern Expedition is working in vain. .

"I heard that my righteous brother had a big drink on the grassland. Tens of thousands of people sat on the ground and ate and drank together." Li Keyong's face was a little rosy, and he obviously drank a lot: "This thief has really gained momentum."

"When I was in Guanzhong, I should have killed him."

"It's still useless to say these things now! This thief has tens of thousands of riders once he comes out, and he is really hard to parry."

"Don't be discouraged. You can win if you have more soldiers? We just need to gather elite cavalry, one hedge, and defeat the Chinese army, and the situation will be greatly improved."

"This is really the only way to deal with this thief."

Everyone chattered and chatted, Li Siyuan sat over there, originally wanted to say a few words, but finally heaved a sigh.

He had an unreliable guess that Shao thief might not play cavalry like this.

But it seems that there is no basis.This person has conquered the grasslands and Hexi several times, and they have always fought in this way. The cavalry raided and rushed to the end. How else would he use it?
The servant walked through the hall lightly, and said something in Li Ke's ear.

Li Ke waved his big hand and said, "Everyone restrain yourself, the envoy of Lingxia is here."

Everyone stopped their voices for a while.

Under the guidance of the servant, Li Hang strode to the front of the hall.

The hall is still very luxurious.

Meiliang Guidong, water essence floating columns, mica windows, and glazed tiles are more luxurious than the mansion built by the marshal on the hillside of Helan Mountain. The mourning team was to visit the luxurious mansion of Ma Lin's family. After Emperor Dezong ascended the throne, he ordered to "destroy the Lin Zhongtang".

Li Hang walked in with his head held high, and bowed first.

Li Keyong is the king of Longxi County and Shao Shude's brother-in-law, so he deserves this gift, but other people don't need it.

After the ceremony, Li Hang stood there, looked at Li Keyong, and said, "I pay my respects to the King of Longxi County."

"Let's see Li again. What's the matter here?" Li Ke sat cross-legged behind the table, playing with the butcher's knife boredly, and asked seemingly absent-mindedly.

"My lord sent me to bring a sentence, 'Brother, do you know that Quanzhong wants to attack Sun Ru with Yang Xingmi?" Li Hang was dressed in white, with a solemn expression on his face, and his brows were furrowed, as if he was really worried about Li Keyong.

"How did the righteous brother know?" Li Keyong continued to play with the butcher knife.

"Quanzhong sent envoys to Chang'an to express their secrets to Huainan Jiedu envoy."

Li Keyong glanced at Gai Yu, and Gai Yu shook his head, indicating that he had not received the news.

"The Duke of Longxi will find out in a few days, and this matter cannot be faked." Of course, Li Hang noticed their small movements, and added.

Li Keyong had a bad expression on his face.

For the past ten years, he has been practicing a skill called "Happiness and anger are invisible", but it is obvious that it has little effect.

"Zhu Quanzhong is a thief, he is extremely hateful, more than—"

Guyu coughed.

Li Keyong kept his mouth shut, and said: "The secret troops are weak and few generals, how can they defeat Sun Ru?"

"Sun Ru has learned to burn the huts in Yangzhou, drive the young men and women across the river, and kill the old and the weak to feed themselves. This is the way of death." Li Hang said.

It is said that Sun Ru is too capable of tossing around.At first, Yangzhou's left and near were badly damaged, and there was no way to support the army, so they went to the south of the Yangtze River to plunder, and the fight went smoothly. After catching it, he retreated back to Jiangbei in despair.

But Jiangbei could no longer afford to support his gang of beast soldiers, so he decided to abandon Yangzhou, and the whole army went south to change homes.

They burned all the houses in the Yangzhou area, and kept all the people in custody. They could be used as cannon fodder or killed for meat.All the food that could not be taken away was burned. At present, Suzhou has been occupied and Guangde has been sent out.

Yang Xingmi led the army to fight, was surrounded by Sun Ru, finally broke through desperately, and fled in embarrassment.

But how should I put it, Sun Ru's virtue is already outraged by humans and gods, and even God can't stand it.The last flood caused him to lose a large number of elite soldiers, and also caused many Cai soldiers to defect to Yang Xingmi. This time, the one who rescued Yang Xingmi from the siege was Cai Bing and General Cai who defected to him.

Yang Xingmi can be defeated again and again, but Sun Ru cannot stand defeat.

"When Yang Xingmi defeats Sun Ru, I don't know the Year of the Monkey will be here." Li Keyong sneered.

"Sun Ru has gone to the south of the Yangtze River, so the King of Longxi County thought he would go back to Jiangbei?" Li Hang asked.

Yang Xingmi was the same as Li Hanzhi and Zhang Quanyi back then. When Sun Ru/Qin Zongquan attacked, they ran away.After Cai Bing left, he went to "picking up rubbish" and took over the land that Cai Bing had abandoned.

Anyway, Cai Bing, like the rogue bandits, will cause harm wherever he goes, and has no long-term plans at all.After eating up all the ground, change the place, and then make the new site so desolate that there are no people in it, and then leave.

The tactic of Yang Xingmi, Qian Liu, Zhang Quanyi, Li Hanzhi and others is to "wait for their own defeat", which is helpless.

"Sun Ru went to the south of the Yangtze River, and came back to the north of the Yangtze River after a secret trip, and became one with Quanzhong. Quanzhong has no worries. When he can send troops to the north, or attack Shipu, or fight Erzhu, it will become more and more handy." Li Hang said: "Shi Pu, the destruction is imminent. I don't know if the King of Longxi County is worried?"

Because he turned against Sun Ru, and Pang Shigu's southern expedition to Yangzhou was defeated, Zhu Quanzhong had to deploy considerable troops on the southern front to guard against that psychopathy-Sun Ru was not ashamed, saying, "As soon as Ping Xuan and Bian, you should lead troops into the court. Get rid of the evil on your side."

Can say this, is it not a neuropathy?
Marshal Shao took his seat on the spot, thinking that Sun Ru is really not a thing, why did he come to attack me?
"Whispering, rambling on and on!" Li Keyong threw away the butcher knife, a little annoyed, and said, "You might as well just tell me what you want my righteous brother to do."

"My commander-in-chief wants to join forces with the King of Longxi County to attack Zhu Quanzhong." Li Hang took a deep breath and said.

The humming, chewing, and clinking of glasses in the hall disappeared in an instant, and it was so quiet that one could hear a needle drop.

Li Keyong couldn't believe his ears, what's so good about it?

really?
"My family's commander-in-chief said that in the past, he and the king of Longxi County Yu Huayue Temple were brothers. In recent years, they have moved less and are a little rusty. It should not be. This time, sending troops to conquer Quanzhong should be in pain with the king of Longxi County in Bianzhou City. Drink, rebuild the old one."

It sure sounds fake!

Li Ke narrowed his left eye slightly and turned his right eye around, obviously weighing the pros and cons.

"Dare to ask where Xia Bing came from?" Seeing that his commander-in-chief was silent, Gai Yu asked involuntarily.

"Naturally, we will go out from Shanguo in the east to attack Henan Prefecture and Ruzhou. The Jin army can go out from Shangdang to attack Mengzhou and Huaizhou. After that, the two can join forces in Henan Prefecture, and then attack Zheng and Bian. It will be destroyed. "Li Hang said.

Li Keyong and Gai Yu exchanged glances, and felt that this strategy was quite feasible.

The army from Hedong went out of Zezhou to attack Heyang, Zhu Quanzhong decided to lead his troops to fight, and then Xia Bing went out from Shaanxi to attack Zhang Quanyi.
If the main force of the Bian division can be wiped out in Meng Huai, wouldn't the land of Henan be taken at will?

Xia Bing traveled thousands of miles to fight, and even grabbed the territory of Hedong, which is close at hand?
Li Keyong was hesitant, but with the thought of killing Zhu Quanzhong, he couldn't hold it back.

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By the woods beside the fertile water, Shao Shude took his wives, concubines and children for a walk.

The nine-year-old second daughter, Shao Mu, is already a little reserved, and she doesn't want to play with her younger siblings like she did when she was a child.

Da Feng was with her, and the two were talking intimately.

Chengjie and Siwu discussed going to Yanchi to watch the fish.

Shao Shude observed the two brothers carefully, wondering if there was any rift between them.

These two brothers are destined to have different life trajectories.

If the education is not good, how close you were when you were young, how alienated you will be when you grow up.

The brothers turned against each other, not only was it bad for them, but Shao Shude, an old father, was also unhappy.

Zhao Yu peeled a few grapes for Shao Shude.

She already has crow's feet in the corners of her eyes, and her appearance is much worse than that of ten years ago.

But among all the wives and concubines, Shao Shude had special affection for Zhao Yu, not only about the matter between men and women, but also about his own past.

When I saw Zhao Yu, I seemed to see myself who was still full of enthusiasm and a little immature back then.

Years are the most ruthless.

Power corrupts people's hearts the most.

He is becoming less and less like a modern person, and is slipping more and more into the abyss of a warlord warrior!Shao Shude sighed, feeling that he couldn't find an anchor point, sometimes he was empty, and sometimes he was full of tyrannical emotions, wouldn't he become the same as Sun Ru?

"Xingde Palace in Tongzhou is already being repaired. After a while, pack up your things and go live there." Shao Shude said softly, holding Zhao Yu in his arms.

"The concubine is getting old and decrepit, so why go there?" Zhao Yu stuffed a grape into Shao Shude's mouth and said with a smile.

"You just gave birth to a baby for me, that's not enough." Shao Shude laughed and said, "We must go."

Zhao Yu glanced at him worriedly: "Okay."

Shao Shude smiled happily, seeing no one around, he made a "random promise" and said: "I will proclaim myself emperor in the future, and I will definitely let you be a noble concubine."

"Your Majesty must have promised others so."

Shao Shu was speechless, he didn't have it in his impression, but he seemed to have it.

Zhao Yu smiled lightly, stroked Shao Shude's face with his hands, and said, "That concubine is waiting to become a noble concubine."

Men also need to be coaxed, especially these warriors.Fighting and killing all day long, and guarding against other people's rebellion and rebellion, if you don't pay attention, you will be extremely tyrannical.

I don't know what kind of women around Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong are like.

Zhao Yu heard that Zhu Quanzhong met his wife Zhang by chance before he became rich, and fell in love with him.Many years later, I met in Tongzhou, and I was ecstatic. At that time, Mrs. Zhang had already been married, and Zhu Quanzhong didn't mind, and married him as his wife, and respected him very much.

These warriors are not worry-free, and there are devils hiding in their hearts.

"Marshal, the bodyguards have already packed their bags and are heading south to Huazhou." Zheng Yong, the ten general of the bodyguards, wandered for a long time in the distance, and only came forward to report after seeing Shao Shude get up.

The bodyguards have [-] step cavalry, all subordinates of Yulin and Woyang palaces. They are all full-time professional soldiers. There are tribal herdsmen who worship cattle and sheep. They have also practiced for almost two years. This time they all went south to practice on the battlefield.

"Order Shuofang and Weibei prefectures to prepare food, grass, and equipment. Once the autumn harvest is over, they will conscript masters and transfer them to Huazhou."

"The soldiers pack up their luggage—forget it, it's not so fast, let them set off after the Double Ninth Festival."

"As ordered."

The army is going south!

Shao Shude was also a little apprehensive.

After all, it is the first time to fight with the princes of the Central Plains. The shadow of the famous tree, Zhu Quanzhong, has such a great reputation!
Tens of thousands of Xuanwu elite soldiers, and more than [-] Cai soldiers were recruited to fight in the south and north, and fight in the east and west. I don't know how effective they are.

If only Zhu Quanzhong could be defeated quickly!The country needs to preserve as much energy as possible.

From the late Tang Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty, seven dynasties fought endlessly.

The more people died, the more the people were beaten, the poorer they became, and the soldiers became weaker and weaker. It was a vicious circle.

The Fanzhen soldiers when Huangchao was just put down should be the most elite.

Shao Shude remembered that in the later Han and later Zhou dynasties, due to the sharp drop in population and the collapse of the economy, the warriors could no longer pay their salaries normally, so that military discipline was worse than that of the late Tang Dynasty, and the supply of equipment was not as good as before.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, he didn't know how Zhao Kuangyin's forbidden army was compared to now, and it should be worse.

At least in the later Tang Dynasty, they were able to win more with less, and defeated Khitan repeatedly.

What Zhao Kuangyin had in hand was a group of spoiled uncle soldiers, no matter how skilled they were, this discipline and atmosphere would not work.

But Zhao Kuangyin should not be responsible for this blame. From the late Tang Dynasty to the Later Zhou Dynasty, everyone was responsible.

The economy is collapsing bit by bit, military discipline is getting worse step by step, and people are getting worse step by step.

Every warrior is responsible!

(End of this chapter)