Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 48

On the third day of the sixth lunar month, a few days after the military deployment in Fanzhi County, Li Kan never waited for the legendary Li Guochang army of more than [-] people.Looking at the current state of the army, Li Kan did not intend to continue to go north to the front line of Dabaoshu and Pingxingzhai, so he ordered the division to return to Jinyang.

When the army came, it was mighty, and when it left, it was mighty again.In fact, this is not bad. "Mighty and mighty" means that the main force is still there, and it did not suffer in Daizhou. On the contrary, it forced Li Guochang and his son to dare not attack.

As for whether the Li's father and son avoided the real and attacked the virtual, and launched it after the army had left, that was another matter.Anyway, Li Dashuai earned a lot of prestige during this trip, and he also took credit for breaking Fanzhi County. If the indigenous forces in Hedong wanted to drive him away, they had to come up with some means.

In late June, almost all of the more than [-] soldiers and horses who left Jinyang had to return in full, not to mention that they were stationed in the camps.At this time, the messenger sent by the imperial court had been waiting for almost a month.The messenger was ordered by the emperor to give a reward to the sergeant in Hedong, about four pieces of money and ten pieces of silk, not much, but not too little.

This year, the imperial court was not financially well-off.The activities of Huang Chao and others in the south almost turned the original social order upside down, and the money and grain sent to the central government was greatly reduced.In such a context, Chang'an still squeezed out a lot of money to reward the Hedong troops, which is actually quite interesting.

Of course, Shao Shude's Tielin army also received rewards, including the Heyang soldiers temporarily under his command.After receiving the money, everyone is naturally very happy, and even taking the Heyang soldiers to look at Shao Shude's eyes is much better - although this money was issued by the imperial court, but according to the previous experience, these guest troops may not be able to receive it. How many.

After the class teacher came back, Chen Cheng and Li Yanling each ordered two teams of soldiers and horses, escorted a large amount of goods and goods, and went to Shangdang and Lanzhou separately to give pensions to the dead soldiers.It is Shao Shude's principle that the things promised to the brothers must be done.

Others, well, there seems to be nothing else to do.Just train when you have nothing to do!What Shao Shude needs most now is precipitation, that is, to digest the more than 2000 soldiers at hand and knead them into a whole.Disagreement in people's hearts has always been the biggest obstacle to combat effectiveness. With the addition of so many uneasy Heyang soldiers, Shao Shude suspects that the combat effectiveness of Tielindu may not be as good as when he fought Cheng Huaixin's cavalry in Daizhou.

By the way, a major event happened recently, that is, Li Kan, with the might of a great victory, ordered the killing of hundreds of members of the rebellious former Su Hongzhen personal soldier family. The three cities were shaken for a while, and people were panicked.

It wasn't Shao Shude who did it, because he repeatedly advised Li Kan not to do this, which made the commander very upset, and the matter was finally handed over to Feng Yin.His pro-army has now expanded to more than 300 people, all of whom are rebellious tigers and wolves. After hearing about the rewards given to these people, Shao Shude couldn't bear it.

It's too much to be a martial artist!

Such relatively quiet days continued until mid-July.Because of Li Shao's relationship, Tielindu's soldiers can go to him to get the full amount of training losses, and there are even more. Shao Shude sighed that the trip to Hehe County was really the right way, otherwise there would be such a thing. convenient?
On July [-], Li Yanling came back and successfully completed the task.

In this era, there was news from the front line of the state that Li Keyong sent thousands of cavalry troops southward, bypassing the stronghold of the official army's key defense, and raided the countryside, and once hit the vicinity of Xinkou.The Daizhou side dispatched cavalry to fight against it, but was defeated and lost more than a thousand people.Li Kan was furious when he heard the news, and ordered Yi Zhao, a general of Ya, to lead a troop of more than [-] people to the north to rescue Xin and Dai.

Uncle Hedong went out to fight, and the battle was really not small.The three cities of Jinyang, plus several family members of sergeants from Ji County, came to the post road to say goodbye.Looking at them like that, it's almost like saying goodbye to life and death. It seems that the Li family's father and son have cast a deep shadow on the people of Hedong.

But then again, why didn't so many people come to see him off last time he went on an expedition?Do people in Hedong think that patrolling the border is really just to "inspect"?Yang Guang also took more than 50 people to patrol the border. Is that really a simple patrol?
Shao Shude is too lazy to care what the people in Hedong think. He is now in the barracks all day and pays close attention to training.In addition to routinely going to Jiezai's mansion every few days to discuss matters, he basically eats and lives in the barracks, which makes the top soldiers quite convinced. Nima is still away from home these days with his sweet wife and concubine, sleeping in the barracks all day long. Army chief?Rare!

On July 28, Chen Cheng also came back.This afternoon, Shao Shude had just led his troops to inspect the camp, but Li Kan's own soldiers came to summon him, and Yan Jieshuai had a very urgent matter to discuss.Shao Shude didn't dare to delay, he hastily ordered two fire sergeants, and rushed to the commander's mansion to have an audience.

"Does Shude know that Feng Yin was injured by a thief?" Li Kan sat in the festival hall, his face ashen, and he felt a little angry.

"I don't know." Shao Shude shook his head and said, "In Jinyang City, at the feet of Jie Shuai, this kind of thing can happen. Has the thief investigation started?"

"I'm afraid it's useless to arrest the thief." Li Kan stood up, his voice trembling, obviously his anger had accumulated to a certain extent, he just heard him say: "Lieutenant General Feng was assassinated near Daming Palace, dozens of thieves, All armed with powerful bows and crossbows, killed and wounded more than ten soldiers, and Lieutenant General Feng was also seriously injured. Do you know the origin of these thieves?"

"I'm afraid it's a soldier in the army." Shao Shude replied.

"That's right." Li Kan nodded and said, "This commander has secretly found out that this is the rest of Su Hongzhen's personal soldiers. He was instructed by the general He Gongya. "

"Master wants to..."

"This commander wants to kill He Gongya as an example."

"No commander!" Shao Shude was a little anxious when he heard this, and said, "He Gongyan is a general in Hedong, and killing him will cause military chaos, be careful, commander!"

"Should I be the season commander or are you the season commander? He Gongya attacked and killed the general, how can this matter be tolerated? I heard that you and Feng Yin have a lot of interests, and have a lot of contacts, so I never thought of avenging him?" Li Kan angrily scolded: "Don't say more about this matter. Tonight, the mansion of He Gongya will be surrounded. It doesn't matter whether you live or die, this commander wants to kill this generation."

"Master..." Shao Shude was about to persuade, but Li Kan raised his hand.

"Official position, money, beauty, this commander can satisfy you. Whether to do it or not, Shao Shijian, please give me a happy word." Li Kan stared into Shao Shude's eyes and asked.

no solution anymore.Shao Shude understood that it was not a whim that Li Kan wanted to kill He Gongya.This person is narrow-minded and has long been very dissatisfied with the reckless Hedong Jiangmen.When he was patrolling the border and replacing the north, he was still hanging on the north bank of the river. Cheng Huaixin's cavalry rushed into the formation, and it was not easy for him to endure until now to kill.

"The commander has been kind to me, and Shao has to repay it. Then I will go back to rectify the troops, and I will definitely present He Gongya's head." Shao Shude kneeled on one knee and replied.

After all, he strode out of the handsome mansion without looking back.

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The night of the 28th looked quite ordinary.In a mansion near Xincheng, dozens of military men were eating and drinking.

He Gongya is said to be a junior from the army, and he becomes more and more arty as he reaches middle age.In the second year of Qianfu, he spent huge sums of money to build a garden in the Fucheng as his own home.In the garden, mountains and ponds are built, flowers and trees are planted, and pavilions, platforms, buildings, pavilions, pavilions, corridors, Xuan, and boats are carefully built. .

Shao Shude once heard Chen Cheng talk about He Gongya's house. He said that when the spring flowers are in bloom, the garden is full of fragrance and purple and bright red; when the summer is hot, the pond water is cool, and the bamboo forest provides wind; when the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, Ruixue Overlooking the garden, the plum blossoms compete for beauty, and the end of the land is a wonderful place.At that time, he also recited a poem, which shows his envy, jealousy and hatred: "Sit alone in a secluded garden, playing the qin and roaring again; people in the deep forest don't know, the bright moon will take care of you."

It's just such an elegant garden. At this time, dozens of vulgar sergeants have poured into the case, making loud noises and smog.The owner of the garden also came out to have a few drinks, chatting and laughing loudly with everyone, and the words involved the government officials, such as "Unfortunately, I didn't succeed", "I will kill Shao Shude next time", "Cui Jikang killed it, and Li Kan also killed it", etc. The words and sentences were so loud that they almost broke through the courtyard walls, allowing passersby to hear them.

When the wine was half full, the soldiers took out the money to gamble, and they laughed and cursed in high spirits, as if there was no one else around.Suddenly, he saw many feathered arrows flying, shooting directly at the countdown.There was the injured but not dead, lying on the ground screaming, and at the same time reluctantly warned, beckoning his companions to get the bow and knife.They who have been in the army for a long time, of course, know that this is a strong bow only available in the Ministry of Economics.
"Kill them and leave none of them!" More than a dozen sergeants fell from the courtyard wall, and the leader directly ordered.Behind them, more sergeants were jumping over the wall, some people rushed over directly, and some people went to open the courtyard door.

"The son of the Zhaoyi Army, he belongs to Shao Shude!" Someone shouted in shock, but before he could make the next move, another wave of arrows hit him. fell to the ground.

"Good thief, do you know where this place is? This is General He's mansion, you—" There was a sound of swords clashing near the courtyard gate, and someone asked.

"He Gongya was the one who killed!" The answer was a more ferocious slash.

The He's family near the courtyard gate will be slaughtered soon.After the gate of the courtyard was opened, groups of soldiers entered with lances. If you listen carefully, you should have a Heyang accent. At this time, as long as you are not a fool, you will know that He Gongya will suffer a great disaster.

The drunken "reporters" obviously couldn't beat the Tielindu soldiers who had arrived in a knot.It was so easy to clear them that Lu Huaizhong, who led the troops, wondered if these people were not resisting.

"Kill He Gongya, the ten generals said that the wealth and goods can be taken by themselves."

"His grandmother's, this yard almost fascinated me, He Gongya decided to be rewarded by the Mexican army."

"What nonsense! The people from Zuoying have already rushed in, hurry up!"

"The general has an order, only to punish He Gongya and the general who avenge the injustice, and not to hurt the innocent."

"I know, I know, the general is too benevolent and righteous. Grandma's, the front team, shoot for Lao Tzu!"

The turmoil in the He House could not be concealed from outsiders.There are many private houses near Xincheng. Although it was late at night, many people were still awakened by the screams of killing outside.At first they thought that there was another military chaos, and the soldiers were going to loot the place, so they fortified the doors and hid behind them tremblingly, begging the gods and Buddhas all over the sky to let these soldiers rush away.

But who would have imagined that this time it was really not a military riot, but an organized and orderly hunting and killing of Fucheng General He Gongya by Tielindu soldiers.The He Mansion is very large, and there are many generals, probably hundreds of people, plus the gang of revenge generals, there are about 40 people.But tonight, they had a banquet in the garden, their defenses were lax, and they were attacked in the middle of the night, and they were caught off guard and suffered a crushing defeat.

At Yin Shi, Shao Shude entered the He Mansion with more than a hundred personal soldiers.At this time, the whole mansion was basically controlled by the soldiers of Tielindu, and only one attic had not been breached.He Gongya led more than [-] generals and, taking advantage of the geographical advantage, was still fighting the beasts.

"General, you have captured He Gongya's wife and daughter, why don't you tie them up and persuade them to surrender?" Ren Yuji walked out of the shadows and asked.

"Absurd!" Shao Shude reprimanded: "I can't afford to lose face like this, so don't do this kind of pickling, just wait a little longer."

After half an hour, the fighting in the attic gradually faded away.The disheveled He Gongya was injured several times and shouted, "Shao Shude, dare you come to see me?"

"The general is at ease." Shao Shude didn't move, and replied from a distance: "I killed you for the sake of the public, and I have no selfish resentment. Talking more is useless, and I also ask the general to go on the road."

"Good! Good!" He Gongya laughed: "The generals died in a hundred battles, and the strong men returned in ten years. Shao Shude, I am waiting for you!"

Just laugh and be silent.

After a while, several sergeants came out holding He Gongya's bloody head.Shao Shude saw it, but he was not happy, only full of disappointment.

(End of this chapter)