Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 492 I Surprised You

On November [-]th of the third year of Dashun, Xiaoxue.

Li Tangbin hosted a banquet for Liu Chongwang, Wang Tuan and his party in Xiao County, but he himself did not attend.

Li Tangbin has practiced for many years, and he can be regarded as a bit politically minded.He has not dared to hook up with the prime minister of the court.

"Liu Xiang, I heard that Zhu Quanzhong is going to move to Shipu again, and the imperial court intends to let you succeed Xu Shuai. Is there any further information on this matter?" On the way back to Shanzhou, Wang Tuan and Liu Chongwang took the same car and chatted with each other.

"This matter has been pressed." Liu Chongwang sneered, and said: "How dare Cui Zhaowei offend Shao Shude? Besides, Shi Pu doesn't want to leave now. He doesn't believe Zhu Quanzhong's words, and he is worried that he will be ambushed halfway, so he might as well be here." Xuzhou is left to its fate."

Wang Tuan frowned: "Will Quanzhong stop confessing next year?"

"It's impossible to cut off the offerings." Liu Chongwang sighed: "It is very possible to reduce the offerings."

"Alas." Wang Tuan was not worried about his family's salary, his family had land in Guanzhong, so it wouldn't make him unable to survive, he was mainly worried about the court's finances.

The carriage rattled forward.When passing through Huguo Village, both of them stopped to watch.

In the winter, a large group of people were mobilized to go up the mountain to cut trees and dig earth for construction.There are still many people burning bricks at the foot of the mountain, busy, is this going to build Xiaozhai into a city?
But the topography on the mountain also needs to consider enclosing the water source. The city wall must be strange in shape and cost a lot of money.

How firm is the determination to beat Zhu Quanzhong so much at the expense of the people!
"I heard that in Shazha City and Huixiban in Yongning County, the Bian army is also repairing the fortifications to block the Xia army's way to go south to Ruzhou. The weather is cold, and I don't know how many people will suffer." Wang Tuan said .

"Wang Shilang, in this day and age, don't worry about these people." Liu Chongwang took one last look at the people who were still struggling to transport materials up the mountain, and then boarded the carriage, saying: "The people of Jingzhao Mansion are living a life of their own. It’s hard. Before leaving Chang’an, Jingzhao Yin Sun Kui gave a performance, and Shude was distributed among the counties along the Wei River, asking for fodder, millet and wheat. mind."

To be precise, Shao Shude asked the counties along the Weishui River to prepare grain and grass.This road has been an important traffic route from Jingzhaofu, Fengxiangfu, Qinzhou, Weizhou, Linzhou, Hezhou to Shanzhou and Kuozhou.

"What does Shude want to do? Xizheng?"

"No." Liu Chongwang shook his head and said, "Do you know how the Tubo people fight?"

"Of course I know." Wang Tuan replied.

Under the rule of Ru-Dong Dai, tens of thousands of households were mobilized together. The powerful houses recruited servants, brought cattle, sheep, tents and carriages, and men, women and children came out in full force.Hit a land and live there to farm and herd.

After the hardships, Jingyuan, Binning and other places were repeatedly invaded.Taking Wonju as an example, after the Tibetans invaded, they grazed cattle and planted wheat and highland barley in this area with many pastures.Some people returned to Qinghai in the summer, but many stayed.

Today, there are so many Tubo people and Dangxiang people in the three towns of Jingyuan, Binning, and Fengxiang.If I win, I will stay. If I lose, I will surrender on the spot. Anyway, I won’t leave.

"Shude conquered [-] people in Tubo in the Qingtang Dynasty, and marched eastward to attack Quanzhong." Liu Chongwang explained: "[-] people, at least [-] households, more than [-] people, men, women, and children, with tents, vehicles, equipment, cattle, etc. Sheep, the whole family goes eastward. The Tubo people fight with this virtue.”

"No wonder the counties along the way have to prepare food and grass. Is this for livestock?"

"Naturally." Liu Chongwang nodded and said, "How much can a population of [-] people eat? Hundreds of thousands of livestock are really worrying. How did you get here?"

"Liu Xiang, what surprises me is that these Tubo young men can fight? When they meet the warriors of the Bian Army, most of them lose consecutive battles."

"Do you think Shude cares about their lives?" Liu Chongwang sneered, and said, "If they die, just recruit another batch. If they don't accept it, they will be suppressed. Han Jian, as the governor of Shanzhou, migrated the Han people to settle in Qingtang every year. Then It’s a good piece of land, Heizhichang’s village is in Shanzhou, with two dendrobium harvests per mu.”

Wang Tuan suddenly felt sympathetic to those Tubo people.

Happily, the whole family moved to the Central Plains, but the result is that you will fight with your life.Once defeated, what will the old, weak, women and children do?Will Bian Jun be soft when he kills?

Will Li Tangbin use them to fill in the ditch?Consume Bianjun's defense equipment?
"From Xiashi to the east, Shude's base is only a hundred miles away, and there are still mountains. How can so many people survive?" Wang Tuan was a little puzzled.

"Why do you care so much?" Liu Chongwang laughed suddenly, and said, "You should worry about the people in Xiajingzhao Mansion. There is not much pasture in Guanzhong. Hundreds of thousands of livestock pass through the border, leaving no grass, and the people suffer unspeakably."

"Sun Kui is a strong point, and I still need to be persuaded by the teachers. How can I offend Shude at this time of the year? Shanzhou is still in his hands."

"Let's talk about it when we go back. There are a lot of troubles in this world."

……

After Tuoba Renfu entered Jinzhou, it caused a commotion among the local defenders.

More than three thousand riders, with hair shaved or braided, wearing furs, carrying bows and holding knives, those who don't know the details thought they were again recruited by Li Keyong.

In fact, it is not far from the truth.

Shao Dahan "recruited" and lent it to his righteous brother for use, and he didn't care if he could return it in full, which reflected the deep brotherhood.

Jinzhou is sparsely populated and the villages are ruined. The name of "Li Moyun" resounds throughout this land.Over the years, not to mention those who were killed by him, they were eaten, which is probably not a small amount.

"Unexpectedly, the Central Plains is also so barren, you can run a horse." Tuoba Renfu entered Guanzhong via Lingxia, and looked at the villages and smoke all the way, but after leaving Xiashi, it was a completely different style of painting.

He could hardly believe his eyes.There is no one inhabited for hundreds of miles, pastures can be seen everywhere, food and livestock are the most precious materials, and wars are fought every day.

The Central Plains actually fought so fiercely?

Tuoba Sijian was thoughtful, and said: "If the Tuoba clan can occupy the land of Lingxia, or use it to sweep the Central Plains, alas, what a pity. The opportunity has passed."

Tuoba Renfu was also a little disappointed.

They have had a hard time these years!So many men in the family fled, only their uncle and nephew were left in the end.Tuoba Sijing who stayed in Lingxia did not dare to have more contact with them.Tuobajin, who went to Helong, was even more like a stranger.

The Weimu clan, Murong clan and other tribes that surrounded Tuoba clan back then have now become Shao Shude's puppets.

Pingxia Dangxiang has become a title that is about to disappear in the wind, right?
"Cui Su, Lu Yan, Zhou Yiyan, Long Jiu and others, will they copy the tribe?" This is what Tuoba Renfu is most worried about: "If I knew it earlier, I would have brought all of them here, and it would be good to attach myself to Li Keyong. , is better than hanging out under Shao Shude's men."

"Shao Shude shouldn't be like this." Tuoba Sijian said.

Cui Su and Lu Yan were both great chieftains of Gamo in Liangzhou, and they were also officials of the Hexi shogunate.

Zhou Yiyan, the tribal envoy of the capital of Ganzhou, nominally obeys the order of the governor of Ganzhou, but in fact he is the best speaker in the local area, and his strength has developed rapidly in recent years.

Relying on the people of Yanqi tribe, the dragon continuously annexed Suzhou Tatar, Uighur, Tubo, Tuyuhun, Sogdian, Gamo and other tribes, which is not the same as in the past.

Li Renmei, who was once mighty, ran away when she saw them, and her appeal among the Uighurs became less and less. It was heard that she was going north to Tatar.

I heard from Qi Bizhang before that Shao Shude was already preparing for the Silver Spear Capital and the Cavalry Army to go out of Helan Mountain to conquer Hexi Dangxiang.Could it be that the land of Shaqi should also be ruled by him?
The last pure land is gone!
The two uncles and nephews were worried, and they took the troops all the way eastward.After getting off Wuling Road and entering Zezhou, they finally got some food supplies, which are said to have been transported from Taiyuan.

As for Zelu, it is no different from Jinzhou.Such a big county is actually uninhabited for hundreds of miles.

Hurrying all the way, finally arrived in Jinyang before the twelfth lunar month.

Li Keyong was drinking in the mansion at this time. After hearing the news, he smiled and said: "The righteous brother's people are here, so please entertain me. Afterwards, let's take them to the battle."

This time to attack Chengde, Kang Junli was the commander, Xue Zhiqin was the deputy, Li Hanzhi, the governor of Zezhou, and An Jinjun, the training envoy of the Xing Ming regiment, sent troops to accompany them, a total of more than [-] people.

Li Ke used to select all the soldiers and horses capable of fighting in the east of the river, a total of [-] cavalry, and put them on hold for now.

Gai Yu, Kang Junli, Li Siyuan, Li Sizhao and more than ten people sat around the side.

They are the only people in the military mansion who know the battle plan, and they are all very excited.

Over the past few years, Hedong has really been bewitched!

Other vassal towns are making great strides. Zhu Quanzhong annexed and controlled seven or eight vassal towns, Shao Shude controlled more than ten towns, and even Yang Xingmi had the post of governor of Huainan and Xuanshe towns.

What went wrong?

There are many strong men who dare to fight and fight hard in Hedong, and the general's fighting skills are not bad, but so far only one town of Zhaoyi has been merged.

In Zhaoyi Township, the territory of the five states was not enough. Zelu gave it to Li Hanzhi, Xing Mingci gave it to An Jinjun, and Datong's Weizhou was temporarily controlled by Li Cunzhang.

The site is too small, the embarrassment is extremely high, everyone's eyes are red, and they are desperately competing for the limited positions.

If the old people still haven't got the land, the newcomers will have to queue up.

Li Cunxiao, the commander-in-chief's adopted son, has been yelling that he ranks first in the fight against Xingzhou. Why can't he even be a governor?
The commander-in-chief scolded a few words, and Li Cunxiao's dissatisfaction was suppressed.But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this will not work.

"This time, I will definitely surprise my righteous brother!" Li Ke poured down a glass of wine with his neck raised, and said, "I'll hit Wang Rong, haha!"

The generals burst out laughing.

The corner of Gai Yu's mouth twitched, he thought the lord was drunk.

Now he has to compare with his brother-in-law all day long, holding his breath to impress his brother-in-law, this mentality is a bit wrong.

How about a few words of praise from my brother-in-law?So what if I scold you?I will find an opportunity to tactfully advise you later.

"The army will be dispatched in the twelfth lunar month." After laughing, Li Keyong put the wine bottle on the table and made a loud bang.

"In the past, when the thief hunted for the nest, my son-in-law was still fighting fiercely in the wind and snow. This time, by surprise, he killed the thief." Li Keyong finally said: "Let my righteous brother go and fight Zhu thief. Take Hebei."

If Hedong and Hebei are united as one, the overall situation of the world will be settled!

(End of this chapter)