Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 506 Changes
"Sentence to Luo Xiji!" The military Chinese official held the booklet and shouted loudly.

No one answered.

He picked up the pen and crossed out the name.

"Troubleshooting!" Another person shouted.

If no one answers, cross it out again.

"Shang Remo!"

One person stepped forward.The clerk glanced at him and said, "Give me two pieces of silk."

A small envoy took two bolts of miscellaneous silk from Yanzhou and put them in the man's hand.

Shang Remo knelt down on the ground, grabbed the ground with his head, and said in Tubo language: "Thank you nobleman!"

After all, he left happily.

They also understand the uses of silk, and they can buy things.

I heard that there will be a caravan from Shanzhou passing through Jiangzhou for a while, selling small items that are urgently needed in daily life, and this will come in handy.

After the rewards were distributed, the clerks worked tirelessly and took a group of small envoys and driving officials to pull a large carriage to distribute rewards to the families of the soldiers who died in the war. Each person had two pieces of silk.

There is no property pension.Since the Kingdom of China, there has been no compensation for the Fan soldiers used. This is one of the reasons why the Marshals on the margins are willing to use the Fan soldiers.

The Hengshan, Pingxia, and Yinshan soldiers used by Shao Dashuai can get a pension after they die.However, Dangxiang and Tubo people who were moved to Xiaoxian last year and Yuanxian this year did not receive compensation, because they were given priority in land allocation.

However, once the registered households are registered as Qimin and the system is officially settled down, the system needs to be revised. At that time, they have to be treated as one of their own.

The follow-up Qingtang Tubo is still coming in a steady stream.

Seven thousand Ding, [-] people, a huge number, almost all of them must be pulled over.For this matter, Li Tangbin has sent several ultimatums, but there is no response.

He wanted to try to besiege Mianchi County this year, and he valued these newcomers as cannon fodder, but was transferred to another battlefield. How could he be willing?
Gao Renhou didn't bother to care about this.

Those who are delivered to him will not spit it out again.He also wouldn't think about how to face Li Tangbin after the Qingtang Dynasty was rebuilt, Yi Congjun, but he was still in the order of command of the Heluo Jinglue envoy.

Those things are too complicated, what do we Lao Gao think about so much!

Zang Dubao, the envoy of the Tianxiong Army, galloped over with a large group of people.He also watched the battle today. Some of the soldiers were very brave. He planned to report to the commander and ask to be recruited into the army.

The Tianxiong Army only has 5000 people, which is too small!Even more important tasks cannot be undertaken, and the military must be expanded.

He took a fancy to hundreds of people, all of them were scattered and organized into the Tianxiong Army, and he would continue to observe later. If there were good seedlings to continue recruiting, these Tubo people would be happy to be masters of the government soldiers.

As for the officers, it's not a problem at all!
This year, 22 people from Xiazhou Wuxue, 23 people from Lingzhou Wuxue, and 20 people from Lanzhou Wuxue entered their final year of study.

Liangzhou Wuxue also started this year.Among them, 50 students were enrolled in martial arts in Guzang County, all of whom were about ten years old, and 28 students were enrolled in martial arts in Liangzhou, who were half-children who were fourteen or five years old and had a certain foundation.

And next year, the number of martial arts interns will usher in the first peak period, with a total of 105 martial arts students leaving the army.The reason is that when martial arts was first established in the first year of Guangqi (885), 50 children around the age of ten recruited by Xiazhou Shuofang County martial arts, after completing five years of county martial arts and four years of prefectural martial arts, entered the final stage. A one-year internship in the army.

They are different from the previous graduates. Those people started directly from the state martial arts school, but this group of people started from the county martial arts school. In theory, it will take ten years to formally graduate.

Shao Shude thinks they are more loyal and trustworthy.Of course, this is just his opinion, and it remains to be seen what the reality is.

The fruits planted nine years ago can be tasted slowly starting next year.

The Tianxiong and Chishui armies will be completely "martialized", and then slowly expand to other armies.

As for whether this move can put an end to the rebellion, Shao Shude is not optimistic.In the final analysis, any system is implemented by people, and social atmosphere must also be considered.At this time, the social atmosphere is, "I want to rebel."

But in any case, the martial arts army is definitely more stable than the old-fashioned army, and this is enough.

"General Gao."

"General Zang."

When the two met, Zang Dubao saluted first, because Gao Renhou was the envoy and was a senior official.

"Today's battle, I think the Bian army is just a test. Its main force should still be in Mengzhou. General Gao thinks they will come in a big way?" Zang Dubao asked.

"Not necessarily." Gao Renhou said in an uncertain tone: "According to the scouts' investigation, the Bian army is vigorously renovating the Qiziling Pass, and may restore the Ji Pass in the Han Dynasty. This is the only way to pass through the Zhiguan Road. Zhu Quanzhong really Very greedy, obviously can't mobilize many troops, but still want to get involved in the battle in the river."

"Zhu Quanzhong is not greedy. I think his first goal is probably to renovate the four strong cities of Wangwu County, Jiguan, Zhiguan, and Jiyuan County, so that we can go through them one by one. To defend the city, Tutuan is enough. We don’t need a lot of troops.” Zang Dubao said: “Why are we so miserable? Out of Xiashi, there are mountains and passes everywhere. Out of Yuan County, there are Wangwushan, Zhiguan, and Jiguan. This is too difficult. Right. Fighting on the Lingxia Grassland has never been so troublesome."

"It's good to get through this section." Gao Renhou was also very speechless.

If the Bian army mainly came to build the city, it would not be a bad thing for them.Perhaps, five thousand people in Qingtang Capital can call it?

……

Outside Lengquan Pass, An Jinquan led more than a thousand cavalry into the city one after another.

For him, this is a rare opportunity to appear.If it hadn't been for Kang Junli, the general in charge of the army, and his relationship with Li Siyuan was very good, it would be hard to say whether he would be able to get this opportunity.

There are many talents in Hedong, but most of them are destined to fail to succeed.

When he entered the city, he met Zhang Jingxun, the envoy of Jiafang.

Zhang Jingxun was from Shengzhou. When Li Guochang was the governor of the Zhenwu Army, his father served in the army and was very senior. Later, he went to Hedong together to start an incident. Currently, there are relatives living in Shengzhou.

"General Zhang." An Jinquan saluted immediately.

"General An is here. When will Kangdu come? There are still a batch of equipment that must be handed over to him personally." Zhang Jingxun's complexion was not very good, and his tone of voice was a little anxious.

"When the final general left Jinyang, Dutou was still recruiting troops, and it should take some time. However, General Xue has already led Zhaode, Kuangba, and the five courtyard armies to set off, three days behind our army." An Jinquan replied.

Zhang Jingxun did the math, and there were only 3 people.I don't know how much Kang Junli wants to conscript, but this is not the point, the point is——

"Hey! What are you doing here! A certain man suggested that Kang Dutou just send troops northward and attack Lingxia." Zhang Jing asked, "Shao Shude acted recklessly. I heard that he sent a lot of troops in the land of Helong There is also a garrison in the south of the mountain, and the land of Heluo is still at war with Zhu Quanzhong, Lingxia must be extremely empty, it is better to criticize Kang and attack Xu, and directly attack Shengzhou to see if he is in a hurry."

Although Zhang Jingxun didn't know the number and deployment of Xia Jun's troops, he really made a good guess.

In Lingxia ten prefectures, there is only one unit of the Wuwei Army. It is too much to say that it is empty, and it is completely undefended.

All the passes and key points have always been garrisoned by expropriation from the Tutuan Township, such as Luziguan, Castanopsis City and other places. There are not even soldiers from the prefectures and counties, and this courage is not ordinary.

"General Zhang, Wang Ke needs to be rescued, and this is also the commander's order." An Jinquan reminded in a low voice.

If Zhu Quanzhong were in Jinyang instead, he might not be able to save his son-in-law. Maybe he would adopt Zhang Jingxun's suggestion and attack Shuozhou and Shengzhou.But this is Li Keyong, which is a completely different approach.

"Even to save Wang Ke, you shouldn't come here. It's not like you don't know that Huoyi has been occupied by the Xia bandits. How can they attack it? It's better to go to Lanshi and take a detour to Cixi. The chances of winning are better. The Shao bandits are definitely unprepared." "Zhang Jingxun continued: "Or, simply find a place in Lanshi to smuggle to the west bank. In normal times, it is natural to die, but I don't believe how many soldiers there are behind the Shao bandits. It only takes [-] yamen soldiers to cross the river to Yinzhou. State, you can turn the world upside down. Run away after looting, what can Shao thief do to me?"

An Jinquan smiled wryly. He was just a young general. Although he somewhat agreed with Zhang Jingxun's opinion, he had no decision-making power.

"Forget it, it's boring." Zhang Jingxun also realized that no one listened to him, and shook his head in a dispirited manner, saying: "This time, I will definitely return without success. Dangerous Pass, Gaobi Town, need Kang Junli to guard? Sigh !"

The dangerous pass is connected to the Queshu Valley in the north.

This Queshu Valley is surprisingly a rare dangerous road in the north similar to Qinling and Bashan Mountains, which is comparable to Yanmen Pass.

The total length is about 110 miles, and the most dangerous part is tens of miles.The two mountains are facing each other, and the Fenshui River flows out of it.Daishanfu is on the top, Juejian is on the bottom, and some sections of the road are excavated and stoned, and plank roads are built to pass through. When you leave the valley, you will be at Lengquan Pass, and after you exit the pass, you will find the plains and wilderness.

Fenshui Pass, Xiandi Pass, Gaobi Town, and Lengquan Pass are lined up one after the other. The Xia thief took the lead and went to Jinyang?

In such a place, it is enough for the peasants of the Tutuan to guard it. How many thousands of horses do you need to bring?
"If you can't attack for a long time this time, you will definitely be defeated!" Zhang Jing said with a grunt.

An Jinquan was speechless.

"Great victory! Great victory!" There was a sound of horseshoes in the distance. Judging by his attire, it turned out to be the Lubu Speedy Knight who sent news to the counties. Could it be that he is going to Lingshi County?

"Great victory in Guizhou, [-] people captured and killed Yan and Hu. It was a miracle to get rid of them alone, and the Xi people were defeated."

"Great victory in Guizhou..."

Lu Bu's flying banner gradually faded away.

Zhang Jingxun and An Jinquan looked at each other.

After a long time, Zhang Jingxun suddenly asked: "Lan and Shishan are continuous, can the fortresses be defended well?"

"Should be no problem." An Jinquan didn't know why, but he replied anyway.

In fact, he is not very clear, just answering based on impressions.

Lanzhou and Shizhou belong to mountainous areas, with dangerous terrain and numerous passes, and have always been the backwaters of Hedong.

"Advise Kang Dutou, don't save Wang Ke." Zhang Jingxun smiled suddenly, his mood seemed to be relieved a lot, and said: "Hedong is a victorious place, let's guard these fortresses. We don't need many soldiers. What is the fight with Shao Shude?" ? As long as these fortresses are not lost for a day, he will not be able to reach Jinyang directly from the river. Jinyang’s weakness lies only in Shangdang.”

In history, when Zhu Quanzhong besieged Jinyang, several groups of soldiers and horses went out together. The main force was led by Shi Shucong, and Shangdang was the one who went.In Hebei, there are still three routes of soldiers and horses, crossing the Taihang Mountains and entering the River East.

There is only one way to start from the river, and it is blocked by the dangerous pass.As for Lan and Shishanshan, he didn't try it at all. It may be because of insufficient troops, or it may be that the logistics transfer is too troublesome.

"Forget it, I'll go and talk to Kang Dutou." Zhang Jingxun became more and more happy as he talked, only to see him laughing: "Just now I told you to go to Lanshi. Don't go. How rich is Youzhou? Hurry up and fight it down. If you really don't like it, dig out Shao Shude's old lair, and you will definitely gain something. Shao's bandits use soldiers, and sometimes they are extremely conservative. If you go south from Lanshi, he must have soldiers waiting, maybe it's his own army Tielin Army, don't go."

An Jin didn't answer at all.

If Zhu Quanzhong attacked the river, the commander might turn a blind eye, but when Shao Shude attacked, the commander would be very angry, but he might not be as you wished.

……

Along the Fenshui River, Shao Shude was still waiting for news.

The movement of the Hedong Army was unknown, and he did not dare to act rashly.

It's like the fog on the battlefield. People with God's perspective can see it clearly, but those in it can only speculate secretly.

The Iron Forest Army is the only reserve team and cannot move.

The Wang brothers who were facing each other across the river finally started to fight.

Wang Ke sent troops to build pontoon bridges, but was repeatedly stopped by the Jiangzhou army.Hundreds of people were sent to smuggle in small boats, but were smashed by Meng Zhixiang's cavalry.

When the news spread back to the south bank, the officers and men in Hezhong despised Wang Ke more and more, and there were more eccentric people in the army.

But Wang Yao didn't have the strength to attack. The two sides confronted each other for several days without making any progress.

"Order Yanshuiguan, and the iron cavalry will cross the river." On April [-], Shao Shude finally made up his mind.

Since you can't guess the enemy's movement, then simply throw a big rock into the latrine to see if there are any flies flying out.

Let the Wang brothers play the game by themselves first.

Wang Ke, will experience the feeling of changing the king's banner on the top of the city.

(End of this chapter)