Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 507 Contempt
On the south bank of Fenshui, Wang Ke personally searched along the river.

Fenshui is actually not too wide, and the river is not too deep. If you go all out and build a pontoon bridge regardless of casualties, it is not difficult to break through.

But the problem is that all the generals in the battalion seem to be lazy now and have no initiative.He does what you ask him to do, and sometimes he even bargains.

Liu Xun suggested that he kill several generals Liwei, but Wang Ke was afraid of causing the army's anger, so he never dared to do it, so he became more and more despised.

In desperation, Liu Xun suggested that Wang Ke follow Taizong's example and go out for reconnaissance in person. After the sergeants hear about it, their morale may be improved.

Wang Ke agreed, but with a large group of cavalry around him, the effect of reconnaissance will definitely not be achieved, so he can only put on a show to let the soldiers know that their commander is not a cowardly person.

A troop of cavalry came galloping across the river, pointing and laughing, apparently seeing Wang Ke's handsome flag.

Wang Ke subconsciously reined in the horse, and some of his cronies stepped forward and surrounded him.

"Could it be that the opposite side is Wang Liuhou." The caller focused on the word "Liuhou", which immediately attracted a burst of laughter.

Wang Ke was a little annoyed, and looked up for a while, then called a follower and asked him to go and answer.

"Who are you and others?" The entourage rode forward and shouted across the river: "My commander-in-chief is the son of the old prince of Langya County, the successor of Xunchen. Yingda in the river, the heroes of the five counties, all gathered and followed. The ugly traitor Husband, you are against Wang Yao, and you still don't wake up and start a new life?"

The laughter on the other side grew louder.

"Where is the Queen? Why can't I see it? Could it be that she is wearing a hijab just like the bride?" The man who shouted laughed.

"Kou Ni is so stubborn, he's just showing off his tongue, uh..." Wang Ke's entourage was in the middle of speaking, when he was suddenly shot in the throat by an arrow and fell off his horse.

"I am Murong Fu, the guard of the king of Lingwu County, Qianhu. If you want to talk to Wang Ke, what are you?" Murong Fu put down his bow and sneered.

Wang Ke didn't dare to speak, so he rode back directly.

The jeers grew louder across the river.

"Wang Ke, do you dare to come tomorrow?"

"I won't kill you tomorrow, but I just want to see Chong'er's demeanor."

"Will the daughter of restraint think he is useless?"

"I don't have any skills and want to be a Jiedu envoy, haha!"

Wang Ke was ashamed and ashamed, and the large group of cavalrymen who followed him were also ashamed and angry.

The atmosphere these days is too unfriendly to those who are cowardly and not good at martial arts.Especially if this person still wants to be a Jiedu envoy, it is just as difficult as letting a civil servant take charge of the army at this time.

After rushing all the way back to the camp, Wang Ke returned to the Chinese army's tent with a red face, ignoring everyone.

However, he seemed to have forgotten one thing, which was to shut up the hundred or so pawns who came back with him.

Soon, what happened on the bank of Fenshui today spread secretly among the army.Everyone likes to hear the gossip of important people, and it spread throughout the camp within half a day.

In the afternoon, Liu Xun came back from the state government to supervise the grain and grass. He was furious when he heard about it, and immediately ordered the troops in the right wing to stop "spreading random news", but it seemed that it was too late.

"Commander!" Liu Xun directly broke into the big tent of the Chinese army. Seeing Wang Ke sitting there in a daze, he suddenly became angry and said, "The army is chaotic and people's hearts are fluctuating. How can you sit here?"

"General Liu." Wang Ke sighed, and said with a wry smile, "Today is the day."

Liu Xun nodded, and said: "The commander-in-chief should not pay attention to those reckless men under Shao thief. They kill people all day long, and they are a bunch of desperadoes. They will jump out when they get the chance, fortunately In front of the thief Shao, I want to invite credit."

"..." Wang Ke's face was ugly, and he lost his face. What's the use of saying this?
"Commander, for now, the only strategy is to fight quickly. The longer it is delayed, the more disadvantageous it will be." Liu Xun said decisively: "As long as Wang Yao is defeated, everything will be fine, and everything will survive."

"The Xia bandits stationed troops at Jishan and Changqiu Station, which is only two days' journey away, and they can come to help at any time. If our army fails to attack repeatedly, what can we do to cover the attack?"

"Commander!" Liu Xun was a little anxious, and said, "Now is not the time to think about these things. If we don't deal with the Jiangzhou rebels, there will be a lot of discussions in the town. Everyone thinks that the commander is weak and incompetent, and his heart must be different!"

"What General Liu said makes sense." Wang Ke thought for a while, and it was indeed not appropriate to procrastinate any longer, so he said, "Then call all the generals and discuss a plan."

"Of order." Liu Xun said happily.

To be honest, the year he was sent to Hezhong, both Wang Chongying and Wang Ke treated him well.The beauty of the mansion, with the military power in her hands, and her confidant, is not the same as that of Hedong, it can be said that she soared into the sky.

He also has a conscience.Wang Ke treated him like this, of course he didn't want Wang Ke to fail.Now that the troops have been suspended in Fenshui for several days, hundreds of people who sneaked across the river were killed by thieves. Today, they have lost face and their morale has been affected. It is really impossible to delay it any longer.

Whether it is success or failure, it has to be fought!
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The iron cavalry crossed the river from Yanshui Pass and arrived at Yonghe Pass on the opposite bank.

The reason why he chose this place instead of going to other Guandu in the south is, of course, because the guard of Yonghe Pass has been persuaded to surrender to Wang Yao and no longer constitutes an obstacle.

After the whole army crossed the river, they traveled sixty miles in one day and were greeted by Kaesong, Yonghe County.

On the sixth day of May, the army marched eastward to Xichuan County, Lisuo, Xizhou, eighty miles away.

The city gate of Xizhou was closed tightly, and there were few governors and soldiers. They dared not fight, but they did not want to surrender either.

He was a very naughty person, so he sent people out of the city to give him [-] coins, [-] bolts of silk, and some grain and grass, and then left Yingcheng to guard himself.

They don't want to get involved in the civil war of the royal family's descendants.

Wang Ke is strong, and most likely to win, but Wang Yao has the support of Xia Jun, so maybe he will come back.Expressing your position at this time, it is no different from gambling, it is better to protect the environment and the people.

After leaving Xizhou City, the iron cavalry army went north to Shilou County, [-] miles away, and this county also handed over a batch of grain and grass, but they did not show their attitude, and it was no different from the state capital.

Further north of Shilou County, there is a pass city called Pingjin Pass, which is garrisoned by Jin soldiers and controls the best post road.Over there, it is already the boundary of Shizhou.

After counting the food and grass he was carrying, Zhe Siyu decided to keep some soldiers and horses here to monitor, and the brigade returned to Yonghe County, and sent the news to Changqiu Station quickly, and reported it to Shao Shude.

"Master Jin has not yet arrived. I thought about it, and it is not an option to wait." Shao Shude recruited two main aides, Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng, and said, "Looking at Wang Ke sending people around to build pontoon bridges, it should be It's about to attack."

The nine counties of Jinzhou, the prefecture of Linfen and the important military town of Huoyi have long been captured.After Pei's Dongjuan and Ximachuan joined forces, the five counties of Hongdong, Zhaocheng, Xiangling, Shenshan, and Ji came to surrender one after another, but the two counties of Fenxi and Yueyang were still stubbornly resisting.

Pei Yuchang was also decisive. Although he had not yet formally assumed office, he acted like a governor and ordered the officials of the five counties to recruit county town soldiers and Tutuan villagers. With Pei's trilogy as the core, they recruited Huoyi town general Xue Li, To attack two counties, but at the same time did not give up persuading surrender.

This is a plan to use both political and military means, which is more in line with Marshal Shao's aesthetics.

Shao Shude has always believed that in this world, there are not only military battles, but also political battles, which in the final analysis are still political battles.

Li Keyong only fought military battles, and his income was limited.

Now Shao Shude's attack on the river is also based on political battles, supplemented by military battles, two-pronged approach, complementing each other.

"Marshal, the two prefectures of Jinjiang and Jiangxi are already in my hands, and the two prefectures of Ci and Xi are isolated from the outside. Most of them are wise enough to protect themselves and will not participate in the civil war between the descendants of the royal family. Then, this battle is between the two prefectures of Jinjiang and Hezhong Mansion. It's war." Chen Cheng analyzed, "What does the commander want to do?"

"Can Heluo deploy troops?" Shao Shude asked.

"Commander, Li Tangbin wants to attack Mianchi, I'm afraid it will be very embarrassing."

"Then transfer 2000 guards to the north." Shao Shude said without hesitation: "He dare not use this army to escort food and grass every day. What skills can he develop? Let me go to Pinglu."

As if an automatic switch had been pressed by someone, Lu Siye immediately spread out a pen and paper to record. Du Guangyi was amazed at the side, feeling that he had learned a lot.

"Qingtangdu, also dispatched. Let Gao Renhou come back! He is a Jiangzhou support envoy, why did he set up Chengyuan County to suppress soldiers and horses? Hand over the defense of Yuanxian County to Zang Dubao and Niu Li. He will come back to command the guards There are two thousand households in the army and the capital of Qingtang, this is seven thousand paces." Shao Shude made up his mind, and the speed of his speech became very fast, Lu Siye's writing was fast, and there was still time to stop and wait for Shao Shude to continue.

Du Guangyi silently walked to the table and rubbed ink for Lu Siye.

"There are still some national troops in Tongguan Town in Shanzhou who are changing defenses and resting, right? They will be transferred to the north."

"Take the Yanchi in Jiexian County first, and then attack the east of the river."

Lu Siye was taken aback.

"Hedong County." Shao Shude added.

There is no doubt that attacking Yanchi is a coup.Now Wang Ke has taken most of the troops to Fenshui, and there are not many remaining soldiers. They have to be stationed in Hedong County. How many soldiers can guard Yanchi?

This year's salt profit has not yet reached the harvest time, and if it is occupied at this time, it can be said that one stone has caused a thousand waves.

This is a big deal worth 70 million yuan, and I don't know how many people are sharing the benefits.Not to mention being occupied, even being threatened will cause a huge earthquake.

Shao Shude's strategy is a ruthless move against someone like Wang Ke who has just risen to the top and has an unstable foundation.

If Wang Ke was replaced by Li Keyong, even if Hedong County was seized, he would most likely be able to suppress it temporarily, and then bring his troops back to kill.

Does Wang Ke have this ability?If so, it would be impressive.

"Where is the court envoy?" Shao Shude asked suddenly.

"It's Feng Yi." Zhao Guangfeng waited for the opportunity to appear on the stage, and he has always been in charge of this kind of external affairs, so he replied immediately.

After some black-box operations by Shao Shude, the imperial court sent Pei Shu as an angel to Shizhong, and went to Hezhong with edicts, Jingjie and other things, intending to grant Wang Yao, the governor of Jiangzhou, the Jiedu Envoy of the National Defense Army and Hezhong Yin.

This is also a ruthless move.

Marshal Shao's art of war is no longer limited to the military level.

Those who are good at fighting should be invincible first, and wait for the enemy to be victorious.

"The enemy is victorious" can be not only at the military level, but also at the economic, political, diplomatic, human heart and other aspects.

The battlefield is not limited to the land where the two sides of the Fenshui River confront each other, it's huge!
Uncle taught his nephew Wang Ke a good lesson this time, letting him know what it means to be undefeated and defeated.

By the way, the angel Pei Shu was born in the Wenxi Pei family, the middle family member, and the great-grandson of Pei Zunqing, the prime minister of the Su and Dai dynasties.

The middle family member Pei has three branches, namely the Wanhu branch, the Shuanghu branch, and the Sanhu branch. Pei Shu was born in the Sanhu branch.

Since the Kingdom of China, there have been two prime ministers from Pei, the middle family member, Pei Guangting from the double tiger branch, Xuanzong, and Pei Zunqing from the three tiger branch, Su and Dai Erzong.

Compared with the two prime ministers Pei (Pei Ji, Pei Shiju) from the Western Jurisdiction, the two prime ministers Pei Xima (Pei Tan, Pei Yan), the three prime ministers from Wu Pei from the south (Pei Yaoqing, Pei Xingben, Pei Tan), and the six prime ministers Pei from the Eastern Jurisdiction (Pei Judao, Pei Xiu, Pei Che, Pei Yi, Pei Mian, Pei Du) are not bad either.

The Pei family has three dependents and five households, and there are constant contacts in the open and in the dark. Over the past two hundred years of the Kingdom, there have been more than a dozen prime ministers, and there are many envoys (jiedu envoys, observation envoys), and various middle- and lower-level officials such as governors. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is super powerful.Especially on the ground in the river, anyone who underestimated them would suffer a big loss.

Once the potential power of this kind of aristocratic family is combined with the handle of a warlord, the power generated is amazing.

Wang Ke's murder of Pei's wife is absurd.Wang Chongrong found you a good wife, but you messed it up yourself, so what else can you say.

"Let Ren Yuji entertain the angel, then say hello to the angel, and slow down a little." Shao Shude ordered: "It's not time for him to appear on the stage."

(End of this chapter)