Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 52 The day of signing in in Jinyang ([-])

"Superb! Superb! Superb!" On the martial arts field, the sergeants of Tielindu were excited, and kept hitting the ground with their spears, cheering enthusiastically.

Shao Shude laughed and threw the bow to Xu Hao.Nine out of ten arrows, this is his highest level for a long time, the soldiers are astounded, and he himself is very satisfied.

Well, the effect of today's performance should be good.On weekdays, he is clear about rewards and punishments, treats his soldiers kindly, and has a lot of heart in the army. If he performs this kung fu again today, his reputation in the army has risen sharply, and he should be able to command more like an arm in the future.Today's Tielindu, to put it humbly, is already Shao Shude's army alone, and others can't pull it away if they want to.

Tielindu now has four battalions with a total of 2000 soldiers, and the first battalion with about 1700 auxiliary soldiers, plus 300 people including generals, patrols, messengers, scouts, guards, drummers, flag bearers and other miscellaneous soldiers. Breaking four thousand, it is considered to be the top number in Fucheng.Moreover, they were well equipped, trained hard, and most importantly, their morale was high. In a head-to-head confrontation without any tricks, Shao Shude didn't think he was inferior to anyone else, even better than anyone else.

Li Dashuai's recent luck is also good.Youzhou Town was so annoyed by the imperial court that nearly ten thousand horses and infantry troops were dispatched to attack Yuzhou and attacked several villages in a row.For Li Guochang and his son, who were still showing off their power in Daizhou, it was like a bolt from the blue. Almost overnight, the rebels from Xin and Dai left all of a sudden, and all their mothers went back to Weizhou to help. .

At this time, if the generals in Hedong still have a sense of the overall situation, they should send tens of thousands of troops from the front line of Daizhou to the north, first to capture the Dabao garrison, and then conquer the bottle-shaped village, forming an east-west attack with Youzhou Town, completely destroying Datong. The rebels were eliminated in Weizhou.It's a pity that they couldn't do this, but Li Kan had this thought, and once ordered Yi Zhao to lead the Hedong Army and the three towns of Zhongwu and Yicheng to the north, "redemption by meritorious deeds".

It's just that as soon as the order arrived, the troops and horses in Hedong, which was under Yi Zhao, were in chaos.So the whole army went south, looting Xin and Dai two states all the way, and when they reached Shiling Town, Kang Chuangui stopped them.It just so happened that the soldiers had already been plundered, and their emotions were somewhat calmed down. Li Kan was helpless and could only make his class teacher.

When such a thing happened, the imperial court would definitely issue a decree, and this was the second time Li Kan was held accountable by the imperial court.Shao Shude doesn't know how long he can hold on. Anyway, recently he recruited a few new advisors, and the scale of his pro-military has also expanded to a thousand people, and he is no longer as close to Shao Shude as he used to be.

Li Kan's pro-military general Feng Yin paid a special visit to Shao Shude once after his injury, and thanked him solemnly, and almost became brothers on the spot.Shao Shude still has a good impression of this person, probably because of like-minded interests, but with Li Kan, he feels that he is not the same person at all.

Tielindu still lives in the former camp.After all, it is an important force to balance the various armies in the city. Even if Li Kan has some opinions on Shao Shude, the basic treatment will not change.

However, Shao Shude has no hope for his future. This time, he was lucky, and Youzhou Town helped. What about next time?After killing Su Hongzhen and He Gongya, it is doomed that there will be no reconciliation between Li Kan and the indigenous forces in Hedong. One side will always lose. Anyway, Shao Shude is not optimistic about Li Kan.

"The general's performance today has boosted the morale of our army." After handing the bow to Xu Hao, Shao Shude took a rest, and Chen Cheng immediately came up to congratulate him: "It's a pity that there is no cavalry, otherwise it will be even more powerful, not afraid of any army in Taiyuan. ."

"The cavalry..." Shao Shude smiled bitterly and said, "How can you support one without talents, two without money, and three without tools."

The last time he visited the northern border, Tie Lin brought back more than [-] high-quality war horses, some of which were exchanged for money to give pensions to his soldiers, some were kept as backup horses for scouts, and some were exchanged for pack horses with others. There was no cavalry unit at all. the meaning of.If you don't want to, you can't!

Chen Cheng sighed after hearing this.Now the situation in Jinyang is turbulent. It seems calm, but it actually hides murderous intentions.

It is unreasonable that the [-] Jinyang uncle brought by Yi Zhao lost the battle in Daibeilian and then plundered the prefecture and county.But with this kind of soldiers, you have to comfort them, otherwise they will wrap the soldiers all the way to Jinyang, and Li Kan will not be able to defend the huge three cities of Jinyang by relying on the thousands of people at hand.

A few days ago, the Zhongwu Army was in chaos again.The reason was that a young officer robbed a civilian girl in Taiyuan County and was beaten to death.Then more than [-] people drove over aggressively, washing the village with blood.That's not all, they looted the two Fuguo counties in Jinyang and Taiyuan. In the end, Li Kan didn't pardon his guilt and ordered him to return to the barracks - Zhongwu Army, who killed He Gongya that night for meritorious deeds, Li Kan He couldn't bear to quell it, although Shao Shude volunteered to bring Tielin to pacify the chaos.

These turmoils, coupled with Li Ke's use of cavalry to raid Xin and Dai in the south, probably accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction in the court.Although the Northern Tournament took credit for taking Fanzhi County, in the final analysis it was not outweighed by the fault.Shao Shude had a chat with Chen Cheng, and both of them were not optimistic about Li Kan's future, which was basically just a copy of Cao Xiang - killing someone to stand up for power, and failing in the final fight, either die or leave.

"Mr. Chen, how's the battle situation in Lanzhou recently?" Shao Shude asked in a low voice when he saw that there was no one around except his own soldiers, "Does Qiu Shijun have any orders?"

"Li Guochang's main force is in Daizhou, and Lanzhou has nothing to do. However, all the troops refused to go north, and they all said that the Jinyang Commander Li should reward him with money." Chen Cheng replied: "The military officer Qiu secretly told Chen that the matter of moving the prisoner to the river has already happened. There is no hope, Li Fenggao is about to take office soon, and he will leave as soon as the new superintendent Zhou Congfu arrives in Jin. Qiu Shijun is in a bad mood, months of planning have come to nothing, and now only Zhenwu Jun and Xia Sui are left to choose. It’s settled. Originally, Zhaoyi Town could also be used, but we were all focused on going to Hezhong, which wasted too much time, and there were also people there.”

"Zhenwu Army is boring. But two prefectures, three cities and six counties are so vast and sparsely populated, it's really not a good place to go."

"Jianjun Qiu is of the same opinion. He thinks that Xia Sui is much stronger than Zhenwujun. But he seems to want to take a look again to see if there are other opportunities." Chen Cheng said.

"Don't look at it." Shao Shude smiled bitterly: "In the beginning, I focused on going to the river, but I missed Zhaoyi. Now I don't see Xia Sui Town, how can I know if I can't even get a place like Xia Zhou? Now Guan Nei Dao Zhufang Town, how can there be any vacancies. Mr. Chen, I think you have to go to Lanzhou again, and persuade Qiu Shijun to stop riding a donkey and looking for a horse."

"Understood." Chen Cheng nodded, and then said: "Actually, Qiu Shijun also understands this truth. He once said that if he were to supervise the army Xia Sui, he would like to share wealth with the general. Based on the general's solid credit in Daibei, he would find someone After some activities, the leader of a state cannot run away. Well, Youzhou is in the hands of Tuoba Sigong, Xiazhou is the military commander and the general, Suizhou or Yinzhou, you can choose one of them, you should no problem."

"Okay!" When Shao Shude was excited, his voice couldn't help but rise.

I have been wandering for more than a year, constantly working for others, serving as gunmen for others, how many times I can't sleep at night, how many times I feel hesitant, and now I finally see a glimmer of light, and I finally have a land.Although it is not the ideal wealthy Hezhong, at least it is not the impoverished Zhenwu Army or something else. Who made Li Fenggao, a good Hedong supervisor, inappropriate, and insist on going to the Hezhong to hang out with the high-ranking and low-ranking people?

But then again, if he really went to Hezhong, he probably wouldn't have the ability to intervene in the affairs of a state, so he would give you a post and be a Guancheng defender without any oil or water. That's very possible. It's just because you're not a confidant.Hezhong Wang Chongrong is not a person to be with.

"Mr. Chen, this matter is very important. I think you should leave as soon as possible." Shao Shude said: "As for Xia Sui, we have a black eye and we don't know anything. Now go to Lanzhou and see Judge Song of the Military Academy. time, may wish to chat more.”

"Understood." Chen Cheng was startled, as if trying to figure out the importance of Judge Song in the heart of the lord.

After solving this important matter in his heart, Shao Shude suddenly felt that he had a purpose in his life, not to mention that kind of happiness, he must be happy in life!After letting the soldiers disband and return to the camp, he greeted Xu Hao, and pretended to go to the Jiexai Mansion.

After sitting absent-mindedly in the front hall for a while, Shao Shude stepped into the backyard again.

There were some sergeants on duty in the garden, and Shao Shude patrolled with a stern face.Seeing that it was almost dark, the last one or two posts were too lazy to check, so he accelerated his pace and turned into a certain room.

Candles were lit in the room, and a woman was sitting by the window, her jaw resting on her jade arm. She didn't know what she was thinking, but she didn't move.She was still wearing the same skirt, which looked ups and downs under the influence of her plump body.The small waist is full of a grip, and when it reaches the hip bone, it sharply enlarges.Because of the relationship between sitting there, the skirt is pressed under the buttocks, a little tight, but it perfectly outlines the rounded outline.

"No wonder He Gongya doesn't want to live in the army. With such a beautiful wife and family, he is not a few years older than his eldest son. It is when the charm is sultry that the fool doesn't go home." Shao Shude thought to himself.

The woman noticed that someone had entered the room, so she sat up straight and fixed her eyes, but it was a young general who had been here last time. She should be called Shao Shude, and now he is the owner of the house.

"Can't you bear this, General?" The woman sat there, graceful, but her bright and moving eyes were full of sarcasm.

Shao Shude was embarrassed to hear this.He had noticed that there was also a girl in green in the room, and when he saw him coming in, she hid behind the screen like a frightened deer.

"Madam has misunderstood." Shao Shude was a little out of words. After saying this, he didn't know what to say, and his old face was a little red. After a while, he said, "I'm here to ask if there is a shortage of money in Madam's room. Also—also, the situation in Jinyang is a little unstable. If Madam wanted to, she could have sent someone to escort your mother and daughter out for a while."

Zhao was a little surprised.In fact, she regretted what she said just now, and changed to an ordinary martial artist. At this moment, I am afraid that she has already rushed over and she is happy.But this general, after being ridiculed by her words, was at a loss as if the secret in his heart had been pierced.This made her want to laugh a little, but she couldn't laugh anymore when she thought that this person was the culprit who killed his husband and caused their mother and daughter to become a lowly servant girl from a high-ranking golden house girl.

"Forget it, the current situation is tense, I will have to—er, military training at night, let's go first." After that, he glanced at the Zhao family who was still sitting there calmly, and Shao Shude went straight out the door. .

The pro-general Xu Hao looked at the lord who came in and out for no reason, Shao Shude glared at him and strode away.This will be blown by the cold wind outside the house, and he is somewhat recovered.Paralyzed, that woman is obviously her own servant, she can handle it at will, killing the family of a criminal who no one cares about, why did she withdraw in a confused way?

Shao Shude felt a little humiliated, probably because of Zhao's awe-inspiring and inviolable ladylike temperament, he was defeated.Grass, come again next time, Lao Tzu has one hundred and eight styles of Dongying, which will definitely make you cry.

(End of this chapter)