Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 521
In Ji County, Youzhou, large herds of cattle and sheep were driven over and slaughtered together.

There are too many Jin soldiers stationed in the city, and the food and drink are served, and the daily consumption of wine and meat is not a small amount.

The government treasury is completely empty, silk, leather, copper coins, medicinal materials, etc. Jin people want everything and move everything away.

I don't know how many generations of people's savings have all been turned into spoils of Jin soldiers, what a pity!
Youzhou has almost never suffered any military disasters since the kingdom, and even when there was chaos, there were no major incidents. How much wealth has this gained?

On the street, Jin soldiers in twos and threes walked into the restaurant at random, and left after eating, looking like a conqueror.

Sometimes when they saw a beautiful woman, they would directly take them into the camp and play with them wantonly.

The whole of Youzhou was trembling on the surface, but there was an undercurrent surging in private.

Zhou Dewei hastily entered the Jiedu envoy's office and reported: "Commander, there are envoys from Hedong."

After all, hand over a letter.

Li Keyong took the letter and read it carefully, while Zhou Dewei stood aside.

He is also getting up slowly now.As someone close to the coach, he often got the chance to lead some cavalry to fight, and gradually accumulated some credit.And looking at the current trend, there will be more and more opportunities for meritorious service in the future.

Perhaps it is the instinct of every coach to promote and appoint newcomers to hedge against the influence of the elderly and slowly marginalize the elderly?
Moreover, due to the special military system in Hedong, the cavalry was mainly recruited and trained from Shatuo, Zhaowu Jiuxing, Tuyuhun, Uighur and other Tibetan tribes, so most of them were concentrated in the hands of Li Keyong.His trusted generals are naturally easy to stand out from the cavalry, for example——

Li Cunjin and Li Sizhao commanded 38 cavalry in the Yier Army, of whom Li Cunjin was [-] years old.

Li Siyuan, 27 years old, is an envoy of the Hengchong Army. He has [-] cavalry under his tent. It is said that he plans to expand the army and change it to armored cavalry.

In addition, there are Li Siben (pioneer envoy), Li Sien (sudden army envoy), Yuan Jianfeng (sudden cavalry envoy), An Jinquan, etc., all of whom are cavalry generals, each with a thousand children and eight hundred cavalry.

Even Li Keyong's eldest son, Li Luoluo, was a cavalry general.He was an envoy of the Tielin Army, commanding [-] heavy cavalry (not armored cavalry), and Li Keyong liked him very much.

Li Luoluo was also present today, standing with Gai Yu, staring at Zhou Dewei with piercing eyes, and Zhou Dewei also saluted him.

Historically, in the Battle of Huanshui in May of the third year of Qianning (896), Li Luoluo led 2000 cavalry to station on the river bank, and Ge Congzhou led [-] cavalry to attack him.Li Keyong went to rescue him himself, but the horse stumbled and was almost caught. At the critical moment, he used a back-firing stunt, killed the enemy with one blow, and escaped from the sky, but—"crying away".

For the sake of the eldest son, Li Keyong, who had never asked for help in his life, wrote to Zhu Quanzhong, offering humble words and generous gifts to redeem the eldest son.But Zhu Quanzhong handed Li Luoluo to Luo Hongxin, the governor of Weibo, and asked him to kill him.

But in this time and space, his life trajectory is different.

"Haha, Zhu Quanzhong also has today!" Li Keyong slapped the letter paper on the table, laughing so hard that tears almost flowed out.

"At the beginning of Zhu Sanchu's town in Bian, there were vicious neighbors around, and he had to make friends with Wang Duo to protect himself with the righteousness of the court." After laughing, Li Keyong gritted his teeth and said: "After Huang Chao attacked Bian, he bowed his knees and asked me to rescue him. How did you repay me in the end?"

In the change of Shangyuanyi, although Li Keyong escaped from birth, hundreds of cronies died.If these people hadn't died, there may have been many generals who were famous all over the world, but they all died in a small inn in obscurity.

Zhu Quanzhong pushed the pot on Yang Yanhong, the former general of the Bian army, and the court envoys, saying that they made claims without authorization, but who would believe it?

"Qin Zongquan returned to attack Bian, and invited brothers Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin to rescue them. How do you repay them now?" Li Ke said with a sneer: "Zhu San repays his kindness, and his family is ruined. Today, being pressed by Shao Shude every step of the way is his own fault. "

"Grandfather, Shao Shude took Hezhong, it's very troublesome." Li Luoluo said suddenly from the side: "I see Gao Siji is quite obedient, slaughtering sheep and cattle every day, good wine and meat, the soldiers are very satisfied. Why don't you just go back and let Gao Siji send the Xia tax to Jinyang every year, and we will keep him safe. After we go back, gather a large army to attack Hezhong, and let our sister-in-law continue to serve as the festival envoy and make offerings to us."

Zhou Dewei hesitated to speak.

Gai Yu hurriedly said: "No!"

Li Luoluo looked at Gai Yu helplessly, and knew that he would say that.

Courageous Rat!

Li Kuang mobilized tens of thousands of troops to attack our strong formation in the east of the river.With such a strong army, where in the world can't we go?These people, the older they are, the less courageous they are, and they are not as passionate as I, Tie Lin Jun Erlang, a hero.

"Mr. Dalang's words are wrong." Gai Yu rationalized his thoughts and said: "Although the Yan people are defeated today, the main losses are the yamen army in Youzhou City. In each branch state, there are still a large number of foreign troops These people have not yet been subdued, how can they just leave?"

"According to what you do, don't you want to be stuck here for a long time?" Li Luoluo questioned: "How can the generals stay in Youzhou all the time?"

In fact, the Hedong soldiers really didn't want to stay here for a long time.But Li Keyong turned a blind eye to military discipline. Except for killing people, as long as he is not unlucky and being hit by a military judge, he is generally fine, which dilutes a lot of homesickness for a while.

"Mr. Dalang, what if Gao Siji rebels when he returns to Jinyang?" Gai Yu asked.

"He dares!" Li Luoluo said angrily.

Gai Yu didn't answer, but turned to look at Li Keyong.

Why don't people dare?Yan people are brave and aggressive, and they are used to being fierce.Since the hardships, among dozens of Jiedu envoys, there are only nine cases where the father dies and the son succeeds or the brother ends up with the younger brother-in these nine cases, most of them killed their fathers and chased their brothers to ascend to the throne.

An average Jiedushi only reigns for a few years, and then is overthrown. The tradition of rebellion is so deep, why dare not?
In particular, the special external situation in Youzhou prevented a large number of troops from being in Youzhou City, such as the garrison behind the mountain to guard against the Khitan people, such as the Ying and Mo garrisons in defense of Chengde Town.When Zhang Yunshen, the Jiedu envoy of Youzhou, died, Zhang Gongsu, the governor of Pingzhou, brought his troops directly to the funeral and successfully became the Jiedu envoy.

The Yan people, at least half of their strength is still intact, not to mention that they can continue to recruit troops to make up their troops. Whether they can fight is another matter, at least they will get stronger first.

"That's enough, don't say any more." Li Ke stopped the eldest son and his confidant counselor with a wave of his hand.

Li Luoluo and Gai Yu all set their eyes on him, waiting for him to make a decision.

Unexpectedly, Li Keyong sighed a long time, and said: "These years - you have suffered a lot."

"Where did you start, Marshal? I am waiting for a wealthy mansion, a beautiful wife and beautiful family—"

Li Ke raised his hand, stopped Gai Yu, and continued: "I think it was so beautiful when I was in Jinyang at the beginning of the year. But after all these years, I have been fighting here and there, and I have rarely gained anything. You and I have suffered so much for so many years. .”

Gai Yu and Zhou Dewei looked at each other in blank dismay, is the commander agitated?
"Back then when Xingming Ci Sanzhou first came, my son's filial piety was ranked first. I was interested in him at first, but later I gave it to An Jinjun. This time when I attacked Youzhou, my filial piety was the first again, so I got a new award. Yi Gui is a regiment of guards and envoys, watching over the grassland behind the mountain for me." Li Keyong continued: "Zhuozhou has come to surrender recently, and it is very important that this place is connected and easy to locate. Someone needs to guard it."

The three prefectures of Xinyi and GUI have been eaten, Youzhou has been defeated, and Zhuozhou has come to surrender, but the rest of the prefectures are still waiting and watching, supporting their own strength.At this time, if Biao Gao Siji is the Jiedu envoy of Youzhou, the situation will soon stabilize.

But yesterday Gai Yu proposed a new idea, which is to learn from Shao Shude's method of dealing with the Shannan East Road: Fang and Junzhou were included in the Zhaoxin Army, Tang and Deng Suizhi Town, and only left to Zhao Kuang Ningxiang, Ying, and Fuzhou. Fuzhou had to send troops to attack by itself.

If it is applied to Youzhou Town, although Xinyi Gui Sanzhou has not set up a town, it has been de facto separated, so can it be divided again?

Li Keyong was a little hesitant, but the generals in Hedong were looking forward to it.Who doesn't want territory?Shao Shude's method of dividing the Dafan town is very instructive.Besides, isn't Zhaoyi five prefectures also divided?Li Hanzhi was the envoy of Zhaoyi Jiedu, but he only actually led the two prefectures of Zelu and An Jinjun, the training envoy of the Xing Ming Magnetic Group, led the three prefectures.

Lulong eleven prefectures also give everyone a point, and they can't just benefit Li Cunxiao alone.

The public opinion was raging, and Li Keyong couldn't go too far against everyone's opinions.

On the one hand, there is the internal pressure in Hedong, and on the other hand, there is the rebound from the local forces in Youzhou. The family that Li Ke uses is not easy to handle.Zhu Quanzhong came to him at this time, it can only be said that you are unlucky - of course, even in normal times, Li Keyong would probably not ignore him, he only acts according to his own ideas, and at most takes into account the opinions of some confidantes and staff.

"The matter of Youzhou should be discussed from a long-term perspective." Li Keyong said: "Then send this letter to Hezhong and give it to Yidi."

Li Keyong recently received a letter from his daughter, saying that Princess Zheshi of Lingwu County invited her to a family banquet and took her out to offer incense and worship Buddha.

Li Ke didn't say anything with his mouth, but he still benefited from it in his heart.

Strictly speaking, my daughter is already a prisoner, but she is treated like this. Isn't it because my brother is looking at me for my face?

If you give me face, then I will give you face too.

Some things, not understand, but disdain to do!

……

Shao Shude had just completed the reorganization of the troops in Anyi when the righteous brother's messenger left Youzhou at full speed.

The three armies of Tielin, Zhenwu, and Jinglue transferred some lower-level officers and veterans to the three armies of Heyuan, Jishi, and Feilong, and then transferred some personnel from these three armies to make up for the gaps in the three armies of Tielin, Zhenwu, and Jinglue.

After some personnel exchanges, it is inevitable that there will be unfamiliarity with each other, which will affect the combat effectiveness.Therefore, there will be training, drills, and martial arts lectures in the future, and they will be twisted into a rope as soon as possible.

After the armies of Zhenwu, Heyuan, and Jishi left, the armies of Tielin, Jinglue, and Feilong remained in the river, with a total of 2.85 soldiers on foot.On the other side of Yuanxian County in Shanzhou, there are Guijian Yicongjun Qingtangdu and Tianxiong Army with a total of 1.5 infantry—the Tubo people have turned into civilian households and become potential soldiers.

On Li Tangbin's side in Heluo, Ji Youyi joined the Hengshandu Army, Shunyi Army, Baoyi Army, Tianzhu Army, and the guards who had just been transferred over, with a total of 2.6 cavalry.The number of Fan soldiers is relatively large, more than 1, but [-] of them will be registered in Mianchi County, probably less than [-] households. Later, some people will be recruited from Huazhou to make up [-] Households, start plowing and fighting.

Unknowingly, the Xia army's regular strength deployed in this area has reached nearly 7.

Next, the three armies of Wuxing, Guzhen, and Chishui will arrive soon to replace the four armies of Tianzhu, Yicong, Shunyi, and Tianxiong who have long been fighting for their return.And the families of these three armies have already boarded the ship in batches, starting from Shengzhou, and heading south to the river.

From now on, they will settle down in Jinzhou and Jiangzhou.

The fields and houses of the soldiers of Wuxing, Guzhen, and Chishui were bought by the Shuofang shogunate, and the resettlement expenses during the migration and after arrival were also paid by the shogunate.

This amount of money is not a small amount, and it can only be paid from the salt pond in the river. I don't know if 60 yuan a year is enough to spend.After all, the three armies have a total of [-] cavalry, and there are a lot of people.

Next year, we will have to gnaw hard bones, and bring the Tielin and Wuwei armies here.

These things always have to be done.Starting from Lingzhou and walking two thousand miles to fight, it is really too troublesome and not conducive to fighting in the Central Plains.

Wu Fu is not a robot, and he cannot be reunited with his family for a long time. When he fights with a hammer, he kills the general first-Liu Rengong can successfully rebel because the soldiers have been stationed in Weizhou for a long time and are dissatisfied.

Even the garrison troops sent to Anxi in the early years of the Kingdom (the warriors at that time were not so rebellious...), they also encouraged their families to join the army--the protagonist of "Bound Rongren" is "a young man garrisoning Anxi with his father".

"Marshal, the students who are going to take office in Mianchi County are here." In the Longchi Palace in Anyi, seeing that Shao Shude had finished processing the documents at hand, Zheng Yong, the tenth personal soldier, immediately came to report.

"Let them come in." Shao Shude said something first, then felt it was inappropriate, he stood up and said, "Those who dare to take up office in Mianchi are no longer ordinary students, I have to meet them personally."

Mianchi County was defeated, killing 3000 enemies.As for the casualties on his own side, Shao Shude was too embarrassed to tell others, anyway, most of the families in Mianchi County were not exaggerating at all in wearing sackcloth and mourning.

Siege, the casualties are so great.

Now Li Tangbin is building the city at Qianqiu Pavilion, which is almost completed.The damaged city walls in Mianchi County are also being repaired. The next step is to arrange all levels of officials, and then start the work of household registration and land distribution.

The Tibetans worked desperately, and of course they had to fulfill their promise of free land distribution.Others can do it if they want to, but they will have to pay, or rent the public land first.

One county magistrate, one county magistrate, one chief bookkeeper, one county captain (there is only one county captain in the lower county), plus one recorder, one secretary, one secretary, four history, one account history, one judicial... A total of 4 officials, 39 miscellaneous.

Officials and some important miscellaneous positions were filled by Confucian classics students from Ling, Xia, and Sui states, and the rest of the positions were selected locally.If there are old soldiers in the army who are old enough, they can also take up positions such as prison warden, questioner, warehouse supervisor, and city commander.

"Marshal." As soon as he left the palace, Chen Cheng walked over quickly, approached, and said in a low voice: "I just got the news that Shi Yan and other generals Li Keyong sent to Yunzhou led his army back to Jinyang and were raided by Wei Bo's army." .”

"Isn't Luo Hongxin good at being a man, how did he surprise the Jin soldiers?" Shao Shude frowned and asked.

"Shi Yan commanded thousands of riders, his military discipline was too poor, and he plundered prefectures and counties wantonly. Wei Bo's army couldn't bear it, so he raided them, and Shi Yan fled." Chen Cheng replied: "Wei Bo, Hedong is no longer allowed to borrow."

"This is a mess!" Shao Shude thought for a while, and suddenly asked: "Tuoba Renfu has returned, how about sending him to Yunzhou to support Zhu Xuan?"

At this moment, Shao Shude also had to despise himself.In the past, he often complained about Li Ke using excuses to support his town, but he didn't expect that he would have the urge to do the same, and he really gradually became the person he hated the most.

"Then we have to borrow from Hedong and Wei Bo." Chen Cheng said.

"Li Hang has come back from Yang Xingmi. I will summon him later and ask him to go to Wei Bo. Luo Hongxin, it is impossible to truly submit to Zhu Quanzhong. If the Jin army is not too much, there is absolutely no problem in making excuses." Shao Shude said decisively, it doesn't matter whether Tuoba Renfule is happy or not.

(End of this chapter)