Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 525 Consumption and Digestion
The rooster crows and the sky brightens.

After finishing three big bowls of millet porridge and two dishes of pickles, Pei Yiyou rubbed his belly and sighed contentedly.

It's better to be an official!
Pei Shi, Shit Wenxi Pei Shi!Mrs. Pei has never done me any favors, on the contrary, she only oppressed the orphans and widows.Today's position as the head of Jiang County is due to the appreciation of Lingwu County King through an adventure.If it was that old guy Pei Yuchang, he definitely wouldn't give me this position.

After tidying up a bit, Pei Yiyou changed into an official robe, bid farewell to his wife and children, and rode his horse to the east of the city.

There are already many miscellaneous officials busy around.

The common people were also confiscated, and they complained a lot.As soon as the autumn grains were harvested and they were about to plant winter wheat, Lizheng sent people from door to door to recruit people and gathered near the Jinwen cemetery in the east of the city.

It would all be sitting on the dewy dry grass, buzzing.When the mountain wind blows, it's still a bit chilly, after all, it's mid-September!
"Boom!" The sound of horseshoes sounded, and he rushed to him, shouting: "Here we come!"

Pei Yiyou shuddered, stood up straight, and cast his eyes to the west, the god damn martial artist is here!
But I saw a forest of flags and flags appearing on the west post road.

Behind the flags and flags are the guards of six banners, painted carts and angry horses in fresh clothes.

"Bah!" Pei Yiyou spat secretly, and Wang Yao also put on such a spectrum, who doesn't know that you are just a Hezhong Yin?
Let's not talk about Jinzhou and Jiangzhou. Can Feng Heng and Pei Yuchang listen to you?Even the state and county officials in Ci and Xi, two impoverished places, probably have their own ideas.

Cizhou is better, and it still faces the Wang family, and the governor of Xizhou also listens to the Wang family.But ever since meeting the county magistrates and Zuoer officials of Daning, Yonghe, and Wenquan counties in Longchi Palace in Anyi, Pei Yiyou knew that Xizhou was also very divided, and at least half of the six counties had defected to King Lingwu.

In another year and a half, I am afraid that the whole state will vote.

The caravan stopped when it reached the edge of the field, and the army continued to move forward.

Pei Yiyou watched coldly, the morale of the warriors was low, and it was obvious that they didn't want to go out to fight at all.Just like a bird, can you really win a battle?
Wang Yao got off the carriage.The entourage moved the bed, and Wang Dashuai sat down with a sad face.

The county magistrate led a group of officials and miscellaneous officials to salute.

Wang Yao snorted.

The former magistrate of Jiang county had already resigned, and now the new one came from the Xue clan of Fenyin, which made him a little unhappy.

How long has it been since you left Jiangzhou, and everyone turned their faces and refused to recognize anyone?
He has also heard a little about the things in Youzhou.Li Keyong pressed the gourd to float the ladle, his head was battered, and he was played around by Wufu of Youzhou.If I knew this earlier, it would be better to help Gao Siji to be a military governor, so why bother?

Xuan thought of the current situation in Hezhong Town again, and couldn't help but sigh.

Shao Shude is really hurting me, everyone in the yamen army regards me as an enemy now, if not for the fact that more than 1 Jiangzhou troops have been incorporated into the yamen army, they really can't command these bastards.

A confidant came over suddenly and whispered something in his ear, Wang Yao was furious.

Pei Yiyou's curiosity was aroused, and he was not in a hurry to leave, but stood aside and listened silently.

"The thief, An, dares to bully me!" Wang Yao kicked over the case, her chest heaved continuously, obviously extremely angry.

"Marshal, Wang Bian is the king of Lingwu County, Yinggou. Since he has come, I am afraid that the three cities of Pujin Pass will never come back."

Um?What's the meaning?Pei Yiyou became more and more curious. Could it be that the three cities of Pujin Pass were occupied by King Bian of Huazhou?

His eyes swept over the sergeants of the brigade who were marching. Could it be that there are Pujin Pass guards here?As soon as they left, the three cities were occupied by the Huazhou army?How did you do it?
"This person who is sealed up, he eats inside and out. I didn't want to use him at the beginning. If Shao Shude hadn't strongly recommended him, how could he have been able to sit in the position of Marquis Yu of Mabu Capital. Alas, this is the end of a step back." Wang Yao shook her head annoyed , said this without any scruples, and he was not afraid of being heard, obviously annoyed to the extreme.

Pei Yiyou sneered secretly in his heart.From the day you led the wolf into the house, this game has been doomed.

The king of Lingwu County allowed you to be a Jiedu envoy, but it was only to soften the will of Hezhong Wufu to resist, fearing that the siege of the city would last for a year and a half, and he would not be able to take down Hedong County after suffering heavy casualties.In addition, he was afraid that it would not be worthwhile to deal with tens of thousands of enemies at once if he would force all Wufu in the river to the opposite side. It would be too expensive to destroy the place.

Now that he has become a vassal, he has also hated Wufu Hezhong, and he is not a human being inside and outside, so there is basically no possibility of resistance.

Pei Yiyou could foresee that Wang Yao wanted to turn against her, but she didn't dare. In the end, she would cut her flesh with a soft knife, wipe away her capital little by little, and be completely swallowed up by others.

Even if you eat the bear heart and leopard gall, it's really the opposite.The King of Lingwu County only needs to throw out Wang Ke, what will happen then, don't be too exciting!Pei Yiyou felt exciting just thinking about it.

Seeing this kind of dignitaries frowning, and even falling down, a faint joy rose in his heart.

There was another sound of horseshoes in the east, and this time it seemed that there was not just one person, but a group of people.

"Wang Pushe, Wangwu County has been conquered, and there is an order to recruit the envoys. Let your troops march quickly, gather at Wangwu, and attack Qiziling." say.

"Wang Pushe" of course refers to Wang Yao.As a matter of fact, none of the descendants of the Wang family took over the title of Duke of Langya.This was originally only passed down to Wang Chongrong's generation, the imperial court made Wang Chongying inherit the title, it is already You Rong, Wang Yao and Wang Ke are not blessed with this.

Wang Yao glanced at this person coldly, did not get up, pouted her mouth, and the relatives beside her agreed, and immediately stepped forward to negotiate: "The original order was to attack the Wang's house, but now that the Wang's house has been sent down, can the army return?" ? With so many masters enlisted, it’s not good to miss the farming season.”

"What kind of dog are you, you dare to bargain?" The visitor directly whipped him, and angrily said: "The military order of recruiting envoys has been passed, if you don't come, you will be responsible for the consequences, don't say it is unpredictable!"

After all, he ran away with the people.

"Marshal..." The general ran back with blood on his face.

Wang Yao sat there for a long time, as if she had been petrified.

Everyone looked at him with solemn expressions, and someone had already clenched the handle of the knife at his waist.

Wufu, sometimes he is not so rational.If everything is considered from the perspective of pros and cons, there will not be so many military chaos in the world.

"Go to Wangwu County first, and then make a long-term plan." After a while, when Pei Yiyou was a little scared, Wang Yao finally spoke.

The sergeants were expressionless, but Pei Yiyou seemed to hear the huge lament in their hearts.

The leaders are so useless, what's the fuss with everyone!It's gone, it's gone, and it's fine to be tricked to death by the Xia people in the future.

The army continued on its way.

The masters of Jiangxian County followed up dejectedly, reluctantly looking at the back of their hometown that was gradually going away, and drove carts, mules and horses into the rolling mountains.

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"The consumption of the old forces in Hezhong not only exists in the level of force, but also in the spirit of resistance." Shao Shude looked at pieces of information about the Hezhong Mansion, and said to Pei Tong who was sitting in front of him: "Continue to spy. Wang Yao If you obey once, there will be a second time. The possibility of resistance will only become lower each time. Of course, this refers to Wang Yao. Maybe some warriors took the risk and encouraged others to rebel together. Even Wang Yao and I rebelled together. That's another story."

"The most dangerous time has passed." Shao Shude said: "Next, I will surpass Wang Yao, reward and promote those who have meritorious deeds, and then see his reaction. If he still acquiesces and endures, then there is nothing to worry about. Wufu Hezhong Don’t send everything up, pick important records.”

"Obey." Pei Tong was a little ashamed.

"Okay, let's go down." Shao Shude waved his hand and said.

After Pei Tong left, Shao Shude went to the map again and thought carefully.

The situation in Hezhong is indeed much better than in Youzhou.

As an old-timer in the military circle, the Youzhou warrior who has a tradition of bringing troops to the funeral of the former Jiedu envoy is not as easy-talking as Hezhong Wufu.

In order to stabilize the Yamen in Hezhong and preserve the vitality of the four prefectures in Hezhong as much as possible, Shao Shude has done his best.

Not only spread the news in the army, saying that you are the descendants of the Shuofang Army led by Guo Ziyi, Xia Jun is also the Shuofang Army, and everyone is originally a family. It may not be effective to increase the recognition of the bottom sergeants.

During the recent military training and martial arts, they even took the Hezhong Ya army together to deter them.

At the same time, start from the top.Feng Zangzhi is one of his own people, constantly cooperating with Shao Shude's encroaching actions, Wang Yao didn't have the courage to break the boat, the sergeants saw it, and felt that the leader was not in a hurry, I was still in a hurry, and I was less inclined to resist.

There is one more level to pass.

That is whether they will be instigated and instigated after paying huge casualties when attacking places like Qiziling.

If it does, hit it hard.If not, then reward those who have made great achievements, select them, and add them to the Shuofang Army, and include them in the reward and punishment incentive system of the Shuofang Army, then the problem will not be big.

Using all these means together, it can be said that he has made complete preparations, and it can be said that he has been extremely cautious.Step by step, he grasped the psychology of the warriors, and even prepared for them to lift the table.

I don't know how the righteous brother Li Ke used to operate in Youzhou.He obviously underestimated the degree of Hebei Wufu's unruliness, or he was too confident in himself.

The five feudal towns in Hebei, namely Lulong in Youzhou, Yichang Army, Yiwu Army, Chengde, and Weibo, except for Yiwu Army and Yichang Army, the other three feudal towns are relatively rebellious, and it seems that other than physical destruction , other methods are not very reliable.

In history, Zhu Quanzhong and Li Ke used turns to beat the Hebei feudal towns violently, which was still effective.Although these unruly people were not completely subdued, the later Tang and later Jin continued to wear down the warriors who still had the sense of separatism and resistance. After half a century of tossing, their ambitions were finally wiped out.

Let Li Keyong kill first and kill first!

Shao Shude returned to the table and sat down, saying: "Secretary Lu, draw up some orders. I will outline the general idea, and you will polish it."

Lu Siye automatically spread out the pen and paper, and Du Guangyi automatically began to rub the ink.

"Let the five prefectures in Weibei select Confucianism students and go to Wangwu County to take up the post. The newly recruited eight thousand households from the Hewei, Qiang, Gamo, and Tubo tribes will all be resettled in Wangwu County. Once they arrive, they will be registered immediately and ordered to attack. Qi Ziling."

As the saying goes, if you don't get paid for no merit, how can you get land without shedding blood.The land in Wangwu County is not so easy to get.

"Let the six inspection envoys of Lingxia, the head of the Yeli tribe, Yeli Jingchen, and the head of the Wuzang tribe, Wuzang Qingxiang, all come to Longchi Palace."

The warriors selected by the six inspectors suddenly became part of the Flying Dragon Army.The Hengshan Dangxiang was conscripted with 5000 people, 5000 people were incorporated into the German Army, 5000 people settled in Xiao County, 5000 people settled in Mianchi County, and [-] people were embarrassed to stay and were released.

After careful calculation, a lot of blood has been pumped from various departments of Lingxia in the past few years. The leaders may have emotions, and they have to meet each other to deepen their relationship.Especially the Yeli family and the Wuzang family, they can be regarded as their own hardcore, and [-] households were taken away at once. It is a lie to say that they are not heartbroken. Also send it down.

Marshal Shao has ruled Lingxia for more than ten years, and the Sui and Yin party items have almost disappeared. The Hexi party items in Lingzhou were either consumed by the war, or registered as a household, or went to Qinghai, and this has become history.

Hengshan Dangxiang has been robbed of one-third of its strength. Later, he still wants to rectify the Pingxia Dangxiang of Xia, You, Yan, and Lin, and the Heyi Dangxiang of Feng and Sheng, but the action must be slowed down and not too intense. .

Qingtang Tubo also lost more than [-] households, and it seems that more than [-] households can be expropriated later, but not now.

The Qiang people, Tubo people, Gamo people, and Dangxiang people in the Hewei area did not have any particularly large tribes. This time they were targeted by Shao Shude, [-] households were already on the way, and another [-] households would be recruited later.

Then there is the Hexi Fan tribe, the first batch of [-] households. Not only Ganzhou and Liangzhou will have people, but the Long family in Suzhou will also be obliged to test their obedience.

Regardless of the five counties of Shaozhou, Wangwu County, and Xiashi County, the [-] households in Xiao County are mainly Hengshan Dangxiang, supplemented by a small number of Huazhou private households; the [-] households in Yuan County are mainly Qingtang Tubo, supplemented by a small number of Huazhou private households There are [-] households in Mianchi County, half of which are Hengshan Dangxiang, half are Qingtang Tubo, plus a small number of Huazhou private households.

The [-] households in these three counties have an important feature, that is, the number of adult males is relatively small.Assuming a family of five members, there should be two Dingkou, one Zhongkou, and two Xiaokou, but there are very few families that meet this condition, some have only one Dingkou, and some families even have no Dingkou.

France, which has depleted a generation of men—oh, no!In short, it is not conducive to population reproduction.

Shao Dashuai thought about it, and it seemed that he was going to return to his old business again, but unfortunately there were no prisoners from the Chao army this time.

"Send an order to Zhuge Zhongfang, Zhe Silun, and Zhao Jian to recruit Ding Zhuang to Shaozhou. The number of posts is tentatively set at [-], and Dingkou in the three counties of Wei, Yuan, and Mianchi will be supplemented."

I have to admit that this matter is ugly, and it may affect the morale of the follow-up Tibetans, but practical difficulties do exist.I have to undertake military service and do farm work. I can't do without Dingkou, so I can only do this first.If the effect is not good, just abolish it in time.

Digest slowly, and in another year—no, preferably two years, these counties will be much more stable.

Time, time, is really important.

One prefecture and four prefectures in Hezhong need to be digested, and several counties in Shaozhou need to be settled. Can Zhu Quanzhong be asked to stop and play for two years, and wait for me?
"Marshal, there is a military report." Zheng Yong, the tenth personal soldier, hurried in.

Shao Shude took it and looked, it should be Chen Cheng who turned around.After reading it, he pondered for a while.

More and more Xuzhou soldiers surrendered, and Zhu Quanzhong even reduced the besieging troops. Some people saw part of the army going north and returning to Xuanwu.

Of course Shao Shude knew that these returned troops would attack in the end, and the target could only be Er Zhu.

"Order Zhe Zongben and Wang Yu to launch an offensive in the south. There is no requirement to kill the enemy or occupy land, and the momentum must be large. Even if they return in vain, I will not offend them, as long as they can attract the attention of the Bian Army." Shao Shude ordered.

The conditions for launching an offensive in the south are actually not very mature, but there is no way.Sometimes winning or losing tactically is one thing, but winning or losing strategically is more important.

Lu Siye quickly finished writing the order, and then handed it over to Shao Shude for review.

"send out!"

　Chapter 2 may be at night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)