Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 547
"In the old days when we attacked Kang Yuancheng's camp in Lingzhou, Vice General Liu was the first warrior." In Heqing County, Shao Shude personally walked among the soldiers of the Wuwei Army and found Liu Sanhu who was lying on the bed due to injuries.

"I still remember that I rewarded you Kang Yuancheng's beloved concubine at that time. I thought that Vice General Liu would indulge in gentleness and no longer be brave. But today you are the first to ascend again. Did you come to ask me for reward again?" As soon as the words came out, everyone burst into laughter.

Liu Sanhu grinned at the corner of his mouth, and said weakly: "The commander-in-chief just looks at it and rewards it."

Yesterday he struggled to climb first and fought bravely for a long time. After the battle, he lost his strength and fainted. He took more than a dozen arrows from his body and made great achievements.

"Vice Envoy Chen." Shao Shude shouted.

"The subordinates are here." Chen Cheng walked over, and the sergeants stepped aside one after another, and several lieutenants and ten generals saluted him.

"The magistrate of Heqing County organized strong men and healthy women to defend the city, and even led people to fight in the streets after the city was broken. Do these bandits have family members?" Shao Shude asked.

"The thief officer's wife has been captured and is about to be released. This girl is not very old, and she comes from the Lu family." Chen Cheng replied.

"To Vice General Liu."

"As ordered."

The soldiers couldn't help but exclaimed.Lu's daughter, it's not easy to get.This Liu Sanhu was really lucky, and he was rewarded by the commander twice.

Shao Shude smiled all over his face, but felt a little emotional in his heart.

Ten years ago, he would say that "the family is not as bad as the family".This was simply absurd talk at the time. Strictly speaking, it was a big mistake he made, because you are out of tune, and others don't understand you, and you are easy to lose people's hearts.If he didn't get along with the soldiers day and night, be generous, donate money, care about their lives, and at the same time have a little bravery, maybe people would look down upon him.

What he is doing now is more and more in line with the values ​​and aesthetics of today's people, and it is completely the actions of a wise lord—of course, he still can't do it like Zhu Quanzhong rewarded his concubines to his subordinates.

One person, a few people, dozens of people, after all, can't resist the assimilation of the social environment, nor can they change the trend of people's thinking. Maybe five hundred people can try?
"Commander, the Feng'an Army has arrived in Huazhou, and the Tiande Army has just passed Pujin Pass and arrived in Hedong County." After leaving the wounded soldiers camp, Chen Cheng followed Shao Shude and reported.

It's coming!
Shao Shude was a little happy.In Heqing County, the Wuwei Army is actually the only one that can fight. The Flying Dragon Army has thousands of people either from the Yinshan tribe or recruits trained in the rear. The combat effectiveness is not as good as the Wuwei Army.

The Feng'an Army and the Tiande Army are also old-fashioned troops. They are from the "Tielin Department" with a serious background, and they still have a total of [-] cavalry, which can finally make the thin troops thicker.

"Does the Bian army have reinforcements arriving?"

"A scout came to report that there were some cavalry soldiers of the Bian Army outside Heyang City, more than a thousand. They captured two bandit soldiers who were out to collect firewood and found out that they were descendants." Chen Cheng replied.

To surrender is to surrender.

In these years of wars in various towns, the population of the whole country has decreased, but the number of warriors has gradually increased. During the war, there are still many soldiers who are temporarily conscripted.

Zhu Quanzhong's descendants mainly came from the four towns of Yan, Yun, Xu, and Huai. In recent years, he has successively captured Cao, Su, Xu, Hao, and Shou, and is connected with the Chuzhou enclave, which is equivalent to one and a half to two towns. A feudal town.

These prefectures and counties had their own soldiers. After they surrendered, Zhu Quanzhong ordered to select the best and strong soldiers to join the lineage troops, and send the rest to the Heluo, Rucai and Xia troops for consumption.Now that Heyang is fighting again and again, of course they have to send people here.

The more territory there is, the more soldiers will be. In fact, not only Zhu Quanzhong is facing this problem, Shao Shude has also been working hard to digest and clean up the miscellaneous names.

The Shanguo Army, the Hezhong Army, the Fanbing Army, various surrendered troops, etc. Among them, the old man's Weisheng Army is probably the biggest miscellaneous...

"I came from the direct line of government soldiers, and Zhu Quanzhong sent soldiers to die." Shao Shude looked at the soldiers from Xuzhou who were escorted outside the city, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that Zhang Shensi didn't send soldiers to Bai Yacang. Otherwise, there will be a little more confidence in recruiting surrender."

The army broke through the city yesterday, and more than [-] defenders surrendered, most of whom were soldiers from Xu Zhen, and the rest died in battle.

"Marshal, it's not necessarily that you don't want to fight to the death, you still have to expect the enemy to be lenient." Seeing that Shao Shude was still interested in talking about surrendering troops, Chen Cheng was not in a hurry, and said: "Zhu Quanzhong sent more soldiers, the earliest Cairen It has become the backbone of the Bian army, so don't be careless."

"I think Zhu Quanzhong wants to consume and reorganize the miscellaneous soldiers." Shao Shude said.

After defeating Qin Zongquan, Zhu Quanzhong incorporated more than 20 Cai thieves, and his army expanded to nearly [-].

In history, after he conquered Erzhu, Shi Pu, and Wang Shifan, his army continued to expand, reaching more than 20, and at one point close to 30.It is conceivable that the quality of these 30 people is uneven, because many of them were farmers who were temporarily conscripted as Tutuan peasants, and then surrendered with the army, but they were also considered as surrendered sergeants.

Zhu Quanzhong couldn't afford to support so many troops, so he would have to spend a lot of money, and his tactics to deal with these people were very simple: send those who were not good enough to go home to farm, send those with a level of ability to various battlefields for consumption, and make up for the strong ones in their own branches. Troop number.

After years of hard work, before proclaiming himself emperor, he successfully reduced the government army to 20 to 12 people.After proclaiming himself emperor, he continued to reorganize, revoked a large number of army designations, eliminated the weak and retained the strong, and finally retained [-] forbidden troops, which were organized into the left and right dragon tigers, the left and right gods, the left and right habayashi, the left and right dragons, the left and right Tianxing, and the left and right Guangsheng six. The army is under the jurisdiction of the commander of the guards' horse army (the commander of the horse infantry in Beijing), the commander of the guards' horse army, and the commander of the guards' infantry.

In addition, there are a small number of direct troops.

After the reorganization of the imperial army, there were more than 13 soldiers, and the eliminated sergeants were dispatched to other places and became garrison troops.

These 13 elite soldiers are the original origin of the "family treasure" of the Bianliang Forbidden Army of the Five Dynasties, which was passed down from generation to generation to the Northern Song Dynasty.

"Last time Yang Liang captured more than a thousand soldiers from Pu, and now there are several hundred more. He selected five hundred strong men and sent them to the German army. The rest were sent to Yuan and Mianchi counties, where they rented land in the middle of the land." Shao Shude said.

Chen Cheng should be.

"Is the Baiya Cangbian army willing to surrender?" Shao Shude asked as he walked towards the county government.

"I haven't surrendered yet, but maybe there's something wrong with it. The bandits didn't hurt my envoy." Chen Cheng replied.

Xia Jun also showed sincerity in persuading the Baiyacang defenders to surrender.A brave man who is not afraid of death was sent away with Shao Shude's personal letter, but the persuasion failed, but the envoy also returned intact, which is quite interesting.

The biggest possibility is that there are also differences of opinion within the Bian Army, so there is an opportunity for manipulation.

"How many people are there in the city?"

"Less than [-] households. In the whole Heqing County, according to the household registration yellow book, there are only about [-] households. Now most of them have fled to other places."

"It is still necessary to restore the household registration and develop production. Unfortunately, Bianjun may not make me happy." Shao Shude sighed: "Let Feng Wei come to see me."

Feng Wei has been traveling at public expense for a long time, and the five towns of Tianping, Taining, Ganhua, Pinglu, and Weibo have made a big circle.To be honest, the results are not very satisfactory.But it's not his fault, because some people just can't use their brains, such as Qingzhou Wang Shifan.

The county office was dilapidated, scorched, and there was not even a better seat.

The soldiers brought the tiger leather top chairs and desks, and Lu Siye and Du Guangyi led a group of subordinates to sit directly on the futon to work.

Feng Wei hurried over, saluted and said, "See you, Commander."

Shao Shude looked at him carefully. He is 50 to [-] years old. It is really not easy to fight with people after traveling around for so long, and he has a lot of white hair on his temples.

"Da Lang has worked hard." Shao Shude said: "You have this merit, and I want to pretend to be Henan Yin. From now on, don't go out and run around, and clean up the place with peace of mind."

As a family of wives, Feng Wei was willing to do things, had the courage to do things, and didn't think about wasting his time to make contributions to peace, which already made Shao Shude very satisfied.As long as there are no mistakes in the future, there will be good luck.

"The commander-in-chief has an order, so he should obey it." Feng Wei thanked him.

Sitting aside, Chen Cheng explained: "The envoy can be temporarily sent to govern Heqing County."

Feng Wei knew it, and it was almost the same as his guess.

Heqing is the only county under the control of Xia Jun in Henan Prefecture.As far as he is Henan Yin, he is not much different from Heqing county magistrate.

The original Henan Yin was naturally Zhang Quanyi, the Jiedu Envoy of the Youguo Army, but he has already served as the Jiedu Envoy of Heyang. It is not known who will be entrusted with the position of Henan Yin—because of the war, the Xuanwu envoys cannot reach Chang'an for the time being.

"Heqing County, I will relocate households, farm and fight." Shao Shude continued: "With Heqing in hand, Wangwu and Yuan County can rest easy, and they can farm and herd with peace of mind. It can also be the foundation for our army to go forward. The military needs to deploy heavy troops, and they are very passive. If I were Zhu Quanzhong, I would definitely mobilize a large army to besiege, and I must take back this county. This Henan Yin, it will not be easy."

"If you don't have special merits, how can you enjoy wealth?" Feng Wei understood the importance of this matter, and immediately expressed his opinion: "Today, a certain old person from the county government was called together to check the land and household registration, and straighten everything out."

"Time is running out. I have already written Wenhezhong. Pei, Liu, and Wang will recommend some miscellaneous officials who are experienced in affairs to come to help you. A few secondary officials will be selected by Yinzhou Confucianism, and come quickly. Shao Shude nodded, and said: "Heqing has already fallen, and rewards will be given later. The Hewei tribe suffered a lot, and the first thing to do is to give them land. First, one person has [-] acres, and later there will be those who have made military achievements. Time to divide."

"Of order." Feng Wei replied.

Shao Shude stayed in the county government office until evening, then left the city to inspect the military camp.

The city wall of Heqing County is being repaired and reinforced, and the Liaowu Wharf is also undergoing emergency repairs, and a city wall is added to make it a small warehouse city.

The master from the river went to battle with some of the old and weak women and children of the Tibetans, and the field was brightly lit all night long.

On the night of the second day of April, the first batch of grain from Shanzhou arrived at Liaowu Wharf. Shao Shude breathed a sigh of relief and went to the wharf to greet them in person.

The so-called "adventure" actually has a double meaning.One is to transport grain through the Yellow River, which is inherently risky, and the other is to avoid the attack of the Bianjun Navy, and venture to dock at night.

For these sailors, Shao Shude called them "warriors" on the spot, and his contribution was no less than that of fighting on the battlefield.

"There are more than [-] dendrobium millet..." Shao Shude stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful of millet, feeling extremely relieved.

It has been the fourth year since Heluo launched the war, and finally the grain was transported downstream by ship.This result was paid for by the lives of countless soldiers in three years. It was really not easy, because the terrain was too unfriendly to our side.

"Fighting for several years, I finally saw an opportunity to give full play to our army's superiority." Shao Shude put down the corn lightly, and said, "I'm in Heqing County, and I'm not going anywhere. Do the soldiers dare to fight back for me?"

"Kill his head and roll." Unknown who started it, the Wuwei soldiers near the pier shouted, and the atmosphere was enthusiastic.

Shao Shude laughed loudly, and said: "Morale is commendable. However, it is not advisable to stick to it. Now that the river is clear, the future is safe. Tomorrow, you can send the Flying Dragon Army's son Lang Dong to attack Huaimeng. General Gao?"

"The last general will pass on the order." Gao Renhou replied.

Being around the coach is so aggrieved.

After all, he was also Heyang's envoy, equal in status to Li Tangbin and Zhe Zongben, and he was the commander-in-chief of the army along the way.

But Shao Shude is concerned about the frontline war, so he came to Heqing directly from Wangwushan camp, what can you do?
Fortunately, Marshal Shao still respected Gao Renhou, and there were very few cases of blisters, which made Lao Gao look a little better.

After the order was issued, the Flying Dragon Army immediately dispatched [-] sergeants, one man and two horses, carrying ten days of food and water, and went east out of Mengzhou to harass.

They will be under the command of Yang Liang, and they will specialize in searching for small Bian army raids, slowing down the movement speed of the army, and buying time for Heqing County to hoard food, grass and equipment.

If Zhang Shensi came to help in a hurry and showed his flaws, it would be inevitable to bite him hard.

Yes, everyone can see it now.Heqing County has become a key player in the battle of Heyang. If Zhang Shensi does not try to regain this place, once Xia Jun is allowed to hoard hundreds of thousands of grain and grass here, it will have the basis for dispatching the main force.

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In the afternoon, Zhang Quanyi personally went out of the city to meet his nephew Zhang Yan.

"Father Ji." Zhang Yan shook his head as soon as he met, with a look of shame on his face: "Hu Zhen is very arrogant, and my nephew only brought [-] pieces of military equipment."

"It doesn't matter, there will be opportunities in the future." Zhang Quanyi said generously: "Henan Mansion is our people, Hu Zhen is not trusted by the king of Dongping County, if he is allowed to be rampant for a while, he will eventually lose, why bother to fight with him Woolen cloth?"

"Nephew heard that Xia Bandit has taken over Heqing County?" Zhang Yan asked in a low voice.

"This is not a place to talk." Zhang Quanyi pulled his nephew into the carriage and said, "Go back to Zhoucheng first."

Zhoucheng is Mengzhou, which actually refers to Heyang North City.

Of the three cities in Heyang, the North City is on the north bank of the Yellow River, Zhongli City is on the sandbar in the middle of the river, and the South City is on the south bank. The territory of Heyang County naturally straddles the two banks.But when most people talk about Mengzhou City, they are actually talking about Beicheng.

There are also four counties in Mengzhou, Jiyuan and Wen are on the north bank of the Yellow River, and Sishui and Heyin are on the south bank of the Yellow River.

This is actually a very critical place, and it has been the bridgehead for the imperial court to deter Weibo Town for many years.

After the two uncles and nephews entered the city, the family members greeted each other first, and then Zhang Quanyi, Zhang Jiye and his son took Zhang Yan to a place for a secret talk.

"How is the situation in Luoyang?" Zhang Quanyi is most concerned about his foundation.

"Everything is fine, the Duke of Dongping has not appointed a new Jiedu envoy," Zhang Yan said.

Hearing this, Zhang Quanyi's face, which has always been Gujing Wubo, showed a bit of joy.

He had seen the above list given to the court by the king of Dongping County before, "using Henan Yin Zhang Quanyi to inspect Situ, Tongping Zhangshi, Chongheyang Jiedu, Meng Huaize and other prefectural observers."This is easy to understand, let him be the Jiedu Envoy of Heyang, but who will be given the position of Jiedu Envoy of the Youguo Army?

Carefully inquired, but did not reveal the slightest wind.Now that some time has passed, and there is no new Jiedu Envoy taking office, it becomes clear that the Heyang Jiedu Envoy is a part-time job!

The king of Dongping County likes to play tricks, alas!Is there anything that can't be said directly, I have to deliberately test whether I am willing to go out of Zhenheyang.

"In the old days when Li Han's soldiers surrounded Heyang, I ate wood chips for food. There was only one horse who wanted to kill the army for payment. He died in the morning and evening, but Bian's soldiers came out and got it to this day. This kindness will never be forgotten!" Zhang Quanyi sighed. He said, "How can you repay the great kindness of the king of Dongping County?"

"Grandfather, the Henan Mansion is the foundation of our Zhang family, and it is still there, which is very good. But we are in Heyang, so we still have to come up with a good strategy. If the Shao bandits conquered Heqing, if they send a large army eastward, how should we deal with it?" Zhang Jiye asked.

"There are some yamen troops in Heyang. Now that Father Ji is out of the town to be the commander, can the generals come to visit?" Zhang Yan said: "In this world, it is impossible not to grasp the military power."

In fact, there was only one general who met with him, and that was Guo Yan, who had just transferred to the Heyang Yajun.

This man had [-] soldiers on hand, all of them surrendered, at least half of them were thrown in Heqing this time.Even he himself was supposed to go to Heqing to guard. If he hadn't come back to supervise the supply of food, equipment, and escort the second batch of supplies on the road, he might have been besieged to death in the city.

He doesn't have much strength now, less than two thousand generals, and he doesn't know where he will be thrown to death by Pang and Zhang.

It is not surprising to hold a group with Zhang Quanyi to keep warm.

"Stay here." Zhang Quanyi stretched out his hand to stop the words of the two, and said, "Pang Shigu and Zhang Shensi have come to Heyang, and the Ya army must be under their command. This matter can be put aside for now. The Xia bandits are rampant. , the people were scattered, and within the three cities, there were many refugees without food and clothing. I want to recruit them to join the army and rebuild the state soldiers. The remaining people will be sent to the counties on the south bank of the Dahe River to farm, so as not to be taken captive by Xia thieves. The king of Dongping County sent When I came out of the town of Heyang, it was naturally not my ability to march and fight—”

Speaking of this, Zhang Quanyi was a little embarrassed.In the early years in the Chao army, he also fought many victories, but after meeting the Shao thief, he suffered repeated losses, which made many people look down on him.

"No way, we still have to take care of the civil affairs." After a pause, Zhang Quanyi continued: "In the past, the king of Dongping County challenged Qin Zongquan, and the Henan government tried its best to provide food and grass. Now Pang Shigu is begging Shao Shude, and the two prefectures of Heyang are also doing their best. We must do our best to manage the transportation of money, food and soldiers."

Seeing this, Zhang Jiye and Zhang Yan knew that now was not the time to engage in those petty thoughts.The Xia Bandit is a great enemy, and now we still have to help each other, let's get over the difficulties in front of us first.

After letting his nephew leave, Zhang Quanyi sat alone for a while.

There are more and more people crossing the river.

The troops of King Tan of Tabaidu, the troops of Zhang Cunjing of the pro-cavalry army, and the troops of Li Si'an of the capture army, all of them are cavalry troops, with more than [-] cavalry.

The Dai Siyuan Department of the Flying Dragon Army was also stationed in Heyang North City.

Kou Yanqing's Department of the Left and Right Changzhi Army also arrived in the south of Wen County.

There are left and right Xiongwei army and left and right Baosheng army crossing the river...

The atmosphere of the war became more and more intense.

　It is too busy to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year, and I spend less time coding than going to work.

　　I have to go to relatives for 6 days, and I go to 2 houses a day on average.

　　See if you have time during the day today, if not, that's a chapter.

　　
　
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