Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 549 Situation and Strength

On the sixth day of April in the fifth year of Dashun, the second batch of more than [-] dendrobium, millet and wheat arrived at Liaowu Wharf.

So far, more than 17 Dendrobium of grain and grass have been accumulated in the front line.Hezhong also sent more than [-] bundles of hay, and the situation of shortage of food and grass was slightly alleviated.

But they are also facing a big and small trouble, there is no place to store too much military rations.

Baiyacang is a good storage place, but it is still in the hands of Bianjun.

The Xia army fought and persuaded to surrender. They attacked continuously in the past few days, killing and injuring more than [-] people, but failed to make a breakthrough.

Shao Shude personally intervened. He felt that there were less than a thousand defenders in Baiyacang, so it could be said that he was very shaken, but time was running out, and he might not have much time to deal with them.

"Nowadays in the Central Plains battlefield, the fronts of all parties are intertwined." Inside the Heqing County Yamen, Chen Cheng pointed to the huge hand-painted map hanging on the wall, and said: "After the defeat of Shi Pu, the brothers Zhu Jin and Zhu Xuan are already very dangerous. They captured In Qizhou, a conflict broke out with Wang Shifan. It was fine at first, but Wang Shifan was quite contradictory. He was afraid of Zhu Quanzhong and showed his favor to him, but he also wanted to use Er Zhu as a barrier for Ziqing Town. But Zhu Xuan’s headquarters was in Qizhou Raping and looting, murdering the wilderness, arousing public anger, Wang Shifan had no choice but to call for a crusade in order to appease the morale of the army and the people in the town, although the army has not yet been sent, but the possibility of war still exists."

"The commander-in-chief twice sent people through Wei Bo, and sent two generals Li Renyu and Tuoba Renfu with [-] cavalry to assist Zhu Xuan. But you should not expect too much. Shi Yan and Li Chengsi led the cavalry from the east of the river. More, but failed to save Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin's decline. Li Renyu and Tuoba Renfu's troops were not as powerful as the Hedong cavalry, and there was little chance of winning against the Shangbian army in the field. Wang Zhongshi and He Delun, two generals, stepped Cavalry, cooperate tacitly, now there are few soldiers, and they are unable to advance, but if Zhu Xuan leads the army out of the city to fight in the field, the situation will be worrisome. How to decide this road, I ask the commander-in-chief to decide."

The meaning is very clear, do you want the Erzhu brothers to send troops to take the initiative to attack, they still really want to do so.But leaving cities and camps and going deep into enemy territory to fight, the requirements for the quality of the army and the commanding ability of officers are different.

Shao Shude once divided the military capabilities into four grades.The first-class army goes deep into the enemy's territory and takes the initiative to attack, the second-rank army takes the initiative to attack in one's own territory, the third-rank army relies on cities and pass defenses in the enemy's territory, and the lowest-ranked army relies on cities to defend passively in one's own territory.

Offensive and defensive, the difficulty is completely different.

The Shuofang army pushed all the way from Shanzhou to Xiashibao, marched east from Weibei, annexed Hezhong, and then went all the way east to occupy Heqing. This was a strategic attack, which well reflected the combat effectiveness and spirit of the army.

It is doubtful whether Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin have this ability?
"Zhu Jin rescued Shi Pu last year, and [-] troops were scattered. Zhu Xuan also suffered a defeat near Puzhou. Their armies, like the leeks, were harvested one crop after another." Shao Shude said Holding the teacup, the attitude is leisurely, and there is no sense of tension about the imminent battle.

"Tell them not to bother. Cooperate with cavalry to defend the land of the seven prefectures (including Qi prefecture). If it is impossible, return Qi prefecture to Wang Shifan. I can see that Wang Shifan doesn't want to fight, but Zhu Xuan's military discipline No matter if you don’t mention it, Wang Shifan won’t be able to suppress the voices of opposition in the town even if he continues to toss. He is only 20 years old and his prestige is not enough. Ministry. Can the newly recruited sergeants fight? Is the armor ready? Is the farmland deserted? Especially the farming and mulberry affairs, we should take care of it this year, otherwise, how can we waste Zhu Quanzhong?"

After Shao Shude said so, after Lu Siye wrote it down, he would naturally hand it over to Zhao Guangfeng to send someone to handle it.

"After Yang Xingmi suppressed Shezhou, the army has been resting for more than a month. Now it seems to be taking in refugees from Huainan, restoring their household registration, and persuading them to teach farmers and mulberry. He should be relatively short of food. A while ago, he sent envoys to Bianzhou to exchange food and silk. The relationship between the two sides is close. However, Zhang, the governor of Sizhou, remonstrated and sent troops to the north to support him. I don’t know what will happen.” Seeing that Shao Shude stopped talking, Chen Cheng continued to introduce: “But there should be no big war. Huangzhou Governor Wu Shu Du Hong, Commander-in-Chief of E was very angry when he descended to Xingmi, and sent troops to attack him. Wu begged for help from Xingmi, and Xingmi had already sent a large army to march westward."

What is a mess?Today's world is such a bullshit situation.There are many feudal clans and towns, many contradictions, and many things are out of your control.

You have set a strategic goal and must attack somewhere, but you will always be interrupted by various things in the middle.A good commander must eliminate interference as much as possible, and act towards the strategic plan set by himself, without being interfered as much as possible.

But sometimes you can't help yourself.

At the critical moment when Zhu Quanzhong beat Erzhu and Shi Pu, he sent the Yamen Lei Ye to Weizhou to buy grain. As a result, he was killed and the money was robbed. Do you want to fight or not?

When he was fighting Erzhu, Li Keyong kept harassing him, and finally there was a good opportunity for Li Keyong to annihilate him in one fell swoop. Do you want to fight or not?
The imperial court summoned several feudal towns to besiege Li Keyong, will you fight?

Zhu Quanzhong is actually sensible.When Pang Shigu went south to Huainan to search for money and food, he was defeated by Sun Ru, and he did not retaliate afterwards.

If it were Li Keyong, he would have to dig up Sun Ruzu's grave before giving up.

"Yang Xingmi's strategic center of gravity has shifted to the west. This guy, Wu Qiu, is causing me trouble." Shao Shude was very speechless to Huangzhou governor Wu Qiu.

This person is a local tyrant who rose up in the chaos and refused to accept Du Hong's management, which is understandable.But if you give Marshal Du some face, put some money and send some soldiers, can you die?It's all right now, Du Hong was forced to kill him to gain power, but he voted for Yang Xingmi, dragging the Huainan army in, and Zhu Quanzhong had no worries in the south.

"In Hebei, Youzhou led the Khitan forces to the south, and they won two victories and one loss in a series of battles. Ying and Mo's army colluded with Chengde Wang Rong to go north, and Wang Chucun attacked Zhuozhou for the second time. Only then did he win a big victory. The Youzhou army faced off and was defeated." Chen Cheng introduced the situation in Hebei, which has only one characteristic: chaos.

At the end, he said in a conclusive tone: "Hebei War, the four towns of Hedong, Youzhou, Chengde, and Yiwu were involved in it, and they were in a mess. And Wei Boluo Hongxin, in retaliation for Li Han's looting, attacked An Jinjun suffered an unreasonable disaster in the three states of Shandong in Zhaoyi, so he appealed to him, and he strictly ordered Li Hanzhi to send troops to Xingzhou to help in the war."

This is what Li Hanzhi sent an envoy to report.But he is inside Li Keyong's military group, and he belongs to an external general. He may not be as obedient as An Jinjun, and he may still go south to find Zhang Quanyi for revenge.However, it cannot be taken into account when calculating the balance of power between the two sides.It was a surprise that he came, and it didn't matter if he didn't come.

"Everyone." After Chen Cheng finished speaking, he stepped aside. Shao Shude put down his tea bowl, got up and went to the map, and said, "The Bian Army has increased its troops in Heyang, which is a certainty. Although we don't know the strength of the troops, we don't know how determined they are." , but we expect the enemy to be lenient, so we have to make a plan for the Bian army to send [-] main forces to the north."

"The Tiande Army arrived in Anyi County yesterday."

On March 160th, the Tiande army led by Cai Songyang and Yang Sheng crossed the Pujin Pass pontoon bridge.After arriving in Anyi via Yu Township and Jie County, they marched nearly [-] miles in five days, and the speed was not slow.Of course, this is also related to Shao Shude not asking them to abandon their luggage and speed up their march.

"The Feng'an Army has arrived in Hucheng County, Guozhou."

Qian Shousu and Han Xun led the Feng'an army out of Tongguan, and traveled 170 miles in five days. They will go north to Pinglu County via the Sun Float Bridge in Shanzhou, and then pass Yuban Dianji Road. It is estimated that April [-] Arrived in Xia County.

If they walk normally, within ten days the German army will pass through Jiangzhou, Hankou, the old city of Yuan County, Yuan County, and arrive at Wangwu County, which is only forty miles away from Heqing.

The Feng'an army was roughly six days behind their itinerary.

"The Tiande and Feng'an armies have a total of 12500 infantry and 1500 cavalry, all of whom are veterans who are used to fighting." Shao Shude began to calculate his family fortune.

"The Wuwei army has 7000 infantry and 2000 cavalry. These days, they have been damaged, but the main force is still there."

"Most of the Flying Dragon Army, 5000 horse-riding infantry, is in the same situation as the Wuwei Army."

"There are 9000 households of Heweifan people, and there are more than [-] people."

"The total number of Fan and Han soldiers is no less than 5000." Shao Shude said: "The overall situation in Heqing has been decided, so there is no need to fight at Zhiguan. Ding Zhuang from Three Thousand Wangwu County returned. Ditches, broken trees and broken roads can't be defended."

Ten miles to the east of Zhiguan is Jiyuan County in Mengzhou, and fifty miles to the west is Qiziling.Qiziling had nothing to do with a pass, and the Jiguan pass in the Han Dynasty had long been buried in the grass, but who asked Bianjun to build a new one.

The two armies are divided into Jiguan and Zhiguan, and it looks like Yuwen Zhou and Gao Qi are fighting for the front——

"Zhou Wendong went to Wei and Shaanxi, and sent his Xingtai Marquis Mo Chenchong from Qiziling to Quzhi Pass."

"Qi Shenwu surrounds Yubi, don't let Hou Jingqi Qi Ziling."

Marshal Shao is not interested in "fun" Zhiguan for the time being. He just wants to keep the two fruits of victory in Heqing County and Liaowu, and at the same time seize the time to win Baiyacang and get the grain storage location.

Zhiguan is the next target to be conquered, but definitely not now.

"There are [-] thieves coming. As long as I have enough food and grass, so what if I fight with them?" Shao Shude finally said: "Send an order to Shaozhou, Wangwu County, and Yuan County. One person from each household, prepare their own weapons, ten-day rations, and three bundles of hay, gather in the east of Wangwu County, and start training. Those who bring horses will be given grain and grass in the state, and a piece of silk."

In the past three years, Shao Shude spent a lot of energy to resettle a total of [-] households in Hengshan Dangxiang, Hewei Qianghu, and Qingtang Tubo in the four counties of Xiao, Mianchi, Yuan, and Wangwu. The students came to guide farming and animal husbandry, and stepped up training during the slack season to make them accustomed to the military atmosphere.

what is this?This is a degraded version of Fubing, an enhanced version of Weisuobing, and it is a reserve force.

Facing Zhu Quanzhong, who had a huge advantage in logistics and terrain, Shao Dashuai also gave his life.Wangwu County was only conquered last year. In the first half of this year, there is no need to harvest grain. Yuan County is much better. There are more or less harvests, and the farming and warfare system has barely stabilized.

Moreover, in the corners of the mountains between the two counties, the wasteland along the river, and the gentle slopes of the hills, a lot of forage seeds have been sown, which will already grow.War horses and draft animals on the front line can be pulled to the rear to graze and rest at any time to reduce food consumption.

For this war, Shao Shude has tried his best to make up for his own disadvantages.

Come on Bianjun, it's best not to give me a chance, or I will go to Heyang.

(End of this chapter)