Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 575 There is always an end
"General Xie, what do you think of the situation in the world?" Su Junqing and Xie Bin stood overlooking the sandbar in the middle of the river.

The sandbar was full of smog. The pro-cavalry had already left yesterday, but the navy came again.

In order to speed up the withdrawal of troops, they couldn't wait to send people to Biankou, but sent them to the nearest Zhongli City Wharf, and then let them leave on foot.

Almost all navy and civilian ships are used.There were also people retreating at the ferry to the east, including many civilians, cattle, and most of the army's luggage.

The Heqing battle really came and went in a hurry.

"I'm a warrior, and I can't read a few words. What kind of general trend do I know? Why don't Judge Su explain it to me?" Xie Bin laughed.

He looked so full of energy that he didn't look like he had lost a battle.

"The land of the Central Plains has been densely populated and extremely rich since ancient times. The king of Dongping County came out of Bianzhou, raised a three-foot sword, wiped out the rebellious generals of Bo and Ying, subdued the old army of Bian and Song, and defeated Huang Chao and Qin Zongquan. , defeated Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, and Luo Hongxin several times, and it can be said that the huge territory was created with one sword and one gun, so the soldiers were extremely convinced." Su Junqing said.

Xie Bin looked at him with some doubts, why did he speak good things for Zhu Quanzhong?

Su Junqing smiled, and said again: "But what I want to say is, why did the king of Dongping fight from east to west, from north to south? Because Henan itself was the place of the Four Wars, so it had to be like this."

Xie Bin listened quietly.

"It's like the three cities of Heyang." Su Junqing patted the female wall, and said: "Later Wei (Northern Wei) Wendi Duluo built Zhonglangfu City in the north as a barrier for the capital. During the reign of Emperor Zhuang, Liang general Chen Qingzhi came to conquer Luoyang , crossing the river to guard the North City. During the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasty, Qi Shenwu even sent generals to town here, and built Zhongyu City, and set up Heyang Pass. The main Zhou attacked Qi, and also came here, set fire to the pontoon bridge, and the bridge was destroyed. The dynasty was in chaos. At that time, Li Guangbi stood firm here and thwarted Shi Siming's plot to burn the pontoon bridge. Those who used troops in the past dynasties, those who involved Luoyang, all fought for the control of this bridge, and if they couldn't fight, they would burn it. Those who involved the Central Plains all fought for Luoyang, and those who involved the world , all contend for the Central Plains. The Central Plains is the place where the Four Wars took place, and Luoyang is the place of suffering and desperation everywhere.”

Xie Bin chewed silently.

"Where is Shao Shude stronger than Zhu Quanzhong? He is more brave in martial arts? More literary? More famous? Or more beautiful? Neither." Su Junqing said to himself: "Shu De is strong in having a rear, but Quan Zhong does not. The Xia army marched from Heluo, Heyang, and Nanyang. The Fans were like leeks in the field. After one crop was cut, another crop came up again, and tens of thousands of lives were lost. If someone went from west to east at this time, , attacked Hexi and Longyou, and threatened the towns of Fengxiang, Binning, and Jingyuan. Shude was terrified. Wait for the towns in the western frontier to continue to provide Shude with horses, soldiers, equipment, money and food. If they are captured by others, or if they don’t need to be captured by others, it means that someone has established a separate regime and Shude will lead the army to conquer. Next time, go east Come on, I don’t know when it is. Time is wasted on this sometimes.”

Xie Bin let out a long sigh and looked at Henan in the distance. His eyes seemed to have penetrated through many obstacles and landed on the dilapidated Luoyang.

"Quanzhong won't be defeated for a while, but he will not be able to survive for many years. Unless the towns help him with equipment, money and food, then Shude is fighting half the world, and it is naturally difficult to win. But what does that have to do with us? When the time comes for Yang Xingmi and his generation to send money and food to support Bianzhou, the Xuanwu Army will no longer be successful, and if that is the case, it is better to change to a Ming leader." Su Junqing finally said the last sentence, which shocked Xie Bin for a long time.

"The longer it is delayed, the less valuable the goods in our hands will be." Su Junqing stepped closer, approaching Xie Bin, and whispered bewitchingly: "General Xie has more than three thousand troops, and he can hold Mengzhou firmly in his hands. Let's cut the gates and lock the four gates. I'm afraid the Bian Song warriors in Zhongli City will have nothing to do with us. Afterwards, we will send envoys to Heqing to dedicate the city to surrender. Of course, if General Xie If you were able to attack and pull out Zhongyu City, if you donate them together, the credit will be even greater."

Xie Bin didn't speak, because he felt a little sorry for Zhang Quanyi.

"General Xie is worried about seeing Zhang Shuai without face?" Su Junqing smiled, and said again: "Actually, it's okay. We can send people to Heqing first, meet Shao Shude in private, and ask for surrender in the name of Zhang Shuai. After everything is settled, we will Holding Zhang Shuai out of the city, Zhang Shuai will naturally understand my painstaking efforts."

Xie Bin suddenly felt that Su Junqing was a scary person.

He betrayed Li Hanzhi once, and now he wants to betray Zhang Quanyi again. He is planning for himself, but he is still talking about the general trend of the world, as if he is painting himself. After all, is it not a rebellion or a mutiny?

Warriors mutiny when they say mutiny, they are never dissatisfied with nonsense like the general trend, they are very straightforward.

"General Xie doesn't speak, I'll take it as your acquiescence." Su Junqing waited for a while, then asked tentatively: "Maybe you can secretly send an envoy to meet Shude?"

Xie Bin laughed suddenly, and said: "At least you still have a little conscience. If you said that Zhang Shuai was tied up and offered to the city, I would have killed him with one knife. If that's the case, you and I will each send an envoy to go together?"

"It should be so." Su Junqing forced a smile.

……

"Didn't Qi Bizhang follow the order?" In Baiyacang City, Shao Shude held the military newspaper in his hand, a little unhappy.

Part of the Feilong Army crossed the river and advanced tentatively, but was defeated by the Bian Army.

The tiger's skin has been punctured, is the retreating Bian army still afraid of you?
2 people chasing 4 to [-] people relied on momentum. Now that you have lost your psychological advantage, you will definitely be tied up in the future, and you will not be able to chase this way.

In the area east of Qinshui, troops still had to be dispatched from Heqing to attack from the north and the south in order to drive away the Bian army, although they were already crossing the river to Zhengzhou.

As for when the main force of the South Road will leave the army, it will actually be soon.

The number of troops left behind in Pang Shigu's camp became less and less, and the Jianrui army, Tutuan peasants, and various cavalry troops continued one after another, either walking on the Heyang pontoon bridge, or passing through boats, and now they are scattered in Heyin, Sishui, and Luoyang. In the vast area along the lines of Biankou, Biankou, Heyang Zhongyicheng and Nancheng.

I haven't seen the number of the Xiongwei Army for two days, but they should not have withdrawn yet, and they may be preparing to cross the river to leave.

The main forces of each branch of the Xia army attacked the village continuously, and got a lot of supplies, food and grass abandoned by the Bian army, which can be regarded as a small fortune.

However, starting on June [-], the offensive was suspended.

After all, the Tutuan villagers in the various counties of Shaozhou are not leeks grown in the field. They have fought frequently in the past one or two years, causing heavy casualties, so it is really not suitable to continue fighting.

Shao Shude learned that he ordered one household to be recruited from each household in Wangwu County, and a total of [-] households would go to battle. However, in fact, the [-] households in Wangwu County only existed on the basis of household registration, and there were not so many of them.Many households with only one person have died out and become extinct.But Wangwu County still sent [-] Ding. How to do it, you can imagine for yourself—anyway, there are many white-haired Tibetans on the battlefield.

The exhausted Wuwei army has withdrawn to rest and will no longer participate in the follow-up battle.

At present, the Tielin Army and the Tiande Army still have spare strength, but the Bian Army that stormed the deep trenches and high fortifications seems to be powerless.

The Bian army left a lot of food and grass in some abandoned camps, and the Xia army collected it, and then began a sit-in war, which reflected a silent tacit understanding.

This war will never end.

"Commander, Xiuwu, Huojia, Wude, Wuzhi, Heyang, and Wen counties must gather all the troops and march eastward together before they can be collected one by one." Chen Cheng handed a plan to Shao Shude before.

Shao Shude took a brief look, and then asked: "Will the Bian army build a Qinshui line of defense, and not leave?"

"It's unlikely." Chen Cheng said: "After autumn, Qinshui is shallow, wading is very easy, and it is impossible to transport grain by boat. The Bian army said that we have a large cavalry army, and it is easy to cut off its grain road. If you send a large army to escort Food and grass can be guaranteed without any danger, but it costs too much troops, just for a few pieces of uninhabited land, it is not worth it. The Bian Army may retain some strongholds, such as the ferry in the south of Wuzhi County and the North City of Heyang, etc., to keep A little bit of thought about going north in the future to regain the lost ground, but most of it is useless."

"You still speak so harshly." Shao Shude said with a smile, "Zhu Quanzhong probably regretted it. This battle was not worth fighting. If I had known earlier, I would have just defended those ferry crossings. The main force would continue to attack Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin. Maybe this would have already won me." Some states and counties have been transferred. Actually, I am very curious, how will Zhu Quanzhong respond next?"

"Stay troops on guard in the strong city on the north bank, and send out scouts to collect intelligence about our army. At the same time, leave a fast-moving army on the south bank of the river, such as the mule army, to help at any time. Even if our army sneaks southward, we can go around to make amends." Chen Cheng replied, obviously thinking for a long time.

"How about sending cavalry southward when the river freezes over in winter?"

"In the past, the Eastern and Western Weis fought against each other, and the Western Wei was weak, so they sent people to chisel in places where the ice was thick, so that the Eastern Wei army could not pass through the ice. When Zhou and Qi were fighting, it was the Qi people's turn to chisel the ice."

Shao Shude laughed loudly and said, "You can always find a place to cross the river."

"We still have to get a stronghold on the south bank." Chen Cheng said seriously: "Otherwise it's just a small fight. On the big river, not every place is very thick with ice. If the Bian army defends the camp, it will be quite troublesome."

Shao Shude nodded.

Now it is the situation where Liang and Jin confronted each other on both sides of the Yellow River when they fought for hegemony in later generations. The two sides saw each other repeatedly for 15 years.But Shao Shude's situation is better than Li Cunxu's. After all, the latter is not strong enough, so he has to rely on tricks and fight hard normally.

Shao Shude's advantage mainly lies in the existence of Tang and Deng Suizhe Zongben, which prevented the Bian army from deploying all its strength.

But compared to Li Cunxu, he also has a disadvantage, that is, the combat effectiveness of the Bian army at this time is far from the fact that generals such as Shi Shucong, Zhu Yougong, Wang Zhongshi, and Fan Jushi were killed, and generals such as Ding Hui and Liu Zhijun defected to the enemy. Comparable after the turmoil of the hearts of the people.Zhu Quanzhong's actions in his later years to cut down the vassal and kill generals directly ruined the back Liang.

But it doesn't matter, I am patient, and the grind will wear you to death.

(End of this chapter)