Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 579 Work hard?

Dark night, misty rain, slight wind.

On the post road between Wansheng Town and Heyin County, there is a silent army.

There was no noise, no complaints, and the torches rushed into the distance like a long dragon.

"Da Lang travels far, you can drink this cup to the full." In Wansheng Town, Zhu Quanzhong held up the wine bottle, looking radiant.

Zhu Zhen picked up the wine bottle and drank it all in one gulp.

After drinking all the wine, the two laughed together, as if they had cleared up their suspicions.

"Are you sure about going here?" Zhu Quanzhong looked at Zhu Zhen with burning eyes and asked.

"Not sure." Zhu Zhen replied.

"You still have such a bad temper!" Zhu Quanzhong scolded with a smile: "Whenever you use soldiers, you always think of the thieves as wise and powerful, and you restrain yourself."

"If you suffer a loss, you will naturally have a long memory." Zhu Zhen smiled wryly.

Zhu Quanzhong's eyes were fixed, and he secretly wondered if Zhu Zhen's words had other meanings.Are you talking about the fact that you believed in the surrender of the Yun people and entered the city hastily, which led to the annihilation of the entire army of soldiers entering the city, or are you talking about being cast aside by yourself?

But he quickly came to his senses, now is not the time to talk about these things, he said with a smile: "It's better to be more cautious, the defense of Dahe will be left to you."

"Do your best." Zhu Zhen didn't promise anything, that's what he said, always leaving room for himself.

"I believe you." Zhu Quanzhong stood up himself, poured another glass of wine for Zhu Zhen, and said, "Do you still remember that time when you and I confronted Shao bandits in the Tongzhou War?"

"Is it Zhuge Shuang's time?"

"Yes." Zhu Quanzhong sat down and said, "Zhuge Shuang is in command. Zhu Mei, Yi Zhao, and Shao Shude will be the three generals. The whole army must have 3 or [-] people, right? I only have more than [-] soldiers and horses. Defeat Yizhao, attack the Shao bandits in this formation and fail, retreat."

"A lot of old brothers died that time." Zhu Zhen was a little sad.

"Even if he doesn't die, he must be taken away by Wang Chongrong." Zhu Quanzhong sighed.

He had few soldiers back then, but Meng Kai was still jealous of him, and withheld all his letters asking for help, so that Huang Chao and Shang Rang didn't know about Tong Hua's situation at all, and they surrendered to the court in a rage.

After the surrender, the only ten thousand soldiers were annexed by Wang Chongrong.However, Wang still had a conscience, and finally allowed Zhu Quanzhong to pick a battalion of 500 people to take away and go out of the town to declare Wu as the commander.

"Wang Chongrong didn't end well either." Zhu Zhen laughed and said, "It's just a pity that those [-] old brothers were annexed by Wang Chongrong and incorporated into the Hezhong Army. Last year when the Shao bandits attacked Hezhong, I don't know how many people died in battle."

"Let's not talk about them. Now our foundation is in Bianzhou. After you go to Zhengzhou this time, I will also run around. This foundation needs you and me to work together to maintain it. From now on, wealth and honor Enjoy." Zhu Quanzhong raised the wine bottle again and said.

Zhu Zhen raised her glass to each other.

Of course, he would only listen to half of King Liang's words.After going through this period of idle time, he wanted to understand too many things.Once a person is rich, it is easy to forget his old brother, and it is easy to suspect his old brother.

How wise and heroic King Liang was at the beginning of the incident, he was also confiding in his old brothers, sharing blessings and sufferings together, which is very convincing.

At that time, Zhu Zhen also devoted herself to Zhu Quanzhong, worked hard, and made many outstanding achievements——

Compilation and training of sergeants, recruiting recruits, fighting on the battlefield, etc., have made outstanding contributions, and there is no second person comparable.

In the same recruiting process, Guo Yan made a mistake, but Zhu Zhen was able to rely on [-] recruits to defeat the thieves, and return smoothly, with more than a thousand horses.

At the critical moment of fighting for Yicheng Town, Zhu Zhenxue entered Huazhou at night and captured An Shiru.

The defeat of Qin Zongquan outside the city of Bianzhou curbed the arrogance of the Cai thief.

The Battle of Wukang Town severely damaged Shi Pu's main force and laid the foundation for victory.

He defeated the famous Wei Bo army several times and wiped out its elite leopard capital.

They went down to Caozhou and Puzhou, and when they attacked Yunzhou, they forced the bandits to feign surrender, and they were defeated.

Heyang defeated Li Keyong with majesty.

It can be said that in the early days of Zhu Quanzhong's rise, Zhu Zhen's role was irreplaceable, and his combat achievements far surpassed the rest of the generals. He was the well-deserved number one general of the Bian Army.

In particular, many new recruits were brought out by him alone, and the old Xuanwu army Yang Yanhong, Li Si'an, He Delun and other units were also digested one by one by him, and the recruited Cai thieves were selected and trained by him.

He recommended dozens of generals to Zhu Quanzhong, many of whom were promoted by Zhu Zhen, and everyone appreciated his kindness.

Zhu Quanzhong has prestige, knows how to fight, wins battles, has extremely deep connections in the army, and has cronies all over the states. Of course, such a person will not be tolerated by Zhu Quanzhong.

It's a good idea to vote for idleness, but if Zhu Quanzhong is in his later years, his bones will rot.

But at such a difficult time now, Zhu Quanzhong also put down his face and had a long talk with Zhu Zhen, with a lot of annoyance and regret in his words, so he re-activated this general and used him to stabilize the Yellow River defense line.

Zhu Zhen was a little moved, but more emotional.

If Shao Shude hadn't forced you to this point, you wouldn't have thought of me, would you?

But no matter what, he still has feelings for Zhu Quanzhong, so he won't betray him.Even if he wanted to betray, it probably wouldn't work.Bian Jun, like Xia Jun, is a team pulled together by the coach, and the No. [-] man is the No. [-] man. Before the coach dies, it is difficult to have a chance.

As for the coach's son, of course it won't work.If Zhu Quanzhong wins the world and dies before Zhu Zhen, then the first ones he wants to kill before he dies are veterans like Zhu Zhen and Hu Zhen, without a doubt.

Zhu Zhen's family had already gone to Zhengzhou in advance, and this time it was Zhu Quanzhong's initiative.

She was suspected by Zhu Quanzhong and lost trust back then. The trigger was that Zhu Zhen took her family to her side.Times have changed, but this time Zhu Quanzhong offered to let Zhu Zhen bring his family with him. It was a different person.

After drinking the last glass of wine with Zhu Quanzhong, Zhu Zhen bowed and saluted, and strode away.

Zhu Quanzhong watched for a long time outside the post station, then got on his horse and walked back to Bianzhou at night.

The atmosphere in Bianzhou City is not as good as it used to be.

Many of the soldiers who went out did not come back, and even the corpses were not known where they were buried, which made people feel sad.

But as Wufu's family members, they have long been used to all this.

Since the hardships, most of the wars have occurred in Henan Province. The distant Anshi Rebellion and the subsequent separatist rule of the three towns of Heshuo, the Huaixi Rebellion and the Xuzhou Pangxun Rebellion, and the recent Huangchao and Qin Zongquan Rebellion. The difficult current situation has also tempered the strong will of the people in Henan, and this is also the main reason why Henan soldiers spread across the east and west, coercing the towns: the current situation.

In the north of this meeting, Henan has the best quality of soldiers, followed by Hedong, and Hebei again. Guanzhong soldiers should be the worst in quality, because of the long-term peace.

Shao Shude was unwilling to recruit soldiers from Guanzhong nearby. He preferred Henan soldiers, followed by recruiting Jianer from Guanbei and Helong.The peaceful life in Guanzhong caused the people not to dare to fight for their lives. In history, Fengxiang Li Maozhen's 5000 troops were beaten to death by [-] Bian troops. Such soldiers are really frowning.Not to mention, Li Keyong can also abuse the princes of Guanzhong at will. Although there are factors of general ability, it is also a fact that he cannot fight a frontal field battle.

This is actually a paradox.I fought desperately to win a peaceful and prosperous life for the next generation, and I can laugh at those places that are still fighting and turbulent.But my next generation is not as ruthless as the people in those places, and they are more afraid of death than them. They can't beat them, which makes people very speechless.

Liu Zhijun came to Bianzhou under such circumstances.

The Probation Army has been destroyed, and now the soldiers of Xu Town have to find another way out.King Liang seems to be beyond comparison with Shi Pu. Looking at his measures to help the people, repair ditches, and encourage production, they are all done by the Lord, and they are indeed more worthy of refuge.

The prosperity of Bianzhou made him very emotional, but also thoughtful.

Living in such a place, the elders of this generation can still fight, and the newcomers of the next generation dare to fight to their death?Is it necessary to continuously absorb elite soldiers from other states to enrich the Bian army?Then the children of Xuzhen Military Academy might have a way out.

Liu Zhijun was quickly led into Zhu's residence. There were already many people here, but he didn't know most of them, so he could only stand in the corner like a kid, listening silently.

"I am also responsible for the defeat of Heyang." Zhu Quanzhong sat at the head, his voice loud and clear: "This battle was fought too hastily, maybe it shouldn't be launched. The two thieves Yan and Yun revived and harassed Caozhou, causing me to lose sight of the other. It's all my fault."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions softened a little.

After Liang Wang was promoted to the throne, he became more modest and took the responsibility for this battle on himself.Pang Shigu and Zhang Shensi came back from the defeat, and they didn't blame them. Pang Shigu even continued to lead the army. Zhang Shensi might have a chance in the future, but he was just kept in cold storage for a while.

This has some effect on bringing people together.

"Everyone has seen the strength of Xia Bandit, and he is still very capable of fighting. Shao Shude has been in business for many years, and I heard that he has managed Lingzhou very well. He can gather together and fight, so he is a strong enemy." Zhu Quanzhong continued: "From now on In the future, you should not be arrogant anymore. The destruction of Huang Chao, Qin Zongquan, and Shi Pu is nothing, and it is all over. Now we have to start from the beginning, stabilize the situation first, and the chances of winning will be great. Rucai's side The news came that Ding Hui once again invaded Suizhou, plundered it and returned it, and when he returned to Shiguang Prefecture, it was occupied by bandits, and he wiped it out, taking all the land of the five counties, and this is a great victory."

Today's Bianzhou really needs some news of victory.

Xia Zei South Road was weak. Ding Hui, Ge Congzhou, and Yang Shihou were all talented generals. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses overwhelmed them and recovered Shenzhou, which Xia Zei captured. Then they invaded Tang and Sui prefectures twice. Gaining Guangzhou is the so-called making up for the lost land in the south-Shenzhou and Guangzhou are both other people's territories.

Speaking of Eyue Town, the situation has been relatively stable recently.

Zhao Kuangning in Xiangyang has already dismissed his troops and returned to the army, and may attack Du Hong again, but it will not happen overnight.

After the local tyrant Wu of Huangzhou sent Yang Xingmi to Juzhou, Du Hong sent troops to attack, and Yang Xingmi ordered Zhu Yanshou to lead the army to rescue him.

Feng Jingzhang, the governor of Qizhou, fought with the Huai army and won a small victory. However, there were many secret troops and he withdrew to protect Qizhou.The Huai soldiers besieged Qizhou, but they could not attack for a long time, and lost troops and generals.Qi general Jia Gongduo led his troops from other counties to come for reinforcements, broke through the densely besieged tribesmen, and entered the aid city.

Feng Jingzhang and Jia Gongduo were both bandit commanders from Caizhou. They were brave and good at fighting.

However, Wu, the governor of Huangzhou, was intimidated by Du Hong and Feng Jingzhang's military power, and thought he was invincible, so he presented his seal to Yang Xingmi, who officially controlled Huangzhou, and is currently preparing for the second battle against Eyue.

"Commander, General Ding defeated the thieves and took control of Gwangju. It is gratifying. However, Gwangju is a state of Huainan Town. Although Jianghuai is troubled, it is difficult to control the top and bottom of the line, and it is difficult to control it for a while. However, this move may harm the friendship between Bian and Yang. , I hope the commander will be careful." Jing Xiang said suddenly.

Huainan Town, when it was first established (756), led Yang, Chu, Shu, He, Chu, Lu, Shou, Guang, and Su Kyushu, with 5000 troops.One year later, Suzhou was dismissed, and five prefectures of An, Qi, Shen, Mian, An, and Huang were added. In the same year, Guangzhou was dismissed, and there were twelve prefectures under its jurisdiction.

Two years later, Mianzhou entered Eyue Town, and Shouzhou entered Huaixi Town.In the first year of Yongtai (765), Qi and Huang returned to Eyue.In the second year of Jianzhong (781), Sizhou was added; in the first year of Xingyuan (784), Shou, Hao, Lu...

The jurisdiction of this town has been changed frequently. Generally speaking, the seven prefectures of Yang, Chu, Shu, He, Lu, Shou, and Chu are its traditional territories, and they have been affiliated for the longest time. The local people also think that they belong to Huainan Town.

The three prefectures of Hao, Si, and Guang are also often ruled by Huainan Township. It is hard to say whether they think they are from Huainan, Xuzhou, or Cai, and they are vacillating.

But no matter what, according to the latest zoning, Hao and Si do not belong to Huainan Town, and Gwangju belongs to Huainan Town.

Yang Xingmi determined that Sizhou was "illegal", and Zhu Quanzhong determined that the three prefectures of Guang, Chu and Shou were also "illegal".

Zhu Quanzhong had just appointed Zhang Tingfan, the governor of Songzhou, as the envoy of the Probation Army. There were actually five prefectures of Xu, Su, Hao, Shou, and Chu. Although he was angry about Yang Xingmi's acquisition of Sizhou, he acquiesced, obviously not wanting to worsen the relationship.

Although Gwangju is actually in a state of separatism, just like Lu, He, and Xuan prefectures that rebelled before, is it appropriate for Dante to attack without authorization?Jingxiang thinks that this time should not be extravagant.

"You can send an envoy to Yangzhou to find out what's going on." Zhu Quanzhong said: "Yang Xingmi attacked Du Hong, how can I take care of my face? Qian Liu recently attacked Run and Chang, and Yang Xingmi has a lot of things to do."

Run and Chang prefectures belong to Zhexi Town and belong to Qian Liu. Among them, Runzhou is the administrative seat of Zhexi and is occupied by Yang Xingmi. Qian Liu can only live in Hangzhou. How can he not be angry?War is inevitable.

Yang Xingmi is also fighting on two fronts, he is quite courageous.It is heard that Jiangxi is still coveting recently, and it is actually going to war on three sides.If you turn against Xuanwu again, don't you want to fight on all sides?He doesn't have the skills yet.

Jing Xiang agreed: "It's also good to talk about it. The states along the Huaihe River, the commander needs to pay more attention."

"Naturally." Zhu Quanzhong nodded.

He had just beheaded General Zhang Conghui yesterday.Zhu Quanzhong sent him to Shouzhou to comfort him. As a result, he was domineering, contemptuously insulting the governor Jiang Yanwen, and at the same time had a night drink with the generals in Shouzhou.Jiang felt that Zhu Quanzhong was going to deal with him, so he killed the Shouzhou Military Academy who had been in contact with Zhang Conghui, and then wrote Zhu Quanzhong and committed suicide.

Zhu Quanzhong was furious, killed Zhang Conghui, and appointed Jiang Yanwen's son Jiang Congxu as the governor of Shouzhou to appease him.

He is now trying to take direct control of these states that have defected to Huainan, but the rise of Yang Xingmi in Huainan complicates things and cannot be messed up.

Jing Xiang gave an idea, starting with wealth, which Pei Di is already doing.Then draw his soldiers to go out to fight again, this time it's over, some people died in Heyang, and their strength was exhausted.

If nothing else, Shouzhou should be the first to be actually controlled.Jiang Yanwen killed so many Shouzhou military academies. Although the army still recognizes his son Jiang Congxu, his status is completely unstable and he has basically been controlled by Bianzhou.

In comparison, Chuzhou is a bit dangerous.

But no matter how difficult it is, we must do it!Zhu Quanzhong discussed with Jing Xiang and other staff until midnight last night, not talking about the defeat of the Heyang Army, but only talking about the internal affairs of the Xuanwu Army.The intention of sorting out internal affairs and strengthening control is very obvious, so as to try their best to compete with Shao Shude.

Jing Xiang was a little relieved by this.

He used to think that it was very dangerous for the Xuanwu Army to go all over the place and win consecutive battles, so that everyone in Bianzhou was quite proud and looked down on others.

The matter of Shouzhou and Sizhou should be taken as a warning.An envoy can be domineering, contemptuous and insulting, and pretends to be a winner. Isn't this dizzy or what?
If the commander-in-chief can wake up, the people below will be able to restrain himself. In this situation, it is really impossible to "float" anymore.

Work hard, treat people with humility, and fight to the death with the Xia thief, so there is a chance of victory——Jing Xiang knows that his wife Liu has not entered the mansion for a long time, and he knows that the commander-in-chief really feels the crisis, so he starts to pull himself together and slowly Get back to the state at the time of the incident.

"Liu Kaidao is here too!" Zhu Quanzhong laughed when he saw Liu Zhijun.

"See you, Your Majesty." Liu Zhijun immediately stepped forward and bowed in salute.

"There's no need to be too polite." Zhu Quanzhong got up himself, took Liu Zhijun's hand, pretended to be a respectful corporal, and said with a smile: "Riding in armor, riding a horse, killing the enemy with a sword, and winning the army bravely, the name of Liu Kaidao resounds throughout Xuzhou. If you win a tiger general today, you must have a banquet."

Liu Zhijun was a little moved, and said: "Dare you die for the king!"

"You have your chance." Zhu Quanzhong laughed heroically: "The thieves of Yun have revived and invaded Caozhou. You must have a strong guard to be at ease. If Liu Kaidao doesn't go, when will Caozhou be safe?"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.After the news reached Caozhou, Wang Zhongshi and He Delun probably felt pressured to kill Zhu Xuan desperately?

Liu Zhijun also felt a lot of pressure, but he was confident.Isn't it just fighting and killing the enemy, and you have to make meritorious deeds if you risk your life.

Zhang Quanyi stood in the hall, watching silently.

He felt that King Liang seemed to be a completely different person, a bit like when he led the army to fight against Qin Zongquan.In recent years, with the defeat of the Cai bandits, the defeat of Er Zhu and Shi Pu, Luo Hongxin, Du Hong and others proclaimed their ministers and paid tribute, and states such as Hao, Shou, Chu, and Cao came to surrender one after another, the King of Liang was inevitably a little complacent, until this time After being slapped severely by Shao thief, he woke up.

When the news of the military chaos in the northern city of Heyang and the killing of Bian soldiers in the city reached the southern city, Zhang Quanyi was still in Zhu Yougong's army, and he was brought under control on the spot.

When Liang Wang heard the news, he didn't blame him. He specially summoned him to Bianzhou, gave him a mansion, and rewarded Meiji and Miji, and remarried a wife and concubine for him.As soon as this move came out, people felt a little more at ease.

But Zhang Quanyi was not at ease.

He could tell that King Liang was still the same King Liang from before, and he was still very suspicious, but Heyang was newly defeated and needed to gather people's hearts and put on a show.

He didn't know how King Liang would arrange him.Let me go back to Luoyang?

If you really let me go back, it would be impressive.If you don't let me, you will still be the same person as before, but the suspicion has been hidden deeper.

Liu Zhijun was highly praised, but was transferred from Xuzhou to Caozhou to fight for his life. Is this a good thing?Maybe, maybe not.

If you lose your foundation, you are like a bereaved dog, alas!Now how many people in Luoyang are selling my face?After a while, Pei Di is afraid that he will go there to install people, clear up wealth and land, and the military power will also be seized by Hu Zhen, so what else is left?
This time it's a real subordinate!
"There is a banquet today, and everyone stays here, so let's rest when you're done!" After encouraging Liu Zhijun, Zhu Quanzhong announced loudly: "Shao Bandit, it's just a small victory, when I get back together, I will naturally capture him and kill him. "

Everyone naturally echoed loudly, and the atmosphere was quite enthusiastic for a while.

(End of this chapter)