Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 592 Deployment and Arrival

"Li Maozhen, Man Cun, and Li Yu, with a combined force of [-], surrounded Zizhou. Some of Zhu Mei's troops were attacking Wang Xingyu and Wang Xingyue. There were only less than [-] people in the city, and the situation was worrisome." For information, Shao Shude turned his eyes to his two confidantes, Shi Chencheng and Sima Zhao Guangfeng, and asked, "Is it necessary to send the Xingyuan garrison south immediately?"

The Li Ren Army Department of the Heyuan Army and the Li Yixian Department of the Jishi Army went to Shannan West Road to defend last year. The former was stationed at Bailaoguan, Xingyuan Prefecture, at [-] steps, and the latter was stationed at Guzhen, Xingzhou, at [-] steps.

The tradition of sending two armies to guard Xingfengliang in turn has been maintained for many years.Not only to deter Zhuge Zhongfang from Shannan West Road, but also to collect the tea and money offered by him and Zhao Jian, but also to interfere with the situation in Central Shu one day. Isn't it coming in handy now?
Li Renjun, originally ten generals of the Zhenwu Army in Zhongcheng, wiped out his troops during the battle against Li Guochang and his son, and fled to Hexi to be a grass thief.Shao Shude encountered a road when he went to Suizhou to take office, so he was recruited. He has been conscientious and loyal for many years.He also has the ability, but he has never commanded a frontal battle, so he has no such experience.

Li Yixian, Shao Shude's younger brother, and Sanlang Shao Desheng were all soldiers in the early days of Xicheng, so it goes without saying that they are related.Loyalty is enough, but ability is mediocre. Being an envoy is already top-notch, and no matter how many troops you command, it may be chaotic. Shao Shude also uses his loyalty and has no other ideas.

"Marshal, you might as well order General Li of the Jishi Army to lead his troops south. Xingyuan Mansion sends another [-] troops, and Fengxiang Town sends [-] troops, that's okay." Chen Cheng immediately suggested.

Zhuge Zhongfang's soldiers are probably not very good, and they have been in peace for many years.

A few years ago, when I challenged Zhuge Zhongbao, his performance was very average.Last time, when Feng Xing attacked in Junzhou, the war ended halfway, so he went back home.In the past few years, many elite soldiers have been transferred to Xia's army, and the remaining crooked melons and dates still have some combat effectiveness, which is hard to say.

The combat effectiveness of the Fengxiang Army is not bad.But when Zhe Zongben left the town of Tangzhou, he took away 7000 people who were more capable of fighting, and the rest must be inferior.

These two million people cannot place high hopes, they can only be used as auxiliary.

Therefore, if you want to fight, you have to fight with Jishi Army.

Chen Cheng's proposal to let Li Yixian go south was actually exactly what Shao Shude wanted.He was still a little worried about that place in the middle of Shu.

Does Zhao Jian have to be reliable?not necessarily.

Is Zhuge Zhongfang willing to contribute?Mostly dealt with it.

Is it possible to merge with the local warlords and stand on their own?Have to guard against, although the possibility is very small.

Li Yixian and Shao Shude are trustworthy.It doesn't matter if you have limited ability, but loyalty is the most important thing. If you stabilize Longjian Town, suppress Li Maozhen, and prevent Zhu Mei from dying quickly, you will achieve your goal.

That's all Shao Shude asked for.

He doesn't have the energy to attack everywhere now, the most important thing is to attack Xuanwu Town.

The current Shuzhong is not as absurd as Wang Yan, the queen master of the former Shu, and Meng Chang, the queen master of the latter Shu.

In history, when Wei Zhaodu took command, Chen Jingxuan, the envoy of Xichuan Jiedu, rebelled against Wang Jian, forced Wei Zhaodu to leave, and seized the military power to stand on his own.

Not to mention Meng Zhixiang, who is also self-reliant.

It hasn't been long since the world was in chaos, and people's hearts haven't reached the time to think.There can be five generations in the Central Plains, which shows that people's minds are chaotic, let alone a remote place like Central Sichuan.It has to be killed for seven or eighty years, until everyone is afraid, people are determined, and supplemented by institutional constraints, can it be successful.Of course, Shao Shude didn't have the time to wait. He wanted to take the land of Shu after the Central Plains was united, so that the general who conquered Shu would have to weigh it when he wanted to stand on his own. It was more or less a deterrent.

The generals sent to the middle of Sichuan must be granted full powers, and it is impossible to divide their powers. What kind of logistical constraints and not being allowed to intervene in civil affairs are nonsense, rushing to defeat the soldiers.

With just such a small number of people, facing the pioneering masters of Central Shu who are on the rise, and the backbone of their army is brought over from the north, no matter how hard you are, you don't want to win, and you will give away your head.

Either imitate Zongben's old rules, make a Jiedu envoy, and let people develop, but Shao Shude is unwilling.Then we can only maintain a certain degree of interference, mainly to maintain military presence and balance the situation. It is most appropriate to send Li Yixian.Limited ability, lack of ability and determination to be self-reliant, close relationship, low possibility of rebellion.

Let Li Renjun lead the troops, he is not very relieved.What if he follows Wang Jian and defeats Chen Jingxuan and then raids the Jiange area and seizes the dangerous pass?The Zhongwu Eight Capitals led by Wang Jian were very good at fighting, and the northern Sichuan area was no match for him. Later, they even attacked Xingyuan Mansion, and their intention to separate themselves was very obvious.

Although Shao Shude didn't think that the Heyuan army would rebel, it was definitely right to make more preparations for everything.

"Let the Jishi army go south." Shao Shude thought for a long time, and finally made up his mind: "Actually, from a rational point of view, I shouldn't send troops to Shuzhong, it's still too greedy."

"Marshal, sometimes it's okay to take a risk." Chen Cheng said with a smile: "If you don't take risks in your life, it's safe and you won't be defeated, but you will miss opportunities."

"In the past, Cao Mengde liked to take risks and suffered losses." Shao Shude said with a smile: "Taizong also liked to take risks. In the battle of Qianshuiyuan, when he was sick, he lost more than half of his troops and horses. Chang'an was terrified, and his great cause was almost destroyed. Passed away from illness, Taizong will never regain this face for the rest of his life. This kind of thing will be addictive. Forget it, just this one time. It is a big taboo to start a war on both sides, so be it. After I come to Beijing, I will make up the name of the court, by the way Let's see how many Shence troops are left, maybe they can be of use."

Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng had no objections.

Even if the battle is unfavorable, the dragon sword can be surrendered.If the fighting was really messed up, Jishi's army would lose 20 soldiers, which is not a serious injury to the Shuofang military and political group that now has more than [-] troops.

"How's the Wei Bo war going?"

"Back to Commander-in-Chief, use the main force to Xingzhou. Pioneer Shi Yan has led his troops into Weibo territory, and won a small victory."

"How many troops does Luo Hongxin have?"

"Between [-] and [-]."

Shao Shude nodded, this number is reliable.

During Tian Chengsi’s period, Wei Bo suffered from wars, but Tian Chengsi still raised 5 soldiers, at most [-]. At least half of them were veterans who had experienced the Anshi Rebellion. Later, they were forced to reduce the army to [-] to [-]. Basically, the recruits were eliminated. , does not hurt at all.

During Tian Yue's period, there were [-] troops.

Up to now, the household registration and economy have basically returned to the old situation in Tianbao years. It is easy to raise 15 government troops, but most of them are not so aggressive. Wei Bo's total army strength will not exceed [-].

The six prefectures of Weibo implement the military election system, and the composition of the army is different from that of other feudal towns.In short, there are less than [-] Yamen troops, led by the Jiedu envoy, and there are many troops outside the town, and the military power is scattered.In order to increase their strength, Jiedu envoys wantonly expanded state and county soldiers. These state and county soldiers generally received a lot higher treatment than other feudal towns. They trained diligently, had excellent equipment, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

But in the end, it has been a feudal town for more than a hundred years, and it is sluggish. It seems that it always suffers from new warlords like Zhu Quanzhong and Li Keyong who are on the rise.

But he has a strong foundation and can explode with strong combat power even when he is desperate. Li Keyong's desire to destroy Wei Bo at once is probably hopeless.If Wei Bowufu was allowed to display the combat effectiveness of the silver gun effect Jiejun, he might suffer a big loss.

"Is Zhu Zhen doing anything lately?" Shao Shude asked again.

"Zhu Zhen only left a small number of troops along the river to monitor, and I don't know where to put the heavy troops. The scouts cross the river to investigate, but they can't get accurate information." Chen Cheng replied: "On the whole, it should be the configuration of the front light and the rear heavy, and concentrate the main force on After that, capture my soldiers and horses across the river and try to encircle and wipe them out, this should be the way to go."

"Don't pay attention to Zhu Zhen." Shao Shude asked someone to bring a map, poked his finger in the direction of Weizhou, and said, "When Wei Bo starts fighting, secretly send the Flying Dragon Army to Xiangzhou to plunder some people and come back."

Do it again!Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng looked at each other, both a little dumbfounded, the Marshal really valued the population very much.But it doesn't matter, anyway, we have already torn face with Wei Bo, so what can we do?

"Let's arrange these two things first."

"As ordered."

……

On September [-], Zhe Congyun arrived at Changchun Palace with thousands of people armed with silver guns.

Shao Shude didn't intend to wait any longer, and immediately sent his troops westward, heading towards Lantian County.

Before leaving, the envoy of Prime Minister Cui Yin came.Shao Shude didn't bother to talk to him, so he asked Zhao Guangfeng to stay in touch and lead his troops westward.

On the 22nd, after all the horses of the auxiliary soldiers were gathered together, the five thousand soldiers of the Silver Spear Capital, each with four horses, marched quickly, and arrived outside the town of Sha in one day and night.

"His Highness is finally here." Headed by Prime Minister Cui Zhaowei, dozens of officials greeted him from left to right, with excited expressions on their faces. It seemed that this period of time was also a torment for them.

After Shao Shude had a hasty meeting with them, he asked about the situation of the saint. While asking, he also carefully observed the distant city of Shacheng.

This town is a semi-abandoned military town. It is located at the junction of Chang'an and Lantian counties. There are many mountains on both sides. A lot of farmland has been opened up under the mountains. Hundreds of households live here, but most of them have fled at this time.

The [-] infantry troops of Pengridu stationed themselves in Shacheng Town, and set up fences on the roads, saying that they were guarding against bandits from Tianwei and Yushan, but only Ximenzhao knew the truth.

Shao Shude looked at the officials who came with him.

These days he has been living in a farmhouse, and the magistrate of Lantian sent some food over.The climate in the mountains in September is already a bit cold. When they had suffered this kind of crime, all of them looked very unhappy.

"Is the sage in the village? Is it safe?" Shao Shude asked directly, although the soldiers had already dismounted. Although they were very tired, they were still ready for battle.

"Fu Daozhao is isolated from the inside and outside, and there is no sound. Two days ago, the sage sent a female official out of the village to communicate, saying that Fu Daozhao wanted to be the Grand Master and Jing Zhaoyin." Cui Zhaowei stepped forward and replied: "Everyone thinks it is impossible."

The sergeants of the Silver Spear City led their horses and lined up in the distance, which was reassuring to watch.

"Hasn't seen Tianyan for two days?" Shao Shude said in surprise.

Cui Zhaowei was a little embarrassed, and said: "Before your Highness came down, I had a divination, and it was auspicious."

Shao Shude laughed angrily, and said: "I read history books, Han Guangwu used prophecy books to decide things, and Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty also believed in this statement, but can it be relied on? Thanks to you, you have read the sage books and the words of prophecies. How can you be confident! If all the chief executives are like this, it is no wonder that the government is corrupt."

This...why did King Xia speak so impolitely?
Cui Zhaowei, Zheng Yanchang, Wang Tuan, Cui Yin and others looked at each other, dissatisfied in their hearts, but they didn't dare to explode, so aggrieved.

Shao Shude snorted coldly, he didn't want to give face to these rotten people anymore.

"Where is Ximen Palace Supervisor?" He asked again.

"Yan Bing plundered Fang City, and a Shence soldier broke out of the city after being plundered. Ximen Palace Supervisor went to appease him in person."

"It looks like it!" Shao Shude nodded, "Cui Xiang, you have been promoted by the Holy Mercy, and you can't serve your duties wholeheartedly. The state affairs are not as good as the next year. Now the saint is dusty and can't hear from you. What's the use of waiting here?" ? And enter the stronghold to tell Ximen Zhao that I have led an army of [-] to come, and surrender at this time to keep him safe. If he persists in his obsession, he will be a gang of thieves, and they will all be slaughtered, and no one will be left behind."

The tone of these words was light, but the content made Cui Zhaowei feel as if he had been struck by lightning, and his face was already flushed red.

Zheng Yanchang watched coldly from the sidelines, his heart palpitating.

One leaf falls and autumn is known.

With Shao Shude's attitude like this, if he came to Beijing this time, he might not be a good person.

Could it be that Dong Zhuo entered Beijing as Wang Tuan said?
Dong Zhongying was not very friendly to the Han courtiers either.

Alas, things have been going on since then!
(End of this chapter)