Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 618 One step forward is the abyss
In the south city of Caizhou, a chaotic crowd poured in.

Zhang Quanen was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, commanding his soldiers to take in the panic-stricken defeated soldiers.

"Where's Cui Hong?" Zhang Quanen asked angrily after being bumped a few times, his ribs hurt faintly.

No one cares about him.

"Where is Cui Hong?" He grabbed a defeated junior and shouted.

For some reason, Xiaoxiao seemed to be enraged, he directly drew out his knife and slashed at Zhang Quanen.

Zhang Quanen turned pale with fright, turned sideways, the knife slid across the neck, and slashed on the shoulder armor.

The petrified soldiers rushed forward and snatched Zhang Quanen out.

"Brothers, kill!"

"Kill the dog!"

"General Cui promised to open the treasury, and all the goods will be ours."

"Happy! Biangou is not pleasing to the eye."

Someone took the lead, and together with the tacit agreement reached early in the morning, the "chaotic soldiers" who broke into the city immediately took action.

They pulled out their weapons one after another, and slashed at the Caizhou soldiers beside them.The state soldiers were caught off guard, suffered heavy losses, and fell one by one in a pool of blood.

An officer beat the drums, and many people responded by his side, starting to line up and heading towards the central city.

The number of state soldiers is not large, about 3000.Cui Hong's troops suddenly launched an attack, killing and injuring hundreds on the spot, and then advanced quickly, chasing and killing the state soldiers who were in a state of confusion and panic.

What's more, some people are still shouting loudly to lure these state soldiers to rebel and join their ranks, "kill Biangou" and "rob Fangshi".

Needless to say, it is very tempting.

Caizhou is a metropolis in the south of Bian Song Dynasty, and it is located at the intersection of several roads. There are many business travelers, and there are still a lot of goods in the square city.Therefore, some people responded quickly, defected and joined Cui Hong's troops, and marched towards Zhongcheng together.

Among the three cities in Caizhou, Beiguan City is a military facility, and the South City was previously called Nanguan City, which was also a military facility. It was expanded later and many people lived in it, but it is not as good as Zhongcheng after all.If you want to loot the goods, you still have to go there.

The rebellious soldiers moved quickly, and they rushed past the gate connecting the south city and the middle city.

The Zhongwu Town Yamen stationed in Zhongcheng had already heard the news, but before they had time to react, many people were dispersed.

An officer shouted to his subordinates to move closer to him, intending to form an formation to meet the enemy, but was quickly killed by arrows flying from nowhere.

The Zhongwu yamen soldiers who had lost their organization were also very fierce. They actually fought in small groups, and the whole city was in chaos.

And a few miles southeast of the city, Xia Jun's banner has already appeared.Yi Congjun's envoy, Wu Zang Jieming, led [-] sergeants to speed up the march, and rushed straight towards the three cities of Caizhou.

Yang Shihou is patrolling Beicheng, there are [-] infantry stationed here, and [-] cavalry are also stationed here, all of them are old subordinates he brought from Zhongwu Town.

The noise of the drums in Nancheng and Zhongcheng went straight into the sky, and Yang Shihou heard it very quickly.

"Could it be that the sergeant is complaining about his salary?" This was the first thing Yang Shihou thought of.

This is in line with everyone's perception.These stragglers in Caizhou are all local soldiers, not strictly disciplined yamen—at least so far, Liang Wang has not accommodated the sergeants, and the control is very strict. Even if the Cai people join the army, they must be honest, unless some There are people in the sky who have no bottom line, accommodating the sergeants wantonly and making them more and more arrogant, so that the Yajun may be disobedient.

Yang Shihou wanted to go to appease the rebellious army on the spot, but was quickly stopped by his subordinates.

"Dutou, it doesn't look like it." Someone said.

"There are summer thieves approaching outside Nancheng."

"Perhaps a rebellion?"

"Dutou, the general is willing to take people there, first arrest a few people and ask."

"Some of our people broke out of Midtown."

Yang Shihou felt anxious, and said: "String up the bows and unsheath the knives, prepare for the fight. Also, send people to take in the rebels and screen them carefully."

"As ordered!"

The waiting time is long.

Yang Shihou has been standing on the female wall of Beiguan City, staring at Nancheng and Zhongcheng.

Thousands of rebellious troops reveled in the city, and the number of them has exceeded the four thousand brought by Cui Hong, because many state soldiers joined their ranks.Robbing Fangshi is everyone's favorite. You don't need to spend a copper coin to take away a variety of goods.

Yang Shihou wanted to send troops to suppress it several times, but Xia Bandit had more than [-] soldiers waiting outside the city, and more people had already lined up, it seemed that they were waiting for them to take action, so that they could take advantage of the chaos The soldiers and horses to quell the chaos were also wiped out.

The cavalry were cruising far away.

They tried to rush Xia thief, but were quickly forced away by the bow.

It seems that it is not feasible to intercept the grain road, because the Xia thief only brought a small part of grain and grass, and there are more than [-] dendrobium in Caizhou city. They are not short of grain, if the rebels are with them.

There is nothing to do with them!Yang Shihou was so angry that he punched the female wall with his fist.

The generals carefully collected two thousand defeated soldiers. After carefully identifying their identities, they gathered together and marched into Beicheng to restore the establishment.

Brothers Zhang Quanyi and Zhang Quanen also escaped with hundreds of people in a panic.

Yang Shihou didn't even bother to say a word to him.

This calamity, wherever there is an accident, the friendly forces will be unlucky wherever they go, why don't they die!
"Dutou, there is a military report." The soldiers hurried over and handed over an ultimatum.

Yang Shihou checked it carefully, and when he opened it, he was a little pleasantly surprised.

Playing so big this time?
"Pass down the order, everyone withdraws, and is not allowed to go out of the city to provoke." Yang Shihou ordered.

"Obey!" Soon someone sent the order.

There is enough food and grass in Beiguan City, and it will be no problem to guard the first half of the year.After gathering the defeated soldiers, there are now more than [-] cavalry, and Xia Bandit can't eat them at all.

The military order came from Pang Shigu. He led an army of [-] troops down the Caishui River, causing Caizhou to show weakness to the enemy.

If possible, some people can even be sent out of the city, pretending to flee northward, and lure the Xia bandits to pursue them in depth.

In short, it is a principle that the farther the Xia thief can go deep into Caizhou, the better. Liang Wang has his own calculations.

Finally, they are going to suffer a big loss!
For some reason, Yang Shihou thought of Fu Cunshen and Wang Jianji again.

He doesn't hate them anymore, each is his own master, no one is sorry for the other, it's normal.

If the two were captured in the future, he did not intend to kill them, but would not regret it after interrogating them. There is nothing more pleasing in life than this.

By the way, it would be great if Shao thief could be captured this time.

……

Shao Shude never thought that recruiting soldiers would be so fast!

Zhu Zhen went to Qingzhou to recruit soldiers almost ten years ago, and recruited more than [-] people in ten days, which was fast enough.

Unexpectedly, he recruited soldiers in Shenzhou, and more than 4000 soldiers came in three days.If it weren't for the news that it was too late to pass elsewhere, there might be more.

The thorough investigation of the people in Huaixi by the Wenzong and Yizong dynasties was indeed credible, and it has not changed until now.

There are few honest people in Huaixi, and few want to farm. Serving as a soldier is their first choice.

Shao Shude didn't plan to recruit all the soldiers in Shenzhou, since all the soldiers came from one place, it might not be a good thing.

On February 5000th, he came to Gwangju and recruited another [-] people within two days.

Afterwards, he selected [-] soldiers from among his own soldiers, all of whom performed better in daily studies and discussions, and served as officers at all levels among the newly recruited sergeants.

This army has a strength of [-], and Zheng Yong, a ten-person soldier, serves as the envoy.

There are five hundred soldiers around Shao Shude, and Li Zhong, the son of Li Yanling and commander of Xicheng, is appointed as the top ten generals.

Chen Cheng followed Shao Shude, and did not speak out against his wanton recruitment of soldiers.

The reason is also very simple. The scouts detected that a small group of Liang Jun soldiers appeared in the direction of Shouzhou, and they spoke with a Bian Song accent and were not natives of Shouzhou.

Taking a map and inferring for a while, we know that this is the Bian army going south from Xu Su.

There were more than 2 people over there, but this time, even if they didn't come out in full force, most of them must have come. They were aggressive and aimed directly at the [-] Xia troops who were fighting in Caizhou, trying to encircle them all to the north of the Huai River—— Well, the target may also be Shao Shude himself.

"What is Yang Xingmi's attitude now?" Shao Shude asked in Dingcheng County.

"Marshal, according to the news in the past year, the relationship between Yang Xingmi and Zhu Quanzhong seems to be good." Chen Cheng replied: "Xingmi has sent people to Bianzhou many times to bring tea and sea salt to Bianzhou, and the transactions are very frequent. Recently there are rumors , Quan Zhong wants to use Chuzhou to practice secrets, and travel secrets with great joy."

"Is the news reliable?" Shao Shude asked.

"It's all rumors, but there should be some credibility." Chen Cheng glanced at Shao Shude and replied.

This is like Marshal Shao staying on the dragon bed at night and letting the saint's concubine sleep. It's all rumors in the market, so there's no way to be sure.But as the saying goes, there is no reason for it. It is a fact that Huainan and Xuanwu have frequent trade exchanges, and it is also a fact that bilateral relations have greatly improved.

"If Xingmi really wins Chuzhou, the Huaidong defense line will be complete." Shao Shude said: "In the direction of Huaixi, there are still two states, Shou and Hao. Does he not want it?"

The Huainan regime wants to resist the Central Plains' southward march of soldiers and horses, and the two prefectures of Shou and Hao must be in their hands.

In the past, in order to prevent the Huaixi rebels from going east, the imperial court set up regiment training envoys in Shou, Hao, and Lu prefectures, and entrusted them with important generals.

Luzhou, ask Shencai in the west, and Xushou in the north.The land of the three states happens to form an iron triangle, connected by the Huai River, Fei River, Ruxu Water, and Chaofei Canal, which is very convenient for defense.

It was not random for the imperial court to cut off these three states and set up training regiments.

"Quanzhong is no longer able to go south, and he can see clearly in the secret line." Chen Cheng said: "In this case, we might as well put him in the front, and let him wait and see. He still has many directions for expansion. Jiangxi Zhongchuan, Hangzhou Qianyu , If it can be destroyed, it can be used as the rear. Duhong, Ezhou, also wants to attack and destroy the secret line, because our army has already gone to Nanyang and Xiangyang to control the Han River, and if we take Eyue again, the secret line will be in danger."

Shao Shude took a deep breath.

Yang Xingmi's plan should first establish a Jiangdong regime, and then spy on the Central Plains.

This regime should take Xuanshe, Liangzhe, Jiangxi, etc. as the hinterland to multiply household registration and supply money and food.

The Huai River line serves as the northern barrier, that is, the four states of Chu, Si, Hao, and Shou.

Xiangyang and Ezhou serve as barriers for the upper reaches of the river.

Considering that the Xia army has penetrated deep into Xiangyang, if Eyue Duhong joins the past again, the threat from the upper reaches of the river will be greater, and it may even be more deadly than the threat from the front line of the Huai River. After all, you can go directly downstream and attack your weak troops rear hinterland.

When Yang Xingmi came up, he took Du Hong to the knife, and didn't even fight the relatively weak Zhong Chuan. Doesn't that explain the problem?

"Yang Xingmi and Zhu Quanzhong should have had a tacit understanding before." Shao Shude smiled suddenly, and said: "There are no fools in the world. If Zhu Quanzhong is unstoppable in the Central Plains, then Yang Xingmi will do his best to win the front line of the Huai River. But now So, if he goes to war with Zhu Quanzhong, he will only take advantage of me and help me get chestnuts out of the fire."

"Pass down the order!" Shao Shude made up his mind and did not procrastinate at all: "Niu Li, Wu Zang Jieming retreated slowly. Caizhou can no longer fight, and there is a deep abyss ahead. In addition, Li Tangbin and Gao Renhou's department, it is time to move." .”

(End of this chapter)