Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 619

The order to retreat quickly reached the front line.

The first to be stunned was not the Yi Congjun group, but Cui Hong's troops who had just looted for two days.

He led 4000 people into the city, raided the Zhongwu Army and Caizhou Army, and then the number swelled to [-].

Not many people actually died in the raid, definitely no more than a thousand, and the number increased sharply, mainly due to the fact that many Caizhou soldiers joined in.Even some youths from Caizhou volunteered to join the gang and robbed the city where they lived.

The temptation of buying for zero yuan is really hard for the Huaixi people who are hard to separate from the bandits.

"Gather your men and horses! Don't fucking rob, go and gather your men and horses."

"Where are the soldiers? Where are your soldiers? How can you fight without soldiers?"

"Look at Xia Jun, who is camping outside the city. In addition to transporting food and grass, he just looks at Bian dogs. I don't know how to learn from others!"

"Hurry up! Biangou is coming, take your brothers and retreat!"

Cui Hong's soldiers and generals were thrown out, kicking, beating and roaring everywhere.

The sergeants were a little dissatisfied, and they agreed to let them rob for three days, and they drove away before the third day was over?

Someone was making noise, and when Wuzang Jieming got the news, he immediately sent [-] soldiers from Hengshan City into the city, and the Cai people immediately became honest.However, their softness was only temporary, and the good guys don't suffer from immediate losses. After a while, many people slipped out of Caizhou City with big bags and small bags.

Cui Hong didn't stop it either.

Everyone has their own aspirations, there is nothing to say.These people are either newly recruited, or defected halfway, and it is good to leave some people who are not sure, so as not to be difficult to manage in the future.

Plus, these people are stupid enough.After Liang Ren's army came over, he would definitely rectify it. I really thought Zhu Quanzhong wouldn't kill people?Those who participated in the military chaos will be found out sooner or later. Needless to say, the end is basically death.

After half a day of messy rectification, there were still about [-] people left.Pushing carts, pulling pack horses, carrying hands on their shoulders, they left Caizhou City, which had brought them great joy.

The Tianxiong Army also rushed over from Zhenyang County.

Niu Li frowned and looked at the Cai people who were fleeing south.To say they couldn't fight would be a little unfair.

Today's warriors, not only Cai people, are similar in all feudal towns. When they want money, they want money, but when it's time to fight, they are also very disciplined, follow orders, and obey orders.Otherwise, I am afraid that even the militias will not be able to win, let alone a slowly rising force like Khitan.

But the arrogance of these people is also true.

In the second year of Changqing, Li Guangyan led the Zhongwu Army to pacify Zhaoyi Town. The imperial court appointed him as the envoy of Henghai Jiedu. The soldiers he brought should have stayed in Cangjing, but the soldiers were not happy and wanted to go back to Xuzhou to see their families. There was a lot of noise and chaos, and Guangyan became sick from fear, and even fell ill from fright.

In the fourth year of Qianfu, Li Kefeng, a loyal military general, led an army to defend the border, and returned to Xuzhou after the period of defense was over.When the army arrived in Binzhou, the soldiers "coerced the commander in chief and asked for the old food and salt owed", and detained the commander Li Kefeng for four days, "the whole world was shocked".

However, this army is "very good and brave", and it often goes into battle when defending Tubo, and its record is quite good.

He likes to make noise and make trouble, and it is hard to manage. It seems that it has nothing to do with being strong in combat, and it can even be said to be the opposite.But things are so outrageous, and the secret is that when fighting in formation, they have strict orders and are not afraid of death. They are not in the state of degrading arrogant people in the late Five Dynasties and early Northern Song Dynasty.

Military discipline is degrading bit by bit, and the morale is getting worse day by day. It can be saved now, but the premise is that the sergeants can't be accommodated without bottom line.You have something to ask them, and you want them to rebel against you as the emperor, so you give in a step, and then they go a step further, the game is like this.

People who are not in the right position can only accommodate the sergeant without a bottom line, can't they?

Wuzang Jieming came over, looked at Cai Bing who was retreating southward quickly, and the people of Caizhou who were temporarily conscripted to transfer supplies to the south, and said: "Master Yang did not go out of the city to pursue."

Their [-] battle-tested infantry were waiting for Yang Shihou's thousands of soldiers to come out to pursue them, but they still shrank in Beiguan City.

He does have a thousand cavalry, but to be honest, a thousand cavalry can't handle a thousand well-trained infantry, let alone more than 1 infantry. It seems that he has given up.

"Leave him alone, each department takes turns to cover and retreat. If Master Yang comes after him, he will be punished severely. After retreating past Rushui, he will not be able to pursue him even if he wants to," Niu Li said.

"You will know why the commander-in-chief ordered the troops to retreat?"

"Of course I know." Niu Li said: "Liang's soldiers split up and outflanked. One of them went along Huaixi, and the vanguard had already arrived in Shouzhou. If they were allowed to penetrate into Guangzhou, who would be able to stop them? Can Chen Su stop them?"

No Zang Jieming shook his head.

"If we can't stop them, the south bank of the Huai River will be occupied by them, and we will lose all retreat. If the Liang people press down from the north again, will the whole army be wiped out in panic?" Niu Li said: "The Liang people are fighting on the inside. There are many soldiers and they can be mobilized from all directions, so we have to be on guard. This time, we also got a lot of things."

Long before they marched northward, Zhao Kuanglin took three thousand Suizhou soldiers to move the people of Xinxi County to Shenzhou.

Thanks to the continuous battles between Suizhou soldiers and Liang people in the past two years, their temperament and combat effectiveness are not the same as before, otherwise they might not be able to play against those common people.There are wars in every household, and those who have been thieves for many years, can they be ordinary people?

In order to relocate this group of people, they even killed a group of the most ferocious dancers, frightened the Huai Cai people, and after a lot of effort, they finally moved less than 2 people to the other side of the Huai River.

According to the plan, these people will be resettled to Sui County, not Shenzhou.

In Sui, Guanghua, Tangcheng, and Zaoyang counties, after two years of seeing-and-seeing, there are only 5 or 10 people, and the emptiness is unbelievable.Not to mention, even in the heyday of the country, the development level of this place was a bit low. At that time, there were only [-] people. If it is well developed, it will be no problem to double it.

People in Baoxin County are also relocating, but it's hard to say before it's too late, and it's only just started.The local people resisted fiercely, and the Suizhou soldiers suffered a small loss and lost a little manpower.

As for Zhenyang County, they gave up.It was too late, and the troops were not enough, so they only looted a little food and grass, and then gave up.

The most regrettable thing is that Zhu Quanzhong's horses raised in the Caizhou ranch were not caught and were transferred, which made people quite disappointed.

The strategy of exhausting the enemy should not have ended so hastily, but it is a pity that Zhu Quanzhong played it for real and mobilized too many soldiers and horses, so there is no way.

……

"Kill!" On the west bank of the Weishui River, the newly recruited Sergeants Wan Guang and Cai were practicing.

Shao Shude glanced at it for a while, then turned his head away, and continued to discuss with Chen Cheng.

He has seen too much military training, and even participated in it in his early years, so he knows it very well.

The newly recruited [-] people have a good foundation, much better than the Tutuan peasants in ordinary counties in the north, and they can also understand some golden drum flags, which shows that they have also practiced during the slack season in the past.

Most of them have a little knowledge of martial arts, which is due to the prevalence of Huaixi martial arts.After all, whether you are a soldier or a thief, you must not lose the skill of eating, otherwise you will not have the opportunity to engage in this "promising" career.

What they need now is to get acquainted with each other as soon as possible, and at the same time slowly adapt to the constraints of military discipline.

This is no simple matter.This is the biggest difference between mobs and professional warriors.

Whether they will cooperate with each other, whether there is a tacit understanding on the battlefield, when to do something and what not to do, all need to be known with a whip and engraved in their minds.

Of course, in the current situation, it is not impossible to pull out to fight.Some state and county soldiers who have been in peace for many years may not be able to do them.But Shao Shude's requirements were relatively high. Since they were temporarily recruited, they had to follow the regular schedule. Even if they were not used in the end, the necessary training was indispensable.

"You also know the news from the scouts. General Liang Jun is Shi Shu Cong. He has a lot of troops, probably more than 3 people, maybe more." Shao Shude said: "There are many ships on the Huai River, full of cargo. Ying There are already Liang soldiers standing in the village at the entrance, and it seems that there is a gathering place for Liang troops."

"Uncle Shi?" Chen Cheng thought for a while, and it seemed that there was nothing outstanding about this person.If it weren't for Liang Jun's veterans Zhang Shensi and Pang Shigu, who were unfavorable in the war, it would probably not be his turn to lead the army, right?
Shao Shude nodded, and said: "Shi Shucong is Pang Shigu's favorite general, and he still has some skills."

Zhu Quanzhong once loved Shi Shucong very much, and affectionately called him "Shi Lao".

His most outstanding battle should be the two soldiers encircling Taiyuan.For the first time, it was rainy for days, and the army was plagued by epidemics and had to retreat.Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei were defeated for the second time, thousands of people were captured and beheaded, and Taiyuan was besieged again.

Li Keyong once wanted to give up Jinyang and head north to the grassland, but was persuaded by his subordinates, so he didn't run away.But after being teased like this, Jin people did not dare to go south for several years, because they were really afraid of being beaten.

With such an outstanding record, but also "supporting scholars and loving the people, and being very capable of governing", wouldn't this prestige rise?But under Zhu Quanzhong, this is the way to die.

In the first year of Tianyou (904), Shi Shucong accepted the dirty work: killing the king.Zhu Quanzhong was the mouth of the people of the world, and he and Zhu Yougong were bestowed with death on the same day——Zhu Yougong is Quanzhong's adopted son, and he has several military exploits. He once led his troops to the south alone and defeated the Huai people. Cong is generally the same.

Interestingly, there was also a civil official Jiang Xuanhui who killed Zhaozong.But Zhu Quanzhong only killed two outstanding generals, while Jiang Xuanhui was fine.Anyone with a discerning eye can see why Shi Shucong and Zhu Yougong died.

Killing a general is not as simple as killing a person.Zhu Zhen, Wang Zhongshi, Shi Shucong, Zhu Yougong and other meritorious generals who were killed by Zhu Quanzhong often had many middle and lower-level officers attached to them, that is, the officer corps.Even if these people don't die, they will be purged and stand aside.

In addition, generals generally like to recruit elite sergeants into their own troops, which often has the effect of making a final decision and turning things around on the battlefield. These troops also need to be cleaned, dismantled, and reorganized.

It can be said that Liang Jun's combat effectiveness broke Zhu Quanzhong's life in this way.

"According to what the commander-in-chief said, Uncle Shi is not only a good general, but also leads the army. He came from the east road. If Zhu Quanzhong sends an army south from the Bian Song Dynasty to attack from both sides, our army will be in a dire situation." Chen Cheng glanced at On the map, Shenzhou and Guangzhou are located in the south of Huai River and north of Dashan. The terrain is flat and there is no danger to defend.

Could it be that they have to give up again, retreat to the back of Pingjing Pass, and rely on the Tongbai Mountains for defense?
"Zhu Quanzhong is playing for real this time. If he wants to wake up now, the only way to break through the defenses of Hu Zhen and Zhu Zhen in the north is to make them retreat." Shao Shude also said. Looking at the map, he said, "But it may take time."

Yeah, it takes time.Chen Cheng frowned and thought hard.

Although the troops sent out this time have achieved victories, captured and beheaded thousands of people, and plundered a lot of people, food and grass, and more importantly, they have hit the momentum of the Liang people and shaken their confidence, but I always feel that there is still more to come. the results.

Shao Shude looked at the sergeant who was practicing, and said, "Order the Weisheng Army to collect the Zongben and call in two thousand cavalry under his tent."

Chen Cheng's heart trembled, and he remonstrated, "Don't do it, Commander!"

Shao Shude glanced at him and said, "Do you know what I'm going to do?"

"I know!" Chen Cheng persuaded, "Please take it back, Marshal."

"Dissuasion is ineffective." Shao Shude took out the bow tip at his waist, tried it, and said with a smile: "No one can use it today, no soldiers can use it, so what can I do?"

Zheng Yong was blushing beside him.

(End of this chapter)