Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 634 Chaos
The war drum sounded suddenly, and countless arrows flew from the hillside.

The Haozhou soldiers were at a loss and were unprepared. They fell down in unison, and the screams were loud.

Far and near are our own troops that are retreating, and they are in Xiashi Mountain, where the Xia bandits have never appeared, and there are thousands of troops stationed near Shouzhou nearby to deter the pursuers and make them give up the pursuit. Raided?
Even if Xia thief flies, it is impossible to come here so soon!
There is no other explanation, being fucked by "our own people"!
The Haozhou generals vomited blood, calling for the sergeants to rely on carts to defend.But in fact, there are not many generals left, because they are all the targets of the first wave of arrows, and they are arrogant, riding on tall horses, shining golden light, they will either be killed, or they will be crushed under the wounded horse, which is painful. Wheezing—when someone fell off the horse, their legs were crushed and broken.

Another drumbeat sounded, accompanied by the blowing of the horn.

The Shouzhou sergeant rushed down the hillside with a spear in hand, cutting two thousand Haozhou soldiers into several sections.

Haozhou soldiers' spears, infantry bows, armor and other equipment were all on the cart. They had no armor on their bodies, only a horizontal knife at their waist, and lost their organizational system. The result of the battle can be imagined.

The rout soldiers ran all over the mountains and plains. Two thousand Shouzhou soldiers chased them for a while and killed some of them who ran slowly. Under the leadership of Wei Shoujie, they went straight to Feishui and seized the only pontoon bridge.

"Hurry up, send someone to contact Zhu Yanshou and Shao Shude." Wei Shoujie found a few cronies and asked them to split up.

"Zhu Yanshou has probably occupied Huoshan, go there to look for it. If you can't find it, forget it. Let's defend ourselves."

"Shao Shude should find him in Anfeng, and tell him that we have controlled Xiashi Mountain, Bagong Mountain, and Feishui Floating Bridge. If he attacks Shouzhou, the Huaibei Zhiliang people will not be able to reinforce it. Let's see what conditions he offers."

"Zhu Yanshou's argument is the same. Whoever benefits more, we will demote him, and whoever can win, we will help him."

The cronies understood, and soon parted ways.

In troubled times, it is the instinct of warlords to support their own self-respect and reap benefits.

Liang Ren looks like this, it seems that he will not succeed.Such an important place in Shouchun can definitely be sold for a good price, the difference is who it is sold to.

Wei Shoujie is slightly inclined to vote for Yang Xingmi, not Shao Shude, nor Zhu Yanshou, but Yang Xingmi!The deep meaning in it can only be understood by warlords.

Jiang Congxu and Hou Yan soon received the news brought back by the defeated soldiers.

Hou Yan angrily kicked the general of Haozhou who was kneeling in front of him and crying, the problem was caused by these idiots and idiots who thought they were smart.

Six or seven thousand soldiers and horses guarding Shouchun, if you count the Shouchun Tutuan villagers who have just been conscripted, it is not surprising that ten thousand people will be drawn out.

Shao Shude's claim to have an army of 2 is simply farting!It killed [-] people, no more.

Do these 2 people dare to leave Shouchun alone and continue chasing them?Of course not!

Can we go around the south side of the road?Can.But there are many mountains and forests in the water, and there are no post roads. Not only is it easy to fall, but it is also difficult to walk, and the distance is farther, so what a chase!

Therefore, Shouchun must be fought, and don't worry if you don't fight.

But Wei Shoujie actually rebelled, and blatantly raided Haozhou soldiers, beheaded hundreds, and the rest were scattered everywhere. Not many people came back now, and most of them ran away to their hometown in Haozhou.

Now there are only a thousand Bian Song government soldiers in the city, plus more than a thousand soldiers from Jiang Congxu, Shouzhou is already in jeopardy.

Hou Yan glanced at Jiang Congxu, wondering if he might as well run away to count the ball, leaving Jiang Congxu, a foolish boy, to guard Shouzhou, and he couldn't run away anyway.But after all, he is afraid of military law and dare not make mistakes.

"Hurry up and recruit, everyone who can go to the city, let's fight." Hou Yan stomped his feet and made up his mind.

Jiang Congxu looked pale and anxious.

In the context of the great retreat, Shouzhou has become the front line against the enemy, and it can even be said to be a barrier to stop the enemy. How can he not panic when he succeeds as a young man?
The human heart, the most important thing is the human heart.Jiang Congxu really can't tell what everyone is thinking now, he is now suspicious of everyone, and everyone thinks he wants to turn against him.

He suddenly thought of his old father who had committed suicide. If he was still alive, what would he do?

Liang General Zhang Conghui was domineering, his father sent people to beat gongs and drums, and greeted him from left to right. Instead of showing his face, he even went to the state general He Zangyao's house to drink and talk intimately, forcing his father to think that Zhu Quanzhong was going to murder him and kill all the generals. Then he committed suicide.

Alas, Zhu Quanzhong gave me the title of governor to appease me.Usually it's fine, but now people will be confused, how many people will obey orders?
It's up to you!
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Shao Shude's army was neither fast nor slow.

Not slow because of the pursuit of the enemy.

There have actually been gains along the way.After leaving Anfeng, they killed hundreds of enemies and captured more than a thousand in two days.When they arrived not far from Shouchun, they captured another batch of Liang army's supplies and captured more than [-] people.

Since the start of the pursuit, nearly a thousand enemies have been killed, three or 4000 people have been captured, tens of thousands of grains have been obtained, and some military funds have been left.

Liang Jun's losses have exceeded the time when the two sides were fighting each other on both sides of the Pishui River.

But he didn't dare to go any faster.

The [-] Guangzhou soldiers who were annihilated by crossing the river earlier suffered from the ambush, so how can we not learn from it?

To put it bluntly, there are still few soldiers and weak strength. This is a flaw and there is no way.

"Marshal, there is an envoy from Shouzhou, Wei Shoujie." In the camp at night, Chen Cheng and Li Zhong came in to report.

"Whose person? Jiang Congxu?" Shao Shude asked.

"It's the envoy of the state general Wei Shoujie." Chen Cheng explained in a low voice the intricate relationships within Shouzhou, which opened Shao Shude's eyes.

A small state is divided into so many factions.Ghosts and monsters from all walks of life fight with each other, and no one can subdue the other, they can only compromise with each other and divide the territory.When the catastrophe was imminent, internal conflicts could no longer be suppressed, so they broke out in an all-round way.

"So, Haozhou soldiers are finished?" Shao Shude put down the history book in his hand and asked.

"Haozhou's army has collapsed. Now in Shouzhou City, there are no more than two thousand soldiers, and people are panicked. It's easy to take." Chen Cheng said.

"How should I trust them?" Shao Shude asked, "What if they pretend to surrender?"

"This is the key." Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Commander, after careful interrogation, I learned that the state general Wei Shoujie sent another envoy to contact Zhu Yanshou. This is obviously an opportunistic, swaying idea."

"What?" Shao Shude was a little surprised: "Zhu Yanshou, governor of Luzhou? Yang Xingmi also intervened?"

"Yes." Chen Cheng said, "It is said that soldiers have arrived near Huoshan."

"Zhu Jing didn't find out?"

"Zhu Jing has gathered all his troops and is going to Shouzhou. I'm afraid I don't know yet."

"How many people are here from Zhu Yanshou?"

"The envoy doesn't know either." Chen Cheng said, "The person who contacted him was Zhu Yanshou's wife and younger brother Wang Peng, who was guarded by cavalry from Heiyundu."

Heiyundu, also known as Heiyunchangjiandu, when most people mention it, they refer to the [-] armored soldiers who are good at wielding heavy swords and mo knives. The most elite troops.

Qian Liu also set up a martial arts capital, which is the trump card of Zhejiang West Town.

When Heiyundu swept across the south, charged into the battle with unstoppable bravery, and the commanders and governors of all walks of life trembled when they heard the name of Heiyundu, Wu Yongdu was probably the only opponent who could fight them twice.

In fact, Hei Yundu not only had the [-] heavy infantry, but also cavalry, but the number was small, just a few thousand cavalry.

The lack of war horses in the south is like this.Qian Liu has already found a place with rich water and grass outside the north gate of Hangzhou, where he raises horses, but he does not know the number. There should not be more than 3 horses recorded in history. I have raised sheep during the year.

Yang Xingmi's subordinates run ranches, and the biggest one is Runzhou Anrenyi.It may be because his surname is An, and his ancestors are Hu people, so he is more persistent in this matter.The second is Yang Xingmi's own ranch in Guangling. Zhu Yanshou in Luzhou should have raised a small number of horses, but I have never heard of Xuanzhou Tianxuan-he is the strongest among the three and a half independent army leaders.

"Since the black clouds are here, could it be that Yang Xingmi personally recruited them?" Shao Shude was a little uncertain.

If they conscript themselves, then Zhu Yanshou's soldiers and horses along the way will have to be re-evaluated.

"Shouldn't be." Chen Cheng said: "When Xingmi was the governor of Luzhou, in the first battle, he fought against Zhang Ao, the governor of Shouzhou in Chucheng, and sent Tian Xie, Li Shenfu, and Li Xun. Actually, he didn't like to personally conquer. , relying more on his generals, Zhu Yanshou, Tian Yu, and An Renyi made the most contributions, and Li Shenfu, Liu Wei and others also made meritorious deeds. If it was not for a life-and-death battle, he would not have personally conscripted."

"Can you find out who the general of Heiyundu is?" Shao Shude asked.

"I only know that the person who escorted Wang Peng was Li Hou from the military academy, from Caizhou. Li Hou is also a general of Chai Zayong. Chai Zayong, formerly known as Cun, is from Ruyang, Caizhou." Chen Cheng replied: "That's all."

Damn, a bunch of Cai thieves are working for Yang Xingmi!

Shao Shude stood up and started pacing again.Those who are familiar with him know that this is an important decision to make, so they don't speak, just wait quietly.

"The army continues to march north!" Shao Shude made up his mind and said, "There is enough food and grass in the army for more than [-] days, it's okay."

In fact, it is a bit dangerous in theory to reserve grain and grass for more than [-] days.Once the war is unfavorable, I am afraid that the food will not be cut off.

"Order Zang Dubao to speed up. If he can't reach Anfeng within two days, don't do his military envoy!" Shao Shude said firmly, "Things have changed, and we can't wait. Send the order and pull out the camp immediately." , go north."

Li Zhong and Chen Cheng were a little surprised. Marching at night was a risk.

"Send the order immediately, don't hesitate." Shao Shude raised his voice and said.

The sergeants, who had just finished dinner, quickly received their orders.That is to say, Shao Shude had gained a lot of prestige recently, and the sergeants finally obeyed, packed up their equipment, food and grass, and set off from camp.

A long fire dragon appeared on the west bank of Feishui River, winding its way to the north, which was very spectacular.

At the same time, the messenger also left the camp.They were going to send orders to Zhe Conggu, who was still chasing Liang Jun in Huaibei, to give up the pursuit, and the whole army crossed the Huai River and went south to meet at the city of Shouzhou.

Someone came to grab the territory, Shao Shude used all the available troops.

(End of this chapter)