Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 660

The defenders of Zhongyi City actually fled back to the south bank by themselves in small boats, and hundreds of people left in total.Hundreds more were captured, hundreds died in battle, and many jumped into the river, trying to swim back to the south bank by themselves.

Liang Jun's navy didn't come to rescue them. One is unnecessary, and the two are dangerous if they get close.

The South Pontoon Bridge was burned, this time completely.The three cities of Heyang, Zhoucheng, and Zhongyucheng (Heyangguan) have been controlled by Xia Jun, and only Nancheng is still in the hands of Liang people.

There were originally [-] Liang soldiers in Nancheng, after receiving hundreds of remnants, Pang Shigu had no choice but to allocate [-] infantry, [-] cavalry, [-] sailors and corresponding equipment, food and grass to Huo Cun.

The matter was urgent, Huo Cun ignored the rules.He recruited troops in Heyang and Heyin counties, and got more than [-] soldiers. The whole army expanded to [-], and they were stationed in the south city of Heyang and Cangcheng not far to the east.

In order to shirk responsibility, Huo Cun complained to himself that there was a shortage of troops and equipment, but Hu and Pang ignored it...

The letter was quickly sent to Bianzhou and handed over to Zhu Quanzhong's desk.

"Crack!" Zhu Quanzhong patted the table heavily, expressionless.

Internal discord, Hu Zhen and Pang Shigu have sect views.

"Your Majesty..." Jingxiang has also read Huo Cun's note and the military newspaper sent back from the front, and he knows exactly what Zhu Quanzhong is thinking, so after organizing his words, he said: "Actually, Zhongji City is lost. It's nothing, what should be paid attention to now is whether the Xia bandits are going to attack, and where are they coming from?"

Zhu Quanzhong sat down, scanned the generals in the government office, and said: "Let's talk about it. I heard that the Shao thief has arrived in Shanzhou, with a cloud of servants coming and going, and his pomp is comparable to a saint. Can these thieves call all the heroes of the world together?" ask for it?"

To gather all the heroes from all over the world to discuss "living Dong Zhuo", it is natural to ask for an edict from the emperor.

This is actually not a problem, just make a copy in private, and those who are willing to believe will naturally be willing to believe.If you don't want to believe it, even if it's true in front of him, he will say it's a lie.

This is a matter of position, nothing else.

"Your Majesty, this strategy is very good. Now we can move the towns of Jin, Wei, Zhao, Yan, and Wu, please cultivate virtue. Whether it succeeds or not, you can try it." Li Zhen was the first to come out to express his agreement.

Indeed, as he said, the cost is very low, and once successful, the benefits are high.

Shao Shude's power is too great, which makes people look sideways.If he was in the Central Plains, he would have been beaten by the crowd.But he is in the Kansai area, which is not very easy to fight, but it does not prevent the Xuanwu Army from striving for alliances in the world.

Xuanwu Army's ability to expand abroad has been greatly reduced. This is a bitter fact, but in today's situation, it is not a bad thing, because he can dispel the doubts of other princes and increase their appeal to jointly fight against Shao's bandits, even if they are just Verbal support, that's not bad, either.At least there is no hostility anymore, and we can have a rear.

Jing Xiang didn't object to Zhu Quanzhong and Li Zhen's harmony, because he also felt that this kind of no-cost business could be tried.However, he always believed that he had to rely mainly on himself to fight Shao thief.

"Your Majesty, the alliance's matter of beating Shao is indeed to be done, but the early winter is here, and the bandit cavalry will go south again. This is an urgent matter." Before Jing Xiang could speak, Xiao Fu suddenly stood up and said.

This is extremely correct, and there is nothing wrong with it.There is a huge difference between Henan Prefecture, Ruzhou and the hinterland of the Bian Song Dynasty. The former is sparsely populated, and you can’t see a few people even if you run for a day. , it is difficult to limit the range of activities of their cavalry, unless the wall is cleared, but the price is too high.

"In your opinion, where does Shao bandit want to attack?" Zhu Quanzhong asked.

"Your Majesty." Xiao Fu saluted solemnly, and said solemnly: "If a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, I ask you to strengthen the defense of Bianzhou, so that the thieves will not rush to the city of Bianzhou. Otherwise, people's hearts will be turbulent, and there will be many opinions. , harmful to the overall situation.”

Jing Xiang frowned subconsciously.

"Your intention, the Xia bandits want to attack Bianzhou?" Zhu Quanzhong asked again.

"Your Majesty, why are the bandits riding in Guanghe Town, Banzhu City, and Heyang Pass within a few months regardless of the price?" Xiao Fu replied, "I don't know where Xia Bandits want to attack. However, Bianzhou is the most important place. Even if it is not for the morale of the people, the safety of the king should be considered more. Today, most of the strong soldiers are outside, and Bianzhou is empty. The soldiers and civilians were horrified, rumors spread everywhere, and I couldn't imagine what would happen."

What Xiao Fu said was just and awe-inspiring, and there were many mid-level generals who supported it.Their family is small and their property is in Junyi and Kaifeng counties, so of course they are afraid of being attacked by Xia thieves.

This is not ten years ago!When Qin Zongquan approached Bianzhou, everyone could only stick to the city, but at that time, everyone had just arrived in Bianzhou, some were not yet married, and some were not in time to buy family wealth, which was completely different from this meeting.

"Your Majesty—" Jing Xiang hesitated for a while, but still persuaded him: "Now there are thieves who have rushed Qi Bizhang into Xu, Su, Ying, and Song states, restraining our army by tens of thousands, and the strength of our troops is already extremely tight. State defense, where do the soldiers come from?"

There are only tens of thousands of people in Bianzhou City. Although they are more loyal and capable of fighting, the small number is a flaw.There is no danger of defending the city, but it is impossible to send out to deploy defenses.

To strengthen the defense of the Bianshui area, we can only draw troops from Zhu Zhen and Pang Shigu, but this is a difficult choice.

"Weibo Luo Hongxin, can you secretly communicate with Shao thief?" Zhu Quanzhong asked suddenly.

Yes, he doubted Luo Hongxin's loyalty again, after all, this year's offerings were reduced by a full third.

"Commander, my subordinates are willing to go to Weizhou as an envoy. Please Luo Hongxin strictly guard the border and prevent the Xia bandits from crossing the river." Wei Zhao stood up and said loudly.

"Good." Zhu Quanzhong was overjoyed and said, "If you can persuade Wei Bo to send troops to threaten Heyang's flank, it will be a great achievement, and I will reward you generously."

"As ordered." Wei Zhaoxi said.

Pei Di stood there, listening blankly to what everyone said.In fact, he didn't know where to start, and he was still in a state of confusion overall.The trouble of the summer thief has reached this point?
Others don't have a particularly good solution, it seems that they can only take one step at a time.Let Xia thief make moves first, and they will solve each move one by one, that's all.

……

Outside Yemagang, Luo Hongxin, the envoy of the Wei Bo Festival, was sitting on a futon, holding a wine bottle, enjoying himself leisurely.

But if you look carefully at his eyes, there is still a deep worry hidden.

It's hard to be small between the two, it's true!

Zhu Quanzhong personally wrote a letter, and his words were very polite, pointing out that Shao Shude had great ambitions and intended to annex the six states of Weibo.He and Li Keyong made an appointment as brothers, and they worked together as traitors, harming the scholars and people in Hebei, and Bian and Wei could fight against it together.

When Luo Hongxin first read the letter, he was very emotional.Although Zhu Quanzhong was polite in the past, he was well-mannered on the surface, but he was bossy in his heart. Although Wei Bo was angry, he couldn't beat him again, so he had to submit and pay tribute, and he suffered this for life.

But this time it was really polite.Not only did he not blame the lack of tribute, even the feeling of being secluded and condescending was gone, which made Luo Hong feel very comfortable in his confidence.

But he also knew that this kind of politeness would come at a price, so he pondered on it till now.

"Father." Luo Shaowei, deputy envoy of Wei Bo Jiedu, Sima of the left marching army of the shogunate, and commander of the Yanei pro-army, came over.

"Li Hang is gone?" Luo Hongxin asked.

"Let's go." Luo Shaowei replied.

Luo Hongxin stood up and strolled on the grass.

In the distance are the pro-army who are hunting. They talk and laugh loudly, high-spirited, as if they are invincible.

Pro-army, hehe, are you really close to Jieshuai?That's not necessarily the case.

In the first year of Guangde (763), the imperial court appointed Tian Chengsi as the defense envoy of Wei Bo and other prefectures, leading the five prefectures of Wei, Bo, Bei, Ying, and Cang, which opened the era of Wei Bo separatism.

From the first year of Guangde to the fifteenth year of Yuanhe (15), there were five generations of Tian Chengsi, Tian Yue, Tian Xu, Tian Ji'an, and Tian Hongzheng until Li Yan took over as Jiedushi.Of course, after Li Yan died of illness, Hongzheng Zibu took over for a short time, but Tian Bu couldn't hold back the arrogant soldier and committed suicide.

Wei Bo's second longer stable era was the three generations of He Jintao, He Hongjing, and He Quanhao, from the third year of Yuanhe (829) to the eleventh year of Xiantong (11).

Next came the 14-year rule of Han Yunzhong, Han Jian and his son.

Behind him is Le Yanzhen, and then Luo Hongxin.

Hehe, every time the Jiedushi is replaced, it is not a simple matter.Soldiers are very thoughtful, not ignorant, will calculate their own interests, know why to fight.

As the sergeants said when Tian Bu served as the last envoy of the Tian family, "If you want to do the old things in Heshuo", I'm up to you. If you can't, go away.

Separating one side is the core interest of Sergeant Wei Bo, as well as the core interests of the towns in Hebei.They know very well that they are fighting for "passing on the land to their descendants". If you can defeat them and allow them to stand on their own, then they will not resist fiercely, and will choose to take refuge in you and pay tribute to you.

But if they want to annex directly, they will be forced to fight with their lives. Things are often out of control and cannot be resolved overnight.

"Grandpa wants to help Quanzhong?" Luo Shaowei asked.

"What do you mean my son?"

"I want to focus on Quanzhong." Luo Shaowei replied: "Guan Shude's actions will definitely annex 43 counties in six prefectures, which is quite different from Quanzhong."

"It's the same view as a father." Luo Hongxin sighed: "But the soldiers don't cry when they see the coffin, so there's nothing they can do."

For the implementation of the military electoral system, the "First Republic" (Tian), the first transitional government (Li Yan, Tian Bu, Shi Xiancheng), the "Second Republic" (He), and the "Third Republic" (Han As far as Weibo towns of the "Fourth Republic" (Le Yanzhen) and the "Fifth Republic" (Luo Hongxin) were concerned, every decision made by the Jiedushi must take into account the military interests in the town. Interests, and even many times have to be coerced by soldiers.

Luo Hongxin, Luo Shaowei and his son clearly knew that Shao Shude was going to annex Wei Bo and planned to help Zhu Quanzhong, but the soldiers might not understand it.When Shao thief's butcher's knife didn't hit them, they always had illusions.

After all, fighting kills people. Li Keyong just killed more than 1 Wei Bowufu. If there is no other way, who would want to fight with the famous Xia thief?

"Maybe we can summon the lieutenant generals and say that once they are merged by the Shao bandits, the rules for selecting Jiedushi in the army will be abolished, and the Shao bandits will appoint Jiedushi themselves," Luo Shaowei said.

"You can give it a try." Luo Hongxin nodded, and said, "Shao's bandits have merged into the town for more than ten years, and they have cut down feudal vassals to such an extent that this may be an opportunity. The election system in the military is the foundation of Wei Bo, and the soldiers will never agree to it." This one. But in a short time, I’m afraid it won’t be effective.”

"It's up to people." Luo Shaowei said, "It's not up to outsiders to make decisions about Wei Bo."

"Target the Prime Minister and Wei Erzhou first, and don't let the Xia bandits jump in. As for the rest, take your time." Luo Hongxin sighed: "For the time being, we can only help here, King Liang will understand."

In Xiangzhou and Weizhou, you can reach Zhengzhou and Huazhou after crossing the river, and you can go straight to Bianzhou. If you hold here, you can be regarded as worthy of Zhu Quanzhong.

"On the other hand, strengthen the drills. In the current situation, there must not be many people who would object." Luo Hongxin said finally.

(End of this chapter)