Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 682 Attitude
Xiao Fu is about to go out again, this time with Pang Shigu.

In the Battle of Luoyang, tens of thousands of troops were lost, including the most elite Changzhi Army.The news was tightly sealed at the beginning, but the Heluo garrison was not wiped out after all, and some people always escaped back, so the news gradually spread, and many people knew about it.

There is no doubt that this is a huge blow to Liang Wang's prestige.Combined with the whole year of last year, Xia Zei cavalry galloped across Henan, as if entering no one's land, many people have already wondered whether Bianzhou is in danger, and whether the huge Xuanwu military and political group is about to be destroyed.

It may be an overstatement to say people are panicking, but it is also true that anxiety is spreading.Especially the sergeant's family, they have been particularly worried about their father, husband, and son in recent years, for fear that they will die in battle if they are not careful, and the family will lose their support.

Xiao Fu is a delicate person, he is keenly aware of this emotion, but there is nothing he can do about it.If the current situation is like this, everyone is asking for luck, what else can they do?

Before leaving, Xiao Fu held a small banquet at home and invited some good friends, all of whom were old friends who were relatively easy to talk to and had a good relationship with.

"Is the son-in-law going to fight too?" Xiao Fu asked.

"Yes, I'm going to Caozhou in a few days." Xie Yanzhang was a little unhappy.

Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang and his son were sent here for a while, and where they were sent for a while. The sons and the generals are probably afraid of this Liang general who was born as a nest thief, but what is outrageous is that Ge Congzhou can only lead the partial division until now, and has no chance to take over the overall situation as the commander-in-chief.

It is said that Liang Wang likes to promote newcomers and suppress the old, but Ge Congzhou and his son, because of their backgrounds, do not seem to be very favored. They are neither newcomers nor old, so this status is very embarrassing.

"It's not bad to go to Caozhou." Xiao Fu said something nonsensical, Xie Yanzhang remained silent, and Wang Yanzhang, who had been drinking beside him, couldn't help but look up.

Only Pei Di was still drinking and eating, he was too lazy to care about these crap.

When he first heard that King Liang's war was going against him, he was also very worried, and he was always thinking of ways and offering suggestions.However, most of the strategies offered were not adopted, and over time, this feeling faded away.

In the past few days, he heard a news that King Xia went to Luoyang, and after seeing Hu Zhen who was captured, he comforted him with warm words and talked happily.And Hu Zhen was also overwhelmed by King Xia's magnanimity, and gladly took up the post of counseling and joining the army in King Xia's mansion, making suggestions for King Xia.

Who is Hu Zhen?The earliest group of old people who followed the King of Liang served as Jiedu envoys in Hua and Luo towns successively, and the inside story of Bianliang was clearly seen in front of King Xia.

I don't know how this matter spread to Bianzhou. Logically speaking, it didn't happen so quickly. It may be that the Xia people spread it on purpose.But no matter what, Pei Di believed it was true, because King Liang was once furious and wanted to kill Hu Zhen's entire family.

Of course, King Liang has the ability to tell the truth from the false. If he is so angry, it is probably true.After thinking about it carefully, Pei Di changed his mind.

Fighting is the business of warriors, what has it to do with us civil servants?There are not many benefits, and people have been ridiculed as a "hair awl". Once the military payment is not raised in time, it is easy to be used as a doormat.

King Xia doesn't seem to despise civil servants, Wei Zhaodu and Du Rangneng can both come out of the town to become commanders, just like King Liang let Zhang Tingfan go out of town in Xuzhou, both of them are heroes of the day.If King Liang is dead, it's okay to vote for King Xia, it's better than letting those bloodthirsty and brutal warriors take over the world.

"Over there in Caozhou, if you can capture and kill Liang Hanyong, the son-in-law of Shao thief, it will be a great achievement." Wang Yanzhang said suddenly.

Xiao Fu smiled and said, "It's not that easy."

Xie Yanzhang nodded earnestly: "Thieves are raging around, and they run away when they are robbed. They never stay in one place for a long time. They are so forced that they can't stand, and they can still run to Zhu Jin, Zhu Xuan, Zhe Silun Rest on the site, and then make a detour and come back."

"It's hard to guard against." Pei Di made a rare comment.

Wang Yanzhang was tongue-tied, not knowing what to say, everyone's fighting spirit is not very high.

"Come on, drink!" Xiao Fu stood up himself, filled Wang Yanzhang with wine, and said with a smile.

In his opinion, Wang Yanzhang has a heart of loyalty, and he has never forgotten Liang Wang Jianba's kindness to him.

In fact, the King of Liang granted him the captaincy at the beginning, but he just did it casually because he saw his martial arts skills, brave and fearless, and he forgot about it afterwards.Otherwise, Wang Yanzhang could have spent so many years in the army?

Finally, relying on the accumulated military exploits, he became the Yamen of Bianzhou. He was also one of the many middle-level officers, and he did not have the real power to lead the army.Compared with when you led troops to fight in the army, it is hard to say whether you have been promoted or demoted.

The king of Liang recruited 3000 brave children from rich families in Bianzhou to build the Xia Capital.After working together with the friendly army to drive away the Xia bandits, Xun rebuilt and defeated the Xia army. The number of troops directly doubled to 6000. Wang Yanzhang finally served as the commander of Yidu, commanding thousands of soldiers, reaching a new height in his military career.

For such a little kindness, Wang Yanzhang was so grateful that he almost wanted to die for Liang Wang.For this, Xiao Fu was also very moved. Any general should be overjoyed to get such a subordinate, right?
Wang Yanzhang gulped down sullenly, looked at the people in the room, and said, "Although the battle is unfavorable, it can't be surrendered at once. The Xia army is about to go west, and I don't believe that the Xia bandits have three heads and six arms."

Like Xiao Fu, the Po Xia Army will also follow Pang Shigu on the expedition.

Pang has been appointed as the defense envoy of Meng Zhengdu, and Ding Hui is the Jiedu envoy of the Youguo Army. The task of the two is to block the attack route of the Xia bandits and wait for an opportunity to recover Heluo.

It can be seen from the job title that Pang Shigu's main task is to defend, but in fact Zhu Quanzhong gave him a lot of freedom.If Pang Shigu insisted, Zhu Quanzhong might increase his troops, and then join forces with Wei Bo to attack Heyang northward.

Everyone can see that relying on defense is too passive.Taking the initiative to attack and criticize the falsehood may bring a turning point to the battle situation.It's just that I don't know how many troops Shao thief has deployed in Heyang. This needs to be investigated in advance, otherwise it will be a death.

In short, Xiao Fu is not very optimistic about taking the initiative to attack.Wei Bo's gang of soldiers, who knows what kind of hell they will fight?You can imagine the morale of resisting going out to fight from the bottom of your heart, so don't be fooled by them.

"General Wang is so brave, I should have another drink." Xiao Fu picked up the wine bottle and said with a smile.

Wang Yanzhang did not refuse, and drank it all in one gulp.

Xie Yanzhang glanced at him.

Since Po Xiajun was taught a lesson in the north of Bianzhou, he felt ashamed from top to bottom.Recently, I have been vigorously rectifying and training hard.The skills of these wealthy children are not bad, they can even be called proficient. Their problem is morale.If it can be tidied up and rectified, it will be a battleable army.

That is to say, Zhao Lin, the military envoy, has little ability and relies entirely on his family's shade for his position.But Wang Yanzhang, Du Yanqiu, Liu Qi and others are all good players, I hope they can practice well, otherwise this situation is really...

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Liang Hanyong led 2000 flying dragon troops and more than [-] Guanbeifan soldiers all the way eastward. After more than ten battles, they finally broke through the interception and arrived in Puzhou.

In fact, they also benefited from Qi Bizhang's favor.His ten thousand people broke into Xuzhou southward and pulled Liang Jun southward, otherwise they would not be able to break through Zhu Zhen's interception in Caozhou.

Also, I don't know if it's an illusion.Liang Hanyong always felt that Zhu Zhen didn't do her best, didn't dare to take risks, and didn't have the will to leave them behind despite suffering heavy losses.At the critical moment, they were slowed down for a while, and they didn't expect to be killed and the net broken, and finally the seven to eight thousand of them arrived in Puzhou smoothly.

Inspector Shao Lun did not dare to go out of the city to meet him, but quietly sent a batch of supplies over at night.In the middle of the night, he even went out of the city himself and arrived at Liang Hanyong's camp.

"General Liang."

"Mr. Shao."

"What exactly does Zhu Xuan mean?" Liang Hanyong asked straight to the point after seeing the ceremony.

"General Liang doesn't know something." Shao Lun also had a bitter expression on his face, and said: "Seeing that Quanzhong was embarrassed, Zhu Shuai has secretly sent envoys to Bianzhou to repair it, and strictly ordered me not to provoke him, even Liu Zhijun still occupies Puzhou The county doesn't care."

Liang Hanyong realized the complexity of the matter.

Before the Battle of Luoyang, Zhu Xuan had actually stopped the war with Zhu Quanzhong.After the Battle of Luoyang, the spread of the news was not so fast for the lower level, but for someone like Zhu Xuan who followed the battle in the west all day long, it was not difficult to find out the general situation.

He may not be able to know the whole picture of this war that lasted only ten days, but it is clear that Zhu Quanzhong lost his troops and lost the Yiluo River Valley, which is enough to make a judgment.

A bunch of killers!
You scold Zhu Quanzhongen all day long for revenge, and you don't even think about who sent someone over to help you defend against Liang Jun.Now that Xia's army is powerful and the people of Liang have been defeated, their attitude has changed all of a sudden, which is very hateful.

A bunch of shameless people!There is no morals at all.

"Forget it, Zhu Xuan doesn't want to intervene, and I don't bother to care about him. There is only one thing today. Our army attacked and harassed Liang people, and we need to rest supplies in Puzhou. Is there a problem?" Liang Hanyong asked.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult." Shao Lun said hesitantly, "Shuai Zhu probably won't allow it."

"Hmph!" Liang Hanyong changed color suddenly, and said angrily, "Zhu Xuan is shameless, Mr. Shao may think of a way?"

Shao Lun hesitated even more.

"If you are rich, you have to take risks." Liang Hanyong smiled suddenly, and said in a persuasive manner: "Who would not be able to make contributions to Taiping? If you want to be the adopted son of King Xia and enter the genealogy, Shao Shijun doesn't want to think of a way?"

"Does General Liang have a strategy?" Shao Lun asked.

"Dare to ask Mr. Shao to make a good relationship with Quan Zhong, isn't everyone in the town willing?" Liang Hanyong asked rhetorically.

"Of course, otherwise, I wouldn't have secretly sent envoys." Shao Lun struggled a little if he realized something.

"It's about the same as I thought." Liang Hanyong smiled and said: "Quanzhong killed tens of thousands of Yunzhen's children before and after. How can this account be counted? What's the reason? Zhu Xuan still treats Mr. Shao Trust me, there may be a chance here."

Shao Lun was silent for a long time.The candles in the tent were flickering and flickering, making his face extraordinarily ferocious and gloomy.

"This matter needs a long-term plan." After a long time, Shao Lun sighed: "It's not that simple, we have to wait for the opportunity."

"It's good that Shao Shijun has this kind of heart. If the big event is accomplished, the husband will be very happy after hearing it." Liang Hanyong laughed.

Shao Lun forced a smile.

(End of this chapter)