Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 689
On the twelfth day of March in the third year of Qianning, outside Liaowu, ships entered and left the port very frequently.

As soon as the big river thawed, the Lingzhou side opened the warehouse, piled up all kinds of materials on the dock, and began to transfer them out one by one.

Well, the "police boat" cleared the way.After years of development, Marshal Shao's navy has changed from one warship to two. Later, he sent people to Hanshui to recruit sailors and professional officers, and trained them rigorously. Now there are eight warships, which are extremely powerful— —The efficiency of anti-smuggling is higher.

The ships were fully loaded with food, including wheat, highland barley, corn, soybeans, mung beans, milk powder, dried meat, drinks, and even hay. They were relayed in stages and transported over long distances. After sinking a few ships, all of them were sent to the Weikou Warehouse.

The strength of the Yellow River water transport is the key to the gradual increase of the number of troops Shao Dashuai can mobilize in the Central Plains from 5 to [-] a few years ago to more than [-] today.Otherwise, no matter how well Guanbei is built, it will only make the local people happy, and it will not help the war. In fact, the people of Lingxia very much hope that the Yellow River water transportation will be cut off, so that they can keep their tax revenue locally.

The burden on the people in the river has not been relieved.

To use troops in the Central Plains, no matter how cheap the shipping cost is, it still has costs.Transporting grain from Lingzhou, such a long distance, with such complicated hydrology and climate conditions, and counting the loss in the middle, how can it be compared to transporting grain from the river?

Wang Yao's yamen army has been fluctuating around [-] in recent years, and the scale has not been able to expand. Apart from Shao Shude's intervention, too many offerings are also an important factor.

Therefore, the construction of Heyang is of great significance.The closer the logistics supply base is to the front line, the lower the cost and the more sufficient the supply. This is an undeniable truth even in the 21st century, and it is also the first choice——cough cough, supplying the front line through the white hair country, of course, it is not as efficient as directly supplying the front line from the big hair country high.

The Liang Jun navy gradually appeared east of the pontoon bridge, but the scale was not large, there were only a dozen or so reconnaissance ships.After approaching Zhongyu City, they were driven away by the strong crossbow—the range of the trebuchet was too short to hit these long-distance targets.

Shao Shude watched the tentative fire reconnaissance of the Liang Jun navy at the head of Mengzhou city.

"Li Hui is also one of Quan Zhongyuan's followers, can you win him over?" Shao Shude asked Hu Zhen and Xu Huaiyu who were standing beside him.

"Your Majesty, Li Hui is in charge of the Navy alone in Bianzhou. He holds a high position and authority. Quan Zhong also trusts him a lot, and rewards him constantly. Li Hui himself owns a large mansion, with a huge family fortune, and there are many concubines and prostitutes in the mansion. , so extravagant, he may find it difficult to let go of these things." Hu Zhen said.

These things, only a "traitor" like him knows best, how can outsiders understand such details?
"It's a pity. It's a pity that the navy that the imperial court invested heavily and spent many years to build falls into the hands of Quanzhong. It's a pity." Shao Shude sighed, "Is Huo Cun still unwilling to surrender?"

"Yes." Hu Zhen personally went out to persuade Huo Cun to surrender, but was almost shot to death by an arrow, and fled back in embarrassment.

"Your Majesty, in the fourth year of Zhonghe, Huo Cun, Ge Congzhou, Li Di, Li Chongyin, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou and others surrendered to Quanzhong. These people are still in the old department, and they are not from the same way as us. It is useless to persuade them Xu Huaiyu, who seldom spoke, suddenly reported: "Huo Cun is still hopeful, waiting for the navy to rescue him. If he can isolate Liang Jun's warships, the defenders will naturally give up and have no fighting spirit."

"Hmph! Huo Cun is so stubborn. I think he doesn't want to." Shao Shude glanced at the pontoon bridge, which was half built, and said with a sneer, "Two iron cables block the river. I want to see Li Huineng." Can't break through."

Heyang Nancheng, he really wanted to win it as soon as possible.Otherwise, it would be too inconvenient to cross the river, and it would take a long detour.When the military situation is urgent, it is easy to delay things-the Wuwei army has already gone south to Luoyang, and they are the way to go.

Opposite the Liaowu Wharf, there is a steep mountain range that can't be seen at a glance, and there are few people.At the gap in the mountain range, there is indeed a small pier with fast-flowing water, and it is not impossible to take risks to dock. Use, because horse-drawn carriages cannot pass through.Roads that cannot be passed by carriages are of little value from a military point of view.

After returning to the city, Shao Shude hurriedly approved the official letters sent by the palace and the shogunate.

The Xinquan army had finished its two-year garrison period in Qingtang City, and returned to Lingzhou to rest and recuperate. They will be replaced by a ten-thousand-strong Zhen Guojun.

The National Army of Thirty Thousand Townships was originally a garrison in Tongguan, but they were transferred here and there over the years, and they were used as garrison troops sent abroad.At present, in addition to the 1 troops who have just been sent to Shanzhou to deter Qingtang and Tubo, there are 8000 people who are in Dandan, and another [-] people who have just finished their two-year garrison in Jishi Military City in Kuozhou and returned to Huazhou to replace them. It was Yi Congjun who did not hide [-] people from the Jieming Department.

The NCO move continues.

Originally, it was planned to move the Zhesi Yu Department of the Cavalry Army and the Zhang Yanqiu Department of the Zhenwu Army here this year, but considering that there were too few troops left behind in Lingxia, they took a break and only moved [-] soldiers of the Cavalry Army ([-] soldiers) ) came over and settled in Xia County.

In order to make up for the loss of population outflow from Guanbei, 30 Huazhou households were forced to be relocated to Lingzhou for resettlement. This is the fourth batch of Huazhou people who have moved out. Still as many as more than [-], it is really too much...

Twenty thousand Huazhou households, 1 Tongzhou households, and more than [-] Hezhong households were sent to Guanbei, and the local population composition changed drastically.The number of Han people increased greatly, and Hu people (mostly the families of soldiers) moved out in large numbers, and the social atmosphere changed again.

Yang Yu reported that the Fan tribe in Guanbei had been repeatedly invaded by Tatars and had suffered heavy losses. Please send Lingxia's powerful soldiers to help drive out the culprits.

Here it is, at last!Shao Shude sighed.

After enjoying the bonus of Hu Bing for many years, it is finally time to take care of them.

Over the years, the five departments of Yinshan have lived a good life!The profits from the Silk Road accounted for a large amount, especially the Dangxiangzhuang Lang clan in the back of the mountain in Liyuquan, who built cities on the grasslands to collect taxes.Coupled with the frequent trade with Guanbei, Helong and even Guanzhong, Shao Shude even suspected that they had fallen.

In the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations, no matter whether it was the Horqin of Mongolia in the southern part of the desert, or the Khalkha, Tuxietu and Chechen tribes in the northern part of the desert, they could not compete with the Junggar, Turghut, Gilbert, Wulianghai and other tribes in the western part of the desert. However, Heshuote Mongolia in Qinghai can't do them either.This is certainly because Moxi Mongolia has been exposed to more advanced weapons and military ideas, but it is also true that people's lives are more difficult and battles are more frequent.

Damn, I was raised and disabled!
How to do?There are not enough troops.The Iron Cavalry has already left, and it is not appropriate to let them go back, and this army is also needed on the front line.

Shao Shude calculated the remaining troops in the north of Xiaguan, including [-] cavalry from the Zhenwu Army, [-] cavalry from the Xinquan Army, and [-] people with silver spears ([-] soldiers). Not many people could be drawn out.

No, there are actually more than that many troops!In fact, there are [-] continuation troops under training.

Originally, there were less than 5 people, because many recruits were sent to the front line to replenish the war damage, but recently more than 5000 Liang soldiers were captured, including the more than [-] Liang and Huai people captured last year. Shao Shude ordered to choose from them Strong and strong, he was sent to Lingzhou and handed over to Zhu Shuzong's capital coach to make the yamen reform and train.After the transformation, they will be sent back to the front line as recruits to supplement the battle damage.

These people are all rich in combat experience. With the addition of some recruits with excellent training results, they can almost form a cannon fodder unit. After a few months, let them learn how to ride horses, and they can still play a very good role in fighting the Tatars. great effect.

Thinking of this, I immediately wrote my opinion and sent it to Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng for processing.

After finishing all this, Shao Shude breathed a sigh of relief.

As a "quasi-monarch", he is much more relaxed than those monarchs who stayed up all night to approve memorials in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.After all, the prime minister has a lot of power, and each department operates on its own. Many minor matters will not be sent to him at all, and Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng will handle them directly. It would be nice to give you a briefing afterwards.

In fact, not only is he relaxed, but the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty are also more relaxed than the elders of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Because the power at the local level is also great, many things are handled by themselves, and they will not be reported.

The degree of centralization is still very low, and the Northern Dynasty is an old tradition.

……

In Weizhou City, Luo Hongxin and his son had just sent away the visitors from Bianzhou.

The father and son already knew the news that Yang Li brought back from Heyang.

So obvious!Shao thief's methods are too low-level!This trick is too superficial!So straightforward that it makes people laugh out loud!

But the father and son laughed at each other, and they were very honest, and they sent two more generals to the front line calmly, and divided Shi Renyu's military power.

"My son, in this situation, from your point of view, what should you do?" Luo Hongxin, who was full of hair, sat in the yard, enjoying the warm spring sunshine, and asked.

"Grandpa, the sergeants are short-sighted and cannot see Shao Shude's ambition to devour the towns. We can't do this." Luo Shaowei said with a serious face: "We still have to strongly support the Xuanwu Army."

Luo Hongxin was noncommittal.In fact, what kind of choice is not important, what is important is what should you do after choosing a party?The secret of the Wei Bo military group's survival so far is that it has never completely fallen to any one side, has both sides, and repeatedly straddles the fence.

But riding the wall is also a kind of handicraft, and at the same time, you must have your own attitude.

The request of the Wei Bo soldiers is very simple. According to Yang Li's return, Shao Shude also agreed to this point, promising to let the Luo family live in Weizhou, and the interests of the Wei Bo soldiers will not be moved.

It can be said that as far as the current situation is concerned, there is no fundamental irreconcilable conflict between Wei Bo and Shuofang.

But this was the opinion of the middle and lower rank officers and soldiers. Luo Hongxin and his son took a longer view. They subconsciously felt that Xuanwu Town should not be wiped out, which would be of no benefit to them.

"In the past, Zhaoyi and Liu Zhen rebelled, and the imperial court ordered our town to send troops. The commander-in-chief He Hongjing leaned on Liu Zhenxiang's lips and teeth, without any deep meaning." Luo Hongxin said.

"It should be so." Luo Shaowei nodded.

"However, the imperial court gathered a large number of troops, and the loyal military commander Wang Zai led the troops to attack Cizhou through Weibo. He Hongjing immediately sent troops to attack Luren." Luo Hongxin said again.

Luo Shaowei was speechless.

Luo Hongxin took a deep look at his son, and sighed: "What my father wants to tell you is that you can't be single-minded in doing things. You must judge the situation, and if something goes wrong, change the court immediately. When the situation improves, you can switch back. There is no problem." .”

Luo Shaowei did not master the unique skills of Weibo soldiers to survive and survive like his father, and his wall-riding skills were not good enough, so he was taken aback when he heard it.

"Quanzhong is weak now, why is he still offering sacrifices to Bianzhou for his father?" Luo Hongxin asked.

"Help Quanzhong and prevent him from being defeated." Luo Shaowei replied.

"That's right." Luo Hongxin said: "Shu De is powerful, but Quan Zhong is weak. If Quan Zhong is defeated, Wei Bo will be doomed, so I help him. Now Shu De is trying to win me over. Let me be king, Luo Shiyongzhen Weizhou is good, but it must not be single-mindedly invested in it. It is unnecessary and dangerous. Shi Renyu's generation is not stupid, and he will not make mistakes in such big things. , but you also need to guard against it.”

Luo Shaowei nodded repeatedly.However, there was also some murmur in my heart, is my father really not worried about Shi Renyu?not necessarily.

"Quanzhong's invitation to send troops is not allowed, but good words are needed to comfort me. Shude borrowed the matter of Liyang and refused. If the Xia people come hard, they will fight with them. After the summer harvest, send more grain to Bianzhou for 50 Wan Hu." Luo Hongxin said: "Xia and Liang's more than [-] armies are about to break out in a big battle in the Mang Mountain area, let's see how the battle is fought before making any calculations."

"Father is still thoughtful." Luo Shaowei admired.

(End of this chapter)