Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 707
Yique, also known as Longmen.The two mountains are facing each other, and they are as if they are missing.Yishui flows north during this period, so it is called Yique.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Yique's military importance had already been valued.

Zhixuan and Zhao Yang commanded the king to command you to guard the pass. The pass here is Quesai, also known as Yique Pass.

Wu Qi also mentioned the importance of Quesai to Marquis Wu.

However, the Yique Pass at that time was far more dangerous than it is now. It is the traffic crossing that has been built in the past dynasties for the sake of peaceful traffic. It is not an overnight achievement.

Shao Shude lived in the Xiangshan Temple, located in the east mountain of Longmen.

This temple is the residence of Bai Juyi, which is antique.

There are not many monks, and there are a few monk fields at the foot of the mountain, which they cultivate for a living.It can be seen that under the severe population loss caused by the long-term war, even the monks had to do it themselves in order to have enough food and clothing-in fact, Shao Shude wondered why they were not coerced into the army by Qin Zongquan.

Hu Zhen joined the army as a counselor of the royal family, and now his seat is getting closer to Shao Shude, and his position is very detached.No way, who made people persuade Xu Huaiyu and Zhang Guiba to surrender one after another, and let the two strong cities of Xin'an and Yique fall without a fight?Those generals in the army who loved soldiers like sons were very polite to him, because he reduced the casualties of the Xia army and allowed many veterans who had fought for many years to survive.

Today, I came to the meditation room of Xiangshan Temple mainly because of the upcoming attack on the cities along Rushui, Shao Shude had something to ask him.

"Do you know Li Renhan?" Shao Shude asked bluntly.

"I don't know." Hu Zhen was a little ashamed, but still answered honestly: "This person is a young general, and Ding Hui single-handedly promoted him. In the past, I was in Luoyang. Although Ruzhou was my state, Ding Hui controlled it, and I couldn't get in." hand."

Shao Shude understood.The strategy of divide and conquer is normal.It would be strange if Zhu Quanzhong handed over the two major groups of Luoyang and Ruzhou to one person.

From this point of view, a newly rising young general like Li Renhan should be Ding Hui's confidant, and it would not be easy to surrender him.

But it doesn't matter, he only has more than 3000 soldiers, and he is in a hurry to leave, he has no intention of fighting, even if he meets, he will be defeated easily.

"Luhun and Yiyang counties, I don't want to send troops to attack. Can Hu join the army? I will ask Duan Ning to take 300 people with you to persuade these two counties to surrender." Shao Shude asked.

"Of order." Hu Zhen responded immediately.

In fact, it is not difficult.These two counties have not taken the initiative to surrender, perhaps because of the heavy rain and muddy roads, or because they really do not want to surrender.But no matter what it is, in the current situation, Xia's army is in full swing, Luonan's three passes are all lost, and the gate of Ruzhou is open, so they can't help it.Even if the county magistrate doesn't want to be decent, someone will help them to be decent. It's really just a matter of "going around".

It's all for nothing!
The [-] soldiers Duan Ning led were the Henan Fuzhou soldiers led by Ma Sixun. Yesterday Shao Shude ordered to replenish him with [-] captives, which expanded his army to over [-].

Both Luhun and Yiyang are counties under Henan Prefecture. After they are captured, the number of counties actually controlled by Henan Prefecture will reach nineteen. Except for Mi County, they are basically all captured——Mengzhou, which is led by Song Le, is now Only Heyang, Jiyuan and Wen counties, Sishui and Heyin are still in the hands of Liang people.

In the seven counties of Ruzhou, Lushan has been conquered, Longxing is about to conquer, and Ye County is tightly surrounded, and it will be taken sooner or later.Now there are still four counties of Linru, Liang, Jiacheng, and Xiangcheng, lined up along the Ru River downstream, and they are the next targets of the strategy.

After Ruzhou is taken, the two towns of Dongji and Tangdengsui will be connected geographically, which is of great strategic significance.

God is sorry to see, after Shao Sheng entered the time of sages in Jinxian Temple, he thought calmly many times.

From then on, Shao Shude and Zhe Zongben Weng and his son-in-law could save a lot of troops and go east from Ruzhou to attack Xu and Cai desperately, further disintegrating the strength and will of the Liang people.

Yes, after winning Ruzhou, the main battlefields in the next stage are not Zhengzhou and Huazhou, but Xuzhou and Caizhou.For this reason, some people have proposed to adjust the plan. The new Fan soldiers will be placed in the seven counties of Ruzhou first, rather than Henan Prefecture, so as to farm and herd nearby, and provide food, grass and livestock for the army to fight.

Anyway, Henan Prefecture currently has more than 20 households and a population of 120. Although it cannot be compared with the population of [-] million in Tianbao years, it is no longer a dilapidated state with nothing.

Ruzhou had less than 30 people during the Tianbao period, and it is hard to count now. After the war, it would be good to have 3 people, and a large number of people are urgently needed to fill the vacancies.

Of course, some people think that Ruzhou and Xuzhou areas have become battlefields, and it is not appropriate to invest too much.Heluo is barren, so it's better to immigrate to cultivate, and after producing money and grain, transport it to Linru, and then ship it to the front line, wouldn't it be safer?

This is bottom-line thinking, and it is more to Shao Shude's appetite.He is a person who likes to think about the worst outcome before doing things. Bottom-line thinking has been his habit for many years, and he has to think about it again.

On April 27, Li Tangbin, the commander of the Luoyang camp, went south in person, accompanied by the three armies of Guide, Wuwei, and Huguo. More than [-] soldiers and horses escorted a large amount of food and grass, and swarmed into Yique Pass.

The Tianzhu Army was transferred eastward to Luoyang, and was formally incorporated into the battle sequence of the Luoyang camp as a reserve team.

The heavy rain also stopped in due time.

All the ministries of Xia's army marched towards Yishui from Yique and Taigu, with great momentum.

……

On the 29th, after a difficult trek.

A part of the Shunyi Army advanced to Linru.After sending people to reconnaissance, they found that it was an empty city, and immediately occupied it.Then he ordered the auxiliary soldiers to go outside to cut wood and build ships.

Before Liang Ren left, he destroyed almost all the ships he could find, and his intention to prevent Xia Jun from quickly using the water to pursue them was clearly revealed.

At this time, inside and outside Liang County, there was chaos.

Since a few days ago, the people have dragged their families to the countryside to avoid the coming war.Dinghui didn't care about it, he just focused on collecting goods, grain and grass, and then shipped them away.

Finally, on the 25th, he waited for Li Renhan who was heading south by boat, and then ordered him to stay in Liangxian County for a few days to clean up the head and tail, while he sailed towards Jiacheng and Xiangcheng on the last batch of boats.

Today is the 29th. Li Renhan, who stayed behind for four days, ordered the redundant ships to be burned, and then hurried south to Jiacheng.

There is no doubt that everyone has given up on the Ye County defenders who are fighting on the southern front.

Under the great retreat, there are always people who are abandoned. This is true for Yi Que, and it is also true for Ye County.As for those who escaped from the Valley of Three Crows, it depends on their fate.

Qi Bizhang, who had rested in Yangzhai County for a period of time, finally waited for key supplies.

To be honest, they were almost out of food before then.

From Luoyang to Yangzhai, the 240-mile road is usually difficult to walk, and it is even more difficult in rainy days.Along the way, there were abandoned horse-drawn carriages on the side of the road, and in the deep valley next to the Twelve-Curved Mountain Road, there were overturned vehicles, dead mules and horses, and even the corpses of teachers everywhere. It took several carts of grain to transport to Yangdi. Logistics in the mountains is also too difficult!

Qi Bizhang couldn't sit still in Yangzhai County.Because he had just received a report that Pang Shigu's army was approaching Xinzheng, and the number of them was very large, almost thirty thousand.

This is the information obtained by several scouts who paid a huge price and repeatedly approached for reconnaissance. The reliability is still very high.

Qi Bizhang took a look at the map, good guy!Xinzheng County is just northeast of Yangdi, not too far away.The intention of Pang Shigu's move was already very obvious, to join forces with Dinghui's Youguo Army.

As for what to do after the merger, whether to take them back to Xuzhou or continue the war, it's hard to say.

According to common sense, rainy days should be more beneficial to Liang Jun. Because it is not conducive to cavalry to drive, Xia Jun's advantage has been weakened.

Just look at the state of Leopard Riders!Some people came from Guanbei, and the force has expanded to more than [-] cavalry, but they are grazing at the foot of Mang Mountain all day long, so they are useless at all.

If Liang Jun came to fight at this time, it would not be inconceivable.But so far only the Pang Shigu road has been explored, and it has stopped because of the heavy rain. It is said that they are waiting for food and grass supplies.If there are other groups of soldiers and horses, then we must be more vigilant, perhaps Liang Ren's intentions are not simple.

"I wanted to go south to Yingqiao to see if I could stop some beam thieves, but now it seems that it is all delusional, alas." Qi Bizhang sat back on the bed, staring at the moldy wall, speechless.

Since the expedition, the Flying Dragon Army has not made any conspicuous achievements.In addition to attacking and killing Liang people's logistics transfer nodes, burning food, grass and equipment, scaring off Xia Jun Zhao Lin and Wang Yanzhang, and capturing Du Yanqiu with less than a thousand people barely raised the table.Others are not worth mentioning.

There was no beheading generals and capturing the flag, no surprise attacks against thieves, no siege of cities, nothing.

"Military envoy..." the general called softly outside the door.

"Get out!" Qi Bizhang shouted.

"Military envoy, Li Shuai asked if he needs to retreat to Yangguan to gather?" the general asked.

Yangguan is located more than [-] miles northwest of Yangzhai County.Wang Mang once sent Wang Xun and Wang Yi with millions of soldiers to Yingchuan, and Liu Xiu sent thousands of soldiers to Yangguan.In fact, they are two earthen cities opposite Jiayingshui. Now they have disappeared, but the place names have remained.

"Does Li Tangbin look down on people?" Qi Bizhang was a little annoyed.

Gaocheng County is already building small boats, and they are going to take advantage of the rising Yingshui to transport supplies. What does he mean by asking that?
Yes, Xuzhou has heard that recruits are already being recruited, and the number of left-behind Yamen will be expanded from less than 7000 to [-].

Yes, Kong Cheng from Ruzhou has led [-] people to Yingqiao Town.

Yes, it is rumored that Yang Shihou wanted to lead thousands of troops up the Ru River to Yancheng.

Now that Pang Shigu is marching towards Xinzheng again, maybe there are several other groups of soldiers and horses coming one after another.

But so what?
"Respond to Li Tangbin and tell him that the weather has turned better. If it's sunny for a few more days, I'll go straight south, stab into the hinterland of Chen and Xu, and jump behind the thief Liang to fight. What can he do to me?" Qi Bizhang Said.

The pro general Nuonuo left.

Qi Bizhang paused for a while, then checked the map again.

Li Tangbin fights like a king.

Letting the Flying Dragon Army retreat to Yangguanju was simply an idea of ​​making a mistake and fleeing immediately before retreating to Dengfeng.

At that time, Liang Jun will have to make a choice.

Are you chasing after it, going deep for more than 100 miles, and then besieging Dengfeng?Or do nothing at all, just send people to monitor, and then the main force will go west to Ruzhou?
Qi Bizhang reckoned that if the Liang people really moved westward, then Li Tangbin would definitely give up the territory he had already won, retreat to Yique, and let the Liang army in.Then the situation is almost the same as before the war, and you also control the three passes in Luonan, you can advance, attack, retreat, or defend. Pang Shigu, you just say whether to follow or not?
If you come here, 10,000+ troops will gather in Ruzhou, under the strong wall, they will not be able to fight.Once there is a change in the rear, is it that easy to retreat?

Qi Bizhang thought that Liang people should not be that stupid, but what exactly were their plans?

(End of this chapter)