Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 720

On July [-]th of the third year of Qianning, Shao Shude returned to Longchi Palace in Anyi.

The Tie Lin army had just returned from Ruzhou and arrived in Anyi. With an order, they pulled out their camp and set off, escorting Shao Shude, his wives, concubines, and children, and the officials of the shogunate to the west. They arrived at Hezhong Mansion within a few days.

Before leaving, he appointed Tiande Army envoy Cai Songyang to stay behind in Anyi, Wuxing Army envoy Feng Yin, and Guzhen Army envoy Wei Dingli as his deputy.There are more than 2 people guarding Jinjiang, and there are prefectural and county soldiers and Tutuan villagers who can be recruited. As long as Li Ke uses not all the troops to kill, it will not be a big problem.

There are tens of thousands of Wang Yao's people in Hezhong Mansion.After he returned, he recruited another [-] soldiers to make up for the war damage.

Shao Shude acquiesced in maintaining the size of the Hezhong Yajun at 2 pacers, while Wang Yao was fairly honest, with the number always in the early [-]s.

The interior of the Hezhong Yajun is actually very complicated.

Wang Yao brought thousands of foreign town troops, prefecture and county soldiers, and Tutuan villagers from Jiangzhou, and then used these people as the core to control the Hezhong Yajun.During the great purge that year, a large number of officers representing the local interests of Hezhong Mansion were beheaded, and the rebels and their families were exiled.Wang Yao herself is also constantly cultivating party members, sending thorns to fight during the war. For this reason, riots broke out and Xia Bing helped suppress them.

Over the past few years, the Hezhong Yajun's pot of raw rice has made him tidy up.The dissatisfaction of the sergeants is still there, but it has been transferred to the repeated expeditions.But the dissatisfaction is still within the safe range, and Wang Yao thinks that she can suppress it.

The only regret is probably the rise of Yuhou Fengzangzhi, the Mabu Capital of Hezhong.

This person was originally just a middle-level military academy, and with Shao Shude's backing, he quickly made a fortune. He has thousands of sergeants who obeyed his orders, and he is already the second or third figure in the Hezhong Yajun.

But this person can't move, Wang Yao can only pinch her nose to acquiesce in his existence, very helpless.

"The nephew has suffered a lot in the past few years." Shao Shude said to Wang Yao who came to see him in the Xinyi store more than 30 miles north of Hedong County: "The situation in Hezhong Mansion is complicated. If you can stabilize the situation, you are still talented. We Very pleased."

"My uncle has won consecutive battles and is on the verge of devouring the world. My nephew is relieved and only wants to continue to fight for my uncle. After the world is peaceful, I will enjoy wealth and honor." Wang Yao said with a smile all over her face.

"Why is my nephew doing this?" Shao Shude laughed, and said, "How can uncle forget your contribution? Guard the river carefully. If the magistrates have different ideas, don't suspect them. Uncle will support you."

"With uncle's words, my nephew can rest assured." Wang Yao said.

There are indeed many dissatisfied people in Hezhong Prefecture, Ci Prefecture, and Xi Prefecture.The main reason is that in those years, we fought repeatedly with the Liang people on Wangwuzhen Pass Road, Menghuai Road, and Weihan Valley Road. Spreading out made Shao Shude a series of victories in Heyang and Weihan. The price was that the people in one prefecture and two prefectures in Hezhong became impoverished at a speed visible to the naked eye, as well as huge casualties in terms of personnel.

Wang Yao, as the commander-in-chief, did not protect the interests of the local soldiers and civilians well, so she must be unpopular.He can still hold his position now, mainly because he has won over the old man in Jiangzhou, and the other is because he is pulling Xia Jun's tiger skin, no one dares to turn against him.

He is very clear about his situation, and Shao Shude is also clear about his position, which is the basis of mutual trust.

In the Xinyi store, the officials assigned houses and tents step by step, and began to work.

More tents have been set up on the grass outside the store.

The princess took a group of concubines and children out for an outing, and the female officials accompanied her around. It was another "emperor's tour".

Since the Northern Dynasties, the emperors have gone out at every turn, wandering around with their concubines, children, civil and military officials, and everyone has long been used to it.

Wang Yao was invited to stay for dinner.On the second day, according to Shao Shude's request, his son Wang Xi quickly rushed over to serve as the general praise officer.

The position of Tongzan officer is not a palace official, but a foreign official. It can be understood as a general roll call, and the official who presides over ceremonies is usually set up by the emperor.But what is outrageous is that Bianzhou has this position, and Kou Yanqing has done it before.You say that you are a governor of a feudal town, and other people will either let their staff do it, or they will be the leader of the personal army. What do you want to do by making a general official.Zhu Quanzhong has long intended to be a disobedient minister!

After leaving Xinyidian, headed north all the way, crossed Fen River on July 21, and arrived in Longmen County, Jiangzhou.

Shao Shude stood on the bank of Fenshui, reminiscing about the battlefield several years ago.

Entering the river is an important step for him to gain a strategic advantage over Zhu Quanzhong.Taking the middle of the river as the base, they kept going eastward and sawing repeatedly. The blood of the Fan people almost stained Wangwushan, and finally broke into Heyang. .

Every step is not easy.Entrepreneurship is difficult and difficult!
But it's all worth it.

Look at the tigers and wolves who listen to his orders, look at the picturesque and beautiful mountains and rivers, and look at the beautiful wives and relatives around you, everything is so worth it.

The army stayed in Longmen County for several days.Shao Shude invited Ci and Xizhou officials to go to Fulongyuan for a hunting meeting to deepen their relationship.

This is also the main reason why he did not cross the river from the Pujinguan pontoon bridge, but detoured north to Ci and Xi.

If Li Keyong turned against him, the road conditions in the Ci and Xi Mountains were complex, narrow, and rugged. When a large group of people passed by, the line would be stretched out, the passing efficiency was very low, and it was easy to be ambushed and cut into several sections.Therefore, these two states must be held in hand to block a direction that may be attacked and squeeze all the enemy's offensives to the Zelu area.

Fulong was originally the hunting ground of the great ancestors, and there has always been a royal garden, and the sages of the country often came here to hunt, and visit the local people by the way, and declare their authority.

The longer he lived in the Tang Dynasty, the more Shao Shude felt that it was very different from the atmosphere of the Song Dynasty and subsequent dynasties.Emperor Guang went out for long trips from time to time, hunting everywhere, and inspecting places, and this frequency was very high.It seems that not many officials have come forward to say that it costs too much, and everyone seems to be used to it.

The officials of Ci and Xi prefectures also knew very well who was the actual ruler of Hezhong, and they were quite enthusiastic.

Shao Shude cooked the hunted wild boar together with them, and selected more than ten officials' sons from Ci and Xi, the courageous ones were recruited into the Tielin Army, and those with average martial arts skills were appointed as officials, everyone was happy.

In fact, this may be the meaning of patrolling the Quartet.Let everyone know who is the real boss, deepen the impression, and at the same time absorb some fresh blood to form a closer alliance of interests.

The benefits of the world cannot be wiped out by the emperor alone. He must know how to share them at the right time, and everyone will carry them in a sedan chair.

After the hunt was over, the army marched northward into Xizhou, stretching for ten miles.Hearing it from far and near, they inquired one after another. For a time, King Xia's reputation spread far and wide to all counties in Xizhou.

On the 28th, they crossed the river in batches in the west of Yonghe County to Yanchuan County, Yanzhou.

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In Yulin County, Shengzhou, a large group of soldiers were also crossing the river.

The flags fluttered high, and after leaving the ferry, the solemn soldiers spread out to meet the follow-up brigade to cross the river.

Even when marching inside, everything is orderly, busy but not chaotic.

Recruits cannot do this.These sergeants are obviously not new recruits.

Outside the Yulin Palace across the river, Shao Siwu was stopped by someone.

The bodyguard Qianhu He Lianjun had a serious face, no water could get in, no matter what Shao Siwu said, he refused to let him enter the Yulin Palace to rest.

Fu Yanchao gently tugged on his sleeve, Shao Siwu came to his senses, and immediately saluted and confessed: "Helian Qianhu is loyal to his duty, I admire him so much, he is rude today, and he still looks at Haihan."

He Lianjun returned the salute, and said stiffly: "The responsibility lies."

Shao Siwu smiled and left.

He has tried it out.In the past, when I was able to live in Yulin Palace, my father brought a large family in, so there was no problem.But now it's just him alone, obviously it won't work.

There are Yulin and Woyang Palaces in Shengzhou, both of which are the private lands of the father and the king. They work in busy times, train in leisure time, and go out in wartime.Each of their households has a lot of land, cattle and sheep, and there are also many rewards. They prepare their own armor and equipment, and their equipment is not inferior to that of the regular government army.

Of course these are nothing.

The most special thing is that they only obey the orders of their father and king, and they don't even sell their son's account, and they can't make friends with state and county officials for no reason.Those who can't do this have probably already been dealt with. This is all conceivable.

It is said that the person who had the most contact with them was Yang Jue, who seemed to be his father's trusted confidant.

Shao Siwu quickly crossed the Yellow River under the protection of five hundred soldiers.

The Heiji Army is mounted infantry, with a total army of 2 people and more than [-] horses.He is good at using long spears and step bows. He looks extremely capable and quite resistant to battle.

Shao Siwu knew that almost all of the more than 3000 prisoners of the Changzhi Army had been recruited. In addition, there were also capable men selected from the nearly [-] prisoners of the Liang and Huai people, as well as the brave men from Guanbei and the recruits with excellent training results from the Lingzhou Academy. good hand.

Such a troop, after several months of training, not only learned how to ride a horse, but more importantly, it was rough and kneaded into shape.Over time, their combat effectiveness will improve little by little until they become a strong army—to be honest, if the Heilong army hadn’t formed an army for a short time, and they had been broken up and reorganized with each other, and they were not particularly familiar with each other, this would have been It's a strong army.

Shao Siwu recalled what his father did, subconsciously wanted to do something, but finally gave up.

He didn't know whether his father encouraged him to do so.Although he is only 13 years old, he also knows that it is wrong to privately invite to buy military spirits, and he is challenging his father's authority.He didn't want to disappoint his father, it wouldn't do any good.

"Let's go to Yunzhong County." Shao Siwu clamped the horse's belly, and the maroon horse was as fast as lightning, and went straight forward.

The guards rumbled after them.

Fu Yanchao looked left and right, savoring the magnificent scenery of the grassland.

He actually spent half of his childhood in Lingzhou. He has long been accustomed to the scenery of the long river with sunset, the desert with lonely smoke, and the pleasure of galloping horses and shooting on the endless grassland.In the Central Plains, horses can't always go very far. There are either small rivers, woods, or field ridges. It is very uncomfortable for cavalry and their mobility is greatly restricted.

This is the case in Henan. When you arrive in Huainan and Jiangnan, wouldn't you even be able to run a horse?
It's still a joy in the grassland, and I gallop all the way with my eyes closed, not worrying about encountering any obstacles at all.

The city gate of Yunzhong County (formerly Dongshoucheng City) has come into view.

The flag of Xia Sanmu, the black army envoy, was raised on the top of the city, and he had already arrived ahead of schedule with his troops.

After everyone checked it out, they were quickly let in.

According to the order, they will practice here, stock up on supplies, and wait for King Xia to meet up.

(End of this chapter)