Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 771 Indecisive
"There are actually 18 people in the three counties of Chengfu, Yongcheng, and Linhuan?" Qi Bizhang was sitting in the county office, pretending to listen to official duties, and when he heard this number, his jaw almost dropped.

It is estimated that there are only more than 1 people in a county in Longyou, and 6 people in a county in Henan?This is still devastated by the war. If there is peace for 20 years, how many people will there be?Qi Bizhang didn't dare to imagine.

"Since I'm so rich, I'll conscript me! 5000 people from a county, with ten-day rations, will be gathered in Linhuan County for training." Qi Bizhang slapped his thigh and said cheerfully.

The county magistrates looked at him with a rough appearance, and they didn't dare to contradict him, so they could only respond with a bitter face.

Will the Tutuan villagers fight for irrelevant outsiders?I'm afraid it will be difficult.What if I heard that it was the Xia thief who attacked and killed them all the year round?Difficult.But what can I do?Who will save them?
The county magistrates were sent away that afternoon, and Qi Bizhang set a time limit for them, and if they didn't come, they would be at their own risk.He will surprise them with the flying dragon army.

Of course, this may just be a bluff.It would be troublesome if these people went back and repented after they went back, and were determined not to obey orders, and gathered the recruited Xiangyong into the city.In order to deter the thieves, Qi Bizhang may lead his army to attack the city.As for who is used to attack the city, you don't need to think about it.

Some people may ask, isn't this Qin Zongquan?

Indeed, kind of like that.Qin Zongquan likes to recruit troops on the land he just captured, and then trains and loots at the same time, and when he is almost done, he continues to roll and develop to another land.The enlisted sergeants practiced in combat, and those who survived the high elimination were all capable.

And this is probably one of the important reasons why Meng, Huai, Luo, Ru and other states have been tossed to pieces.If you don't flee to Weibo, Xuanwu and other towns, you will be arrested by Qin Zongquan, so the common people will die and flee quickly, and there are no people in hundreds of miles.

After all, Qi Bizhang did not dare to act recklessly like Qin Zongquan, but conscription and siege are the routine operations of warriors in this era. He is going to learn from other people's excellent experience. How do you treat him?to stop me?
On the seventh day of February, the first batch of more than [-] volunteers recruited by Linhuan County arrived at the school grounds outside the city, and Qi Bizhang went to inspect them in person.

To his surprise, these Xiangyong still know a few common formations, and the Golden Drum Banner can also be seen roughly.

"No wonder Zhu Quanzhong swept Henan. The Tutuan villagers are decent and well-organized." Qi Bizhang praised: "The foundation is good. There are vacancies in the government army, prefecture and county soldiers, just fill in. Go to the army and find out. After playing for a few years, he is a good player again.”

Lin Huan, who was following behind him, forced a smile on his face.

Henan is suffering, and the people of Henan are suffering!During the Anshi Rebellion, Henan was the main battlefield, and the killings were turned upside down, and blood flowed everywhere.Later, in order to deal with the rebels in Hebei, a series of feudal towns were set up in Henan, and they fought for a long time.Later, these Henan feudal towns set up to deal with Hebei rebels also became rebels, and there was another chaos.

Such a background naturally infused the people of Henan with powerful martial arts.But you ask them, do they like the peaceful days before the Anshi Rebellion, when there was no war for a hundred years, or the current tense days when they often receive military training and often fight in battle?
I just want to be a peace dog, but I didn't have a choice before, and it seems that I still don't have a choice now.

"These soldiers are very suitable for me." Qi Bizhang looked at them for a long time, and said happily, "Zhu Quanzhong is a piece of trash, and he would not be able to use these brave men. Before the Anshi Rebellion, these brave men might be able to penetrate the whole of Henan. Haha, hurry up." Quickly recruit Ding, 5000 people, not one less. I want to take over the old lair of Shi Shucong."

Lin Huan Ling smiled wryly.They are not unwilling to surrender, they are really worried about being liquidated.

Indeed, a few years ago, very few people were willing to surrender. After all, King Liang had great kindness and virtue to the people of Xuanwu Town. Taxation is a trivial matter. The most important thing is to kill Qin Zongquan and not let him Turn Xuanwu Town into a hell on earth like Henan Prefecture, Ruzhou, and Heyang.

In the past few years, King Liang suffered a series of defeats, and his mind underwent a subtle change.Although King Xia's reputation in Henan is extremely bad due to all kinds of bad rumors that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, but at their level, they have a certain ability to distinguish and know which ones are true and which ones are false. Xia Wang is not very repulsive.

But the problem is that you have to stand still and don't run away.Just like taking down Heyang and Dongdu, don't run away and focus on management, so that some people dare to take refuge.

"Look at your ugly face." Seeing Lin Huanling's ugly face, Qi Bizhang sneered, and said, "Don't worry, Shi Shucong can only fight with an army of more than [-], so I won't be afraid of him. If he attacks Come on, you just need to guard the city, and I will give him a good look at the periphery."

"General Qibi is also an old soldier. How can you not understand the morale of the army? If your army leaves, these Tutuan peasants will not be able to hold on for half an hour, so they will surrender directly." Lin Huanling complained: "They won't With half morale, it is absolutely impossible to stop the siege of Shi Shucong's army, then we will all die without a place to die."

"Your words are not all because you are greedy for life and afraid of death. There is indeed some truth." Qi Bizhang pondered for a while, and said, "If I leave two thousand soldiers to help guard, I won't let the thieves succeed."

"Difficult." Lin Huanling shook his head and said, "People's hearts are not solid, and Xiangyong refuses to fight to the death, so it's hard to hold on."

"So you still have to run?" Qi Bizhang was angry.I finally wanted to be a bandit, but ended up with so many things, so annoying!
"Don't worry about how much you have. Conscript me first. I'll be of great use." Qi Bizhang said, "On the other hand, open the treasury and count the goods. I want to recruit soldiers."

Conscripted soldiers and recruited soldiers are definitely two different things.

Just like Qi Bizhang once planned to recruit troops from the three counties to attack Suzhou, but now he feels that he may not be so optimistic, and morale and combat effectiveness are very problematic.Unless you learn from Qin Zongquan, indulge them in rape and plunder, release the evil of human nature to your heart's content, and turn the recruited bravery into beast soldiers.There is no military salary, only rations, everything you need to get after you break the city, whether it is wealth or women, this can maintain a considerable morale, and the possibility of conquering Suzhou is not small, but Qi Bizhang still dare not do so.

But recruitment is a different story because they are voluntary.They knew the risks before they joined the army, and they knew that they were working hard. They had already built up their minds and their morale was still there.

As for worrying about Zhu Quanzhong's retaliation against their family members, there is no need for it, because there is no such rule.

Back then, brothers Zhu Cun and Zhu Quanzhong joined the Chao army, and the elder brother Zhu Quanyu was still farming in his hometown, so no one bothered them.The same is true of Zhang Quanyi, Li Tangbin's family members, maybe this is the ethos, after all, there are too many people who rebel after hardships, and the court is too lazy to care.

"General, in order to support the war in the past few years, the county treasury is empty..."

"Shut up! You guys talk too much today. Every time I say a word, you have to gossip, pretending that I can't kill people?" Qi Bizhang said angrily, "If you don't have money, go send money." Donate, I'll wait."

Lin Huanling ran away in despair, not daring to say much.

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Zhu Quanzhong actually knew what happened in Bozhou before Shi Shucong.

The "regime behind the enemy" has been established, which is the first time in history.Explain what?It means that you don't have enough troops to drive away the flying dragon army. They have dared to stay in one place for a long time to collect supplies and personnel.

This is a qualitative change, which means that the forces of the enemy and ourselves have undergone fundamental changes.

Zhu Quanzhong, who has been full of confidence for many days, turned his face darkly in front of people for the first time.

Up to now, everyone can see that the Xia bandits are simply taking advantage of their advantages of having more horses, more cavalry, and more cavalry infantry, constantly conducting mobile operations, making full use of their own advantages, making use of their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses, and winning successive victories.

The infantry were fighting head-on, but the Xia people did not have the absolute upper hand.Even the Xia Zei cavalry faced the enemy Liang army's infantry head-on, and they couldn't get any cheap.However, unlimited mobile operations and repeated harassment of the rear are very disgusting tactics.

Moreover, the Xia thief cavalry who entered the empty Bian Song hinterland did not kill people indiscriminately. seems acceptable.

On the contrary, if they went to the enemy's rear to destroy farmland, kill people and burn houses, they would probably be unable to move even an inch.Zhu Quanzhong didn't know how Yelu Deguang's 10,000+ Khitan cavalry plundered supplies in Henan during the Five Dynasties, burned, killed and looted, and was finally beaten up by the township militia. Wude is still very abundant, and they cannot be driven to a dead end.

"Your Majesty..." Wei Zhao hurried into the festival hall, seeing that everyone's faces were gloomy and worried, he immediately closed his mouth.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Quanzhong glanced over and asked.

"Uh..." Wei Zhao hesitated.

"Tell me, I can still hold on." Zhu Quanzhong made a joke that he thought was good, and said.

"Your Majesty, Caozhou came to report that Puzhou's army was in chaos on the fourth night of February. The Tianping Army Mabudu Yuhou He Gui and Puzhou Inspector Shao Lun allied forces killed more than a thousand people and imprisoned Zhu Xuan. He Gui led the army back to Yunzhou and was arrested by the Yamen. Zhang Congchu fled to Yanzhou in a hurry, and He Gui took the post of governor of the Tianping Army. Zhu Wei, governor of Qizhou, killed He Gui's emissary, sent Zhu Jin down from the whole county, and declared that he wanted to get He Gui and Shao Lun two generals." finished.

After all, he looked carefully at Zhu Quanzhong's face.

Zhu Quanzhong was also surprised when he heard it, and asked, "Can Thief Xia participate in this matter?"

"Should have participated." Wei Zhao replied, "Zhu Xuan wanted to chase Xia's soldiers, and the thief general Liang Hanyong was the most anxious. It is not unusual for him to hook up with Shao Lun and He Gui to take risks."

Although Wei Zhao had no evidence, this guess was not far from the truth. Apparently many things were obvious, he could see it clearly, and presumably others could also understand it.

"Accidents happen frequently." Zhu Quanzhong sighed, "I wanted to unite with Zhu Xuan to block Liang Hanyong and force him to go north to Weibo. Now it seems that they actually did it themselves first."

"Your Majesty, why don't you send envoys to Yanzhou and invite Zhu Jin to send troops together to attack He Gui and Liang Hanyong?" Pei Di, who rarely spoke, suddenly said something.

He's a technocrat and generally doesn't talk much about these strategic aspects.But Zhu Quanzhong trusted him and often pulled him over, making him one of the top four counselors, much better than Xie Tong, the veteran counselor who didn't even have much money in Chang'an.

But as soon as this remark came out, his secrets were immediately revealed, and it was obvious that he was not very clear about the situation among the towns.

Zhu Jin may be dissatisfied with He Gui, but will he unite with Xuanwu?Don't be funny.

"That's right, you can try it." Zhu Quanzhong didn't take it seriously, encouraged Pei Di, and then said to Li Zhen: "Pick someone who has nothing to worry about."

"Of course." Li Zhen replied.

It is not suitable for him to go to such an occasion, because he is likely to be slaughtered by Zhu Jin, so he can only send someone who has the will to die.

"Let's go back to the matter of Bozhou." Zhu Quanzhong turned his head again and asked, "The army is in chaos in Yunzhen, and Bozhou is trapped by thieves. What do you think about these two things?"

"Marshal, it may be possible to adjust Ge Cong Zhou to return to the south to help." Li Zhen offered a plan.

Zhu Quanzhong hesitated.

(End of this chapter)