Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 774

After the meeting in Suzhou, Shao Shude returned to Ganzhou with the newly recruited warriors.

Princess Zhe Fangai demonstrated her superb riding skills.But after riding for a while, she suddenly said she was tired, and finally rode together with Shao Shude, returned to Ganzhou on February [-], and stayed in the palace built by Li Renmei.

On the 21st, he inspected the newly recruited tribal soldiers outside Ganzhou City.Counting the thousands of people knocked from the Long family, there are four thousand in total, which is not bad, at least the riding and archery skills are somewhat advanced, the level of short weapons is so-so, and the long weapons are only slightly dabbled.

Ganzhou ministries also jointly contributed 4000 people.

Shao Shude thought for a while, and selected some elite soldiers from Dingnandu and Tielindu, which were more capable of fighting in the Tielin army, and then allocated [-] soldiers to form a separate army, with the military title "Dingnan", and transferred the deputy of the Jinglue army. Let Wei Boqiu be the envoy of the Dingnan army.Since he is still on the front line in Henan, Shao Shude will take care of him for the time being.

The five hundred soldiers who were incorporated into the Dingnan Army were the ones led by Fu Yanchao. He also had bad luck this time, and served as the Marquis of the military capital at his age.Considering that most of the soldiers in this army are from the Abbess, and the Abbess respect noble breeds and are more obedient to orders, so Fu Yanchao's risk of being provoked by arrogant soldiers is much smaller, and this is his luck.

Shao Shude originally planned to send his eldest son to the army as well, starting as a food officer, because he was good at arithmetic, but after much deliberation, he gave up.Da Lang still needs to continue to study, and now he is sent to the army to practice, which is counterproductive and not very good.During this tour to the west, he has already felt the atmosphere of war, and even personally killed people in battle, and the effect has been achieved, wait a minute.

Because it is Shao Shude's acting military envoy, the No. 20 five military-level units of this Kansai military and political group have been top-notch treatment from the beginning.

The Ganzhou side opened the treasury and contributed all the equipment in stock, so that the gang of foreign soldiers could change their outfits.Their original weapons were too poor, and they didn't even have a few pieces of armor, so it was obviously impossible.

The personnel lost by the Tielin Army were recruited locally in Ganzhou to make up for them.The vacancy of five hundred personal soldiers can only be carefully selected from various armies after returning home.In addition, the nephews and nephews of a group of old brothers are about the same age, and some volunteers who are willing to join the army can be selected to make up for it.This is a fast track for promotion, which only existed in the early days of the founding of the country, and it can be regarded as preferential treatment for the old brothers.

On the 24th, the army set off for the north.According to Shao Shude's arrangement, the Tielin army escorted the princess back to Liangzhou. He took iron cavalry, flying bears, golden knives, black mats and more than 4 personal soldiers to the north.Along with the army were a large number of herdsmen from Ganzhou. They drove cattle, sheep, and horse-drawn carts, and the first part of the army went north.

Before leaving, Shao Shude took one last look at the scenery of Ganzhou.

This is a special place. It used to be the capital of the Uyghurs. There are half-built palaces, the goods they robbed business travelers for many years, and a large number of people who migrated here.After the Shuofang army took over Ganzhou, they made great efforts to transform it, and the customs have changed since then. Although it is not completely similar to that of Zhongtu, it has some sincerity.It is believed that after continuous population exchange and assimilation, Ganzhou will eventually be digested and the main traces of Tubo's more than [-]-year rule will be removed.

"Marshal, it's time to set off." Chen Cheng rode a horse and followed.

He is not too young, but he took the initiative to choose to travel and work hard, instead of staying in Liangzhou as a temporary "walking" like Zhao Guangfeng. Shao Shude saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.

"Will Chen Changshi be able to withstand the wind and cold in the desert?" Shao Shude raised his whip and asked with a smile.

"Why can't you bear it?" Chen Cheng smiled, and said: "I just saw the scenery of Qibei. In this life, there are always a few places that people must go to. Hulu King's Court, I yearn for it."

"Okay!" Shao Shude laughed loudly and said, "I have [-] soldiers, and now I am going north to Yudujin Mountain. I smiled and saw all the chieftains kneeling at my feet."

At the beginning of the Si hour, the army meandered northward, mighty and mighty, with no end in sight.

At the same time, several messengers also left Ganzhou and went to Mianzhou and Ruzhou separately.

The battle in Central Sichuan has almost completely subsided.The reasons are very complicated. One is that the Shence Army is too bad, they can’t win the war, and they are pig teammates, and the morale of the friendly army is low; the other is that Liu Chongwang quit by himself. Zhang sent to Chang'an, "excessively insulting God and the army", "excessively insulting the princes", regardless of the consequences, anyway, it was just scolding, scolding happily.

After seeing it, the Chang'an monarch and ministers turned pale.Just at this time, Li Maozhen handed over a ladder, released some officers and generals, and at the same time sent more than a hundred cars of goods and treasures to Chang'an. Make.

After Dragon Sword Jiedu made Zhao Jian conquer Maozhou, he was repeatedly defeated by Maozhen, and now he has lost his mind and lives by guarding the dragon, sword, Li, Lang, and Mao.

The situation in Central Sichuan is almost like this.Zhu Mei was getting old, and was betrayed by Wang Xingyu's brothers, her territory was small, and she had lost her will to make progress.After Li Maozhen learned this lesson, she didn't dare to have any evil thoughts in a short time, and Chuanzhong could be stable for a few years.

The ultimatum sent by Shao Shude to Sichuan was to Li Yixian and Guo Qi of Jishi Army, ordering them to withdraw and rest.The soldiers have been away for a long time, and if they don't withdraw, there may be military chaos.

The ultimatum sent to Henan was for Li Tangbin.Let him decisively invest in troops, dig deep on the southern line, expand the breakthrough, shake the Liang army's position, and prepare for the annihilation of Pang Shigu's troops.

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The key to the battle in Henan seems to be Yancheng.

No matter how well Qi Bizhang did in Bozhou, it would only affect the situation, not decide it.But with one gram of Yancheng, it can take advantage of the trend and go straight into Xuzhou, shaking the enemy's entire line.

Shao Chengjie escorted a batch of grain and grass to Huiqu, thirty miles southeast of Yancheng, where Wu Yuanji stationed his troops.

Zhe Zongben happened to be in the camp. When he heard that his grandson was coming, he went out of the camp to meet him himself.

Liang Jun was only seven or eight miles away.Strictly speaking, Huiqu is not very safe, Shao Chengjie, as the successor of King Xia, should not come to this place.

But you have to take into account the mood of the times.

This is an era that advocates personal bravery. Even ordinary people are proud of being skilled in bows and horses, burly and powerful, rather than being suave, full of poems and books, and resourceful.

The heir never went to the front?Let King Xia quickly change his son to be the heir, this will not work.

So Shao Chengjie came, and he brought [-] dendrobium grain beans, [-] bundles of hay and [-] bundles of arrows.

"Why did your son even bring armor and weapons?" Zhe Zongben looked at the pack horse behind his grandson, a little surprised.

"My old man asked me to go to the front line to play around." Shao Chengjie laughed and said, "When the palace shot the deer, I hit six out of seven arrows, and I will definitely not insult the reputation of the Shao family."

"The battle is dangerous, and it is not a blessing for the generals to advance bravely." Zhe Zongben shook his head and said, "Do you know that Wei Shoujie, the general of the Huaining Army, has died in battle?"

Shao Chengjie thought for a while, and seemed to have an impression of this person, and asked, "How did you die?"

"Shi Shucong escaped from the siege, and Cui Hong sent him to lead the army to pursue him. When the bandits ambush, more than [-] troops were wiped out." Zhe Zongben said: "Now the morale of the Huaining army has declined, and more than [-] people are guarding Yingying. Zhou did not dare to attack, Shi Shucong retreated calmly and headed for Bozhou."

"You can meet this kind of stunned young man everywhere." Shao Chengjie muttered.

Li Duo died at the head of Xin'an County before, and Wei Shoujie died outside Yingzhou City today. They both thought they were brave and then died.But Shao Chengjie didn't care too much, he was a young man, after learning martial arts for so many years, he would definitely want to show off and fight.Especially since his elder brother Shao Siwu is already in battle, and he has the power to behead him, he can't sit still just thinking about it, he is eager to try.

"I'm not going to Shi Shucong's place, I'll go to Tuokou to have a look." Shao Chengjie said: "You Guojun dare not even fight in Ruzhou, so why be afraid?"

Zhe Zongben sighed, and said: "After I arrived in Huiqu, I besieged Tuokou Town day and night, fought three battles with the Youguo Army, won two and lost one, and captured and killed more than [-] soldiers, but the Weisheng Army also lost two soldiers. More than a thousand. The thief is not easy to fight, and the Youguo Army is also a long-standing thief, and its brigade is stationed in Yancheng County, watching it like a tiger, why does my grandson despise the thief?"

When Shao Chengjie heard it, he knew it was over, and was a little disappointed.

"It's so difficult to fight a war..." He sighed.

"How about playing with Fourteen Niang?" Zhe Zongben said with a smile.

"Forget it." Shao Chengjie laughed, and changed the subject: "Wai Weng, when will Liang Jun be defeated?"

"It depends on Pang Shigu." Zhe Zongben smiled and said: "The main force of the Liang army is distributed in the vast area from Yingshui to Xuzhou. If they want to retreat, they can retreat to Zheng, Bian, Chen The four directions of Caizhou and Caizhou are now in my hands. The thieves lost one retreat direction, but there is still a place to retreat, and the encirclement is impossible. But let's not rush, there is a lot of open space in the east, Pang Shigu is in Xuzhou The longer the state stays, the better the situation is for us."

"Collect Ying, Bo, Su and other states while taking advantage of it?" Shao Chengjie asked.

"Of course." Zhe Zongben said: "Your grandfather has great wisdom in fighting wars. He pays attention to power and not skill. If you practice well, you can destroy the front and break the edge. If you practice the power well, you can kill the general and capture the flag. It can be overwhelming, unstoppable. No matter what the Liang people do, they will die. No matter how hard they struggle, it is just another way of dying and choosing a date of death. If your grandson uses soldiers, he should learn how to use them. Martial arts is of course necessary, otherwise he will not be able to convince the crowd. But you can’t take the risk lightly.”

Shao Chengjie sighed, not sure if he listened or not.

"Why didn't the old man go straight to Chen Zhou?"

"The only one I can fight is the Weisheng Army. Liang people are not incapable of fighting. On the contrary, they are very powerful. If I go east to Chenzhou, Dinghui will come out immediately and attack Caizhou. I will stay in the weak army of Huiqu If you don't get a single blow from him, it's better to stay here and slowly send the local brave and Tibetans to attack the stronghold, consume the strength and morale of the thieves, and look for opportunities to win with one blow."

"Don't worry." Zhe Zongben said again: "I have sent thousands of Fan soldiers to the east to cooperate with Qi Bizhang. If we can eat or drive away the clan's Shu Cong's troops, the thieves will be gone."

"Where is Qi Bizhang now?"

Zhe Zongben subconsciously looked up to the east, and said: "He has entered Suzhou and is preparing to besiege Fuli County. If he succeeds, it will be a drudgery."

(End of this chapter)