Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 775

Gao Renhou couldn't bear the loneliness, and rushed to Linhuan with some Fan soldiers, and then traveled eastward with the Feilong army.

On this day, the sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly. Lao Gao was thinking about how to deal with Shi Shucong when he caught sight of something out of the corner of his eye and stopped immediately.

"Who are these people?" Gao Renhou asked with a finger on his horsewhip.

In the grass in the distance, there were hundreds of people, old and young, with worried faces, and some even cried softly.

"Back to Commander-in-Chief, these are all local people recruited, let them help transport food and grass." A military academy replied.

"This is Fuli County. It's only ten miles away from the county seat. Are there any family members of the bandit army?" Gao Renhou asked.

"Have."

"Pick it out." Gao Renhou said after getting off his horse.

"Obey." The military academy did not ask why, and immediately complied.

Soon, soldiers from Liangdi came forward to inquire.At the beginning, no one wanted to say anything, but they couldn't hold back the coercion and temptation, and soon someone was willing to come forward to identify him—not surprisingly, he was scolded by many people, and he had a bad reputation for betraying his fellow villagers.

"Why are there still sick people?" Gao Renhou walked up to Liang Jun's family who had been singled out and asked.

"Come here, find the doctor and treat them." Gao Renhou said loudly.

Everyone was a little surprised.

The bandits' family members, if they don't kill them, it's benevolence and righteousness, why should they treat them?But Gao Renhou was the deputy commander of the Luoyang camp, and he was even more senior than their military envoy Qi Bizhang, so no one dared to disobey his order, so he quickly called Dr. Lang Zhong over.

The doctor didn't talk nonsense, he went up to ask one by one, and then ordered his men to decoct the medicine.

Everyone watched silently, without saying a word.

"Zhang Weng is so old, let's go home." Gao Renhou went to an old man again, saw that his beard and hair were all white, and sighed: "The people of Xu Town are suffering. It has been attacked and killed for many years. Every year, the drums of war are buried in the wilderness, it is pitiful, there are not many people in the countryside, right?"

The old man was still a little scared, but when he heard Gao Renhou's words, he immediately complained, saying that he was originally from Bianzhou and moved to Suzhou with his two sons.One of the two sons is in the Xiongwei Army and the other is in the Feisheng Army. They are both serious Yamen soldiers. They thought they lived a good life, but who would have thought that they would fight every year? , the old wife cried every night, worrying so much that her eyes were almost blind from crying.

Gao Renhou also sighed unceasingly, and said: "King Xia is benevolent, he doesn't kill prisoners, he doesn't kill surrenders, he doesn't treat the people harshly. You are over fifty, you should go home and enjoy the blessings, let's go. Somebody, send this stick man away. "

After finishing speaking, he took out a pack of dried meat and two pieces of cheese from the saddle, and said, "Take it and eat it on the road."

The old man couldn't believe it, Zhengfu could put it back?He looked at Gao Renhou fixedly, seeing that he was not pretending, he immediately thanked Gao Renhou and left with a happy smile.

The arena was silent, and everyone was looking at Gao Renhou.

With a calm demeanor, Gao Renhou asked a few older people, and then sent them away.

"You're a martial artist!" Gao Renhou walked up to a strong man, looked at his calloused hands, his figure, demeanor, and temperament, and said with a smile, "You're still an old martial artist."

"The general has good eyesight." This person did not dare to look at Gao Renhou, and said in a low voice, "I am a cavalry cavalry from the Feisheng army. I was captured by your army. After torture, I was sent to work as a coolie."

"Where are you from?"

"From Xuchang, Xuzhou."

"I'm a member of the Changshe, yet I met the Xiangdang." Gao Renhou said with a smile, "Do you still have relatives at home?"

"It's gone." Jun Han said calmly, "They all died in the hands of Qin Zongquan."

"It's a pity." Gao Renhou sighed: "You go too, it's shameful for a warrior to be a coolie."

"If the general lets me go, but I have nowhere to go, I will probably go to find Fei Shengjun. Are you really going to let me go?" Jun Han asked.

"You're quite courageous. How dare you say that. You're not afraid of being hacked by me?" Gao Renhou asked with a smile.

"Just tell the truth." The military man said calmly: "The martial arts man goes straight, why not say it?"

"Let's go, I'll keep my word and I won't tell lies."

"I can only go back to the Feisheng Army, I might as well starve to death."

"Get lost!" Gao Renhou scolded with a smile.

The soldier scrambled to his feet and stood up, subconsciously glanced at the direction the old man was leaving, then at the doctor who was treating patients, and left without looking back.

Gao Renhou continued to inspect, asking a few questions from time to time.

Some enemy prisoners who came out to collect woodcutters were captured, and they were given rations and let them go.

Some were too weak to be used, let them go home.

Even those who had fathers and brothers in the Liang army were released.

All of a sudden, hundreds of people left at random.He was not surprised. With so many people in the Liang army, it is impossible for all their family members to live in the city. The closer to the city wall, the more sergeants' family members.

In the afternoon, Qi Bizhang rushed back with more than [-] people. After hearing the report from his subordinates, he was also very surprised, and immediately found Gao Renhou who was chatting with the doctor.

"What does Gaodutou mean? How did he indulge so many people?" Qi Bizhang asked.

He aggressively recruited men in the three counties of Chengfu, Yongcheng, and Linhuan. For this reason, he suppressed a military riot and finally pulled the team together.After entering the territory of Suzhou, he repeated the old trick again, intending to enlist in the army, but he was let go?

"Qibi's envoy, don't worry. The thieves have been defeated in a row, and the morale of the army is low. It doesn't matter if I indulge a few raw people." Gao Renhou said with a smile: "The general will come back full of joy, so there must be something to gain?"

"Not much has been gained. Uncle Shi is also a stubborn stubble. I attacked one of his former troops, but he couldn't attack them. The two armies were equally killed. It's really unlucky. When returning to the division, we took a detour and defeated a group of brave men. A hundred people." Qi Bizhang said with a sullen face.

"Take your time, the Feisheng and Xiongwei armies are not underdogs, they are also arrogant and arrogant. They have never suffered, so of course they are not convinced." Gao Renhou said with a smile: "Slow down, don't rush, hurry up There are loopholes, and people will take advantage of the loopholes."

"I don't like the way you fight." Qi Bizhang said bluntly.

According to Qi Bizhang's strategy, it is to continuously send out the fan cavalry to slow down and consume the enemy's army, and then send out the flying dragon army to attack the enemy with fast maneuvering and surreptitiousness.

What is wily and calculating, calm and composed, does not conform to the aesthetics of warriors, just like an awl, if you don't like it, you don't like it.

Gao Renhou didn't argue with him, just shook his head and smiled.

Everyone's fighting style is different.

Some people are brave and diligent, beat the old master to death with random punches, beat the so-called Confucian generals and wise generals who are calm and composed, and break through ten meetings with one effort, and will taunt you after the job is over, killing people and punishing their hearts; One step, calculated everything, and played with the enemy in the applause; some people fight like clay puppets in temples, their emotions do not change, they are ruthless, they wait patiently, they only seek their goals, and they do not use any means...

In a group, it is strange that all the generals have the same style.

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Shi Shucong's army left Xiacai County and headed east along the Huai River.

Marching in this way actually makes the road farther away, which is not very suitable.But there was no way, the Xia people sent a large number of Fan cavalry to harass him along the way, which was very annoying, forcing him to change his marching route and go down the Ying River, first to Yingkou, and then head east all the way after getting supplies.

The advantage of going this way is that there will be no major problems with the food road.Because the Huai River was his food road, no matter how powerful the cavalry of the Xia people were, they couldn't swim into the wide Huai River to fight.

Yang Xingmi is really interesting.The navy he sent never left, and stayed in Yingkou camp to wait.After Shi Shucong withdrew, the navy set out again to help transport the luggage and the wounded, which solved a lot of troubles—the luggage and the wounded were the most slowdown on the marching speed, and it would be great to have ships.

Xia thief's combat effectiveness is still good.The Flying Dragon Army led by the general Qi Bizhang was a bunch of desperadoes, and the casualties in head-to-head fights were not small, which cast a shadow on his heart.

In addition, he suspected that King Liang had lost his position.

One time he was asked to recover the lost ground in Bozhou, and the other time he was asked to pay attention to the movements of the thieves and prevent them from attacking Xu Su.

What do you want from me?

Shi Shucong was also a little angry, thinking about it, since the Xia thief is moving eastward and heading towards Suzhou, then he should go to Wokou first, re-tie the camp, stabilize the retreat, and then go north.

In addition to their main force, there are 6000 people under the command of Yang Shihou, Zhao Yan, and Zhu Hanbin, who marched directly from Yingzhou to the east, which will reach Mengcheng.

The army marched in two directions, with a total force of 6 to [-], looking for opportunities to encircle and wipe out Qi Bizhang's troops.

Fanglue is almost like this, but Shi Shucong actually doesn't have much confidence to destroy the enemy, because they have horses, they can run if they can't beat them, what can you do?It would be nice to regain the land where the thieves were trapped in Bozhou, so don't think too much about it.

Moreover, I am most afraid that Qi Bizhang will come back after running away. There are too few soldiers, too many places with empty weapons, and the enemy is traveling on four legs. It is really hard to guard against.

"Marshal, Zhou Ben is here." The general walked over quickly and reported.

"Let him come over." Shi Shucong waved his hand and continued to think about his thoughts.

Zhou Ben came with several relatives to ride his horses. He walked and watched all the way, and he was full of praise for Liang Bing's military might.

"I've seen Shidutou." Zhou Ben got off his horse and saluted.

Shi Shucong got off his horse impatiently and returned the gift.

"Good news, Shi Dutou." Zhou Ben laughed.

Shi Shucong glanced at him, but said nothing.

Zhou Ben didn't take it seriously at all, and continued to laugh and said, "I just received the letter from King Wu. King Wu is also very angry at the kidnapping of the emperor by the Xia bandits, and the chaos in the court, and he declared that he wanted to punish him."

"What kind of discussion?" Shi Shucong asked casually.

"The King of Wu said that if King Liang's troops are too weak to suppress the bandits, he is willing to send troops from Chu and Si states north to Xusu to help the King of Liang fight against Shao's bandits." Zhou Ben laughed.

Shi Shucong's hairs stood on end, and he smelled a strange and dangerous smell.

The two prefectures of Chu and Si were all rewarded by Yang Xingmi to his subordinates.Among them, Li Shenfu served as the governor of Chuzhou, and Liu Jin was recently appointed as the training envoy of the Sizhou regiment to train soldiers and horses and prepare frontier defenses.

"This matter needs to be approved by the King of Liang." Shi Shucong did not want to offend Zhou Ben for the time being, although he was already very upset.

"That's right." Zhou Ben laughed and dismissed the matter.

Then they chatted about other things, and there was a lot of friendship and win-win between the words.Shi Shucong is not stupid, he can understand Zhou Ben's words inside and out, but he pretends not to know, and continues to perfunctory.

On February 25, the army arrived at Wokou and set up a camp.

(End of this chapter)