Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 781 A gang of rebels!
"Here we come!" outside the city of Jingzhou, the scouts frantically rode back and roared.

"Quick! Get ready." Jingyuan Jiedu envoy Li Bai hurriedly ordered.

The sergeants and masters have already organized the camp area, all kinds of supplies are ready, and thousands of horses are also prepared.

King Xia led more than 3 riders to the east, and he passed the news when he replenished and replaced horses in the pastoral area of ​​Shandong Shicheng, the capital of Tiandu.Jingyuan Town was poor, but it still tried its best to prepare a supply army of more than [-] dendrobium grains and beans.

These grains and beans are enough for [-] infantry troops to eat for three months when they go out in wartime.But for the troops that King Xia brought over, it was only enough to consume for three days.

Is the cavalry group attack beautiful?Beautiful.

Will it make you bankrupt?Of course it will.

This attack is equivalent to more than 30 infantry passing through your territory. It is amazing to eat and drink.Undoubtedly, the wallets of the common people where they have passed have dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye.After a few more visits, everyone stopped doing it and just hid in the mountains to make money.

Surrounded by his own soldiers, Shao Shude reined in the horse and stopped.

They left Huizhou on the [-]th and arrived in Yuanzhou on the [-]th. It would be noon on the [-]th, and they were already in Pinggao County, Jingzhou.

"Your Majesty, my nephew has already prepared a thin mat..." Li Bai stepped forward to hold the rein of the horse and said with a smile.

"Forget it!" Shao Shude said with a serious face: "I have only driven for three hours, so I won't stay in Jingzhou anymore. I will go to Yilu County to rest tonight."

After finishing speaking, he might feel that his tone was too serious, so he softened it and said, "Nephew, don't think too much. The military situation is urgent and changing rapidly, so don't dare to stay. The food and grass prepared are good. If you have a heart, you will be there after you succeed in the future." a benefit."

Shao Shude originally planned to abolish Jingyuan Town this year and merge it into the Xia Palace.But looking at Li Bai's respectful look, forget it.Let him be an envoy for one more year, and then do it again next year. Anyway, the two prefectures of Jingyuan are not very rich, and there are a lot of Tubo and Dangxiang, which have not been digested after so many years of registration.

"Follow your Majesty's order." Without hesitation, Li Bai immediately ordered his followers to remove the banquet, and carried out the order very resolutely.

Shao Shude nodded, got off his horse, and took a short rest.

The sergeants also dismounted in the distance, and the battalions were separated and sat on the ground.Master Jingzhou walked over with basket after basket of mustard biscuits and distributed them one by one.

There are also sergeants standing guard from afar.Even when they were marching inside, they still kept a bit of vigilance. Of course, they were all members of the Iron Cavalry.

The Dingnan Army is newly established, everything is not on the right track, and the soldiers are not very familiar with each other, so it is a bit chaotic.

During the long march, some people fell behind, but the total number did not decrease, and even increased slightly.The reason is that some of the chieftain's children volunteered to join the army.

Why is it the children of the chieftain?Because Shao Shude asked you to have at least five horses before he was allowed to follow, this wiped out too many people from Liang, Hui, and the original Zhuzhou who wanted to follow to make a fortune.

Another point is that the children of chieftains have strong economic strength, usually have a lot of time to practice riding and martial arts, and have strong individual combat capabilities. up.

The soldiers of Jingzhou Prefecture watched from a distance from the top of the city, and they were quite shocked.

More than [-] horses, what kind of battle is this?They haven't seen it anyway.Some old people in the city who lived long enough said that there were more than [-] horses when Tubo entered the bandits, and the Tang border commander was not so rich.

King Xia's current strength is already stronger than that of Lun Fear's heyday.At the time when Tubo was not disintegrated, Zanpu could easily pull out hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses and make long-distance raids, all the way from Qinghai to Xiazhou and Yinzhou.

That is really an extremely powerful force, and the Turks are afraid that they will be far behind.

After Shao Shude finished eating the pastry in twos and twos, he stretched out his hand, and Li Zhong handed over the map.

Overnight in Yilu County tonight, and then camp along the Jingshui River Valley, via Binzhou to Yongshou County on the 21st.Binzhou is the last place where horses can be replenished and replaced on a large scale. After this place, it is a bit difficult to replenish horses. It may not be possible to maintain the horsepower of the entire army in a relatively good state like it is now.

The road on the 22nd will not be easy, but it just happens to slow down the pace, rest the horsepower, and let the soldiers relax by the way.On the same day, you can enter Wang Bian's territory in Fengtian Town, which is relatively rich and has a lot of food and grass.

You can leave Fengtian on the 23rd and go to Chang'an 120 miles away.He has sent someone to fly to tell Chang'an to prepare horses in advance.

Yes, Shao Shude came up with the idea of ​​stocking horses in Chang'an.

There are too many rich people in Chang'an, too many officials, and the number of horses is quite a lot, and they are so good.Shao Shude asked Han Quanhui to come forward and collect as many horses as possible for him to replace.And he didn't plan to stay in Chang'an, he would continue on his way, and he should camp in Zhaoying County east of Chang'an that day.

Arrived in Huayin County on the 24th, went north to Tongzhou on the 25th, replenished and replaced horses at the Shayuan Supervisor, and joined the main force of the guards. They would also bring a large number of horses.Then enter the Hezhong Mansion via the Pujinguan Floating Bridge, but it should not be possible to bring all the horses there, it would be too expensive and unnecessary.

After meditating on the course of action, Shao Shude stood up, glanced at Ye Li Kecheng who was silently following beside him, and asked, "Are you tired?"

"Look, Uncle." Ye Li Kecheng pointed to the sergeant in the distance, and said, "The faces of the soldiers are calm and calm. With such a strong army, why are you tired?"

"The wings are hard, aren't they? Talk to me so well." Shao Shude scolded with a smile: "This time, fight hard, otherwise, don't even think about it..."

Ye Like was stunned.

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On the road, Shao Shude was worried that something would happen again on the front line, but in fact there were still some changes.

At the end of February, Qi Bizhang of the Flying Dragon Army fought a small battle with Shi Shucong, and they were invincible.The two sides tacitly agreed to strike and went back to their respective homes.

Qi Bizhang went west and recaptured Linhuan, which had been taken back by Liang Jun.Yang Shihou and Zhao Yan avoided fighting and retreated to Yongcheng County.

Zhu Quanzhong finally couldn't sit still, and ordered Zhu Youyu to lead the Changzhi Army back to the left side, and led more than [-] people from the Shenwu, Tianwu, Longxiang, and Dragon and Tiger armies to the south, and joined the Changzhi Army at Yongqiu.

At the same time, he ordered the pro-cavalry army and Zhuosheng cavalry to march westward, and put them under the command of Ge Congzhou.

For the troops in the Caozhou camp, the infantry was under the command of Deng Jiyun, the cavalry was under the command of Zhang Cunjing, and the two were under the control of Zhu Zhen.

The infantry consisted of 2 people from the Left and Right Yanei Army, and the Left and Right Generals Tu. Under the account, it is really interesting.Tabaidu rode [-] riders south to Yongqiu to listen to orders, and Zhu Quanzhong personally led them.

After the order was issued, Zhu Quanzhong waited silently for a day, and soon got the news of Zhu Zhen's release, which made him a little relieved.At this time, he was really afraid that someone would disobey his orders.Now it seems that it is really too much to worry about.Zhu Zhen may not be very loyal, but she is not a rebellious cub, and the soldiers still recognize him as the king of Liang, and the prestige of many years is still there, which makes him feel very comforted.

After all the armies gathered, Zhu Quanzhong went down to Bozhou via Songzhou, and arrived at Qiao County on March [-]th, where he summoned the generals to discuss matters.

In the evening of this day, after Zhu Quanzhong had dinner, he put on his armor and inspected the camp area, and then returned to the big tent.

Jing Xiang has been by his side all the year round, and he knows Zhu Quanzhong's thoughts clearly, he hesitated again and again, but still advised: "My lord, please don't do too much damage."

Zhu Quanzhong was surprised and said, "Why did Jing Sima say that?"

"Your Majesty!" Jing Xiang took a step closer, his expression anxious: "Does Your Majesty think that Zhu Zhenzhong is loyal?"

Zhu Quanzhong remained silent.

"Your Majesty first transferred the Changjian Army and the Jiama Army, but Zhu Zhen didn't complain. Then he transferred his own cavalry and captured the second army, but Zhu Zhen still didn't complain." Jingxiang said: "The servants also know the two armies of Ya Nei and Tu General. Someone secretly reported that Zhu Zhenan planted a cronies, plotting something wrong. But at this time, who is not careful? Zhu Dutou has no objection."

Zhu Quanzhong still did not speak.

"Shidutou has been in Xuzhou for many years, and he has made great contributions to suppressing thieves for many years. Last month, the king ordered him to go west, and he came out without a second thought." Jingxiang continued: "After Zhang Tingfan asked for help, the sergeant returned home like an arrow. He Then lead the troops back."

"But he and Qi Bizhang didn't know each other. Xia Bandit also released the captured sergeant, cavalry general Shen Cheng was captured by Xia Bandit, and he encountered a lot of difficulties. Is there a problem?" Zhu Quanzhong asked in a low voice.

"Your Majesty has ordered him to send troops. I heard that Xu Bing had left Pengcheng and went west to Yongcheng, and Su Bing had also left for Linhuan. The capital of the family has no objection." Jing Xiang said.

Zhu Quanzhong was expressionless and pondered for a long time.

More than 3 people with the Changzhi Army as the main force went south from Songzhou and stationed in Bozhou.Chenzhou in the west had been mobilized for a long time, and the walls were cleared—in fact, there was no need to fortify the walls and clear the fields, because most of the food and grass had already been looted and sent to the Yingdong front line.

He had been reluctant to make up his mind before, but now it seems that in order to curb the Xia bandit cavalry, he still has to fortify the wall and clear the field.Back then when we confronted the bandits in Henan Mansion, the bandit cavalry couldn't move very far, the main reason being that they couldn't supply in the wild.

The cost of fortifying the wall and clearing the field is high, but it is worth it.

As soon as Shi Shu Congfu returned to the town, he had only rested for ten days, and then received an order to send troops. The soldiers complained so much that they almost provoked a mutiny.Fortunately, Shi Shucong was well-mannered and pressed down, which made the big soldiers reluctantly mobilize and press in the direction of Linhuan.

And Yang Shihou, Zhao Yan, and Zhu Hanbin still have about [-] cavalry, which is also a force.

More than 7 troops came from the northwest, north, and east, and he wanted to see which direction Qi Bizhang was going.

As soon as you run away, I will recruit troops and besiege Yingzhou. I can even go west to Caizhou and cut off Zhezong's retreat.

Anyway, Zhu Quanzhong is doing badly in other directions, you like to fight.If it doesn't work, there is still Zhu Zhen for emergency, so it's not a big problem.There are also more than [-] people guarding the city of Bianzhou, including the guards of the royal palace and the four armies of Tianwei, Guangsheng, Shenjie, and Tianxing. At critical moments, they can also enlist the children of generals and young men to guard the city, just like the collection of governors in Suzhou last month. More than a thousand children of Feisheng's generals went to the city, and together with the state and county soldiers, they led the Tutuan villagers to defend the city.

But before encircling and suppressing Qi Bizhang, Zhu Quanzhong had one more thing on his mind.

He felt that Shi Shucong, Yang Shihou, Zhao Yan, Zhu Hanbin and others were not reliable, and that fighting was a bit of an errand, and he intended to clean up military discipline—this was Li Zhen's idea.

Jing Xiang didn't know how to see it, and tried to persuade him, this is really a smart man.

"Your Majesty." Said Li Zhen, and Li Zhen arrived. I saw him rushing in with a gloomy expression on his face: "My Majesty, Master Yang led the army to go south. He left early in the morning. There were only a few old and weak in the camp, and he deceived me." so bitter."

"Crack!" Zhu Quanzhong slapped the table vigorously, and suddenly got up.

Before the order to attack was issued, the Zhongwu Army left the camp and went south without authorization. Of course, this was not to fight Qi Bizhang, and I knew it with my toes.

"A bunch of rebels!" Zhu Quanzhong drew out his horizontal knife, furious.

Jing Xiang closed his eyes and sighed inwardly.What I said just now, I'm afraid it was in vain.

(End of this chapter)