Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 807
On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month, the infantry brigade arrived at the west bank of Caishui, looking for old forests to cut wood and build floating bridges.At this time, in Yancheng, Ding Hui was almost unable to hold on.

On this day, the sky was bright, the city was full of greenery, and there were many dirges.

"You say that life is better than death, and I say that death is better than life. To live is to fight and die, and to die is to be conquered by no one...Blood is flowing all over the wilderness, and bones are in the side yard..."

The singing is desolate, tragic, and painful, and at the end of the song, it is almost howling.

The eight elegiac singers chorused in unison, and played vigorously with their advocating hands. Those who heard it really cried and the listeners were sad.

"Commander, Zhu Yougong is not dead." Li Renhan hurried in and reported.

Ding Hui was taken aback when he heard the words, he was happy, and then angry.

I am happy that Zhu Yougong, a fellow of Shouchun, is not dead, and angry that I interrupted him to sing the elegy.

"Get lost!" Ding Hui said.

Li Renhan hid outside the door in disgrace.

"Continue!" Ding Hui glared at the elegiac Lang and the advocacy hand who had stopped, and said.

"Marshal, which song to sing?" Someone asked weakly.

"As soon as Zhu Yougong died, Prince Liang sang the dirge." Ding Hui cleared his throat and began to sing: "Father and son are very kind, and I miss you as a young man. Once sent to the wilderness, when will we see you again?"

The advocacy hand moved quickly, puffed up his cheeks, and quickly followed the rhythm of Marshal Ding.

Li Renhan sat on the saddle helplessly, staring at Kong Qing.

The sergeants stood there limply, their emotions inevitably affected.Fighting and not being able to fight, walking and not being able to get away, could it be that they all died here and could never see their families again?Every time I think of this place, I can't help feeling sad——Dashuai Ding's artistic appeal can be seen.

"I said..." Li Renhan said.

Kong Qing stretched out his hand to stop, and listened attentively.

"Later generations have passed it on. Who is crying when Zhongni is dead?"

"Marshal finished singing!" Kong Qing jumped up and trotted into the door.

"You've heard it all..." Li Renhan cursed secretly, and followed him into the door.

Ding Hui sat down, took a deep breath, and said, "Remove all the things inside and outside the city. The whole army will go out for a day to boost morale. The descriptions are packed up, and the repairs that need to be repaired will leave the city tomorrow. formation."

"Marshal, are you going to fight the old thief?" Kong Qing asked.

"What are you fighting for? Don't you want to live anymore?" Ding Hui scolded, and then said: "I have made up my mind, King Jiangxia."

This is to be expected.Li Renhan and Kong Qing didn't find it strange, they could surrender or fight to the death, they didn't care, at worst they would sell their life to the commander in order to repay their kindness.

"Marshal, what will happen to me if King Xia is surrendered?" Li Renhan asked, looking worried.

"Life and death are in the hands of people, you have a choice?" Ding Hui asked back.

"No." Li Renhan sighed.

The Weisheng Army has more than 2 people and the Tianzhu Army has thousands of people. They are all capable of fighting, and they are firmly stuck.There are more than 6 Tibetan soldiers. Yesterday, there were more than [-] Tutuan villagers, a total of more than [-] soldiers and horses. There are less than [-] troops surrounding them. Can they leave?

"I don't think King Xia acts like that kind of narrow-minded person." Ding Hui explained: "He prefers two types of soldiers, one is the barbarians, and most of them are party members. The name of Zheshi is Xianbei, but it is actually Dangxiang; the second is a soldier from Henan. He went to Henan many times to recruit soldiers. You should love him for his strength and bravery, and rely on him as Qiancheng. We are all descendants of Henan. Aren’t we loved by the King of Xia? Let’s surrender, anyway. There is nowhere to go.”

Li Renhan and Kong Qing repeatedly agreed.

Can live, who wants to die?Even if Zhe Zong couldn't take them down, he replaced Li Tangbin, that bastard who never cared about human life in war, it is really possible that none of the You Guojun could survive.

On May [-]th, the Youguo Army, old and weak, all went out of the city and formed an array in the wilderness.Because they sent people to contact them in advance, Zhe Zong, the commander of the Tangzhou camp, knew that the Youguo Army was about to surrender, so he personally led the main force of the Weisheng Army to arrive.

Nearly 8000 people, led by military officers, placed the equipment at the designated place, then retreated to the other side and sat on the ground.

Zhe Zongben glanced at the piles of swords, spears, armor, and crossbows piled up like hills, turned his head, and lifted up Ding Hui, who was naked from the upper body, and said: "You are a general, why is that so? King Xia loves talents, I never humiliated the general, and I will still be able to use Taiwei Ding in the future."

Hearing this, Ding Hui stood up and sighed: "King Xia used his troops with great sophistication, sophistication, impeccable, and has long been fascinated. I don't want to be so broad-minded, I will be so grateful for my sins, I don't know what to say."

On the other side, Pei Yuan, an important member of the Tangzhou shogunate, was laughing with Zhang Junyan.

Zhang Jun was a little worried, afraid that Shao Shude would turn over the old score.But to be honest, there doesn't seem to be much animosity between the two of them.Zhang Jun's escape to the east was more out of fear of death from the imperial court, and he had a good relationship with Zhu Quanzhong.

"Zhang Sima persuaded Ding Gong to surrender, which is a great achievement." Pei Yuan said: "After the Youguo Army accepts the reorganization, it will be of great use."

Zhang Jun hesitated for a moment, but still asked: "Your Majesty is a staff member of Tangzhou, how dare you ask the Lord Youguo Army to surrender? King Xia?"

"Duke Zheling is also a subordinate of King Xia." Pei Yuan looked into Zhang Jun's eyes and said.

"Understood." Zhang Jun saluted and thanked.

"Be prepared to fight Yang Xingmi. King Xia said earlier that if Ding will send all his troops to surrender, he can serve as Qizhou governor and regiment training envoy," Pei Yuan urged again.

Zhang Jun understood.Qizhou was Yang Xingmi's territory, and he had to fight for the position of governor himself. Not only did he have to take down Qizhou, but he also had to take down Huangzhou along the way.

This result is better than expected and completely acceptable.For Xia Jun, this arrangement is also very reasonable.

After all, the Youguo Army is the foundation of the Xuanwu Yajun Army. It is not impossible to let them fight Bianzhou, but it always makes people worry about defecting before the battle, although the possibility is not very great.

Now it's just right to fight Yang Xingmi.They don't know each other, and they don't have any friendship at all. Ding Hui is eager to show, so of course he has to show some strength.

After the surrender of Yancheng Youguo Army, there was only one remnant left in the Xuzhou War: more than [-] Yang Shihou troops stationed in Wokou.But he is only a small role, and has no effect on the overall situation.

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Zhu Zhen has led the army back to Jiyin.

He first went to the school grounds to supervise the training of the Pingri and Pingsheng armies, and he returned to the military mansion at noon.

It should be said that Zhu Zhen is still very capable of training troops.The two armies of Praise the Sun and Praise the Saint are not all recruits, at least [-]% are veterans recruited from the dead.

Zhu Zhen is also very good at tending soldiers. He can call many people by name, can solve practical difficulties for them, is generous, and often rewards sergeants, so he is very popular among soldiers.

The soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the Caozhou camp are divided into three systems: the pro-army, the government army, and the state and county soldiers.

Zhu Zhen was actually just a commander before, and didn't directly control many troops.Zhu Quanzhong was very worried about him, and sent Deng Jiyun and Zhang Cunjing to restrain him.The former commanded the infantry in the Caozhou camp, that is, the left and right Tu generals, and the left and right yamen troops, while the latter commanded the cavalry, that is, the left and right Desheng army, the pro-cavalry army, the Zhuosheng army, and the Tabaidu army.

Of course Zhu Zhen would not be willing to be a commander in name only.In fact, he has been trying to change it for several years. First of all, Jianying Wudu is pro-military, with a scale of thousands of people.This is a trial, but it makes sense, the dignified commander doesn't even have a direct line of troops, is it plausible?
Zhu Quanzhong acquiesced to this.He doesn't have the ability to control too much, and the decline in control will inevitably produce this result.

In the second half of last year, Shao Shude attacked Liang three times, and Zhu Quanzhong was devastated, and the battle situation was unprecedentedly unfavorable.Zhu Zhen ordered wealthy households in Cao, Hua, and Dan prefectures to donate money, withhold part of the money and food that was handed over to Bianzhou, and imposed heavy taxes on business travel.

At the same time, he sent people to Hebei and Ziqing to obtain more than a thousand horses.Naturally, the scale of Yingwudu has expanded again, and now there are three thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry.

Needless to say, this is an extremely domineering warlord behavior.At other times, Zhu Quanzhong absolutely cannot tolerate it, and must deal with it seriously.But right now, not only can't he deal with it, on the contrary he has to try his best to win him over.

This world is so realistic.

In fact, there are also some prefectural and county soldiers in the Caozhou camp. The total scale is small, about 8000 people. They are led by Liu Zhijun, a general from Xuzhou, and stationed in Leize County, Puzhou. They are the first-line troops to defend Yunzhen.

Zhu Zhen couldn't see Liu Zhijun through him, and it always felt difficult to win him over.But he is very sure that Liu Zhijun is definitely not a loyal person, and his ambition is actually quite big.

But it doesn't matter anymore.Although Liu Zhijun's soldiers often fought and were better than ordinary state and county soldiers, he didn't pay attention to them.Now the focus is still on the sudden generals and the Second Yamen Army. Over the past few years, he has also installed many of his own people. Coupled with his old acquaintances and old departments all over the army, he is confident that he can control the troops at critical moments. Big hindrance.

"Commander, General Deng is here." The general came in and reported.

"Do you know what to do?" Zhu Zhen asked in a deep voice with serious eyes.

"Understood." The general said without hesitation.

"Back off, don't make mistakes."

"As ordered."

Deng Jiyun quickly got into the tent, and as he walked, he said: "General, I found out that the number of bandits outside Bianzhou City has been greatly reduced. Please hurry up and march westward to rescue the siege—"

Deng Jiyun stopped in the middle of speaking, because he found that Zhu Zhen was making tea leisurely, and suddenly became angry.

"Sit down, stay safe and don't be impatient." Zhu Zhen said with a smile.

"The military situation is urgent. If you go one day earlier, the people of Bian will have to sleep in peace. How can you sit still?" Deng Jiyun sat down, chattering endlessly.

"General Deng thinks, what's the situation in Liang?" Zhu Zhen continued to add spices slowly, seemingly unintentionally.

"General Pang Du's army is besieged, I'm afraid it's not good." Deng Jiyun told the truth.

"But I heard that Pang Shigu was defeated. I don't know if he died or not. King Liang and Shao Shude fought in Caishui, but they were unfavorable and returned." Zhu Zhen said again.

"This—" Deng Jiyun was a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, it was very possible.

"Since this is the case, the generals should lead their troops westward and join the King of Liang to protect Bianzhou together." Deng Jiyun said anxiously: "I'm afraid it will be bad if it's too late!"

Zhu Zhen looked at Deng Jiyun twice, and sighed: "The defeat of King Liang is set, don't you think about yourself?"

Deng Jiyun was taken aback for a moment, then got up, his expression changed drastically.

"Come here, give General Deng a ride." As soon as Zhu Zhen finished speaking, dozens of soldiers from the military capital poured in, and without any nonsense, they directly slashed on Deng Jiyun with their knives and axes.

"I didn't intend to harm you, so what can I do, what can I do." Looking at Deng Jiyun who was lying on the ground dying, Zhu Zhen shook her head and sighed.

　Chapter 2 is estimated at ten o'clock in the evening.Closed production is over today, throw away the sleeping bag, and go home.

　　Under the floor, two cockroaches actually ran out. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)