Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 822 Small Report

On June 26, Daning City had taken on a completely new look.

Li Hongren, an important member of the Shuofang shogunate, hurried to the city.

On the way, I met Wei Caibobu, a member of Dijin Zewei Cai's family, whose Chinese name was Wei Rang, and he followed the expedition many times.

"Has the arrangement been made?" Li Hongren asked.

"It was sent out last night." Wei Caibobu replied.

Li Hongren was the son of the late Huo Guogong Li Shao. He was appointed as the Yunyang Commander of Jingzhao Prefecture, and later transferred to Shuofang Shogunate as an important member of the army.This time when he left the army, Li Hongren was doing some staff work in the army to praise paintings, but everyone knew that he was the de facto supervisor of the army, representing the will of King Xia.

Do not believe?Li Hongren had a hundred soldiers around him, and he was born in Hengshan, so he was jokingly called "Hengshan Bubazi".Their ostensible task is to protect Li Hongren's safety, but when necessary, they can arrest and kill generals and execute Falun Gong on the spot, although they have never done so before.

Zhe Zongben has it, Li Tangbin has it, Li Renjun has it, and now Yang Yue has it too.Thinking about the good, Lao Yang's status has risen, and he has become a commander in chief.

What Li Hongren and Wei Caibobu talked about is actually very simple.Li Hongren made a small report to King Xia, saying that Yang Yue "didn't know the general situation" and intended to provoke Khitan and Hedong at the same time, destroying King Xia's plan, and asked King Xia to order restraint.The report was sent by someone from the Weicai family, who was deeply trusted by King Xia's own family.

"Li Cunxiao is not far away in Guizhou. Why hasn't he come yet?" Wei Cai Bobu suddenly asked, "The black army is already in place, and now we have to wait for the Jin people to come. If they don't come Well, the army squatting in the mountains is not an option at all. It is better to gather the two armies of golden swords and black scorpions, and then sweep north and east."

"The Jin people will definitely come, and all the tribes in the north of the mountain are watching." Li Hongren said with certainty.

The tribes of Yanbei are indeed waiting for news.

They would rather go far away than show their inclination and take refuge in any side when the situation is not completely clear.Whoever wins, they help whomever, this is the philosophy of survival.Don't laugh at them, this is the wisdom of survival for thousands of years, and the strength is only so small, and those who don't do this may have died.

"Have you heard any news about Youzhou and Hedong?" Wei Caibobu asked.

"Daibei is like facing a big enemy, roaming around, and the checkpoints are very strict, so it is difficult to send people to investigate." Li Hongren said: "This is especially true in Youzhou. Although Li Cunxiao is reckless and rude, he still listens to his righteousness. Father ordered it. Up to now, it has been very quiet, which is not in line with his temperament. It can only be said that Li Keyong gave him the order. But he strictly guards the door and does not act rashly."

"So, Li Keyong may have a big move." Wei Caibobu worried.

For local powerful factions like them, it is ideal to fight easily and happily, and to capture a large amount of supplies.But if you want to gnaw hard bones, such as fighting with the Jin army, you will not get any spoils, but many people will die, which is not worthwhile.

"If Li Keyong doesn't want to have an accident on behalf of Bei and Youzhou, he must come." Li Hongren knew exactly what Wei Caibobu was thinking, and comforted him: "In the future, when the king establishes a new dynasty, the Wei Cai clan will rest with the country, and Yongzheng will Di Jinze, this is a great benefit. For these benefits, what if we have to fight a bloody battle with the Jin people?"

"That's right." Wei Cai Bobu smiled and said, "Thank you Li Suishi for the enlightenment. The Ye Li family and the Wu Zang family have worked so hard, there is no reason for the Wei Cai family to look forward and backward."

Of course, the inspectors and tribes are also different.As the saying goes, there is a difference between closeness and closeness. Yeli, Wuzang, and Weicai followed up early, and they were married to King Xia.Can Zhuanglang, Hun, Geshu, Qibi, and Zangcai compare with them?dream.

After bidding farewell to Wei Caibobu, Li Hongren returned to the city.

The tribesmen are cooking.Most of the time, I eat milk, dried meat, broth, and wild vegetables, and occasionally pickles, corn and wheat are used to make adjustments.Military activities basically stopped, and many tribes scattered to the north to graze cattle and sheep.The pastures around Daning City are almost gnawed bare. The war on the grassland is like this. It seems that you can drive cattle and sheep all the way to fight. In fact, you spend too much time grazing, and you also need a vast pasture to graze. Get as much as possible. Milk to supplement food, cattle and sheep slaughtered as little as possible - Daning City once ate horse meat for several days in a row, and Li Hongren almost vomited.

There were people coming and going in the temporary government office. After entering, Li Hongren greeted the generals first, and then sat down to work.

"If King Xi comes to surrender, it's not good to accept it, and it's not good to accept it. It's a dilemma." The speaker was Hun Gu, the general who commanded the Hun army.

"Are you so afraid of Khitan?" Wang He said disdainfully.

He is the son of Wang Xie, the inspector of Mula Mountain, and the younger brother of Wang Chong, the commander of the Leopard Cavalry. These words caused his elder brother to glare at him, and he didn't dare to say any more.

It is said that since the suppression of the Yinshan Tatars, the grasslands inside and outside the Yinshan Mountains have been re-divided.The Geshu family was moved to Nuozhen Shuicha, giving up the pastures of Fengzhou; the Qibi tribe moved east to the newly established Rouzhou, which was tantamount to grabbing the territory of the Yinshan Tatars; Zhuanglang, Hun, and Wang all as before.

The first two are actually nothing, the area of ​​the grassland is not small, but the Wang family wants to leave Mula Mountain a little bit.Their pasture area is the smallest, and they are connected to the Nuozhen River in the north, and cannot cross the Yin Mountain in the south.In terms of per capita wealth, it is almost the poorest among the five parts of Yinshan, so it has a strong motivation to migrate outward.

And if you want to get a good enough pasture that is big enough and rich enough like Geshubu and Qibibu, military exploits are essential.King Xia is benevolent, but that is only limited to goods. He has always controlled the cultivated land and pastures very strictly, not giving you whatever you want.

Yanbei's ranch is actually very good, Wang He has always thought so, and his elder brother Wang Chong actually agrees with this, but he won't say it directly.

"Although Khitan is stronger than us, it is not impossible to deal with it. Your Majesty has made up his mind and sent tens of thousands of elite cavalry to fight against them all the year round. With the entire Central Plains as the backing, they will be exhausted to death." He smiled kindly and said, "But on this occasion, is it worth fighting them?"

"Whether it's worth fighting or not is up to Yang Dutou to decide." Wang He replied, but was glared at by his brother again, and he was stunned.

Hungu smiled without saying a word.

"General Hun, if there are soldiers coming from Guizhou, the Ni department will be the vanguard." There was a loud voice outside the door, but it was Yang Yue who came in.

Everyone shut up.

"It's a lot of free time." Yang Yue sneered, "I received the military report that Kang Junli led the army to the north, and there were bandit riders outside Yanmen Pass, no less than two thousand, who will go back and drive them away?"

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It took eight days for the news from Yanbei to reach Heyang. At this time, Shao Shude was staying with the Tianxiong Army transferred to Heyang.

Not long after the reorganization of the left and right hatchbacks of the Tianxiong Army was completed.

Military envoy Zang Dubao, deputy envoy Li Renjun, Du Yuhou Niu Li, Du Youyi envoy Wang Jianji, left wing envoy Li Lin, right envoy Xie Bin, these are high-ranking officers.Most of the commanders, battalions, and teams of the left and right sides came from the Tianxiong Army, except for a few outstanding ones such as Wang Jiao (the first commander of the left wing), the Heyuan Army and the Baoyi Army system were severely damaged, and the Yumen Army was even more so. The whole army was wiped out, and no good job was found.

Why did the benefits of the merger of the four armies fall on the Tianxiong army?Don't ask, asking is King Xia's highest instruction.

The Tianxiong Army is currently stationed in the outskirts of Hanoi County. They are getting to know each other every day. There is a small exercise every three days and a session every seven days. The training is very frequent.The martial arts student officers brought their style into the new army. The personnel from the three armies of Heyuan, Baoyi, and Yumen were extremely uncomfortable at first, and there were quite a lot of complaints in the army.

At the critical moment, Shao Shude personally sat in the camp of the Tianxiong Army to suppress the commotion.

"If you practice hard enough, you will cry for your father and mother. Are you still a martial artist?" Shao Shude slapped a leader of the Heyuan Army by the ear and neck, and scolded with a smile: "The name of the Heyuan Army was decided by me personally to commemorate the recovery of Shan. Kuoerzhou, you have also been to Qingtang, why, are you used to being wild there?"

The team leader smiled awkwardly and stopped talking.

"And you!" Shao Shude pointed to another Kong Wu powerful officer, and said, "You look familiar."

"Your Majesty has good eyesight. I am from Fuzhou. I used to be a soldier of Jiedushi Li Shuai. I followed him from afar. I have seen Your Majesty several times." The officer said pleasantly.

"Oh? Have you beaten Huangchao?" Shao Shude asked in surprise.

"I fought with Meng Kai, but the battle was not good, so I surrendered to Gaoling. Later, in the battle of Shengao Station, the king personally led the army, smashed the nest thieves, chased them to the north, and drove them into the Weishui River."

"It happened 20 years ago. It's good that you're still here." Shao Shude patted the officer on the shoulder, took off his cloak and hung it on him, and handed him his saber, saying, "Tonight, the whole army is going to fight for you." Jiu, you come to me, never get drunk."

"Of order." The officer was a little excited.

Shao Shude walked through the camp one by one, patted this man on the shoulder, helped that man tidy up his quiver, and finally said: "I am over forty years old, and I have been training with the army these few days, have you ever complained?"

"No." A group of people chattered.

"I can keep practicing, so why are you talking nonsense? You look like a woman, get out and practice hard." Shao Shude said grimly.

Everyone left one after another as if they had received an amnesty.Looking at his face, it doesn't look like there is much resentment.

"Only the king can hold back this group of arrogant soldiers." Chen Cheng walked over quietly and said with a smile.

"Chen Changshi speaks carefully." Shao Shude blinked, jokingly said: "Don't let them know that the sergeants in the outer town have not trained as hard as our Tianxiong Army. If they know, the atmosphere will turn bad."

Chen Cheng laughed.

However, he also knew that King Xia paid special attention to the atmosphere in the army and had been very strict, for fear that his soldiers would become domineering sergeants like those in Hebei.Liang Jun's style of surrendering troops is acceptable, and they can still be used. If soldiers from other feudal towns are captured in the future, will they all be dismissed?

"My lord, there is news from Yanbei." After finishing speaking, Chen Cheng handed over the military report sent by Li Hongren.

Shao Shude looked at it and asked, "What do you think?"

"Attracting the Jin army to go north is a great achievement in itself, why be greedy anymore." Chen Cheng replied.

"It's a pity that Yang Yue doesn't understand this truth." Shao Shude laughed.

"It's not necessarily that I don't understand, it's just that I'm not reconciled."

"It's nothing to be reconciled to. I will clean up the Khitan sooner or later, but not now." After thinking for a while, Shao Shude said: "You can draw up a military order, I will use the seal, and let Yang Yue keep it. Besides, Brother Yoshi This time it was done in a decent manner, and no news was leaked. Hurry up and investigate, I don’t believe there is no news.”

"Of order." Chen Cheng replied.

(End of this chapter)