Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 823 Discussion
Inspect the farmland and look forward to the August autumn harvest with the farmers.

Check the river and talk to the boatman about silting up when floods rage.

The second-class national road between Meng and Huai has resumed construction and will continue to be built until early August.

The shortage of manpower in Xiuwu Coal Mine has existed for a long time, and all parties have been complaining.

There are not too many wastelands in Heyang, and there will be less and less hunting opportunities in the future, so hurry up now.

Finally, we must not forget how close we are to the leading soldiers of the Tianxiong Army. They are the greatest guarantee for wealth and honor in this troubled world.

The above is Shao Shude's unpretentious life in Heyang.

He's busy, really busy.It has been a while since he has touched a woman, because he has been patiently watching the situation in the Central Plains battlefield.

"A part of the Huaining army attacked Mengcheng, and it was conquered yesterday. Yang Shihou led his troops back into Haozhou, and surrendered Yang Xingmi. Xingmi ordered him to assassinate Changzhou and fight Qian Liu."

"Huaixi general Cui Hong was ordered by Jiedu envoy Zhe Silun to lead his troops into Shouzhou, hoard grain, grass and equipment, and prepare to attack Luzhou."

"Youguo Army Dinghui has been reorganized in Suizhou and has been supplied. It is heading towards Anzhou and will be ready for battle in a few days."

"The Weisheng army besieged Xiangyi for more than a month, and there would be heavy rain. Zhu Quanzhong led his troops to rescue and retreated to Baozhe City."

"The iron cavalry raided Wei's family, and the people who burned the beams accumulated more than ten thousand dendrobium."

"The Dingnan Army went to Linhuan County, Suzhou, and the townspeople killed the county magistrate and surrendered. Then they entered Fuli. Zhang Tingfan sent a general with more than [-] troops to help. The heavy rain was pouring, and the Dingnan Army retreated to Linhuan."

"It is rumored that Yang Xingmi's envoys are constantly coming in and out of Xuzhou, and Zhang Tingfan is vacillating due to the reformation of the army."

"Zhe Shuai ordered the two armies of Jianrui and Zhongwu to attack Wei's again. The two armies have already left the army, and they are blocked due to heavy rain."

"Zhu Youyu attacked Zhongmu again, and the Tiande army and Henan Fuzhou soldiers joined forces to force them back."

"Wang Tan, Zhu Youlun, and Hua Wenqi led the army into Huazhou, regained Suanzao, and smashed Yangwu in Zhengzhou. The counties in Huadong all betrayed Zhu Zhen and returned to Quanzhong."

"The governor of Shanzhou angrily reprimanded Zhu Zhen for refusing to pay tribute, so Zhen led troops to attack him."

"Zhu Jin and Zhu Wei are still besieging Puzhou, with heavy casualties."

Shao Shude sorted out stacks of military newspapers and handed them to Erlang Shao Chengjie to read them aloud.Sanlang Mienren and Shiro Guancheng listened ignorantly, their eyes constantly turning around their father and brother.

"Zhu Quanzhong actually controls Bian, Hua and half of Songzhou. Caozhou is in Zhu Zhen's hands, and Shanzhou will probably be cleaned up by Zhu Zhen. Xu and Su are left alone. Zhang Tingfan insists that there is no Abandoning Zhu Quanzhong is already very interesting." Shao Shude commented: "Zhu Quanzhong, the current registered permanent residence is only more than one million, nothing to worry about."

"There are still a million people?" Saburo Mianren was a little surprised.

"Yuenu should study hard." Shao Chengjie turned his head to look at his younger brother, and said, "Songzhou alone has a population of nearly one million during the Taiping Festival. Although this will be a little less, there are still 70 people. There are no people here. Too much war."

Shao Mianren was submissive and did not dare to resist his brother's "Tiger Might".

Shao Chengjie snickered, and quickly ate a chestnut.

"Zhu Quanzhong, the current strength is no different from Zhu Jin and Zhu Wei. It may be worse, Erlang, tell me how Quanzhong is worse than Zhu Jin." Shao Shude asked.

"Go back to father." Shao Chengjie said: "It's the difference between people's hearts."

"Tell me carefully."

"Quanzhong lost his master and apprentice in Xuzhou. He ran northward in a hurry. His inner heart was turbulent and panicked. Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin went through this stage even when they were defeated. But they survived. Zhu Quanzhong must be thinking now A way to stabilize people's hearts, he has long since stopped thinking about winning the game, and it would be good if he can maintain the current situation."

"What's going to happen in Bianzhou next?"

"Quanzhong is afraid that he has no money to give rewards." Shao Chengjie said: "Seventy to eighty thousand soldiers and horses are too much for his current territory. There is enough food, but not enough money. Maybe it can be distributed for a while as usual, But it will be very difficult to fool the past this year, let alone next year?"

"It's pretty good that you can think of these things." Shao Shude praised, and said, "What is Zhu Zhen of Caozhou thinking about now?"

"It's up for grabs."

"How is it up for grabs?"

"I just want to discuss the conditions with my grandfather, follow the old example of the Zhao family in Xuzhou, and set up a festival."

"If you came to talk to Zhu Zhen, what would you do?"

"Give it to him, let him send troops to attack Zhu Wei and Zhu Jin." Shao Chengjie replied.

Shao Shude's raised hand didn't hit, and he took it back.

"Where do you promise him?" Shao Shude asked.

"It's better to let him go out of Zhenjiang Mausoleum. Grandpa asked the court to write a decree and appoint Zhu Zhen as Jingnan Jiedu envoy."

"Is Zhu Zhen that stupid?" Shao Shude asked.

"Grandpa has not regretted his promise so far, and he must keep his word. If Zhu Zhen doesn't want to die, she can only agree."

"Will Zhu Zhen agree?"

"Nine times out of ten."

"My son, you don't understand these warriors." Shao Shude stood up, walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said, "These people don't cry when they see the coffin. At present, the main energy of the Xuzhou camp is still in Bianzhou. Zhu Zhen is very at ease. He will not see himself clearly, will think that he is valuable, it is not so easy to submit, and he always wants better conditions."

"This..." Shao Chengjie really couldn't understand the psychology of these warriors.

"Besides, Zhu Zhen is still counting on Yang Xingmi, Li Keyong and others to come out to stir up trouble. If the situation changes, he will be even more valuable. For example, in order to solve the Puzhou problem, I will give in to him." Shao Shude Sneered: "Besides, Zhu Zhen may not be willing to go to the south."

"I know!" Shao Chengjie said suddenly, his face was full of understanding, as if he wanted to understand something.

"Tell me about it." Shao Shude encouraged.

"Zhu Zhen wants Xuzhou!" Shao Chengjie said: "He is from Fengxian County. If he can leave the town of Xuzhou, he will return to his hometown. Grandpa may as well allow him to be a probationary military officer and lead Xu, Su, Hao, and Si four Zhou, Hao, and Si are in the hands of Yang Xingmi, let him fight with Yang Xingmi."

"It's easy for you to think again." Shao Shude laughed, and said: "Zhu Zhen is not that stupid. If I allow him Xuzhou, he may indeed surrender, but after becoming an official, he will definitely befriend Yang Xingmi instead of fighting with him. Then Or, Xuzhou is an important town in the Central Plains, how can you easily accept people? Thinking of taking shortcuts in everything is not a good idea. Do you understand?"

"Understood." Shao Chengjie replied honestly.

Saburo and Shiro silently watched their elder brother being trained, without making a sound.

"To be honest, I'm a bit reluctant to give Jingnan out." Shao Shude said suddenly: "Instead of giving it to Zhu Zhen, it's better to give it to Zhao Kuangning. If he has the ability to take down Jiangling Mansion, so what if Kuixia is also given to him? At least Xiangyang Leave it to me."

The Zhao brothers are obsessed with Jiangling, and they have been involved in the affairs there for several years, and they are extremely busy.In fact, Shao Shude was a little dissatisfied with them, he was not good at governing the area, his level of fighting was average, and he was not particularly active in sending troops.

"What do you think of the situation in Yanbei?" Shao Shude asked after sitting back in the tiger skin chair.

"Li Keyong will definitely send troops to the north." Shao Chengjie said without thinking.

"He's your uncle, how do you call him by his first name?" Shao Shude said with a stare.

"Grandpa, you sometimes call uncle by his first name."

Another burst hit.

Shao Shude said seriously: "He is my elder brother, and also your uncle. If he wishes to surrender, so what if he is crowned prince someday? My elder brother is naturally qualified to be prince. Those cousins ​​of yours can also be rich. Here In this matter, I have never lied to anyone. Although your uncle is emotional, he is not stupid. If I am all hypocritical, how do you think he will treat me well? Your mother understands this very well. There is never a lack of etiquette during the New Year and festivals, and it is really maintaining this relative. Learn from it in the future!"

"Understood." Shao Chengjie replied.

Saburo and Shiro looked at their father, then at their elder brother, and continued watching.

"Brother Li... Yiyi has already returned Jingzhou to Lu Yanwei, and the teacher returned to Youzhou. Wang Rong was relieved, and sent envoys to deliver 20 coins and [-] pieces of silk. This is the news I just received." Shao Shude Said: "Li Keyong, most likely he has assembled an army in Youzhou and is about to send it to Yanbei."

"Grandfather, can you invite Khitan to join us in attacking the Jin people?" Shao Chengjie asked.

"The Khitan people are probably not that stupid." Shao Shude said: "The Khitan, after decades of development, is now a powerful force. Counting the Shiwei, Xi, Qi and other tribes enslaved by it, there are more than [-] people. Riding is not a problem. I, Khitan, and Hedong all feel that each other is a threat. The Khitans have no ability to invade Youzhou, but their ambitions for expansion are huge. They stare at Xiren Ranch in the west, Bohai Sea and Jurchen in the east In the south, you want to enter the camp and make peace, and in the north you want to conquer the Tartars. To cooperate with them, what do you want to give up? King Xi has already intended to seek refuge, so why don’t you send the heads of those who went to Zhu over?”

Shao Chengjie shook his head again and again.He now also knows that Xi Ren is an excellent target to deal with Khitan, and he cannot lose it easily.

This tribe has been in love with Khitan for hundreds of years.

In the early days of the Kingdom, Khitan lived in Songmo, in the north, and Xiren in the south. It was Rao Le Dudu's Mansion.

During the reign of Empress Wu, Khitan rebelled, was put down, and suffered heavy losses.Xi took the opportunity to stab Khitan in the back and occupied all of its pasture land, most of Huangshui was his.Later, the Khitan slowly took back some of the pastures, but they rebelled immediately.

During the Kaiyuan period, the Khitan rebelled, and at the end of the Kaiyuan period, under the attack of the Tang court, its strength declined greatly, and it had become a vassal of King Xi, and its territory was shrinking day by day. "Since then, Khitan has declined, and the Dahe clan has become a vassal of King Xi."

This vassal period was quite long until Xi Ren made a mistake and was destroyed by Youzhou Town. Khitan took the opportunity to bite back and attack Xi Ren.But at that time, Xi Ren was not helpless to fight back, and he was really beaten like a dog during the reign of Xi Zong Guangqi.

In other words, it has only been a dozen or 20 years since Xiren really fell into disrepair, and now he has become a vassal of Khitan, but his spirit is not weakened, and there is still room for improvement.

"King Xi wants to vote for me, but I will not hand him over. The Khitan wants to fight and fight again, and the righteous brother will not agree. From this point of view, the righteous brother and I should fight the Khitan people together." Shao Shude suddenly laughed .

The Khitan people are also obsessed with Ying and Ping Erzhou.

Not to mention the Yingzhou rebellion of Li Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong.Let's just say that at this moment, they wanted to seize the Ying and Pinger states under the control of Youzhou, but they dared not do it.

It was really won in history, and it also got the Liu Shouguang period.He committed adultery with his father Liu Rengong's concubine, and rebelled after their defeat, killing his brother and imprisoning his father.The youngest son of Liu Rengong and the governor of Pingzhou, Liu Shouqi, was horrified, and led his army to Khitan, and Abaoji ordered him to guard the city of Pinglu—one thing to say, Yelu Abaoji really trusted the Han officials.

Since then, it has come to the Later Tang Dynasty.Lu Wenjin, who surrendered to Khitan with a few people back then, was placed in Pingzhou by Abaoji.

Of course, in the late Tang Dynasty, Khitan regained Ying and Ping.

It can be seen that they attach great importance to these two places against their soft belly.

"Since that's the case, why not join forces with Uncle and share the Khitan?"

"What good does that do to Brother Yi?" Shao Shude said with a smile: "The north is a bad debt. The three families stare at each other, and they are all wary. But it is profitable to attract the Jin army to the north. It seems that we have to send envoys. I don't know if Yixiong will believe me this time..."

Shao Chengjie wanted to laugh, but he held back.

No matter how stupid the uncle is, he will definitely not be fooled this time.Unless the father goes out in person, it's probably useless.I'm afraid that the uncle will capture his father as soon as they meet. He may not kill someone, but he will definitely let out a bad breath before talking.

The situation in the north is indeed a bit chaotic.I don't know if it can be delayed, even a few months is fine.

(End of this chapter)