Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 831 Come to cheat!

"The Wuwei Army is available!" Shao Shude said with satisfaction looking at the troops who had just completed a martial arts lecture on the outskirts of Linru County.

The Wuwei Army has undergone intensive training for more than a month after the completion of the reorganization, and they are quite familiar with each other.Now to pick up the equipment and supplies, if you start from Linru County and drive to Songzhou, you will be familiar with them while walking on the road, and it will be almost two months after you arrive at the land.It can be used as a reserve team. While training, they can wait for the opportunity to go to the battlefield.

Most of them are old people who have been fighting for many years.To put it bluntly, the troops who were close to it just happened to train them to further restore their strength.Now facing Li Ke's Jin Bing and Yan Bing, or Yang Xingmi's "Northern Returnees", Shao Shude is still not at ease.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers are tired of practicing every day, and now they want to fight for wealth." Only people like Lu Huaizhong can say this.how?Training with King Xia every day, unhappy?The eldest son and the eldest son of the king who came here are also practicing sweaty.

"Never underestimate the enemy. The 20 soldiers of the Tielin, Wuwei, and Tianxiong armies are all the capital I have saved over the past [-] years. It hurts me to lose all of it." Shao Shude said: "The main forces of the Tianping Army and Taining Army were indeed defeated by the Liang Army. They have been wiped out, but the current group of people have survived for several years, not to mention their combat effectiveness, but they are not bad in terms of toughness."

"The commander-in-chief means that he doesn't intend to send troops from the two towns of Yan and Yun?" Lu Huaizhong asked.

Shao Shude hesitated, and finally said vaguely: "Let's see at that time."

He was really disgusted by people like Tianping Army and Taining Army in history.

From the third year of Guangqi (887), Zhu Xuan was beaten only once and was severely injured several times. Zhu Jin was only spared twice and was severely injured several times. For ten years, who gave you the courage?
Shao Shude believed that the problem did not lie entirely with Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin, but with the big soldiers.The soldiers in the towns of Yun and Yan are the foundation of their refusal to surrender and the separatist regime to the end, so he does not intend to take prisoners.Even if they were captured on the battlefield, they would basically be dismissed, or even forcibly exiled to the frontier—as for the specifics, he hadn't figured it out yet.

He regards the sergeants in Yun and Yan two towns as a "weakened version" of Wei Bowufu.The latter is even more exaggerated. Not only did Houliang and Later Tang fail to deal with Wei Bo, their demise was even directly related to Wei Bo. It was not until the last Jin Dynasty that they attacked Wei Bo with a heavy blow that finally disintegrated the separatist spirit of the warriors.

This is the main reason why you won the decisive battle at the end of the Tang Dynasty, but the autumn wind could not sweep the fallen leaves across the world.How many decisive battles did brothers Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin lose?In Guangqi's three years, there was a decisive battle, and the two towns of Yun and Yan joined forces. As a result, the two brothers were defeated and both fled for their lives.The civil and military generals who stayed behind not only refused to surrender, but also actively made suggestions, recruited and trained recruits, defended the city, contacted foreign feudal clans, and some even tricked Zhu Zhen into surrendering.

This kind of will to resist to the end is admirable to outsiders, but Shao Shude, as the person involved, finds it very annoying.

For these people, physical elimination would hurt peace, but they must not be allowed to continue serving as soldiers, at least not in their hometown.

"The general understands." Lu Huaizhong also sighed.

What are the warriors from Weibo, Tianping, and Taining thinking?Does it have to be independent?How good is it to disarm early and surrender, so that everyone can live a peaceful life?

Lu Huaizhong joked with his confidants yesterday, saying that once the King of Xia founded the country, removing those who won the throne, it must be the dynasty with the most people in the history of the founding of the country.But if everyone is as talented as Wei, Yun, and Yan, at least the north will definitely be dilapidated.

"Hurry up." Shao Shude said without thinking.

"But Yanbei has changed?" Lu Huaizhong asked very keenly.

"The Khitan captured the two garrisons of Zimeng and Dongxiashi, and more than 5 Yan soldiers were killed or injured. Brother Yi couldn't hold back his face, and has already increased his troops. The exact number is unknown, but there are probably [-] to [-] people. As a result, he is even more afraid to do anything in Yanbei." Shao Shude nodded, and said: "But don't expect the Khitans to fight with Yixiong. The Khitans are bandits, and since they are bandits, of course it is impossible to gnaw hard bones. They only pick soft persimmons, come and go like the wind, grab one and leave, just like the Yinshan Tatars came to plunder Feng and Sheng."

The way Shao Shude stopped the Yinshan Tatars from looting was to dig out their old dens, which was also the most effective way.Does Li Keyong have this determination?I'm afraid not.

Moreover, the Khitan is not comparable to the Yinshan Tatars, and their military strength is ten times worse.Going north from Youzhou to the Khitan border is very unfriendly to the Central Plains infantry.Desolation is one difficulty, difficult roads are the second, and the third difficulty is complex terrain. Swamps, rivers, forests, and mountains are not endless prairie. It is better to use the prairie Khan's strategy to fight Khitan. , that might be better.

"Your Majesty, Zhu Zhen, Zhu Jin, and Zhu Wei are actually not difficult to fight. If they dare to fight me in the field, I will lead the Wuwei army up, and I will defeat Zhu Wei's ragtag soldiers in two or three hits." Lu Huaizhong said: "But if they deliberately avoid In the battle, the main thing is to defend, although we will definitely win in the end, but it will take time."

Focus on defending, actively defending, and passively defending if it fails, and resist to the end. This is how Shao Shude persuaded the Tianping Army to deal with Zhu Quanzhong...

"Don't rush, fight slowly." Shao Shude was afraid that Lu Huaizhong, Li Tangbin and others would make mistakes when they were under too much pressure, so he comforted him: "If Li Keyong frees up his hands, at worst, I will go to the grassland by myself, gather all the Qiang Hus, and stab them hard. Let him fight. All the armies in the Central Plains should fight step by step and slowly, and they will always win. There are not enough soldiers, so I will reorganize them."

Lu Huaizhong was relieved when he heard that, and smiled: "I am relieved with this sentence. Although the king has rectified the army, it has been 20 years, and it is time to rectify it. Who will be next?"

Shao Shude was also hesitating about this matter.

The reorganization of the Forbidden Army not only involves honor, but also the question of who goes up and who goes down, which is very complicated.Merit in battle is one thing, direct lineage is another thing, and faction balance is a factor that cannot be ignored.

In terms of the main body of an army, that is, middle and lower-level officers, the Tielin and Wuwei armies can be regarded as the Yuan Cong Department, and the Tianxiong Army is the martial arts department, which are two completely different systems.

The remaining unreorganized troops, such as Tiande, Yicong, Zhenwu, Guide, Jinglue, Feng'an, Dingyuan, Xinquan and other armies, if counting military merits and seniority, the Yicong army fought the most tough battles, and many of them were in the early days Shao Shude's key battle at the beginning of his career is also the oldest. Xinquan and Dingyuan are slightly inferior, but they are not bad.

If you consider the faction balance, Shao Shude is more inclined to join the army. Currently they are still guarding the Jishi Army City in Kuozhou and will return before the end of the year.Since last year, many Tubo rebellions have been suppressed, and there is nothing to say about loyalty and combat effectiveness.

"I plan to mobilize the armed forces to go to Qingtang to replace Yi Congjun and return. The next branch will tentatively reorganize Yicong, Feng'an, and Tianzhu into Left and Right Yicongjun, with an army of [-]." Shao Shude thought for a while and decided to solicit Under Lu Huaizhong's opinion: "What do you think?"

The Yi Cong Army has a full staff of 7000 infantry, and there should be more than [-] at present.The Feng'an army had [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, and the Tianzhu army had [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, and the Liang people were transferred to surrender [-] troops, and the reorganization was completed.

The number of cavalry seems to be insufficient, but it doesn't really matter.At least half of the Yicongjun soldiers in Hengshandu and Qingtangdu are Dangxiang or Tubo people.

The envoys of the Righteous Congjun Army are Muzang Jieming, Deputy Envoy Qian Shousu, Du Youyi Envoy Bai Gui, left wing envoy Yang Can, and right envoy Yang Sheng.As for Marquis of Du Yu, Shao Shude planned to arrange a position for Liang Jun's descendant general, tentatively designated as Wang Jingluo.

Giving this position is also very particular.Du Yuhou looks like a high-ranking military officer, but the soldiers and horsemen on the left and right sides have more real power. To put it bluntly, it is the need of the united front, not how much trust they have.

"The commander-in-chief is far-sighted, and everything has a deep meaning, so I won't comment on it." Lu Huaizhong said with a smile: "Thinking about these things too much is a headache, it's better to go to battle and have fun."

"Since that's the case, then quickly go to Songzhou, first cooperate with Li Tangbin, and bring Zhu Zhen down to me." Shao Shude also said with a smile.

This is to let the Wuwei army be incorporated into the battle order of the Puzhou camp. In this way, Li Tangbin will have two "forbidden troops" under his tent, with [-] cavalry. If they can't fight well, there will be no reason to justify them.

On August 24, Lu Huaizhong led the left and right Wuwei troops to leave Linru County and march towards Songzhou.

On the same day, Shao Shude ordered Guangchengze Ranch to select 4000 horses, and he would take them to Luoyang. He also led [-] guards and soldiers to Zhengzhou.

Later on the 28th, the guards arrived in Guancheng, and Shao Shude took the guards to Guandu City, twelve miles north of Zhongmou County.

This city, also known as Cao Gongtai, borders Bian River in the north and is the place where Cao Cao broke Yuan Shao.Cross Bian and go north to Yangwu, passing Suanzaojin.

Cai Songyang, the envoy of the Tiande Army, was in Zhongmou. Because there was no war, he came to see him.

"Zhu Youyu is only ten thousand people, what can you do with him?" Shao Shude asked while riding on the horse, pointing his whip in the direction of Bianzhou.

This is said lightly, but Zhu Youyu's leader is the Changzhi Army, which is a first-class elite, and it is normal for the Tiande Army to be defeated.Moreover, Zhu Youyu can often get reinforcements, such as part of the Tianwu Eighth Army, Cai Songyang can maintain the situation in Zhengzhou, which is already quite good.

"Commander, if you want to destroy the thieves, you must increase your troops." Cai Songyang was not polite, and said directly: "If the Tianxiong Army from Heyang is transferred, we will repeat the old incident of besieging Kou Yanqing and killing Zhu Quanzhong's eldest son. If there is no reinforcements, the last general can only guard the front lines of Zhongmou and Yangwu, and prevent the bandits from capturing Zhengzhou."

Shao Shude said with a smile: "The tone is not small, it's just that you don't like the Zhen Guojun, and the guards don't like it either, so I have to have my hometown Tianxiong Army. Well, for the sake of you guarding Zhengzhou, I will I will send the Tianxiong Army down to help you."

Zhongmou is only forty miles away from Bajiao Town, which can be said to be very close to Bianzhou.Zhu Youyu tried several times to pull out the nail, but failed.This reminded Shao Shude of the Jiangnan camp of the later Manchu Qing Dynasty, which blocked the gate of Tianjing, and if you can't win, you will be disgusted to death.

"Really?" Cai Songyang's eyes lit up, but then he thought that the Tianxiong Army was coming, and he probably stepped aside. Who can command the "Forbidden Army"?

"Of course it's true." Shao Shude glared at him, and said, "For the troops returning to the river to rest, there will be two troops that will set off early to defend Heyang, which frees up the Tianxiong Army. Find a way to Zhu Youyu tricked him, and the Tiande Army and Tianxiong Army once again cooperated to encircle and wipe out the Changzhi Army."

"Beat the young ones, I'm afraid that the old ones will be attracted." Cai Songyang said with a smile: "If Zhu Youyu is surrounded, Zhu Quanzhong must be anxious."

"What he is worried about is not whether his son will die or not, but he is afraid that he is reluctant to bury Chang Zhijun." Shao Shude took the opportunity to hurt Zhu Quanzhong, and said, "He has so many concubines, so if he dies, his son is nothing, it's a big deal..."

Cai Songyang thought about the strategy seriously, and said: "Your Majesty, you might as well order the iron cavalry to go north, so you can be sure."

"No, the time is not yet." Shao Shude shook his horsewhip, and said, "If there are too many soldiers, Zhu Youyu won't dare to come. I'll go back to Guancheng tonight, and you have full authority over Zhongmou."

"Of order." Cai Songyang replied excitedly.

He couldn't organize a war of this scale, and Zhe Zongben couldn't organize it either. King Xia had to come in person and mobilize soldiers and horses outside the camp to cooperate. Only in this way could it be successful.

From May to August, the group of people who went back to the river to rest and get along with their families for more than two months, and the autumn harvest is basically over. In theory, Yajun and Xiangyong can set off, but this order can only be issued by King Xia, and everyone else Can't be the master.

Don't look at the land occupied by the south, but if you really want to win the battle, you still have to look at the north.

In the Battle of Sishui, Ge Congzhou and Zhang Cunjing's troops were completely wiped out, turning the entire battle situation.If you can annihilate Liang Jun's most capable troops in Zhongmou, then the event will be settled.

(End of this chapter)