Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 856

In the grand prize on the seventh day of October, 16 coins and 24 bolts of silk were thrown out at once.Now in the treasury, there are only more than [-] pieces of money and silk left, which is a bit insufficient.

"Poor ghost!" Shao Shude cursed secretly.

Zhu Quanzhong, in the last two or three years, expanded his army wantonly, mass-produced martial arts for himself that were not useful for production, and at the same time spent a lot of money and food.

Wei Bo's "Sixth Brother Luo" can send money to Zhu Quanzhong, but it is impossible to send money to himself.

Pei Di stood in the hall with a group of Bianzhou shogunate officials, waiting silently.

The high-intensity war in the Central Plains has lasted for many years, and it has reached the stage of exhaustion. They are really afraid that King Xia will open his mouth and send donations in the states.

"Let's reorganize the household registrations of the states first." Shao Shude ordered: "Cao and Shan states should be rectified together."

In the early years of the dynasty, it was even possible to renew the household registration every year.Shao Shude didn't want to be so extreme, he finished this time first, and it was limited to the six prefectures of Bian, Song, Bo, Ying, and Cao Dan. If Huazhou can be won in the near future, it will be counted together.

He doesn't know how many people there are in Bian Song Zhuzhou.

Fortunately, the war in the late Tang Dynasty was still a bit of a rule. When the Tang Dynasty fell, it was also the most populous in all dynasties.After all, at the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, after five generations of wars, a population of 3000 million could still be counted.In other words, from the Huangchao Uprising to the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, about 80 years of wars in between, the whole society probably reduced the population by at most a quarter.

Compared with the last years of the past dynasties, the degree of war is quite gentle.Compared with the officers, soldiers and rebels at the end of the dynasties, the military discipline of the Wufu in the late Tang and Five Dynasties is relatively good.

If the Khitan were not allowed to come in to join in the fun, and they were not allowed to take the population back to the Northeast, it is estimated that there would be more left.

Khitan?Shao Shude suddenly remembered this.

He stood up. Pei Di was assigning tasks to his subordinates. Seeing this, he was a little surprised, thinking that he had offended King Xia.

"It's okay, it's none of your business." Shao Shude waved his hand and said, "Continue to work on you. This time, we need to be more thorough and count the so-called customers and hidden households. Matters about money and food..."

"Your Majesty, Bianzhou is dilapidated and the people are struggling. It is better to be tax-free." After leaving the government office, Zhang Hui, who had been silent before, suddenly said.

"You are really a female Bodhisattva." Shao Shude said with a smile.

"The concubine is also thinking of the king." Zhang Hui said: "In the past few years, there have been constant wars, and the people have been heavily taxed. Otherwise, how can the people have so many customers and hidden households? If the king can exempt the tax and let the people breathe, everyone will praise it. No one... thinks about Zhu Quanzhong anymore."

"This is to make me a Bodhisattva." Shao Shude said with a smile: "Okay, this time I will surrender."

He had originally planned to give the Bian Song states a two-year tax exemption to restore some vitality to the dilapidated local economy.Zhang Hui's proposal was actually exactly what he wanted.

"It's not easy to be a Bodhisattva. A benefactor should give alms or two." Shao Shude teased.

Zhang Hui quickened his pace and went back to the study to make tea.

Shao Shude also entered the study with his hands behind his back.

Military newspapers from all over the place were piled up on the case, he searched and found a few about Khitan, and reviewed them carefully.

A month passed, and Li Keyong was near the White Wolf Garrison.

His troops assembled quickly, but the transfer of grain, grass and supplies from Linyu Pass was not so fast.

So far, what has been spied on is only scattered news about Youzhou's large-scale expropriation of grain, mules, horses, and carts, and everything else is very vague.

this is normal.You don't have field observers, how do you know if the Jin soldiers fought with the Khitans, and how well did they fight?
"Let Shao Zhiyan come here." Shao Shude ordered.

After Ye Li Kecheng heard it outside, he trotted away.Well, I'm finally smarter, although not as good as Li Zhong.

Shao Zhiyan's original name was Sao La, the second son of King Xi Quzhu.

Shao Shude has recently become obsessed with changing people's names, or giving them names.The name of sweeping is really not in line with his aesthetics, so he simply changed his name.

Shao Zhiyan is also a member of the soldiers now, but he is on duty outside the mansion. After receiving the call, he hurried over, knelt down and saluted according to the custom of the Tibetans, and said, "Sweeping assassination pays homage to the Supreme Khan."

"I made a mistake, try again." Shao Shude said.

Shao Zhiyan understood, stood up and saluted, "Shao Zhiyan sees Your Highness."

"Get ready, go back to the grassland in a few days." Shao Shude said.

"Of course." Saw assassinated without any hesitation.

Yang Yue was about to withdraw. To be precise, there was almost nothing to eat on the grassland.Go south to grab?With Xin Yigui's poor appearance, damn it, the mice in the warehouse are going to faint from hunger.If you go to Youzhou, you have to bypass the defense line of Juyongguan, which is not so easy.

Anyway, the task is almost done.Sweeping out many tribes also affected the choice of many wall grass tribes, and also attracted Li Ke's main force, which is already worth it.

Yang Yue repeatedly asked to attack the pine forest on the flat ground and plunder the eight tribes of Khitan, all of which were rejected by Shao Shude.The grass no longer grows, where do you go to supply the food and grass needed by so many war horses?Therefore, he ordered to retreat in batches to Rou, Shen, Shuo and Sheng.

"At that time, someone will go with you." Shao Shude added.

Originally, about 8000 Liang soldiers had surrendered in Ruzhou. After removing the [-] soldiers who were about to be reorganized, there were about [-] left.

In fact, the further you go back, the worse people become. More than 3 soldiers surrendered, and it is impossible for everyone to be strong and brave. After the armies of Tielin, Wuwei, Tianxiong, and Yicong have selected their men, no more than half of the remaining ten thousand can be called strong and strong, that is, 6000 people.

In the end, no one should be interested in those six thousand soldiers.Shao Shude thought for a while, and planned to follow the old trick and send it to the northern grassland.Just this time, a large number of tribesmen from Shiwei, Tatar, Uighur, and Tuyuhun tribes captured by black chariots, some of them are already on the way to Henan Prefecture, about 2 people from more than 2 households, and the rest are left in the grassland, about [-] households, less than [-].

After Shao Shude saw these household registrations, and then looked at the beheading figures, he knew it.The men killed too much and too hard. These tribes lacked a strong body, which was exactly the same as when the three major slave tribes were first established.

He planned to send some of the [-] poor soldiers that no one wanted to the grasslands to build a city in Ruyuan to farm and herd, which would be another slave tribe of his.

Of course, even weak soldiers have a guaranteed minimum combat effectiveness, and they are by no means inferior to state and county soldiers. The question now is whether these people are willing to go.

It stands to reason that after Jing Zhuang was picked away, the rest of the people should have little energy and ability to resist.But Guochao Wufu, you must not underestimate their spirit of resistance.No way, we still have to send elite soldiers and strong generals to escort them on the way.In addition, they should not be treated harshly. The conditions for immigrating to the grasslands are already very difficult. They must be provided with enough cattle, sheep, tents, and household items, and they must also advertise that there are women (there may be buy one get one free, or two free). That part of the person is very attractive.

The final destination of the soldiers is Tanshan. They will share the grassland with the tribes going to Zhu, and they will watch and help each other. Therefore, Shao Zhiyan needs to go back and coordinate with him. It is also a test for him to see if he has the ability to do things.

Zhang Hui brought tea, Shao Shude took it and drank it.

Zhang Hui stared at him with wide eyes.

"Can I still not believe you?" Shao Shude couldn't help teasing again: "If I die, what will happen?"

"If Khan dies violently, the chiefs of each tribe will kill the person who poisoned him first, and let him be buried with the whole tribe. Then they will attack and kill each other, and they will not stop until they turn the world upside down. In this process, no one can guarantee themselves Survive." Shao Zhiyan said seriously: "That scene will be very tragic."

"Grassland and Han land are actually the same." Zhang Hui sighed.

"Get down quickly and get ready." Shao Shude waved his hand.

"Obey!" Shao Zhiyan withdrew after finishing his salute.

When he got to the outside room, he couldn't help but glanced back, and saw that the elegant lady had already sat in Supreme Khan's arms, and the two were still talking in a low voice.

"Boom!" Ye Li Kecheng kicked him and said in a low voice, "Get out!"

Shao Zhiyan ran away in a hurry.

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On the banks of the White Wolf Water, the military flags are flying.

On the not-so-wide battlefield, hundreds of cavalry rushed out like arrows leaving the string.

The first general waved the iron rod and roared loudly.

Many arrows fell on him, but they could not penetrate the thick armor.Others fell on the horses, but they were also blocked by the thick armor.

"The thief will die!" The cavalier urged his horse to the extreme speed, and rushed into the crowd of enemy soldiers.Under the sweep of Tie Lao, two cavalry were knocked down in a row.

The third person was subconsciously terrified when he saw how brave the incoming general was, and then he made a stupid mistake, showing his back to the enemy and turning around to avoid it.

The cavalry general Tie Lao fell down and was blocked by the armor, but he still smashed people.He laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to grab it, strung the thief across the horse, and ran back to the main formation.

"General Shi captured one of the bandit generals alive!" The sergeants shouted after seeing it, like howling wolves.

Li Ke blinked and blinked with one eye, then laughed suddenly, and said: "The Khitan thieves have avoided fighting for many days, it's really hard to let them suffer, they are not slippery."

In fact, to say that Khitan suffered a disadvantage, it is really hard to say.

Before Li Keyong arrived, they had already defeated the defenders at Erxiashi and Zimengchuan with all their strength, and beheaded more than a thousand people. In addition, they had captured thousands of Han people and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep. Then sent to the Die assassination department.

How could Li Keyong be willing to suffer this loss?Without further ado, he immediately led people to chase around, but Khitan kept avoiding the battle, not giving him a chance to fight.

Today, it seems that the Khitan who have run into a wall at several other fortresses have decided to change their style of play.

The two sides rode tens of thousands of steps to line up by the bank of the White Wolf Water, and the taste of a decisive battle was very strong.

Li Keyong was overjoyed by being stalked by the Khitans. What he wanted was a decisive battle.

In the face-to-face collision of men, no one should hide, and greet each other to see who can't bear it first.

The Khitans were probably used to bullying those tribes, and they had unrealistically overestimated their combat power, and they wanted to face the reinforcements from Youzhou head-on, so there was nothing to say, just fight!
"Beat the drums! March! Those who dare to look back will die!" Li Ke urged his horse and ordered.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" More than [-] infantry shouted in unison and rushed forward.

The Hengchong Army, the Tielin Army, the Shock Army, the Shock Cavalry and other cavalry troops followed behind Lao Li one by one, and slowly accelerated.

(End of this chapter)