Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 864 But Moving On

At Yinshi, the wind and snow had stopped, and the surrounding fields were silent.

General Tu's warriors had finished their meal and sat quietly in the barracks, waiting for orders.

A reward was issued yesterday. Although it is not much, everyone is in a very good mood.

It is an order issued last night that we are going to march today, and rumors are strictly prohibited--now everyone is not allowed to go home, even if they want to spread rumors.

After a while, drums sounded in the camp, which was an order to gather troops.Everyone got up one after another, took their equipment, and lined up outside the camp.

There was no wind in the wilderness, and everyone breathed out white steam from their noses and stood upright.

The civil servants roll their names according to the book, and none of them is absent.

Kang Yanxiao, the general of the sudden army, looked into the distance and waited silently.

General Tu is not his old army, he has not taken over for a short time, and his prestige has not yet been established. He is not sure what will happen in war.

Today's expedition is actually not the only one of them.In fact, the five armies of Jianrui, Zhongwu, Pengri, Huguo, and Yanei are all going to be dispatched, some have already started earlier, and some will be later.

With so many horses, messy origins and backgrounds, and not a strong desire to fight, can they really fight well?
Kang Yanxiao is not very confident, he can only hope that King Xia can control all the tribes with the prestige of destroying 20 Liang troops.

Shao Shude actually woke up very early.

He pushed away Wang's soft and slippery delicate body, had breakfast under Zhang Hui's service, dressed neatly, and then went out.

Without looking back, without hesitation.

More than a thousand soldiers from Yin An Zhi rode horses to guard the left and right, and the group left the city in the dark, and soon arrived at the barracks.

"Meet Your Majesty." Kang Yanxiao and Zhe Butai stepped forward to salute.

"Are you all ready?" Shao Shude asked.

"Everything is ready, just waiting for the king's order." Kang Yanxiao replied.

Shao Shude rode his horse and patrolled for a while, all the soldiers stared at him.

"Everyone dismount!" Shao Shude ordered after dismounting.

Yin Anzhi's deputy commander Yang Hongyin and Chu Shenping dismounted immediately, and more than a thousand soldiers did not hesitate at all, and simply carried out the order neatly.

Shao Shude led the horse on foot, went first, and said loudly: "But follow me, and I will take you to fight for wealth and honor."

Kang Yanxiao was excited for a while, and immediately ordered his soldiers to go to various places to convey orders.

"But follow me!"

"Take you to fight for wealth and honor!"

The loud voice echoed in every corner of the army formation.

The eyes of tens of thousands of generals and soldiers showed surprise, admiration and longing.

It's almost the end of the year, and we still have to march in the snow. It would be a lie to say that there are no complaints.But King Xia led his horse on foot and acted as a guide, so what else can he say?

This is our Wufu's own people.Happy, straightforward, go, fight for wealth!
Everyone looked at the Golden Drum Banner.

Kang Yanxiao ordered to march, and at the same time threw the horses to the soldiers, and followed Shao Shude himself on foot.

Soon, a long dragon appeared on the snow, winding and extending into the distance.

The first person, holding the rein in his hand, walked on the vast snowfield like a red flame.

The army has set off without a sound!
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In the city of Yunzhou in the twelfth lunar month, every family is beaming with joy.

The summer thief has withdrawn, and they will go home to celebrate the new year, which is really great.

The Tutuan villagers were sent back home, and they took the time to tidy up their houses.It's the Chinese New Year, and relatives walk around each other. If the house is too ugly, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
In fact, they are the happiest.Tutuan countrymen usually have no money or food, and may have three melons and two dates in wartime, but they are pitifully few.Warriors can also say that they are fighting for themselves. Who are they fighting for?It's okay if someone in the family is a soldier, but if no one is a soldier, it's just a waste of time.

Brothers Zhu Wei, Zhu Qiong, and Zhu Ting were also very happy and had a banquet at home to celebrate.

Shao thief put too much pressure, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses pressed over, endless, which made people extremely dizzy.

Ge Congzhou's Longxiang Army, Zhang Guibian's Guangsheng Army, Wang Tan's Shenjie Army, Liu Zhijun's Dragon and Tiger Army, and Zhu Zhen's Pingsheng Army, a total of [-] people, besieged Yunzhou.There are Tielin and Feilong armies behind them, and Shao Lun's Tianxing army on the flanks peeking out.

If it weren't for the two armies of Tielin and Feilong basically holding the formation, Long Xiang and other armies were of mediocre combat strength and at the same time not united, it would be really not easy to kill them.

Fortunately, the end of the year was approaching, and the main forces of the Xia thieves retreated. Ge Congzhou and others also retreated to the Cao and Dan prefectures to defend under the clamor of the sergeants. The war finally subsided.

Repelling the Xia people's first encirclement and suppression campaign, it's great, and it's time to celebrate.

"Brother heard that Shao thief took Zhang Hui to play in Guangchengze Tangchi, tsk tsk, I'm really envious." Zhu Ting was a little drunk, and said with a smile: "By the way, Zhang Hui is also a beauty."

"Who said it wasn't?" Zhu Qiong also said with a smile: "Zhu Quanzhong felt as if he lost his soul when he saw it back then, and sighed Yin Lihua. It's a pity that such a beauty fell into the hands of Shao's thief. It's a pity."

"Quanzhong is in Weizhou, right? It's so close, I'm afraid I've heard of it." Zhu Wei took a sip of his wine, slammed his lips twice, and cursed: "In the past, Quanzhong attacked me in Yunzhou, and beat me so badly." It’s so embarrassing. This kind of villainous person has to be punished by a villain like Shao thief. Now that he has lost his teacher and lost his land, and his wife and daughter are lost, I don’t think he has any face.”

"What face does Quanzhong want?" Zhu Qiong shook his head and said, "When Qin Zongquan was defeated, he still relied on the soldiers and horses of Yun and Yaner Towns to rescue him. What happened? Turning his head around and turning his face is not a thing."

Zhu Quanzhong asked for help twice during difficult times, and once relied on Li Keyong to help him defeat Huang Chao. The reward was the Shangyuanyi incident, killing Li Keyong's three hundred confidants.The other time I begged brothers Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin, the reward was a war between the three towns.

This kind of shameless person who wants to punish Shao thief with a darker heart, honestly speaking, everyone is very happy.

Zhu Wei and the three brothers made fun of Zhu Quanzhong while drinking like this, the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic, and they soon called female singers and dancers to add to the fun.After a few rounds of drinking, the three of them laughed and went straight off the stage, hugging the singer and dancer and getting up together.

The soldiers outside the door probed their heads.

Zhu Wei laughed and cursed, and casually threw the two singers to the soldiers, letting them play by themselves, as long as they don't kill them.One of them is still my concubine, and she will entertain guests in two days.

What a "joyful" scene!

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Liu Po ​​led his troops on their way home.

The cavalry that Tuoba Renfu and Li Ren wanted to lead left first, obviously not following his orders very much.

This group of people must have returned to Dizhou, a group of scourges!
Shao Bo, the governor of Dizhou, had repeatedly reported the crimes of Tuoba Renfu and Li Renyu to the shogunate, but they were bitten back by the two, accusing Shao Bo of secretly colluding with Shao's thief, recognizing him as his father, and surrendering to Dizhou .

Wang Shuai was a little suspicious, but Shao Bo was his father's old department, logically speaking, it would not be possible, so he ignored it, and only sent envoys to comfort him, but did not punish Tuoba Renfu and Li Renyu.

I heard that Shao Bo was so angry that he couldn't eat and scolded at home, but he didn't know who he was scolding.

Liu Po ​​is too lazy to take care of these messy things, and he can't take care of them. He is just full of worries about the future.

"General Liu!" A few riders came galloping from a distance, and the leader shouted loudly.

Liu Po ​​took a closer look, and it turned out to be Yan Bao, the general of Yanzhou Yamen.

"General Yan is going back to Yanzhou?" Liu Po ​​asked after the ceremony was completed.

"I'm leaving. The soldiers are very homesick and eager to go back for the New Year." Yan Bao said.

Liu Po ​​frowned and said, "I heard that General Dai Siyuan of Liang was attacked by the Xia bandits on the day of Zhengdan, and almost his entire army was wiped out. Does General Yan really think that the Xia bandits have left?"

In fact, most people really don't pay attention to Dai Siyuan's surprise attack by Qi Bizhang.

But Liu Po ​​is different. He is a meticulous person and likes to plan every link of the war.What he likes to do most is to send people in disguise to go behind the enemy's back to spy on the enemy's situation before the battle begins.Sometimes in order to obtain first-hand information, they even disguise themselves as merchants and sneak into the enemy's territory to investigate.

It sounds like nothing wrong with Xia Bandit's retreat to go home for the New Year, but must it be true?
Shao thief took the beautiful woman to play in Tangchi with great fanfare, which sounds in line with his style, but has anyone seen the two of them with their own eyes?
Is it pure imagination?Subconsciously think this is true?
"It should be true." Yan Bao said.

In fact, what he wants to say is, true or false is none of my business?Bandits Xia have all withdrawn their troops, and bandits Shao also took the beauties to have fun. The soldiers have been away for a long time, and they are anxious to go home for the New Year.If I don't take them back, what will happen?
"Forget it, I'll take my leave now." Liu Yan didn't want to say more, and bowed his hands in salute.

The three towns of Yun, Yan, and Qing help each other and watch and help each other. This is what the three coaches have decided.But Yun Town is the main battlefield, and the other two towns are guest troops who came to reinforce them, so it is impossible to stay here permanently.This is the limit, and no one can do anything about it.

The army continued to move forward, and Liu Po ​​continued to think.

Zhu Qiong, the governor of Qizhou, will lead his troops back to Qizhou in the next two days. Once he leaves, how many soldiers will Zhu Wei of Yunzhou have on hand?
Yun Town originally had [-] soldiers, but the Shaolun and He Gui rebellion caused considerable losses. The siege of Puzhou a while ago and the series of battles that followed resulted in the loss of some troops. It would be good for Zhu Wei to have [-] soldiers up.

Except for the important outlying strongholds that he had to garrison, he almost concentrated most of the people around the city.The counties in Yunzhou are completely defended by the Tutuan villagers, but the New Year is approaching, and the Tutuan soldiers have returned home, which is very empty.

Liu Po ​​secretly sweated for Zhu Wei, it would be very dangerous if he was attacked by surprise.

And not long after Liu Wei, Yan Bao, Zhu Qiong and others withdrew, a large group of soldiers and horses left Huazhou City and quickly traveled eastward along the post road.

They carried tens of thousands of horses and mules with the army, loaded with various supplies and equipment, and moved forward without stopping.

Anyone who is familiar with it knows that this is the famous Flying Dragon Army in the Central Plains, and there are more than [-] soldiers.Fast, nimble, and sturdy are their styles. They are good at breaking people's food and roads, attacking cities, fighting in field battles, defending cities, and so on. Apart from not being good at cavalry, they are almost all-round troops with numerous achievements.

Their goal this time is Puzhou, but it is self-evident what the final destination will be.

(End of this chapter)