Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 879 Greed
Liu Po ​​arrived at Yuanshan and set up camp.

It is very important to control several states here as a thoroughfare and throat.In addition, the mountains are vertical and horizontal, which is not conducive to the expulsion of cavalry, and can cover their marching and logistics food routes, so it is very wise to choose this place for defense.

He brought 1 infantry, [-] cavalry, and more than [-] local peasants recruited temporarily, for a total of nearly [-] soldiers and horses.

The war came quickly and urgently, and the speed of mobilization did not keep up. So far, only 4 to [-] people have been recruited by the Tutuan villagers.

What the shogunate meant was to recruit more than 5 local regiment soldiers to cooperate with more than [-] Yamen and foreign town troops to fight to the death with the Xia bandits.

Private vehicles are also slowly being confiscated. Horse carts, donkey carts, mule carts, and ox carts are all collected, and various materials are transferred to the front line.

In the early years of the Kingdom, this kind of organization could not be achieved.

However, during the separatist period of the feudal towns, the organization of the feudal towns was greatly improved because of the power of the warriors.Among other things, just sending people to ride horses to check the conditions of the fields, whipping the people who did not cultivate the land well or left the land barren, is not what ordinary regimes can do. Therefore, historians used a sentence when commenting on Wu Fu's governance of the town: "Get the sentiment of the people".

The advantage of the Wufu regime is that it has a better grasp of the actual situation in the town than the civil servants, and its influence penetrates into every corner of the town, with strong control, high organization, and strong cohesion.

The disadvantage is that the governance is simple and rough, the punishment is severe and the law is harsh, and there is no mercy when you fail to pay taxes. Even if you are a scholar, you can't evade taxes.

After Liu Po ​​left Yidu, he directly gave orders to the big households, and within a few days, people brought food one after another.There is no need to worry that this burden will be passed on to the common people, because there are many warrior families living in the countryside, as well as farmers who are related to them. , I am afraid that the end will not be good.

After all, warriors dare to kill Jiedu envoys, so what if you kill a gentry?

In the final analysis, we still have to endure for the country.A feudal town is a country. Those who have money will give more money, and those who have no money will sell their lives for money. Everyone makes do with it and lives together. Don't let the warriors from other towns come and harm us.When they loot, they won't be as measured as the Wufu in this town, but they can do anything.

"Liu Dutou, the thief general Qi Bizhang is moving around and plundering the countryside. Shall we make a move?" Sima Wang Shilu, Sima Wang Shilu, the shogunate marching army in Ziqing Town, asked in a low voice: "When the bandit army loots, it is usually divided into more than ten shares. , Some even have less than a thousand people, let's find the right opportunity to fight more and less, maybe it can boost morale."

Wang Shilu is Wang Shifan's younger brother, he was born in a general's family, so he is not unfamiliar with military affairs.The strategy he pointed out is still very feasible, pointing directly at the Achilles' heel of the Flying Dragon Army - the food consumption is high, and it is necessary to continuously divide the troops to plunder the food and grass, and they can only gather after the plundering is completed.

In order to improve the efficiency of raising food and grass, generally speaking, the more dispersed the better, sometimes there are only a few hundred people in a food-raising team, and this is an opportunity—relying on the advantage of local warriors who are familiar with geography, ambush in advance, Sit back and wait, fight more and fight less to achieve results.

This was actually the strategy used by Zhu Zhen and Shi Shucong back then, and it worked well, but it also caused the Feilong Army's extremely high attrition rate: after fighting for more than a year, one-third to half of the personnel were replaced.

"Yes." Liu Po ​​cherished words like gold: "But only the troops you brought are allowed to be used."

"Okay!" Master Wang walked away excitedly.

He brought over [-] sergeants, named "Zhaiyuan Army", dispatched by his brother Wang Shifan himself.The brothers of the Wang family are true brothers and sisters, and the relationship is indeed relatively close. It is really unusual for Wang Shilu to be treated like this.

"That's right." Wang Shilu just walked a few steps, then turned around and said: "I just heard that Zhu Quanzhong was defeated."

"How did you lose?" Liu Wei asked, not surprised at all.

"Zhang Yun, deputy envoy of the Jianrui Army, led 2000 people to the battle, defeated Zhu Youhui, and beheaded a thousand people. But then Han Qing led people back to the field, defeated Zhang Yun, and beheaded hundreds of people." Wang Shilu said.

"I know." Liu Po ​​said, "Han Qing is a general. He and Wang Yanzhang should be in charge of Zhu Quanzhong's most capable troops, but they are only a few thousand. This time it was leaked by the Jianrui army. After all, no one will dare to make trouble for him in the future. Zhu Quanzhong should have lost confidence by now and is about to run away."

The so-called shadow of the famous tree of people.Zhu Quanzhong can scare some people by his name alone, but he can't miss the bottom line.If it leaks, it will be discovered that it is not as powerful as expected, and then his life will be difficult in the future.

Wang Shilu left in a hurry, and Liu Po ​​settled down to look at the map again.

Because of the frequent activities of the Flying Dragon Army, Jiedu envoy Wang Shifan did not allow him to leave Qingzhou, but ordered him to lead his troops to the south and set up a village in the original mountain as the outer barrier of Yidu.

There are more than 1 pacers in Qingzhou City, all of which have been gathered one after another recently.The work of enlisting native peasants is still going on. By then, there will be tens of thousands of troops inside and outside the city, and it will basically be stable.No matter how strong the Flying Dragon Army is, they will not be able to take down Qingzhou. They can only circle around in the wild, supporting wars by fighting, and that's it.

Commander Wang Shike led [-] paces to march westward, including more than [-] Yamen troops, more than [-] troops from the outer town, and more than [-] Tutuan villagers. Together with Zhu Qiong's soldiers and horses from Qizhou, they occupied Changqing County. Going westward to the old city of Pingyin, the fighting was fierce.

Zhu Qiong still has [-] troops, and another [-] troops are recruited in Qizhou. He is very determined to recover Yunzhou.

Li Renyu's [-] cavalry also went south from Dizhou, and the governor Shao Bo was ordered by Wang Shilu to lead [-] cavalry out and go south together.

This is to completely defeat the more than [-] troops of Pu and Xu Erzhen in front of them, and encircle Yunzhou-I heard that the Jianrui Army sent [-] soldiers to the east. This is the reinforcement, but it is still less than [-].

There is no problem with the overall deployment. At this time, we should do our best to defeat all the way first, and then besiege the Shao bandits who are still in Yanzhou.

But there are still hidden worries.Liu Po's finger was drawn back and forth on the map, and the troops in the rear were too drawn out. If Qi Bizhang bypassed Mizhou and broke into Dengzhou and Laizhou, the countryside would be completely corrupted.

"Ah!" Liu Yan sighed, "If I were in charge of this battle, I couldn't fight it like this. It's a pity that we should use the strategy of luring the enemy to go deeper."

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"Pack up your things and prepare to evacuate." In the newly occupied Yanggu County, Zhu Quanzhong pushed the woman in his arms away and gave an order.

The military academies who were having a banquet felt a little pity upon hearing this.

Only then did a batch of women and goods be sent to Wei Bo, and the second batch has just started on the road, and they haven't grabbed enough, so they are about to withdraw.

However, everyone trusts King Liang. They broke through Dong'e and Yanggu, and robbed a large number of women, money and food. This is all due to King Liang.

"Your Highness, why are you in a hurry to leave now? It's just a small defeat. Don't worry, in the last few days, someone from Bozhou will come over again, no less than two thousand, and they are all waiting to reap the benefits. How can you leave now?" Chen Dazhong Whispering his tongue, he said: "All the soldiers of Yun were almost killed by Thief Shao, which just makes me happy."

Zhu Quanzhong smiled when he heard the words, and said: "General Chen doesn't know something. Bandit Shao is cruel and ruthless. He can't stop besieging Rencheng, so he must divide his troops to go north and keep the surrendered troops to continue attacking the city. It's just a waste. In his hands, life would be worse than death if it fell into his hands. Oh, it’s far away. After the Shao bandits divided their troops, they went to Yunzhou and they will definitely seek our bad luck. The soldiers of the Tielin army are very good at fighting, so we should avoid it for a while. It’s better to avoid the edge.”

"What are you talking about!" Chen Zhong was still reluctant to part with women and property, and when he squeezed his hand hard, the woman with the upper body naked in his arms immediately cried out in pain.

Everyone looked over one after another and laughed.

"When are there no women and goods? If you want to grab them in the future, there are plenty of opportunities." Zhu Quanzhong said patiently: "Although Pu and Xu Bing are suppressed by the Qi people and have no time to look around, there are still Tianxing Army and Shouzhang in Puzhou. With the Holy Army, there are still thousands of troops in Yunzhou City, and the hope of fighting is not very high, so it is better to be more safe."

Having said this, Zhu Quanzhong was a little shaken again.

Zhu Zhen sent envoys secretly, expressing his willingness to respond to his call, surrendering to the city, and then cooperating with the Ziqing and Taining armies to defeat the Shao bandits, driving the Xia people out of Yunzhou and even Puzhou, and begging for the governor of Yizhou. job.

Zhu Zhen is greedy, Zhu Quanzhong is very clear, this request is very reasonable.But he didn't dare to trust Zhu Zhen completely. Who knew what was going on in his heart?

But how should I put it, in the current situation, he has no room to act cautiously.If you want to gain territory as soon as possible, seizing the chaotic Yunzhou is indeed the best chance, and it may be the only chance.

If you missed this time, there may not be a next time.

Wu Fu's desire for power kept bewitching him, slowly eroding his normal judgment, and it even wavered for a while.

Chen Zhong glanced at him, laughed loudly, and said, "If King Liang leads us to do this, everyone will be virtuous and praise him. From now on, we will all be brothers. If you have something to say, you will be rewarded."

Zhu Quanzhong pondered for a long time, then suddenly called Jiang Xuanhui and gave instructions in a low voice.

Jiang Xuanhui nodded repeatedly when he heard it for the first time, but his face turned ashen afterward, but he didn't dare to refuse.

"Your Majesty..." Jiang Xuanhui said pitifully.

"If things come to fruition, I will allow you to be the commander of the shogunate. In the future, if you build more territory, you can be the governor of the state." Zhu Quanzhong reprimanded: "Is there any easy wealth in this world? Can you get it without taking risks? go."

"Of course." Jiang Xuanhui replied feebly.

Just kept a few beautiful women by my side, but was sent to Shouzhang again, I don’t know if I will be able to come back to enjoy it...

Afterwards, Zhu Quanzhong called his nephew Zhu Youhui to speak in secret.

Zhu Youhui, who had just suffered a defeat, no longer dared to fight Xia Bandit anymore, and when he heard the task his uncle gave him, he immediately beamed with joy.Uncle asked Wang Yanzhang to bring people to cooperate with him in escorting the goods and women back to Bozhou. This job is easy, it does not require fighting, and it is also a good thing to keep the fire for the future of the group.

"Since General Chen said so, it's not easy to take away the kindness of the brothers." Zhu Quanzhong said with a smile: "Have another drink."

(End of this chapter)