Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 882
The imposing General Tu chased him all the way to the other side of the Yellow River and entered the boundary of Bozhou.

They even defeated the [-] Bozhou warriors who came for reinforcements head-on. They were crazy and won consecutive battles.

On the fifth day of February, a large number of soldiers from Hua and Wei broke into Wushui County, Bozhou. Most of their equipment was lost, and people were panicked.

General Tu pursued them, attacked the city, pulled them out, and the thieves collapsed and scattered everywhere.

Shao Shude walked along the road, and as far as he could see, there were corpses strewn about everywhere, as well as vehicles, armored battlements, and belongings scattered all over the ground.

"The corpses were abandoned for dozens of miles, this battle was won..." Shao Shude sighed, it was a hearty victory.

The soldiers with silver saddles straightened their eyes.

The surprise attack on Yunzhou last month was the first serious battle since they became an army, and it was not the kind that everyone participated in.This time in the Yanggu battle, before it was their turn to fight, General Tu defeated Huaren and Weiren, chasing them all the way, very brave.

This scale of field fighting was the first time in their life experience.

Yang Hongyin, Zhang Wen, Dong Zhang and others secretly lamented that it was a pity that they failed to catch up with the main battle.

On the big post road, the brigade continued to drive in.

These people are mainly Yunzhou Tutuan villagers temporarily recruited, a total of more than [-] people, to transfer grain and grass materials to Bozhou.

There were not many people, or even few, but so many young men were gathered in a haste, which showed the support of the people of Yunzhou.

The food and grass transported by more than ten thousand people must not be enough for so many troops on the front line.Obviously, everyone wants to eat the food of Bozhou people.For more than a hundred years, Hebei has been generally stable, with few wars, and the whole territory is plain and quite rich. Naturally, raising food and grass is not a big problem-this is an established plan.

The closer you get to Wushui County, the more corpses and battle armor left on the ground.

The Wei people, Hua people and wounded soldiers lay on the ground and groaned, under the freezing weather, the final outcome is self-evident.

In this battle, it is estimated that how many people were captured and beheaded is unclear.Anyway, Zhu Quanzhong took more than 2000 cavalry and fled in the heavy snow. More than [-] Liang soldiers were defeated and lost. Two groups of [-] Wei people were defeated. Xiang Yong, I'm afraid I can't figure it out.

Not all the people in Bozhou in the countryside escaped.They watched the passing army warily, with knives and guns tightly clutched in their hands.

Shao Shude stopped his horse at the head of a certain village, and looked at the panic-stricken people in the village with great interest.

Sergeant Yin Anzhi also stopped, drew his sword and fired his gun, and stood ready.

The villagers were very nervous, and they subconsciously thought of many bad things. Someone was already quietly summoning Ding Zhuang, ready to fight to the death.

"It's the first time I've been to Weibo, and the first time I've seen an old feudal town. It's really good." Shao Shude laughed.

People didn't understand it.

Shao Shude didn't bother to explain, and ordered: "Send orders to all ministries, strictly enforce military discipline, and don't kill or injure the common people. For food and grass, first collect the treasury of the Wei people. If there is not enough, distribute donations to the grain stores in the city and rich households. If not enough , go to the countryside to collect grain. If the people of Wei do not resist, they are not allowed to hurt people. Anyone who violates this order will be killed without mercy."

Shao Shude wasn't sure if his actions would be effective, but the sergeants received various rewards equivalent to 24 renminbi each year, and occasionally there were additional rewards, so they were obliged to maintain a relatively good military discipline, and there was no need to commit additional crimes to provoke the Wei people. Resistance, extra branches.

Eighty thousand Wei Bowufu, counting his family, almost 40.If you count the people who served as soldiers in the previous generation but not in this generation, the number will be even higher, perhaps a million.They also have clan relatives, close friends, and merchants who do business with Wu Fu, etc. In the entire Wei Bo, those who have direct or indirect interests with Wu Fu may account for more than half of the number, or even more.

It is normal for warriors to marry each other and support each other, because no one can guarantee that there will be soldiers in the next generation of their family, and no one can guarantee that life will not be in trouble after the death of the mainstay of the family.Someone from the generation of the Zhang family was a soldier, but the Li family did not. The top pillar of the Zhang family died in battle. The son of the Li family practiced martial arts since he was a child, and then became a soldier, so he could help the Zhang family financially. The relationship is stronger.

Swords and guns have no eyes in the battlefield, and life is impermanent. Warriors will naturally find a way to hedge risks.Later on, it became the so-called "party-friendly glue". The warriors in the Hebei feudal towns had already taken the lead and explored such a way for the later generations of the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty.

"Father and son succeed each other, the party is sticky, and the age becomes more and more arrogant; if the little is not as good as it is, the old commander of the clan will change it."

This is a huge interest group, and most of the 300 million people in the town are attached to it, forming a unique social form.

Relatively equal distribution of land rights, the rich pay heavy taxes, the poor pay less taxes, and work hard to improve their social class.

Jiedu envoys and Yamen generals were a little greedy and violent, and they were chopped into meat by the warriors and replaced by someone else.

The whole town practiced martial arts and had ample reserves of troops. After slaughtering all the yamen soldiers, they were able to create another army with stronger combat effectiveness.

But any interest group, after a long time, will always lose its vitality.Warriors, father and son, do not want newcomers to come in to share the cake. Although the channels for newcomers to serve as soldiers have not been completely blocked, they have indeed gradually decreased over the past 100 years.

They all want to have a solid job and pass it on to future generations, or at worst, they must give up the opportunity to brothers, family members or in-laws and friends.

To eradicate this old-fashioned feudal town where "martial arts populism" and "Jiedushi electoral system" prevails will not be achieved overnight!
Shao Shude is still unwilling to start a massacre, but he is not sure if he will lose patience and massacre in the future if there is no other way.

"Your Highness!" After entering Wushui County, all the generals saluted one after another, all beaming.

The Wei people who held the iron job were not working hard enough, and they beat them to the ground. Now someone has proposed to attack Bozhou City.

"Bozhou may be captured, but it remains to be seen whether we can fight or not." Shao Shude waved his hand, suppressing this seemingly tempting proposal, and said, "I call this dispatch of troops punishment. Our division He is famous and upright, so everyone is brave enough to defeat the bandit army. If we attack Bozhou, things may become complicated. Of course, if the people of Wei don't know how to do it, then we can send troops to attack and convince him."

If Wei Bo thinks that you just came here to vent and then retreat, then even if the Jiedushi wants to fight you, he may not be able to convince everyone if he is under the control of the warrior.

Doesn't the iron rice bowl smell good?The summer bandit didn't come to dig our foundation, so we won't try our best, we'll wait until that day really comes.

In such an environment, even if there are some great talents and fierce people, he will find that there is very little he can do - brother Luo Liu has actually done a good job, and he is really considering Wei Bo's long-term interests.

"Your Highness, Zhu Quanzhong has gone to Bozhou, let's force the Wei people to hand him over." General Tu Kang Yanxiao said.

"He has lost at least ten thousand people, and his value has been greatly reduced."

"Letting Luo Liu arrest people is the best."

"Why is it so troublesome? Let me tell you, just attack Bozhou directly. The bandit army will definitely go out of the city to fight me in the field, and defeat them again."

"Yes, Bozhou must be richer than Wushui."

The generals and schools spoke out one after another, expressing their opinions.

"Crack!" Shao Shude clapped the table.

The county office was suddenly silent.

"How many people were captured?" Shao Shude asked.

"Returning to Your Highness, I have never...never captured the thief." Kang Yanxiao replied.

"Chop off all the heads and send them back to Yunzhou. Can the people of Yunzhou be rescued?" Shao Shude asked again.

"A group of about 3000 people was intercepted halfway. Another group was caught in Wushui County, still 3000 people. There may be another group in Bozhou." Kang Yanxiao said.

"The next three things." Shao Shude stood up and said: "One, hoard food and grass, the more the better; two, prepare for the battle, don't be caught off guard; three, send envoys to Weizhou, and claim the captives The woman from Yunzhou demanded Zhu Quanzhong and his henchmen, and demanded a sum of compensation."

"Your Highness is wise." All the generals responded one after another.

The conditions were given to Wei Bo's side, and the next step is to see how they respond.If there is no response, or if the response is relatively slow, then make another toss to force him to express his position.

After the schoolmates dispersed, Shao Shude received another message: Heyang was fighting.

This is a major event, Pei Tong rushed all the way to offer wine at the West Pavilion of the Wangfu, and came to report it in person.

"Your Majesty, all the people and things in the Golden Immortal Temple were withdrawn before the first month, and they will still be settled in Bianzhou. Look..." Pei Tong said cautiously.

Shao Shude secretly breathed a sigh of relief, losing his life savings is still very painful.

And then there was some anger. It has been more than half a year since the Xuzhou war last year, and I only got a shot at Zhu Youwen's wife, Wang Shi. I don't know how to persevere in these days without women. My career Heart so heavy?
"Get to the point!" Shao Shude reprimanded lightly.

Pei Tong looked at his words and saw that King Xia seemed to be very satisfied, his expression was lifted, and he said: "Zezhou general Zhang Yuande led his troops to the south, and fought against Tianxiong's army in Wanshan Town, and was defeated. Xie Bin, the soldier on the right side, led his troops to pursue , Beheading more than a thousand ranks before and after, and the department is currently setting up a stronghold in Taihang Xing. Huaizhou Song Shuai has recruited more than ten thousand state soldiers and Tutuan villagers to go north to help in the battle."

"This is just a small test, and the big one is coming." Shao Shude said: "The order is that Zang Dubao, the envoy of the Tianxiong Army, will take the post of commander of the Huaizhou camp, and coordinate the defense of the four states of Meng, Huai, Luo, and Zheng; Lu Huaizhong, envoy of the Wuwei Army, served as the commander of Jiangzhou's battalion, coordinating the defense of one prefecture and four prefectures in Hezhong. Wuzang Jieming, envoy of the Yi Congjun Army, served as the envoy along the river, and reinforced the two camps at any time."

He said this to Lu Siye. This old man has already finished recording and started to polish and transcribe.

Shao Shude continued to think.

Judging now that Li Keyong's main attack direction is Heyang, that would be too arbitrary.We have to continue to observe to see when he reveals his true intentions.Or, he has no intention at all, what to do when he thinks of it?No, you can't insult Yibro like this, you still have to pay attention to the enemy.

"Decree, the Ding Hui Department of the Youguo Army will go north to Mengzhou and be attached to the Huaizhou camp." After thinking for a while, he added another order.

After all, I still feel that the throat of Heyang is more likely to be attacked.

It is best to persist until mid-May, when the pasture turns green, the weather turns better, and the grassland can be mobilized again.

(End of this chapter)