Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 888 Split
Li Siye's words stunned everyone in the tent.

Zhu Xuan got up abruptly, with his hands on the handle of the knife at his waist.

Seeing this, Wang Shike's personal soldiers drew their horizontal knives and surrounded Zhu Xuan.

Zhu Qiong also changed color suddenly, and retreated quietly to the entrance of the tent.

"What is this for?" Wang Shike reacted, stood up immediately, pushed away the guards, took Zhu Xuan's hand, and said, "Please sit down, Mr. Zhu."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Li Siye, and reprimanded: "Grand Zhu is brave and good at fighting, and he has never been discouraged since he fought against the Xia bandits. Why did Vice Envoy Li say that?"

If Li Siye was not the confidant that his father Wang Jingwu and elder brother Wang Shifan relied heavily on, Wang Shike would have suspected Tong Xia of this person.

"Ya Nei." Li Siye cupped his hands and said without changing his face: "Zhu Xuan has evil intentions and wants to harm my Qingzhou warrior, so he should be beheaded."

Just as Wang Shike pushed Zhu Xuan down on the Hu bed, when Li Siye said this, Zhu Xuan stood up again and glared at him.

How could Wang Shike's strength compare to a brave general like Zhu Xuan, he was almost bumped into a stagger.

But he was not at all ashamed and said, "Shut up!"

Li Siye didn't stop at all, and continued: "It's time to withdraw at this time. If the [-] soldiers and horses brought by the yamen were thrown here, all the people of Qi would be heartbroken. What we should do now is to preserve our strength, withdraw and reorganize The line of defense. Zhu Xuan bewitched the yamen and took chestnuts for him. He has bad intentions, so please kill him."

In fact, there are more than 2000 soldiers. There are thousands of soldiers brought by Dizhou Governor Shao Bo in the Changqing area, and [-] of them are Dizhou Outer Town Army.Li Renyu led [-] cavalry away, but Tuoba Renfu still took [-] cavalry to move around Changqing and Pingyin. In fact, the total force was about [-].

These 2 people are lost, and the rear will always add up, and there will only be an army of [-] to [-] capable of fighting. Wouldn't you rather be heartbroken?

"Shut up!" Honest people also have a temper, Wang Shike saw Li Siye still chattering, and got angry, said: "Duke Zhu and Bandit Xia are inseparable, what they have done is obvious to all, why doubt it?"

Li Siye shut up and stopped talking.

Zhu Xuan gave Li Siye a cold look, and the knuckles of his left knuckles that were caressing the handle of the knife turned white.If it wasn't for Wang Shike's personal soldiers to stop him, it is estimated that he would have already gone up and chopped it into several pieces.

Zhu Qiong had already stepped outside with one foot, and when she saw this, she quietly walked back and said, "Wang Yanei might as well give you a quick word, what is the trick? Deputy Lieutenant Li, don't act anymore, but you just want to slip away, why bother to spit on people?" ? I also want to go back, this battle shouldn’t be fought like this.”

Zhu Xuan sighed secretly when he heard the words, he didn't even want to fight, but he wanted to fight, but there was nothing he could do.At the same time, I also feel a little sad. I have struggled for half my life, and this is the end.Just like a bereaved dog, even Zhu Qiong ignored him, what's the point?
Xuan blamed himself secretly, how could he give up easily before the last moment?There is still a chance, there is still a chance.If it really doesn't work, go to other places, there is no unparalleled road, what if it makes a comeback again?
"This..." Wang Shike cocked up just now, but he was very entangled again.

He was afraid that his brother would be disappointed, thinking that he would return without success and be unworthy of education.

There are several brothers in the Wang family, remembering his father's last wish before he died, living together, not being separated from each other, brothers and friends respecting each other, and supporting each other.Going back like this is really hard to face my brother.

"If you don't leave the Yamen, I'll go first!" Seeing that Wang Shike was silent, Zhu Qiong raised her voice and said.

"Ah! The soldiers have no fighting spirit, let's retreat." Wang Shike said with a long sigh.

Zhu Qiong was overjoyed and asked, "How to withdraw?"

"Let's go to Qizhou." Wang Shike waved his hand and said, "Pack up the utensils and burn all the things that can't be taken away. All the troops retreat step by step and head to Changqing County."

Li Siye spoke again, only to hear him say: "The yamen, it's better to retreat to Bozhou. The Shao bandits have already arrived in Qizhou, how can they not garrison the army? It will prevent us from borrowing the way. After the army crosses the river, it will go northeast all the way, passing through Bozhou, Dezhou and Dizhou, so that it can advance, attack, retreat and defend."

This is to sell Zhu Qiong, regardless of his life or death.

Sure enough, Zhu Qiong was furious, and drew out the horizontal knife, saying: "Mao awl with a belly full of bad water, the affairs of the world are for you to be broken. I kill you like a chicken, take my life!"

Wang Shike's personal soldiers stepped forward one after another, and someone signaled with winks that Wang Shike ordered to do it.Brothers Zhu Xuan and Zhu Qiong are so arrogant, they can't see it for a long time, why don't they take this opportunity to fight them and annex their tribe, it's better than being so aggressive.

But Wang Shike didn't move, instead he ordered the soldiers to take back the weapons, and he personally stepped forward to appease Zhu Qiong, and persuaded him with kind words.

This is a good old man with no temper!Zhu Xuan watched coldly, and sneered in his heart.

The brothers of the Wang family are all pigs, their hearts are not hard enough, and they are not ruthless enough. Their brains are broken after studying Confucianism all day long.I don't even look at what kind of person his father Wang Jingwu is. Did he receive Huang Chao's commission back then?That's the ruthless person who is qualified to stand in troubled times. These boys from the Wang family are far behind.

Zhu Qiong was grabbed by Wang Shi, but he didn't show any face, he just shook off, and said angrily: "Shuzi is not enough to plan! Since I return to Qizhou, I will live and die without worrying about the yamen."

After all, he walked away angrily.

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhu Xuan also left.He had no choice, with less than 3000 people under his command, he could only advance and retreat with Zhu Qiong.

He felt that Zhu Qiong's return to the teacher this time might not be too good.However, this is also an opportunity for him. If he can wait for the opportunity and swallow Zhu Qiong's followers, he will have more capital.

The corners of Li Siye's mouth curled up slightly.Ya Nei wavered twice, but was pulled back by him.Zhu Xuan harbored mischievous intentions, but Zhu Qiong was in disarray if he cared about them. With the two of them withdrawing, Qizhou soldiers were definitely an unstable factor.

If such a thing really happened, in the future, he would have no face to face the former Taiwei prince who had the kindness of knowing him, and he would also have no face to face the elders of Qingzhou.

The current situation is already the best result he can try his best to save.Withdraw first, wait and see the situation after regrouping.If it doesn't work, if you persuade the commander-in-chief to reconcile with the king of Xia, even if you surrender and admit defeat, it won't hurt if you donate some money and food every year.

Shao Shude is at the height of his power, so he must be firmly established in the world?So far in his conquest, he has really only defeated Zhu Quanzhong, a strong enemy, and we will wait and see for the rest.In Hedong, Hebei, and Huainan, as long as they guard the borders and don't waste their lives in battle, how long will it take Shao Shude to calm down?
Li Ke holds four towns in his hands, Ding, Zhen, Cang, and Wei in Hebei, Yan, Qing in Henan, Yang Xingmi holds Yang, Xuan, and Xu three towns in his hands. With these dozen towns, you think you have won several decisive battles , Destroying other people's elite main forces can be passed down?Laughing dead, there are careerists everywhere, is it so easy to calm down?
Li Siye was sure that when Zhu Qiong returned to Qizhou this time, if something happened, Zhu Xuan would definitely take action.

He suddenly felt a little sympathetic to Shao Shude, the world's affairs were broken in the hands of these ambitious warriors, if there were fewer such "motivated" warriors, the troubled times would be settled soon, right?
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On February [-]th of the fifth year of Qianning, Guo Qi, the soldier and horse envoy of the left wing of the Tielin Army, led more than [-] infantry to Yunzhou.

Han Zhu, deputy envoy of the Yamen Army, opened the city gate to welcome him.

"General Guo, I'm finally waiting for you." Han Zhu said with emotion: "If you don't come again, the culprits will slip away."

Guo Qi was over fifty years old, but she walked vigorously, breathless and blushing, and said, "I was delayed by Zhu Jin for a while on the road. After defeating Yan Bing, I marched more cautiously, so I came late." A few days."

He has just been temporarily appointed as the deputy envoy of Qizhou recruiting, and he is under the tent of Fengzang.

But Guo Qi didn't pay attention to Feng Zangzhi at all. He was just a foreign general, a guest general. He was praised by the king. As a recruiter, he commanded a mess of soldiers and horses, and he was beaten like a bird. What qualifications did he have? Command him?

"Where are Dai Siyuan and Li Renhan?" Guo Qi asked after entering the state office, sitting in the first place in a stately manner.

Dai and Li served as the chief and deputy envoys of the Japanese army.

"I have been ordered by the recruitment envoy to escort a batch of grain and grass to Dong'e County." Han Zhu replied.

In the Tang and Song dynasties, the post road from Yunzhou to Pingyin had to go north to Dong'e, then all the way north to Lu County, cross the river through Yangliu to enter Bozhou, and go all the way east to cross Jishui to Pingyin.

"Jishui is ready for boats. Let the Japanese soldiers stop doing these jobs. Immediately organize the food, equipment, and barracks, and wait for my Tielin Jun Erlang to arrive." Guo Qi said.

"When will General Guo go north?" Han Zhu asked.

"Soldiers are very fast, let's go today, and it will not be too late to rest in Dong'e." Although he has been marching for many days and fought a battle on the road, repelling Yan soldiers and beheading more than a thousand ranks, he is generally tired, but Guo Qi still Go north as soon as possible.

What kind of strong army can't march and fight continuously?I think back then, my old Guo’s intestines flowed out, and I dared to stuff them back and fight the Tubo people...

"When I entered the city, I saw that there were a lot of livestock fostered in the sheep and horse walls, and they were all slaughtered. A while ago, the Jishui hadn't thawed, and the soldiers hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and there were birds in their mouths. If you don't eat meat, you don't Fight with strength." Guo Qi said again.

"Yes." Han Zhu didn't hesitate at all.

Those livestock belong to the people of this state, so they should be killed first.Wufu lives well on weekdays. He is rewarded with 24 dendrobium grains, 10 coins, and 10 pieces of silk a year, while a goat costs more than 200 yuan in Guanbei and [-] yuan in Henan, which is only the price of a piece of miscellaneous silk. Accustomed to meat, this is the strength to temper martial skills, frequent training, and improve combat effectiveness, Han Zhu has no reason to refuse.

"Military envoy, General Guo." Just after killing sheep and cooking meat, he was eating happily, but saw a civil servant rushing into the state government office.

I just heard him say: "The scouts learned that there seems to be a change in the bandit camp in Pingyin. The bandit cavalry spread out and scattered widely, and they dragged the net to expel our cavalry. This is very unusual. Listen to the Secretary. People judged that the culprits might be about to withdraw. The envoy ordered the Pingyin defenders to go out and test the culprits, and ordered the Japanese troops to march into Pingyin.”

"Good thief, you run really fast!" Guo Qi threw a sheep stick bone on the ground, wiped his greasy hands on the military uniform, and said, "Don't eat, chase the enemy!"

(End of this chapter)