Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 891
Under the attack of tens of thousands of troops from east to west, the people of Qi were defeated like a mountain.

Fighting until dark, the bandit army was basically wiped out, and the ministries began to count the gains.

Shao Shude went to the bandit camp in Fougou and looked at Zhu Qiong who was kneeling in front of him.

Zhu Qiong was pitiful, covered in stains, as if he had been caught in the mud of the swamp.

"Cut it off." Shao Shude waved his hand and said.

The soldiers immediately dragged him to the edge of the water, raised the knife and dropped it, and brought the head back a moment later.

"Go to Yunzhou immediately, take 500 people, and form the state army." Shao Shude played with Zhu Qiong's head, and said: "Ten days ago, I sent 4000 troops from Ruzhou to go east. Discretionary distribution."

Ye Likecheng's appointment as the commander of the Yunzhou State Army was a long-term decision.Shao Shude gave him three hundred personal soldiers and two hundred straight knights with silver saddles as the skeleton of the Yunzhou Army.

The so-called surrendered troops in Ruzhou were actually the "first phase" Liang Jun's surrendered troops, with a total of 5000 soldiers.After the reorganization of the armies, after picking and picking, there were [-] left, and [-] were sent to Tanshan, and [-] were made up for the remaining [-], and all the remaining [-] were transferred to the east.

There are already 4000 soldiers in Qizhou, and the recruitment notice has been posted, so it is easy to recruit [-] recruits.The [-] people transferred to the east will be given another [-] to Wang Jiao, making up [-] troops.

Yeli Kecheng will also get 2000, and Yunzhou will raise another [-] people, which makes [-] people.With one thousand remaining, Shao Shude planned to choose from Qizhou's surrendered troops.

It is still very important that these two prefectures are connected together and are located near the towns in Hebei, and the prefectural army is indispensable.

"Of order." Yeli Kecheng replied without any nonsense.

After he left, Li Yixian will take over the post of commander of the personal soldiers.

Li Yixian, son of Li Duo.

His father died in battle when he attacked Xin'an, so Li Yat-sen went to the elder son Shao Chengjie's side to be a "transfer student" to practice literature and martial arts. He was not too young, in his 20s, and was later transferred to the military capital.

The army was still chasing death and northward, Shao Shude was not interested in watching it, and after resting overnight in his clothes, the generals reported that more than [-] people were beheaded, [-] were captured, and a few culprits drowned in the ditches.

Shao Shude ordered the captive Tutuan villagers to be released, and there were only two thousand left.Pick one thousand to Yeli Kecheng, and order him to take him to Yunzhou immediately. The remaining thousand captives will return to Qizhou with the army. It is already the second day of March.

Liu Po ​​has already withdrawn his troops, but the reason is unknown.It is speculated that Wang Shiyue may not be able to deal with the Yichang Army because Dizhou has an enemy, and Wang Shiyue may not be able to deal with it alone; the two Flying Dragon Army are frequently active in Qingzhou, attacking Linqu County, only one step away from Qingzhou, and have to retreat.

It doesn't matter if he retreats, the Xia army is marching long distances and fighting continuously. After fighting for two months, they also need to breathe.

Shao Shude inspected the troops in Licheng, and gave out a reward, a string of money and a piece of silk, which seemed a bit overwhelming, but it wasn't too bad.

Then he ordered the reorganization of the ministries and the formation of left and right sudden generals.

General Tu still has more than 1000 soldiers, including thousands of Yun soldiers.There are more than [-] Tielin Army, more than [-] Yanei Army, and [-] soldiers from Qizhou, all of whom are included in the army. In addition to the soldiers from Liang Army who are still on the road, there will be [-] generals on the left and right. infantry.

There is still a shortage of [-] cavalry, and Shao Shude hasn't figured out where to make up for it.Perhaps it is transferred from the Dingnan Army, or it may be found in other ways, and we will discuss it later.

The envoy of the left and right generals is Kang Yanxiao, the deputy envoy is Zhebutai, the governor of Duyu Li Yanwei, and the envoy of Duyouyi is temporarily absent.

There are also two positions that are humble but hold the real power of leading troops.

He intends to grant the post of envoy of soldiers and horses in the left wing to a talented person named Wei Rang of Dijin Zewei Ministry of Talents.

The soldiers and horses in the right wing were envoys to Zhang Shensi, who was still living in Bianzhou and had sent envoys to report.

There are only two old Xia Jun men in the army, and three descendants from Liang Dijiang. This is a chance for them, and it is Shao Shude's way of buying people's hearts.

After General Tu was formed, Shao Shude gave them three days to get familiar with them.

Considering that there will be battles ahead, the reorganization is not thorough this time, and the original organization is not broken up, lest the officers and soldiers do not know the basics and cannot find people.After the phased battle is over, reorganize.

For a while, Qizhou stopped.

Only Shao Bo, the governor of Dizhou, was very anxious. After obtaining permission, he left with more than 3000 people and headed north all the way back to Dizhou.Shao Shude ordered Fu Yanchao, Marquis of Yu, the capital of the Dingnan Army, to lead more than 4000 horsemen to accompany Shao Bo.

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The Zhongwu army finished building the pontoon bridge over the Jishui River, and then began to build a pontoon bridge on the Yellow River. After the construction was completed, three thousand soldiers crossed the river to the north bank, and Wang Shike disappeared long ago.

But the posture still needs to be made, and Zhao Yan is well versed in this way.

Whether you can catch up or not is one thing, but whether you can catch up or not is another. This is a matter of attitude and loyalty.

On the third day of March, after staying in Bozhou for a while, seeing Wei Bo's army approaching them, Zhao Yan decisively ordered to retreat.

The stirring sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded from the north.

Thousands of cavalry appeared on the field, charging straight towards the Zhongwu Army like arrows flying off the string.

Zhao Yan cursed secretly, Wei Bowufu is too arrogant, so disrespectful?Didn't they just loot a few villages?He didn't rob women, so what?
"Come forward with me to block!" Seeing that the first group of thousands of people had just withdrawn and the second group had just started to board the pontoon bridge, Zhao Yan was in a hurry, and personally led [-] infantry, armed with long spears, and formed a formation to block them.

The enemy cavalry approached quickly, and their speed slowed down.Zhao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that he was just trying to scare you and "see off the guests".

Unexpectedly, at this time, another group of cavalry came from behind, and as they approached, they dismounted one after another.

The leading general is holding a big bow with an astonishingly long tip. I don't know how far the shooting range should be.

Seeing him looking up, he picked up his bow and set up an arrow, and fired several arrows in succession.

People from the Zhongwu Army kept falling to the ground, and even Zhao Yan was hit by an arrow. His shoulders were so painful that he couldn't lift his arms.

"Hurry up, Ya Nei!" The soldiers hurriedly supported him, and rushed towards the pontoon bridge.

As soon as Zhao Yan ran away, the morale of the [-] loyal soldiers was also lost, and they retreated one after another.

The enemy's cavalry came on horseback, and the iron rats, iron maces, and horses danced together, killing many people to defeat them.

The enemy general walked leisurely in the courtyard, shooting with his bow continuously, and his arrows were never in vain. He often aimed at the military academy, and he was both accurate and ruthless.

The Zhongwu Army completely collapsed.There was chaos on the pontoon bridge, and people kept being squeezed down and disappeared into the icy river.

"Quick! Set it on fire!" Zhao Yan immediately ordered after rolling and crawling across the pontoon bridge.

There are firewood and kerosene piled up under the pontoon bridge, which are disposable items. It is normal to dismantle and burn them after they are used up.

"Yanei, there are still our people on the pontoon..." an officer hesitated.

"Set it on fire immediately. There aren't many defenders on the south bank. If the bandits rush over, Changqing and Pingyin will be destroyed. Hurry up!" Zhao Yan bared his teeth in pain and said angrily.

"Obey." The officer didn't dare to talk nonsense, and immediately poured kerosene and lit the firewood.

A raging fire burned up.

The faces of the soldiers of the Zhongwu Army who were still crossing the river changed drastically.Someone quickened their pace and rushed back before the pontoon bridge broke; someone dropped their armor and equipment, and ran while cursing; There are also mounted heavy infantry.

There is no suspense about the fate of these people. They were basically beheaded on the pontoon bridge, and then thrown their bodies into the river.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the pontoon bridge was crackling, deformed, broken, and disintegrated, and drifted downstream.

Zhao Yan breathed a sigh of relief.The underpants were kept, but the loss of personnel was a bit large.

"Who is this?" He was a little ashamed, he was beaten like a dog, and he didn't even know the identity of the enemy.

No one cares about him.

Wu Fu also has a temper.It is normal to flee for one's life on the battlefield, but what Zhao Yan did was really disgusting.If it wasn't for the high prestige of the Zhao family in Chen and Xu states, someone would have already clamored to take his head.

After a while, an officer said: "Just before the rout, I vaguely saw the general's flag, it should be Jin General Mi Zhicheng's troops."

"There should be more than one." After someone spoke, others interrupted one after another.

"Thousands of people, there are armored cavalry for charging, some light cavalry for riding and shooting, and some dismounted for fighting on foot. There must be more than one, but there is no doubt that it should be Jin soldiers."

"I also saw the flag of a general with the surname Ma. Is there any general in the Jin army with the surname Ma?"

"Yunzhou is very empty, and there are more than [-] troops at full strength."

Zhao Yan sighed and said, "Come here, report this military information to the king immediately."

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Outside the city of Weizhou, Zhu Quanzhong fled in embarrassment.

Li Ke's canthus was about to burst, and he personally went into battle to chase and kill him.

These days, Shao Shude has been wondering where his righteous brother Li Keyong is going to fight, now that the case has been solved, he is beating Zhu Quanzhong.

The Yier Army, the Cavalry Army, the Zhenzhen Army, the Tielin Army, and the Hengchong Army are all the most elite soldiers and horses of the Jin Army. You can tell from the numbers that they are all macho.

Now these fierce men are chasing Zhu Quanzhong, vowing to kill him.

Wei Bo watched from the sidelines, neither helping each other.

The land of six states is now like a public toilet, anyone can come and anyone can leave.

The Xia army came and went, the Qi army came and left, and of course the Jin army could also come.

In fact, Luo Hongxin still wanted to protect Zhu Quanzhong, so he made a concession and allowed the Jin army to transport supplies across the border.Reluctantly, Li Ke used this person to have a violent temper, and when the army came to Weizhou city, he must have an explanation.

Luo Hongxin sent envoys to persuade him, but Li Keyong didn't listen at all, and found out where the Huazhou soldiers were stationed, and launched a surprise attack to smash them.

Seeing this behavior, Wei Bowufu proposed to expel Zhu Quanzhong. Luo Hongxin had nothing to say, so he could only hold his nose and agree, and Zhu Quanzhong and his cronies were expelled from Weizhou.

The chase is brutal.

Zhu Quanzhong took five fast horses alone, and ran away in a hurry under the protection of his nephew.

Li Zhen had been captured, Jing Xiang was missing, Han Qing was killed in the barracks, Wang Yanzhang beheaded two Jin generals, and escaped.

Tens of thousands of troops were defeated, and his cronies were scattered. Zhu Quanzhong felt sad as he walked.

The world is so big, where can he run?
The north and west are Li Ke's territory, and the south and east are Shao thief's territory, so Jizhou and Dezhou in the northeast can run.

However, Wang Rong, the governor of Zhenji, was defeated by Li Keyong long ago, and now he is his vassal, going to a dead end.

Although Cangjing Lu Yanwei was not as respectful as Wang Rong was to Li Keyong, he was not troublesome, and it would probably be bad if he went there.

Where can I escape?
In desperation, Zhu Quanzhong also had to shed a few tears.

"Run to Dezhou first, and then to Dizhou." Zhu Quanzhong calmed down and drove eastward with more than two thousand riders.

Despair is despair, if it is not true until the last moment, Zhu Quanzhong will definitely not commit suicide.

As long as there is a breath left, there is still a chance.In the Chao army back then, how many times he was beaten and fled, didn't he come over?
Dizhou is Wang Shifan's territory, and after going there, he may be able to take a short respite.

(End of this chapter)