Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 892

On the sixth day of March in the fifth year of Qianning, Shi Chencheng, the governor of the Xia Palace, arrived in Qizhou.

The battlefield on the eastern front became more and more complicated. As Shao Shude's chief aide, Chen Cheng, who had been "dominating" in Bianzhou before, finally rushed over.

Almost at the same time as him, Wang Shihui, the younger brother of Wang Shifan, the Ziqing Jiedu envoy, also came.

Naturally, when Chen Cheng led Wang Shihui into the city, he passed by the school where General Tu was training.

The sergeants on the school field are practicing the formation.

It's not that they don't understand military formations, they are actually old warriors, and they know how to form commonly used formations.What they need now is skilled cooperation. There is no other shortcut for this, they can only practice.

Wang Shihui was wearing a Confucian shirt, like a hair awl.But if you look closely at his hands, they are covered with calluses, and his complexion is extremely dark, you can tell that he has practiced martial arts hard, although his interest seems to be in Confucianism.

Both civil and military skills are generally standard for families from military schools. Martial arts are a must. In terms of culture, it depends on how hard you study. Some people are only proficient in literary and ink, and some are even good at poetry and songs.

However, if it is the "creative generation", then there is no such condition.Just like Li Siyuan from Hedong, he doesn't even know the words.

"General Wang, General Wang?" Chen Cheng called softly.

"Oh, don't blame Chen Changshi for being fascinated for a while." Wang Shihui smiled awkwardly and said.

He is the fourth eldest among Wang Jingwu's sons, and has three elder brothers: Shi Yue, Shi Fan, and Shi Ke.

Wang Shihui's position in the shogunate was the governor's office. Considering his background, he could be regarded as Wang Shifan's confidant.

Chen Cheng smiled without saying a word, and led Wang Shijiao into the state office.

General Tu is basically a murderous murderer, but his temperament is actually different.

Wang Shihui is a warrior, and he manages many highly skilled warriors under his command, but he always feels that they are different from General Tu's soldiers.It is not appearance or skill, but a "smell" that is naturally exuded.

This kind of "taste" is expressed through small details such as eyes, gestures, and movements. It cannot be learned deliberately. acquired a certain fear, accumulated a certain quality of experience.

This trait allows them to use their strength better, so that they don't become stiff; they can better display their skills, so that they won't lose the level of their daily training; they can better understand the orders of their superiors, so that they won't be confused and misheard. ; better respond to the battlefield, so as not to be stupid and don't know what to do.

Just looking at one person seems to be nothing, and the improvement is limited. If thousands of people are like this, then the overall improvement will be amazing.The victory or defeat of a battle sometimes lies in some small details.

"Oh." Wang Shihui sighed secretly.

The Pinglu Army urgently needs experience to improve this quality.They are not bad in other aspects, just like the unripe fruit, give them a little time to withstand the baptism of war, maybe they can pierce that layer of window paper and enter a new level.

Xia Jun wasn't so good at the beginning. Everyone has a growth process.

"See King Xia." In the prefecture's office, Shao Shude sat at the head, with a dignified demeanor, easily recognizable, Wang Shihui bowed and saluted when he came up.

"Sit down." Shao Shude smiled gently.

Although Wang Shifan often scolded him because he belonged to the enemy, Shao Shude did not blindly look down on the other party. At least in his opinion, the Wang family brothers still had their merits.

True brother and brother respect, not irony.

Before Wang Jingwu died, he asked his sons not to separate their families, but to love and support each other, and the brothers really did it.The older brother does not envy the younger brother as Jiedushi, and the younger brother also thinks about the family.

Grandma, if my Shao sons are all so brotherly and respectful, then they can smile at Jiuquan.

"Why did Wang Shuai send you here?" Shao Shude asked.

"Returning to Your Highness, the two armies of yours and ours have been fighting for more than a month. There have been many casualties, wives have lost their husbands, sons have lost their fathers, younger brothers have lost their brothers, the people have lost their crops, officials have lost their salaries, everyone is uneasy, and all businesses are withering." Master Wang said. Said: "Brother is sympathetic to the hardships of the people, and is willing to stop the army and beg for an alliance. I don't know what your Highness wants?"

Begging alliance is actually a euphemism for vassal.

Wang Shifan begged for the alliance, indicating that he didn't want to fight anymore. It can be seen that his ambition is far worse than that of Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin.

And the reason why he dared to bring up this matter should also be based on the current situation.In the land of the Four Wars in the Central Plains, there are enemies from all directions, and you may not be free to fight.

The news of the Jin army is now a little bit of a clue.

Li Keyong's younger brother, Li Kening, sits in Zezhou and watches over Heyang.

Judging from the news heard, this road should be partial.For example, Shi Jiantang, the general of Tianjingguan Town, and Li Zhou, the general of Malaoguan Township, are both cutting-edge generals in their 20s.

Li Kening's soldiers should not be many. I heard that there are more than [-] soldiers under his command in Xingzhou, and it is estimated that this number is stationed in Zezhou.

However, he can still command the troops of Li Hanzhi and Xue Zhiqin. There are no more than 3 troops along the way, and the quality of them is also very suspicious. Not all of them are government soldiers, town soldiers and the like.

In Daibei, it is only known that Kang Junli is in charge of the defense, but the number of troops is unknown.

But in any case, Zelu and Daibei should take advantage of the natural dangers of Taihang and Hengshan and focus on defense.Li Ke used his own elite to Wei Bo, and came to trouble Shao Shude.

In addition, the attitude of the Hebei Fanzhen is also worth noting.They have a natural aversion to the Xia army who held high the banner of cutting the vassal. Even if they don't like Li Keyong, they will not tear down the stage at this time, and will even give necessary assistance.

This——should be Wang Shifan's confidence.

"I set up an army of 30 to march eastward, and it is not so easy to retreat." Shao Shude said.

When Wang Shihui heard this, he immediately replied: "My brother has a word first. If your highness withdraws, he is willing to lose 20 cash, 20 pieces of silk, and 20 huts of grain to the army. This will always be the case every year in the future. King Xia is a believer. If you say what you say, everyone in the world will know it, and you will definitely not betray the alliance. In this way, the people will be at ease."

Ziqing is still rich!Shao Shude thought to himself that the clam duo salt pond radiated some areas in Hebei and Henan, Denglaiqing and other prefectures also cooked sea salt, and in the past Huaixi Wu Shaocheng used cowhide to exchange salt with Ziqing town.In addition, it is estimated that being a second-hand dealer in sea trade will also be very rewarding. Apart from other things, exporting horses to the outside world is a big business.

Seeing that Shao Shude was silent, Wang Shihui was a little anxious, he hesitated to speak.

Chen Cheng winked for a while, Shao Shude understood, and found an excuse to let Wang Shihui go to the post to rest first.

"Chen Changshi showed me with his eyes, so he must teach me." Shao Shude laughed.

"Your Majesty, Jin soldiers have already gone south, and now the troops of Yun and Yan are likely to fight?" Chen Cheng asked.

"Li Keyong can bring 5 people here at most." Shao Shude said: "As long as the towns in Hebei don't send troops with him, they should still be able to handle it."

"The towns in Hebei will not send out large troops, but they can still do it by offering some money and food and dispatching a few soldiers." Chen Cheng said: "My lord, the two towns of Yan and Qi have not yet been leveled, and Zhu Jin and Wang Shifan still have ten soldiers. Yu Wan, Hu Zhen, Ge Congzhou and his ilk alone can afford it?"

Shao Shude shook his head.

Anyway, he doesn't like the fighting power of Longxiang, Guangsheng, Shenjie, Longhu, Pengri, Pengsheng and other armies.In field battles, they may not necessarily outperform Yan and Qi soldiers.Only with a bit of strategy can the chances of winning be greater, such as the time when Yan Bao was tricked by Kang's father and escaped alone.

But most of the battles in the world are head-on battles without any tricks. If the combat effectiveness is not good, the restrictions will be too great.

When Zhu Zhen, Ding Hui, Ge Congzhou and others were in Chao Jun in the past, did they have a little bit of talent?He was beaten like a dog everywhere and ran for his life.At that time, Li Keyong was a god-like figure in front of them. He repeatedly defeated the nest army with less and more, relying on his strong fighting power.

But after they led the Liang soldiers, they let the Jin soldiers suffer, why?
"Now Yunzhou is empty, and the Jianrui, Huguo, Zhongwu and other armies are broken, and they will not fight to the death. If Li Keyong crosses the river and goes down the river, who will stop him?" Chen Cheng asked.

His meaning is very clear, if you want the king to fight the king, the main force should be used against Li Keyong, and the rest of the miscellaneous soldiers should be used against Zhu Jin and Wang Shifan.

"What does Chen Changshi mean?"

"It would be much easier for Wang Shifan to beg for the alliance and collect some money, silk, food and grass, and then concentrate on dealing with Li Keyong and Zhu Jin. The strength of Yanzhen is far inferior to that of Ziqing." Chen Cheng said, at the end, again Looking at Shao Shude, he added: "Peace Zhu Jin first, and then deal with Wang Shifan."

"Receive another vassal?" Shao Shude suddenly became angry.

Along the way, how many vassals have you collected?Longjian, Xingyuan, Zhongyi, Eyue, Chen Xu, Hezhong, as well as Tang Deng and Huaixi of the Yue family, are full of thunder. It is not known when they will be free to clean up.

Many things affect the whole body.You cleaned up one, maybe others didn’t think so, and cleaned up two, and the other commanders comforted themselves that there was a way to kill him. When you cleaned up three or four, everyone would suddenly wake up, and then there would be wars everywhere. What does it look like?
Compromise, compromise, compromise to the end, is it to build a back beam, a post-Tang?

Houliang was the smallest dynasty among the five dynasties. Zhu Quanzhong fought for 29 years and won countless decisive battles in his life. Another dynasty would have ruled the world long ago.

In the early years of the Kingdom, Emperor Taizong defeated Dou Jiande's [-] troops in the first battle, and Hebei was basically pacified.If it weren't for Gaozu's improper operation later, there might not be Liu Heita's repetition.But Zhu Quanzhong won an unknown number of battles in Hebei, and the number of troops he annihilated was several times that of Dou Jiande's entire army, but he did not pacify Hebei until his death. To break free is to fail.

Later Liang actually died in cutting down the feudal clan.Shao Shude didn't know what Zhu Quanzhong was thinking about in the last ten years of his life, and he was probably very desperate.Eliminate one "Dou Jiande", and there will be a dozen or dozens of "Dou Jiande" who will jump out to join you. There are careerists everywhere, driving you crazy, and you have to compromise.

The Later Tang Dynasty continued on the basis of the reduction of the feudal clan in the Houliang Dynasty, and finally died in the reduction of the feudal clan, and was blown to pieces by the landmines of the feudal town.

I don't fucking want to establish a short-lived dynasty called Houxia or Beixia in history books!
"Your Majesty..." Chen Cheng called softly.

Shao Shude almost couldn't control the jackal in his heart again.

He took a deep breath.Since the Eastern Expedition, he has taken risks twice. A few days ago, he looked at Zhu Qiong's bloody head over and over again, without any sense of disobedience.

"Transfer Zuo Yi from the army." Shao Shude ordered.

"Your Majesty?" Chen Cheng was startled. He felt that his strategy was feasible, and sometimes there was no need to force it. Taking a step back was for better progress in the future.

"Li Keyong wants to fight, and I will fight with him." Shao Shude said: "I understand Zhu Quanzhong very well. He is a capable person and a poor person, but I don't want to follow his old path, which is a dead end. The advantage may be a chance to win. Tell Yi Congjun to set off immediately and arrive in Yunzhou within [-] days. If there is any delay, tell Wuzang Jieming to go back to Hengshan to farm."

(End of this chapter)