Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 924

"General Tian, ​​what news have you heard about Li Gongquan in Bozhou?" In Weizhou Prefecture Yamen, Xie Xitu, the governor of Weizhou, summoned Tian Xiyan, the commander of the state army, and asked.

"Don't mention it, Mr. Li gathered tens of thousands of people and sent an army to Guixiang. The government soldiers wanted to promote Shi Renyu as Jiedu envoy, but Shi Renyu ran away and didn't want to be Jiedu envoy..." Tian Xiyan said this Shi's face was full of disbelief, but at the same time, he had some understanding and sympathy.

At the time when the yamen soldiers asked in the street with their knives if anyone would be willing to be a Jiedu envoy, it was understandable that Shi Renyu didn't want to do it.

He is not short of money, so why bother to wade into this muddy water?After the new Jiedushi came to power, don't they have to use these generals?This is a person who really understands life, but it is a pity that not everyone can think so openly.

"The yamen soldiers reintroduced Zhai Yi, who was in charge of the military government, as the envoy of the festival. Zhai Yi negotiated conditions with them, asking him to allow him to recruit 500 sudden generals as his own soldiers. Tian Xi became excited while he was speaking, and said: "No one wants to be a Jiedu envoy now, I think Li Gongquan will be cheaper in the end. But I don't think this guy will end well, just another Le Yanzhen. "

Actually, did Le Yanzhen really do something outrageous?In the age of war and chaos, which Jiedu envoy did not repair the city wall?That's reasonable, right?
Reluctantly, he recruited masters from Guixiang and Yuancheng, two Fuguo counties.Wu Fu's relatives are solid, and his marriage and family are connected. Just find a farmer in the countryside, and his family may have relatives of Wu Fu. There are more than three million people in Weibo, and there are not many people who have nothing to do with Wu Fu.

This enlistment of masters caused chaos, and the dignified Jiedu envoy was forced to go to Longxing Temple to become a monk.

Xie Xitu made a surprised expression on purpose, and sighed: "In this world, we can only protect ourselves. General Tian, ​​Weizhou must be guarded, and there will be no trouble."

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Tian Xiyan said with a smile.

Mao Zhuizi just doesn't care. It's been more than 100 years. How many times has this kind of drama been staged?Not used to it yet?Every time the power is changed, it is only limited to the upper echelons of Weizhou.You don't need to do it, and you still have money, isn't it good?
"General Tian, ​​it's not that the old man is talking too much." Xie Xitu organized his words and said, "What if the Xia people join in and send troops to defend the state?"

Tian Xiyan paused for a moment, and said with great emotion: "Naturally, he will be killed without leaving any traces. The 43 counties in the six prefectures of Weibo, in the Yuanhe period of Emperor Xianzong, were forced to bow their heads, and only a small number of state and county officials were allowed to intervene. It’s nothing more than offering part of the property. If the Xia people dare to come, I will fight them to the death, so you can rest assured.”

Xie Xitu said happily: "Then I will leave it to General Tian."

"It's easy to say." Tian Xiyan laughed.

After seeing off Tian Xiyan, Xie Xitu returned to his house and waited silently.After a while, the eldest son Xie Yanhui came back.

"My lord." Xie Yanhui wiped off his sweat and shouted, "Chen Yuanyu is already preparing the army to prevent the Xia people from crossing the river."

"Keep your voice down." Xie Xitu reprimanded, and said, "Didn't let him see the trick?"

Chen Yuanyu is the general of Liyang town, with five thousand soldiers.

Liyang is an important ferry, opposite to Huazhou, where Xia Jun and Tian German troops are stationed.This guy is pretty smart, he actually thought that Xia Jun might interfere in Wei Bo's civil strife, and prepared for war early.

"No." Xie Yanhui said: "Chen Yuanyu said that when Luo Hongxin and Le Congxun fought in the past, Le Congxun colluded with the Bian army, and he had to guard against it. He also said that the land of the six states of Weibo should be passed on to his descendants. It cannot be taken away by outsiders.”

"This gang of killers!" Xie Xitu said angrily.

"My lord, why don't I go to Xinxiang again?" Xie Yanhui asked.

"Don't bother." Xie Xitu waved his hand and said, "Warrior eats hard but not soft. You have to put a knife on your neck to be afraid. Let King Xia kill these lowly embryonic soldiers. Go quietly. When you practice martial arts, you say that the guards are stubborn, and you have to impose heavy punishments. Tian Xiyan, the commander of the state army, has an in-law in Weizhou as a general, and he will not surrender. I will find a way to kill this beast, and open the city to welcome the summer soldiers. Into the city."

Xie Yanhui swallowed, goosebumps all over his body.

When the matter came to an end, he couldn't be cowardly anymore, and immediately said, "I'll go right away."

There are hundreds of servants in the Xie Mansion, most of whom are clients from Zheng, Huai, and Wei states who fled to Weibo.

It was already the first day of August when Shao Shude received the news—the attitude of the guards was as expected.

Looking at Xie Yanhui who looked ashamed, he laughed loudly and said, "Why is Xie Dalang like this? It's not the first day you know Mr. Wei Bowu. Weibo, Chengde, Cangjing, and Yiding towns, I can I have never expected that when the army arrives, the thieves will come down upon hearing the news. If you don’t beat them up, it’s not beautiful. Tian Xiyan, Chen Yuanyu and others come down for no reason, I still suspect it’s a fraud.”

Xie Yanhui felt a little better, and said: "Your Highness, after punishing the bandits, don't be careless. Wei soldiers are close to the party, and their marriage and family are connected. Even an old farmer in the countryside may be his party member. Your Highness likes to visit the people. But don't do this in Hebei. There are too many thieves, and there may be assassins hiding among them. Enmity, fear of committing treasonous and immoral things..."

"I see." Shao Shude nodded and said.

"Order!" Shao Shude said suddenly.

Lu Siye, who had already been designated as secretary supervisor by default, immediately began to record orders.

"Li Renjun, the deputy envoy of the Tianxiong Army, led [-] cavalry in the right wing, went out to practice martial arts, and arrived at Huojia. He received food, grass and military supplies from Cangcheng, and went straight to Gongcheng."

"General Tu's deputy envoy Zhe Butai led three infantry commanders and one cavalry commander as the vanguard, and went out to Xiuwu to Xinxiang to control the pier."

"The Tiande army sent Cai Songyang to look for an opportunity to cross the river between Liyang and Weixian."

The order was sent out quickly.

The right wing of the Tianxiong Army, all the generals and most of the Tiande Army, with a total of [-] cavalry, immediately began to move.

The military machine turned again.

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The scout rushed into the city in a hurry, causing a flurry of jumps.

The merchants who were waiting to enter the city at the gate were scattered far away, and the suspension bridge was quickly pulled up.After a while, a large number of sergeants appeared at the top of the city, pointing at the distance.

The geographical location of Xinxiang County is very important, and it was an important node in the west section of Yongji Canal in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

In the Sui Dynasty, the Qinshui River was led into the Qing Dynasty, which met in Xinxiang, and then the ships went straight to Liyang along the Qingshui River, and then went north from here to Zhuojun County.During the Yuanhe period of Emperor Xianzong, due to the long-term war and the excessive sand content in Qin Dynasty, the west section of Yongji Canal gradually became silted up.

After Shao Shude occupied Heyang, he sent people to dredge and excavate, but it has not been completed yet.Even so, Xinxiang is still an important transportation node. Yanjin Pass is located here, and the ferry connects the north and south banks of the Yellow River.

A group of cavalry rushed from a distance, and they walked around the city. After seeing that the defenders were ready, they roared southward, heading straight for Yanjin Pass, and captured the pass of the city where there were only dozens of sailors.

In this way, the grain and grass materials transported from the Heyin warehouse can be directly transported to Xinxiang, saving the trouble of land transshipment.

At nightfall, the deputy envoy of General Tu led thousands of infantry to Xiazhai outside the pass.

Not to mention, the next step is to attack Xinxiang, take this place, and solve the worries for the future.Otherwise, it would be very troublesome to send someone to monitor.

On the third day of August, two thousand cavalry appeared west of Gongcheng County.They hid day and night, taking advantage of the early morning when the gates of the city were just opened and the flow of people and vehicles was high, they broke into the city in one fell swoop.

Coincidentally!Weizhou Inspector Xie Xitu ordered 500 defenders from Gongcheng County to go to Zhoucheng to collect food and grass on the grounds that the roads were not stable. There were only more than 300 people in the city.Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining [-] people retreated immediately, and were chased and killed in the field, almost annihilated.

After attacking and occupying Gongcheng County, they left hundreds of cavalry to support the follow-up troops, and the main force continued to move forward. Twenty miles southeast of Gongcheng County, they raided [-] soldiers who were escorting money and food back.

Qian Yu rode like a tiger descending the mountain, charged into the unprepared guards, dashed left and right, hacked them to cry for father and mother, and at the same time looked bewildered—why did the Xia people suddenly kill them?The distance between Gongcheng and Weizhou is not far, and the timing is just right.

The vanguards of the two routes are as powerful as a broken bamboo. They have killed thousands of thieves in a few days, captured a city, seized more than [-] grains and grass, and more than [-] carts.

At this time, the main force of the Xia army had already left Huojia County, only forty miles away from Xinxiang County.The speed of the march is astonishing.

"Your Majesty, the number of thieves captured." On the side of the post road, General Tu Yuhou Li Yanwei came to report.

Shao Shude rode his horse forward and saw a few people who were tied up from a distance.

"Why are the old ones old and the young ones small?" He asked with his eyes fixed.

The so-called thieves are actually ordinary people. The older ones may be fifty years old, and the younger ones are teenagers, but they all carry weapons.

"They are people from Xinxiang County. They watched the army from afar, intending to inform them, so they were captured." Li Yanwei reported.

"No mistake?" Shao Shude asked.

Li Yanwei's heart tightened, and he immediately replied: "The general asked repeatedly, and all of them have pleaded guilty."

"Cut it off!" Shao Shude ordered without saying much.

"Obey!" Li Yanwei waved his hand, and the sergeants pulled them aside, raised their knives and killed them on the spot.

Shao Shude watched silently, feeling for the first time the complexity of the old military town in Hebei.

He remembered the matter of Zhu Quanzhong's slaughter of Wei Bo's soldiers.

Zhu Quanzhong's daughter married to Weizhou died. He ordered Ma Sixun to lead a long straight army of thousands of elite soldiers, hide weapons in vehicles loaded with murder weapons, and enter Weizhou City.Because the murder weapon was pulled on his dead daughter, the Wei people didn't suspect it.

At night, Jiedu envoy Luo Shaowei ordered the soldiers of Xinxiang County and the elite soldiers of the Changzhi Army under his control to attack an arsenal. All the soldiers were armed and armed, and slaughtered all the Weibo soldiers and their families in their sleep. Family.

In this raid, the Liang general Ma Sixun who led the army was also seriously injured and died, which shows the fierceness of the battle.

Do you really want to kill like this?Shao Shude sighed.He is still willing to give others a chance. As long as ordinary town soldiers sincerely surrender, they don't have to kill them.But he didn't intend to keep those eight thousand yamen soldiers, they were all disasters.

For many years, it has been like child's play to control the six states of Weibo and abolish generals.Jiedushi is not allowed to recruit bodyguards himself, who are these people?

8000 people, each of whom was a rebel activist, spread the virus of the rebellious plague, and killed a hundred.

"Speed ​​up, reach Xinxiang before nightfall tomorrow, and attack the city overnight." He flicked his horsewhip and ordered.

(End of this chapter)