Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 926
"Huo Sanlang, are you still a human? Kill even your own village!" An old man at the junction of Xinxiang and Weizhou scolded angrily with a sad expression.

Huo Sanlang was a little ashamed at first, but now seeing the old man chattering, he was also a little annoyed, he snorted coldly, and said: "It's not the first time that the heavenly soldiers have entered Weibo, those who know the current affairs are heroes, there is nothing to say."

"Heavenly Soldiers? Xia Bing are Heavenly Soldiers? Shence Army is Heavenly Soldiers, right?" The old man became more and more angry, and said, "When will it be his turn to take care of the affairs of the six prefectures of Weibo? There are only two saints An and Shi in Hebei. I’ve heard of the saints of the Li family, and even the saints of the Shao family don’t know where the thieves came from.”

"I'm too lazy to talk to you!" Huo Sanlang finally didn't dare to do anything to the old man, and walked away directly.

There are several corpses lying in the village, all of which were killed by soldiers of the Xiaojie Army just now, because they tried to prevent the Xiaojie Army from entering the village to raise food and grass.

"You collect the corn and wheat in the field, and I will take away these grains, beans and hay." Perhaps a little guilty, Huo Sanlang yelled when he passed by the old man.

A junior Xia Jun watched with interest.

It was the first time for a soldier of Xiaojie to be a traitor, and his skin was not thick enough, and his fellow countrymen were not tough enough to speak.People are also a bit stupid, they have killed people with their hands, their faces have been torn, and they still can't let go?

On the post road outside the village, teams of sergeants passed with their heads held high.

Xinxiang is actually very close to Lisuoji County in Weizhou. Walk slowly for two days, and walk fast for one day.Tens of thousands of soldiers marched eastward, and anyone with a little brain knew that they were going to Weizhou.

The main force of Weizhou was stationed in Zhoucheng and Liyang. If nothing else, it would be another battle, even though Xia Jun was probably invited by Jiedu envoy Luo Hongxin to help.

"The Xiaojie Army has expanded to more than [-] people." In the marching team, Zhao Guangfeng reported.

"How come there are four hundred more?"

"The envoy of Xiaojie Army, Huo Liangsi, asked the soldiers to call for friends, and four hundred people came."

"More than 2000 people called for friends, and only [-] were called?" Shao Shude laughed and said, "Have the family members of Xiaojie Army started to move south?"

"It has already started. Huo Liangsi sent more than ten people to Tangzhou together." Zhao Guangfeng replied.

"It's better to follow the past, so as not to be suspicious." Shao Shude said: "Let the two towns of Heyang and Dongdu prepare supplies along the way. Shaanxi, Guo, Hua, and Tong prefectures choose some agricultural tools, seeds, and cattle. Give the two horses of silk a home allowance, so don't say I'm stingy."

"Obey." Zhao Guangfeng immediately ordered his subordinates to do it.At the same time, he thought to himself, Your Majesty attaches great importance to these Wei Bo traitors, and it seems that he wants to reassure himself, let them slowly change their mentality, and work harder.

But this army is also not to be trusted, at least not for a short time.

Wei Bowu's mind was wild, he was not as simple as Henan and Kansai, Zhao Guangfeng even doubted whether it would be effective to move his family to Tangzhou.It may work somewhat, but don't expect too much.When it's time to go against it, the family doesn't care.Do not believe?When did the Cai people, who were soldiers all over the world, miss their families?
Of course, they will not be accepted by Wei Bo again.

Five hundred descendants were massacred in Xinxiang, all states.This society is "recruiting" grain, grass, vehicles, and even killed a few people who blocked them, and its reputation is already very bad.No matter which Jiedu envoy comes to power, it is impossible to pardon them, and it is not bad to save their lives and deport them.

Therefore, they can use it for the time being.

******
In the city of Weizhou, it was like facing a big enemy.

The news that Gongcheng and Xinxiang were attacked was no secret.

In the early morning of the fifth day of August, Tian Xiyan sent people out of the city to investigate, but after dozens of rides, none of them came back, and he didn't know whether he ran away or died.

Lao Tian was a little panicked, and ordered the three thousand state soldiers to eat and drink well, take a good rest, and prepare to defend to the death.

All day on the [-]th, Governor Xie Xitu was busy collecting food, equipment, wound medicine, and equipment for defending the city, without touching the ground.

"Where is Mr. Xie?" Tian Xiyan rushed into the state office, grabbed a civil servant, and asked.

Seeing Tian Xi's ferocious appearance, the clerk was a little panicked, and murmured: "Your envoy is calling the craftsmen in the city to urge them to hurry up to make clappers."

Tian Xiyan wanted to ask again, but he heard the report from the soldiers under his command that Xia Jun's "thousands of cavalry" appeared outside the west gate, and they were driving away our army's cavalry, as if they wanted to seize the gate.

Tian Xiyan stomped her feet and left in a hurry.

The situation outside the city is indeed very tense.

A large group of cavalry roared back and forth, teasing the Wei cavalry in twos and threes like a cat catching a mouse.From time to time, they surrounded a group of spears and horses, beheading them all in the open field.There were even messengers leaving the city who were stopped, and most of the military situation in the city had been leaked. Tian Xiyan was furious, but he did not dare to go out of the city to fight.

At ten o'clock in the evening, more and more Xia army infantry gathered outside the city, conservatively estimated at more than [-].Looking at the smoke and dust in the distance, Xia Jun's brigade is still gathering.

Tian Xiyan wanted to take advantage of the Xia people's unsteady foothold and go out of the city to charge and kill them, but after looking at the cavalry cruising around, he dismissed the idea - if the battle fails, it will be difficult to retreat.

At three o'clock in the unitary hour, he came to the state office again.

"Where's Xie Xitu?" Tian Xiyan asked angrily.

"I'm going to prepare gold juice." It was still the civil official in the morning, looking at the gleaming horizontal knife in Tian Xiyan's hand, and swallowed.

"Get out!" Tian Xiyan kicked him over, furious: "Does the governor have to dig out the cesspit himself? Hurry up and ask Xie Xitu to quickly recruit the young men in the city."

"Follow orders." The official scrambled out of the state office, not caring if there was anything wrong with the state army commander shouting at the governor.

Xie Xitu returned to the state government just after Xu time.

Knowing that he couldn't drag on any longer, he immediately called his eldest son, Xie Yanhui, and gave him instructions in a low voice.

Xie Yanhui understood, and first transferred nearly a hundred slaves from the mansion, all of them were distributed with equipment, and at the same time sent his family members in to guard them closely.

After finishing all this, he left the state government office with another [-] servants of Xie's mansion wearing helmets and armour, and with the cooperation of five hundred state soldiers sent by Tian Xiyan, he knocked on doors from door to door, in the name of the state capital. Latin enlisted.

Naturally, the first thing they went to was the family of a high-ranking family.They generally have domestic servants, and there are quite a few of them, making them the best Latin targets.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but Xie's servants started looting first.After knocking on the door of the rich, they robbed the goods they saw.

Xie Yanhui seemed to be terrified, and just spoke a few words of reprimand.A house slave slashed at him with a knife, cursing: "It's been a long time since I didn't like you, don't stop me from getting rich."

Xie Yanhui scrambled and hid aside, his face turned pale.

The state soldiers froze for a moment, wondering if they should stop them.

But after all, they are warriors. When they saw Huang Chengcheng's copper coins and beautiful colored silk being scrambled for, they couldn't help it.

The governor's house slaves are all looting, what are we waiting for?Ever since, the state soldiers also joined in the looting, and gradually spread to Fangshi.

Xie Yanhui, under the protection of several loyal servants who protected the Lord, sprinted along the base of the wall, and disappeared into the darkness after a while.

There are guards hired by merchants in Fangshi, and they have professional ethics. Seeing that the state soldiers who rushed over did not retreat, they took out their strong bows and crossbows, and fought with the disorderly soldiers.

However, their numbers were still small, and they were quickly beheaded and wiped out by the rebels, and a looting began immediately.

More and more people heard the news, and some rogue teenagers also took the opportunity to walk out of the house, fished in troubled waters with knives and guns, and started looting.Some people set fires everywhere in order to cover up their bad deeds, and the whole city fell into chaos.

******
Luo Hongxin had already fallen into a semi-comatose state, and he was only awake for two or three hours a day.

There was already a drumming noise on the street outside.

Under the protection of his servants and cronies, Luo Shaowei pulled out dozens of carts of goods.

The cart was full of silk, gold and silver wares and other treasures, shining brightly under the light of the fire, which almost dazzled the eyes of the warriors.

"Everyone, this is the end of the matter, there is nothing to say." Luo Shaowei opened a wooden box, played with the pearls in it, and said, "I, Luo, are not from a famous family. My ancestors were just a military academy, and my father was just an infantryman." Small school, I have been a Jiedu envoy for so many years, to tell everyone, I made some money, but not much, it is all here."

Yamen soldiers gathered one after another.

They looked fierce and unruly, as if they were about to slash someone with a knife in the next moment.

Luo Shaowei was a little afraid, but he still had the courage to say: "People don't kill heaven and earth for themselves. I, the Luo family, serve as Jiedushi for the sake of wealth. Thanks to everyone's appreciation, I recommended my father to be Wei Shuai. After my father took office, he retreated from the Liang army and repaired it internally." Military equipment, all kinds of rewards are distributed in full. At Zhengdan, people gave ten coins, and did not treat everyone harshly. Now Li Gongquan is leading [-] people to rebel, which is exactly the same as Le Congxun in the past. Defeat is inevitable. Why do you bother to follow him? What? If his tens of thousands of people enter Weizhou City, if one of them is not well restrained, they may cause trouble. All the princes and their families are in the city, so don’t they follow in fear?"

What Luo Shaowei said was very sincere and reasonable, the soldiers thought about it, and stopped clamoring for a while.

"If all of you are willing to push me to keep it for the festival, I don't want these family wealth, and I will give it all to you." Luo Shaowei said loudly: "There are still some goods in the treasury, why give them to outsiders? Wouldn't it be nice if everyone shared them? "

There are [-] yamen soldiers and [-] state soldiers in the city. Yesterday, some town soldiers stationed near the left were called into the city. At this time, there are about [-] soldiers.

Luo Shaowei calculated that if he could win over these sergeants, it would be very possible to repel Li Gongquan.

After all, the more than 3 soldiers and horses under him came here to make a fortune, not desperately.Once they see that the city cannot be broken, the soldiers and horses from Bozhou, Xiangzhou, Beizhou and other places may just disperse and go back to their respective homes.

Back then Le Congxun led [-] Weizhou soldiers to the city of Weizhou, Luo Hongxin led the government soldiers and state soldiers out of the city to fight, and they were defeated.When Le Congxun's men saw that they could not enter the city, their morale plummeted, and many left, and the change of power in Weizhen was completed.

Now he needs to repel Li Gongquan's first attack. As long as he wins the first battle, there will be room for change.

Luo Shaowei had a detailed discussion with his father during the day today, and felt that it seemed that the old events of that year could be replicated.

Le Congxun not only led [-] Weizhou soldiers to force the palace, but also colluded with Zhu Quanzhong. Liang soldiers crossed the river from Huazhou and occupied several cities.When he heard that Le Congxun was defeated and the overall situation in Weizhen was settled, Zhu Quanzhong took some money and retreated.

The situation is almost like a retreat!
In Luo Shaowei's view, Shao Shude's Xia Bing can also be "retired".

It's not shameful to give money.But first, he needs to defeat Li Gongquan and win the first battle, so that Li Bu's sergeant can see that it is impossible to get the promised reward.Frustrated and desperate, maybe killing Li Gongquan directly would be even more perfect.

"Since the yamen is so knowledgeable, what if I push you to stay?"

"It's easy to deal with Li Gongquan. Let's get in touch and cut off this guy's head for safekeeping."

"Heads can't be given away for free, and the yamen can't add money?"

"The treasury is probably empty, where did the money come from?"

"Ya Nei, let me be blunt. You go to Dongcheng to borrow [-] yuan and distribute it to your brothers. They took your money and went to battle together to slaughter Li Gongquan. From now on, your son will inherit your father's job as a military governor, and you will be saved." How about the family business?"

"Quickly borrow money!"

"Loan money! As soon as the money arrives, everyone goes to battle immediately. We don't pay attention to Li Gongquan's soldiers. 5000 people are enough, and we will keep and kill 3 of them."

Luo Shaowei's face turned pale, a loan reward? !These yamen soldiers have a big appetite.

But he didn't dare to disobey the sergeants, so he could only agree repeatedly with a smile on his face.This Jiedushi, he deserves it, and he can do it if he doesn't, there is no way out.

(End of this chapter)