Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 94 Fei Shui thinks that Anshi is there, Jingyang looks away from Ziyi ([-])

On the eighth day of September in the first year of Zhonghe, Shao Shude finished viewing chrysanthemums in the suburbs.

The deal with Li Xiaochang of Fufang was basically concluded.Zhuge Shuang personally took a look at the Fufang Army with less than 4000 people left, sighed again and again after returning, and privately said that it was no different from the Chao Army prisoners.

Originally, there had been military chaos, and morale had been low.It's better to let them go and replace them with an army that can fight. It's better to be the Pan Ning Army -- the commander still remembers his old buddy Zhu Mei, and the feelings of the same as Pang Xun's old division are naturally different.

The recruitment of immigrants in Jingyang and Gaoling counties went very smoothly.Unlike the northern part of Jingzhao Prefecture, which has been under the control of the northern side for a long time, life is still relatively stable. Jingyang, Gaoling, Xianyang, Xingping, Liquan and other counties have changed hands several times, and wars have occurred frequently. A big impact is real.

As soon as Li Yanling raised a banner to raise money, a large number of hungry people with their families and their families came in, and in ten days, more than 4300 households were gathered in the two counties.On the eighth day of the September lunar month, Liu Zijing, deputy general of the transportation battalion, took these people on the road, along with more than [-] prisoners of the Chao Army, dozens of craftsmen, [-] grains of dendrobium, and rewards from some sergeants, escorted by [-] auxiliary soldiers, and set off. Go to Suizhou.

Shao Shude is now addicted to dumping things on his own site.Farmers, craftsmen, grooms, groomsmen, veterinarians, etc., everything is upside down, as long as they can consolidate the foundation of Suizhou, they all need it!There may not be much to see at the moment, but five or ten years from now?But it is very different.

Let you play for five or ten years in a daze, and you may not be able to make a name for yourself.Soldiers fight less and less, people fight more and more poor, keep fighting.Lao Tzu has a safe rear, one has the Yellow River in the east, and it is difficult for the enemy to cross the river in large numbers to attack, and in the south there are deserts and Hengshan, and it is also difficult for the enemy to pass through in large numbers.

"Military envoy, there is a military report." Wei Boqiu hurriedly entered the account and handed over a military report.

"Wang Chongrong is really hard to describe." Shao Shude said speechlessly.

This person was originally allied with Gao Xun, the commander of the Zhaoyi Festival, to hunt down thieves together.After Gao Xun was defeated and fled, he panicked.Later, Li Xiang was defeated by Shao Shude, and he regained some confidence. As a result, Li Xiaochang took his troops back to Kunfang a while ago, and Wang Chongrong withdrew his troops in Pan County and Tongzhou, and shrank to Hexi County to wait and see the situation.

Wang Chongrong, in fact, has no intention of chasing thieves at all!He entered Tongzhou, Huazhou and other places, in fact, to build a peripheral defense line for his own river, and he was thinking of giving up at any time.

Wang Dashuai also sent someone to send Zhuge Shuang [-] husks of military rations and some money and silk equipment. Obviously, it was the illustrious martial arts of the camp in the north that made him admire.Now in the imperial court, the military exploits of the camp in the north should still be good.

If Shao Shude defeated Li Tangbin in the first battle, it was not enough to attract attention, then defeating Zhu Wen in the Tongzhou battle was already a serious victory.Needless to say, in the third game, everyone was defeated, and the northern camp also lost all the way from Chang'an to Fuping.Although the chasing soldiers were defeated on the way, they were indeed fleeing. The courtiers did not care about the number of enemies you killed, he only looked at the overall situation.

In the latest battle, Zhuge Shuang made a big face again, and the Tielin army under his command broke the bandit general Li Xiang in the southeast of Gaoling, killing thousands of enemies, which made people look impressive.In four battles, three wins and one loss, Wang Chongrong sent an envoy to make peace, and it was normal.

"Li Ke uses Kou Weizhou? It's interesting." Shao Shude had someone call Chen Cheng and asked directly, "What's the current situation in the northern towns?"

"Reporting to the military envoy, last year, Qi Bizhang led the army to attack Zhenwu military city, expelled Wu Shitai, and proclaimed himself Zhenwu Lin Shengjiedu. I would like to lead the army south to attack the nest thieves, but Li Keyong annexed Xin and Dai, and plundered Taiyuan. Zheng Congxian, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, asked for troops from the towns of Tiande, Zhenwu, Datong, and Youzhou to attack them. The Tiande army was still led by Hao Zhenwei. Lead." Chen Cheng replied.

Well, this is basically a replica of Li Guochang and his son two years ago.Li Keyong lost the old nest of the Datong Army, but the two states of Xin and Dai seem to be more prosperous, and it is more convenient to loot the essence of Taiyuan (several dangerous passes are all under Li Keyong's control), and his troops are even more powerful. It is more than [-], and its strength far exceeds that of two years ago.

Looking at Hedong again, a large number of troops and horses were transferred to Guanzhong to seek thieves, and there were no soldiers from Henan and Hebei to help.

"Like can't come to Guanzhong in a short time, so which other troops can come?" General Shao Shude read the newspaper over and over again, but did not find a few generals willing to lead the army into the aid pass personally. Wan Xiongbing's High Duke of Huainan?

Without reinforcements, how can we fight this battle?Wouldn't Huang Chao continue to stay in Chang'an?Forget it, whatever the hell, the Tielin Army has been worthy of the imperial court so far.Zhang Yan's army in the north was almost completely annihilated by You Yi, and the newcomer Li Xiang was also killed, wounded and captured 7000 people, so that he led his troops to flee overnight, and has been stationed in Weiqiao Warehouse, not daring to look north. .

However, Shao Shude didn't want to irritate him too much.In case Huang Chao was really in a hurry and sent Shang Rang, Meng Kai and others to lead 20,000 troops northward, he would have no choice but to retreat.However, Huang Chao seems to be very insecure. The number of soldiers around him has never been less than [-], and the soldiers and horses that can be used in the four directions of east, west, north, south, add up to no more than [-] to the west, [-] to the east, and [-] to monitor the south, which can be used for up to [-] people in the north.

The [-] nest army, ask them if they dare to go north?The banner of the Tielin army was raised, and Zhang Yan and Li Xiang were all tied up, and Zhu Wen didn't want to come to die.Who else?

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The entire September passed quickly, and the northern counties of Jingzhao Prefecture under the control of Xia Sui's army started autumn sowing after harvesting their grains.

Fortunately for these people, apart from being looted by the nest army at the beginning, the overall damage was relatively light, and the order of agricultural production was generally not damaged.

Of course, a decline in living standards is inevitable.There are more than [-] troops in the north camp, and they need to provide military rations and rewards. They are even often recruited to help transport food and military supplies.But to be honest, compared with the people in the prefectures and counties near Chang'an, the eight counties of Tongguan, Meiyuan, Fengxian, Fuping, Huayuan, Sanyuan, Xiagui (belonging to Huazhou), and Baishui (belonging to Tongzhou) should be content. .

Compared with the joy of the harvest, the expulsion of the commander in the Fengxiang Mansion to the west was a great disappointment.

Zheng Xianggong and his wife were unable to cook without rice, so he decided to reduce the amount of rewards given to the army, and there were many complaints in the army.Fengxiang Town marching Sima Li Changyan incited the sergeant to withdraw from the front line.At that time, there were thousands of new soldiers in the city, and Li Changyan also led [-] people to the outside of the city. Zheng Tang couldn't bear to see the court troops kill each other, so he handed over the military power to Li Changyan and left.

As soon as Zheng Tang left, there was a sudden uproar in the front line.Wang Chucun in Hu (hù) County, Cheng Zongchu in Xucuo (zhōu zhì), Li Yun in Xingping, Zhu Mei in Fengtian, Gong Xian in Wugong, the total number of troops was more than [-]. , people's hearts are floating, and they have no intention of fighting again.More than [-] Shu troops from Xingyuan Mansion to the south even retreated directly. After all, Zheng Dutong has left, and now I don't know who to listen to. Anyway, Li Changyan is not qualified to lead everyone.

Zhuge Shuang was also a little annoyed after hearing the news.Originally, the battle was good, but the troops in the west approached Chang'an. They fought every step of the way, with deep ditches and high fortresses. They firmly controlled nine counties including Xingping, Liquan, Fengtian, and Haoxuan, which made Chang'an thieves lose a lot of money. Li Changyan led troops from the front line back to Fengxiang Mansion to make trouble and force Zheng Dutong away. Not to mention that all his previous achievements have been abandoned.

Wang Chongrong from the east also abandoned Tongzhou City and retreated to Hancheng and Hexi fortresses after the Zhaoyi Army was defeated and Li Xiaochang of Kunfang ran away.The puppet Qi Tonghua Jiedushi Zhu Wen sent troops to receive them, but he only had more than [-] soldiers and horses. Even if Li Xiang could support nearby, it would not exceed [-], and he only had five counties in Tonghua (there should be eight counties). The land is small and the people are few, and the financial resources are insufficient. How to attack the river?
Wang Chongrong, you overreacted!An army of 10,000 is defending to the death, waiting for Zhu Wen to attack with more than [-] troops, is it shameful?
On the third day of October, Zhuge Shuang decided to adjust his deployment.The main force of the northern battalion retreated northward in great strides. Zhou Rong, the left wing envoy of the Xiasui Ya Army, led his troops to move to Xiagui, and the right wing envoy Linghu Jing moved to Fengxian.These 6000 people are to prevent Zhu Wen from crossing the Luoshui River to plunder westward, and at the same time block Li Xiang's way to plunder northward. There are more than [-] people in the eight counties in the north of Jingzhao Prefecture. Now they are Xia Suijun's parents, baby. .

Zhuge Shuang brought more than [-] people back to Fuping, and at the same time gave Shao Shude an order: Gaoling County can observe the rules, if not, retreat to Sanyuan.The old man is really unhappy now. Every time he enters Chang'an, at a critical moment, just seeing some hope, there are always all kinds of moths.Last time, the various armies fought to enter Chang'an, this time the front-line generals ran back to force the palace.

How can this Chang'an be recovered?

(End of this chapter)