Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 958
On the 21st of the first month of the sixth year of Qianning, a large group of cavalry arrived at Baqiao.

This is two thousand horses straight from the horse, escorting Xia Wangshizi Shao Chengjie to Chang'an.

The people from Mazhi have undergone a change of blood.The previous 2000 people mainly came from Guasha, Tanshan and other places, mainly Fan people.

After serving as the prince's pro-army, he fought several battles in Huangzhou and Qizhou.

The vertical and horizontal water systems in those places are really a headache, so much so that they all like to dismount and fight on foot, and most of their abilities cannot be used.But to be honest, there were not many casualties during the battle, and too many people died of illness, almost four hundred people.

Especially in summer, many people cannot adapt to the local hot and humid climate, and a large number of people get sick.The military doctors who went to the north didn't even know what disease they were suffering from, so they couldn't do anything about it, so they had to rely on their bodies to bear it.

Since Ma Zhi lost 600 people successively, Shao Chengjie ordered to recruit loyal and brave people locally to supplement the establishment, so the scale of 2000 people was maintained.

"My son!" Yang Liang, the envoy of the Golden Sword Army, Zhang Guiba, the deputy envoy, and Du Yanqiu, Marquis of Duyu, who arrived earlier, all stepped forward to salute.

"Come here in the snow, you generals have worked hard." Shao Chengjie immediately replied.

Duan Ning, Shao Zhiyan, Shao Zhixing, Shao Zhiwei and others also stepped forward to salute.

Duan Ning, now judged by Ma Zhijun, is not as good as his former official in the Eastern Capital Shogunate, but Duan Ning didn't care, so he bet on the prince.

"This is the duty of a martial artist, not to mention hard work." Yang Liang replied.

According to King Xia's order, the newly formed Chang'an camp was commanded by Gao Renhou, and the deputy commander was the eldest son Shao Chengjie, who also served as the military envoy.

This is an obvious political signal, and Yang Liang can naturally understand it.

Shao Chengjie admired the large group of soldiers standing silently in the cold wind.

He walked along the queue of sergeants one by one, said a few words casually, and the warriors also replied a few words.

Duan Ning stood aside and watched carefully.

The prince is imitating the king of Xia, but the king of Xia has put in a lot of effort in remembering the names, appearances, and achievements of the soldiers, and the prince is still a little bit behind.

The most important thing is that the son does not have the prestige of King Xia.It can be clearly seen that no matter how reckless the martial arts are, they lower their heads in front of King Xia, but in front of the prince, their eyes are level, which is already very telling.

Standing in front of a sergeant, Shao Chengjie casually pulled out the bow tip from his waist, then untied the bowstring from the leather pouch, and quickly tied it on. His movements were very skillful, and he seemed to be well versed in this.

All eyes were attracted.

After Shao Chengjie tied it, he slowly stretched the bowstring to the full and tested his strength.Then the movements suddenly sped up, picking up the bow and setting the arrow, aiming at a tree, the whole process was smooth and flowing, and the rhythm was full of beauty.

Just listening to a "whoosh", a jackdaw fell to the ground.

"My son's arrow skills are amazing, I admire them." Yang Liang smiled in admiration.

The sergeants on the side also shouted under the officer's signal.

"Your Majesty's arrow skills are good."

"The fruit is His Highness's seed."

"The concubine's arrow skills are also good, the second saint's seed, can it be worse?"

"I don't know if you can still shoot so accurately when you are in battle?"

"It's pretty good. On the battlefield, even if it's a little worse, it's not that bad."

Listening to the words of the warriors, Duan Ning looked at Shizi worriedly.

These rough guys are used to fighting, and they never have good things to say. It is very difficult for them to really convince a person, even if he is a prince and general.I hope that the prince will not be affected by the noise of these killing talents.

Shao Chengjie didn't have any strange expression when he heard these words that seemed to be flattering but not quite right.

My father often said that one must have a big heart in order to be a martial artist.

In front of the warrior who rolled out of the dead, the upper and lower ranks are not so strict. Some people talk like a bird, and it is not worth getting angry with him.

Conquering the hearts of these people is not a matter of one day, but decades of continuous hard work.

He didn't quite understand it before, but after years of experience, he more or less realized it.

Father rode his horse into the army, and before he could speak, the soldiers cheered enthusiastically.

When I went to the army, I had to be signaled by the officers before the sergeants cheered, obviously not spontaneously.

Not enough effort, not enough prestige.

"Is the Baqiao camp all ready?" Shao Chengjie asked, returning the bow to the soldiers.

"There are enough barracks, but there is still a shortage of stables. The two counties of Chang'an and Wannian are already recruiting masters and speeding up the construction." Yang Liang said: "Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment and Jingzhao Yin Zheng Yuangui are not cooperative. Conscripting the master. In the end, it was Han Quanhui who sent people to arrest the county magistrates of Chang'an and Wannian counties, and this matter was done."

The Golden Sword Army has [-] soldiers and more than [-] horses.Let’s not talk about food consumption, you have to give the horses a place to live, and you must build new stables.Zheng Yuangui procrastinated and resisted deliberately, so he had to clean up in the future.

"That's good." Shao Cheng nodded, and said: "Since I am serving as a military envoy, the basic necessities of the army cannot be neglected. There are quite a few people in the fourth army of Jindao, Heizhu, Feixiong, and Congma. .”

The main officers of the Flying Bear Army will come to Baqiao to meet Shao Chengjie. The troops have already turned to Tongzhou halfway, and the horse is fostered in Shayuan Supervisor.

The base of the Heiji Army is tentatively designated as Huazhou, relying on Huazhou, Shanxi, and Guozhou to supply food and grass.

The Fourth Army has a total of 13 soldiers and nearly [-] horses, which is equivalent to the appetite of more than [-] infantry.Wherever it is placed in the Central Plains, it will be eaten up, just like locusts crossing the border.

Places with pastures are better, such as Guozhou, Ruzhou, Caizhou, and Huaizhou. Without pastures, they can only feed food, which consumes too much.After the Iron Cavalry, Dingnan, and Flying Dragon Armies with the same appetite return to Guanbei, you can try to transfer one or two troops into Henan. It is not without reason that the Iron Cavalry stays in Caozhou when there is no war, because the local agricultural conditions are good.

"Your Majesty, for the matter of grain and grass, Guanbei can transfer part of it. Dongshi and Nanshi pastures can also send some hay over for consumption." Duan Ning suggested: "The Jingzhao Mansion can also think of ways, such as Du Lingyuan."

"This strategy is very good." Shao Chengjie said: "The officers and men have come all the way and worked hard. Today we will kill sheep and goats, and we will start practicing tomorrow. All the forbidden gardens near Chang'an will be requisitioned and used as pastures."

After two years of logistics work, Shao Chengjie now has an intuitive concept of the consumption of food and grass in the army.

He is also good at mathematics, and when he has nothing to do, he calculates there. He still knows how much supplies the Fourth Army needs for more than [-] cavalry.

Given the current situation in Guanzhong, pastures are essential to support more cavalry.For the same one mu of land, if it is harvested three times in two years, it can harvest one hu and four buckets of corn and wheat on average a year, and an adult male needs to consume four hu of grain every year.

If leguminous pastures are planted, one acre of land can support a large livestock, such as a horse—of course, this is in the Central Plains with excellent agricultural conditions. In the grasslands, one acre of land cannot support a large livestock, which is far from enough.

There are many royal forbidden gardens and pastures such as Dulingyuan.But that should not be good grass, mostly weeds.Horses don’t necessarily like to eat. If they eat, it may take half a day, or even half a day to get full. Then there is no time for training, and they can graze all day long.

Feeding food was quick, and the horse was full in half an hour. There was a lot of time for training, but it was too extravagant.

It is imperative to replace the low-calorie weeds with the high-calorie Dawan alfalfa newly cultivated by the Royal Forbidden Garden.

With one sentence, he confiscated all the forbidden gardens used by the emperor for hunting. He was very decisive and didn't give any face at all. He was in a different style from his father Shao Shude. Bye.

After deciding on this matter, Yang Liang said goodbye and left to reorganize his team.Shao Chengjie went to the camp under the escort of General Ma Zhijun.

"Your Majesty, do you want officials from Jingzhao Mansion, Qianzhou, Yaozhou and other places to come to Baqiao?" Seeing the crowd walking towards the camp, Duan Ning hurriedly chased after them and reminded.

"Yes." Shao Chengjie thought for a while, feeling ashamed.

My father didn't ask me to come here to hang out with the big soldiers.In fact, unifying the political resources in the customs is also one of the tasks, and even more important.

As soon as I saw Wu Fu, I was very happy, but I forgot about it, and I had to be reminded by others, it shouldn't be.

Duan Ning is fine, he is a qualified staff member.

"How about this, the officials from the counties of Jingzhao Prefecture will come to Baqiao before the end of the first month. Whoever dares not come, I will let Cong Mazhi arrest them." Shao Chengjie said again: "If Zheng Yuangui dares to stop..."

"Your Majesty can't." Duan Ning said hastily: "Zheng Yuangui looks disgusting, but he can't really be a monster. But he can't be killed easily, just change someone, it doesn't take much trouble."

"You think I'm so stupid? Even the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment publicly punished me?" Shao Chengjie said with a smile: "Just tell Han Quanhui, he has a way to punish this person."

"Your Majesty is wise." Duan Ning immediately flattered her.

It is not difficult to deal with Zheng Yuangui. The imperial court ordered him to go to the southern miasma to serve as the governor. He is out of sight and out of mind, and he doesn't need to dirty his hands.

If you are really upset, find a fault, be demoted to a small state and county official, and then die, it is just a matter of an imperial edict.

Since these Qingliu are loyal to the emperor and the court, if the emperor wants you to die, will you die or not?This is their culprit, and they have nothing to do today.

"The Tu people in Zhuzhou, it's best to find a chance to meet them." Duan Ning said again.

"You can arrange it." Shao Chengjie replied directly.

Duan Ning was overjoyed.This is a great opportunity to save favors, so take advantage of it.

Originally, he was worried that his son would hang out with warriors all day long, and he would not meet the local Tu people in Guanzhong because he thought it was troublesome.For this reason, he even prepared speeches. For example, Shao Siwu met many people in Su, Bo and other places, and forged a lot of friendship with officials and generals in the Huaizuo area.

Now it seems that there is no need to be so troublesome, and it saves the risk - this kind of words reached King Xia's ears, and with his old man's shrewdness, Duan's death is certain.

The snow fell again, and Duan Ning followed Shao Chengjie step by step.Although the weather is cold, the heart is full of fire. The crown prince has finally started to take power, and Duan's future is also on the line.Fugui, let's fight here!
(End of this chapter)