A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 742 Feng Jiajun

The world is full of fragrance in April.

People in Lingnan have already changed into thin shirts early.

By the Jianjiang River,
The flowers on the peach tree had long since faded. Feng Zhidai wiped the sweat from his forehead under the tree and looked at the spring water of the river with a worried face.

The beautiful Jianjiang River, which should have been green and clear, was now dyed red, and there were many things in the river.

What dyes the river water red is blood,

There are corpses floating in the river,

To be more precise, most of the people floating in the water were the Feng family's subordinates, newly reorganized state soldiers from the Gaozhou Governor's Mansion, and also soldiers from his Feng family.

"How many casualties?"

Feng Zhidai asked in a deep voice.

Next to him were a group of generals with their heads lowered and wearing rhinoceros leather armor. Most of them were named Feng and Xian.

"Trash!" Feng Zhidai cursed,
At this time, a rhinoceros leather armored general also wearing a purple robe stood up and said, "Tianxi, don't blame them all. Everyone has done their best."

Feng Zhidai narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the person who spoke.
"If you ask me, it's better to hurry up and urge Mr. Wu. He has been traveling in the mountains and should have arrived a long time ago. He has [-] elite soldiers from the Central Plains. They are well-equipped and armored. Isn't it easy to deal with the barbarians?"

The purple-robed general sneered.

"Tianxi..."

However, Feng Zhidai raised his right hand and looked at him with an evil look, "This is in the army, and it's wartime. Only Feng Zhidai, the governor of Gaozhou, and Feng Shihui, the governor of Douzhou, call me the governor here."

He stood up from the pony under the peach tree and glared at Feng Shihui fiercely, "As the governor of Douzhou appointed by the imperial court, I have given you enough time to recruit troops and regain the lost territory. But it has been a hundred days. , in addition to losing troops and generals, you kept complaining to me, begging for money, food and materials, but have you made any progress and regained an inch of land?"

Feng Shihui is Feng Zhidai's cousin, and his father is Feng Xuan, Feng An's second brother.

The three Feng An brothers, the eldest Feng Hun, when the Sui army defeated Chen Hou Wei Guang, went to Lingnan, Feng Hun was ordered by Mrs.But later Chen Fozhi and others rebelled against the Sui Dynasty and surrounded Guangzhou. Feng Hun died in Guangzhou City.

After Feng Hun's death, the two brothers Feng Xuan and Feng Ang fought for the position of heir to the Feng family. It can be said that they fought for a lifetime.

In the sixth year of Wude, Ning Changzhen raised an army against the Tang Dynasty, and his father-in-law, Feng Xuan, also followed suit.

Feng Xuan's son Feng Shihui, who was the governor of Gangzhou at the time, also responded by raising troops. Later, Ning Changzhen, Feng Xuan and others were defeated, and Feng Shihui also surrendered on the condition of being reinstated. After Feng Xuan's death, he took over the post of governor of Luozhou.

After the New Year of this year, Feng Ang stayed in Chang'an, and Feng Zhidai took over as the governor of Gaozhou. He also appointed the descendants of the Gao family in the four prefectures as governors.

Feng Shihui was excluded and suppressed, and was transferred from the governor of Luozhou to the governor of Douzhou.

Of course Feng Shihui and Feng Sanguan were not happy, because this Douzhou was originally the sphere of influence of the Chen family in Longzhou. Later, Chen Longshu opened Nanfuzhou. As a result, Tan Dian and other barbarians were dissatisfied and sent Chen Longshu back to Longzhou.

The imperial court transferred him to Douzhou, but before he took office, the entire territory of Douzhou was occupied by barbarians again.

Feng Zhidai rushed back to Lingnan from Chang'an.

Immediately let Feng Sanguan lead his troops to Douzhou and let him take back Douzhou by himself.
How could Feng Sanguan be willing?

So both parties dragged their feet and bargained.

However, Feng Sanguan had to leave Luozhou and come to Douzhou in the end, but he still asked Feng Zhidai to give him a lot of money, food and weapons, and even asked him to mobilize troops to cooperate.

Feng Sanguan himself mobilized 2 troops and horses, and together with the troops mobilized by the governors of the other seven states of Gaozhou, the total number was [-].

But although the governors of the eight states of Gaozhou Dudufu are all surnamed Feng, five are Feng Ang's sons, two are Feng Xuan's sons, and one is Feng Hun's son.
These eight governors are also cousins, but they also have their own agendas.

Anyway, I don’t want to suffer a loss myself, and even Feng Sanguan is not willing to contribute.

The result is that they plot against each other and fight very passively.
In more than three months, four encirclement and suppression campaigns were organized, all of which failed.

Feng Sanguan was so worried by Feng Zhidai that he simply raised his head and said, "I have done a good job as the governor of Luozhou. You have to transfer me to Douzhou."

Before I took office, Douzhou was captured by the barbarians. If you have the ability, you can exchange the intact Douzhou for me. I won’t say anything. Draw a circle on the map and you will exchange for my Luozhou.
Now you are still unwilling to even attack Douzhou. What the hell is this? "

"Do you really think grandpa is easy to bully?"

Although Feng Zhidai is younger than Feng Sanguan, he is not afraid of this cousin. In fact, there was a lot of internal fighting between the brothers Feng Xuan and Feng An. Of course, the cousins ​​Feng Zhidai and Feng Sanguan were on the battlefield more than once. Contested.

Feng Zhidai is brave and resourceful, while Feng Sanguan is tough and courageous, and they are both very capable of fighting.

Feng Sanguan currently only has 3000 men at his disposal, and he has lost a lot of them after four sieges. Although he has recruited more troops one after another, it is obvious that the new recruits are not as good as the original ones.

Feng Sanguan was unwilling and did not dare to destroy those elite veterans. If they were destroyed, he would be completely out of the game.

Feeling desperate, he simply shouted that he wanted to lead the team back to Luozhou.

But now the governor of Luozhou is Feng Zhidao, Feng Ang's son. Of course, Feng Zhidao will not let his cousin go back to grab territory again.

So Feng Zhidai stood up and spoke out to persuade.

"Commander, how long will it take for Mr. Wu to come with his troops?" Feng Zhidao asked his elder brother.

Feng Zhidai glanced at his brother, "Are we still relying on Prime Minister Wu to pacify the barbarians? We are the governors of various states granted by the Holy Emperor of Chang'an. How can we not relieve the Holy Emperor of his worries even with such a small matter?"

"Or do you want Aye to be ridiculed in Chang'an? Aye has given birth to thirty sons, is it possible that none of them are promising?" Zhi Dai quickly smiled, "Don't be angry, Captain, it's not that I won't wait. Use your strength, the barbarians are really outnumbered, and they are very united this time, and they occupy a dangerous position, so it is really difficult for us to encircle and suppress them."

Feng Zhidai said with a cold face, "I came here specially from Gaoliang, not to listen to your talk. I will give you another chance to capture Luo Doudong within ten days. If you can't capture it, Come and see us all."

"Captain, it is impossible to win in ten days. The position of Luo Dou Dong is too dangerous. The Dongjiang River and Xijiang River, the tributaries of the upper reaches of the Jianjiang River, converge, making Luo Dou Dong's rebel camp surrounded by water on three sides. They are still upstream, and now they are It’s the time of high water during the flood season...”

"I don't want to listen to your nonsense. Wu Xiangguo is coming soon. He said when he was in Chang'an that he wanted us to donate [-] heads or prisoners to him,"

A group of Feng family generals started arguing again under the peach tree by the river.
One said it was difficult, the other said the time was tight,

Some people say that heavy rains for days have brought enough food and grass, while others say that floods are not conducive to fighting.
Anyway, before the fifth siege started, no one was willing to join.

Feng Sanguan, the governor of Douzhou, even said that he was the main force in the four campaigns and lost thousands of people. Now there are too many new soldiers and they need to rest and train.

After discussing it for a long time, there was no result.

Broke up unhappily.

Feng Zhidai stood on the edge of the Jianjiang River with his hands behind his back. There were still corpses floating down the river. These corpses were all those killed in the failed campaign to suppress the rebels in Doudong, Luo. They were thrown into the river by the barbarians and flowed down the river.

Deliberately frightening Feng Jiajun downstream.

"Captain, what should we do now?" a general asked.

Feng Zhidai also had a headache. This time the beasts were very fierce and united, but the Feng family was not united. They all had their own agendas and did not want their men to be consumed.

The so-called four campaigns were actually not unified at all.

Without Feng An in charge, Feng Zhidai could not suppress the Feng family.
"If it really doesn't work, let's kill the chicken to scare the monkeys," an aide suggested in a low voice.

"tell me the story."

"Tomorrow we will gather the generals for a meeting. At that time, the governor will issue a military order for Feng Sanguan to lead his troops to attack Luo Doudong. If he does not go, he will be captured on the grounds of resisting the military order and he will be temporarily dismissed as the governor of Douzhou. took office and took away his 3000 troops,

There will definitely be people under his command who are loyal to Feng Sanguan and refuse to obey, so he will directly accuse them of rebellion and collaboration with the enemy and behead them on the spot."

"and then?"

"Then he sent Feng Sanguan's troops as the vanguard to attack Luo Dou. He then dispatched a thousand soldiers and horses from each of the remaining seven states, and used these 1 people to attack the rebel barbarians in Luo Dou. The governor would then lead the remaining troops. 1 people marched in formation.

Anyone who dares to disobey will be punished directly on the spot."

The aide used his palm as a knife and slashed it down, "I don't believe they still dare to disobey orders?"

"As long as all the ministries are willing to make real efforts, not to mention retaking the entire Douzhou immediately, at least Luo Doudong can be captured, and the [-] heads can be collected. If it is not enough, the heads of the soldiers who died in the eight states can also be used to top up the number. .”

"If the Governor wants to take action against Feng Sanguan, he must also take down Feng Shiyi."

Feng Shiyi is Feng Shihui's biological brother and the son of Feng Xuan. He is currently the governor of Benzhou.

Feng Zhidai was silent.

He had not yet made up his mind about attacking the two cousins. Although everyone had been fighting in the past, but now the troops from the Central Plains are marching south and the dragons are crossing the river. At this time, the Feng family and the Xian family can no longer Infighting.

When he was in Chang'an, his father had already explained it to him.

Ask him to unite the Feng Xian family.

But these damn guys are more bullshit than the last. If the Feng Xian family is willing to truly unite, then the beast is no match for them.

But they were scheming one by one, and no one was willing to contribute.

Even Feng Shihui, the governor of Douzhou, refused to contribute.

As the governor of Gaozhou, Feng Zhidai was under great pressure. Wu Xianggong, who was patrolling Lingnan Province, was walking slowly on the road, but official documents kept coming one after another, and the words became more and more severe.

He has been accused more than once of the governor's ineffectiveness in suppressing the rebellion.

Prime Minister Wu asked him to quickly put down the rebellion, and asked him to quickly hand over at least [-] rebel heads.

Wu Huaiyu did not say what would happen if they could no longer put down the rebellion, but Feng Zhidai also knew that the consequences would be serious.
If Wu Huaiyu arrives with the Central Plains soldiers, they will indeed have the strength to put down the rebellion. But if Wu Huaiyu puts down the rebellion in these five states, then a simple result is that these five states will be controlled by Wu Huaiyu.
It will no longer be controlled by them.

Among the five states that were in chaos, three states were under the governor of Gaozhou. Feng Zhidai did not want him, the newly appointed governor of Gaozhou, to lose three states at once.

Although several confidants persuaded him to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, he captured the brothers Feng Shihui and Feng Shiyi, and even swallowed 5000 of their people.

But after Feng Zhidai thought carefully under the peach blossom tree, he finally shook his head.

He does have the ability to capture both of them, but if he captures them at this time, it is better to take advantage of military negotiations. This will inevitably lead to endless troubles, and Feng Xuan's faction will be completely turned against him.

"I have a new battle plan to attack Luo Dou. This time I don't count on Feng Sanguan and the others. I will take command personally. We Gaoliang soldiers will be the main force."

"Captain, you can't do that."

"Stop talking, it's just Luo Doudong. I've fought in more than a hundred battles, and I'm still afraid of mere barbarians. Let's show those guys whether I'm qualified to be the head of the Feng family."

(End of this chapter)