Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 95
The next day, the imperial edict arrived at Jingyuan. Zhang Jun, the Jiedu envoy of Jingyuan, received the edict and said to the angel: "Jingyuan is ordered to hunt down thieves, and the imperial court needs to be more careful about food, grass and equipment."

"Don't worry Zhang Jieshuai, everything has been properly arranged."

Waiting to send the angels away, Zhang Jun said to the left and right: "This is the time when the green and yellow are not harvested, and the soldiers are still hungry. Regardless of the people, except for the critical passes that need to be guarded, the rest of the soldiers will go."

Marching Sima Sheng Ning said: "Probably 1 horses can be dispatched!"

Zhang Jun nodded and said, "Bring three days of dry food each to the gathering place in Binzhou. The military situation is urgent, so don't miss the military time."

Sheng Ning asked repeatedly, "Aren't you worried about deception?"

Zhang Jun said with a smile: "Jingyuan is barren, not as rich as other lands, and besides Tubo, Dangxiang, and Uyghur barbarians to the west, it is no pity to save here."

It is a pity to abandon the position of Jiedushi in Jingyuan. The main reason is that Jingyuan is too poor, and the soldiers can’t eat enough. Looting, I am afraid that one day, I will also be killed.

On the day when the troops were dispatched, Zhang Jun looked at the huge crowd, and made a rough estimate that there were about 3 horses, so he hurriedly asked Sheng Ninglian why.

Sheng Ninglian also said helplessly: "Marshal Jie, each of the soldiers in the army has a family of nephews, and if they stay at home, they will starve to death. If they don't follow the army, they will have a way to survive."

Zhang Jun pointed to the place where the soldiers gathered and said, "A half-baby can be used as an auxiliary soldier, but how ridiculous is a child of three or two years old!"

Sheng Ninglian was also speechless, this matter was indeed too much, Zhang Jun did not dare to force it too much, and finally issued a military order that children under the age of ten are not allowed to join the army, and this stopped it, but even so, he still brought two 5000 people.

In the school grounds of the East Gate of Jingzhou City, the army swore to set off.

……

Wang Chongying from Huazhou received the imperial edict almost at the same time, and angrily threw the edict aside.

"Attacking Xuanwu and attacking Fufang, without a reward, taking hundreds of thousands of stones of military rations from my river, the court princes are really hateful."

Chang Shi Cui Xing said: "What do Shuai Jie think?"

"Never follow orders!"

Cui Xing shook his head and said, "You must be handsome."

"Why, I have [-] armored soldiers, how can I fear the imperial court?"

"Jieshuai, although the imperial court is in decline, it can still order the towns. The humble officials think that they cannot be rebelled, and they should be obeyed and violated."

"What is the obedience of the yang and the violation of the yin?"

"According to the imperial edict, send three thousand old and weak to help him."

"Haha, wonderful, wonderful!"

……

As for Tongzhou, which is relatively close, the angel followed Wang Xingyu's army. After arriving in Tongzhou, the angel announced the edict, and Wang Xing made an appointment to send the angel into the post after receiving the edict.

He hurriedly sent someone to invite his brother Wang Xingyu to the banquet.

"Brother is confused, brother, seeing the decline of the imperial court, it will not last long, if there is a catastrophe, brother can also flee west with the emperor?"

Wang Xingyu drank the cup down, feeling mixed emotions in his heart, if he hadn't been greedy for wealth and honor, how could he have fallen into this trap, but now, since the imperial court can calm down Li Maozhen, naturally they can also level her and Wang Xingyu.

Li Maozhen's grave is already as tall as one person, and he is a big official, although he is not happy when he holds power when he is a military envoy, he still enjoys glory and wealth.

Seeing that his brother hadn't spoken, Wang Xingyue said again, "Eldest brother can wish to restore Binning, and younger brother can raise troops to help."

Wang Xingyu's complexion changed drastically, and he said: "Nonsense, how many troops do you have, how many troops do you have in the court, Li Maozhen is no match, what can you do."

"Brother!"

"Fulfill the promise, if you believe in being a brother, you will do your best to make meritorious service in this attack on Fufang. Maybe you can find a prince. If you don't believe it, you will have no choice but to report to Your Majesty that you and I are no longer brothers."

"Brother, why is this so?"

Wang Xingyu looked at Wang Xingyue, and thought, don't you know, I'm afraid that your brother will be hurt by your death.

"Okay, let go! Go to the court to be a peace officer."

"Brother!"

"Don't talk about the original soldiers and horses of the imperial court, but take the [-] Binning soldiers and horses that the imperial court reorganized into brothers. How can you resist? The ancients said that those who know the current affairs are heroes. You think that your majesty asked you to lead the army here just to make peace with him. Do you drink this glass of wine?"

When Wang Xingyue heard this, his face turned pale, and he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said: "Eldest brother has more than 3000 horses, and elder brother can't control them?"

Wang Xingyu looked as usual, and said: "The generals and schools are all your Majesty's confidantes. If you want to suppress bandits, you can command them yourself. If you rebel, I'm afraid you won't be able to order them out of the barracks. My brother has already lost his head."

Wang Xingyue was even more frightened when he heard this, more than [-] soldiers and horses are in the city, if there is trouble... he hurriedly said: "Will they be against me?"

Wang Xingyu looked at Wang Xingyue, and with your five thousand soldiers and horses, I was afraid that you would lose face, so he smiled and said, "It won't happen, but don't worry, the whole army will be deployed tomorrow, so don't delay the time."

"Brother!"

Wang Xingyu waved his hand, ignored it, and walked out of the lobby...

……

The imperial court dispatched troops, and some families were happy while others were sad. At this time, Tuoba Sigong, who was in Youzhou, also received an imperial edict.

The angel announced that the imperial court would take back Tuoba Sigong's national surname "Li", cut off all the official positions of Tuoba Sigong, and take back the envoy of the Dingnan Army.

"what!"

Tuoba Sigong did not expect that the imperial court would react so fiercely to the occupation of Fufang, and would not leave any leeway, even if he sent someone to negotiate, he would have a way to withdraw them.

After more than [-] years of hard work by the Dangxiang clan, Fang Deyou and Yan Zhuzhou had the mission to fix the difficult army.

Tuoba Sigong just wanted to send envoys to the court to defend himself, but when the sentry reported back, Tang Ting sent troops to attack.

His younger brother Tuoba Si remonstrated: "Brother, for the current plan, we must quickly prepare our troops for war. If we can defeat the imperial army, the elder brother will be restored to his original post, or even promoted to a nobleman. It is unknown."

Tuoba Sigong sighed and said: "That's the only way!"

……

In this four-way attack, the most difficult direction is Fuzhou. Fuzhou is the governor of Fufang Jiedu. Threatened by Tuoba Sigong's main force.

His Majesty the Emperor personally led the army, leading the 500-member guard cavalry of the headquarters, of which Yang Shihou was the deputy commander of the guard capital.

Sun Wei was the deputy envoy. Sun Dezhao commanded a total of 6000 horse troops, Zhu Zhen commanded 12000 infantry troops, Jing Xiang was the marching commander, plus the 3000-strong Shenwei army led by forward Wang Xingyu, and Tongzhou 5000 town soldiers and some Hezhong troops.

The whole army has at least 26500 people.

As for the other two groups, Li Ye naturally did not miss the opportunity to train his generals.

An Fujiang, the commander of the Zuo Shenwei Army, was the recruitment envoy to the south. He led 12000 soldiers and horses from the headquarters, entered from the same officials, and captured Yijun and Shenping counties in Fangzhou.

Gao Wenmin, the commander of the Right Shenwei Army, led the recruiting envoy from the west, and led about 8000 troops from the remaining seven capitals. They joined the soldiers from Jingyuan Town, walked to Ziwu Mountain, and captured Fangzhou.

As for the Tiande Army and Lingwu (Shuofang) Army, Li Ye had not received the news yet, and the strategy of Zhakou in the north had to be completed by the East Road before receiving news from the two armies.

This force is not enough!

(End of this chapter)