Late Tang

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In fact, Huainan Town belongs to the southeast financial town. The biggest difference from the Heshuo separatist type, the Central Plains anti-containment type, and the frontier imperial border type is that the military strength is weak and the wealth is abundant.

At this time in the late Tang Dynasty, the nine towns of Huainan, Zhedong, Zhexi, Xuanshe, Jiangxi, Eyue, Fujian, Hunan, and Jingnan were collectively called the Southeast Fanzhen, also known as the Southeast Financial Town.

As the only remaining source of income for the imperial court, the towns in the southeast have few soldiers and few generals, and their military equipment is not repaired.

Because of this, since the Yizong Dynasty, they have experienced the Qiufu rebellion in eastern Zhejiang, the Pangxun rebellion in Xuzhou, and the Wangying rebellion in western Zhejiang. After that, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao swept the southeast several times.The imperial court of the envoy had to transfer generals such as Gao Pian and Zhou Bao to the southeast, and it also caused a large number of landlord armed forces to appear in the local area.

Gao Pian's replacement of Liu Ye in Huainan was the imperial court's reaction after it began to lose control over the southeast.

Gao Pian, as a famous general in the Yizong Dynasty, naturally did not earn his name in vain.

As long as you look at the generals under Gao Pian, you will know how extraordinary Gao Pian is.

There are many generals in Huainan, all of whom are outstanding for a while.

Liang Zuan, Zhang Huan, An Zairong, Ren Conghai and other generals are all generals who have experienced countless battles in the northwest and southern borders.

The generals Lei Man, Zhang Lin, Chen Qi, and Feng Shou were all personal generals who followed Gao Pian in the various towns.

In addition, Xin Najiang's Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao's generals Bi Shiduo, Qin Yan, Li Hanzhi, Zheng Hanzhang, Xu Qing, Xu Yue, etc. are also titans.

In addition to Gao Jie, Gao Yu, Gao Ba, Gao Chang, Zhang Xiong, Shen Ji, Han Shide, Yao Guili, Yu Gongchu and other clan generals.

Not only the Wuling Man Leiman and his Wuling Barbarian Army recovered when they were stationed in Jingnan, but also the Shatuo Army of Li Guochang, Li Youjin, and Li Jinzhong.

When Gao Pian arrived in Huainan, he was not only like a cloud of generals, but even though Huainan had always had few soldiers, he did not come empty-handed.

Three thousand Gaoling barbarians and three thousand Shatuo cavalry.

In addition, there are also the governors of Qinzhou, Annan Jinghai Jiedushi, Tianping Army Jiedushi, Xichuan Jiedushi, Jingnan Jiedushi, Zhenhai Jiedushi, and Huainan Jiedushi. Tooth soldiers.Although Gao Pian's tooth soldiers only had ten thousand soldiers, they were extremely elite, and they were all veterans of hundreds of battles.

Ten thousand tooth soldiers, three thousand barbarian soldiers, three thousand horsemen, plus the original twenty thousand soldiers and horses in Huainan town.

Gao Pian held [-] soldiers and horses in his hands, which may not seem like a lot, but if the United Army and township soldiers from all over the country are included, he can still add up to [-].

Sitting in the town of Huainan, which was originally the wealthiest in the Tang Dynasty, and governing ten states, it has tens of thousands of soldiers and dozens of generals.

This is Gao Pian's confidence all along, and it is also why he refuses to accept Li Jing.

When Lu Xie returned to the prime minister, Zheng Zi and Wang Duo, the two opponents in the court, went down again.

Wang Duo was defeated in Jiangling, Tanzhou, and finally let Gao Pian regain the position of Dutong.

After re-becoming the capital of all Taoist camps, the first thing Gao Pian did was to issue a capital transfer order to Li Jing, asking Li Jing to send troops to Huainan.

Huainan Town itself has [-] soldiers, plus the recruited Zhaoyi, Yicheng, and Probation armies, it has already gathered [-] troops, it doesn't matter whether there is a town [***] or not.In fact, Gao Pian just wanted to use this tune to disgust Li Jing, and let Li Jing know that even if he is crowned king, he still has to obey his military orders.

When he thought about it, Li Jing was definitely angry when he received this call.

He never thought that Li Jing would send troops south.

When Gao Pian, who was inspecting soldiers and horses at the camp in [***] County, west of Yangzhou, suddenly heard an urgent military report saying that Li Jing should order the army to go south, he still couldn't believe it.

"The town [***] marched southward with 6000 troops, including two navy fleets, six land horse infantry troops, four thousand navy troops, [-] infantry troops, and five thousand horse troops. Among them, Taining Army Haizhou In Donghai County of Yuzhou Island, one thousand naval troops have been stationed, and the two thousand horse troops have [-] troops. The remaining [-] troops have already arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River."

Gao Pian's face turned dark all of a sudden, because Zhen [***] came from the sea, so the Huainan side didn't notice any news beforehand.

Nearly 4 horses were mobilized at once, and they also seized Yuzhou Island in Haizhou, Taining Army, and stationed 1000 troops, including navy, infantry, and horse troops.Looking at this arrangement, Gao Pian already felt a very bad feeling.

But now, nearly [-] soldiers and horses appeared directly at the mouth of the Yangtze River without any prior notice.Gao Pian didn't think that Li Jing really sent troops to support him, the people who came were not kind.

General Zuo Xiaowei, the governor of Huainan Town, Gao Yu, is Gao Pian's follower, and like Gao Pian's other follower, Zuo Jinwuwei, the governor of Huainan Town, Gao Jie, he is considered a hero of the Gao family.Among the Gao clan, these two servants are the most valued by Gao Pian.

In Huainan Town, the most brave and capable fighters are the two generals Zhang Lin and Liang Zuan, the military envoys of Duzhi.

Gao Pian's relatives, Yao Guili and Yu Gongchu, were the two most trusted by Gao Pian.

Of course, Gao Pian's two nephews, Gao Jie and Gao Yu, are the ones Gao Pian trusts the most.Gao Yu and Gao Jie can stand out under Gao Pian, who is like a cloud of fierce generals. Apart from the fact that they are Gao Pian's followers, the more important reason is that these two are also very talented.The two of them in their early thirties are all trusted generals who have followed Gao Pian for more than ten years. Most of the battles have been at the front line in person.

In today's Huainan Town, each leader of the yamen knows soldiers and horse envoys from left and right, and they lead tooth soldiers separately.

At this critical moment, Gao Pian sent Gao Yu to the naval camp in Hailing Town. In a sense, it was a choice to reassure Gao Pian.

It can be said that the intention of Zhen [***] to go south to camp is completely unpredictable.

Gao Yu led [-] fine cavalry from the headquarters, plus [-] Wuling barbarians led by Lei Man, and [-] Shatuo cavalry led by the three brothers of Li Guochang.There have been reports from scouts ahead, and more than [-] troops from that town [***] have landed on Hudou Island a day ago.

Hudouzhou originally belonged to the Navy of Zhexi Town, and there was a Langshan Town on it.A few years ago, Wang Ying, the rebel army who ran rampant in the west and east of Zhejiang, was originally the envoy of Langshan Township. , Wenzhou, Ming and other states.

After Zhou Bao took office in the township of the navy, he re-established Langshan Township on Hudouzhou, with more than [-] people.However, for Zhen [***], which has an army of nearly [-], there are almost no such people.Zhen [***] had landed directly on Hudouzhou, and then the navy ships sealed off the whole island.The thousands of refugees on the island and more than a hundred sea garrison soldiers also directly became the people of the town [***].

Gao Yu secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that Zhen [***] did not go directly to Yangzhou along the Yangtze River.But in his heart, he couldn't help but wonder, Li Jing dispatched this army thousands of miles south, if they didn't want to make an enemy of Huainan Town, then could it be that they really came to encircle and suppress Huangchao in response to the order?

However, he quickly shook his head to drive away the thought in his mind. The relationship between Li Jing and the Huainan army is not good, how could he send so many soldiers to Huainan to help in the battle.In particular, everyone knows that Li Jing has already fought against the Goguryeo people in Liaodong.At this time, why would he send tens of thousands of precious troops southward?

Gao Yu rushed all the way to the shore north of Hudouzhou, stationed [-] soldiers and horses by the shore, and then sent people to the island by boat.

At Gao Yu's request, Zhen[***] sent several warships to the shore to pick up Gao Yu and others to the island.

The town [***] soldiers were full of hostility towards them, and only allowed Gao Yu to go to the island with a team of less than ten people.On the boat, they 'guarded' him in the cabin, closely monitoring him.When they went ashore, they were deliberately sandwiched in the middle, and flags were raised high on both sides to block their sight.All these actions reveal their naked hostility.

As soon as he set foot on the shore, Gao Yu knew very well in his heart that they were definitely not here to help soldiers and suppress bandits.

He didn't go to Yangzhou, but he didn't respond to the order, but he traveled thousands of miles south, and the army was stationed at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Gao Yu felt more and more bad feelings in his heart.

However, Gao Yu remained calm, with a cheeky face, and boarded the island calmly.

When he landed on the island, he asked to see Pei You, the commander-in-chief of Zhen[***] island.

But Pei You didn't see him at all, and only one of Pei You's personal guards came to see him in the end.He is a dignified general of the imperial court Zuo Xiaowei, the governor of Huainan Town, and everyone in the yamen knows the envoy of soldiers and horses. In terms of official position, he is far above Pei You.But now, on this island, Pei You only asked a small team leader to talk to him.

Zhen Guorang made a general and a team leader side by side!

It's almost public humiliation!

Gao Yu tried to fight, but what he got was a blunt reply. The young team leader who obviously hadn't won the championship said coldly: "If you are not satisfied, you can go back."

Faced with a team leader who didn't even have a full beard on his mouth and claimed to be a team leader who had just graduated from Beisha Sergeant Academy, Gao Yu was very angry.He already knew that the visitors from the town [***] were not good, and he was ready to return.

But at this moment, that brat sent him a message that Sima Wang Pu, the camping and marching army, wanted to see him.

Gao Yu sized up the long-known Wang Pu, who used to be the city lord of Duli Town in southern Liaoning, the marching Sima who is currently camping, and also the defense envoy of Dengzhou.Moreover, he also has an important identity, the father of Mrs. Li Jing, the king of Andong County.

He was over forty years old, with a strong build, a square face and short beard, and a very clean and tidy white shirt.

Gao Yu knew that the long gown worn by Wang Pu didn't have wide sleeves, and was cut very slim. The front and back hems were not very long, but they were very wide.The stand-up collar and the part covered by the big front of the gown is called the "cover". There are also pockets on the cover for storing hand rolls and other items, which are much more convenient than putting them in the left cuff, so you don't have to carry your left hand when walking.

This new style of robe is not only convenient for horseback riding and archery, but also the small pocket is very convenient, and it saves a lot of fabric, making it cooler in summer.

Wang Pu's robe is also made of white folded cloth. Although I heard that Li Jing planted a lot of cotton in Liaodong to spin and weave cloth, white folded cloth is not as expensive as it used to be, but cotton cloth is still available in the market. priceless. (To be continued.)