Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 109
"Pack up the head and send someone to Xingzai to repay the sage." After repeatedly confirming that it was Huang Ye's head, Shao Shude handed it to Li Xiang, saying: "This is what General Li's subordinates got. Let the general send someone to send it."

Li Xiang was a little moved when he heard this.

Shao Shude was really generous, beheading Huang Chao's relatives, this credit is different from ordinary beheading generals.It is conceivable that the person who sends the head to walk will also be rewarded by the sage.Li Xiang was old, so he never thought of sending his son and nephew to send Huang Ye's head there, but he was also worried that Shao Shude would give this good job to his cronies.Now it seems that I have measured the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, so grand and convincing.

"In the future, if the Commander-in-Chief sends him any orders, Li will definitely die." Li Xiang said solemnly.

"In the future, I will get closer to General Li." Shao Shude said with a smile.

Anyway, Li Xiang was named the governor of Huazhou, which was still the official position originally given to him by Huang Chao.After making such a great contribution this time, he might be able to get promoted one more time. It is not in vain that he surrendered to him at the beginning, and Li Xiang must have known it very well in his heart.

After leaving Li Xiang to have lunch together in the camp, Li Xiang bid farewell and returned to the camp, while Chen Cheng came to report: "Commander, almost all the troops have retreated, beheading and capturing are useless, this is a great victory."

Winning numb, Shao Shude thought.

"Judge Chen, last night the crowd ran all night, and they were defeated for more than ten miles. From your point of view, what will they do next?" Shao Shude asked.

"Marshal, the bandit army suffered three defeats in ten days. One was defeated by our army, and the other was defeated by Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong. They lost tens of thousands of troops. How can they fight? Dare to fight?" Chen Cheng subconsciously ignored the "beheading" of the west camp. "Over a thousand" in that small victory, I continued to talk eloquently: "At this time, we will shrink our troops and station them around Chang'an. In addition, Latin recruiting husbands and expanding the army must at least build up momentum."

"What's the use of such a temporary recruit." Shao Shude smiled, and said, "It can also be used to make a strong presence and bluff people. However, there should be [-] to [-] veterans of the Nest Thieves, with new recruits, it is really impressive. It's a bit difficult."

Shao Shude thought about it carefully, and among the 2 people in Meng Kai last time, there were already many new recruits.There are 3 people in Huang Ye this time, and it feels like there are at least 20 newcomers who have only been trained for a few months.It is true that they are all old thieves. They should have defeated Li Tangbin and Li Xiang and repelled Zhu Wen. Then the number of old thieves that Huang Chao brought to Chang'an was about [-] to [-] people. With this calculation, the data is roughly correct. superior.

In fact, it's quite amazing to think about it. Huang Chao is probably the most unprogressive rogue in history, right?At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng entered Beijing and even knew that he would send generals to take over Shandong, Jiangbei and other places. The four towns of Jiangbei in the Southern Ming Dynasty once surrendered to them.What did Huang Chao do?

There was no time for the westward expedition, which gave Zheng Tian time to win over the towns and make an appointment to beg the thieves, but the western expedition failed.

In addition, if Wang Chongrong hadn't repeatedly jumped and slapped them in the face, it is estimated that there might not even be an Eastern Expedition to attack Hezhong.Of course, Huang Ye and Zhu Wen failed in the end.

After these two attempts failed, they basically waited for the officers and soldiers to attack them.In the rest of the time, he played with women in Chang'an, drunk and dreamed of death, what a failed gangster!
"Marshal, at this time you can take advantage of the victory to attack Chang'an." Chen Cheng's face was a little flushed, and he suggested: "Huang Ye is the leader, and nearly 3 of his troops have been killed, wounded and captured by me. The rest of the people are scattered. Those who can return to Chang'an It's only a few thousand people. With the power of this great victory, our army of [-] people marching westward together will definitely shock the nest thieves. Maybe they will withdraw from Chang'an."

"I feel that Huang Chao still wants to struggle." Shao Shude shook his head and said, "After two years as the emperor, how can he easily abandon these ten thousand palaces? There are still more than [-] people in the nest, and our army is limited to [-]. , Beware of the Chao army jumping over the wall in a hurry."

Chen Cheng took a deep breath when he heard the words, and said: "What the commander-in-chief said is true, so-and-so Menglang is gone. If the Chao army rushes eastward, our army blocks his way back, and maybe he will fight to the death. But from a certain point of view, the Chao army rushed south more likely."

Shao Shude nodded.In fact, the current deployment of the officers and soldiers is a standard encirclement, three ques and one.In the northeast direction, Wang Duo, the commander of the capital, personally sits in the town, including [-] Wang Chongrong's army, [-] Li Keyong's army, and [-] Zhu Wen's army, plus sergeants from Henan and Hebei. The total number exceeds [-].

To the west, there are Fengxiang Army, Jingyuan Army, Binning Army, and Xichuan Army, with about 5 to [-] troops.To the east are the Xia Sui Army, the Fufang Army and Li Xiang's troops, with a total strength of more than [-] troops.As for the south, there are only thousands of Yiwu troops, plus less than [-] Shu troops. The troops are the weakest and their combat effectiveness is not very good. If you were Huang Chao, which route would you choose?Definitely the south line.

It can also be seen from this that the saint really wants to regain Chang'an, the sooner the better.As for where Huang Chao died, he didn't care, anyway, hurry up and bring the country back, otherwise it would be really shameful.

"The Chao army is definitely going to leave. How long can we last for [-] cents of rice in Chang'an?" Shao Shude said: "We have almost earned the credit for what we should earn. What else can the court give me? Duke? County king? All It's just a false name, it's better to promise the land of Ling, Yan, and Hui three prefectures and ten counties to someone."

Chen Cheng also laughed when he heard this.At this point, some things really don't need to be too taboo.The three states of Shuofang and the four states of Fufang are all bait on the lips, and they must be eaten sooner or later.In addition, I heard that the relatives of the general Ji concubine Zhao Yu are generals in Binning, maybe we can also see in the future, the three prefectures of Binning and Qing are sandwiched between Shuofang and Fangfang.

The only problem is the lack of money and food, which is very annoying.After returning to the teacher this time, I don't know what to do.Hengshan Dangxiang has a lot of household registrations, but it is definitely not rich.Pingxia Dangxiang still has a few taels of meat, but is it really enough to eat?Alas, none of the eight towns in the northwest of Beijing are related to Fufu.

"General, if Xia Sui wants to have enough food, he still needs someone." After thinking for a while, Chen Cheng suggested: "There are already [-] captives in the state, and they are all strong men. There are already a lot of people, but if you want them to settle down, you still need to find a way on the party side."

Shao Shude understood what Chen Cheng meant, that with [-] nesters, after the hard labor period expires, they can probably register more than [-] households.But these are all strong men, without women, how can they calm down?Chen Cheng's so-called finding a way on the side of the party, isn't it the wisdom of the prairie to kill adult men and take their wives and children?It just so happens that the Hengshan party items are scattered and easy to break down one by one, which is the best target.

But this matter, we have to be cautious, we have to take care of Ping Xia's party first.Don't make it so that the Tuoba family is still alive, but push the Hengshan Dangxiang to other people's side, and send soldiers, cattle and sheep to the Pingxia Dangxiang, that would be a joke.

Then he thought of Zhu Wen again.This guy took 500 people to Xuanwu to take office, fought with Qin Zongquan, and fought with Huang Chao, how did he survive the first few years of economic collapse?Most of them are looting from abroad.But this is actually not enough. It can only be said that Zhu Wen's soldiers are easy to support, and the requirements are really low. If you change to the sergeants of other feudal towns, it will be against you.

It's no wonder that Zhu Wen's control over his opponents is so strong in later generations, and the troops he pulled together by himself are indeed different.No matter how arrogant the warriors are, they are still restrained in the face of their creators.The other emperors and generals of the Five Dynasties were not the founders of the Bianliang Forbidden Army, but the successors. They were inherently weak, so they could only rely on bribery.

"Let's not talk about these things for now, let's talk about other things after the last battle." Shao Shude waved his hand and said: "The army will go west first, and walk thirty miles to the village, so as to save Wang Shizhong from saying that we won't be able to advance after a big victory. After going west, let’s wait and see. Chang’an’s 10,000+ bandit army, if we focus on defending the city, we will not be able to attack, and Wang Shizhong will not be able to question us about this matter.”

On the ninth day of the first month of the third year of Zhonghe, after a few days of rest.Shao Shude ordered a thousand soldiers from the Fufang army to escort more than ten thousand Chao prisoners to Fuping for resettlement, and then the main force marched westward, and set up camp more than [-] miles away from Chang'an.At this time, more than [-] troops marched in the northeast, east, and west camps, and were also approaching Chang'an step by step.

On the twentieth day of the first month, Huang Chao sent Shang Rang, Huang Kui and others to lead the army out of the city to fight Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong.At the same time, Wang Chongying, the observation envoy of Shanguo and the military envoy to the east, also seized a large amount of money, food, and equipment from Kanto, and transported them to the vicinity of Chang'an.Once this batch of supplies arrives and is distributed to the various armies, a new major war will resume.

The days of nest thieves are actually numbered.

(End of this chapter)