Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1164 The Lobbyist
Since reaching its peak a few days ago, the wind and sand has become smaller and smaller.

In an abandoned camp outside Huairong County, Guizhou, a large group of rout soldiers took the water and devoured it.

After someone finished eating, they left with gratitude.The defenders didn't stop them, just pretend they didn't see it.

Guizhou is not as rich as Hedong. It has not so many people and fields, and its products are not rich.These passers-by are all Khitan people, and a temporary relief of food is enough, and they don't have the capital to keep them as soldiers.Even if they don't want money, they can't afford to just take care of food.Besides, the Khitan people belonged to the mountain after crossing the mountain, and it was impossible for these people to stay.

"Eat slowly, don't rush." ​​A gray-haired officer came over and handed out dry food one by one, and said in his mouth: "In the past, we fought life and death, how about now?"

Most of the Khitan people couldn't understand what he was talking about, and they didn't care, they just lowered their heads and concentrated on eating.The Khitan soldiers who were born in Bohai could understand some of them. After all, the popular local "Haneryu" itself is based on the official dialect of Yingzhou.The Xi people who communicated more with Han may also be able to understand, but their status is low and they dare not speak.

The arena was quiet for a while, except for the sound of chewing one after another.

Outside the camp, Kunfa Jin soldiers stood standing with guns, looking at them with unfriendly eyes.

You can tell by looking at the hair accessories that these Jin soldiers are all Khitan soldiers from the former Youzhou Town.Serving as a soldier for the emperor of the Central Plains or the commander-in-chief of the feudal town is actually a good job for the miserable Tibetans.

The rewards for sergeants in Youzhou Town may not be as generous as those in Weibo, Chengde, and Cangjing, but they are there after all.The most important thing is that not only can you have enough to eat, but your family can also have enough to eat, which is much better than grazing.

"You made a profit from this attack? Did you lose?" The old officer didn't care whether the Khitan people could understand or not, and while distributing dry food, he said, "The family has a lamb, and it's too busy to rely on women and children? You have to graze, milk, and take care of the horses, these days, tsk tsk."

Someone understood it, and couldn't help asking in Chinese: "Old man, what do you mean by saying that?"

"What do you mean? Good intentions." The old man snorted coldly, and said, "I have lived for 48 years, from Xuanzong's life to the present, and I have seen too many stupid things. In the past ten years, you have been tossing behind the mountains, except for occupying the grassland, what have you got? Is it? There are a lot of deaths and injuries, and the goods and goods are not robbed. But they are robbed every year, and they lose money every year. I don’t want to understand, how do you work so hard to lose money every year? Are you so tolerant and obedient?"

The Khitan man stopped talking.

Even if it is a loss, the Khan and the nobles have to obey the orders.Besides, it's not a big loss, it's just that you can't beat and run.As long as you can survive, what is the loss of some cattle and sheep?What's more, after getting the pasture, you can raise more cattle and sheep, and the tribe's population will be greatly multiplied. Isn't this all good?

The old man sneered again, and said: "Did you hit the iron board this year? I heard from the Khitan nobles who passed by that people in southern Liaoning were digging it out. It will snow heavily in western Liaoning, and the Xia people will have no law to rule you, but what about next year?"

There were sighs in twos and threes in the camp.

Everyone is poor, vulgar, and ignorant, but not fools.The threat of the Liaonan Xia people is already quite obvious. This year they just gave him a warning, and next year, who knows what it will be like.

This Western Expedition may be the last Western Expedition.In fact, that's fine too, don't meddle in outside affairs, next year I'll fight the Xia people to death, and it's serious to keep my ranch.

"What's the use of talking about us?" A Khitan nobleman with a suit of armor beside him said, "Didn't you Jin people also be beaten like bereaved dogs? I think that even if the Xia people use soldiers, they will attack you first."

"Haha." The old man smiled and said: "When I was young, I knew the situation in the world was turbulent, and sooner or later it would not last. The court and the town seem to be in peace, but if something goes wrong, it will be The world is turned upside down. It doesn't matter where the Xia people fight first? It's all about dying early and dying later, the difference is not big."

The Khitan nobleman remained silent, and after holding back for a long time, he blushed and said: "Unexpectedly, you have read books."

The old man's men slowed down, as if he was reminiscing about the high-spirited years of his youth, before he said after a long time: "In those days, I, Lu Shishilang, was also a well-known seed of reading, but I didn't expect to pick up a knife when I was nearly half a hundred years old. This shitty world."

The Khitan nobleman finished his dry food in two or three bites, looked at the old man, and said: "What's wrong with using a knife? If the Nanman are all scholars, then it will be easy to handle."

The old man sneered, not bothering him about these, and asked instead: "Look at your appearance, you have some family background, which department? Maybe I have been with the army to conquer."

"It's from the Sudden Judgment Department." The Khitan nobleman's mood suddenly became a little depressed, and he didn't know why.

"That's terrible." The old man laughed and said, "In the past few days, most of the people who have fled in embarrassment, there are Tuju and Wukai Erbu, but Diela, Tulubu, and Pinbu are very few. The assassination department won’t deal with it, right? The loss is so big this time, wait to be concocted by the Yelu family when you go back.”

"You old man, you are familiar with the Khitan Babu." The nobleman looked at him suspiciously.

"30 years ago, when I was just a fledgling, I was still a team deputy, and I was carrying a gun in Liaoyang." The old man squinted at him and said, "At that time, I fought with you in the Bohai Kingdom. Well, I also fought with the Bohai Kingdom. You guys, who doesn't know about the thing in the north? It's a century-old opponent."

The Khitan nobleman cursed secretly, and said: "We should join forces with the Bohai people to beat you."

The old man just sat down, laughed happily, and said: "There is no chance. We quit Liaoyang, but you started fighting. After 30 years of fighting, you are still a bit capable. The Bohai people are about to be killed by you."

The Khitan nobleman also sighed endlessly.

In the area outside Linyu Pass, Youzhou, Khitan, and Bohai have always been playing the Three Kingdoms game.Generally speaking, the Han people have a lot of minds, either they join forces with Bohai to fight Khitan, or they join forces with Khitan to fight Bohai.After fighting for so many years, Khitan and Bohai didn't understand how to join forces.

If it weren't for the fact that the interior of Youzhou was really chaotic, and Jiedu envoys killed the whole family at every turn, Khitan and Bohai would probably have been played with their lives to death.

"Forget it, it's nothing ridiculous." The old officer sighed, and then took out two more steamed cakes and handed them over, saying: "Eat more, you will be slaughtered after you go back, but you won't have anything to eat."

The Khitan nobleman was furious, and said, "Why are you cursing people?"

The old man waved his hand and said: "I don't engage in verbal disputes. In fact, you know it in your heart, so what if I say it or not? After returning, if you have nowhere to go, you may run west or south."

The Khitan nobleman looked at the old man suspiciously and was very surprised.Suddenly, he seemed to understand something, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't say anything.

The old man was expressionless, only looked at the mountains in the distance, and sighed softly.

If it is not necessary, who would not want to defend their hometown?In fact, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, he is just a small person.Aren't some great figures nowadays also collaborating with the enemy?
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"When I didn't see General Li, I was still wondering what kind of hero he was. Today I saw him, and he is indeed magnificent and heroic." Li Shouxin said with admiration in the Yamen of Guizhou.

"The envoy sit down." Li Cunxiao stretched out his hand and said.

The soldiers brought a pot of tea, poured it for the two of them, and served some snacks such as dried fruit and jerky, and then retreated outside the door to guard.

"Guanzhou is poor, and there is nothing to entertain." Li Cunxiao sat down across from Li Shouxin, and said calmly.

"It doesn't matter." Li Shouxin smiled and said: "Simple and unpretentious, sharing joys and sorrows with the soldiers, this is a true general. If you indulge in pleasure all day long, you will not be able to accomplish anything at all."

Li Shouxin was the son of Li Hang, who had successfully persuaded Wang Shifan to surrender.With such a brilliant record, it is natural that he should persuade Li Cunxiao to surrender this time.

Of course, Li Shouxin was not the only envoy sent by Honglu Temple to persuade him to surrender.

In fact, envoys were sent to various places in Yunzhou, Weizhou, Xinzhou, Yizhou, and Guizhou.Some of their missions failed, such as those who went to persuade Shi Shanyou to surrender. He died in the battle, and you still persuade Mao?Some are still going on, such as Li Shouxin who came to Guizhou.

When entering Guizhou City, Li Shouxin observed carefully.

The city wall is high and thick, which can be called a strong city and an important town, but overall it is relatively poor-this is predictable, it is not considered rich, and after so many years of fighting, there will be ghosts if you are not poor.

It seems that the Guizhou Yamen has not been repaired for a long time.Looking from a distance, many tiles on the outer wall have fallen off, and they have not been repaired.

After entering the state government office, as far as the eye can see, there is no eye-catching display.The whole gives people a rustic and even simple feeling.

Sergeants vary in height, short, fat and thin, indicating that their military resources are almost exhausted.I think back when he went to Wang Shifan's mansion, there were a lot of tall and long-armed guards in Wang's mansion. After careful observation, everyone was about the same height.It is not easy to do this, Wang Shifan should have painstakingly selected them from among the more than a million soldiers and civilians in the town-this does not mean that Ziqing soldiers are better than Guizhou soldiers, in fact, it is mostly the opposite.

The clothes worn by the sergeants in Guizhou were also rather old, with white starch and many patches.But the mental outlook is not bad, and the morale is not bad.

At this moment, when Li Cunxiao was entertaining Li Shouxin, the dim sum he brought up was nothing more than a few plates of wild fruits of different sizes and rough dried meat, which was completely different from the exquisite food in Wang Shifan's residence.

And there are no voice actors, dancers and other people to add to the fun, maybe there is no money to support them.

Simple, so simple!Compared with Qingzhou, Guizhou is not as poor as the Central Plains.With this material condition, Li Shouxin has a little more confidence in completing the task.

"Ming people don't speak dark words." Li Cunxiao glanced at the envoy, and said: "King Xia sent you here, and I will teach you something. The envoy doesn't need to rush to say, first listen to my conditions, how about it?"

Li Cunxiao called Shao Shude the "King of Xia", which is from the standpoint of Hedong.After all, Jinyang is still using the title of Tianyou, and obeys the Tang Dynasty. It is already very polite not to call Shao Shude a traitor.

"It doesn't matter, General," Li Shouxin said.

"I heard that Ding Hui, the surrendered general of Liang, served as the defense envoy of Qizhou." Li Cunxiao said: "Ding Hui was poor and surrendered. I can surrender the land of three states, but I can't be worse than Ding Hui. A town's Jiedu envoy or Is there a defense envoy from a rich and wealthy county? I really don’t want to stay in Xinyigui.”

Big appetite!Li Shouxin secretly sneered.

He straightened out his thoughts and was about to say something when he saw Li Cunxiao's personal soldiers walk in and whispered something in his ear.

Li Cunxiao couldn't hide what was on his mind, and immediately frowned.

(End of this chapter)