Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1240 You brought Xia Bing here?

Amidst the storm of shouting signs, a large group of soldiers suddenly rushed in.

They come quickly and are very stealthy.

The wind and snow covered their tracks, and when they approached the tribe perfectly, no one noticed.

Then don't be too polite!
A lieutenant stood under a dead tree at the head of the village, looking forward to Zixiong.If there is another bastard box hanging on the waist at this time, it will definitely look like a devil entering the village.

"Damn it..." The deputy general looked at the neatly opened farmland, and the wooden houses and earthen houses one after another, and was furious: "Obviously the land has already started, why don't you make a household of Qimin? The court can't accept it." Taxes, how to support the army? How to pay the salaries of hundreds of officials?"—Of course, compared with the cost of raising the army, the salaries of officials are really nothing.

The others also sneered when they heard this.

There are already cavalry troops cruising on the path at the entrance of the village, carrying thick and long horses, staring at the snowy field with wide eyes, beware of anyone escaping.

The infantry rushed directly into the most luxurious mansion in the middle of the village - a brick house with three fronts and three entrances.

"Open the door!" Someone slammed on the closed wooden door.

There was a faint exclamation from behind the door, followed by intensive footsteps, but no one opened the door.

"Smash me!" The team leader roared.

Several sergeants stepped forward and began to hack the wooden door with their long axes.

Someone poked his head out of the wall to observe, but was shot by an arrow soon, and fell down screaming.The footsteps behind the door became more chaotic, and there was the sound of weapons being unsheathed.

"Boom!" After the door was smashed to pieces, it was directly knocked to the ground by the swarming soldiers.

"Where is Shi Rang?"

"Mo Lingshi ran away! The envoy has an order, life or death does not matter."

"Shi Rang, why don't you bring the head? The military master has no money to drink!"

Hearing the news, Shi Rang, who was counting the accounts in the library, directly ordered the gathering of domestic slaves, distribution of weapons, and at the same time, closing the last courtyard for resistance.

He himself also put on two layers of heavy armor, held a Mo Dao, and his face was so gloomy that water could almost drip.

Shi Rang is not a fool.In fact, he is Li Zongsheng's son-in-law and the most famous warrior in the tribe. He has a fierceness and a little cunning.

He probably already guessed who was outside: General Tu!
This troop followed Shao Sheng to patrol Shunzhou. After Shao Sheng left, they stayed.Originally, this was normal, Huairou was right next to Youzhou, and no matter which Jiedu envoy stationed troops here.When the Jin people ruled Youzhou, the governor of Shunzhou was Li Siyuan, who had thousands of soldiers and horses under him, and was known as the elite.

Shao Sheng brought more than [-] soldiers and horses, which is indeed a bit more, but it is not unimaginable.Although rumors have spread from the outside world recently that the imperial court will take action against the Youzhou tribe and forcibly annex them, large and small semi-independent forces, Li Zongsheng and Shi Rang did not take it seriously.After all, Li Keyong, Wang Rong, Wang Gao, Khitan and even many feudal towns in the south have not been wiped out. Did Shao Sheng do this?

But the fact really surprised them a lot.Now it seems that the imperial court really took action, and the speed was very fast, like a storm, without giving anyone the slightest chance to react.

Shi Rang undoubtedly regretted it.But the matter has come to this point, it is useless to regret it any more, we can only fight, or there is still a glimmer of life.

"Bang bang!" There was an earth-shattering knock on the door outside the courtyard.

The wooden door was not strong and soon crumbled.The women were trembling, but they also drew daggers, short blades, and some even took out bows and arrows. The faces of the servants turned pale, but they all held on.

Shi Rang took a deep breath and clenched the Mo Dao tightly.

"Crash!" The wooden door broke into several pieces, and the warriors rushed in shouting.

"Go to hell!" Shi Rang jumped up suddenly, seeing the unprepared opportunity when the opposite side had just rushed in, and planned to knock down one person first to boost morale.

Whoever imagined it, the first one to rush in was not a good stubble.Before the door was broken, someone next to him was poking around with a long spear, and someone knelt on the ground, bowed a bow and set an arrow, and shot down two servants.

When Shi Rang rushed forward, the man with the long lance leaped aside, and a long ax slashed obliquely from behind.And below, there was a long spear piercing his ribs trickily.

Shi Rang hurriedly avoided.But more and more people rushed in, and with the tacit understanding of the bandits, Shi Rang fought with people a few times, and sweat broke out on his forehead.

Otherwise, how can we say that these old warriors are the most difficult to deal with?The martial arts itself is not bad, and the experience in the battlefield is really rich. You can know what you will do as soon as you reach out, and you will have a countermeasure in a flash.Not to mention that there is also Paoze cooperating with each other, and Zhaozhao rushes to the place that makes you most uncomfortable. It is really not so easy to win.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Several arrows were fired one after another, shooting down several servants who rushed to help.

The samurai lined up in small formations, with long spears and short knives, killing these foreigners to cry for their fathers and mothers.

"Whoosh!" Another arrow went straight to Shi Rang's face, he dodged in a hurry, but his flaws were exposed, and he was hit on the shoulder by Chang Ke's ax directly, and fell to his knees, screaming miserably.From the looks of it, the scapula may have been cracked.

A thing like Chang Ke's ax can not only cut people, but also smash people.Strictly speaking, blunt weapons have greater attributes and have been one of the standard weapons for infantry since the Northern Dynasties.

After Shi Rang fell to the ground, several long spears pierced him just right, blood flowed profusely, he twitched and screamed for a while, and then stopped moving.

"Kill them all!" The officer leading the team waved his hand and rushed forward first.

Although the female family members of the Shi family held all kinds of weapons in their hands, the fighting power of the women was just like that, and they were quickly killed.As for those domestic slaves, a group of them ran away as early as when they were shooting arrows, and they would be hunted down and beaten. In the end, more than ten people also lay down.

"Your Majesty has a decree. Those who obey the orders will never commit crimes, and those who disobey the orders will be punished by the whole family. Search for me, and don't let one go!" The officer cut off Shi Rang's head and ordered loudly.

The sergeants suddenly agreed and searched the rooms one by one.

The deputy general who was waiting outside the village soon got the news, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Take everyone to Huairou and take care of them."

"Obey!" The warriors were high-spirited and elated.

Tracing families and exterminating clans is actually a very oily thing.Yes, the seized property should be returned to the public and distributed uniformly.But troops like them who carry out their missions in person can always get more, how can they not like it?

In fact, there are many other teams like them.It was either Li Zongsheng's son-in-law, his son, or some other big shot.

All the ministries acted quickly, nimble and sturdy, and beat Li Zongsheng's key members dizzy with lightning speed.In just two or three days, more than a dozen or twenty of Li's confidantes were captured and killed, and the tribe with tens of thousands of soldiers was paralyzed at once.

In fact, Xia Ren has not been in Youzhou for a long time, and his understanding of these local snakes is very limited.The reason why they are so efficient is thanks to Li Siyi, another chief of Shunzhou.He directly provided the list and sent a guide to lead the way. Under this "precision-guided" beheading action, a large tribe that was close at hand was completely paralyzed.

Of course, this is also related to the general trend.The murderous troops of General Tu are stationed at the side, and they will reach your house as soon as they lift their feet. If it were any other grassland tribe, they would have fled long ago, so they should at least keep a safe distance.But the Shunzhou Fanbu was not mentally prepared to turn their backs, and suffered a big loss all of a sudden.

If Shi Rang survived, he would definitely scold Li Siyi angrily: "So you were the one who attracted Xia Bing!"

But no matter what, the matter has come to this point, and resistance will only increase casualties, it is meaningless, it is better to surrender.

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Pingzhou also launched operations almost at the same time.

The moment Li Cunxiao received the order, he immediately led his troops to attack.He only left hundreds of old and weak soldiers to guard Linyu Pass, and led more than [-] soldiers to Changli Town.Before they arrived, they took a rest on purpose. After nightfall, they split into two groups, one on the left and the other on the right, outflanking the old Yingzhou tribes who raided Changli Town.

There is actually no suspense in the battle.

If it is daytime, the two sides will open their battles and fight in the wilderness.These tribal soldiers who had many battles with the Eighth Clan of Khitan might still be able to fight a dozen by virtue of their superiority in numbers, but they made a surprise attack at night and thought it was safe, and without the slightest preparation, it was nothing to mention.

"Military envoy, it's done!" An Jingjing laughed as he looked at the camps all over the place in flames.

"Why, you also want to be a soldier of the government? Or the captain of the Zhechong government?" Li Cunxiao looked at his deputy with a displeased face, and asked in a neutral tone.

The sergeants were elated, their morale was bursting, and their bravery was unbelievable, which made Li Cunxiao upset a long time ago.If you were so fierce when fighting Xia Bing back then, all the Flying Dragon Army and Iron Cavalry Army would have to be beaten to the ground!Why did they look so weak, and now everyone is brave and invincible, what happened?
"Military envoy, I..." An Jingjing opened his mouth wide, wanting to say something, but closed it again after seeing Li Cunxiao's fierce eyes.

"I'm angry just looking at you." Li Cunxiao kicked the snow on the ground irritably.

He knew that the hearts of the soldiers of the Qingyi Army were no longer here.The troops he worked so hard to pull up are likely to fly away.

"Military envoy, there is no chance!" An Jingjing said without thinking.

Li Cunxiao understood and sighed too.

"The sage just issued an order to summon the Qizhou Youguo Army to go north." An Jingjing said in a low voice, "Whether Ding Hui will accept the order or not, the imperial court has made it clear that they will deal with the army leaders one by one."

Li Cunxiao was silent when he heard the words.

Dinghui's Youguo Army was on the front line against Yang and Wu, but the court actually transferred them away, which is really puzzling.There were gossip reports that Yang Xingmi occasionally caught a cold during the Chinese New Year, and his health was not very good.It is very meaningful that Ding will be transferred at this time.

Li Cunxiao thought about it with his little political wisdom, and felt that the court might be worried about the civil strife in Yang and Wu, which would allow military leaders like Ding Hui to seize the opportunity and take advantage of the opportunity, so he simply transferred to Youzhou and sent this army with [-] soldiers. The troops of more than [-] people were eliminated.

"Anduo escaped! Hurry up!"

"His head is worth one thousand silk, don't let him go!"

"The opportunity to make a fortune is right in front of you. The brothers surround him, and we share a thousand pieces of silk. If you go to Liaodong in the future, you won't have no money to marry a bride."

There were shouts one after another under the night.Li Cunxiao was speechless and almost vomited blood depressedly.

This night, it seemed that Li Cunxiao was not the one who was defeated by the Fan soldiers.

(End of this chapter)