Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 13 The Three Parts of Shatuo
On the [-]th day of the eighth month, the various divisions of the Tiande Army left Shanyang Pass in turn.

Shao Shude looked at this well-equipped military fort with some reluctance, and he was about to set up camp again.There are also countless night guards and patrols, in short, don't want to sleep soundly.

When the army is dispatched, of course, there is a sequence.

Hundreds of Fengzhou army first, as the vanguard, then the main force of Tiande army, and finally the Xicheng soldiers, horses and baggage troops.The entire army of more than [-] people, with a solemn atmosphere and murderous aura, headed for Shuozhou City, which is [-] miles away.

Qiu Weidao set off with the Chinese army.He was still wearing that bright red robe, and he had a knife and a bow, but no armor.Shao Shude always has a sense of unreality about his outfit: the eunuch dances with knives and guns, and even shoots arrows. This really subverts the previous cognition.

Because the scouts discovered the reason why the enemy troops were moving nearby, the army was more cautious when traveling. Many weapons that were usually placed on the car were also taken off and carried with them. For example, Shao Shude carried thirty arrows with him, and the personal soldier Saburo also He carried an additional thirty special arrows for him to choose and use.

However, he still didn't bring a long spear. The small spear he used was fine. The four-foot spear equipped by ordinary soldiers was walking on the march. The picture was too beautiful and too tiring.

Shao Shude didn't know these things very well before crossing, but after joining the army, he learned a lot of basic knowledge.

Troops in the marching state are the easiest to collapse when they are suddenly attacked.Because the long guns are placed on the car at this time, the sharp soldiers with iron armor may not wear armor, because they are too physically demanding, and the flag drums and the like are also put away. Once they are raided, the queue is not neat, the equipment is incomplete, and the command is ineffective. , undefeated, there will be ghosts.

In order to avoid this, it is necessary to spread scouts widely and spread them out far away.

Tiande Army has a You Yi Shi named Tian Xing, ten generals, in addition to five hundred cavalry, there are dozens of scouts who are brave and decisive, have excellent riding skills and are familiar with the geography of mountains and rivers. Alternately patrolling inside and outside.There were also twenty or so scouts in Xicheng. Shao Shude had contacted with them before, and they were all incapable of hanging. The main task was to scout the enemy and capture prisoners.

Battles between scouts are bloody and brutal.They are all masters of survival and tracking in the wild, and they are also excellent at fighting and killing. They often deliberately look for the traces of the other scouts, and then stage scenes of bloody capture and anti-capture battles, so the casualty rate of scouts is average. It is also outrageously high.

If one side's scouts are suppressed and even suffer heavy losses, the general will receive less information from the outside world, or even be misled by the wrong information given.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army scouts were hunted and killed by Jurchen hunters who came from deep mountains and forests. The battlefield was one-way transparent to the Tartars, and this battle could not be fought.

The scouts of the Tiande Army mainly came from the Sinicized Turks and Uighurs in the territory.

They have been placed in Fengzhou since the time of Emperor Taizong, and some mixed Hu tribes came one after another. Those who entered the system (as soldiers) were basically Sinicized, wearing Han costumes, speaking Chinese, and even their names were Chinese. .Those who have not entered the system, some still retain the tribal way of life, recruit scouts, and often find these people, which is cost-effective.

Like the Shatuo people who are making trouble next door, in fact, a large number of strong people were selected into the Hedong town soldiers in the early years.

For example, Fan Xichao once selected 1200 Shatuo people to join the army and stationed in Jinyang.According to Li Deyu, these Shatuo people who have entered the system and served as soldiers and food, are basically the same as the Han people, "nature is very good, and they are familiar with people's feelings".

Shao Shude deeply suspects that many people in Fengzhou with Han surnames and Han names are actually from the Sinicized vassal, but they may not know the lineage of their ancestors themselves, and now they can only see who they identify with and who they are.

The scouts of the Tiande Army are quite good. After all, they have been fighting against Dangxiang people and Uighur people all the year round. If they spread out in groups of three, they can still find out the enemy's situation in time. It was them who sent back news last night, and they even captured an enemy. Scouts and captives are extremely powerful.

However, the enemy's more than a thousand cavalry is a huge threat. The scouts have reported that they often send dozens of cavalry and horses to squeeze the activity space of the Tiande army scouts, and then round up and kill them. The purpose is to make the Tiande army become Blind man, lost the initiative on the battlefield.

You Yi's envoy Tian Xing had no choice but to recruit hundreds of Fan soldiers who could ride horses from the auxiliary soldiers after petitioning the capital Hao Zhenwei, and asked them to bring all the equipment, weapons and three-day rations to go out with him to expel the enemy cavalry. even push back.

Things have gotten to the point where no one can pretend the enemy doesn't exist anymore.

Xue Zhiqin commanded the Shuozhou army and guarded the flanks of Li Guochang and his son, so naturally he dared not neglect.Yunzhou is being besieged by more than 1 soldiers from Helianduo and Qibizhang's troops, and there is a strong pressure to return. Xue Zhiqin is known as a brave man, and his fighting style is to rush and fight, and the victory will be determined in one battle .Since they defend Shuozhou and hear that the German army is coming, they naturally have a strong urge to defeat Yunzhou quickly and then return to help Yunzhou.

Of course, this is the psychological state of Xue Zhiqin analyzed by the Tiande Army in combination with the current battlefield situation. It is difficult to say what the facts are.What if the family's mission is only to defend Shuozhou?
On August [-]th, after three days of bloody battles to kill the scouts, the cavalry on both sides suffered heavy losses, so the next two days were relatively calm.You Yi made Tian Xing no longer the same as before, with a stinky face every day, and few of his subordinates were lucky. The situation has improved a lot.

On this day, the main force of the Tiande army marched to a place called Shuicaoling.

The Zhongling water turned a corner here, forming a miniature delta with fertile soil.There is a village on the delta, there are about a hundred families, except for a few, basically all surnamed Kang, mainly farming, and also grazing some cattle, sheep and horses.It’s not very rich, but it seems that it’s okay to have enough food and clothing—Hedong hasn’t suffered a large-scale war for many years, and folk life is indeed much stronger than Fengzhou.

"Kang Shi, the Hu people with the ninth surname of Zhaowu, should have moved here during the Yuanhe period." Song Le quietly approached Shao Shude and said in a low voice, "After being annexed by the Shatuo tribe, they are all Shatuo people now."

"Shatuo people?" Looking at the people with buns, Hanfu, and Chinese speaking, Shao Shude couldn't connect them with the Shatuo people.

"High nose, deep eyes, beard, fake Shatuo!" Lu Huaizhong spat out a stalk of grass in his mouth, disdainfully.

"What Lu Huochang said is not bad. The Hu people with nine surnames in Zhaowu lived in Lingxia and Daibei in the early years of the dynasty, much earlier than Shatuo. Unfortunately, there are no capable talents, and Shatuo gradually overwhelmed him. It was slowly annexed. People in Hedong ridiculed it as a 'fake Shatuo', and Zhu Xie, the most powerful of the three Shatuo tribes, also despised it." Song Le introduced with a smile.

Shatuo clan, because the leader has always been Zhu Xie clan, is also called Zhu Xie clan.Compared with the Sage and Anqing tribes, which are mixed with a large number of Hu people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu, the Zhuxie tribe is more "true", and the tribe has always regarded themselves as the descendants of the Yuancong of the Zhuxie clan.

For example, in the Later Tang Dynasty, Kang Fu, a man from Shatuo, who was the commander of the feudal town, held an official banquet in his house to entertain guests.One of them was a small official surnamed Luo. After Kang Fu heard that his ancestor came from the Jinshan Mansion in the Western Regions with Later Tang Yizu (Zhu Xiezhiyi), he was in awe, and immediately said to the left and right: "Luo Pingguan is the The humble, the clan is very high, and the real Shatuo." The listeners snickered.

This "snickering" is naturally the Han people present. In their eyes, no matter whether the real Shatuo or the fake Shatuo is "very high".However, Kang Fu, a "fake Shatuo" from a Hu people with nine surnames in Zhaowu, has an unconcealed admiration for the real Shatuo, or a sense of inferiority. It can be seen that the gap between the real and the fake Shatuo is still very deep.

The three tribes of Shatuo, Zhu Xie, Sage and Anqing are not the same after all!
Shao Shude observed carefully and found that these Shatuo people, who had been completely sinicized, were indeed a little different.

At least, he saw a few "Yanmars" that looked pretty good.Tall, fit, full of youthful vigor, his appearance is seven or eight points similar to those of later generations of white people, but he is wearing Han Chinese clothes, and the overall style of painting is relatively inconsistent.

"Pay attention to these Shatuo people, don't make them disadvantageous to the prison army." Shao Shude looked away from the beauty, swallowed, and turned around to give a command to divert his attention.

"As ordered!" Lu Huaizhong, who was on duty, gave a military salute and responded.

"Don't humiliate the people too much. I'm the king of the imperial court. I've got some water, so let's drive them aside, and don't do what Li Guochang's thieves did." Xu Shi was worried, and Shao Shude ordered again.

"The leader of the team is good-hearted, but it's not possible in a troubled world. I heard that some thieves are killing new soldiers to train their courage and eating human flesh..." Lu Huaizhong mumbled, seeing that Shao Shude's face was not good, he quickly closed his mouth and slid. Xiao ran and flashed people to go to work.

"Old Lu has a lot of weird words, but he is actually a very good man. When I was in Fengzhou, I chatted with him about the peaceful situation after the turbulent times and peace. He was cute and he never did anything to hurt the people. Well, at least under my nose. No." Shao Shude smiled at Song Le and said.

"Those who are close to Zhu are red, those who are close to ink are black; the sound is harmonious, the sound is clear, and the shape is straight. The head of Shao is a gentleman, with a kind heart, and the people around him are naturally the same. Great kindness." Song Le stroked it. He stroked his beard, smiled and walked away: "When he took his people, he couldn't help his parents by farming. His parents were cold and hungry, his brothers and wives were separated, he trapped his people, and the king went to conquer them. Who is the enemy of the king? Hence the saying: 'The benevolent is invincible.'"

Song Le's words were a bit awkward, and Shao Shude didn't understand it very well, but he still understood the words "the benevolent is invincible".

He smiled wryly, this doesn't make sense in a chaotic world.In today's era, what is popular is to be more ruthless than others, more shameless than others, and more limitless than others, otherwise you will not know how to die.

The benevolent is invincible, let's survive first...

　Everyone's enthusiasm was so high yesterday that I did 4 chapters a day. . .

Take control of your rhythm today.

　
(End of this chapter)