Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 243 Making Friends
Wu Fu, they have all seen it, and there is one in the capital.

After some rectification, the Shence Army is indeed stronger than before Huang Chao entered Guanzhong.Originally, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty had high hopes, but it was revealed when the town was moved the year before last, which was very disappointing.

It is true that he can fight better than in the first year of Guangming, but he is still vulnerable in front of the army of the feudal town, and he doesn't even have the courage to fight.

The imperial court still has not given up on the Shence Army, and has been vigorously rectifying it for the past two years. As for the effect, only God knows.Wu Rong didn't see much of it, but Xiao Yun had seen the Yajun in Hezhong, so he felt that there was a big gap.

The army in the distance gradually approached, Xiao Yun stared at it without blinking.

The clothes are a little worn out, obviously they have been fighting outside for a long time.But the morale was strong, and when he was walking on the road with his horse, he didn't look that tired, which showed that the general ruled the army strictly, and the military salary should be paid in time and in full.

Seeing a few people standing by the side of the road, they rushed over on a horse, interrogated them carefully, and then asked them to retreat to a far away place until the army passed by.

Well, the sergeants are on the alert.If this is an irresponsible army, such as the Shence Army, they will not bother to care about you at all, and they will watch you at will, and will not drive away the people at all.

This is still a victorious class teacher. If you are on the way to march into the army, you will probably be detained.Regardless of whether you are a spy or not, you must be arrested first, so as not to leak military information.

Hundreds of riders were on the march. Except for the occasional sound made by the horses, there was no chatting or laughing among the sergeants. Everyone either looked at the road ahead or looked at their team leader and team deputy, and received them at any time. Command preparation.

Xiao Yun and Wu Rong retreated to the village.Before leaving, he had already seen the figures of the troops behind.Also, apart from the sound of equipment colliding, there was no movement.Occasionally, the infantry would stop and regroup when they heard a sound of drum beating. It was the first time that Xiao Yun knew that not only when marching in formation, but also when marching, the infantry sometimes had to stop and regroup.

Once in the village, the line of sight was blocked.Xiao Yun and Wu Rong looked at each other and sighed.

"Is this the Dingyuan Army?" Xiao Yun asked.

"It's the Dingyuan Army. Someone saw the general's flag. The envoy's surname is Wang." Wu Rong said.

"Is this a strong army?"

"If you haven't seen the Shence Army, you can't tell whether it is strong or weak. Looking at it now, there are many victories against the Shence Army."

"I feel that they are stronger than the Hezhong Yajun. Maybe they are similar in skills, but there is an indescribable feeling, awe-inspiring, calm, steady, and the kind of ruthlessness that kills too many people. If this kind of tiger and wolf are put into Chang'an, that's too dangerous, it's better to let them stay in Helong."

"Longyou has always had a strong army, and Dong Zhongying's soldiers in the Later Han Dynasty were very sharp." Wu Rong said.

Xiao Yun choked, it's because you couldn't pass the Jinshi examination.

Is this human?The king of Lingwu County had a big battle this year, which cost a lot, but he also sent a hundred carts of salt, a thousand horses, three thousand sheep, sand fox skins, wild horse skins, and deer skins to Chang'an. To compare?
"With such a strong army, the Longyou prefectures will be safe." Xiao Yun lightly stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Lack of people." Wu Rong said: "Just now, I looked around the village. There is a large open space, which is full of grass. If it was in the Central Plains, it would have been full of crops."

"Zihua doesn't know something." Xiao Yun said: "Before I came, I also checked the files. From the time of Houzhou (Northern Zhou Dynasty), the people in Helong were half herding and half farming, and they were farming near Zhuangzi, a little farther away. In some places, up to the hills, cattle, sheep and horses are grazed. The land is vast and sparsely populated, so the adult males are proficient in bows and horses, and they are majestic and burly, and they are also good sons of the six counties in the Han Dynasty."

Xiao Yun came here this time, and also brought various files related to the Helong Prefectures during the Tianbao period, involving tribal customs, various water systems, mountain roads, land fat and thin, etc., and almost all of them were copied, as a meeting gift Give it to Shao Shude.

After more than a hundred years, some things have changed a lot, but they can also be used as a reference, right?The Xiao family did it on purpose.

"I've been educated." Wu Rong saluted and said sincerely: "If you don't go out, you don't know the outside world, and you don't know how complicated the world's people are."

Xiao Yun smiled and said nothing.In fact, he was no different from Wu Rong in the past, but he has been a county magistrate for several years, and he knows how complicated it is to do practical things. It is not as simple as he thought when he was studying and taking the exam.

Will the world be ruled if all the people are in full bloom?cannot!One person has one idea, ten thousand people have ten thousand ideas, and doing something is too complicated.

Suddenly there was a sound of hooves, and dozens of horsemen rushed into the village.

The knights shouted loudly and cleared a field, and then the two generals came hand in hand, dismounted and stood still in the field.

"There are Jia Ke in such a remote village?" The older general glanced at the Xiao family's convoy and said with a smile.

There were hundreds of people in the front and rear of the convoy, they were either arrogant servants of wealthy families or rampant family guards, how arrogant they were in Chang'an, now they are honest, even the weapons were hidden under the car.

Seeing this, Xiao Yun secretly sighed, not as good as a desperado in the mountains.Those people sometimes dare to fight with the officers and soldiers. These servants and guards really can only pretend to be in Chang'an City. They are frightened by twenty or so warriors with knives and bows, and they dare not look directly at them. .

"It shouldn't be a merchant. This car looks like a woman's dowry, a big box and a small box." Another younger general joked.

Xiao Yun was a little unnatural when he heard the words.Seeing that the two warriors were not too fierce, he rectified his appearance, stepped forward and saluted and said: "The king's minister Xiao Yun has seen the two generals, and my brother is the prime minister Xiao Yun..."

"Xiao Yu?" The senior general thought for a while and asked, "Who is Xiao Fu who served as Prime Minister during the Jianzhong period?"

"Great-grandfather."

"That treacherous official, why did he agree to make peace with Tubo?"

"This is a court meeting. The great-grandfather was appointed prime minister in the fourth year of Jianzhong. At that time, there was a mutiny in Jingyuan, and Li Xilie rebelled outside Huaixi. The country's affairs are difficult, and the alliance with Tubo is also a helpless move."

"Hmph! Why did you come to Weizhou with a big cart and a small cart?"

"They are all old pictures and books, from Longyou and Hexi 21 prefectures. They are old files from the Tianbao period. If you want to present them to the King of Lingwu County, they may be useful."

"It's quite intentional. Tell your elder brother when you go back, don't add chaos. The great situation of the Dingnan Army was created by the warriors with swords and guns. My name is Yang Yue. If you have any advice, you can come to Xiazhou to find someone." After finishing speaking, he got on his horse and muttered, "Let's go! I'm upset when I see these people."

Yang Yue led the knight and rushed away.

Wang Yu smiled at the side, and said: "Commander Yang has an upright temper and is strict in running the army. Prime Minister Xiao is not only the commander (the chief of a hundred officials), but also a famous noble. Maybe he can do something for this Longyou land. You I also saw that there are not many people in Weizhou. If people can be recruited from Guanzhong to cultivate, it will be great."

"The imperial court has ordered various departments to send prisoners to Huizhou. So far, there have been more than a thousand people. Weizhou may follow this story."

"All the prisoners have been resettled in the newly established Dingxi County. The commander originally wanted to move [-] people to Weizhou, but now that Minzhou has been conquered, he plans to send these people to Yile, Hezheng, and Youchuan counties. Weizhou Zhou mainly recruits good people to cultivate, and this has to fall on Xiao Xiang. The commander is so worried about the population that he doesn’t think about food and drink. If Xiao Xiangruo has a way, what benefits can’t he get?” After finishing speaking, Wang Yu looked at Xiao Shi The convoy laughed again: "If you send gold and silver utensils, the general will not like it. At the right time, Xiao has a heart. A certain name is Wang Yu, an envoy of Dingyuan. Xiao officials may not have heard of a certain .”

Wang Yu?In fact, Xiao had studied the generals and staff around Shao Shude.Wang Yu, originally a subordinate of Li Xiang, was born as a brave general in the Chao army.It was Wang Yudong who killed Huang Chao's supervisor in Huazhou anyway.

Originally thought that he was a vulgar martial artist, but he didn't expect that his speech would be more pleasing and gentle than that of Yang Yue, who was born in the general family. This was unexpected.

The king of Lingwu County, even the Chao general can be subdued and taught so well, his temperament and skill must be higher than imagined.

"By the way, the commander-in-chief has returned to Lanzhou. If you want to see the commander-in-chief, you can only go to Wuquan. You have to leave quickly. If you are late, you may only see him in Xiazhou." Wang Yu also got on his horse. Leave, said before leaving.

"Thank you Wang Jun for your suggestion." Xiao Yun cupped his hands and saluted.

Although you are the younger brother of the prime minister, Xiao Yun still feels that he can't stand up in the face of these generals of the Dingnan army. personal.

After the riders left, Xiao Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Yue seems to have a lot of opinions on the aristocratic family!Aren't you also from a general background?Why do you do pie?
Although Wang Yu was born as a descendant of the Chao army, he is not vulgar, and he doesn't seem to reject the Xiao family.If my brother goes out of Zhenhewei smoothly in the future, he may have more contact with him.

In the town of Dingnan, there are seven armies of Tielin, Wuwei, Jinglue, Dingyuan, Feng'an, Xinquan, and Tieqi, all of whom are direct descendants.

There are also two armies of Tiande and Zhenwu, which are newly recruited from other departments.

Yi Cong's army is a mixed army of soldiers and horses, but they are quite trusted.

Since one wanted to integrate into the circle of the Dingnan Army, one had to be familiar with each army and each general so as not to offend other people's taboos.

As for wooing and befriending generals, Xiao would not be so unwise.Even if it is really done, it must be done in a very clever way. As long as the time is long enough, there will always be a chance.

"I have to go to Lanzhou as soon as possible." Xiao Yun said softly, "Zihua, would you like to go to Lanzhou with me? This is 530 miles to Lanzhou. If you hurry up, you will arrive in ten days."

"A solid wish."

The two stopped talking nonsense, picked some guards, and walked along the Weishui River Valley, passing through Xiangwu County (Weizhou City), Weiyuan County, Gaochengling, Wujie Valley, Dalai Valley, Didao County, and Changcheng Castle. After crossing the fertile and dry mountains, they arrived at Lisuo Wuquan County in Lanzhou on August 22.

They were lucky, Shao Shude had just sent away a group of Tubo tribal chiefs from Shanzhou, and was preparing to return to Xiazhou via Huizhou.If it is slower, I am afraid that I will have to go to Huizhou to meet.

(End of this chapter)