Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 284
For Zhu Mei, Shao Shude just wants him to get out of here.

Three years before Guangqi, there were only more than 2000 family members of the Dingnan Army receiving food and pensions.

During Guangqi's three-year expedition to the west, Shao Shude wanted to curse at people just thinking about it, and Yang Yue was a big pitfall!
He almost wiped out the 4000 members of the Hexi Dangxiang who went on the expedition, and only four or five hundred remained in the end.There were 6000 people in the Yinshan Fan tribe, and he also cheated thousands of people.This year, a total of [-] families received pensions.

In the battle of attacking Yangzhou, the [-] Hexi party members who went on the expedition killed and injured [-] people, at least [-] of whom were required to receive pensions-as for those who were killed by suppression during the mutiny, of course there was no pension to receive.The Zhenwu Army, the Yinshan Fan Division, and the Yi Cong Army's left wing also suffered losses. Counting the losses in the previous attack on Fengzhou and the battle against Zhuge Zhongbao, more than [-] people need to receive pensions for this year's expedition.

Zhu Mei is also a big pitfall!

Shao Shude is now doubting whether he will be recruited for the Hexi party in the future?After going out for two consecutive years, they lost [-] strong men, which is almost the sum of all the strong men a medium-sized tribe can draw.If it continues like this, if the guarantee is not complete, the leader will have doubts and make something happen.

The chiefs are not stupid. Although it is very straightforward to deduct the pensions of the herdsmen and serfs under them, it is not a problem that the strength of the tribe is getting weaker day by day.

Shao Shude thought about it last night.After the class teacher, I have to take the army to Lingzhou for another turn, to suppress people's small thoughts.By the way, we will reorganize the households of Qimin, some small farming tribes, and many people have died. At this time, don’t be afraid of eating, and directly register as households of Qimin, and put an idle official for the headman, and receive a salary for the elderly.

"Meet the recruitment envoy." Zhu Mei saluted.

After conquering Yangzhou, the position of the recruiting envoy of Yangzhou led by Zhu Mei was automatically invalidated.But even if he is still there, so what, Shao Shude is leading the recruiting envoy of Shannan Road, strictly speaking, it is "all recruiting envoys", and Zhu Mei is all recruiting deputy envoys, so it is not an exaggeration to salute.

"Congratulations to Shuai Zhu, Dongchuan Jingjie is in hand." Shao Shude didn't have any smile on his face, he only heard him say: "When will the troops prepare to go south?"

"The imperial court has a decree to set up a recruiting camp in Sanchuan and the states in the gorge, with Tongping Zhangshi and Xichuan Jiedu envoy Wei Zhaodu as the capital's recruiting envoys, and a certain person with little merit, who is Dongchuan Jiedu envoy as the Zizhou camp envoy. Ask for envoys, we will go south in a few days."

"Zhuge's attendant wakes up from time to time, it's been a few days, Zhu Shuai won't wait before leaving?"

Zhu Mei hesitated when she heard the words.He can wait, but Wei Zhaodu won't wait for him. In case the Shence Army enters Shu, they first occupy some counties and counties in Dongchuan, and it will be a lot of trouble to ask for their return.

"The order is urgent..." Zhu Mei said.

"Forget it, Shuai Zhu, let's go. On the side of Longjian, Zhao Jian will make excuses, but he must restrain his troops." Shao Shude stretched out his hand to stop Zhu Mei's words, and said.

The affection between old friends is not as important as the territory, in fact, it is the same if it is you, right?Shao Shude didn't dare to deeply analyze his inner thoughts, for fear that he would be afraid in the end.

"Shao Shuai, Fengxiang Zhuzhou, our family members are still here, please take good care of them."

"Don't worry, Zhu Shuai. After capturing Dongchuan, it won't be too late to send someone back."

"So I feel relieved." Before leaving, Zhu Mei said mysteriously again: "I heard a piece of news, which may be useful to Shao Shuai. Xuanwu Zhu Quanzhong's pursuit of Qin Zongquan went very smoothly, and his envoys have already arrived in the capital, seeking camp everywhere. As soon as Caizhou is flattened, the imperial court will entrust Quan Zhong as the queen of Feng Guojun."

Shao Shude was startled when he heard this.She didn't even know about this, but Zhu Mei knew it. Snakes have ways of snakes, and rats have ways of mice.

How much ecstasy soup did Zhu Quanzhong pour into the saint?Xuanwu, Huainan, and Caizhou, the three towns are Jiedushi in one, and the last one who is so awesome is Anlu Mountain.

After Zhu Mei left, Shao Shude went to visit Zhuge Shuang again.Before entering the door, I met Zhuge Zhongfang.

"Shao Shuai." Zhuge Zhongfang saluted.

"How is the waiter?"

"It should be within two days."

Seeing the expression on Zhuge Zhongfang's face, Shao Shude seemed neither sad nor happy.The joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys that ordinary people have are much more indifferent when it comes to the class with great power.

Shao Shude entered the bedroom.Jiang Dewen, Niu Li, and Wang Qianyu were all there, and they all saluted upon seeing this.

Shao Shude stretched out his hand to stop him, and asked his soldiers to bring a bed, and sat in front of Zhuge Shuang.

Zhuge Zhongfang, who came in together, took a look at him, and secretly slandered: It's this time, and I still want to invite people's hearts.

"Shu De is here." Zhuge Shuang forced a smile.

"Master, Zhuge Zhongbao has been taken to Nanzheng, what should we do?"

"That's all. They are all warriors in troubled times. Someone knows his thoughts. I wanted to ask a few more questions, but now that I think about it, there is no need." Zhuge Shuang took a long time to finish this sentence, and after a long time , and said: "In the past, I blocked two swords and arrows for a certain person. This son died a long time ago. Forget it, let him be spared once, and Shude can deal with it himself."

"it is good."

"Secretary Jiang, when the town was not in chaos, how much silk did the land of the eleven prefectures collect?" Zhuge Shuang asked suddenly.Xu Shi said a lot in one breath, his complexion became even worse, but he still insisted on asking.

"Returning to Commander, I received more than 11 bolts of silk, cloth, and silk in various colors, and more than [-] coins." Jiang Dewen replied.

Shao Shude wanted to shed tears when he heard this, the tax revenue of this household has already far exceeded that of the land of the ten prefectures of Lingxia.I'll go to your uncle, how poor Lingxia is!But Lao Tzu still has the cattle and sheep donated by the Fanbu, which amount to hundreds of thousands a year. Thinking of this, he is a little happier.

But you can't think about it carefully. If you think about it carefully, you need to calculate carefully. After careful calculation, the wealth created per capita is still far inferior to others.Moreover, Shannanxidao is at the bottom of Sanchuan, and the agricultural level of Manliao is too low, which hinders it as a whole.If it is two rivers of east and west, it is even more incomparable.

Sure enough, there are only warriors who fight and kill in the northwest!
"Xingyuan Mansion does not need to raise too many troops, more than 15 people are enough. From now on, every year, [-] shi of rice will be sent to Gudaochuan, and handed over to Shude to support the army. In addition, [-] pieces of silk from Liangzhou and Banan Liao Cloth [-] horses as a reward from the army." Zhuge Shuang said: "This is a law forever, my son Zhong Fang, this is my father's request and must not be violated."

"My lord, I know this, and I will not dare to disobey my orders." Zhuge Zhongfang responded quickly.

"So, rest assured." Zhuge Shuang took a breath and fell into a groggy state again.

"Let the waiter take a good rest." Shao Shude sat for a while, then got up and left.

The goods and food provided by Shannan West Road can cover the rewards of almost 1 people, and the food is more than enough, and there are tens of thousands of stones left.Coupled with the money and silk transported by Zhao Jian from Longjian Town through the Jialing River, let alone 5000 people, 5000 people can be supported.In the future, the town will only need to pay the food gifts for the 36 people, that is, [-] shi a year to their families, which greatly reduces the burden.

On the third day of July, soldiers and horses from all walks of life returned from Yangzhou one after another and arrived in Nanzheng.

Yang Fugong and his son were also escorted here, Shao Shude didn't bother to see him, and directly ordered him to be escorted to the capital, Ximen Zhongsui must be happy to deal with this old enemy.

Yangzhou captured more than a thousand bandit soldiers.In fact, most of them are young adults recruited temporarily, but if they are unlucky and attached to Ni, naturally there is no good fruit to eat.These people, together with Zhuge Zhongbao's [-] surrendered soldiers, and his family members were all taken away and sent to Lingxia and Hewei for resettlement.

If it wasn't too troublesome, Shao Shude would also like to touch those barbarian tribes lured by Zhuge Zhongbao, uproot them and move them all away.

Marshal Shao's skill in robbing the people should be regarded as the first echelon among the leaders of the various armies.Even Yang Xingmi, who forcibly relocated [-] households at one time, should not be as good as Shao in terms of overall historical record.

"Marshal." Zhang Yanqiu led Liang Hanyong into the big tent and saluted.

"Here we come." Shao Shude put down the "Sui Shu" in his hand, and said, "How do you feel about attacking Yangzhou this time?"

"If the city is united as one, it is indeed not appropriate to attack by force." Zhang Yanqiu replied.

"In the old days when Zhang Xun guarded Yongqiu, there were only a few hundred peasants from the Tutuan, more than a thousand men and strong men, and 12 thieves were killed. Zhao Ji of Chenzhou had no more than 15 soldiers, and 4000 nest thieves besieged for [-] days. Jingnan, It was only a few thousand soldiers, and tens of thousands of Cai thieves besieged the city for two years. Li Shouzhong's [-] Youzhou elite soldiers attacked Yizhou, and there were only [-] people in the city, with more than [-] casualties. It is probably useless. This siege, if you can't do it all at once, don't attack by force in the future." Shao Shude said.

Capturing the enemy's city is indeed two extremes.One is to win quickly with minor casualties, even without a fight, and the other is to pay huge casualties, but it is still unable to attack.The longer the delay, the stronger the determination of the soldiers and civilians in the city to defend, because they have already made the attackers pay a huge price. Once the city is broken, it is likely to face massacres, so it is better to fight to the end.

"Our advantage is the cavalry. From now on, we must give full play to the advantages of the cavalry and avoid weaknesses." Shao Shude said: "The thousands of captured people should be sent back by your department. Try to resettle them in Wei and Min prefectures, and they will grow mulberry weaves." Bu, it’s a waste to go to Lingzhou.”

"Of order." Zhang Yanqiu replied.

"Liang Hanyong, if you are successful in attacking the city this time, let's be promoted to deputy general. If there is no real shortage in the Zhenwu Army, then go to other troops. Chen Fushi recruited more than [-] troops from Henan, and there are still vacancies." Shao Shude said: "Go back first."

"As ordered." Liang Hanyong replied.The injuries on his hands and body haven't fully healed yet, and this expedition is indeed a desperate effort.

After Zhang and Liang left, Shao Shude thought carefully about his future plans.

Zhu Quanzhong's attack on Caizhou should have devoured a lot of benefits.

Caizhou has three cities, Zhongcheng, Nanweicheng, and Beiguancheng, which are actually similar to Fengxiang Mansion. The latter has two pass cities on the east and west, guarding the middle mansion.Yanzhou City is almost the same routine, but it is more exaggerated. The five cities are the horns of each other. Whichever one is attacked, it may be attacked from the side and rear, which is a bit like the crossfire of bastions.

Beiguan City in Caizhou was sacked by Zhu Quanzhong. It has been more than two months since the siege of Nancheng has not yet fallen, and Zhongcheng has not yet touched the edge.

But the three cities are not big, so they don't actually have many soldiers, and the maximum of [-] in total may be less than [-].In other words, most of Qin Zongquan's troops were still outside the city. If there were no accidents, most of these people would be wiped out or subdued by Zhu Quanzhong.In other words, if he could afford it, there would be more than a hundred thousand brave cai soldiers right now.

The place in Henan has a large population and the plains stretch as far as the eye can see.Disadvantages are the place of four wars, but once you can withstand them, you can attack everywhere, and disadvantages become advantages.Cao Cao is like this, and so is Zhu Quanzhong.

"Lu Siye, someone wants to write a letter." Shao Shude sat up straight and said.

It's time to repair the relationship with Li Keyong.Two years ago, his strength was steadily surpassing that of Zhu Quanzhong, but not necessarily now.It's a pity that Li Keyong hasn't realized this yet. In terms of military strength, Zhu Quanzhong is already the number one feudal clan in the world, and he is no longer easily defeated by the [-] troops in Hedong.

Huang Chao and Qin Zongquan are Zhu Quanzhong's big crisis, and they are also Dabu Wan. 500 people took office and took over thousands of remnants and defeated generals in Xuanwu.After Huang Chao's defeat, he expanded to [-] troops, and then recruited troops twice to attack Qin Zongquan and Zhu's brothers, and the number of troops expanded to more than [-].

This time, taking Heyang, Henan Prefecture, and Xuzhou, and attacking Caizhou, the strength of the army may not expand to [-] to [-].

Previously, Shao Shude was reluctant to enter Shu for the time being, because he was worried that the Ministry would become self-reliant, but now it seems that he should put more energy in Henan.Li Keyong didn't know how to do it. He besieged Xingzhou City several times. How many people died before and after?Ten thousand?Twenty thousand?But not captured yet.The northern attack on Yunzhou City was also unsuccessful several times, and they returned without success.

Zhu Quanzhong was given too much development time!

"The letter to Li Keyong was careless, please polish it." Shao Shude said: "I'm afraid Li Keyong hasn't seen the speed of Zhu Quanzhong's rise, or he has realized it, and he is too willful to believe it. Look down on others too much. Uh, I don’t need to write this sentence.”

"Let's say that once Zhu Quanzhong recruits more than [-] Cai thieves, his military strength will increase greatly, and the Huaixi states will not be able to support them, so they will definitely expand. I advise him to take advantage of Heyang and put some pressure on Zhu Quanzhong."

"As ordered."

"Commander, Zhuge's servant is dead." Lu Ming, the deputy general of the personal army, came in suddenly and reported.

"When the time comes, it will be fine. Commander Zhuge, it can be regarded as a good death. It is actually not easy for a martial artist. Let's go, to see the servant for the last time." Shao Shude got up and said.

(End of this chapter)