Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 32
For the troops and horses under the Daibeixing Camp, this new year in the sixth year of Qianfu is quite sad.

Most of them are not locals, but gathered in Hedong because of the war.This year's winter was the rarest in the past 20 years. Not to mention the guest army from Henan, even the natives of Hedong were not used to it.Coupled with the shortage of logistics supplies, the sergeants were miserable and full of resentment.

In the previous defeat of Jingle County, the officers and soldiers of Zhaoyi Town who died Jiedushi ran all the way back to Taiyuan Prefecture and looted Jinyang and Taiyuan counties.The local people organized spontaneously and killed more than a thousand Zhaoyi soldiers.

The officers and soldiers of Heyang, Zhongwu, Yicheng and other towns stationed on the front line of Daizhou were also restless.They are from Henan, and they have never seen the power of Daibei's severe winter.If it weren't for the large and small officials from the camp coming every three days, and Li Guochang's father and son on the opposite side were really brutal, it is estimated that they would not be able to hold on.

Did someone say surrender?Please, some of the local soldiers and horses in Hedong want to surrender, but how did they surrender?Daizhou is separated from the hometown by Hedong, Zhaoyi and other towns. Once it falls, there is really no going back.

The only good thing might be the army stationed inside and outside Jinyang, there are both natives, soldiers and horses.It's close to the leader, with more money and less work, and occasionally going to the city to play, isn't it beautiful?

However, their good days are probably coming to an end, and the news of Jingle's fiasco a year ago made people panic.The recruiting envoy Cui Jikang did not go back to Jinyang to celebrate the New Year, but instead supervised the defense in the area of ​​Mucheng and Gujiaocheng in Loufan.Now that he was scared out of his mind, he didn't dare to fight blindly in the field anymore.

The blood bar of Daibei Xingying is indeed thick. The army was in the field, and it was able to maintain the situation after defeating Honggu and Jingle.On the other hand, Li's father and son on the opposite side won two consecutive battles, and they were both battles of tens of thousands of people.This is the gap in hard power, there is no way.

Shao Shude is too lazy to take care of things over in Taiyuan, and in fact he is not qualified to take care of them.All he cares about is how to improve the treatment of the soldiers and have a good year.This is not a bribe to the soldiers, but a real heart-to-heart, a long-distance expedition for several months, and a field battle where the whole army is attacked. Even if the performance is not outstanding, it is still quite satisfactory and qualified.

Li Yanling was still a little talented in business. He tried his best to pull the tiger skin of the supervisor, and successfully got some meat from the friendly army, and what he paid was the reward that Shao Shude received.Shao, who really has no money now, is very poor, but he has become more and more loyal, and this seems to be what he wants to see.

Hao Zhenwei also distributed some wine and meat on New Year's Eve, and all parts were distributed.The wine and meat were all shipped from Lan and Shi. After Li Keyong left, this line of communication resumed operation. Tiande's army took the opportunity to replenish a large amount of supplies, of which, of course, there were New Year's goods.

Shao Shude drank with everyone for half the night, and after being seven or eight points drunk, he went back to his room to rest.Before going to sleep, he thought in a daze, if the Datong Army attacked tonight, the Tiande Army would definitely be wiped out.

Fortunately, the Datong Army didn't do that, maybe they couldn't do it.Rebels are also human beings, and they also want to rest and celebrate the New Year.When Jingle County was just taken down and a large amount of property was looted, the soldiers wanted to be happy, it was not too much.

No matter how ruthless Li Keyong was, he had to comply with the opinions of the big bosses and give them a few days off.Otherwise, do you really think that the Datong Army will not mutiny?Without the soldiers, what is the use of personal bravery!Li Keyong can clearly understand this truth.

Regardless of Li Keyong's side, the Tiande army in Zheluping only lived his own life.Throughout the first month, they stayed in this area and didn't move.Daibeixingying once sent someone to urge him to pack up the army and attack the northeast to attack Shuozhou, Ningwu and other places.The old fritters of the Tiande Army simply and neatly refused, on the pretext that the weather was cold and the ground was freezing, and they couldn't even draw the bowstring, so they couldn't fight.The messenger was helpless, and could only go back to resume his life.

Shao Shude also learned the details from the gossip circulating in the Military Academy.He was speechless about this, but at the same time he deeply felt that the position of recruiting envoys in the north of the North was a fire pit, whoever sat on it would be disgraced.

"This is an official document urged by Li Shao. Commander Cui is having a hard time. Let's discuss it together. With General Hao, the envoy can't figure out what he's thinking. He has been rectifying his troops recently. He squeezed together the soldiers who had been annexed several times, but when he asked about sending troops to attack Li Guochang and his son, he just said, hum!" In the military prison, Qiu Weidao put an official document on the table and said tiredly.

Shao Shude glanced at him without speaking first.In fact, he hasn't figured out Qiu Weidao's attitude until now. He only feels that he is loyal, but he is also greedy for life and fear of death. He has always held a very contradictory attitude towards attacking the Datong rebels.Sometimes it shows that he is dissatisfied with Hao Zhenwei's move to preserve his strength, but sometimes he is relieved that he doesn't have to fight.

Our chief supervisor, he is so entangled in contradictions!

"Master, Cui Jikang is in Loufan, with more than [-] people. It seems to be stable, but in fact it is in danger." As the mastermind of Qiu Weidao, Song Le was the first to speak: "loufan and Gujiao are all Taiyuan sergeants, go up. Where are the Dang, Heyang, and Zhongwu armies? You won’t stop at Loufan Pass, Furong City, and Jingle County, and your ambitions will not stop there. Don’t you want to touch the essence of Taiyuan Prefecture? There are three strategies. Lord, please listen."

"Let's talk." Qiu Wei said, straightening his body.

"The best strategy is to go south to Lanzhou. After gaining a foothold, reward the sergeant, and then proceed eastward along the Fenshui Valley to reach Loufan Supervisor Mucheng."

"This plan is quite impressive, let's talk about the other two strategies."

"Central policy does not move, sit back and watch the situation, and make calculations after the arrival of the new recruits of the imperial court."

Shao Shude glanced at Song Le suddenly.He hadn't thought about the fact that the court would send new recruits, but it actually made sense.Cui Jikang was originally a civil servant, and he acted as a representative of Hedong Xuan's consolation envoy to recruit envoys on behalf of the Beihang Camp. This was a great opportunity to prove himself. As a result, he suffered a big defeat and lost. It can be said that he has lost his future.

Cui Mou's prestige was low in the first place, but now, he can't restrain the generals.

Loufan's front line is not bad, in other battlefields, each department is basically in a state of taking care of itself.They were barely able to cooperate in the face of the Datong rebels' attack, but it was almost impossible to cooperate when they attacked.If any unit is eager to make contributions and is hit by the main force of the Datong rebels, there is a high probability that others will not rescue them, and even if they are rescued, they will move slowly and will not achieve the effect of "pulling the brothers together".

If the court is clear-headed, they will know that it is time to change.The advantage of our side lies in its strong military strength. As long as there is a competent general to command all the departments, the odds of winning are actually quite large.At present, the most important candidate of the imperial court is Li Kan, the Jiedu envoy of Binning, and the deputy is Gao Xun, the observation envoy of Shanguo.The two formed a team, the former serving as the Jiedu envoy in Hedong, and the latter going to Zhaoyi to lead the division of Shangdang.

The two of them should have received the order by now and are about to leave for their posts. Cui Jikang's posts such as Hedong Jiedu, Beidu Liushou, Taiyuan Yin, and Daibeibei camp recruiting envoys have entered the countdown, and Li and Gao will be on their way as soon as they arrive. He will be required to return to Beijing to report on his work, and he will not know where he will end up.

"The next step is also to say, this envoy listens and sees."

"The next strategy is to go north to Shuozhou, attack Ningwu and Loufan Pass, echo Helianduo and Qi Bizhang, attract the main force of the rebels, and relieve the pressure in the Mucheng area of ​​Loufan prison."

Well, the next step is really the best, and this is basically setting fire to yourself.The current situation in Hedong has just been in a strange static state.The official army could not hold on, the rebels had nothing to plunder, and the food and salaries were unsustainable, so they were forced to return to Shuozhou for food.It turns out you're going to stab them, is that appropriate?It's just fucking burning yourself and illuminating others!
Sure enough, Qiu Weidao shook his head as soon as he heard it.The six towns of Hedong, Zhaoyi, Zhongwu, Yicheng, Yiwu, and Heyang could not stand up to Li's father and son. With thousands of their Tiande army, they dared to stroke the tiger's whiskers of the Datong army. Are you kidding me?
In fact, Zhongce is not very clever. Li Shao of Lanzhou was a good talker at first, and even hinted that they would go south to guard against troubles by the Lanzhou army, but now it is no longer possible, obviously under pressure.In the official document Qiu Weidao just received, it clearly stated that they should attack the rebels on camera and reduce the pressure on Commander Cui.

But this way, the strategy seems to be a bit difficult.What reason should I look for to go south to Lanzhou?The place of Zheluping is still the border of Shuozhou, the jurisdiction of the Datong Army.Thousands of Tiande troops are stationed here, which is really too eye-catching.Moreover, all the food needed for daily life has to be transported from the two states of Lan and Shi in the south. The journey is long and the danger is not small. It is better to go directly south to eat.

Just, what is the reason?We can't say that our entire army is going south to greet you in the New Year, right?

"Lieutenant General Shao, Song Judge's strategy, which one do you prefer?" Qiu Weidao turned his head and asked.In addition to Song Le and Shao Shude, there were only a few officers and assistants of the Military Academy in the room. Guan Kairun could no longer enter this kind of meeting, which shows the subtle change in Shao Shude's status.

"Your Majesty, the last general thinks it is better to keep the troops in motion." Shao Shude replied, "We will make calculations after the situation in Jinyang is clear."

　There is another chapter in the afternoon to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.

　
(End of this chapter)