Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 42: Patrol ([-])

The army set out from Jinyang and stretched for more than ten miles to the north.

For four years, Li Kan and Pin Ning have seen many such scenes.However, Hedong is rich and prosperous, and the sergeant is naturally not comparable to the northwest border town of Kuhaha.

On the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, the army passed through Hubeikou and stayed overnight in Sanjiao Village.On the second day, the trip started again and arrived in Yangqu County on the eighth day of the fifth lunar month.This place was the place where Li Kan met the generals before he took over in Jinyang.

"What do you think about watching the troops in Hedong today?" Li Kan asked casually, fiddling with the official document in his hand.

The Guardsmen Zheng Fengyin stood up subconsciously, Shao Shude glanced at him, organized the following sentence, and replied: "The troops in Hedong are skilled in their skills and rigorous in their formations, but they refuse to use their lives and are unruly and difficult to control. The second general Guo is domineering and arrogant, with no superiors. He, Kang and other generals are greedy for money and do not want to kill the enemy. Only the coach Zhang Yanqiu is quite strategic and respectful to the commander."

It doesn't sound good, but it's the truth.Zhang Kai and Guo Fei rose to the top with the help of the military chaos, and they have both been promoted to the Duke of Yu, arrogant to their peers.As the goalkeeper of Hedong, they certainly have reasons to look down on Li Kan, who took office by air.What is Pinning Festival handsome?The soil bully in a small place is also worthy of comparison with our Hedong?

He Gongya and Kang Chuangui, who used to be side by side with Zhang and Guo, were addicted to money, and at the same time were cruel and eager to kill.He Gongya was still serving as a general in the city, with thousands of troops. Kang Chuangui served as a general in Shiling Town, and he also had thousands of troops. Both of them were powerful, so they were naturally unpleasant to Li Kan, an outsider.

Only Zhang Yanqiu, as the coach of the capital, has no military power at hand.If you want to command the army, you have to nod your head and go through the procedures before handing over an army to him. However, the soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals do not know the soldiers. It is extremely difficult to do something.Therefore, his position is more awkward, and he is in need of the handsome, so he can reveal a little bit of goodwill.But it is impossible to make it too obvious, and it will be isolated by Hedong Jiangmen Group.

And when it comes to isolation, Shao Shude, as a little lieutenant—damn, Li Dashuai hasn’t promoted me yet—is also a foreigner, and his generals are not all from Hedong. Cold by the way, quite thoroughly in isolation.

Of course, this did not surprise him.Escorting Li Kan all the way to take office, the blind people know who he is. Why, do you still want to mingle with the generals of Hedong?If you get along with them, it will be Li Dashuai's turn to be dissatisfied, not to mention that this is basically impossible, unless you are rooted in Hedong with peace of mind, and when your grandson's generation, maybe you can integrate into this big group.

Therefore, the current Tielindu, just like the Zhaoyi Army brought by Cao Xiang, is an outlier in the Hedong military system.

Not to mention, it seems that Tielin doesn't have a serious identity now, right?Previously, it was the guardian of Qiu Weidao, the Tiande Superintendent.Now that he is Li Dashuai's de facto pro-military, he is also supported by Li Dashuai's rewards from time to time. In terms of organization, he is not a Hedong army and horse, and is naturally excluded by Hedong generals.

But Shao Shude didn't care.It has been more than half a month since I came to Jinyang. If I had any illusions before, I would have lost it all now.He knew that it would be difficult for him to gain a firm foothold in Hedong, and he was not welcomed by the generals of Jinyang, so he had no idea of ​​long-term development at all.

There is no place to stay here, but a place to stay.At worst, run back to Lanzhou and continue to hang out with Qiu Shijun, but I don't know if he can still support more than 1000 people like Tielindu.

If you can successfully supervise the army in a large town or gain greater real power in the feudal town, there should be no problem. After all, some eunuchs "travel" are quite powerful: Ju Wenzhen "leaved the Xuanwu Army and sent thousands of soldiers by himself"; "Yicheng Jiedu envoy Li Fuji was determined, and the supervisor Xue Yingzhen was concerned about change, so he closed the treasury abruptly, and 500 people under his command were envoys." .Of course, the most powerful is Zhu Jingmei, the supervisor of Jingnan. He "don't choose 800 strong men, call them the loyal and brave army, and general them yourself", almost domineering in the town, no one can control them.

Qiu Shijun, you have to work hard!If you are strong enough, Shao will help you "make a fortune", and everyone can share the wealth.

"If you don't get rid of the outside world, you must be in peace first. If you don't get rid of it, how will the sergeants use their lives!" Li Kan said lightly after being silent for a while, but this statement made the people who heard it feel ground-breaking.

"Master, the time is not ripe..."

Li Kan glared at Shao Shude and said slowly: "This commander has his own measure. If he succeeds, Hugh will say that he is a ten general, so what about the Fucheng Ya General? Lieutenant General Shao, do well, you will be indispensable in the future. Let's go down first. , lead the troops well."

When Shao Shude heard the words, Nuo Nuo retreated.This is the second person who said "do it well" to him, and he doesn't know what it means to "do it well", to be a knife to Li Kan, to hunt down generals, and to exterminate rebels?If he really did that kind of thing, would he suddenly "die" like Cao Dashuai in Hedong?For some reason, Shao Shude suddenly felt that his days in Hedong were numbered.

That's all, he was led by Qiu Shijun, and Li Kan treated himself well during this time.What he wants to do, just do it. Killing Han is a cheap life. Sometimes the more panic you are, the more afraid of death, the faster you may die.Thinking of this, he called Lu Huaizhong, Ren Yuji, Li Yanling and other subordinates, and seriously inspected the camp.

Tielindu is his own capital and his own support, so he must be firmly grasped.

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On May 40, the Chinese army arrived in Shiling Town.This place is the northern border of Yangqu County, only [-] miles away from Xiurong County, Lisuo County, Xinzhou.There is Shiling Mountain in the north of Shiling Town, and Shiling Pass on the mountain. The terrain is dangerous and only bicycles can pass.The tooth general Kang Chuangui is currently serving as the general of Shiling Town, leading thousands of soldiers and horses to guard against the Datong army going south.

More than [-] troops passed through Shiling Pass, which was really a waste of time.When he passed Tie Lindu, Shao Shude looked at the steep mountains on both sides and wondered for a while. Later, Li Keyong became the Jiedu envoy of Hedong. How did he do it?It is absolutely impossible to use force, because the combat effectiveness of the Hedong Army is fairly good, and there are so many borders to close, and it is impossible for Li Keyong to beat them one by one.

Then the conclusion is quite obvious.Not by force, but by the court's reward, he justly sat on the throne of Hedong Jiedu.He had the Shatuo three and the northern five as the source of troops, and the Datong Army as the backbone. He casually pulled up tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the strong dragon stubbornly suppressed the local snakes.

Alas, the Huang Chao Uprising looks like a great opportunity to reshuffle the cards.An official position that was impossible to obtain in the past, after Huang Chao entered Chang'an, the court gave it away as if he didn't want money.He recalled it carefully, but most of them could not be remembered clearly, only Li Keyong obtained the Jiedushi of Hedong by begging Huang Chao, and Tuoba Sigong obtained the Jiedushi of the Dingdi Army (the former Xia Suiyinyou Jiedushi). ), there are still a few impressions.

Are you ready for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
On the [-]th day of the fifth month, the army passed through Xinzhou and did not enter, and went straight to Xinkou.This is a gap in an inter-mountain basin. The Zhutuo water flows from the north to the south to the mouth of the valley, and the Xinchuan water flows from the west to the south of the mouth. The two mountains are facing each other, which is very dangerous.The Hedong Army set up a gate here, and it was very difficult to attack.

That night, the generals persuaded Li Kan not to go further north.From Xinkou to the north for dozens of miles, Geyin has to enter the Daizhou boundary. There is a place where the forces of the two sides are intertwined and saw repeatedly, and no one can guarantee safety.Li Kan did not want to show his cowardice in front of the generals, and insisted on heading north.

On May 21th, the army arrived at Tanglin County, Daizhou. On the [-]th, it arrived at Nao County. On May [-], it arrived at Yanmen County (now Dai County).Li Kan ordered the entire army to be stationed here, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

In the northwest of Daizhou City, there are continuous Hengshan Mountains, and on the other side of the mountain is the boundary of Shuozhou.The overall situation of the mountain is extremely steep, and there are only more than ten valley roads that can pass people, horses and vehicles.The Hedong Army built Guancheng on the top of the mountain near the two most important valley roads. The Guancheng 35 miles to the northwest was called Yanmenguan, and the Guancheng 70 miles to the west was called Tuchang (the eastern end of the Great Wall of the Eastern Wei Dynasty).

The two Guancheng and various valley roads have been sent to guard by elites, and the general is not a waste snack like Su Hongzhen. Therefore, the Datong rebels cannot directly climb the mountain from the Shuozhou boundary and enter the Xindai Basin. They must take a long detour, which is more troublesome. ——Let me say a little more here, Yanmen Pass does not just refer to a gate city, but a general term for a defensive system composed of a series of nearby passes, often including multiple fortresses and fortresses to block various valley roads.

On behalf of the state, there are five counties, namely Yanmen, Tanglin, Nao, Wutai and Fanzhi.Many troops and horses were stationed on the front line, including [-] Zhongwu Army, [-] Yicheng Army, [-] Heyang Army, and more than [-] Hedong Army, plus more than [-] troops from Xin and Dai Erzhou. There are more than [-] native villagers, and almost [-] troops!
Shao Shude was surprised when he learned about this number.With an army of [-] people, why not go north to fight the rebels decisively and quell the chaos in Daibei in one fell swoop?It's been almost a year now that Li Guochang and his son are weak, and they really can't go south, but why don't you go north?Are you guys playing a sit-in war?

When the Tiande army heard that the Shuozhou army on the opposite side was approaching, and their strength was similar to theirs, Hao Zhenwei thought it was not advisable to "hear the enemy and not advance", so he made up his mind to fight against Xue Zhiqin and finally won the battle.

Haha, in a dignified Hedong town, [-] troops are wasting food and salaries on the front line, what a waste!He now understands that the defeat of Honggu and Jingle is not accidental. The peaceful days have passed, and the soldiers in Hedong have long lost the blood of the soldiers in border towns such as Shuofang, Xia Sui, Tiande, Zhenwu, Datong and Youzhou. .

A group of rats can only be in the nest!
(End of this chapter)