Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 439 Arrangement
After passing Shihaozhai and entering Xiashi County, the sergeants subconsciously smiled when they saw the rolling mountains.

There is wine and meat to eat, no need to camp every day, no need to tensely prepare for battle all day long, I don’t know how comfortable it is.

Xiashi County is much busier than before.Before there were only sergeants, but now there are many more civilians, and they are still from Shanzhou.It even included many people captured by the Shuofang Army from Henan Mansion.

They were busy repairing the fortresses everywhere.

The foundations of the fortress are all there, most of them were built during the Anshi Rebellion, and then gradually abandoned, and now they are slowly being used again.

The places that warriors favored more than a hundred years ago are still applicable today.The fort doesn't need to be very big, just enough to garrison hundreds of soldiers and horses. It is usually located on a high place, rather than setting up a stronghold in the right way.

If the Bian army attacked Xiashi from the east and wanted to walk along the post road, it would be a lot of fun, but I don't know if they would dare to come.

The armies going out from the east have basically withdrawn one after another, and the Tianxiong army is the last one.

There were a lot of reeds on the carriage, and Li Lin lay down very comfortably.After lunch, Niu Li, deputy military envoy, came to visit him.

"Stay in Shanzhou to recuperate. The Tianxiong Army is going to deploy defenses on Luonan Road." Before leaving, Niu Li said.

Li Lin immediately recalled what he had learned in Xiazhou martial arts.

Luonan Road, as the name suggests, starts from Luonan County, Shangzhou, and has two destinations: Dongdu and Shanzhou.

When Tubo invaded Chang'an, Daizong Xingshan, Guo Ziyi entered Niuxin Valley in Lantian in the south, and then planned to travel by way of Shangzhou.At that time, his plan was to go northeast through Luonan Road to Shanzhou, but he failed because the generals of Shangzhou came to Luonan to welcome him to preside over military affairs.

There is also a branch of Luonan Road, starting from Luonan County, going east along Luoshui all the way to Lushi County.

Lushi has a post road to Shanguo in the north and Luoyang in the east.

The Tianxiong army went to Luonan Road to defend, but in fact it was defending against the Bian army going north from Lushi County.In addition, Shao Shude also traveled to Wenjinshang Town and asked him to benefit Luonan County to prevent Bianbing from detouring to Shaanxi—although he did not believe that Bianbing would go so far, because the cost of transporting grain and grass along the way was too high.

"Lushi County, Guozhou is really a critical place. It will be brought back sooner or later. Otherwise, Bianbing will detour around Shaanxi and Guozhou, and there will be no peace." Li Lin, who is still in the army, has already taken the heart of the general.

This is actually a special place for martial arts students.

They learn a lot and are very complicated, and they can look at problems from a higher level, which means that they can read the battlefield situation more reasonably, and their subjective initiative will be stronger.

More than [-]% of the captains of the traditional army are illiterate, and they have come to this point purely because of their bravery.If the superior officer asks to fight, then just fight, and don't bother to take care of other aspects, and don't know how to take care of it.

The existence of Luonan Road also illustrates one thing from another angle: with the transformation of the environment in successive dynasties, the role of the famous Hangu Pass and Tongguan is gradually declining.

Just like the Xinshang Mountain Road opened up during the Jinglong period, tens of thousands of strong men were used to build mountains and roads, and almost half of them died. This is a typical mountain road repair.

Tongguan was originally a pass city, but with more and more small roads, Guochao successively added seventeen fortresses such as Jindouguan to block these small roads that can bypass Tongguan.

The Guo Dynasty Hangu Pass has been abolished, but even if it existed, its role in the Qin and Han Dynasties has been reduced a lot.

Cars and horses rattled and arrived in Shanzhou a few days later.

At this time, in the city of Shanzhou, the status had just been decided: under Shao Shude's signal, Li Fan, who had proclaimed himself a stayer in Shanguo, summoned the generals of the military government to discuss matters.

Li Fan immediately ran to Shao Shude to express his loyalty, and served him respectfully, calling him "Father" in private.

"Erlang has a few things to do now." Shao Shude didn't accept Li Fan as a fake son, but he didn't reject his title, and the two of them talked relatively close.

"I would like to follow Grandpa's order." Li Fan put his posture very low.Isn't it just to be a vassal and lose face, but compared with wealth and power, what are these?
"The soldiers of the Bian army came in two ways. Shaanxi and Guozhou are in danger. Now it is advisable to gather soldiers. One will go south to Lushi, Zhuyang, Yucheng and other counties to repel the Bian army's invasion of the counties of Guozhou. The two Send people to Xiashi and set up troops to defend, and the three of them will firmly control the counties north of Dahe, and they must not be lost."

The three things that Shao Shude mentioned are all urgent things that Shanguo is facing now.

Repelling the Bian army's invasion was the top priority. There were more than [-] sergeants in Shanguo, and there were state soldiers, county and town soldiers in the localities.

In the early days, Zhu Quanzhong sent Zhu Zhen to Ziqing to recruit soldiers, and Guo Yan to Shaanxi and Guo to recruit soldiers, each recruiting more than [-] soldiers.If the folk customs are weak and the foundation of the people is poor, it is impossible for Zhu Quanzhong to like it.

Henan was plagued by many disasters, and a large number of people fled to Shaanxi and even Guanzhong. The population of Shaanxi increased abnormally to about 20 in this era, and the economy also had a certain foundation.

There is money, food, soldiers, and the quality of the reserve soldiers is not bad. If you don't make good use of them to fight against the Bian army, what are you going to do?
"Shaanguo has few generals, and they may not be able to do what they want against the Shangbian army. I hope my father will help me." Li Fan is still very honest and pragmatic, knowing that he can't do without the help of Xia Jun if he wants to repel Zhu Quanzhong.

Shao Shude observed his expression carefully, and said, "Erlang, I am aware of your talent. It is also because of this that I support you as a postgraduate student in Shanguo. If you have any specific requirements, you may wish to ask them, I can do it." , never refuse."

"I also ask my father to leave the army in Shanguo to help the soldiers of our town repel Quanzhong."

"Well, since that's the case, you might as well be more careful."

"Father, please choose capable generals to lead the army to guard Hucheng, Lingbao, Xiashi and Hebei counties. Only in this way can the people in the town be stable."

"These places are indeed very important. It's normal for Erlang to be worried. Let me help you."

Hucheng, Lingbao and other counties were the places where Shao Shude ordered the various departments of the Shuofang Army to seize.But the Shanguo army didn't buy it, and Hucheng County closed its doors to prevent the Wuwei army from entering the city; Lingbao has [-] soldiers, who are the old troops of Zhu Jian, and it is impossible to give up the place to you.

Counties such as Pinglu in Hebei are almost the same, and they don't cooperate.

If Shuofang's army insists, it is really possible to fight.

Now that Li Fan has become a foreigner in Shanguo, he ordered all states and counties to cooperate, and both sides have reached a new level, and the matter has been relatively satisfactorily resolved.

"Marshal." Zheng Yong, the tenth personal soldier, called out in a low voice.

"What's the matter?" Shao Shude asked.

Zheng Yong has a sense of proportion, knowing what can be said publicly and what can only be said in private.

"News came from Chang'an that Du Rangneng, Prime Minister of the imperial court committee, came to Shanzhou as an envoy, intending to resolve the struggle between our town and the Xuanwu army." Zheng Yong said.

The imperial court sent people to mediate disputes between the feudal towns, and this happened from time to time.

But judging from the current situation, shouldn't the Xuanwu Army and the Shuofang Army continue to fight? "Dog bites dog", isn't it the most ideal state for the court?
Yes, what is Shanguo?Now that the army is gathering and the traffic is interrupted, the offerings made to the imperial court by the towns in Henan and Hebei cannot be transferred.

In addition, Shuofang Army's apportionment in Jingzhao Mansion was too ruthless. There was a lot of money and food, and a large number of masters were confiscated, but they have not been released yet.

"Du Xiang is coming, can you stop him?" Shao Shude laughed.

Zheng Yong understood, and quickly went to talk to others.He was just a passer-by, Zhao Guangfeng was in charge of this matter, and he was not around, but there was also an official of Zuo Er to handle it.

"Du Xiangu came to Shanzhou, and I'm afraid it's not enough just to resolve the struggle between me and Quanzhong." Shao Shude glanced at Li Fan, and said, "Maybe, Wang Chongying still regards Shanguo as his own territory. His son Wang Yao is the governor of Jiangzhou, so it is said that he is somewhat ambitious, maybe he wants to fight for the throne of Shaanxi Commander."

Although the Wang family only took control of Shanguo during the Zhonghe period, they may not have the intention to regard it as their own territory.

When Wang Chongying transferred from Shanshuai to Pushuai, he also showed his son Wang Gong out of the town of Shanguo. It can be seen that the army leader in troubled times still attaches great importance to the territory.

Now Shanzhou is in chaos, Wang Gong is killed, and Li Fan is "elected" by the army to be the queen of Shanguo.This set is in line with the current atmosphere of the military election system, but it is not in the interests of the royal family.

Zhu Jian and others have already been sent to the river, and Wang Chongying's attitude should be clear soon.

　Too short - no, too busy.The second is more likely to be at night, the work has been too busy these two days.

　
(End of this chapter)