Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 462 The Shadow of the Famous Tree
How fast is the urgent military report at five hundred miles?The station system of the Shuofang Army is displayed almost every day.

After leaving the camp of Ganhaozhai, the messenger ran back to Xiashi post, and then changed horses, traveled forty miles westward to Gantang post in Shanzhou, continued to change horses, passed through Xindian, Quwo, Taolin, Chousang and other post stations, and arrived at Yanxiang post station in Guozhou. .

This is a large post station comparable to Pude Station in Huazhou. People and horses are changed here, and then go westward through Guanxi, Pude, Yehuquan, Huayin and other post stations. You can reach Lingzhou in a few days.

If necessary, he could even travel [-] miles a day, but Shao Shude didn't want to eat lychees that much, Xuanzong forced the postmen to travel [-] miles a day, and the black spots were passed on to later generations, which is not a good reputation.

In Lingwu County Prince's Mansion, Shao Shude told his son the military report he had received.

This is a moment exclusively for the two brothers Chengjie and Siwu.The two are nine years old and the other is eight years old. They study civil and military knowledge all day long, which is far beyond their peers.

Shao Shude once asked Hexi Jiedu envoy Du Rang to recommend teachers to teach the cultural knowledge of the children.

With a serious and responsible attitude, Du Rangneng recommended his younger brother, Du Honghui, the former household minister.

It's really a good thing to do without avoiding relatives!
Shao Dashuai felt that Du Xiang's image had collapsed.

He thought he was a loyal minister who was dedicated to the country, but the style of painting changed so quickly that he was a little surprised.

But thinking about it, it seems quite normal.If you don't know how to benefit the family, you can't be the leader of the powerful family.

Humans are indeed complex creatures.

People are all deceptive.

It may be very difficult to follow a fixed path and do things that suit your personality for a lifetime.

"My son, is what you just said clear?" Shao Shude didn't care whether children could understand complex military and political issues, and bombarded their childish brains: "Zhu Quanzhong is anxious to attack Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, Shi Pu and even Wang Shifan, this is based on the principle of first easy and then difficult."

"Being a father is also easy first and then difficult." Shao Shude continued: "Except for Lingzhou, the four roads in the north of the Guanbei have hardly expended any effort. Binning and Jingyuan only fought a small battle each, and Fufang and Danyan The second town relied on the prestige established during the battle against Huangchao, and the continuous infiltration over the years. The ones that really took a little effort were actually the Hexi and Longyou two towns, but there were not many battles, and more often they were actually marching. What would happen if we didn't attack Hedong or Xuanwu directly, instead of going easy first and then difficult?"

"Can't beat?" Shao Chengjie asked bluntly.

Shao Shude's face was slightly embarrassed, how could he say so bluntly that he couldn't beat him?
"There are some places in this world that have a lot of money and a lot of people, but they are weak in force. Once they are captured, they can be brought under their own control, and then they can be managed well, which can greatly increase their strength." Shao Shude decided not to answer that question directly, just listen to him Said: "For my father, I defeated those feudal towns with weak military force, got their goods, Dingkou, and trained them well, and got 15 soldiers. It was much more difficult for Zhu Quanzhong to start a family. From the beginning, it was a life-and-death fight. Entering Huazhou City and fighting for Qin Zongquan, now his territory has been fought with swords and guns, and his prestige in the town is also at the height of the sky. If you want to defeat this kind of person, you can't fight him in what he is good at. Make him uncomfortable, let him do something at his disadvantage, so that is the chance of victory."

The two children half understood.

Shao Shude didn't care either.Anyway, now it is nurturing, let them listen in and watch their own decision-making process, it will be more or less useful.

One is the future heir, and the other is the backup heir, let's gradually deepen our understanding.

After talking with the two children about their studies for a while, Shao Shude casually approved several documents.

Li Tangbin is already building the city, tens of thousands of people, if there are no accidents, it will definitely be completed in a month.

And in this month's time, it is conceivable that the two sides will continue to compete for this piece of land for a long time.

Starting from the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasty, then to the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, the two sides fought repeatedly in the area from Tongguan to Luoyang, and no one could win a decisive victory. It has to be said that the factor of terrain constraints is very large.

Li Tangbin is confident in defending the occupied land, while Shao Shude chooses to trust the judgment of the frontline generals.

Employers do not suspect, suspects do not.Since Li Tangbin was chosen as the economic envoy, he had to trust him to the end. Anyway, as long as he didn't rebel, he could win or lose on the battlefield, and Zhu Quanzhong still couldn't get into Shanguo.

"Analyze the northern border of Yongning and the western border of Mianchi, which belong to Xiaoxian County and belong to Shanzhou." Shao Shude wrote down his opinion on the document, and then asked the messenger to send it to Henan Prefecture.

This Xiaoxian County is Xinde's land. Counting from Xiashi, it stretches eastward to Xiaozhai, a whole piece of hilly land. It is about a hundred miles long, and it is almost exactly the territory of a county.

The county seat of Xiaoxian County is a city under construction.

The county residents, Shao Shude thought for a while, and recruited those who were willing to stay in the area to cultivate wasteland among the Hengshan Party Xiangshang Wanshan people and Huazhou masters who were brought over, and gave them land to serve as field soldiers to produce grain and grass nearby, reducing the huge pressure of logistics transfer.

This is not Fubing, because the land of Fubing is not so small, and a family must have at least a few hundred acres, otherwise they cannot raise such elite full-time soldiers.

It's not the kind of guards in the Ming Dynasty. The average household of guards is only 28 mu.

It's between the lower limit of the guards of the Ming Dynasty and the upper limit of the soldiers of the Northern Dynasty. One household is granted [-] acres of land, and [-] households are recruited first.

There are also strict regulations on agricultural production methods, and there must be a greater degree of inclination towards animal husbandry.To put it bluntly, horses and mules have to be raised, and more pastures have to be raised so that a large number of horses and draft animals can be provided nearby.

Thinking of this event, Shao Shude planned to send some doctors of agriculture and students from ten prefectures in Shuofang to guide them.They have ready-made knowledge and experience and can play a greater role.

Of course, the premise of many of the above plans is to repel the counterattack that the Bian army may launch.

The danger of Heluo was previously monopolized by the Bian army, but now it is shared by both sides.
Thank you Liu Kangyi for the great gift!

While Shao Shude was reviewing the documents, the two children winked at each other and smiled playfully.

This kind of "course" is still too boring for them. They would rather go horseback riding on the prairie, or practice shooting rabbits. How interesting that is.

"Chengjie, Siwu." As if seeing the small movements of the two sons, Shao Shude said while writing: "Just now, as a father, I didn't tell you how to fight Zhu Quanzhong where he can't exert his strength. Now I will tell you , Listen carefully, what is the strategy of exhausting the enemy. Well, it starts with cutting down big trees."

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Outside Shangzhou City, Li Tong looked at the brigade of troops heading south from Guanzhong, his eyes were a little straight.

"This... is this an armored cavalry?" His voice was a little unnatural.

A thousand riders of iron kites followed Dingyuan's army to Shangzhou and temporarily returned to Wang Yu's command.

Before leaving, Shao Shude also re-appointed and dismissed personnel.

Wang Chong was transferred to the ten generals of the Leopard Cavalry Capital, and Zhe Congyun was transferred to the ten generals of the Silver Spear Capital.

In fact, it doesn't take too much time to get familiar with it.

For Wang Chong, the original people of the Leopard Cavalry were originally the children of the Zhe, Wang, and Yang families of the wealthy frontier families. Later, some people flowed, but they still used this as the foundation.

He is too familiar with these people, and he will be able to get started quickly.

In contrast, Zhe Congyun's Uighur soldiers who are familiar with the Silver Spear City will spend more energy, but they have no combat missions for the time being, and they may go west to beg Li Renmei after a while, but there is still time.

"So many horses have to be fed with concentrated feed. How can Shangzhou afford them?" Li Tong's face was ugly.

Leopard riding capital is not as simple as a thousand iron kites.

They are the most outstanding part, and they have made great achievements on the battlefield.But in order to support their achievements, there are [-] auxiliary soldiers from Suzhou Longjia and Qingtang Tubo who silently provide services behind them.

Each iron kite has a war horse, a riding horse and a pack horse, and each of the auxiliary soldiers has a riding horse and a pack horse. There are a thousand soldiers in total, but there are seven thousand horses. Li Tong heard that This number is almost dizzy.

It turns out that the maintenance cost of armored cavalry is so high!
It needs [-] hu grains a month, and the appetite is too amazing.How long will the grain and grass in Guanzhong transported through Shangshan Road be consumed?

There are only more than 12 households in Shangzhou. Last year, they collected [-] to [-] dendrobiums in land taxes, and they had to consume about [-] dendrobiums themselves, and they could squeeze out [-] to [-] dendrobiums to support foreign troops. They were all transported by ship a while ago. Arrived in Xiaojiangkou stockade in Junzhou.

I really can't squeeze out more food and grass!
"Whether you can afford it or not, Badger, you don't have to worry about it. I'll transfer it from Guanzhong, no matter how expensive it is, I'll have to bring it here." Wang Yu said, looking carefully at Li Tong who had grown up.

Li Tong's face darkened when he heard the word "badger".I haven't heard anyone call him by his nickname for many years, but Wang Yu used to be a brave general in his father's army.As the so-called shadow of a famous tree, although ten years have passed, Wang Yu does not seem to be as brave as before, but his deterrent effect is still great.

Li Tong still can't forget the scene of Wang Yu galloping across the school grounds, beating up warriors from all walks of life.

Shadows of boyhood!

Wang Yu didn't bother to care whether Li Tong's face was good or bad. He was riding a horse, behind him were soldiers from Dingyuan who were marching into the city, and in front of them were the generals of Shangzhou.

"Zheng San, Liu Dalang, Zhang Goulang, do you still recognize me?" Wang Yu pointed at the whip, and the several Shangzhou generals whose names he named were all pale.

Crazy Wang is fucking back!

"Wang Yu, isn't it good for you to live your life in Lingzhou? Why did you come to Shangzhou again?"

"Damn it, the ghost lingers!"

"I can't beat you, but I have adopted an adopted son, who is extremely brave, and I will make you look good tomorrow!"

"Crazy Wang has climbed onto a high branch, how can we see poor brothers like us now."

Wang Yu laughed loudly when he heard this, and said, "I like to see the bad luck on the faces of the defeated generals."

"Zheng San, I heard that you married ten concubines in one go. Back then, you were able to walk under my hand for a few rounds. Now, I'm afraid you can be defeated with one hand."

"Liu Dalang, you can't see your toes standing there, can you? No wonder Feng Qingmian beat you to the point of crying."

"Zhang Goulang, you really can't do it anymore, relying on fakes to fight against me, what about the spirit of repeated defeats and battles?"

"A bunch of trash!" Wang Yu flicked his horsewhip and came to a conclusion.

Everyone was furious, but they all looked at each other, and no one dared to explode.

Li Tong's heart turned cold when he watched from the side.

The king of Lingwu County, Wang Yu, sent the generals Jin and Shang to dare to resist?
On the other hand, Wang Yu is really valued!
The King of Lingwu County is not afraid that he will seize the power of the gold merchant, so he won't lose his tail?With his prestige in his father's old army, it is easy to gather all the troops. As long as he is willing to promise benefits, Li Tong is not sure that he can control the army.

Bad luck, bad luck!

(End of this chapter)