Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 468 fierce battle
The carriage shook slightly, and the chugging of the wheels made people drowsy.

Shao Shude gently put the small envelope sleeping in his arms aside, took a letter from the car window, and began to review it carefully.

Xiao Feng woke up and quietly looked at Shao Shude who was reading with frown.

She sat up vigorously, lying on Shao Shude's back, and stretched out her slender hands in front of her, stretching Shao Shude's frowning eyebrows.

Shao Shude chuckled, stuffed his delicate fingers into his mouth, and took a light bite.

"Don't sleep anymore?" He casually threw the letter written by Ximen Chongsui in the corner of the carriage, Shao Shude hugged Xiaofeng again, and said, "We're almost at the Tiande Army, come down and walk."

"Okay." Xiao Feng sat aside, took out a bronze mirror, and carefully arranged his face.

After her daughter passed away, Xiao Feng hasn't done her makeup for a long time.This is actually relatively rare among the rich and powerful families. No matter how bad a woman is, no matter how uncomfortable she is, she must not show the slightest bit in front of a man.

But Xiao Feng has such a temperament, Shao Shude pampers and pities her, that's all.

Shao Shude picked up the letter written by Ximen Zhongsui again.

After dawdling for a long time, the imperial court finally agreed to make an order.

Set up the Zhaoxin Army, lead the four states of Jin, Shang, Jun, and Fang, and take Li Yanling as the Jiedu envoy.

Li Bai served as the envoy of Binning Jiedu, but the official who has no law at present has to lead the army to attack Fangzhou.

Moving so slowly reveals a deep sense of unwillingness and fear.

In fact, it's not just a matter of saints. Nan Ya and Bei Si have mostly the same attitude on this matter: non-violence and non-cooperation.

The rise of Shao Shude has already weighed on their heads like a mountain, making people breathless.

This incident is probably a reflection of this emotion.

The imperial court is still not used to it. If you come a few more times, you will be fine once you get used to it.

After getting off the carriage, Shao Shude took Xiao Feng's hand and walked on the lush grass.

In the three major plains of Shuofang, Xitaolingzhou has developed very deeply, and it can even be said to be saturated.Qiantaoshengzhou is also developing rapidly, and its registered permanent residence is increasing day by day.

However, the development of the latter is relatively lagging behind, and the population and economy are not satisfactory.

According to the data in the second year of Dashun (891), Toyosu has about 7300 households and more than 44000 people. As the hometown of Shao Dashuai, its development has indeed been obviously neglected.

The land that is good for irrigation has long been divided, and now most of the remaining land is high-lying land that cannot be diverted by artesian canals.

The water resources here are abundant, the land is very flat and fertile, but it is necessary to build water trucks to lift water, so there is nothing like that.

Shao Shude once wanted to do an experiment. Funded by the shogunate, he set up an organization specializing in the manufacture and maintenance of waterwheels, to see if he could run this "enterprise" by charging water fees.

Now it seems that the progress is not ideal.

People can understand renting cattle, but they can't understand that water trucks need to be charged.There are not many users who are willing to pay for the waterwheels that have been built, and they can't support the craftsmen, and they can't make back their money.

Yet another attempt at budding capitalism, which failed ignominiously.

Of course, there are also gains, that is, it has strengthened his view: it is impossible to have the soil of the industrial revolution without completing the agricultural revolution, monetary revolution, commercial revolution, and then the ideological revolution.

Any revolution must first reach the pre-existing economic foundation, and then induce a social ideological revolution, let the whole society experience the baptism of new ideas, reach a certain consensus, and change the social atmosphere before it can be carried out in depth.

Without this process of baptism of thought—which often takes decades or hundreds of years and cannot be interrupted—you can’t even find like-minded people, and whatever you want to do is a castle in the air.

This primitive society!

Shao Dashuai has completely given up, he can do as much as he can, and don't do things that are too ambitious.

There are many tank boats passing by on the Yellow River.

This started from Lingzhou and transported money, food and materials to Weibei.

After all, Wang Chongying in the river refused to make excuses, and these ships could only berth at the pier in Yanzhou and Danzhou, which made people very annoyed.

The locations of his ferries are very good. If he is willing to transfer materials through them, he can save a lot of cost.

There are also the three cities of Pujinguan. If you are willing to let go of the pontoon bridge and let ships pass by, you can save a lot of roads.What's more, this pontoon bridge still guards the gate leading to Guanzhong, if it falls into the hands of Li Keyong or Zhu Quanzhong, it will be a big trouble.

Sooner or later, you have to find a chance to win it!
"Your Majesty!" It was already very close to Tiande Military City, Feng Xuan waved from afar.

"Feng Dalang" Feng Yanqing also came to Fengzhou in the past few days, Shao Shude invited him many times.

He is Feng Xuan's father, and he is considered to have a long life, almost 70 years old.

The old man has rich experience and was awarded a Jinshi when he was young, but his progress in the court was not smooth, so he went to the eastern Zhejiang shogunate to apply for a job and became a judge.Later, when he entered the court again, he did not become a high-ranking official. He returned to eastern Zhejiang to serve as the governor of Taizhou until he returned to his hometown in old age.

Old man Feng really wanted to save face.

If Shao Shude hadn't given several Feng's children the opportunity to become officials in Weibei shogunate, the old man probably wouldn't have come to Lingxia to visit his daughter whom he hadn't seen for many years.

However, the Feng sisters were very happy, especially Xiao Feng, who became much happier after seeing her relatives, and that was enough.

"Let's go, I have to talk to 'Feng Dalang' about some plots later." Shao Shude squeezed Xiao Feng's hand and said with a smile.

Xiao Feng glanced at him reproachfully, but her steps were much lighter.

Shao Shude took another look at the tank boats sailing on the river.

One by one, the draft was very deep, loaded with grain and fodder, and sailed to the lower reaches of the big river.

Looking from a distance, it seems to be coming from the nine heavens, very spectacular.

This is the "blood" of tens of thousands of soldiers who are fighting fiercely on the front line!

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Under Xiaozhai, a fierce battle involving thousands of people has just ended.

The refusal gun has been burned, leaving wisps of smoke.

There are many screen cars left in a mess on the mountain road, which are left by the Bian army, and they are full of arrows.

The same is true for other kinds of equipment, scattered all over the place, some are scattered into wood, and some are still burning.There was a corpse inside, half of its face was scorched black, and the air was filled with a strange smell.

When Fu Cunshen walked up to a wooden ox cart, he kicked it, and a corpse rolled out.

The corpse was in a terrible state.

His face was scorched, and there was almost only a black skull left. His right hand was in front of his face, as if he was blocking the raging fire before he died.

Fingers and toes melted into a ball, and the leather armor and military uniform on his body had long since turned to ashes.

He sighed and looked away.

A dead body lay in front of the grass, gutted.The blood had already solidified, and the eyes were wide open, dying with regret.

Fierce offensive and defensive battles!

The Bian army attacked Xiaoshan for more than ten days.Except for the huge momentum in the first few days, the last ten days are basically empty stories.

The hills and slopes are narrow, only allowing bicycles to get on and off.

The mountain is steep and difficult to climb.

There is plenty of food and grass on the mountain, and there is no shortage of arrows.The most important thing is that the Bian army was unable to cut off the communication channel between Xiaozhai and the rear, and the Xia army could even transport the wounded down the mountain, so why fight?It's nothing more than casualties.

This person Liu Kangyi is dead after returning home!

Last year Ge Congzhou led thousands of people to defend such a difficult and dangerous village, but Commander Shao didn't order a strong attack, and you lost him, causing Paize and others to risk the enemy's arrows and stones to attack, which is a serious crime.

The most pitiful thing is that they still can't attack!
If you don't take down this stockade, do you dare to leave the flanks alone and let tens of thousands of troops pass by from the bottom of the mountain to attack the Xia army's camp behind?
The more I think about it, the more I feel that this person has no way out!

After turning around, Fu Cunshen returned to the village.

The main body guarding the village is actually the five thousand Hengshan Dangxiangshan people transferred from the rear.

Their original equipment was poor, and some used hunting bows.But after Liu Kangyi sent a wave and seized a large number of Bian army equipment, these mountain people were quickly armed with iron armor, leather armor, step bows, spears, and horizontal knives.

Fu Cunshen even found five hundred heavy long swords from it.He specially selected [-] tall, burly, brave and brave mountain people, organized them into a separate battalion, armed with heavy swords, and practiced non-stop. .

In such a terrain, many people are useless.

Just like fighting in a narrow valley, the best way is to select elite warriors, with strong crossbows in front, large shields and heavy armor in the rear, and bravely charge to fight bravely, so as to have a chance of winning.

The sergeants from the Tianzhu Army were sitting on the ground, resting.They are all old warriors who have been fighting for many years, Fu Cunshen has nothing to worry about, he still devotes most of his energy to those mountain people.

"Have you seen the land in Xiao County? How does it compare to Hengshan?" Fu Cunshen asked a mountain dweller who could speak Chinese.

"It should be much better than the land in Hengshan." The mountain man saluted first, and then replied, "I just don't know if we can grow barley."

"When you arrive in Henan, what kind of barley do you want to grow?" Fu Cunshen laughed: "Isn't it okay to grow wheat? Is it not good to grow millet?"

In Dangxiang, Hengshan, the proportion of highland barley is surprisingly high, which may be the agricultural production habits brought by them when they escaped from Tibet.

"The land is in the rear, sixty acres per person, all given to you for nothing. You don't need to farm the land for the headmen in Hengshan now, and the land will be yours in the future. You only need to repel the attack of the bandit army and let the county go smoothly. Once it is built, you can bring your family in, and you can plant corn and wheat every year, and the harvest will be worry-free.”

The mountain people were delighted to hear this.

Before Marshal Shao went to Guanbei, the Hengshan Party went down the mountain to plunder, sometimes just to rob pots, farm tools and so on.And their tribal slave system has led to an absolute divide between the rich and the poor.Ordinary mountain people don't even have personal freedom, not to mention property. Nobles are nobles, and slaves have been slaves for generations.

The few concubines that Marshal Shao took in, such as the Yeli family and the Wuzang family, don't look at some aristocratic families in the town who despise them for their low birth.But if they are in Hengshan, they are the well-deserved proud daughters of heaven, and ordinary people may not even have the qualifications to talk to them.

Li Tangbin ordered to recruit athletes from Huazhou masters and Dangxiang mountain people to enrich the household registration of Xiao County. Many people really applied for the recruitment, and what they fancy is the land that was given away for nothing.

"Leader Zhebu, you have made great contributions to today's battle." Fu Cunshen pulled another person over and praised.

This man was a petty officer of the Yeli vassal tribe.In the afternoon, I brought dozens of light-footed and vigorous people to choose a mountain path to climb up and look down, observe the Bian army's formation, and then climb down. What a big deal.

"No need to say more, Fu Gui." The Zhebu team leader sighed, and said: "I fought bravely, not for that reason. I was afraid that Wuzu would lose and bring disaster to the Hengshan Party. Those festivals of the Tang Dynasty There are not many good people in the border generals, and it is rare to meet someone who is willing to treat everyone equally, if you don't work hard, if you change someone else, life will be sad."

This idea is so strange!

However, the military discipline of the officers and soldiers is really not good, and it has been an old problem since the hardships.

As the saying goes, "Although the soldiers and horses in front of the temple are brave, their violence is the same as that of the Qiang Hun; it is said that people kill people on the Han River, and most of the women are in the army."

Some of the actions of the officers and soldiers are no different from the Hu people to the common people.Of course, they don't just target the Han people when they do evil. In this respect, they "treat people equally".We don't discriminate, and women in the party are also robbed!

In the northwest feudal town, Shuofang's military discipline is the best.In the Central Plains Fanzhen, the Bian Army really has the best military discipline.

Li Ke used soldiers and horses that even his own family in Hedong robbed. When they passed through Weibo, they couldn't help looting. They were just a bunch of daring thieves.

This is the reason why the Zhebu team leader was willing to fight for Shao Dashuai, which made Fu Cun take a high look at him.

Fu Cunshen then talked with more than ten people to encourage everyone's morale.

From the top of Xiaoshan Mountain, you can see the Xiaoxian County under construction from a distance.

Tens of thousands of servants are working day and night, and the building is busy.

Thirty thousand soldiers, digging ditches and building fortifications, are ready to fight.

It is finally time to gain a foothold in Henan Prefecture.

Millet, pasture, beans, and livestock will be continuously produced as supplies for the army to support them in continuing their battles.

The competition for Luoyang may become a reversal point for both Xia and Bian's offense and defense.

(End of this chapter)