Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 598 Agent

There was no fierce battle as expected.

When the first ray of sunlight lit up in the east, the main forces of Feng'an Army and Yinqiang entered Chang'an from Shenwu Gate, Qixia Gate, and Tonghua Gate respectively.

They lined up neatly, clearing out the broken soldiers who were running around and crashing along the way.

A lot of people have fled from the west gates since last night, and even more people fled during the day.

What's ridiculous is that they carry big bags and small bags, and some even push carts. It's really hard to give up good fortune, and they don't want to leave their belongings when they run for their lives.

The one who charged the most was actually Shi Zan's subordinates.

After meeting Shao Shude last night, he got a promise of safety, and Shi Zan heaved a sigh of relief—at this time, the court’s promises are useless. If King Xia says you’re fine, then you’re really fine, don’t doubt it .

Yushan Capital originally had more than [-] people, but after the mutiny and disturbance, Shi Zan took the opportunity to annex it and expand it to [-].However, after the news of Xia Jun's four-way siege came out, many people ran away.Shi Zan went out of the city overnight and met Shao Shude. After returning to the temporary garrison camp in Bashang, he found that more than a thousand soldiers had dispersed, and now only five thousand remained.

What made him gratified was that most of the children from General Xu Zhen's school were there, and everyone was firmly united with him as the backbone, which moved him very much.

It's not a problem if the miscellaneous soldiers are gone, just recruit again, the backbone of officers is the most important.With these three thousand old brothers around, it would be no problem to expand the army to tens of thousands.

So, they went into the city at the time of application, and made a lot of noise along the way, while arresting the Shence soldiers who were running around, and by dawn, thousands of people had been kidnapped, and the entire army's strength exceeded [-].

Seeing that it was almost done, Shi Zan led his men straight to the Daming Palace, trying to capture King Ji, which was a great achievement.

There was chaos outside Daming Palace.

A few Yan soldiers were setting fire, and they were directly knocked down by Yushandu's random arrows.

Someone rushed out from the palace, with a package on his back, and a palace servant in his hand. I don't know if it's a maid, a concubine or a princess. It doesn't make much difference anyway. In the eyes of the big soldiers, they are all tools to vent their desires.

"Release the arrows!" Several teams of archers stepped forward, dense feather arrows flew out, and the rebels and palace people all fell to the ground.

"Where's Li Kuangwei? Where's King Ji?" Shi Zan asked some prisoners.

"Run away last night."

"Huh? Why did you run? How dare they run?" Shi Zan was furious.

"There are shouts of killing everywhere, and there are troops entering the city at every gate, and I don't know how many people have come. The brothers wanted to fight, but the soldiers were broken everywhere, so they didn't want to fight."

Shi Zan was so angry that he swung his knife again and again, beheading all the prisoners.

"Xu Erlang!" Shi Zan felt a dull pain from the wound on his forehead.

"The last general is here!" Xu Wen walked over holding the bloody epee.

"Find out which direction Lee Kuangwei is running, and lead someone to chase after him!"

"Obey!" After Xu Wen took the order, he ordered 2000 people, left Daming Palace, and pursued westward.

"Search and move forward. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy." Shi Zan personally rushed into the Daming Palace with his people.

There are still some rebels raging in Miyagi.

I don't know what they are thinking, everyone else is running for their lives, you don't want to run away, instead you took the opportunity to set fire to the palace city and plunder the palace people, you are really lustful.Shi Zan laughed angrily when he saw it, he was like Xia——it was out of place!
"Brother Yushandu? We are willing to surrender!" A rebel soldier said with a smile, holding a crying palace man in his hand.

"Let me go? There are still women inside." Another rebel soldier said, "It's just that there are a few middle officials guarding with weapons. In fact, it's very rare. We don't want to fight them desperately."

"That's right! Not only is there Princess Concubine Yu, but also the late emperor's woman, so hurry up and let me go, okay?"

They were answered by fierce swords and guns.

With a single chop, the head flew up, blood sprayed all over the ground, and the palace servant fell limp to the ground, crying and screaming non-stop.

Shi Zan kicked off the corpse of a rebel soldier, and strode in.

Sergeants also swarmed in, and soon took control of the entire Miyagi.

Shao Shude was discussing with his staff when he received the news.

"In the Battle of Zizhou, Zhang Xingshi led his army out of the city. Some people turned against him and were defeated and died in the battle." Chen Cheng said, "Zhu Mei is in danger. Commander, can the Jishi army go south?"

"Yes." Shao Shude said: "Let Li Yixian go south and station in Jianzhou, waiting for the next order."

"Tuoba Renfu and Li Ren wanted to lose sight of each other for a long time. There were rumors that they plundered the people in Yunzhou. Zhu Xuan beheaded more than a dozen rebels, and the two sides clashed. Tuoba Renfu went south to Yanzhou and defected to Zhu Jin. Li Ren I want to go east to Qizhou, occupy the city, and expel Zhu Xuan's governor." Chen Cheng continued to report the second news.

This matter was actually expected by Shao Shude.

If no one is staring at and suppressing these prairie people, they will only see wealth and women, no different from grassland thieves.What's more, after Li Keyong led the army to attack Weibo, Luo Hongxin completely turned to Zhu Quanzhong, and the sergeants of Hedong and Lingxia were no longer allowed to borrow their way, and they were actually cut off.

What should Shao Shude feel lucky about now?Fortunately, they don't have the camel-hair brown cloth uniforms of the Xia Army?Pointless.After we regain contact, we will find a way to deal with these bastards.

"Leave them alone. The tribes of Tuoba Renfu and Li Renyu will continue to move to Heyang." Shao Shude said.

After they came and descended, the tribe left the moraine and grazed in Xiao County, the hilly areas north of Mianchi and south of the Yellow River.After conquering Heyang this time, they were moved there to enrich the local household registration.

Tuoba Renfu and Li Renyu would probably be dissatisfied, but Shao Shude didn't care.Starting from next year, the warlords in the controlled area will start to be cleaned up slowly, otherwise there will be big troubles in the future.

In history, Zhu Quanzhong fought in the South and the North in his early years, and he controlled the territory very thoroughly. However, due to the situation and various complicated factors, Zhu Quanzhong had more and more army leaders, which brought a huge risk of rebellion.And when he felt that there was no hope of unifying the world in this life, after Zhu Youyu, the most capable eldest son, died of illness during the crusade against Yang Chongben, it became inevitable to cut the feudal clan and kill generals, and then rebellion became commonplace-you moved the interests of the army leader, even if You have an army of 20, and the head of the army is only a few thousand. Do you really think that people dare not rebel?Why do I have to calculate the balance of power, if there is no chance of winning the rebellion, I will not rebel?Late Tang Wufu doesn't care so much.

Well, Yang Chongben's rebellion is also Lao Zhu's fault.Yang's wife was beautiful, and Lao Zhu forcibly pampered Yang's wife in the palace, so Yang Chongben rebelled and surrendered to Li Maozhen.Old Zhu sent Xiao Zhu to go out to fight against Zhu Youyu. When Yongshou arrived, Zhu Youyu died of illness, and the Bian army led the division.

"Li Ke used his army to win several games in a row, and confronted Wei Bo's army across the Yongji Canal. He marched towards Beizhou, defeated Jin general Li Sizhao, and Li Hanzhi entered Xiangzhou and was defeated. Commander, are our troops going to enter Weizhou?" Chen Cheng asked.

"The action is suspended." Shao Shude hadn't made up his mind yet, and he still had to wait and see the situation.

As for Wei Bo, he still had a slight desire to win over him.The palace has sent envoys to Weizhou, let's wait for the news to come back.This land of six states is not so easy to fight.The towns in Hebei have been in peace for many years and have a solid foundation. As long as they are not wiped out all at once and given them time to react, internal relations will gradually be straightened out, army morale will gradually improve, and their economic advantages will become more prominent. So easy to fight.

You can't win quickly like you did in Youzhou. If the stalemate persists, Li Keyong will not be sure of winning against a behemoth with a population of more than 300 million.

"Dong Chang, the king of Yue, and the Jiedu of the Zhenhai Navy made the relationship between Qian Liu worse. The states in eastern Zhejiang suffered from offering sacrifices, and were quite dissatisfied with Dong Chang, so they wanted to welcome Qian Liu into the throne." Collected several times to make contributions and Chinese and foreign donations. It is said that a keynote is issued every ten days, and there are ten thousand taels of gold, five thousand silver, and five thousand silks, and they are sent to Chang'an. The tribute is the best in the world. After opening, Dong Chang sent 500 soldiers to escort the goods to Huazhou."

In the field of the imperial court, there are actually "loyal ministers" offering confessions, and the amount is still so large.Dong Chang, Zhao Kuangning, Wang Chucun, Wang Rong, Li Keyong, Wang Shifan, Li Kan, etc., and Commander Shao also paid a lot of tribute, no wonder he was able to support so many Shence troops.

"It's not a bad thing for me to have Qian Liu occupying the two Zhejiang provinces." Shao Shude said with a smile, "As long as Yang Xingmi occupies Su and Runzhou for a day, Qian Liu will have to fight him."

After Sun Ru's defeat, most of the legacy was taken over by Yang Xingmi, and his military strength was greatly enhanced. Qian Liu also ate some leftovers.

However, Wu Yongdu's arrogant soldiers were not so easy to control. In the second year of Tianfu (902), Wu Yongdu rebelled and rebelled. Qian Liu was in danger and asked Yang Xingmi for help.At a critical moment, Yang Xingmi, who had been fighting with Qian Liu for many years, made a decisive decision to marry his daughter to Qian Liu's son, and at the same time ordered General Tian Kai to withdraw his troops, because he was worried that Tian Kai would take the opportunity to occupy Hangzhou and rebel against himself.For this reason, he did not hesitate to give up the opportunity to destroy Qian Liu.

It's outrageous, but it's reasonable, because the warriors of this era are like this, and they can't be given a chance.

"Liu Jianfeng, Ma Yin, and others from Sun Ru's remnant tribe rushed into Hunan. They are unbeatable, and they are afraid to occupy here." Chen Cheng took out the next letter and said.

"That's Li Kan's trouble. Liu Jianfeng's generation may hook up with Lei Man, let's just let it go." Shao Shude said.

Places like Hunan and Eyue are too far away.He wasn't arrogant enough to occupy it.Generally speaking, the farther away from the ruling center, the greater the risk of rebellion.Moreover, due to the complicated situation, it is necessary to give the front-line general the power to take control, allow him to organize his own army, appoint officials, and sit in charge for a long time. If he changes people in two or three years, the territory will probably be lost.

Tang and Deng Sui couldn't rule directly in that place, so they could only entrust an envoy with real power and send a supervising army to settle the matter, let alone Hunan and central Sichuan.

No one in this world is a fool. The Anshi Rebellion has been in the past for a hundred years, and the Tang Dynasty is still there. You can look up the systems and regulations before the Xuanzong Dynasty. Everyone knows the benefits of decentralizing power and replacing people regularly, but why can't it be done?All have profound reasons.

"Okay, let's come here today, it's important to enter the city!" Shao Shude stood up, ordered the civil servants to pack up the documents on the table, and then, surrounded by his own soldiers, entered the city through the Tonghua Gate.

More than 1 people from Feng'an Army and Silver Spear have already entered the city, and have taken over the defense of Miyagi from Shi Zan.

Shao Shude sat on the carriage, slightly opened the corner of the curtain, and looked outside.

The rebels really don't pay attention to it, they just loot, and they like to set fire, maybe to destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces.

The people in Chang'an are also really suffering, how many times they have been tossed back and forth.

The carriage stopped in front of Daming Palace.

Shao Shude got out of the car, looked at the huge palace city that was almost a third damaged, and was speechless for a long time.

"Let Han Quanhui come and see me." After finishing speaking, he walked in under the guard of his own soldiers.

Han Quanhui was designated by Shao Shude as the superintendent of the camps on all sides of the capital, and he has been following the "supervising army".

The palace city is in a mess, and most of the years of painstaking efforts after the chaos have been ruined, which is a pity.

The corpses on the ground have been carried away, and some people are cleaning up the ruins.The remaining palace people were gathered in the relatively intact palace room, trembling.

Shao Shude entered the Linde Hall, the hall was intact, but the items were seriously damaged, it is said that they were robbed by the rebels.

There is only one seat in the hall, which is the dragon chair. Shao Shude decided to sit down for a rest, but after thinking about it, forget it.

"Meet Your Highness." Han Quanhui trotted all the way over and saluted.

"Han Dujian, I'm not going around in circles anymore, I'm sending you a good fortune today, do you dare to accept it?" Shao Shude asked.

Han Quanhui, who took refuge here early, expressed his loyalty several times.After observing for so long, Shao Shude felt that he could be trusted and qualified to be his agent.

Han Quanhui trembled when he heard the words, he didn't know whether it was fear or excitement.

"Dare!" Han Quanhui took a deep breath and replied.

"Haha!" Shao Shude said with a smile, "I like you the most. I want to protect you as the envoy of Shence's tenth army and the secret envoy of Beisi. Is this a big fortune?"

"Your Highness is so kind and virtuous, just like reborn parents." Han Quanhui knelt down on the ground, paid homage, and burst into tears.

Um?Why are they all vying to be my nephew and son now?Even the eunuchs...

"You know what to do when you become an envoy to watch the army and a privy envoy?"

"My servant is determined to be the leader of King Xia. If there is any betrayal, there will be a thunderbolt, and you will die. The Han family will be extinct. Men thieves and women prostitutes!" Han Quanhui was excited, talking like a shrew in the market.

Uh, mid-level officials these days are generally from eunuch families, and their sons often inherit their father's career.The imperial court also issued a special law, stipulating how many adopted sons an eunuch of what grade can adopt, and there are strict quantitative regulations.He said that the Han family will never be born again, it is indeed a poisonous oath.

"Let's go to clean up the order in Miyagi now, and say that according to my order, no one will stop it." Shao Shude ordered.

"Commander, King Ji has been caught." Zheng Yong walked over and reported.

"It's better to keep him in custody, don't let him die." Shao Shude said.

Rebelling against the king, there is no suspense, and the crime deserves death.

Of course, that was in the past, but now the rituals are broken and the court's majesty is completely lost, and many things can't be controlled at all.Zhang Jun was bestowed dead by the court, but he hid in Zhu Quanzhong's territory, who can hold him accountable?
King Ji, Shao Shude didn't want to see him, and didn't bother to protect him.Even if a new king is to be established, it is impossible to establish such an assertive and thoughtful King Ji.There are a lot of people imprisoned in the sixteen king's house, and it's not difficult to choose someone who is easy to manipulate.

The guards brought the chairs, Han Quanhui was very capable, he won over a group of young eunuchs in a short while, and asked in a low voice if the people from the Food Bureau would be allowed to serve the dinner, he was very courteous.

Shao Shude praised a few words casually, and then asked Han Quanhui, who is the capital prisoner, to send someone to go and ask the saint to come back.

The situation in Chang'an has basically settled down.

(End of this chapter)