Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 745
When the son arrived at the front line, Li Tangbin and Gao Renhou who were sitting in Xiangcheng were extremely surprised.

The two of them knew very well why King Xia sent his son to the front line. Gaining knowledge, accumulating experience, and getting acquainted with generals is a standard way of cultivating heirs.First assist in the supervision of food and grass in the rear, understand what is going on in this important link in military expeditions, and feel the atmosphere of the military camp by the way, accept the influence of war, and lay a solid foundation for further learning and accumulation in the future.

But what's going on now?Can't sit still behind?It's a mess!
Li Tangbin is the coach. To put it bluntly, his status in the Kansai Samurai Group is no lower than that of Prince Xia's son, and so is Gao Renhou.Therefore, they sent Hu Zhen to go out to persuade the prince to go back to the rear and assist the people of the Eastern Capital Shogunate in transferring and distributing food and supplies.

Hu Zhen arrested his eldest son Shao Chengjie in Yingqiao Town.

Obediently, they all ran to the front.Wang Yu, a sick man, actually sent his son to the military camp, that's really...

"Hu Canjun is here." Shao Chengjie was squatting there watching the auxiliary soldiers trim the horseshoes, when he saw Hu Zhen coming, he immediately got up and saluted.

Hu Zhen returned the gift.After brewing for a while, he was about to speak, but was stopped by Shao Chengjie's hand.

"Famous generals in ancient times, the most important thing is the morale of the army. Hu Canjun is also a veteran in the battlefield. Have you ever seen a famous general who sits in the big tent and doesn't even know what the sergeant is thinking?" Shao Chengjie asked.

"Never." Hu Zhen replied.

"Grandpa found a pony for me a long time ago, but I haven't learned how to trim the horse's hooves. In the past, my followers did it. I think it's very interesting." Shao Chengjie continued to stare at the movements of the auxiliary soldiers, and asked from time to time After a few words, he turned his head to look at Hu Zhen again, and said with a smile: "Okay, there is no need to rush Hu Canjun. I brought a lot of wine and food, and I will invite Jiang Silang to have a drink or two in a while."

"Who is Jiang Silang?" Hu Zhen asked.

"Hu joined the army, and the servant is Jiang Silang." The auxiliary soldier stopped what he was doing and saluted respectfully.

Hu Zhen didn't know what to say.An old soldier, who has been around for so many years, is still an auxiliary soldier.Generally speaking, when there is a shortage of soldiers, they will be selected from the auxiliary soldiers first, and then the recruits sent by Lingzhou Academy and Shanzhou Academy will be added to the auxiliary battalions.This person has been selected for so many rounds, and he is still an auxiliary soldier, so it can be seen that he has no real skills, and Hu Zhen is unwilling to talk to him too much.

Hu Zhen asked Zhang Mazha to sit down and waited patiently while observing the barracks carefully.

Dingyuan's army had fought a battle after they deployed their defenses in Yingshui.The scale is small, mainly crossing the river and counter-surveillance attacks, with only about 200 casualties each time. After supplementing the new recruits of the continuation army, the current establishment is complete and the morale is not bad.

This army participated in the war against the Hewei River, pacified the gold merchants, stormed the Luyang Pass, and defeated the Liang people in Shazha Valley and Huixiban. The last battle should be the battle against Ruzhou. Participated in the attack on Luonan Sanguan.

Every unit of the Xia Army has military history files, and the Tielin Army with the longest record has 18 years of history.

The experience of confronting different types of opponents has accumulated rich war experience and forged the soul of a strong army.

Perhaps, this is the founding elite.

Hu Zhen thought of the Huazhou Legion that he once led, but now it has been scattered, and the biggest embers have also arrived in Ge Congzhou's hands, stationed in Zheng and Meng, what a pity.

Half an hour later, Shao Chengjie's entourage brought food and wine, and they sat on the ground, eating and drinking.

Hu Zhen was also called over, and he didn't dislike anything, just sat on the ground and ate and drank together.

"I heard that the son went hunting with the lieutenant yesterday?" Hu Zhen asked suddenly.

Li Tangbin told him about this.Shao Chengjie and more than a hundred soldiers of the Dingyuan Army went hunting in the mountains and valleys dozens of miles away, and returned after enjoying themselves. Then they roasted the prey together, drank happily for a long time, and even rewarded some belongings.

There is no doubt that the son is inviting to buy the morale of the army and accumulate reputation.

How old is a child, you know what to do?Hu Zhen sighed a little.

He also came from a small local tyrant with a good family background, but when he was 12 years old, he was still wandering in the countryside, taking a horse with him, drinking and having fun with his friends.Although he also accumulated a lot of fame and gave him the capital to start a business in the future, but these were all done unconsciously, which belonged to imitating others, and he himself did not have this consciousness.

Children born in powerful and wealthy families should have different things from elementary school than those local tyrants.Hu Zhen was a little bit embarrassed, he was so far behind when he started, how can he compare when he is older?Well, from this point of view, Shizi's father is even more remarkable. He has built a huge territory with such a low starting point. He is in the same category as Zhu Quanzhong and Yang Xingmi—err, it seems that more than half of the military leaders in the world are from the bottom. Hu Zhen Depressed.

"I shot a few rabbits, it's not worth mentioning." Shao Chengjie said nonchalantly: "The bow is too small to shoot larger prey. It's also bad luck, I didn't see a single tiger or leopard."

Hu Zhen was speechless.Hundreds of thousands of troops from both sides have been stalemate across the river for several months, which tiger or leopard is so obstinate and insists on coming over?

"My lord, the battle line in Yingshui is complicated. From time to time, bandits cross the river and attack our barracks. Most of the sergeants who went out to collect firewood were killed or injured. At this time, it is better not to go out?" After a moment of silence, Hu Zhen looked Shao Chengjie's complexion was not bad, so he cautiously persuaded: "Li and Gao Ershuai are still waiting for the situation to change, and the army will cross the river to advance. It is better for the son to return to Linru, supervise the transportation of food and grass, and return after the situation is settled. You are standing on the front line like this, and Wang Junshi is not easy to do. As far as I know, the Dingyuan army will be the first to cross the river. If the prince is still here, it is really too dangerous. The soldiers are fierce and dangerous, who I can’t even say I’m going to win.”

Shao Chengjie didn't answer.Surrounded by more than ten followers around him, they are all the sons of the generals of the Shuofang Army. Those who practice civil and martial arts with him are considered to be his small team. At this moment, everyone is watching him, waiting for him to make up his mind.

"Forget it, Grandpa asked me to supervise the construction of Qingshu Palace, so let's go to Guangchengze to have a look." Shao Chengjie sighed, and said: "See if those craftsmen have taken measures to prevent snakes, don't be like Taizong Every now and then a snake gets in."

Hu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.During the entire Luoyang camp, the only thing that Li Tangbin couldn't manage was probably this master.Now it seems that the son likes to be active or not, he likes to mingle with warriors, and even wants to go to battle to experience it, regardless of whether his small body can handle it or not.

"Instinctively want to take control of the military, and he was carved out of the same mold as his father, but there are some differences. He is not as cautious as his father. Could this be the temper brought by the blood of the Zhe family? Children of the Zhe family, indeed I like to rush and fight." Hu Zhen thought to himself: "Although the princess is virtuous and kind, she is also a heroine who can ride a war horse and shoot a bow. She just married Queen Xia and has been caring for her husband and raising her children. That's all. It's not surprising that Shi Zi has such a temper."

Hu Zhen felt that, as the heir of King Xia, it was still within the tolerance range for the prince to invite and buy military morale on a small scale.But if it goes too far, even father and son have no family relationship to talk about in this kind of matter.If you have the ability, go and pull up an army by yourself. This may be easier for King Xia to accept.

"Let's go, come back to Linru." Shao Chengjie greeted, and a group of half-grown teenagers began to pack their bags.

"Go to Guangchengze and see how the palace is being repaired. Don't let Duan Ning fool you." Shao Chengjie said: "When Grandpa brings people to live here, I don't know how many younger brothers and sisters have been added to me. Will it be enough?"

Seeing the narrow smile on Shao Chengjie's face, Hu Zhen could only smile wryly.

……

Shao Chengjie did have another younger sister.

At the end of September, the Chu family gave birth to a daughter in Jinxianguan.According to the medical officer of the Imperial Medical Office, the princess is in good health and everything is fine.

Shao Shude was in a good mood after receiving the news, but he didn't take it too seriously.

He has sixteen biological children, which is indeed quite a number.And he is still young, with so many women around him, there will definitely be many children born in the future.But he is not worried about the burden it will bring to the new dynasty established in the future. He intends to learn from Li Tang. There are no descendants of the emperor in the five uniforms. They can study, be an official, and do business. That's too much financial pressure.

After putting aside these things, he concentrated his energy on the battle in Henan.

"Your Majesty, we are still going the old way for this battle." Chen Cheng, who had rushed back from Lingzhou (Huile County), said, "The Weisheng army has already invaded Caizhou, and some troops from the Huaining army have also marched northward. According to Li Tangbin's strategy, it is We plan to fight a war of annihilation in Caizhou first, to wipe out the mobile forces of the Liang Army in Caizhou, and to shake the main force of Pang Shigu in Yingshui, and then the opportunity to fight appeared."

Shao Shude hummed, and he also approved of this battle plan.

Pang Shigu's 12 horses settled in Xuzhou, and the supply mainly depended on the five prefectures of Chen, Xu, Cai, Ying, and Bian.

Among them, Chen, Xu, Ying, and Bian are connected by Yingshui and Caishui, which is also the backup channel of the Bianshui River in the Guo Dynasty.The communication between Caizhou and Xuzhou depends on Rushui.

Since June, the two sides have carried out harassment and counter-harassment around these lines of communication.Liang Jun's transportation efficiency has been greatly reduced, and the materials on the front line are not very sufficient now.Immediately, the severe cold weather will come again, the river will freeze, and the Liang people can only rely on land to transfer, which will be even more difficult-of course, the same is true for their own side.

Taking advantage of the years of operation of Tang and Guang towns, together with the Qibizhang Department of the Flying Dragon Army, winning the battles in Caizhou and Yingzhou and destroying some of the enemy troops, they may be able to leverage the entire situation and find the enemy's weaknesses.

It has been five months since the two armies faced each other across the Yingshui River, with deep ditches and high fortifications, which was almost the time of the stalemate in the battle between Qin and Zhao Changping.Shao Shude gave Li Tangbin a lot of patience. After the autumn grain entered the warehouse in September, the Weisheng Army and the Huaining Army began to hoard supplies, summoned the townspeople, and finally began a decisive battle.

"Let Qibizhang cooperate well with the Weisheng Army and the Huaining Army." Shao Shude said: "Just tell Qibizhang that the grasslands of Rouzhou will be paid to the king. - rest with the country."

(End of this chapter)