Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 78 Tongzhou
On February [-], the second year of Guangming, on the north bank of the Wei River, a fight had just ended.

The scale of the battle was actually not large. Hundreds of people on one side crossed from the south bank to the north, while the other side only had dozens of horsemen, wandering on the north bank.It is not so much to stop people from crossing the river as to monitor.Therefore, after the opponent successfully landed, they only resisted a little and fled north all the way.

"General, we have arrested two fake Tang army scouts." A small school came over and reported to the former army general Hu Zhenhui.

"Trial now." Hu Zhenling said.

He was originally a county official in Jiangling.Wang Xianzhi joined the army when he attacked Jiangling and followed Zhu Wen all the way to the north and south.After entering the customs, Huang Chao greatly rewarded him, he also got the post of general, and still served under Zhu Wen's account.This time, when he attacked Wang Chongrong from the north, he was appointed as the vanguard, leading more than [-] horses and infantry troops to cross the river in advance, to expel the possible puppet troops of the Tang Dynasty, and to cover the main force of the army to cross the north.

In the afternoon, Zhu Wen, the Great General of the Great Qi Youwei and You Yi envoy from the east of Chang'an, led [-] infantry across the river, and Hu Zhen immediately stepped forward to report.

"Wang Chongrong stretches his hand very long." Zhu Wenshao is famous for his bravery. After joining the Huang Chao army, he has made many military exploits. Now he is one of the generals of the Wei, and is firmly ranked in the top ten.

After the capture of Chang'an, Zhu Wen had been stationed at Dongwei Bridge, and together with Zhang Yan, Ji Kui, and Peng Zan, guarded the gates on all sides of Chang'an.Historically, Zhuge Shuang led the Hedong Army to settle in Liyang, which was only separated by Gaoling County from Dongwei Bridge.Zhuge Shuang was one of the first generals who came to ask Huang Chao, but he was not successful, and was directly lured by Zhu Wen to surrender and moved to Daqi Heyang Jiedu.

In this time and space, Zhuge Shuang went south from Kunfang, and the Hedong Army wanted to go to Liyang, but was called back to Fuping halfway, and Zhuge Shuang missed an opportunity to face Zhu Wen.But it doesn't matter, there is fate, and now it seems that there is another chance to collide.

"How is the situation in Tongzhou?" Zhu Wen asked.

"General Zhu just sent an envoy to report, but Wang Chongrong's army in Hexi didn't make much movement. A few days ago, more than [-] Tang troops passed by the south of Luoshui and the north of Pan County (more than [-] miles southwest of today's Dali County), which seemed to be heading to Meiyuan. Go, I don't know where I am now." Hu Zhen replied.

"It's either Fuping or Meiyuan." Zhu Wen said: "At the beginning of the month, there was a report that the Zuoqi all defeated Li Tangbin in Huayuan. The 5000 troops were almost wiped out, and only a few hundred escaped. Zhuge Shuang led the army. It should be Xia Sui's army going south. There is no doubt about it. Needless to say, the movement of the Hedong Army is to join them and go south to threaten the north of Chang'an."

"Didn't magistrate Pan downgrade me? Why didn't I report it?" Zhu Wen asked again.

"I don't know."

"The officials of the county government belong to their families. The wives and daughters are acting as prostitutes, and they will go to work immediately."

"I will obey the order at the end." Hu Zhen took the order and left.

For the next two days, the Chao army was crossing the river.

Zhu Wen did not stop, but personally led a group of troops to the east to the bank of the Yellow River, relying on the convenience of the navy, to attack Hedong County.Wang Chongrong had to send a large number of troops and horses from the southern line to return to help, which indirectly created opportunities for Huang Ye.However, his movements were very slow, and his troops had not yet completely left Huayin, which made Zhu Wen sigh greatly.

On the night of February [-]th, five of Pan County magistrate Li's wives, concubines, and daughters were taken to the camp. Zhu Wen invited the generals to have fun all night.On the second day, I led thousands of cavalry riders who had already crossed the river to the north, heading towards Tongzhou.

Because there were ships to help transport the baggage and food, the Chao army moved very quickly. By the evening of the [-]th, Zhu Wen had already led more than [-] people into the city of Tongzhou.

"Who is Shao Shude?" Zhu Wen pointed to a military newspaper and asked.

"There are more than [-] military envoys from Tielin in Xiasui Town of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, and I heard that they have the heart of the army." Xie Tong, the counselor, replied.

Xie Tong is more than 30 years old this year, a native of Fuzhou, failed in many trials, stayed in Chang'an, and took refuge in Zhu Wen a while ago.It just so happened that Zhu Wen's subordinates were also short of talents, and it seemed that Xie Tong was not bad, so he stayed by his side and acted as a counselor.

"I've never heard of this person. Zhang Yan's servant, I didn't tell someone. No one in the DPRK and China reported it. Alas, I almost missed a major event." Zhu Wen gritted his teeth and said bitterly.

"Why is the general like this?"

"You don't know." Zhu Wen snorted coldly and said, "Although Zhang Yan is useless, Li Tangbin under the tent is a brave general who has repeatedly acted as a pioneer and made a lot of contributions. The thousands of people he led, Although there are new recruits in Henan and Huainan, there are at least half of the old people who are not bad, but they were beaten by Xia Sui's army and almost wiped out. If someone hadn't asked someone carefully, he would have thought that Zhuge Shuang had used something strange. As for the plan, now Fang Zhi is Shao Shude personally in front of the battle to boost morale and defeat Li Tangbin's troops in one fell swoop."

"This person is now in Fuping." Zhu Wen sat down, rolled his eyes, and said, "Why don't you send someone to Fuping to surrender? If you can earn Tielin's army to surrender, you will be more confident in attacking the river. "

Xie Tong felt nervous when he heard the words, and said, "If the general has this intention, you might as well give it a try."

"Don't worry, sir." Seeing Xie Tong's nervous look, Zhu Wen laughed and said: "This envoy only sent a small school to hear each other. Just look for Shao Shude, if it doesn't work, you can also divide Shao and Zhuge Er The relationship between people makes them suspicious of each other.”

"General is wise." Xie Tong cupped his hands.

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"Military envoy, a certain revision has been made." In the Grange, the military judge Chen Cheng handed a manuscript to Shao Shude.

"Whenever the army marches, the general will discuss the affairs of the day with the generals in Pingming, and discuss the affairs of the night with the generals in the evening."

"Any generals and soldiers who have enemies and suspects in their ranks shall not be allowed to supervise and reunite with the same battalion."

"Anyone who is a camp official and dies, is not a relative, and must not accept other people's property as a gift."

"When the tent is used for food, it must be put out before it falls out. If there are ultimatums and transcriptions in the night, and those who need to burn candles, the Lord Shen will sentence them to custody, so listen to them."

"When the camp has been established, the soldiers must go out to pick up the woodcutter and the market, and the person holds a tooth card, and the name is written down.

"In the military, no one should be able to recite songs and tunes that touch people, and music should not be a sound of sadness."

"Everyone in the army is not allowed to take rumors or be anonymous to judge people's right and wrong, for fear that thieves will conspire to harm the good."

……

I don't know what edition of the internal management regulations of the Tielin Army.Everyone is not from a family of generals, and they are not born with knowledge. They can only learn through trial and error and constantly sum up experience.

This thing Chen Cheng wrote is also the essence of everyone's many discussions.Give it to Shao Shude for review today. If there is no problem, it will be sung to the senior officers of each battalion tomorrow, so that they can supervise the implementation.

Internal management, like marching and fighting, can never be ignored.Otherwise, the battalion is in chaos and even smoky on weekdays, how can this unit be good?

"Okay." Shao Shude read it twice and said, "Just do it like this and see the effect."

"As ordered, military envoy." Chen Cheng took the manuscript and put it away solemnly.

"Now the Tielin Army has five battalions of soldiers and more than 2100 auxiliary soldiers, plus 5800 cavalry, [-] miscellaneous teams and the general's personal soldiers, the whole army is close to [-]." Shao Shude looked out the window and gradually rose. The rising sun said: "This is the capital for us to live and live, and it must not be ignored."

"Let's talk about the Chao Army." Shao Shude instructed Fan He to bring a map and pointed at the word "Tongzhou": "Last night, a sentry came to report that the thief Zhu Wen led thousands of people into Tongzhou. Luo The sails on the water covered the sky and the sun, loaded with provisions and soldiers, and it seemed that they had made up their minds to attack from both sides."

"It's true to divide the troops into two paths, but it's not necessarily true to attack." Talking about these military plans, Chen Cheng was instantly refreshed, and said: "There have been rumors before that Zhu Wen has few soldiers among the generals of the bandit army, and he is close to Meng Meng. Kai and others are not in harmony. This time the two routes northward will be dominated by Huang Ye route and Zhu Wen as a supplement."

"How to be sure?"

"It's better to send the Hedong Army generals to attack Tongzhou in the south, and Zhu Wen's quality will be known after a test." Chen Cheng suggested: "At the same time, you can also test whether the Hedong generals have the will to fight."

"You can try it." Shao Shude nodded in approval: "It doesn't make sense for our army to fight to death, but let Hedong Army sit idle."

"If the Hedong Army is able to fight smoothly, you can also send envoys to recruit Zhu Wen. Chen is not talented, I would like to—"

"No!" Shao Shude hurriedly waved his hand to stop it, but found that his reaction might have been a little too extreme, so he remedied: "Judge Chen is a confidant of a certain person, how can he go to a dangerous place? This is not right, don't say more."

Chen Cheng was a little moved when he saw this. The lord cherishes his subordinates and dares not to die in the future?

"Let's go, go and see the commander first." Shao Shude asked Fan He to help him put on his armor, and then went to see Zhuge Shuang.As a result, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he met an old acquaintance.

"General Yi."

"Envoy Shao Jun."

There was some fear in Yi Zhao's eyes.Shao Shude was famous for his fierce reputation in Hedong. He suppressed the rebels, killed his husband and seized his wife.It's ridiculous that there are still many people who think that he is benevolent and righteous, humming, inviting to buy military hearts, hypocrisy, that's all, that idiot Zhang Yanqiu can't see it!
"General Yi, please."

"Envoy Shao Jun, please."

Shao Shude smiled, and when he was so humble, he walked in with great strides.

After Shao's figure was gone, Yi Zhao said to the left and right guards: "Shao Shude sees his own commander, also in full armor, armed, with more than ten guards, Zhuge Shuang's guards dare not stop him. So arrogant and domineering, Let's see how he will die in the future!"

"When Shao Shude died, his wife and daughter did not know who was cheap." A relative said with a smile.

"I'm afraid it's worse than Deng Qian's wife and daughter. Deng's wife worked as a prostitute for a year. I heard that she was played to death. One of the two daughters was hanged, and the other was crazy. Tsk tsk." Another said.

"Forget it, don't talk about right and wrong behind your back. Since you've come to see Zhuge Shuang, let's go in and take a look." Yi Zhao raised his hand lazily to stop the personal soldiers from discussing: "If there is no reward, we won't go all out."

"Exactly! Exactly!"

　Thank you new leader. . .In the afternoon chapter, let me update it in the evening. . .too fierce
　
(End of this chapter)