Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 846 Homelessness and Undercurrents

On September 25th, Shao Shude led more than [-] people from the Tianxiong Army, the Guards and the newly arrived National Guard Army to the east to Bajiao Town.

Before leaving, he received news that Zhu Quanzhong had arrived in Wansheng Town, and the defenders of Guandu City sent out to pursue him.

Shao Shude had no hope for them, because most of these people were infantry, and it was difficult to cause any trouble to Zhu Quanzhong.

Pretty much the same in fact.After Zhu Quanzhong arrived in Wansheng Town all the way, he joined thousands of Bianzhou Xiangyong who stayed there.

After resting for half a day, seeing that Xia Jun was about to chase, he took the supplies and ran eastward.And after they left, these native regiment soldiers immediately broke up in place and went back to their homes—they were all beaten up like this, and King Liang also ran away, so he might as well run home to save his life.

On the 26th, Zhu Quanzhong arrived at a place more than ten miles north of Dashiqiao to rest his horse, and inquired about news by the way.

"What do you think about the journey?" Zhu Quanzhong sat directly on the ground and asked while devouring the pancakes.

Jingxiang is also eating jealous cakes with pickles. The taste is not very good, but some are good to eat, so you can't be too picky.

"Your Majesty, the Xia bandits have very few soldiers in the north, and the main force should be concentrated on the Zhongmou and Bajiao lines. Most of them will come to Bianzhou." Li Zhen replied directly: "There are still more than [-] soldiers in Bianzhou. enough."

Bianzhou has the three armies of Guangsheng, Shenjie, and Tianxing, and the adopted son Zhu Youwen is in charge of the defense of the whole city.

The commander of the guards, Zhang Lang, served as the envoy of beheading to clean up the discipline of the whole city.

Shi Yan resigned as the street envoy, and now there are more than [-] people under his command, most of them are military school children, and they have taken over the security of the whole city.

They were less likely to surrender, so Li Zhen believed Bianzhou was safe.

Zhu Quanzhong nodded, and then turned his gaze to the south, where the sound of horseshoes sounded in a hurry.After a while, Tabaidu commanded his deputy envoy Han Qing to lead his people back.

General Zhu Youliang stepped forward slightly, trying to stand in front of Zhu Quanzhong.

Zhu Quanzhong secretly gave his nephew a hand, stepped forward and asked, "Are there bandit soldiers?"

"Your Majesty, there are bandit riders on the north bank of the Dashi Bridge, but there are not many of them. The last general led his troops to charge and killed more than ten bandits, and then another two or three hundred riders rushed from the south bank. Come back. Judging by the appearance of the thief, he should call in the left and right cavalry for reinforcements, and the last general was worried that the king would make a mistake, so he retreated." Han Qing replied.

"General Han has worked hard." Zhu Quanzhong forced a smile and began to think.

Now it seems that his guess was right, Xia Zei sent almost all the cavalry that could be mobilized to all directions of Bianzhou, intercepting and blocking the defeated soldiers, preventing them from returning to Bianzhou.This realization made him very depressed, and he couldn't go home, what should he do?
"Your Majesty, why don't you look in other directions." Li Zhen suggested.

"Alright." Zhu Quanzhong nodded, seeing that everyone had rested and the horse recovered most of its energy, he ordered: "Go to the east of the city to have a look."

Without further ado, everyone got on their horses one after another and headed eastward.

Jing Xiang keenly noticed that several people moved slowly, fell behind halfway, and then disappeared.

Maybe it's because of horsepower failure, I can't keep up, or maybe it's something else.But this will not be able to get to the bottom of it, nor can it be publicized.

King Liang used to give everyone a lot of things, money, women and other privileges, but that was before.

What can I give now?Nothing can be given.

The reason why everyone still followed may be because of gratitude for the kindness of the past, or it may be out of habit, even if someone left privately, as far as King Liang is concerned, he must not be held accountable, on the contrary, he can only pretend to be magnanimous and let them go .

This is the human heart, extremely mysterious.

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In Bianzhou City, the atmosphere was solemn and extremely tense.

Shi Yanci, the envoy of Chongjie, went to the palace to meet his younger sister, Shi Shi, and then went back to the yamen.

He now has a separate office and government office, with more than a dozen assistants assisting him in handling official affairs.

The subordinates are also quite different from before, and it can even be said that they have completely changed their appearance.Bianliang generals and children from rich families replaced the original slick ones, and their combat effectiveness was rolling upwards.

2000 people, well-equipped, most of them have martial arts, maintaining order on the streets and important urban areas is simply a piece of cake.

But this is normal.

What about unusual circumstances?For example, when people's hearts suddenly changed.

"Boss, the Xia thief scouts are everywhere, and I don't know how many people there are. Watching their actions, I seem to want to prevent Liang Wang from returning to Bian." An aide came over and said in a low voice.

The staff member is from Chenliu, Bianzhou. He is not young, but he looks like a monkey with a sharp mouth. In the dynasty that pays attention to appearance, he is not very popular.However, he read a lot of miscellaneous books, and he also had a bit of crooked talent in his stomach, so he was hired by Shi Yanci to serve as his personal assistant and give him advice.

"Did King Liang lose in the west?" Shi Yanci asked with a calm expression and a low voice.

"I'm afraid their father and son are defeated." The staff replied.

There was a look of gloating on his face, which displeased Shi Yanci.King Liang is also the one who gave me wealth, how could he be like this?

"Tens of thousands of troops have been destroyed, and Bianzhou is in danger. Even if we stick to it, how long can we hold it? If we survive for a year, it may not be enough." The staff seemed unaware, and continued: "It's time to think about retreating. .”

Shi Yanci was silent after hearing this.

Although he didn't want to admit it, he also felt that what the staff said was probably true and would not deviate too far from the truth.Is it because the expression and tone of this guy's speech make people very unhappy, with a face of being a villain, gloating, and even faintly obscene?
There was a reason why he was poor, Shi Yanci gave the old man a disgusted look.

"What retreat?" Although there was some resistance in his heart, Shi Yanci's buttocks were very honest, and he asked in an inaudible voice.

"My servant heard that Shao Shude is a beautiful concubine, and my master may use this to protect his family and life, and even his wealth." The staff said.

Shi Yanci was thoughtful, and asked: "Sister She is still young, only 12 years old this year, too young."

The staff suddenly laughed, how wretched and wretched it was.

The veins on Shi Yanci's forehead were exposed, and he almost slashed this fellow with a knife.

"How powerful is King Xia, what kind of woman does he want?" the staff member laughed.

Generally speaking, the emperor is not available to all women.In fact, it is very complicated, and the choice is not as wide as everyone thinks.But that is for the conservative kings when the dynasty was stable, and it is all invalid for late Tang martial arts and founding emperors.They took home whichever one they liked, and the people below also thought of ways to present beauties from all over the world. They had everything if they wanted talent and talent, and looks and looks.

Therefore, what the staff said is absolutely correct.Shao Shude wanted a beautiful woman, that's really nothing, it can be described as insignificant.

"What exactly do you want to say?" Shi Yanci asked impatiently.

"King Xia has dozens of prefectures and millions of people. The land is vast and the power is so great that he can directly teach the princes of the world to lose face. If he wants beautiful women, it's a trivial matter. But King Xia likes to conquer, if he attacks the enemy's town, Handsome thieves, wives and daughters must be accepted, and there are prairie Hu Feng." The staff said with a cheap smile.

Shi Yanci resisted the urge to punch him in the face.

This old man is cheap, but he is very accurate in judging people.Although my younger sister looks handsome, but to be honest, with King Xia's status, others beg him to present beautiful women to him, and her looks, figure, and talents are no worse than my younger sister.But the eldest sister, Shi Shi, is the concubine of Liang Wang, who has always been doted on. With this status, King Xia couldn't hold back.

The old man is right, King Xia is Hu Fengzhenlie, the title of Supreme Khan is definitely not in vain.

On the grasslands there are customs such as marriages of succession, successive marriages, foreign cousin marriages, uncle-nephew marriages, and so on, and King Xia is not shy about this aspect.

Cough cough, the so-called step marriage means that when the father dies, the son takes over the wives and concubines of his father other than his biological mother; when the uncle dies, the nephew takes over the wives and concubines of the uncle;For example, Gaozong Lizhi and Empress Wu.

Successive marriages, as the name suggests, sisters die and sisters continue to marry, aunts die and nieces continue to marry.This is quite a lot in the Central Plains.

Chinese cousin marriage, that is, marrying aunts, uncles, and aunts' daughters, is also very common in the Central Plains.

The marriage of uncle and nephew can also be understood literally, there are many grasslands and less in the Central Plains.For example, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty Liu Ying took the daughter of his sister Princess Lu Yuan as his queen, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty Liu Da took the daughter of his cousin Princess Biyang as his concubine, and Emperor Wu Jing Sun Xiu took the daughter of his sister Princess Xiaohu as his queen.

King Xia doesn't have any problem with as many stunning figures as he wants, but he doesn't have much interest, he is playing with his status.

"Now I want to vote... I have to win..." Shi Yan's speech was unclear.

The mean smile on the old man's face became stronger, and he said: "There are many soldiers in the city, but Zhu Youwen, Wang Tan, and Hua Wenqi are the most important, each with more than seven thousand soldiers and horses. He Delun only has a few hundred horses, Zhang Lang There are only more than a thousand soldiers, and your master has more than two thousand, it is very difficult to do anything, you still have to find helpers."

"Where is the helper?" Shi Yanci asked directly without pretending.

"Wang Tan, the commander of the Shenjie Army." The staff replied.

Shi Yanci nodded slightly.

Wang Tan was born in Jingzhao, and his great-grandfather was a strategic general, who was General Zuo Jinwu and the defense envoy of Longzhou.His grandfather was also a master strategist. He played a role in the Pinghuangchao Rebellion and got acquainted with Zhu Quanzhong.After Quanzhong left Bianzhou, Wang Tan followed him, and later his family moved there.

Such an identity background is not uncommon in Guochao, but there may be an opportunity right now.

"Does Wang Tan have relatives in Chang'an?" Shi Yanci asked.

"Most are distant relatives." The staff replied: "Actually, there is no problem. In the current situation, all we need is a reason. Wang Tan was born and raised in Guanzhong and learned martial arts. Shao Shude also rose from Guanxi. Wang Tan Wouldn't it be justifiable to vote for it?"

"You old bastard, in the past I only thought you were a bit crooked, but now it seems that you are full of bad taste." Shi Yanci scolded with a smile.

"It's not for the glory and wealth of the master!" the aide called Qu.

"Fuchu dancer Cuihong, I reward you." Shi Yanci was in a good mood, and generously rewarded a beautiful woman out.

The staff's eyes lit up when they heard this, and their inspiration exploded, and they reminded: "Xie Yanzhang and Zhang Guibian are still under house arrest at home, and the boss may rescue them. These two took over the Eighth Army of Tianwu successively, recruited soldiers, practiced many times, promoted I don’t know how many generals and schools. At the critical moment, it may have a miraculous effect.”

Shi Yanci immediately looked at this staff member with admiration.

"Also..." The staff put on the trademark smirk again, and said, "At the Kaiyuan Temple, pay more attention... Rare goods can live..."

(End of this chapter)