Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 860 Allied Forces
Yang Xingmi arrived in Haozhou in person.

On the Huai River, there are boats and oars stretching to the sky, and masts and oars are like forests.General Zhou Ben led more than [-] sailors in person, stationed troops on the river, showing off his might.

On the solid ground on the north bank of the river, more than three thousand riders slowly spread out, staring at each other.

As the saying goes, the northerners are good at horses, and the southerners are good at boats. The southern regime's great weapon against the northerners is the navy.

The northerners also built warships to march south, but they always suffered a lot when the navy was fighting head-on.They can only take advantage of the paralyzed navy of the Southern Dynasties, secretly cross the river, cross the river, and obtain a bridgehead stronghold on the south bank before they can have a chance of victory.

Huainan has been in peace for many years, and the navy of the Yang Wu regime has grown stronger, majestic, and powerful, but Yang Xingmi does not completely rely on it.

For many years, he has been determined to rectify the land division, trying to improve combat effectiveness, one of the major measures is to form a cavalry unit.

But war horses are easy to get, but talents are rare, so he set his sights on Wang Shifan from Ziqing Town.

Ziqing is the name of the feudal town, and the military name is "Pinglu".From this famous bugle, it can be seen that Ziqing Town's cavalry tradition is not weak, and their horse administration is indeed very good.

Yang Xingmi has restored the horse prison established by the imperial court in Huainan before the difficulty. Through bartering, he obtained many horses from Ziqing Town and recruited many cavalry talents.

Recently, he has been more whimsical.When the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, Yang Xingmi once sent troops from the sea to attack Taihu Lake by surprise. Yang Xingmi felt that he could develop offshore trade with Cangjing, Ziqing, Youzhou and other towns to exchange needs.

After Huainan's vigorous rectification, the economy recovered quickly.

The problem of floods in the rainy season that had plagued the people for many years has been greatly alleviated after vigorous renovation of the Pichi.Taking Chuzhou as an example, every three to five days when the east wind blows, the sea water enters Yanghu Lake, and the lake overflows and floods the farmland.After the seawater recedes, a large amount of salt remains, which damages agricultural production.

During the Dali period, Li Cheng presided over the construction of Changfengyan.After completion, from Chuzhou to Yangzhou, "to cover the tide and protect the people's fields".However, in the past 20 years of endless wars, Changfengyan has been damaged and the people have suffered a lot.After Yang Xingmi won Chuzhou, he spent a lot of manpower and material resources to repair the dikes, shield the tide again, and restore a large number of paddy fields. The people are very virtuous.

The construction of water conservancy projects has brought about an increase in grain production year by year.Today's Huainan and Xuanshe towns are the most abundant in grain production in Yang, Lu and Shu prefectures.And the manpower required for farming is beyond your imagination——

Xia and Liang fought fiercely for many years, and the people of Henan went south in a large scale, mostly hiding between the Jianghuai River and Huaihe River.Their arrival brought valuable capital, technology and labor force to Huainan, which is another major reason for Huainan's rapid development.

Huainan also has agricultural products such as tea, salt, fruit, mulberry, and hemp, which can be traded with the north, especially tea.

In addition, Yang Xingmi was still making offerings to the imperial court until last year. In addition to Qianbo tea, he also paid tributes such as preserved deer, deer skin, white snake and black snake. The wild deer herd in Huainan is too huge. It can be seen that there is no such thing as hunting.

These things can also be traded.

In terms of economic development, Yang Xingmi is full of ambition. He has too many plans to implement, and he has too many whimsical ideas, many of which have already been implemented, and the people have benefited greatly. Order was established between the Jianghuai River and the people's lives were improved at the same time, which was of great benefit to the Yang family's descendants ruling the Jianghuai River.

Thinking of this verse, he turned his attention to his son Yang Wo.

Yang Wo is also a boy in his teens, but his mind is not on studying literature and martial arts, and he is not very interested in governing politics and fighting wars. He likes to play, all kinds of games, but he has no interest in doing serious things.

"Ah!" Yang Xingmi sighed, and asked, "Da Lang, after watching for so long, have you ever seen anything?"

"This man must be a good polo player." Holding a portrait, Yang Wo was amazed: "He is strong and powerful. I heard that he is good at riding and shooting. If I can play polo with him in the future, I will be very happy." carefree."

On the portrait is a warrior wearing a Futou and a shovel uniform, which looks a lot like Shao Shude.Yang Xingmi worked hard enough to collect information.

Yang Xingmi almost choked up and was speechless.My son is like this, and suddenly feels that the future is bleak.

In today's troubled times, everyone has rebellious bones in the back of their heads. Even if the world is unified, if the children's abilities are inferior, they may not be able to sit still, and sooner or later they will be torn apart.

"Shao Shude likes shooting and polo, but he is not only good at these two things." Yang Xingmi decided to rescue his son again, saying: "Take a group of people, wipe out all the heroes in Guanbei, and then use the court to continue to plunder and accumulate strength. He not only Not only is he good at fighting, but he is also top-notch in manipulating people's hearts and taking advantage of the general situation. As for the mess in the northwest, he can make a fool of himself, and then go east to attack Bian Town. Wouldn't it be terrible? Dalang, you need to learn more about these useful things , don’t just play around, you understand?”

"Understood." Yang Wo threw the scroll to his followers, and looked at it without interest, and turned his attention to the gold and silver artifacts in the cabin, but was not very interested in the fierce cavalry on the shore.

Yang Xingmi resisted the urge to hit the child.

He is only 46 years old this year, and he still has time. If the eldest son is not good enough, he can train other children.

Gao Xu, the secretary of the Jiedu Commander, watched the words and expressions from the side. Seeing that the Lord was in a bad mood, he said, "My lord, my boat master is stationed on the river, and the bandits are afraid."

"We still have to win the land battle, the bandits dare not attack Xuzhou." Yang Xingmi said.

This time he brought all the old books over.

The most elite main force under the tent, the Zhaowu, Xiongwu, and Yaowu armies formed with [-] "Northern Returnees" (Cai Bing) as the core, came in two, and there were also some prefecture and county soldiers, Tutuan soldiers, and water troops. With a total of more than [-] soldiers and horses, they built a city in Suzhou on the north bank of the Huai River, threatening to attack the Xia army's flank in Xuzhou.

Feng Yin had no choice but to send troops south to monitor Yang Xingmi's troops.

Before leaving, he had carefully studied the composition of the Huai people's army, and knew that Yang Xingmi's coercion was mainly based on five armies, namely the Zhaowu, Xiongwu, and Yaowu armies, the pro-army Heiyun Changjiandu and Congheiyundu The divided cavalry units totaled only 4 people.

These [-] elite soldiers can compete with the Central Plains troops, and their combat effectiveness is quite good.

In addition, it is mainly the soldiers under the governors.The number of people is different, the equipment is different, and the combat effectiveness is different. Yang Xingmi will not give money and food to the prefectural and county soldiers under the governor's command. The troops of Li Shenfu and others.

Some of these Zhizhou soldiers are very capable of fighting, not much worse than Yang Xingmi's main force, while some are just a pile of shit, and their combat effectiveness varies greatly, so they cannot be generalized.

By the way, Yang Shihou, who defected to Yang Xingmi, accepted the mission to attack Feng Hongduo in Shengzhou and defeat him.But Yang Xingmi did not give him Shengzhou, but ordered him to attack Qianliu. As a result, Yang Shihou set up an ambush in the suburbs of Suzhou and defeated the Yue people again.

Yang Xingmi was a little surprised by this.

Before Yang Shihou defeated Feng Hongduo, it can be said that he relied on his strong combat power, but this time he defeated the Western Zhejiang Army, relying on his resourcefulness.

He felt that he had picked up a treasure, so he immediately appointed Yang Shihou as the governor of Suzhou, and helped him block Qian Liu. It's time to go west, and I must think about taking back Suzhou, Run and other states. Yang Shihou, the governor of Suzhou, is not a good place to sit, and repeated battles are inevitable.

"Your Majesty, the Huaining Army of the bandit Commander Zhe Silun has gathered more than ten thousand troops, and has fought several battles with Zhu Shijun in Luzhou. Our army is at a slight disadvantage. This road can be said to be barely maintained, but the Ding Club is making rapid progress. Quzhang and others could not control Lishan, Pingjing and other passes, so they could only retreat and defend the city. If things go on like this, it will be very difficult." Gao Xu remonstrated: "If Dinghui is allowed to connect Po'an, Huang, Qi and other prefectures, then Our army's western front is in danger, and the brigade of Xia thieves is pouring in. Once they go straight to Shu, He and other states, they will be too passive..."

"I know what you want." Yang Xingmi stopped Gao Xu's words, and said, "However, Zhu Jin and Zhu Wei are invited to join forces to fight against Shao, so we can't cool their minds. What's more, Xuzhou is new, and I really can't bear to lose it." .”

Xuzhou is martial arts, and everyone fights fiercely.In the past, the silver knives were famous, but the Pang Xun Rebellion shook the foundation of the Tang Dynasty and forced the imperial court to mobilize heavy troops to encircle and suppress it.Elite soldiers could be recruited in this place, how could Yang Xingmi give up?

Zhang Tingfan, the Jiedu Envoy of the Probation Army, once single-handedly formed the two armies of Shenwei and Yanwei with a total of more than 3000 people.The Yanwei army had almost been lost in Suzhou. They were beheaded by the Xia people for more than [-] ranks and captured [-] people. Only a few returned to Xuzhou and were incorporated into the Shenwei army.

After Yang Xingmi took control of Xuzhou, he reorganized the [-] Shenwei Army and distributed generous rewards, which made the soldiers feel safe.

He also attaches great importance to this team and feels that the foundation is very good.In order to subdue the morale of the army, he stayed there for a long time and spent a lot of effort.

Incorporating the remnants of Sun Ru's army had always been his favorite handwriting back then, and this time he planned to repeat the old trick and slowly annex and digest the Shenwei army.It's amazing to say that Yang Xingmi's main force as the core of Gancheng is not the old foundation of his fortune, but the surrender.

This may have something to do with how he started his business: the old brothers brought soldiers and horses to fight the world with him, they were regarded as partners, and they regarded him as the leader.

But it is embarrassing for the leader without troops. Yang Xingmi realized this problem, and now he is slowly making up for it.

"Secretary Gao, there is no need to say more." Yang Xingmi said: "Shao's bandits broke into Bianzhou, and the momentum is too strong. We must stop it. Today, the four towns of Yun, Yan, Qing, and Yang have 40 troops. If they can't stop the Xia bandits If we attack Suzhou, at least we can contain a large number of Xia soldiers. As long as we don’t fight wastefully and fight steadily, the Xia bandits will have nothing to do with us.”

This sentence means that as long as the main force is not wiped out by others, then the existence of You itself is a big threat, which will attract and contain the enemy and reduce the pressure on the allies.

What's more, he has a boat master who can advance and retreat freely, and the cavalry on which Xia Bandit is famous can't intercept his grain road, or even threaten the Huai army infantry brigade marching along the river, so this battle will be fought.

Building a city and defending it, advancing along the river, avoiding wave warfare, and fighting steadily are Yang Xingmi's main tactics.

"That's fine." Gao Xu smiled wryly, "However, it's up to Li Keyong to ask for Shao. The Jin army has a favorable location, and it's in a position to overlook the Xia army. It would be a pity if we don't make good use of it."

(End of this chapter)