Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 927 Entering the Guard
Tian Xiyan was not at all mentally prepared for the turmoil in Weizhou City.

At that time, he was still patrolling the top of the city, urging the soldiers to keep their eyes wide open so that the Xia people would not touch it.As a result, he suddenly heard the news of the commotion in the city, and after careful questioning, he scolded his mother directly.

At the time of Haishi, he ordered thousands of soldiers, armed to the teeth, and marched towards Fangshi, the most turbulent city.

Everyone knows that when facing the siege of foreign enemies, the city must remain stable, otherwise the situation will be lost.The chaos had just started, and Xia Jun didn't necessarily know it yet, so he had to quickly suppress it with thunderous means, and turn his head around to stabilize the city's defenses.And this is also the direct reason why he brought a large number of elites to quickly quell the chaos.

In fact, the incident is no longer limited to Fangshi, and many wealthy families have also armed their servants to fight against the soldiers who came to loot.The rebellious soldiers did not confront them head-on, and when they saw a well-guarded high-ranking family, they immediately bypassed them to pick up other soft persimmons.However, after the soft persimmons are finished, these big households will still be unlucky...

"They're all fucking in a daze!" Tian Xiyan drew his bow and fired a few arrows, killing several people.

Under his order, the sergeants did not hesitate, and directly attacked, hacking and killing, and quickly cleared a large "clean land".

Xie Yanhui ran back to the state office at night.He and his father Xie Xitu looked at each other and understood each other.Wealth is not so easy to get, you have to work hard, you have to fight for your life.Now that there is nothing to hesitate, Xie Xitu, Xie Yanhui and his son led more than 100 servants and went straight to Ximen.

They pulled a lot of carriages, and the carts were full of wine and dried meat, which looked like they were going to work in the army.

On the way, I met a few rebels, seeing their lineup of more than a hundred people, I took a detour.

Simon will be here soon.

There are more than a hundred state soldiers on duty here, but there are only a few dozen in this meeting.Seeing the governor working in the army himself, he was a little flattered, and immediately called the robes and others to come and carry them.

"It's better to let you know the matter and know our suffering. I have offended you a lot in the past, forgive me." The deputy general in charge of the city gate defense said with a smile.

As for his little lieutenant general, how he "offended" the theoretical supreme commander of the state army, the governor, is another matter.Ethos!The national conditions of the Weibo Republic!

"In the face of a great enemy, we should all work together." Xie Xitu quietly evaded to the side and said with a smile.

The lieutenant general looked at the chaos scene in the distance again, feeling slightly regretful.The daughter of Xie Shijun's family is quite beautiful, if the military chaos is more serious, she might be able to rush into Xie's mansion and get her wish.What a pity, what a pity!
Xie Yanhui personally went off to help carry it. I don't know if it was accidental or what, a wine jar fell to the ground directly, making a crisp sound.

This seemed to be a signal, Xie's family servants pulled out hidden weapons from the car one after another, and greeted the guards with all their heads and faces.

Xie Yanhui walked quickly to the lieutenant general, drew out a sharp knife, and stabbed him directly.

The deputy general was about to laugh at Xie Yanhui's lack of strength, but when he saw a sharp knife coming towards him, he backed away in fright.Several servants of the Xie family had already set their sights on him, and they slashed at him with knives and axes, causing him to fall in a pool of blood, screaming miserably.

"Don't compete with these warriors, the important thing is to open the city." Xie Xitu's mind was still clear, and when he saw a few guards fleeing in a panic, and the servants chased them all the way to hack and kill, he immediately ordered: "Kaicheng !"

Xie Yanhui's martial arts skills are sparse, but at this time he was fighting with a desperate momentum. He led the most elite 30 people and killed all the way in. After cutting down the last guard, he immediately turned the winch and lowered the suspension bridge , and then opened the city gate.

Xia Bing outside the city rushed up immediately when he saw the light signal from them.Under the surprised eyes of the guards at the top of the city, a thousand armored soldiers crossed the suddenly lowered suspension bridge and rushed into the Urn City.

After they left, the second wave of [-] pawns also made preparations, divided into several groups, and followed them silently.

Shao Shude stood on the temporary high platform, looking casually at the chaotic Weizhou City.

He is not worried about cheating.Even if you are cheated, you will only lose the first wave of thousands of people.

He didn't particularly care about Weizhou City itself.It's just an earthen city, and there are only [-] state soldiers in it, so it's not a matter of life or death whether you can take it down or not.

Starting from New Year's Day this year, it is probably the smoothest year since he used the army.In just over seven months, the four prefectures of Yun, Qi, Di, and An have been conquered, and Huangzhou, Zizhou, and Weizhou are about to be conquered. A total of seven prefectures, with a population of more than one million people, have been brought under the rule—City It's not the key point. Controlling the countryside in the wild is the key point. Conquering a state city doesn't mean conquering a state. Losing a state city doesn't mean losing a state. Cities don't produce food or meat. The real population is controlled. profit.

The three counties of Gongcheng, Xinxiang, and Jixian were not completely occupied, and they still had to be rectified.

After Xia Bing rushed into the city, guards came down from the city one after another, fighting to stop them.

Tian Xiyan, who was suppressing the rebellious soldiers, was shocked when he heard about it, and rushed back to help with the soldiers on hand.

The two sides fought fiercely in the streets.

The guards were really desperate. Under the leadership of Tian Xiyan, they fought to the death and did not retreat. They inflicted heavy damage on the [-] soldiers of the Tianxiong Army who rushed into the city. It's all over the street.

Next came the familiar ways of chasing and suppressing the remnants of the enemy. Everyone was familiar with the road, and proceeded in an orderly manner, which lasted until the next morning.

Shao Shude has been staying in the camp outside the city.

The Xiaojie army envoy Huo Liangsi returned to the camp with a large amount of food and grass, but there were only about 500 of his soldiers and horses left, which was more than 200 less.

"Did you do something during the grain requisition?" Shao Shude asked, putting down the history book in his hand.

It is estimated that more than 2000 people will be divided into dozens of groups when they go to the countryside to collect food, and some people will be gathered together as a mobile force to deal with emergencies at any time.Once the people are scattered, it is indeed easy to cause accidents. The biggest loss is here when the flying dragon army goes deep into the enemy's rear.

"Returning to Your Highness, there are indeed sergeants who were ambushed and killed by foolish peasants, and they have all been dealt with." Huo Liangsi said.

The word "disposal" is so light that I don't know how many bloody killings it contains.Xiao Jiejun and the Wei Bo traitors are indeed getting more and more involved.

"Why do the guards resist? I live in Henan and Kansai, but never have so many people dared to rebel." Shao Shude asked.

"Because Your Highness is from Kansai." Huo Liangsi hesitated for a moment, but said straight.

"Why? Aren't they all citizens of Tang Dynasty?" Shao Shude seemed to have expected this answer, but asked anyway.

"Your Highness..." After thinking for a while, Huo Liangsi said something: "In the third year of Taihe (829), Yin Moo, a scribe from Weizhou, went to the countryside for business. He saw that there were many temples of Dou Jiande in the countryside, and the fathers and elders offered sacrifices. Rise and fall, so I wrote the article "Dou Jiande Stele".

In the third year of Taihe, Datang has been established for more than [-] years.As the capital of Weibo, there are many Dou Jiande temples in the countryside of Weizhou, and it has become a place for villagers to worship regularly.

Yin Mou, a native of Weizhou, was very excited to see him, and wrote the "Monument of Dou Jiande".

There is a paragraph at the back of the inscription: "Since Jiande died, it has been a long time ago. People in Shandong and Hebei may still talk about it, and worship it, knowing that its name cannot be destroyed, and those who reach others will survive."

This shows the attitude of Yin Mo, a literati in Weizhou, and perhaps also represents the attitude of a large part of Hebei scholars—the attitude of Hebei people more than 200 years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty.

It's outrageous!Before the Anshi Rebellion, Khitan Sun Wanrong and Li Jinzhong rebelled and invaded Hebei.After the rebellion was put down, King Wu Yizong of Hanoi suspected that the Hebei people were helping the Khitan, and the killings were extremely rampant, and the scars were torn open again.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the imperial court couldn't manage Hebei, and it became even more cynical.

Originally, the unified Tang Dynasty was an excellent opportunity to bridge the differences between East and West, but it was a pity that there were some mistakes.

"Does the Dou Jiande Temple still exist?" Shao Shude asked again.

"Of course there are, there are many more, and there are in Weizhou City." Huo Liangsi said.

"If there is no Emperor Taizong, Jiande should win the world." Shao Shude said: "The Xiaojie army will stop collecting food and bring them all back. I will allocate funds to rebuild the Dou Jiande Temple in Weizhou and sacrifice in person."

Dou Jiande is a frugal person, not greedy for money, not lewd, and not eating meat. He wears linen clothes on a daily basis.He is loyal to others, and when he is farming in the countryside, if anyone has difficulties, he will help them as much as he can.

After the army was raised, all the wealth captured was distributed to the soldiers, and nothing was taken.

Captured the Sui Emperor's palace, obtained more than a thousand beautiful women, and released them all, allowing them to reunite with their families.

Without killing the prisoners, more than [-] soldiers and generals of the Sui Dynasty were captured, "give them clothes and food", and "send them out of the country".

When fighting against the Tang army, the clan Li Shentong, Li Yuan's sister Tong'an Princess, Wei Zheng, Li Ji's father Li Gai and others were captured, and they were all treated as guests and released later.

Strictly restrain military discipline, do not bully the people, and treat captured scholars with courtesy.

It is also very principled. The hostile governor of Huazhou, Wang Gui, was killed by a domestic slave. The slave took his head and surrendered. Dou Jiande was furious, killed the man, and sent the head back to Huazhou.

Shao Shude couldn't reach Dou Jiande's level, but it didn't hinder his admiration.Moreover, he is from the sensitive Kansai area, so there is no harm in offering sacrifices.

"I heard that there is also the Temple of the Two Sages of Anshi?" Shao Shude suddenly asked again.

"Returning to Your Highness, there are more ancestral halls for the two sages of Anshi, Youzhou, followed by Chengde, and Wei Bo is the least. Dou Jiande Temple has the most temples in Weizhou, Chengde also has it, and Youzhou has fewer." Huo Liangsi said.

Tian Chengsi once built temples and ancestral halls for An Lushan, Shi Siming and his son, and called them "Four Sages".

In the first year of Mu Zong's Changqing (821), the imperial court tried to pacify Huaixi, and the governor of Youzhou made Mr. Liu uneasy and returned to the imperial court.Mu Zong sent Zhang Hongjing to Youzhou, and was shocked to see the temple of the two saints of Anshi.So he ordered the temple to be destroyed, and opened the coffin in Anlu Mountain to slaughter the corpses, which aroused the military chaos in Youzhou, killed all his followers and cronies, and imprisoned Zhang Hongjing.

People's sentiments and customs are indeed different in different places, and we cannot take it for granted that everyone is willing to unify with you.

When Zhang Hongjing first entered Youzhou, he carried an umbrella and was carried by soldiers on his shoulders (sedan chairs).The scholars in Youzhou were shocked when they saw it.

Hebei military commanders, regardless of the cold or heat, are mostly on the same level as soldiers. No one has ever seen a high-ranking official ride a sedan chair and hold an umbrella.

Zhang Hongjing, who has read many poems and books, ridiculed the Youzhou sergeant, "It is better for you to hold a two-stone bow than you can know a T-character."

Hebei is an outlier in the eyes of the imperial court.In the eyes of Hebei people, isn't the imperial court the source of all evil?
Shao Shude did not plan to offer sacrifices to the temple of the two saints of Anshi, but he could offer sacrifices to the Dou Jiande Temple, which had quite a mass base in Weibo.

As for what the imperial court thinks, you care about me?

"Your Majesty, Weizhou has been cleaned up and you can enter." Kang Yanxiao, an envoy of the General Tudor, came over and reported.

"Okay! This is the first Heshuo prefecture I won, I really should take a look." Shao Shude laughed.

(End of this chapter)