Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 965

Ease of use is the current state of Shao Shude.

This is not to say that he can definitely win, but that he can afford to lose.

Being able to lose is a huge advantage in itself.

There are more and more signs that Li Ke's trip to the south is a hasty dispatch of troops.He only ended his war with Khitan in October last year, and the army returned to Jinyang at the end of November.It's been more than two months since the rest.

It takes time to mobilize the main force, and it is estimated that preparations will only start at this time, and a large-scale deployment will only take place in March.The ones going south this time are just Lanshi and Zelu's former garrisons, so it's not a big problem.

The black scorpion army has been subordinated to the Jiangzhou camp.The Flying Dragon Army has not yet received an order, and Lu Huaizhong has not made any corresponding requests.One is because of the supply problem, and the other is because the terrain of Cixi, which is dominated by continuous mountains, is not very suitable for cavalry sports, and it is useless to go there.

The local area is not even suitable for large-scale infantry battles. The real decisive victory is estimated to be a small-scale infantry confrontation in units of thousands.

But there is actually a good breakthrough there.

Cixi is a mountainous area, and Lanshi is also a mountainous area.The starting point of Shao Shude's fortune is there, and he is very familiar with that terrain.If Li Keyong can be defeated in a bad battle in the mountainous area and capture the two prefectures of Lanshi, he can put pressure on Li Keyong from the flanks. Although it is only partial division, it can also contain part of the troops.

"All Li Hang's request is accepted." Shao Shude ordered: "After this battle, let the Xiaojie Army switch the defense zone."

The left wing of the Xiaojie Army is a sergeant of Xiangwei, a native of Hebei.On the right side are soldiers from Puzhou, from Hedong.

Reversing each other is also a kind of obedience test.

I raised you not to serve as the local garrison.If you can't leave the town to fight, if you fight outside for a long time, it's better to be dismissed.

"Of order." Zhao Guangfeng, who had officially moved to Luoyang for office, responded, and immediately ordered his staff to handle it.

To take back Hezhong Town, he didn't expect not to accept any soldiers, but 1 people are still too many.

The reorganization of the forbidden army is now becoming more and more clear: six infantry and six cavalry.

The infantry has been assembled, and the six armies of Tielin, Wuwei, Tianxiong, Yicong, Tujiang, and Tiande have a total of 18 people.

The cavalry army has also been set: flying dragon, black scorpion, golden sword, iron cavalry, silver spear, and determination, a total of [-] cavalry.

In addition to the Feixiong, Yin'an, Congmazhi and other troops, the total number of forbidden troops is more than 28.

"But you think there are too many troops?" Shao Shude saw Zhao Guangfeng's worry, and said to himself: "Indeed. After the founding of the country, there will be another wave of weeding out the weak and retaining the strong."

He couldn't help picking up Zhu Quanzhong's wool again.After he conquered Ziqing Town, he owned the entire Henan Road, the entire Shannan East Road, most of Guanzhong, and parts of Hebei Road, Huainan Road, and Jiangnan West Road. peak.

In the end, we vigorously eliminated the weak and retained the strong, and only retained 4 or [-] people, who were the first Bianliang Forbidden Army.

This courage is very great.

Where Zhu Quanzhong's laid-off troops went is unknown in history.Shao Shude reckoned that he should have gone to the prefecture or county.

These state and county soldiers were seen in records many times during Zhu Quanzhong's later campaigns, appearing in the form of several soldiers from a certain state.

How Zhu Quanzhong persuaded these warriors is also unknown in history.But it was nothing more than cleaning up the veterans, including the middle-level officers who followed them, and then breaking up those warriors and incorporating them into the prefectural and county soldiers, and suppressing them when they caused disturbances, which was somewhat similar to Su Cizu's great purge of the Red Army.

Li Keyong couldn't do this, Li Cunxu couldn't do it, Zhu Quanzhong did it, this Five Generations Pathfinder is really amazing.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of the Liang army after the purge is hard to describe in words. The battle situation is getting worse every day, and it is gradually unable to hold down the river. We should learn from this point.

Shao Shude's current territory is larger than Zhu Quanzhong's, and the population is slightly smaller, because the population and economic strength of Helong and Northwest Beijing are far from being able to compete with Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Weibo, Chengde, Cangjing, Yiding, etc. Compared with Fanzhen.

Just one vassal town of Weibo, the annual supply of money and food to Zhu Quanzhong is comparable to that of Guanbei, and it is also convenient to transport. It does not need to pass through the Shanxi-Shaanxi Grand Canyon and Mengmen when the money and food ships from Guanbei come over. A ghost gate like a stone trough.Not to mention that Chengde, Cangjing, and Yi Ding were all defeated, and they all confessed to be ministers.

"The six infantry can't be defeated." Shao Shude sighed, and said, "Give Li Hang an order, don't accept everyone, check it out more. I will give him [-] troops, but it doesn't have to be full."

"Yes." Zhao Guangfeng understood Shao Shude's intention and heaved a sigh of relief.

"Speaking of this matter, how many Yan soldiers were captured this month?" Shao Shude asked.

The war against Zhu Jin in Yanzhou resumed at the end of the first month.

Li Tangbin mobilized two infantry commanders and four cavalry commanders from the left wing of the Tielin Army, and rode northward to Dizhou with a total of [-] steps. At the same time, he also transferred [-] soldiers from Qizhou to the left. The rest of them fought with Lu Yanwei.

The rest of the left wing of the Tielin Army stayed in Ziqing Town to suppress the local area.

The Right Chamber and Yi Congjun went south to Mizhou, tens of thousands of people overwhelmed them, and defeated Wang Maozhang's troops of the Huai Army.His general Li Qianyu asked Wang Maozhang to collect the defeated soldiers and leave first. After leading his own headquarters to die, he was besieged in Yizhou City.

Li Tangbin led more than [-] people to attack Yizhou, and sent Ye Liyulue to lead more than [-] soldiers to pursue Wang Maozhang southward and go straight to Haizhou.

The Huai soldiers retreated in a panic, not daring to look north, and were chased all the way to the city of Haizhou.

Eight miscellaneous armies including Longxiang, Longhu, and Pengsheng besieged Zhu Jin. Since February, there have been several battles with each other winning and losing. .

Zhu Jin had to go out of the city to fight under the inferior force, not because he was brave, but because he wanted to collect as much grain and grass as possible from the surrounding counties and transport them to Yanzhou City.

It is not easy to get out now, that is to sit and eat, and defeat is a matter of time.

"Go back to the king, and capture three thousand people." Zhao Guangfeng replied.

"Choose a thousand strong men and send them to Luoyang, and the rest will be scattered. If you dare to cause chaos, you will be severely suppressed." Shao Shude made up his mind not to accept these miscellaneous soldiers and horses.

He didn't even want to make them do hard labor, because it wasn't worth wasting the tight food supply.

"How many troops are there in Hu Zhen's army?"

"Longxiang Army has [-] troops, Dragon and Tiger Army has [-] troops, Guangsheng Army has [-] troops, Shenjie Army has [-] troops, Ping Japanese Army has more than [-] troops, Longwu Army has [-] troops, Ping Sheng Army has more than [-] troops, and Zhongwu Army has [-] soldiers. , there are still more than [-] people."

"In a few days, I will go to Yanzhou to review the troops. These soldiers have been fighting for a year, so it's time to give them some sweetness." Shao Shude said.

As for the sweetness, it has to be added up again, because it involves political balance and interest exchange, which have to be considered comprehensively.

"Your Majesty, Li Keyong will make a big move south at any time, so don't move lightly at this time." Zhao Guangfeng reminded.

"Of course not at this time. I have to continue to train the [-] Tiande Army." Shao Shude said: "In Jinyang, I think Li Keyong is also having a headache now. It is difficult for me to attack him, but it is easy for him to attack me? This time, it’s fine if he attacks Heyang or defends him, but if he fights me in the river, then I’ll make him look good.”

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"It's weird! It's just Pu Bing, and Xia Bing hasn't shown up yet. It's really weird." Li Chengsi rode his horse into Xizhou City, with doubts on his face.

An Yuanxin, Li Sibi, Shi Jingrong and others will follow behind him with different expressions.

Among the generals, An Yuanxin is the oldest.King Jin paid attention to him in his early years and gave him many opportunities.It's a pity that in the battle of Xuanhongchi, he was defeated by the Xia people. After a few more years of wasting time, his luck was not good, and he gradually fell behind.

This time I finally got another chance to go out with Li Chengsi, although they actually started at the same time back then.

"Dutou, most of the Xia soldiers are still suppressing the rebels in the Hezhong Mansion. Li Diancheng has a lot of soldiers, and he couldn't take them in a hurry. It is possible that he was dragged back." An Yuanxin said after pondering for a moment.

"You have also guarded Shizhou for many years. You should know that the Xia bandits have a lot of troops in the river, and there are always 5 to [-] people. If you want to recruit local bravery, tens of thousands more are not a problem." Li Chengsi said: " Even if Ze Lu restrains some of them, there are still a lot of soldiers that can be brought out. This battle is not going right, and I am a little worried. After lunch, you wait for your troops to gather scattered soldiers and march forward together. It is better to be careful."

"Of order." An Yuanxin, Li Sibi, and Shi Jingrong responded in unison.

The three of them each have three or four thousand soldiers, and they are currently scattered everywhere to plunder food and grass.Li Chengsi has a little more soldiers, only 5000, and this meeting has gathered near Xizhou.

But the terrain here is very nasty, just like the Fufang Yandan on the other side of the river, full of ravines.If it weren't for the Yellow River in the middle, it would be exactly the same terrain as Hengshan.

"Mount Cixi is continuous, so be careful, don't be unaware if someone gets close to you." Li Chengsi warned again.

In fact, sending troops from this direction, as far as he is concerned, is not very happy.The main reason is the mountainous area. There are not many places where large forces can be deployed, and the terrain is very complicated. In addition to the post road, there are criss-crossing trails, and there are high soil plateaus on both sides. Standing on it, you can overlook the valley in the deep valley. Road - yes, this is actually part of the Loess Plateau.

But the king of Jin decided to send troops from now on, and went south to Cixi, and went straight to the river, echoing Li Diancheng.

The more than [-] of them are just the first wave of soldiers and horses. Kang Junli supervised the main force to go out of Jinyang. They have already arrived in Lanzhou and are waiting for the supply of food, grass and equipment. They will go south to Shizhou in a few days.

As for what Jin Wang himself does, he naturally has his own concerns.

In the afternoon, the three of An Yuanxin left Xizhou, and Li Chengsi sat in the state government office, looking at the map in front of him, frowning in thought.

Xizhou is not rich, and the army did not get much food and grass.This will plunder the countryside and rob everything that can be robbed, and the income will still be limited, but it will be enough for March.

Alas, forage!Li Chengsi felt a little headache.

After fighting for so many years, the supply of food and grass has always been a chronic problem restricting the Jin army.This is not because of poverty. No matter how poor the people are, can they still poor the army?As long as you want to transfer, the rear can always send it to you.

The real problem is style and habit.

Because supplying food to the enemy is an important means for the various ministries of the Jin army to replenish food and grass, both the older generation and the new generation of generals like to go to the enemy's territory to snatch supplies, which often tends to intensify conflicts and make local people resentful.

Transferring a part from the rear, looting and looting a part, and seizing a part from the enemy are basically these three sources.

Li Chengsi looked at the map, Yanzhou is on the other side of Xizhou, do you want to go and grab one?

However, the current of this section of the river is so fast that it seems to be frozen, but some sections of the river can be walked, and some sections of the river cannot be walked.Moreover, it was late February, and the river surface was not safe, and the ice surface was broken in some places. After thinking about it for a long time, I finally gave up.

But that's okay, Xia Jun couldn't cross the river from here, and relieved a flank threat.

"Let's scrape the ground three feet first and continue collecting food." Li Chengsi slapped his thigh and made a decision.

(End of this chapter)