Chapter 48: Avengers
On the third day of June, after a few days of military service in Fanzhi County, Li Kan never waited for the legendary Li Guochang's more than 10,000 troops. Looking at the current state of the troops, Li Kan did not plan to continue to go north to the Dabao garrison and the front line of the Pingxing Village, so he ordered the troops to return to Jinyang.
The army came and was magnificent when it left. In fact, this is good. "magnificent" means that the main force is still there and did not suffer losses in Daizhou. On the contrary, it also threatened Li Guochang and his son not to attack. As for whether the Li family avoided the real and attacked the virtual, and then launched the army after leaving, that is another matter. Anyway, Li Dashui has gained a lot of prestige in this trip, and he has the credit for breaking Fanzhi County. If the indigenous forces in Hedong want to drive him away, they have to use more means.
In late June, almost all the more than 10,000 troops from Jinyang had to return, and they were stationed in the camps. At this time, the envoys sent by the court had been waiting for almost a month. The envoys were ordered by the emperor to reward the soldiers of Hedong, with about four pieces of money and ten pieces of silk, not much, but not a small amount.
In this year, the imperial court was not financially prosperous. Huang Chao and others' activities in the south almost turned the original social order upside down, and the money and food delivered to the central government were greatly reduced. Against this background, Chang'an still squeezed out a lot of money to reward the Hedong army, which was actually quite interesting.
Of course, Shao Shude's Tie Linjun also received the reward, including the Heyang soldiers who were temporarily under his command. After receiving the money, everyone was naturally very happy. Even the Heyang soldiers looked at Shao Shude with a much better look. Although the money was issued by the court, based on previous experience, these foreign troops might not be able to receive much.
After the troops returned, Chen Cheng and Li Yanling ordered two teams of troops, escorted a large number of goods, went to Shangdang and Lanzhou separately, and gave pensions to the soldiers who died in battle. It was Shao Shude's principle that promised the brothers that they must do what they promised to do.
Others, well, seem to have nothing to do. If you have nothing to do, train troops! What Shao Shude needs most now is to settle down, that is, to digest the more than 2,000 soldiers at hand and combine them into a whole. Uneven people's hearts have always been the biggest obstacle to combat effectiveness. With so many unstable soldiers in Heyang Town, Shao Shude suspected that Tielindu's combat effectiveness might not be as good as when he fought with Cheng Huaixin's cavalry in Daizhou.
By the way, a big thing happened recently, that is, Li Kan took the power of great victory and ordered the killing of hundreds of personal soldiers of the former Su Hongzhen family. The three cities were shocked for a while and people were in panic. It was not Shao Shude who took action, because he repeatedly advised Li Kan not to do this, which made the general very upset. The matter was finally handed over to Feng Yin to handle. His personal army has now expanded to more than 300 people, all of whom are rebellious, and they are not ruthless in killing people. The more than 20 families, from the elderly to the children, were all slaughtered, and their family wealth was also rewarded to these people. Shao Shude felt quite unbearable after hearing this.
How excessive a martial artist is!
Such relatively peaceful days lasted until mid-July. Because of Li Shao, the training losses of the soldiers in Tielindu could be collected at his place in full, and there were even more, which made Shao Shude sigh that the trip to Hehe County was really the right one, otherwise would it be so convenient?
On July 20th, Li Yanling returned and successfully completed the task. Another news came from the front line of Shizhou. Li Keyong led thousands of cavalry to the south, bypassed the Jian Castle Village, which the official army focused on defending, and plundered the countryside everywhere, and once reached the vicinity of Xinkou. Daizhou dispatched cavalry to fight him, but was defeated, losing more than a thousand people, and now he has shrunk again and asked Jinyang for help. Li Kan was furious when he heard the news and ordered Ya general Yi Zhao to lead more than 12,000 infantry and cavalry to rescue Xin and Dai.
The old man from Hedong went out to fight, and that was really a big fight. The three cities of Jinyang, plus the families of soldiers from several counties in the capital, went to the post road to say goodbye. Judging from their appearance, it was similar to the farewell of life and death. It seems that the Li father and son brought a deep shadow to the people of Hedong. But then again, why didn’t so many people come to see off for the last expedition? Do the people of Hedong think that patrolling the border is really just a "inspection"? Yang Guang also brought more than 500,000 people to patrol the border. Is that really a simple patrol?
Shao Shude was too lazy to care about what the people in Hedong thought. He now stayed in the military camp all day long and focused on training. In addition to going to the general's mansion to discuss matters every few days, he basically lived and lived in the military camp, which convinced the big-headed soldiers. Damn, there are military leaders who are not at home and hang out with their beautiful wife and concubines and sleeping in the barracks all day long? What a rare thing!
On July 28th, Chen Cheng also came back. That afternoon, Shao Shude had just led his troops to inspect the camp, but he saw Li Kan's personal soldiers summoning him. Yan Jieshu had something urgent to discuss. Shao Shude did not dare to delay, so he hurriedly lit two soldiers and rushed to the commander's mansion to meet him.
"Can Shude know that Feng Yin was injured by the thief?" Li Kan sat in the hall with a pale face and felt quite angry.
"I don't know." Shao Shude shook his head and said, "In Jinyang City, this kind of thing happened under the feet of the coach. Has the thief arresting officer started to investigate?"
"It's useless to rely on the thief to catch the thief." Li Kan stood up, his voice trembled a little. It was obvious that his anger had accumulated to a certain extent. He only heard him say: "Deputy General Feng was assassinated near the Daming Palace. Dozens of thieves, all holding strong bows and crossbows, killing more than ten soldiers. Deputy General Feng was also seriously injured. Can Shude know the origin of these thieves?"
"I'm afraid they are soldiers in the army." Shao Shude replied.
"Yes." Li Kan nodded and said, "This commander has secretly found out that this is Su Hongzhen's personal soldiers. He was instructed by the commander of the Ya General He Gongya, claiming to be a 'revenge general' and intending to intercept the deputy general Feng, but fortunately failed."
"The handsome man wants..."
"I want to take He Gongya to kill him to serve as a warning to you."
"Master General!" Shao Shude was a little anxious when he heard this and said, "He Gongyan is the general of Hedong. If he kills him, he will cause military chaos. Be cautious, General General!"
"Are you the commander of the ceremonies? He Gongya will attack and kill a general. How can this matter be tolerated? I heard that you have a good relationship with Feng Yinzhi and have a lot of contact, so I never thought of avenging him?" Li Kan angrily said: "Don't talk more about this matter. I will surround He Gongya's mansion tonight. I will not care about his life or death. This commander has long wanted to kill this generation."
"Master General..." Shao Shude was still trying to persuade him, but saw Li Kan raise his hand.
"Official position, money, beauty, and I can satisfy you. If you don't do this, Shao Shi Generals, give me some words." Li Kan stared at Shao Shude's eyes and asked.
There was no other way. Shao Shude understood that Li Kan wanted to kill He Gongya, but it was not on a whim. This man was narrow-minded and had long been very dissatisfied with the arbitrary Hedong generals. When he was patrolling the border, he was still left on the north bank of the river. He allowed Cheng Huaixin's cavalry to rush forward. It was not easy for him to endure it until now that he killed people.
"The commander is kind to me, so Shao must not refuse to repay me. Then he went back to rectify the troops and decided to offer He Gongya the head." Shao Shude knelt on one knee and responded.
After saying that, he walked out of the General's Mansion with great strides, without looking back.
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The night on the 28th looked quite ordinary. In a residence near the new city, dozens of military men were eating and drinking.
He Gongya is said to be a man who has been in the military. When he was middle-aged, he became more and more elegant. In the second year of Qianfu, he spent a huge amount of money to build a garden and a forest in the city as his home residence. He built mountains and ponds in the garden, planted flowers and trees, and carefully created pavilions, platforms, buildings, pavilions, pavilions, corridors, galleries, pavilions, and boats. He looked like a wealthy idle person who pursued lightness and comfort, cultivated sentiments, and sublimated himself.
Shao Shude once heard Chen Cheng talk about He Gongya's house, saying that when the garden is warm and the flowers are blooming, the garden is full of fragrance and colorful; when the summer is hot, the pond water is cool and the bamboo forest brings wind; when the weather is cold and the auspicious snow covers the garden and the wintersweets are competing for beauty, the land is a wonderful place. At that time, he also recited a poem, which shows his envy, jealousy and hatred: "Sitting alone in the bamboo grove, playing the piano and whistling again; people in the deep forest do not know that the bright moon comes to shine."
However, such an elegant garden, dozens of vulgar soldiers were pouring in at this time, chewing loudly, and smoky. The owner of the garden also came out to drink a few cups and chatted loudly with everyone. The words involved the government officials and generals, such as "I'm sorry to have not succeeded", "I'll behead Shao Shude next time", "Cui Jikang killed, and Li Kan killed too", and the sound was so high that he almost broke through the courtyard wall and let passers-by listen.
Halfway through the alcohol, the soldiers took out their money to gamble. They laughed and scolded in the excitement, as if there was no one around. Suddenly, they saw many feather arrows flying over and shot the countdown. Some of the injured and undead lying on the ground screaming, and at the same time they were reluctant to warn them, and they called their companions to get the bow and knife. They had been in the army for a long time, of course they knew that this was a strong bow only available in the Economic and Technical Department. They were so accurate, so what was not an old man?
"Kill them, no one will be left!" More than ten soldiers fell from the courtyard wall, and the leader directly ordered. Behind them, more soldiers were climbing over the wall, some rushed over, and some went to open the courtyard gate.
"The bastard of Zhao Yi Army is Shao Shude's man!" Someone shouted in surprise, but before he could take the next move, another rain of arrows hit him. The man was hit by three or four arrows, and his eyes were wide open and he fell to the ground unwillingly.
"Good thief, do you know where this is? This is General He's mansion, you--" There was a sound of weapons fighting near the gate of the courtyard, and someone asked.
"The one who killed was He Gongya!" The answer to him was a more fierce slash.
The He family generals near the courtyard gate were soon slaughtered. After the courtyard gate opened, groups of soldiers entered with spears. If they listened carefully, they should have a Heyang accent. At this time, as long as they were not fools, they knew that He Gongya was going to suffer a disaster.
The drunken "revenge generals" obviously could not defeat the soldiers of Tielindu who came to form a formation. It was too easy to clean them up, so that Lu Huaizhong, who led the troops, doubted whether these people had not resisted.
"Kill He Gongya, the ten generals said it, and you can get the money and goods by yourself."
"Oh, the yard is almost fascinated by my eyes. He Gongya Ding's reward from the army of Greedy Mo."
"So much nonsense! The people from Zuoying have already rushed in, get on!"
"The general has an order to kill He Gongya and the generals who avenge him, and not to hurt innocent people."
"I know, I know, the general is too kind and righteous. Grandma, the front team, shoot me!"
The He Mansion’s rebellion cannot be concealed from outsiders. There are many private houses near the new city. Although it is late at night, many people are still awakened by the shouts of killing outside. At first, they thought that there was another war chaos and the soldiers were about to rob the place, so they reinforced the doors and hid behind them tremblingly, begging the gods and Buddhas all over the sky to let these soldiers plunder and flock.
But who would have thought that this time it was not a war, but the soldiers of Tielindu were organized and orderly hunting and killing He Gongya, the general of the city. The He Mansion was large, with many generals in the family, with about hundreds of people, and the group of avenged generals, there were about one hundred people. However, they had a banquet in the garden tonight, and were relaxed in defense. They were attacked late at night, and were defeated in a bad situation.
At the time of Yin, Shao Shude brought more than a hundred personal soldiers to the He Mansion. At this time, the whole mansion had basically been controlled by the soldiers of Tielindu, and only one attic had not been compromised. He Gongya and more than 20 generals, taking advantage of the geographical advantage, were still fighting for trapped beasts.
"General, if you arrest He Gongya's wife and daughter, why don't you tie it up and persuade him to surrender?" Ren Yuji walked out of the shadow and asked.
"Absurd!" Shao Shude scolded: "What did I say? I am not as guilty as a young man. Don't do such a dirty thing, just wait for a while. Take someone to watch his wife and daughter, don't let someone humiliate him. He Gongyana, General, still want decent."
Half an hour later, the fights in the attic gradually faded. He Gongya, who was disheveled, suffered several blows and shouted, "Shao Shude, do you dare to come to see me?"
"General, please go with peace of mind." Shao Shude did not move and replied in the distance: "I killed you for the sake of the public and there is no selfless grudge. The general's family will be fully protected and will not be humiliated by others. It is useless to say more, so please go on the road."
"Okay! OK!" He Gongya laughed: "The general died in a hundred battles, and the hero returned for ten years. Shao Shude, I'm waiting for you!"
After laughing, there was no more noise.
Chapter completed!