Chapter 10 Cutting Wheat (for the faint fragrance of tobacco. 1005 leader added)
Although Zhongshou Jiangcheng is under the jurisdiction of the Zhenwu Army, it is really far away from its core area. From Zhongcheng to Dongcheng, if you take the main road, it is about three hundred miles. The surrounding situation is complex, and there are a large number of Hebei Party members living there, and there may be some
Some Heishan Dangxiang or Tuyuhun tribes are "illegal immigrants" who have moved in since this dynasty.
Hepai Dangxiang is mainly engaged in farming, reclaiming wasteland along the river, and its living habits are very different from those of Heishan Dangxiang and Hexi Dangxiang. The Tang Dynasty called it Sinicized Ripe Tibet, and often drafted its young men into the army, and collected some taxes from time to time.
.Especially in the area ruled by the Zhenwu Army, tax collection was very frequent. Hebao Dangxiang was also relatively honest, spoke Chinese well, and rarely caused trouble in history.
Five thousand Tiande troops marched straight along the avenue. Counting all kinds of vehicles, they stretched out for two or three miles. Shao Shude really couldn't imagine what a spectacular scene it would be if there were fifty thousand troops marching. He put himself in his shoes.
After thinking about it, I felt that if I were a general commanding an army, tens of thousands of troops would not be able to control it at all, and they would probably disperse as they walked. In the event of an enemy attack, the entire army would be annihilated with a high probability.
You still need to study harder! If you can organize an army of 50,000 people in an orderly manner, lead them into battle, and fight back and forth with the enemy, you can be called a general. Such generals are the core of any force they are placed in.
A high-level person. He remembered that in the early Southern Song Dynasty, after the death of General Qu Duan, no one from Shaanxi Province could organize an army of more than 50,000 people to participate in the battle. This was the pain of the lack of high-level talents. He could only wait for other generals to come.
Only by learning and progressing during the war, and having a group of officers with whom one is familiar, can one rise to the top.
Shao Shude knew that his ability was seriously insufficient at this time. He could command hundreds of people to stand up to the sky. If it were only one or two thousand, he would definitely make mistakes everywhere and be taken advantage of by the enemy. In fact, there are many such people here, all year round.
The warring vassal towns are okay, the generals are more or less capable, and they also have a trustworthy officer corps under them, which can support a sizable army, but in places that have been at peace for a long time, even in Chang'an
Within the Shence Army, there are many generals who took advantage of the back door or took advantage of others. I can't say that their abilities are definitely not good, but there are certainly many who pretend to be useless. It's okay if nothing happens. Once they go into battle, their true colors will definitely be revealed.
Hao Zhenwei is not actually a general. In fact, Shao Shude believes that no one in the Tiande Army is worthy of this honor. This expedition is probably the one that Hao Zhenwei has led the most since he became the Yaqian Duzhi Soldier and Horse Envoy. Before the expedition, he
We found a lot of people, and basically brought out those with some ability, but to be honest, they were basically deputy generals, at the level of ten generals. How good can they be? Most of the junior officers at Fengzhou's level were promoted based on their bravery.
The ability to lead troops varies.
Shao Shude inexplicably thought of Lu Huaizhong under his command. He was very brave in fighting, especially in hand-to-hand combat. With his skillful skills of long and short weapons and his bravery without fear of death, he was like a soldier from heaven descending to earth, cutting down the opponent.
Wow. But if you say that he has any ability to lead troops, I'm sorry. Shao Shude thought about it for a long time and really didn't think there was anything outstanding about this guy.
The three-hundred-mile journey took at least ten days, possibly more. The five thousand army meandered forward, starting on the fourth day of July, and waited until July 19th before arriving outside Dongshoujiang City. But at this time, Dongcheng
There is no one left, and most of the people have moved to the Zhenwu Army City, which is more than a hundred miles away. The people living in troubled times have a deep-seated distrust of the warriors, and they all know that what they like most is not the guardian of the family.
country, but plundering places. At that time, the three towns in Hebei were in chaos, and warriors fought for power. The major cities changed hands frequently, so that everyone agreed not to rob each other's houses. This was still an internal fight within the family. If you go
In the outer town, if you expect these warriors not to plunder, it can only mean that you are too naive, and the probability is too small.
The east city was quickly occupied. Shao Shude was very happy because this military fortress was not small. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, 7,000 troops and 1,700 horses were stationed. It was one of the important towns outside the river and the end point of the Shuofang Army's six-city water transport envoy.
Such a military fort can naturally accommodate all of them, which saves them the drudgery of setting up camp day after day.
On July 20th, while everyone was still clamoring about whether to try their luck in Zhenwu Military City next, the Yulin Gatekeepers on the other side of the Yellow River sent envoys to contact them, saying that they had never followed Li Guochang in rebellion and were still loyal to the imperial court.
If Li Ni goes eastward, he will definitely die without a burial place. If the imperial court has an edict, the four hundred people from Yulin Pass are willing to go eastward to conquer the thieves and restore peace to the world.
Well, the words were quite beautiful. But they did not mention the surrender of Xianguan, which made Hao Zhenwei and Qiu Weidao a little unhappy. They have now found out clearly that there are at least 1,500 soldiers in Zhenwu Army City.
The city is high and the pond is deep, and there is enough food and grass to last for more than half a year. It is impossible to defeat it unless there is an internal response.
Shao Shude followed Qiu Weidao and heard a lot of confidential things every day. Combined with the information he learned, he guessed that Hao Zhenwei didn't want to shake up Wujun City. Especially after hearing about Tiele Qixin who lived inside and outside Yinshan Mountain.
After the chief of the tribe Qi Xinzhang led his tribe to the east a few days ago and even surrounded Zhenwu Army City without attacking, Hao Zhenwei no longer had any thoughts in this regard. Qi Xinzhang had 7,000 solid soldiers under his command, and he didn't even want to attack the city.
Why are you fussing over it? That's all, why not go to the wilderness to tidy up and plunder some goods to support the army.
The Tiande army is poor. It has been a month since the expedition, and the food and grass provided by Lingzhou have been almost used up. The state has already been unable to make ends meet, and it relies entirely on support from the central government. But today, there is chaos, and it is difficult to transport food and grass, and Fengzhou can only scrape together a small amount of food and grass.
Monthly food and grass. In other words, if there are not enough new supplies, the thousands of people who went on the expedition can only continue to wander outside for more than a month, and then they have to go back home. What? The food and grass needed for the return journey are not included.
?Your uncle, we are soldiers. We can just plunder a few party tribes, right?
Therefore, under such a "guiding idea", the main force of the Tiande Army began to station in Dongcheng. While monitoring Zhenwu Military City, they sent a small number of troops and a large group of auxiliary troops to Dongcheng and Jinhe County near the military city (Note 1
) Countryside - well, it's not looting, in fact there are no people around, but wheat harvesting...
Yes, that’s right, it’s wheat harvesting! In the areas under the jurisdiction of the Tiande Army and the Zhenwu Army, spring wheat is planted, and the harvest is usually completed five to ten days ago. However, due to the war, the people fled one after another, and the wheat harvest was affected.
It had a great impact. The brave villages dared to harvest the wheat and then run away, but the timid ones simply threw it away and ran away. The Tiande army had five thousand soldiers and horses, and the consumption was not small.
Search around and see which fields have confiscated wheat, and send auxiliary troops there to cut it.
Most of the auxiliary soldiers came from Shannan Dangxiang in Fengzhou, mixed with some Chinese Turks and Uighurs. They were originally engaged in a large number of farming activities, not nomadic, so harvesting wheat was their old trade, and they were quick to do it. The people in the military city
Seeing this, he was indifferent and seemed to have made up his mind. Shao Shude thought that it might be because they moved quickly and had harvested a lot of food in advance, so they didn't care much about the remaining food outside. The Tiande Army could take it if they liked it.
Their fundamentals cannot be shaken, as the saying goes, they have nothing to fear.
Sure enough, after staying in Dongcheng for half a month, the rangers could no longer find an unharvested field. Thousands of troops were in danger of sitting on nothing. Moreover, these days, the soldiers and horses scattered out to collect food were not allowed to be used.
Don't worry, it is said that there are people who rush to rob Dangxiang, Uighur and Tuguhun tribes. Shao Shude once visited the capital of Fengzhou City and brought back more than a thousand stones of grain and hundreds of cattle and sheep at one time.
The bloody heads were hung, and many party women were abducted to the military camp for sexual pleasure, which caused a headache for the officers headed by Hao Zhenwei.
"What a fucking farce!" Looking at the increasingly smoky Dongcheng, Shao Shude felt helpless. This is the life of a martial artist. Qiu Wuzuo is just a fairy tale. He has been used to it for so many years. What's more, following the military supervisor next to him
, eating the cattle and sheep brought over by others, he did not have much confidence to accuse those sergeants who wantonly looted. At most, he could say that he should not kill or rob women. What Shao Shude was really worried about was that he would continue to do this.
, I am afraid that it will arouse the public anger of the surrounding tribes. If they are besieged, the German army will be lazy and rush into the field, and the possibility of failure is not low.
"Afraid of those people's rebellion?" Lu Huaizhong laughed loudly when he heard Shao Shude's concern. He was now wearing iron armor and was very loud. He often wanted to fight with the desperadoes from the Guankai Run Team. If it weren't for Shao Shude's control, he would also be afraid of military law.
If so, this guy would have beaten those "surprise generals" to pieces.
"Team leader, I'm not as optimistic as Lao Lu. Although the Dangxiang tribe in the Zhenwu Army has always been obedient, they will not let others bully them. After these days, I estimate that they are almost reaching their limit." Ren Yu
Ji came over and said: "Now Zhenwu Army City is useless. We can't fight. If we withdraw, it will not look good. The court will not be able to explain it. I think General Hao will also have a headache. I think it is better to cross the river."
When we go to Shengzhou, didn't the guard at Yulin Pass say he is loyal to the imperial court, so we crossed the river with the whole army, occupied Yulin Pass first, and then went to Shengzhou City to eat."
"I don't know what the situation is in Shengzhou." Shao Shude sighed and said, "I heard the military envoy mention a few days ago that the five towns along the river under Li Guochang all know that the military envoy Zhe Zongben did not follow Dong Dong.
Go. After Li Guochang's battalion crossed the river and entered Hedong, he sent troops from Linzhou to capture Hebin County and Hebinguan Ferry in the south of Shengzhou. If it weren't for the lack of troops and if he wanted to wait and see the situation for a while, I guess he would have sent
He captured Shengzhou City. This was originally his defense area, and the Zhe family was a big Dangxiang family with strong prestige, so it was easy to capture Shengzhou. Didn't the cavalry of Zhe Zongben's son Zhe Silun appear near Yulin Pass? Alas,
I'm really worried. I looked up and saw no friendly troops. It's definitely not the best idea to be trapped in Dongcheng at this time."
"His grandma! I'm worried about this, and I'm worried about that. Why can't we have a quick fight? The calculations and calculations are all bullshit! Let me, Lao Lu, go into battle and chop off a few more heads of the thief chiefs, and the situation will be broken.
It's open." Looking at the laughter of the sergeants in other regiments in the distance, and then looking at the solemn atmosphere here at home, Lu Huaizhong felt a little depressed.
Shao Shude and Ren Yuji glanced at him together and shook their heads. It was a typical martial artist's thinking, but it didn't help at this time.
Note 1: Jinhe County was established in the fourth year of Tianbao, and Guo Zhenwu Military City was attached. In other words, Zhenwu Military City was the seat of Jinhe County.