"Pack up the head and send it to Xingzai to pay tribute to the saint." After repeatedly confirming that this was Huang Ye's head, Shao Shude handed it to Li Xiang and said: "This is the possession of General Li's subordinates.
, let the general send someone to send it."
Li Xiang was a little moved when he heard this.
Shao Shude is really grand. He killed Huang Chao's relatives. This achievement is different from ordinary beheadings. It is conceivable that those who send their heads to Xingxing will also receive heavy rewards from the saints. Li Xiang is old, and he has never thought of sending
His son and nephew sent Huang Ye's head there, but they were worried that Shao Shude would give this good job to his cronies. Now it seems that he has judged the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. He is so grand and convincing.
"If the commander-in-chief has any mission in the future, Li Moumou will not hesitate to die." Li Xiang said solemnly.
"I will get closer to General Li in the future." Shao Shude said with a smile.
Anyway, Li Xiang was later named the governor of Huazhou, which was still the official position originally given to him by Huang Chao. After making such a great contribution this time, he might be promoted to a higher level, and it would not be in vain for him to surrender to him. I think Li Xiang must have felt in his own heart
It's also very clear.
After leaving Li Xiang to have lunch together in the camp, Li Xiang said goodbye and returned to the camp. Chen Cheng came over to report: "Commander, almost all the troops have retreated. Beheading and capturing are useless. This is a great victory."
It’s too bad to win, Shao Shude thought to himself.
"Judge Chen, last night the people in the nest ran at night and collapsed for more than ten miles. From your perspective, what will you do next?" Shao Shude asked.
"Commander, the bandit army suffered three defeats in ten days. One was defeated by our army, and the other was defeated by Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong. We lost tens of thousands of troops. How can we still fight? Dare to fight?" Chen Cheng subconsciously ignored the "beheading" of the camp in the west.
He continued to talk about the small victory of "more than a thousand": "At this time, we will definitely shrink our troops and station them around Chang'an. In addition, Latin will conquer the men and expand the troops, so as to at least strengthen the momentum."
"What's the use of such temporary recruits?" Shao Shude smiled and said: "It can only build up momentum and bluff people. However, there should be 70,000 to 80,000 veterans of the nest thief, and with the new soldiers, it will really make people
It’s a bit difficult.”
Shao Shude thought about it carefully. Among the 20,000 men Meng Kai had last time, there were already many new recruits. This time, Huang Ye had 30,000 soldiers. It felt like there were at least 10,000 recruits who could not be trained for more than a few months. They were all old thieves.
, it should still be a great victory over Li Tangbin and Li Xiang, and when they defeated Zhu Wen, then the number of old thieves Huang Chao brought to Chang'an was probably 150 to 200,000 people. After calculation, the data can be roughly matched.
In fact, it’s quite amazing when you think about it. Huang Chao was probably the least enterprising bandit in history, right? In later generations, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng entered Beijing and even sent generals to capture Shandong, Jiangbei and other places. The four towns of Jiangbei in the Southern Ming Dynasty were
They surrendered for a time. What did Huang Chao do?
He did not launch the Western Expedition at the first time, which gave Zheng Tian time to win over the towns and make an agreement to fight against the thieves. Then the Western Expedition failed.
In addition, if Wang Chongrong hadn't repeatedly jumped and slapped them in the face, there might not even have been an eastward expedition to attack Hezhong. Of course, Huang Ye and Zhu Wen failed in the end.
After these two attempts failed, they basically just waited for the army to attack them. The rest of the time they spent the rest of the time playing with women in Chang'an, drunkenly and dreamily. They were really a failed bandit!
"Commander, you can take advantage of the victory to advance troops at this time and threaten Chang'an." Chen Cheng's face flushed and he suggested: "Huang Ye is the leader. I have killed, wounded and captured nearly 20,000 of his troops. The rest are scattered. Those who can return to Chang'an,
There are only a few thousand people. With the power of this great victory, our army of 30,000 people marching west together will definitely shock the nest bandits. Maybe they will withdraw from Chang'an."
"I think Huang Chao still wants to struggle again." Shao Shude shook his head and said: "After two years as emperor, how can I give up these ten thousand palaces so easily? There are still more than one hundred thousand people in Chao, and our army is only thirty thousand. They are deep ditches and high fortresses.
, beware of the Chao army jumping over the wall in a hurry."
After hearing this, Chen Cheng took a deep breath and said: "What the commander said is true. A certain Menglang. If the Chao army jumps eastward and our army blocks its return, they may fight to the death. However, judging from a certain perspective, the Chao army jumps southward.
The possibility is greater.”
Shao Shude nodded. In fact, the current deployment of the government and army is a standard siege of three and one. In the northeast direction, Wang Duo, the capital commander, is personally in charge. There are 20,000 Wang Chongrong's troops, 50,000 Li Keyong's troops, and 10,000 Zhu Wen's troops.
, plus sergeants from Henan and Hebei, the total number exceeds 100,000, which is the main force of the official army.
To the west, there are Fengxiang Army, Jingyuan Army, Xingning Army, and Xichuan Army, about 40,000 to 50,000 people. To the east are Xia Sui Army, Yifang Army and Li Xiang's troops, with a total strength of more than 30,000 people. As for the south,
, there are only a few thousand Yiwu troops, plus less than 10,000 Shu troops. The troops are the weakest and their combat effectiveness is not very good. If you were Huang Chao, which route would you choose? It must be the southern route.
It can also be seen from this that the saint really wanted to regain Chang'an, and the sooner the better. As for where Huang Chao died, he didn't care. Anyway, he quickly got the capital back, otherwise it would be really embarrassing.
"Chao Jun is definitely going to leave. How long can we hold on for 30 cents per meter in Chang'an?" Shao Shude said: "We have already earned almost all the credit we deserve. What else can the court give me? A prince? A prince? A capital.
It’s just a false name, it’s better to give Ling, Yan, and the land of three states and ten counties to a certain person.”
Chen Cheng also laughed when he heard the words. At this point, some things really don't need to be too taboo. The three states of Shuofang and the four states of Yifang are all bait on the lips, and they will be eaten sooner or later. In addition, I heard that General Ji Concubine Zhao
Yu's relatives serve as generals in Xinning, and we may also look at it in the future. Xinning Qingsanzhou is sandwiched between Shuofang and Yifang.
The only problem is the lack of money and food, which is very annoying. After returning to the army this time, I don’t know how to deal with it. Hengshan Dangxiang has a lot of household registration, but he is definitely not rich. Pingxia Dangxiang still has a few taels of meat.
Is it really enough to eat? Alas, none of the eight towns in northwest Beijing is considered wealthy.
"General, if Xia Sui wants to have enough food, he still needs someone." After thinking about it, Chen Cheng suggested: "There are already 20,000 prisoners in the state, and they are all strong men. This time, more than 10,000 thieves were captured.
There are already a lot of people, but if we want them to settle down, we still need to find a way on the Dangxiang side."
Shao Shude understood what Chen Cheng meant. With 30,000 people in the nest, after the hard labor period is over, there will probably be more than 20,000 households. But these are all strong men. Without women, how can they settle down? Chen Cheng said that he should find a solution with Dang Xiang.
Isn't it just the wisdom of the prairie, which is to kill adult men and take in their wives and children? It just so happens that Hengshan Party items are scattered and easy to defeat individually, so they are the best targets.
But you have to be careful about this matter. You have to take care of Pingxia Dangxiang first. Don't push Hengshan Dangxiang to the side of others before the Tuoba family is destroyed, and send soldiers, cattle and sheep to Pingxia Dangxiang. That's okay.
What a joke.
Then I thought of Zhu Wen again. How did this guy survive the first few years of economic collapse when he took 500 people to declare war and take office, fight with Qin Zongquan, and fight with Huang Chao? He probably still robbed foreign countries. But this is actually not enough.
, I can only say that Zhu Wen's soldiers are easy to maintain, and the requirements are really low. If I had replaced them with sergeants from other feudal towns, they would have been turned against you long ago.
It's no wonder that Zhu Wen in later generations had such strong control over his subordinates. The troops he raised with his own hands were indeed different. No matter how arrogant and powerful the generals were, they still restrained themselves in the face of their founder. Other emperors in the Five Dynasties,
The generals were not the founders of the Bianliang Forbidden Army, but their successors. They were inherently weak, so they had to rely on bribery.
"Let's not talk about these things for now. Let's finish the last battle and talk about other things." Shao Shude waved his hand and said: "The army will go west first and walk thirty miles to the stronghold, so as not to avoid Wang Shizhong saying that we delayed the advance after we won a great victory. Too much
After passing the Bahu. After advancing westward, let's wait and see. There are hundreds of thousands of rebel troops in Chang'an. If we focus solely on defending the city, we will not be able to capture it, and Wang Shizhong will not be able to question us on this matter."
On the ninth day of the first lunar month of the third year of Zhonghe, after resting for several days, Shao Shude ordered thousands of Yifang troops to escort more than 10,000 Chao prisoners to Fuping for resettlement. Then the main army marched westward and set up camp more than 20 miles away from Chang'an.
.At this time, more than 100,000 troops, camped in the northeast, camped in the east, and camped in the west, were also approaching Chang'an step by step.
On the 20th of the first lunar month, Huang Chao sent Shang Rang, Huang Kui and others led their troops out of the city to fight with Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong, but they returned at a disadvantage and lost thousands of troops again. At the same time, Shaanxi and Guo observed the envoy, and Wang Chongying, the eastward military envoy, also
A large amount of money, food, and equipment were seized from Guandong and transported to the vicinity of Chang'an. Once these materials arrived and were distributed to all armies, a new war would begin again.
