Chapter 15: The Celestial Desire for the Division has been set (3)
The sound of the horse's hooves is rushing, as if the devil's voice is always lingering behind him.
There were fewer and fewer people following Li Changfu, and he didn't know whether he was separated or dead. But he didn't dare to stop or look back. The cavalry of the Dingnan Army chased him like maggots on the tarsus.
Stop and chase from Weibei to Dongweiqiao, from Dongweiqiao to Zishuiyi, and now to Changlepo.
You have already changed a few horses, and you are still chasing me! If you hadn't encountered the Tibetan cavalry from Qinzhou on the way, and let them act as dead ghosts to attract attention, I would have died long ago.
But it’s almost the same now, and the horsepower can’t be maintained for much longer.
"Whoosh!" A feather arrow flew towards him, and Li Changfu felt his horse's legs weaken under his crotch, knocking him over to the ground.
Several horses came running quickly. Li Changfu's leg was injured when he fell off the horse. He knew he couldn't run away, so he took out his riding bow and planned to use it as a backrest before he died.
Zhu Mei, this fellow, betrayed me at the last minute and ruined my life!
Shao Shude, who controls two towns and has tens of thousands of powerful soldiers, looks like a villain! He had studied the campaign to conquer Youzhou before and knew that this man likes to instigate opponents and allies, cut off their wings, weaken their power, and wait until the enemy is weak enough.
At the extreme point, attack with all your strength without leaving any room. Although this method of action is effective, in Li Changfu's view, it is not a martial artist's style.
Lacks a bit of heroism!!!
"Whoosh!" An arrow flew out, and Li Changfu smiled bitterly. The opponent was so skilled in equestrian skills that he couldn't even pull up a backrest.
Suddenly, I felt a pain in my chest, the sharp horse stabbed me in, and Li Changfu's body flew out heavily.
The moment Li Shaorong stabbed Li Changfu, he let go of the handle with ease, then came back, dismounted, cut off Li Changfu's head, and said loudly: "The one who kills Li Changfu is the cavalry army."
Li Shaorong!"
The comrades glanced at Li Changfu's head with regret, secretly hating that they were too slow to take this great achievement.
Li Changfu's head was quickly returned to the camp. Zhu Mei was in the Shao Shude camp at that time.
“Zhu Shuai defected before the battle and made great contributions to the court. After entering Chang’an and killing Tian Lingzi, the saint will definitely reward him.” Shao Shude looked at Zhu Mei coming in armor and said with a smile.
He remembered that Zhu Mei had been killed by people who defected in history, but he did not expect that he would act quickly enough this time to switch sides first and kill others. At the same time, this also reminded him that none of these vassal troops were reliable.
It's okay to fight against the odds and grab the credit, but if you're in adversity and there's still a way out, you have to be careful.
The so-called alliance is sometimes a joke. You betray me and I betray you. A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist. Never trust the integrity of a warrior!
Zhu Mei glanced at the bloody head and said: "We will advance and retreat together with Shao Shuai."
"Zhu Shuai knows that I am. Wang Chongrong and Li Keyong have joined forces. Although they are friends but not enemies, how can they not be on guard?" At this point, Shao Shude lowered his voice and said: "Wang and Li are undecided. Xianyang
There is also the Jingyuan Army, the situation is far from clear. If Zhu Shuai wants to get what he wants, the saint must lean towards us."
In fact, Shao Shude sometimes felt that Li Keyong was strange. Historically, before he sent out troops, he said that he would only settle accounts with Li Changfu, Zhu Mei and others, and would not disturb the emperor. After defeating the two, he led his army to continue marching westward.
Then they arrived near Chang'an and headed back home. One reason was that the saint ran away, and the second reason was that Zhu and Li also ran away, so there was no point in pursuing them.
Thinking about it carefully, his purpose of sending troops was very vague. It seemed that he was really just helping Wang Chongrong in his righteous act.
Thinking back to the later Wang Chongrong, after the death of Wang Chongying's brother, several descendants of the Wang family competed for the throne. The army recommended Wang Chongrong's adopted son Wang Ke as the remaining queen. The court agreed, but Wang Gong, Wang Yao and others did not agree. Li Keyong recommended Wang Ke.
He was the governor of Hezhong. Seeing that the situation was not going well, the Wang brothers also colluded with the Guanzhong warlords. Li Keyong immediately sent troops to attack the river, defeated Wang Gong and Wang Yao, and helped Wang Ke defeat the Guanzhong warlords.
Afterwards, he actually returned to Taiyuan and married his daughter to Wang Ke. It should be noted that it was already more than ten years later. The court had no prestige. All the towns in the world were annexing each other. Even Zhu Wen was coveting the river.
But Li Keyong did not annex Hezhong and went back.
This man sounds really honest! He is a good friend, but not a good politician.
If there were no accidents, he would not be able to beat Zhu Wen.
In this current time and space, Shao Shude could not guess what Li Keyong would do. But since he had expressed his intention to send troops, he had to make plans to "divide the spoils" with him. If the spoils were unevenly divided, there would be at least a fight.
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But then again, this time I went south and defeated Fengxiang's army, and the next step is to enter Chang'an. Is this the "red name" in the game? It's a bit too sharp!
How would the warlords of Guanzhong view themselves? How would the warlords of the world view themselves? Will they become the target of public criticism?
Chang'an right now is like a pit of fire. If you go for a spin, get out of the way quickly. Otherwise, if you are attacked like a yellow nest, you will lose blood.
“Shao Shuai, I wonder what Li Keyong wants?” Zhu Mei asked, leaving Shao Shude unable to answer.
This man's personal emotions suppressed his reason for a considerable period of time, wandering around aimlessly. Later generations even often borrowed roads from other vassal towns, and did not hesitate to waste military and civilian power just to stab Zhu Wen. Yang Xingmi had a man under his command.
This elite Shatuo cavalry was "sponsored" by Li Keyong.
In order to defeat Zhu Wen, he did not hesitate to "give" his most elite troops to others. This happened not only once or twice. The anti-Zhu Wen turned against Zhu Wen to the point of madness, but he continued to fight more and more impoverished. When Taiyuan was besieged, if not
My wife persuaded me to stop, and I almost ran away.
But this is not a bad thing for myself.
Later, Li Keyong barely resisted Zhu Wen, but he was also in a very embarrassed state, and sometimes he was almost defeated. Shao Shude was not sure whether Li Keyong could withstand it in this time and space. If Zhu Wen occupied Hedong, it would be very disadvantageous for him.
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On the matter of opposing Zhu and Wen, we all have a common language, and perhaps we can seek common ground while reserving differences.
“What Li Keyong wants is nothing more than wealth, fame and fortune. His greatest enemy is still Zhu Wen.” Shao Shude replied.
In fact, he himself was not sure. Historically, the Tuoba family west of the Yellow River had no expansion ambitions and relied on Pingxia Dangxiang. However, even Pingxia Dangxiang did not fully control it and was always competing with the Linzhou Zhe family for influence and territory.
It has been limited to the four states of Xia Sui, and there are still people inside who kill generals and drive commanders to engage in mutiny.
With such strength, Li Keyong does not need to worry too much. But it is different now. Shao Shude's first wife was from the Linzhou Zhe family, and they jointly took down Pingxia Dangxiang, and then cooperated with Li Xiaochang of Yifang to force Hengshan Dangxiang to vote.
And married with him. Next, he swept across Shuofang, conquered Hexi Dangxiang, and swept away all the forces in the territory.
Although it is just a superficial cleanup, and people pay tribute on the surface, it is completely unclear what they think privately. But the fact that they have raised 35,000 professional warriors is an ironclad fact, which is a huge restraining force for Hedong.
It is good that there are buffering forces between the two sides, such as the Zhenwu Army, otherwise there may be a risk of military friction.
How does Li Keyong view himself? Shao Shude is not sure. If he were him, he would either put aside his feud with Zhu Wen and attack with all his strength the Datong Army, the Zhenwu Army, the Tiande Army, the Dingnan Army, and the Shuofang Army. First, stabilize the northwest and eliminate them.
A major threat. Or simply form an army to deal with the difficulties and deal with Zhu Wen with all our strength.
He cannot do a two-front war, even with Hedong's resources! Not to mention that he has more than two fronts of enemies.
"Shao Shuai, you must send someone to Chang'an immediately to prevent Tian Lingzi from hijacking the emperor and escaping." Seeing that Shao Shude was not sure about Li Keyong's request, Zhu Mei simply ignored it and put forward another urgent matter.
event.
"Put down Commander Zhu, I have already sent my cavalry south to Chang'an." Shao Shude said with a smile: "Chang'an is very big, and Shence's army is unable to fight. If it can't be defended at all, Tian Lingzi will be captured and killed this time."
Chang'an is also a magical city. Since the Chinese Dynasty, no matter who the defenders were, they basically couldn't defend it.
It stands to reason that it is one of the largest and most fortified cities in the world. Other cities that are much smaller than yours, even if there are only a few professional soldiers, can be defended by recruiting strong men and women to fight to the death, but in Chang'an, even if there are 50,000,
One hundred thousand troops cannot defend it.
"Shao Shuai has thought carefully and has made arrangements, so I feel relieved. Can we go south today?" Zhu Mei asked with a smile.
"Of course we want to go south." Shao Shude said, "However, there is something that we must first clarify with General Zhu."
“Shao Shuai, it’s okay to say it.”
"Commander Zhu must keep the sergeants in check. Since the Ming Dynasty, Chang'an has been in many disasters. There are more than ten palaces and private houses. However, it has recovered a little in the past three years. This time when he entered Chang'an, he only killed Tian Lingzi's party, and the wealth gained
The goods will be rewarded to the sergeants, but the people must not be disturbed. If this happens, someone will definitely take care of it." Shao Shude said with a serious face.
Zhu Mei looked a little ugly when she heard this. Why do the sergeants like to enter the city? Being able to rob property is only one aspect, and being able to ravage women is another aspect. Now that you have taken away half of their "happiness", Zhu Mei is also a little bit confused.
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He is also afraid! Even though the sergeants are respectfully calling him Marshal, once they turn against him, they will not be soft-hearted when slashing at him with the knife.
"Zhu Shuai, sergeants are not born to rob property. Women, you can't do anything like this. Once you start, you can't control it. In the past, there were only a few hundred soldiers, so many thorns were driven away.
. These thorn-headed warriors were brave and dared to fight, so I cherished them. However, after thinking about it, I drove them away. In these years, there has been no trend of looting in the Dingnan army, and I also tried my best to find property for them and encourage them.
Marry a wife. The sergeants are not unreasonable. Xiazhou is short of money and silk, and a certain cattle and sheep are used as payment, and the sergeants are willing to accept it." Shao Shude continued to advise: "Enough food, adequate pay, fair rewards and punishments, and then solve the worries, sergeants
Then they are willing to obey and fight to the death."
“Plundering based on promises is not an option after all. What if we can’t plunder, or if we don’t plunder enough goods? What will happen to the sergeants?” Shao Shude finally said.
Hearing this, Zhu Mei just smiled bitterly and said: "It's easy to know but hard to do. It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Xin Ning is poor, so her rewards have been reduced a lot. She has a lot of resentment and can only live one day at a time. To be honest with Shao Shuai, this time
Come on, I made a promise to the sergeants, if I can't fulfill it..."
“Over there, let the Yin Ning Army follow the Tielin Army.” Shao Shude said without any doubt.
In this battle, Xing Ning's army switched sides to help, and few of the 8,000 Fengxiang troops escaped. They beheaded more than 2,000 people and captured more than 3,000 people. With such power, Xing Ning's army was very honest after seeing it. Especially...
When cleaning the battlefield, I saw the tragic scene of the two sides fighting on the front line, and gained a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the disaster-defeating army.
They don’t dare to explode, and they have to hold back their dissatisfaction!