Chapter 44: The scenery is different in autumn (1)
Time flies and it’s late July, and the day of departure is getting closer and closer.
"Enjoy this evening, and be happy in good times." Shao Shude looked at the bright moonlight outside the window and actually recited two lines of poetry.
Feng Xuan glanced at him sadly.
Da Feng's mentality has been a bit broken recently. The reason is that his younger sister Xiao Feng is pregnant again, but her belly still hasn't moved. As a result, the king went to the rooms of those party girls to "hang around", and she was so angry that she resorted to tears to coax the king.
She came back and stayed with her every night. She knew that the king was the most soft-hearted. She was not young. If she still had no children, how could she adopt one from her sister?
"Love Chunhua hard, and don't forget the happy moments..." Feng Xuan hugged Shao Shude from behind and whispered.
"I don't know poetry and calligraphy, I only know how to be elegant. I fight and kill all day long, and I don't know how many people have died because of me. When I'm not on an expedition, I'm either hunting, shooting, or in the fields or workshops. You followed a warrior
How sad have these years been?"
"You are not a martial artist, I can feel it."
"A certain person has sent people to look for a site to build a villa in Helan Mountain. When he is not going on an expedition, the whole family will go to the mountain to play. The grand scenery of Northern Sai is very different from that of the Central Plains. Life is short, and I want to take you to see more.
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"When will your Majesty be able to conquer all the vassals? There are so many vassals and towns in the world. I'm afraid they won't be able to conquer them all until my beard turns gray." Feng Xuan lightly bit Shao Shude's naked back and said, "I just want a child. Your Majesty.
When I was away on an expedition, my home was deserted, which was very difficult. From now on, when you are away, I will teach the children poetry and calligraphy. Those gentlemen outside are not half as knowledgeable as I am, and they are in vain."
"You have sharp teeth and a sharp mouth." Shao Shude said with a smile: "When I first met you, your face was cold and your beauty was amazing. I didn't expect that after you were kidnapped and brought home, you turned out to be a woman full of complaints. Do all talented women have this kind of virtue?"
"Talented women are also women." Feng Xuan chuckled and said: "Facing the tyranny of a warrior, isn't it just full of sadness? Fortunately, you are a martial artist who understands the charm, so my sadness is less."
"My charms are not limited to these. Next time I go to Chang'an, I have to look for the Yin family's old house, and then I will..."
Before he finished speaking, Feng Xuan took a hard bite, and Shao Shude burst into laughter.
The next day, Zhe Fangmai took a group of wives and concubines to see him off again.
Last year at this time, it seemed to be like this. In a martial arts family, it is normal to spend less time together and more time away. I spend more time at home than the big soldiers below, so I have nothing to complain about.
"I wish you, sir, to return victorious," Zhe Fang said mist-wise.
"We don't necessarily need to use weapons this time." Shao Shude smiled and looked at Zhao Yu, the Feng sisters, and the third daughter Dang Xiang.
Zhao Yu still looks gentle and virtuous, and his talking eyes seem to contain countless emotions.
Da Feng hesitated to speak, Xiao Feng was pregnant again, it was a sentimental time.
Wei Cailaimei felt a little disappointed. A few days ago, she complained to herself that she always ate and still had no children.
After Yeli Lingji gave birth to her child, she seemed to be a completely different person. She no longer looked like she would keep strangers away from her. Sometimes, he could actually feel her gentle and charming look. Is this an illusion?
Ever since she found out that Tuoba Renfu had taken a new wife, Wu Zang Miao'e became more pliable to her and always liked to hug her tightly when she went to bed at night.
Sooner or later, he will die on the bellies of these women! Marshal Shao sighed and staggered away.
For this northern patrol, a total of 9,000 Tielin troops, 7,000 Wuwei troops, and 3,000 cavalry troops were mobilized. These 19,000 Yamen troops were the main force. The Tielin troops were personally led by themselves, and they were able to mobilize the wild and make good fortune.
As deputy envoy, this is the first time that a Tibetan general has served in the other eight armies, which is of great significance.
Feng Yin was decentralized and served as the Marquis of Yu, and Xu Hao was appointed as the envoy of You Yi.
Li Renfu replaced ten generals of the personal army, and Lu Ming, an old man from Xicheng, was transferred to the deputy general of the personal army.
The generals of the Wuwei Army were also re-appointed. Lu Huaizhong and Li Renjun served as the chief and deputy military envoys. Guo Qi was appointed Du Yuhou, and Li Tangbin was appointed You Yi envoy.
The cavalry envoy was still held by Oritsugu Yu, and Liu Zijing, the former deputy general of the transport camp, served as the deputy envoy. The two men were in charge of three thousand cavalry on the left and right sides.
In addition to these 19,000 people, there were also 10,000 rebel soldiers, all of whom were Tibetan soldiers.
The military envoy, for the sake of Wu Zang Jie Ming, commanded 3,000 people in the left wing, including 1,000 heavy-armored infantrymen from Hengshan City. These 3,000 people were all registered in the Yamen Army Register, and the equipment and training were under the responsibility of the shogunate. They were considered elites.
Wei Mu Dingli served as the deputy envoy and commanded 7,000 cavalrymen on the right side, including 3,000 cavalrymen from Zhongyongdu.
Guan Kairun took charge of the army independently for the first time and was appointed as the envoy of the Jinglue Army, with Wei Boqiu as his deputy. Ding Wei, an old man from Xicheng, was appointed as the Marquis of Yu, and Yang Yi, Yang Yue's son, was appointed as the envoy of Youyi. This army stayed in Xiazhou.
A total of 29,000 people set out from the east gate of Xiazhou in three batches and embarked on the Northern Patrol Road.
On July 30, the Wuwei Army had already taken the lead.
Today is the first day of August, Shao Shude personally led the Tielin Army to set off.
There is a sea of people outside the city gate, and unintentionally, more and more families of soldiers living in and outside the city are increasing. If they don't move, the area dozens of miles around will be turned into desert sooner or later.
"Son, follow the commander and fight hard, and get more rewards."
"Mr. Lang, there are two meat cakes in the bag. After eating them, you can eat the vinegar cakes from the army."
"Sanlang, don't worry about your family. I will take good care of my parents."
"Huang Silang, please don't die, I'm waiting for you to come back!"
"Can this leader of the team take me with him? There are too many children in the house and we don't have enough to eat. I know how to shoot arrows!"
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Thanks to the Cangcheng built one after another in the past two years, the army does not need to carry too much food and grass when traveling. Wherever they go, the people from the military envoy's yamen will allocate grain, fodder, and charcoal from the nearest Cangcheng and hand it over to the grain envoy.
On the tenth day of September, we arrived in Yinzhou and the army stayed here for several days.
Pei Shang had just passed away, and his coffin was sent back to Yinzhou for burial. The old general's life experience was quite exciting. He guarded the border in Lingzhou, fought with the Tubo people, suppressed the Dangxiang rebellion, and went north to Fengzhou to conquer the Uighurs who went south.
.Finally, he was buried in his hometown. There was no rebellion from his subordinates that he was worried about, and the family was able to continue to preserve its wealth, which was pretty good.
After going to pay homage to General Pei's tomb, he chatted with Song Le about land reclamation in Yinzhou and Ma Zheng. Then the army continued northward and arrived at Xinqin County in Linzhou on September 20th.
Si Lun went out of the city to meet him.
At the Zhe family's farm, Shao Shude met the Zhe family again. Several of the old people from the blind date were still there, and they were long-lived people. Naturally, they exchanged greetings with each other when they met.
Zhe Silun gave birth to another son this year, and he named him Zhe Congming early. His eldest son is Zhe Congxue, so where is Zhe Congyuan? Isn’t he not born yet?
But it doesn’t matter, Marshal Shao doesn’t have a habit of collecting famous generals. Hebei, which has the most systematic inheritance of generals in the Five Dynasties in the late Tang Dynasty, is not as good as Zhu Liang, and the Hedong Group’s generals are shining brightly. Is it because they can’t do it? No. They are losers because they were defeated by the two major groups.
Even if the territory they are fighting for belongs to one party, it will still be in a subordinate position. If they cannot rise to a high position as a whole, it will naturally be difficult for them to get ahead. And if they cannot get ahead, they will naturally not be able to leave a name in the history books. It is not because they are incompetent.
Shao Shude also met with people from the local tycoon Yang family in Linzhou.
The current head of the Yang family, Yang Yao, is relatively young, in his twenties. His father died early, and he took on the responsibility of the family at a young age, running the farm and having many tribes. He is the second largest family in Linzhou after the Zhe family. Later generations
Yang Hongye and Yang Chonggui (Yang Ye) are his descendants.
Zhe, the Yang family has lived on the border for generations, the folk customs are martial, and there are many generals and talents in the family. Well, the Yang family may be a little worse at this time. The head of the previous generation, Yang Anzhen, was still a scholar, and Yang Yao of this generation has extraordinary martial arts, but
As the head of the family, he would definitely not be able to join the army, but he recommended Yang Hongwang, the son of his father Yang Anji, to join the army, and he also brought with him two hundred Yang family members.
The Yang family's show of goodwill shows that they have high political sensitivity. As expected, their ancestors served as Jiedu envoys of Ziqing Town. After seeing Zhe Zong's original intention to maintain discipline, Xing Ning, he keenly realized that the Zhe family's situation in Linzhou would be dominated by one hand.
What changed was that the Prince of Lingwu County wanted to support the rise of another family, so he decisively made a bet and took refuge. This decision was really different from ordinary people.
The Yang family was like this, so of course the Zhe family couldn't show weakness, so they recommended a young man of only sixteen years old, Zhe Congyun, to join the army, and he also brought with him three hundred brothers from the Zhe family.
Shao Shude competed with Yang Hongwang, and he was chosen by both Cong and Yun. Riding, archery, spearmanship, and swordsmanship were all top choices. What he lacks now is just experience. After four or five years of training in the army, he will be able to do it.
Very useful.
The frontier tycoons are truly a treasure trove of talents.
For the Yang family to be able to stand firm in Linzhou for so many generations, they must not be poor in martial arts. Otherwise, how can they overwhelm the nearby Dangxiang tribe? Do you think those barbarians are good people? The family must have a large number of members, orderly inheritance, and deep roots.
After several generations, and with an extremely strong martial ethos, it is possible to gain a foothold, and in turn control the party tribes and grow stronger.
Both the Yang family and the Yang family did this, and the other one was the Fengzhou Wang family.
Shao Shude's army encountered the Wang family's children who came to greet them when they entered Shengzhou.
The Wang family is from the Dangxiang Cangcai tribe in Fengzhou. He had heard of it when he was in the Tiande Army in his early years. He was familiar with Tibetan and had always been respectful. When the imperial court attacked the Uighurs and defeated Dangxiang, the Cangcai tribe sent troops to accompany them every time. Moreover, the Cangcai tribe has been deeply Sinicized.
, the clan leader takes the Han surname Wang, celebrates Han festivals, wears Tang clothes, and all the clan’s children are proficient in Chinese.
On the eighth day of October, the army arrived in Shengzhou City, and Marshal Shao unceremoniously moved into the Yulin Palace built during the period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. At this time, personal soldiers came to report, and a young man named Wang Chong from the Tibetan Talent Department brought more than three hundred people with him.
The younger members of the clan came to vote.
"You want to come and join the army?" Shao Shude asked with a smile as he looked at this young man who was only seventeen or eighteen years old.
"Back to the King of Lingwu County, the Tibetan Talents have long heard of the Marshal's reputation and have long wanted to come and join him. Today I saw the Marshal patrolling the north and specially sent someone to join the army. The children of the three hundred tribes are all good at riding and shooting, and they are not inferior to those on the grassland.
The Uighurs and Tatar tribes above." Wang Chong replied loudly.
All the generals in the hall were a little surprised when they heard this. The boy spoke so loudly. Uighurs and Tatars are almost the same as horses. How can you be better than others? Yang Hongwang and Zhe Congyun stared at this man, as if they wanted to
Give him a try.
"The young man is very ambitious. When he came to join the army, I accepted him. He can first camp with the children of the Zhe family and the Yang family." Shao Shude said.
"Thank you, Marshal!" Wang Chong said happily.
The Zhe, Yang, Wang clans and Shao Shude still know about it.
During the Five Dynasties, the Zhe family moved to Fugu and Shizhen. The Yang family replaced the Zhe family in Linzhou and became the local Tu ethnic group, guarding Linzhou. During the period of Zhao Kuangyin, Wang Jia, the head of the Wang family of the Fengzhou party, Xiangzangcai tribe, came
Tou, Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty established Fengzhou and ruled it with the Wang family. After Wang Jia's death, his son Wang Chengmei was appointed as the governor of Fengzhou and the commander of Tiande's army in Tibetan and Han Dynasties. After Wang Chengmei's death, his grandson Wang Wenbao knew the affairs of the state and continued to guard Fengzhou.
During the Qingli period, after Li Yuanhao won the Battle of Haoshuichuan, he continued to lead his army to attack Lin, Fu, and Fengzhou. Fengzhou was isolated to the east and north, with the Liao Kingdom in the east, the Xia Kingdom in the west, and the Xia Army in the south.
, and was breached.
The fate of the Wang family is unknown, but it is probably not good. After all, Li Yuanhao dug up the ancestral graves of the Zhe family outside the city, and opened the coffins to kill the corpses. The Wang family was a party member of Fengzhou, and instead of surrendering to the Xia Dynasty, they defected to the Song Dynasty. Li Yuanhao hated them deeply. The Wang family
After serving as an official in the Song Dynasty for more than seventy years, Shi Zhen Fengzhou, because the place was too remote and support was difficult to support, finally fell into ashes, which was pitiful.
Marshal Shao decided to change the fate of the Wang family and recruited the Wang family's children to join the army. The three families of Zhe, Yang, and Wang had a combined force of 800 people, with excellent cavalry, and brought their own horses and equipment. They should set up a separate capital and call it Leopard Cavalry Capital.
On the tenth day of the lunar month, the army crossed the Yellow River, and Zhenwu Army envoy Wang Bian came to meet him.
Mr. Wang is so smart that Marshal Shao doesn't know whether he should replace him. Let's observe and observe first, and then make a decision after arriving in Woye Town.