Chapter 23 Zheluping (additional update for leader Wang Huadu)
The weather is a bit cold and the vegetation is decaying.
Shao Shude sniffed the white steam and walked on the ground covered with severe frost. The preparations of the Tiande army when they set off were not inadequate, but because of their poverty, there were still many shortages of winter clothes. No one in Beicheng was even given full rations.
, let alone the soldiers and horses in Fengzhou and Xicheng, the Zhenwu Army's Zhongcheng garrison collected along the way, Shuozhou's surrendered troops, the defeated Zhelu Army and some of the newly recruited auxiliary troops were even more depleted.
Winter clothes don’t exist!
Fortunately, the two states of Lan and Shi (Note 1) in the south tried their best to bring together a batch of winter clothes, about a thousand pieces. Hao Zhenwei first made up for his direct subordinates, and then sent a hundred pieces to the supervisory army.
, the remaining ones will be distributed to the Xicheng soldiers and Fengzhou soldiers who are not direct lineages. The number is only two to three hundred pieces, which is not enough for them to share.
Shao Shude had visited Sun Ba and Li Renjun before, and he heard them yelling at Hao Zhenwei for being shameless and dragging good things away from him. Shao Shude was a little embarrassed after hearing this. Hao Zhenwei had sent someone to distribute a total of 115 winter coats to them, and Shao Shude had the final say.
, 15 pieces were given to Guan Kaiyun's squadron. Anyway, the Chang'an children were rich, so they had enough money to buy winter clothes. The remaining 100 pieces were given to their own people. Counting those who had to make do with animal skins or old clothes, this small group of them actually
Everyone has warm clothes to wear, which is quite enviable. However, this is wartime, and even Lu Huaizhong, who is brave and fierce, is frightened by military law and dare not pick anyone to fight. No matter how jealous people in other cities are, they can only
Drooling, unable to snatch openly.
"Although our own people have winter clothes, there are many people in other cities who are not enough. By extension, do the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from various towns under the jurisdiction of the Daibei Expedition Camp all have winter clothes? I'm afraid it's not optimistic.
!" Shao Shude sighed heavily again. When marching and fighting, he has to be burdened with logistics. This really hurts morale. In Daibei's camp, there were many soldiers from Henan, such as Yicheng, Zhongwu, and Heyang. They wore winter clothes.
Are they fully prepared? Can they adapt to the severe cold climate of Daibei? Those from Yiwu, Zhaoyi, and Hedong are better, but they are only "some". It is really difficult for outsiders to know the true situation.
Zhelu Military City is also called Zheluping. It is not small in size. It has an outer city and an inner city. In its heyday (the Xuanzong period), more than 4,000 troops were stationed. It was the outpost barrier of the Kelan Army, a major military town. The famous poet Bai Juyi
I also lived here and left a poem (note 2). After the Anshi Rebellion, the number of troops dropped sharply, down to about two thousand people. In the late Tang Dynasty, this situation was reduced to just a thousand people. No wonder it was
Li Keyong's rebels were defeated with one drum, but they were indeed not strong enough.
However, despite this, the status of the Zhelu Military City is still very important, and the size is also built to be able to garrison 6,000 troops and 1,500 horses. Although this city is somewhat dilapidated, after repairs by the Tiande Army, the overall
It is still relatively stable. With these 6,000 people guarding it, the army of Li and his son will definitely not be able to capture it easily.
Shao Shude led his men to march outside the city for half an hour, and stopped behind a newly established post station. This place is about three or four miles away from the city, and the outline of the city wall can be seen from a distance. At the same time, the terrain is relatively dangerous, and the Tiande Army built a fort nearby.
There are more than a thousand soldiers stationed in this village, including combat soldiers and auxiliary soldiers. There is an open space at the foot of the mountain, and a temporary warehouse is built to store supplies. The supplies sent by Lan and Shizhou are usually stored in
Delivery with Tiande Army here.
Shao Shude came here today to escort a batch of grain that belonged to them back to the camp. There were thirty carts in total, and each cart contained five stones of wheat, corn and other military rations. If they were all shipped back, it would be enough for all of them.
It has been consumed for more than 20 days. In fact, there is still food in the camp, enough for more than two months, but the news has been tight recently, and everyone has said that the materials that have not had time to be transferred outside the city should be brought back as soon as possible, so each ministry has sent people to collect them.
This was a great relief to the extremely busy auxiliary soldiers, who really could not spare more manpower.
The person guarding this stockade is Li Renjun. As a former tenth general of the Zhenwu Army in Zhongcheng, he has no relatives, friends or old friends in the Tiande Army. His eyesight is dark, so he is sent to such a dangerous place. Shao Shude has no plans today.
Reminiscing with him about old times, after all, business is more important.
After the team arrived at the temporary warehouse, the 50 people from the front team dispersed, watching and listening in all directions, carefully guarding the surroundings. The remaining squadron, rear team, and more than 120 people from the right team began to move supplies, and Lao Li from the right team was responsible for counting.
He also conducted random inspections to ensure that there were no problems with the military rations. He was quite careful in his work, so much so that the junior officer in charge of the warehouse kept giving him a blank look and urging him to hurry up. The warehouse was about to be evacuated, and the noise outside was getting louder and louder, every three days.
Seeing the rebels roaming around, they felt that it was dangerous to waste even more time here. However, Lao Li was also a person who had experienced big storms. He was extremely thick-skinned and remained unmoved. He still carried out the inspection step by step and was meticulous.
"I said you don't know or what? Li's cavalry appears nearby from time to time. The situation is so critical. You are still so slow and slow. Are you trying to put me in danger?" The young officer blushed and stood in front of Shao Shude.
Walking around. He is just a small captain, and Shao Shude is the deputy general. Logically speaking, he should not be so arrogant. But who knows that he is Hao Zhenwei's personal soldier, and he is the most elite Yajun of the Tiande Army.
, of course I don’t take them Zhizhou town soldiers seriously.
The young officer became more and more angry as he thought about it. He held the knife with his left hand and pointed at Shao Shude with his right hand. Just when he was about to curse something, two people suddenly jumped out from behind Shao Shude and directly put the arrogant Yajun young officer to the ground and cursed:
"You dare to be disrespectful to the lieutenant, you are going against the grain!"
Shao Shude was a little surprised. When he took a closer look, he saw that it was Shao Desheng and Wei Boqiu, the two fire chiefs of the rear team. Shao Desheng turned out to be his own soldier Saburo, so it was no surprise that he stepped forward, but Wei Boqiu stepped forward, which made people think it was interesting.
.Actively demand progress and stand up for collective interests, yes, yes.
After the two men acted, the Yajun soldiers inside and outside the warehouse were stunned at first, and then became furious. They drew their swords and cursed loudly. Shao Shude was also unambiguous. The soldiers in the front team who were on guard quickly gathered and formed five fire lines.
, the first fire, the second fire, and the twenty-step spears were raised forward, with cold light shining, and the three fires behind them had their bows and arrows ready to fire at any time. The soldiers from other teams who were carrying supplies also drew their horizontal knives and fired at these thirty or so people.
The Mingya Army soldiers formed a semi-surrounding situation. Lu Huaizhong even jumped out of a carriage, kicked down a certain Ya Army soldier next to him, took the spear from his hand, shouted and cursed, and his attitude
Extremely arrogant.
Thirty or so Yajun soldiers were used to running amok, but I didn't expect that the eunuch's personal soldiers would be so irritable and would take action if they disagreed. Moreover, they even rode horses very cooperatively, with their long spears and step bows displayed.
If that group of people kept their formation and pressed forward, they would have no choice but to turn around and run away.
Lu Xun once said, "What I fear most is the sudden silence of the air." This is the situation now. The Ya army has not formed a formation, but is surrounded by four times their number of people. The opponent is also fully armed. How can we fight this fight? People will be killed.
!Ever since, although these people were usually full of ferocity, they did not dare to move lightly at this moment, and they were stunned for a while.
"What are you doing? Is there anyone who likes the guy who has a bright robe? Why don't you put it away!" On the one hand, I am pleased that my small group has become a tightrope and is more loyal to myself, but on the other hand, I am also worried about causing unpredictable conflicts. I have already disobeyed him before.
He killed Hao Zhenwei and offended his men again. The military supervisor must not have wanted to see this either. Why bother? We are all our own people. Seeing that the army of Li Guochang and his son was probably coming to kill them, everyone still looked at each other.
Killing is a very stupid act.
As soon as Shao Shude finished speaking, the soldiers in the front group put away their weapons, but still stood there with a bad look. Lu Huaizhong cursed and threw his spear on the ground, obviously dissatisfied that there was no fight. Others were not as good-natured as him.
Yong Douxun quickly stopped after hearing the order, but still surrounded him and did not continue to carry food.
"We are both members of the Tiande Army, and we should work together as one." Shao Shude looked at the young officer of the Ya Army who was getting up from the ground, and said in a cold voice: "The Zhalu Army serves as a passage for thieves and is an important threat to the enemy's south flank. The next day
When the rebels come, they will probably break out the city to build a foundation. At this critical moment, you are so ignorant, bullying your comrades, misbehaving, and looking like an official of the imperial court? Shao is responsible for today's matter.
, even if it comes to General Hao, I will explain it to you. Old Li, keep working, let me see who dares to make noise!"
Li Yanling responded and asked everyone to continue carrying food and grass. The young officer swallowed and looked at the eager soldiers around him. After all, he did not dare to continue to make things difficult. He could only retreat to the side dejectedly, and he didn't care. Shao Shude's mouth
He slightly tilted his head. In the military, there is no right and wrong, and the most important thing is force. If you are ruthless, others will obey you. If you are not ruthless, you will only be bullied by others. He is also an old man, so he naturally understands this truth.
After loading the rations, the auxiliary drivers drove back. Li Yanling's 30-man right team led the way, with the middle and rear teams protecting on both sides. Shao Shude led the front team at the end. The 180 soldiers were in bright armor. , the morale was high, and they walked quite neatly, which made it a different kind of scenery on the way home.
I just don’t know how many of these high-spirited soldiers will survive after the rebels march southward to Caochengchuan. They are not numbers or dolls, but living people with flesh and blood, relatives and friends, and thoughts. Their family members. As the saying goes, "Fighting in the north of Sangqian at night, half of the Qin soldiers did not return; when there were letters from home, they still sent cold clothes to themselves." I hope it will not be like this.
NOTE 1: Shizhou, subordinate to Hedong Town, governs five counties: Lishi, Fangshan, Pingyi, Dinghu and Linquan, and governs Lishi County (today's Lishi District, Luliang City).
NOTE 2: This is the fourth poem in this book after Luo Yin, Yang Guang, and Wu Yuanheng. It is called "Borrowing with Dr. Liu in Weibei to cover captives in autumn, and sending them to relatives and friends in the DPRK". The full text is as follows -
The huge town is the national screen, and all the materials are used as the national frame. The generals of the Han Dynasty are Tao Qian, and the scholars of Wen Mo and Lu are famous.
Leopard Tiger died in Guanxi, Jintang Weibei City. He was favored and favored for the first time, and he was so powerful that he was raising troops.
The formation covers mountains and rivers, and the army is familiar with water and grass. In the summer, the seedlings invaded and the tigers fell, and at night they escaped and lost the Tibetan camp.
The clouds gathered together to gather their spears and halberds, and the wind blew and waved their banners. The beacon fire was extinguished in the sky, and the energy beat the drums and whistled.
Hu Ma resigned from his post as pastor in the south, and the Zhou army stopped marching to the north. He turned around and asked the world where the spear was.