It was already early October when I returned to Xiazhou. I heard from Si Lai that Bi Shiduo, Qin Yan and others had killed Gao Pian because of the unfavorable outcome of the war. Gao Pian's family, ranging from the elderly to children, including nephews and other relatives.
Inside, they were all slaughtered and buried in a big pit.
After Yang Xingmi, the governor of Luzhou, learned about this, he ordered the entire army to stay silent and cry for three days to avenge Gao Pian.
Obviously, by making such a gesture, he intended to accept Gao Pian's political legacy.
The older generation of warlords are slowly leaving the stage.
In the last years of Qianfu, several marshals killed Li Guochang and his son. Li Zhuo died while serving as the governor of Suizhou. Li Yuanli was killed by Han Lang and Kang Yuancheng in Lingzhou. Li Keju and his family climbed up a building and burned themselves to death. Zhaoyi Festival Marshal Gao Xun was appointed by Meng Fangli.
Killed the governor of Hedong, and I don’t know how many of them died, Cao Xiang, Cui Jikang, Kang Chuangui...
The only three people who are still alive today are Li Kan, Zhuge Shuang, and Zheng Congchen. The last two are not in good health and may not live long. However, Li Kan is in his prime, and he has been struggling very hard, and he has defeated the disobedient people in the town.
Recently, they are trying to penetrate deeper into Jingnan.
For this reason, he actually secretly sent people to Hengshan to recruit troops, and got addicted to using the cannon fodder of the party, right? However, he sent Cheng Ru here, and is currently detained in Xiazhou. He may need it in the future, so he turned a blind eye.
Bar.
In fact, the old warlords still dominated the fight against Huang Chao during the Zhonghe period. But Tang Hongfu died, Li Changfu died, Wang Chongrong died, Yang Fuguang died, and Zheng Tian also just died of illness.
The old man has withered, and now the world is ruled by new warlords!
Everything is fine at home in Xiazhou.
After taking off his military uniform, Shao Shude rested his head on his beloved wife's lap and asked about the major and minor events in the past period.
Shao Mu, the second daughter born to Xiaofeng, has already begun to learn some simple knowledge, which is what Shao Shude requires. In ancient times, women's status was low, and even women from prominent families did not necessarily have names, let alone learn various knowledge.
The Feng sisters and Zhao Yu are full of poems and books. This is a special feature of their family and cannot be regarded as a common phenomenon.
Shao Shude currently has four daughters. The eldest daughter, Shao Guoer, is sixteen years old this year. She has been taught by her mother Zhao Yu since she was a child. She is very talented and has outstanding beauty. There are some generals in the military government who are already as good as
I have mentioned it in front of myself several times, and I want to marry my child.
Shao Shude wanted to marry Guo'er to another town, but Zhao Yu refused and wanted to find a young handsome man in the town. But it must be difficult. There are more than a million people in the state, not to mention that they are all illiterate. You can just point to one with your eyes closed.
99% of people are illiterate.
Next year on the Lantern Festival, we will invite all the generals to a banquet and ask them to bring their sons and nephews with them. When the time comes, let the eldest daughter choose the one she likes.
Although this move is against etiquette, I am a martial artist, and martial artists do not understand etiquette! Who dares to gibberish?
Grandma, these concubines in the family have figured out their own temperaments and know that they are unwilling to disobey their wishes. They are very arrogant and have a strong tendency to be favored and arrogant, so they must be whipped and whipped.
The second daughter was five years old. Her name was given by Marshal Shao. She was taking a bath at the time, so she named her Mu. The third daughter was born last year and was eating sweet wine (táng) at the time, so she was named "醴". The fourth daughter and the five
He was born just a month ago and has no name yet. His nickname is "Buddha Ya".
The two sons, one is four years old and the other is three years old, are not very sensible yet, but they can try to learn some knowledge next year. They were born in this era, and they are destined to be self-reliant and capable.
Shao Shude is not sure what the future will bring. He may have fought for a lifetime, but in the end he didn't achieve anything famous. He couldn't say, so he had to leave a few arrows for his son to fulfill his father's last wish.
The last years of the centralized dynasty were easy to unify, but the last years of feudal rule were too damn difficult. It is estimated that there are about a million warriors in the country who provide food and drink, train all year round, and figure out how to kill people all day long.
Beggar soldiers do not exist, and the quality of their equipment is also very good. It will not explode as soon as it is fired. The city is very solid and densely packed with various forts. Not to mention the professional quality of the officers, who have been fighting for more than a hundred years, at least
In this part of the north, there are not many parallel imports.
Each vassal town also has a complete civil and military team. It has been divided for more than a hundred years, the interest pattern is stable, and the local pro-party is firmly entrenched, which will not give you the opportunity to sweep the entire province or even several provinces at once.
People as powerful as Huang Chao swept away hundreds of thousands of people, and in the end they went to the south to develop. After returning to the north, if the feudal town did not "see off guests", they would not be able to cross the Huaihe River. After Chang'an was captured, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses from the feudal town surrounded
Over here, it was evened out in three years, but for two and a half years it was still just wrangling, and there was no real action at all.
After looking through so many dynasties, none of them are the same as the late Tang Dynasty. Only the late Han Dynasty is somewhat similar, but there are also huge differences in degree.
There is no other way but to fight hard one by one!
"My sister-in-law sent some gifts over again, saying they were for the Buddha's tooth." Zhe Fangxiao pushed away Shao Shude's rough, rough hands. She only wore a robe, and there were faint traces of blood on her snow-white and delicate skin underneath.
A bit purple in color.
"My sworn brother has just retreated from the north, and he should be marching south again." Shao Shude smiled slightly and said: "This year, we will pledge troops from the north of Jinyang to challenge Helian Duo. Next year, we will send troops from the south gate to attack Meng Fangli. If we are dedicated to
We are in the first service department, and maybe we are having a celebratory drink in Yunzhou or Xingzhou at this time."
"I don't understand the important matters of the military and state. My sister-in-law is very nice and has no shortage of etiquette. If the two towns are to fight each other in the future..."
Isn't this a matter of time? Shao Shude thought to himself.
"Last month, the Bai clan of Huizhou, the Liang clan of Lingzhou, the Murong clan of Fengzhou and other tribes donated women..."
"Mrs. Haojiao knows that I have never touched any of these women. After months of fighting abroad, the first thing I did after returning was to fight with my wife. How have you ever violated the military order prohibiting executions?"
Zhe Fang laughed angrily, and her robe fell down on the bed.
"No, the commander-in-chief's flag of the Chinese army has fallen, and the general will have to ride his horse to help." Shao Shude pushed his beloved wife down with a strong force...
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"Kang Hao's business is booming, so he opened a store in Xiazhou." In a shop selling jade and precious stones in the west of the city, Shao Shude was sitting on top and said with a smile.
The person who opened the store was Kang Fujin, the semi-official contact person of the Guiyi Army. He had been running business in Lingzhou and Xiazhou for the past year.
In fact, Xiazhou also had a contact person with the Guiyi Army, and that was Kang Xianzhao, who was studying Buddhism at Shifo Temple.
Before the expedition to Helong, Shao Shude met with him, and the two parties mainly talked about Liangzhou.
Coincidentally, when arriving in Lingzhou, Shao Shude also met Li Mingzhen, the envoy of Hexi Capital Defense Shi Wenggao.
Li Mingzhen was the marching commander of the shogunate of Hexi Jiedushi. He was a civil servant, not a military man. His purpose was, firstly, to ask Shuofang Jiedushi Li Shao to provide material assistance to Hexi. At the same time, he also asked Weng Gao to obtain the Liangzhou Jiedushi envoy.
Position - Since Zhang Huaishen regained Liangzhou in the fourth year of Qianfu, the former Jiedushi Zheng has resigned due to political differences and conflicts. Currently, the actual power of Liangzhou Town is in the hands of Weng Gao, the defense historian of Hexi Province.
The Shuofang Jiedushi had the power to observe Hexi. This was a rule set during the Dazhong period. Even not only in this dynasty, but also in the later Five Dynasties, the Shuofang Jiedushi also generally served as the Liangzhou Jiedushi.
It is normal for Li Mingzhen to travel thousands of miles from Liangzhou to Lingzhou to get supplies.
However, Liangzhou also knew that the current Shuofang Jiedushi was just a decoration, and the real decision-maker was someone named Shao from Xiazhou, so they had to wait there for several months.
Shao Shude was very interested in the grudges between Liangzhou and the Guiyi Army.
The Guiyi Army always wanted to control Liangzhou, but they didn't dare. Because the imperial court still attached great importance to Liangzhou. Even after Huang Chao captured Chang'an and the emperor fled to Shuzhong, he still sent Jiedushi to Liangzhou to take up his post.
The Uighur cavalry was sent to escort him along the way.
Including later when the saint returned to Chang'an and issued an edict of amnesty to the world, the envoys who went to the Guiyi Army to deliver the edict were also guarded by the Uighur cavalry, which showed his distrust of the Guiyi Army and believed that since the death of Zhang Yichao, the Guiyi Army had not been on the battlefield for thirty years.
Offering is too unruly.
After all, even the towns in Hebei were offering sacrifices, so why didn’t the Guiyi Army do so? Not to mention that the road was impassable, in fact it was accessible. The Uighurs’ attitude towards the court was more submissive than that of the Guiyi Army, and they would even send some cattle and sheep from time to time.
The imperial envoys went to Liangzhou to announce their duties, and the Uighurs also took the initiative to send troops to protect them.
This may be one of the reasons why the imperial court preferred to canonize the Uyghur chieftains rather than give Zhang Huai a deep honor. The imperial court only recognized money and who was obedient.
Li Mingzhen, the marching commander of Liangzhou, complained to Shao Shude, saying how disobedient the people were and how often they plundered. The counties in Liangzhou were sparse in troops and their fertile fields were deserted, and the Guiyi army always wanted to control Liangzhou and annex the feudal towns. In the end, they still wanted money.
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Shao Shude did not agree to him at that time, and then went on an expedition. After the squadron came back, he heard that Liangzhou had sent Zhang Hongxin, the governor, to Xiazhou to ask for an audience with him.
He thought about it and planned to meet him in a few days. Since sending 2,500 Yunzhou soldiers to Liangzhou many years ago, the imperial court has not sent more troops to Liangzhou for many years. If Zhang Hongxin continues to ask for money, then he might as well fight
Wouldn't it be nice to follow the snake on the stick and send an army to Liangzhou, euphemistically calling it "assist in defense"?
Shuofang Jiedushi has the power to observe Hexi!
"A small business like this cannot be considered by the King of Lingwu County." Kang Fojin stood respectfully in front of Shao Shude and said.
The Dingnan Army attacked Helong and returned to the Five Prefectures. This kind of power really frightened the major forces in the western region of Helong. At this time, the Dingnan Army did not have the strength to continue to advance westward. That was because of the five Hewei Prefectures.
It is relatively empty, and the household registration is not abundant. What if it is a few years later? Move from Longshan to recruit people to colonize, enrich the prefectures and counties, and based on the foundation of the five rivers and Weizhous, they will soon develop. By then, the Dingnan Army will have the ability to continue the western expedition.
Now that you are strong, who is not panicking?
"Commodities from the Western Regions are still very popular in the Central Plains. If you manage them well, you can make great profits." Shao Shude said.
"What Prince Lingwu said is true." Kang Fujin nodded and said, "It's a pity that the Central Plains is troubled and wars are endless, so no one is willing to do this business."
"I thought about it for a while. Datang has Guiyijun in Helong, Liangzhou and Hewei towns. It's better to sit down and discuss how to do this business." Shao Shude said: "With a stable profit, who will do it?"
Fighting and killing?”
"The words of Prince Lingwu made someone suddenly enlightened." Kang Fujin flattered him.
At the same time, he was also secretly wary. Shao Shude's appetite seemed a bit big. He had just recovered the five states of Hewei and turned his attention to the west and north. The Guiyi Army had no more than 10,000 soldiers. If it hadn't been for the position,
It's cheap, and you might have to face the front of the Dingnan Army.
"Since Kang Hao probably thinks this way, he might as well send someone back to Dunhuang to walk around and see what Zhang Fengshi thinks." Shao Shude said.
"Of course, of course, I will send people back right now."