Li Xiaochang and Dongfang Kui came to Suizhou together. Prince Lingwu invited them to Hengshan for hunting, so naturally they had to give him face.
Nowadays, the commander-in-chief of the vassal towns in the world changes frequently. The two of them can sit in the position of commander-in-chief for many years, and they are as stable as Mount Tai. Even if the generals in the town are ambitious, they are hesitant and dare not move lightly, and the imperial court does not cause them any trouble. The reason for this is,
Self-explanatory.
In this bullshit world, being able to keep the family rich is just a matter of luck. They can do whatever Prince Lingwu tells them to do, no need to talk nonsense.
Especially Li Xiaochang, who had seen the powerful combat effectiveness of the Tielin Army when he was begging Huang Chao, and admired Shao Shude's ability to run an army. He only admired his ability to run an army, but not his fighting style.
The Baosai Army originally had 10,000 troops, but in recent years there have been fewer and fewer. The old and dead have not been replaced at all, and the number has dropped to 7,000. Li Xiaochang is not in a hurry. He has stopped attacking the Bao army.
Shao Papi won't allow the idea of occupying the twenty-three counties in four prefectures, so don't dream about it.
By guarding Yan, the 130,000 people in Danshisi County can live a better life, and the saved wealth can make themselves feel good. Dongfang Kui next door probably has the same idea. The two sides have reached a tacit understanding, and there are no invasions from other towns.
, why raise so many soldiers?
Those who were dissatisfied were probably the Yamen generals in the four prefectures of Shan and Yan.
But as far as the current level is concerned, they can still reluctantly accept it. Unless there are forces from outside the town to intervene and deliberately win over, otherwise, their ambitions can only be suppressed in their hearts for the time being, waiting for opportunities.
The shooting location is in Chengping County, Suizhou. At this time, it is full of small hills that are neither high nor low, boundless, with thousands of ravines, dense forests, and the Wuding River and its tributaries.
Since the mid-Tang Dynasty, due to several military campaigns against Dangxiang, the forests in the Hengshan area have been cut down on a large scale, and the sand content of the Wuding River has begun to increase. Although there has been peace for several years, the shogunate has abolished firewood donations and promoted the use of charcoal.
But as far as ordinary people are concerned, they still like to chop wood and burn charcoal because it doesn’t cost money.
When Li Xiaochang and Dongfang Kui arrived in Chengping County, a large camp had been set up outside. A closer look revealed that most of them were chiefs of Hengshan Dangxiang and Pingxia Dangxiang tribes. When they saw Li Xiaochang, they had different expressions.
Some came over to say hello, while others snorted coldly. It was obvious that there was something going on, and maybe they had been suppressed.
"Two marshals, please come here." Shao Shude's deputy general saw Li Xiaochang and Dongfang Kui and immediately stepped forward and said.
The two handed the horses to the soldiers and followed Lu Ming to a large tent.
The tent was very large, but there were not many people inside. Shao Shude sat in the middle, eating and reviewing official military reports.
Li Xiaochang didn't dare to look further. He knew two of the women. They were both concubines of the King of Lingwu County. One was from the Weicai family, the other was from the Yeli family, and there were two Tuo who had a very good relationship with him back then.
Tuoba Pu, Basi Gong's niece, is the last one left, probably the one with no Zang clan.
Almost everyone present today is from the Dangxiang tribe. It means a lot that Prince Lingwu has these concubines by his side.
There were some maids in the tent, none of whom he recognized. Although they were wearing Han hair accessories and underskirts, Li Xiaochang could recognize them as prairie girls at a glance. Moreover, most of them came from tribal noble families. They were tall and fit, obviously.
The daughter of an ordinary herdsman or slave herder who grew up eating meat and milk would not be able to grow up like this without such conditions.
The proud flower on the grassland, the skylark, is now doing some work as a maid in the tent. The prince of Lingwu County is so grand.
"I've met the Prince of Lingwu County." Li Xiaochang and Dongfang Kui stepped forward to pay their respects.
"You two haven't had breakfast yet, right?" Shao Shude looked up and ordered: "Ge Shu, Qibi, bring some food to the two marshals."
The two girls quickly brought some milk, preserved fruits, and fruits. Li Xiaochang and Dongfang Kui stood up to express their thanks.
They don't dare to offend these maids, because they all have tribes behind them. Furthermore, maybe one day Prince Lingwu becomes sexually attracted to someone and favors someone and gives birth to a child. Wouldn't it be asking for trouble if he offends them?
"I'm looking for you two today. Apart from hunting, I have something else to do." Shao Shude put down his chopsticks and waved his hand to ask someone to tidy up.
Li Xiaochang and Dongfang Kui sat up straight.
"Yang Fugong manipulated power, deceived the Holy Emperor, and wanted to seize the prosperity of the Shannan West Road. Feng Erzhou gave his fake son Yang Shouzhong. He also attracted the rebel generals of the two states and refused to obey the orders of Commander Zhuge." Shao Shude said: "This is a move that harms the country and alienates the country.
The emperor and the vassal commander should be punished for their crimes."
Li Xiaochang understood as soon as he heard that there was a teacher-student relationship between Zhuge Shuang and Shao Shude, and they wanted to help out.
But from his point of view, it is also a good thing. Who is a vassal commander these days who doesn't want to pass on the position? When Wang Chongrong of Hezhong died, his brother Wang Chongying took over, and at the same time, he expressed that his son Wang Gong was the successor of Shaanxi and Guo.
It has not flowed into the field of outsiders at all.
Dongfang Kui also looked solemn when he heard this. He had no ambitions anymore, but he would not agree to anyone who wanted to take away the foundation of the two prefectures and nine counties of Yifang. The king of Lingwu County was willing to stand up for Zhuge Shuang, and he really followed the rules and rules.
If you are a man of faith and follow him, your family's wealth will be guaranteed.
"I would like to make a petition and ask the imperial court to take back the order to execute Yang Shouzhong and a group of traitorous generals. After you two go back, please also write a memorial." Shao Shude looked at the two of them and said in a tone that left no room for doubt.
"You should obey your orders." Li Xiaochang and Dongfang Kui responded in succession.
"That's very good." Shao Shude smiled and said: "The towns in the northwest of Beijing should be connected with each other."
Tuoba Pu had her hair braided, a small fur hat on her head, and a pair of leather boots on her feet. She was dressed similarly to her sister-in-law, who did not hide Miao'e. She looked like a neat prairie girl.
She leaned closely next to Shao Shude and watched Lang Jun criticize things in front of the two marshals, acting naturally and confidently. She felt that this is what men should be like.
Because of the customs of the grassland women, their aesthetic appreciation of men is naturally very different from that of Han women. Although Tuoba Pu is weak-tempered, she is also a person who has ridden horses and shot arrows. Among the scholars of the Han people, she feels that she rides
You can capture one alive with a lasso once you're on horseback.
The Han warriors still look a bit like that, with a bit of a heroic spirit.
Men should ride horses to conquer the world, and prairie women are only willing to be conquered by such brave men.
After finishing the meal, they took a short rest. Shao Shude, Li Xiaochang, and Dongfang Kui chatted about the millet and wheat harvests in the 23rd County of Yifang, and asked if there were any restless party members in the territory. Then, they
We went out to the tent together and hunted with the chiefs of various tribes who had been waiting for a long time.
Because we were notified almost a month in advance, all the chiefs from nearby tribes had arrived.
Wu Zang Qingxiang, Ye Li Jingchen, and Wei Cai Sudu were the three highest ranking people and followed closely behind. The other chiefs had to obey even if they didn't want to. Didn't you see the concubines that King Lingwu brought with him when he went out?
?They are all other people's daughters or granddaughters, and they are loved and loved. This is their status.
Ye Li Jingchen was in the best mood. His daughter gave birth to a daughter to the king of Lingwu County, nicknamed Buddha Ya, who was white and tender. Shortly after the birth, Ye Li Jingchen asked someone to bring hundreds of horses and five hundred horses.
A cow and three thousand sheep came down the mountain to celebrate the birth of their niece.
Wei Cai Sudu and Wu Zang Qingxiang are a little envious. The Noribu are getting richer and richer now. They don't know how much money they make from selling iron to the shogunate. Moreover, the tribe is getting stronger and better equipped, greatly surpassing Wei
The Cai Department and the Wu Zang Department have become the number one in the Fan Department.
This means gaining the trust of the King of Lingwu County. Otherwise, just making so many armors and weapons may lead to a large army to encircle and suppress them. When have the party tribes ever had such sophisticated equipment?
However, it is not as good as the above, but more than the below. The other tribes are destined to have a hard time reaching their status. Now if you send a noble girl from the tribe, you can become a maid. If you are lucky, you may be favored by the king of Lingwu and become a maid.
Concubine, thus bringing benefits to the tribe.
This is the difference between coming early and coming late.
At that time, the Lingwu County King only had 20,000 soldiers, and they needed their support to annihilate the Tuoba Party. But now he can only raise more than 30,000 soldiers, and he has already passed that threshold.
The five tribes of Yinshan were favored by Prince Lingwu just to keep them from causing trouble. Compared with Yeli, Wuzang, and Weicai tribe, the Tuoba tribe was lucky. I don’t know what happened to Prince Lingwu.
I just fell in love with the crying Tuoba girl, and even summoned her to sleep with her last night. This Tuoba tribe seemed to be turning over.
With an eagle's cry, the golden eagle descended from the sky and inserted its sharp claws into the head and neck of a wildly fleeing hare.
Shao Shude laughed, pointed his horsewhip at the golden eagle after hunting, and said in Dangxiang language: "The warriors of all tribes must not be worse than the golden eagle. Whoever captures the most prey today will be rewarded with a hundred pieces of famous brocade in Shu."
As soon as he finished speaking, the warriors from various tribes who had been gearing up for a long time started to move forward on horseback, searching for prey along the mountains and river valleys.
Warriors are like eagles and dogs. As long as they are good at driving, they will be of great use.
"Have all the rewards been distributed during this year's westward expedition to Hewei?" After stopping in a valley, the people from the Guards Camp and the Leopard Cavalry City began to set up tents. Shao Shude called for the leaders of various tribes and asked.
"It's all been distributed." The chiefs of the tribes said one after another.
Shao Shude nodded. Of course he knew there was something fishy about it, and someone must have withheld part of it and took it for themselves. But the more they did this, the more alienated they were from the warriors in the clan. In the end, it was self-evident who the warriors would lean towards.
"There may be war next year, so we must be prepared." Shao Shude said again.
"Wuzu gave the order, and the warriors from all the tribes came down the mountain one after another, regretting that they had no chance to go out to fight."
"After one year of expedition, I got several bolts of silk and more than ten cattle and sheep. The reward was so rich that I was willing to die."
"The Great Khan only needs to give orders, and we will obey them."
The chiefs of various tribes expressed their loyalty one after another. Shao Shude praised him repeatedly, but what he had in mind was another matter.
After the warrior came down from the mountain and went on several expeditions, it was basically difficult to return to the mountain. There was also an order to grow hair in the army, and many people changed their Han names. If he didn't open his mouth, you wouldn't even know he was a Party member. After all these years
, Shao Shude also "abducted" many warriors, all of whom were the best in horsemanship, the best in archery, the strongest, and the cruelest in each tribe.
Tribal chiefs with a good attitude can still be happy about getting a lot of money and silk. But those with a bad attitude or ambition may be scolded behind their backs. Blood is drawn once a year, and even if you want to save some money, you can't.
The tribal warriors who have followed Shao Shude for several years, once they officially join the Yamen army and bring their families to the city, they will look at these leaders like strangers, which makes people feel angry!
"May I ask, Marshal, where do you want to conquer next year?" After carefully serving a bowl of butter tea to Shao Shude, he asked without hiding the Qingxiang.
His daughter didn't hide that Miao'e hadn't given birth yet, and he was so anxious that he didn't hide Qingxiang and almost sent his fourteen-year-old daughter and twelve-year-old granddaughter away together. Noribe can now pull out five hundred soldiers, one
With the Tang Dynasty standard equipment of Shui, many small tribes began to listen to the Yeli clan and ignored them, but the Zang clan ignored them. How could this be tolerated?
"Maybe we have to go to Guanzhong, or maybe we go to Shannan West Road." Shao Shude said.
He didn't explain it in detail. Everyone in Guanzhong still knew about it, but Shannan West Road was not so clear. Maybe Nori Nobuomi, who served in the Libo Academy, did not know about Zang Qingxiang, but the others were confused.
Water.
There is no need to say too much, just let them send troops. They don't need to spend money to support them. When there is a war, they can recruit them, give some rewards, and then disband them. Such low-cost cannon fodder troops still have a sense of bravery, just like that
Like Cai Ren, Shao Shude likes to use it more and more.
"Two marshals, you are also responsible for sending troops." Shao Shude turned his attention to Li Xiaochang and Dongfang Kui, who were drinking butter tea with a sad face, and said.
"I would like to follow the instructions of Prince Lingwu." The two said in unison.
They were quite uncomfortable among the barbarians. But King Lingwu looked calm and didn't feel uncomfortable drinking buttered tea. He also spoke the Dangxiang language so proficiently. No wonder he was able to deceive these tribal chiefs into being stunned.
, he is still happy when he goes out to fight for others.
A barbarian is indeed a barbarian, and his head is filled with wood.
"Xinning Town will also send troops together. I have killed a Quan eunuch before and I don't mind killing another one." Shao Shude said again.
How similar is the current situation to that of Wang Chongrong during the town relocation crisis? However, he may not enter Chang'an this time. He can just help Marshal Zhuge stabilize the situation and kill the ignorant careerists inside and outside the town.