"Without me, I don't know how many people in Guanzhong would have rebelled, how many people would have committed crimes, and I don't know how many people would have been displaced and died." Outside Xiazhou City, Shao Shude rode a war horse to personally inspect the first batch of arriving rebel troops.
Although this statement is pretentious, it is also true.
From the time when he was begging for Huangchao, Shao Shude kept the safety of the northern part of Jingzhao Prefecture and parts of Tongzhou, and thwarted Chao's army's attempts to move north several times. The subsequent disturbances in moving the town were not fought back and forth like in history, and then rebels were everywhere.
Looted and set fire to Chang'an.
Not to mention the ridiculous years-long war caused by supporting the new emperor.
Marshal Shao is qualified to say this, because it is his existence as a big tiger that prevents careerists in Guanzhong from making trouble, and prevents troops from other towns from coming in to ravage the people of Guanzhong.
Otherwise, there would still be more than two million people in Guanzhong? Impossible.
"Which tribe are you from?" Shao Shude stopped at the horse, looked at a Dangxiang mountain man, and asked.
"Hengshan Pulling the Waves Department."
"What is your name?"
"Blackmail."
"First time going down the mountain?"
"The third time."
"Ever been in a war?"
"We attacked Wenchi County once and fought again in Jingyuan Town. During the western expedition to Lanzhou, we followed the Yeli army to defeat the enemy stronghold in Guangwuliang."
"How magnificent!" Shao Shude praised: "Can you know archery?"
"Hunting tigers and leopards in the mountains, of course!"
"Bring me my bow!" Shao Shude stretched out his hand, and the soldiers immediately handed him his rifle bow.
"This is your fourth expedition, so I gave it to the brave men." Shao Shude handed the bow to the man, encouraged him with words, and then continued to inspect other troops.
Nian Yu stared blankly at the well-made bow in his hand, and the mountain people from various tribes also looked at him with envy.
"Good luck." Li Renfu patted him on the shoulder.
Over the years, how many mounts, swords, and bows have the commander sent out? It has almost become a legend among warriors in various tribes, and everyone is proud to see the commander.
Among the various chiefs, are there any who want to rebel?
Marshal Shao is a hero who fits the aesthetics of a prairie warrior: his riding skills are very good and his archery skills are excellent. He is also generous and generous, and he has a broad mind. If a warrior offends him, as long as he has real ability, not only will he not be blamed, but he will also be rewarded.
He also respects the customs of the grassland. He eats grassland food happily and has never discriminated against anyone. Those who have made military achievements can be promoted even if they are party members. When he goes hunting, he sleeps among a group of rough men on the grassland, snoring loudly.
, foot odor, almost everything, but he never frowned.
The Yi Cong Army has maintained a strength of 6,000 people all year round, and has been trained by coaches at all levels. These people are actually the Yamen Army. Especially the three thousand cavalry of Zhongyong Du in the right wing. Originally, they were supposed to return after the expiration of two years.
They were from various tribes, but none of them wanted to leave and wanted to continue working for the commander-in-chief.
As a result, Marshal Shao obeyed the morale of the army and fixed the three thousand people in Zhongyongdu. They were no longer a unit enjoying the treatment of the Yamen Army, but a serious Yamen Army.
The entire Yi Cong Army, with 12,000 infantry and cavalry, was gathered outside Xiazhou City today.
After the review, Shao Shude walked up to Li Tangbin and Fu Cunshen, who came to watch the ceremony, either intentionally or unintentionally.
Li Tangbin is now the military envoy of the newly established Tianzhu Army. He has been in the Dingnan Army for seven years since he was captured in the Battle of Sanyuan, and has participated in most of the wars. Although his qualifications are not among the oldest,
But calling him "old man" is not an exaggeration.
"Commander." Seeing Shao Shude approaching, Li Tangbin saluted respectfully.
"Envoy Li, the Tianzhu Army has been newly established. This battle must be fought with great force! The Xinquan Army only has four thousand troops. In Weizhou and Minzhou, it is so outstanding. The Tianzhu Army has five thousand troops. I am waiting for your victory."
"Commander, just wait for the good news." Li Tangbin said solemnly.
Shao Shude nodded.
He had always felt that Li Tangbin had been in many armies, from You Yi Envoy to Du Yuhou, and then to Deputy Envoy, but he had never stood alone, and he was afraid that he would be used up.
But how should I put it, this is also a process of accumulation.
When Li Tangbin was first captured by him, to be honest, the troops under his command were really useless. They had poor discipline, deep habits, and were slippery in battle.
This kind of army is extremely brave when fighting with favorable conditions, but once it encounters adversity, it hesitates and it is hard to say how it will fare.
Now he has experienced many battles, and the opponents have different styles. There are tactics that the Chao Army has figured out when fighting for many years, there are the "guerrilla habits" of the grassland tribes, and there are also the tactics of the Shuofang Army's economical army. His vision and knowledge are enough.
, I have accumulated a lot of experience, now let's see if I can be a good leader of an army.
Shao Shude did not stop when he passed by Fu Cunchen. But Li Tangbin keenly discovered that the commander's attention had always been on this ten generals.
Combined with the fact that Fu Cunshen and his family members had recently been brought over from Huaizhou at a huge cost, Li Tangbin was convinced that the commander-in-chief valued this newly recruited general.
In order to take back the families of these 400 officers and soldiers, Marshal Hua sent out a total of 700 horses! Li Hanzhi hated Fu Cunshen who took the lead in leaving. The Fu family alone asked for 500 horses.
Sky-high price.
Fu Cunzhen was also present at the time, and the commander agreed without hesitation, saying, "Five hundred horses are less than 20,000 pieces of silk. In exchange for General Fu's family and a tiger general, wouldn't it be a big profit?"
Li Tangbin was a little jealous about this, but he also sympathized with Fu Cunxen. This matter had spread throughout the army. How could an ordinary person deal with it calmly?
If Yiri Fu Cunshen betrays the commander-in-chief or switches to another person, his reputation will be so bad that no one will dare to reuse him. He must also understand this.
The deputy envoy of the Tianzhu Army was Fengyin. Shao Shude patted him on the shoulder. They had a good personal relationship. They were wives and had been friends for many years. There was nothing to say.
Du Yuhou is Guo Qi, who was transferred from the Wuwei Army. Shao Shude doesn't have much to say to such a fierce general who has been in the limelight. Anyway, he just works hard!
The Yi Congjun will set off today, carrying a month of provisions.
Three days later, Tianzhu Army, Zhenwu Army, and Hexi Dangxiang's 15,000 cavalry will also set off, also carrying one month of food and grass.
Behind them is the main force of the Chinese Army, the Iron Forest Army, the Iron Cavalry Army, and the Leopard Cavalry, all with fifteen thousand infantry and cavalry. They are the most elite part of the army and the one with the strongest combat effectiveness.
Six thousand people from the Yinshan tribe are at the rear. They will lead a large number of sheep on the grasslands of Xiazhou and Yuzhou, about 200,000 head, which are part of the tribute paid by each tribe at the end of last year as food for the army.
Supplement: I drove the sheep all the way south, and by the time I arrived in Guanzhong, the pasture had almost turned green again.
In fact, Shao Shude is currently planning to mobilize the Tibetan tribes in Huizhou, Weizhou, and Minzhou, mainly the Bai family in Huizhou and the Tuoba family in Minzhou, and drive some of them to surrender to the Tubo, and gather more than 10,000 people from Fengxiang Town.
From Qinzhou and Chengzhou, they entered Xingzhou and Fengzhou and raided Wuding Army.
Yang Shouzhong must be very concerned about the actions of the towns in the northwest of Beijing now, and try his best to gather his troops to the east and north. When the disaster-defeating army moves south, it can make more noise to attract more people's attention.
It can not only scare Yang Fugong, but also allow Yang Shouzhong to better "grasp" the whereabouts of the distress army, so that he can attract his attention to the east and north, and then be stolen by large groups of nomadic party members, Han people, and Tubo people.
Home……
This plan has now begun to be implemented. Anyway, if it fails, there will be no losses. The Heweifan Ministry will probably retreat.
It was also at this time that Shao Shude suddenly discovered that the resources he could mobilize were quite abundant, especially the Tibetan troops, which were scattered almost everywhere, stretching for more than a thousand miles from south to north. This gave him a variety of options for his marching operations.
, and it is also easy to make enemies who fall into misunderstandings become careless.
Isn’t this a damn Jiedushi, or a prodigal, or a Wuzu? I don’t know if he will become De Lun or even Zan Pu in the future.
Marshal Shao's multiple identities are often a dimensionality reduction blow to many vassal towns in the northwest. Because you don't know at all that the miserable Qiang people who came out of any nook and cranny can actually get along with Shao.
Get involved with someone.
On the seventh day of February, after seeing off the Tianzhu Army and 15,000 others, Shao Shude met Yang Fugong's envoy in the government office.
"Now that the envoy has arrived, Privy Minister Yang must have something to say?" Shao Shude sat on the tiger-skin chair, Lu Siye stood behind him, Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng sat on both sides, all staring at the general named Zhang Wan.
Zhang Wan is Yang Shouxin's confidant. He is cruel and cunning, and has a reputation for evil in the army. But when he came to Xiazhou, he was looked at by the Shao soldiers who looked like wolves and tigers.
Prince Lingwu is as honest as a kitten.
"Prince Lingwu, the Privy Council sent me here in the hope of withdrawing the troops and eliminating a military disaster for the people of Guanzhong." Zhang Wan replied cautiously.
"The sword has been unsheathed and no blood has been seen, how can it be sheathed?" Shao Shude smiled and said: "I have contacted the towns in Guanzhong and gathered 200,000 troops to attack Wu Dingjun Jiedushi Yang Shouzhong and the rebel states in Shannan West Road. Privy Council Yang
Do you think you can make the army retreat with just a few words?"
"The Prince of Lingwu County must mobilize troops? It should be noted that neither Li Keyong of Hedong nor Zhu Quanzhong of Xuanwu will just sit idly by."
"I have an army of 200,000 people, with an additional 100,000 in reserve. Li and Zhu are here as soon as they come, so what can I do?"
“Although Prince Lingwu has many powerful generals under his command, but——”
"When will Yang Shouzhong's head be delivered?" Shao Shude interrupted him directly and asked.
Zhang Wan's face looked ugly. This Shao Shude was not intimidated at all. He was indeed a warrior thief who was killed among the dead.
Seeing that Zhang Wan was silent, Shao Shude waved his hand and said: "Since I have nothing to say, please go back first. I will lead an army of 200,000 people south to Chang'an in the near future. There may be a chance to meet with Envoy Yang by then. It will be decided
It must be at Tian Lingzi’s mansion back then.”
After the envoys were sent away, Shao Shude said to Chen Cheng and Zhao Guangfeng: "It's time to move in without further delay. If Yang Fugong softens his body and is willing to kill Yang Shouzhong to redeem himself, it will be a bit embarrassing for him. In addition, the situation in Guandong is also
The wind is surging."
Recently, the people in the Lingxia states have been celebrating festivals and "life is full of joy", but the wars in Guandong have become more frequent and the people are miserable.
Sun Ru and Yang Xingmi fought in the south of the Yangtze River. The people of Changzhou and Runzhou were not alive. The two men looted all the food in Yangzhou. The people were so hungry that they had to sell their wives and their children to buy food. The place where the food was sold collected people on the street and tied them up.
, slaughtering and cutting meat in the street, just like killing livestock.
There were not only battles between Sun and Yang in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhenhai Jiedushi envoy Zhou Bao was defeated repeatedly and fled to Hangzhou. Hangzhou was the patrol area of Zhenhai Jiedushi envoy. Qian Liu was Zhou Bao's general. He welcomed him in and then killed him.
It is called "died of sudden illness".
Zhou Bao's defeated troops returned to Zhao Hui. Zhao Hui fought with Zhang Xiong who ran south from Xuzhou to Suzhou and was defeated. All the surrendered troops were killed by Zhang Xiong.
Qian Liu attacked Runzhou, captured Zhou Bao's traitorous general Xue Lang and others, and pretended to cut open his heart and liver to pay homage to Zhou Bao. They were all damn movie kings!
"Huainan and Zhenhai were in such chaos that it was like a bunch of demons dancing. Fortunately, Wuning's army was jealous of Zhu Quanzhong and blocked his way south. The Qin Zongquan Department was in power again, Chen, Bo and other states were looted, Zhengzhou fell, and Zhu Quanzhong had to
Return to the army to save the old nest." Shao Shude stood up and said: "This year, I'm afraid a lot of big things will happen. Without further delay, three days later, a certain person will personally lead the Tielin, Iron Cavalry, and Leopard Cavalry armies to set off for Guanzhong. He doesn't want to go back to Guanzhong for a moment.
waited."
"Commander, do you want Yi to join the army? The Tianzhu army is waiting in the sky?" Chen Cheng asked.
"Don't wait any longer. The Yi army will march to Fuping, Tianzhu, and the Zhenwu army will go to Sanyuan, and the Fangfang, and Danyan town armies will respectively go to Gaoling and Yueyang to set up defenses, waiting for the main force of our army to arrive."