On the 19th day of the twelfth month of the fifth year of Qianfu, a stockade was set up again outside the Zhelu Army City.
This time, the people guarding the stockade were still foreign troops. Yes, they were Xicheng soldiers and Fengzhou soldiers. Beicheng soldiers still stayed in the Zhelu Army City. The leader of the stockade was Sun Ba, and his deputy was a tenth general named Niu from Fengzhou.
, Shao Shude was not very impressed, and he didn't seem to be very talkative, so he gave up the idea of making friends.
"Captain, Li Keyong has opened the road from Shuozhou to Jingle, and he will probably not come here again. I think the village is very stable." Shao Shude looked around while stepping on the thick snow.
The mountainous terrain, he said.
"I still need you to comfort me?" Sun Ba glanced at his former soldier and laughed angrily: "Zuo is just fighting with the rebels, why are you afraid of them?"
"The captain is so arrogant that the entire staff is ashamed of himself."
"I like to hear this. But" Sun Ba sighed and said: "If the Li family and his son are defeated in this battle, Qiu Weidao will probably transfer Dazhen to supervise the army, and it will be difficult to see you by then. Stop,
Don't talk too much, I know. When I sent you there, I didn't expect you to be so capable. You defeated the old man Yuan Cong who was overseeing the army, and you showed your face in front of Hao Zhenwei. Now you are a serious deputy general.
No, there will be no future if we return to Xicheng."
"I figured it out on the way from Fengzhou to Zhenwu Army and then to Shuozhou. It's not a good thing for you to be buried in the withered grass of Fengzhou. The current situation is chaotic.
There are many wars, and you may be on the edge of the edge one day, so you have to know it." Sun Ba patted Shao Shude on the shoulder and said sincerely: "My family's property is all in Fengzhou, and I can't compare to you being alone. This is the biggest battle.
My expectation is to make some fortune and go home to enjoy the happiness."
Shao Shude understood that Sun Ba was telling the truth. He really couldn't return to Xicheng now. He had two hundred brothers who trusted him, and Qiu Jianjun treated him well. Where would he be placed after he returned? Where would he be placed?
Where? I can't say, so I followed Qiu. If Qiu Weidao is lucky enough to be transferred to a large town as a supervisor, then if he takes care of this man well, he might be able to find a career in the outside world and serve as a suppressor.
Soldiers and horses. In the face of such a golden road, there is no point in being pretentious. Shao Shude asked himself, and he was not willing to give up this great future.
"Okay, you have been here long enough. If you go back later, Qiu Weidao may have some ideas. This village cannot be broken. I will accept the dozens of spears you sent today. I will use them for sure.
Yes. I won't say any more. Just don't forget about my old brother in the future." Sun Ba is quite free and easy. He gave Shao Shude the armor first, but today he didn't care about his departure and spoke openly.
This kind of grace is truly amazing.
The road back was lonely and silent. Apart from the footsteps of the soldiers trampling on the snow, there was only the whistling north wind. Shao Shude felt in his heart that after all, there were only a few people in this world who could help him and care about him.
His own destiny, and the ideal of changing the world, may only be achieved with a knife and a gun. Now he is like a lone wolf hungry for food on the snowy field, or a boat struggling to survive on the angry sea. No one can
Rely on, God's movement strengthens a gentleman to constantly strengthen himself, that's all.
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The atmosphere in the Zhelu Army City has relaxed a little in the past two days and is no longer so tense. The sergeants are actually very realistic. Since the chief officer has taken care of their emotions and has not forced them to go out to fight, then it doesn't matter.
It was so noisy that things calmed down quickly. Of course, it was a good thing that the guy was not touched. Once people were killed or injured with knives or guns, things would not be able to get better, and someone would have to pay the price with blood. The Tiande Army's
The commotion, to be honest, was just a hint of mutiny. After all, it did not come true. Everyone can just open their eyes and close their eyes and pretend that this never happened.
After returning to the Military Supervisory Academy, Shao Shude inspected all the sentry posts as usual. Seeing that Qiu Weidao had not returned from the general's mansion, he jumped to the left wing to chat with Song Le.
"Judge Song, we are so poor, how can you come up with so much money and food expenses to deal with?" Seeing Song Le writing and drawing non-stop, Shao Shude was a little puzzled. The boss is not here, so you pretend to be serious
Who do you show your work to?
"If it's just about money and food, it's a dream come true." Song Le raised his head and took a look, and saw that Shao Shude was still wearing armor. He was a little strange and asked: "Just came back from outside?"
"The city gate was opened today. I took the opportunity to take people out to collect firewood and met with General Xia Sun to talk about old times."
"General Sun is out guarding, so there is actually not much danger." Song Le put down the brush in his hand, washed his hands in the basin, and said: "Li Keyong has newly acquired Fu Rong City, and now he is focused on trying to break through Jingle.
Waiting upstairs, peeking into Jinyang, he would go crazy and go back to the Caocheng River again."
"What's the current situation of the Kelan Army in the south?"
"No news has come back yet."
"Where is the observer in Lanzhou? He didn't say anything either?"
"No." Song Le sat down and looked at Shao Shude with great interest. These questions are not what a pure martial artist would ask. Being able to ask them like this shows that he understands the political ecology of the Hedong and Daibei camps. Lieutenant General
He has such knowledge at this level. He is not a child of a noble family. Could it be that it is a gift from heaven?
"It's not beyond my expectation." Shao Shude shook his head and said, "I don't know what Xingying was thinking. It's been so long and Kelan's army still hasn't elected a capable general. How can Jia Jingsi, a scholar, care about killing people?"
A martial artist who does not blink is really ridiculous."
"Ahem..." Song Le said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "You should pay more attention to the impact of your words. Li Shao admired Jia Jingsi very much and always said that he was familiar with military literature and was well-versed in serving his subordinates. How could you say so?
Unbearable?"
Shao Shude also realized that his words were a bit casual, so he quickly thanked Song Le for reminding him. He did have this problem, maybe it was the influence of modern people's residual memories. He was more or less disapproving of matters such as superiority and inferiority.
Seriously, even after all these years it is still difficult to completely change.
"Does Vice General Shao know what I was writing just now?"
"I don't know. But it would be great if the supervisors gave rewards to the brothers. I am a warrior, so of course I like money."
"Haha, even if you miss, you're not far off." Song Le picked up the two pages of paper placed on the table, shook them, and said: "On the order of Qiu Envoy, I sent an official reply to Hedong Observation Envoy Li Shao. Then Li Shao
Shao is indeed very powerful, and he actually persuaded Lan and Shi Erzhou to raise some money, food, silk and silk to reward our Tiande Army."
"This" Shao Shude was a little surprised: "You really want us to go east to fight?"
"I'm afraid it's not going south..." Song Le said meaningfully.
"Li Shao and Jia Jingsi can't control Kelan's army? What about Lan and Shi Erzhou's troops? They can't control it either?" Shao Shude suddenly came to his senses.
He was a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, it didn't seem surprising. Li Shao and Jia Jingsi, who airborne from Jinyang, how could they subdue the local Qiu Ba? He had also learned about the discipline of the Hedong Army in the past few days.
I’ve heard it, it’s really not that bad, it’s chaotic! I feel that the military governors sent to Hedong in recent years are all useless. One of the three most famous towns in the world, which is powerful and rich, has been made into a mess by them. Now there are
Li Ni and his son made a rebellion, and the whole land of Hedong was like a horde of demons dancing, and the situation was chaotic.
"Judge Song, if this battle goes well, can Qiu Shijun go further?" Seeing that no one else was paying attention, Shao Shude lowered his voice and asked.
Song Le glanced at Shao Shude, then looked at his colleagues who were still discussing in low voices in the room, and then turned his head and said in an extremely low voice: "It is unlikely that the supervisory army in Hedong, Datong, Zhen
Wu and Xia Sui are quite confident, provided that our Tiande Army cannot make any mistakes."
Like Huainan and Jiannan, Hedong is a powerful town in the hands of the imperial court. There are many prefectures and counties, prosperous household registrations, and a developed economy. In the early years, the prime minister had been leading the military envoys from a distance. In a place like this, you either have a big official in the court
If you help me speak, you will either have done so much that I have nothing to say, otherwise why should I give it to you? In comparison, Datong Army, Zhenwu Army, Xia Sui Town, Zhaoyi Town and other second-class military towns
The military supervisor is more realistic.
Shao Shude thought about it. After defeating the Li family and his son, the imperial court would reward and distribute the fruits according to their merits. The Tiande Army marched all the way, and the biggest achievement was probably the battle of Zhonglingshui, which defeated the rebel Xue Zhiqin's more than 3,000 people.
There was a battle. Needless to say, the Supervisory Army reported back immediately, which was very conspicuous among the pile of defeat reports in Daibei. The names of Hao Zhenwei and Qiu Weidao had also been noticed by the higher-ups. This was an opportunity.
In addition, the Tiande Army actually has some ambiguous achievements. Why do I say it is ambiguous? Because these achievements are not very solid. If someone speaks for you and helps you operate, then it is credit, otherwise it is not. For example, "Recapture Ningwu County,
This kind of thing is indeed true, but Ningwu County was soon lost. The Zhelu Army was an empty city, and it had already been recovered by the defeated army; another example is "Recovering Zhenwu Army's Middle City and East City"
, the left-behind soldiers of the Zhenwu Army did not openly talk about rebellion. This credit is really a bit empty. They must find someone to run and package it, otherwise it will be of no use.
There are people in the court who want to be officials! Although the climate of the Chang'an court today is not as good as it was a few decades ago, it is still possible to change the supervisory army or military governor in the vassal town that he can directly control or influence. Shao Shude is counting on Qiu Weidao
There is nothing wrong with this idea of supervising the big town of the army and following along to achieve good development.
Song Le has been following Qiu Weidao for many years, and he has thought about his lord's future many times. So when Shao Shude asked, he gave the answer, obviously he had a plan in mind. But just when he was about to say something else, he saw someone
A small official who was supervising the Military Academy walked in from the outside. Seeing Shao Shude wearing a helmet and armor, he was startled for a moment, but he was not an outsider, so he trotted to Song Le and whispered: "Your Majesty will stay here today."
After having dinner at the general's mansion, he sent a special agent back to inform him that there was an urgent report from Lanzhou. Soldiers and horses from Hedong and Zhaoyi towns fought with the rebels and were defeated. Li Jun, the Jiedushi envoy of the Zhaoyi army, was killed in the middle of the arrow. Marshal Cui gathered up the defeated troops and retreated to the building.
Fanjian Mucheng, the situation is a bit critical."
The hall was so quiet at this time that you could hear a pin drop. Song Le and Shao Shude looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment. Just now, the two of them were full of confidence in the situation, and for a time they considered discussing merit and rewards after the war.
As for what happened, they didn't expect reality to give them a loud slap in the face very quickly.
