"Envoy Zhao has returned!" In November of the first year of Wende, outside Huizhou City, Shao Shude, who had returned from hunting, personally greeted Zhao Guangfeng.
"I've met the Marshal." Zhao Guangfeng saluted respectfully.
"Take care of this deer and have a drink with Envoy Zhao later," Shao Shude ordered.
Zhao Guangfeng took a closer look and saw that Chen Cheng was not with the commander, which was good. However, Jiang Dewen, Secretary of Jieduzhang of Shannan West Road, stood aside with a smile, so he stepped forward to see him again.
Then several people entered the city together.
Han Jian, the governor of Huizhou, has not yet left office. He wants to wait for the Heyuan army to leave with him. At this time, he is busy preparing a cleansing banquet for Zhao Guangfeng.
"General Niu, you've seen all those people, how about it?" After sitting down, Shao Shude asked his soldiers to serve tea to everyone and asked casually.
"Commander, I have three thousand soldiers, they are all good. Xingyuan Mansion probably didn't hide any powerful soldiers, so they tried their best." Niu Li, who was dressed in military uniform, replied.
Niu Liben served as Zang Dubao's deputy in the Tianxiong Army. This time he went to Shannan West Road to select the elite yamen army, so he sent him, a former general of Xingyuan Prefecture, and Jiang Dewen, secretary of Jiedu Zhang, also provided assistance.
The two of them, one inside and one outside, carefully selected 3,000 elite soldiers, who were "escorted" to Huizhou by the Wuwei Army stationed at Bailao Pass in Xingyuan Prefecture.
In two days, it was necessary to recruit dozens more people in Huizhou, because a total of 79 sergeants were killed on the road, all of which were privately instigated and assassinated in tandem with the soldiers who fled back.
Fengxiang's army arrived earlier than them. There were also 3,000 men, more than 1,000 were from the old Linzhou Zhejia tribe, and the remaining 2,000 were from Xingning, Fengxiang and Hengshan Dangxiang's Dongshan tribe.
This group was more obedient, and only a dozen or so escaped. After being captured by the cavalry army, all of them had their heads hung on the wall of Huizhou City.
"General Niu has been blamed for someone. Elders of Xingyuan Mansion, I don't know how to scold you in private." Shao Shude said with a smile.
Elite soldiers are also a very important resource for a feudal town. Without special circumstances, it is absolutely impossible to donate them.
Zhuge Zhongfang is the commander-in-chief of Shannan Province. Doesn't he want to preserve the vitality of the military government? But it is too difficult.
Right under their noses are the Wuwei Army of 7,000 cavalry led by Shuofang General Lu Huaizhong, and a little further away in Xingzhou is the 7,500-man Dingyuan Army led by Wang Yu. It is hard to say what the generals in the town are thinking.
, from Jieduzhang Secretary Jiang Dewen down, I don’t know how many people have secretly communicated with Shuofang Town.
When Zhuge Shuang was still alive, he once forced Zhuge Zhongfang to pay homage to Shao Shude and "serve him as a brother", and promised that he would "come to Shao Shude whenever he was called".
In such a situation, if you suddenly fall out, you may not get enough support.
For Zhuge Zhongfang, this matter can only be dealt with slowly, and he will deal with it first. He will then think of a solution after the training team is up.
"The last general is Shuofang Yamen, so naturally he doesn't care about the views of Xingyuan elders." Niu Li said firmly.
He is such a person, rigid, serious, strict with others, and even stricter with himself. It sounds very boring, but Shao Shude likes this kind of general very much. He doesn't complain or complain about being tired. He silently takes on tasks by himself, even tasks that seem to be fatal.
Who wouldn't like a general who dares to take the job without complaining?
Shao Shude's appointment of Niu Li to serve in Tianxiong Army has shown his tendency, although some people may not quite understand what Tianxiong Army means.
"General Niu is so loyal and brave, he should be rewarded." Shao Shude laughed and said, "I will reward you with a thousand pieces of Persian brocade and two beauties."
The treasures obtained in the treasury of Lord Wumu have not yet been rewarded. If this man comes to surrender, Shao Shude will not want to kill him.
The two beauties are naturally from Lord Wumu's palace. One has red hair and the other has blond hair. They have a graceful figure, graceful dancing and exotic charm. They have already rewarded more than ten names to the generals before, and the ones who will be rewarded now are already
The last two.
"Thank you, Marshal, for the reward." There was no expression of joy on Niu Li's face, but he did not refuse pretentiously and accepted it generously.
The big deal is, what a big deal it is to give your life back to the commander in the future!
"Envoy Zhao, have you ever seen Zhao Jian?" Shao Shude asked again after finishing the cattle gift.
Zhao Guangfeng was not worried that he would not receive a reward. The commander-in-chief had always been generous in this regard and had almost no special interest in money. He only liked power and beauty.
"Back to the commander-in-chief, after Zhao Shangshu reorganized his troops, he rushed to attack Zizhou before Zhu Mei. He was defeated by Gao Renhou and had to retreat to Longjian."
"Zhu Mei organized troops in Mianzhou and finished the city. After the spring sowing in April, he attacked Zizhou and set up an ambush for Gao Renhou. The front army was in commotion. At the critical moment, General Wang Xingyu rushed forward with his naked body, killing several generals in a row. Zhu's soldiers fought bravely.
Turning defeat into victory. Gao Renhou packed up his defeated troops and returned to Zizhou. Zhu Mei besieged the city for three months without success. Afterwards, a large number of people were attacked, and three households in Zizhou sent out a small force to attack until August. Gao Renhou went out of the city several times to counterattack, killing many people.
The rear troops lost strength and broke out."
"Oh? Where did Gao Renhou go?" Shao Shude asked with great interest.
This man was really unlucky. He had already successfully ambushed Zhu Mei's Fengxiang army, and was actually killed by them. The strategy was right, but the soldiers were so bad that the success was almost defeated.
"The commander-in-chief wants to recruit this person? I heard that he was taken in by Zhao Jian." Zhao Guangfeng replied.
"It's easy." Zhao Guangfeng said with a smile: "Zhao Jian may want to use Gao Renhou's influence to spy on Zizhou, but the commander-in-chief has orders and he dare not disobey."
"How is the imperial army doing?"
"Prime Minister Wei led a large army to attack Chengdu, and many states surrendered after hearing the news. Qiongnan Town sent troops to help, but Ximen Wentong was defeated. Prime Minister Wei appointed Ximen Wentong as the deputy envoy to recruit, and sent 5,000 troops to attack Qiongnan Town, and fought hard
Within a few months, Shu and Qiong were conquered, and the number of troops increased to more than 20,000."
Shao Shude asked someone to bring the map and looked at it carefully.
If nothing else, the Shu army, which had been de-armed for many years, could not defeat the foreign troops. It is conceivable that Zhu Mei led 20,000 elite soldiers from the northwest and went south, fighting hard for many years and defeating Gao Renhou's main force.
Wei Zhaodu led 20,000 Shence troops to attack Xichuan, but the troops were indeed insufficient. However, he had the righteousness of the court and destroyed the resistance of a considerable number of Xichuan troops, so it was appropriate to enter Chengdu.
Yang Shouliang rescued Chen Jingxuan out of despair, which was in line with the current situation, but he was defeated by Ximen Wentong. Looking at the current momentum, Qiongnan Town changed hands in just a moment.
"I heard before that Li Kan attacked Suizhou, could Yang Shouzhen resist it?" Shao Shude asked again.
After Li Kan, the envoy of Kuixia Jiedu, sent troops to annex Jingnan Town, which had been greatly harmed by Qin Zongquan's army, after a period of rest and recuperation, he responded to the imperial order and turned around to attack Suizhou Town, showing great ambition.
"We have defeated Yuzhou and are gathering troops to attack Hezhou, but the progress is slow." Zhao Guangfeng replied.
Shao Shude nodded. The situation in Shu is basically like this.
Zhu Mei is the governor of Dongchuan. His first priority now is to take over all the territory he owns in name. He will not care about Wei Zhaodu's life or death at all. Wei Xiang must also have this realization in his heart.
There are still semi-separatist forces in the south of Jingnan Town. Li Kan is not in a hurry to clean up these thorns, but actually reaches into Dongchuan. Such a great achievement makes people speechless.
After Ximen Wentong captured the four states in Qiongnan, he would probably not let go, and might continue to conquer other states and counties. Wei Zhaodu should not be able to do anything to him, because he is Ximen Zhongsui's fake one and cannot be controlled at all.
He sent reinforcements to resist Yang Shouliang, probably because he was afraid that Ximen Wentong would encroach on the Chengdu Plain, the richest area.
Wei Zhaodu is keeping an eye on Chengdu, the richest city, but it is hard to say whether he has the ability to capture Chengdu.
"Zhao Jian has no way to expand, so he doesn't have any ideas?" Shao Shude put down the map in his hand and asked.
"Back to the commander-in-chief, Zhao Shangshu wants to take advantage of Zhu Mei's army moving south to attack Mianzhou."
Good guy! Several forces in the imperial court are going to fight among themselves so soon? They are all loyal ministers as expected!
"That's all, I can't control that much anymore. In Banan, how is Longjian doing with setting up camps to recruit fleeing people?"
"Commander Zhuge of Xingyuan Prefecture sent an order to Banan Prefecture to send people to assist and provide grain and rice to help the refugees."
"Very good. Every time people gather 500 households, they will be sent to Qinzhou." Shao Shude said: "After the rest in Qinzhou, half of them will be sent to Wei, Min, He, Lan, and Jiezhou, and the other half will be sent to Shengzhou.
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Shengzhou? Zhao Guangfeng was thoughtful.
He already knew that the commander-in-chief had sent all the Tubo surrenderers from Liugu to Jinhe, Yulin, and Hebin counties to organize the people into households. Now, some Shu people were going to go there, and it didn't matter whether they could adapt to the environment in the north. Look,
Come on, I am very wary of Li Keyong.
Seeing Zhao Guangfeng thinking about his future strategy, Shao Shude laughed and said: "Don't worry, how can I be so unwise? Attacking Hedong will only make Zhu Quanzhong easier. Now it's just
Just be prepared for a rainy day and make some preparations in advance. Envoy Zhao, the easy things will come first and then the hard things, but that’s what you told me at the beginning."
Zhao Guangfeng had a smile on his face.
The current situation really makes it inappropriate to have an enmity with Hedong. I am not afraid of them, but I am worried that Li Keyong will not be able to withstand it and let others take advantage. Unless he takes over Hedong in a short period of time, Zhu Quanzhong will laugh to death.
After the discussion, the soldiers brought the wine and meat, and everyone continued to chat while eating.
Zhongyongdu and the Yinshan Fan tribe are on the way. When these two groups of 6,000 cavalry arrive, the Heyuan Army can be formed and go to Shanzhou to garrison. A total of 8,000 cavalry will be stationed for two years, and they will be rotated after two years.
Li Renjun served as the military envoy.
As for the Jishi Army, there is currently a slight problem. Because there is too much opposition from Yifang and Danyan Prefectures, they have not yet selected soldiers and horses, which makes Shao Shude very disappointed.
Li Xiaochang is old. Dongfang Kui is not capable enough.
Give them some more time. If it is not completed by the end of the year, you will have to think of a way.
If you want to protect the Holy Emperor, you can't do it without the ability. If a foreign enemy attacks Guanzhong in an attempt to knock down the enemy, but you can't even mobilize your troops, what's the use of you?
There is also the formation of the Chishui Army. Well, it's time to pay condolences to the loyal minister Cheng Zongchu. The imperial court is probably paying close attention to it.