"In the past, when we attacked Kang Yuancheng Camp in Lingzhou, Lieutenant General Liu was the first warrior." In Heqing County, Shao Shude personally walked among the soldiers of the Wuwei Army and found Liu Sanhu who was lying on the bed due to injuries...
"I still remember that I rewarded you with Kang Yuancheng's beloved concubine. I thought that Lieutenant General Liu would just indulge in the gentle country and lose his bravery. But today you are the first one to get there, so why don't you come to ask me for reward again?"
As soon as the words came out, everyone burst into laughter.
Liu Sanhu grinned and said feebly: "The commander-in-chief will reward you as long as he sees it."
Yesterday, he tried his best to ascend first and fought bravely for a long time. After the battle, he lost strength and fainted. He took out more than a dozen arrowheads from his body and performed a miraculous feat.
"Deputy Ambassador Chen." Shao Shude shouted.
"My subordinate is here." Chen Cheng came over, and the sergeants stepped aside one after another. Several deputy generals and ten generals even saluted him.
"The county magistrate of Heqing organized strong men and women to guard the city, and after the city was broken, he also led people to fight in the streets. Do such rogue officials have families?" Shao Shude asked.
"The wife of a thief official has been captured and is about to be punished. This woman is young and comes from the Lu family." Chen Cheng replied.
"Reward to Vice General Liu."
"As commanded."
The soldiers couldn't help but exclaimed. Lu's daughter, it's not easy to get. Liu Sanhu was really lucky. The commander gave her two rewards.
Shao Shude was smiling all over his face, but he felt a little emotional in his heart.
Ten years ago, he would say that "it is not a disaster for the family." This was simply a bizarre statement at the time. Strictly speaking, it was a big mistake he made, because you are out of place and others don't understand you.
It's easy to lose people's hearts. If he didn't get along with the soldiers day and night, be generous, give away money, and care about their lives, and at the same time be a little brave, he might be despised by others.
What he is doing now is more and more in line with people's values and aesthetics nowadays, and it is completely the work of a wise master. Of course, he still can't do it like Zhu Quanzhong did to reward his concubine to his subordinates.
One person, several people, dozens of people, after all, cannot resist the assimilation of the social environment, nor can they change people's ideological trends. Maybe 500 people can try?
"Commander, the Feng'an Army has arrived in Huazhou, and the Tiande Army has just passed Pujin Pass and arrived in Hedong County." After leaving the wounded soldiers camp, Chen Cheng followed Shao Shude and reported.
It’s coming soon!
Shao Shude was a little happy. Here in Heqing County, the only one who could fight was the Wuwei Army. The Feilong Army's thousands of people were either Yinshan Tibetan tribesmen or recruits trained in the rear. Their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Wuwei Army.
Feng'an Army and Tiande Army are also old-brand troops. They are from the "Tielin Department" with serious origins. They still have a total of 14,000 infantry and cavalry, which can finally make their thin troops thicker.
"Can reinforcements from the Bian Army arrive?"
"Scouts came to report that some Bian Army cavalry appeared outside Heyang City, with more than a thousand cavalry. They captured two thieves who were out collecting firewood and found out that they were surrendered." Chen Cheng replied.
Surrendering people means surrendering troops.
In recent years, various towns have fought wars, and the population of the country has decreased, but the number of warriors has gradually increased. During the war, there were many temporary conscripts, and the number of surrenders was numerous.
Zhu Quanzhong's surrender mainly came from the four towns of Yan, Yun, Xu, and Huai. In the past few years, he successively captured Cao, Su, Xu, Hao, and Shou. Together with the Chuzhou enclave, it was equivalent to one and a half to two vassal towns.
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There were soldiers in these prefectures and counties. After they surrendered, Zhu Quanzhong ordered to select the best troops to join the direct line troops, and the rest were sent to Heluo to be consumed by Rucai and Xia troops. Now that Heyang has been fighting continuously, of course people have to be sent here.
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The more territory there is, the more soldiers there will be. In fact, not only Zhu Quanzhong is facing this problem, Shao Shude has also been working hard to digest it and clean up the miscellaneous brands.
The Shaanxi-Guo army, the Hezhong army, the Tibetan army, various surrendered troops, etc. Among them, the father-in-law's Weisheng army is probably the biggest miscellaneous one...
"I'm here with the direct yamen soldiers, and Zhu Quanzhong has sent the surrender troops to die." Shao Shude looked at the Xuzhou surrender soldiers who were being taken outside the city, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that Zhang Shensi didn't send any surrender troops in the important Baiyacang area.
Otherwise, we will have a little more confidence in recruiting and surrendering."
Yesterday, the army broke through the city, and more than 400 defenders surrendered. Most of them were soldiers from Xu Zhen, and the rest were killed in the battle.
"Commander, you may not be willing to fight to the death if you surrender, but you still have to be prepared to show mercy to the enemy." Seeing that Shao Shude was still interested in talking about surrendering, Chen Cheng was no longer anxious and said: "Zhu Quanzhong surrendered more people, and the earliest Cai people
He has become the backbone of the Bian army, so he must not be careless."
"I think Zhu Quanzhong wants to use up his troops and reorganize his troops." Shao Shude said.
After defeating Qin Zongquan, Zhu Quanzhong recruited more than 100,000 Cai thieves, and his military strength expanded to nearly 200,000.
Historically, after he defeated Er Zhu, Shi Pu, and Wang Shifan, his army continued to expand, reaching more than 200,000, and once close to 300,000. It can be imagined that the quality of these 300,000 was uneven, because
Many of them were originally farmers who were temporarily drafted as local peasants and then surrendered with the army, but they were also counted as surrendering sergeants.
Zhu Quanzhong couldn't afford to raise so many troops, so he would have to spend a lot of money, and his tactics to deal with these people were very simple: send those who were not good at home to farm, send those who were good enough to various battlefields for consumption, and replenish the strong ones into his own branches with formal
Number of troops.
After years of hard work, before proclaiming himself emperor, he successfully reduced the government army to 150,000 to 200,000 people. After proclaiming himself emperor, he continued the reorganization, abolished a large number of army numbers, eliminated the weak and retained the strong, and finally retained 120,000 forbidden troops.
, organized into the six armies of Left and Right Dragon and Tiger, Left and Right Shenwu, Left and Right Yulin, Left and Right Longxiang, Left and Right Tianxing, and Left and Right Guangsheng, all under the command of the Guards and Ma Budu Commandery (in Beijing, the Commander of the Ma Budu Commandery), and the Guards and Ma Jundu Command
The envoys, guards and infantry are all under the command of the envoys.
In addition, there are a small number of directly affiliated troops.
After reorganization, the number of the Forbidden Army was approximately 130,000, and the eliminated sergeants were dispatched to local areas and became garrison troops.
These 130,000 elite soldiers were the original "family heirloom" of the Bianliang Forbidden Army of the Five Dynasties, and were passed down from generation to generation to the Northern Song Dynasty.
"Last time Yang Liang captured more than a thousand Pu soldiers, and now there are hundreds more. Five hundred of them were selected and sent to the German army, and the rest were sent to Yuan and Mianchi counties to rent Gongzhong fields." Shao Shude said.
Chen Cheng should be.
"Is the Baiyacang-Bian army willing to surrender?" Shao Shude asked as he walked towards the county government office.
"We haven't surrendered yet, but there may be some drama. The traitors did not hurt my envoy." Chen Cheng replied.
Xia Jun also showed sincerity in persuading the Baiyacang garrison to surrender. They sent a brave man who was not afraid of death to carry a letter written by Shao Shude. However, the persuasion to surrender failed, but the envoy returned intact, which is quite interesting.
The most likely possibility is that there are different opinions within the Bian Army, so there is an opportunity for manipulation.
"How many people are there in the city?"
"Less than 100 households. The entire Heqing County, based on the household registration yellow book, only has about 800 households. Now many of them have fled to other places."
"I still need to restore my household registration and develop production. Unfortunately, the Bianjun army may not let me get what I want." Shao Shude sighed: "Let Feng Wei come to see me."
Feng Wei has been "traveling at public expense" for a long time. He has traveled around the five towns of Tianping, Taining, Gaoyuan, Pinglu and Weibo. To be honest, the results are not very satisfactory. But this is not his fault, because some people are
The brain is not working well, such as Qingzhou Wang Normal University.
The county government office was extremely dilapidated and scorched black, and there wasn't even any good seating furniture.
The soldiers brought in tiger-skin chairs and desks, and Lu Siye and Du Guangyi, together with a group of subordinates, sat directly on the futons to work.
Feng Wei hurried over and saluted: "See you, Marshal."
Shao Shude looked at him carefully. He was in his forties or fifties. It was really not easy to travel around for so long and fight with others. He had a lot of gray hair on his temples.
"Thank you for your hard work, Dalang." Shao Shude said: "You have done this, and I would like to show you that you are the Yin of Henan. From now on, you will not have to travel outside, and you can rest assured to improve the place."
As a wife of a family, Feng Wei is willing to do things and has the courage to do things. He does not think about dawdling around to gain credit for peace, which already makes Shao Shude very satisfied. As long as there are no mistakes in the future, there will definitely be good fortune.
"The commander-in-chief has your orders, and you should obey them." Feng Wei thanked him.
Chen Cheng sat aside and explained: "The envoy can temporarily send you to govern Heqing County."
Feng Wei understood that it was pretty much what he had guessed.
The only county in Henan under the control of the Xia army is Heqing. As for now, his Henan Yin is no different from the county magistrate of Heqing.
The original Henan Yin was naturally Zhang Quanyi, the military envoy of the Youguo Army, but he has been appointed as the military envoy of Heyang. It is not yet known who will be entrusted with the duties of Henan Yin. Due to the war and the road blockage, the Xuanwu envoy was temporarily unable to reach Chang'an.
"In Heqing County, I will relocate the households, farm and fight." Shao Shude continued: "With Heqing in hand, Wangwu and Yuan County can rest assured and can farm and herd with peace of mind. It can also be the foundation for our army to move forward. Bian County
The army is heavily deployed and very passive. If I were Zhu Quanzhong, I would definitely mobilize a large army to besiege and have to recover this county. This Henan Yin will not do it easily."
"How can we enjoy wealth without special merit?" Feng Wei understood the importance of this matter and immediately expressed his position: "Today, I will summon the old people from the county government to check the land acres, household registration, and straighten out everything."
"Time is pressing. I have already traveled to Wenhe. The Pei family, the Liu family, and the Wang family will recommend some miscellaneous officials who are experienced in affairs to come and help you. Several assistant officials will be selected by the Yinzhou Confucian School and come quickly.
"Shao Shude nodded and said: "The river has cleared, and we will be rewarded later on based on merit. The Heweifan tribe suffered a heavy loss, so the first thing is to allocate land to them. First, each person has twenty acres, and later there will be rewards for military merit.
Time, time and again.”
"As ordered." Feng Wei responded.
Shao Shude stayed in the county government office until evening, and then left the city to inspect the military camp.
The city wall in Heqing County is being repaired and reinforced, and Liaowu Wharf is also being repaired urgently, and a city wall is being added to make it a small cangcheng.
The master from the river and some Tibetan people, old, weak, women and children went into battle together. The lights were brightly lit in the field and they stayed up all night.
On the night of the second day of April, the first batch of grain from Shaanzhou arrived at Liaowu Wharf. Shao Shude breathed a sigh of relief and went to the wharf to greet them in person.
The so-called "adventure" actually has a double meaning. One is that transporting grain through the Yellow River is inherently risky, and the other is that in order to avoid the attack of the Bian Army navy, the ship was destroyed and people died in the dark.
The probability of accidents greatly increases.
For these sailors, Shao Shude called them "warriors" on the spot, and their contribution was no less than fighting on the battlefield.
"It actually amounted to more than 48,800 hu of millet..." Shao Shude stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful of millet, feeling extremely happy.
In the fourth year of the war in Heluo, food was finally transported to the lower reaches by ship. This result was obtained by the lives of countless soldiers in three years. It was really not easy because the terrain was too unfriendly to our side.
"After several years of hard work, we finally saw an opportunity to give full play to our army's advantages." Shao Shude gently put down the corn and said, "I am in Heqing County and will not go anywhere. Do your soldiers dare to fight off the enemy for me?"
"Kill him and his head will roll." I don't know who raised the head, and the military soldiers near the dock shouted one after another, and the atmosphere was enthusiastic.
Shao Shude laughed loudly and said: "The morale is commendable. However, it is not advisable to defend blindly. Now that the river is clear, there is no need to worry about the way forward. Tomorrow we can send the Flying Dragon Army to the east to attack Huaimeng. General Gao?"
"General, I will go and deliver the order right now." Gao Renhou responded.
It's so frustrating to be around the coach.
After all, he was also the recruiting envoy of Heyang. He had the same status as Li Tangbin and Zhe Zongben, and was the commander-in-chief of the entire army.
But Shao Shude was concerned about the war on the front line and came directly from Wangwushan camp to Heqing. What can you do?
Fortunately, Marshal Shao still respected Gao Renhou, and he rarely suffered from acne, which made Lao Gao's face look a little better.
After the order was issued, the Feilong Army immediately sent two thousand sergeants, one man and two horses, carrying ten days of food and water, and went east to Mengzhou to harass.
They will be under the command of Yang Liang, specifically searching for small groups of Bian troops to harass, slowing down the movement of the larger army, and buying time for Heqing County to stock up on food, grass and equipment.
If Zhang Shensi comes to help in a hurry and exposes a flaw, a severe bite is inevitable.
Yes, everyone can see it now. Heqing County has become the key to the war in Heyang. If Zhang Shensi does not try to regain this place, once the Xia army is allowed to hoard hundreds of thousands of dendrobium grain and grass here, he will be able to dispatch
The foundation of the main army.
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In the afternoon, Zhang Quanyi personally went out of the city to greet his nephew Zhang Yan.
"Father Ji." Zhang Yan shook his head as soon as they met, with a look of shame on his face: "Hu Zhen is very overbearing, and my nephew only brought 30,000 soldiers and wars."
"It doesn't matter, there will be opportunities in the future." Zhang Quanyi said magnanimously: "Henan Prefecture is all our people, Hu Zhen is not trusted by Dongping County Prince, if he is allowed to be rampant for a while, he will eventually fall, why bother to have a moral dispute with him
Woolen cloth?"
"My nephew heard that the Xia bandits have taken over Heqing County?" Zhang Yan asked in a low voice.
"This is not the place to talk." Zhang Quanyi pulled his nephew onto the carriage and said, "Go back to the city first."
The state city is Mengzhou, which actually refers to the north city of Heyang.
There are three cities in Heyang, the North City is on the north bank of the Yellow River, the Zhongli City is on the sandbank in the middle of the river, and the South City is on the south bank. The area of Heyang County naturally spans both sides. But when most people talk about Mengzhou City, they actually mean
It's Beicheng.
Mengzhou also has four counties: Jiyuan, Wen on the north bank of the Yellow River, Sishui, and Heyin on the south bank of the Yellow River.
This is actually a very critical place, and has been the bridgehead for the imperial court to intimidate Weibo Town for many years.
After the uncle and nephew entered the city, the family members first greeted each other, and then Zhang Quanyi, Zhang Jiye and his son took Zhang Yan to a place to talk secretly.
"How is the situation in Luoyang?" Zhang Quanyi is most concerned about his foundation.
"Everything is fine. Prince Dongping has not appointed a new Jiedu envoy." Zhang Yan said.
After Zhang Quanyi heard this, Gu Jing Wubo's face also showed a bit of joy.
He had seen the report given to the court by the prince of Dongping County before, "Henan Yin Zhang Quanyi inspected Situ, Tongping Zhangshi, Chong Heyang Jiedu, Meng Huaize and other state observers". This is easy to understand, so he was appointed as the envoy.
Heyang Jiedushi, but who will be given the position of Jiedushi of the Youguo Army?
I inquired carefully, but there was no trace of it. Now that so much time has passed and no new Jiedushi has taken office, it becomes clear that the Heyang Jiedushi is actually a part-time official!
The Prince of Dongping County likes to play tricks on his mind. Alas! If there is something that cannot be said directly, he must deliberately test whether I am willing to leave Heyang.
"In the past, Li Han's soldiers surrounded Heyang. I ate wood chips for food. I only had one horse. I wanted to kill the army and died in the morning and evening. But the Bian soldiers came out and survived to this day. This kindness cannot be forgotten!" Zhang Quanyi sighed!
He said: "Why should I repay the kindness of the Prince of Dongping County?"
"Grandpa, Henan Prefecture is the foundation of our Zhang family. It is still here, which is very good. But we are in Heyang, so we still have to come up with a good strategy. If the Shao thief captures Heqing, how will he respond if he raises a large army to go eastward?" Zhang Jiye
asked.
"There are some Yamen troops in Heyang. Since Ji's father is out of town as a commander, can all the generals come to see him?" Zhang Yandao said: "In today's world, it is impossible not to hold on to military power."
In fact, there was only one general whom I paid homage to, and that was Guo Yan, who had just transferred to the Heyang Yamen Army.
This man had four thousand troops, all of which were surrendered. At least half of them were lost in Heqing this time. Even he himself was originally going to Heqing to garrison. If he hadn't come back to supervise the provisions, equipment, and escort the second batch of supplies on the road,
He might have been surrounded and killed in the city.
He doesn't have much strength now. He has less than two thousand soldiers. He doesn't know where Pang and Zhang will throw them to die.
It is not surprising to hug together with Zhang Quanyi to keep warm.
"Hold on." Zhang Quanyi stretched out his hand to stop the two of them from talking, and said: "Pang Shigu and Zhang Shensi have come to Heyang, and the Yamen Army will definitely be under their command. We can put this matter aside for now. Xia thieves are rampant.
, w The people are scattered, and within the three cities, there are many refugees without food and clothing. I want to recruit their best soldiers to join the army and rebuild the state army. The remaining people are sent to the counties on the south bank of the river to farm, so as not to be captured by Xia thieves. King Dongping County
When they sent me out of Zhenheyang, they were naturally not interested in my ability to march and fight."
Speaking of this, Zhang Quanyi felt a little embarrassed. In his early years in the Chao Army, he also fought many victorious battles, but after encountering the Shao thief, he suffered losses one after another, which made many people look down upon him.
"I can't say, I still have to take care of the civil affairs." After Zhang Quanyi paused, he continued: "In the past, the king of Dongping County challenged Qin Zongquan, and the Henan government tried its best to provide food and grass. Now Pang Shigu is attacking Shao Shude, and the two prefectures of Heyang are also
You must do your best to manage money, food, and transport troops."
Upon seeing this, Zhang Jiye and Zhang Yan knew that now was not the time to engage in such petty thoughts. The Xia thieves were facing a formidable enemy, so they had to work together to get over the current difficulties first.
After letting his nephew leave, Zhang Quanyi sat alone for a while.
More and more people are crossing the river.
They attacked Wang Tan's tribe in Baidu, Zhang Cunjing's personal cavalry army, and Li Si'an's army who captured the army. These were all cavalry troops, with more than 4,800 cavalry.
Dai Siyuan of the Feilong Army was also stationed in Beicheng, Heyang.
The Kou Yanqing troops of the Changzhi Army on the left and right also arrived in the south of Wen County.
Also crossing the river are the majestic troops on the left and right, the victory troops on the left and right, the Kuang Wei troops on the left and right...
The atmosphere of the war is getting more and more intense.
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I was too busy visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year, and I had less time to code than to go to work.
I have to travel with relatives for 6 days, and I visit 2 houses a day on average.
See if you have time during the day today. If not, then it will be a chapter.