On the sixth day of the second lunar month in the first year of Guangming, the sage went to Xingyuan Mansion and ordered all the soldiers and horses in the world to fight against the thieves.
After the "mass messaging" ended, regardless of whether others received it or not, he, surrounded by his entourage, went south to Xichuan to avoid trouble and have fun.
At the same time, because Huang Chao sent an envoy to press for food and asked for too much, Wang Chongrong, the governor of Daqi River, felt that he could not bear it, so he did not stop, directly beheaded the envoy, and jumped to the Tang Dynasty again. This big king
He was a minister of Qi for less than a month, which made people laugh and cry.
Huang Chao was furious when he heard the news, so he sent Zhu Wen, who was stationed at the East Wei Bridge, with additional men, horses, equipment, and food and grass, and ordered him to march eastward to Tongzhou to attack Wang Chongrong, who was shamelessly jumping around.
Zhu Wen was also politically savvy and knew that many of the people who had been demoted in the Puppet Tang Dynasty were watching the Qi court to see how they would deal with Wang Chongrong. If it was not handled well, the impact would be very bad. So.
, this battle must be fought well, Wang Chongrong must die, or at least surrender.
A war seems inevitable.
At the farm in Fuping County, Feng Yin had just finished working out his muscles and was preparing to have breakfast.
The farm area is not small, about 300 hectares, and it has attracted nearly a thousand farmers to cultivate the land. It is also a relatively powerful farm in Fuping County. It is not only the economic strength, but also the military force composed of the farmers.
Because the owner Li Kan has taken his son to follow the emperor in Xingyuan Mansion, the farm is now basically taken care of by Feng Yin and a housekeeper named Li. Feng Yin is responsible for the private soldiers, and housekeeper Li is responsible for other affairs, which can be regarded as helping each other.
, let’s get through this turbulent time together.
"Lang Jun, the Hedong Army is coming soon. With this chaos, will Zhuangzi be plundered?" Mrs. Liu served Fengyin soup cakes and asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, ma'am." Feng Yin smiled and said, "Shu Tielin's army, Shao's envoy, just fought a great victory in the south of Huayuan County five days ago. With four thousand against five thousand, he defeated the thieves and captured and killed them.
The general is still alive, surrender Li Tangbin, and we are now heading towards Fuping, we are almost there."
“It is good to win the battle, but Zhuangzi...”
"The Tielin Army will be stationed near Zhuangzi, and Zhuge Shuang is also coming. Even with a hundred courages from the Hedong Army, he doesn't dare to come over and cause trouble."
“Lang Jun, are you talking about the primary school that you came to yesterday…”
“Yeah.” Fengyin nodded and said, “That’s the messenger from the Tielin Army.”
"That's good." Mrs. Liu breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on her face: "Since Shao Junshi is an old acquaintance of the husband, he should be able to restrain the sergeants from damaging Zhuangzi too much."
"The military discipline of the Tielin Army is still acceptable." Feng Yin recalled it carefully and said: "When it was still the capital of Tielin, there were very few incidents of harassing the people in either Jinyang or Yangqu County. But the faction
Donations are unavoidable, and if the sergeants want to reward money and food, someone has to come forward."
"As long as you have money and food, you can be considered a conscientious person, but I'm afraid," Mrs. Liu sighed, "I have to ask the two sisters not to show their faces outside, lest the soldiers see them and rob them."
Feng Yin shook his head and was too lazy to pay attention to these nonsense. Chang'an fell and hundreds of officials were in trouble. Yin Secret School left his wife and children and fled in a hurry. However, he was unlucky and met a group of thieves and died unexpectedly. Fortunately, he took advantage of the chaos to take out his younger sister.
, otherwise he would probably be robbed and become a thief's wife.
After eating the soup cake, Fengyin went to an open space at the west end of the village, where the Liu brothers were training the villagers.
There are more than a hundred bankers who have been trained. They had some basic knowledge at first, but after the guidance of officers from the Shence Battalion, they have made great progress, and now they look decent.
Fengyin's hands felt a little itchy after seeing it, and when he was about to leave the field to compete with the Liu brothers, there was a sound of horse hoofbeats in the distance. When he took a closer look, he saw dozens of fully armed cavalry. One of them was carrying a big flag and wrote "Xia Suiyin You"
"Observe and deal with the envoy Zhuge", followed by a slightly smaller side that says "Tie Lin Army Envoy Shao".
Well, the Tielin Army, which just won the battle, has arrived in Fuping.
Feng Yin and others stopped training and carefully stepped aside to the side of the road. They had the guy in their hands, so don't let these big-headed soldiers misunderstand them.
After the leading cavalry, came the large group of infantry. Perhaps it was because of the victory in the battle, the morale of these people seemed good, their eyes were bright, and they were high-spirited. The most amazing thing was that there was no noise during the march, which in Fengyin's opinion
Simply unbelievable.
"Feng General." Several cavalry left the group and rushed towards them.
Fengyin took a closer look and saw that it was Shao Shude's deputy general Fan He, and asked: "How is General Fan?"
“It’s not good that we didn’t get a chance to fight.” Fan He said with a smile: “Li Tangbin’s troops collapsed without engaging in the battle. They were very sparse. Marquis Lu Duyu was still scolding him yesterday.”
Hearing what Fan He said, a certain general in the infantry group trembled, and then his face turned red to the base of his ears, almost bleeding.
"The place has been arranged. It's in the village. It's clean and comfortable. It won't disturb the general's interest in studying military books." Fengyin knew what Fan He meant by coming here, so he replied, "I will definitely satisfy Commander Shao."
Fan He nodded, feeling a little emotional at the same time. This Fengyin, last time he went to Xiazhou, was quite natural in front of the military envoys, not at all restrained. The results of the battle in Huayuan County came out, and then he was overwhelmed by the victory in front of him.
Intimidated by the master's aura, he actually lowered his posture subconsciously, which made people sigh.
It’s really hard for people to keep their true intentions.
Zhuangzi arrived soon.
Shao Shude followed Zhuge Shuang and said: "Commander, since Wang Chongrong has been rectified and has sent envoys to contact him, we might as well provide mutual aid to fight against the traitor army."
“Where are Wang Chongrong’s troops?” Zhuge Shuang asked.
“The main force is in Hezhong Mansion, but there are also thousands of people in Hexi.” Shao Shude replied.
"With Hezhong Town, plus the Hedong Army Yi Zhao, Zhu Mei's tribe, and our Tielin Army, there will be nearly 50,000 people." Zhuge Shuang said: "Well, we can't count all the soldiers in Hezhong Town. Wang Chongrong's
The purpose is to protect ourselves.”
After winning the battle of Huayuan County, Zhuge Shuang's view of Chao Jun also changed. Coupled with the news that Wang Chongrong was gone, his confidence was restored, and he felt that he could cooperate with Zhu Mei and Wang Chongrong, and in Jingzhao Mansion
This area in the northeast has a firm foothold and is waiting for opportunities.
The two of them entered Zhuangzi, one behind the other, surrounded by a large group of soldiers and entourage.
Shao Shude took the opportunity to thank Fengyin, but seeing that he was preoccupied and didn't know what he was thinking, he didn't say much and went to his residence.
"Military envoy, there is an envoy coming from Hexi County." Shao Shude had just sat down, but before he could take a breath, Fan He came over and reported softly.
Hexi County is to the west of the Yellow River, near Heyang, Shaanxi Province, and is a county under the jurisdiction of Hezhong Prefecture. Wang Chongrong stationed three to four thousand people here as an outpost to protect Hezhong. On the opposite bank is Hedong County, where Hezhong Prefecture is located, and of course Wang Chongrong is located.
s position.
“Let him in.”
The messenger came in quickly. He was a military officer. He was very respectful. He knelt down on one knee and said, "Wang Ding, deputy general of the Hezhong Yamen Army, pays homage to Envoy Shao of the Tielin Army."
“Why did you come to see so-and-so?”
“The commander-in-chief of the Hezhong King heard that Tielin’s army defeated the bandits Li Tangbin’s tribe in Huayuan, so he sent his subordinates to come here and make an appointment to fight against the thieves.”
"Wang Shuai really thinks highly of someone." Shao Shude smiled, naturally not taking Wang Ding's words seriously: "Today's Tielin army only has 5,000 troops, and Wang Shuai has 30,000 troops. How can they compare? In addition, Jinyang Yizhao and Daizhou Zhu
Mei, there are no less than 8,000 elite soldiers in the tent, why don't you look for them? Marshal Zhuge has been fighting for many years, and he is Shao's benefactor. You are not good-hearted to come to me alone."
"The commander-in-chief only values heroes." Wang Ding said: "Yizhao, Zhu Mei, and Zhuge Shuang are all mediocre people, and they are not worthy of advice. If the general agrees to capture Tongzhou (today's Dali, Shaanxi Province) and rush to aid Hexi, the commander-in-chief is willing to provide food and grass.
Gold and silk, as a gift from the beautiful concubine."
Tongzhou was captured once before by Zhu Wen, and now more than 2,000 people remain behind.
"This is to teach me to carry Commander Zhuge on my back and leave to help you guard Luoshui and Tongzhou." Shao Shude sneered and said: "Needless to say, Commander Zhuge has already made a plan to join the Hedong Army in Fuping.
Don't care. When you get back, tell your commander-in-chief that it's only a few days' journey from Fuping to Hexi. If your commander-in-chief is in trouble, just send an envoy to Commander Zhuge for help. Why do you need to come to Shao?"
Wang Ding didn't know what to say. These days, the generals have money, food, and beautiful women, but they still don't come over. No matter how you look at it, there is something fishy about it.
"I heard that Zhu Wen and Huang Ye from Huang Chao were heading east along the Wei River, intending to attack the river. Where were they at this time? How many troops did they have?" Shao Shude asked.
"Zhu Wen has more than 10,000 troops, Huang Ye has 30,000 troops, and thousands of naval troops. They have arrived at Huayin at this time." Wang Ding replied.
“Fan He, bring me the picture.” Shao Shude ordered.
Fan He did as he was told and laid a map on the table.
“By marching along the Wei River, do we want to take advantage of the navy to seize Fenglingdu? Or go up the Luo River, reach Tongzhou first, and then seize Hexi?” Shao Shude said to himself.
Wang Ding could not answer this question. Zhu Wen and Huang Ye had not divided their troops at this time, and they could not yet tell the intentions of the rebels.
But Shao Shude probably already figured it out. Huang Chao went all the way north from Guangzhou, penetrated almost the entire world, and then captured Chang'an, forcing the saint to flee to Shu. This power really frightened many princes who had never fought with him.
Zhu Wen and Huang Ye led more than 40,000 people and came with great momentum. It is understandable that Wang Chongrong was panicked.
Huayin goes eastward through Dingcheng and Yehuquan for more than 30 miles. There is a ferry at Weijin Pass, where the Wei River enters the river. The navy transports troops here to cross to the north and enter Yongle County, Hezhong Prefecture (today's Ruicheng).
Southwest of the county). Alternatively, walk four miles east to Tongguan and cross the river directly to seize Fenglingdu.
In the other direction, Huayin is thirty miles to the north and along the Luoshui River, you can reach Tongzhou. This place is in the hands of the Chao army and can be used as a base to attack Hexi, and then cross the river to attack Lisuo Hedong County in the middle of the river.
If Zhu Wen and Huang Ye acted separately, marching all the way east and all the way north, launching a pincer offensive, Wang Chongrong would really have a headache.
This makes sense!
“Let’s go with someone to see Marshal Zhuge. The Marshal still needs to decide this matter personally.” Shao Shude pointed at Wang Ding and said.