On the ninth day of April in the second year of Guangming, Li Yanling reported that he had recruited 2,000 households. Shao Shude ordered him to gather all the households in Tongguan County and send them back to Suizhou together with more than a thousand Chao troops.
At the same time, the much-anticipated Battle of Fengxiang finally ended.
Shang Rang, Wang Bo and others despised Zheng Di as a scholar, and marched with more than 50,000 people. Zheng Di led nearly 60,000 troops from four towns to fight, and won a great victory, beheading more than 20,000 people.
The result of this battle shocked the entire Guanzhong, and soon spread throughout the world. Most of the people watching on the sidelines realized that the Chao people had not fought hard and bloody battles all the way, so they may have overestimated their strength, and the Tang Dynasty still had some strength. So ever since
, many vassal towns began to express their attitude. They no longer acted on both ends, and those who had surrendered the thieves immediately rebelled, and sent troops to rescue the pass to redeem themselves.
The situation is unprecedentedly unfavorable to Huang Chao!
On April 13, Zhuge Shuang ordered the army to leave Tongzhou, cross the river and march westward to garrison in Jingyang County.
Early in the morning, Oretsugu led four hundred cavalry ahead, spread out far away, and monitored the left and right sides. Later, Li Tangbin led the trapped camp to escort some of the grain and fodder, and followed up with the baggage. Behind him came the main force of the army, led by Shao Shude and Zhuge Shuang.
Thousands of people, a mighty force. The last one was the 400 cavalry led by Zhu Shuzong, guarding some of the food, grass and baggage.
After they left, there was not a single soldier left in Tongzhou. Whoever wants this place can take it.
From Tongzhou to Jingyang, one must first cross the river south to Pan County, then go west and cross the northern border of Xiagui County to reach the final destination. The whole journey is more than 300 miles. Judging from the current situation of carrying a large amount of food and grass baggage, it will take
More than ten days.
That night, the troops who crossed the river first camped on the outskirts of Pan County.
Shao Shude led his soldiers on a tour. When they arrived at Li Tangbin's camp, he was a little annoyed and said, "Fetch Li Tangbin."
Li Tangbin arrived soon, looking a little uneasy.
"Vice General Li, is there any shortage of rewards from this general?"
Li Tangbin was startled, not knowing what it meant, so he could only answer bravely: "No."
"Is the military rations given to your department insufficient?"
"No."
"Then why didn't you listen to the order?" Shao Shude asked angrily. Wei Boqiu, the deputy general of the army, followed behind, with a dangerous light in his eyes, and his hand unconsciously touched the handle of the knife.
"What does the military envoy mean?" Li Tangbin asked.
"Go and see other battalions. Are there any of them sleeping in the fields like you? Didn't you see the seedlings in the fields?"
Li Tangbin suddenly realized what he said, and immediately said: "I will set up camp again now."
"The reward given by this general can make the life of the sergeant's family of six people worry-free. If there are any seizures, it will be even more. I have a strong habit of being trapped in the camp. I don't like it and don't want to see it again." After a pause, he continued.
He said: "In the past, when Wu Qi and Qin were fighting, they did not level the fields when camping in the wild, but only used branches to cover them to protect them from wind, frost and dew. Why?"
Li Tangbin couldn't answer at first, but suddenly he felt blessed and said: "The general will know this! In order not to push the people towards the enemy."
"That's not a deep enough answer." Shao Shude sighed and said, "That's it, let's leave it like this for now and set up camp again."
After leaving Li Bu's camp, we took advantage of the last ray of sunset on the horizon and climbed to a high slope, carefully overlooking the boundless Guanzhong wilderness.
Such a good land ended up caught in the flames of war. The Chao army killed many people, and the official army was also an expert in robbery. If the two armies repeatedly saw each other, Guanzhong would inevitably be destroyed.
In fact, these rivers are already in decline. The rivers such as Ba Shui, Pai Shui, Ling Shui, Dongyang Shui, Chishui, Fu Shui, etc. obviously have a large flow rate. Why are the siltation so severe that it is very troublesome to irrigate the fields? Floods will still occur during the flood season.
It’s so overwhelming that it makes people speechless.
What has the court been doing in the past few decades?
It's a pity that I am not the master of this world, and I cannot control the huge Guanzhong Plain. What I can do now is to move as many people as possible to Suizhou, so that fewer people will be affected by the war and save a little more vitality for this world.
,that is it.
After returning to the camp, Zhuge Shuang summoned him, and Shao Shude rushed over immediately.
"Shu De, the imperial court has issued an order for all ministries to advance to Chang'an and fight to the death with the Chao people." Zhuge Shuang said as soon as they met.
"What do you mean, Marshal?"
"Go to Jingyang first."
Sure enough, it's still Zhuge Shuang's old routine, stop, watch, and pass. The older people get, the more cautious they are. They only earn the credit they can earn and don't grab those with high risks. It's really too prudent!
"Li Xiaochang of Yifang has decided to bring 6,000 troops to help. Zheng Xianggong agreed to order him to return to the north to camp and control the situation." Zhuge Shuang added: "It is always good to have more troops. Even if we cannot fight a tough battle, once something happens
Urgent, okay..."
The following words were not said, but Shao Juntou, who had successively annexed Zhaoyi, Heyang, and Hedong Bingma, immediately understood.
Zhuge Shuang was not wearing military uniform at this time and was sitting there, looking fat and fat like a wealthy landlord. But Yi Zhao was played to death by him. If Li Xiaochang disobeys in the future, he will probably be tricked to death as well.
Don’t offend people who want to retire in a wealthy place!
"I heard that you are collecting craftsmen?"
"Commander Mingjian." Shao Shude added some tea to Zhuge Shuang, then sat down and said: "Xia Sui is short of all kinds of craftsmanship, which not only causes a shortage of various civilian utensils, but also a shortage of military utensils. I thought, while
This is an opportunity to attract more craftsmen to Suizhou and put up the shelves first. If more things are produced in the future, they can be exchanged for livestock with party members and the wealth can be hidden among the people."
"Well, that's a good idea. There's chaos in Guanzhong, and even if Huang Chao is pacified, I think the chaos will continue for a while." Zhuge Shuang picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "This can be regarded as a kind act by a living person. Continue to stay
In Guanzhong, you probably won't end up well. When you go to Suizhou, you'll be a little poorer, but it's better to be stable and reunited with your family. How nice it is."
"What the commander said is true."
"What kind of person do you think Shude is, Yang Yue, the military envoy?" Zhuge Shuang suddenly asked, his thinking seeming a little jumpy.
"Not familiar with him." Shao Shude could only answer honestly: "I have never met him. I heard that he is very strict in running the army and has great courage."
"Before the expedition, I actually met him once." Zhuge Shuang looked at the green tea in front of him, seeming to be recalling: "He is different from ordinary generals. I asked him what he thought about Xia Sui's incident, and Commander Yang told me
, since his family moved from Lingzhou in the Zhenyuan period, they have been in the army for generations, fighting with Tubo, Dangxiang, and Uighurs. Every generation has people died on the battlefield. He is not loyal to this commander or that envoy, he is only loyal to the people of Lingxia.
Home lights.”
"It's really unruly to say this in front of the commander-in-chief." Although he said this, Shao Shude was very interested in Yang Jun, who seemed to ignore everyone. The family has been rooted in the Xia area for generations.
My hometown is full of love and nostalgia. Such people are much easier to deal with than Tuoba Sigong. We don't have any conflicts of interest and even have the same general direction.
The two sat together and drank tea for a while. The conversation was very strange. Zhuge Shuang used his experience combined with Xia Sui's current situation to talk about some things. Shao Shude listened humbly and asked a few questions from time to time.
Both of them knew what was going on, but neither one of them could reveal it.
Suddenly Zhuge Zhongbao entered the account and reported: "Huang Chao sent Zhu Wen to lead more than 20,000 people eastward, walking north of the Weishui River, and seems to want to go to Guandong. Commander, why don't you go south to intercept?"
Sure enough, Zhuge Shuang did not agree with the extraneous treachery and said: "Don't pursue it."
Then he added: "You have also experienced the Battle of Tongzhou. Zhu Wen still has troops capable of fighting. The Chao army was defeated miserably in Fengxiang. Now it must be feeling in crisis. Zhu Wen went east, mostly to capture Guandong Prefecture and County.
I think there is a way out. If you are Huang Chao, is it possible not to provide elite soldiers and strong generals? Don't pursue us, we will go straight to Jingyang and wait and see how the troops are doing."
On April 25, each battalion arrived in Jingyang County one by one.
On April 30, Li Xiaochang of Fufang also arrived with his army.
Zhuge Shuang took Shao Shude outside the city to greet him, and then held a banquet in honor of Li Xiaochang, his generals, and more than ten assistants.
While the wine was intoxicating, Shao Shude expressed his gratitude to Li Xiaochang: "Li Shuai Gaoyi, ordered me to provide food and grass and people to cross the border. Shao is here to express my thanks."
"Shao Jun made a big move this time. It took a lot of effort to restrain his generals." Li Xiaochang sighed and said: "I tried to rob the property several times, but the woman was killed by a certain Xiao with great righteousness.
Convinced."
"Tomorrow I will send 10,000 hu of military rations to Li Shuai's army. Don't refuse, Commander-in-Chief. You may have to borrow a way in the future." Shao Shude said with a smile.
"Nowadays, young generals like Shao Junshi were not seen thirty years ago." Li Xiaochang glanced at Shao Shude and said: "In the future, Suizhou's household registration will be rich, and Yanzhou will not be allowed to do so."
"Sui and Yan are two neighboring states, how can we distinguish each other?" Shao Shude toasted Li Xiaochang with a glass of wine and said: "If Li Shuai has something to do in the future, just send an envoy to Suizhou to report it, and Shao will definitely respond."
"Okay! Someone has written down these words." Li Xiaochang was a little happy and said: "We warriors can't understand the way of this world. All we want is wealth and honor. It is common sense to help each other. Ambassador Shao, drink this cup to the full.
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"Drink this cup to the full."
As time entered the month of May, Zheng Tian, commander of the camps on all sides of the capital, ordered all armies to march towards Chang'an. The soldiers and horses from Fengxiang went ahead first, and Zheng Tian, Tang Hongfu, and Cheng Zongchu each led their own troops and marched in order, while Xingning's army stayed behind.
Wang Chongrong stationed troops in Huazhou, motionless as a mountain. I don't know what he was thinking. He felt that he was quite speculative. He was greedy for the credit for regaining Chang'an, and was afraid of facing Huang Chao's army of more than 100,000, so he froze there and could not advance.
Neither does retreating.
Zhuge Shuang made a slight move and sent Shao Shude to lead Tielin's army less than ten miles south to camp on the north bank of Jingshui River. He specifically ordered that if the situation went wrong, he would immediately withdraw his troops and return to Jingyang, so that everyone could huddle together to keep warm.
In fact, they originally wanted the Yifang Army to go south, but something happened to them. The commander-in-chief Li Xiaochang resold part of the military rations sent by Shao Shude to the people in the city who still had money. As a result, the sergeants found out about it, and they started making noises to kill Jies.
Marshal Li Xiaochang's soldiers killed more than ten people in a row, but to no avail. Seeing that the army was about to be in chaos, Zhuge Shuang finally came forward. Li Xiaochang spat out the money and distributed rewards and comforted them with good words. The sergeants gave up and were of course killed.
No one cares about the dozen or so sergeants, and everyone seems to have forgotten about them.
Zheng Tian received the military report from the east and north camps on the way to Xingping County. After reading it, he sneered, Zhuge Shuang is an old fox and Wang Chongrong is a fool. We still cannot rely on these people to regain Chang'an.
At the end, one of the people's names seemed to have a vague impression on him.
It seems that Shao Shude, the envoy of Tielin Army, was mentioned by Qiu Weidao, the supervisor of Xia Sui Army, and wanted to let him know about Xia Sui's military affairs.
Another ambitious military leader! You might as well observe him this time.