Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 90 Fei Shui thinks that Anshi is there, Jingyang looks away from Ziyi ([-])

"Duke Cao went west on Ma Chao, and Han Sui and Chao-chi joined Huai and sent a letter to make peace, but the prince did not allow it; he challenged him, but he did not allow it; he insisted on ceding the land, begging to send Ren Zi, sharing Jia Xu's plan, and falsely agreeing to it... The strength of the soldiers, once hit, the so-called lightning can't cover the ears. The change of soldiers is not one."

The military book sent by Chen Cheng was almost torn by Shao Shude, and next to it was the crooked commentary he wrote with a brush.Cao Gongbing, unpredictable and ever-changing, is completely two styles from General Zhuge.

A certain admired Duke Cao, but loved Zhuge's art of war.Shao Shude smiled and picked up a military report in front of him. The enemy of Jingyang fled without a fight, and he could deploy defenses along the Jingshui below and advance and retreat freely.

"The military envoy, the commander ordered the generals to arrive at the county office before noon." Wei Boqiu hurried in and reported.

"Let's go." Shao Shude waved his hand, and Wei Boqiu went down to rectify his troops.

The Iron Forest Army's 3000 people (less than [-]) are already a huge force. Naturally, it is no longer possible to follow the commander and act as a direct army as before.They are now stationed on the banks of Jingshui, facing Xianyang across the river.Li Xiaochang's troops in Fufang were stationed in Gaoling, and Marshal Zhuge himself stationed more than [-] soldiers in Jingyang County. The left wing of the Xiasui Ya Army sent [-] people from Zhou Rong's Department to the east of the county, and the right wing of Linghu Jing's troops was stationed in Jingyang County. Mihara, as a reserve force.Once the battle ahead is unfavorable, they can also step forward to respond.

In the west, the official army also aggressively pressed on Chang'an.

Zhu Mei, the deputy envoy of Jiedu in Pinning, led an army of thousands of troops to settle in Xingping, Wang Bo, the general of Chao, led a large army to attack, and Zhu Mei retreated to Fengtian County (now Qian County).As soon as the Chao army left, the official army came again. The Huangtou army envoy from Xichuan led [-] people to occupy Xingping, and Gong Xian also stationed [-] Shu soldiers outside the city, and they were each other's horns.

Not long after, the Yiwu Army and the Jingyuan Army arrived again and settled in the southwest of Chang'an, with more than ten thousand soldiers.

On the east side, Wang Chongrong stationed troops in Tongzhou and Gaoxun in Huayin, plus some scattered sergeants from Henan and Hebei, with a total force of more than [-], confronting Zhu Wen's troops who had just returned to Guanzhong for emergency rescue.Zhu is currently stationed in Huazhou, and Huang Chao has given him an decree to appoint him as the military governor of Tonghua, but the territory needs to be captured by himself.

The officers and soldiers surrounded on three sides, with a total strength of more than 60,000.Including the newly arrived Zhu Wen's troops, the Chao army had about fifteen [-] people, and they were besieged in several counties near Chang'an.

Seventy thousand surrounds 160,000, how unscientific it sounds.But the facts are the same. Shao Shude thinks that the number of Tang troops in Guanzhong in history should be about the same as it is now. There may be more Chao troops, but Huang Chao has been squatting in Chang'an, and he can't even control the nearby counties.The east attack on Tongzhou and Hezhong failed, and the west attack on Fengxiang failed. The strength of the army is actually the same.

However, the imperial court lost more than 10,000 people in the Battle of Chang'an a while ago, and now they are afraid.The strategy of strangling Huangchao is adopted, that is, to continuously increase the number of troops in Guanzhong, advance layer by layer, and squeeze your range of activities.You have no food or salary, so in the end you can only come out for a decisive battle, which happens to be settled in one battle.

Of course, the time is not yet ripe. The official army is only [-] people, and they are not under each other, and they will not be tied together, and they will not cooperate with each other.The court was worried about another big defeat, so it decided to continue to mobilize the troops and horses in the world and gather them in Guanzhong.

Gao Pian said that he would lead an army of 10,000 to assist Guanzhong, and then stayed in Yangzhou.Li Keyong recruited more than [-] people on the grassland, and went south to Daizhou to join Li Youjin, with a total force of more than [-]. Currently, he occupies Xinzhou and Daizhou for food, and at the same time plunders Taiyuan to supply military supplies, and is still bargaining with the court .

Along the way, Shao Shude and Chen Cheng were chatting about the current situation in the world. By the time the chat was over, it was almost time for Jingyang.

"The Tielin Army sent Shao Shude to see the commander." After salute, Shao Shude stood on the left and did not feel unnatural at all.

Looking around the ya, the two envoys of Xia Sui's army have arrived, but Li Xiaochang from Kunfang has not come.But it didn't take long. After half an hour, Li Xiaochang dismounted outside the county office with his personal soldiers and hurried in.

He is very nice now.The last time he relied on Zhuge Shuang to clean up the mess, and this time he ran away and relied on Shao Shude to help him kill the chasing soldiers.

"All the generals are here, so I will say it straight." Zhuge Shuang sat behind the table, looked at the four generals, and said, "The imperial court wants all armies to advance into Chang'an, not to fight against thieves, but the deep trenches and high fortresses will lead to Waiting for reinforcements to gather."

"Dare to ask the commander, where will the reinforcements come from?" Li Xiaochang asked first.

"Kwandong." Zhuge Shuang said: "Henan, Hebei, and Hedong all have troops arriving, no less than [-]."

"When will it come?" Li Xiaochang asked again.

"The fast is three months, and the slow is half a year."

When Shao Shude heard it, he felt that the court was playing for real this time.The war with Huang Chao was probably in the first half of the strategic defense phase. It was a good fight. Later, the troops fought for Chang'an, ruining the good situation.Huang Chao is powerless to make progress, and Zheng Xianggong does not want to take risks, so the next stage may be a strategic stalemate.After the Kwantung reinforcements arrive, they will enter the strategic counter-offensive stage, which is basically the number of ways.

However, the stage of strategic stalemate does not mean that there will be no wars. In fact, there may not be less.Moreover, the imperial court also intends to weaken the morale of the nest army as much as possible at this stage, to kill their spirits, and to win the decisive battle in one go.

"More than [-] troops will be camped in the north. Don't fight in waves, and focus on cooperating with Fengxiang and the troops in the river. Unless necessary, you must not cross the Jingshui and Weishui, and you must not send the bandit army north to attack Sanyuan and Fuping counties." Zhuge Shuang continued. Said: "Can the generals hear clearly?"

"Follow the commander's orders."

After the generals left one after another, Shao Shude lingered at Zhuge Shuang's place for a long time, and only returned to the main camp after finishing lunch.

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Li Tangbin now panics when he sees Shao Shude coming to patrol the camp.

After he was reprimanded for camping last time, someone told him an allusion, that is, the story of Cao Cao cutting his beard to replace his head.After listening to Li Tangbin, he suddenly realized that this time he camped with the army, and he also deliberately checked to see if his camp was in the field, fortunately not!

"Li Shijiang played well last time, I am very pleased." Shao Shude said with a smile after finding no problem after turning around.

"The rewards and punishments of the military envoys are reasonable, which is convincing." Li Tangbin replied.

"I see that you want to recommend a lieutenant, where is this person?"

"Call Guo Qi." Li Tangbin shouted back.

"Guo Qi has seen the military envoy." The person arrived quickly.

"You are from Shu? How come you have a Sichuan accent?" Shao Shude asked.

"A certain person from Guandong, who used to be a general in Shuzhong, fled because he hated Tian Lingzi. He heard that Gao Gong of Huainan loved his talents and wanted to surrender. Where can the military envoy dare to use someone?" Guo Qi raised her head, looked directly at Shao Shude, and asked.

"What are your achievements in the past?"

"A certain frontier for many years, fought seventeen battles with the party, more than ten Khitan battles, and Jin Chuang was all over his body. He also recruited Gu Hun, his stomach was broken, and the battle was resumed after sutures."

"Really a hero!" Shao Shude praised: "Why do you hate Tian Lingzi?"

"The sage is fortunate to Shu, and the soldiers of Shu have stopped getting money. They are rewarded almost every day by the foreign army. There are many complaints in the army. , Tian Lingzi wanted to harm someone." Guo Qi said angrily, "So--then led troops to cause chaos."

Wouldn't it have disturbed the Holy Chariot by leading troops into chaos in Chengdu?This Guo is also a strange person.But the starting point is good, it can be seen that he is a general who cherishes his soldiers.

"Could the military envoy dare to use someone?" Guo Qi asked again.

Shao Shude unfastened the horizontal knife around his waist, pulled it out and tried it.

Li Tangbin and Guo Qi were both shocked.

"It's just a lieutenant general, this general is right." Shao Shude returned the knife to its scabbard and handed it to Guo Qi, saying, "This knife was given to lieutenant general Guo. It's not a famous knife, but Shao cherishes it very much and only wishes to give it to a strong man. As long as someone is still an envoy of Tielin, no one will dare to harm you. There is only one thing, you must use your strength when you go into battle."

"The rewards and punishments of the military envoy are clear, and the last commander is willing to follow the military envoy!" Guo Qi knelt down on one knee and said.

"You will have the opportunity to make merit in the future." Shao Shude said with a smile: "The trap camp is lacking such warriors as Deputy General Guo. If you get it now, the name of the trap should be resounding in Guanzhong."

After leaving the trap camp, Shao Shude climbed up the high platform again, overlooking the vast land of Guanzhong.

Jingshui was speechless and flowed silently.

In the east, Wang Chongrong and Gao Xun had already led their troops westward to fight against the Chao army.

The Shu army in the west also used the fortress to fight with the nest army for many days, causing casualties to each other.

In a few days, the Jingshui might also be stained red with blood.

On the twentieth of the eighth month, the general Li Xiang led his army to defeat Gao Xun's troops who were camping in the east, and then crossed the Wei River to the north to attack Gaoling.

Kunfang Li Xiaochang went out of the city to fight, and he was unfavorable. He surrendered the city and asked Zhuge Shuang for help.

Zhuge Shuang thought about it, and decided to send the Tielin army to fight.

On August 22, Shao Shude ordered the camp to be dismantled and led [-] people to march eastward. A big battle was inevitable.

In fact, the camp in the north does not want to fight, but sometimes you can only hurt and maim the enemy first, and then people will subconsciously avoid you.

Shao Shude understood this very well, so he decided to beat and maim Li Xiang.

(End of this chapter)