"We are escorting the grain and fodder under Dong Langjun's order. When the grain enters the Taiyuan warehouse, we should return south to pay the order. The Hedong Economic Envoy is a high-ranking official, but there is no transfer order from the Tangzhou Military and Horse Supervision Department or the Jingnan Road Deployment Department. Ge Boyi
You have nothing to do with us! Or, you can just get the order from the Privy Council!"
Before the Northern Expedition against Yan was officially launched, Liu Wugong certainly did not dare to make irresponsible remarks on the transfer order of the Hedong Economic Envoy. However, tens of thousands of Tianxiong's troops were defeated in Datong. At this time, he heard Xu Wuqi say that he would send two battalions to Tangzhou.
When the soldiers were led to Shuozhou to garrison, he felt a chill in his neck.
If he agreed readily at this time, wouldn't he be dissatisfied with his longevity?
As a mature and prudent military officer of the Prefecture Division Army, Liu Wugong was still able to survive during the Tongbai Mountain bandit chaos and the Prefecture Army was defeated for several rounds. He was quite familiar with the system of selecting and mobilizing soldiers and horses, and he knew very well that this time
At that time, the only one who could really bypass the Tangzhou Military and Horse Supervision Department and the South Beijing Road Military and Horse Deployment Department and directly mobilize them was the Privy Council, which had the power to mobilize national troops.
Otherwise, what kind of dignity would it be for the Hedong governor to mobilize troops and horses from other places at will?
Since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, in order to prevent generals from taking over their power, restrictions on the movement of troops and horses have been extremely strict.
If a large group of enemy invaders invades Taiyuan, it makes sense for them to participate in the defense of Taiyuan City nearby. What if they are sent to Shuozhou to guard the border?
As military commanders, they acted in accordance with random orders. Even if they achieved great success, they would not be rewarded, let alone lead troops to defend Shuozhou at this time.
"Master Liu, do you know who I am?"
Seeing that Liu and Kong were dismissive of Xu Wuqi's words, Xu Huai took off his waist knife and sat down at the tea table.
During the bandit rebellion in Tongbai Mountain, the Huaiyuan Township camp occupied the inspection division's military camp and fought from east to west. The state soldiers occupied the west entrance of the walking horse road in Tongbai Mountain to restrict the bandits from invading the hinterland of Tangzhou. Until Chen Zixiao and others accepted the recruitment, Huaiyuan
There was no contact between the township camp and the state soldiers.
Liu Wugong and Kong Zhou had never met Xu Huai.
Liu Wugong saw that although he was young, he had a dignified appearance and was wearing the uniform of a general of the Tianxiong Army. He thought that the military officials from the Hedong Capital Deployment Department had followed Xu Waqi to issue military orders, so he just said: "The Hedong deployment order is against the imperial laws and regulations."
, even if Ge Jinglue comes in person, we will not recognize him!"
Kong Zhou was resenting Xu Wuqi for leaving without saying goodbye for more than half a month and leaving more than a thousand of them in Taiyuan without caring about them. When they met just now, he wanted to grab Xu Wuqi and beat him up. How could he care who Xu Huai was? In his heart
He even hated Xu Huai's arrogance. He grabbed the waist knife in his hand, glanced at Xu Wuqi and the dozen or so men who were guarding Xu Huai outside the tea shop, and shouted rudely: "The generals from Hedong can't control our Tang Dynasty."
On the heads of state soldiers and horses! I don’t care which dog hole you got out of?"
Two battalions of Tangzhou Xiang troops were temporarily stationed in Yulinwu. Kong Zhou and Liu Wugong hung out in Yulinwu teahouses, restaurants, and prostitutes' villages every day. Everyone was eating and drinking well and serving them. Everyone knew about it.
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Kong Zhou and Liu Wugong ordered people to use swords and bows to force them to retreat into the teahouse. The news flew into the camp as if it had wings.
Even if he didn't know what was going on, at this time, two generals led more than a hundred troops and came over aggressively to give Kong Zhou and Liu Wugong a boost.
This trip was to escort grain and grass to Taiyuan. Xu Wuqi was the transport supervisor and had control over the escort of troops and horses, but he could not directly command the soldiers below Liu Wugong and Kong Zhou.
They brought out the commander-in-chief of the army, the generals below, and other military officials at the festival level, and they hung out with them all day long.
Seeing his men approaching, Liu Wugong looked at Xu Wiqi and Xu Huai, his voice became stern, and said: "Disobeying orders is disobedience, unless you tie us up and take us to Shuozhou!"
"Get out of the way, where are the soldiers and horses that dare to stand in front of your Grandpa Yuan?"
Taking advantage of their large numbers, two military generals came forward to drive away the armored soldiers guarding the teahouse.
"Yuan Lei, Zhong Jitang, you are so damn good. You dare to drive away grandpa's men without asking any questions? Has it been that I haven't dealt with you two grandsons for a while?" Xu Huai picked up the items across the wooden windowsill of the tea shop.
He picked up two beans as a side dish and threw them over the heads of the two Tangzhou army generals.
"Xu, General Xu, why are you still with Chen Langjun in Taiyuan? Didn't it mean that you and Xu Xin'an followed the Western Route Army Supervisor and went to Datong to fight with the Tianxiong Army?" Yuan Lei, Zhong Ji
When Tang Tang saw Xu Huai and Xu Wuqi sitting in the tea shop, the arrogance of rushing over immediately seemed to be stabbed by a needle, and he stuttered and asked.
The Tangzhou state soldiers experienced many setbacks, and the original soldiers and officers were basically eliminated. The state soldiers at this time were basically recruited after the Tongbai Mountain bandits were suppressed.
After the deaths of Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and others, on the one hand, Dong Cheng had no intention of continuing to act as Cai Ling's puppet and making enemies of everyone in Tongbai Mountain; on the other hand, Dong Cheng, as the magistrate of the state, had Tongpan and various Cao soldiers under him.
With the constraints of the officials, it was difficult to suppress the eager desire of local forces to recruit Huaiyuan rural soldiers with stronger combat effectiveness in order to maintain local security.
In today's world where culture is used to control military force and culture is used to suppress military force, serving as a low-level military officer in the Xiang army is definitely not a good background for the direct descendants of the rich clans. But for the lower-level clan members such as Yuan Lei and Zhong Jitang, it can
Earning military pay is still a good way out.
Therefore, the Huaiyuan rural camp was greatly reduced and disbanded after the bandit rebellion, and a considerable number of rural soldiers and rural military officials like Yuan Lei and Zhong Jitang joined the state army.
For example, in the two battalions of Xiang troops escorting grain and grass to Taiyuan this time, almost 40% of the soldiers came from the Huaiyuan Township Camp, and these were the people Xu Huai wanted to lure to Shuozhou the most.
Xu Huai looked at Yuan Lei and Zhong Jitang said: "Uncle Wu Qi and I were ordered by the Hedong Economic and Strategic Envoy to mobilize the Tangzhou Xiang Army to garrison Shuozhou. Generals Kong and Liu disobeyed, and I was planning to tie them up.
Shuozhou, it’s just the right time for you to come over, come over and help me tie them up!”
"..." Yuan Lei and Zhong Jitang looked at each other, smiled and walked into the teahouse through the window, saying, "It's not that serious! Hedong Economic Strategy envoy, Commander Kong, how dare Commander Liu disobey? Commander Kong, Commander Liu
I'm kidding you by giving them orders!"
Yuan Lei and Zhong Jitang had served as captains in the rural camp. They knew that Xu Wuqi had always been at odds with Xu Huai and the others. For a moment, they couldn't understand what was going on. When they entered the teahouse, they naturally acted as peacemakers first.
"Then you come and ask them how they responded to me just now." Xu Huai said.
"Are you really a reckless Xu Huai?" Kong Zhou stared at Xu Huai in surprise and asked.
"Why, I didn't curse my mother this time. Do you think I'm lying?"
Xu Huai glanced at Kong Zhou and Liu Wugong, but did not ask them about their wishes again. Instead, he walked out of the tea shop directly and looked at Yuan Lei. Zhong Jitang brought more than a hundred Tangzhou Xiang troops and crowded in front of the tea shop.
, Zhensheng asked,
"How many of you came from the Huaiyuan Township Camp, and how many of you recognize me, Xu Huai? Maybe you have heard about the Tianxiong Army's defeat in Datong in Taiyuan, have you also heard about me, Xu Huai, Suitian?
The Xiongjun also died in Datong. Do you think you don’t have to listen to me scolding you anymore? Unfortunately, you will still have to listen to me scolding you in the days to come - all Huaiyuan soldiers, listen to my order from Xu Huai, immediately
Get out in line..."
The Xiang army did not have many taboos. Basically, the rural generals commanded the rural soldiers.
This team of soldiers and horses are basically from Huaiyuan rural soldiers, and many of them are even descendants of the Zhong family and the Yuan family.
When they saw Xu Huai walking out of the teahouse and giving orders, they subconsciously straightened their chests and marched out.
Han Qi immediately arranged for five people to hold the order flag and incorporate the Huaiyuan soldiers who were out into the flag team. The remaining ten Tangzhou soldiers looked at each other and stood helplessly outside the tea shop, looking helplessly at the tea shop.
Among them were Kong Zhou, Liu Wugong, Yuan Lei and Zhong Jitang.
"Yuan Lei, Zhong Jitang," Xu Huai ordered Yuan Zhong and Yuan Zhong in the tea shop at this time, "you two should return to the camp immediately and pass on my order to Xu Huai: All Huaiyuan soldiers are willing to follow me to Shuo
Those who resist the barbarians in the state will immediately leave the camp and come here to be reorganized! Anyone who dares to stop them will be punished for resisting and violating military orders, and will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes!" Yuan Lei and Zhong Jitang saw that their hundreds of soldiers didn't even say hello. Most of them were directly recruited by Xu Huai. What nonsense did they have to say? They immediately stopped looking at Kong Zhou.
, Liu Wugong and his two men had expressions on their faces and ran straight to the camp.
I have never eaten pork, but I have seen pork - Kong Zhou. Although Liu Wutang has never met Xu Huai, as a military official in Tangzhou, how could he not have heard that Xu Huai was "dominating and dooming" in the Huaiyuan Township Camp?
The reputation of winning two hundred bandit heads during a battle against bandits in Tongbai Mountain?
Seeing Yuan Lei, Zhong Jitang rushed away. Seeing that more than 80 soldiers had been formed in the tea shop, Xu Huaicai walked back to the tea shop and sat down in front of the stunned Kong Zhou and Liu Wugong.
came down and said:
"If you are a soldier from Huaiyuan Township who is willing to follow me north to Shuozhou to fight against the barbarians, I will definitely take him away. Please don't stop me. If you are still stubborn and unwilling to follow us to Shuozhou, we will also
I won’t force you to come over, but you can go to the Hedong Capital Deployment Department or the Yanxi Route Army Supervisory Envoy to get a receipt so that you can return to Tangzhou to report to Dong Ping!”
Liu Wugong and Kong Zhou looked at each other for a long time. When they saw more soldiers coming from the camp and joining the flag team, they knew that it would be difficult to lead the remaining soldiers back to Tangzhou. They asked with a sad face: "We
But we are not unwilling to go to Shuozhou to garrison, but today we are acting under the orders of the Hedong Economic Envoy. When we return to Tangzhou in the future, it will be difficult to explain to the state’s Military and Horse Supervisor!"
"There is no need for you to worry. Since I have come this time to integrate you into the Defeating Yan Army, Wang Fanlangjun, who is in charge of the Defeating Yanxi Route Army, will naturally negotiate with the Privy Council to resolve the transfer of orders!" Xu Huai said.
"We are willing to go to Shuozhou together!" Liu Wugong and Kong Zhou said through gritted teeth.
