Xiangzhou actually had no resistance and was defeated in one battle.
Shao Shude is already the leader of dozens of states. Now that he has conquered one and two counties, he can no longer be excited. If Wei Bo was not so special, he would not even bother to come over - of course, there are some reasons that cannot be mentioned on the table.
, such as not letting any one subordinate take too much credit, etc.
If you don't have money or official position, I can reward you, but you can't make too much merit or have too much prestige.
This was a bit unbelievable in other dynasties, but it was very common at this time.
When Tian was about to attack Qian Hu, Yang Xingmi would rather help this old enemy and marry his daughter to his son, or order Tian to retreat. After Tian is eliminated, we will continue to fight. It doesn't matter if we miss a good opportunity, to prevent his men from getting too prestige.
High rebellion is more important.
There is no way, the social atmosphere is so bad.
It is absolutely impossible for people like Zhu Yuanzhang to sit comfortably in Nanjing and let the generals conquer the world at this time, and it is a serious act of seeking death.
Therefore, it is still relatively difficult for a general to improve his performance in this era. Not only is the opponent uncooperative and difficult to defeat, but the leader also does not dare to let go for a long time, for fear that the army will follow others.
These are the lessons learned through blood and tears over the past 100 years of feudal rule. Behind every seemingly strange thing, there are profound internal causes.
The six counties of Xiangzhou, including Tangyin and Anyang, were in hand. Shao Shude had no intention of attacking the other counties for the time being and just sent people to recruit them to surrender.
Eighty percent of his energy was still spent on digesting the prime minister and defending the two states, which was more difficult than winning a battle, especially when he didn't want to massacre - in fact, there were no warlords in the late Tang Dynasty who massacred as much as they did in the late Yuan and Ming Dynasties.
, because this is also a serious act of seeking death, and ordinary people are really capable of resisting and have good fighting ability.
"The situation in Xiangzhou will be stabilized as soon as possible." Shao Shude sat in the state office and said: "Chen Cheng will continue to stay in Bianzhou and take charge of the overall situation of the Xuanwu Army. Feng Wei and others make the decision on all matters in Luoyang. If there is any undecision, please let the princess make a decision.
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Princess Zhe has great wisdom. After being married for so many years, Shao Shude knows it very well. Moreover, she is very measured and will never take the initiative to interfere in military and political affairs unless necessary.
"Yang Baoyu, step up the urging. If the governor of a state is still not satisfied, then there is nothing more to say, and they will be wiped out together."
In fact, it is difficult to say which one is better, serving as governor in Shao Shude or serving as general in Weibo.
The Xia Prince's Mansion has very deep control over the prefectures under Shuofang Town. The local people's support is not on your side, and most of the officials are disobedient. The governor really only has money left, which is not very interesting.
It is only attractive to those who pursue stability and wealth.
"Keep an eye on Xing Chaopaiqian and Kou Mujing. If the Jin people go south, fight them back resolutely."
Shao Shude does not want to conflict with Li Keyong now, so as not to affect the overall situation. But when it comes to the key point of deciding the ownership of Hebei, he will not give in. Xiangzhou and Weizhou are obviously more important, and there is no way he will give up.
The civil servants were busy until late in the evening, when Zhao Guangfeng suddenly came to report that Wang Shifan, the Jiedu envoy of Ziqing, was seeking peace for the second time.
"Wang Shifan summoned the army to gather in Qingzhou. Yamen general Zhang Juhou led his army into Wugu, trying to attack our army's flank, but was ambushed and lost more than 3,000 troops. Outside Yanzhou City, Zhu Jin led his army to fight several times.
Ren Xiaoyong, Wang Tan, Liu Zhijun and others were wounded one after another. Li Tangbin had mobilized his troops to go south, and defeated Zhu Jin once, which curbed the arrogance of this thief." Zhao Guangfeng said: "After the king left, the National Guard Army made a noise and caused chaos.
Once, Yuhou Fengzang of Mabudu in the middle of the river was suppressed by the Tielin Army and killed more than a thousand people. The army was no longer able to fight. The Zhongwu Army cheered up and worked hard when attacking Zizhou."
"Send an envoy to Zizhou and tell Li Tangbin that it will be enough to consume it and don't stir up trouble." Shao Shude said.
Consuming the surrendered army and attacking Ziqing are two major tasks, but we must pay attention to propriety and scale. This is the core.
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In Zezhou City, Li Kening quickly received military information about Xiangzhou.
He was a little restless,
Immediately, he found General Shi Jiantang of Tianjingguan Town and asked for relevant information.
However, Heyang was tightly guarded, and the scouts could not penetrate deeply. There were only specious intelligence sent back by some caravans. They only knew that Xia troops were often transferred back and forth in Heyang, and they had no idea whether they were still there or where they had gone.
If you are willing to go south to test it out, the Xia army has just released the third batch of 500 prisoners. It is unwise to intensify the conflict between the two sides at this time. You know, there is already a war in Youzhou.
Li Hanzhi was very active. His son had just been killed by Tianxiong's army, and he was eager to take revenge. After thinking about it, Li Kening ordered Li Hanzhi to lead 5,000 people to Xingzhou to aid, and returned to An Jinjun's command, but for the time being.
Not allowed to go south.
At the same time, military intelligence was reported to Jibei, leaving it to Li Keyong to make a decision.
By the White Wolf River, the battle between the Jin army and the Khitan had just ended.
Unsurprisingly, in a head-on battle, without mobilizing the Great Khan's bodyguards and his own troops, the Khitans could not even defeat the Jin army with their cavalry. This made them very frustrated, and this completely strengthened their confidence and avoided them.
Fight and fight guerrillas. When the main force of the Jin army comes, I will leave. When the main force of the Jin army retreats, I will come back. I don’t believe how much time the Jin army has to waste with them.
Li Keyong was furious with the Khitans for such shameless tactics.
He wanted to kill the Khitan yamen, but he was worried that it would be too far away and the food supply would not be continued. At the same time, he was not sure about the strength of the Khitan people. What if they lured the enemy deeper?
It happened that at this moment, he received the news from Li Kening: Wei Bo had changed.
"Your Majesty, you shouldn't have gone north in the first place. If the Khitans are coming, just let them come. It's so slippery that we can't catch their main force. I don't know how long it will take." Gai Yu frowned and couldn't help but said.
"Okay, okay! How many times do you have to say this?" Li Keyong scolded irritably: "I understand, let's think of a way."
"It is better to withdraw all the garrison outside the pass and shrink the defense line to the vicinity of Linyu Pass. We can retain some military towns behind the mountains and rely on Yanshan to mobilize various ministries and form a coalition to guard and help each other." Gai Yu suggested.
"This can only delay the Khitan's offensive." Li Keyong thought for a while and pointed out its weakness, saying: "Every time the Khitan gathers a large army and attacks one place alone, the defense line is long and the troops are divided everywhere.
If left undefended, these scattered military towns will be overthrown by them sooner or later."
But we can't leave any troops behind the mountain. If the Khitans go directly to the north of Linyu Pass to graze their cattle, all the vassal tribes will really run away, and the losses will be quite heavy.
"How did Shao Shude persist in fighting on multiple fronts?" Li Keyong suddenly asked.
What do you want Gai Yu to say about this? He has many soldiers and a large territory!
The cavalry brigade was raised in Lingxia. Henan (south of the Yellow River in Lingxia) was rich in water and grass, but there were also large areas of farmland, and the household registration was very prosperous. This was the main reason why Yang Yue, an old boy, could often lead troops to attack.
The Yanbei region does not have such conditions. Unless the city, household registration, and garrison in Yingzhou during the Tianbao period are restored, then it will be possible to maintain a considerable force and suppress the ambitions of the Khitan people. To put it bluntly, you need a "ping"
"Lu Jiedushi", during the Xuanzong Dynasty, this vassal town had 35,000 soldiers and was responsible for the vast area from Yingzhou to Andong.
But then again, during the Tianbao period, Fanyang and Pinglu towns relied on Hebei to support them. At this time, most of Hebei was no longer in their hands, and Youzhou’s wealth had to support Hedong. It really could not maintain the "Pinglu Army" in the new era.
"Yes.
"You can't give up easily after the mountain." Li Keyong was still reluctant to give up, and just listened to him say: "Without Yanbei, the number of soldiers will be reduced a lot, and the war horses will be very expensive, and the battle will be impossible to fight."
Seeing that Li Keyong was still reluctant to fully shrink, Gai Yu couldn't help but sigh and said: "The king's concerns are reasonable. It's better to send envoys to make peace with the Khitan people and see what they want." The Xia people put their hands into Wei Bo, and
Without the advantage of the navy, there may be a chance."
In fact, it is not very wise for Shao Shude to enter Weibo.
He once complained that Li Keyong was aimless and used a hammer here and there. Even Zhu Quanzhong often fought on multiple fronts, which was ridiculed by him in private.
But when he marched into the Central Plains, he turned out to be what he once complained about. Although his strategy was to capture all of Henan Province, he still blatantly interfered with Weibo's internal situation and opened another battlefield.
There was no way, the opportunity was too good, I couldn't help it. Zhu Quanzhong must have thought the same way at the beginning, right?
"Make peace..." Li Keyong hesitated.
He actually looked down on the Khitan a little, mainly because their performance on the battlefield was mediocre, which made him look down upon.
But after being in contact with them for so long, he more or less knew the strength of the Khitans: they seemed to have quite a lot of soldiers, very good equipment, and there were also professional warriors who were off-duty, unlike other nomadic tribes.
It's really uncomfortable to be entangled with such a force.
"Your Majesty..." Gai Yu reminded.
"Then let's send an envoy over to have a talk." Li Keyong waved his hand and said, "I'll seize the opportunity in the past few days to see if I can hit the Khitan again. This will make it easier to talk."
Gai Yu was speechless.
He knew that the King of Jin was still determined and wanted to completely eliminate the hidden danger of Khitan once and for all, but the fact that they did not fight you was clearly a tactic to lure the enemy deeper. Ever since the time of the Huns, the grassland people have liked to play this tactic.
"Don't think about good things." Li Keyong seemed to know what Gai Yu was thinking, and said: "Everyone in the world is struggling in the net. Shao Shude is not just fighting on two fronts? His march into Weibo is already on three fronts, using both front and rear.
Two hundred thousand troops. Yang Xingmi has Qian H in the south and Shao Shu De in the north, and they are also in a pincer attack. Qian H is attacking Xing Mi in the north. There are also frictions with Fujian in the south, and the army is in confrontation at every turn. Li Maozhen is in Shu, and I don't think he is easy.
"Single-line combat is out of reach, so don't think too much about it."
"The military leaders in this world are all too shrewd..." Gai Yu sighed.
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Luo Shaowei got up early in the morning.
He had a good sleep last night because there was internal strife in Li Gongquan's troops and he fled back to Bozhou with more than 10,000 people.
Seeing that the situation was gradually becoming clearer, officials and generals from the three states of Chan, Bei, and Wei sent envoys one after another to recognize Luo Shaowei as the military governor. Even General Shi Renyu came to the city in person to express his respect.
This is in line with the rules of the game.
The change of power in the three towns in Hebei, even if it deteriorated to the point of fighting each other, rarely involved fights, and always ended with the rapid defeat of one party, which was very clean and tidy.
For example, when Li Kuangwei of Youzhou led his troops back to rebel, Li Keju and his family set themselves on fire. Were there no soldiers in the city? No. It was just that everyone did not support him.
Li Kuangchou expelled his brother Li Kuangwei and fought only one battle. The two sides combined more than 100,000 troops, but the casualties were not large. In the end, Li Kuangwei's men rebelled.
Le Congxun and Luo Hongxin competed for military governor, but only fought two battles. Le Congxun's 30,000-strong army fought well in the first battle, but were defeated by the Yamen soldiers.
Xun was sold to Luo Hongxin. Everyone surrendered and continued to serve as soldiers. The new commander let the past go and was rewarded.
After more than a hundred years, there are basically routines.
Sikong F and Yang Li both concluded that civil strife would break out in Bozhou soon, and Li Gongquan's enthronement would be imminent.
With such a good mood, Luo Shaowei came to Duyu Housi.
"Canglang!" The sound of drawing a knife came, and Luo Shaowei was startled.
Looking intently, I saw several government officers slashing at the pillars with their swords.
The corridor pillars are huge trees, and they have been cut with traces, which is shocking to look at.
"Beheading a person is like cutting a pillar, but you don't know whether the body is as strong as the pillar." A yamen soldier said with a smile.
"Be kind to one but not the other. If I had known, I would have helped Li Gongquan to fight."
"Why sacrifice the near for the far? Isn't Shi Renyu in the city? Let's surround him and kill his whole family if he dares not to act as governor."
Luo Shaowei's heart tightened and he quickened his pace and left.
"Inspector Sikong." Luo Shaowei hesitated for a moment, his face gradually turned ferocious, and asked in a low voice: "Were the soldiers of Xuzhou Silver Sword Capital so unruly back then?"
"There are thousands of people with silver swords, father and son, one after another, and they are close to the party. There are three hundred people who serve as the Jiedushi envoy's servants. They bring weapons into the Jiedushi envoy's house every day. They do not keep watch, but sit in the corridor, exposing their weapons to scare them.
No one dared to take care of the officers and generals below Jiedushi. Feeling slightly dissatisfied, they laughed and discussed each other in the dining room. One man shouted and all the soldiers were in harmony. Jiedushi was often frightened and ran away from the back door." Sikong F said: "Finally,
We still invited Zhongwu and the Yicheng Army to take action, and then they killed him. From then on, most of the military governors sent to Xuzhou by the imperial court were civil servants, and they were fine. From then on, Xu Town had the reputation of a 'Wen Town', and it was peaceful and uneventful."
"They are almost the same as Wei Bo's Yamen soldiers.uu Kanshu www.uukanshu.com" Luo Shaowei gritted his teeth and said: "Basically all the three thousand Yamen soldiers on Li Gongquan's side have fled back. This group of people did not receive rewards. If they cause trouble, others will
Will you participate?"
Do you still need to ask? Sikong F glanced at him, nodded and said: "After Liu, the yamen soldiers have no moral integrity, disrespect the superiors, and are moody. Even if other people don't participate in the chaos, just those three thousand people making trouble will be a big deal. Liu
Then, think about it carefully, the yamen soldiers guarding the shogunate are just like the silver swords that are kept close by the Jiedu envoys. Once they cause chaos, even if the soldiers support you, will it be too late?"
Sikong F did not dare to directly suggest asking outsiders to kill the yamen soldiers. Anyway, Luo Shaowei had already had this idea in his mind. If he said more, it would be unsightly and would only arouse suspicion.
"What Inspector Sikong said makes sense." Luo Shaowei paused and said, "I want to recruit thousands of warriors as personal attendants. Do you think it's feasible?"
"I don't dare to say anything. I'll leave this matter to you and make up your own mind later." Sikong F said.
Luo Shaowei thought for a long time and was undecided.
He didn't want to put his life on the mercy of the Yamen soldiers, not to mention those killers were not merciful at all.
Recruiting attendants and personal guards can resist at critical moments, and then calmly mobilize troops to suppress the rebellion of the government soldiers. But this matter is also very sensitive, and a life can be lost if not done well.
In fact, it seemed better to kill all the rebellious government soldiers. But there was always a voice in his heart telling him that this was not advisable.
After all the silver swordsmen were killed, withered flags, door guns, etc. were all disbanded. Xuzhou became a "Wen Town" for a time. Is this good?
He suddenly thought of his father's Huazhou soldiers who had taken Zhu Quanzhong into custody. Alas! His father had foresight, but it was a pity that the Huazhou soldiers were defeated by Li Keyong and Shao Shude.
"Tomorrow we will put up a list to recruit soldiers. I can't wait any longer." Luo Shaowei suddenly remembered the incident of the Yamen soldiers slashing pillars with swords, and his anger suddenly welled up and he said.