Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 40
Jinyang is a great city in the world.Seeing history, it is an important town.The country started from Taiyuan and built it as the northern capital, with a very special status.

Li Kan took office from April [-]th to the Jiedushi Mansion.On the first day of taking office, he called for Marching Sima and his two judges who were in charge of specific tasks. In front of Shao Shude, he ordered Tie Lindu to replenish his equipment and issued a reward.Shao Shude naturally thanked him greatly, and then followed the shogunate to the warehouse to receive money, silk and various equipment.

Jiedushi's first order, everyone still has to give face.And Shao Shude was not polite, and took a lot of armor, long and short spears, long-handled axes, hooked spears, high-quality bows, shields, horizontal knives, arrows, and other baggage equipment, even if it was far more than the six hundred sergeants needed. You can also take it vigorously. Anyway, it is good to keep it as a reserve.

After receiving the equipment and money and silk, they chose another military camp, which was located near the Jiedushi Mansion in Xicheng, where [-] troops could be stationed.Because of the military chaos, this place was already empty, just so that Tie Lin could stay, and there was still plenty of room to spare.

Shao Shude is very clear about his responsibility, that is, to protect the safety of the military commander Li Kan, as a guarantee or confidence for him to exercise his authority.Now Jinyang is in chaos, the army inside and outside the city has different thoughts, and it is about to mutiny at any time, which is really a headache.

Shao Shude thought about it, and felt that six hundred sergeants might not be enough, so he invited Li Kan, the military envoy, that night, requesting to recruit thousands of troops, which happened to be the standard configuration of Yidu.Tie Lindu is now Li Kan's courage, so he has nothing to do with it. The next day, he sent someone to lead Shao Shude to a military camp somewhere in Dongcheng, and handed over the hundreds of Zhaoyi sergeants who were stranded there to him.

These people were all Zhaoyi elite soldiers brought over by Cao Xiang when he took office. At the beginning, there were more than [-] people. Cao Dashuai relied on this to hunt down the rebels and shake the three cities.Later, in the battle of Honggu, the Zhaoyi army also participated, and the casualties were not light. Not long after returning to Jinyang, Cao Xiang died violently. Thousands of people.

After Cui Jikang took office, he was not very interested in these Zhaoyi soldiers, and even a little disgusted.At that time, there were only about a thousand soldiers left in Zhaoyi, and they were clamoring to invite rewards, pretending to be entangled and returning to their hometown.Cui Jikang ignored him, and Li Jun, the newly appointed military governor of Zhaoyi, led his troops to Hedong. He wanted to take in these people, but he failed miserably in Jingle County. The trail returns to Shang Dang.

All of a sudden, the thousands of Zhaoyi soldiers in Jinyang City were really orphans.My grandmother doesn’t love my uncle and I don’t love my uncle. If my family members are in the party, I can still run away on a desertion. If I don’t have family members or are far away in Hebei and don’t plan to go back, I can only hang out in the city. There are only about [-] people left so far. Very sluggish.

Shao Shude had long heard that Zhaoyi infantry was the best in all towns, and was very interested in these people.Therefore, after negotiating with the officials of the shogunate, these people were directly taken back to the military camp and acted as members of the army.Zhaoyibing had long lived and feared the "orphan" life of the past. At this time, there were generals who appreciated them and were willing to use them. Naturally, they were very willing. They were scattered and merged into Tielindu that day and became one of them.

"This envoy Chen?" Shao Shude sat high in the barracks, looked at a sloppy middle-aged man standing in front of him, and asked.

"Xiaguan Zhaoyi Town's shogunate wants to join the army with Chen Cheng, and has seen Lieutenant General Shao." The middle-aged man bowed his hands and replied.

"Since you are a shogunate officer, why are you still staying here?"

"Cao Dashuai, the benefactor of the lower official, has passed away, and his family is far away in Yancheng, Chuzhou. He is shy and has no face to return home."

"You are sincere." Shao Shude smiled and said, "I think you are quite able to win over the remaining soldiers of Zhaoyi, so you should have some talent for learning. From now on, you will do things with this general. Later, you will ask Li Yanling to get five pieces of money and ten pieces of silk. Get settled."

"Dare to obey!" Chen Cheng said happily.

"How are the sergeants doing on weekdays?" Shao Shude called Li Yanling and whispered a few words.

"It's very difficult." It was a good time to cry about poverty, Chen Cheng was not stupid, and immediately said: "There is no shortage of military rations, supply and demand are delivered every month, even if there is no meat, there is a lack of salt, let alone wine. I only received last year's autumn clothes for the spring and autumn clothes. This year's spring clothes have not been distributed, and the winter clothes have not been seen. The rewards for the New Year and festivals are only distributed intermittently, and the soldiers are full of complaints. I went outside to find a merchant to borrow some money so that the soldiers could celebrate the festival, but it was very difficult."

"Don't lie to the general, I didn't leave last year, and I was a little selfish. Now I know that I am not the one to lead the army, and I can't keep it up." Chen Cheng finally said: "Fortunately, the general is very concerned. There will be no Zhaoyi Army in the future, we are all Tie Lin Du sergeants, only the general's orders are obeyed."

"Okay!" Shao Shude patted the armrest of the Hu bed, and said, "Since I have entered the Iron Forest Capital, I can't guarantee anything else, and it can be done without discrimination. The relevant wealth and court rewards will not be taken personally, but all will be rewarded. To all the soldiers. There is only one thing, you have to obey and obey your orders. Forget it, words are useless, follow me, Chen, and follow me to the school grounds, the sergeants should be ready."

"As ordered." Chen Cheng glanced at Shao Shude and wanted to see what he would do.

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Today the weather is refreshing, the sun shines on the body, it is warm, and it is very comfortable to teach people.

Tie Lin, [-] sergeants, had already formed a large square formation on the school grounds under the orders of the officers.After three quarters of an hour, Shao Shude rushed over with Chen Cheng.

As soon as he entered the arena, he saw more than a thousand sergeants in their helmets and armor, and the long lances stood in awe, with awe-inspiring murderous aura.

Shao Shude watched for a long time, as if intoxicated.

Chen Cheng, who was next to him, was also a little excited. He had read books for half his life, but he failed many times. He had no choice but to travel to various towns to become a low-level shogunate officer. This wasted more than ten years.In the dead of night, I also asked myself, why don't you give up and go back to your hometown.When I left home in the past years, my children were still babbling, and my beloved wife was in full bloom. I really owed them a lot, so I went back and relied on dozens of acres of thin fields to spend the rest of my life.It's just that a sense of injustice in his heart has made it difficult for him to make a decision many times. Now, when he encounters Tielindu, it may be the last effort in his life.

If not, go home!

"Li Yanling!" Shao Shude stopped drinking, breaking Chen Cheng's thoughts.

"The department is here!"

"Bring the axe!"

Li Yanling was puzzled, but Yiyan quickly came over with a big axe.

Shao Shude took the axe, and he walked to the warehouse door, slashing the copper lock twice.He kicked the door open, revealing a large pile of copper coins stacked on the ground, as well as silk neatly stacked on the shelves.At this time, the sun was just right, shining on the newly minted copper coins, giving off a golden light that blinded the eyes of all the sergeants on the school grounds.

"Li Jieshuai's reward is here." Shao Shude threw the big axe on the ground, turned to face the sergeants, and said, "I will not take a penny, but will give it all to you. If you don't believe it, you can inquire, this will be in heaven. How did the Germans behave when they lived, and what they did when they were Zhelu. Even the reward for shooting the rebel generals was exchanged for the sergeants. Li Yanling, will be named by the book, all the armies have, there is no distinction between the new and the old This door does not need to be locked in the future. I will eat and live with you, so why spend money?"

"Cough cough...Everyone, Deputy General Shao is so kind and righteous, and he has counted the three cities of Jinyang, can you still find it?" Without Shao Shude's signal, Chen Cheng just stepped forward and spoke: "The Zhaoyi Army should all know me, so I will say it straight. Lieutenant General Shao treats people with sincerity, giving people the feeling of being in a spring breeze. He also cherishes his soldiers, and he will reward all the wealth and goods he has earned. You should be content. A while ago, I heard that He Gongya, the general of the city's teeth, lived in the high gate of a mansion and had over a hundred servants. There are dozens of beautiful maids, and it is rare to sleep in the camp for two or three days in a month. The imperial court and the marshals don’t give them all the rewards, so how about Lieutenant General Shao?

"Lieutenant General Shao has no money, but he doesn't even have the money for a drink. If he gets married in the future, I'm afraid he won't even be able to get a dowry gift. Old Li Chou is also worried to death. This family is not good." Being snatched by Chen Cheng, Li Yanling was a little annoyed, so he quickly remedied: "The lieutenant said that the soldiers of the Zhaoyi Army owe the merchants in Jinyang the money, and in the future he will ask the military officer for the reward, so don't worry, gentlemen. One point, in the matter of money, in the future, only Deputy General Shao can come forward and ask for it, and the troops must not make trouble. If this can't be done, it will be a loss of conscience, and the pigs and dogs will not be as good. Now it's time to leave, we'll send you a mess, everyone. It's a good time to get together."

At this point, the sergeants have nothing to say.Driven by several "activists", he immediately showed his loyalty.Especially those soldiers from Zhaoyi Army, who had been cold-hearted and suffered so much before, they were like underdogs. Now that they meet such a generous and sincere general, they may be overwhelmed with gratitude, but they are more or less moved. There is an initial sense of identity.

Of course, there are also people who are dissatisfied and want to leave, not only the Zhaoyi Army, but also the Kelan Army who had gathered before, there are dozens of people in total.Shao Shude did not break his promise, and let Li Yanling give him some money and silk, and let him leave on his own.These people glared down at the soldiers and didn't dare to yell at them. After receiving the money, they slipped away.

This isn't actually a bad thing.Soldiers rioted and invited rewards, and it was often a few who took the lead, and most of the other soldiers were basically instigated by them and then coerced in.With the thorns gone, the team can be purer, right?If these people do not leave, Shao Shude is also afraid that one day he will be surrounded by the chaotic army, which will lead to his death.

Everyone wants to be an officer, but this officer is not so easy to be, the world is not easy!

(End of this chapter)