Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 597

On September [-]th in the fifth year of Dashun, Chang'an.An army hurried out of the city gate and headed east.

In the past two days, the sergeants who had plundered enough in Chang'an City became more and more sober, knowing that there was a catastrophe, and from time to time some people deserted and slipped away without knowing where they were going.

But their fate may not be better.

The counties in Gyeonggi Province are still in order. If the chaos is left alone, the end will not be too good.A few years ago, during the rebellion of the Jing division, the small groups of Jingyuan rebels scattered outside were wiped out one after another by the Tutuan villagers summoned by the counties, and some were even held by the villagers and punished by the Ming Dynasty.

These people can only ask for more blessings.

The palace city is slightly messy and dilapidated, and there are still many collapsed and scorched traces.In the only remaining palace, Ji Wang Li Bao, who had been "promoted" to supervise the country, did not look happy at all.

The former Ji Wang Fu and Guo Baosi, who was also promoted to prime minister, were full of sadness.This farce of supervising the country was not what they wanted, but they had no choice but to put a knife on their necks.

Originally, there might be some possibility, but after Xia Wang Shao Shude sent his troops into the pass, there was no possibility at all.

Tianwei Capital and Yushan Capital are now full of plunder, soldiers have no fighting spirit, and soldiers have no fighting spirit. This can be seen from the fact that they tried to rob the city but were repelled. The officers are not even able to control the troops. up.

Perhaps in another ten and a half months, the soldiers will calm down and return to the camp to listen to orders, but is there such time?

"The Shao bandits assembled four groups of soldiers and horses, numbering 20, and encircled them. I don't know what the grand master's strategy is?" The atmosphere in the hall was a bit dull, and Guo Baosi didn't want to sit still, so he looked at Li Kuangwei who was sitting at the bottom of the steps.

Li Kuangwei is not tall, but stocky and stocky, with thick calluses on his hands, and an obvious scar behind his ear, showing his bravery and suffering in the early years of fighting on the battlefield.

He is also an ambitious warrior with a lot of pride.

Li Keyong attacked Chengde, and Li Kuangwei led his army south to rescue. As a result, Li Kuangchou launched a mutiny and appointed himself the heir of Youzhou.At that time, Li Kuangwei commented on the matter in front of Wang Rong, bluntly saying that Li Kuangchou came to power in a mutiny, and the position of Ji Shuai was still in the hands of the Li family. Two years is enough.

As a result, his words were true. In fact, Li Keyong came to fight within two years. Li Kuangchou was defeated and killed. His wife and daughter fell into Li Keyong's hands.

Wang Rong respects and guards against Li Kuangwei.On the one hand, he was grateful to him for leading the troops to help, but it was difficult to return home, so he not only spent huge sums of money to build a mansion for him, but also treated him with the courtesy of his father, very respectful.But this is just the surface. If Li Kuangwei stays in Zhenzhou for a long time, he will covet Wang Rong's handsome position if he fails to keep it. Then a life-and-death struggle will be inevitable.

It is a good thing for Li Kuangwei and Wang Rong to be an official in the court, and it is even a good thing for the thousands of Yan soldiers under him.Stay in Chengde, the outcome is unpredictable.

"What other strategy is there? It's nothing more than a battle." Li Kuangwei said disapprovingly.

"Dare to ask the grand master, given the current situation in the city, can we survive the battle?" Guo Baosi asked.

Li Kuangwei hesitated for a moment and said, "It's a bit difficult."

What he said was so straightforward and upright, which surprised King Ji, who frowned and sighed in his heart.

He knows that temper very well.Once he returns to Beijing, he will definitely end badly.There is no warmth to speak of in the power struggle of the Tian family.

"Grand Master, I heard that Fu Daozhao led the defeated troops to flee to Huxian County and Yulu, and they are in constant panic. Why don't we send envoys to recruit him to surrender, so that we can have more strength?" Guo Baosi suggested.

In fact, he didn't think that Fu Daozhao's few defeated soldiers would be able to play any role, but in this bleak situation, every extra person is always good.

"Pengri has been beaten and maimed, so I'm afraid it's useless." After thinking about it, Li Kuangwei said, "Forget it, let's send envoys to surrender. Assuming an official position, he has no place to go now, so he shouldn't be a big lion." Speak."

Fu Daozhao left in a hurry, and his family was trapped in Beijing. His wife took the child back to her mother's house for refuge. Li Kuangwei did not make things difficult, but instead sent troops to protect him. It can be seen that Fu Daozhao's wife was not the Hou family. , Hou's that he met later in Hebei, after Liang Kaiping five years (907) was snatched by Li Cunxu, income in the house.

"Where is Shi Taibao? I haven't seen him since the imperial court today. In this critical autumn, I didn't come to discuss big plans. What's the purpose?" Guo Baosi looked around, and originally made an appointment to come to Lin Dedian was discussing matters, but Shi Zan hadn't come yet, which gave him a slight bad feeling.

Could it be...

Thinking of this, beads of sweat broke out on Guo Baosi's forehead.

King Ji's brows were furrowed even tighter.To be honest, he didn't want to be a state supervisor at all, he just wanted to run away, even if he kept his name hidden and became an ordinary citizen, it was better than staying in Chang'an and waiting to die.

Li Kuangwei also realized that something was wrong, so he stood up suddenly and said, "I'll go look for him."

After Li Kuangwei strode away, the expression on King Ji's face immediately enriched, and he said in a low voice: "Wang Fu, the situation in Beijing and China is about to change drastically, why not—"

Guo Baosi stopped King Ji with his eyes, and after thinking silently for a while, he said: "Now there are Yan soldiers outside the palace, and we still need to act with cameras."

King Ji nodded slightly.

……

Smoke and dust billowed in the field, and hundreds of cavalry chased the fleeing enemy cavalry like a play.

From time to time, they shot an arrow, or hit the rider, or hit the horse, and then laughed.

They chased across Bashui, Dongwei Bridge, and Changle Slope, all the way to Tonghuamen.Hundreds of horsemen rushed out of the city, with bright armor, excellent equipment, and even silver ornaments on the saddles.

The pursuers reined in their horses, and then retreated slowly.

On the way to retreat, more than ten riders came from other city gates to meet up, and then disappeared in the vast wilderness.

In the camp of Weiqiao Town, Shao Shude quickly received a military report from the scouts: "Jingdong and Nanmen gates are sparsely guarded, and their fighting spirit is weak."

"Wang Qianyu!" Shao Shude shouted as he returned to his chair.

"The last general is here!" Feng'an Army You Yi envoy Wang Qianyu responded loudly.

Shao Shude glanced at him a few times.In the past few years, the Feng'an army has been guarding everywhere, and they haven't fought any serious battles.Thinking back when Wang Qianyu led the cavalry to raid the rear of Liugu Tubo when he attacked Hexi, he still left a deep impression on him.

"Tonight, you lead the cavalry from the headquarters and make a loud noise outside Tonghua Gate and Chunming Gate to attract the attention of thieves."

"As ordered!"

"Give Zhe Congyun an order to send out [-] riders, make a noise outside Qixia Gate and Mingde Gate, set up big torches, and prepare more drums for battle."

"As ordered!"

"Qian Shousu!"

"The end is here!"

Shao Shude took a deep look at him, and said: "You choose two battalions of soldiers, feed them well, and enter the city to harass them tonight, disturbing the morale of the army."

The situation in the city has been reported by someone, and there are probably more than 5000 soldiers and horses, with [-] Yan soldiers as the core, and a large number of Shence soldiers who were coerced by them, mainly soldiers from Hebei and Henan.

During this period of time, Li Kuangwei has not been idle, and has been selecting strong men to fill his subordinates and strengthen his strength.

As for the Xuzhou soldiers in Yushandu, hehe!

Shao Shude kicked Shi Zan who was kneeling in front of him, and said angrily: "When I first entered Beijing, what did I tell you?"

Shi Zan didn't dare to resist. He got up from the ground and knelt down in a proper manner, crying, "The crime will deceive Kuang Wei, and the soldiers will also clamor and coerce, and finally committed a big mistake. I hope the king will forgive me."

"Hmph!" Shao Shude snorted coldly, and said, "Xuzhen fell, and your father set himself on fire in the Swallow Tower. You didn't want to take revenge, but you got involved in such bad things in Beijing and looted the people. I want to kill you, and What can I say?"

When Shi Pu heard about Shi Pu's self-immolation, Shi Zan wept bitterly.

Shao Shude stood there with a straight face, stroking the handle of the knife, as if he might draw the knife and cut it off at any time.

"The city of Xuzhou was destroyed, more than [-] generals and schools died in the battle, all of them were relatives. The big revenge has not been avenged, but you are drunk all day long, oppressing the people, what use are you waiting for? It is better to behead them all, so as not to live in the world ashamed." Shao Shude sat back again, and said with a sneer, "I don't have the guts to go to Luoyang to fight with Bian thieves, but I have the guts to plunder the people in Chang'an. Well, what a skill!"

Shi Zan felt ashamed when he heard the words, grabbed the ground with his head, knocked loudly on the frozen ground, and cried: "Please also ask the king to take me to fight. Zhu Quanzhong's head is to comfort the spirit of the deceased father in heaven."

Shao Shude looked at Shi Zan and remained silent, as if wondering how sincere his words were.

Shi Zan kept kowtowing, and after a while, his forehead was already dripping with blood.

"How many soldiers do you have?" Shao Shude asked suddenly.

"There are still eight thousand people." Shi Zan raised his head and replied.

Blood flowed down the eye sockets, it looked like blood and tears, Shao Shude was slightly moved when he saw it.

"8000 people, that's a lot of Shence Army."

"Mostly it belongs to the Shence Right Army."

"Can you fight?"

"Not very resistant to battle." Shi Zan said honestly: "If you want to go into battle, you have to practice hard."

"Then practice quickly."

Shi Zan was overjoyed when he heard that, kowtowed twice, and said with a sob: "My son, remember the teaching."

"I don't have your son!" Shao Shude scolded angrily.

Shi Zan's face turned pale, and he walked forward with his knees, holding Shao Shude's thigh, and was about to cry bitterly, when he was slapped again unexpectedly.

"What kind of a hero is Shi Sikong? Zhu Quanzhong was treacherous and shameless, he betrayed his promise, and caused Sikong to burn himself to death." Shao Shude pulled Shi Zan up and said, "What does it look like for a man of seven feet to cry all day long? Shi Sikong is left You have such a little flesh and blood, and you have to live up to the lintel of the Shi family in the future, how can you be my son?"

Shi Zan stopped crying, and after a moment of silence, he said, "If Your Majesty is willing to avenge us, the three thousand Xuzhou disciples will have no choice but to send them."

"It still looks a bit like this." Shao Shude said, "Let's train the soldiers well first."

"Obey!" Shi Zan clasped his fists in response.

Chen Cheng watched for a long time, and seeing Shao Shude sitting back and Shi Zan being led down to pack up, he leaned closer and reported: "General Mo Zaisi has led [-] soldiers to Gaoling County."

Don't think again, just don't hide and think again.His identity is now known to almost everyone who cares.

The saint was not very relieved of him, so he was sent to station in the outer town of Shence, not in Chang'an city.

"Let him come to see me tomorrow." Shao Shude said.

"As ordered!"

After dealing with these matters, Shao Shude chatted with Chen Cheng about the many things he would face after entering Beijing.

That night, Wang Qianyu and Zhe Congyun personally led people to make noise outside each gate, pretending to charge and kill them.

Chang'an City was too big for Yan Bing to defend at all, so they were moved around.In the middle of the night, Qian Shousu and Han Xun led [-] soldiers each to climb over the wall and opened the Shenwu Gate, but no one stopped them.

Shao Shude, who was hastily woken up, immediately ordered that the main force of the Feng'an Army go around to Shenwu Gate and enter the city.

At the same time, several orders were issued to the Yicong Army and Shunyi Army who were still on their way, urging them to speed up their march and come to meet up immediately.

Chang'an City is still the same as before, no one can defend it.

(End of this chapter)