Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 8 Eastbound
On the twenty-fifth of June, Qiu Weidao finished dressing early in the morning under the service of his servants.

He was wearing no armor, so he probably couldn't stand the pain.However, I don't know where I got a shawl suit, a bright red one, which looks decent on the body.The fly in the ointment is that without wearing a bow and arrow, this excellent military uniform was wasted.

Today, the Military Academy is more "arrogant", and the kitchen has prepared prison pills for everyone (that is, wontons and dumplings of later generations), stuffed with mutton, and boiled steamingly in a pot.

Shao Shude brought a bowl and sat on the table eating slowly.

He still has seats, but the soldiers can only sit on the ground, but looking at the cheerful faces on everyone's faces, it seems that they don't mind this.Delicious food is better than anything else!Especially the six newly recruited soldiers almost swallowed their tongues, which shows how unsatisfactory their usual life is. At the moment, there is probably nothing left except for a cheap life.

After eating the prison pills, the kitchen took out more than a dozen large baskets, each with a hundred Hu cakes, a total of 1200.

According to the system, half a liter of flour is used for a single hu cake. When the camp is out of exercise, there are two hu cakes in the morning and two in the middle. 1200 Hu cakes, for two teams of [-] people to eat for two days.

As for the expenses of Qiu Weidao's staff, entourage, and servants, they had their own carriage to transport them, and Shao Shude glanced at them.

The former is a stuffed pasta and the latter is a deep-fried round pasta, both better than the sergeants.

However, let’s calm down. Hu cakes are also good, the quantity is large, and there are sesame seeds. The size is similar to that of Xinjiang’s later generations. It is much better than the steamed cakes eaten by other sergeants.This is the advantage of following the guards. The eunuchs are afraid of death and treat the sergeants well for safety reasons.

After breakfast, the army formed a team, and then escorted the car and the supervisor to the outside of the city.

Although there are more than [-] people, there are a lot of things, and there are six carriages.

Outside the city, it was still early. Both the supervisor and the yaqian knew the military envoy, and Hao Zhenwei, the capital ward, greeted him. Shao Shude led the team to stand at the designated position, and Guan Kairun explained to the staff in charge of the baggage. They also rushed over and stood still. The two were on the left and one on the right, with Qiu Weidao standing in the middle, quietly waiting for Hao Zhenwei to give the order.

After half an hour, the ten generals and lieutenants all came with the team.After sorting out the troops, they came forward to greet each other one by one.

Hao Zhenwei asked them to return to their respective formations, and then they were called according to the book.The defense history Li Wei did not show up. It was rumored in the army that he was seriously ill, and it might be a short while, which made Shao Shude a little worried.

The transition of power in feudal towns has always been a major event!
Tiande's army is small and not so chaotic, but this does not mean that there will be no accidents.Especially now that the world is full of turmoil, and ambitious people are eager to move, if one is not good, Fengzhou, which has been peaceful for many years, will be ruined.

Do not believe?Take a look at the Zhenwu Army next door. The army loyal to the imperial court was merged by Li Guochang, and the rebels scattered into the countryside and looted everywhere.Now Li Guochang, who is left behind, is also urgently urging the class, and he doesn't care about the people's strength at all. The people are living in dire straits.

In Fengzhou's history, there were a bit of military chaos. There were about two times. One was to kill and defend Shi Zhou Huaiyi. Because he failed to do anything, he didn't ask for money and grain from the imperial court to repair the Xicheng that was washed away by the Yellow River (then Xicheng Naizhi). , once the Uighur went south, and after the army collapsed, the chaotic troops plundered everywhere.

Originally, Fengzhou had two "safety ropes", namely, the Shuofang Army and the Zhenwu Army. If something happened, they could send troops to enter the country to quell the chaos.But now the world is in chaos, thieves are everywhere, and Shuofang's army is already in the process of rectification, and is ready to go south to attack the peasant army.Not to mention the Zhenwu Army, most of them rebelled with Li Guochang, and they can no longer be counted on.

Such a situation has indeed reached the brink of danger, and no one can say what will happen.

A horn sounded not far away, and then the musical instruments chimed in unison.Shao Shude knew that this was the end of the deployment, and the Lord was about to give a lecture.After the training, they will send troops to the territory under the jurisdiction of the Zhenwu Army.

"All of you are strong men. There are those who draw strong bows and arrows through heavy armor, spears and halberds like arms and fingers, and those who stoop to capture prisoners, slash generals and capture the flag, these are men of sturdiness; Those who go beyond the castle, go in and out of the hut as if searching for things in a pocket, this is a man of agility; there are those who go back and forth less than three hundred miles in the evening, carry hundreds of catties and walk fifty paces, attack and invade, break down the strong, like the back palm. With such a strong man, what is there to worry about? Let's go!" Hao Zhenwei's loud shout rang in his ears, and Shao Shude's expression froze, knowing that he was about to leave.

At this time, Qiu Weidao also adjusted his uniform without asking anyone to help him. He quickly got on his horse.Those people may have died long ago!
Starting from the Tiande Military City, following the Yellow River and entering [-] li, it is the Zhongshoujiang City under the jurisdiction of the Zhenwu Army.

The scale of the middle city is not small. After all, it can station thousands of troops and horses. There is also an Anle garrison in the north of the city, and troops can also be stationed.However, judging from the current situation, Li Guochang may not have many soldiers and horses here, and may even have already abandoned it.

Two hundred miles is not a short distance. Although many baggage that hindered the marching speed had already been shipped, they could not travel thirty miles a day.This is still a team of less than 5000 people (Juncheng conscripted some party members, Uyghurs, and Turks as auxiliary soldiers, who are actually civilian husbands). If it is 5 people, it is qualified if they can travel [-] miles a day.

Every afternoon at Shen Shi, the entire army had to camp and rest, and at [-] o'clock the next day, they would bury their pots to make rice, pack up their equipment, and set off from camp.

Boring, monotonous, heavy and dangerous is the main theme of life in the military camp.

Shao Shude has been in the army for so many years, because he has experienced too much, and he has long left deep marks on his body: bronze skin, slightly roughened by wind and sand, hands covered with calluses, thick joints, stripped armor, large and small scars Five or six places.Being a soldier is not a good life, and you have lost too much.

Such a boring life continued until the third day of the seventh lunar month, when the entire army arrived several miles west of Zhongshoujiang City.

Their journey was relatively smooth. Although the road from Lingzhou to Zhenwu Army through Fengzhou was in disrepair, it was not that bad. The [-]-strong army arrived at Zhongcheng unhurriedly.

When it comes to this "no hurry", it is actually very interesting.

Fighting is killing people, and it takes money, food and materials. Zhenwu Army is not a weak army. There are many soldiers and horses.
The head of the capital, Hao Zhenwei, did not deliberately slow down the speed. He was marching normally, and no one could make mistakes, and the whole army was very supportive.

Zhongcheng was guarded by the Zhenwu Army, and a ten general named Li Renjun led several hundred people.

After hearing that Tiande's army left east, he planned to kill a group of Shatuo cavalry who remained in the city, and descended from the city.

The general Hao Zhenwei and the military envoy Qiu Weidao were very satisfied with him, so they sent people over to applaud him on the way.However, after the army arrived, the entire Tiande army entered the city, but Li Renjun's soldiers were driven to the Anle Guard in the north of the city, apparently worried about him.

Not long after, Hao Zhenwei summoned military envoys and generals to discuss military affairs.The Guan Kairun team was on duty at the temporary military academy at this time, and Shao Shude lit a fire, armed with armor and weapons, and personally escorted Qiu Weidao to the capital.

When they arrived at the general's mansion, there were more than ten sergeants lined up at the gate. Only the envoys and deputy generals were allowed to enter, while the personal soldiers and entourages were all waiting outside.

This is the rule, Qiu Weidao didn't take it seriously, waved his hand and went in.

Shao Shude waited outside with people. Seeing that there were many soldiers standing around, some of them were still chatting, he quietly took a few steps closer, wanting to hear what they were talking about.

Xicheng is too far away, more than [-] miles away from the military city, and the information is not very well-informed.The inside story of this expedition is far less clear than that of the generals of Beicheng (the common name of Tiande Army City).

"Li Guochang's fellow went to Shengzhou, crossed the river at Hebinguan, and entered the border of Shuozhou. Li Keyong self-proclaimed Datong Junjiedu, but except for Yunzhou, he did not subdue the entire territory of Shuo and Weizhou, so A while ago, they attacked the Kuilan Army and the Zhelu Army City. I reckon that they should be operating in Yunzhou or Shuozhou at present, watching Jinyang." The bearded military man whispered, um, he thought Whisper.

"Jinyang is chaotic enough. The town soldiers and the Tutuan township soldiers looted everywhere, and the shogunate could not control it. There is also a large army of Li Guochang and his son in the north. There are many complaints from the soldiers and soldiers in various places. It's a pleasure." Another military man interjected, and his words were quite envious.

"Yeah, yeah! The commanders and generals eat spicy food, and they can play with beauties. Why can't we soldiers and men not get enough to eat and wear warmly? Steal your mother!" Everyone agreed. They were not very interested in suppressing Li Guochang and his son, but were rather interested in looting places.

Shao Shude couldn't understand the minds of ordinary soldiers. He knew that they were greedy and lustful, and they didn't have any good words in their mouths. He just wanted to listen quietly.

However, seeing that their discussion was getting more and more deviated from the right path, and turned to wealth and women, he grabbed the bearded man just now and asked, "Brother, dare to ask Hao Du is going to bring Let's go to Hedong? Don't you want to boost the military?"

"Where is there any Zhenwu army to fight?" The bearded man was amused and said, "Li Guochang took away all the soldiers and horses he could bring, and all he left behind were the thorns who were not very obedient. Dongcheng, Juncheng There are not many people left, Shengzhou is also empty, Linzhou did not follow Li Guochang to rebel, and the people are safe. Why, you still want to fight?"

"That's not it. Who knows if they can survive in the battle." Shao Shude smiled and continued: "I just think that if I go to Hedong, I can make more money, which is better than ever. It's good to take a trip to the state."

"Hey, you are not afraid of death! I haven't seen you in Beicheng. Are you from Xicheng or from Zhoucheng?" The bearded man said in surprise.

"It's from the West City."

"Sure enough!" The bearded patted Shao Shude on the shoulder, and said, "There is one soldier in Xicheng, Sun Shijian's soldiers, right? Sure enough, one is more stunned than the other! Don't think about it, going to Hedong is not for the thousands of us. Is everyone pushing into the fire pit? Tiande army has only such a small number of people, if they run out of fire, the capital will be gone. Now Li Shijun is in bed..."

Speaking of this, the Hunhan finally knew how powerful he was, so he changed the subject and said: "Zhenwu Military City may be touched again, but it should not go to Hedong, Hao Du will not be so stupid. Besides, how long has it been sending troops? , Xiazhou soldiers have not seen a hair. Hu Changshi is afraid that he does not want to toss, Pingxia Dangxiang is enough for him to have a headache, sending troops to attack Li Guochang? I bah!"

"This expedition, it's not a big deal, everyone can go back safely!" He finally said in a concluding tone.

(End of this chapter)