On the second day of December of the third year of Jianji, Shao Shude's car had passed Renqiu and headed towards Mo County.

Yes, after leaving the Lutai Army, he did not go straight to Jizhou, but turned westward, passed Yingzhou, and entered Mozhou. He wanted to see the newly captured land.

There were many troops accompanying him, including more than 40,000 infantry and cavalrymen, the new Dingnan Army.

With such a powerful soldier, he even wanted to see if Chengde and Wang Rong would take the initiative to attack, and he would go there for a while.

Of course, the Cheng German army did not come, which made Shao Shude more impressed with them: he was good at defending the city and was not good at fighting in the field.

Before leaving Renqiu, he specially summoned Shao Bo, the governor of Yingzhou, and instructed him to complete the formation of the state soldiers as soon as possible.

Shao Bo brought a thousand men from Dizhou, and Yi joined the army and transferred five hundred years old soldiers, which were already a thousand five.

Shao Shude planned to draw 500 people from An Fuqian's surrendered soldiers, select 500 Huaihai Dao Township Warriors, and recruit 500 Youzhou soldiers scattered in the countryside, with a total of 3,000 people.

The first priority of the newly obtained land of Youzhou is to clear up bandits. In fact, it is to clean up the defeated soldiers scattered in the countryside, whether they are hunting or causing them to return home. Anyway, it is necessary to stabilize the situation as soon as possible and do a good job in spring sowing after the beginning of spring.

Shao Bo was very satisfied with the position of governor of Yingzhou.

This is a big county, with about 400,000 people still there. Is it much better to be a governor here than the broken Dizhou?

On the night of the second day of the lunar month, Shao Shude stayed in the Gentleman's House between Renqiu and Mozhou.

It was snowing heavily at the sky, and Shao Sheng was very excited, which made people put wine in the museum and enjoy the snow at night.

The Junzi Pavilion is actually a very ordinary inn, just like the hotel in Yunzhou, which is very common. If it weren't for the famous period of Yongxi in the Northern Song Dynasty, it would have been difficult to enter history books.

Shao Shude sat in the courtyard, looking at the falling snowflakes, and was speechless for a moment.

The day after more than 80 years in history, it should have been so cold. The Song army lost its backbone because it was "very cold, and our army could not use a crossbow." It was defeated by the Liao army. "Ten thousand dead people" - "that means "the bow is full of bows. When it is cold, the bow string is crisp and easy to break.

But this still makes him speechless. You can't use crossbows, and the enemy can't use it.

Xia Sui Tang system. After the crossbowman shoots the crossbow, he has to take a heavy sword or a modao to chop people with his hands. The crossbow cannot be used, so can he cut people?

In fact, the organization of the "Longsword Army" was popular in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, and generally it was an elite army. After shooting the crossbow, the longsword warrior went up to exchange injuries with people for injuries, and for life. How could he be defeated because the crossbow could not be used? He could only shoot crossbows? His skills were so single?

This doubt made him subconsciously feel that the imperial guards might still have to go to the flower team route, even if the training cost is high. If you can't play with the joint combat of multiple arms in later generations, you will honestly train general infantry, versatile, and spend more money.

The folk martial arts atmosphere must be preserved. When ordinary people practice martial arts, they can reduce the training cost of professional martial arts, because they will play with bows, guns, and knives when recruiting them, which saves too much resources and shortens the time for military formation.

"A simple and simple office, how many regrets have been lost in history? Are the heavens sick? Are man-made disasters?" Shao Shude sighed, picked up the wine bottle and drank it all.

Chen Cheng glanced in confusion, wondering why the saint sighed.

"Your Majesty, Shi Chaoyi was defeated in Mozhou, not the Gentleman's House." Chen Cheng said.

He thought that the saint was feeling that after the Tang army defeated Shi Chaoyi in Mozhou, he failed to eliminate all evil and plowed the courtyard and swept the cave.

"Haha!" Shao Shude smiled and said, "I will eliminate all evil things this time and attack Youzhou directly. Who can stop my elite soldiers from fighting for a hundred battles?"

Chen Cheng drank a few taels of cat pee, and was also a little drunk, and said with a smile: "Li Cunju died in Mozhou, Li Cunshi died in Pingzhou, Li Cunhao was beheaded at Linyu Pass, An Fuqian and his son apologized outside the museum, and only Li Cunzhang, Li Sien and others were left."

In fact, there were Li Cunjin and Li Cunxin, but they had no soldiers in their hands and ran very fast and had already returned to Hedong.

During this Northern Tour, Shao Sheng lost many cheap nephews.

"Let the father and son come in." Shao Shude said: "It's so cold outside."

Apologizing for the mud, holding the sheep with flesh, bowing the head and tying the neck, etc. are all ways to surrender in a way that expresses obedience. In this regard, you have to admire the creativity of the ancients.

Yin'an direct commander Chu Shenping immediately went outside the hall and led An Fuqian and his son in.

"The sinner An Fuqian (An Chonghui) pays homage to Your Majesty." When the father and son saw Shao Shude sitting cross-legged behind the case, they immediately bowed to the ground.

"This is the second time I have seen General An." Shao Shude said.

An Fuqian raised his head, tears in his eyes, and said, "Your Majesty is kind and will be grateful for your guilt."

Kuanren? Shao Shude sighed, yes, everyone’s requirements are really low. If you don’t massacre the city, kill and surrender, and force the people to death, you are already the king of benevolence.

"What do you think about the battle situation in Hebei?" Shao Shude asked.

"Youzhou is already the item in Your Majesty's bag." An Fuqian replied, and after saying that, he praised in a very emotional tone: "After a hundred and fifty years, a holy lord has finally emerged from the world, sweeping away the demon atmosphere and mingling the whole world. The generals always think of it, and really think they are dreaming."

Damn, a flattering word, but it sounds so nice. Shao Shude smiled and asked, "Do you think I am the Holy Lord?"

An Fuqian nodded heavily and said, "The ancient kings had three virtues, namely wisdom, benevolence and courage. Your Majesty has all been involved in it, so he is the saint."

"I don't think you have read "The Doctrine of the Mean". "Shao Shude smiled and said, "In the world, one of the three virtues, one can be divided into one. Two of them can be judged by the importance of the throne. I have some of the three virtues, but I have not done well enough, and I am still far from the Holy Lord. However, in this world, do you really think that with the three virtues, one can eliminate all the ugliness?"

"Isn't your Majesty the example?" An Fuqian asked back.

Shao Shude laughed and no longer had much affection for An Fuqian. At the same time, he also had some sympathy. It was not easy for him to achieve this in order to get his son to survive.

"I have killed your brother, what do you say?" Shao Shude asked again.

"The general will inevitably die on the battlefield." An Fuqian said without changing his face: "Since you have eaten the martial arts bowl, you should have the awareness of being killed in the battle. Your Majesty has not made any deception, and the second is not allowed to be sent to the battlefield, and he will kill prisoners in the formation. It is the most upright, and there is nothing to say about the crime."

"You'd better think so." Shao Shude said.

An Fuqian lowered his head.

"Li Cunzhang is in charge of Youzhou, how can he break it? Do you have any good plans?" Shao Shude asked.

"Your Majesty just send troops to surround him." An Fuqian said: "Li Cunzhang governed Youzhou for several years and had no achievements. Now there are defeats everywhere and people are in panic. In the past, the camp was flat, and the troops under the tent were either taken away by Jinyang or annihilated. The only thing they rely on was Jingzhai and the remaining troops of the two Lu Long. Most of these two armies were Yan people, and they could send envoys to surrender slowly. Once someone crossed the city and surrendered, Youzhou would not be able to defend it."

"This strategy is good." Shao Shude praised.

This should be An Fushi's insights after he moved to serve as the governor of Zhuozhou, and it has practical significance.

"Where has Li Luoluo gone? Zhuozhou City is broken, and no one is seen?" Shao Shude asked, "Did you run back to Youzhou?"

"Go back to Your Majesty." An Fuqian replied: "Last month, Li Cunxiao plundered Yizhou, and Li Luoluo led Tielin to rush the two armies westward, and cooperated with the Yiwu army to siege and kill them. But Li Cunxiao ran too fast, and Li Luoluo should still be in Yizhou now. He had many horses under his tent, so he could only go to Yiding to eat."

Shao Shude nodded and said, "I understand. You and your son will follow you north for the time being. After you recover Youzhou, you will have another appointment."

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness." An Fuqian hurriedly pulled his son to worship.

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On the third day of December, the Gongchen Army, who was a pioneer, took the lead in setting off the camp and the emperor continued to head north. After gathering many Tutuan villagers, there were already 70,000 to 80,000 people, which were vast and stretched for more than ten miles.

Arriving in Mozhou that day, he stayed here for three days, meeting officials, powerful people. What he said was the old routine, united front!

The two states of Yingmo each took in some generals and powerful men, which made Yin'anzhi's total force exceed 4,100.

As the number of people increases, cohesion and loyalty have declined.

Fortunately, there were a large number of palace guards around Shao Shude. They were together with the Silver Ankle-Straight veterans led by Xia Luqi to serve as the innermost guards. Chu Shenping led the remaining 4,000 people to walk and practice while identifying. Many people still need to be tested by time, and it is impossible to get close to Shao Sheng for the time being.

After leaving Mozhou, he walked north along the Yongji Canal embankment - both an embankment and a post road.

On the evening of the sixth day of the lunar month, we arrived at Waziji Bridge.

This place was once the county seat of Guiyi County, Zhuozhou. It was also the relevant city, called Waqiao Pass, which was newly built for less than a few years. After the construction of the city, Guiyi County was moved to 35 miles northwest and facing the Baigou River in the north.

During the Later Jin Dynasty, an army was established at Waqiao Pass. Later Zhou recovered Ying, one of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and Xiongzhou was established here after the two prefectures of Mo.

Shao Shude rode his horse in armor and galloped outside the pass.

The troops followed each other, flags covering the sky and the sun, and swords and guns shone brightly on the sun and the moon. The Yiwu Army, which was not very far away, was shocked when they heard this and strengthened the city defense overnight, and did not dare to peek.

"Rats!" Shao Shude laughed.

After all, he was a warrior. He liked to march and fight, killed generals and seized flags, and enjoyed the spoils when he saw the enemy defeat and enjoyed the spoils.

So what if the Yiwu Army has tens of thousands of people? I am here, dare to fight?

Officials such as Xiao Lu, Pei Zhi followed him, and wanted to speak but stopped.

Chen Cheng and Lu Siye, two people who followed him all year round, looked calm and seemed to have found the feeling of staying in the night camp many years ago, and the king and his ministers were facing each other and discussing the arrangement of troops.

Are you fighting? This kind of occasion was so common in the past.

"After you recovered Youzhou, I will first attack the Yiwu Army next year to strive to open up the connection with Yunzhou." Shao Shude said: "Wang Gao, I want to see how he resists my hundreds of thousands of troops."

"Your Majesty's strategy is very appropriate." Chen Cheng said with a smile.

If you fight Chengde first, most of the Yiwu army will come to rescue him.

If we attack Yi Ding first, the Cheng German army was mostly hesitant, and even if we finally sent troops, we would still delay it.
Chapter completed!