On October 17, the first year of Guangqi, Fuping County, Jingzhao Prefecture.

Time is like water, and it has been two years since the last time I left Fuping. The people of Guanzhong have also rarely lived a peaceful life of nearly three years. During these three years, the saints were in Shu for most of the time, and they returned with the newly recruited 50,000 Shen Ce Army until the palace was roughly repaired.

The people of Guanzhong have been in peace for three years, and in two years they do not have to support the army and have all officials. The taxes are lighter. Compared with the Kanto states, how lucky they are!

Now it seems that the debt is going to be paid back.

Six thousand Jingyuan troops stationed in Xianyang, seven thousand Bining troops stationed in Dongwei Bridge, and eight thousand Fengxiang troops stationed in Weibei, with a total of 21,000 people, all relying on the support of the people of the counties near Chang'an. If that's nothing, the weather is good in the past three years, and the lives of the people are still good. The key is that the soldiers and horses in the three towns are poor in disciplines. They robbed money, women, cattle and sheep, and almost everything. If you dare not follow, you will cut them down with one knife. The people will suffer in a miserable way, but there is no way.

Even the emperor wants to rob you, what's wrong with robbing you ordinary people?

There are also 30,000 Shen Ce Army members in Chang'an City. Their military discipline is quite good, but even the peddlers and pawns know that they cannot fight, and they may collapse if they come into the formation.

If the military discipline is good, it cannot be fought. If the military discipline is good, the people of Guanzhong have been complaining about evil. At the same time, they secretly hated Tian Lingzi and Wang Chongrong for being so good. Why did they fight? The salt price has risen to 200 yuan per bullion. How can you live this life?

"Judge Chen, I went to the villages for a walk. The people's lives are not bad. They have been peaceful for three years and are full of vitality." Shao Shude still lives in Li Kan's farm. The wheat has just been planted in the farm. The people's lives are peaceful and there is no sign of the impact of war.

People these days are not afraid of heavy taxes, but they are afraid of no order. They are heavily exploited but orderly, and they can barely survive. If there is no order, the wife and children will be separated and the family will be destroyed. Not to mention living and working in peace, it would be good to meet people.

"This is all the virtue of a great king. Fuping the eight counties, but it was not affected during the Huangchao rebellion. Now that the army of Dingnan has reached this point, no one dares to provoke. The elders of Guanzhong hope that the king will be as eager for sweet rain. If the king set up a government office in Fuping, the eight counties will no longer be owned by the court. The people and officials gathered together and followed them, and they all regarded the king as the chief." Chen Cheng said.

"Judge Chen was joking." Shao Shude shook his head and said, "The court is still here, how can he break the soil in Guanzhong?"

In addition to the two prefectures of Tonghua, there may have been Jin Shang and other places in the past. These more than 30 counties have always been the private areas of the court. The annexation between the vassal states and the matters are not that serious, but annexation of prefectures and counties directly under the imperial court is very troublesome, and it is really possible to face the siege of the towns.

"How have you raised the food and grass?" Shao Shude asked.

"The surrounding counties are collecting food and grass. Master, in a few days, you can gather in Fuping." Chen Cheng replied.

Thirty-three thousand troops were stationed in various places. The main force of the Tielin Army, the Iron Cavalry Army was in Fuping, the Yi army was in Fuping, and the Sanyuan Army was in the southeast of Fuping. In this battle, Fuping was the general grain station, and each county had to collect tens of thousands of strong men to help transport grain, grass and equipment. The load horses and carts that Guanzhong Prefecture County bought from Suizhou, and prepared from horses, but unexpectedly they were recruited by the Dingnan Army again, which was ridiculous.

"What is Wang Chongrong doing?"

"There is no movement, but the troops in Hexi have increased, and there seems to be signs of attacking Tongzhou."

"Where is Li Keyong?"

"The troops are still in preparation, and there is no sign of going out."

"Send someone to tell Wang Chongrong not to come to Fuping. The people here will help Dingnan Army raise food and grass and transport supplies. It is very hard, so don't come to fight Qiufeng."

"Affect the order."

This is the territory I have covered, probably that's what it means. The eight counties in the northern part of Jingzhao Prefecture have always met Xia Sui soldiers and horses. If he sent donations to the people on their side, he would have an obligation to protect them. If Wang Chongrong dared to indulge the soldiers to come and plunder, the Dingnan Army would dare to go to war with them first.

It was Li Keyong's "150,000 army" that came. If he dared to plunder, he would attack him the same way! The Hedong Army, the five Hu people in the north, had not fought during the Qianfu period, and his combat effectiveness was just that.

"Three days later, I personally led the Tielin Army and the Iron Cavalry to Gaoling. Let's meet Li Changfu and Zhu Mei for a while." Shao Shude sat down, looked at the map in front of him, and said, "The Fengxiang Army is in Weibei. If you dare to raise troops to fight, wouldn't you know the old story of Meng Kai?"

In the Battle of Shengaoyi, the Tielin Army defeated more than 10,000 Meng Kai, chased and chased him to the north, and drove him down the river. Li Changfu, eight thousand people stationed here. If they were obsessed with it and stubbornly resisted, Shao Shude would not mind fighting with them.

"The general, Li Changfu and others dared not advance eastward, so they were already timid. They should be hesitant at this time. Just be a little scared and want to retreat, and they may not dare to fight."

"Some people don't cry until they see the coffin. They have to do it for a while before they know it's amazing." Shao Shude said: "The soldiers dare to fight in the towns in the west of the capital, although they may not win. In the past, they dared to enter Chang'an, but they were 150,000 nesters."

"Then you have to fight!" Chen Cheng sighed. Although winning is a high probability, as long as you go to the battlefield, there is no way to win. He sincerely hopes that Li Changfu and others will retreat when they see the difficulties, and then they can enter Chang'an and kill Tian Lingzi's rebels.

“How have you done about immigration recently?”

"Report to the Grand Marshal, there are many people fleeing their families in the counties of Jingzhao Prefecture. The Fuping Horse Train has already sent people to collect them, and sent them to Xiazhou, and then to Lingzhou to reclaim wasteland. The other horse trains such as Tongzhou were also the same. As the army gathered, the people were panicked. The Fuping Horse Train gathered more than a thousand households in the past few days." Chen Cheng replied.

The matters of Ma Xing are under Pei Tong's control, but he has recently sneaked to Chang'an. The Ma Xing has closed down, but there are still some things to be dealt with. Chen Cheng is the judge of Tielinjun. These matters have nothing to do with him, but he is very careful and usually pays attention to it in case the general is inquired. As expected, today he asked.

"After this time, I have to find a way to make Bining surrender. From Qingzhou to Lingzhou, I can save a lot of roads." Shao Shude said: "When Lingzhou has completed its land reclamation, I will form Feng'an Army, go south from Lingzhou, recover Huizhou, and open up this area."

"Master, if the three towns of Huizhou, Bining, Jingyuan and Fengxiang will be in panic all day long and will join forces to fight."

"So we must make Bining surrender first." Shao Shude smiled and said, "Don't blame someone for being cruel. Those who accomplish great things do not care about minorities. Zhu Mei fought side by side with me in the past and defeated Zhu Wen together. Now that we are all enemies, we are in control. Zhao Jian, the general of Tongsai Town, isn't it a good choice for Bining Jie?"

"The general is wise. He will leave one of the three towns and rely on Fengxiang and Jingyuan. He will be unable to fight each other." Chen Cheng also smiled and said, "In this battle, Zhu Mei and Tian Lingzi's rebellion will be captured and killed, and everyone will be punished."

Zhu Mei, like Zhuge Shuang, was from Pang Xun's army. But he seemed to be more loyal than a person like Li Changfu. If possible, Shao Shude didn't want to kill him, just drive him off the stage, so that the three states of Binning would only follow Xiazhou.

But it is hard to say whether Zhao Jian is easy to control. When he was loving at the bedside, Yu Niang blew the pillow wind several times for herself, but Shao Shude was not completely relieved of Zhao Jian. But it doesn't matter. As long as Lingzhou's land is successful and has a material foundation to support long-term combat, he can gather troops there. Even if Zhao Jian is not convinced, he has to accept it.

After struggling for so many years, it finally became a climate in the northwest, and Shuai Shuai was very satisfied.

The last years of the separatist dynasty in the vassal states and the last years of the unified dynasty. The former still has military power and is even very capable of fighting. There is a town in every few states, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of soldiers, and they are all professional warriors. The last years of the latter, the four-word evaluation of "military preparations are abolished" in history books, and the rebel army can easily sweep a province or even several provinces, and ambitious people can easily make a fortune.

But it was not enough for the late Tang Dynasty! Shao Shude sighed. How could Yelu Deguang's more than 100,000 cavalry besides the tens of thousands of horse-riding infantry in the Qing Dynasty? He was beaten to run away by camels, and he could not become an emperor even if he entered Kaifeng. The arrogant soldiers and generals could only slowly plan for him, first dealing with the towns in the northwest of the Shence Army, and then plotting other things.

"Continue to collect refugees and send them to Xiazhou. There are only two things to go to this expedition. One is to kill Tian Lingzi and support the Ximen family, and the other is to gather refugees. The latter is more important. Guanzhong households still have some wealth, so we donate all the food to Xiazhou. If it is really insufficient, donate to the large households." Shao Shude finally ordered.

On October 20th, Shao Shude led the Tielin Army and more than 10,000 Iron Cavalrymen left Fuping and headed straight towards Weibei.

Along the way, he met two waves of imperial envoys. The first wave of imperial edicts ordered him to serve the king and attack Wang Chongrong, but Shao Shude did not obey the edict. The second wave of envoys came again, dismissed his own military governors, including the observation and disposal of the army, and pacified the Xia Dangxiang envoy, obeyed the Fanluo envoy, and the Yinchuan Supervisor's rank as well. The title of the Prince of Lingwu was also deprived of.

Shao Shude just smiled and gave gifts to the angels. With the current situation of the six states, no one dared to rebel. After entering Chang'an, how could the court dismiss his post? At that time, he would have to add one by one, and even give more.

On October 23, the army arrived in Sanyuan County, and the county magistrate Liang Zhixia led officials and gentry out of the city to greet them.

On the 26th, he arrived at Jingyang and Gaoling, and set up a large camp to invite the battle against the Li Changfu army of Fengxiang Army. At the same time, Wang Chongrong also took action and personally led a large army of more than 20,000 to attack Tongzhou. The governor Guo Zhang led his troops to fight, but was defeated, and Tongzhou was defeated.

Shao Shude was a little surprised when he received the news. Why are the martial artists so brave these days? Not only Guo Zhang, but many others, who have no city to defend and insist on going out of the city to fight in the field. So confident? He now hopes that Li Changfu is also confident and not to guard the camp. He comes out to fight with him. Everyone faces to fight a face-to-face battle. Isn’t that great?

On October 28, Zhu Mei, who was stationed at Dongwei Bridge, led her troops to Gaoling and joined Li Changfu. The two armies had a total of 15,000 troops. The Dingnan army was stationed in the northwest of Gaoling, and was led by Shao Shude. The Yi army was stationed in the southeast of Jingyang on both sides, while the Zhengli army was stationed in the northeast of Gaoling.

The time for a decisive battle is ripe.
Chapter completed!