Chapter 74: Veteran Fanzhen
General Tu, who was so imposing, chased him to the other side of the Yellow River and entered the boundary of Bozhou.
They even defeated the two thousand-bozhou warriors who came to reinforce, and they were crazy and won consecutive victories.
On the fifth day of the second month, a large number of slid soldiers were defeated, and the Wei soldiers collapsed into Wushui County, Bozhou, and most of the equipment was lost, making people panic.
The general then chased after him, attacked the city, and drove him away. The bandits collapsed again and scattered everywhere.
Shao Shude walked along the road, with corpses everywhere, as well as vehicles, armor and goods thrown all over the ground.
"The corpse was abandoned for dozens of miles, and this battle was fought..." Shao Shude sighed, and a great victory was so exciting.
The soldiers with silver saddle straightened their eyes.
The surprise attack on Yunzhou last month was the first serious battle since their army was formed, and it was not the kind that everyone participated in. It was not their turn to take action in this Yanggu Battle. The general Chu collapsed and the Wei people chased him all the way, and he was brave enough to be brave.
This is the first time in their life experience.
Yang Hongyin, Zhang Wen, Dong Zhang and others sighed secretly, but they failed to catch up with the main battle, which was a pity.
On the big post road, a large group of people continued to move in.
These people were mainly temporary recruits from Tutuan Township, Yunzhou, with a total of more than 10,000 people, who were transporting grain and supplies to Bozhou.
There are not many people, and it can even be said to be small, but the gathering of so many young men in a hurry shows the support of the people of Yunzhou.
The food and grass transported by more than 10,000 people must not be enough for so many troops on the front line to eat. Obviously, everyone wants to eat the food of the Bozhou people. Hebei has been generally stable for more than a hundred years, with few wars, and the plains in the entire area are quite rich. Raising food and grass is naturally not a big problem. This is the established plan.
The closer you get to Wushui County, the more corpses you abandoned on the ground, the more armored wars you have.
People from Wei, the wounded soldiers of the slippery people were lying on the ground and groaning. The weather was cold and the ground was frozen. It is unknown what the final outcome was.
It is estimated that how many people were captured and killed in this battle is not clear. Anyway, Zhu Quanzhong led more than 2,000 cavalry to escape while the snow was running away. More than 13,000 Liang soldiers were killed and lost. Two groups of two groups of 5,000 Wei people were defeated. Among them, there were some foreign troops and some of them were the townsmen in Bozhou. I am afraid that I can't figure out.
The people of Bozhou in the countryside did not all escape. They looked at the passing army vigilantly, holding swords and guns in their hands.
Shao Shude stopped at a village entrance and looked at the anxious people in the village with great interest.
The Yinanzhi sergeant also stopped, pulled out his gun, and was ready to fight.
The villagers were very nervous and subconsciously thought of many bad things. Someone was already secretly summoning Ding Zhuang and preparing to fight to the death.
"The first time I went to Wei Bo, and the first time I saw an old vassal state, it was really good." Shao Shude smiled.
Everyone didn't understand the meaning.
Shao Shude was too lazy to explain and ordered: "Transfer orders to various departments to strictly restrain military discipline and not to kill and harm the people. For food and grass, first collect the treasury of the Wei people. If there is not enough, the grain service will be sold in the city and the wealthy families will send donations. If it is not enough, they will go to the countryside to collect grain. If the Wei people do not resist, they will not hurt people. Those who violate this order will be killed without mercy."
Shao Shude was not sure whether his actions would be effective, but the soldiers received various rewards worth 24 yuan a year, and occasionally there were rewards, so they had the obligation to maintain relatively good military discipline, and there was no need to commit additional crimes, which aroused the Wei people's resistance and caused trouble.
The 80,000 Wei Bo's martial arts, including his family, are almost 400,000. If there are people in the previous generation who have served as soldiers but this generation does not have one, the number of people will be even greater, and there may be millions. They also have relatives, friends, merchants who do martial arts business, etc. Wei Bo has direct and indirect interests and may account for more than half of the people, or even more.
It is normal for martial arts to marry each other and support each other, because no one can guarantee that the next generation of their family will be in the army, and no one can guarantee that their family will not be in trouble after their death in battle. There are people in the Zhang family who are in the army, but the Li family does not. The Zhang family died in the battle. The son of the Li family has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and then joins the army, and can help the Zhang family financially. If the Zhang and Li families marry each other, this relationship will be stronger.
With swords and guns on the battlefield, life is impermanent, and warriors will naturally find a way to hedge risks. Later on, it was the so-called "pro-party ties". The warriors in the Hebei vassal states had taken the lead and found such a way for the later Song Dynasty imperial guards.
"Father and son have successively become stronger and stronger, and they become arrogant after a long time; if they are not satisfied with their young age, they will change their old commanders."
This is a huge interest group, with most of the three million people in the town attached to it, forming a unique social form.
In a relatively even distribution of land rights, the rich collect taxes and the poor pay less taxes, and work hard to gain social class improvement.
The governor and the generals of the yamen were greedy and violent, and the martial artists were chopped into meat paste and replaced by another person to take office.
The whole town has become a trend of martial arts learning and sufficient reserves. After Tu Guangya soldiers, he can build another unit with stronger combat power.
But any interest group will always be in a state of depression after a long time. The martial artists and fathers and sons have successively, and they are unwilling to come in to share the cake. Although the channels for newcomers to join the army have not been completely blocked, it has indeed gradually decreased over the past hundred years.
Everyone wants to serve a job and pass it on to their descendants. In the worst case, they have to give the opportunity to their brothers or relatives.
If you want to eradicate this "warrior populism" and the old vassal state where the "governor electoral system" are popular, it will not be a matter of one day or one night!
Shao Shude is still unwilling to start a massacre now, but he is not sure if he really has no choice in the future, he will lose patience and slaughter.
"Your Highness!" After entering Wushui County, the generals greeted each other and were all happy.
The Wei people who served the iron rice bowl were not hard enough and were beaten up by them. Now someone has proposed to attack Bozhou City.
"Bozhou may be able to be captured, but if it is to be fought or not, we will see again." Shao Shude waved his hand, suppressed the seemingly attractive proposal, and said, "I call it punishment this time. Our army is famous and open and upright, so everyone is brave and defeating the thief army. If Bozhou is attacked, things may become complicated. Of course, if the Wei people are not tactful, they will attack and convince him."
If Wei Bo thinks that you are just coming to vent and then retreating, even if the Jiedushi wants to fight you and is controlled by the warrior, he may not be able to convince everyone.
Isn’t it good to hold an iron rice bowl? Xia Thief is not here to dig our foundation, so he won’t work hard, and wait until that time is really there.
In such an environment, even if there are really talented people and powerful people, he will find that he can do very little. Luo Liu Ge has actually done a good job. He is really considering it based on Wei Bo's long-term interests.
"Your Highness, Zhu Quanzhong ran to Bozhou, and we forced the Wei people to hand him over." General Tu said Kang Yanxiao.
"He lost at least more than 10,000 people, and his value was greatly reduced."
"It is best to let Luo Liu arrest people."
"Why do you have to be so troublesome? You have to tell me that you can attack Bozhou directly. The thief army will definitely go out of the city to fight me in the field and defeat them again."
"Yes, Bozhou must be richer than Wushui."
The generals and schools spoke one after another and expressed their opinions.
"Bang!" Shao Shude slapped the table.
The county yamen suddenly became silent.
"How many people have been captured?" Shao Shude asked.
"When you go back to your highness, you have never... you have never captured thieves." Kang Yanxiao replied.
"Cut off all the heads and send them back to Yunzhou. Can the people in Yunzhou be rescued?" Shao Shude asked again.
"A batch was intercepted halfway through, about 3,000 people. Another batch was obtained in Wushui County, or 3,000 people. There may be another batch in Bozhou." Kang Yan Xiaodao.
"The next three things." Shao Shude stood up and said, "One, stock up on food and grass, the better; two, be prepared to fight and not be caught off guard; three, send envoys to Weizhou to seek the women who were still plundered in Yunzhou, ask for Zhu Quanzhong and his followers, and ask for compensation."
"Your Highness is wise." The generals and officials responded one after another.
The conditions were given to Wei Bo, and it depends on how they responded. If there was no response or the response was slow, then let's make a little more trouble and force him to express his opinion.
After dispersing the schools, Shao Shude received another message: Heyang started fighting.
This is a major event. Pei Tong, the priest of the western palace of the royal palace, ran all the way and came to report it in person.
"King, the Golden Immortal observes all the people and things. He retreated before the first month of the year. He is still settled in Bianzhou now, look..." Pei Tong said carefully.
Shao Shude breathed a sigh of relief. It hurts to lose all his life's savings.
Then I became angry. From the war in Xuzhou last year to now, it has been more than half a year. I have only shot Zhu Youwen’s wife Wang. I don’t know how to persist in this life without women. Is my career aspiration so strong?
"Tell me the point!" Shao Shude rebuked lightly.
Pei Tongzhai said and saw that King Xia seemed very satisfied, and his expression was very excited, and said, "Zezhou general Zhang Yuande led his troops south to fight against Tianxiong's army in Wanshan Town, and was defeated. Jie Bin, the right-wing soldiers and horse envoy, led the crowd to pursue him, beheading more than a thousand levels. At present, the troops established a village in Taihangxing. The commander of Song in Huaizhou has recruited the troops in the state, and more than ten thousand Tutuan's village men went north to assist in the battle."
"This is just a small test, and the big one is coming." Shao Shude said: "The order was sent to the commander of the Tianxiong Army, Zang Du, the commander of the Huaizhou Army, to coordinate the defense of the four prefectures of Meng, Huai, Luo, and Zheng; the commander of the Wuwei Army, Lu Huaizhong, was appointed as the commander of the Jiangzhou Army, to coordinate the defense of the four prefectures in Hezhong. The commander of the Yi army, Wu Zang Jieming, was appointed as the commander of the river, and to reinforce the two major camps at any time."
He said this to Lu Siye. The old man had finished recording and began to polish and copy.
Shao Shude continued to think.
It is too arbitrary to judge that Li Keyong's main attack direction is Heyang now. We have to continue to observe and see when he will reveal his true intentions. Or, he has no intention at all, and he will do whatever he thinks of? No, you can't be so insulting brother, you still have to pay attention to the enemy.
"I sent an order to the Ding Hui troops of the Youguo Army heading north to Mengzhou and were affiliated with the Huaizhou camp." After thinking about it, he added another order.
After all, I still feel that Heyang's throat is more likely to be attacked.
Chapter completed!