However, in Yiling City, Xiazhou, which is next to Jingzhou, as the biggest winner, Jingnan Jiedushi Song Hao, who has just captured the land of the four states and opened up contact with Qianzhong Road, there is not much joy;
The foundation of the Jingnan Army of more than 20,000 people under his command was composed of the Zhongwu Army and Duan Yanmo's Taining Army that he had brought, plus the supplementary Tutu and Zhenshu soldiers from the Shannan Eastern Province.
Therefore, from the very beginning, he had no way to fully control the situation; this time he finally dispatched Duan Yanmo and his old Taining Army to seize the site of Lizhou Shimen Man Xiangzhu; it was considered that he had completely mastered this. Support people.
However, the three prefectures of Xia (Yichang, Hubei), Wan (Wanzhou, Hubei), and Gui (Zigui, Hubei), which he newly captured, were all lower-level small states with limited land and poor population and limited population and output; Luo Kuo and Slaughter, in fact, the assistance that can be provided to him is quite limited.
In fact, the territory of the Three Prefectures is mostly large mountains and deep gorges. The only flatlands and river valleys are scattered along the banks of the big river. In total, only five counties are produced in the land, which is not even as good as the Lishui River Basin. Four counties in the state.
Coupled with the long-distanced river waterway into Sichuan shipping and trade routes, at least it is not enough to support his expanded Jingnan army.
The Jianghan Plain hinterland, which is the most elite and richest in the Jingnan Jiedu, is still under the control of the thieves, and belongs to the strongest road among the five men. The Shannan Jiedu puts Liu Jurong in charge of the direction of the attack.
As for the Qianzhong Dao, which connects with each other, although there are more than ten prefectures such as Qian, Chen, Jin, Shi, Wu, Yi, Yi, Bo, Si, Fei, Nan, Xi, Qin, Zhen, and Chong, all of them are based on the prefectures of Qian, Chen, Jin, Shi, Wu, Yi, Bo, Si, Fei, Nan, Xi, Qin, Zhen, and Chong. Poor mountains and rivers, barbarians and remote areas are mostly;
The Guizhou Observation Envoy Gao Tai was a member of Gao Pian’s support when he was in Annan. He is still under threat from the Lingxi Bandit Army. He can only connect the Jimi tribe to the south of the Wujiang River with the small country of the Ximen tribe, and talk about self-protection. That's it, that's a typical chicken rib.
However, the worst news is more than that; right now, Zhu Jingmei, the new Jingnan Supervisor sent by the court, is also sitting in front of him waiting for his reply. In addition, Zhu Jingmei brought Chen Ru's top helmet and braided armour with his teeth hanging beside him.
"This is not only the decree of the Holy Lord, but also the kindness of Father Tian..."
Seeing him groaning silently, Zhu Jingmei frowned slightly and said earnestly.
"It is necessary to know that bringing troops into Shu to protect the prince, that is Jane's splendid contribution to the emperor's heart, is it comparable to what he has obtained in a small corner of the thieves... Besides, Shuzhong has always been known for its abundance, as long as it is favored by the Lord. If you want to raise tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it’s just a matter of waiting..."
"At that time, let's not say that it is a small town in Jingnan, even if it is a combined town of Liangchuan and Liangshan (south), it is not unimaginable..."
"Thank you for your suggestion and express, Mr. Song is going to order the soldiers and horses; now, for the local affairs of Jingnan, please ask the nobles to do one or two for me..."
Hearing this, Song Hao, who looked vicissitudes of life, couldn't help but suddenly stood up and said.
And in Jingzhou, a hundred miles away, Shannan Jiedu Liu Jurong, who was wearing a scarlet cloak, was also looking at the ditch that had been filled in, full of smoke and fire, mottled, and wooden fences were exposed everywhere in the gaps. Grid, but the Jiangling city wall still unmoving; all kinds of heavy helplessness, unwillingness and resentment flashed in my heart.
However, along with the ambassador to Xiangzhou to the south, he brought the Yellow Rebellion Army into the Guanzhong. After the rebellion of Anshi, the disaster of Xifan, and the change of Jingyuan, the fourth time of the emperor of Tang Dynasty was the news of Xixing; he already understood the news. This round of his own offensive will return without success.
It took him a lot of effort and preparation to turn the offensive, less and more defensive forces back and forth with the thief army, to reverse the situation and transposition. The manpower and material resources of the eight prefectures in the host of Shannan were also used, and finally 30,000 troops were sent to the south, and the so-called 50,000 people went south.
The only result of the Xingshi mobilizing the crowd to go all out was to burn some of the Zhuangzi and Tunsuo north of Jingzhou. Even with the containment and support of the Taiping Pirate Navy, even the important gateway and stronghold Tianmen City could not be broken, but only divided. Stay stuck for a while.
Strictly speaking, in the past few months, under his command and supervision, the Shannan Army actually broke the defense of the city wall several times and broke into it. The thief’s weaponry was so powerful that it could not be restrained, but it was cut off and annihilated, or was driven out again with tragic deaths and injuries.
The opponent's guard, surnamed Chai, is just a little-known figure among thieves, but he is able to fight his army to death according to the city, and he has cracked many of his own strategy methods one by one; even the city has made excuses in advance. The internal response of the arrangement was also drawn out by the other party's design and was exhausted.
However, even if he insisted not to retreat, his soldiers would "help" him make the decision to retreat. Especially those few guest troops in the Shannan camp belonged to. After all, their hometown is being ravaged and poisoned by thieves.
It would be fine to block the news without knowing it before; but after the imperial court summoned King Qin’s lieutenant to the army, he could no longer suppress their changes and voices;
And the local Qizhou children of Shannan Dongdao are not much better. They are also worried about the emptiness of the place after the transfer of the guest army; after all, there are local disasters in Shannan, and the refugees do not stop on their way, and there are previous infiltrations and infiltrations by grass bandits. Incite riots.
As a result, the army was both sentimental and reasonable, and no longer had the intention to continue to fight for nothing in this long-unconquered Jiangling land. Under this kind of stone, no matter how high his prestige is and how decisive his wrists are, he can only appease and deter him for a while.
If he insists on going on his own way, I am afraid that he will encounter backlash and reversal from his subordinates; and even encounter the same fate as the former military commanders who have been in office. At least the court is no longer able to uphold justice for him.
After all, in his early years, he was only a military officer of the imperial court who was trapped in the Pang Xun chaos, and he became a commander of the town only when he watched the bloody battle. Although he has a savvy and careful evaluation of politics, it also has corresponding fundamental deficiencies.
At least in terms of background and qualifications, they are naturally low and too high. Old generals from Zhou Bao's lineage, or the generals of Cao Quanzhu, Wang Chucun and others who were elected by the court; it is even impossible to compete with the fathers and sons of Chengde, Wang Jingchong, Fan Yang, and Li Keju. The commanders of the feudal towns who are in line with each other and controlled by the lineage are on the same level.
At this time, he was even more upset about the gains and losses. Some of the "Elder Representatives" in the army who had heard of the news, after he was blocked outside the account, also wailed and howled on the spot.
"Jieshuai, Jieshuai, you must not leave..."
"Also ask the officers and soldiers to stay..."
"Liu Shuai, what can we do if the officers and soldiers are gone..."
"Isn't it about to fall into the mouth of the thief army again..."
They are all belonging to the big family surnamed Hao who fled to Xiangzhou in Shannan under the ravages of the thief army. They just relied on the momentum of leading the army to return, liquidated the poor clubs and regained the industry, and they had to abandon them again. Why are they willing to go here
What's more, the so-called reason is that people who leave their homes are cheap. There was also the arrangement of Shannan Jiedu to gather and shelter them in order to counterattack and count back; but this time, after retreating, it may not be so easy to make a comeback.
Without the support of these fields and the services of many tenants and slaves in the township, even if they escaped to the north, they used up the financial resources they had originally carried and fled and borrowed money from the local children and mothers. They were afraid of even the basics. Their dignity and livelihood can no longer be maintained.
Of course Liu Jurong wouldn't really sit back and watch their irritability, and then he ordered to the left and right:
"Distribute to them the extra weapons and the soldiers who can't take them away... How much can I buy some time and buffer for the officers..."
"Let the major team and the rear army set off first, and the left army will cooperate with the fleet to protect the wing waterway. I will personally lead the rear army and the supervising formation..."
However, as a burst of noise and fighting came to mind, his subordinates reported loudly.
"The thief in the city has been killed..."
. . . . . . . . . .
And Guanzhong Earth is the world's concern.
"Chao Shengtang...Twilight goes to bed... The thief official steals silver food..."
"Eat your mother, take your mother... The wealthy recruits concubines to ask your mother..."
"Eat without meat, cry without tears... The world's poor are hanging on the beam..."
"Welcome to the Yellow King, look forward to the Yellow King, the Yellow King is here and cannot pay for food, and the world will sing for the poor..."
As the evening was approaching, the setting sun was like blood. Amidst the sound of songs, Huang Chao's forward sent Li Xiang into Chang'an City. Afterwards, Tang Jinwu General Zhang Zhifang led dozens of civil and military officers to greet Huang Chao.
Huang Chao sits on a huge car decorated with gold, silk curtains, and colored barriers. All of his men are dressed in hair and red silk brocade clothes. They follow with armed weapons. The armored cavalry walks like running water, and the heavy vehicles fill the road, and the army stretches for thousands of miles. Endless.
The residents of Chang'an gathered on the road and gathered together. As the leader, Shang Rang declared to the scholars one by one: "I, the King of Huang, set up troops for the people! It's not like the Emperor Li of the Tang Dynasty didn't love you. You just live and work in peace, don't panic." Order military patrols and streets day and night to strictly punish and ban criminals who looting in disorder, so that the city will be relieved for a while.
At that night, Huangchao did not enter the Da Nei or go to the Daming Palace. Instead, he ordered all palace gates to be sealed off and kept the status quo; instead, he took his relatives and stayed in Tian Lingzi's house near the palace gate. Other leaders of the rebel army also lived in the residences of Xun Gongqing.
Afterwards, the soldiers of the rebels who came to the city copied all the way, and they were also quite rich in their pockets. Seeing that there were poor and weak people in the market, they often gave thousands of generous donations or gifts of rice.
So the voice of gratitude for Dade was overflowing in the market. However, that night, Shangrang, who was in charge of the affairs of the city, brought in Lin Yandao, the patrol envoy who was supervising the market:
"Hurry up and spread the word. Don’t let those singers and folk songs circulate in the army. Right now, the king will sit in the Golden Palace and rule the world, and he must also gather the hearts of the people in the pass and the former officials; these are no longer needed. Something out of date..."
"Later, I will let people make up some songs, so that people can go to the market to sing..." (End of this chapter)