Shangzhou is a traffic node.

From here, you can walk the rugged Luonan Road to Shanzhou.

There are two more routes to the south. One is to travel ninety miles south to Shangluo County, and then to travel ninety miles southeast to Wuguan. When you leave the pass, you will be Dengzhou.

Another route is to head south to Shangjin County, then to Junzhou, and take a boat to Xiangyang.

Of course, Shao Shude took the first route.

When I left Wuguan and arrived in Neixiang County, Dengzhou, it was already the first day.

The soldiers received a registered bill, which was the reward of Zhengdan, one person, two pieces of Suizhou silk and two pieces of money. No one was dissatisfied because all the bills had been cashed so far. If they unfortunately died in battle, their families could still receive the reward.

Chen's mood inexplicably improved, and he no longer had the indifferent temperament. When sitting in the carriage, he often lifted the curtains and looked out, as if every grass and tree here could arouse her homesickness.

The only dissatisfaction is probably that it is inconvenient to rinse your mouth.

I stayed in Neixiang for five days, but I was still waiting for the baggage team.

Shangshan Road is too pitiful, and the baggage team stretched out more than ten miles, but overall it was still wider than the road he took when he went to Xingyuan Prefecture. It should have been the court that spent a lot of effort to rectify it. He opened the mountains and built the roads and recruited more than 100,000 soldiers at one time, "half of the dead". But in history, I don't know how many times he had recruited it.

During his stay, he met Zhou Tong, an envoy sent by Du Hong.

Zhou Tongfeng submitted a gift list: 100 pieces of gold and silver utensils, 5,000 silver utensils, 100,000 silk utensils, and 200,000 pieces of silk.

Of course, this is just a gift list, and the goods are still in transit, but no one is worried about any changes.

Du Hong's surrender could not be hidden from anyone. He was "yin" Quan Zhong back then, but it was known to everyone in the world. Wang Bian "yin" Shude, and finally made it clear to the world. Some things cannot be hidden, not to mention that they will send troops to Anzhou to assist in the guards.

Of course, Chen Cheng's subordinates are responsible for discussing these matters, and Shao Shude only needs to know the final result.

On the 11th day of the first lunar month of the second year of Qianning, the army arrived in Dengzhou, Rang County, and Zhe Zongben came to greet him in person.

"Greetings to the outside man." After some greetings, Shao Chengjie came to Zhe Zongben and delivered the ceremony in a regular manner.

"My grandson looks so strong and heroic, he will definitely be a strong general on the battlefield in the future." Zhe Zongben hadn't seen his grandson for many years. He was very happy when he saw it. He held Cheng Jie's hand and smiled, "I see that Zhu Quanzhong and his sons are all bulls and dogs, how can they compare to my Yingzhou?"

"Congratulations to Zhe Shuai."

"Congratulations to Mr. Ling."

"The prince is really a handsome man."

"The prince is covered with the blood of the Zhe family, so he is naturally brave."

"It would be great if I marry another cousin of the Zhe family."

The generals brought by Zhe Zongben all started to shoot rainbow farts, many of whom were originally the children of the Zhe family.

Shao Shude listened with a smile, not knowing what he was thinking.

Chen Cheng watched coldly and felt a little inconsistent.

Only the wrong name is given, and no nickname is called the wrong one. "Zhe Family Army" is the Zhe Family Army. In addition to the first greeting to King Xia, the generals surrounded Zhe Zong himself most of the time, and their attention was also on him. Even the prince received more attention than King Xia.

There are problems with this army!

"Thank you for your hard work in my uncle. The lonely army hangs in Tang Deng, killing countless thieves, and it is of great significance." Shao Shude said with a smile in the post station.

"It's hard to fight the people of Bian. I'm so old. It's not for this grandson." Zhe Zongben sat carelessly on Hu's bed, sighing.

"Chengjie, why don't you pour tea for the Waiweng? This foundation will be yours in the future, and the Waiweng is fighting for you." Shao Shude said.

Shao Chengjie immediately stood up and gave tea to his grandfather. Zhe Zongben laughed and took it, pulled his grandson and sat beside him.

Chen Cheng sat aside with a smile on his face.

These two father-in-law and son-in-law are not in a circle, they are both straightforward.

"What does Tangzhou need?" After chatting for a while, Shao Shude talked about the serious matter and asked: "The Bian Army has drawn away many people on the southern line, and now it can only fight more than 30,000 yuan. What do my uncle have any ideas?"

"Didn't the king send Tianxiong Army here? Baoyi Army left and Tianxiong Army came. Tang Dengsui's troops had actually increased. But it was not enough. It was okay to defend, but it was difficult to make progress." Zhe Zongben said: "Zhao Kuanglin's subordinates were only five or six thousand people. I have seen it, and he was not very capable of fighting. Since the Tianxiong Army was the heart of a virtuous son-in-law, he was naturally very capable of fighting. Perhaps he could make a breakthrough from the Sanya Road and attack Ruzhou. The Weisheng Army could only defend."

Zhao Kuanglin's soldiers were mainly Suizhou soldiers, Shenzhou surrendered soldiers and Fangzhou barbarian soldiers, with complex structures and chaotic equipment. To this day, about 5,000 people have made their way.

Zhe Zongben's Weisheng Army initially used the seven thousand Fengxiang soldiers he brought as the foundation, and the surrendered troops in Xiangzhen, which expanded to 20,000 people. In the past two years, the war was fierce and the war was damaged a lot. He also replenished the soldiers of Dengzhou County in Tang Dynasty, and lured some strong Baoyi Army and recruited some new soldiers, which still maintained a scale of nearly 20,000 people.

Most of this army is stationed in Tangzhou and is scattered in various key points, mainly guarding.

After years of war, he grew up faster and his combat effectiveness improved a lot. He should be an army that can fight. But Zhe Zongben still didn't dare to pull them out and fight a large-scale decisive battle with the Bian people. To put it bluntly, he was still a little worse, worried that he would lose all his capital in one battle, just like Zhao Kuangning at the time.

"Can equipment be needed and war horses be replenished?"

"Of course, the equipment is needed, as much as you want." Zhe Zongben said without hesitation: "If you want to fight horses, add 3,000 horses. If you have too many, you will be unable to afford it."

Good guy, three thousand pieces are called "Shao Shao Supplement". If people from other vassal states hear it, they will probably cry.

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"There is no problem." Shao Shude said: "I got a lot of armor and equipment when I entered Beijing this time, so I sent 50,000 pieces, all of which were in the inventory of the Shen Ce Army. It was still good, but I had to wait until the beginning of spring. There was no problem with the war horses. Before the chaos, the court had run a ranch in Xiangyang, but now it has recovered. The war horses and livestock sent there will be fostering there first. Well, after the beginning of spring, I will send 5,000 people to come."

"Can the virtuous son-in-law transfer Feixiong Army?" Zhe Zongben asked suddenly.

The Leopard Cavalry had fought side by side with him before, and Zhe Zongben was very satisfied with them and kept thinking about them. Today, the old story was re-mentioned, hoping that such a heavy cavalry would cooperate with the cooperation.

He did not mention the Iron Cavalry Army, perhaps because this army was still suppressing the rebellion in Qingtang, or perhaps because the military envoy Zhe Siyu was also a member of the Zhe clan, which was not suitable.

"Uncle, Caizhou is covered with water nets, which is not suitable for the leopard cavalry to rush. If it is the Silver Spear Capital, there are 5,000 combat soldiers, 5,000 auxiliary soldiers, and more than 20,000 horses. Tangzhou is afraid that it will not be able to support it." Shao Shude shook his head and said, "Let's do this. Recently, many Tuyuhun tribes have come to Shengzhou to join, so I will recruit some people to come over. How much does my uncle want?"

These so-called Tuyuhun supplements are actually Helianduo's people.

Since this guy was defeated by Li Keyong and lost his old nest in Yunzhou, Bai Yicheng, the governor of Shuozhou, did not listen to him and decisively surrendered to Shao Shude. Helianduo was unable to retreat north to the grassland and continued to be enemies with Li Keyong.

But several times of attacking Yunzhou went south and ended in failure. These failures not only consumed his troops, but also his prestige. Some of the troops did not see hope and left him.

Some people go far away to the desert grasslands and live their own lives, some seek refuge in Hedong, and some seek refuge in Shao Shude.

Zhe Zongben was a little disappointed.

How can Helianduo's herders compare with serious professional warriors? They have no chance of winning when fighting face to face. And the terrain of Shandong, Caizhou, with dense water networks, is not suitable for archers and cavalrymen who fight in front, but only for impact cavalrymen who fight head-on. What is their use?

But having is better than not. Let’s do it first and let them practice slowly later.

"At least a few thousand riders." Zhe Zongben said.

"There are 20,000 men, women, young and old, all sent over. My uncle found a place to settle the house. I saw that the east road of Shannan was very empty, so I just need to mark a place for them." Shao Shude said.

This is very clear. They were herders in normal times and started to fight during wars.

To raise professional soldiers with Tang and Deng Sui's financial resources, it is definitely not possible, so that's all.

"There are more than 40,000 prisoners of the Qingtang Tubo, and all 10,000 households in the five counties of Qianzhou were sent here." Shao Shude continued: "The Gucheng in Xiangzhou is Anyang, and Zaoyang in Suizhou is a total of three counties, with a large land and a sparse population. Let's use them to resettle these people. I will allocate Guanbei Agricultural Science students to go south to guide the people to farm and farming and slack farming training. There will be special personnel to handle it, so it will not distract my uncle."

"It's so good." The grandson sat beside him. Zhe Zong was in a good mood and was too lazy to care about the meaning of his son-in-law's few free moves.

In fact, those Tubo, Tuyuhun and even the Han people in Ganzhou were full of resentment. If they did not station troops, they could really control them? No matter how far they were, they had to rely on the Weisheng army to shock them from time to time, otherwise they would rebel sooner or later.

This son-in-law is becoming more and more like a civil servant, not very much like a martial artist.

"What are the plans for a son-in-law this year?" After drinking a cup of tea, Zhe Zongben asked again.

"The situation in the world is chaotic." Shao Shude did not answer, but instead sighed first.

"After I entered the river two years ago, I clearly realized the hostility of the heroes of Kanto." Shao Shude said: "Once I was at a strife with my righteous brother Li Ke, but I am just kind on the surface, but I am actually very afraid inside. He turned to attack Youzhou, and was also anxious inside, I can see."

"No need to say more about Zhu Quanzhong, his primary goal is to attack and destroy Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, Shi Pu, and Wang Shifan. Now Pu has been destroyed, and the two Zhu are in danger. If our troops had not left Heyang, he would have to attack Yan and Yun again."

"Yang Xingmi is a knowledgeable and sensible person. You can tell if he just moves westward. The relationship with Zhu Quanzhong has not deteriorated. On the contrary, it is very good. Huainan tea and salt enter the Bian and Song prefectures, and the markets are frequent. Hehe, Quanzhong no longer buys salt in the river, and now he uses Huai salt."

"Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, must have had a good relationship with me? It may not be. If Zhu Quanzhong no longer attacks, they would not cause trouble. I don't know if Wang Shifan is stupid in his studies, and has scolded me repeatedly recently."

In short, when Shao Shude unified Guanxi and pressed the sword to Tongguan, the world had already looked at him.

This is almost a landmark event. The various vassal states have been playing together for more than 120 years. If they can't see clearly, it will be useless.

At this time, those who are a little brainy are analyzing and judging the situation in the world.

After the second year of Dashun, has Li Keyong beat Zhu Quanzhong in the past three years? No.

Zhu Quanzhong used to send people to plunder Huainan. Has he gone south since Sun Ru's destruction and Huainan gained Yang Xingmi? No.

Everyone has eyes to tell who is the strongest.

Li Keyong is now devoted to the strategy of Hebei, Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin seem to have stopped most of the harassment activities, while Yang Xingmi seized the time to expand his territory. After fighting Du Hong, he would mostly go to attack Qianli, and first have a stable rear money and grain base.

Because he knew that Zhu Quanzhong was not able to go south to attack Huainan, why should he take Lili for Shao Shude fire? It would be better to capture Eyue, control the upper reaches of the river, and then take Liangzhe and Jiangxi to consolidate the rear.

At the same time, watch the situation in the north. If Zhu Quanzhong shows a decline, he will support money and food. If Zhu Quanzhong is about to be destroyed, he will win over the Liang people and surrender their officials and generals, take advantage of the situation to attack the prefectures along the Huai River and consolidate the defense line.

As for the prefectures in Hebei, although they are now suffering from Li Keyong's attack, once the Xia army attacks Hedong, there is no need to doubt that they will unite with Li Keyong to support money and grain, and send troops together.

Shao Shude now is a bit like the Emperor of Tang who wanted to "restorate" after the Anshi Rebellion and slash the vassal states. At that time, the Kanto vassal states played the scripts, and how they still played it now.

They just want to keep their territory and do anything for this. When Huang Chao entered Chang'an, founded the country and became emperor, how many people in the Kanto vassal state planned to admit the fake Qi? But many of them were.

"The situation is very delicate now." Shao Shude said: "Zhu Quanzhong is like a card armor being pushed in front. Everyone is looking at whether Quanzhong can withstand my offensive."

Zhe Zong felt something and sighed.

He thought of Emperor Xianzong and Emperor Wuzong's so-called revival. Once the power of the court surged, everyone in the vassal states would be in danger, and they would immediately work but not work hard, and even colluded in private and rebelled in rebellion.

Are the Hebei vassal states so difficult to destroy?

Is there any external reason for Huaixi Town to persist for so long and resist the world with a corner?
To be continued...