Chapter 123: Together Management (9)

Qingshui River originates from Heitchigou on the eastern foot of Liupan Mountain, flowing northward through Guyuan, Haiyuan, Tongxin, Xihuizhou and other counties. It is an important tributary of the Yellow River. Since ancient times, both sides of the Qingshui River have been places where all ethnic groups in the northwest live, reproduce and farm and pasture. The Qingshui River Valley is part of the Guyuan territory of the ancient Silk Road, and part of the Xiaoguan Ancient Road, and it is also the main channel for all ethnic groups in the northwest to enter the Central Plains.

Qingshui River witnessed the rise and fall of countless ethnic groups, and countless corpses nurtured the green grass and green trees on both sides of the strait.

When Dangxiang Fang occupied the banks of Qingshui River, the giant Tang Empire, a behemoth, was riddled from the inside to the outside, and was powerless and had no intention to expel the Hu tribes who moved from Qinghai. Instead, they used these brave but not very powerful Dangxiang Qiang to guard the northwestern border for the Tang Empire. With the acquiescence and support of the Tang people, the Dangxiang people drove away the Tubo people and Uighurs one after another, becoming the real masters of Qingshui River for a hundred years, and also brought relative peace to Qingshui River.

After Tongxin City was captured by the Northwest Alliance, in order to consolidate the benefits obtained in Tongxin City and build Tongxin City into a base for the Black Eagle Army, Hou Dayong formulated the strategy of "North Heading and South Attack": the so-called North Heading, namely the Yongxing Army, the Qingzhou Army infantry and Independence Army were stationed in the direction of Xiaoniuguan, withstood the attack of the main force of the Dangxiang Army in Xihuizhou, and limited the scope of activities of Fang Danghanhai's troops to the north of Xiaoniuguan, and the defense of Xiaoniuguan was from Yongxing Army Festival.

The commander Wang Yanchao was unified in command; and the southern attack, that is, the main force of the coalition forces, the Black Eagle Army, was transferred from Xiaoniuguan to Guyuan, and joined forces with the Lingzhou cavalry and Wang Jing's troops led by Wang Tengxiang. The troops jointly attack Guyuan. As long as they take down Guyuan City and destroy Fangdangduoer's troops, they could completely control the upper and middle reaches of Qingshui River, and connect Guyuan, Weizhou, Huanxian, Qingzhou, Longxi and Qinzhou. The southern attack was specifically commanded by Shi Hu, the deputy commander of the Black Eagle Army.

After the strategy of "North Heading and Attacking the South" was formulated, Shi Hu led the main force of the Black Eagle Army to quietly move towards Guyuan. He left the defense of Xiaoniu Pass to the Yongxing Army infantry led by Wang Yanchao and the Qingzhou Army infantry led by Wu Songzhong. Most of the coalition soldiers were from peasants. They fully utilized their advantages of being good at civil engineering operations and built the already very narrow and dangerous Xiaoniu Pass into a solid fortress in one month.

The Dangxiang Army in Xihui Prefecture reached 23,000 under the integration of Fangdanghanhai. In mid-September, the 5,000 reinforcements from the Xifeng Army in the north and more than 3,000 reinforcements from the Miqin Army in the west arrived in Xihui Prefecture one after another. The Dangxiang Army in Xihui Prefecture reached 30,000. After a desperate battle with the Zhou army, Fangdanghanhai had a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Zhou army. In the minds of Fangdang Army in Xihui Prefecture, the Black Diao Army has become synonymous with the devil's army. Even the most powerful force in Fangdang Army, as long as it is said that it is fighting against the Black Diao Army, it will be extremely cautious.

The locations of the Dangxiang Xifeng and Mi Qin team did not directly border the Great Zhou Dynasty. They had not fought with the Zhou army for many years, and their impression of the Zhou army was still in Liang. During the Tang Dynasty, the generals of Xifeng and Mi Qin team, Mi Qinyunzhong, were extremely dissatisfied with Fang Danghan Hai's attitude of avoiding war. They did not listen to Fang Danghan Hai's dissuasion, bypassed Fang Danghan Hai, and led the aggressive 8,000 iron cavalry to attack Xiaoniu Pass. The coalition infantry in defending Xiaoniu Pass relied on solid fortifications to repel the attacks of the Xifeng and Mi Qin team's cavalry at a small cost. Xifeng and Mi Qinyunzhong looked at the tall pass and sighed and returned to Xihuizhou.

After the Niuguan front was stable, the war in the north became relatively quiet.

Dangxiangfang, which has been active on the banks of Qingshui River, spontaneously organized people from different sizes, which caused considerable trouble to the coalition forces. These teams were familiar with the complex terrain on the banks of Qingshui River. They were like large cats hunting, lurking in hidden places such as hills, gullies and mountains. Whenever they saw a small coalition forces that could eat the ground, they rushed out and took a bite.

Hou Dayong was familiar with this kind of "guerrilla warfare" as well as his own fingers. In the magnificent warfare in the mid-twentieth century, guerrilla warfare had transformed from a simple tactic to a strategy that guides the overall situation, becoming a classic research subject in later military academies. As the commander of the Army Special Forces Brigade, Hou Dayong had a deeper research on guerrilla warfare. The best way to deal with such elusive attacks is to treat others by their own way. The 2,000 Northwest Independence Army led by Guo Jiong was divided into two thousand teams, and played hide-and-seek with the Dangxiang people on the banks of the Qingshui River. Just when Tongxin City was in pain and happiness, the Independence Army continued to fight with Fangdang riders on the banks of the Qingshui River on a small but very fierce battle.

The former of the Independence Army was the Qingzhou Cavalry, which was originally the direct unit of General Meng Hanqing, and its combat effectiveness was not weak. However, Meng Hanqing was convicted and died. After Han Lun became the Qingzhou regiment, the morale, supply and training level of this army became worse and worse. An army lost its soul, just like a person was broken. When fighting a wind war, it was extremely vicious, and when fighting a wind war, it was defeated at one touch. After the Qingzhou Cavalry was renamed the Independence Army, Guo Jiong, Duan Wuwei, Tiechuanyuan, Liu Shixu and other generals became the chief officials of the Independence Army at all levels, and brought fifty old soldiers from the Black Diao Army with rich combat experience to enrich the Independence Army and equipped the Independence Army with weapons according to the Black Diao Army standards.

After the Battle of Xiaoniuguan, Guo Jiong led the Independence Army to entangle with the brave Dangxiang people on the banks of the Qingshui River. After destroying a remnant Dangxiang army with nearly 400 people, the Qingzhou cavalry seemed to have found their confidence that had been lost for several years.

Tongxin City has become the base of the Northwest Alliance Army. The camps and field hospitals have been moved to Tongxin City. There is still a large amount of food and grass in the city. It is the logistics base of the Northwest Alliance Army. However, since there are no large Dangxiang Army within 100 miles outside Tongxin City, there are not many sergeants in Tongxin City. Except for the 200 newly married sergeants, there are only one thousand infantry and more than two thousand villagers who transport food and grass.

On October 3, the Dangxiang Army in Xihui Prefecture had nearly 25,000 troops attacked Xiaoniu Pass guarded by Wang Yanchao again. The two sides fought fiercely for eight days. By October 11, the Dangxiang Army, which had suffered losses and lost generals, retreated to Xihui Prefecture.

On October 4th, the messenger of Feiying Hall came to Tongxin City. Hou Dayong learned that he was going to be transferred to Lingzhou, so he ordered to step up the attack on Guyuan City.

On October 6, Wang Jiang, who was guarding Yizhou, was ordered to lead 3,000 Fengzhou troops to attack Guyuan. These 3,000 were infantry troops stationed in Fengzhou. After nearly a year of training, their combat effectiveness has improved greatly, but it has not been tempered by the war.

On October 7th, Gu Chun, the governor of Weizhou, was ordered to lead an army of 3,000 to Wang Jing's camp.

On October 9, Dabu and Dawagong of the Tubo Hunshu each led 500 Tubo soldiers to Longxi, and then continued northward and attacked Guyuan from the southwest direction.

On October 10, the Northwest Alliance Army tightly closed the encirclement of Guyuan City. The coalition forces included 5,000 Wang Jing's troops, 5,000 Shihu's troops, 3,000 Wang Tengxiang's troops, 3,000 Wang Jiang's troops, 500 Dabu's troops, 500 Dawa Gong's troops, and 3,000 Guchun's troops. The total number reached 20,000.

According to Hou Dayong's order, the Battle of Guyuan was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the front-line enemy with the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xiongsheng Army, and Wang Jing, the head of the northwest, was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief. Wang Jing was the governor of Fengxiang Army, with an official position and a higher qualification than Shi Hu. However, after the defeat of Xiaocang Pass, Wang Jing's prestige in the coalition army dropped sharply. Although he was unhappy, he still accepted Hou Dayong's order.

The Tubo people of the Hunmo tribe had a feud with the Dangxiang people. It was because the Hunmo tribe was defeated by the Dangxiang tribes that they were forced to go south to enter Jiezhou and were subdued by Hou Dayong. Therefore, after Dabu and Dawagong came to Guyuan, Shi Hu ordered them to sweep the tribe of Fangdangduoer. The number of Fangdangduoer tribe was only more than 10,000 households, 50,000 or 60,000. Most of the young and middle-aged people were concentrated in Guyuan City. The tribe outside Guyuan City was only more than 40,000 old, young and young women and children. Dabu and Dawagong carried out massacres outside Guyuan City with the anger and pleasure of revenge. Tens of thousands of Fangdang's women and children were killed on the banks of the Qingshui River, and the rest were forced to flee to Jingyuan City beside the Yellow River.

On October 13, with a loud bang, the south gate and the east gate of Guyuan City were blown open at the same time, and the coalition infantry swarmed in. Fangdangduoer saw that Guyuan City was broken, so he opened the Xicheng Gate and led his army to break through. The Black Eagle Army, Tubo Army and Lingzhou Cavalry, who were waiting for battle outside the Xicheng Gate, surrounded the broken-out Dangxiang Fangdang Army, Fangdangduoer, Fangdang Chihu Army and Guyuan City were captured by the coalition forces.

After conquering Guyuan, Longxi, Guyuan and Tongxin were connected together. In addition to the downstream of the Qingshui River Basin, which was occupied by Dangxiangfang, people. The middle and upper reaches all fell into the hands of the Northwest Alliance.

On the evening of October 13, the soldiers from the land of the victory entered Tongxin City.

Hou Dayong, who was in Tongxin City, was in a very peaceful mood after receiving the good news. Guyuan City was an isolated city, like a ripe fruit that could be picked at any time. However, the news from Daliang made him feel a little anxious.

In October, the cold wind down the north of Tongxin City began to rampant on the Qingshui River. Especially in the second half of the night, the soldiers guarding the Tongxin City Wall put all the clothes they could wear on their bodies, but they still couldn't stop the increasingly strong north wind.

Liang Shouheng walked into Hou Dayong's room in dust. He was rushed over by Hou Dayong. From Jingzhou to Tongxin City, he ran for seven days. He was exhausted. He took a sip of old wine and then drank a bowl of stewed beef soup. Only then did he recover. He rubbed his face that was frozen a little stiff and asked, "When he entered the city, he heard the soldiers talking about the coalition forces that had captured Guyuan. This is a great thing."

"After breaking through Tongxin City, the Dangxiang people were cut into several sections, and Guyuan was surrounded by the coalition forces. It was just a natural thing to capture it."

Seeing Liang Shouheng drank another bowl of soup, Hou Dayong slowly said: "The north wind was blowing, it was really cold. There was no winter clothes in the supplies allocated by the court. How to solve the winter clothes of the soldiers was a big problem. Liang envoy quickly returned to Fengzhou and used the remaining money from Fengzhou Kufu to make a batch of winter clothes for the Black Eagle Army. The war in Qingshui River consumed a lot of horses from the Black Eagle Army. We had an agreement with Dabu and Dawagong to buy horses. You can send someone to buy a thousand war horses from the Tubo people of the Hunmo tribe. Ruoergai's war horses are still very good. In addition, send someone to Jingzhao Mansion to buy some good iron, bowstrings and crossbow accessories. After buying them, they were transported to Tongxin City with all the weapons in the iron artillery battalion. Several good masters of the official Iron Artillery battalion also asked them to come to Tongxin City."

Liang Shouheng was surprised when he heard Hou Dayong's arrangement. According to the Dazhou wealth system, Cheng, Step, Feng and Qin prefectures had to pay part of the tax money to the court. The remaining tax money was stored in Fengzhou warehouses. The money was saved by the four prefectures in the past two years. Now this usage is a completely squandering method. Liang Shouheng thought silently in his mind for a while and said in a little embarrassedly: "After two years of operation in Fengzhou, these Fengzhou have finally had some extra money. After the spring of next year, the streets of Fengzhou can be widened a little. Now there are more merchants in Fengzhou, and the streets of Fengzhou appear narrow. Second, you can store more seeds and farm tools and send them to the refugees who have opened up the land. If all winter clothes are purchased, these two things will not be done. Why not do this? I will send someone back to Fengzhou to put away the winter clothes of the Black Eagle Army last year and make up for the broken places. Let's do it this year."

Hou Dayong knew that Liang Shouheng made sense. The two things about expanding the streets and clearing the land were discussed by Hou Dayong and Liang Shouheng. Fengzhou urgently needed land next year, but the imperial edict would soon arrive in Tongxin City. Now there is no need for this money. It would be better if the imperial edict was not used in large quantities. Although Feng Jiye is a good person, he left all the considerable amount of money to Feng Jiye. Hou Dayong did not have such a big measure.

Hou Dayong was unwilling to tell Liang Shouhengming about this matter. If he told Liang Shouhengming about this matter, it would expose the disguised exposure of someone in the court to provide information to the Black Diao Army. Hou Dayong explained: "In the past two months, the Black Diao Army has fought two tough battles in Yizhou and Niuguan, and the loss is really considerable. Liang Envoy should not be stingy with these money. There is no good army. In places like the Northwest where strong people are kings, no construction is meaningless."

After hearing what Hou Dayong said, Liang Shouheng was not good at saying anything. He was an experienced local official. He had some experience in local construction. This money was very important for the development of Fengzhou. However, although Hou Dayong spoke about this, he had no idea of ​​soliciting opinions. Liang Shouheng secretly sighed in his heart: Fortunately, there are only thousands of people in the Black Diao Army. Otherwise, according to the standards of the Black Diao Army's equipment, the four states, Fengzhou, Chengzhou, Jiezhou and Qinzhou, were all used up, and this bottomless pit could not be filled.

Shortly after Liang Shouheng left, Guo Jiong walked into Hou Dayong's room with a cold air.

Hou Dayong looked at Guo Jiong's dust, pointed to the pot of old wine, and said, "There are so many people coming today. I have finished all the stewed beef soup. There are still a few pieces of mutton and a pot of old wine here. Guo Lang takes a sip to relieve the cold."

Guo Jiong was not polite either. He grabbed a piece of mutton, stuffed it into his mouth, then poured a bowl of old wine, and drank it all, then he let out a long sigh and said with a smile: "The governor hurriedly called me back. I don't know what's important, may he also be a matchmaker for me."

"I have always kept the matter of Guo Lang in my heart. I have arranged it for you a long time ago, but you are still in the dark."

"Although Dangxiang women are good, they are not good at my taste. I still like to know etiquette from the Central Plains women. If my father, who has a straight face, knows that I want to marry a Hu girl, I will definitely have to serve the family law."

After a few greetings, Hou Dayong's face became serious. Guo Jiong was Hou Dayong's confidant, so he did not hide from Hou Dayong: "I got the news that the governors of the northwest of the northwest will be greatly adjusted. I went to Lingzhou to serve as the governor of Shuofang, Tongxin City was under my jurisdiction. Feng Jiye went to Fengzhou to serve as the governor of Xiongsheng Army, and Weizhou was promoted to Jiezhen, and Weizhou was under the jurisdiction of Weizhou and Guyuan. Wang Jing was appointed as the governor of Xiongwu Jiedu and the governor of Weizhou, Guchun was appointed as the deputy governor of Xiongwu Jiedu and the governor of Guyuan, Wang Yanchao, the governor of Yongxing Army, and Li Hui, the governor of the prefecture, served as the governor of Yongxing Army. Except for their respective soldiers, the rest of the soldiers stayed in place according to the rules of the Privy Council. Now the imperial edict is on the way and will be sent to Tongxin City soon."

Guo Jiong was chewing a piece of fat mutton, but when he heard this, he stopped chewing and said, "Although I am not in charge of local affairs, I know how much effort the Jiedushi has put into operation in the four states. Now Fengzhou has improved, and the lives of ordinary people are much better than in the past. If someone else is involved, it may not be able to manage Fengzhou so vividly."

Guo Jiong said this from the bottom of his heart, but it also had a bit of flattery. However, Hou Dayong was quite helpful when he heard it. He smiled and said, "The earth rotates the same way as anyone else. Feng Jiye has managed Lingzhou quite well."

Guo Jiong didn't understand it too clearly and asked, "Direction refers to where we live? Is it going to rotate?"

Hou Dayong then realized that the current concept of the Central Plains was still "the sky is round and the place". He accidentally brought out a common saying of modern people, saying: "This is a common saying in my hometown in the north. I don't understand what this means. Go back to the topic, I will give you a task. You can go back to Fengzhou immediately. Among the Feng, Qin, Cheng, the garrisoned infantry and the newly trained united soldiers, select two thousand elite soldiers, and add these soldiers to the Black Eagle Army before the imperial edict arrived."

Guo Jiong's family was well-educated and knew the Great Zhou military system very well. He immediately understood what Hou Dayong meant.

Since the Middle Tang Dynasty, the equal-field system was destroyed, and the recruitment system was introduced, the Jiedu became a full-time military service, which was a broad prospect for the emergence of the Yaman system. The Yaman, namely the personal soldiers or guards. The personal guards have existed since ancient times, and the Yaman of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were the private soldiers of the Jiedu after the Middle Tang Dynasty, and the product of the Jiedu special troops. The Yaman is the most combat-effective army among the local armies. Some are called Du, some are called Jun, some are called Jun, such as the Hall, Luoyandu, Yinjiuxie Jiedu, Crow Army, Silver Gundu, and Yinjiudu in front of the tent, and the Kaiqiu were all famous Yaman troops in the Five Dynasties period. According to convention, the Yaman was the personal soldiers of the Jiedu and always followed the Jiedu.

The troops in front of Chai Rong's Di Palace were essentially the place where his fang soldiers developed. After Chai Rong became emperor, he had been strengthening the construction of the central imperial guards and at the same time began to weaken the military power of the Jiedushi. Chai Rong used a very clever method. He continued to increase the number of Jiedushi, which reduced the territory of the Jiedushi, and reduced the army they controlled accordingly, making it difficult to form a dominant situation. However, the fang soldiers system has a long history and played a great role in the border. In the case of powerful enemies such as the Khitan, the Northern Han, Dangxiang, the Western Shu, and the Southern Tang Dynasty, Chai Rong did not dare to weaken the military forces of the border Jiedushi excessively. Although the fang soldiers had countless disadvantages, they did not dare to cancel them immediately.

The Black Diao Army was actually the fangs of Hou Dayong, the governor of Xiongsheng Army. Hou Dayong took advantage of the imperial edict to replenish troops from the local army and unite troops to the Black Diao Army. In fact, he wanted to bring more soldiers to Lingzhou. In this way, he did not violate the imperial edict and took away the essence of the Fengzhou army.
Chapter completed!