The commander of the Shence Army seems to have a high position, but in fact, the Shence Army at this time has no combat effectiveness at all.
Moreover, when Li Yunze recruited troops before, he stuffed all the new recruits into the Shence Army.
After Tian Lingzi and others fled, no one could affect his control over the Shence Army.
As for Jing Zhaoyin, Chang'an City is under his control, so Jing Zhaoyin doesn't matter.
There was no title or nobility, not even a military envoy.
Li Xuan, Tian Lingzi and the others were just using Li Yunze for free.
It's okay to work part-time, but it's not okay if you don't get paid for part-time work.
Don’t you see, there are so many warriors working in the Tang Dynasty, and whoever dares not to pay them wages and demand that they work for free is simply rebelling.
Li Yunze was noncommittal about this. Since Li Xuan did not dare to come back, his purpose of coercing the emperor to control the princes could only be postponed...or in other words, he had to change his direction.
"Prime Minister." Li Yunze asked, "Who are the imperial troops near Chang'an City?"
When it comes to this, as the prime minister, Lu Xie is naturally very knowledgeable.
"There are many soldiers and horses around Chang'an City, including those led by Jingyuan Jiedushi Cheng Zongchu, Shuofang Jiedushi Tang Hongfu, Yiwu Army Jiedushi Wang Chucun, and Hezhong Jiedushi Wang Chongrong... In addition, there are Jing, Long, Ling, and Ning prefectures have tens of thousands of soldiers to guard against autumn..."
The Jiedu envoys mentioned by Lu Xie were all relatively loyal to the Tang Dynasty.
However, no matter how loyal they are, they are still military governors, and they must rely on the opinions of the warriors under their command.
When the imperial court cannot provide enough benefits, don't expect them to work wholeheartedly.
What's more, people like Wang Chongrong, the governor of Hezhong, had already nominally surrendered to Huang Chao.
As for the anti-autumn soldiers, they are indeed elite, and they are used to fight against the Tibetan army. Elites drawn from various vassal towns range from one thousand to three or four thousand.
For example, Li Yunze's Boye Army at this time is the anti-autumn army.
But these anti-autumn soldiers are essentially border guards. Taking them away means opening up the way for the Tubo people to go down the mountain and plunder Guanzhong, sending millions of lives to the Tubo ravages.
Compared with the destructive power of Tubo, Huang Chao was a small player.
Even Li Yunze didn't want to touch these troops.
Where to find elite soldiers has become the focus of Li Yunze's concern at this time.
Looking at Li Yunze who was thoughtful, Lu Xie stroked his beard with a smile, preparing to mention something later.
He had long known that the person in front of him was a gangster. After all, all the commanders of the Shence Army knew him, and there was absolutely no such person.
But as long as they are not Huang Chao's bandits, there are countless ambitious people who want to take advantage of the situation in these troubled times, so it doesn't matter if he has one more Li Yunze.
As long as Chang'an City can be defended, a Jiedushi is inevitable.
Moreover, his surname is Li, so he even left out his given surname.
Sure enough, after thinking for a while, Li Yunze turned his attention to Ping Zhangshi, a disciple of Tong Zhongshu in the Tang Dynasty, who was also the prime minister.
"Did the Prime Minister teach me?"
Lu Xie stroked his beard and smiled, "Commander, there are many officers and soldiers around Chang'an City, but it's not easy to get them to come to rescue..."
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"We don't need their reinforcements." Li Yunze simply waved his hand, "I only want their soldiers."
Yes, this is a blatant attempt to annex others.
Lu Xie wasn't surprised, martial artists these days were all like this.
"As long as there is enough money and food, there is basically no one who cannot be moved." Lu Xie nodded again, "But the most suitable one at this time is to be led by Zhuge Shuang, the military governor of Xia Suiyin."
As soon as he heard about Xia Suiyin's envoy, Li Yunze understood what Lu Xie meant.
Xia Suiyin refers to Xiazhou, Suizhou, Yinzhou and other places, which was the land of Xixia in the Song Dynasty.
Compared with other places in Guanzhong and Guandong, it is a completely poor place.
Poverty means lack of money, and lack of money means that as long as you can get enough benefits, you can easily win over soldiers.
Moreover, since ancient times, poor areas have been able to send out strong soldiers, and the warriors from various places in Xia Suiyin are not weak at all.
As for Zhuge Shuang, he is a typical contemporary Jiedushi.
At the beginning, he followed the rebel Pang Xun to cause rebellion. After Pang Xun was defeated, he turned around and defected to the imperial court. Historically, he would be persuaded by Zhu Wen to surrender to Huang Chao again after some time in history. When Huang Chao was destroyed, he turned around and defected to the imperial court.
A typical domestic slave with three surnames is his mother if he has breasts.
At this time, Zhuge Shuang's troops from all over Xia Suiyin had already arrived at Yueyang, which was not far from Chang'an City.
Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction, selected a group of soldiers and horses to guard a large amount of property, and took advantage of the Huang Chao Army's forward retreat before they besieged the city, and took the initiative to go out of the city to recruit troops in Yueyang.
Looking at Li Yunze's retreating figure, Lu Xie was very satisfied.
It is too difficult for civil servants to survive in this world. There are vassal towns outside, eunuchs inside, and an Emperor Shatuo!
He finally understood that if the powerless civil servants wanted to do things, or to live in peace, they had to master the force. If they couldn't master it themselves, they had to win over an ally who could master the force.
Lu Xie felt that Li Yunze was a very suitable collaborator. According to the rules of their family, they would normally get married.
It is a pity that the Lu family does not have any suitable unmarried women of the right age in Chang'an City at this time, and it is naturally impossible to find someone to pretend to be someone for this level of cooperation, which will cause extremely serious consequences.
After much deliberation, Lu Xie decided to first choose a beautiful but not so smart person from a familiar family to appease Li Yunze's young and strong body.
After the siege of Chang'an City is relieved, a suitable Lu family girl will be selected from the entire Fanyang Lu family to marry as the main wife.
If Li Yunze can be used as a foreign aid, then the Lu family can truly protect themselves.
Lu Xie began to seriously consider which family among the acquaintances had a woman who was both beautiful and stupid.
Beauty is a must. Giving an ugly girl is not a marriage, but enmity.
Stupidity is also necessary. If you are not stupid, you will want to get higher. Lu Xie does not want to make wedding clothes for others.
After thinking for a while, Lu Xie clapped his hands vigorously, "The third daughter in Wang Xiang's family seems to be named Baochuan. After hearing about her beauty, she fantasizes all day about marrying a man who is both talented and virtuous...how can it be possible these days? Anyone who has both talent and virtue is either a loser or a bad guy. She is definitely a fool, and that’s her."
Li Yunze had no idea that Lu Qian, as prime minister, was busy looking for Wang Baochuan to give him a warm blanket.
He led his soldiers and horses to escort dozens of carts, and hurriedly arrived at Yueyang on a dusty road.
Xia Suiyin's number of soldiers and horses was not large, but there were a lot of cavalry.
They received the imperial court's order to rescue Chang'an City and sent troops from various places to come to Chang'an City for reinforcements. Because riding horses and walking were different from where they were stationed, the time they arrived at Yueyang was also different.
At least when Li Yunze came here, there were only more than 2,000 soldiers and horses who had arrived earlier.
Seeing Li Yunze's troops approaching, they reacted quickly and prepared their troops for battle at any time.
This is the case for the warriors of the Tang Dynasty these days. No matter whether you are from the imperial court, a bandit soldier, or from a vassal town, as long as you are not from the headquarters, you will be treated as the enemy first.
Looking at the elite soldiers and horses opposite, Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction.
This is called a warrior. The newly recruited rookies in Chang'an City are all just showmen who shout slogans.
"Everyone!"
Li Yunze, who was holding an iron trumpet, rode forward, "This general is the commander of the Shence Army, as is Li Yunze of Jingzhao Yin! Now the thieves have entered the pass and are wreaking havoc..."
After talking nonsense about occupying the moral high ground, Li Yunze turned to the topic.
"This general acts fairly and clearly rewards and punishes. These soldiers of Boye Army and Fengxiang Army can testify to this."
At his signal, the sergeants opened the boxes on the carriage one by one, revealing the treasures filled with copper coins.
"I am here today to recruit you to join my command. If there are any followers, I will use the money in my stomach as a dowry, and then my salary and treatment will be based on the Shence Army. If there are any deductions or arrears, you can leave on your own. !”
Under normal circumstances, it will not go away by itself. The basic operation is to kill the Jiedushi and replace it with one that can make money.
If that still doesn't work, then kill the Jiedushi again and continue changing.
Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, being a Jiedushi was also a very risky position.
After Xia Suiyin's soldiers and horses on the opposite side saw so much wealth, their first reaction was to take advantage of others.
Of course, externally it must be said that these guys are traitors.
I just weighed the strength of both parties and gave up the idea.
In terms of number of people, Xia Suiyin's side had more people, while Li Yunze's side only had more than a thousand troops.
But in terms of equipment, Li Yunze's side is stronger. Not only does everyone have a full set of armor, but even the horses are neatly dressed. In comparison, Xia Suiyin's side is much shabby. Most of the cavalry have leather armor, and there are few horse armors and other items.
And they are both elites. If they fight, even if they can win, it will be a miserable victory.
A tragic victory means huge losses, and no one is willing to use their own life in exchange for someone else's huge wealth.
So soon someone rode out, came to the cart, took off his helmet, and dug out the copper coins from the helmet.
Someone took the lead, and more and more Xia Suiyin soldiers came over and gathered around the big box to get money.
Li Yunze signaled the accompanying auxiliary soldiers to start setting up pots and lighting a fire.
A big pot of fragrant meat porridge in the winter is as attractive to Sergeant Xia Suiyin as copper coins.
When Li Yunze announced loudly, "As long as you follow me from now on, you will have meat to eat every day." Those sergeants who had surrendered to Xia Suiyin finally cheered for him for the first time.
In the end, the hundreds of Sergeants Xia Suiyin who had not come over all came closer under the sincere calls of their companions, or the pleasant sound of the meat porridge and the collision of copper coins.
Eating meat is not difficult for Li Yunze. He has plenty of canned food.
Not only that, Li Yunze also brought drinks from Chang'an City and distributed them to everyone on the spot.
Speaking of drinks, the mainstream drink in China since ancient times has actually been rice wine, the kind with a low alcohol content, which is why there are so many people who claim that they will never get drunk after a thousand cups.
As for the so-called high-altitude liquors of later generations, they are actually imported products from outside. They are industrial products and are not suitable for the stomachs of Chinese people.
Grain products and chemical products are of course different.
Li Yunze never drinks high-alcohol liquor.
After capturing the first batch of Sergeant Xia Suiyin, the rest of the matter will be easier to handle.
When groups of Xia Suiyin sergeants, who had been sleeping in the open air and flying under the stars and chasing the moon, came to Yueyang, they almost came over without hesitation due to the smell of meat, the smell of wine and the money box, and the calls of their companions.
If he hadn't received the news that Huang Chao's main force was approaching Chang'an City, Li Yunze would have been able to pull away all Zhuge Shuang's Xia Suiyin soldiers.
Of course, Li Yunze, a general above the rank of captain, will not be accepted.
Generals have great influence in the army, and Li Yunze does not want his troops to be taken away.
He did not embarrass these people. He gathered them together and gave each of them a box of copper coins, and then let them go when they left. As for the replacement, he will be promoted directly from Sergeant Xia Suiyin, so the sergeants will naturally not make a fuss about it.
When Zhuge Shuang finally arrived in Yueyang after a long journey, he was shocked to find that only a group of generals and brigade commanders were left among the army under his command.
He was shaking with anger.
"Where are my soldiers?!"
