Entrepreneurship in the Late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 70 Hu Ji
Here, Zhao Da frowned and started cursing:

"Lao Mo, how long will your good life last? You can't even handle such a small matter? Didn't I ask you to send her back to Tang An before? You tell me, she is still in the army now. I think you want to be whipped."

It turned out that when he passed by Tang'an before, his good mentor Song Jian called him over. After some reminiscing and encouragement, the old friendship was rekindled. Zhao Da also flattered the leader and followed his lead. As a result, the host and the guests were all very happy and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Moreover, before leaving, Song Jian also gave Zhao Da a Hu Ji, who was the lead dancer of Tang Anchi Pavilion and was responsible for leading the famous dance "Hu Teng Dance" at banquets.

Zhao Huaian didn't care at first, thinking, "A leading dancer in a dance hall in a third-tier city is being used to corrupt me? What cadre can't stand up to this test?"
So Zhao Huaian said indifferently that he looked down on it, which immediately broke Old Song's defense.

That was the first time Song Jian criticized Zhao Da for being a country bumpkin who had never seen the world.

He told Zhao Huaian that the Tang'an Pool House was once used to perform dances for the entertainment of Emperor Xuanzong. After the difficult times, Emperor Xuanzong lost Yang Guifei and moved to Sichuan. It was all thanks to the Hu girls in the pool house that he was relieved from the fatigue of working for the country.

Hearing Old Song's tone, which seemed to show that he felt sorry for Emperor Xuanzong, Zhao Huaian curled his lips.

Watching this dance and watching the girl play with it, he really has a lot of things to do every day.

Then Song Jian told Zhao Da, because the emperor has set an example, who in Chengdu would not follow suit?
So even though Emperor Xuanzong later returned to Chang'an, Tang'an Pond Pavilion was still famous in Sichuan and even the world.

The most famous people in this pavilion are the Hu girls. They were bought from the Western Regions and the Nine Clans of Zhaowu when they were young, and then raised in Chengdu. It can be said that they have the advantages of both Hu and Han, and each one is a top-notch one.

Before this, when Tang'an City was broken, everyone in Chiguan fled out of the city, and this group of Hu girls took shelter in the army. Song Jian gave the best lead dancer among them to Zhao Da, which showed that he valued her very much.

Although Song Jian had explained it very clearly, he could still see that Zhao Da disagreed. He was so angry. If his body had not been injured in Nanzhao, would he have given that beauty to Zhao Da?

Bah, this kid is acting like he's taking advantage of others.

So he told Zhao Da to get out of here quickly and ordered Zhao Da to call someone to pick up Hu Ji.

He was really angry when he saw this country bumpkin.

……

Zhao Huaian is still practical. If his old leader wants to give him a woman, he has to accept it even if he doesn't want it.

After all, the old leader was also well-intentioned. Old Song also said that he saw that there was no one in Zhao's tent and he must be lonely at night, so he specially gave this Hu Ji to him.

But Zhao Da is not a leader. A leader can stay in the back and drink wine and watch the singing and dancing in the tent, but he, Zhao Da, has to fight hard in the front.

What's the matter with keeping a woman in the army? How will the brothers look at him in the future? So after passing Tang'an, Zhao Da asked Lao Mo to send this Hu Ji back.

Zhao Da certainly didn't want to enjoy life, but if he didn't strive when he should, he wouldn't be able to blame anyone else when his life got tough.

But who would have thought that this old Mexican was so hesitant, and even now, this woman is still in the army.

Which line of this?
At this moment, Lao Mo's face suddenly turned red and he said:
"My Lord, you may as well go and take a look, just one look. Then you can ask me to send her away. I will do it immediately."

This actually made Zhao Huaian lose his confidence. Was Hu Ji so hot? She even made this old Mexican Deng confused by her fragrance?
After coughing, Zhao Huaian wanted to send him off, but when the words came to his lips, they turned into:
"Let's talk about it later. Nothing is more important than the war right now."

Lao Mo understood immediately and realized that all he had to do was to finish the battle, so he stopped disturbing his master and quickly retreated.

Zhao Da looked at the empty makunai and sighed:

"Old Song, Old Song, how can I ever repay your kindness?"

……

The next day, outside Qiongzhou City, the central army beat the drums three hundred times.

Thirteen thousand troops from western Sichuan, Tujiang, and Fengxiang lined up in the field, their morale was like that of a dragon or a tiger, and their flags covered the sky.

The morning light is dim and there is a chill in the air.

Zhao Huaian, wrapped in the fur cloak given by Song Jian, led his thousand-man army to form a battle array beside the central army. In front of the army, the commander-in-chief Yang Qingfu was riding his horses to the front with his generals.

Because they were not far away, Zhao Huaian immediately saw his good brother Xian Yu Yue in the crowd. He was riding horses with Ren Tong and Song Yuan following behind him.

When Zhao Huaian met Yang Qingfu before, this general was either dressed as a scholar or a Taoist priest, and did not look like a general at all. But today, he was wearing Ming Guang armor and a phoenix-wing helmet, and his aura was fully open and he looked majestic.

He galloped on his horse, and the knights behind him held up their ceremonial weapons and umbrellas, while the soldiers at the front roared in unison, like thunderous applause from the sea.

Zhao Huaian was amazed. He had served many generals, but this was the first time he saw someone go to the front line to boost morale.

From this point of view, General Yang is worthy of being the number one general in western Sichuan, and it is no wonder that his good brother has always praised him highly.

Soon, Zhao Huaian heard Yang Qingfu shouting something in front. Every time he said a word, the generals behind him roared loudly, and the sound spread throughout the whole venue.

"Nanzhao, the clown, is treacherous and arrogant. With wolfish ambitions, they have violated our old alliances. They have invaded our territory and plundered our people. Our beautiful mountains and rivers have been reduced to scorched earth; our prosperous cities have been reduced to ruins."

"However, Heaven will repay kindness. China has its own way, and the people are willing to help. Even a common man will seek revenge. In this battle, all our Tang soldiers should unleash their conscience, kill the enemy and serve our country, so that not a single Nanzhao horse can cross the river! Nine generations of revenge will be settled today."

After saying this, Yang Qingfu suddenly drew his sword and pointed it at the sky, shouting:
"kill!"

The generals behind him drew their swords and shouted in unison:
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Yang Qingfu had spoken a long speech before, but the Tang Dynasty warriors could not understand much of it, so they were mostly indifferent. But at this moment, the commander-in-chief shouted "Kill, kill, kill", and these soldiers were all in high spirits.

Thus, for a time, the sound of killing shook the whole area, and the ugly people were frightened.

Zhao Huaian, who was under the banner of "Baoyi", saw this scene and sighed:

"This time is really different." In this situation, Zhao Huaian seemed to see the prosperous Tang Dynasty in history, when all the land illuminated by the sun and the moon was Tang territory, and all the barbarians inside and outside the country were buried in weapons.

It was the Tang Dynasty that plowed the fields and dug holes, and was as fierce as a tiger, it was the Tang Dynasty that had a long Silk Road and attracted all nations to pay tribute.

Then, Zhao Huaian could no longer bear it. He drew his sword and led the soldiers of Baoyi to shout:

"Kill, kill, kill!"

Hot-blooded Tang'er, defending the country!
……

It is no wonder that one must choose a general before deploying troops. At this moment, under the encouragement of Marshal Yang Qingfu, all the soldiers were full of fighting spirit. With the encouragement of the central army's horns and drums, they began to attack Qiongzhou City.

"Dong dong dong..."

The war drums of the central army never stopped beating. Sixty-eight strong men, with bare upper bodies, were steaming in the cold weather.

On the front line, the first to launch an attack was the Fengxiang Army.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Huaian in the rear was immediately amused, secretly thinking that General Yang was being disrespectful and letting the Fengxiang Army do the work of climbing first.

When the military order reached the Fengxiang Army, they were a little dumbfounded. They wanted to make trouble, but they didn't dare to do so. With only a few hundred soldiers, if they made any move, they would definitely be suppressed by Yang Qingfu.

So even though they were unwilling, they still accepted the order.

But it is said that these killers are all ruffians. After receiving the order, they directly dispatched dozens of knights to sweep the nearby villages.

Some villages were not destroyed by the Nanzhao people, but were instead wiped out by the Fengxiang army.

At this moment, urged by the war drums in the rear, the Fengxiang soldiers on horseback whipped their horsewhips to drive the laborers forward to fill the trenches.

Although it was tragic enough, there was one thing to be thankful for, which was that Qiongzhou City was not very prepared for attacks from the east, so the defense on the east side was not tight, at least there was no moat.

But even the trench, which was more than one meter high, cost the lives of these villagers.

The Nanzhao troops on the city wall had been under siege for a long time and were a little crazy. They knew that they would be killed without a burial place if the city was captured.

So he became ruthless and conscripted the Tang people in the city to throw stones into the trench below.

The Nanzhao army itself calmly aimed at the Fengxiang soldiers who were sandwiched among the villagers.

……

When the Fengxiang soldiers began their attack, Zhao Huaian discovered that the Hengye army was moving to the north of the city and also began to attack Qiongzhou.

Seeing the Yokono Army, Zhao Huaian couldn't help but think of the Yokono General Zeng Yuanyu whom he met in the camp a month ago. This person should be the commander of that army.

This person had some opinions about him before, but he should be considered a relatively pure martial artist, so Zhao Huaian couldn't help but pay more attention to him.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the Yokono troops fought in a very organized manner and were well prepared. They pushed their prepared shield carts and advanced rapidly towards the trenches to the sound of drums.

These Yokono troops did not use the villagers to fill the ditches, but instead used their own troops to quickly fill the ditches with sand under the cover of the shield carts on the left and right.

Soon, the abnormality on the north side of the city was discovered by the Nanzhao army on the city wall. They shouted wildly and the bells on the building rang loudly. The main general over there was gathering troops at the north gate. They thought this was the main attack direction of the Tang army.

But after a while, the Nanzhao army discovered something was wrong again, because an alarm bell was also heard from the south, and the defenders there were calling for help.

For a moment, the Nanzhao army was a little confused about which side was responsible for the victory.

Zhao Huaian couldn't see the whole scene clearly, so he didn't know the changes in the south and north of the city, but he saw that the Fengxiang Army, which was supposed to attack the east gate, suddenly abandoned the trench and began to retreat.

Is this what is going on?
……

Fengxiang Army general Li Changyan was forced out by the guards. He pretended to scold his men:

"You're going to make me suffer. You're going to make me suffer. Yang Shuai just said, let's work together, let's work together."

But the soldiers around him immediately sprayed back:

"That guy surnamed Yang is just good at talking. Why doesn't he do it himself? Letting our Fengxiang soldiers do things like filling the gullies is really against Tiangang."

"Yes, and this guy surnamed Yang, do you understand the rules? He hasn't even given us the money, and he wants us to attack the city? Is this how you fight a war?"

"That's right, that's right. Not only did they not give us money, they also killed Liu Du and his men. Not only did they not give us money, but they also killed people. Do they think we Fengxiang soldiers are pigs and dogs?"

"No more fighting, no more fighting. If that Yang guy dares to say no again, we'll kill him."

All of a sudden, all kinds of dirty words came out. These Fengxiang soldiers had been quite wronged during this period.

They lost a lot of people in the previous battle at Baishushui, and then when they arrived at Xianrenshu, they were bullied by Zhao Da. If they don't make a fuss, do they really think that their Fengxiang Army is given to them for free?

So, more than 500 Fengxiang soldiers, accompanied by civilians, rushed back to the rear army formation.

Soon, a rider suddenly came from the central army and stopped in front of the Fengxiang troops. He shouted from his horse:

"The Fengxiang troops have worked hard and made great contributions, and are specially rewarded with two pieces of silk and one string of money each. The troops will retreat to rest and recuperate. General Li Changyan of Fengxiang will be under his command and await further orders."

When the Fengxiang soldiers heard this, they let go of Li Changyan with a smile, feeling very proud.

Hehe, wouldn’t it have been better if you had done this earlier?
(End of this chapter)