Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

"Then fight. We have an army of [-], so there is no need to be afraid of them." The young Cao Bin was very imposing. Although he was the supervisor of the army, he was very energetic.

Shi Congyun shook his head: "You can't think about military matters in this way. There are many things about winning more with less, just like when Zhao She, the famous general of Zhao State, said when he commented on his son Zhao Kuo, military affairs are a matter of life and death. His son Zhao Kuo saw the difficult things very simply, and he didn't regard the use of troops as a big deal at all.

This attitude is extremely unacceptable. Don't underestimate the enemy with the army, don't go against the public with your own opinion, and don't take debate as inevitable.Even if we have many soldiers and generals, we must not be negligent, or we may become historical sinners for the future of the defeated country and nation. "

After Cao Bin listened, his expression became serious, and he cupped his hands and said, "The commander-in-chief's lesson is that such words have benefited a lot." "This is not a lesson, it's an exchange of ideas, and it doesn't involve military orders. If you feel that what I said is wrong, you can communicate with me." Shi Congyun said and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

"We will be colleagues in the future. They are used to me. It's okay to speak directly when you have something to say, as long as you don't violate the military order." When he said this, the soldiers around him all smiled politely and without losing embarrassment. Someone said in a low voice, "No one can scold you better than the commander-in-chief..." Then he laughed loudly.

Indeed, when it comes to swearing, Shi Congyun is the one who swears the most, but he doesn't bother to pay attention to these people. If you don't live up to yourselves, and you can't win by swearing, what does it matter to me?

He continued to tell them about the situation in the south.

Si Chao’s navy finally followed his order to reach Sizhou on the Bian River, then went along Haozhou and Wokou to Shouzhou, then went south from Shouzhou, passed through the Chaohu water system in Luzhou, entered the Yangtze River, and went west to the vicinity of Yuezhou In the water area, Yuezhou is the gateway to the northeast of Wuping, and further ahead is the approved area of ​​Wuping, Langzhou (Changde) and Tanzhou (Changsha).

After capturing Huainan, the river and water transportation also brought great convenience to the Dazhou army. Of course, an envoy was sent to inform the Southern Tang Dynasty who had been in the south of the Yangtze River in advance, so as not to frighten them.

However, there is also new news in the Southern Tang Dynasty. After their lord Li Jing was sent to the city by Shi Congyun, he thought he was extremely frightened and moved his capital to Hongzhou (Nanchang). Was it kicked by a donkey, or maybe he was really scared and stupid.

"If Zhou Xingfeng thinks it's a fight to the death, we have to make all the preparations, go to the army and plan, and fight the war, but always remember that the war is the last resort. If you can't bet, don't gamble. Be safe. win.

I have studied the details of Zhou Xingfeng for a long time. He and his ten sworn brothers overthrew the state of Chu and occupied the territory. After he secured his position, he began to attack his ten good brothers one by one. By now, many people must be panicking. .

Especially Zhang Wenbiao, governor of Hengzhou, he and Zhou Xingfeng are sworn brothers. It is easy to fight the world together, but it is difficult to get rich together, so I want to send envoys to test Zhang Wenbiao's attitude. "

Luqiu Zhongqing continued: "The commander-in-chief, this plan is very good. Divide them up and solve them one by one."

Shi Congyun nodded: "I think so too, let's try to win Zhang Wenbiao first, if we can win him over, it will be much easier beforehand.

At this time, Zhang Wenbiao was the governor of Hengzhou. He was in the south and Langzhou was in the north. "

Luqiu Zhongqing said: "Let this matter be left to the old man."

"I'll go!" Cao Bin also pleaded.

Shi Congyun thought for a while and said to Cao Bin, "The cao supervisor was sent by the government, and he shouldn't leave the army. It's not only bad for me, but also bad for you. Let's do it, Luqiu."

At this moment, another officer, Guo Tingzhi, stepped forward, "Marshal, let me go, Mr. Luqiu is old, it's not good to go around like this, and..."

He paused for a while and didn't say anything else. Luqiu Zhongqing was not angry, and took the lead in nodding and laughing: "Then let Guo do it, the old man is indeed not so flexible in his legs and feet."

Guo Ting said that he bowed to Shi Congyun, and then Luqiu Zhongqing, and Shi Congyun let him go down to prepare.

Seeing him looking over, Luqiu Zhongqing explained: "Guo has been working since the Southern Tang Dynasty. He has not made an inch of merit, and he must be very disturbed. I should not compete with him for merit."

Shi Congyun laughed loudly, "That's right, you still know how to be a human being, let's hurry up."

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When the army arrived in Xiangzhou, many news had passed from Li Hanchao's scout battalion. The forward Li Chuyun had already arrived [-] miles north of Jingmen. , clear water, food.

Li Chuyun didn't ask him for instructions on this move, but he used it extremely sophisticatedly.

Theoretically, Nanping and Wuping were still the Jiedu envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Although they actually became independent states long ago, Li Chuyun asked them to supply the army. Given the reason why the Zhou army crusaded against them, as a local Jiedu envoy, there is no one who would not listen to the central dispatch.

After hearing the news, even Luqiu Zhongqing nodded, thinking that Li Chuyun had a lot of brains, not a titan who only knew how to abuse force.

Shi Congyun then ordered Luqiu Zhongqing to lead the rear army and hand over the supplies of the army with Li Gu. He personally led a hundred cavalry of his own soldiers and rushed to the front of Wang Quanbin's central army.

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Just as Zhou Jun's mighty army approached Jingmen, the south was already in chaos.

Jiangling City is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River. It is an important city along the Yangtze River and the seat of Nanping.

In ancient times, there was a poem "Chaoci Baidi among the colorful clouds, thousands of miles of rivers and tombs return in one day, the sound of apes on both sides of the bank can't stop, the light boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains." Poetry.

Jiangling City is not as prosperous as Daliang, Chengdu, and Jinling, but it is not bad, and it is located on an important road. Business travelers from all walks of life will pass by here. The Gao family exploited the people and made a lot of money. Accumulate a lot of wealth with little money.

Moreover, the Gao family is known as a high hooligan, because the southern countries will pass through him when they pay tribute to the north. The Gao family father and son often can't help being jealous, so they send people to rob the road, causing them to send troops. He hurriedly begged for mercy and sent the things back, and then continued to rob , It made all the countries in the south of the Yangtze River very annoyed, and they were very annoyed and there was nothing they could do.

The reason lies in the location of Nanping. Nanping borders the state of Zhou, and the people of Wuping dare not move to the north of the great river. The reason is that without Nanping, they would be on the border with the state of Zhou and directly face the pressure of the great Zhou.

Shu did not dare to move because Shu was afraid of being considered ambitious, and with Nanping, they bordered on both sides of Dazhou. Then Dazhou can still fight westward along the Yangtze River.

But the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty didn't have that kind of ability and ambition, especially after being beaten up by the Great Zhou General Shi Congyun last year and lost half of his country, how could he dare to reach out.

So at the moment, the only neighbor who dares to ask them is Da Zhou!

Although Gao Baorong didn't have much ambition or ability, he was shrewd and understood this truth after occupying Nanping for so long.

So when I heard that Zhou Jun sent 20 troops and wanted to use Nanping to attack Shu, I started to feel uneasy.

In June, the city tower listens to the wind and rain. Looking north from the head of Jiangling City, the lush greenery is hazy under the rain curtain. In the far north, the fields and trees are covered with a layer of tulle in the rain. Splash down, intermittently.

Just like his flustered thoughts, he hesitated at a glance, and the many civil and military relatives behind him were also worried.

The eldest son, Gao Jichong, is 24 and [-] years old, looking around and having no idea.

Presiding over political affairs for him is also the one he trusts the most. Among the Gao family's many brothers, the most capable tenth brother Gao Baoxu also hesitates to speak.

The fifth Gao Baoyin, inspector Sikong, stood up and said in a low voice: "My lord, Li Chuyun, the commander of the forwards of the Great Zhou Dynasty, came to envoy, and also brought a letter from the chief general Shi Congyun, asking us to provide clean water, fodder and some As for the food, it is said that the army will enter the country to fetch it. At that time, the Da Zhou army will come outside Jiangling City to fetch food and grass.

Do we promise or not, are we ready or not? "

Sun Guangxian, the judge of Jiedu, said immediately: "If they don't prepare, they have 20 troops, and the coach is still Shi Congyun, how can I afford to offend them?"

General Li Jingwei's face was solemn: "Soldiers, tricks, we can prepare, but if we don't prepare, we will make a confession and anger Zhou Jun, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat and walk around.

But even if it was prepared, the minister thought that it should be sent abroad to the Zhou army, and they should not be allowed to pick it up. At the same time, he mobilized the troops of the three states to stand ready, just in case. "

Gao Baorong is not a hero. Seeing that everyone has different opinions, he subconsciously looks at his younger brother Gao Baoxu who has been handling government affairs for him.

Gao Baoxu had no choice but to say, "The vanguard of the Zhou army has arrived near Jingmen, which is only more than 200 miles away from our Jiangling. If they continue to go south, they will arrive in five or six days.

The minister thought that he should send envoys to the north as soon as possible, and agreed with Zhou Jun that it was good to work in Jingmen, but he said that Jiangling is a small place and cannot accommodate the army of the Northern Kingdom.

In addition, quickly gather food and grass, send it to Jingmen to reward Zhou Jun, try not to let them enter the country, and send them away. If Zhou Jun insists on going south, it is likely that they are coming for us.

If it's coming at us..."

Speaking of this, he couldn't continue, "Originally, we could have sought help from the Tang Kingdom in the east. Our country has always been bordered by the Jiangbei land of the Tang Kingdom, but last year Shi Congyun took all the Jiangbei land of the Tang Kingdom...

So if the Zhou army insists on going south at that time, please make a decision, whether it is war or peace, the ministers will follow. "

He spoke very cleverly, and threw the question back again.

Gao Baorong's 57-year-old face has sunken eye sockets, and his hair and beard are white from early sorrow. What ambitions do people of this age have?

However, General Li Jingwei was very excited. He put his hand on the hilt of his sword and knelt on one knee and said, "My lord! The power of the soldiers is too high, and the agreement outside the city is untrustworthy. You should prepare your troops for battle and be ready to fight with the Zhou army at all times."

"How many soldiers can you gather?" Gao Baoxu asked.

"Ten thousand is always available!" Li Jingwei promised loudly.

Jiedu magistrate Sun Guangxian immediately retorted: "Zhou's army claims to be 20, and the leader is the famous Shi Congyun.

When he was young, he fought back the Northern Han and Khitan, defeated Shu in Guanzhong, and won the land of the four states in Guanzhong.

Last year he defeated Tang's hundreds of thousands of troops and seized the fourteen prefectures in the north of the Yangtze River. In the past few years, he has conquered eighteen prefectures one after another. We only have three prefectures. Can we stop Shi Congyun..."

When Sun Guangxian said this, the meaning in his words was already obvious. The key is that no one in the city refuted what he said, and even Gao Baorong didn't punish him.

Shi Congyun's fame has really grown in the past few years.

"Always try, who knows what the war is about!" Li Jingwei blushed and said unconvinced.

Gao Baorong raised his hand slightly: "Get up, let the tenth brother (Gao Baoxu) take charge of the matter, I am tired, go back to rest, you can take care of it."

Then, with the support of his eldest son Gao Jichong, he opened his umbrella and went downstairs. Gao Baorong is 57 this year, he is indeed an old man, and he doesn't have much energy to take care of things.

On the other side, Gao Baoxu did not agree with Li Jingwei's opinion, and was going to send people to negotiate and mediate with Zhou Jun's army near Jingmen, preparing to spy on Zhou Jun's intentions.

The next day, when the weather cleared up, Nanping sent his envoys out of Jiangling to the north, and hurried northward to contact Zhou Jun to test his intentions.

In Jiangling City, bad news soon spread that Nanping general Li Jingwei hanged himself at home last night, Jiangling City was shocked, Gao Baorong sighed and ordered him to be buried generously.

This incident caused some waves in Jiangling City, and people talked about it, but it passed quickly.

For a person, chances outweigh hard work most of the time, no one knows whether Li Jingwei is a titan, because he has no chances.

For Jiangling, many people were lucky. After all, Zhou Jun claimed that he was only passing through Jiangling.

However, the 20 Zhou army claimed to be severely punishing the subordinate country, which had long been messed up. At the beginning, Shi Congyun led 5000 people and killed their tens of thousands of troops and seized the land of the four states.

Now that the history of killing the gods has come back from the clouds, and with an army of 20, he wants to march west along the river and take Chengdu directly, that's okay!

Chapter 195, How to fool

At the end of June, it was raining continuously in Chengdu, and the hibiscus in the city was about to bloom. It was the most exciting time of the year.

Chengdu is also known as Jincheng.

For Meng Chang's beloved concubine, hibiscus flowers were planted inside and outside the palace in the streets and alleys of the city. When the flowers bloomed in the whole city, the whole Chengdu became a flower city full of hibiscus, and there were seas of flowers everywhere.

Meng Chang once also expressed his emotion. He heard that Chengdu is Jincheng, but today we don't know what Jincheng is.

In fact, the so-called Jincheng is because the Kingdom of Shu has been exporting Shu brocade since ancient times, which is famous all over the world, but when Meng Chang came here, he added another meaning to Chengdu Jincheng in order to dote on his concubine.

Now July is approaching, and the beginning of July is the first season of hibiscus flowers, and then the whole of Chengdu will turn into a sea of ​​flowers. Every year at this time, Meng Chang, the lord of the country, will go out to enjoy the flowers with the beauties in the harem. Every year is a grand event.

But at the end of June this year, it was raining continuously, and the atmosphere in the city was gone. There were a lot fewer people on the streets, and even few merchants came to Chengdu to buy and sell Shu brocade.

Many people ran away, many people outside the city ran to the mountains, and many business travelers left Chengdu.

There is a pagoda in the southwest corner of the Imperial City of Chengdu.

From the top floor of the five-story pagoda, you can overlook almost the entire city of Chengdu.

The dust and filth in Chengdu shrouded in continuous rain has been swept away. The neat blue bricks and white tiles, the high walls of Zhumen, the green bamboos on the street and the early hibiscus reflect each other. In the middle, the ticking answering sounded, and the whole flow was gone ...

The whole city is quiet and spotless in the rain, fresh and clean, it is such a bustling and beautiful city.

Looking down on such a city, Huarui has infinite liking in her heart, as if her heart is completely connected with this clean and beautiful city, she likes such a city.

Raising her eyes slightly, the low mountains in the distance were dimly invisible in the rain, and she always felt that the black and continuous mountain shadows made her feel a little instinctively afraid.

She was not like this before, she used to like to look at the mountains in the distance, until she heard that Shi Congyun made a comeback......

There has been news from the west that the Great Zhou sent 20 troops, led by the general Shi Congyun, who is about to take the route of Nanping, march westward along the river, and attack Chengdu, in order to punish the king of Shu for not knowing the general situation and not respecting the Great Zhou as the suzerain , Claiming to be the emperor and other crimes.

When the news came out, the entire Shu Kingdom was shaken. At first, people were skeptical, but as time passed, more and more news came from the officials and merchants who returned to Beijing from the west.

Until a few days later, the officials in the east wrote a letter, bringing more clear news that the Zhou army had arrived near Xiangzhou and began to move southward.

As time passed, the city became more and more panicked, and then many letters flew to the palace like snowflakes, and more and more people began to worry about the situation in the east.

In particular, the governors of Wanzhou and Kuizhou directly reported their illness and asked to return to Chengdu. His Majesty was so angry that he cursed and said that they would be killed. Fortunately, Li Hao and others tried their best to stop them, so that several people saved their lives.

Shi Congyun, who used to make people panic in Chengdu, is back again, but last time he only brought 5000 people, this time he brought 20 troops!

The stamens were calm on the surface, and they kept comforting His Majesty, but they were in a state of panic in their hearts. Every time they looked at the dark mountains in the distance, they would be frightened, for fear that Zhou Jun would suddenly rush out of those mountains.

The city of Chengdu, just like her, is beautiful, prosperous, but vulnerable. He couldn't imagine what it would be like if Zhou Jun's blood-stained iron hooves stepped on the clean bricks and tiles on the streets of Chengdu and broke the city's hibiscus. Heart-piercing appearance.

The little eunuch behind him whispered: "Madam, Your Majesty has gone to the apse to discuss matters with Privy Councilor Wang Zhaoyun, Prime Minister Li Hao, Commander Gao Yanchou and others.

Let's go back, if His Majesty doesn't see the Empress when he comes out, he might be angry. "

Huarui nodded, knowing that what he said made sense, the maid beside her even held up an umbrella for her and walked towards the rain screen.

The rain was cold, and Hua Dui felt a lot of emotion in her heart. Your Majesty is not a person who has endured hardships. Many things are always vacillating, and wobbling will cause many problems.

Just like dealing with the state of Zhou, you can either surrender or resist. If you want to resist, you must be prepared. Deploy the army to the north and east, and make preparations early.If you want to surrender, you must treat Zhou Guo respectfully and treat him as the suzerain.

However, His Majesty’s approach made people somewhat puzzled. On the one hand, he felt that he was indeed not an opponent of the Zhou Dynasty, and he did not dare to rely on force to compete with Da Zhou. On the other hand, he was not completely surrendered. Emperor Shu.

At that time, some ministers warned that such a vacillating attitude is not feasible.

His Majesty may understand it himself, but when it comes to critical moments, he can't let go of his face and is unwilling to surrender his status.

It’s okay to be unwilling, then you must be ready to meet with Da Zhou’s soldiers, but the news of Shi Congyun’s sending troops just came, and he was already scared out of his wits. He even discussed with his ministers for three days, but he still didn’t come up with anything feasible The results come.

At this time, only the privy envoy Wang Zhaoyuan was full of confidence and said that he was willing to lead troops to resist Shi Congyun for the officials. As long as he was given an army of [-], it would be more than enough to defend against Shi Congyun's army.

Huarui doesn't understand military affairs, and she doesn't know whether Wang Zhaoyuan's words are true or false, and this is always an exciting voice that is rare in the current court.

So she would rather believe it, even if she knew that Shi Congyun was powerful.

She has never met Shi Congyun's person, only knows that he is a young man, only twenty years old this year, but his great reputation has already been spread all over the north and south.

But she heard His Majesty tell her that Wang Zhaoyuan has read military books and often compares himself to Zhuge Wuhou.

People who compare themselves to Zhuge Wuhou must have the ability. If they are not Shi Congyun's opponent to take the initiative to attack, they should have a chance to defend the dangerous position.

She comforted herself so...