Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Besides, in Hedong back then, the officials were only fifteen or sixteen years old, a young hero, who killed more than 100 bandits and generals by himself, scared the king so much that he didn't dare to fight, and went straight to Taiyuan!

Everyone was shocked and surprised when they heard it, and someone asked: "What about you, General?"

"Ahem, I'm naturally not as powerful as the officials. I only killed more than 50 people." Yin Chongke said with a serious face.

Many town soldiers suddenly realized and nodded: "No wonder no one in the world is an opponent of the government."

"Isn't that nonsense, someone who is an emperor, that's so capable!"

Everyone sat around Yin Chongke and talked nonsense for a while, and they all felt that the emperor was worthy of being the emperor, and he was as good at fighting as Da Luo Jinxian.

Then he asked Yin Chongke more about the legendary past of the emperor with anticipation. Everyone knows that Yin Chongke fought with the officials. Many of these civilians have never been out of Daozhou in half their lives. The heroic deeds on the battlefield are even more curious.

Because of the victorious march on the front line, Yin Chongke was in a good mood, so he bragged with them, bragging is addictive, and he talked about how he followed the officials to fight in the north and south, and how he was so scared in Jinling that the current Southern Tang Dynasty leader cried bitterly. Sending out his own concubine, the terrain in Shu was like a broken bamboo, and the 14 Shu army surrendered directly. Besieged in the city of Nanjing wearing women's clothes to escape, etc.,

Of course, he added fuel to a lot of things, making it more like a heroic story. For example, dozens of generals in the Liao Kingdom were executed after being defeated, surrendered and captured. Beheaded, he also killed several, so it is more like a heroic story.

Another example is that most of the time when fighting against the Shu Kingdom, it benefited from the interludes of the army, and the Shu army was caught off guard when it was defending a dangerous point. In his story, it became a frontal defeat of the Shu army. Sao operations like his imagination emerged endlessly, and everyone was amazed.

Of course, in order to avoid the embarrassment of everyone asking him to demonstrate on the spot, these operations have been changed to other generals under the government, such as Dang Jin, Shao Ji and so on.

As the sun went down, under the old tree beside the avenue, people gathered around him to talk about those past events on the battlefield, and they were fascinated to hear them.

But there are also honest men who can't help but ask a soulful question when they hear this, "The officials are so old at stealing other people's wives? Can't they find one by themselves?"

"You know what, I heard that the emperor's daughter-in-law is too many to count."

This question was ignored by Yin Chongke, until it was getting dark, everyone reluctantly broke up and went home.

Looking at these militiamen, Yin Chongke felt an indescribable emotion in his heart. At this moment, another fast horse galloped over from the southern avenue in the dusk. It's Xia!"

Yin Chongke stood up from under the old tree and muttered: "Baixia!"

Baixia is a town, which is the northwest barrier of Hezhou City. It is only sixty miles away from Hezhou. It is not dangerous on the flat ground in the valley, but there are ten battalions stationed there on weekdays, more than 3000 Southern Han troops.

Yin Chongke paced around for a while, "If Baixia is captured, it can be used as a camp to attack Hezhou. They only have 1000 people, so it's not easy to defend.

Then he decisively said to the adjutant beside him: "Go back and gather your troops, follow me to Baixia overnight to support, don't delay for a moment." Seeing Yin Chongke's determination, and without the slightest hesitation, the people around him didn't dare to delay, and immediately ran to the city on horseback .

Chapter 413, Breakthrough

"Don't sharpen it so sharply, it will break easily." Dang Jin instructed the recruits on the side of the road to make a horse.

"General, these thieves will never be beaten." The soldier said indifferently.

"You can't be careless without being beaten, this is a good place, do you understand?" Dang Jin stroked the sharp knife in his hand, "When I left, the officials repeatedly told me to tell me not to be impulsive and not to do bad things, as if I was that person Just like a human being, if something bad happens to you, I will beat him to death."

Everyone didn't dare to speak at once, only dared to laugh.

He raised his head boldly, "Doesn't that mean that the official is close to the general, just like an old man is close to his son. If he is not close, he will not confess himself."

Regarding this statement, Dang Jin was very helpful: "Well, what you say makes sense, so I can't let the officials down!

Although Dang Jin didn't know the Chinese characters, he fought a lot of battles, and he also knew that Baixia was definitely a good place. If you walk sixty miles west along the main road, you will arrive at the important town of Hezhou. Wan Dajun is not a problem.

This means that this is where the Chinese army can camp here as a follow-up army, and use this as the rear to attack Hezhou.

Dang Jin repeatedly urged everyone to act swiftly. He was most afraid of the enemy's counterattack. After all, they only had 1000 people.

Speaking of which, it was outrageous to fight all the way. Many things were beyond his expectation. They fought and walked south that day, not to mention breaking the camp. They fought for more than 100 miles, and even he himself didn't believe it.

But in retrospect, there was nothing unreasonable at all, and they couldn't think of the enemy's tricks to lure the enemy in, because what they saw and heard along the way made them so sure.

After the army left the border of Daozhou that day, they first faced the enemy's Baiguchong camp. According to intelligence, there were at least a thousand enemy troops stationed here.

So what Dang Jin thought at the beginning was to take Baigu Chong Dazhai and open the way for the rear army. If they do this, their surprise attack will be considered a success.

But what he didn't expect was that when they rushed all the way to Baigu Chongchong, the gate of the enemy's village was actually open, and there were people letting horses outside. There were no horses or trenches by the river. It didn't look like a military village at all. , Ordinary people don't open their doors wide open in broad daylight.

At first he was really taken aback, thinking that the bandits had some kind of ambushes or tricks, but who was he? , Suddenly like a tiger into a flock, they killed more than 100 people in an instant, and the rest were so frightened that they cried for their fathers and mothers, and many people knelt down and surrendered.

Later, when he took over the camp, the commander was arrested and asked, how could there be thousands of people in the camp, but there were less than three hundred in total, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled.

During the spring plowing, many people ran back to help their families plant the land. Later, when they heard that the Qin army was coming, many people found various reasons and ran away. Except for the elderly, there was no one in the camp. When the local officials heard that there was going to be a war, they did not dare to come.

As for defending their home and country, they were all at a loss, because the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty acted perversely, no one wanted to fight for the ruler at all, and many people even cried and said that they hoped that the Qin army would come over, please do not kill them.

Their rhetoric was outrageous, and it was the first time that a murderous general like Dang Jin had the illusion that he had killed too much in the first place.

At that time, the thought was just a flash, the war in the north was very cruel, either you die or I live, a little kindness will harm yourself.

But soon he changed his mind.

After that, he only left 50 people to guard Baiguchong and wait for the rear army. He took a few Southern Han officers and the rest of the army to continue southward. If it is safe, it will be unimpeded immediately.

He fought another battle with more than 100 bridgehead guards at a river beach. He put on three layers of armor and took the lead in the charge.

After that, the road was unimpeded, passing through eight or nine camps one after another, more than half of them were unguarded, or there were only a few sheep and horses grazing cattle and guarding the barracks.

In the end, they went to the Laolingshu camp to fight the last battle, but when they put on iron armor and a large shield and braved arrows to advance to the gate of the camp, the opponent was already frightened and offered to surrender.

Dang Jin was taken aback at the time, even though he was simple-minded, he thought that the other party might be cheating him?

But after he nodded his promise, the other party opened the gate of the camp by himself, and hundreds of people came out to surrender together.

Only then did he realize that these soldiers were so poor that except for a few officers, almost no one was wearing armor. The best weapons were those bows and crossbows, and most of them were hunting bows, and there were not many good crossbows.

Dang Jin realized it at the time, no wonder they were afraid of surrendering. If they were to cut open the camp gate and rush in, it would be a one-sided massacre, and they would have no chance of resisting.

Dang Jin was very puzzled and asked them why hundreds of people couldn't make a few sets of armor, even the officer was wearing cowhide armor.

The officer also answered truthfully, the higher-ups have always said that they will be matched, but several years have passed, and they have never seen where the armor is. They were either eaten by the king or by Hezhou officials.

In this way, they hit Baixia non-stop. As a town, Baixia's defensive ability is far inferior to those camps in the north. Moreover, there are more than ten military camps along the way to the north. The people in the town never thought that they would suddenly kill them. When the men and horses arrived, the gates of the town were wide open and were quickly attacked.

There was chaos in the town, and the people and the defenders fled separately. They quickly controlled the north and south gates and took down the town.

The battle along this road was a bit dreamy, and there were basically no tough battles. They fought south for more than 100 miles a day, and they were almost at Hezhou.

Dang Jin himself felt that it was a bit too smooth, but he felt that it was impossible for the enemy's treachery to occupy Baixia immediately, so that people could repair horses, dig trenches, organize defenses, and prevent counterattacks.

It extends in all directions, the terrain is flat, and it is close to the river, with sufficient water sources. It is only fifty or sixty miles away from the important town of Hezhou in the southeast. If the officials of the Southern Han Dynasty in Hezhou are sober-minded, they will definitely send a large army to take it back.

Because if Bai Xia couldn't take it back, it would be equivalent to letting their army of the Qin State garrison troops in the city in a very safe place.

So Dang Jin asked everyone to take turns to rest, and kept preparing for a moment to prevent the counterattack of the enemy on the other side.

That night, the night was silent, the night wind howled, and unknown birds croaked and croaked, which annoyed him. He had never thought that birds at night could be so noisy. Send scouts around the clock.

But the tense night was calmer than he had imagined, and he stayed in a daze until the middle of the night. He heard footsteps faintly under the tree, saw the fire, jumped up, and asked the guards next to him: "The bandits are here." !"

"No, it's reinforcements!" The soldiers said happily: "General, you didn't go to bed until the second watch. We didn't call you. It was General Yin Chongke from Daozhou who led the troops to reinforce us. They came from the north, and more than 5000 people came. , still entering the town from the north gate.'

"Yin Chongke.

Dang Jin muttered.

"Well, General Yin came here just now, but he just fell asleep and said that he was too tired during the day, so let me wait so as not to wake you up." Dang Jin heaved a sigh of relief, "Damn, old Yin still knows how to fight, he Once these 5000 people come, it's really done!"

The next day, due to the joining of Yin Chongke's army, a temporary city wall was repaired outside Baixia, and a large camp and sentry post were built, and the army completely gained a foothold.

By noon on the third day, more than [-] counterattack troops sent by Hezhou finally arrived in the valley south of Baixia, but it was too late. Seeing the large number of Qin soldiers, they lingered and began to retreat.

Dangjin wanted to pursue him, but Yin Chongke was right, and in the end he did not send troops to pursue him.

Hezhou is [-] or [-] miles away from Baixia, but the Southern Han army did not arrive until the afternoon of the third day, but the Daozhou Qin army, which was nearly [-] miles away from Baixia, rushed to help overnight. There are more than five thousand soldiers, completely controlling Baixia.

The difference in the organization ability and action ability of the two armies suddenly made the result completely different. In many cases, the victory or defeat on the battlefield is not about fighting with swords and guns, but more about the level of organization and the competition of action ability.

Thanks to Dang Jin's bravery and Yin Chongke's determination, Qin Jun quickly gained a foothold in Baixia.

This means that the space of the Hezhou defenders continues to be compressed, and they are completely trapped in Hezhou. There are many buffer spaces in the north, and more than ten large and small camps. The space that could have blocked the enemy army was lost within a few days. In an instant, the soldiers came to the city.

The [-]-mile defense line from Daozhou to Hezhou in the Southern Han Dynasty seemed to be pierced suddenly. It was inexplicable, and many people even woke up like a dream.

Chapter 414, Jingjiang

The cold spring in Daliang had passed, and the weather was gradually getting hotter. The wind from the south brought news, accompanied by fast horses, galloping northward, and many battle reports entered the Privy Council every day.

The officials of the Privy Council and several prime ministers were so busy that they almost all lived in the palace.

Messenger from the south is more convenient than the north, all the way to the north along the waterway, without bumping on horseback, the waterway also makes the speed much faster, this advantage is also very big.Information is very important for decision-making.

Busy up and down, the front line is fighting together, and the rear is also busy. In contrast, Shi Congyun, who is the emperor, is much more relaxed. Although he will go to the Privy Council from time to time to learn about it, but most of the time he is sent by the Privy Council. Someone came to report to him.

More than 20 days after the war started, after lunch every day, the prime minister would come to report to him about today's war. This has almost become a routine, and Shi Congyun never tires of it.

In the past few days, the battle on the front line has been still at the stage of marching. Although the news will be delayed for a few days, it is not much different. Before going to bed every day, he will let Xiao Huanghua hold the lamp for him, and hang a On the vice president's map, carefully mark the route and location of the advance. If these are not done well, carefully review the current situation.

If he didn't finish all this, he couldn't sleep well at night. These days, he didn't even have the thought of going to the harem to indulge.

Until one afternoon, before he had eaten and let go, Fan Zhi hurriedly came to the Hall of Long Live to wait for an interview, and brought the second substantive report of the battle from the south, Dangjin had already reached Baixia in the south.

Shi Congyun immediately asked someone to bring a map to look at for a long time. He was a little surprised. Didn't he call Hezhou?

There was no detailed battle report that day, but the marching speed was too fast. The battle report written by Pan Mei arrived in the capital the next day, but it was still not detailed. As the coach, Pan Mei did not reach the front line.

It is only said that Dang Jin was unstoppable as a forward, defeated the bandit defense line one after another, and penetrated deep into the hinterland. Yin Chongke in the rear resolutely and quickly supported, allowing the forward to open up a front and stabilize it, forcing back the counterattack enemy army.

The information was still only a few words and not detailed. In the next few days, Emperor Shi became more anxious, thinking about the war in the south almost all the time, and even the beauty Zhou Xian rarely went there.

For the past few days, Shi Congyun has asked Fan Zhi to be on duty at the Zhengshitang.

As time passed, he also gradually discovered that Li Gu went to Luoyang. After Wang Pu was deposed, the situation in the court changed. He originally thought that Wei Renpu and Luqiu Zhongqing would be the heads of the Zaifu team, because Wei Renpu and the royal family had in-laws, and Lu Qiu Zhongqing is the emperor's confidant.

After a long time, he found that his temper was the worst and the hardest, and Wang Pu didn't have any ideas. Fan Zhi, who had a lot of people like Luqiu Zhongqing, was vaguely the core of the crowd. In Jian Guo, the most noticeable person was Fan Zhi, an old man who had a bad temper and had a tough temper. He contradicted him several times and made him secretly revenge several times.

It's not a theory, it's more of an intuition.

What he remembers most is that once when he had nothing to do, he went to the homes of various prime ministers. In fact, he was curious about what the homes of these high-ranking officials were like.

In the end, he arrived at Fan Zhi's house, because he brought Xiao Huanghua and more than 30 palace guards, and he didn't have enough bowls and chopsticks to eat.

The salaries of officials nowadays are not as high as those in Tang Dynasty, and they are not very much. If officials do not receive gifts and have no other income, they can live well by relying on salaries alone, but they are by no means very rich.

So it is almost the default for officials to accept bribes, gifts, and other income, with few exceptions.

As a result, Fan Zhi's family really lived on his salary, and he was simply a rare flower among many officials.

Everyone has their own personality and their own way of dealing with things, but those who are so tough in Fan Zhi are indeed rare, probably because of this, although he seldom walks around, and he is not as open-minded and friendly as Li Gu and Wei Renpu, but everyone sees him. After that, he was subconsciously respectful, and when he became serious, he became more respectful by the way.

Slowly, Fan Zhi seemed to be the core of Zaifu's gang by default. Everyone would ask for his opinion on anything, even Luqiu Zhongqing and Wei Renpu.

Shi Congyun, the emperor, had never thought of this delicate situation. He never thought that Fan Zhi, who was as hard as a stone in a latrine, would be so fragrant.

But he was at ease in this situation, and even he himself gradually felt that Fan Zhi was really fragrant, because the old man's bad temper was there, and he didn't have to worry about becoming the next Li Gu after the prime minister's prestige was too high.

As for his bad temper and his love of contradicting himself, it seems insignificant in front of these things. If you like to have a bad mouth, just have a bad mouth. Not everyone is as polite, refined and easy-going as him, Emperor Shi thought to himself.

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A few days later, the detailed battle report was finally sent to Daliang.

As the party advanced, Yin Chongke fought south for nearly [-] miles a day and a night, smashing more than ten enemy camps, capturing and beheading more than [-] enemy troops, and had already approached the city of Hezhou, an important town in the Southern Han Dynasty.

At the beginning, Shi Congyun was stunned by the battle report that the party had 1000 forwards, and [-] were captured and killed. He once thought that Pan Mei and others lied about the military situation.

He knows the ferocity of that guy Dang Jin, after all, he is also the fierce general he brought out. He still vividly remembers the ferocity of the guy who took the lead in fear of Jianmen Pass, but no matter how powerful Dang Jin is, 1000 people lead the way and fight a day, breaking the battalion one after another. Capture five thousand!He didn't believe it anyway, after all, he had fought too many battles.

But after reading it in detail, I found that it was very true. Pan Mei explained in detail later that the reason why they wrote about more than 42 captives and beheaded was that they had investigated clearly last year, starting from the border of their own country, and arriving at Baixia. There are a total of [-] Han sentry posts and military strongholds, including two large camps, with about [-] garrisons.

However, Dangjin fought all the way, and his record was to kill 70 people, capture [-] people, and the rest were defeated and fled. ,

There are still many camps where their army has not yet arrived. The soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty heard that the northern army was going to fight over. In addition, the country owed wages, so no one was willing to work hard. Survival of the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled.

It is also because of this that Dangjin fought smoothly all the way, but it was not easy to count the actual number of people. As the coach, Pan Mei, in order to inspire morale, simply followed the well-known 5000 people when publicizing his military exploits. Many people wrote, because the situation is well known to the southern army, and everyone has worked hard to find out.

The actual situation was only clarified in the memorial to the emperor. Based on the Dangjin report and his own speculation, he estimated that the total number of defenders along the Southern Han Dynasty was less than half.

Shi Congyun suddenly realized when he saw it, and at the same time he was very happy. Although it was a hardship for Nan Han who was ill, he wished that the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty owed more military pay, which would save a lot of trouble.

And judging from this first battle, the Southern Han army had no morale at all, and the whole army was dissatisfied. This is great news.

The memorial also said that by the time the battle report was sent out, tens of thousands of troops had already used Baixia as their camp and surrounded Hezhou in the south.

Pan Mei also said in the letter that on the first day after the siege of Hezhou, he sent the surrendered general of the Southern Han Dynasty to persuade Hezhou governor Chen Shouzhong to lead his troops to surrender, but Chen Shouzhong refused to surrender.

However, he felt that Hezhou could not hold for too long, because the morale was not high, and because they were far away from the center of the war all the year round, their city was not well built, and it was far inferior to a strong city like Shouzhou.

He also clearly stated in the letter that the main reason for the siege of Hezhou was to attract reinforcements from the Southern Han Dynasty, waiting for work with ease, and the classic siege to fight for help.

Shi Congyun agreed with him very much, because the geographical environment in the south is full of mountains and rivers, with ravines and ravines, and the routes for the army to enter and exit are almost fixed.

There are only a few avenues that can be walked, and there are too many people, a huge logistics supply force, and the difficulty of marching, etc. It is destined that a large number of people will gather to face the barriers of mountains and ravines, and the routes that the main force can take are almost fixed. Sometimes it is much easier to surround the spot and fight for aid than in Hebei and other places where the terrain is flat.