Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

"Because of this, talents like you are rare and valuable. The world is united, people are not divided into north and south, and land is regardless of east and west. Among the generals of our Qin Dynasty, there are people from the Central Plains, people from Hedong, people from Northwest, people from Hebei, Guanzhong, and Shu. The officers and men of Di, Lingnan, Jingchu, Huainan, and Jiangnan all served their orders. The officials never discriminated where they came from, and no matter whether they were enemy countries or their own confidantes, they gave them great attention. Not everyone has the opportunity to have such a mind and ambition.

At this time also, fate also.

For example, Liu Renshan, the commander of the East Road Army, must also be known to you. He used to be an important minister in the south of the Yangtze River, and now the officials have entrusted him with a heavy responsibility to lead the army alone. "

"Do you want to persuade me to surrender?" Lin Renzhao asked back.

The other party smiled: "It's just to show you a clear way. If you talk about it, my Qin Dynasty is full of talents. If you have one more than you, there are not many, and if you are missing, there are many."

Lin Renzhao held his cup and remained silent. The Qin Jundu Supervisor continued to process his official documents, and then asked the guards to close the windows to isolate the outside noise.

After coming over for a while, Lin Renzhao asked a question: "You are also from Jiangnan."

The other party nodded: "I'm going to Guo Ting said that the ancestor is Zhong Shuling of the Tang Dynasty, Guo Ziyi, the king of Fenyang, served as the training envoy of the Haozhou regiment 15 years ago, and was trapped in Haozhou alone, and then surrendered to the officials."

Lin Renzhao said: "That's how it is. I heard that you led the army to fight back and defeated the Zhou army. Your loyalty and courage."

"Do your best and obey the destiny." Guo Tingwei was not angered by him: "You are in the same situation as me, no matter what choice you make, no one will criticize you, just like me and Liu Renshan, the official is a sage Lord, you and I know it all.

It's getting late, I'm going to rest. "

Lin Renzhao didn't say anything more.

.......

Early the next morning, the fleet arrived in Jiangzhou. Lin Renzhao was still on board, but his eye sockets were sunken and his energy was low. He obviously hadn't had a good night's rest.

Guo Ting said that he came to see him like this, cupped his hands and said: "Follow me to see the commander-in-chief."

Lin Renzhao tidied up his clothes and said, "I've been hungry all night, give me something to eat first."

Guo Ting said he agreed and asked someone to prepare some meals.

After he wolfed down his food, he followed Guo Tingzhi off the boat. His hands were already untied, but he was still wearing shackles to prevent him from escaping.

The Jiangzhou Wharf has been completely controlled by the Qin army. The Qin army cavalry cruising, the Qin army soldiers on the sentry post, and the flag flying on the top of the sentry tower all prove that this place is in the hands of the Qin army.

Lin Renzhao looked around and couldn't help sighing: "I thought Wuchang, Ezhou, and Jiangzhou were important military villages along the way, and there were 46 water villages on the river. It would take you at least half a year to fight them."

"It actually took half a month."

Lin Renzhao stopped talking, and followed Guo Tingwei, passing through the sentry posts to Jiangzhou. Then they changed carriages and went eastward along the river. Because the army did not enter the city, neither did the commander Cao Bin, so they went directly to the city. went east.

Chapter 474, Breaking Fenghua

Lin Renzhao followed them through a large section of road, and patrolling Qin troops were often seen on both sides of the road.

The farther they went, the more people there were, and soon they arrived at a big camp, located in the north of Jiangzhou City.

Before they went in, Lin Renzhao looked out the car window, but couldn't tell where it was, because the surrounding trees had been cut down by the Qin army, and there were many tents everywhere, which were beyond recognition.

Two or three miles to the west of Daying is a small village, and there is still a faint sight of cooking smoke in it. This alone has shocked him. Behind Daying is a low mountain. He saw the familiar Inspiration Temple on it, so he confirmed it. s position.

Soon, the two sides exchanged the password seriously, and the soldier at the door said: "Captain, the commander is not in the camp, he is at the front line, why don't you go to the camp and wait for him."

Guo Ting said, "I happened to go over to have a look."

Then Daying sent more than a hundred riders to escort them and continue westward.

The avenue walked for about four or five miles along the foot of the mountain, and there were more and more scouts from the Qin army on the road. After several checks and matching passwords, they went up the mountain from a foot of the mountain, and they were heavily guarded along the way.

The mountain is not high, it is located in the south of the main road. Behind the mountain, there is a river converging at the foot of the mountain to form a pool with a radius of more than 30 feet. On the top of the mountain, there are camps.

Soon everyone reached the top of the mountain. Lin Renzhao saw several large tents on the top of the mountain, and was quickly taken there.

"This is Lin Renzhao."

"This is the man, Marshal."

When Lin Renzhao came back to his senses, he found a middle-aged man in armor standing in front of him, with a beautiful sword hanging from his waist. It was beautiful but not for killing people. He looked very bookish.

"The officials mentioned you in Daliang, and they really didn't miss you. There are not many people who can defeat Dangjin." The other party said to himself, but his eyes did not leave the south.

Lin Renzhao didn't know how to answer for a while, so he looked south, only to be shocked to find that the southern field was covered with flags, and within a radius of more than ten miles, there were dense figures of people everywhere, and the army formations were densely covered.

On the east gate, facing the Jiangnan Fenghua army, to the west is the Qin army in black and red armor. The two armies are separated by a stream and a paddy field two miles away. There are only rice stalks left in the sky, but it is still a little muddy.

decisive battle!In the decisive battle with the Fenghua Army, Lin Renzhao finally came to his senses.

He looked east anxiously, and there were many Fenghua soldiers in the distance, from a forest in the north, a total of seventeen square formations, to the river at the foot of the mountain in the south.

There are still a lot of reserve teams on a raised high slope in the rear.

There are a lot of people. He judged based on his own experience that there are roughly 2 people.

There were fewer Qin soldiers in the west, but their formation was much tighter than the Tang army, and their line was not as wide as the Tang army. It was about half a mile away, but they were neat and orderly, and even half of the noise could not be heard except for the drums.

This kind of discipline alone made Lin Renzhao feel bad.

He was uneasy, but the commander of the Qin Army looked down at the mountain, as if he had a plan in mind, and continued: "The official said that your performance in Huainan is still fresh in his memory. There are very few people in Jiangnan who can fight, and you are one of them."

Lin Renzhao said, "I didn't expect the Son of Heaven to still remember such a small person as me."

"General Lin, just wait in the army. When we get to Daliang, the officials will take care of themselves." He was talking, and the battle below had already begun.

The sound of drums and horns in the front caused the flags to fly.

On the contrary, the Qin army with fewer people took the lead to attack. The army here is only the forward of the Qin army, and the Chinese army is still behind. Lin Renzhao thought to himself, he saw it on the way here, and he had also seen the power of the Qin army's artillery.

With his heart in his throat, the Qin army advanced forward in a tight formation and slowly crossed the creek. Many cavalry followed on the left and right wings, ready to cover.

They came to a field after crossing the creek, and then stopped, not going any further for a mile or so.

Seeing that Qin Jun was not advancing, Tang Jun on the opposite side began to move slowly, but Lin Renzhao's pupils constricted suddenly. He knew what Qin Jun was doing, they were setting up artillery!

There were rumors that the emperor of Qin disbanded the famous Shenhuo Army, but now it seems that it may be a rumor at all.

He wanted to remind the generals of the Tang army, but this was on a mountain, and the distance was more than ten miles away, so he could only be anxious, watching the Tang army's front line begin to approach.

Soon, the fire in the field flickered one after another, and the blue smoke rose into the sky, and soon filled the field, and Tang Jun, who was two or three hundred steps away, was hit hard suddenly, and a large number of frontier armored soldiers rushed to the end, flesh and blood flew, and they were smashed in ignorance. Open a gap.

The formation suddenly became chaotic.

As if Lin Renzhao had been hit hard, he was almost unable to stand still. The Qin army below began to advance in an orderly manner and continued to move forward.

"There are rumors in the south of the Yangtze River that the Qin State disbanded the Shenhuo Army. Now it seems that the rumors of the country are simply wrong!" Lin Renzhao couldn't help but said sadly.

Guo Ting said that he recovered from the battle situation below, "This is true, but now all the soldiers and horses in my court must be equipped with artillery, so there is no need for the Shenhuo Army."

Lin Renzhao was speechless for a moment, and then for the first time truly felt despair.

He has seen how powerful the Qin army is. If the entire Qin army has an artillery unit, then maybe they can defeat them tactically. How to fight the war.

Down below, the forwards of the Qin army had crossed the field, and the Tang army's front formation, which was several miles long, had been torn apart by artillery, leaving many corpses behind.

The forward of the Qin army was wearing heavy armor, holding a huge axe and a spear, and was extremely brave. He rushed in through the gap in the chaos, and dashed left and right. After a while, the Tang army's front line was disrupted and began to collapse.

The artillery from the rear was still firing, and the sound resounded through the valley, and it took a while to reach the mountain. Lin Renzhao also saw that their artillery was not shooting at the front of the formation, but at the deep position behind the Tang army.

The reserve soldiers in the rear were attacked for no reason before they went to the battlefield, and their flesh and blood flew all over the place, and they were also in a mess.

After a few quarters of an hour of shelling, the rear reserve troops began to retreat without engaging in combat.

The cavalry of the Qin army ignored the frontal battlefield and were chasing up from the road at the foot of the mountain in the south. Many soldiers of the Tang army who had no time to escape were so frightened that they immediately knelt and surrendered on both sides of the road.

Then a strange thing happened, the front line was still fighting, but the rear line was completely defeated.

Soon, the front line was also pierced by the Qin army's forwards. Those Qin army elites who were wearing heavy armor and charged into the gap were covered in blood, like evil spirits that had just crawled out of a pool of blood.

The soldiers in the front line collapsed and fled back, preparing to rush up the avenue to escape, but they were horrified to find that the high ground and avenue behind had been occupied by soldiers of the Qin army, and their flags and cavalry were everywhere, cutting off their rear.

So a large number of Tang troops gave up resistance and surrendered on the spot. For a while, there were crowds of people crowded together. Only a lot of Tang troops fled into the woods in the north, but further north was the riverside, where there were still Qin Jun naval forces. They were destined not to run too far. Far.

At this time, the sun had already slanted to the west, and the Qin army had captured the Tang army who outnumbered them. The shelling had stopped, and the smoke had not yet cleared. Abandoning armor and weapons, those under twenty and those over fifty were released on the spot, and the rest were all detained on the side of the road.

"How are you going to deal with it..." Lin Renzhao watched the one-sided battle all day, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that his knees and ankles were so painful that he almost couldn't stand still.

"After taking down the Fenghua camp, they will be free." Guo Tingwei said lightly, "If they don't want to die, they'd better go back and live a good life, after all, they are not lucky to survive every time.

A battle of inevitable defeat will only cause them to lose their lives in vain. Even if some people think they are noble and loyal, they will not have a good reputation in the history of later generations.

This is not a life-and-death battle, a war of national hatred and family hatred. The officials killed tens of thousands of Khitan elite soldiers in Guanbei, but here they ordered to slow down the people and not disturb the people. The sooner Jiangnan understands this truth, the less dead people will be. . "

Lin Renzhao looked at the Qin army collecting corpses on the battlefield below. The Tang army left at least a thousand broken corpses in this battle, while the Qin army lost very little.

He hesitated for a long time, thinking that heaven and man were at war, and finally said when the setting sun was submerged in the sky: "Let me persuade them, the whole Jiangxi is all soldiers brought out by me, Zhennan Army, Fenghua Army have been dispatched and deployed."

Guo Ting said he was surprised, and looked back at the coach Cao Bin.

Cao Bin thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Sure, someone will protect you."

.......

The next day, under the persuasion of Lin Renzhao, the chief officer of the Fenghua camp opened the gate of the camp and led more than [-] remnants to surrender, avoiding a big battle. go.

At this time, it was less than a month since the West Route Army launched its attack.

Chapter 475, Four Blossoms

"The West Route Army has passed through Wuchang, Ezhou, and Jiangzhou all the way. It broke through Fenghua Army Town four days ago. Now it has entered Jiangzhou, and the forward has arrived near Wankou." The officials of the Privy Council surrounded Emperor Shi, in front of the huge sand table of the government office. Introduced the war on the front line for Emperor Shi.

Because of Emperor Shi's tireless efforts to build scouts and intelligence networks over the years, now battle reports are coming from Jiangnan to Daliang, and there are many wars coming together every day. There are more than [-] fighters in the four-way army, and more than [-] logistics and supply personnel. Newspapers are endless.

This is not a trivial matter. The officials of the Privy Council are so busy these days that they work overtime every day.

They had to sort out a large number of battle reports, and then report them clearly to Emperor Shi, otherwise the emperor would be furious.

"Officials, Ezhou was brought down by Wu Ningqian, the military governor of Huangzhou, who led the army and civilians across the Yangtze River and captured Fanshanzhai."

Shi Congyun nodded, thinking about Huangzhou?Isn't that the Huanggang of later generations? He doesn't know anything else, he knows that Huanggang exams are very good, but he didn't expect these people to be so brave besides the exams!

Of course, this was just a joke, and then he said to the secretary of the Imperial Academy who was following him: "You write it down, and let the Zhengshitang take care of the reward later."

Then he said: "The vanguards commanded Dang Jin to be captured by the enemy in an ambush in Wuchang. Fortunately, there was no serious problem."

Emperor Shi's heart skipped a beat when he heard the battle report, and he almost immediately asked how the party is progressing?Although Dang Jin is not smart enough, he is brave and loyal enough, and he is one of his favorite generals.

After hearing that he was fine, Emperor Shi was also relieved, "He must have been set up by others because of his bravery."

"The official has a good opinion. The battle report said that the party's forwards only led a thousand horses to attack the Wuchang camp, and they were set in ambush after they succeeded."

"Is it Cao Bin's order?"

The officials of the Privy Council nodded: "The report said that Commander Cao Bin ordered it, and Commander Cao even apologized for this matter."

Shi Congyun nodded, feeling more satisfied with Cao Bin in his heart. In fact, when he heard that Dang Jin was ambushed and was ambushed, he knew in all likelihood that it was because of his seniority and high military exploits that he would not listen to Cao Bin's command to be alone. Deep into the ambushed.

I appointed Cao Bin as the coach because he is stable, and the style of lone raid is not like his handwriting.

However, if the battle report said that it was Dang Jin's own idea, it would be a serious crime of disobedience to military orders, and Cao Bin blocked the gun for him.

"Let him suffer a little bit and learn a lesson, the loss is not too big." Shi Congyun asked.

"The striker killed 230 and five people, and more than 300 people were injured."

Hearing this, Emperor Shi frowned. One-fifth of them died in the battle, and half of them were killed or injured. This is a very big loss, not to mention that the forwards are all elite cavalry, and many of them are from the old Longjie army. , It can also be considered that the country has fought in the South and the North for more than ten years, but in the end it was folded in because of the party's advance and those bastards.

So he ordered: "pass on my will, remove Dang Jin from his post, and fine him three months' salary."

The officials next to me wrote it down.

Shi Congyun Muguang returned to the sand table, "Further ahead is the Xiakou Village to the west of Chizhou. Any news from the Central Route Army?"

"The Central Route Army reported that they took Hezhou as the rear. The forward has successfully crossed the river, captured Dangtu, and gained a firm foothold on the south bank of the river. The follow-up army has arrived at Caishiji and is enlisting local civilians to build a pontoon bridge."

Shi Congyun nodded, "Talk about the East Route Army and Wu Yue Army."

"No, after the Eastern Route Army entered the Yangtze River and defeated some of the Jiangnan navy, they have captured Runzhou and gained a foothold. They said that the Jiangyin army in the east is gathering.

The coach Liu Renshan reported that he planned to go east with the Wuyue army to defeat the Tang army assembled in Jiangyin and Changzhou, and then march west to Jinling. "

Shi Congyun glanced at Changzhou, and he frowned slightly and asked, "How many troops has the Tang army assembled here?"

"According to reports from the front, the vicinity of Changzhou is the main assembly point of the Tang army in the east, and about 4 to [-] troops have been assembled, and soldiers and horses have also assembled near Yixing.

In addition, the Fenghua army, whose assembly point was at Hukou in the west, was defeated by Cao Bin's troops on the west road. The Tang army was also assembled near Chizhou on the middle road, and the Zhenhai army in Jiangnan near Jinling was also assembled.

There are also reports from Jiangnan that a large army is gathering near Lishui. "

Emperor Shi didn't say anything, he wanted Wuyue to contain Changzhou soldiers and let Liu Renshan's East Route Army go directly to Jinling, but he thought that the frontline commanders should understand the specific situation better, so he didn't say much.

"Wu Yue's army has already assembled, and they are going to Suzhou to attack Changzhou. King Wuyue said that he has 3 horses to call for the officials, and will attack Changzhou, Jiangyin and other places with all his strength to respond to the heavenly soldiers."

Shi Congyun thought for a while, "Tell the army commanders about the gathering of Tang troops in Lishui.