Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Unexpectedly, after entering the house, Liu Cheng didn't mean to blame at all, but said bluntly: "Runzhou is defending, and I want to surrender to the Qin army. Go away. Would you like to contact the Qin army as a liaison city representative?"

Wang Guanyi was stunned, and it took him a while to realize what he had heard, then he shook his head without hesitation, the reason for shaking his head was that he was loyal to Southern Tang and wanted to surrender a long time ago...

"Captain, your family is in Jiangning City. If you surrender, you will harm your family!"

Liu Cheng took care of so many things, and brought the threads of all the gold and silver treasures with him at the beginning, just in case. Julien said: "Oh, the matter is urgent, and now I can only fix myself. Where can I manage the family? It's all Jiangning."

Commander Wang Guanyi was silenced and could only nod his head in agreement. That night, he quietly contacted the Qin army, ready to explain the surrender.

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Two days later, Wang Guan returned with the news that the Qin army had agreed to surrender, and brought a letter from the general of the Qin army with the seal, and led the artillery to support the Qin army officers who fought in the Wu army.

Second, Liu Cheng summoned all the soldiers in the city and loudly said in public: "Liu Cheng has been guarding Runzhou for a long time and wanted to surrender. For the survival of my family, I decided to surrender."

At first, many soldiers who thought that something was announced were astonished, and then shouted and wailed on the spot.

Liu Cheng's face was pretty, and he said: "The lord has bestowed great gifts on his family, and his parents' family is still in Jinling, so it's hard to know the principles of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness?

It's all for the good. Think about it, when the Khitan resisted Shi Congyun, hundreds of thousands were slaughtered, and the Chengdu City of Shu surrendered, and the whole city was safe and sound. If they resisted to the end, what would happen if the Qin army entered?

If it's for your life, is it worth risking such a risk to surrender?Why cry! "

All the soldiers were talking, and the whole city was silent. It was not a few words to explain the emotions clearly, but they were still sobbing, and there was no loud objection.

In the afternoon, the city of Runzhou surrendered, Qin army and Wu army entered the city, took over the city defense, and received Tang army's weapons and stomachs, but did not capture them. The defending army was freed on the spot. The conditions negotiated at the beginning.

At this point, Runzhou, which was seriously ill in the east, was also broken, and the army began to advance westward, and Jinling was more than 100 miles westward.

The East Route Army had already broken through the Qinhuai River and besieged Jinling City.

The Tang army was wiped out on the east and west sides, and only a few scattered Tang armed forces remained in the south of the Yangtze River, and the capital Jiangning City was still trapped.

Zhu Lingyun of the Far Southern Capital, and the soldiers and horses of the three towns in his hand, became the last hope for the entire Tang Kingdom...

Chapter 485, Dust Settled

On the east bank of the Qinhuai River, the flames continued to shine. From a distance, there were layers of tents in the army camps, row upon row, which stood out against the high blue and black walls in the distance.

Those high city walls have been besieged on all sides, and the water is impenetrable.

At the beginning of March, the weather had begun to warm up. Runzhou in the south surrendered, and the East Route Army also successfully arrived at the city. The main force of the Wu army besieged the remaining defenders in Changzhou.

So far, more than 7 troops from all walks of life have gathered under Jinling City, set up camps on all sides, and surrounded Jinling City.

On the third day of March, Cao Bin hosted a banquet for the generals of various armies on the Qinhuai River and in the previous boat.

Liu Renshan, the leader of the East Route Army, Li Chuyun, the leader of the Middle Route Army, and Wang Shenqi, the leader of the Wuyue Army, gathered on the Qinhuai River.

Wu Yue has always served China as Zhengshuo, and had a feud with Jiangnan. When the Later Zhou Dynasty attacked Huainan, they also sent troops according to the order, and as long as they sent troops, the suzerain country usually sent generals to command them.

Wang Shenqi was in charge of commanding the Wu army, while Li Fang stayed in Wu as an envoy.

Everyone was very happy after joining forces. This meeting means that the land in the south of the Yangtze River, the land still under the control of the Tang State is only the southern capital Hongzhou and an isolated city of Jinling.

After boarding the boat one after another, everyone smiled and greeted, bowed and saluted, and then sat down, while a large number of soldiers stood guard on the shore.

After taking his seat, Cao Bin first asked his clerk to hang up a map, and introduced the overall situation to all the generals present, and then read the letter from the official in front of everyone.

"The officials said that we can make decisions on the front line according to the situation, but the officials reminded that we must pay attention to the counterattack of Hongzhou's reinforcements and focus on protecting the pontoon bridge in Caishiji."

As he spoke, he pointed to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River on the map, "I left troops to garrison near Wankou, but it must not be enough. The officials reminded me that there must be a reason, so I plan to transfer another [-] battalions from the navy to add more troops." Sent to protect the pontoon bridge at Caishiji."

Everyone agrees that they dare not disobey the official's request.

"All the remaining troops temporarily besiege Jinling. The officials also said in the letter that Jinling City does not need to attack urgently. It would be best if it can be made to surrender on its own, so as not to destroy the houses and poison the people, so I am going to leave three compartments to besiege Jinling. , and the remaining ministries will be dispatched to various states and counties to take over the city defense."

"promise!"

Everyone had no opinion on Cao Bin's arrangement.

"Do you have anything to add?" Cao Bin asked, looking around at the crowd.

Several generals shook their heads. It can be said that the overall situation has been settled and there are many choices for the next step. Everyone has no objection.

Afterwards, everyone began to discuss the specific details of the deployment. It was not until the next day that the generals of the various armies came to open the Qinhuai River and returned to the army to start the deployment.

The armies began to dispatch. Near the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the [-] troops of the Qin Army deployed, each performing their duties, and the entire Jinling was completely besieged under the walled city.

Outside the capital, the Qin army sent officials and troops to take over various places, and focused on restoring the production and life of the people.

At the beginning, such a move needs to be proceeded carefully, because there are still remnants of soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River.

But on March [-]th, news came from the south that Zhu Lingyun, the general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, led tens of thousands of troops, hundreds of ships, and went up the Shuo River.

However, when his army reached Wankou, it stopped and did not dare to advance, because Luo Yanhuan had set up a water village somewhere, stationed the army, and blocked the Yangtze River under Cao Bin's order.

Zhu Lingyun has a large number of people, but he dare not easily attack the Qin army.

So he procrastinated again and again, hesitating and daring not to go east.

He hesitated, but the Qin army did not hesitate at all. The Qin army's navy near Caishiji has more than [-] people, equipped with [-] gunboats, and more than [-] ships of different sizes. Give Tang Jun a head-on blow.

However, before the reinforcements from the east arrived, at noon on March [-], Zhu Lingyun took more than a hundred small boats as the vanguard, piled up fish oil and firewood, and prepared to attack the Qin army's water village with fire.

The plan went smoothly at the beginning, but in the afternoon, the phoenix direction on the river suddenly changed. Not only did many burning ships not rush into the Qin army's water stronghold, they were released and crashed into the Tang army's fleet. The situation was chaotic for a while.

Tang Jun was busy putting out fires and people, but Qin Jun didn't dare to attack rashly. The two sides remained in a stalemate until the afternoon.

In the afternoon, the Qin army's support fleet arrived, and the vanguard gunboat immediately opened fire, striking the dense Tang army fleet across the river at a distance of more than two miles.

The naval guns of the navy have a large caliber and a heavy body, and their power is far superior to that of the army's field guns.

The battle lasted until night, and in the second half of the night, the Qin army launched another fire attack and cooperated with the shelling. By the time of day, the Tang army had been defeated across the board, and a large number of ships sank into the river.

Even their chief general Zhu Lingyun fell into the water because of the sinking of his flagship, so he was afraid that he would be captured by Luo Yanhuan's troops when he got ashore.

At dawn the next day, almost all the remaining Tang troops surrendered, and the Qin army began to organize boats to go to the river to find people.

Finally, after two days of counting and cleaning the battlefield after the war, Fu Zhaoyuan, Liu Qingchuan, and Luo Yanhuan immediately reported the victory of Wankou to the east.

A total of more than 52 enemy ships were sunk, and many were injured. 310 ships were captured and more than [-] people were captured.

However, the chief general Zhu Lingyun and other [-] generals were captured and were about to be escorted to Jiangning.

The news of the great victory in Wankou quickly spread to Jiangning, and then Cao Bin ordered people to edit the book and send it to the capital.

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In the Battle of Wankou, the capture of Zhu Lingyun was of great significance, which meant that the last major armed force in the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed. Since then, only one isolated city of Jinling in the entire south of the Yangtze River is still under the control of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the rest of the land has lost resistance. , was fully occupied by the Qin army.

After receiving this news, Qin officials and the army immediately accelerated to take over various states and counties and implement Qin laws.

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It was already March 22 when Shi Congyun got the news of the great victory in Wankou, and he was about to go to Xiao Hunian to exchange feelings that day. The little girl had been here for almost three months, and he couldn't neglect her.

But the good news that came later disrupted his progress.

When he heard the news, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and then ordered the news of the good news to be released.

Now, there is only an isolated city of Jinling left in the entire south of the Yangtze River.

At this point in the war, Emperor Shi was in no hurry to let go, because there was no possibility of a comeback in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it was much easier to supply the army in Jinling than in the north.

With the dispatch of officials and the deepening of the rule, they will be able to collect taxes in the south of the Yangtze River to support the army starting this year, even if they have been surrounded for ten years, it will not be a problem.

Emperor Shi became happy, and immediately went to find Zhou Nuying.

Shi Congyun actually doesn’t remember the war that destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Northern Song Dynasty because it was too fast and neat. He only knows that Li Yu and later Song Huizong can be called thieves, and their attainments in literature and art No matter how high you are, you are as capable in governing the country and managing the people as you are in military struggles, and many of your actions are carved out of the same mold.

What he remembers most is "the master has been under the city for many months, but the master still doesn't know", which means that the army of the Northern Song Dynasty has besieged Jinling City for several months, but the master Li Yu still doesn't know.

When his country was ruined and his family was destroyed, and the army besieged the city, he even took Xiao Zhouhou to spend time and drink, and invited a Taoist priest to explain the Book of Changes to him. Later, he was shocked when he learned about the situation. Hatchling.

But Emperor Shi thought about it, now he is fine, Xiao Zhou is here with him, and he has taken care of him for him, maybe he cares more about state affairs, he is really a good person.

Thinking of this, he excitedly went to find Zhou Nuying.

At the end of March, when the spring breeze crossed the river, only Jinling was still trapped in the whole south of the Yangtze River. Emperor Shi ordered Lu Duoxun to take charge of the government affairs in the south, so as to restore order in all counties and counties except Jinling as soon as possible, so that the people could resume production and life.

It has been half a year since the troops were dispatched, and more than [-] troops have attacked the city in the south of the Yangtze River. The overall situation is completely under control. Once Jinling City is broken, the entire Southern Tang Dynasty will perish.

However, at the last moment, Emperor Shi was still not in a hurry. He wrote to Cao Bin again, explaining to him that Jinling cannot be reduced to ruins. If they resist fiercely, they just need to surround it. After all, it will be one of the core territories of the country in the future. , an important tax source, there is no need to fight blood and blood.

The matter in the south has basically settled down, and I am in a good mood. Emperor Shi, who is a man of culture and martial arts, immediately looks to the north... the woman Xiao Hunian is very cheerful now. He dealt with this little girl ruthlessly.

Chapter 486, Emperor Shi's National Policy

At the end of March, Xu Xuan went to the capital again, saying again that Li Yu was innocent, and that Qin Guoshi had no name, and asked to withdraw his troops.

It's just that this time, he wasn't so confident. The soldiers came to the city, and all the land outside the capital was lost. There was no room for negotiation at all. He could only try to persuade Qin to withdraw his troops from some etiquette and morality.

Shi Congyundao didn't embarrass him, but simply explained that it is impossible to withdraw the army. Today, the next family is the general trend. If Li Yu understands the current affairs, knows the general situation, and surrenders the city as soon as possible, he may be able to save the king.

Then let him go back.

By the end of March, more than 100 generals including Lin Renzhao and Zhu Lingyun were escorted to Beijing, and many of them were pardoned for their crimes. After all, it was his own family who fought, and Emperor Shi didn't want to embarrass them.

Among them, 13 people including Lin Renzhao were recommended by Cao Bin, saying that they were rare talents, and they were promoted to continue to serve in the army. Allow them to return to Jiangnan after the war.

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Afterwards, Emperor Shi, who was in a good mood, visited Xiao Hunian. He hadn't looked at it carefully before, but now it seems that Xiao Hunian is a young girl with a high chin, like a proud peacock.

Her clear and beautiful face has a special flavor. In fact, it seems that, probably because of riding a horse and practicing martial arts all the year round, her figure is actually very well-proportioned and slender. Before that, she had been asking to bring her own pendant into the bedroom, but was rejected by Lin Shanggong, and finally made trouble in front of him. Come, Emperor Shi agreed after thinking about it.

If she stays in the dormitory, she can keep it, and when she needs to attend the dormitory, just call her over.

When a person is in an unfamiliar environment, his self-esteem will become very strong, which is a kind of self-defense.

Emperor Shi looked at the little girl in front of him, stretched out his hand and pulled him to sit beside him, "Who taught you Chinese?"

"My father." She said calmly.

Emperor Shi stretched out his hand and groped in some places, "You are quite calm."

"My father and uncle are all afraid of you, but I, um, I'm not afraid of you at all..." Xiao Hunian said stubbornly.

"Of course, don't be afraid. I'm your husband. Why are you afraid of me?" Shi Huangdi smirked. Although she pretended to be calm, she was still just a little girl, and she was no match for Shi Huangdi.

"Hmm..." Xiao Hunian looked up at him, his eyes filled with mist: "I'm not afraid."

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A few days later, Xiao Hunian was indeed much more well-behaved. A 19-year-old child was no match for Emperor Shi. After in-depth communication, she was even clingier than other concubines after getting acquainted. Emperor Shi also understood this in his heart. A young girl who has just begun to fall in love, coupled with the conventions of this world.Secondly, she was alone in the capital, and the only thing she could rely on was herself.

For this reason, Emperor Shi felt that it was his duty to take care of the young girl, and he often visited her. He also had political considerations and hoped that Xiao Hunian would give birth to a child for him.

April was Shi Congyun's happy time, probably because he was from Khitan, Xiao Hunian was very good at riding, indeed better than many people.

In mid-April, Cao Bin and the commanders-in-chief of the various armies wrote letters together, stating the situation in the south. Now only Jinling City is trapped, and there is also a Tang army of more than 3000 people in Xuanzhou, southwest of Jinling.

The main general is Lu Jiang, who was originally a patrol inspector along the river in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but he refused to surrender.

Everyone felt that they should ignore him first and take Jinling directly. When the Southern Tang Dynasty falls, he must have no reason to stick to it, and his little people will not be able to make waves in Xuanzhou.

After the last resistance force, Zhu Lingyun's army was destroyed, the southern capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Hongzhou, and other places have also been taken over by the Qin army. Now in the entire south of the Yangtze River, only Jinling and a small part of Hongzhou are still in the enemy's hands, and the rest of the counties have been taken over by the Qin army. The army took over and began to implement the laws of Qin State, and the people resumed production and life.

Shi Congyun was very happy after seeing it, so he summoned the second government and the third department to discuss the next action plan.

After several days of discussion, it was finally decided that Luqiu Zhongqing would go to Jiangnan in person, and as the magistrate of Jinling, he would have full power to coordinate Jiangnan's government affairs, and asked Li Fang to assist.

Shi Congyun also added Zhang Qixian, the young man he was optimistic about, and asked him to go to the south of the Yangtze River to practice and experience, and let the old Chen Chengzhao and Shen Yilun return to Beijing to rest.

At the same time, it was ordered that one-third of the more than [-] troops should be transferred back to Beijing, leaving only the siege troops, because at this time, apart from the Jinling defenders, there were no large-scale Tang army armed up and down the south of the Yangtze River.

And because of the strict military discipline of the Qin army and the account of Emperor Shi, the Qin army did not burn, kill, loot, poison the people, and there was no place to resist the armed forces during the march, so there were not so many troops to maintain order. For the rule of Qin, Jiangnan Many people actually knew it well in their hearts, and they had expected this day to come, so they didn't have much resistance.

On the contrary, there are very few people in Jiangnan, such as Lin Renzhao and Lu Jiang, who fought bravely to the end.

Cao Bin predicted that Jinling could be conquered within two months. If it wasn't for the fear of killing the people in the city and causing too much damage to Jinling, it might take half a month to take it down with concentrated firepower and continuous bombardment day and night.

Of course, such a proposal was rejected by Emperor Shi. It is very difficult to destroy the city walls and gates with artillery now, not to mention that Jinling’s city gates have been specially reinforced, and they have also heard that Qin’s artillery is powerful.

What Cao Bin said by shelling was not to hit the city walls or gates, but to bombard the city continuously, destroying the houses and buildings in the city by throwing projectiles, and killing the soldiers and civilians in the city to cause a morale blow.

It is conceivable that if shelling takes turns, you can't sleep in the middle of the night, maybe there will be shells falling from the sky at any time, and death is like the wind. It is unbearable for everyone, and you will definitely surrender after not holding on for too long.

However, Emperor Shi did not intend to use such a method in Jinling.

In order to make meritorious service, the craftsmen of the secret department also proposed a method. They took people to the south of the Yangtze River, built workshops on the spot, and cast a giant cannon to blast open the city gate.

When Emperor Shi heard it, he was a little dazed, ah... Has Jinling become the Constantinople of the East?