Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Shi Congyun took a refreshing bath, changed his clothes, and was about to lie down to sleep when Zhao Shijian called him up to eat.

Weakly, he grumbled, "I'm hungry, but I don't want to move. It would be great if you could eat for me."

Then asked the little girl to bring it over to feed him.

Zhao Shijian was stunned for a while, his face was like a peach blossom, he hesitated for a while and still obeyed.

Shi Congyun hummed comfortably, and after taking a few bites at random, someone called from outside the hospital, saying that there was an official from the Privy Council, and Shi Congyun went to see him. The visitor said that there were some changes to inform him.

It turned out that in addition to his control of the crane army, the court was preparing to send another army, led by Han Tong, the superintendent of the school.

He was shocked when he heard the name Han Tong. He knew Han Tong too well. Isn't he the only official killed in the Chen Qiao mutiny.

In the end, in the face of Zhao Kuangyin's strength, he was still loyal to Guo Rong, and Han Tong was the only one who wanted to resist in the face of power.

As the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and Han Tong, the character Shi Congyun, has long wanted to know.

It's just that he didn't see him during the Battle of Gaoping, and after he came back, he moved to Caozhou.

So Shi Congyun asked, "What kind of person is Han Tong?"

The officials of the Privy Council were stunned for a moment, a little embarrassed, and he did not dare to make any comments, so he said: "Han Taibao deserves a lot of credit. The Hulu River embankment spanning hundreds of miles between the two states is not steep enough.

When the Khitan cavalry went south, it was always difficult to resist, so let them drive straight in. The people of Hebei were often looted and could not find peace. So when they returned from Hedong, they ordered Han Tong and Wang Yanchao to lead their soldiers and servants from Hebei to raise the heights to prevent the Khitans from going south.

When the Khitan received the news, they were also very afraid. They sent troops to harass them many times.

Then he built a castle for the Jing'an army in Li Yankou.

Wei Shumi said that the dredging of the Hulu River has three benefits: defending the enemy, channeling water, and irrigating fields.

'In the future, the Khitans will not dare to cross the Hulu River, and the people of Henan will have to rest. 'This is the original words of Wei Xianggong. "

As the officials of the Privy Council spoke, Shi Congyun was more and more surprised in his ears. It turned out that Daliang City had been calm in the past few months, and the north was still fighting, or it was with Liao, but he didn't know.

The officials of the Privy Council continued: "In order to strengthen the northern frontier defense, Han Taibao also presided over the construction of Kam Lu (now Kam Lu County, Hebei), Gucheng (now Jin County, Hebei), Qizhou (belonging to Hebei), Boye, Anping, Wuqiang (now Hebei Wuqiang) city wall.

During this time, he worked hard and had to resist the harassment of the Khitan. After he returned to Beijing, the official family planned to let him go to the west to preside over the siege, which would be later than Shi Dushi's departure.

Wei Shumi asked a certain person to come to inform him because... because he is a bit difficult to get along with and get along with, he does things bluntly, and he is not polite. I hope the general will be prepared. "

Shi Congyun was shocked, it turns out that Han Tong is not only a general, but also a great engineer!

Lian said: "Don't worry, when you go back, Shumi Wei will tell you that the person you admire the most is General Han, and you can definitely get along with him."

The official said goodbye.

Han Tong, the person that Shi Congyun wanted to see for a long time.

.......

Time flies, and soon to the end of April, the army is about to start, and even the date of dispatch has been set.

Shi Congyun prepared all the items for the expedition. The aunt and the aunt were very worried about him. The aunt had tears in her eyes. The little girl asked him to worship Buddha before leaving. Even the younger sister Shi Congmei also showed a worried look.

While the old man asked the craftsmen to repair his armor carefully, he repeatedly instructed him to "wear the armor and go into battle, and then put on the armor." A warning, otherwise an accident may be fatal.

Xiao Niang was recently pregnant. After she became pregnant, her relationship with him became much weaker, and her care was not as ardent as before.

Zhao Shijian spent the most time with him. It was impossible for him to have no feelings for more than a year. Zhao Xiaoniang didn't say it or admit it, and silently prepared a dozen pairs of thick-soled shoes for him, which just fit his feet.

Zhao Shijian understands that the most hurtful thing when going out is the shoes, and the most lacking thing is the shoes.

In this era, there was no plastic, and the soles could only be framed by layers of rags, and then cut into the shape of the soles for sewing shoes after the thickness was reached to a certain extent.

The process is time-consuming and laborious, and it takes a lot of work to make a pair. It seems that Zhao Xiaoniang has put in a lot of work in private. It is no wonder that 0 often has injuries on her hands. It turned out that she was pierced by a needle. "I'll treat you to bed tonight."

Zhao Shijian:......

.......

The next day, Shi Congyun told him what he meant, and Zhao Shijian asked his father to deliver the memorial.

The Zhou Dynasty inherited the system of the Tang Dynasty. Under normal circumstances, officials who submit letters will go to the Zhongshu door first. After a few screenings by the relatives, they will deal with the ordinary ones and only report to the officials.

Only the important ones will be sent to the official desk. If Shi Congyun delivers it, I am afraid that it will be intercepted directly by Zhongshumen. If Shi Yanchao delivers, his identity is there, as long as he explains it, he will definitely reach the official desk.

Shi Congyun had to sigh with emotion, if he didn't have the backstage of his father, he was afraid that nothing could be done.

Chapter 68, The Army Marches Westward

At the beginning of May, the army took the oath, slaughtered cattle and sheep to sacrifice to the army tooth flag, and then went out of the Chenqiao Gate as usual and started to move westward.

The privy envoy Wei Renpu personally went to the north of the city to see him off. In front of this husband, Shi Congyun did not dare to entrust him, so he dismounted and walked with him for a while, listening carefully no matter what he said.

After leaving Daliang Territory, it was the most painful part of Shi Congyun's march.

To tell the truth, the distance from Daliang to Fengxiang Mansion is more than a thousand miles, which is much farther than before going to Shanxi.

I'm afraid I'm going to break my leg this time!

Fortunately, he was riding a horse, and this time he walked mostly on smooth roads. Unlike the last time he went to Shanxi to fight, he had to climb mountains and mountains, and the road was rough and difficult.

The route of this march was from Daliang to Zhengzhou, through Luoyang, through Shaanzhou to pass Tongguan, and marched along the south bank of the Yellow River all the way.

After passing through Tongguan, we will go to Huazhou, Chang'an, and directly to Fengxiang House in the west of Guanzhong. Along the way, we can use the river to travel far, and we can take the Yellow River and Weishui River, which greatly reduces the burden of marching.

Of course, the most important thing is that in this battle, Fengxiang Jiedushi Wang Jing is the head coach, Fengxiang soldiers are the main force, and the rations are also provided by Fengxiang Mansion and its surrounding Guanzhong County. You can go to Fengxiang Mansion.

Even though the distance was almost doubled compared to the battle of Gaoping, the experienced father told him that the marching time would be greatly shortened this time.

The army walked outside the inn [-] miles east of Zhengzhou, and Shi Congyun joined the Zhenan soldiers brought by Xiang Xun from the south.

More than 3000 soldiers from Zhen'an came, including [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.

Xiang Xun said that these are the elites of Zhen'an soldiers, but after all, they are the army of the vassal town, or the vassal town not far from Daliang. If you want to face the pressure of the Southern Tang Dynasty, it is naturally impossible to exhaust all the troops.

The Zhen'an Army's weapons and equipment are more complex, not as neat and sophisticated as the He-He Army's.

There was another person in the Xingyuan of the Central Army, Zan Jurun, the envoy of the Hakka Province, who was the governor of Xingying at this time.

In fact, even without introducing Shi Congyun, I understand that this must be the military envoy sent by the official family, who is responsible for reporting the front-line battle. He quickly greeted him politely and left a good impression. It is not good to offend such a person.

After careful reflection, Shi Congyun suddenly felt as if Zhao Shijian was the one he could bully. The people he met these days couldn't afford to offend him, so he had to be low-key and polite.

Zan Jurun also responded politely. He seldom interrupted when the two of them were talking, but kept silent on the side. Shi Congyun thought that he might be remembering what we said and wanted to report to the officials, so he was more careful.

Afterwards, the army continued to move westward. According to what Xiang Xun had discussed with him, Xiang Xun led a thousand cavalry in the town's security forces to go first, to investigate the road conditions along the way, and to send someone back to report in case of emergency.

Shi Congyun led the first and second armies on the left side of the crane, and 2000 infantrymen of the Zhen'an army, and followed up.

The army usually marches without armor, and is pulled by pack animals and carts, and some go directly to the river.

This is the reason why most of the time, as long as successful ambush battles are successful, it is impossible for soldiers with armors weighing dozens of pounds to march on their bodies.

Once ambushed, it would be too late to temporarily wear armor. At that time, it would be a group of well-equipped people fighting a group of naked outfits.

If it is true that the army walks hundreds of thousands of miles and wears dozens of pounds of armor every day, it can only be said to be superhuman, and the ambush is meaningless.

However, this section of the road has been in the territory of Dazhou, and Shi Congyun is not worried about problems such as being ambushed at all, and marches swaggeringly.

A few days later, they reached the border of Luoyang, and further west was Shaanzhou, and then Tongguan.

Tongguan includes Han Tongguan and Tang Tongguan. Tongguan in the Han Dynasty was in the mountains and mountains, and Tongguan in the Tang Dynasty was built on the edge of the Yellow River because of the siltation of the Yellow River and the exposed riverbed. This time they went to Tongguan in the Tang Dynasty, saving a large section of the journey.

Before he knew it, he didn't feel so tired this time and was about to enter the Guanzhong realm. Looking to the west, he couldn't see anything but the vast wilderness, but he knew in his heart that Chang'an was there.

When the army lined up neatly, looking at the towering Tongguan Pass and the long blue-brick stone city wall, Shi Congyun suddenly remembered a very famous poem.

The peaks and mountains are like gatherings, the waves are like fury, and the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road.

Looking west, hesitated.

Sad Qin and Han Scriptures, all the palaces have made earth.

Prosperity, people suffer; death, people suffer.

.......

Pan Mei has been struggling in recent days, and her heart is very contradictory.

From personal considerations, he wanted to ask the steward to appoint him as the supervisor of the Western Expedition Army, so that he could go west with Shi Congyun, who was his best friend.

But Yu Gong, the establishment of the supervisory army is to prevent the generals from bringing troops out of selfishness. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, there have been many things that the generals have betrayed abroad, and the supervisory army has become more and more important, and most of them are the emperor's confidants.

Officials regard him as a confidant and attach so much importance to him. If he and Shi Congyun are together, can he still fulfill the duty of the military supervisor without selfishness?

Pan Mei sighed, he was in a dilemma, seeing that the army was about to set off...

"What are you thinking about, Lang Jun, I always see you frowning." His wife asked him gently, holding the child who was just a few months old.

Pan Mei squeezed out a smile and said, "It's not a big deal, don't worry about it."

The wife nodded and asked no more.

The next day, Pan Mei entered the imperial city and met Wang Gui, an eunuch who usually followed the official family, outside the Dangong Palace. The two greeted him, and the old eunuch told him that the official family and several ministers were inside.

Pan Mei nodded, and then wanted to say hello to the guards at the door. He was already familiar with this place, and the guards did not stop him and let him in directly.

There are a lot of people in the Hall of Hanging Arch, and it is not as formal and serious as usual.

The official family asked people to put a few tables on the north side, with some official documents and the like on it, as well as pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the official family seemed to be discussing important recent matters with everyone.

Usually trivial matters will be handled by the ministers, but when it comes to some important matters, they will be submitted to the official's desk, and the official's decision will be made.

The official family has a resolute and decisive temperament of Ziwu people. I always read the notes below to see if they are important or not. They deal with it quickly. Pan Mei has been with the official family before and understands his habits.

However, when it comes to the country's general strategy and major policies and policies, officials are rarely arbitrary, and like to let Wei Renpu, Wang Pu, Li Gu, Wang Pu and other people discuss and let them talk about their views.

All these relatives are here today, and it must be the time to deal with the backlog of state memorials.

Pan Mei used to be the deputy envoy of the Xishang Pavilion. She was very familiar with these procedures and did not dare to disturb them. After meeting with several ministers, she silently stood at the end and listened.

He didn't have the right to talk about these big things, and the things he thought were not suitable to tell the officials at this time.

After listening in a dazed way for a while, Pan Mei suddenly came back to her senses when she heard Shi Congyun's name.

Then I heard Wei Renpu, the privy envoy in front of me holding a memorial and sticking up, saying: "Officials, the old minister found that the "On Guarding the River and the Huai River" written by Shi Congyun is not simple... "

Chapter 69, Empress Fu

Pan Mei watched silently, seeing the eunuch next to the official's family come down and present the memorial.

After the official's house was opened, he glanced at it quickly, and then put it on the desk on the left without saying much.

Pan Mei suddenly understood that the official family valued this memorial.

Pan Mei has followed the official family since he was an adopted son, and along the way knows the official family better than others. The official family is actually a person who is prone to anger. He has never been soft-hearted in killing people, and he is very ambitious. , so often restrain and hold back their anger.

For this reason, he rarely expresses his joys, sorrows and sorrows in front of ministers, and speaks less and calmly.

Let the ministers discuss and rarely reveal their thoughts. If they like it, the officials will put it on the desk and take it back to the Long Live Hall of the bedroom to study it carefully.

There were not many important memorials, and after half an hour, they were almost finished, and the officials gave them food, and then asked the public to go back.

Only let the eunuch Wang Gui come to inform him to go to the Hall of Long Lives in the back.

The Wansui Hall is located behind the Hanging Hall. It is the palace of the emperor. It is rare for outsiders to enter. Only the eunuchs and a few close officials trusted by the official family have the opportunity.

Among them, Pan Mei is one, and there is Wang Pu, who knows the Kaifeng government.

After a while, Pan Mei followed the eunuch to the courtyard outside the Long Live Palace, where the official changed his clothes and read the memorial.

Behind him was the eunuch, and beside him sat a beautiful woman in exquisite and luxurious clothes.

Pan Meilian avoided her gaze. That was the Empress Fu, who used to be Mrs. Wei Guo, but now she is the Empress. This is not the first time he has seen him.

He didn't expect the queen to be there. The queen's bedroom is still behind the Wansui Palace, and he usually doesn't come here.

The official didn't care, he beckoned him to go over, and he was holding Shi Congyun's memorial in his right hand.

Fu Shi sat on the side, behaved dignifiedly, dressed luxuriously and decently, women of 24 seldom had such an elegant and upright temperament like her, it was no wonder, she used to be a lady of every family.

Pan Mei didn't dare to look over there, but he knew that this queen was not easy at all. It was the second time to marry an official family.

Previously, she married Li Chongxun, the son of the general Li Shouzhen. Later, Li Shouzhen was daring and rebelled according to Hezhong. At that time, it was still the post-Han Dynasty.

Guo Wei was ordered to crusade, and Li's father and son committed suicide.

Before dying, Li Chongxun wanted to kill the whole family first, so that the female relatives would not fall into the enemy's hands and be humiliated.

Out of this consideration, he also wanted to kill his wife Fu, who hid behind the curtain.Li Chongxun could not find it, and when he saw the soldiers rushed into the mansion, he had to commit suicide.

Fu came out of the curtain and said to the sergeant who rushed in: "I am the daughter of the king of Wei. General Guo has a good relationship with my father. Go and report it quickly, and you will all be rewarded at that time."