Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

But neither the officials nor Wang Shenqi understood Shi Congyun's true intentions, and she could see this clearly...

Until the battle situation in the distance gradually became clear, and the faces of the officials gradually showed joy, Wang Pu suddenly realized in surprise, "The Lord Shixiang used his handsome flag as a bait to attract the Southern Tang army and deceive them. Take the handsome flag?"

Everyone was silent, even the officials didn't talk too much, Wang Shenqi showed joy, nodded half-understood, coping with one action, "What Mr. Xiang said seems to make sense".

She doesn't understand military affairs, but she knows that those present must not understand what Shi Congyun did...

She only saw that even though the large black army of the Southern Tang Dynasty kept approaching, and the situation became more and more dangerous, Shi Congyun and his handsome flag on the hillside were still standing there, not moving half a step, as if the large army of Southern Tang soldiers in front of them could not move. Shake him a little.

Until later, when the sun slanted to the west, after a short but extremely long fight for more than an hour, the Tang army all over the mountains and plains began to run, and Li Chongjin and Shi Yanchao's brigade began to chase after them. Won!Shi Congyun won.

Wang Pu, Wang Shenqi and many civil and military officials congratulated each other. Only Li Jixun was silent, with a very ugly face, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

.......

As the sky gradually darkened, the officials were still very excited and did not leave the hill overlooking the entire battlefield.

If he didn't leave, everyone didn't dare to leave, the evening wind was cold again, and the accompanying eunuchs sent cloaks to put on the officials and queen to keep out the cold.

Wang Pu excitedly looked at the flames in the southern wilderness, and said to the officials: "After this battle, the Southern Tang Kingdom has been injured. I don't think it will be possible to organize a large army to counterattack within half a year. We can take the Huaihe River with peace of mind." Zhuzhou."

Hearing such words, the official was very happy, and then said: "I want to call Shi Congyun and ask him how he fought today's battle and why he fought like this. I also feel that he has been fighting for a day. Tired and sleepy, I'd better ask again tomorrow, and tell Li Gu by the way, so that he doesn't have to come to see me, and tomorrow I will be in the army.

I am very satisfied with his reassignment and the arrangements are made properly. "

The officials around him were ordered to go to Zhengyang camp to find Li Gu.

Wang Pu was still amazed: "I heard from the generals that they have never seen such a strange style of play like Shi Congyun, nor have they seen it used by others. It has never been mentioned in the military books I read. It is really interesting. Perhaps he acted accordingly and came up with it on the spur of the moment.

If that's the case, he is a rare general. He is still young, only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he is as immovable as a mountain in the face of thousands of troops.

Tang Jun rushed within a hundred paces of him several times, and even the old man was sweating for him, and he stood there stiffly without moving half a step. "

The official nodded when he heard it. Everyone was happy to win the big battle. The official smiled and said, "It's really rare, not to mention young people, many veterans and veterans don't have that ability."

"That's right, the officials are really astute, and they use talents in an eclectic manner. With such a striker, it's no wonder that he played so well in Guanzhong against the Kingdom of Shu." Wang Pu was half a step behind the officials.

"There is a saying in the art of war, if you are smooth, don't be overjoyed; if you are against, don't be discouraged; if you are safe, don't be extravagant; if you are in danger, don't be frightened; if you have thunder in your chest and your face is as flat as a lake, you can worship the general.

In my superficial opinion, although Shi Congyun is young, he looks like a general! "

Wang Pu's words made the officials very happy, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Empress Fu's heart is clear, not because Wang Pu said that Shi Congyun is so powerful, but because he said that officials have "smart eyes like torches" and "eclectic use of talents". .

Officials have always compared themselves with the ancient Mingjun.

So she was smart and said: "At the beginning, the champion Hou joined the army at the age of 16, and he made great achievements at the age of [-]; in fact, it was because of his good luck that he met Wu Dixiong.

Now that Shi Congyun is sixteen or seventeen years old, he has such a credit, and it is also because he met an official. If there is no official who knows people and handles them well, no matter how powerful he is, he will not be able to use his fists.

At the beginning, Emperor Wu asked the champion Hou to read more military books, but the champion Hou said, "How good is Gu Fanglue, so I don't want to learn the ancient art of war."

Now Shi Congyun doesn't learn from the ancients, he doesn't use the methods in military books, he has his own way of fighting, and he is somewhat similar to the champion Hou back then. "

She spoke gracefully, and when she finished speaking, everyone looked over, Wang Pu and Wang Shenqi both cupped their hands and said: "The empress is wise."

After hearing this, the official's eyes gradually lit up, and he didn't say anything, just gently took her hand.

After this subtle movement, she immediately understood that she was right. This was what the officials most wanted to hear. The point of this remark was not that Shi Congyun was always a champion, but that he compared the officials to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

"When the battle is settled, I must meet my champion in person!" The official said happily, and everyone listened to his words.

Chapter 127, Wanjun takes the head of the general from it

Shi Congyun knew nothing about what happened in the rear. After dark, the fields south of Zhengyang were completely dark, and his battle was not over yet.

Wars of encirclement and annihilation in the era of cold weapons are difficult to fight, and more than 1% of them are battles of defeat. Therefore, those generals who can fight wars of encirclement and annihilation in the era of cold weapons will be famous and admirable, such as the No. [-] war of annihilation.

Although the battle to the south of Zhengyang was won, it was only a defeat, and most of the enemies fled to the south.

War does not happen overnight.

Even if Shi Congyun didn't want to move anymore, no matter how tired he was, he had to get up and seize the time to expand the results, otherwise the victory would be in vain.

Under the starry sky and the moon, in the south of Zhengyang, Shi Congyun led the guide Si Chao, the military commander Yu Cheng, Shen Zhiyi, etc., mobilized more than [-] people from the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army, plus his own soldiers, and headed south wearing stars and moons. chase.

Defeating the enemy is only the first step, the important thing is to expand the results, otherwise the victory is meaningless.

The Fourth Army and the Fifth Army were responsible for containing the enemy from the front. They suffered heavy losses, with nearly half of the casualties. Many people were unable to continue fighting and retreated to recuperate.

There are more than 2000 people left, and they have also gone through fierce battles, but there is no time for them to rest.

To the south, many light spots in the darkness formed a long dragon, moving to the south.

They shuttled through the fields all the way, and there were people everywhere along the way. Many soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty who fled scattered were chased, and some hid behind the field ridges and weeds. As long as they were found, they knelt down on the side of the road and surrendered. Congyun asked Shen Zhiyi to lead a battalion of soldiers to guard them, and continued to pursue south.

In such a wilderness, chasing has also become a very challenging technical job.

He doesn't know where Shao Ji, Wang Zhong, Dong Zunhui, and Luo Yanhuan chased after him.

Li Chongjin's Hu Jie army is generally pursuing in the direction of Shouzhou. His father Shi Yanchao's army is chasing Liu Yanzhen's banner, but Liu Yanzhen will definitely not dare to raise the banner afterward. It is not known whether they can catch up with each other and flee separately.

Shi Congyun had a lot of thoughts, and subconsciously thought of Si Chao. Si Chao arrived here a few months earlier, so he should understand the situation here better.

So he asked directly on his horseback: "General Si Chao, in your opinion, where will Liu Yanzhen, the chief general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, flee?"

Without any hesitation, Si Chao directly agreed, "Going to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Luzhou is too far away, since Zhengyang was defeated in Shouzhou, he dare not go, Dingyuan has no soldiers, and he can't defend it.

In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the naval camp of the Southern Tang Dynasty was not far away, and there were still avenues to go, where warships and many troops were stationed, so it was possible to stick to it. "

Shi Congyun directly ordered: "Si Chao, I will treat you as one of my own. You are the vanguard of the whole army and command everyone to go directly to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to pursue."

Si Chao cupped his hands, "Master, if someone knows how to get there, we can take a small path to intercept it!"

"Success, all the troops are under your command."

Si Chao then led the crowd to chase in the direction of Tang Dynasty.

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Liu Yanzhen was wearing a purple sable fur cloak. She beat the horse under her crotch vigorously, and ran forward without looking back.

The iron armor on his body was thrown to the north at dusk, and then rolled into the ditch beside the field when he fled south. He was soaked and shivered by the night wind.

Fleeing to the south for a few miles, I vaguely saw a thatched hut by the edge of a forest in the distance.

He was cold and hungry, and he felt uncomfortable all the way, "Let's go over there and rest for a while."

The hundreds of people who followed him also breathed a sigh of relief. They were too tired after running away for one night, and their hearts were tense all the time, for fear that Zhou Jun would be killed somewhere.

After getting closer, I realized that this place is the cattle pen of the people, and there are no more cattle in it. Presumably the people knew that there was going to be a war and drove the cattle away, but there was a lot of hay that smelled like cow dung.

Normally, the pampered Liu Yanzhen would have stayed far away, but now she felt that the warm hay was as comfortable as a bed at home.

Lying on it, I can finally breathe comfortably.

After the guards found some dry branches from the woods and lit a fire, the small cow pen lit up all of a sudden, and looked at the ashen faces of the people beside them, many of whom had blood stains on their faces, and their complexions were gloomy.

Liu Yanzhen suddenly had mixed feelings in her heart. It was obviously a battle with a certain chance of winning, how could it be fought like it is now?

He felt that his face was very embarrassing, and it was too embarrassing to say anything sinful about himself, so he simply put on a dirty face and refused to meet the eyes of everyone.

At this moment, Liu Yanzhen's mind was completely confused, he was afraid at the moment, the Zhou army in the north was too powerful, he could only flee to the south, but if he fled to the south, could the emperor bypass him?

He was a little bewildered for a while.

It's not because he felt so guilty, but more importantly, he couldn't find a reason, a way to shirk his responsibility, so that he could explain to Jinling again...

He has so many strong soldiers, and he is clearly going to win, who knows what kind of tricks the general on the other side has used to make his army crumble in an instant, can he be blamed for that.

The officer with the best relationship, Cheng Shilang, seemed to see through his thoughts, and hurriedly said beside him: "Commander, this battle is not your fault!

I can clearly see Zhou Junshuai's flag on the opposite side. It is two historians.One is Shi Yanchao, the number one fierce general of the Zhou Kingdom, and the other is his son Shi Congyun. Last year, Shi Congyun defeated the Shu Kingdom and lost tens of thousands of soldiers. Many fierce generals desperately asked us for help. He was afraid, and sent envoys to Daliang to pay tribute.

Now that we meet the number one general of the Zhou army and Shi Congyun, it's normal that we can't ask for it.

Besides... we can explain clearly to the officials that the defeat this time is all due to Liu Renshan, the governor of Shouzhou, who was timid and fearful of fighting. He didn't dare to fight with us. Ruhu insists on not missing the opportunity to fight..."

Liu Yanzhen's eyes gradually lit up, "You have some truths in what you said. If Liu Renshan hadn't been afraid of the battle and couldn't hold on, Shi Congyun and Shi Yanchao's father and son are too powerful, and I would have been defeated!"

The people next to him were already terrified at this time, and today's battle made them terrified even now.

I also saw how powerful the generals of the Zhou army were, the soldiers of the Zhou army were brave and good at fighting, and the command of the chief general of the Zhou army, Shi Congyun, made many of them not understand what was going on.

In the middle of the army, many people feel that they will collapse and lose at the first moment. The feeling of triumphantly advancing one moment, and being copied the next moment, and losing their lives is still standing on end when thinking about it now, with lingering fears in their hearts.

I thought to myself that if Zhou Jun's fierce gods catch up again, what should I do!

"Yes, this has nothing to do with the commander in chief. The main reason is that Gao Yanchou delayed the battle and failed to fight. We can all testify." Everyone said one after another, they are not stupid, they are beaten to shame, they should think about how to protect themselves , They can only return to Jinling if they don't push the responsibility out.

"Let's go to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to stabilize our position, find a way to go to Luzhou, take the Chaohu waterway to enter the Dajiang River, and then go back to Jinling!"

Everyone was chattering, and their opinions were relatively unified, that is, to run in the direction of the Tang Dynasty first, and avoid the terrifying Zhou Jun.

Liu Yanzhen already had this thought in her heart, but felt that it was not easy to say it directly, so she changed the subject: "Wu Yanhui, why haven't I seen him before, I asked him to command the left-wing formation."

"I was killed by Zhou Jun. I saw it with my own eyes. I was slashed on the forehead." Someone said.

As soon as these words came out, everyone was breathless and didn't say any more.

"It's almost dawn, we can't wait any longer, we can still go far while it's dark. Wait a while and someone will fall asleep, then we won't be able to go further.

Furthermore, at dawn, there is nothing in this area for dozens of miles, and we will easily be seen by Zhou Jun. "Cheng Shilang said anxiously.

"Okay, let's go!" Liu Yanzhen was also anxious, although he was tired and sleepy, it was better than death.

So everyone got on their horses again and fled in the direction of Sheng Tang.

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The period before dawn is always the darkest. On the black earth, even the distant horizon is indistinguishable, and we can only rely on the starry sky to guide us.

It was pitch black on both sides of the avenue, and from time to time you could hear the cry of frogs and insects, and from time to time, people in distant villages heard the movement and lit up their lights, but they dared not approach.

The sound of horseshoes became the loudest sound in the world. Along the way, they turned to their own people several times. They were deserters fleeing south from the north, and even fought once.

Nervously, the guards around him shot a few arrows in the direction of the noise, and the other side immediately fired back. After people on both sides were injured, they found out that it was their own. Liu Yanzhen cursed and continued to go south.

Before dawn, they passed a section of avenue surrounded by woods. The leaves on the ground were very shallow, and the trees on both sides were straight and tall, almost covering the sky. Some people in the team said they knew this place. Walking two miles west from here is called Huangniba. village.

Coming here means that they are already twenty miles away from Zhengyang, and Zhou Jun should not chase them again.

Everyone was heaving a sigh of relief when they suddenly heard small crackling sounds from the surrounding woods, the sound of armor iron plates rubbing against each other converged in one place, and the neat brushing sound made their scalps tingle. Army soldiers, densely packed figures on the road in the distance.

Just at this time, the sun rises in the east, and the dawn light passes through the gaps in the treetops and falls on the avenue. The chaotic people cast long shadows. Suddenly, the figure blocking the middle of the avenue becomes taller and unfathomable, like a bridge that cannot be crossed. The mountains are suffocating.

"Liu Yanzhen, someone is the commander of the left side of the Great Zhou Control Crane and the defense envoy of Yunzhou. You have been waiting here for a long time. Why did you arrive? You are lazy on the way. How can you be lazy when you die." Suddenly, everyone around laughed.

The voice of the other party was like a bell, and could be heard clearly in the whole forest. When they heard the words Shi Congyun, everyone in the Southern Tang Dynasty was startled, subconsciously pulling their horses back in fear. , "Shi Congyun!"

Shi Congyun!

He was about to flee in desperation, so he charged straight ahead, dragging a long shadow, the forest was dimly lit, everyone had just fallen into a desperate situation, and it was too late to react due to the problem of light.

It was too late to say it, and then it was too late, a little cold light pierced the shadows in the forest, and no one had time to react. Liu Yanzhen, who was surrounded by the crowd, had her pupils constricted. breath.

The cavalry who rushed out reined in their horses by the side of the road, stuck their bloody spears on the ground and shouted: "The one who killed Liu Yanzhen is your grandfather Shi Congyun!

Now those who refuse to accept stand up, I will kill them one by one, otherwise I will immediately dismount and surrender. "

Zhou soldiers on both sides of the avenue excitedly shouted Shi Congyun's name, and the remaining soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty were frightened and surrendered one after another, and none of them left.

Shi Congyun laughed happily, and the soldiers surrounded him, shouting excitedly, "The owner of the chamber is mighty!" Someone who didn't know how to look up shouted "Long live the owner of the chamber", which scared him so much that he almost jumped off his horse. It fell, but fortunately the sound was noisy, and no one cared.

The feat of single-handedly stabbing the enemy's chief general is really inspiring.

Shi Congyun also gained the support and admiration of the soldiers because of this, and he will have another place to talk about bragging in the future!

But he didn't act recklessly, the light was not good just now, and the other Southern Tang generals were too frightened to move by the soldiers of the Crane Control Army around him, and he had already seen clearly that Liu Yanzhen didn't have a long weapon in his hand!

He held a spear more than ten feet in his hand, no matter how it was a sure win, he made such a bold move.

Shi Congyun didn't know Liu Yanzhen at all, nor had he met her.But seeing someone standing among the crowd, and wearing a very expensive sable fur cloak, who else could it be?

"Find someone who can talk, and go and report victory to Li Xianggong." Shi Congyun raised his hand and said, "Let's say that Shi Congyun, the commander of the commander of the left wing of the crane, stabbed the local leader Liu Yanzhen to death with a single gun in the Wanjun, and captured a hundred generals of the Tang Dynasty. The rest of you, send this head back."

All the soldiers laughed loudly after hearing this, and the woods were filled with joy for a while.

The messenger jumped off his horse, took the short knife from his waist, and cut off Liu Yanzhen's head in the bushes by the roadside to report.

The remaining men began to take over the captives in the woods and questioned them one by one.

If you don't ask, you don't know, but if you ask, you will be shocked. Among this group of people, many are big fish, and there is a defense envoy named Cheng Shilang, who is one of Liu Yanzhen's lieutenants.

Everyone is happy and excited, this is a great credit!