Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Lu Zan breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him again and again before being taken down.

Shi Congyun also breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing so many military deployments will definitely be of great help to the Northern Han Dynasty. Of course, the authenticity of this information is still unknown and needs to be verified.

Next, after listening to all the good news, he asked people to carefully record them one by one, and prepared to return to the court to discuss meritorious deeds, and then continued to march north, aiming at Zezhou.

Due to the slow movement of the artillery of the Shenhuo Army, Shi Congyun's central army was not moving fast, and one after another battle reports came from the front.

The Qin army successively defeated the Northern Han army in Shishili of Zezhou, Yangma City, and the foot of the east mountain of Zezhou City.

In the afternoon, the new battle report came, Li Yun fled into Zezhou City, followed by Wang Shenqi and Li Hanchao, who had led the main force to surround Zezhou City.

After Shi Congyun heard about it, he immediately ordered the whole army to advance quickly, and they had to rush to the city of Zezhou before dark.

This is great news. What he fears the most is that Li Yun fled back to Luzhou, his hometown after the defeat. Now it seems that Li Yun has no time to escape, and he dare not go north for fear of being chased on the road, so he can only enter Zezhou in a panic.

But Zezhou is far less solid than his hometown Luzhou, and once he enters the city and is besieged to death, it will be dangerous.

The first time he heard the news, Guo Jin who was following him said in surprise, "Li Yun is in a daze!"

"He is indeed in a daze, but there is nothing he can do about it. His Majesty's army is overwhelming. Where else can he go if he doesn't flee to Zezhou?"

.......

Along the way, Shi Congyun met captives who were tied up in groups with ropes and guarded by soldiers of the Qin army, as well as piles of stripped corpses piled up on the side of the road.

This battle seemed to be crowded, but it was not that tragic. Li Jun and the Northern Han army did not suffer many casualties.

Shi Congyun was already very experienced in war. According to his visual estimation, the number of enemy troops he killed would not exceed [-], and the number of prisoners would be more, but it was far from what he did when he fought the Liao Kingdom the year before last.

First, he didn't order to kill them all. Second, many of the soldiers were the husbands and sons of the people in Hedong. If they escaped, many of them would want to go home and hide, so as to avoid being hunted down.

Shi Congyun doesn't plan to go, let them find them out, he is tolerant to the people of Shanxi, and he also feels guilty in his heart. During the first Zhou army's northern expedition, he was powerless and failed the people's high expectations.

Along the way, passing through the corpses and the Qin army who kept saluting on both sides, and the crying prisoners of war, in the afternoon, the sun had not completely set, and the gaze passed through a forest and a narrow river, and the Zezhou City in the distance could be seen in a panoramic view.

Outside the city, Zhou Jun's tents and dancing figures were everywhere. The small city of Zezhou was surrounded by heavy siege, but the big camp was relatively quiet and there was no movement.

The officer next to him immediately said: "I'm going to inform the former army that the official's house is here!"

"No need." Shi Congyun immediately raised his hand to stop, "The quietness in the camp means that the soldiers are all tired, after fighting all day and chasing all night, let them rest, the same is true for the enemy, don't worry.

We're going to camp here, and we'll go to the city of Zezhou early tomorrow morning. I will personally supervise the siege and capture Li Yun! "

Chapter 329, Yellow Flower

When the sun rose at the beginning of the morning, the emperor Luan had already arrived at the city of Zezhou.

A large number of camps were densely packed outside Zezhou City, and more soldiers slept on the ground with a roll of bedding, and slept directly in the haystack fields by the roadside, and some even had no bedding rolls.

Shi Congyun is not familiar with this kind of situation. It is like this in war. After fighting all day and chasing all night, many people here fell asleep. Fortunately, the weather is not bad, otherwise they would not know if they were frozen at night.

Soon, the officer in charge of patrol and security came on horseback, and just as he got off his horse, he knelt down and said directly: "Forget it, let me take a look, don't disturb the soldiers for the time being, let them sleep, Li Yun can't run away, wait until the sun rises completely Reassemble the troops, and the patrolling vigilance cannot be relaxed.”

"No!" The officer replied loudly with a ruddy complexion, and then rode back.

He was not in a hurry to wake up the soldiers, they were really suffering, and he understood very well the pain of marching and fighting.

Shi Congyun asked the accompanying soldiers to build a fire, then made some dried meat stored in the wooden barrels behind, squatted beside Chaoyang, pierced the fire with branches, and roasted it on the fire, while the civil and military officials behind stood there. Awkward.

"I want to roast myself." Shi Congyun said, and all the officials laughed awkwardly. No one dared to come up to barbecue with him, the emperor. Only a few soldiers who were used to being with him rubbed their hands and couldn't wait to come up. would be so stiff.

The packaged and transported jerky has a strange smell, a smell of wood, a slight musty smell, and some can't be distinguished. In short, it smells bad, but it is a great blessing to be able to eat it on the battlefield.

Chewing dried meat like dry wood, he actually didn't care about the taste, he didn't know it, his mind was full of things, and the little yellow flower didn't come, how could a group of old men serve others.

Shi Congyun thought about it, and then said: "When Zezhou is taken, send someone to pick up Xiao Huanghua, and send a few more people to protect her."

The accompanying civil and military officials even agreed and solemnly wrote down, and exchanged glances with different expressions in their eyes.

......

Wei Min stepped back carefully from the emperor's side, surrounded by soldiers and horses. From time to time, someone on a fast horse galloped by the side of the road, the horse's hoof splashed mud, and the people next to him accidentally turned into flowered clothes.

Wei Min saw curious and contemptuous looks cast on him from time to time, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth, and felt annoyed and resentful in his heart. He understood what these big-headed soldiers were looking at, and he had no way to retaliate. He covered his face and hurried past.

He is an eunuch next to the official family, but now he is fighting every day, and this is the time when martial arts are most powerful in the world!He didn't dare to clash with Wu Fu.

Moreover, the official family has a lot of knowledge and doesn't pay much attention to the eunuchs around him.

I can only avoid them humiliatingly, have wide sleeves to cover the side of my face, and walk very fast.

When he turned around, he bumped into several accompanying officials in the court. Most of these officials were the secretaries of the Privy Council, officials of the Third Division, and even people from the Imperial Academy. Exercise more, officials have always disliked people who can only talk but not do things.

Among them, the position is the highest, and the leader is the third secretary of the court, Lu Duoxun, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, who is half a prime minister.

He was responsible for mobilizing food and providing logistics for the army's expedition. Later, when the official family went north, he immediately ran from Hebei to report, saying it was a report.

Wei Min felt that this big man was very smart. He said he was reporting, but actually came to accompany him, in order to show his face in front of the officials.

He didn't dare to neglect, and even bowed and saluted to get out of the way.

Unexpectedly, these big shots did not step aside, but said kindly: "Director Wei has worked hard to serve the officials every day."

Wei Min was taken aback, and he still couldn't react, and the other party's address to him was also very strange. This "Wei Zhizhang" was completely obedient.

But the other party was half the prime minister, so many officials would not praise him for no reason, Wei Min was quite smart, and even said: "Is there something for you gentlemen, the villain is just a eunuch who holds the lamp, and you may not be able to help you. "

"Director Wei, you don't need to be modest. I just want to ask you about something. You know a lot from the officials." Everyone followed him as they talked. In the past, many scholars always looked down on them. When I saw my face, my nostrils were upturned, and my speech was not pleasant, but today it was a little weird.

"We just want to ask, then... the origin of the beauty of the yellow flower."

Wei Min was taken aback, unable to react for a while, "What yellow flower beauty?"

"That's it..." Several people hesitated to speak, and then they whispered: "It's the little yellow flower that the officials are still thinking about this morning, the beauty brought back from Shu."

"Everyone knows the temperament of the officials. In the past when the Southern Tang Dynasty was fought, the soldiers were so sharp that they swallowed up the mountains and rivers, and the soldiers approached the city. In the end, they wanted nothing and took away the concubine of Jinling.

Everyone knew about the concubine Meng Chang's concubine, who fought in Sichuan last year. "Everyone laughed as they spoke, and they all showed reserved and ambiguous expressions that you understand. With the habits of officials, everyone understands that if you want to please officials, you need to start with women.

"This yellow flower nobleman, I haven't heard of the history, I only know that he came from Shu, and the officials are very fond of him, even the royal family will take him with him.

But she doesn't know who her natal family is or what her family background is, and there is no reliable statement, so I just want to ask. "

Wei Min immediately understood that the first thing the officials thought of this morning was to send someone to pick up the nobleman Huang Hua, and they also specifically asked to send more people to ensure safety, which shows that the officials attach great importance to it.

These ministers were all present at the time, and the officials naturally saw that they valued them so much and kept it in their hearts. After they came down, they immediately began to think of ways in other places.

After realizing it, Wei Min was also very excited. He felt that this was an opportunity, but soon he realized that he didn't know the origin of Huanghua Noble, he only knew that she was brought back from Shu by the official family.

But he also has his own convenience. He knows the eunuchs at Shangshan Division, and everyone usually has contacts and knows a lot of things, so after thinking about it, he said: "The nobleman of Huanghua likes sweets, and he likes sour ones. He hardly leaves the official She served the family and the official family wherever they went.

Although the official family did not give her the title of concubine, everyone knew her dignity. "

As soon as the words came out, everyone nodded, and then asked a few more questions, but they were mainly concerned about the family background of the nobleman Huanghua, and whether anyone in the family was an official in the court.

He didn't understand these things at all, and he didn't dare to lie to someone like Lu Duosun, so he could only shake his head.

But what he said before was obviously correct. Everyone had a kind attitude before leaving, and said that they would ask him for advice in the future.

Wei Min was overjoyed and clenched his fists involuntarily. This is a rare opportunity!

Chapter 330, Zezhou City Breakdown

The peach forest in spring is full of vitality, the green moss on the stones under the trees is moist, the weeds in the forest have not dispersed, and are soon shaken off by the sound of horseshoes, the forest is full of smoke, and the morning fog has not yet dispersed.

A large group of people, carrying five-color flags and wearing different clothes, walked slowly through the woods.

Guo Jin rode behind Xingyuan, with complicated emotions, most of which was shame and shame. After the battle like yesterday, thinking about his responsibilities to the officials and soldiers, he suddenly felt ashamed.

Guo Jin couldn't help scolding himself for being stupid in his heart: "Guo Jin, Guo Jin, what are you showing off in front of the officials?"

Thinking of yesterday's official command and strategizing, and thinking about the official's previous prestige and those famous battles, I suddenly felt more and more ashamed, and it was my turn to point fingers.

At that time, the officials did not say how generous he was....

Thinking this way, the team had already left the peach forest, and the Zezhou City not far away was bathed in the morning light, with a panoramic view. In the distance, the shouts of killing were loud, and the soldiers were attacking Zezhou City from all sides.

Because the Son of Heaven was right under the city, and the officials came to the front, the soldiers were encouraged, their morale was high, and they rushed forward to attack the city from all directions. .

At this time, all at once, Guo Jin had already seen several soldiers of the Qin Army killing the top of the city.

"Shouzhou, Chengdu is not a problem, such a small city can't stop the army under the command of the officials, I think it can break the city within half an hour.

That Li Yun's wolfish ambition, actually wanting to touch the power of the official family, is simply beyond his control. "

An official next to him came up to talk to him. He looked like a scholar, dressed in a plain official uniform, and was older than himself.

Guo Jin frowned. He never liked to deal with scholars, but at this moment someone among the guards reminded him in a low voice: "This is Lu Duoxun, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, who is trusted by the officials."

Guo Jin's face changed a lot when he heard that the officials trusted him, "My lord is right."

Lu Duoxun's face showed joy when he heard it. Xianggong is usually called a prime minister, but he is only half of him now, but Guo Jin called him that, which made him feel comfortable.

Guo Jin actually didn’t think much about it, he just said casually, approached the convenience, and said in a pedagogical tone: “Officials have always loved talents, but officials like talents who can do things, not boastful.

Since the officials let Envoy Guo stay by their side, they must value you, and others will not be treated differently by the officials. "

Guo Jin was excited and moved for a while, but he didn't know what to say. Thinking about how generous the officials were to him before, he was not angry at his contradictory, and kept him by his side, and felt a little happy for a while. .

Wanting to live up to the official's love and value no matter what, he said, "Thank you for reminding me!"

"It's not a reminder, it's just to let you understand the good intentions of the officials." Lu Duoxun stroked his beard: "General Guo has fought in wars, and the officials like people like you."

Guo Jin was a little embarrassed, and said with great self-reproach: "My little ability is nothing. Before the big battle like yesterday, I didn't even have an idea. I'm not as powerful as the officials."

Lu Duosun rode his horse and walked a few steps, looked at the particularly conspicuous Luan in the distance, laughed and said, "General Guo, why don't you care, what I said is not to please the officials, just tell the truth, how many people in the world are better than the officials?

The achievements of the officials over the years must have been known to General Guo. Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, no one has been able to do it, even Zhuangzong of the later Tang Dynasty. Why should the general make things difficult for himself. "

Guo Jin also came to his senses all of a sudden, and said: "It's a fool, thank you for reminding me."

"Well, it's very common for me to be inferior to officials. Although officials love to scold people and are a bit lecherous, they are usually lenient. As long as they concentrate on doing their own things well."

Guo Jin nodded. The two were talking when they heard cheers from afar.

Looking back, the flag of the defending army at the head of Zezhou City not far away has been changed into the flag of the Qin Army. After a while, Zezhou City was broken!

Guo Jin was surprised and suddenly felt normal again.

Thinking of Lu Duosun's instructions, he cupped his hands and said: "The official has asked someone to watch over the transport of food and grass, so there must be no mistakes to disappoint the official. I dare not delay, so I will go!"

Without further ado, Lisuo turned the horse's head around and headed north.

The dissatisfied people around said: "This man really doesn't understand etiquette. My husband reminded me kindly, but he is so rude."

Lu Doxun neither agreed nor refuted: "Do things well."

.......

Under the city of Zezhou, many Qin troops are pouring into the city. There are Qin soldiers, horses and flags everywhere. There are chaotic figures and banners.

It didn't even take the whole morning for the Qin army to break through this weak city. After yesterday's battle, the defenders had already collapsed. They feared the Qin army as if they were tigers and wolves. Many prisoners even knelt when they saw them. It is said that the southern army has thunder to help, and it is God's blessing that they dare not fight with them.

The Qin army also used the old method of psychological warfare, sending prisoners to the city to loudly persuade them to surrender, saying that they would not kill the prisoners, and telling the defenders in the city that the prisoners were still alive and could be released home.

After some operations, the morale of the defenders completely collapsed, and they had no desire to fight.

Following Shi Congyun's order, armies from all directions went into battle, and many defenders at the top of the city were afraid of the battle and did not dare to fight to the death. Stand firm at the top of the city for a while, and open the way for the follow-up troops waiting for cars.

Shi Congyun looked at it not far away and applauded loudly. Although the enemy was afraid of fighting, he was able to hold on to the top of the city for a long time with his own strength. He was a fierce man.

Shi Congyun immediately said to the people around him: "Remember that warrior, bring him to see me after the battle is over."

"The officials see him, he has a future!" Someone shouted, and everyone laughed.

Shi Congyun looked at them: "What the fuck, if anyone of you wants to be so fierce, I will use it too. Which one of you should go climb a city and try!"

Everyone laughed: "We swear to protect the official family!"

Fortunately, the top of the city was completely captured, and the army had entered the city one after another. Wang Shenqi's department in the south of the city, the Dangjin department in the east of the city, Liu Qingchuan's department in the north of the city, and Li Hanchao's department in the west of the city, all entered the city one after another.

The result was not surprising, but what was surprising was that the fight was too fast, as if the soldiers rolled up their sleeves and rushed forward, taking down Zezhou City in one fell swoop.

Everyone swarmed in, yelling such words as "surrender but not kill", "capture Li Yun and receive a reward", in a threatening manner.

Zezhou City broke Shi Congyun's concern instead of Li Yun. Li Yun and his henchmen had completely failed, and now he is a victor!

The first thing Shi Congyun thought of was: "Someone go to the south and fetch my little yellow flower!"

He had long thought of the little beauty in his heart. He was worried about the war before, so he didn't have the energy. He ignored the little girl's initiative to post her.

When people are in good spirits on happy occasions, they feel happy when they are happy, and being happy is like doing something to bully little girls. Thinking about it this way, does Shi Congyun think he is a bit like a perverted uncle?

Xiao Huanghua was arranged by him to wait in the fortified city in the mountains to the north of Heyang, which is an important town defending Heyang. He was afraid that it would be unsafe during the war, and he didn't have time to take care of her, so he didn't dare to take her north.