Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Xiao Siwen and even His Majesty are likely to be disadvantaged in battle, so they want to exaggerate the opponent's strength to avoid guilt.

Besides, this time they are not looking for a decisive battle with the Qin army, but to rescue the siege, as long as they threaten to force them to withdraw their troops.

And Xiao Siwen, who stayed behind in Nanjing, also sent him a general who led a thousand soldiers. It was a young man of seventeen or eighteen, Yelu Xiezhen, who had the most prestigious status in the country. A member of the tribe, the brother and confidant of Emperor Taizu Emperor Yelu Abaoji.

He is a relative of the royal family, and he dare not neglect.

On the road, armies of various tribes came to meet up. When the army arrived near Daizhou, there were already more than [-] people, and more people would come later.

Yelusha thought, Taiyuan is still holding on at this time, and when his army arrives in Xinzhou, the Qin army should retreat, and there will be no decisive battle under the city of Taiyuan, at most it will be blocked by a small group of troops on the southward road, that is what he is planning to do. fight.

Because when they arrived outside Taiyuan City, Qin Jun would be attacked from both sides.

As long as he breaks through the defense line and reaches the outskirts of Taiyuan, it will be considered a success, and it will be a great achievement to go back. People in the imperial court are as timid as mice and short-sighted. They are mice on the grassland anyway.

Just as he was thinking, the scouts came back and told him that there was no one in the village to the west, and the Han people had already fled, but the enemy scouts were found on the road to the southwest, and they turned around and left immediately after seeing him.

Yelusha suddenly lifted his spirits, and came, it must be the Qin army blocking the reinforcements in the north of Taiyuan, preventing them from rushing to help Taiyuan, so that the Qin army under the city can concentrate on attacking the city.

As long as they fight over quickly, they can rescue Taiyuan and kill them!he thought to himself...

Chapter 345, Anger

Xianzhou is to the west of Taiyuan, only more than 100 miles away from Taiyuan. Zhe Dejian showed his loyalty and cooperated with the imperial army. After knowing that the imperial court sent troops to Hedong, he sent troops from Fuzhou (Fugu County) to fight all the way across the Yellow River and conquered Lanzhou. (Lan County) to the city of Xianzhou (Loufan County).

After that, Shi Congyun sent Jing Si to lead troops to the west to join him, and the combined forces captured Xianzhou and killed the governor of Xianzhou.

Zhe Dejian also took the opportunity to propose that he wanted to meet the emperor, because Xianzhou was not far from Taiyuan.

Shi Congyun agreed and let him come with Jing Si.

When meeting Zhe Dejian, Shi Congyun originally thought that he should be a martial artist, because he can fight wars and is also a member of the party.

It never occurred to Zhe Deli that although he was tall, he could be said to be bookish, and his speech and demeanor showed that he had read books, and he had read a lot.

Shi Congyun was greatly astonished, praised him a few words, and affirmed his contribution.

Zhe Dejian repeatedly expressed his loyalty to the imperial court during the banquet, and expressed his willingness to do everything for the imperial court several times.

Shi Congyun was very pleased with his loyalty, but he also understood what he expected.

Zhe Dejian had personally gone to Daliang to show his loyalty before, and got the promise from the regent Empress Dowager Fu that their Zhe family would be able to handle government affairs for generations.

The Dangxiang people were a group of mixed ethnic groups who migrated from Qinghai to the west in order to avoid the pressure of Tubo when the Tang Dynasty was weak and unable to suppress Tubo.

The Zhe family was one of them. They were at odds with the Tuoba Li family, another major branch of the party, who later established the Xixia Dynasty, and they lacked a sense of security. Only by relying on mountains can we feel safe.

But the previous promise was given by the queen mother of the previous dynasty. Now that the dynasty has changed, Zhe Dejian is also very afraid that the new emperor of Qin will not recognize him, so he is eager to perform meritorious service, so he immediately came to see him.

Shi Congyun understood what he was thinking, and appointed him on the spot as the envoy of the Jingnan Army in Fuzhou, with the right to preside over the affairs of the state.

Blocked his mouth with a very high reward, but he didn't say a word about the descendants of the Zhe family, and because the reward he gave was too high, Zhe Dejian himself was not easy to say, so it seemed Too aggressive.

Shi Congyun had his own plan in mind. He hoped that the Zhe family would guard the frontier well, but he didn't want it to be difficult to control, so he gave the Zhe family a huge reward, but he always kept their lifeline in check. But he didn't say a word about it.

Zhejia is reluctant, and if he wants to keep his current status, he must work hard to fight for him.

That night, although Zhe Dejian didn't get him to promise the future generations in the end, he was very happy. He knelt down again and again to thank him, and the Fuzhou Jingnan Army Jiedu Envoy already had a very great autonomy.

Shi Congyun responded graciously to him, and the Zhe family deserved it for their military exploits.

After that, Jing Si was also rewarded heavily and promoted to the commander of the Fourth Army of the Cavalry Army.

.......

The next day, by the Fen River, Shi Congyun felt a little dizzy. He drank too much alcohol last night, so he wanted to go outside Taiyuan City to see the living conditions of the people in Shanxi, and sober up by the way.

......

"Old man, how is the harvest this year?" Shi Congyun asked an elderly man by the Fen River.

Most of the people in the vicinity avoided them as soon as they saw them, and even the bold ones just watched from afar behind low walls and eaves, or under trees, separated by tens or hundreds of steps.

There was only a white-haired, skinny old man sitting lazily on the side of the road, half-closed his eyes and refused to leave.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward for a while, he came out today to relax, and secondly, to show the Emperor Qin's love for the people, so as to win people's hearts and appease the newly settled Shanxi.

As a result, he and the imperial army behind him ran away as if they were tigers.

Shi Congyun was very embarrassed. He, Emperor Shi, also wanted face, so he insisted on dragging the old man to ask about his health. Even if the emperor was in front of the old man, the old man ignored him at all. He didn't answer Shi Congyun's questions, and the situation suddenly became even more embarrassing.

The soldiers behind him avoided looking at him again and again.

There is also a bad-tempered soldier who has already pinched the handle of the knife, and said angrily, "Old man who doesn't know what is good or bad, do you know who is in front of you! Are you looking for death!"

Shi Congyun raised his hand to stop him, "If he doesn't leave, he is not afraid of death."

His Emperor Shi's face was important, but he would not kill people for the sake of face. That would not only make him appear incompetent, but also make people feel that he was moody and unsafe around him.

Complaining in my heart, saying that extreme joy begets sorrow, everything has really gone wrong in the past two days, there has been trouble in the rear, and I have lost face, I am so unhappy at home.

Hearing what he said, the old man spoke weakly instead: "Anyway, it doesn't matter whether you come from the south or the north, killing and robbing chickens is the same. Anyway, I have lived enough and am not afraid of death.

If you want to kill, kill it, and kill it happily. "

He said, with an indifferent and indifferent expression on his face, as if his own life didn't matter, and it was too difficult to live.

There are actually a lot of such old people in the entire Hedong, or the Yellow River is quite a lot. A large number of young and old people have died in successive years of wars since the end of Tang Dynasty. There are many old people left behind, and most of them can hardly support themselves.

Seeing the old man waiting to die, Shi Congyun had mixed feelings and emphasized again: "We are not here to kill people, nor are we here to rob you."

"Have you brought any food?" Shi Congyun turned around and asked.

Several soldiers nodded, took off the water belt around their waists and handed over a small bag of wheat cakes, soldiers usually carry these things.

Shi Congyun took it, handed it to the astonished old man, and then ignored him.

The large group of people passed the bewildered old man and continued to move forward, slowly heading south along the bank of the Fen River. Shi Congyun didn't ride a horse, but walked slowly along the river, looking at the new green world on both sides of the river. Smoke from cooking by the river in the distance.

On the other side of the Fen River, there were vaguely many people busy in the fields, and there were people resting and talking under a birch forest in the distance.

Seeing him looking over there, someone said: "Official, some people are going to ask someone to come and ask questions?"

"No, take a look." He had a lot of troubles in his heart that were difficult to explain to outsiders, and he was suddenly absent-minded. It turned out that being an emperor was not so easy.

Regarding the situation in the south, he hardly talked to anyone, because this kind of struggle is invisible, secret and needs to follow unspoken rules.

It's like getting a thorn in your finger, it will be very painful and even unbearable, but you can't chop your hand because of it, you can only take a more subtle method

Because this is an internal conflict, overreacting can also hurt yourself, and you need to properly control the intensity.

If he is too tough, the bureaucrats may completely oppose him, and he will not be able to sit firmly as an emperor. If he is too weak, the bureaucrats will think that he is easy to bully, and they will ride on him in the future.

This kind of entanglement and dilemma made his brain feel a little swollen, he couldn't figure out what to think about, his temples were about to explode, he didn't know where he was going, if it wasn't for the alert soldiers next to him, he almost stepped into the river go.

Walking aimlessly, my thoughts have drifted far away, farther than the white clouds reflected in the river, the green and blue sky.

In the clear reflection in the water, Shi Congyun vaguely saw a fast horse running towards this side along the sparkling river in the distance. When he raised his head, the soldier saw him far away and shouted: "Officials, officials, officials!" , Liao soldiers are coming!"

The accompanying officials were very dissatisfied, and said: "Don't be rude in front of the emperor!"

The soldier who rode close was stunned for a moment, afraid of the prestige of being an official, he even got off his horse and bowed down, not daring to shout anymore, and said respectfully: "Officials, there is news from the north that there are Khitan soldiers in the north of Xinkou."

"Who reported it?"

"Guo Jin, the defender, the scouts of his platoon met the Khitan forward. They said that there were many people, a few numbered in the thousands, and there might be people behind."

Shi Congyun was already full of troubles, his mind was in a mess and he didn't know how to figure it out, he was neither advancing nor retreating. When he heard that the Khitan people dared to go south, he was full of anger and depression. All of a sudden surge out!

Angrily said: "I'm still here, who gave them the guts! How dare they go south!"

Shi Congyun said loudly: "Bring my horse here, and go back to order soldiers!"

When everyone saw this, they didn't dare to talk too much. They quickly pulled the horse over, and he got on the horse and galloped towards Taiyuan City without worry. Many soldiers followed, and the others were left far behind. The officials and eunuchs stayed by the river to eat dirt with a dazed look on their faces.

Running wildly all the way, Shi Congyun felt a surge of anger in his heart, and the horse under his crotch galloped, leaving only a shadow on the road, surrounded by cavalry behind him, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes scared the people looking away from a distance.

Seeing Taiyuan City in front of him, Shi Congyun slowly slowed down his horse and said loudly, "Come on!"

"No!" The soldiers quickly stepped forward.

"Go, call Wang Shenqi, Li Chuyun, Wang Quanbin, Li Hanchao, Dong Zunhui, Liu Qingchuan, Meng Xuanzhe, Han Baozheng, Xiang Gong, Dang Jin, Jing Si, Zhe Dejian, and Yang Jiye, and let them Go to the palace hall to meet me!"

As he said that, Shi Congyun angrily raised his whip and pointed to the north: "I want to personally deal with those Khitan thieves who don't know the heights of heaven and earth!"

"Promise!" All the soldiers agreed loudly and aggressively, the voice echoed outside the city, and murderous aura overflowed...

Chapter 346, Blowing Horn Company

In the Taiyuan Palace, several soldiers were putting on armor for Shi Congyun.

He has a gorgeous golden armor with scales, and a ceremonial pierced armor. The armor is very thin, but it is shiny and looks good.

It is usually only used for ceremonies, or he will wear it when he is marching. The whole person is shining in the sun, dazzling and gorgeous, but it is actually vulnerable.

This time he was wearing a dark iron armor, with beautiful animal-faced shoulders on his shoulders, a gorgeous white tiger pattern on his waist and belly, and a red dragon pattern embroidered on the edge of the skirt armor, which was red and black as a whole.

In fact, Shi Congyun hadn't worn such armor for a long time. He wore ceremonial armor all the way. Although it was beautiful, it would be deadly in a real fight.

The accompanying eunuchs dared not speak, and the soldiers moved swiftly. Seeing that he was wearing armor, everyone guessed something.

"Find me some good spears." Shi Congyun loosened the wrist armor on his arm and ordered.

The soldier said: "The government doesn't need a spear, we people don't eat dry food."

"If you tell you to take it, you can take it, what a lot of nonsense!" Shi Congyun was furious and cursed.

"But......."

"But what is it, if you are told to go, you will go, be quick!"

The personal soldiers went to prepare, and after a while brought some spears with good wooden poles, "Guan, these are the best in the armory, we picked them now."

Shi Congyun took it and shook it. The spear shaft was more than one foot long, and it was used for standard horse warfare. He held a hard wooden pole in his hand, and the blood in his heart boiled.

The people around him were very worried, and a few soldiers who had been protecting him on weekdays said cautiously: "Officials are the most noble people in the world, so it is not suitable to use such a spear."

Shi Congyun was very dissatisfied, "Eight years ago, Lao Tzu killed more than 120 bandits and generals one after another in Hedong by relying on his horse spear skills, and the sound shook the northwest. What's inappropriate, what's inappropriate!"

"We all know the kung fu of the officials, but it is too dangerous to be in the chaos. The officials should love the world and consider the officials of the people of Qin..."

"Stop flattering." Shi Congyun shook the spear in his hand: "I started out in war, and I'm still afraid of these things. If it really gets to the point where I don't dare to go to the battlefield, I will blush myself."

As he spoke, he threw the spear to the soldiers: "Take it away for me." He turned around and went out.

Walking through the long corridors, the palaces in Taiyuan were very monotonous. When he arrived at the main hall from the side hall, many generals were already waiting there, talking a lot. Seeing him coming in, the hall fell silent instantly.

He was dressed in military armor, attracting everyone's attention at once, and the voice in the hall gradually became quieter, and soon quieted down.

Seeing them, Shi Congyun sat down and said, "There is news from the north. The Khitan people still have the courage to go south. I am going to go north to Xinkou to deal with those thieves."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for everyone's reaction, he directly ordered: "Li Chuyun, Li Hanchao, Dong Zunhui, and Xiang Gong are the forwards, each leading five battalions of troops, going north through Shiling Pass, passing Xinkou to the north, and if you encounter the Liao army, you will be merciless. Hit hard! It is difficult to win for a while and we must not let them escape!

Wang Quanbin and Liu Qingchuan led [-] battalion troops to the west mountain pass to the north, detoured near Daizhou, and intercepted the bandit soldiers' retreat.

Wang Shenqi led the infantry of the Chinese army, and then followed.

The rest will go north with me to Xinkou to kill the thieves. "

Shi Congyun made the deployment without doubt or discussion. He is very familiar with the Xinkou generation and the surrounding terrain. He started fighting in the vicinity seven or eight years ago.

Eight years ago, in the face of reinforcements from the Liao Kingdom, the army of the Great Zhou had no choice but to flee and retreat southward in a panic. Now eight years have passed, time has passed, and the situation in the world has changed.

30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.

Eight years later, once again, the Liao army crossed the Yanmen Pass and followed the river valley from Daizhou to Xinkou and Xinzhou. This time it was not the Zhou army but the Qin army, and Shi Congyun came back.

Thinking of the humiliation and helplessness of the hasty withdrawal of troops back then, coupled with the lack of repression these days, there was a wave of anger in his heart that was suppressed.

All the generals below agreed in unison, all gearing up.

Wang Shenqi, who has always been calm, said: "Officials, some officials are invited to sit in Taiyuan, Khitan people, I will surely live up to His Majesty's high expectations, and when we kill the Khitan commander, we will bring his head to Taiyuan to present to the officials. "

Shi Congyun raised his hand to interrupt him: "I understand what you're thinking, there's no need to say anything now, I've made up my mind, go get some soldiers, and go north early tomorrow morning to kill the Khitan people."

Wang Shenqi is his old subordinate, he understood his temper, so he didn't say much, and accepted his orders.

But Yang Jiye suddenly stood up: "Officials, I and all the soldiers of the Jincheng Army, please be the forward!"

This move has attracted the attention of many people. The Jincheng Army was composed of strong soldiers who surrendered in Shanxi. Because the Northern Han Dynasty was beaten to the ground and had no power to fight back, everyone did not think highly of Yang Jiye and his Jincheng Army on weekdays. .

Now many people are surprised to see him begging to fight the Khitan people as a striker. Back in the Northern Han Dynasty, the Northern Han Dynasty bowed to the Liao Kingdom.

Shi Congyun glanced at Yang Jiye, "Sure!" he thought, don't let me down, after all, Yang Jiye has a great reputation in later generations.