Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chenzhou is not a big city, nor is it an important military town. It lacks countermeasures. The defenders at the top of the city can only watch the Qin army comfortably and safely prepare to attack the city without being able to fight back.

A large number of troops were scattered, captured, and killed on the road from Guiyang to Chenzhou, so that there are not enough troops in the city to fight back.

When Liu Renshan, a general of the Southern Tang Dynasty in Shouzhou, faced the siege of tens of thousands of troops from Hou Zhou, he personally led more than a thousand people out of the city to launch a counterattack. In the latter week, when it finally led to an absolute superiority of troops, they fought against Shouzhou for more than a year.

This is the importance of the city, but Chenzhou is not Shouchun, and there is no Liu Renshan in the Southern Han Dynasty. The commander of the ship, Ji Yanyun, was shot and killed by soldiers of the Qin army when he fled, and his head was shown to the public.

This is a very desperate situation. Facing the army of Qin, such despair almost spread throughout the city.

So much so that when the Qin army did not attack, but sent people to the city to say surrender, the soldiers at the top of the city had a tacit understanding that none of them dared to shoot arrows at the Qin army envoys, let alone shoot arrows, and dared not even swear. Instead, he kept listening to the envoys of the Qin Army to persuade them to surrender.

But Governor Lu Guangtu didn't express his opinion, and they didn't dare to do anything. Many people were already trembling when they saw the heads of Ji Yanyun and Shao Lingzhong brought by the envoy.

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However, the Qin army's persuasion to surrender did not achieve results that day, not because the defenders' generals and soldiers were determined to resist, nor because they were unmoved, but what was strange was Lu Guangtu's attitude at this time.

He didn't make any statement, he didn't want to express his willingness to open the city and surrender, he didn't care about the wavering and slack of the defenders and Qin's surrender, and he didn't respond in any way, so that no one knew what he was It means to resist to the end, or to surrender in Kaesong.

At such a critical juncture of life and death, it is very dangerous for the governor, as the highest commander in the city, to fail to express a clear political orientation. The people below will be frustrated, and under the huge external pressure, it is likely to lead to internal divisions and conflicts, and internal fighting will break out.

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Outside the city, Pan Mei stood on the temporary five-zhang sentry tower, looking at Chenzhou in the east. The terrain outside the city was flat, with no prominent hills and hills, so the Qin army had to build a high platform by itself to observe the movement in the city and use it for visual surveillance. .

Pan Mei looked at the soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty who did not dare to shoot arrows at them in the distance, and had no fighting spirit, and she was also puzzled: "What is the situation in Chenzhou? It depends on whether they want to fight or not. Ignore our envoy, the governor inside is not stupid, is it, or is there something wrong in the city?"

"Of course you will know when you get in. In three days, all the siege equipment will be ready, and I think the city wall will be smashed in ten days and a half." Yin Chongke is full of confidence. He has rich experience in fighting and his judgment is relatively accurate. , He said that if it can be broken open in ten days and a half months, it is generally correct.

Pan Mei nodded: "It won't be long before I can report victory to Your Majesty, but I think it would be better if I don't use weapons, this city will also be the city of my Qin Dynasty in the future, and it will be repaired after it is destroyed.

Speaking of which, it's not far from Panyu... Hey. Pan Mei froze for a moment, frowned and thought for a while: "I may understand what the governor of Chenzhou is thinking. If that is the case, it may not take ten days and a half months to break the city." "

Yin Chongke glanced at him, confused.

Chapter 385, Breaking Chenzhou

In autumn, when the weather in Daliang is just right, the hustle and bustle in the streets and alleys has not diminished at all.

In the temple outside the city, Shi Congyun squatted on the top of the mountain and looked down at the panoramic view of the beams in the distance. In the distance, the entrances and exits of the temple were guarded by forbidden soldiers.

Looking back at the temple in the distance, he came with someone today, and of course only his harem can make the emperor of Daqin surrender.

Two mothers, Zhou Xian and Zhao Shijian, came to pray for Shi Jin and Shi Min today.

Shi Congyun didn't want to come at first, he didn't even believe it, but he couldn't bear Zhao Shijian and Zhou Xian's soft-heartedness, so he could only come with the two girls.

Although he has a lot of things to do every day, there is no way, his wife still needs to accompany him. Thinking about it this way, Shi Congyun feels that he is really a good man.

It's rare to be free these days, and there are fewer things to do.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the autumn harvest has gradually settled down, and there is almost nothing busy, except for the flattery.

This time Shi Congyun finally found the joy of being an emperor.

These days I traveled around the mountains and rivers, lingered in the harem, and went to the Bian River to play cannons from time to time. I lived a comfortable life. There were Wang Pu, Fan Zhi, Luqiu Zhongqing and other hosts in the court, so there was no problem at all.

And he is also deliberately promoting Dou Yi, Li Fang, Shen Yilun and other newcomers.

Among these people, Fan Zhi was withdrawn and isolated, Wei Renpu had a close relationship with him, and Luqiu Zhongqing started as his aide, so Wang Pu was isolated again, not connected with each other, and none of their prestige could reach that of Li Guyi back then. To this extent, Shi Congyun can use it with confidence.

When someone was doing something, the emperor would naturally relax.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, news came from the north that the Liao Kingdom's mission had arrived in Guanbei and completed the handover with Murong Yanzhao. Shi Congyun was looking forward to it, but what he expected was not how many concessions the Liao Kingdom could make.

Shi Congyun's determination as the emperor is very obvious, because he has deliberately found fault several times and exiled or resigned the officials of Jixian Hall and Imperial Academy who opposed the large-scale use of troops against Liao. Everyone in the court gradually understood that he and Liao The determination of the country to be at odds.

It is difficult to understand the interest entanglement of the imperial court if it is less than this level.

Not to mention the current relationship between them and the Liao Kingdom, just like when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used troops against the Huns, there were so many voices in the court, so many that they were heard endlessly.

There are probably two reasons. One is represented by Sima Qian, saying that the Han people and the Huns are descendants of Yan and Huang, and they are brothers and sisters, so they should not go to war.The other is that the law of the ancestors is immutable. The policy of the Han Dynasty towards the Xiongnu has lasted for decades and has gone through several generations of emperors.

Perhaps many people will find it incredible that the Huns went south to burn, kill and loot every day, and the officials in the DPRK and China could not see it?

This is the characteristic of politics under the imperial system. The suffering of the people in the border areas is not directly related to the interests of most courtiers.

It is the same as the current attitude towards Liao.

In the Qin Dynasty, there were roughly two types of people who opposed the continued sending of troops to the Liao Kingdom. One was really pedantic and conservative, and felt that sending troops was too risky. It is a matter of loss outweighs the gains, the loss is heavy, and the win cannot make ends meet.

As the saying goes, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Due to geographical reasons, the northern nomads have played the role of "barefoot" since ancient times. Out of conservative decision-making, they opposed sending troops.

Others who occupy the majority are the vested interests of the court, and they are the least willing to change.

Once the political situation changes dramatically, their interests will be damaged, and large-scale wars and gambling behaviors that concentrate national power will inevitably destroy the current situation. New people will rise through military exploits, and old people will be replaced. Whether the result is victory or defeat, unpredictable changes may occur in the power structure of the country, which will damage their interests.

Therefore, in order to protect their vested interests, they will do their best to prevent the war and maintain the current situation.

As for the suffering of the people on the border, the burning, killing and looting of the enemy, and even the survival of the country, it has nothing to do with their interests and can be ignored.

For pure conservatives, Shi Congyun is understandable. They are just conservative in their ideas and tend to make conservative decisions. In essence, they also consider the interests of the empire, and the other situation must not be tolerated.

So these days, he has also used methods such as ousting, snubbing, and finding fault one after another. Many officials who opposed the use of troops against the Liao Kingdom not only expressed their attitude, but also prepared the Korean and Chinese military and weakened their power.

Such an approach is undoubtedly superficial. It is impossible for him and the Liao Kingdom to stop fighting.

After all these actions, the officials in the DPRK probably understood how to deal with the Liao mission. Shi Congyun also knew it in his heart, and he had already made up his mind to let the Liao mission come.

Using their missions to send some wrong information to confuse and paralyze the Liao Kingdom, it is best to let the Liao Kingdom relax its vigilance before he cleans up the situation in the south.

At the same time, no matter what, the famous Xiao Chuo was detained, so as not to have long nights and dreams, and unexpected complications.

With these judgments, he also has a sense of how to deal with the Liao mission.

Thinking about this, he watched from a distance that Zhao Shijian and Zhou Xian were talking and laughing playing chess under a big tree outside the courtyard. The relationship between the two was very good, after all, they were both cultural people.

It seems that the two of them were either praying for their son or daughter, or they wanted to come out to play when they were bored in the palace.

Shi Congyun looked at it for a while, the two beautiful daughters-in-law were eye-catching, Zhou Xian and Zhao Shijian also noticed him and smiled at him.

Shi Congyun was so excited that he was going to join the two daughters-in-law.

But at this moment, Fu Zhaoyuan came from the foot of the mountain panting, sweating profusely from running in an official uniform. When he saw him, he knelt down on one knee and said, "Officials, good news, good news from the south, Dushi Pan has taken Chenzhou!"

Shi Congyun was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "What day is today?"

"Today is August 27."

Shi Congyun nodded in a daze, then took the battle report and opened it. From a quick look, the reason why he asked the question was because it was too fast!

He hurriedly scanned the battle report, and soon discovered the reason why he played so fast.

Apart from Pan Mei's meticulous preparations before the battle, Yin Chongke's bravery and skill in fighting, tearing apart the defense of the Southern Han army, the most important thing is that Pan Mei has insight into the psychology of the opponent's general.

Lu Guangtu, the governor of Chenzhou in the Southern Han Dynasty, wanted to surrender but did not dare to surrender. He did not surrender and was indifferent to the persuasion to surrender, but he did not make active defense preparations, which is very strange.

The other generals were ready to attack after the siege equipment was ready, but Pan Mei vaguely saw through the mind of the governor of Chenzhou, thinking that he wanted to surrender and had no intention of fighting, but it might be because his family members were in the capital or there were hostages in the capital. Gongzhong and other reasons did not dare to surrender.

So he played psychological warfare, deliberately transferred the soldiers besieging the city from the south to build siege equipment, and opened a gap in the south, so that the city leaders could see that it was because the generals of the Qin army were not well dispatched, which led to the weak defense line in the south.

As a result, the assassin Lu Guangtu, who had no fighting intentions that night, led hundreds of his own soldiers to break out from the south of the city under the cover of night, and Pan Mei also saved a hand, ordering Yin Chongke to lead the troops to intercept and kill on the road ten miles to the south.

That night, he beheaded Lu Guangtu, the governor of Chenzhou who had escaped, and sent his head back to the camp.

The next day, the governor escaped and was killed. After the head was sent to the city, the Chenzhou defenders opened the city and surrendered.

Shi Congyun was overjoyed after watching it, and praised on the spot: "Pan Dushi is worthy of being my good general!"

In addition to being happy about this victory, there is another layer of political considerations.

Pan Mei has long wanted to be promoted. By promoting him to be a senior official in the two divisions, he can check and balance with Li Chuyun, Wang Shenqi and others. Playing cards, causing individuals to have too much power, leading to conflicts between monarchs and ministers.

Moreover, Pan Mei is a confidant who has always been by his side, and she can be trusted. The embarrassing thing is that Pan Mei used to cooperate with him mostly as a military supervisor, without any actual combat achievements, and rashly promoted the generals.

Well now, the credit this time can be used as the basis for promoting him.

After he was happy, Shi Congyun continued to look down. Pan Mei and Yin Chongke had followed his instructions to control Chenzhou, but they did not continue to go south, preparing to meet the counterattack of the Southern Han army.

Shi Congyun thought for a while, and recruited the clerks around him. He didn't know how the Southern Han would react to this, but he also had a preliminary understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Southern Han army through the first battle.

If what Pan Mei said in the memorial is true, then the Shu army can be regarded as a heroic and skilled fighter compared with them. It seems that the biggest threat to the south is always Nantang and Dali.

With such a judgment, Shi Congyun immediately thought of a word "diplomatic mediation".

It is easy to fight the Southern Han Dynasty, but it is not easy to prepare for sending more than [-] troops. He still needs some time. At this time, Shi Congyun immediately thought of Li Yu who was obedient and obedient to him in the south.

So he made a decree to the Hanlin Academy next to him: "Issue an edict to Li Yu, the lord of Jiangnan, and ask him to write a letter to Liu Yu to the south of him, telling him that as long as he cedes several states near Guiyang, he will bow his head to the imperial court and profess his minister every year. If you pay tribute, I will let him live."

"Yes!" The Imperial Academy accepted the decree, and immediately went to prepare the pen and ink to write the imperial decree.

Shi Congyun smirked in his heart, what he was playing was nothing more than a trick to attract disaster.

Li Yu did not dare to resist his will, but when Li Yu wrote this letter, there were bound to be two results. First, let the Southern Han king also point his anger at Jiangnan; No matter how daring to act rashly, they might face a double attack.

These are enough to frighten the ruler of the Southern Han Kingdom. He is not afraid of the Southern Han Kingdom, but needs time.

It's okay to fight, but you have to wait until he is fully prepared before starting the fight. Even if the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, he, Emperor Shi, wants to send troops, and he must be fully prepared!

Then he looked into the distance and thought for a while: "In addition, the front line is temporarily handed over to Yin Chongke, and Pan Mei is asked to return to Beijing. I have something to explain."

He thought, Wang Shenqi, Li Chuyun, and Si Chao are all generals under him who can stand on their own, this time let Pan Mei be weird...

Chapter 386, Expansion of the Navy

The courtyard is full of golden chrysanthemums, and the clusters of yellow flowers are like soft golden clouds.

The beauty among the flowers is in a golden dress, dancing gracefully and gracefully, blending seamlessly with the yellow flowers all over the ground, which is extraordinarily charming.

Emperor Shi was comfortably half-pillowed in the gazebo, holding fine wine in his hand, and squinting his eyes. He found a comfortable angle and continued to let the little yellow flower massage, while his eyes couldn't move away from the pistils in the distant flowers. Like a cold jade pillow on a bed, where are the beauties drunk with yellow flowers?

Thinking back, a few years ago in the autumn, he was attacking Shu, and he wrote a long and short sentence, which is still being sung everywhere in Daliang, and it is famous all over the world.

"The yellow flowers on the battlefield are extraordinarily fragrant..." Emperor Shi thought about it, looking at the shadows in the flowers, the years of gold and iron horses seemed to be vivid in his mind, flashing one by one, the edge of reality and fantasy seemed to be blurred blurred.

Life is like a dream. In a blink of an eye, he has been in this world for almost ten years, and time flies so fast. Those magnificent years of gold and iron horses seem to be close at hand, but far away in the sky. Sometimes he can't believe it when he thinks back I did it myself.

Many things have a lot of luck, and no one can tell.

Shi Congyun waved, "Come here and rest for a while, don't jump."

Huarui obediently came over and snuggled up to him. On the table in front of him was a lot of exquisite medicinal food, all made for him by Mrs. Huarui. Madam Huarui was famous for herbal cooking skills when she was in Shu.

The most famous of these is the Moon Plate.

Shi Congyun tasted it, and it tasted light and fragrant. He was used to eating big fish and meat, so it was not bad.

The people are beautiful and the flowers are beautiful, and the atmosphere is a bit extravagant. Shi Congyun almost couldn't hold back himself, but he calmed down quickly. He was thinking about things in his mind.

Since Pan Mei's battle report came to Beijing yesterday, things have increased.

The Privy Council, the Ministry of War and the Third Division began to deal with other matters of the war, such as logistics supplies, personnel rewards and punishments, and attention to the upcoming battle situation.

On that day, in addition to rewarding Pan Mei, Yin Chongke and the Xiaoxiang Army, and ordering Li Yu to write the letter, Shi Congyun also made other arrangements.

One is to let Si Chao go west along the Yangtze River and enter the waters of Dongting Lake with Luzhou's leading water army, so as to ensure that he can support the front line at any time. Although he feels that the Southern Han may not dare to counterattack, what if?

There must be a large army that can go down the Xiangjiang River to support him at any time. Although he is not yet involved in the war, it will cost a lot to dispatch the army, but he can't take care of that at this time.

The second is to issue an edict to Cao Bin in Shu to transfer his Jiannan army to station in the Kuimen area.

Third, Shi Congyun also ordered that the officials of the third division be responsible for transporting the reward money to the front line in advance, and those who have military exploits should be rewarded immediately.

These are all things that were decided last night and have already begun to be implemented at this time.

As for trivial matters, he asked the Political Affairs Hall to discuss and decide, and then reported to himself. Emperor Shi was very busy and didn't have time to take care of those trivial matters.

And today he also has someone to see. Later in the afternoon, Wei Min came to report to him. Liu Renshan and Guo Tingwei who came back from Sichuan have both arrived.

Shi Congyun asked Huarui and Xiaohuanghua to serve him, changed his clothes, and then went to the front side hall to meet them.

The main thing is to explain to them the formation of a new navy.

Especially since the war with the Southern Han Kingdom has already started, it is urgent to form a new navy and expand the size of the navy.

Passing through the shadow of the city cave, Emperor Shi was in a high position. This time he decided to use the two because of military considerations.

Guo Tingwei and Liu Renshan are both good generals. There is no doubt that this is the main reason for using them as the commanders of the new navy.

But there are also important political considerations. As more and more southern lands are included in the Qin Dynasty, he must consider giving political treatment to the generals and officials in the south, so that they have higher power as representatives of the south, otherwise the court It will be out of balance.

His Qin Dynasty was inherited from the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the generals in the army were still courtiers, most of whom were from the north. The process of annexation and expansion must also be accompanied by the handover and transfer of power to ensure the stability of the court.

So he immediately used two generals who had surrendered from the Southern Tang Dynasty.