Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

"It's just that one thing has been lingering in my heart these days, it's hard to make a decision, and I feel irritable when I think about it." Shi Congyun frowned.

Zhao Shijian didn't talk back this time, and snuggled into his arms obediently, "Just believe in yourself, the decisions you make are always the wisest, and it has always been like this."

Emperor Shi did not speak, quietly holding the baby in his arms. The unification of Kyushu is not just talking about it, just talking about it, there is a complete plan,

In his heart, Southern Han, Southern Tang, and Wu Yue are the first batch.

The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, Liaodong, and Dali are the second batch.

Hetao, Hexi Corridor, and Western Regions are the third batch.

But there are many things, the road is long and difficult, and we need to persist in struggle. Many careers are far from being as simple as they seem.

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In the south of Lingnan, from Shaoguan along the zigzagging North River, through mountains and valleys and dense forests, a strong city stands in Jiangxi. The two rivers meet, and the water network flows in parallel, washing out a large white sandbar, winding for several miles.

On the delta state, the sand and stones are scattered, and there are many white tents. At the end of the outer sandy land, there are civil fortress towers everywhere.

That was the Mingkou Daying Camp of the Southern Han Dynasty, located fifty miles southwest of Yingzhou, at the confluence of the Lianjiang River and the Beijiang River.

The Southern Han Dynasty set up the Guangkou Patrol Division here, hoarding and stationing heavy troops.

There are many boats and boats on the surface of the river, countless flags of various colors are flying, and there are many shirtless men by the water, practicing in line by the river.

In Tanzhou, several miles away in the middle of the river, there are many large and small camps, and there are many people coming and going.

Thigh-thick wood interweaves horizontally and vertically to form a high platform. On the high platform is a yellow pear wood grand master's chair, and a man sits on top of it. He is wearing an official uniform, embroidered with flying clouds and tigers, cuffs tightened, and a purple robe with a round collar.

The sergeant next to him reverently fanned the lawn cattail fan to drive away the sultry air still brought by the river mouth.

This person was Shao Tingyu who was sent by the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty to train troops at the pass.

Shao Tingyu was a child from a poor family. In the Southern Han Dynasty, there was only one way for people like him to climb up, and that was the womb and then entered the palace.

Shao Tingyu took this path. Relying on his quick-wittedness, intelligence and eagerness to learn, he soon gained a foothold in the palace. Coupled with his hard work, he was promoted by the late emperor and became one of the most powerful eunuchs in the Southern Han Dynasty.

He came to Guangkou for military training at his own request.

Staying away from the emperor is tantamount to staying away from the center of power. Many unexpected accidents are likely to happen, and one's own power will also be lost. Shao Tingyu in the Jiuli Palace naturally knows this.

It's just that he still chooses this path, because he knows that the South Han Kingdom can't wait...

Because he was born in a poor family, Shao Tingyu longed for knowledge since he was a child, was diligent and studious, and learned from the past and the present.

A year ago, he explained to the king in Panyu how severe the current situation is.

To put it bluntly, the fact that the Southern Han Dynasty was able to settle south of the south of the Lingnan for 50 years was not due to the sageness of the rulers of the past dynasties, nor was it due to their civil and military talents.

But he looked at history and found that the general trend of the world is that the long-term will be united. Now the north is gradually showing signs of competition. The Qin Dynasty ruler Shi Congyun has the capital of God and is more and more likely to dominate the world. Now, it is difficult for the Southern Han Dynasty to stand alone.

The 50 years of peace also brought two major drawbacks to the imperial court. One is that the armaments are abolished, and the military does not pay enough attention to it, and has never faced the northern army.The second is pride and self-satisfaction, indulging in immortals and Buddhas, and thinking that the world is invincible.

Now that the general situation of the world has changed, especially after Shi Congyun defeated the Liao Kingdom, the court needs to be prepared with both hands.One is to prepare and train troops.The second is to take out the precious gold and silver in the treasury, communicate with the great powers in the north, and make good friends with them, and surrender if necessary.

All these need to be prepared early and quickly, as time waits for no one.

However, he still remembers the reaction of the young king at that time. It was neither angry nor happy, but... a bewildered expression, as if he didn't understand the meaning of his long speech at all.

At that time, his heart was cold for a while, even if the king yelled at him after hearing it, at least it showed that he understood, but judging from the look of the king at that time, he didn't understand what he was talking about at all. The lack of news has left the Southern Han Kingdom in an atmosphere of building a car behind closed doors, indulging in their own small country, and not knowing how big the threat from the north is.

A few days later, someone participated in the performance, and His Majesty, belatedly, became disgusted with him.

However, after all, he has been in charge of the treasury for many years, and His Majesty cannot do without him for eating, drinking, having fun, and traveling in the mountains and rivers. However, he finally asked to leave Panyu to train troops in Guangkou, preparing to face the Northern Army.

Fan Huzi and other witches and sluts don't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth, and the general trend of the world, and they still want to confuse the officials.

But he can't sit still, he must make his last effort for the court.

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Shao Tingyu, a hard-trained soldier far away by the river, asked the judge next to him: "How is the war in the north?"

The judge hesitated, "The battle reports for the past few days are similar, and the counterattacks have all been defeated. The Qin army has completely occupied Chenzhou, established a firm foothold, and started repairing the city wall. It has no intention of going south for the time being."

Shao Tingyu nodded and said no more, his eyes revealed an unconcealable sadness, he himself was an incomplete man, unable to have children, his nephew Shao Lingzhong, whom he admired and valued the most, had always been raised and educated by him as his own son.

As a result, in this battle, he was killed by the Qin army because he took the lead and vowed not to retreat. His head was hung on the top of Chenzhou city. Many people who could not escape saw it, and it was difficult to bury the whole body.

He taught his nephew to be loyal to the emperor and patriotism, and to protect the environment and the people, but now he regretted it for a while, maybe it was his teaching that killed his nephew.

"The wind is a little strong..."

Shao Tingyu raised his hand to interrupt his followers: "No, I'm here to personally supervise the training. We must be ready to counterattack Chenzhou at any time. Time waits for no one. It will be even more difficult to build trenches and fortresses when the Qin army has a firm foothold."

"However, the food and salaries given by the imperial court are probably not enough to fight a big war. If there is a fight, it will be too much to eat and drink. This year, His Majesty had a dream. Expensive...."

"If the food and salary are not enough, I will supplement it from my private treasury. If it is not enough, I will find a way." Shao Tingyu sighed: "You don't understand, Chenzhou is the gateway, and the Northern Army is already strong. If there is Chenzhou again, they will go south to attack even more. Cheap!"

Shao Tingyu took a sip from his sapphire teacup while saying: "In any case, Chenzhou must not be lost, and we must not leave the Northern Dynasty with a weak and deceitful image to breed their ambitions, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.

As for Your Majesty, as for the imperial court... well, I will explain the situation to the public. "

Chapter 393, Sufferer Li Yu

In autumn, the waves of the great river are gentle and sparkling, which is the season when the wind blows the fragrance of rice and flowers on both sides of the bank.

This year's Jiangnan has another bumper harvest, fertile fields and fertile soil, a land of fish and rice.

However, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, a shocking event happened. Hundreds of ships of the Zhou army went south along Luzhou, out of the Yangtze River and westward.

And the entire Southern Tang court was panicked and in chaos, and some people were even so frightened that they began to tidy up.

Fortunately, after sending envoys to negotiate with the generals of the Qin army, they learned that the Qin army had no hostility towards them, but just went west along the river to the vicinity of Tanzhou.

It turned out that the Southern Han Kingdom in the south attacked the border prefectures and counties of the Qin State. Although they were defeated by the Qin army, Shi Congyun, the emperor of the Northern Dynasty, was furious and ordered a counterattack, so he ordered the Huainan navy to march westward along the Yangtze River and then southward to Dongting Lake.

After hearing the news, the Jiangnan monarchs and ministers were finally relieved and at the same time shocked.

At the same time, the lord Li Yu ordered the prime ministers Chen Qiao and Zhang Ji to go to the river to kill sheep and cows to reward the Qin army, which is equivalent to monitoring the movements of the Qin army in disguise.

The Han State in the south has many contacts with them, and because the two countries are adjacent, they naturally know the strength and territory of the Southern Han Dynasty.

With a mere land in the south of Lingnan, how can it be possible to compete with the Qin Dynasty that spans the Central Plains, Huainan, half of Hebei, Hedong, Guanzhong, Shu, and Jingchu?

Besides, Shi Congyun's vicious reputation is known all over the world, where did they have the courage to make trouble.

Sure enough, news came from the south that the Qin army counterattacked, broke through Chenzhou, killed the governor of Chenzhou in the Southern Han Dynasty, and the commander of the giant ship. The Liao Kingdom, the former overlord of the north, is not an opponent either.

Subsequently, the imperial edict of the Qin Dynasty also crossed the river and arrived in the south of the Yangtze River.

The emperor asked Li Yu, the lord of the south of the Yangtze River, to draft a letter to the lord of the Southern Han Dynasty, asking him to donate the land of several neighboring states, and the court would let him go.

Naturally, Li Yu was not disobedient, and immediately arranged for someone to do it. Although he was talented in writing, it was too shameful to write such a letter in person, and let the people below do it all.

Jinling Imperial City, after autumn, the yellow leaves cover the ground, a bit more bleak, and extraordinarily bright. …

Many beautiful flowers and plants in the palace courtyard are scattered and exquisite, pavilions, pavilions, carved jade, fish, bird and phoenix patterns are lifelike, even the edges of the roof tiles are finely smoothed, and many screens in the courtyard are edged with jade. The pictures of mountains, rivers and rivers on the screen are all written by famous artists and have profound meanings.

Inside and outside, luxury, delicacy, and luxury are revealed everywhere, but the luxury here is not exposed, and the style of writing and ink here almost seems to flow out.

In the courtyard, there are two banner boys standing around the stone table. Li Yu is wearing a blue and white Taoist robe, and his clothes are fluttering like a fairy. Fine silk.

The person playing chess with him is the well-known Lingxu Taoist in the south of the Yangtze River, who is eloquent and eloquent. He often recites scriptures and debates with the lord Li Yu, and the lord appreciates him very much.

He is often called to the palace to play chess and talk about scriptures.

Since he ascended the throne, Li Yu has almost ignored political affairs, indulged in romance, lectured on scriptures, traveled mountains and rivers, and wrote poems and poems. Many old officials were anxious, but there was nothing they could do about it.

For these memorials, Li Yu, the lord of the country, praised them one by one and praised their deeds, but they never changed.

This kind of practice made the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty both puzzled and helpless...

In the courtyard, Li Yu was talking and laughing when a white-haired old man came in a few strides angrily. The maid at the door didn't stop her without paying attention, and when the chess boy didn't react, the old man had already overturned the chessboard to the ground .

With a bang, the black and white flags fell all over the ground, and many of them fell into the pool not far away, splashing water.

All the people present were frightened, the Daoist Lingxu, who was able to speak kind words, did not dare to say a word at this time, just stared blankly at this side, several court ladies and chess boys were already so frightened that they knelt down .

The old man who rushed in didn't seem to be afraid, and his eagle eyes were still looking directly at the lord Li Yu.

Li Yu didn't seem to be angry, just bent down to pick up the chessboard and put it on the table: "Xiao Gong has something to say."

"Qin's army has already attacked its neighbors, and the backlog of court memorials is so large that a horse-drawn cart can be used to load it. As the lord, can he still play chess leisurely here?" Xiao Yan said angrily.

"The last emperor's will to restore the glory of the Tang Dynasty is gone with His Majesty!"

Upon hearing this sentence, Li Yu was also a little angry: "Do you want to be Wei Zheng?"

Xiao Yan didn't flinch at all, "I want to be Wei Zheng, but you can't be Tang Taizong!"

"Huh!" Li Yu snorted, with an ugly face, and flung his sleeves away.

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At night, the carved railings are built with jade, the water hall is warm, and the water is shining and reflected on the jade pillar flower carvings. It is like a dream. Li Yu is drunk, hugs his concubine in his arms, half drunk and half awake, and slowly raises his head But tears were streaming down his face, his beloved concubine didn't understand but didn't dare to ask.

"Those old things, they think that I don't know, don't know that the Northern Dynasty is threatening, don't know the crisis of the situation, don't know Shi Congyun's wolf ambition..."

Li Yu's voice was suppressed, with tears and tears, and he gritted his teeth: "He took the revenge of my beloved wife, how could I forget, Ehuang...I still think of her voice and smile, and I can dream of her in history in nightmares." Cong Yun's miserable experience.

How can I not understand, how can I not hate...

I can't wait for him to die, I can't wait for him to be skinned and torn to pieces! "Li Yu said, his face flushed and he gritted his teeth.

"Your Majesty..." The concubine next to her comforted her, but she was also a little scared.

Li Yu shook his head in pain: "But so what, so what?

They write letters there every day to persuade them, so they can make Qin no longer strong and make Shi Congyun die!Or who can lead troops across the river to defeat Shi Congyun for me!No, they are all a bunch of wimps, wimps who can only speak nice words! "

As he said that, he himself became desperate: "That Shi Congyun, Shu is not his opponent, Zhou Demon King is not his opponent, Hedong is not his opponent, neither is my father, even Liao is not his opponent, what else? Method........

This is a matter of destiny, but they come to blame me, what can I do? "

The more Li Yu talked, the more sad he became, because he was touched by what happened to Xiao Yan during the day.

His hatred for Shi Congyun is deeply buried in his heart. How could he easily forget the hatred of taking his wife and half of the country.

But fear overwhelmed hatred, the fear of the Qin army, and the fear of Shi Congyun was also because of the disastrous defeat in the Huainan battle. I was captured by Shi Congyun, and the army approached the city and took root in my heart, leaving a huge psychological shadow. As long as the Northern Dynasty is mentioned, and the word Shi Congyun is mentioned, he will be inexplicably frightened.

Because of this, he even gave up on himself and was full of pessimism.

He doesn't want to be a tyrant, but he can't become a lord, and he can't change the status quo. The only thing he can think of is to comfort himself with mysterious words and paralyze himself with wine and sex.

But in the end, it was unclear whether he was addicted to it and couldn't escape, or whether he was making excuses for his incompetence.

That night, Li Yu fell asleep drowsily after crying and tired.

The next day, he respected Shi Congyun's imperial decree carefully, reviewed the letter he wrote to Nanmian Liu Yu, tried his best to choose his words, and thought about how to speak to please Shi Congyun of Liang Liang, without daring to be slighted in the slightest.

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Chapter 394 : The Jade Emperor and the Cannon

"There must be something unavoidable, a plan that cannot be changed, and it's just a momentary anger."

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"I would like to practice the plan of my ancestors to find the good of China. Let the anger be useless, and the disputes that are not urgent..."

"Suppressing the front of the world's soldiers and waiting for the favor of your country, the righteousness of the great country will be good; the anger of the step can also be rhymed..."

Before Xianshiyan, the eunuch read carefully.

Immortal stone, it is said that someone once saw a fairy here, and it became more and more popular, and was recognized by the national teacher Fan Huzi, and it became famous, and the king of the country came here to worship from time to time.

Today is no exception. There are thousands of people in the huge contingent with colorful flags waving and complicated guards of honor. The entire mountain is full of accompanying people and soldiers blocking the road.

"What is he!" Liu Yan was furious: "I am the son of the Jade Emperor, he dares to make me bow my head as a minister!

What kind of thing is Li Yu? His daughter-in-law was snatched by Shi Congyun to play with. He didn't even dare to fart. "

When he cursed, everyone around him laughed.

Some people continued to flatter, saying that the ruler of the country was mighty and unyielding, that he had great ambitions to counter the north, and so on.

Liu Yu became happy when he heard this.

"Ganniang said, I am the son of the Jade Emperor, and I am blessed by the heavens. Shi Congyun is nothing! If they dare to come to the palace, they will definitely be wiped out." Liu Wei said very confidently, and the officials around him also echoed .

Liu Yu rubbed his hands even more proudly, "When I defeat the Northern Dynasty, I will snatch Li Yu's concubine back, and then I will see what he has to say."

He said wretchedly and laughed.