Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

So far, all the armies are progressing smoothly, winning successively. "

"It's all about the proper deployment and strategizing by the officials."

"Of course, but you have also worked hard. You have worked hard these days, but the battle is still going on. Don't relax. I will leave this to you. If there is any situation, please report immediately."

"No, I will do my best for the officials..."

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After returning from the Privy Council Office, Emperor Shi was in a good mood. At least the first stage of the attack went smoothly. All the armies achieved certain results, which reduced the resistance space of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Hukou.

At least there are more than 2 garrisons in Fenghua Army Town. If such a large force is broken up, it will greatly weaken the Southern Tang Dynasty.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival of this year, Goryeo sent people to pay tribute to Jian, and brought a few Goryeo beauties. Probably because Emperor Shi heard that Emperor Shi was so nice, Emperor Shi happily accepted it.

However, Emperor Shi has already turned thirty before he knew it, and in his thirties, the sea was too difficult for water. Except that Wushan is not a cloud, he is not so interested in pure beauty, and he is more interested in emotions and some special... ....Feel.

For example, when the two sisters Zhou Ehuang and Zhou Nuying are together, he is very excited, such as the three sisters of the Fu family...

Afterwards, Emperor Shi issued an edict to urge the Liao Kingdom to send this year's cattle and sheep as soon as possible, and hypocritically urged Xiao Siwen to send his daughter here as soon as possible.

In the war in the south, he has to pay more attention to the situation in the north. He has already personally written letters to Xiang Gong, Murong Yanzhao, Li Hanchao, Guo Jin, and Yang Jiye in the north, urging them to do more at this time. Pay attention to every move of the Liao Kingdom.

There is a big war in the south, and the news cannot be concealed forever. It is estimated that within two months, the north will also know the news of their attack on Jiangnan.

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Time passed quickly, and soon the end of the year was approaching, and good news from the south was frequent.

Cao Bin's army on the West Road conquered Chizhou and Tongling, and continued to approach Jinling.

In Tongling, they also captured more than [-] warships of the Southern Tang Army, but they did not fight much. After fighting for a while, the Southern Tang Army was defeated.

Under the leadership of Li Chuyun, the Central Route Army successfully built the first Yangtze River Bridge in history in Caishiji, using pontoon bridges to transport a steady stream of supplies and troops from Hezhou in the north of the Yangtze River, and Dangtu in the south of the Yangtze River as a base.

With such material and logistical support, they immediately carried out a deep strike. Fu Zhaoyuan led [-] troops, with four artillery battalions, Yuxun as his deputy, and left the river to the east to attack Lishui, another important assembly point of the Tang army.

On the second day of the first winter month, Fu Zhaoyuan made a great victory. He defeated more than 790 Tang troops in Lishui, captured [-] ranks, captured more than [-] people, and killed Li Xiong, the commander of the Southern Tang Dynasty who assembled the army in Lishui.

On Dongyue 27, Liu Renshan's East Route Army and Wang Shenqi's Wuyue Army flanked the Southern Tang Jiangyin army outside Changzhou City, winning a complete victory.

More than 5000 levels have been captured, more than [-] people have been captured, and countless people have been defeated.

Afterwards, the Jiangyin army of the Southern Tang retreated into the city of Changzhou and defended it to the death. Wang Shenqi and Wu Yuejun stayed behind to besiege the city, while Liu Renshan's East Route Army went straight to Jinling without any worries.

However, as the new year is approaching, the war may slow down a little bit, but the south of the Yangtze River is no better than the north, and the war will definitely not stop completely. They are sending troops in autumn and winter.

Chapter 476: Paper Tiger

Emperor Shi stared at the chessboard in front of him intently, full of ambition.

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Shi Huangdi gritted his teeth, abandoned his son and surrendered, looking at the old man Fan Zhi who was sitting across from him, his face was very foul.

Although Emperor Shi hasn't played chess for long, he is extremely smart, has a strong comprehension ability, and is very good at chess. He has never lost against others, and he has never won against Fan Zhi, so he is naturally very dissatisfied.

Does this old man have no EQ at all?Let the emperor win and die.

"Fan Gong, you are very good at chess." Shi Congyun said awkwardly, wanting to make up for his defeat.

"It's because the official chess skills are shallow." The old man said directly.

Emperor Shi wished he could shut his mouth, "Let's talk about the northern affairs, this game of chess is heresy, there is nothing to talk about."

"The veteran also feels the same way. The officials should pay attention to the world's major affairs. From now on, the veteran will not be asked to play chess."

Emperor Shi coughed twice, he was thick-skinned, and directly ignored the words: "Li Hanchao said that the cattle and sheep from the south of Liao Kingdom have been sent over, and I sent people to hand them over, but they gathered a lot of people on the border, maybe because they knew We're using troops in the South."

Fan Zhi stroked his beard, and immediately became serious, "This old man has gone to the Ministry of War and the Privy Council to verify this matter, and also discussed it with Duke Luqiu.

Officials and veterans thought they were just bluffing. "

Emperor Shi poured tea for him and filled it for himself, then asked, "How can you see that?"

"Before they were still secretly dispatching troops and Wu Desi's spies said that everyone in the Liao Kingdom knew that their lord was obsessed with hunting and ignored political affairs, and had always been in the northern grasslands.

If they are dispatching the army to the south, the movement will definitely not be small.

If the army from the north really came, they just wanted to take advantage of the fire to loot and send troops south.

If that's the case, they will go to war unless they change the king and re-gather people's hearts.Their lord has been ignoring the government on the grassland, and after two previous disastrous defeats, the minister judged that he could not grasp the situation, and dared not leave the vicinity of the northern court.

Once the troops are sent out, I am afraid that the Liao Kingdom will become chaotic by itself. "

Shi Congyun listened quietly, Fan Zhi was not that good at fighting, but in government affairs this old man was definitely the best one, except for his bad temper.

"He usurped the throne by soldiers and horses, and he couldn't make the local surrender in the country. If he wins the battle against the south, the situation will definitely improve. But he was once defeated by the officials in Guanbei, and once in the east of the river. The big defeat, the loss of soldiers and generals twice, the embarrassment and loss of ground, those who are dissatisfied with him must be more and more unable to suppress him.

So I deduced that he didn't dare to send troops. The ones to the south were at most Xiao Siwen and others' troops from the South Courtyard, just pretending. He probably knew that we were using troops against the south and wanted to take the opportunity to negotiate some conditions. "

After hearing his words, Emperor Shi fell into deep thought.

The reason why he likes to discuss with Fan Zhi on this kind of vacillating and undecided major matters, happens to be that this old man is a person who deliberately loses to him in chess, not someone who will flatter and flatter him. people.

His thoughts were actually similar to Fan Zhi's, but he didn't dare to be sure, because if he misjudged the situation, the main force would be in the south of the Yangtze River, so he wanted to hear what others thought.

"There are two main forces in the north. The Hedong Army to the west of Taihang Mountain, presided over by Xiang Gong and Li Jiye, has about 3 people. The Guanbei Army to the east of Taihang Mountain, guarded by Li Hanchao, Guo Jin, and Murong Yanzhao, has more than [-] troops. People." Emperor Shi tapped the white jade tabletop with bent knuckles, as if speaking to Fan Zhi, but also as if he was talking to himself.

In the end, Emperor Shi seemed to have made up his mind, "They thought this would scare me. Is this the one who was scared too much?"

Fan Zhi didn't speak, but listened attentively. The courtiers could raise their opinions, but the emperor had to make the decision.

"If there was no Yanmen Pass before, I might have hesitated. Now that Yanmen Pass is in hand, they still can't see the situation clearly."

Shi Congyun was determined to take a gamble, "Let Hedong Xianggong strengthen the defenses around Yanmen Pass in the north, send five thousand elite troops to reinforce Guanbei, let Murong Yanzhao lead the army north, and show them some color."

Fan Zhi just listened carefully without interrupting.

Emperor Shi understood Xiao Siwen's threat, but unfortunately he would not give up the initiative. If the Northwestern Han Dynasty was still there, and Taiyuan and Yanmenguan were not in his hands, he might indeed have to compromise, and those cattle and sheep would be abandoned.

But now that Shanxi is in his hands, Yanmen Pass in the north is strong against the enemy, Taiyuan is in his hands, and there is no worries in the west, how could he compromise with Xiao Siwen?

What's more, as Fan Zhi said, he also judged that the gathering of troops on the border to exert pressure this time was probably Xiao Siwen's and other Southern Institute's own assertions, and they wanted to use this to exert pressure and gain benefits.

They must not be used to them. In any case, if conditions permit, Emperor Shi will never allow the strategic initiative to be handed over to the enemy, even if he takes a risk, he will try.

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Emperor Shi stayed Fan Zhi in the palace for lunch, and then let him leave. Before leaving, he said: "Fan Gong is 59 this year, and he is not young. You should eat less salt. If you can't taste it, you can't taste it." , Eating too much is not good for you."

Fan Zhi is not young, and when I asked him to eat just now, he felt that the dishes made of flower pistils were too bland, so he asked someone to give him salt. Many elderly people like to eat heavy salt because of their degraded sense of taste, but this will increase the burden on the kidneys and cause Many diseases such as high blood pressure have overwhelmed the degraded body functions.

Although the old man Fan Zhi was irritating, Emperor Shi did not expect him to die: "If you leave, my chess skills will be rampant in the world in the future, and there will be no rivals. Wouldn't it be lonely?"

The old man paused, his face expressionless, he didn't know what he was thinking, and after a while he handed over his hand: "The old minister respectfully obeys the orders of the officials."

Emperor Shi nodded: "If you are not feeling well, you can come to the palace to see the imperial physician yourself after the next court, and only talk about it if you have nothing to do."

"Thank you."

"Go back." Emperor Shi waved his hand.

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In Dongyue, the war in the south is progressing smoothly. It has been more than two months since the troops were dispatched. The four armies are progressing smoothly. They each defeated the local armed forces and approached Jiangning. Emperor Shi expected to encircle the capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the spring of next year and force Li Yu to surrender.

It's just that during the Southern War, other problems followed one after another. First, Wu Desi arrested a dozen spies from the Liao Kingdom who were inquiring about artillery workshops by the Bianhe River.

Then Li Hanchao reported that the Liao Kingdom was gathering troops in the south of Youzhou City at the juncture of moving the tribute cattle and sheep, and Chen Bing went to the north. I don't know what they want to do.

At this time, 2 of the forbidden army were in the northern border defense line, more than [-] were in Jiangnan, [-] were in Heyang, more than [-] were in Guanzhong and Luoyang, and the rest were guarding Daliang.

Under such a situation, Emperor Shi resolutely decided to meet the tough, and transferred the elite from the west of Taihang Mountain to Sanguan, south of Youzhou, so that Murong Yanzhao led the army to take the initiative to go north to see what the Liao Kingdom wanted to do. He was moved and dared not move .They are really tough, or paper tigers.

Emperor Shi and Fan Zhi had the same judgment. The Liao Kingdom was a paper tiger at this time. They assembled the army because they knew about the war in the south and wanted to take the opportunity to bargain and negotiate terms.

But Emperor Shi didn't plan to negotiate terms with the paper tiger, he was going to let the Guanbei army go to negotiate with Xiao Siwen.

Chapter 477 , The South Campus Plan

"Your Majesty, my lord has always served the Son of Heaven diligently and conscientiously without any arrogance. My lord has served your majesty with your son and father, respectfully, diligently and diligently, without any fault..."

In the court hall, Shi Congyun listened to the nasty words of the peace envoy from the south of the Yangtze River, and thought to himself, what kind of son should serve his father, then Li Yu is three years older than me, how can he be his own son.

There are two envoys sent by the Southern Tang hastily to seek peace this time. One is the Minister of the South of the Yangtze River, Hanlin Bachelor, and Minister of the Ministry of Officials Xu Xuan.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is just an additional official, and the actual power is in the hands of the dispatcher who judges the Ministry of Officials. However, compared to his official position, this person is more famous in the cultural circle, and he is a well-known talent in the south of the Yangtze River.

However, Emperor Shi was not interested in his talents.

The other is a Taoist priest surnamed Zhou. I heard that he is eloquent and has a good relationship with Li Yu. He is a friend who often talks about scriptures and Taoism.

And Li Yu also likes to talk about scriptures and Taoism. It is said that he has studied Buddhist and Taoist classics, so this Taoist priest was also named a high-ranking official.

But when we arrived in Daliang, in the face of the imperial palace armed to the teeth, tall and powerful, and murderous, the Imperial Army, his mouth seemed to be unacceptable, unable to speak, and would only keep introducing Li Yu's handwriting to the emperor. letter.

In those letters, Li Yu repeatedly stated that as long as the Qin army stopped attacking and gave Jiangnan a way out, he was willing to abdicate immediately, go to the mountains to become a monk, and ignore political affairs.

Emperor Shi was almost amused by his statement. As worthy of being the son of a prince and general, he thought his identity was worth a lot. Their Li family claimed to be descendants of the Tang Dynasty royal family. He wouldn't think that he cared about his identity, would he? Subject to his abdication.

Emperor Shi shook his head, he really couldn't understand Li Yu's thinking.

And Xu Xuan over there is still working hard, saying that Li Yu is good, but he can bear the title of a great talent in the south of the Yangtze River. Facing Emperor Shi, the ministers with unkind faces and the swordsmen of the Forbidden Army on both sides of the hall, he has no stage fright at all. In the end, I summed it up in one sentence: "The lord of the country is respectful, prudent, conscientious, and serves His Majesty like a father and son. His Majesty's teacher comes from an unknown person. I pray for the retreat of the troops and the peace of the south of the Yangtze River.

The court has orders, His Majesty only needs to keep the edict, and the Jiangnan monarchs and ministers will do their best to obey His Majesty's will. "

Emperor Shi looked at his sophistry, and there were not many disturbances in his heart. In fact, before Liu Renshan's army and King Wuyue's army encircled the Jiangyin army, Li Yu wrote a letter to King Wuyue, explaining the truth of his lips and teeth, and hoped that Wuyue would not send troops to help Qin.

However, King Wuyue submitted the letter to Wang Shenqi after changing hands, and then it came to Emperor Shi's desk. Even without that letter, he would not listen to Jiangnan's rhetoric. Li Yu still didn't understand that this was not a matter of fame and fortune. It is not the etiquette dogma of the monarch, minister and father, and it cannot be applied to the legal principles of various schools born in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

The extermination of the Southern Tang Dynasty is the state policy of the Qin State, and it is the general trend of the world. He doesn't even understand this reason. Either he obediently submits like Wu Yue, or he is determined to resist desperately like the Northern Han Dynasty. Emperor Shi will look at him highly. When the army approached Jinling, he was still undecided. He could only say that it was no wonder someone compared him with Song Huizong.

Emperor Shi lowered his eyes to look at Xu Xuan, and said without thinking, "Since you said that Li Yu is my son, why didn't he come when I asked my son to come to the capital for a reunion? Isn't this an unfilial son?

If you want me to retreat, you can go back and tell Li Yu that he will come to Daliang to reunite with my father and son, and I will withdraw immediately. "

One sentence immediately made Xu Xuan speechless, and many ministers around covered their mouths and laughed, with strange expressions on their faces.

No matter how eloquent Xu Xuan was, he didn't know how to refute for a while, so he could only kneel down and beg silently, and refused to get up for a long time.

Emperor Shi didn't make things difficult for him, but said: "Get up, you can't solve the problem even if you kneel for a long time, it's not your fault, you are also a well-read and courageous person, you will not be able to foresee this day ."

Xu Xuan was speechless, still unable to get up.

Seeing this, Shi Congyun said directly, "You have already done your duty as a courtier, and you don't belong to Lin Xiangru back then. The difference is that the Zhao State behind Lin Xiangru was originally as powerful as Qin State, so he can argue with reason and dare to Threatening the King of Qin, because Qin State did not dare to provoke Zhao State easily.

The Tang Kingdom behind you is weak and deceitful, so the honor and disgrace of the courtiers are given by the monarch, and the honor and disgrace of the monarch is determined by the strength of the country. The strength of your country lies there. Many things are not done by you alone, nor are you just saying a few words The words can be changed, you have tried your best, go back, and tell Li Yu that the world is one family now, and the general trend is the trend. If he knows the current affairs, he can die well. The kings of Shu, Beihan, Nanping, and Wuping are all living well in Daliang. "

Xu Xuan got up this time, with tears in his eyes, and said after bowing again: "Your Majesty is the Holy Lord of the Ming Dynasty, and the old minister is going back to Jiangnan."

Without further delay, he left with the trembling Taoist priest who had been in a dazed state.

This mission to seek summation did not achieve any results.

Emperor Shi also ordered that as the year was approaching, all localities should ensure sufficient supplies for the four-way army in the war, such as meat and eggs.

Then they turned their attention to the north again, and ordered the four artillery battalions originally stationed in Heyang to be sent to Guanbei and called to Murong Yanzhao.

In this way, the imperial army in Guanbei reached about 5000 people. Murong Yanzhao led the two kings to go north to respond to the selection of the Liao Kingdom. He could also bring ten artillery battalions at the same time, ensuring at least two to three hundred field artillery Can handle an accident.

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Yelu Xiezhen, Gao Xun and others rode their horses through the muddy road of the camp. After being trampled by the horses and horses, there was another light snowfall, which made the knife paths in the camp extremely muddy.

After a while, the tall and burly Yelu Xiezhen rode over, "Stay behind, Privy Gao, all the troops have assembled, there are a total of more than 1000 people, and the Imperial Army of the South Court has already deployed to the northeast to protect the nobles."

Speaking of the nobleman, the three of them tacitly understood that the current situation in the court is not clear, the status of the nobleman is there, and he needs elite soldiers to protect him.

In the distance, a large number of soldiers are continuously gathering in the big camp. The troops from various departments are reporting in the big tent of the Chinese army, registering the number of people, and there are large flags on the other side of the woods in the distance. After the woods is a small river. Thousands of horses were there to drink the river water, which was originally small, until the river bed was exposed.

The more than 1000 people that Yelu Xiezhen said will only be more, eating, drinking and lazing are not a small number, but if you can save tens of thousands of livestock because of one gathering, it is totally worth it, not to mention that most of the gatherings this time are from the South Courtyard People and horses, they also want to take this opportunity to practice in case of emergency.

"Do you think Shi Congyun will back down?" Xiao Siwen was still a little nervous. In the previous two big defeats, he was captured by Shi Congyun once. He was deeply impressed and couldn't get rid of it. Some scared.

"He will. Although Shi Congyun is lustful, he is a person who does great things. According to the news from the south, they have more than [-] troops in the south of the Yangtze River. In order to stabilize the situation, he will definitely give in." Yelu Xiezhen said.

Gao Xun looked happy, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "These cattle and sheep are not limited to our south courtyard, the north produces the most. If they can be kept, it will be a great fortune."

The three looked at each other and smiled, and said no more.

Gao Xun, the privy envoy of the Southern Court, said curiously: "Xiao Liushou, where is your pro-army?"

"My eldest daughter, Hu Nian, has assembled and led them to patrol the south to spy on the Qin army's movements. She wanted to dance spears and sticks since she was a child, and as soon as she heard about it, she took over. I originally wanted to marry her. However, the situation is sensitive recently, and we need to wait for the nobleman's affairs."