Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

While people were panicking, everyone also started talking.

Some people think that the official family is going to send troops, and some people think that the official family is young and only ascended to the throne.

They would only allow the Northern Han and Khitan to harass and loot north of the Yellow River and then retreat, so the army of the Zhou Dynasty would guard the ferry south of the Yellow River and would not cross the Hebei.

The people north of the Yellow River were going to suffer, and they all felt that they had to be prepared to avoid the disaster.

Many officials and commoners from Mengzhou, Huaizhou and other prefectures on the other side of the Yellow River drag their families to the Zhengzhou boundary on the other side of the river, and the ferrymen take the opportunity to raise the price and make a lot of money.

The guards stationed in Zhengzhou have also begun to recall soldiers one after another. According to regulations, if the guards are located nearby, they will have time to go home during the rest period.

Due to the large number of people at the ferry, the order was chaotic and crowded. Shi Congyun asked his father for his order and took the soldiers of the battalion to the river to maintain order.

His current official position is the head of Shi Yanchao's personal soldiers, but in fact he still leads a battalion as before, with more than 300 people.

Shi Yanchao hesitated for a while, told him not to kill and agreed.

Shi Congyun felt that the warning was strange, and he slowly reacted on the way to the ferry crossing of the Yellow River. It turned out that the old man thought he was going to take advantage of the fire and make a profit!

Heaven and earth conscience, he really just wants to maintain order and let more people cross the river quickly, so as not to cause chaos!

It's not easy for them to live in chaos in Zheng County.

The ferry crossing of the Yellow River in the north of Zhengxian County was crowded and turned into a pot of porridge. It was nothing for the boatmen to raise the price. There were even local gangsters and bullies blocking the ferry to ask for property, otherwise the people would not be allowed to cross the river. As a good socialist youth, he did not want to sit by and watch. ignore!

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The reality is that, when you first arrived at the ferry, although the bullies were chased away, the people were even more afraid of him!

Some people gathered a sum of money and sent it to him tremblingly, saying that he would ask the military lord to make it easier, take pity on them, and let them cross the river.

I almost made Shi Congyun happy, not to mention, quite a lot...

If it wasn't for his firm will, he would have almost closed it.

He repeatedly explained that he did not take a cent, was not paid, and constantly restrained his sergeants. After working hard day and night, the people gradually believed that he was really a good man!

He said that it was not because he had a good heart, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the soldiers would take it for granted in the future, and the people would follow suit in panic, and gradually it would become a robbery.

Shi Congyun was able to maintain order and organize everyone to get on the boat and cross the river in an orderly manner, which greatly increased the efficiency.

In this day and age, being a bad person is easy, but being a good person is hard!

In fact, Shi Congyun did not understand this era.

No wonder his father and the people thought so, they were really afraid of the rope after being bitten by a snake for ten years.

There is a big difference between the ancient army and the imagination of later generations. There are very few well-disciplined troops, but most of the time soldiers are more terrible than bandits.

Therefore, there is a saying among the people that "the bandit is like a comb, and the soldier is like a grate", and the common people are more afraid of the soldiers than the bandits.

People in later generations were influenced by the recent People's Liberation Army, and most of them had a good impression of the army, but the army in ancient times was not like that. It was the basic operation of the army of each dynasty to borrow the heads of the villagers, and the army of the five generations was even more terrifying.

In the chaotic era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms with moral collapse, the army's burning, killing and looting can only be regarded as a routine operation.

If it is said that this is a helpless choice for survival when there is no food, there are still many generals of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms who directly take eating the same kind as their hobby, and feel that what they eat will make up for what they eat. There are all kinds of jaw-dropping theories and eating methods.

Until the Northern Song Dynasty, most of the army was the army inherited from the five generations. Even if Zhao Kuangyin kept insisting that generals should study, and tried to use ritual and music education to make these guys who are almost unworthy of people pick up the three views, but when the army in Pingshu entered Sichuan , Burning, killing, looting, looting money, looting food and looting Sichuan girls are all over the place, and they can't be stopped.

Among the generals and officials of the Song army, there are still evil things of the same kind.

The soldiers of this era are such soldiers.

Therefore, Shi Congyun led the soldiers without any request to protect the people crossing the river.I can't tolerate people not being surprised and wondering if he has some conspiracy to extract more.

Under the surprised eyes of the people, Shi Congyun maintained order at the ferry for several days.

Gradually, the boatmen and people at the ferry got used to it, and they dared to come over to talk to them. They often thanked them a thousand times, and stuffed things into the arms of the soldiers, which flattered the soldiers who had never been treated like this.

However, he gave a death order not to accept it. Once he opened his mouth, people scrambled to follow him.

The people in the north fled intermittently, and various news from the court kept coming. Zhengzhou was very close to Bianliang, and many news were well-informed.

What did the official Guo Rong say is too sad, and he is unwilling to go to the court to take charge of the government. His filial piety is commendable, and he is moved by the heavens and the earth. The minister Feng Dao led the hundred officials to the table again and again to persuade him to come out to manage state affairs. The people in the capital also said that the new official Guo Rong's filial piety is commendable and so on.

As for the truth, the truth is unknown, the news is all brought by business travelers and some lower-level officials.

On the 27th of the first lunar month, Guo Rong finally met with the officials in the east of the Long Live Hall, marking the entry of the Great Zhou Kingdom into the era of Guo Rong's rule.

Many people put down their hearts hanging in their throats. In such a chaotic world, excessive power transfer is more difficult than anything else. The smooth transfer of power in the Zhou Dynasty has been over and avoided the catastrophe of life and death. Everyone is relieved.

However, Shi Congyun on the edge of the Yellow River was not relieved, because the people who fled south across the river did not decrease, but increased day by day.

On the afternoon of February [-], several messengers in military uniforms and riding horses crossed the river. Shi Congyun casually chatted with them and learned that they were soldiers from Luzhou. They crossed the river from Zhengzhou to Bianjing to report to the emperor. Liu Min really colluded with the Khitan general Yang Gong and led tens of thousands of troops to the south!

Chapter 6, Luqiu's Family

At this point, war is inevitable, it's just a matter of how to fight it.

When he returned to the camp, there was already a lot of discussion in the army, and everyone's opinions were relatively unified. Many people believed that the new officials would send a general to fight against Liu Chong.

As for who leads the army, some people think it is Hebei's Tianxiong Army Jiedu envoy Wei Wang Fu Yanqing, some people think it is Hezhong Jiedu envoy Wang Yanchao, and some people think it is Heyang Jiedu envoy Liu Ci...

In the afternoon that night, Shi Yanchao summoned several members of the army to direct the discussion.

The main content is to let them restrain the soldiers, not to cause trouble, and to prepare for war. Shi Congyun has no seat on such occasions and has been standing behind his father.

When he came home for dinner, Shi Yanchao talked about this to his aunt and his wife, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was not as good as it used to be.

The aunt and the little niece were silent, with worried expressions on their faces, deliberately avoiding her eyes. Even the younger sister Shi Congmei blinked, her eyes full of worry and anxiety.

Shi Congyun reached out and touched her little head to show comfort, the room was very quiet.

If it was a peaceful era, with Shi Yanchao's status as an official, even if he made a mistake, his family would live in peace and prosperity, and it would be common for him to live a lifetime of wealth and honor.

But now it is different. Changing the emperor is like changing clothes. Basically, people take tea to cool off. The Shi family's mansion in Bianjing was taken over from a former official a few years ago.

If you meet a good person, there may be a way to survive. For example, Guo Wei, the emperor who just passed away, took over the property of Zhao Ying's mansion in the Jin Dynasty a few years ago, and then returned it benevolently to his descendants, but most people are not like that. People are a minority.

So no one is not afraid.

Shi Yanchao didn't notice that the atmosphere was wrong, and said while eating, "I don't know who the officials will send to lead the troops this time."

"The official family is estimated to be recruited in person." Shi Congyun interrupted: "If the official family is someone who wants to do great things, they will not miss such an opportunity.

The official family has only succeeded the throne, and people are unstable, and there are many people who wait and see. If the battle is successful, many problems will be solved easily, and it will not be so time-consuming and laborious. "

Shi Yanchao glanced at him, nodding as if he didn't understand: "You speak like those courtiers, and Long Jiejun must be the forerunner anyway."

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The next day, Shi Congyun went to the ferry as usual to maintain order.

Standing by the Yellow River, looking at the opposite bank from a distance, the shimmering river surface, the rippling sound of the waves, and the endless flow of ships.

For the first time the war was so close to him.

Several personal soldiers also talked about their own war memories, or how a former brother died tragically, or how their enemy died tragically under the knife.

And Wang Zhong talked the most, Shi Congyun couldn't help but kicked him. The dog must have seen that he was nervous and deliberately said it to scare him. How can anyone knock people's brains out of their mouths? Is he a fool!

Wang Zhong laughed and hurriedly dodged, "Brother Yun, don't worry, someone in the battle can protect you."

Shao Ji doesn't talk much, and looks like a master at first glance.

Standing on the bank of the Yellow River, blowing the cow and blowing the wind, someone came over soon after, as if thanking him. Shi Congyun was prepared to refuse as usual.

When I got closer, I realized that the people who came were quite different.

Dressed in a taupe book long gown, neatly dressed, about 30 years old, accompanied by two Kongwuli men in short jackets, they seem to be scholars.

In the distance, there is a team of twenty people waiting by the river, looking here from time to time, presumably they are accompanying family members, so they are not ordinary people.

There are not many powerful scholars these days.

"I met the owner of Xiaoxiang in Luqiu Boyu in Xialu Prefecture, and I took the liberty to express my thanks. I heard that the generals did not take anything, not accepting it at all, for the benefit of the people. I really admire Gao Fengliangjie. Please accept the old man's worship." When he opened his mouth, he used the registration number and told his details. He must have inquired.

Shi Congyun returned the salute, with great joy in his heart, having done good deeds for so many days, finally a sensible one came, and when he had the opportunity to pretend to be forced, he said righteously: "When I am guarding one side, I should think for the sake of the people and seek blessings for the people of the world. Well, it's a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning, old man, you don't need to spread it everywhere.

But I think the old man looks like a scholar? "

Luqiu Boyu nodded, "The owner of the small chamber has a good eye, and he is originally from Qi, and he passed down his family with poetry and books."

"People from Qi? People from Shandong, why did you come to Zhengzhou?"

"My brother was in Luzhou for the Zhaoyi Festival, and the thieves were about to arrive in Luzhou. He was worried that the city would be destroyed, so he led the family to move south to avoid disaster."

Shi Congyun nodded and understood. It turned out that his brother was an official under the Jiedushi of the Zhaoyi Army. The Khitan army from the Northern Han Dynasty was about to go south, so he asked him to take some of his family to the south across the Yellow River for refuge.

In this way, even the broken family in Luzhou city can continue.

Luqiu Boyu smiled a little embarrassedly: "The owner of the small compartment will not laugh at the cowardice of the old man."

"No, it's not easy for anyone in a difficult world, and isn't the old uncle still in the north?" Shi Congyun didn't think much about this question.

The Luqiu family was rather wiser. The elder brother continued to prepare for the deadly battle, and the younger brother took his family to Lamphun. No matter how the family continued, he did not neglect his duty.

"The owner of the small compartment is not like an ordinary person..."

Shi Congyun said a few more words to him, talking about the situation in the north and the changes in the enemy's situation.

This old man is more knowledgeable and thinks that this time the pseudo-han and Khitan sent troops to take advantage of the new emperor's succession to take advantage of the opportunity to attack and seek some benefits.

He also thinks so, Da Zhou is undoubtedly the strongest among the many separatist regimes, and has the most chance to dominate the world.

"Pseudo-han has suffered many losses in the competition with me in Da Zhou before, and now he dares to suddenly collude with the Khitan to go south. It is nothing more than seeing me succeeding the new emperor, thinking that there is an opportunity, such a speculative generation as long as the official family is determined to be defeated in one battle." Shi Congyun started to blow as he spoke. He dared to slap his chest and talk big, because he already knew that the Zhou Dynasty would win this battle, but he didn't know the details.

Luqiu Boyu chuckled, "The owner of the small chamber is arrogant." He didn't take it too seriously, after all, Shi Congyun was just a little kid.

After talking for a while, Shi Congyun also slowly understood from his words, Luqiu Zhongyu came to talk to him, I'm afraid it wasn't because he admired his high style and did things for the people.

Instead, it became clear that his father was the defense envoy of Zhengzhou, and he held the elite Longjie army of the imperial court. In the future, their family would settle in Zhengzhou again to establish a relationship and make a face.

After understanding it, Shi Congyun didn't speak with enthusiasm.

Depend on!I thought that my tiger body was shocked, and the high talk made the other party fall to the ground. I was convinced, and my heart was dark.After doing it for a long time, it was still aimed at his father's status.

After careful reflection, it seems that there is no such person in history named this name, and with no interest at all, Shi Congyun sent him away with a few casual greetings.

However, it was not all fruitless. From Luqiu Boyu's words, Shi Congyun heard that the situation in the north was already very dangerous.

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After returning from the river that afternoon, some soldiers in the army told him that officials in red robes came from the east and had secret talks with Shi Yanchao in the Chinese army tent for half an hour.

Then Shi Yanchao summoned the commander of the whole army and ordered the army to be assembled. Two days later, the army set off to cross the Yellow River.

With the order, Zhengzhou, south of the Yellow River, suddenly boiled, and there was a vague sense of unease.

That night, Shi Yanchao asked him again if he wanted to stay.

Shi Yanchao's face was not at all soft, but Shi Congyun understood from his words, his father wanted him to stay, and Shi Congyun was the only male in the family.

"Father, I have to go this time." Shi Congyun understood the love that his old father was hard to say, but if he didn't go, Shi Yanchao would be dead.

In the end, Shi Yanchao had no choice but to nod, and then said, "There is no father and son in the army. Since we are going, I will arrange everything."

Shi Congyun agreed.

Chapter 7, Confession

The next day, the spring breeze roared, the sky was cloudless, the sun in early spring was a little hot, and the skin was warm and comfortable, but in the warm sunlight, the army began to prepare anxiously.Life and death are boundless, and no one wants to enjoy the sunshine no matter how good it is.

For Shi Congyun, it was even more so. In a month, he had just become familiar with the world of Rongjin, the people here, the things here, and the rhythm of integrating into this place, and he was quickly pushed to another new beginning, a road with an uncertain future.

Fortunately, Shi Congyun died once, which is more open.

He kept reminding himself in his heart that this was an era when the average age was only in his early thirties.This time, life and death in the north are divided into five or five, and if you don’t want to die, you can’t help yourself. Can you come back and see if God will give you face, so if you can’t dominate your destiny, at least die more freely.

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When he got up in the morning, he didn't go to the camp. After packing up some small items, he went to his house and smashed all the valuable things he had saved.

There are not many piles together, a pile of various treasures, the most valuable are a few kinds of finely broken gold and silver.

After the end of the Tang Dynasty, in just a few decades, there were many countries and five dynasties.

The long time is more than ten years, and the short one is only four years. Most of them have issued their own coins in imitation of the Tang Dynasty, but they are not very effective and cannot be recognized by the people.

Therefore, the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" issued by the Tang Dynasty several decades ago is still popular among the people today, and because the Tang Dynasty disappeared decades ago, and no one minted money on a large scale, these coins have a relatively high value.

He originally wanted to hand over all the money to the aunt and the little niece, and let them "keep it for them" on their behalf, but it was actually a nicer way to explain the funeral. If he couldn't come back, he wouldn't waste it.

I never thought that the aunt and the little girl seemed to have something to say to the father, Shi Yanchao, and would not come out after entering the North Court for a long time.