Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

After not seeing him for many days, Lao Zhao's face became even darker. When he saw him, he immediately showed two rows of big white teeth and laughed loudly: "Brother Yun is very capable. You can be terrified when you look at the official's side, hahaha!"

Shi Congyun cupped his hands and smiled, "Brother Lao Zhao, worry about it, where are you going?"

He vaguely felt that Lao Zhao's words were different from those of ordinary generals, they were all bold words, but Lao Zhao seemed to tell him casually that he was with the official family at that time, and others would respect him even more after hearing this.

After all, being able to be by the official's side, being able to talk to the official is a great skill, and he inadvertently said that he seemed to be a cronies of the official.

Zhao Kuangyin has a large group of people around him, and they are walking north. The front and rear lines are very long, and their tails are about a mile away.

"The official ordered a certain army to go to Xiacai, and first occupy the place. The official wanted to move the pontoon bridge from Zhengyang to the east to Xiacai, so that it could not only defend the pontoon bridge, but also take care of besieging Shouzhou." Zhao Kuangyin in Ma Back to explain.

"The officials are wise! In this way, the food can be transported directly from Xiacai, without having to detour to Zhengyang in the west, and can directly besiege Shouzhou." Shi Congyun immediately flattered him skillfully. In fact, this method is really good. It greatly saves manpower and material resources, and most of them can think of it.

Zhao Kuangyin glanced at him and laughed loudly: "Brother Yun is really good at talking, go and see the official, now Liu Yanzhen's army has been defeated by you, and it is completely defeated.

At noon today, news came from the southeast scouts. It turned out that the puppet Tang Dynasty not only sent a reinforcement army, but also a large army went to Dingyuan to the east, and was also preparing to reinforce Shouzhou.

Leading the troops were Huang Fuhui, the envoy of Fenghua in the puppet Tang Dynasty, and Yao Feng, the training envoy of the Changzhou regiment. They led [-] troops from Luzhou (Hefei) to the north. He fled in a hurry and retreated to Qingliu Pass!

The officials were very happy when they heard this, and said that you scared off the [-] troops of the Southern Tang Dynasty with your reputation alone. "

Seeing that he spoke easily, Shi Congyun joked, "Hahaha, it would be great if I really had that ability, and I can level the Tang Kingdom without fighting."

After that, Zhao Kuangyin also laughed.

"Does Zhao Duyu know what the officials have planned?"

"The officials wanted to take advantage of the big victory to divide their troops to occupy Huaibei Prefecture and counties as soon as possible, and sent Li Jixun to lead Hujie to besiege Shouzhou from the right side. Brother Yun, hurry up and meet the officials. The officials are going to Xiacai in the afternoon. There might be something important to explain.”

"Thank you Brother Zhao for telling me, I'm leaving now!" Shi Congyun cupped his hands and bid farewell to Zhao Kuangyin, and Lao Zhao continued to lead the troops in front of the brigade.

Shi Congyun hurried north, ready to meet the official family as soon as possible.

After approaching Zhengyang, Shi Congyun saw many flags standing in a distance, and teams of hundreds or thousands of people, or dozens of people, were heading east in a row, fighting against the tiger army. banner.

"It seems to be Li Jixun's Hu Jiejun." Shao Ji said beside him.

Shi Congyun nodded. Li Jixun has an impression. He seems to be one of the ten brothers of Zhao Kuangyin's Yishe. He should be a person who can fight. But we have no grievances and no enmity. Maybe we can make friends. If you have more friends, you will have a better way. .

Shi Congyun introspected, except for Li Chongjin, he seemed to have no enemies.

"So many people, where are they going?" Wang Zhong rushed up from behind.

Shi Congyun directly agreed without even thinking about it: "Where else can we go? Go and besiege Shouzhou. If Shouzhou doesn't go down, it doesn't make sense for us to occupy all of Huaibei."

Wang Zhong was puzzled: "Ah, then there will be no more wars."

"It's not up to me whether to fight or not." Shi Congyun said, if he can decide, he really wants to concentrate his forces to take down the states along the Huaihe River and Luzhou (Hefei).

After experiencing so many wars in the past two years, coupled with the many books he had read and the knowledge in his mind, he gradually figured out a set of things of his own, and he had a clearer view of the war and the situation.

On the way back to Zhengyang, he roughly went through the overall situation of this battle in his mind. He felt that this place was very similar to Shanxi at the beginning. They had already gained an advantage in the frontal battle, but they had no strategic support.

The so-called strategic support points are strong cities that can serve as transportation hubs, such as Shouzhou.

People have to eat, and war supplies, such as armor, weapons, arrows, leather, etc., are worn out. After each battle, the scrapped spear shafts need to be replaced with new ones. Armors need iron sheets and cowhide repairs. The bows and arrows need to be replenished, and the burqa cloth to wear on the body to prevent dust and heat from the armor, etc...  

Fortunately, a few people said that with an army of tens of thousands of people together, the natural loss is a lot every day, and the number of battles is astronomical.

Among them, the wear and tear of ironware is the biggest. These days, most people cook and eat in clay pots, because iron is precious.

If there is no solid strategic fulcrum to provide stable transportation of food, grass and supplies, this battle will definitely not go on.

Shouzhou is strong, and it is located in the middle of the Huaihe River. It is not so easy to support the Southern Tang navy in the downstream. It is not like Gwangju in the west, which is blocked by the Dabie Mountains. It is not convenient to transport and march. It is an ideal strategic fulcrum.

If the Zhou army wins, they can transport food and supplies along the Rushui and Yingshui, go east of the Huaihe River to Shouzhou to hoard, the army will replenish in Shouzhou, and send troops to various places in Huaibei, and the battle will be easy.

Similarly, if they can't take Shouzhou, Shouzhou has always been in the hands of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Tang army can still continuously transport troops, food, grass and luggage from Haozhou, Sizhou, Chuzhou and other places east of the Huaihe River to the front line along the Huaihe River. Just can't finish it.

Moreover, there is a canal in Chuzhou connecting the Yangtze River. Yangzhou, the eastern capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Jinling (Nanjing), the western capital, are both on the banks of the Yangtze River.

In addition, there is Luzhou (Hefei)!

Luzhou is also an important place. From there, take the Yangtze River to the waters of Chaohu Lake to go north, and you can get sufficient materials and supplies at any time, and then reinforce the vast areas of Huaibei.

These two strategic support points are still there. No matter how many Southern Tang soldiers they kill, it will not help. A steady stream of soldiers and supplies will be replenished to Huaibei along the Yangtze River, Chaohu Lake, and canals. If the war lasts for a long time, they will only be slowly consumed.

Whether the Southern Tang army can fight Shi Congyun is doubtful. Liu Yanzhen and Cheng Shilang who fought against him are indeed not good, but Liu Renshan of the Southern Tang Dynasty has withstood the siege of Li Gu's army for more than three months in Shouzhou with thousands of people. .

Moreover, the Southern Tang Dynasty was prosperous and everyone knew that the barn was full of grain and rice. What's more, there were Northern Han and Khitan behind the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Whether Li Yun's Zhaoyi Army and Fu Yanqing's Tianxiong Army can withstand the pressure from the north is also unknown.

If Shi Congyun is to fight this battle by himself, he feels that the most important thing at this time is to quickly gather all his troops to take Shouzhou and Luzhou. As for the remaining Guangzhou, Shuzhou, Yangzhou, Hezhou, Qinzhou, etc. I am not in a hurry to fight.

These two places are like Taiyuan in Hedong back then. Without Taiyuan, it would be useless to occupy more surrounding states and counties, and the Khitan people would have to be lost once they came.

Without Shouzhou and Luzhou, they would not be able to occupy Huaibei for a long time, and sooner or later they would not be able to hold the land after the Southern Tang increased their troops... …

Of course, these are just his own thoughts, and Shi Congyun is not stupid enough to tell the officials.

He has personally experienced the anger of the officials. Li Gu was just trying to protect the army, fearing that the pontoon bridge would be destroyed and the road would be cut off. When he retreated from Shouzhou to the Zhengyang officials, he became so angry that he almost accused Li Gu.

The official's eagerness for success couldn't be more obvious. At this time, telling him not to take advantage of the victory to attack Huaibei and concentrate all his troops to attack Shouzhou is undoubtedly a bad luck for the official, and he wants to die.

Shi Congyun rode his horse back, blowing the spring breeze with the fragrance of flowers, watching the flags flying in the north, and a large number of people and horses driving eastward, thinking that he was drifting from time to time, and actually questioned the number one wise king of the Five Dynasties.

.......

Shi Congyun saw that Guo Rong was not in Zhengyang Town, but a small village called Xiatai in the east of Zhengyang, with only a dozen or so households, surrounded by many peach trees, and the camp of the army stopped in the middle of the village.

There are already a large number of soldiers and horses on the periphery, surrounding this small village three times inside and three times outside.

The people in the village had never seen such a scene, and they all looked around nervously, but the officials always loved the people, and with him restraining them, the people and the Zhou army lived in peace.

After approaching the periphery, the first thing Shi Congyun saw was Li Gu who was smiling.

Li Gu still had the aura of an outsider, nodding when he saw him coming over and stroking his beard, with a smile on his face.

Shi Congyun didn't get up because of his military achievements, he got off his horse and went over to salute, "I've seen Li Xianggong."

Li Gu nodded, "Hurry up and see the driver, the official is about to go to Xiacai, but they stop marching just for you."

Shi Congyun didn't delay any longer, and followed Li Gu into the village. He was accompanied only by Si Chao. Si Chao was the striker appointed by Li Gu, and also the inspector of Luzhou and Shouzhou. He borrowed him.

The two entered the village side by side, and the official's family, led by Li Gu, walked into a heavily guarded courtyard.

Before entering the courtyard, Li Gu suddenly reminded him: "The queen is here, don't lose your temper."

Shi Congyun nodded, turned around and went in. There were two temporary red lacquer chairs in the yard, and two people sat on them. One of them was a government official, and the other was a very dignified and beautiful young woman.

Shi Congyun glanced at it, and was instantly amazed. He was stunned for a moment, but he reacted quickly, and hurriedly lowered his head and knelt down on one knee.

"The last general, Shi Congyun, has met the officials and the empress!" He immediately thought that this was the legendary Empress Fu, and thought it looked good, but he didn't dare to look up again.

Over there, Si Chao also knelt down to salute.

The official said directly: "Shi Congyun, I was watching from the east of Zhengyang that day, and I was very happy with your performance. Today you are leading the Zhenwu Jiedu envoy."

Shi Congyun was very excited, and quickly thanked: "Thank you, official!"

Unexpectedly, one day he would also worship Jiedu!

Although this is just an empty name, it is for him to receive salary treatment.Zhenwu Army Jiedu, located approximately on the border of Inner Mongolia in later generations, was part of Shuofang County established by the Han Dynasty.

Only then did Shi Congyun dare to raise his head.

The official nodded: "Don't let me down!

The scene in Zhengyang back then is still vivid in my mind when I think about it now, I never understood your formation that day.

Until Wang Shenqi mentioned and Wang Pu reminded me, do you want to use yourself as a bait to lure the main force of the Southern Tang Dynasty with your life, and then surprise and concentrate on raiding the enemy's coach? "

what?

Shi Congyun was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, I just set up a slanting formation, why did I sacrifice my life for benevolence?

So he quickly turned his head and said: "The officials are wise! The last general's tricks are enough to deal with the fake Tang army, but in the end the officials can see through them at a glance."

The official was in a good mood and nodded happily, "I will remember all your achievements in my heart, and there will be another reward when I return to Daliang."

"The world belongs to the officials. The officials are the sons of heaven, the sons of the emperor. As a minister, it is a matter of course for the officials to sacrifice their lives for benevolence!" Shi Congyun said excitedly, and finally had the opportunity to speak to the officials, but Can't you flatter me hard?

At the beginning, someone shouted "the master humiliated the officials to death" in front of the officials in Gaoping and defeated the commander. It shows how difficult it is to have the opportunity to speak in front of the officials.

"Shi Congyun, you are a loyal minister of my Great Zhou."

.......

Afterwards, the official said a few more words, while the empress sat beside him dignifiedly, with a dignified expression, quietly and without interjection.

After talking for about a quarter of an hour, the official finally got down to business: "I'm going to Cai, I wanted you to join the army, and with you and the Crane Control Army under your command, I feel much more at ease.

But at noon today, the informant reported that even if Puppet Tang was defeated by you for a while, the pontoon bridge is still not safe. "

Shi Congyun's heart skipped a beat, won't he be sent to fight again?

"The informant reported that the puppet Tang Dynasty had two naval forces stationed in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and Dangtu, with hundreds of warships, and our pontoon bridge might be cut off along the Huaihe River at any time. A thorn in the heart!

Shi Congyun, are you willing to pull out this thorn for me? "

Shi Congyun almost cried in his heart, shit!It's all because he said too much just now, the officials all said that he was a loyal minister of the Great Zhou, and he said those flattering words, so there is no room for him to refuse.

He could only say with a "face full of joy": "I am willing to do my best for the official family!"

The official nodded, "That's right, I'm relieved to leave this matter to you. You've just fought a big battle. If you have any requests, I can help you, or you can tell them."

Shi Congyun glanced at Si Chao beside him, rolled his eyes and said, "Serving the emperor is a matter of course, I dare not ask for anything.

The only thing is that the army has just arrived in Huaibei, and they are not familiar with the place, so it is very inconvenient to fight. I asked the officials to transfer General Si Chao to our army. He has been in Huaibei for several months and is familiar with the roads and traffic here. It's much easier to fight with him. "

After saying this, Si Chao next to him looked at him in surprise.

The official directly said: "Okay, then Si Chao will be transferred to be the commander of the deputy capital of the left wing of the control crane, under Shi Congyun's command."

"Follow the official order!" Si Chao quickly agreed.

.......

After leaving the small courtyard where the official's house is located, Shi Congyun said to Si Chao beside him: "The general won't blame me, I just think that the general is really talented and capable, without you by his side, many things would be difficult to accomplish.

Just like the capture and killing of Liu Yanzhen yesterday, it was all thanks to you. "

Seeing Shi Congyun's frankness, Si Chao couldn't say anything for a while, so he had to hand over his hands: "Where is the owner, you and I are doing things for the government. If we can work together to do things well, I will not hesitate to do so."

On that day, Shi Congyun organized the army in Zhengyang, while the officials led the army to Shouzhou.

The officials added the Zhenwu Army Jiedu envoy to him, and also gave him a new order to let him and Si Chao lead the army to the prosperous Tang Dynasty south of Zhengyang to attack the Southern Tang navy there.

Shi Congyun began to regret that he had boasted, because he had never fought against the navy!I have no experience at all.

If he had known this, he wouldn't be so flattering. If he made himself a loyal minister of the Great Zhou, he might be able to follow the official army to the east...

But soldiers are expensive, and Shi Congyun asked Si Chao for his opinion. Si Chao was very optimistic, and said directly: "This battle must be fought quickly, and the owner of the chamber defeated Liu Yanzhen's army. When the wind is timid, wait for them to recover after a while, we don't have warships, and we haven't practiced water warfare, so it won't be so easy to fight the navy."

Shi Congyun felt that what he said was reasonable.

So he made a decisive decision and sent Luo Yanhuan and Yu Cheng to meet Li Gu that night, asking to borrow his horse.

Under his repeated assurances, Li Gu lent him all the horses, war horses and pack horses in Zhengyang, a total of more than 6000 horses, and the fields south of Zhengyang almost became horse farms.

At the same time, Li Gu was also ordered to prepare more than 40 vehicles of tung oil, sulfur, saltpeter and other inflammable materials for him to burn down the boats of the Southern Tang Navy.

So Shi Congyun decisively ordered the next day that those who could ride horses would ride horses, and those who could not ride horses would use horses to carry armor, and march towards the prosperous Tang Dynasty at high speed, without giving the Southern Tang army any chance to breathe.

At the beginning, Liu Yanzhen sent troops from the direction of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, advancing both by land and water. Originally, he wanted the warships on the water to enter the Huaihe River and burn the pontoon bridge of Dazhou, and the troops on land would also launch an attack together.

As a result, Liu Yanzhen underestimated the enemy and led the army lightly, causing the army on land to be defeated first, and the warships in the river were still blocked in the middle. After receiving the news of Liu Yanzhen's defeat, he hurriedly fled back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

.......

In the next few days, Shi Congyun and Si Chao led the army and rushed all the way to the prosperous Tang Dynasty on the flat land of Huainan.

The army has many horses and vehicles, and it moves very quickly.

By March [-], the whole army had reached the north of Tang Dynasty along the tributaries of the Huai River.

At this time, Liu Yanzhen was defeated by Zhou Dynasty general Shi Congyun, defeated and killed, and none of the high-ranking generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty survived. Only Cheng Shilang was captured and survived. Ruins spread throughout the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The people in Shengtang Town were in a state of panic and chaos. Many people fled south with their families, trying to cross the Yangtze River to avoid the soldiers.

But even so, Zhou Jun's soldiers still came with lightning speed, much faster than many of them imagined, and what came was the Southern Tang nightmare of beheading Liu Yanzhen and capturing Shi Lang——Shi Cong cloud.

Chapter 130, Breaking the Prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, Shouzhou Battle

In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, there was no battle between the navy and the army as Shi Congyun imagined, and there was no tragic fight.