Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

The next day, officials came from the east, and an order came from the officials to transfer Li Chongjin to lead the army to defend the city of Shouzhou.

Shi Congyun thanked him in front of the officials, and almost burst into tears of gratitude.

But he is not a three-year-old child, nor is he stupid and sweet. Although he is a "loyal minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty", he understands very well that the officials are not just sympathetic to him.

In the end, no matter what Li Chongjin is, he is the "family" of the official family, and he, an outsider, is incomparable.

In the troubled times of the Five Dynasties, if you want to rely on your subordinates to be loyal ministers, you will die long ago and there will be no scum left.

To put it bluntly, the concept of blood in this era has become less serious than before with the integration of foreign races such as the Shatuo people.

Even if Li Chongjin and Zhang Yongde really usurp the throne, they will still be ruled by one family, just like the former emperor Guo Wei passed the throne to Chai Rong, his adopted son.

Therefore, the officials will definitely trust Li Chongjin and Zhang Yongde more than outsiders like him.

Like Zhao Kuangyin, although he had a lot of military exploits, until Guo Rong's death, he was only the third in command of the front office, and the top in command was always Zhang Yongde, who was far inferior to him.

Before Guo Rong died, he promoted Zhang Yongde and gave him a high salary, and replaced Zhao Kuangyin in charge of the Dianqian Division. Many people understood it as suspicion.

But from Shi Congyun's point of view, it's not that he doesn't trust him, it's more likely that he is afraid of his own death. Zhang Yongde's ability can't restrain the forbidden army, and he can't stabilize Zhou Guo, which is surrounded by powerful enemies, while Zhao Kuangyin has ability and has always been very loyal.

In any case, after experiencing so much, Shi Congyun's mind is gradually clearing up. Even if he has military exploits, the chances of getting Guo Rong to recognize him as "one of his own" is very small, and it is completely two concepts.

Guo Rong didn't let him go, that's just right, he came from Daliang these days, ran more than a thousand miles, risked his life, not to mention, he was exhausted, physically and mentally exhausted, it was just right to rest for a while.

Besides, Shouzhou is the Jincheng Tangchi, and he also knows that Liu Renshan is not a kind person.

He couldn't remember the specific details in history, but he remembered that Liu Renshan fell in Huainan, defended the isolated city under the siege of tens of thousands of Zhou troops, and dared to go out of the city to fight back and win the battle. He was not an easy person to deal with, he had to go!

Let them fight Liu Renshan to the death...

Chapter 131, Sensitive Empress Fu

Shi Congyun's army stayed in Zhengyang, just taking the opportunity to rest for a few days.

The news from the east also depends on whether it is coming. Most of them are good news. The only problem is the siege of Shouzhou.

At first, the officials thought that the failure of the siege was Li Gu's problem, and they blamed Li Gu for this, thinking that he was slack and did not try his best to attack the city.

Now that I have really arrived at the city of Shouzhou, the main force to attack the city is Li Jixun's more than 1 Tigers and the people of the prefectures. Shouzhou is still impenetrable and cannot be attacked continuously.

It's really not that Li Gu doesn't work hard, it's that Shouzhou is too difficult to fight.

However, the only unsatisfactory thing is the war in Shouzhou. In other places, things are going very smoothly.

At the end of March, an old acquaintance came to the army. It turned out to be the young officer Ludoxun whom he had met before.

After the meeting, Lu Duoxun took the initiative to greet him enthusiastically: "I haven't seen you for a long time. Shi Jieshuai has made outstanding achievements many times. Now he is in a high position, which is really admirable. I followed the official's side during the Zhengyang battle. Regardless of ancient methods, use soldiers like gods."

Shi Congyun heard the flattering meaning in his words, but he was still happy in his heart. After all, someone boasted about himself, so how can he not be unhappy: "The special envoy is overrated, and he just fought a trivial battle, but he walked around the imperial court like Special Envoy Lu , To be able to enter the eyes of the official family is what I look forward to."

After the two exchanged a few pleasantries, Ludoxun followed him into the camp while talking about business.

"This time, I brought the official's will. The official asked Jieshuai to lead the army to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to attack Shuzhou."

"Shuzhou..." Shi Congyun pondered for a while, then nodded. Shuzhou, he knows, is not an important place at the foot of the Dabie Mountains, nor is it a strong city. He just feels that it is not worth it. All forces should be concentrated to attack Shouzhou and Luzhou, and leave those places alone.

But since this was an official order, he didn't dare to object, he nodded and said: "I'm going to leave now."

Then he greeted: "Come here, set up a banquet with wine, and I want to treat Special Envoy Lu well."

Lu Duoxun was a little flattered, because the last time he met Shi Congyun, he was just a commander, and it was understandable to treat him with respect and courtesy. Now that Shi Congyun is a Jiedushi, he still treats him respectfully and politely, which is almost unheard of among generals. , For a while, his favor for Shi Congyun increased greatly.

Shi Congyun thought that these officials usually walk around the imperial court, and they are well-informed and have a wide range of sources of information. It must be of great benefit to him to make friends with them, so he put down his temper and treated them well.

At the banquet, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Shi Congyun began to casually whisper: "Special Envoy Lu must be very busy in the east too, there are so many wars over there, and the special envoy is helping the officials. For those who are in control, it’s inevitable that everything will happen every day.”

"Actually, I'm not too busy. It's Li Xianggong and Wang Xianggong's work, and it's not my turn to worry about it." Lu Duoxun put down his glass and said, "In the past two days, there have been many soldiers looting the people around Shouzhou. Li Xianggong is very busy with this matter."

Shi Congyun nodded, frowning: "The officials are still there, are they so bold? Are all the armies unable to control even their own subordinates?"

Lu Duosun shook his head, "The Commander-in-Chief doesn't know that there are only a small number of forbidden troops besieging Shouzhou, and there are tens of thousands of township soldiers and civilian husbands conscripted from all over the country. The township soldiers are not easy to manage, and the forbidden troops are courageous. When they gather together, chaos will arise. .”

Village soldiers have to bring their own equipment and food to fight for the country, and the training can't keep up, let alone discipline.

"The other thing is that the defense of Langzhou made Zhao Chao do something that annoyed the officials. At the beginning, Jieshuai defeated the thieves in Zhengyang. Li Chongjin and Shi Yanchao led their troops to pursue them, and finally captured more than [-] people from the puppet Tang army. Hand it over to Zhao Chao to guard..."

Lu Duosun shook his head, "Then Zhao Chao was famous for accepting bribes before. He was not so powerful in war, but he killed more than 3000 puppet Tang soldiers overnight."

Shi Congyun was also shocked when he heard this.

"The officials also have the ambition of leveling the world and unifying the world, so they are more lenient in their approach, and try to treat everyone in the world as their own subjects.

In Gaoping, a group of Hedong people were released, and they were not given cloth to let them go home.

At that time, nearly ten thousand Shu soldiers captured by Jieshuai in Guanzhong, the officials ordered those who were willing to serve for the Great Zhou to stay, and those who wanted to return to their hometowns were all released. Over the past two years, they have accumulated a lot of fame and support. Killing more than 3000 people overnight has ruined all these reputations. "

"The officials won't deal with him." Shi Congyun asked in shock.

"He belongs to the Zhao family, so the officials did not pursue it..." Lu Duoxun lowered his voice.

Shi Congyun understood, probably because of Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Hongyin's sake, the officials didn't deal with Zhao Chao.

I also have some indescribable disgust towards Zhao Chao...

The next day, Shi Congyun sent Lu Duoxun away, and began to march south with a large army, preparing to go to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and then followed the new army at the foot of the Dabie Mountains to Shuzhou.

Other things can be said at that time, Shuzhou is not a golden city Tangchi, it is definitely much easier to fight than Shouzhou, and it is not important there, there may be few soldiers stationed there, and it is not certain that the army will surrender directly when it arrives.

But the key point is that it is very annoying to walk on the mountain road. I am used to the plains of Huainan, and when I think of going to a place where looking at the mountains and running dead horses, Shi Congyun suddenly feels weak in his feet.

Lu Duosun also revealed some news to him. The officials not only sent him to attack Shuzhou this time, but also sent various troops to attack the surrounding counties.

Among them, the army with the most troops was led by Zhao Kuangyin to attack Huangfuhui and Yao Feng's troops near Qingliu Pass.

Although Shi Congyun didn't want Zhao Kuangyin to be successful in his career, his rationality told him that Lao Zhao was capable, and he could handle it in all likelihood...

After that, it was a long march. It was easier to walk from Zhengyang to Shengtang Road. It was all plains. If you go further south, you can’t go straight. The Dabie Mountains lie between Shengtang and Shuzhou, so you can only take a detour.

.......

At the end of March, while Shi Congyun was still on the march, news of great victories came from the east one after another.

The person brought is the messenger who ensures the connection between the army and the officials.

According to his words, Huangfu Hui and others led his troops to line up on the mountain, and Zhao Kuangyin divided his troops to fight against him as a forward.

Zhao Kuangyin himself led his troops around the mountain and attacked the Southern Tang army from behind.

Huangfu Hui was shocked, and the army was in chaos and defeated. He led the troops into Chuzhou City, preparing to break the bridge and defend the city.

Zhao Kuangyin led his troops across the river to the city of Chuzhou immediately.

Huangfuhui saw that the troops were in chaos and it was too late to retreat into the city, so he sent a message to Zhao Kuangyin: "Everyone is his master, I hope we can fight with you fairly."

Zhao Kuangyin actually agreed to this request.

Huangfu Hui led his troops to line up outside the city. Zhao Kuangyin hugged the horse's neck and hid his body under the horse's stomach.

He shouted loudly again: "I only kill Huangfu Hui, the others are irrelevant!"

The Southern Tang army couldn't resist, Huangfuhui and Yao Feng were captured alive, and Chuzhou behind Qingliu Pass was also successfully conquered.

Shi Congyun sighed in his heart, as expected of Zhao Kuangyin, he was fine when he was not fighting, and he could find ways to push him down secretly, and he instantly shined when he was on the battlefield.

I still haven't arrived on the way, Shuzhou, where Zhao Kuangyin has captured Qingliu Pass, captured Chuzhou, wiped out tens of thousands of enemies, and stationed in Liuhe.

In addition, the officials also sent Han Lingkun to lead the army to attack Yangzhou. The specific results of the battle are not known. In short, the situation in Huainan, Zhou Jun Kaikai all the way, there is no one in the Southern Tang Dynasty who can fight.

Successive victories even Shi Congyun began to doubt whether he played too well in the south of Zhengyang, which caused the general trend of history to change. Logically speaking, it was not so fast.

Being too good is also an annoyance, and it made his head ache.

A few days later, he replenished supplies in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, let Shao Ji be the forward, and led the army to leave for two days. His own Chinese army followed up and left the prosperous Tang Dynasty less than a hundred miles away. News came from the south that Shuzhou had surrendered!

This embarrasses Shi Congyun, who is gathering a large army and is going to fight aggressively.

A few days later, news came from the northwest that Gwangju had also surrendered.

Then, Han Lingkun led his troops into Yangzhou, captured the eastern capital of the Southern Tang Kingdom, and then went east to capture Taizhou.

The officials then divided up their forces and conquered Hezhou, which was across the river from the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Shi Congyun didn't know what the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty thought. If he couldn't sleep, he would be able to see Zhou's army across the river across the capital.

Guangzhou, Shuzhou, Shengtang, Dingyuan, Chuzhou, Hezhou, Liuhe, Yangzhou, Taizhou and other places in Huainan have all fallen into the hands of the Zhou army, and most of Huainan is the land of the Zhou Dynasty.

Coincidentally, Shi Congyun carefully reviewed this battle, and the two biggest victories so far were won by two rising stars.

In the general situation, Southern Tang sent two reinforcements of more than [-] in the face of Zhou's attack.

One was in the west, and went north to support Shouzhou in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Liu Yanzhen, Cheng Shilang and others led the army.

One is in the east, going north to Dingyuan to support Shouzhou. Huangfuhui, Yaofeng and others lead the army.

As a result, Liu Yanzhen's army in the west was defeated by Shi Congyun, and Huangfuhui's army in the east was defeated by Zhao Kuangyin. The reinforcements from the Southern Tang Dynasty were cut off, and there was a gap in the next week to attack the city.

Suddenly, Shi Congyun realized that perhaps Lao Zhao was the one he should pay attention to the most, not Li Chongjin.

.......

In the days that followed, a series of victories and good news came one after another every day, and even Shi Congyun couldn't help but have the idea that "the Southern Tang Dynasty is coming to an end".

Shi Congyun sent people to stop the forward Shao Ji not to go south, and then asked Luo Yanhuan to lead his troops to take over Shuzhou.

Among the crowd, Luo Yanhuan is one of the few who cares more about his own reputation and wants to leave a mark in the history books. If such a person sends him there, he may not do anything outrageous. Shi Congyun is more at ease .

The main force of the army controlling the left wing of the crane stopped in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

At night, Shi Congyun stood by the river, looked at Liao Yuanye in Huainan, and thought that the battle was too fierce, and Nantang seemed to be unable to stand it at all. When he was blown by the night wind, he calmed down and thought about it, but felt that it was not so easy .

Because Shouzhou and Luzhou are still in the hands of Nantang, things may not be so easy.

But no matter what, it's not bad to have nothing to do without him, at least he can spend his days leisurely and travel in the field...

......

Outside Shouzhou city, the flames were burning into the sky, and there was a stench mixed with the smell of burnt meat in the air, which permeated for several miles, and the smell was very disgusting and disgusting.

Empress Fu covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, standing by the Dazhang River, looking at the tragedy below the city from a distance, near the lush reeds, and at the end was Shouzhou City looming in the black smoke and flickering with lights.

Since yesterday, the officials have been angry several times because Shouzhou City has been unable to attack for a long time.

It has been more than four months since Li Gu's soldiers besieged Shouzhou in December last year, and Shouzhou has still not been defeated.

The official is always an irritable person, and has been suppressing her temper in order to do great things. She is also responsible for dissuading her. Wait for someone to yell at you.

Order them to capture Shouzhou City.

But at this time, another event that made the officials angry happened. The lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty was afraid, and sent a letter of credence expressing his willingness to cede the states north of the Yangtze River. .

In the letter, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty claimed to be the emperor and the official family as his elder brother,

The officials ignored this. What really angered the officials was that many Shu soldiers surrendered to Da Zhou. The officials arranged them to guard the upper reaches of the Huaihe River. As a result, more than 150 of them rebelled and surrendered as soon as they reached the Huaihe River. Nantang on the other side.

In order to show favor to the Great Zhou, the Southern Tang sent back more than 100 Shu soldiers. The official Longyan was furious and ordered them all to be executed.

The officials who were originally angry because Shouzhou could not be defeated became even more angry after experiencing this incident.

Li Jixun ordered a strong attack, but Li Jixun had no choice. The soldiers of the imperial army were afraid of fighting, so they could only drive the soldiers to attack the city from all sides. Liu Renshan was well prepared and used tung oil and kerosene to turn the foot of the city into a hell on earth. Many Dazhou soldiers died tragically. Under the city of Zhouzhou, it became a hell on earth.

The smell of burnt human flesh could be smelled miles away, and thick black smoke enveloped Shouzhou City, which did not dissipate for several days.

The officials were angry, and they had no choice but to let the civilians continue to build a large number of siege equipment under the city of Shouzhou, besieging Shouzhou to death.

Fortunately, there were frequent success stories from other places, and Zhao Kuangyin was even more brave in battle and made outstanding achievements repeatedly, which made the officials feel more at ease.

Empress Fu sighed, because the officials were irritable and busy with things, and there was no time to be alone with her, which was different from what she thought at first,

Moreover, these days, the officials felt more and more that she was getting in the way at the front line, so they euphemistically mentioned twice to let her go back to Daliang.

She thought she would not leave no matter what, but she was a little guilty. On that day in the south of Zhengyang, she finally met Shi Congyun, whom she wanted to meet for a long time. However, the occasion and scene of the meeting were completely different from what she had imagined, and it made her tremble with fear. .

The young man actually stared at her for a while, which made her terrified. Women are always sensitive, and she noticed it right away.

What would a boy of sixteen or seventeen be thinking when he saw her like this?Nine times out of ten, it was some nasty thing that couldn't be said. Every time I thought of her, I would blush and feel scared.

How could there be such a bold young man in the world!She is the queen!

Empress Fu felt that it was fine for him to look at it that way, let him do whatever he thought, anyway, no one knew, and no one could control it.

Empress Fu is most afraid that the officials will find out about this and hate her because of it, especially after Shi Congyun made great contributions, but was abandoned in Zhengyang and was not allowed to drive him to Shouzhou. My heart was jumping with fear and my mind was restless.

The officials won't really notice, will they?

The more she thought about it, the more restless she felt, and she didn't dare to disobey the officials, because she was guilty, even if it wasn't her fault, if the officials cared, the matter would be unclear.