Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 538 Southern Tang Countermeasures
Jinling City, the imperial palace and court hall.

As the Song army pressed the border, they approached the border of the Tang State and stationed along the Yangtze River. People from the east and the west were also moving one after another, which posed a great threat to the Tang State.

Li Yu was above the court, asking the ministers of civil and military affairs to offer suggestions and discuss the matter of resisting the Song Dynasty.

In this situation, it is definitely impossible to negotiate a peace. Therefore, both the conservatives and the main fighters agree to resist the invasion of the Song Army and the Wuyue Army and defend the Tang Kingdom.

However, there are different views on the control of military power and the appointment of generals.

"Officials, I propose to mobilize Lin Renzhao's army, and immediately advance eastward to fight against the main force of the [-] Song army led by Cao Bin in the Wankou area. Only General Lin Renzhao can stop Cao Bin, Pan Mei, and other Northern Song generals. There are also many powerful generals of the Imperial Guard!"

Han Xizai was the first to say this proposal.

Among the current generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty, only General Lin Renzhao has the highest reputation. He manages the army well. He currently has 15 sailors stationed in the Hukou area to train sailors to resist the Song army in the Jingchu area. Down the river.

It is precisely because of Lin Renzhao who trained the navy at Hukou that the Northwest Gate of the Southern Tang Dynasty was kept.

This Lin Renzhao was originally a general of the Fujian State, with a strong and resolute personality, excellent martial arts, and a burly figure with a tiger-shaped tattoo on his body.When he served as a general in the state of Fujian, he was as famous as Chen Tie, known as Lin Huzi. After the fall of the state of Fujian, he returned home to live idle.

In the third year of Xiande in the Later Zhou Dynasty (AD 956), Li Jing, the leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty, ordered Pan Chengyou, the Minister of Honglu, to go to Quanzhou and Jianzhou to recruit warriors because the Later Zhou army attacked Huainan.After visiting, Pan Chengyou recommended Xu Wenzhen, the former governor of Yong'an, Chen Decheng, the commander of Jingjiang, Zheng Yanhua, Lin Renzhao and others.The Lord appointed Lin Renzhao as the general and asked him to lead a partial division to rescue Shouzhou.Lin Renzhao attacked Dazhai in the south of the city and broke through the water fence in Haozhou. He was promoted to be the aid envoy of the Huainan camp.

At that time, the Zhengyang pontoon bridge of the Zhou army was built, which blocked the approach of the reinforcements of the Southern Tang Dynasty.Lin Renzhao personally led a thousand daredevils, loaded firewood and pastures in boats, and set fire to the pontoon bridge in the wind.Unexpectedly, the wind direction changed, which was unfavorable for the fire attack. General Zhang Yongde of the Zhou army took the opportunity to fight, and the Tang army retreated.At this time, Lin Renzhao led only a few people to the rear, and blocked all the arrows shot by Zhang Yongde. Zhang Yongde was shocked. He felt that there were capable men in the enemy army and he should not underestimate the enemy, so he did not pursue him, which made Lin Renzhao famous.

Later, the Southern Tang cede territory to Hou Zhou for peace, and the war between the two countries ended. Lin Renzhao was appointed as the governor of Zhenhai and was highly valued.

At this time, Han Xizai proposed Lin Renzhao as the main force against Cao Bin. Both the Sun Party and the New Party strongly supported it. Even if Chen Jue, Feng Yanlu and others of the Song Party wanted to take this position, no one could compete with Lin Renzhao. General.

"Master Han, do you think General Lin needs to be transferred to the opposite bank of Wankou to fight against General Cao Bin of Song Dynasty?" Li Yu asked.

Han Xizai nodded and analyzed: "According to the information from You Xiao and the scouts, Cao Bin led a large army to station in Wankou area. If General Lin Renzhao is not transferred back earlier, it is very likely that he will be caught by the water from both sides of Jingnan and Wankou." The army is sandwiched in the middle, forming a lone army, which cannot be used to rescue King Qin, and is easy to be pinched by things."

"In addition, the water in the Wankou area is gentle and it is easy to build a pontoon bridge. General Lin should be asked to prepare early, station at Xiakou Village on the opposite bank, and build fortifications to resist the Song army from crossing the river. Chizhou and Tongling on the south bank of the Yangtze River and other cities also We must move quickly, stick to the wall-to-wall strategy, move the people from the outskirts into the city, and then train them into soldiers to resist the Song army's attack, so that we can hold back the Song army and prevent the Song army from advancing eastward to Jinling!"

Han Xizai had discussed with Su Chen, Xu Xuan, Gao Yuan, Zhong Mo and others at home for a long time, and Lin Renzhao was the most suitable person to lead the army in this head-to-head battle.

"I agree with Mr. Han's proposal. In the military of the Tang Dynasty, only General Lin Renzhao can do it in terms of ability, skill, and prestige!"

Xu Xuan, a Zhongshu Sheren and Hanlin scholar, stood up to support.

"I also think Master Han's proposal is reasonable. The coach of the middle lane must be General Lin Renzhao."

Yin Chongyi, the envoy of the Privy Council and a colleague of Ping Zhangshi, also agreed.

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister also agrees!"

Many ministers have come forward to support it.

Li Yu nodded. Although he was not a talented and ambitious monarch, he had just ascended the throne for a few years. He was young and powerful, and he was not in a daze. He naturally understood the importance of Lin Renzhao in his heart.

"Since all the ministers believe that General Lin Renzhao is qualified to be the commander of the middle road, then I will approve it. General Lin Renzhao will be appointed as the general of the town, and [-] sailors will be dispatched from Hukou, and they will immediately rush to Xiakou village to guard against Cao Bin in the north of the river. At the same time, the soldiers from nearby Chizhou, Tongling and other prefectures and counties also belonged to General Lin Renzhao to deploy to resist the Song army going south."

"The officials are wise!" Han Xizai, Xu Xuan and others were finally relieved to see that Li Yu had made a decision without being stopped by others.

If the main force were replaced by someone else, they would not be sure that they would be able to stop such old and cunning generals as Cao Bin and Pan Mei.

The next step is the selection of the main general of the West Route Army, which involves continuing to contain the Jingnan Jiangling area, the Song Army's navy, and avoiding the continuous flow of the Song Army from Jingnan along the Yangtze River to increase troops.

Therefore, it is necessary to send people to guard the Ezhou and Wuchang areas to prevent the Song army from continuing to reinforce and confront the West Road army.

"Reporting to the official family, I recommended Zhu Lingzan, the Jiedu envoy of the Zhennan Army, to be transferred to Ezhou, commanding [-] sailors, and governing the cities of Ezhou, Wuchang, and Jiangzhou. He and General Lin Renzhao echoed back and forth to resist Wang Ming and Liu Yanzhen's Song Army. intrusion!"

Pan You recommended the generals of the new party to seize military power in the west.

At this time, Wei Cen stood up and rushed to recommend the position of the main general of the east route.

"The minister recommends General Liu Cheng, the commander of the guards in front of the palace, to be transferred to Changzhou, where he will be in charge of the East Route Army, command the Jiangyin Army, and resist the invasion of Wuyue soldiers." Wei Cen recommended Liu Cheng.

Before Li Yu became the emperor, Liu Cheng was Li Yu's subordinate when he was still a vassal king, and he had always been regarded as a reliable confidant. defensive.

However, Liu Cheng had a very close relationship with Wei Cen after his death. Wei Cen's son married a niece of Liu Cheng, which deepened their friendship.

At this time, Wei Cen recommended Liu Cheng, who was not only a member of the Song Party, but also a confidant general of Li Yu's front guard army. His advantage suddenly became prominent, and few people could compete with him.

Pan You and Li Ping of the New Party recommended Zhu Lingzan to take over the military power of the West Route Army. Wei Cen, Feng Yanlu and other Song Party members took a fancy to the East Route Military Power and did not interfere with each other, which was regarded as an exchange.

Sun Dang's Zhang Yi, Zhong Mo and others thought it was inappropriate, but Liu Cheng was the official Li Yu's confidant general and held an important position in the Forbidden Army. Sun Dang didn't want to offend the officials and the Forbidden Army. If you block it, you will acquiesce.

So far, the military power of the Three Route Army has fallen into the hands of Sun Dang, Xin Dang, and Song Dang respectively. Whoever can make meritorious deeds and who will fail has all put in a lot of effort, both to defend against the enemy externally and to fight internally. .

(End of this chapter)