Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 541
The Song army sharpened their swords, and the army suppressed the border, stationed along the Yangtze River, which immediately brought unprecedented pressure to the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Six or seven years ago, under the leadership of Chai Rong, Hou Zhou attacked the land of Jianghuai, and Li Tang almost collapsed. All fourteen states of Jianghuai were lost and captured by Hou Zhou.

In the Southern Tang Dynasty, only half of the land in the south of the Yangtze River was left. The national power was weak, the will was depressed, and the situation was declining.

This time, Song Dynasty attached great importance to defeating Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin took the "benevolent" Cao Bin as the coach to destroy Tang Dynasty, and Pan Mei, who was trying to protect the Chai family, as the deputy commander and supervisor.As for generals such as Wang Quanbin and Wang Renshan who failed in the conquest of Shu, they were not used.At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin gave Cao Bin a Shangfang sword before leaving, and told him clearly: Anyone below the deputy general can be killed.As a result, all the Titans of the fifth generation, including Pan Mei, "all lost their color", and they did not dare to make mistakes and be arrogant.

The Song army is united and cohesive this time, and Cao Bin is a wise, courageous, resourceful veteran with strict military orders. Therefore, the overall morale of the Song army is sharper and stronger this time.

Now that the Southern Tang Dynasty is facing the attack of the Song Dynasty, whether it is the people of Jinling City, or the people of Runzhou, Hongzhou and other places, they all feel that the Tang Dynasty is in danger.

However, the court of the Southern Tang Dynasty would not sit still. With the support of Han Xizai and Pan You, they began to mobilize their troops. Lin Renzhao led an army of [-] to evacuate from the Hukou area to Xiakou Village, and set up a large camp on the south bank of the Yangtze River. , and at the same time formed a line of defense with nearby Chizhou to prevent the main force of the Song army from crossing the river.

The army on the west road, led by Zhu Lingyun, was transferred to Ezhou to resist the Song army that was going south from the Jinghu area, mainly targeting the harassment and invasion of the water army led by Wang Ming, the governor of Huangzhou.

The defense line on the east road was in charge of Liu Chenglai, the commander in front of the palace, who mainly went to Changzhou and mobilized the Jiangyin garrison to fight against the [-] soldiers of Wuyue Kingdom.

The battle between the Song and Tang Dynasties was inevitable, and it became the focus of attention of the princes of all parties and the people of the world, and it was even more related to the life and death of Li Tang.

Jinling City, Han Mansion.

Han Xizai summoned several ministers of the Sun Party to discuss ways to resist the Song army at home, and Su Chen was also invited to make suggestions together.

"At present, the Song Army has deployed heavy troops in Wankou, Jinghu, and Suzhou, and divided them into three routes: central, western, and eastern. According to information from You Xiao and secret spies, Yangzhou, which is opposite Runzhou, is also constantly accumulating troops. At critical times, there will also be naval divisions from Yangzhou crossing the river to directly attack Runzhou. This time, the Song Army and Wuyue soldiers and horses dispatched a total of 25 troops, which is equivalent to the total strength of my Tang State. It's not difficult, the key is how to fight, whether you can stop the Song army of the tiger wolf division, that's the key."

Han Xizai expressed his worries.

The combat capability of the Tang army is definitely not comparable to that of the Song army, or even similar to that of the Wuyue army, and it is not even easy to occupy.

This is no longer the disparity in the number of troops, but the great difference in the overall strength of the two armies.

The Song army has been fighting in the south and north in recent years. It can be said that they are brave and good at fighting. In addition, the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty are all one in a hundred. Speed ​​envoys wait, fight non-stop, and always maintain combat effectiveness.

However, the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty has not fought at all in the past five years. Tactics, strategies, etc. have not been experienced in actual combat.

Xu Kai said: "Master Han, I feel that it is difficult to defend against the Tang army alone. We need to find some helpers. Since the Song army can find Wu Yue as a helper, we can also find soldiers from the Northern Han Dynasty, the Northwest Fan, and the Shu army." If they can send troops to attack Song State, then our pressure will be reduced a lot.”

Han Xizai nodded and said, "I have already mentioned this strategy to the officials, and I have sent people to these vassal states to send letters, begging to send troops. However, all countries are holding a wait-and-see attitude for the time being. Let us first see our Tang army resisting by ourselves." To a certain extent, they may all hope to see the Song army and our Tang army consume each other, which will not only weaken the strength of the Tang state, but also hold back the Song army, making the Song Dynasty fall into the quagmire of the war against Tang, and cannot extricate itself for a while. In this way, the princes Only then will they send troops to seize their territory swallowed by the Song Dynasty, at this moment, they do not intend to send troops."

Zhong Mo, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, snorted softly: "They are all selfish people who only pay attention to their own interests, and have no view of the overall situation. Once the Song Dynasty quickly breaks through our Tang Kingdom and gets more personnel and supplies from the treasury, they will have no chance. At that time, none of them can escape the end of being wiped out."

"What about the Liao Kingdom? Is there any reply?" Gao Yue from Zhongshushe asked.

Han Xizai replied: "The Liao Kingdom also sent a letter, but there has been no reply yet. In the past few years, Emperor Yelujing of the Liao Dynasty slept day and night, ignored government affairs, and had wars with small tribes. He had no intention of going south to deal with the Song Dynasty. Unless the Liao Kingdom changes the emperor, it will be difficult to help."

The current emperor of the Liao Kingdom is Yelujing, whose Khitan name is Yelu Shulu. He is the fourth emperor of the Liao Dynasty.

In September of the fifth year of Tianlu (951 A.D.), Yelu Chagao launched the Huoshendian Rebellion and killed Liao Shizong Yelu Ruan.Yelujing was in the conquest army, and after killing Yelucha, he officially ascended the throne, honored as Emperor Tianshun, and his year name should be calendared, making the throne return to the Liao Taizong lineage again.This person has a tyrannical personality. In the early days of his accession to the throne, he was still able to "be inferior to ministers and inferior to the people".

Just last year, in the second year of Qiande in the Great Song Dynasty, the Wugu tribe launched a rebellion and plundered people's property and livestock. Liao Emperor Yelujing sent General Seng Yin to conquer Wugu, but failed. General Seng Yin and Yishi both died in battle. .

In the first month of this year, the third year of Qiande in the Song Dynasty and the 15th year of the Liao Dynasty, Yelujing appointed Yaris, the privy envoy, as the commander of the march, and the tiger army Xiangwen Chusi as the commander of the march. All the soldiers and horses crusade against Wugu, and they are still fighting now. Resistance to Yelujing's rule is constantly emerging among the grassland tribes. He is busy suppressing it, and has no intention of going south to fight against Song Dynasty.

After Su Chen heard this, he felt relieved. He had read about Yelvjing, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, from history books, and that this person was at the time when he was abandoning the government.Four years later, during the Montenegro Incident, he was murdered by a total of six people, including the servant brother, Yanrenhua brother and chef Xin Gu, while he was drunk. He was 39 years old at the time.

After Yelujing's death, Xiao Siwen, Nanyuan privy envoy Gao Xun, Feilong maid Li and others welcomed Yeluxian to Liao Jingzong, and his empress was the famous Xiao Chuo in history.

(End of this chapter)