Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 739
Cao Bin was equally surprised when he learned that Lin Renzhao and Lu Jiang had led an army of [-] to chase and kill Li Jixun and headed straight to Hongzhou.

After seeing Li Jixun entering the city, he immediately asked, "What's going on? Why did you suddenly have accidents on both sides?"

Li Jixun was in a mess, his face covered with dust, and after taking a sip of water, he said in a rough voice: "General Cao, it's not good, Yang Wu and Heiyun have all returned, first landed in the land of Zhangquan, and then this restoration army quickly wiped out Wu Yue The land has already established a country. The army is strong, there are more than [-] soldiers, and the Wuyue soldiers and the Southern Tang soldiers have been recruited. Now they have joined together and ambushed General Pan Mei. General Liu Guangyi and I were also repulsed by Lin Renzhao's troops."

"There is such a thing!" Cao Bin was also shocked.

Originally, when they were in the Southern Tang Dynasty, they went deep alone, relying on Jinling City to be taken down, and the state capitals were transferred to bring food and grass.

However, once the Wu army entered the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Southern Tang troops from all over the country surrendered to the Wu army, then they were likely to be attacked by the enemy, and they had no reinforcements and food, and their situation was very critical.

"General Cao, shall we stick to Hongzhou?" the deputy general asked.

Cao Bin shook his head and said, "Impossible! This is the end of the matter, and Hongzhou can't hold it. We only have 4 to [-] people, and the other party has [-] troops. We can't stay here in the Southern Tang Dynasty. We have to retreat to the land of Jingzhou." , there is still under the control of our Song Dynasty, there is food and grass, and there are garrisons to resist the Wu army from encroaching on the land of Jingxiang!"

"It makes sense, it is indeed impossible to defend!" Li Jixun also felt that he was not used to the environment in the south, he was prone to illness, dysentery, and the climate was not acclimatized. Now Wu's army is close to [-], which is indeed invincible.

Cao Bin continued: "At the same time, send people to quickly send information to the officials in Bianjing, so that the court can make preparations early. This time, although we destroyed the Tang Kingdom, the new Wu Kingdom merged Wu Yue and Li Tang, threatening even more. big."

Li Jixun nodded, and suddenly said: "I heard reports along the way that the commander who defeated General Pan Mei was none other than Su Chen. He didn't die, and now he is General Wu."

"What? There is such a miracle!"

Cao Bin became more serious. If Su Chen didn't die, it would be too much of a threat to help Wu Guo and plan behind his back.

"It's no wonder that the state of Wu is coming so aggressively this time. Everything seems to have been planned. It turns out that there is someone behind the scenes who is planning and planning!"

Cao Bin said: "It's not too late. Take Hongzhou's food, grass, people, and treasures and take them all to Jingzhou. Wu Jun won't keep them here."

"Okay, let's take some more!"

Li Jixun also agreed that they had suffered heavy losses in the Tang Kingdom this time, and the main force of the forbidden army had suffered tens of thousands of casualties.

On the same day, Cao Bin issued a military order to mobilize troops and horses. Instead of continuing to attack southward, he took away some materials, young people, property, food and grass in Hongzhou, like Jingzhou in the west, with the goal of Changsha Mansion, once the capital of Jingchu.

Jingchu, one of the ten kingdoms of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, was the only dynasty in history centered on Hunan. It was also called Ma Chu, or Southern Chu.

Its founder was Ma Yin. In the third year of Qianning, Ma Yin went to Changsha. After staying in Wu'an, the Tang Dynasty appointed him as the governor of Tanzhou.Against this background, Ma Yin crusaded one by one to eliminate the separatist forces in Hunan.In the first year of Kaiping in the Later Liang Dynasty (907), Zhu Wen made Ma Yin king of Chu.

In the second year of Tiancheng in the later Tang Dynasty (927), Ma Yin established the Chu State, took Tanzhou as the capital, and changed its name to Changsha Mansion.

In 947 AD, Ma Xifan died, and the Ma brothers fought one after another, causing chaos in Jingchu.In 951 A.D., the Southern Tang Dynasty took the opportunity to send General Bian Hao to capture Changsha. Southern Chu was destroyed, but it was later occupied by other armed forces.

In the first month of the first year of Qiande (963) in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin sent Murong Yanzhao and Li Chuyun to lead the local troops of Shizhou to go south, in the name of helping the Hunan Wuping Army to quell Zhang Wenbiao's rebellion, by way of Jingnan; on the ninth day of February, the Song army arrived in Jingnan , when Jingnan Jiedu envoy Gao Jichong sent envoys far to welcome the army, Li Chuyun led thousands of cavalry to attack and occupy Jiangling City, Gao Jichong was forced to surrender, Jing Nanping.

Therefore, the current land of Jingchu is under the actual control of Song Dynasty, and Li Chuyun is stationing troops there.

Cao Bin led his troops to Changsha Mansion, first joined Li Chuyun, and then discussed to counter the momentum of Wu's army's westward advance.

When Lin Renzhao and Lu Jiang arrived in Hongzhou with their troops, the city was already half empty, and the population was reduced by half, leaving only the old and the weak, women and children.

The food and finances in the city were looted and taken away by the Song army.

"It's unreasonable, these Song soldiers are really not human! They even looted the property, grain and grass in the city, as well as many young people, and didn't leave us anything useful or valuable!" Lu Jiang couldn't help but cursed.

Lin Renzhao sighed: "Soldiers are deceitful! At present, the two armies are fighting against each other, and the Song army has no advantage now, so it is unethical to take action. We forced us to do this. This Cao Bin has always been strict in running the army. Even he It can be seen that it is helpless to issue such a military order."

Lu Jiang said with a smile: "That's true. The Song people must not have imagined that the Southern Tang Dynasty had just been wiped out by them, but the new state of Wu has gained momentum, and the Song army can't stop it this time."

"Yes, I caught them off guard!"

Lin Renzhao smiled slightly and said: "Originally we were the generals of the subjugated country, and life and death were unpredictable. Now we have all become generals of the Wu State. The Min State, Wu Yue and Li Tang merged to form the new Wu State. It is like the three families returning to Jin. The general trend. After the unification of our south, we can truly compete against the Northern Song Dynasty."

Lu Jiang laughed and said: "Haha, Li Tang has no Mingjun, and there is no cure. Now if the monarch and Su Chen are still young, full of vigor and ambition, they will definitely be able to build the Wu Kingdom and fight against the Northern Song Dynasty. It may even be possible to defeat Song in the future!"

Standing at the top of the city, Lin Renzhao also sighed with emotion: "If the position of Lord Wu can be passed on to Su Chen in the future, it will be seamless. Under the leadership of Jiang Zuo Su Lang, we civil servants and generals will work hard to rejuvenate the country and expand the borders. Tu, the court is clear and bright, and it will definitely be able to do great things!"

"This matter is human-made. Most of the court officials are Han Xizai and others, and most of the generals outside are our veterans. Su Chen himself also led troops to fight, and he was a master of planning, with great military achievements. The new Lord Wu is his sister. At that time, it is not impossible for Zen to give up the country!" Lu Jiang said.

"Well, that's what the people want."

Lin Renzhao sighed, although he had only met Su Chen once, he trusted and appreciated Su Chen's reputation, talent, character, etc., and was willing to support Su Chen as the Lord of Wu in the future.

This is also the aspiration of many former ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)