Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 122 A certain is a striker! ([-] words, please subscribe)
On the vast plain southeast of Zhengyang, there are densely packed army camps.

The Southern Tang Army, which was attacked by Shi Yanchao, did not dare to venture in. Instead, they set up camp a few miles outside Zhengyang Town, and set up deer villages to resist horses and erected fences.

At night, Shi Congyun couldn't sleep no matter what, he sat under an old pear tree outside a small village to the east of Zhengyang, looking at the Southern Tang army camp in the distance.

The tents are looming in the night, and the flames are continuous, flickering under the dome, like the vast starry sky in summer night, beautiful and beautiful.

Shi Congyun knew in his heart that it was much more terrifying.

Unexpectedly, after a short encounter, the army suddenly entered the stage of confrontation with the whole army. Thousands of casualties are not a small loss, but it is not a serious injury to the army of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Li Gu has already accepted the challenge, and a decisive battle is inevitable.

However, the opponent's approach was a little bookish. In fact, it didn't matter whether Li Gu accepted the letter of war. The two armies met in such a plain area, and a decisive battle was almost inevitable. They would use whatever means they could.

Zhou Jun can defend without danger, unless he abandons Huainan and retreats to Huaibei, but the officials will never retreat, and this time the troops are sent to Huainan.

In the same way, the Southern Tang army was also behind the plains, and there was no reason to defend them.

The enemy is in front of him, and the officials are watching from behind. This opportunity is rare, and he also offended Li Chongjin, making him even more uneasy.
All kinds of complicated situations are intertwined, which makes people feel dizzy, but Shi Congyun has no time to sort them out one by one. He is not that kind of character, and even he himself feels that he may do things in a more Liu Bang style.

Anyway, on weekdays, avoid as much as you can, say good things when you see people, leave room for everything as much as possible, and benefit yourself, but don't push him into a hurry. Once pushed, he will dare to do anything and do nothing. If you can do it all, it's a big deal that you will die.

At this point, Shi Congyun had no time to think about the minutiae, all he knew was that he had to fight this battle!
The height difference between him and Li Chongjin is Yao Ming. If he doesn't climb up, he will be trampled to death sooner or later.

The key point was figured out. Shi Congyun returned to the tile-roofed house where the Chinese army stayed and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Li Gu called everyone to discuss matters.

In Zhengyang Town, which was temporarily used as a small courtyard for the Chinese army, Li Gu laid out a yellowish map of the south bank of the Huaihe River on the table, and everyone wore armor.

But there wasn't a single chair in the yard, everyone was standing, including Li Gu himself.

As the commander-in-chief, Li Gu lives in the north, and the generals on the left and right are separated.

Li Chongjin and Shi Yanchao are at the front of Li Gu's left and right hands. The two of them are the chief officer of the guard department and the deputy commander of the front department. They are both high-ranking and powerful people.

Next came Han Lingkun and Shi Congyun, Han Lingkun because of his status, and Shi Congyun leading the crane-controlling army.

Next came Si Chao, Shao Ji, Wang Zhong and other army commanders.

The sun just came out a little, and there was light in the small courtyard, and just when people could be seen clearly, Li Gu looked around the crowd and said: "The Southern Tang army is aggressive, we have no reason to be afraid.

The heroes of the Great Zhou were fought all the way, so they will definitely not be afraid of them.

The old man has already decided to have a showdown with the Southern Tang Army and defeat them near Zhengyang, but the specific implementation still needs your full assistance and concerted efforts.

In this way, no matter how much the Southern Tang army is, it is nothing more than rubble, which can be broken in an instant.

As the commander-in-chief, I have the responsibility of coordinating the three armies and uniting the soldiers. Regardless of your daily personal relationship, whether you have grievances or not, the old man will not care about it, but on the battlefield, if anyone causes something bad because of these things, the military law will never Not lightly. "

"The last general knows!" All the generals bowed their hands one after another, even Li Chongjin didn't say anything.

Li Gu has a high prestige in the army. Like before in Gaoping Taiyuan, all the armies depended on Li Gu to support them. The siege equipment, armor and weapons and other supplies were also mobilized and prepared by Li Gu.

"The terrain to the south of Zhengyang is flat, but our [-] to [-] troops can't rush upwards all at once. That kind of attack is not effective, and we have to distinguish between the front and the back." Li Gu continued.

Shi Congyun also understood this truth. The all-out decisive battle of tens of thousands of people is completely different from the mountain warfare they fought in the high mountains of the Qinling Mountains.

At this time, there must be a reserve team and people in rotation.

Because such a big army decisive battle is no longer the time when killing hundreds of people on the opposite side can determine the outcome. If hundreds of lives are filled in, there may be no waves, and it is difficult for a partial victory to expand to the overall situation.At this time, there must be a reserve team, follow-up, and take turns.

This point was already in a similar situation on the Gaoping battlefield, but at that time he was in Lushan Mountain and didn't understand the overall situation at all. This time he was a chess player.

Li Gu said directly: "Deputy Marshal Shi leads Long Jiejing to ride south of Zhengyang, where there is a peach grove, as a side response, depending on the situation of the Chinese army, wait for an opportunity to attack the Tang army's rear."

Shi Yanchao nodded: "I know that place, but in my opinion, it's better to rush there."

Li Gu didn't agree, and Shi Yanchao didn't say much.

Then he looked at Shi Congyun and Li Chongjin: "Hu Jie and Kong He both have about ten thousand people, I decided to let one of the two armies be the forward, and the other one to be the backup. "

After the words fell, Shi Congyun and Li Chongjin almost said in unison: "Someone is a striker!"

After Shi Congyun finished speaking, he felt Li Chongjin's unfriendly gaze, but he would never back down at this point, so he simply didn't look at Li Chongjin's face.

Li Gu glanced at them, and Shi Congyun suddenly felt that his thoughts had been seen through, but he still remained tense and did not speak.

"Hmph, think about it well. The striker has everything to do with the outcome of this game. Don't reach out if you don't have the ability, so as not to be embarrassing and worse." Li Zhongjin said coldly.

Shi Yanchao also frowned, first glanced at Li Chongjin, then turned to him and said, "Are you sure, this is not a child's play."

"Yes!" Shi Congyun said with certainty, until now, if there is nothing, he must have it. Anyway, he will grab this first achievement no matter what. At least there is still a chance. If he doesn't fight, is he waiting for a slow death?

He didn't believe that Li Chongjin was a kind person who was easy to talk about, or that there were very few kind people in the world today, and everyone was busy running around for their own interests.

At this point, everyone could hear the smell of gunpowder, but due to Li Chongjin's identity, no one interrupted.

On the contrary, their eyes were focused on Li Gu intentionally or unconsciously, because the final decision was in his hands.

Li Gu was expressionless, as if he was considering Li Chongjin or Shi Congyun.

"The first battle is the most important thing, it's a matter of success or failure in this battle." Li Gu said slowly, immediately attracting everyone's attention, "If you talk about seniority and rank, Master Shi Xiang is not as good as Marshal Li; but Master Shi Xiang is only in the Qinling Mountains It didn't take long to defeat the Shu army, and there are merits and skills."

Li Gu seemed to be caught in a dilemma, while Shi Congyun was extremely nervous.

However, Li Gu was not one to hesitate, and quickly made a decision, "Then Master Shi Xiang will lead the Crane Controlling Army to take the lead. The Crane Controlling Army fought against the Kingdom of Shu just a few years ago, and their ability to fight in battle is not unfamiliar. Don't let the old man down."

Shi Congyun was overjoyed, nodded and said: "Thank you, Mr. Xianggong, don't worry, Mr. Xiang, you will definitely fulfill your mission in the end."

"Huh..." Li Chongjin snorted, and said coldly, "Your Excellency, you have thought about it. This battle has a lot to do with it. A brat who is not even grown up can be entrusted with important matters?"

Shi Congyun cursed in his heart, you don't have any fucking hair!I can scare you to death by taking off my pants.

But there was no color on his face, and he didn't talk back to him, he just bowed his hands to Li Gugong: "Please don't worry, sir, I will definitely try my best to defeat the enemy!"

Then he ignored Li Chongjin and took his people away.

"I'd like to see how you defeat the enemy. Don't make people laugh out loud when the time comes. After a small fight, your tail will go up to the sky!"

Shao Ji frowned, Dou Da clenched his fist, and Shi Congyun held him down, "Let's go, let's see the outcome on the battlefield."

After leaving the Zhongjun courtyard, everyone behind him looked angry.

"I want to kill him, son of a bitch!" Wang Zhong was indignant.

Shao Ji and Dong Zunhui's faces were gloomy, but Luo Yanhuan's face was not so ugly. After all, he was a person who had experienced ups and downs. He whispered to appease everyone: "Li Chongjin is the commander-in-chief of the bodyguard department, a relative of the official family, we can't afford to provoke them now."

"Let's just do our own thing well, don't care about other people's business, go back to prepare the army, and think about how to fight in the next few days." Shi Congyun adjusted his mood and encouraged everyone loudly.

"Let's just charge forward and kill the enemy, it's up to you how to fight Brother Yun." Dong Zunhui said bluntly.

Fu Shi carefully raised the corner of the car curtain to peek at the movement outside, and he could see the endless green fields, densely packed soldiers marching on the fields and roads, their faces were mostly numb and tired.

But she quickly put down the car curtain, not daring to look too much, lest she give up the truth.

It's rare to go to Daliang once, and she also wants to see the scenery along the way. There are so many men outside, it's not good to be looked at more often by anyone.

She didn't dare to be so presumptuous, sitting in a high position, with countless pairs of eyes looking at her, if she was not careful, she would show her flaws.

Officials are not greedy, and have more ambitions in their hearts, but there are also many beauties in the harem, and everyone is staring at her position. She has come to her current position, [-]% of which is the reason behind the Fu family. This is Empress Fu It is very clear in my heart.

So she dare not be presumptuous, she must be perfect and dignified at all times, maternity, even trembling.

But now she was even more nervous. She heard from the eunuch Wei Mina that Wang Pu had formulated a strategy for the government to unify the world, "First south and then north, first easy and then difficult, focusing on Khitan".

Empress Fu is an extremely smart woman, she understood her situation instantly.

Since the officials want to go south first and then go north, they must prevent the north from chasing the south.

Consolidate the northern frontier defense, and at the same time use large-scale troops to the south.

Especially at the beginning of the first lunar month, the officials disregarded the objections of ministers such as Fan Zhi and others who were laboring the people and wasting money, and disregarded the grievances of the people from all over the world. They also conscripted nearly [-] civilians to build the outer city of Daliang.

Others didn't understand, but Empress Fu knew very well that the officials wanted to consolidate the frontier defense in the north, and prepared well in case the Liao or Northern Han troops approached Daliang, so that they could send troops to the south with all their strength.

At this time, the importance of the Fu family became prominent. The officials used all their strength to attack the south, and the Tianxiong Army and Zhaoyi Army in the north became the frontier Great Wall to deal with the Liao Kingdom and the Northern Han Dynasty. The officials naturally attached importance to it.

But once the south is pacified by the government?Then the importance of the Fu family will be greatly reduced, and her importance will also be greatly reduced. Can a queen who is not important, not favored, and has no dragon son still sit firmly as the master of the harem?
Empress Fu was very anxious and scared, that's why she desperately wanted to be favored by the officials, and even acted like a baby and cried and wanted to go along with her.

When the south is pacified, it may be too late, and there are no other women along the way, the official family will always want her, and she must let the official family understand her goodness.
With this in mind, she followed the official family to the south to conscript.

However, the tiring journey along the way still made her a little uncomfortable, her pretty oval face was as pale as paper, and her lips had no blood.

Once she tentatively proposed to stop the car to rest for a while, and the officials agreed, but she also felt that the officials were obviously displeased. Once the Chinese army stopped, the army would also stop, which would affect the marching speed.

After that, she didn't dare to mention it anymore, so she could only clenched her teeth and persisted. Sooner or later, the accompanying female officer would give her some plum soup to make her feel better.

Moreover, the situation is different from what Fu Shi thought. Although there were no other women along the way, she also had no chance to flatter the officials.

Most of the time, the officials are discussing with Prime Minister Wang Pu about the dispatch of the army and the war on the front line, and the officials are in a bad mood these days, because Li Gu, the commander of the forward army, has written a letter to retreat to the north bank of the Huaihe River, which makes the officials very angry. clear.

She still remembers that one night, when the official was discussing matters with Wang Pu outside the carriage frame, he said angrily: "He is my subject, and he must obey the edict even if he dies, and I won't let him cross the river, how dare he make his own claims! "

But a few days later, the officials were happy because news came from the front that the general Shi Yanchao rushed to help Zhengyang and defeated the former army of the Southern Tang Dynasty after crossing the river. Li Gu's army did not retreat to Huaibei, and Zhengyang was still in the hands of the Zhou army.

Empress Fu didn't know much about military affairs, she only acted on the face of the officials, the officials were happy, this was a good opportunity, but she was not in good health.
On the sixth day of March, news came from Zhengyang that Li Gu's army was going to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the southeast of Zhengyang.

The officials were very excited after hearing this, and hurriedly urged the army to speed up, and rushed to the north of Huaihe River on the morning of the eighth day of March.

Empress Fu endured the pain, and lifted the curtain to peek outside. On the other side of the rippling Huaihe River, there was a small town with sparse houses and many old trees around it. Now it was filled with various flags.

Further to the south, the view is blocked by houses and sparse old trees. You can’t see anything. You can only hear the faint sound of drums and shouts in the distance, and the black and yellow dust covering the treetops in the distance. .

At this time, Prime Minister Wang Pu approached Chengyu on horseback, and persuaded him, "There is going to be a fight in the south of the official house. Chengyu should not cross the river, and stay on the north bank until we have a resolution."

But the official said firmly: "Send me an order to cross the river! I will personally supervise the battle."

"This..." Wang Pu hesitated and said: "Officials, swords and soldiers have no eyes, and the outcome is not yet decided, crossing the river is too risky, the official's body of gold is the foundation of the country, it is not suitable to be in danger."

"Have you forgotten Gao Ping? If I hadn't come in person, Jiangshan Sheji would have lost a lot of opponents. Let's cross the river, don't say too much!"

The officials confirmed their sacred intentions, and Wang Pu couldn't stop him any longer. He nodded and said, "I'll make arrangements now."

Empress Fu also became nervous and curious, her palms were sweating, and she forgot the pain for a while.

She has seen many scenes in her life. She has experienced military turmoil, but she has never seen a real war. She is curious about what a real war looks like, but she is also afraid of what will happen if the army loses?
That's not a joke, she has already experienced a military riot in the Hezhong Mansion, and almost died, and now she still has lingering fears when she thinks about it, it was just dozens of rebellious soldiers who entered the mansion, but now there are tens of thousands of troops here
Soon, the official family dismounted to ride a horse, and then said: "The queen should stay here."

Empress Fu shook her head repeatedly. She felt that it was time to show her loyalty to the official family and impress the official family. She gritted her teeth and said: "The official family is the husband of the concubine. The husband and wife are of the same mind. The official family is in danger. I can't be alone. Let's cross the river together!"

The royal family looked at her, nodded after a pause, "Wang Pu, arrange carriages and horses."

Soon, Empress Fu's carriage followed the officials and many officials and generals, and under the escort of many soldiers, passed through the Zhengzhong Avenue in Zhengyang Town, and came to a small hillside in the east. Below the hillside was a canal used by ordinary people to irrigate the fields. .

Empress Fu got out of the carriage and took the hands of the officials to climb up the high hill. Apart from Wang Pu, there were many generals of the forbidden army, Zhao Kuangyin, Gao Huaide, Wang Shenqi, Li Jixun and so on.

Fu Hou climbed the hillside, and was blown by the wind, and the whole world suddenly opened up, and the endless wilderness was panoramic.

Looking down, on the southeast plain, the fields are full of greenery, among which the Nantang Dajin has been spread out, and a long battle line has been drawn from east to west. The sea of ​​people is like a dark cloud covering the sky and the sun.

On the opposite side of them was another much smaller dark cloud. Although it was far away, it could be seen at a glance that it was Zhou Jun based on the style of the armor.

"Who led the soldiers? Why are there so many fewer soldiers than the bandit soldiers?" Queen Fu asked subconsciously, and the officials also looked sideways.

Wang Shenqi cupped his hands, "I'm telling the queen, the banner is Shi Congyun, the commander of the left wing of the control crane, and there should be reinforcements behind."

The officials stared at the distant battlefield without moving, and everyone became nervous. There were obviously more soldiers from the Southern Tang Dynasty.
"How did Li Gu arrange it?" The official frowned, but no one answered.

"Zhao Kuangyin."

"The minister is here!" the dark-faced Zhao Kuangyin agreed.

"You take the inner hall straight there, and if the situation is not right, support Shi Congyun." The official ordered.

Zhao Kuangyin took the order to go, and Empress Fu glanced at it quietly. The official family stared at the distant battlefield expressionlessly, but the right thumb behind the back tightly pinched the middle finger, and he knew in his heart that the official family was actually very worried. He had no confidence, and he was not even optimistic about Shi Congyun, so he sent the inner palace of the guards to prepare for reinforcements.

Even a person like her who doesn't understand military affairs doesn't like Shi Congyun, even if Shi Congyun won the battle in Guanzhong last year... because there are too many soldiers from the Southern Tang Dynasty on the opposite side.

She can tell the difference intuitively with her eyes. She doesn't know how many people there are on both sides, because she doesn't have that kind of experience, but she doesn't need experience to see how many people there are on such a plain. The number of people is clear at a glance.

It's a pity that this young talent still wants to marry the sixth child to him, Empress Fu thought to herself.

In the distance, Shi Congyun's figure was also found. He was located hundreds of steps behind the army, and he was surrounded by a large group of messengers carrying various flags. He seemed to be commanding and dispatching the army.

Faced with such a situation, he is not flustered at all, and he is not a bad young man, Empress Fu thought to herself, putting her hands in front of her belly, unconsciously squeezed tightly
(End of this chapter)