Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 160 Soldiers enter the Yangtze River, show off their power, and move Jinling

In July, the Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner. Golden autumn is the happiest time of the year, and a good harvest is just around the corner.

But this year the wind from the north has a disturbing restlessness in it.

Many people on the south bank of the Yangtze River began to quietly transport and store food to the mountains, and if the situation was not right, they would run to the mountains to seek refuge.

It also has something to do with it. Those capable families have already gone south with their families, or have taken refuge in Sichuan, and do not want to stay along the Yangtze River.

All kinds of actions filled the banks of the Yangtze River with an atmosphere of uneasiness. Most people usually keep their mouths tacitly silent, but there are many things that cannot be suppressed at all, especially the fear in their hearts. Where are you?" The discussion between the Goulan restaurant and the beginning of the three words "Shi Congyun" will instantly arouse the greatest anxiety in people's hearts.

Even the court is powerless to stop it, because the court is even more fearful, people in the court are panicked, and all civil and military officials are helpless
At Zhongshan Buddhist Temple, Li Congjia, dressed in a purple costume, discussed Buddhist principles with the abbot and eminent monk who sat in the ancient well without waves and looked calm after pious worship.

Slowly talking about all kinds of panic and uneasiness in the north, the master still looked indifferent, as if he could see through the disputes in the world in his words, and he was not afraid of the wars and wars across the river, which made him feel a lot of emotion. In the world, many things must have been overlooked, but he couldn't do that.

In the past few days, there have been frequent news of the war in the north, and bad news comes from the north of the river every day. He couldn't sleep for many nights after hearing it. At the age of two, he killed people like hemp, and Shi Congyun, the famous recruiter of the Zhou army, led an army of one million tigers and wolves across the river, killing Jinling City so that blood flowed into rivers and heads rolled.

Based on his experience, he couldn't even imagine how Shi Congyun, who was about the same age as him, did these things.

"Master is worthy of being an expert in the world. There are many things I can't let go of. I often tell myself that I don't have to worry about worrying blindly. I have a moment of clarity. But when I hear the news from the north, I often feel irritable and frightened, and I can't control it." Li Congjia shook his head.

The old monk said: "Because we are outsiders, there is no need to force the fate of Zheng Wang to come to an end. Many things are due to fate."

Li Congjia nodded, feeling that he had a lot of insights in his heart, and the master's words always made him feel a lot.

After talking about the allusions in the Buddhist scriptures for a while, Li Congjia sent alms, and then left.

After leaving Zhongshan Monastery, I suddenly felt refreshed and my worries disappeared.

In the living room outside, more than a dozen guards with knives were guarding the door, and two beautiful maids were waiting there with their beloved wife, who saw him come out and smiled like a flower, and got up to greet him.

He took his beloved wife's hand and walked out. The two had been married for less than a year, and it was a time of deep affection.

His wife's name is Zhou Ehuang, the eldest daughter of Zhou Zong, a minister of his own country.

He was originally the sixth son of the monarch of the Tang Kingdom, named King Zheng.

Father-in-law Tongping Zhangshi and servant Zhou Zong had a good relationship with his father in the early years, so he was asked to marry Zhou Zong's eldest daughter Zhou Ehuang, who is now his concubine.

The father was very satisfied with Zhou Ehuang. Originally, they were supposed to get married the year before last, and the father wanted to officiate for them in person. It turned out that Shi Congyun had fought successively in Shu, and Shu sent envoys to the south of the Yangtze River to state their interests. Shi Congyun is not easy to deal with.

If the Kingdom of Shu perishes, it should be their Tang Kingdom next.

In the beginning, all the ministers in the court thought it was enough to sit on the sidelines, but Shi Congyun beat them too fast and too hard, which made his father, Emperor Li Jing, a little uneasy, and began to hesitate, so he didn't have time to preside over their marriage, so it was postponed until last spring.

As a result, last spring, Shi Congyun defeated his country's [-] troops in the battle of Zhengyang, beheaded the general Liu Yanzhen, and entered the prosperous Tang Dynasty. After Liu Renshan, Zhu Yuan and others gradually turned the tide of the battle, the father found time to officiate the wedding ceremony for them.

Because of Shi Congyun, his wedding has been postponed for a year and a half. Since then, he has remembered this person, and with all the vicious names afterwards, in the past two years, everyone in the country has known him. dawn.

In the afternoon, he was a little tired from walking, so he stopped to rest in the half pavilion of Zhongshan Mountain. Looking from here, he could still see the rolling Yangtze River in the distance.

Zhongshan is located in the east of Jinling City, south of Dajiang River, with many Buddhist temples and Taoist temples in the mountains.

Li Congjia has a special liking for Zhongshan, and he calls himself a hermit of Zhongshan. He likes to go to the mountain to indulge in the landscape, and sit and discuss the Tao with many eminent monks.

Of course, his behavior is not all due to his personality, there are also unavoidable reasons.

Just as he was thinking, his beloved wife came over and wiped the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief. He had just walked a short distance, and his white forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.

He grew up in a noble family. He liked poetry, poetry, music, chess, calligraphy and painting since he was a child. His health is not that good. He can't compare to warriors and farmers. He also disdains those who sell martial arts.

A few warriors stood guard at a distance, and the accompanying maid also consciously stood a little farther away, leaving the world for them as a couple.

"Ehuang, I don't know if Brother Huang can rest assured." Li Congjia looked at the Yangtze River in the north, feeling a little melancholy, "I don't know why God gave me such a face."

"Heaven has its own reasons." Zhou Ehuang comforted him, "Your Majesty is a noble man, this is God's love, how can you belittle yourself, and besides, if you do your best, the King of Yan will not be able to do so, and there is still Father."

He nodded, "If you say that, I'm going to explain it a bit."

What Li Congjia was afraid of was his elder brother Li Hongji, King of Yan. The elder brother was a good fighter, capable, and good at killing people. Even his uncles like the crown prince and emperor's younger brother were afraid of him.

He was even more afraid of his elder brother, and didn't want to get involved in the battle for the reserve.

Because he was born with double pupils (actually a kind of eye disease, two pupils in one eyeball, belonging to pupil adhesion distortion), it is said that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, also had the same double pupils as him, so he was awarded by his father and emperor. Some ministers value it, but they are also suspected by their elder brothers.

Therefore, he indulged wantonly, indulged in the mountains and rivers, and showed his heart to Buddhism, without competing with the world.

"But elder brother is not the only one who is worried about now." Speaking of this, he looked a little scared.

The eldest brother is strong, and he is trying to compete with his uncle, and beat him several times, all of which are just family affairs within the family. He feels that as long as he reassures his elder brother, the days of prosperity and wealth will still be indispensable.

But he was powerless and helpless to deal with disasters outside the house.

"Lang Jun is talking about the war in the north." Speaking of this, the beautiful wife also had a look of worry on her face.

"Well, I listened to the discussion of my father and the emperor two days ago, and only then did I know that Shi Congyun has successively won Shouzhou, Haozhou, Sizhou, Haizhou, Taizhou, Yangzhou, Liuhe, and Chuzhou in March, and his troops are unstoppable. After defeating our army one after another, the [-] soldiers are almost exhausted.

Only the isolated city of Chuzhou is still struggling." The more he said, the more worried his face became, and he couldn't help but hold on to his beloved wife's hand.

"Fortunately, the uncle who escaped from the front line told my father that Zhou's army ships are too big, and the waterways around Chuzhou are narrow, so they can't enter the big river. My father also thinks so.

But every time I hear his name, I still feel terrified, and feel that I am in vain as the son of man, in vain as King Zheng of the country. "Li Congjia shook his head.

The beautiful Zhou Ehuang held his hand with both hands and comforted him softly: "Your Majesty, why should you blame yourself.

Now who in Jiangnan is not afraid of Shi Congyun, the war in Huainan is not your fault, it is just human nature.

We have to think about the good in everything, no matter what, it is good that there is a big river, Zhou Jun can't get through, no matter how powerful Shi Congyun is, he can only run rampant in Huainan, we don't have to be afraid of him. "

Li Congjia felt relieved when he heard this, and turned his head to overlook the Jinling City in the distance. The figures were like ants, and he could no longer see them clearly.He is a person who is sad about spring and autumn, and is easy to touch the scene. He is full of emotion for a while, but it is mostly negative and sad, without those impassioned and upstream things. He is such a person.

"Right now, people in Jinling are also panicking."

Zhou Ehuang, who was extremely graceful, stood up and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

"I only hope that the Northern Dynasty can withdraw its troops sooner and return to the old days."

Li Congjia nodded in agreement, feeling deeply hopeless about the situation in the north, especially since March this year.

Since spring and March, after the Zhou army changed recruits, until now in July, the golden autumn season, the Southern Tang Dynasty has continuously lost troops and lost generals. Of the fourteen prefectures in the north of the Yangtze River, only five prefectures are still in their hands.

If we fight for ten years and lose [-] youths, the country will still be able to sustain it.

But this year, in just over four months since Shi Congyun was promoted by Zhou Guoguo as Huainan envoy, the [-] people of the Tang Kingdom were wiped out in Huainan, and hundreds of boats were wiped out.

The rapid and rapid changes in the battlefield situation made the entire court, inside and outside the palace, panicked, and the whole country was shocked.

Some important officials in the imperial court, such as Tongping Zhangshi, who had the best relationship with the monarch Li Jing, and his servant Zhong Zhouzong, who was also his old father-in-law, also mentioned that it would be difficult for the Hou Zhou army to resist for a long time.

From the very beginning, the father planned to cede six of the fourteen prefectures in Huainan to the state of Zhou, and asked the state of Zhou to stop the army, but the king of the state of Zhou disagreed. It was only after meeting him in person that he was willing to give up, which is why there was a see-saw and stalemate for more than a year.

Therefore, for the people of the Tang state, especially the high-level officials, Li Congjia also understood the thoughts of the high-level officials. He did not think that he could resist the Zhou state for a long time.

They also know that Shi Congyun, a rising star of the Zhou Kingdom, is very powerful. They heard that this person participated in the Battle of Gaoping, was very brave in the battle against the Northern Han Dynasty, and defeated the Shu army one after another under Wang Jing, and it was him in the first month of last year Defeat the [-] army of the national general Liu Yanzhen.

So I was more or less prepared, but the final result was still too scary.

Within four months, Huainan was swept across, and [-] land and sea soldiers were wiped out!

Li Jingda, Chen Jue, Lin Renzhao and others fled back to Jinling in embarrassment, while Zhu Yuan, Bian Hao, Xu Wenzhen, Liu Renshan, Guo Tingwei and others were forced to surrender.
Shi Congyun far exceeded expectations, beyond everyone's expectations, it was frightening, and his hands and feet were cold.

Even he, who never wanted to deal with political affairs, was so scared that he couldn't sleep at night, and couldn't sleep for several days.

Li Congjia said with some sentimentality, "When the news of Shi Congyun's Lianzhan and Lianjie reached the palace, I was also by my father's side."

"Father asked the ministers whether he should personally conscript to resist Daliang's army. Qiao Kuangshun from Zhongshushe bluntly said no. Father couldn't stop Shi Congyun. As a result, he was exiled to Fuzhou in the name of disturbing the morale of the army."

"Father changed his question to Zhu Kuangye and Liu Cunzhong, commanders of the Divine Guard, and Zhu Kuangye responded with a line of poetry, 'The heaven and the earth all work together, but heroes are not free when transported away.'

Liu Cunzhong also agreed, intending to tell his father that after Shi Congyun's successive victories, the general situation of the two countries has been settled, and there is no way to turn back the sky anyway.

In a fit of rage, his father demoted Zhu Kuangye to Fuzhou deputy envoy, and Liu Cunzhong was exiled to Raozhou.

But even though the father made these gestures, he did not take half a step out of Jinling in the end. Many people privately said that the father had high eyesight and low abilities, and he took his anger out on others.

But I understand Father, he didn't ask this question because he really wanted to go to the royal conquest, but just wanted someone among the ministers below to stand up and relieve his worries.

If there is a powerful and loyal minister like Shi Congyun in our country, why is it here?

Why does our country have thousands of miles and tens of millions of people, but there is not a single person like that in the court?Why is Shi Congyun not a minister of our country, and why does no one below dare to come out to resist Shi Congyun?

This is what my father is angry with, and I am also very angry, this group of useless civil and military officials! " Li Congjia said and smashed his fist on the railing, and heaved a long sigh: "An De warrior guards all directions."

Zhou Ehuang stood behind her, his eyes were a little obsessed, "Your Majesty is really heroic."

Being praised so much by his beloved wife, Li Congjia's previous thoughts went with the wind in an instant, and he felt happy.

Maintaining his demeanor, his mood slowly eased. That's right, no matter how big Zhou's army ship was, he couldn't reach the big river. His father and the important officials in the court thought so, so why should he worry about the Huainan matter?It's better to continue the romance with my beloved wife and indulge in the mountains and rivers. It doesn't matter what happened to Huainan.

July, early autumn, Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching.

The large paddy fields on both sides of the Yangtze River are golden and swaying in the autumn wind, just like another big river swinging with golden waves and blue waves.

Facing the mouth of the Luan River, the river is covered with white sails, and more than [-] ships of all sizes converge into a long dragon, where all the ships of the Zhou army and navy gather.

Shi Congyun was located on the flagship of the Chinese army, looking at the prosperity on both sides of the strait, he felt emotional, no wonder the Southern Tang Dynasty was so rich and lasted so long, the waters of the Yangtze River are really rich.

If the Yellow River is the mother river of China, then the Yangtze River is the father river. Traditionally, mothers are mainly responsible for gestation, and fathers are responsible for most of the upbringing.

On both sides of the Yangtze River, people were really rich. If the Zhou Dynasty had these lands, it would be enough to support another 10,000+ army. It is no wonder that Wang Pu would say that he wanted to go south and go north. Zhao Kuangyin has always followed this strategy.

The young Cao Bin was a little excited, and stood half a step behind him, followed by Pan Mei and Guo Tingzhi.

Pan Mei sighed, "If you cross the great river and gain the wealth of the southern land, you can do many things in the world."

Shi Congyun didn't have so much emotion in his heart, he just thought that if he crossed the Yangtze River, he would really get rich!

Standing by the side, Cao Bin nodded after hearing this, "I think Pan Jianjun's words make sense, but the major events in the world today are not all about money and food."

Everyone nodded slightly after hearing this, and didn't go any further.

Shi Congyun was full of pride in his heart, and he could not wait to take seven hundred boats and tens of thousands of troops to see the legendary Jinling City in his heart because he was far away on the upper reaches of the river.

Maybe he can still do some extortion!

ps: These two days are very busy, yesterday will be made up tomorrow, the ticket is no longer available

(End of this chapter)