Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 193 Jiangling Wind and Rain
At the end of May and the beginning of June, Dazhou sent 20 troops, claiming to be [-]. Words were released along the way, from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to the west, up the river, all the way to attack Shu, and take Chengdu directly.

A huge team, a large number of people, marched along the road all the way, and the news could not be concealed at all.

Shi Congyun didn't plan to hide it either, as sooner or later people would know about it, he had already made plans.

At the beginning of June, when the army arrived in Nanyang, Shi Congyun went to Li Gu that night to advise him not to go further south.

Li Gu asked someone to pour hot water for him, and then said: "This place is still five or six hundred miles away from Jiangling, it's inappropriate for me to stop here, it's easier to dispatch to Xiangzhou."

Shi Congyun took a sip of hot water: "Xiangzhou is too close to the front line, it's not good to go there, it's not safe, Li Gong will still be here, anyway, it's the same."

Li Gu was dissatisfied: "Don't worry, the old man was also deployed as a forward in Zhengyang, and had the power to lead the three armies. When you were able to cross the Huai River, it was not the old man who fought it down. It seems that the old man has never seen a sword battle.

Besides, what we said to the outside world is that we want to conquer Shu. If we want to conquer Shu, we must go westward from Xiazhou (near Yichang City in later generations) and Guizhou (near Zigui County in later generations). In Nanyang, who would believe the news they got?

At least you have to go to Changshou or Jingmen area, it seems like you want to go west along the Jiangxi. "

In Li Gu's words, he is quite proud and well-founded. This is true. Li Gu is a man of both civil and military skills. He was the one who fought the first battle in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Later the army could cross the river.

Shi Congyun chuckled, "That's Li Gongwen's military strategy, everyone has seen it, and I know it too, but Jingmen and Changshou County are not tens of miles away from Nanping territory, so it's not suitable, it's better to be in Xiangzhou (Xiangyang) .” He bargained, he couldn’t bear Li Gu’s mistakes.

Li Gu glanced at him, didn't insist anymore, nodded and said, "Okay, Xiangyang is also possible, you don't need to think about these things, just fight your own battle, I guarantee you won't be hungry, and you don't have to worry about manpower for me.

The old man has already dispatched soldiers from Fuzhou, Anzhou, Yinzhou, Suizhou, Fangzhou, Xiangzhou, and Junzhou. There are at least tens of thousands of soldiers. In addition, the civilian laborers conscripted along the way can definitely guarantee the supply of the army. However, if there is a lot of rain after summer, you should pay more attention. "

Shi Congyun cupped his hands: "I will remember."

After the discussion was settled, Li Gu stayed in Xiangzhou to mobilize food, grass and supplies to support the three armies, while Shi Congyun and him continued to go south separately.

In June, as Li Gu said, it rained heavily for two days and two nights, and the road from Xiangzhou to the south was muddy and difficult, which delayed the journey of the army. Shi Congyun was a little worried.

On the way, Luqiu Zhongqing and Cao Bin discussed the next plan with him, and Shi Congyun didn't hide anything, and told the whole story.

"Nanping is not a problem. They only have three prefectures and seventeen counties. It is not bad to have thousands of elite soldiers. Li Chuyun can settle it."

"Is Li Chuyun really capable?" Luqiu Zhongqing was a little worried, "After all, he is a newcomer, and he has not been with the general for long. He may be good at fighting, but he can't say for sure.
Maybe old general Wang Quanbin, or Li Hanchao, two veterans are more suitable? "

Shi Congyun understood his concerns, and Luqiu Zhongqing put it more tactfully. Indeed, in terms of qualifications, Li Chuyun only followed him in the second Huainan battle, and he was a newcomer to their group.

"Don't worry, Li Chuyun is definitely capable. I'm not worried. The key is Wuping's business."

Shi Congyun paused when he said this, "The key is Wuping in the nine states. Si Chao's army will soon reach the vicinity of Yuezhou along the river, and it will be impossible to hide it by then.

Nanping can probably not fight. If the Gao family knows the current affairs, they should know how to advance and retreat, but Wuping is not sure. Occupying the land of Kyushu, there are at least 3 horses, and they may not be willing to surrender. "

"Then fight. We have an army of [-], so there is no need to be afraid of them." The young Cao Bin was very imposing. Although he was the supervisor of the army, he was very energetic.

Shi Congyun shook his head: "You can't think about military matters in this way, there are many things about winning more with less.

Just like when Zhao She, the famous general of Zhao State, commented on his son Zhao Kuo, he said that military affairs are a matter of life and death, the most difficult thing in the world, but his son Zhao Kuo saw it very simply, and did not regard the use of troops as a major event at all. the biggest problem.

The attitude of underestimating the enemy is extremely unacceptable. Don't underestimate the enemy because of the importance of the army, don't disobey the public because of your own opinions, and don't take debate as inevitable.Even if we have many soldiers and generals, we must not be negligent, or we may become historical sinners for the future of the defeated country and nation. "

After Cao Bin listened, his expression became serious, and he cupped his hands and said, "What the commander taught me is that this kind of thing has benefited me a lot." If you have any thoughts, or if you think what I said is wrong, you can tell me directly." Shi Congyun said and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

"We will be colleagues in the future, and they are used to me. It's okay to speak directly when you have something to say, as long as you don't violate the military order." When he said this, the soldiers around him showed polite but awkward smiles, Someone said in a low voice, "No one can scold you better than the commander-in-chief." Immediately, everyone laughed loudly.

Indeed, when it comes to swearing, Shi Congyun is the one who swears the most, but he doesn't bother to pay attention to these people. If you don't live up to yourselves, and you can't win by swearing, what does it matter to me?

He continued to tell them about the situation in the south.

Si Chao's navy finally followed his order to reach Sizhou by crossing Bianshui River.

Then it will go along Haozhou and Wokou to Shouzhou; then go south from Shouzhou, pass through the Chaohu water system in Luzhou, enter the Yangtze River, and reach the waters near Yuezhou to the west. Yuezhou is the gateway to the northeast of Wuping, and then it is Wuping’s Approved areas Langzhou (Changde), Tanzhou (Changsha).

In this way, the army on land moved from south to north, and the navy moved from east to west, forming a situation of attacking Wuping from both sides.

After capturing Huainan, the river and water transportation also brought great convenience to the Dazhou army. Of course, an envoy was sent to inform the Southern Tang Dynasty who had been in the south of the Yangtze River in advance, so as not to frighten them.

However, there is also new news in the Southern Tang Dynasty. After their lord Li Jing was sent to the city by Shi Congyun, he moved his capital to Hongzhou (Nanchang) because of extreme fear. The capital is no longer on the riverside. It wasn't kicked by a donkey, or maybe it was really frightened.

"If Zhou Xingfeng decides to fight to the death, we have to make all the preparations, go to the military plan, and fight the war, but remember that the war is the last resort. If you can't bet, don't gamble. Be safe and sound. win.

I have studied the details of Zhou Xingfeng for a long time. He and his ten sworn brothers overthrew the state of Chu and occupied the territory. After he secured his position, he began to attack his ten good brothers one by one. By now, many people must be panicking. .

Especially Zhang Wenbiao, governor of Hengzhou, he and Zhou Xingfeng are sworn brothers. It is easy to fight the world together, but it is difficult to get rich together, so I want to send envoys to test Zhang Wenbiao's attitude. "

Luqiu Zhongqing continued: "The commander-in-chief, this plan is very good. Divide them up and solve them one by one."

Shi Congyun nodded: "I think so too, let's try to win Zhang Wenbiao first, if we can win him over, it will be much easier beforehand.

At this time, Zhang Wenbiao was the governor of Hengzhou. He was in the south and Langzhou was in the north. "

Luqiu Zhongqing said: "Let this matter be left to the old man."

"I'll go!" Cao Bin also pleaded.

Shi Congyun thought for a while and said to Cao Bin, "The cao supervisor was sent by the government, and he shouldn't leave the army. It's not only bad for me, but also bad for you. Let's do it, Luqiu."

At this moment, another officer, Guo Tingzhi, stepped forward, "Marshal, let me go, Mr. Luqiu is old, it's not good to go around like this, and"

He paused for a while and didn't say anything else. Luqiu Zhongqing was not angry, and took the lead in nodding and laughing: "Then let Guo do it, the old man is indeed not so flexible in his legs and feet."

Guo Ting said that he bowed to Shi Congyun, and then Luqiu Zhongqing, and Shi Congyun let him go down to prepare.

Seeing him looking over, Luqiu Zhongqing explained: "Guo has been working since the Southern Tang Dynasty. He has not made an inch of merit, and he must be very disturbed. I should not compete with him for merit."

Shi Congyun laughed loudly, "That's right, you still know how to be a human being, let's hurry up."

When the army arrived in Xiangzhou, many news had passed from Li Hanchao's scout battalion. The forward Li Chuyun had already arrived [-] miles north of Jingmen. , clear water, food.

Li Chuyun didn't ask him for instructions on this move, but he used it extremely sophisticatedly.

Theoretically, Nanping and Wuping were still the Jiedushi of the Great Zhou Dynasty, although they actually became independent states long ago.

Li Chuyun asked them to supply the army. If they gave, they would weaken themselves and use money and food to support the Zhou army to beat them. If they didn't, they would give the Zhou army a reason to attack them.

After hearing the news, even Luqiu Zhongqing nodded, thinking that Li Chuyun had a lot of brains, not a titan who only knew how to abuse force.

Shi Congyun then ordered Luqiu Zhongqing to lead the rear army and hand over the supplies of the army with Li Gu. He personally led a hundred cavalry of his own soldiers and rushed to the front of Wang Quanbin's central army.

Just as Zhou Jun's mighty army approached Jingmen, the south was already in chaos.

Jiangling City is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River. It is an important city along the Yangtze River and the seat of Nanping.

In ancient times, there was a poem "Chaoci Baidi among the colorful clouds, thousands of miles of rivers and tombs return in one day, the sound of apes on both sides of the bank can't stop, the light boat has passed the Ten Thousand Mountains." poem.

Jiangling City is not as prosperous as Daliang, Chengdu, and Jinling, but it is not bad, and it is located on an important road. Business travelers from all walks of life will pass by here. The Gao family exploited the people and made a lot of money. Accumulate a lot of wealth with little money.

Moreover, the Gao family is known as a high hooligan, because the southern countries will pass through him when they pay tribute to the north. The Gao family father and son often can't help being jealous and send people to rob.

Immediately provoked people to send troops, he hurriedly begged for mercy and sent the things back, and then continued to rob, all the countries in the south of the Yangtze River were very annoyed, very annoyed with them and there was nothing they could do.

The reason lies in the location of Nanping.

Nanping is bordered by Zhou and Dazhou. To the north of Dajiang, the people of Wuping dare not move because without Nanping, they would border Dazhou and directly face the pressure of Dazhou.

The Kingdom of Shu did not dare to move, because the Kingdom of Shu was afraid of being considered ambitious, and with Nanping, they bordered on both sides of Dazhou.In the past, if Da Zhou wanted to fight them, he could only send troops through Guanzhong and cross the Qinling Mountains. If there was Nanping, Da Zhou could still fight west along the Yangtze River.

But the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty didn't have that kind of ability and ambition, especially after being beaten up by the Great Zhou General Shi Congyun last year and lost half of his country, how could he dare to reach out.

So at the moment, the only neighbor who dares to ask them is Da Zhou!

Although Gao Baorong doesn't have much ambition or great ability, he has been entrenched in Nanping for so long, so he is shrewd and understands this point.

So when I heard that Zhou Jun sent 20 troops and wanted to use Nanping to attack Shu, I started to feel uneasy.

In June, the Jiangling city tower listens to the wind and rain.

Looking north from the top of Jiangling City, the lush greenery is hazy under the rain curtain. In the far north, the fields and trees are covered with a layer of tulle in the rain, and the rain splashes down the tile ditch at the top of the city intermittently.

Just like Gao Baorong's flustered thoughts, he was intermittent and hesitant, and the many civil and military relatives behind him also had secret worries.

The eldest son, Gao Jichong, is 24 and [-] years old, looking around and having no idea.

Presiding over political affairs for Gao Baorong is also the one he trusts the most. Gao Baoxu, the most capable of the many brothers in the Gao family, also hesitates to speak.

The fifth younger brother Gao Baoyin, inspector Sikong, stood up and whispered:
"My lord, Li Chuyun, the commander of the frontiers of the Great Zhou, also brought a letter from the chief general Shi Congyun, asking us to provide water, fodder and some food for the army that conquered Shu. He said that the army will enter the country when the time comes. Jiangling came to fetch food and grass from outside the city.

Do we promise or not, are we ready or not? "

Sun Guangxian, the judge of Jiedu, said immediately: "If they don't prepare, they have 20 troops, and the coach is still Shi Congyun, how can I afford to offend them?"

General Li Jingwei's face was solemn: "Soldiers, tricks, we can prepare, but if we don't prepare, we will make a confession and anger Zhou Jun, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat and walk around.

But even if it was prepared, the minister thought that it should be sent abroad to the Zhou army, and they should not be allowed to pick it up. At the same time, he mobilized the troops of the three states to stand ready, just in case. "

Gao Baorong is not a hero. Seeing that everyone has different opinions, he subconsciously looks at his younger brother Gao Baoxu who has been handling government affairs for him.
Gao Baoxu had no choice but to say, "The vanguard of the Zhou army has arrived near Jingmen, which is only more than 200 miles away from our Jiangling. If they continue to go south, they will arrive in five or six days.

The minister thought that he should send envoys to the north as soon as possible, and agreed with Zhou Jun that it was good to work in Jingmen, but he said that Jiangling is a small place and cannot accommodate the army of the Northern Kingdom.

In addition, quickly gather food and grass, send it to Jingmen to reward Zhou Jun, try not to let them enter the country, and send them away. If Zhou Jun insists on going south, it is likely that they are coming for us.

If it's coming at us."

Speaking of this, he couldn't go on.

"Originally, maybe we could try to seek help from the Tang Kingdom in the east. Our country borders the Jiangbei land of the Tang Kingdom, but last year Shi Congyun took all the Jiangbei land of the Tang Kingdom.
So if the Zhou army insists on going south at that time, please make a decision, whether it is war or peace, the ministers will follow. "

He spoke very cleverly, and threw the question back again.

Gao Baorong's 57-year-old face has sunken eye sockets, and his hair and beard are white from early sorrow. What ambitions do people of this age have?What energy do you have.

However, General Li Jingwei was very excited. He put his hand on the hilt of his sword and knelt on one knee and said, "My lord! The power of the soldiers is too high, and the agreement outside the city is untrustworthy. You should prepare your troops for battle and be ready to fight with the Zhou army at all times."

"How many soldiers can you gather?" Gao Baoxu asked.

"Ten thousand is always available!" Li Jingwei promised loudly.

Jiedu magistrate Sun Guangxian immediately retorted: "Zhou's army claims to be 20, and the leader is the famous Shi Congyun.

When he was young, he fought back the Northern Han and Khitan, defeated Shu in Guanzhong, and won the land of the four states in Guanzhong.

Last year, he defeated Tang's hundreds of thousands of troops and seized the fourteen prefectures in Jiangbei.

In the past few years, he has conquered eighteen states one after another, we only have three states, can we stop Shi Congyun?"

When Sun Guangxian said this, the meaning in his words was already obvious. The key is that no one in the city refuted what he said, and even Gao Baorong didn't punish him.

Shi Congyun's fame has really grown in the past few years.

"Always try, who knows what the war is about!" Li Jingwei blushed and said unconvinced.

Gao Baorong raised his hand slightly: "Get up, let the tenth brother (Gao Baoxu) take charge of the matter, I am tired, go back to rest, you can take care of it."

Then, with the support of his eldest son Gao Jichong, he opened his umbrella and went downstairs. Gao Baorong is 57 this year, he is indeed an old man, and he doesn't have much energy to take care of things.

On the other side, Gao Baoxu did not agree with Li Jingwei's opinion, and was going to send people to negotiate and mediate with Zhou Jun's army near Jingmen, preparing to spy on Zhou Jun's intentions.

The next day, when the weather cleared, the Nanping Kingdom sent its envoys out of Jiangling to the north, and went northward at full speed to contact the Zhou army to test their intentions.

In Jiangling City, bad news spread quickly. Nanping General Li Jingwei hanged himself at home last night. Jiangling City was shocked. Nanping Wang Gao Baorong ordered him to be buried generously.

This incident caused some waves in Jiangling City, and people talked about it, but it passed quickly.

For a person, chances outweigh hard work most of the time, no one knows whether Li Jingwei is a titan, because he has no chances.

For Jiangling, many people were lucky. After all, Zhou Jun claimed that he was only passing through Jiangling.

But the state of Shu, where the 20 Zhou army claimed to be severely punished, has long been in chaos. At the beginning, Shi Congyun led 5000 people and killed their tens of thousands of troops and seized the land of the four states.

Now that the history of killing the gods has come back from the clouds, and with an army of 20, he wants to march west along the river and take Chengdu directly, that's okay!

(End of this chapter)