Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 311
In September, the blue sky, the yellow leaves, the north wind cuts all the grass, the clear sky sends the autumn geese, and the clear sky and the earth, a few fast horses gallop south, sweeping a large area of ​​yellow sand
Further south is Taiping Station in the northwest of Luzhou.

The station building was built by the river to control the rear bridge. After crossing the five-foot-long bridge to the south, it was the boundary of Zhaoyi Army of Qin State.

Therefore, the north of Taiping Station has always been the frontier of the war between the Northern Han Dynasty and China. The post station is also different from others. There is a battalion of troops stationed there, a large number of deer villages are set up to resist horses, and trenches are dug at the front, and there are conflicts from time to time.

Every day, the post station will send a team of five cavalry to the north to investigate the situation on the Northern Han side, and the Northern Han Dynasty also tacitly set up its outpost at the mountain pass twenty miles away from here, leaving the flat land in the middle , as two buffer areas.

This also caused hundreds of households in the middle of the 20-mile width to suffer. In such a long-term confrontation, the middle zone means that neither side treats itself as their own.

It's okay to meet some good-tempered side generals, and they may arrange to retreat to the rear control area, otherwise it will end badly.

Obviously Li Yun was not a good general, and the Northern Han Dynasty did not have such thoughts. The hundreds of families in Hedong who were caught in the middle were also miserable. Except for some families who moved away quickly, the war between the two sides, rape and looting while taking advantage of the chaos, Those who didn't run away almost all had their families broken up and their wives were separated.

And that's just the damage done to the people by a small war, a state war.

After Li Yun captured Liaozhou last year, his soldiers went straight to Wuxiang County, ninety miles north of Taipingyi, so Li Yun was also named King of Wuxiang by the Queen Mother who was the regent of Zhou at that time.

At the beginning of this year, the Northern Han Dynasty took advantage of Shi Congyun to send troops to Shu, launched a counterattack, fought south for dozens of miles, and regained Wuxiang County. anti.

The two armies confronted and fought here for nearly half a year. Over a hundred people were killed on both sides. When they finally heard that Shi Congyun had destroyed the Kingdom of Shu and that Daliang's main force had returned to Beijing, they dared not make any further moves and even retreated northward. , broke away from the confrontation, and retreated to Wuxiang Town and its surrounding mountain passes dozens of miles away.

In this way, in fact, the war for Liaozhou lasted for nearly two years before it came to an end.

Last year, Li Yun launched a sudden attack and almost took down several counties in Liaozhou. However, under the order of the Liao Dynasty, the main force of the Northern Han Dynasty had to go to Zhenzhou in the north to save Youzhou in the Liao Dynasty, so they could not manage the war in the south.

Later, the main force was defeated by General Li Chongjin of Zhou State in Tumen Village, and then the main force of Liao State was almost completely wiped out by Shi Congyun.

On the contrary, the main force of the Northern Han Dynasty was only defeated, not encircled and wiped out, so their strength was preserved. Later, when they heard that the evil star Shi Congyun had gone to Shu, they immediately launched a counterattack.

At first Li Yun occupied almost the entire territory of Liaozhou, but the war was not so easy, and the places that were defeated had to be able to withstand it. After the Northern Han Dynasty made a move, they immediately began to counterattack.Take back Wuxiang County, Yushe County and Bi County in the north, and take back most of Liaozhou.

As a result of this war, after two years, Li Yun finally won and controlled less than half of Liaozhou, and Taiping Station was at the forefront of the boundary between the two.

The main reason why the Northern Han Dynasty did not dare to counterattack again was because Shi Congyun led the main force back from Shu.

Overall, Li Yun still made money.

After a while, a few fast horses got the password and rushed into the yard in front of the post station. Then the leading corporal didn't have time to go to the stable, so he said: "I want to see the commander! I have something important to report."

Soon, he met Li Guan, the commander of Taiping Station.

Li Guan has been the commander for six or seven years, because he is a ruthless person and has made military exploits. Although he is still the commander now, he has changed from the commander of the outer town of the Zhaoyi Army to the commander of the Outer Ya Army, and then to the commander of the Inner Ya Army.

Now because of the great importance of Taiping Station, all the elite soldiers stationed here are Li Yun's confidants and internal teeth.

There are usually 500 people in a battalion, but most of the time the horse army has only about 200 people, and the infantry will not be full if they fight all year round.

However, there are more than 800 elite battalions stationed at Taiping Station, because this is the frontier of the war, and we must always guard against the Northern Han Dynasty.

"What's the matter, the puppet Han bandit soldiers are here?" Li Guan has a bearded face, dark skin, and a tall figure.

"No, the people over there gave us wax pills, and they also said they would make us handsome!" The corporal commander who came back reported repeatedly, and then carefully took out a wax pill from his bosom.

Li Guan is not an ignorant person, he himself is a strong man in the village, he has been knowledgeable since he was a child, and knows that this thing is a means of exchanging letters between big shots, and it is not afraid of water if it is sealed with wax, and the letter should be hidden inside.

Immediately shocked, the Puppet Lord of Han sent a letter to their Jieshuai!

The two families are hostile, and at such a juncture that the Qin State has just been established, anyone with a little brain should be aware of the problem.

He didn't dare to open it to read it, so he ordered: "No matter what happened today, you can't tell it out, go and tell your subordinates quickly."

Said to let the left and right prepare the horses, and it was too late to change the clothes, so he just called the deputy to tell him to lead the soldiers and horses, took the cowhide water belt on the wooden stake at hand, went to the well behind the stable to fill a area with clean water, then got on the horse and drove south, south Eighty miles away is Luzhou City where Wang Yabing of Wuxiang was stationed.

Luzhou government office, the hall faces south, the decoration is very simple, and there are a large number of mighty soldiers guarding the periphery.

Li Yun doesn't like extravagance, but he likes to raise dead men from all over the world. Many criminals and vicious fugitives from the court all serve under his command and get shelter.

Li Yun is now the prince of Wuxiang, but he is still only a Jiedu envoy. He has some civil servants under him, but his confidants are his most trusted generals.

The most important of them are his eldest son Li Shoujie, the dental general Liu Jichong, and the dental general Li Jixun who took refuge last year.

He had heard of Li Jixun's name a long time ago. Li Jixun had a feud with the current emperor of Qin, Shi Congyun. Last year, he was originally under Li Chongjin in Zhenzhou. He heard that Shi Congyun dared not return to the capital after he took control of the capital, so he ran to Li Yun's place. Come.

Li Yun is naturally not afraid of Shi Congyun. When he was Jiedushi, Shi Congyun didn't even have hair!
Back then he wasn't afraid of the officials, he was detained by the military supervisors of the officials, and now he is even more afraid of a brat, so he naturally took Li Jixun in, and he wasn't afraid of angering Shi Congyun.

In the past few decades, Li Yun has come step by step in Tang, Han, Jin, and Zhou, and he understands better than anyone else that whoever has soldiers under his command can be the emperor these days!

Naturally, he was also itchy in his heart. He defeated Murong Yanchao and the Northern Han Dynasty along the way. He defended the border for the country for many years, and made great achievements in battle. There are tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, all of whom have fought in battles.

With such power and troops, and seeing more dynasties changing, soldiers and horses conquering the world, I naturally have some thoughts in my heart.

But he is afraid of Guo Rong, especially the big victory in the battle of Huainan, which makes him more wary
I just didn't expect the official's family to die young, but Shi Congyun, that brat, benefited in the end!

Especially this year, when Shi Congyun launched a mutiny to usurp the throne, he felt very resentful, and most of all he was unwilling!He felt that he was far superior to Shi Congyun in terms of seniority and status. When he was handsome, Shi Congyun didn't know where he was!As a result, now that brat Shi Congyun climbed on top of him, asking him to bow down and call him the Son of Heaven!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became, so he refused the reward sent by the Qin State, and did not see the envoy sent by the Qin State for a long time.

But he was hesitant in his heart. He was not afraid of Shi Congyun in the war, because Shi Congyun made great achievements in the war, and he was not a vegetarian. He fought all the way for half his life for decades, defeated the late Han, defeated the fake Han, and almost had no defeats. , There are also a large number of elite soldiers under his command.

The problem lies in the strength of the troops. He once dared to challenge Guo Rong, because when Taizu established the country, he was allowed to defend against the Northern Han and Khitan in the north, so he was given a lot of relief. In the next ten years, he recruited troops and recruited people from all walks of life. The disciples now have [-] soldiers!
Most of them fought against the puppet Han.

However, today's Qin State has been conquered by Shi Congyun for several years, and the territory has been expanded by half. It is said that the forbidden army has also expanded from about 20 to nearly [-].

He estimated that even if many of them had to be stationed in the vast borderlands to guard against the surrounding Liao Kingdom, Southern Tang, Southern Han, Qiang, etc., the remaining available soldiers should be around [-] to [-].

Even if some guards were left to guard Liang, Shi Congyun could mobilize 6 to [-] people to fight him, plus the troops from the surrounding towns, there would definitely be no less than [-].

If he raises troops at that time, his strength will definitely not be as strong as Shi Congyun's, so he has been hesitant.

But just today, Liu Jun, the leader of the Han Kingdom in the north, sent someone to send a secret letter from Wawan, saying that he was willing to join forces with him. Taking advantage of Shi Congyun who had just usurped the throne and his heel was unstable, they jointly sent troops to deal with Qin.

Li Yun was overjoyed after hearing this. The reason why he didn't dare to act was nothing more than the lack of troops. If the Han Kingdom in the north was willing to send troops, he would not be afraid of Shi Congyun at all.

So he summoned his staff, General Ya, and his eldest son to discuss the matter here.

Li Jixun immediately stood up and expressed his opinion: "I wanted to fight Shi Congyun to the death to avenge the officials. Back then, I saw that he was not a good guy. Unfortunately, the officials misjudged him. If the king raises an issue, I will be a striker!"

Seeing Li Jixun's statement, Li Yun was very happy, "Okay, I also want to avenge the officials, restore the Great Zhou, and kill the usurpers!"

Liu Jichong, a confidant under his command, also said: "I am willing to join the commander-in-chief to seek thieves for the people and avenge the late emperor!"

Li Yun was even happier and laughed loudly.

In a blink of an eye, when he looked at his eldest son Li Shoujie, he was rather displeased.

Li Shoujie frowned, hesitated, and said after a while: "Father, I don't think this is feasible!
Shi Congyun is not easy to deal with. Besides, over the years, Shi Congyun swallowed up Jiangbei, Nanping, Wuping, Shudi, and Guanbei, which is no longer what it used to be.

Besides, this person is not a mediocre person. I just heard that within a few months after he took office, he has taken actions to love the people. Everyone in Hebei knows that he is not a stupid and violent lord. How can such a person be so easy to deal with! "

As he said that, regardless of his father's face becoming more and more ugly, he knelt down and said: "Besides, the Puppet Han Kingdom was defeated by the Zhou Kingdom in Gaoping and Zhenzhou one after another. They are not the opponents of the Central Plains at all. They dare to challenge the Central Plains. Because of the support of the Khitan people, last year the Khitan people were defeated by Shi Congyun and Li Chongjin, how can the Puppet Han Kingdom be an ally they can rely on!"

What he said was very serious, but Li Yun was very annoyed.

Cursed: "You useless thing! You are my son in vain. All the generals think it is feasible, but you are timid and afraid of getting into trouble!"

After saying that, he ignored his eldest son Li Shoujie, and directly said to his beloved general Liu Jichong: "You take a few people and take my words to the north to tell Liu Jun that the old man can raise troops with him.

However, he must send more than [-] troops, and at the same time, he must not invite Khitan people as foreign aid!You have to remember clearly this time, not to write a letter. "

Liu Jichong took the order and went out immediately, and several confidant civil servants around him didn't say anything against him.

"You wrote an appeal against thieves to the old man, saying that Shi Congyun is usurping the throne and seeking rebellion. We will avenge the emperor of the Great Zhou and restore the country for the Great Zhou."

Several civil servants quickly took orders.

Only his eldest son, Li Shoujie, knelt on the ground, protested with all his might, and even cried out, "Father, absolutely not, absolutely not! This is God's will, we can't beat Qin!"

Li Yun was furious, scolded his son a few words and ignored him, and led everyone out of the hall, leaving only Li Shoujie crying bitterly.
In the side hall of the arched beams, Shi Congyun was discussing Li Yun's matter with the Privy Council and the generals of the two divisions.

Judging from all the signs, it can be inferred that Li Yun couldn't hold back
Everyone has their own arguments, but they mainly focus on two points.

The first point was put forward by Lu Duoxun, the imperial court should not move first, if the imperial court sent troops without Li Yun's definite support, it would disturb other Jiedu envoys who hold military power and cause fires everywhere.

Shi Congyun agrees with this point. He beat Li Yun and killed chickens to scare monkeys to deter other Jiedu envoys who are about to move, so Li Yun must jump up by himself.

The second was proposed by Li Fang, a Hanlin scholar, at the court meeting. If Li Yun played the banner of avenging the officials and restoring the Zhou Dynasty, it might win some people's hearts.

At that time, this matter caused a sensation in the court, but Shi Congyun didn't care, because he knew that the problems in the world were far from simple, and it was impossible for everyone to be provoked by a slogan of restoring the Zhou Dynasty.

In essence, the political framework of the Zhou Dynasty was not much different from the previous Houliang, Later Tang, Later Jin, and Later Han, and it did not deviate from the practice of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

In terms of martial arts, Li Cunxu, Zhu Wen and others are all better than the officials, and no one wants to restore them.

At best, Li Yun could use this as an excuse, but he could never win people's hearts. If Zhou Guo had loyal ministers, he would have jumped out as early as last year.

As for Wang Zhu who scolded him at the beginning, Shi Congyun didn't make things difficult for him, and sent him to repair the official mausoleum.

In order to attack Shu, he even withheld money from the official graves, but there was nothing he could do. Now that Shu was finished, it was embarrassing, so it was reasonable and reasonable to send Wang Zhu to repair it, not to hold grudges.

So he listened more to the military advice of Que Xianggong, Wang Quanbin, Wei Renpu, Gao Huaide and others.

Wang Quanbin and Xiang Gong had the same opinion, they both felt that he was wise and powerful, and sent people to block Heyang early on. As long as Heyang was blocked and Li Yun's army could not reach Luoyang, he would be unable to accomplish anything.

In addition, Wei Renpu also suggested to increase troops in the direction of Hezhong. If a war breaks out at that time, the reliability of the Hezhong Jiedushi will also be a problem.
Shi Congyun took it for granted. After all, Li Yun was definitely not the only Jiedu envoy who was about to make a move. Li Yun was the one who jumped out the most and had the most qualifications. On the contrary, they will help whoever wins.

So at the end of September, Shi Congyun ordered Xiang Gong to be the commander of the infantry guards, and lead an army of [-] troops to garrison Hezhong Mansion.

He also ordered that Guo Jin, the training envoy of the Mingzhou regiment who had reported to him before, be promoted as the defense envoy of Mingzhou.

Soon, the end of the new year was approaching, and Daliang City was full of joy. The ten years of peace brought back a lot of vitality to Daliang City. In addition, Shi Congyun's many measures after taking office this year made the people's support for the new court rise to a higher level.

There are singing and dancing in the city, and it is very lively, but the east river hundreds of miles away is covered with cloudy clouds, and the mountain rain is coming, but ordinary people don't know it
(End of this chapter)