Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 353 Yanmen looking north
For the next two days, Shi Congyun stayed at Yanmen Pass, not because the scenery here is particularly beautiful, but because there are many things that need to be arranged.

For this place, he had a lot of expectations and reluctance in his heart, but it was not the right time.

There were not many troops left on the mountain, and the main force had retreated down the mountain. Guo Jin led the troops to the northeast to control Fanzhi County.

If you go further north, you have to cross the mountain road to Lingqiu County, which is already under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou, one of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and it is now in the hands of the Liao Kingdom.

At this point in the war, the logistics supply line stretching more than 1000 miles began to become increasingly tense. With such a long supply line, it would be considered efficient if two points of the food could be delivered to the frontline army. consume.

He originally thought that defeating the Northern Han Dynasty would shorten the supply line and build a new logistics channel starting from near Taiyuan and supplying the army to the north, shortening the supply distance, supporting him to cross the Yanmen Pass, and attack Shuozhou and Huanzhou in the rear. State, Yunzhou and other places.

But after taking down Taiyuan City, he discovered that the Northern Han Dynasty had been in constant wars over the years. It supported a large army with its narrow land and thin territory, plus it continued to pay tribute to the Liao Kingdom, and fought with Li Yun. Ji and others harassed and attacked, and the military expenditure was huge. They were already strong on the outside and dry on the inside.

Such Hedong is completely unable to support an army of more than 5 people, plus more than [-] logistics personnel.

And his supply line has been extended all the way from the Yellow River, Luzhou to Yanmenguan, the farthest is more than 1000 miles away, and it is even more difficult to continue with the need to climb mountains.

Moreover, at the end of March, there was a loophole in Ludoxun's work.

He couldn't restrain the auxiliary soldiers from the various states under his command. At first, small-scale looting of people's property and occupation of other people's wives and daughters occurred. , Delayed grain transportation.

Shi Congyun was furious when he learned about it, and ordered his judges to conduct a thorough investigation, and then executed all 26 state soldiers involved in the incident without mercy, and informed the entire army and the people of the states and counties along the way.

At the same time, Ludoxun was also taken down directly.

He had a little bit of selfishness in using Ludoxun at the beginning.

Firstly, I wanted to give young people a chance; secondly, Lu Duoxun was a scholar, and Emperor Shi was very happy to flatter him. During the mutiny, it was Lu Duoxun who took the initiative to write the Zen edict. He was very sensible, so I had a good impression of him. Unexpectedly Overturned the car.People often say that there is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not fast, and it seems to be true.

Afterwards, Shi Congyun was recommended by Cao Bin, and he served as a transfer envoy to the Eastern Army during the expedition to Shu, and Shen Yilun served as a transfer envoy.

Shen Yilun lived up to his expectations. After taking office, he quickly resumed the supply of the army, and even put down his airs and took the initiative to talk and mediate with the people along the way to solve the problem.

Lu Duoxun failed, probably because he was too young and too arrogant. When something happened, he still put on the airs of court officials and scholars, but sent his subordinates to reconcile with the people, and the trouble became bigger and bigger.

Yesterday afternoon, Shen Yilun asked him worriedly about the logistics problem, but in order not to affect the morale of the army, he told him quietly in private.

At the end, Shen Yilun said tactfully, "Officials, if you still want to go north, I feel that you can't transfer from the big warehouse by the Yellow River, it's too far away.

It is better to collect grain from Hebei, go near Zhenzhou, and at the same time collect the young and strong in Zhenzhou and its surrounding counties, transport grain to the west, pass Jingxing to Yuzhou, and then go straight to Wutai to Xinkou and Yanmen. "

Shi Congyun is not an emperor who doesn't eat minced meat. He naturally understands that although Shen Yilun proposed a plan, it is very difficult.

Not to mention that there is no autumn harvest in Hebei this year, and the people don't have much food. At this time, additional taxation will increase the burden. Moreover, the Qin State's Guanbei army stationed near and north of Zhenzhou to defend the Liao State. To add insult to injury.

Moreover, it is not easy to walk along the Jingxing Road or Wutai Mountain. The mountain road is rugged and difficult, not to mention the transportation of grain, which is far less convenient and easy than the road going north from Taiyuan.

In the end, he vetoed Shen Yilun's approach, which was tantamount to vetoing his ambition to continue northward.

Looking north from the mountains and rivers, the cold moon is like a hook. In the wilderness at the foot of the mountain in the distance, Huanzhou City can be vaguely seen. It seems to be a shadow, or it may be his hallucination.

Standing at the head of Yanmen Pass, one has a strange sense of accomplishment overlooking the lights of thousands of houses, like being a top of the mountain to see the small mountains, and the heart is full of many emotions, excitement, ambition, and unwillingness. This is really a land that is very easy to touch the heart.
After a while, he beckoned the soldiers who were a few steps away to come over, and then said: "Go and call all the generals above the commander of all the armies."

After a while, except for Guo Jin and Wang Shenqi, the rest of the generals arrived at the top of the city. Even in the middle of the night, they came very quickly. Generals who are fighting have to sleep with their eyes half open, which is very tiring.

Facing the crowd, he pointed to the steep north slope of Yanmen Pass, and said bluntly: "Do you want to continue fighting?
I came here because I couldn’t sleep in the middle of the night, and I want to hear your opinions. Don’t be shy, speak freely, and talk about it. "

As soon as he finished speaking, Dang Jin didn't even want to speak: "Officials, for a certain fifth battalion, I will be the vanguard. Go ahead and have a look."

When he said that, everyone looked at each other and couldn't speak.

Dangjin made such a big start, if others said they didn't want to fight, wouldn't it be timid to fight, and it was still in front of the emperor.

Shi Congyun understood this truth in his heart, shook his head and said, "Dangjin, next time you speak, you will be the last to speak."

"Ah?" Dang Jin looked puzzled, feeling aggrieved.

"There is a saying in the art of war, not to underestimate the enemy with the importance of the army; not to disobey the crowd with one's own opinion; not to take debate as inevitable; those who have read the book, you can talk about it, but if you have something to say, don't worry, I won't blame it " Shi Congyun said a few words of comfort to them and encouraged them.

It was only then that Li Chuyun spoke first: "Officials, a certain person thinks it is possible to fight, but it is a matter of food and grass.

If you fight in the past, you can also go to Shuozhou, Huanzhou, Yingzhou, Yunzhou and other places to get food.

But this has two concerns.

Once you come to the land of Saibei, whether you can support tens of thousands of troops is a problem.It is said that during the Han Dynasty, cattle and sheep abounded in the land outside the Great Wall, and the wealth was very rich, but since the late Tang Dynasty, wars have continued, and I am afraid it will not be much better.

Second, if tens of thousands of troops want to get food locally, we may not have a good reputation. "

Shi Congyun understood what Li Chuyun meant by taking food on the spot, that is, grabbing food wherever he went. Most armies since the end of Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties have done this.

But Shi Congyun immediately vetoed this in his heart. If he still did that, it would be no different from the warlords of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, let alone end the chaos of the Five Dynasties.

At the beginning of Li Chuyun, everyone also began to speak, some said that the fight could not be done, while others thought that we should take advantage of the victory and pursue it, and it would be best to fight to Yunzhou.

After talking for a long time, no one can convince anyone.

After a stalemate like this for a while, Shi Congyun didn't intervene and let them discuss.

At this time, Xiang Gong took half a step forward and organized his words: "Officials, I'm afraid we can't be in a hurry to go further north. Now that Yanmen is in hand, it can completely stop the Liao army.

After that, there are two big things to do in the world.

One minister asked the government to send a capable minister to manage the river east well, especially the Taiyuan and Yanmen areas, to resist the Khitan externally and prevent them from going south, and internally to make the northern people recuperate and live without the disaster of war.

In this way, after three to five years, the people in Hedong can rest, and at the same time, in the past few years, they have transported the grain and grass from the south, Henan, and Hebei to the north, and hoarded them near Taiyuan and Yanmen.

It will take about three to five years for everything to be ready. At that time, send troops to the north to collect Ying, Shuo, Huan, Wei, Yun and other states, and take back the sixteen states of Yanyun. It can also be supplied in the desert, instead of traveling thousands of miles to transport grain from Hebei or Henan over mountains and ridges.

The second is peace in the north. Take this opportunity to quickly clean up the Southern Han, Jiangnan and other countries in the south. With Yanmen Pass and Yanmen Mountain as barriers, there are no major border problems in the north. You can also greatly reduce the northern frontier army and save money. In the next few years, there will be no scruples about using troops in the south. "

Xiang Gong has always had a big picture view. He is not a fierce general like Shao Ji, Dang Jin, and Jing Si, but he always looks at the big picture and makes judgments differently from ordinary people.

After listening to him, Shi Congyun actually understood the truth, so he didn't need to tell Xiang Gong, but he couldn't bear it.
Yunzhou, the place that my father misses so much, he has the word cloud in his name. From Yanmenguan to the north, it is only more than 200 miles away from Yunzhou.

"Officials."

Xiang Gong wanted to say something else, but Shi Congyun raised his hand to interrupt, "I know in my heart that many major events cannot be accomplished overnight, and cannot be accomplished overnight. Don't be in a hurry, it's just that you can't control yourself."

"The official family is the emperor, and will not be troubled by those."

Shi Congyun nodded in agreement with his statement, but said in his heart that the emperor is also a human being, but he didn't say this sentence, saying it would be poaching his own corner.

"Then go back, before you know it, it will be April, I want to go home and hug my wife"

In mid-April, they marched all the way north and defeated the Liao army. The Qin army that occupied Yanmen Pass finally stopped after occupying Fanshi County. They did not cross Yanmen Mountain to attack Shuozhou, Huanzhou, Yingzhou and other places, nor did they attack northeast Lingqiu County.

Finally, the trembling and frightened Liao defenders breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially in Shuozhou, Huanzhou, Lingqiu and other places, many Liao troops were so frightened that they ran away. The local governors and officials all prepared the flag of Qin State, and only waited for the Qin army to come.

In the end, the Qin army did not go north, but only stopped at Yanmen Pass. Some people were happy and some were worried.

The joy of surviving after the catastrophe shrouded the land north of Yanmen Mountain, but fortunately, many smart people calmed down again, and escaped this time?What about next time, what should we do next time Qin Jun comes again?
Looking at the general trend of the world today, the Qin State in the south is becoming more and more unstoppable, maybe it is time to think about the way out early.
For Shi Congyun, his withdrawal was full of regret and unwillingness.

But for all countries in the world, Shi Congyun's withdrawal of troops is more like a kind of contempt, provocation, or disdain, or showing off.

The Qin State sent troops at the beginning of the year, and now it is only April and early summer, and they have fought all the way to the top of Yanmen Mountain, across thousands of miles, galloping east of the river.

For several months, the Qin army marched northward with a destructive momentum, defeated Li Jun's army one after another, forced Li Yun to death, defeated the Northern Han army, broke through dozens of counties along the way, captured Taiyuan Jiancheng, and captured the Northern Han Dynasty leader Liu Jun .Fighting thousands of miles all the way, those who should be defeated along the way, those who are attacked will be defeated, invincible and unstoppable.

The rebellion was put down in just over two months, and the Northern Han Dynasty was destroyed. This kind of destructive trend, combined with the Qin army's military campaigns in various parts of the world over the past few years, is an irresistible event. Many people are frightened and can't sleep at night. Yes, more and more people feel that the general trend of the world is clearer.

Except for the Liao Kingdom in the north, there are still many isolated forces, and the Jiedu envoys from all walks of life are even more frightened. Obviously they all understand that they do not have Li Yun's ability, and they also understand that Li Yun is the current Emperor of Qin who killed chickens for monkeys to see. , Li Yun is that chicken!they are the monkeys
So all towns and towns around the world wrote to the imperial court one after another, requesting to go to Beijing to face the saints to show their loyalty. There are many similar memorials, from Guanzhong, Hezhong, to Hebei, Qidi, and Guanbei.

Those Jiedu envoys who have grown up since the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, like the emperors of the earth, have never been so afraid as they are now.

All of them expressed that they were loyal ministers of the imperial court, and that Shi Congyun's ascension to the throne was legal, and that it was abdication rather than usurpation.

At the beginning of Li Yun's rebellion, they all wanted to personally lead troops to assist the imperial army. If it weren't for reasons such as the long journey, the slow news, the failure to catch up halfway, an accident at home, and their own illness, etc., they would have led troops to Hedong to bow their heads. Waiting for the emperor to send.

Shi Congyun ignored the various reactions of the Jiedu envoys for the time being. After leading the troops back to Taiyuan, there were still many aftermath matters that he needed to arrange. The entire army camped outside the city of Taiyuan, feasting and celebrating. After all, it was difficult to bring back a lot of supplies. , All must be consumed before leaving.

As the emperor, Shi Congyun naturally had other entertainments. Xiao Huanghua had been waiting for him in Taiyuan long ago. After running around and working hard, the comfort of the little girl immediately made people feel better and relieved a lot of fatigue.

The next step is the arrangement before the withdrawal of the troops. Who will sit in Taiyuan, run Hedong for him, and guard against the north.

Shi Congyun thought about it, considered various issues, and finally decided to stay with Xiang Gong.

Because Xiang Gong has the most overall view, and Xiang Gong also understands his strategic intentions, he has always considered issues in a big way, and he has the qualifications of a great official in the frontier.

The most important thing in managing Hedong is to achieve the long-term goal of sending troops north from Yanmen and retaking the sixteen prefectures in a few years. Only when there is a clear understanding of the strategy can we know how to deal with things.

Therefore, Shi Congyun, in front of all the officials at the banquet, appointed Xiang Gong as the military commander of the Sanjiao, who had the right to know the affairs of Taiyuan, and was in charge of Taiyuan and the military towns in the north. He was in Taiyuan and managed Hedong.

At the same time, Yang Jiye was appointed as the training envoy of the Daizhou regiment and the commander of the Jincheng Army. He led the troops to garrison Yanmenguan, Daizhou and other places to prevent the Khitan people from going south, and served as the northern barrier of the Qin State to defend the east of the river.

Arrangement of Yang Jiye was because Shi Congyun could see that the soldiers in Hedong generally have a feeling of wanting to prove themselves and to be ashamed. After all, the Northern Han Dynasty was the grandson of the Liao Kingdom, and many people did not want to be looked down upon.

Supported by this kind of emotion, the soldiers in Hedong were more deadly than anyone else when they beat the Khitan people
(End of this chapter)