Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 36: Retreat all the way to the south + go home (two in one)

In mid-June, the army of the Zhou Dynasty arrived in Zezhou one after another. The troops were scattered, and some of the most serious troops actually lost their establishment. After that, the whole army rested in Zezhou and waited for the follow-up troops.

In Shi Congyun's view, this battle is very crucial, but it cannot be said that the victory is complete, and there are even some problems in strategic judgment in the next few months.

After the victory of Gao Ping, many veteran generals did not advocate continuing to go north. It was almost considered that the officials insisted on attacking Taiyuan in the north, in order to succeed in the battle.

At the beginning of the campaign, the people of Shanxi originally welcomed the Wang division. As a result, due to the lax discipline of the Zhou army, many people were disappointed. They felt that there was no difference between the Liao army, the Northern Han army and the Daliang (Kaifeng) army. It will rob people and kill people.

It can be said that this is the most unsuccessful place in this battle. It is not a defeat to attack Taiyuan or not. It is a draw at most.

I don't know when I will go to Hedong again in the future.

Shi Congyun remembered that in history, it should be at least ten years after Zhao Kuangyin succeeded to the throne.

However, this cannot be entirely blamed on Guo Rong.

He was only an emperor who had just succeeded to the throne, and he was faced with the life and death of the country when he succeeded the throne. Few people could be more decisive and courageous than him.

If the official Guo Rong didn't stand up this time, Da Zhou would have a high probability of becoming a subordinate, not to mention the subjugation of the country, and there would be no chance to compete for the world in the future.

In history, there are very few emperors who can seize this opportunity to decide the fate of the country and make decisions decisively.

But Guo Rong's shortcomings were also evident in this battle.

He has courage, has a big picture, has a world view, and has the people in his heart, but he still lacks more experience in warfare at the practical level.

After the Gaoping War, he could not control the follow-up battle situation, so that the battle of Taiyuan was rushed and chaotic, unable to restrain the army, and various situations suddenly occurred.

This also embarrassed him. At first, Guo Rong was in charge of helping the late emperor Guo Wei to run the rear. Later, the Jiedu envoy Murong Yanchao rebelled. Guo Wei wanted his adopted son, Guo Rong, to take command of the expedition to gain some war experience. Wait for someone to stop.

Speaking of Feng Dao, I heard that when the army was in the Northern Han Dynasty, a major event happened in the court, that is, Zaifu Feng Dao died of illness.

Shi Congyun thought to himself, in any case, this battle was won first and then lost, but from a strategic point of view, it was a victory. The prestige of the official family Guo Rong was completely established, and it was impossible for such a big week to disperse.

On the way south to Zezhou, Shi Congyun went with Pan Mei.

There were too many people in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and Pan Mei was one of the few generals he remembered.

The generals who impressed him were Li Chuyun, Cao Bin, Wang Quanbin, Han Tong, Zhao Kuangyin and others.

It goes without saying that Zhao Kuangyin has the deepest memory of Li Chuyun.

Because Li Chuyun is a general who likes to play psychological warfare, for example, the operation of cooking a fat man is really hard not to remember him.

But it's not just that, Li Chuyun's son Li Jilong is also a mainstay general, and their father and son have a deep memory together.

However, he scratched his head and recalled carefully. Nine times out of ten, Li Chuyun was living under Ruan in Jingnan, Shaanxi Province, right?It's definitely not going to be seen.

As for Cao Bin, Wang Quanbin, and Zhao Kuangyin, they are all famous. Needless to say, Han Tong, as the only person who was silenced in the Chen Qiao mutiny, is of course impressive, an old and unlucky one.

And Pan Mei is not like those people, not a general, but also a good general who loses less and wins more, of course Shi Congyun remembers.

At this time, quickly pull the relationship, maybe it will be useful in the future.

At this time, Pan Mei was only a consecrated official beside Guo Rong, and she was an eighth-rank Qingpao, but the closer she got to the center of power—the emperor, the more opportunities there would be!
There are so many people around Guo Rong, Guo Rong's security captain Zhao Kuangyin, later replaced him as emperor.

Like Zhongjuan Guanying next to Liu Bang, what kind of official is Zhongjuan who cleans Liu Bang's office, but what did Guanying do later?
He was the one who led the Western Han cavalry corps and defeated Xiang Yu's cavalry corps. He was the one who captured the capital of the Western Chu kingdom.

Look, this is the person beside the emperor!

As long as you can get close to the emperor, there is a chance. Don't look at Pan Mei is just a consecrated official now, maybe one day she will become a prosperous one.

So along the way, Shi Congyun was very tongue-in-cheek, and it was a pleasure to talk to him, and it was too late to meet him.

After waiting for a few days in Zezhou, Wang Zhong came back with his brothers who had stayed in various villages and towns to recover, and replenished the [-]st Battalion of the [-]st Army to [-] people at once, which was more than when he went on the expedition, but the overall reduction was a lot.

Long Jie's right wing was reduced by [-] people, which was the result of deploying troops in Luzhou.

These attritions were not completely killed. Some were separated from the main force and could not be found, while others were disabled. They stayed in various places and paid for by the local government, and the people supported them on the spot.

To the south from Luzhou, the soldiers finally got rid of the shadow of the Liao Kingdom that shrouded their heads. There were many crowds in the team, and they all cheered. The battle was finally over, and all those who survived were like the rest of their lives.

The official's family made another deployment in Luzhou, about the military stations.

Without first arranging a place for them to retreat to the south, it might be another tragedy in the Northern Han Kingdom.

Although the people in the Northern Han Dynasty lost the hearts of the people, the looting was at least in the enemy country. If they returned to the country and continued to loot, it would be too indecent, although this kind of operation was very common in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

The official Guo Rong obviously learned from the war. After experiencing the Battle of Taiyuan, he quickly realized this problem, so he arranged the troops stationed and the retreat route in Luzhou. Just kill it!
Unsurprisingly, Shi Yanchao could not return to Zhengzhou. He had to lead his troops to follow Chengyu back to Beijing. After that, he was rewarded for his merits and deeds, and he could not leave without reason.

And that night in Luzhou, an official in a red robe came to send a message, and the official family summoned the father.

Although I don't know what they talked about, Shi Congyun knew that it should be about Dad's arrangement as soon as he came back.

Shi Yanchao told him not to follow the brigade, but to bring a few people home to bring his family from Zhengzhou to Bianliang, the capital.

Just this, Shi Congyun heard a lot of information.

First of all, the officials wanted Shi Yanchao to continue to lead the troops by his side, and not to go out of town, so they let them go to the capital.

Secondly, the official family directly summoned Shi Yanchao to say that he would still stay in the capital, obviously he regarded his father as a confidant.

Comparing Liu Bang and Guan Ying, you can see that the more the emperor's confidant is, the more he will be by his side, even if he has a low official position, he is more trusted than outsiders.

Finally, the official family does not seem to be ready to give up the use of foreign troops.

To see if the emperor is ready to use foreign troops, you can tell by looking at the position of his trusted generals.

The fierce generals around the outer town of the capital are probably not going to use troops in the short term, but now the officials do not let Shi Yanchao outside the town, but stay in the capital, and in all likelihood they are ready to wage war at any time.

Shi Yanchao and others were in the capital, so that the imperial court would have someone to lead the troops, so that they could send troops at any time.

It can be said that as soon as Guo Rong took office, he showed his ambition.

What else can Shi Congyun say? He can only watch and guess at this level of decision-making. As for what the officials are thinking, what are the relatives thinking, ghosts know
He could only obey his father's instructions, distribute several large carts of property to the soldiers in advance, and then took Wang Zhong, Shao Ji, and twenty cavalry to leave the brigade and head south, grabbing the front of the army and heading south.

Take Zezhou over the mountains to Huaizhou, and then cross the river from the south of Huaizhou to Zhengzhou.

He only brought the jade belt, brocade robe, and some gold and silver items that the emperor gave him.

In these days, the currency is chaotic. Most of the people use it to barter, and the common trading item is cloth. In many places, money may not be spent, but silk cloth is no problem.

However, the things he carried were a windfall, not to mention the golden robe and jade belt given by the emperor, and other things were probably worth thirty or fifty bucks.

And after returning to Daliang, the official family will definitely have follow-up rewards, just think about it!

When Shi Yanchao is promoted, he will probably be able to get into a small and medium-sized official position. There are only two people in the family who get salary, and life will be better.

After traveling for days, in late June, Shi Congyun was looking for someone to cross the Yellow River in the south of Huaizhou. After that, the boatman saw that they were all soldiers and did not dare to accept the money, but he gave it anyway.

Afterwards, we headed eastward along the Yellow River and arrived at the familiar Zheng County in a few days.

Li Quan, who was patrolling the river with a few people, spotted them first, and greeted them with a smiling face, congratulating them on their victory.

Shi Congyun didn't want to greet a big man like him, so he sent him away after a few words. He wanted to kill the aunt, the little girl, and Zhao Shijian.

So Shao Ji and Wang Zhongxian led them back to the barracks, and they took Wang Qiu, who was riding a donkey, to the south fork.

Walking to the back of the stockade, I saw Zhao Shijian's back, who was squatting by the river and washing clothes with a few aunts, shouting from the horse: "Zhao Shijian, the young master is back! Come home and help me remove my armor. "

Said to hit the horse and ran into the yard.

Hearing the movement in the courtyard, the auntie, the little girl, and several elderly people came out one after another. He temporarily asked Aunt Gu to arrange Wang Qiu to live in the west courtyard.

Aunt Wang glanced at Wang Qiu, who lowered her head and dared not speak, with a mysterious smile on her face, and took the little girl to settle down.

Others gathered around, some helped him lead the horse, some threw the ashes for him, and surrounded him in the middle, like a hero who greeted a triumph.

Shi Congyun is very proud, isn't labor and capital a hero!
"Mother, your son has killed more than 120 enemies in the east of the river these days, and is famous in Shanxi. Now those children in Shanxi are too scared to cry when they hear my name."

"Little girl, look, this is the jade belt given to me by the official family. Don't make it dusty. The jade used as a tribute from the Southern Han Dynasty is very precious."

Xiao Niang laughed and said, "This jade looks more like Lantian's jade."

"Oh, is that so?" Shi Congyun laughed awkwardly and politely, and quickly changed the subject: "This robe was given by the official family. It's beautiful. I'll wear it for you someday."

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Shi Congyun was triumphant, while the aunt looked him up and down and kept asking, "Aren't you hurt?
Swords have no eyes on the battlefield. Don't leave the root of the disease. When you get hurt, I'll find a doctor to give you a good look.
Can you eat enough and clothe yourself on the battlefield, you've lost weight."

The little girl had tears in her eyes: "It's good to come back, it's good to be back.
In this chaotic season, it is the blessing of the Buddha to be able to come back well. In the past few months, I went to the temple outside the city to burn incense and pray for your father and mother, and I will take you there to pay the incense the other day. "

The scene was very chaotic for a time. Everyone said their own things, but they were all very happy. It seemed that they had endless things to share with each other.

After talking for a while, Shi Congyun was surrounded by the crowd and entered the courtyard, and spoke again in the courtyard.

After more than half an hour, his stomach grumbled, and after a long day of running, he was also hungry, and the aunt and the little girl hurriedly went to cook for him.

Shi Congyun carried his things back to the west courtyard and saw that there was another house next to him, so he raised his voice and asked, "Mother, who moved here to live here?"

"Shijian." He heard the aunt's loud promise from the kitchen from a distance, and he didn't even know that he wrote a letter casually, which changed the little girl's life and made her a default decision.

After a while, I vaguely saw the little girl over the door coming back with the washed clothes in a wooden tub.

He shouted: "Quick, quick, Zhao Shijian is here to help me remove my armor!" "Zhao Shijian helps me to fetch water, I am thirsty."

"Zhao Shijian, go and help me boil the water and take a bath!"

"Zhao Shijian, you brought steamed cakes and mutton to my house, you starved me to death"

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After tossing for a long time, he took off his armor, and took a hot bath comfortably. Then he changed into clean clothes, ate something to put himself on the bottom, and saucyly put on the brocade robe given to him by the emperor.

Shi Congyun only came out to meet people.

However, as soon as she went out, she turned to Zhao Shijian, who was busy for a long time. There were fine beads of sweat on her forehead, and the black hair on her forehead was sticking together, strands, and the whole person looked wet.

What is surprising is that this is not Zhao Shijian at all.

"You" took a closer look. From the outline of her face and the position of her eyebrows, mouth and nose, Shi Congyun recognized that she was Zhao Shijian, but it was too different from Zhao Shijian who always kept his head down and his cheeks were gray. Probably today she was clean and white, not like before.

The little girl avoided his gaze, and then whispered, "Mother asked you to go to the main hall for dinner."

"Oh." Shi Congyun reacted and nodded: "You also go together."

That night, the aunt and the little girl prepared a sumptuous dinner, full of fish and meat. Since the expedition, he has not eaten such a good meal for half a year.

After that, Shi Congyun remembered Wang Qiu, called the resettled Wang Qiu, and told the little girl what happened to the little girl, which won everyone's sympathy.

Then he announced unilaterally: "Let her stay at home and follow Zhao Shijian in the future. How can one person be so busy with so many things at home."

Aunt Gu opened her mouth and wanted to say something but didn't say anything.

Both the aunt and the little girl nodded and agreed, and the matter was settled.

Afterwards, he told the aunt and the aunt at the dinner table that this time the old man had made a great contribution and was about to become prosperous. At least he was also a jidu, and he would definitely be a senior official in the guards and the front of the palace, which made everyone blushing and excited. .

He also explained that he had to prepare, and he would enter the capital in a few days.
(It's busy for the Chinese New Year, these days may be even later, and finally ask for tickets~)

(End of this chapter)