Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 410 Routines by the Riverside

"Your Majesty, Qin has sent troops, Qin has sent troops!"

On the white jade steps of the Huxin Pavilion, Zhang Ji hurried through the corridor, muttering in his mouth, but was soon stopped by the general of the imperial army who was wearing golden and red scale armor at the corner.

The one who stopped him was a young man, he was the descendant of Jiangnan general Huangfu Hui, the commander of the Shenwei Commander Huangfu Jixun.

"I have something important, let me go in." Zhang Ji said bluntly, Huangfu Jixun didn't show any face: "I have to wait for His Majesty to ask you before you can go in if you have something important to do."

"You are just the commander of the small imperial army, can you afford to delay a major event!" Zhang Ji was a little annoyed, and he was about to walk inside.

Huangfu Jixun took a step to the right to block his way, "You wait here, wait for someone to report."

"You..." Zhang Ji was so angry that his face was livid, but there was nothing he could do. Huangfu Jixun was young and strong, wearing a solid armor, he didn't dare to charge, he could only hum and wait.

He cursed in his heart that this little beast had such an air, but he relied on his father's merits. Back then, his father Huangfuhui was a rascal. He first served in Later Tang, then surrendered to Later Jin.

Ten years ago, Zhou Shizong attacked Huainan, Huangfuhui defended Qingliu Pass, was slashed by Zhao Kuangyin and the Wanjun of the later Zhou Dynasty, and was captured later.

It is said that he was captured by General Zhao Kuangyin of the Later Zhou Dynasty and sent to Zhou Shizong's tent. When Huangfuhui saw Zhou Shizong, he said, "I'm tired, sit down for a while." After sitting down, he said, "I'll lie down for a while." Sejong agreed and just lay down.

He said calmly to the Northern Emperor at that time: "If I don't do my best for state affairs, the gap between the armies of the North and the South is too great, and there is no way to recover.

When I was a general in the late Jin Dynasty, I once fought against the Khitans, and the Khitans’ soldiers were not as strong as those of the Zhou army. Yesterday I surrendered my insurance in Chuzhou City, but I didn’t expect the Zhou army’s soldiers to climb up the wall like flying. I was exhausted physically and mentally, so was captured alive. "

The emperor of the Northern Dynasty saw that Huangfuhui was wounded all over his body, and felt pity for him. He issued an imperial edict to give him a gold belt, a pommel horse, and sent someone to give him medicine to treat him. But after a few days, Huangfuhui died because he refused to be treated.

Throughout the Huainan battle, Huangfu Hui was one of the few fierce generals on the southern side who resisted resolutely to the end and refused to surrender. So after the war ended, the lord rewarded and promoted his son Huangfu Jixun for his achievements.

Zhang Ji felt that although Huangfuhui had a rascal temper, he was indeed fierce in war, but his son relied on Lao Tzu's merits to play prestige, what a thing!
Just when he was full of anger, the eunuch in the lake not far away came out and let him in.

Zhang Ji flicked his sleeves, passed Huangfu Jixun, and vaguely heard behind him murmuring, "Why are you so proud of yourself?"

Zhang Ji was furious, but thinking that the king was still waiting for him inside, he could only grit his teeth and not care about it.

In the pavilion in the middle of the lake, the lord is appreciating calligraphy and painting with his concubine, and beside him is his friend, Daoist Xuanxu. These calligraphy and paintings are newly enshrined from Hongzhou, and there is also new tea from Jiangnan. The lord likes calligraphy, painting and antiques.

Seeing him coming in, he didn't stop tasting, as if he wanted him to talk about it later.

But he couldn't wait any longer. Others dared not contradict the king, but he dared, because the king trusted him very much.

Then he directly interrupted the king and the imperial concubine: "Your Majesty, something serious has happened. The Northern Dynasty has tens of thousands of troops and more than 1000 warships. They are heading south along the Bian River. They have already left the Huaihe River and are about to enter the great river."

As soon as these words came out, several people present were shocked instantly. The king's face had no smile on his face, his face was pale, and he almost couldn't hold the celadon in his hand. drop on the floor.

Zhang Jie realized that he was too hasty to say the wrong thing, and even added: "They sent envoys here, they are in the front hall, the lord can rest assured, they said they are going to attack Lingnan through the south of the Yangtze River, and they want to destroy the Southern Han Dynasty."

As soon as these words came out, Li Yu suddenly let out a long breath before he was able to catch his breath. He wanted to put the celadon, which was worth a thousand dollars, on the table, but he missed it and shattered it after a crisp sound.

Li Yu didn't take a look, but asked anxiously, "How's the situation outside?"

"Your Majesty, it is Lu Duoxun, a Hanlin scholar from the Northern Dynasty who came here. He said that the army was going to attack the South of the Five Ridges to make us feel at ease, but after all, they crossed the great river, and Jinling is close at hand." Halfway through Zhang Ji's words, everyone present understood In spite of his worries, what if the Northern Dynasty attacked Guo through false ways?

Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case, tens of thousands of troops and more than a thousand warships passing by the door of the house is not a trivial matter, but they dare not reject Qin, for fear of angering Shi Congyun.

In a dilemma, Li Yu paced back and forth anxiously: "What should I do, what should I do"

Zhang Ji said: "Your Majesty, no matter what, go see the envoy of the Qin Dynasty first, Lu Duoxun has a good relationship with us, and we may learn more useful news from him.

Li Yu nodded this time: "Yes, go and see."

Then he said to Concubine Jiang beside him: "Go to the treasury and ask someone to prepare some valuable gifts."

Jiang Shi didn't dare to delay, and left in a hurry after saluting.

Li Yu just took two steps, stopped immediately, raised his hand to look at his sleeves, and then said: "No, this is a yellow robe. I'll go back and change into a purple robe before I go to see the Qin envoy."

As if thinking of something, he even told the eunuchs beside him, "Go find the ladder and go up to the house, and remove all the owls on the roof. Don't let the envoy of Qin see it, or you will be punished."

Seeing that the king was in a hurry, the eunuch didn't dare to delay, so he went immediately.

Li Yu was originally afraid of Shi Congyun, but now that he heard the news, he was even more afraid to the extreme, for fear that something wrong would anger the emperor.

Then he thought about it carefully, and told Zhang Ji to pay attention to the various titles, not to let the envoy of the Northern Dynasty find fault, and then hurried back to the palace to change into a purple robe before going to see Lu Duoxun.

After some clichés and negotiations, a grand palace banquet was held to entertain the envoys, and after a lot of valuable gifts were released, Li Yu, Zhang Ji and other officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty finally breathed a sigh of relief. Not for them.

But my heart became more respectful and fearful, and I became cautious.

They originally thought that Shi Congyun had changed. He did not respond to the provocation of the Southern Han Dynasty the year before last, but the frontier army attacked in response, and openly asked the Liao Kingdom to send noble girls for their own enjoyment.

At that time, everyone thought that Shi Congyun might be like Li Cunxu, Zhuangzong of Tang Dynasty, who was tired after fighting too many battles, wanted to enjoy leisurely and indulge in wine and sex, and then the world would be peaceful again.

The royal family in Jiangnan and many civil and military ministers secretly rejoiced that if that was the case, their comfortable life could continue.

Unexpectedly, it was not at all. Two years later, Shi Congyun actually sent an army to destroy the Southern Han Dynasty!

A small border conflict, coupled with verbal provoking and offending, will destroy the country. Shi Congyun's violence and unreasonableness can be seen. Although Master Qin is going to Lingnan, he frightens the whole Jiangnan along the way.

Lu Duoxun still said directly at the banquet in honor of him: "Liu Yu disrespected the emperor, and the emperor was angry, so cut him down. As soon as the master Wang arrives, he will be captured and returned to Daliang for punishment."

Such wild words came from the mouth of a scholar, but they also made everyone present tremble and fidget.

Li Yu then proposed to send people to the riverside to reward the army, but Lu Duoxun refused, saying that soldiers are expensive and fast, and the emperor wants them to destroy the Southern Han Dynasty before the pomegranates are ripe, and there should be no delay.

So Zhang Ji proposed that instead of providing food and grass for the army, the emperor sent troops, and the subordinate countries should cooperate.

Lu Duoxun agreed, and emphasized that since Jiangnan himself proposed to supply food and grass to the army, he could not refuse as the suzerain. , Then give them a request for 50 shi of food and grass for the army.

The monarchs and ministers in the south of the Yangtze River felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't tell what was wrong, so they could only agree one after another, promising to transport the grain to the riverside on time and hand it over to the Qin army.

As a result, in the early morning of the next day, before the morning fog cleared by the river, a group of officials from the Northern Dynasties rushed ashore. As planned, there were a total of 20 people, all of whom were deployed in the south of the Qin Dynasty. Come and talk to them about the issue of grain transfer.

The efficiency is so high that it is jaw-dropping, and one has to wonder if Luderson has set them up.

Li Yu didn't dare to say no to Shi Congyun, and soon called a group of ministers to arrange the supply of food and grass for the Qin army.

This made the Qin army's logistics supply line directly pushed from the coast of the Yellow River to the coast of the Yangtze River, which greatly reduced the logistics pressure and reduced the loss of manpower and material resources.

Similarly, the king of Wuyue in the east initially requested to send troops to assist the suzerain state, but Shi Congyun finally refused to agree, and only used his grain road to transport westward along the great river and hand it over to Shen Yilun.

In this way, the supply of the Qin army has become more convenient and quick, at least [-] people can be recruited less, and the production of more Qin people will not be delayed.

(End of this chapter)