Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 421 Front and Back

Shi Congyun was very comfortable in Wei Palace, and Fu Da and Fu Er, the sisters, had a completely different experience.

The Empress Dowager Fu is very charming and sensible, but the second younger sister Fu, who is careless, is actually more shameless, but when the two sisters are together, it is another experience that makes his blood swell.

Before this time, Emperor Shi couldn't help but sigh, it's so cool to be the emperor.

The empress dowager's thighs were pillowed and soft. The reason why he was so relaxed and comfortable was of course that something happy happened to him.

In late April, when the battle report from the front arrived in Daliang, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty rejoiced, and Shi Congyun was also very happy. After thinking about it, I can only use one word to describe it, that is-two blossoms!
This time, the south of the Five Ridges is going east and west, and two roads are blooming!
It is quite different from the original attack on Shu. At the beginning, the attack on Shu also advanced in two ways, but the North Route Army marched smoothly, but the East Route Army fought a tough battle and failed to advance in parallel.

This time it was almost at the same time. The battle report of the East Route Army entering Hezhou was sent to his desk after dinner that day. He was not happy for a long time. The next morning, the West Route Army sent an urgent report, breaking Jingjiang Town and entering Guangxi. State.

Double happiness came to the door, excited Shi Congyun hugged Empress Fu and pecked, which made a group of old officials blush.

A few direct ministers headed by Fan Zhi and Dou Yi also criticized him. Emperor Shi was very happy and didn't bother to argue with them, and they all said they knew it.

After reading the detailed battle report, Shi Congyun was also very moved. Often times it is not how good they are, but how good the opponent is. Most of the great achievements in history are like this, but the positive is against the negative, and the freshman is against the Decaying, the advanced against the backward, the result must be like a miracle.

Generally speaking, one of the meanings of multi-pronged marching is to prevent an unfavorable stalemate in a certain war, and there are still opportunities elsewhere. However, the blossoming of these two roads really made Emperor Shi a little embarrassed. Where is he figuring it out so hard, why don't he go in two ways, just go to A and it's over.

Having said that, there is nothing wrong with being cautious.

There is a saying in Sun Tzu's Art of War that you can't win by yourself, but you can win by the enemy. Now that I think about it, I really have a subtle feeling.

The battle ahead is still going on, but Shi Congyun is much more relieved. He won Hezhou and Guizhou, and the east and west are wide open.

In the east, you can go directly to Guangzhou through Shaozhou, and in the west, the Guijiang River is a first-class tributary of the Pearl River. The navy only needs to go down the river, and it will soon reach the capital Panyu.

Judging from the fighting power displayed by the Southern Han army before, it was very difficult for them to block it.

Emperor Shi put down a lot of heart. If it wasn't for the war that was still going on, he could hardly wait to live the life of Jiuchi Roulin.

At the beginning of May, battle reports came one after another, and the two armies headed south one after another.

The west route captured Zhaozhou in early May, and the east route captured Lianzhou at the end of April.

The Southern Han army also took action in the follow-up.

According to Pan Mei's information, Li Chengwo, the governor of the Southern Han Dynasty, has led the follow-up army to assemble near the Lianhua Peak in Shaozhou, preparing to meet their army.

Shaozhou is the descendant of Shaoguan, which is the main route to the south. If the Qin army can't be stopped, the south will be the Gwangju Plain. Once the northern field army enters such a plain, the Southern Han Dynasty has almost no possibility of counterattack.

It is wise for them to make a move to guard Shaozhou with heavy troops.

Pan Mei said that they captured the prisoners of the Southern Han Dynasty and claimed that there were 10,000+ troops near Shaozhou, which he found unbelievable.

Shi Congyun also felt that it was not credible. Unless the support staff were also counted, there could not be 10,000+.

Pan Mei analyzed the pros and cons, and believed that the victory was assured. If the East Route Army went to attack Li Chengwo, the worst case would be a stalemate there. Moreover, he was very confident in defeating the enemy. You can also take advantage of the concentration of troops on the Eastern Front and drive straight in.

Seeing that he was full of confidence, Shi Congyun wrote back and asked him to make his own decision, leaving all the southern front war to Pan Mei. Guo Ting said that Si Chao, Liu Renshan and others were going to live a corrupt life like an emperor.

Speaking of which, since he became the emperor, he hasn't really enjoyed the emperor's blessings seriously. He is either fighting or preparing for war.

It's time to reward himself. Emperor Shi is very happy to prepare a talent show in the autumn, and choose beautiful women from all over the world to enrich his harem. He has long wanted to do this, but he has been holding back until now.

It's refreshing to think about it, let him choose the beauties in the world, how cool it would be, that's not 180 grades higher than Haitian, it's exciting.

But in May, one thing disrupted Emperor Shi's beauty pageant plan, and that was the flooding of the Yellow River.

The period of the Five Dynasties was a period of high incidence of floods, and there were also natural disasters. Another important reason is that there is no bottom line in the wars of various countries, especially the competition in the Central Plains and Hebei. In the Houliang, Later Tang, Later Han, and Later Jin, several embankments were artificially broken due to wars, resulting in countless people being killed. The living people were displaced and suffered unspeakably.

Afterwards, there were also sequelae, that is, the Yellow River was more likely to break its embankment and divert its course, and there would be floods at every turn.

Of course, Qingming politics is always the best guarantee against disasters. According to historical records, there were more natural disasters in the early Tang Dynasty than in the Five Dynasties. However, because of the clear politics and favorable national organization, it is far from the disasters that would cause casualties as soon as the Five Dynasties. Numerous people are displaced, disaster victims are everywhere, and people compete for food.

In the later Zhou Dynasty, several disasters occurred in the past few years until the Qin Dynasty, which were effectively contained and did not cause large-scale casualties.

The south is still fighting, and at this time, you can go back without any problems, so Emperor Shi can only put his harem beauty pageant plan on hold temporarily, and instead devote himself to the work of fighting floods and disaster relief. To show his importance, Emperor Shi personally went to Several states and counties on the front line went to direct the work.

Of course, he didn't dare to move too far, for fear of the plague.

Emperor Shi was clear-headed, he was still fighting ahead, and was victorious. Especially at this moment, no accidents could happen in the rear, no matter what.

So he sat in the township personally, afraid that the officials in the middle would cheat and exploit them, and cause something to happen. If in the past, they could settle accounts later in the autumn, they would investigate again when something happened, but now nothing can happen.

He was already used to running around outside. Anyway, he was a person who came from the war, so the fatigue was nothing.

In late May, the torrential rains became heavier and the water shortage became more serious. Several prefectures and counties along the Yellow River were flooded. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, thousands of people died, and countless people went missing.

Fortunately, food and supplies were mobilized from the surrounding area to temporarily allow the victims to survive.

The fact that Emperor Shi was on the front line made officials dare not be lazy, and a large number of auxiliary soldiers and township soldiers were mobilized urgently, and they were sent to the disaster area to maintain order and rescue the people.

However, these big soldiers are not the People's Liberation Army of later generations, and if they are not careful, they will cause incidents of extortion and mutilation of the victims. Shi Congyun issued a strict order, beheading more than a dozen thorns in succession before suppressing them.

If he didn't dare to do this before, if it was the late Tang and Five Dynasties, the generals who dared to do this would probably be turned against by their soldiers, but now the times are different. The emperor has great prestige among the people. The behavior of the emperor, the behavior of the court, is in stark contrast to the behavior of others in the previous hundred years.

The disaster victims supported the imperial court and listened to the orders, which made the disaster relief work smoother than expected.

At the same time as disaster relief, battle reports of southern victories continued to come in, which greatly boosted the morale of the army and the people. Generally speaking, natural disasters were terrible, but they were not comparable to the man-made disasters caused by various warlords and princes since the end of Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties.

By the beginning of June, the rain gradually became lighter, most of the victims were arranged properly, the prestige of the imperial court became higher and higher, and the situation gradually improved.

In the south, Pan Mei also came to give a memorial. They have already reached eighty miles north of Lianhua Mountain, and they are ready to start a battle with the active main force of the Southern Han Kingdom.
(End of this chapter)