Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 469
When many things in the world are not imminent, many people think that there is still room for delay. Most of them procrastinate if they can, and find reasons to shirk themselves if they can't.

Because inertia and ease are the most neglected by people, and they are the most capable of destroying a person or a country.

When most people in the court of the Southern Tang Dynasty indulged in false peaceful illusions, thinking that they could live in comfort and comfort, a turning point came suddenly.

On the first day of autumn, the emperor sent an envoy with the emperor's oral order to let the lord Li Yu enter the court, as the lord of the country, to attend the ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth.

When the news spread to the south of the Yangtze River, the whole country was shaken. Not to mention the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, even ordinary people knew that it was impossible for their ruler to go to another house to worship, and the whole country fell into panic.

In the court hall, Li Yu was also very frightened. While sending envoys to Daliang, he hurriedly summoned Huangfu Jixun and Chen Qiao's generals to ask for countermeasures.

At this time, the opinions of the court were not unified.

Some people euphemistically suggested that maybe they could go, even in the worst case, considering that the previous rulers of the Southern Han Dynasty and Shu Kingdom lived well in Daliang.

Besides, with Jiangnan's strength, it is difficult to reject Qin. Today's Jiangnan is surrounded by Qin on all sides, and even Wu Yue in the east is just a minion of Qin.

This kind of rhetoric caused controversy in the court, but the fact that the person who said this was not executed immediately showed a lot of trends in the court.

The envoy of Qin State was still in the south of the Yangtze River, but Li Yu was a little wavering.

At this time, a group of officials led by Chen Qiao stood up and tried to persuade Li Yu not to go north, but to immediately strengthen the river defense and prepare to fight the northern army. They also used Liu Wei's fate as an example to illustrate the danger.

Most importantly, Chen Qiao said something straightforward, thinking about Zhou's parents and daughter.

These words really chilled Li Yu, who was still a little vacillating, and he also felt that Shi Congyun was very likely to kill him because of Zhou Xian.
So they summoned the envoys of the Qin State, said that they were sick and refused their request, and asked them to tell the emperor, "I am sick in bed and cannot go north. I have served the dynasty for these years, just hoping to preserve the ancestral temple. I didn't expect this to happen. Now that this is the case, the only way to die is to die." That's all."

Li Yu's reply did not arrive in Daliang until several days later, but Emperor Shi was not surprised. It would be strange if Li Yu came here really stupidly.

In fact, as early as when the envoys were sent, the Qin army had three armies, 15 on the west, [-] on the middle, and [-] on the east, plus [-] Wuyue army, a total of [-] troops had already moved from all directions.

Cao Bin, the main force of the West Route Army who set off first and moved the fastest, is probably already approaching Jingnan at this time.

Autumn moon, the flowers are beautiful and the moon is full, the sky is bright and the air is clear.

Emperor Shi stayed with the two sisters of the Zhou family in the palace. Both sisters were pregnant. They already knew the news of sending troops to the south of the Yangtze River. This was why Emperor Shi wanted to spend more time with his two wives.

The young Zhou Nvying is still lively, even if she is about to become a mother, her eyebrows and movements are still like a child.

On the other hand, Zhou Ehuang, who was pregnant with her second child, had a lot of melancholy in her beautiful brows.

Emperor Shi hugged little Shi Min and teased her beside him.

"Don't worry, I specially asked Cao Bin to be in command this time, and I also gave orders to the army. Jiangnan is also a beautiful pearl to me, but I don't want to destroy it." Emperor Shi comforted Zhou Xian.

"The benevolent heart of the officials is the blessing of the people in the south of the Yangtze River. I thank the officials on their behalf."

Emperor Shi shook his head, and pinched her chin affectionately: "I don't think so, they should thank you, who let you be my concubine, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't waste so much time and effort."

The so-called talking about people when you see people, and talking about people when you see ghosts, although it is Emperor Shi's major policy to treat Jiangnan kindly, has long been determined, but it is another matter to say it in front of Zhou Xian.

Is there a more touching love story in the world than this?
For her, to protect all the people in the south of the Yangtze River, and to change the deployment of tens of thousands of troops for her, Zhou Xian blushed, his eyes dimmed, and he leaned gently on his chest, moving his slender fingers slightly, drawing circles on his broad chest muscles.

As soon as Emperor Shi was clever, he was immediately teased. Of course he knew that Zhou Xian didn't draw circles to curse him.

"Let's go together, sisters." Emperor Shi said with a suppressed voice.

"No, that would be embarrassing"

Emperor Shi looked at Zhou Xian with resentment on his face, a little impatient, Shi Min next to him looked over curiously, his big watery eyes were full of curiosity, but he didn't understand what his parents were talking about.

Zhou Xian couldn't stand his gaze during the love talk before, and said quietly: "The official is really a bad guy, what I want, but I want to be a bad guy, I will tell my sister, it depends on whether the official is capable or not."

"It's not like you don't know my abilities!" Emperor Shi assured, patting his chest.

At the beginning of August, the first army from the west had already passed through Jingmen.

Cao Bin rode on a horse and looked down at the long dragon of the army. He had a sword given to him by the government on his waist. He thought that a person like the government who manages every day must be thinking about the future of the country all night and discussing the general situation of the world with the prime ministers. Bar.

In his heart, officials are always wise and powerful, gentle and military. Although he is not often in Beijing, it is not difficult to imagine that officials must also be diligent in government and love the people on weekdays, and put all their thoughts on military and political affairs.

He also thought of the official's ignorance, trust and entrustment to him. Whether he was in Sichuan at the beginning, or now he is entrusted with the task of destroying the Tang Kingdom, he feels that the sacred grace is solemn and he must not let it down.

After starting from Daliang, he didn't delay for a moment, and came straight to Jingzhou.

The purpose is to make Tang Guo unable to react, because their army set off five days earlier than the envoys sent by the officials to Jiangnan to let Li Yu enter Beijing.

In other words, as long as they move fast enough, they can attack by surprise.

Moreover, the officials had never pinned their hopes on the envoy's request. No matter what happened in the east, they would hint at launching an attack. This was the instruction given to him by the officials.

In private, the officials told him that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." He was not happy that all the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty surrendered. The Southern Tang Dynasty needed a reshuffle and clean-up for the upper class.

Cao Bin was well-read and quick-witted, so he quickly understood what the officials meant.

Those intertwined and deep-rooted aristocratic families in the Southern Tang Dynasty also needed the baptism of a war. When the army arrived in Jiangnan, they forced them to shuffle their cards, force them to spit out their land wealth, and hand it over to more people, so that Jiangnan will have a longer future. the tranquility.

Therefore, sending troops is indispensable. In many cases, only violence can solve the problem.

Cao Bin recruited his adjutants to ask the Times: "The vanguard commanded the party to advance and the general has arrived in Jingnan and is organizing troops to cross the river."

He immediately said: "Tell him not to worry, wait for General Wang Huan's navy, advance by land and water and then move forward." He has always been a safe person, and feels that it is not good to march alone, and it is safest to advance by land and water.

In the afternoon, when they were about to reach Jingnan, the officials at the ferry in front of them reported: "The vanguard commanded the party to enter the water army that was not waiting for General Wang. After crossing the river in Jingnan, they led the elite cavalry to rush eastward along the river."

Cao Bin frowned: "Didn't he hear my order?"

The messenger whispered: "The commander-in-chief's military order has arrived, but the general of the party has already passed, and the rest is still in the north of the river. After sending people across the river, he said that the army is expensive and fast, and we can't wait."

Everyone didn't speak, and Cao Bin's face was not good-looking. Dang Jin is a fierce general, a veteran, and has been fighting with the officials. He thought about it, so he had to say nothing for the time being.

Immediately asked Wang Huan's navy to set off as soon as possible so that they could meet them.

Wang Huan's navy is the Jingnan Army stationed in Jiangling, not as elite as the Forbidden Army, but with more than [-] boats, it is also a very good navy.

Wang Huan was also a veteran, but he obeyed Cao Bin's order very respectfully, and immediately led the water army eastward along the river, responding to Dangjin's attack from the side of the waterway.

Guo Tingwei, the Metropolitan Superintendent, said on the side: "This old man will write a memorial to the officials, and I will refer to him for a copy. This party does not even listen to the commander's military orders. It is simply lawless and reckless."

After scolding, he said: "Please forgive him this time, Marshal. He has always been so fierce and fast in battle. When he was in Hedong and Lingnan, he led elite cavalry to attack at high speed. He's just used to the military stronghold in Baili, and he doesn't know how to repent for a while."

Hearing what Guo Tingzhi said, Cao Bin also nodded. Every general has his own fighting style, especially those veterans who followed the officials to fight the world. .

However, his overall deployment is to advance both land and water, which cannot be changed because of the recklessness of the party, and has repeatedly emphasized the importance of strict military discipline.

Fortunately, apart from Dang Jin, Zhang Zhengtao, Zhang Zhenghai, Luo Yanhuan, Wang Huan and other veterans all obeyed his orders without any objection.

So the main force quickly crossed the river from Jingnan and Jiangling in an orderly manner, and marched eastward by land and water simultaneously. At this time, the Tang State did not respond and did not notice it at all.

(End of this chapter)