Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 5 News of the War

"Train your hands well, you might have to fight in a few days." His father Shi Yanchao said to him coldly the next day while clutching his butt and brushing the horse.

"Fighting, with whom?" Shi Congyun instantly became nervous.

He knew which war his father died in, but he couldn't help but want to confirm.

"Of course it's a fake thief!

Listening to the words of several ministers in the court, they are likely to take advantage of the first emperor of the official family to lead people south, and the Khitans will also intervene.I don't understand what the truth is, in short, it's time to fight. "

"Battle of Gaoping!" Shi Congyun thought subconsciously.

"Mumbling what?"

"No." Shi Congyun shook his head. He didn't know how the battle of Gaoping was fought, but he knew that the Zhou Dynasty won, and he knew that he was going to be an orphan soon!

"Think about it, whether you want to go out with me or stay at home, make up your own mind." Shi Yanchao said bluntly.

Shi Congyun didn't want to speak directly: "Brother Dahu, father and son, then I must go!"

Shi Yanchao was stunned, glanced at him in surprise, before nodding and turning away after a long time.

Shi Congyun thought to himself, if I don't go, who will save you, my stupid and iron-clad daddy!

If it wasn't for the last resort, I really didn't want to go, the battle of Gaoping was won, what risk would he take, but he would be gone if he didn't go!

Without the biggest backer, in such a chaotic world, how to survive.
In the next few days, news continued to come from Bianliang in the east.

First came the news of the death of Emperor Da Zhou, and then the adopted son, King Guo Rong of Jin, who was expected to return, succeeded to the throne in front of the coffin with the support of all the butchers.

Only one day later, a fast horse crossed the Yellow River and came from Mengzhou, north of the Yellow River, bringing news from the north that Liu Min, the pseudo-Han ruler, took advantage of the new emperor's ascension to the throne, took the opportunity to raise troops, gathered a large army, and colluded with the Liao Kingdom to go south!
In an instant, the situation became tense. There were more people running back and forth along the Yellow River to deliver letters. There were various rumors in the military and among the people.

While people were panicking, everyone also started talking.

Some people think that the official family is going to send troops, and some people think that the official family is young and only ascended to the throne.

They would only allow the Northern Han and Khitan to harass and loot north of the Yellow River and then retreat, so the army of the Zhou Dynasty would guard the ferry south of the Yellow River and would not cross the Hebei.

The people north of the Yellow River were going to suffer, and they all felt that they had to be prepared to avoid the disaster.

Many officials and commoners from Mengzhou, Huaizhou and other prefectures on the other side of the Yellow River drag their families to the Zhengzhou boundary on the other side of the river, and the ferrymen take the opportunity to raise the price and make a lot of money.

The guards stationed in Zhengzhou have also begun to recall soldiers one after another. According to regulations, if the guards are located nearby, they will have time to go home during the rest period.

Due to the large number of people at the ferry, the order was chaotic and crowded. Shi Congyun asked his father for his order and took the soldiers of the battalion to the river to maintain order.

His current official position is the head of Shi Yanchao's personal soldiers, but in fact he still leads a battalion as before, with more than 300 people.

Shi Yanchao hesitated for a while, told him not to kill and agreed.

Shi Congyun felt that the warning was strange, and he slowly reacted on the way to the ferry crossing of the Yellow River. It turned out that the old man thought he was going to take advantage of the fire and make a profit!

Heaven and earth conscience, he really just wants to maintain order and let more people cross the river quickly, so as not to cause chaos!

It's not easy for them to live in chaos in Zheng County.

The ferry crossing of the Yellow River in the north of Zhengxian County was crowded and turned into a pot of porridge. It was nothing for the boatmen to raise the price. There were even local gangsters and bullies blocking the ferry to ask for property, otherwise the people would not be allowed to cross the river. As a good socialist youth, he did not want to sit by and watch. ignore!
The reality is that, when you first arrived at the ferry, although the bullies were chased away, the people were even more afraid of him!

Some people gathered a sum of money and sent it to him tremblingly, saying that he would ask the military lord to make it easier, take pity on them, and let them cross the river.

I almost made Shi Congyun happy, not to mention, quite a lot.
If it wasn't for his firm will, he would have almost closed it.

He repeatedly explained that he did not take a cent, was not paid, and constantly restrained his sergeants. After working hard day and night, the people gradually believed that he was really a good man!

He said that it was not because he had a good heart, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the soldiers would take it for granted in the future, and the people would follow suit in panic, and gradually it would become a robbery.

Shi Congyun was able to maintain order and organize everyone to get on the boat and cross the river in an orderly manner, which greatly increased the efficiency.

In this day and age, being a bad person is easy, but being a good person is hard!

In fact, Shi Congyun did not understand this era.

No wonder his father and the people thought so, they were really afraid of the rope after being bitten by a snake for ten years.

There is a big difference between the ancient army and the imagination of later generations. There are very few well-disciplined troops, but most of the time soldiers are more terrible than bandits.

Therefore, there is a saying among the people that "the bandit is like a comb, and the soldier is like a grate", and the common people are more afraid of the soldiers than the bandits.

People in later generations were influenced by the recent People's Liberation Army, and most of them had a good impression of the army, but the army in ancient times was not like that. It was the basic operation of the army of each dynasty to borrow the heads of the villagers, and the army of the five generations was even more terrifying.

In the chaotic era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms with moral collapse, the army's burning, killing and looting can only be regarded as a routine operation.

If it is said that this is a helpless choice for survival when there is no food, there are still many generals of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms who directly take eating the same kind as their hobby, and feel that what they eat will make up for what they eat. There are all kinds of jaw-dropping theories and eating methods.

Until the Northern Song Dynasty, most of the army was the army inherited from the five generations. Even if Zhao Kuangyin kept insisting that generals should study, and tried to use ritual and music education to make these guys who are almost unworthy of people pick up the three views, but when the army in Pingshu entered Sichuan , Burning, killing, looting, looting money, looting food and looting Sichuan girls are all over the place, and they can't be stopped.

Among the generals and officials of the Song army, there are still evil things of the same kind.

The soldiers of this era are such soldiers.

Therefore, Shi Congyun led the soldiers without any request to protect the people crossing the river.I can't tolerate people not being surprised and wondering if he has some conspiracy to extract more.

Under the surprised eyes of the people, Shi Congyun maintained order at the ferry for several days.

Gradually, the boatmen and people at the ferry got used to it, and they dared to come over to talk to them. They often thanked them a thousand times, and stuffed things into the arms of the soldiers, which flattered the soldiers who had never been treated like this.

However, he gave a death order not to accept it. Once he opened his mouth, people scrambled to follow him.

The people in the north fled intermittently, and various news from the court kept coming. Zhengzhou was very close to Bianliang, and many news were well-informed.

What did the official Guo Rong say is too sad, and he is unwilling to go to the court to take charge of the government. His filial piety is commendable, and he is moved by the heavens and the earth. The minister Feng Dao led the hundred officials to the table again and again to persuade him to come out to manage state affairs. The people in the capital also said that the new official Guo Rong's filial piety is commendable and so on.

As for the truth, the truth is unknown, the news is all brought by business travelers and some lower-level officials.

On the 27th of the first lunar month, Guo Rong finally met with the officials in the east of the Long Live Hall, marking the entry of the Great Zhou Kingdom into the era of Guo Rong's rule.

Many people put down their hearts hanging in their throats. In such a chaotic world, excessive power transfer is more difficult than anything else. The smooth transfer of power in the Zhou Dynasty has been over and avoided the catastrophe of life and death. Everyone is relieved.

However, Shi Congyun on the edge of the Yellow River was not relieved, because the people who fled south across the river did not decrease, but increased day by day.

On the afternoon of February [-], several messengers in military uniforms and riding horses crossed the river. Shi Congyun casually chatted with them and learned that they were soldiers from Luzhou. They crossed the river from Zhengzhou to Bianjing to report to the emperor. Liu Min really colluded with the Khitan general Yang Gong and led tens of thousands of troops to the south!

(End of this chapter)