Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 80: Brother Yun's Love Letter
In early July and autumn, the weather is slightly cooler.

Before you know it, autumn has come.

The army led by Shi Congyun went south along Chencang Road, crossing mountains and ridges, and the elite forwards of Fengxiang Mansion also arrived one after another.

Because of the vanguard of Wang Jing's army, Fengxiang Town's general Zhang Jianxiong led [-] Fengxiang soldiers to catch up with them, and they joined forces according to Wang Jing's orders to wait for Shi Congyun's dispatch.

With soldiers in hand, Shi Congyun suddenly became bold and ordered to continue southwards to encircle Fengzhou!

Fengzhou is the main road in the Qinling Mountains. As long as the Zhou army can capture and defend Fengzhou, it can cut off the connection between Qinzhou and its surrounding areas and Shu.

Shi Congyun's overall strategy has been like this from the beginning.

There are many places where you don't need to be time-consuming and labor-intensive, and you can kill people and hurt money.

Just like when Bai Qi surrounded Zhao Kuo among the dangerous mountains, Zhao Jun collapsed and surrendered after persisting for 45 days.

Many people think that Zhao Kuo's ability is not bad because Zhao Jun persisted for 45 days
In fact, unless Bai Qi is a fool, why should he fight Zhao Jun?It is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is better to surround yourself with Zhao Jun and wait for him to starve to death. How good is it to surrender himself, why should he use the lives of Qin soldiers for the lives of Zhao Jun, who is dead?What a fool.

Now Shi Congyun's strategy towards Shu is the same, so Wang Jing will support him.

As long as the Zhou army occupied Fengzhou on the main route of the Qinling Mountains, and cut off the connection between the western and northern Zhuzhou counties and the Shu Kingdom, those places would become enclaves, and from then on, they would lose contact with the Shu Kingdom, and they would all face the pressure of the Great Zhou.

In this way, Zhou Jun did not have to spend time and effort and kill many people to attack Qinzhou and its surrounding fortified cities in the northwest. As long as they defended Fengzhou, those prefectures and counties that were alone would have to surrender sooner or later.

Therefore, the most important thing in this attack on Shu is to win Fengzhou!
The gateway to the north of Fengzhou is Wuwei City.

The city of Wuwei was broken, the gate of Fengzhou opened wide, and the Zhou army drove straight in and went straight to the foot of Fengzhou, without any hindrance.

On the third day of the seventh lunar month, Shi Congyun led an army of [-] troops to the south along the river valley. The further south he went, the wider the Jialing River and the easier the road.

After the surrender of Wuwei City, the Zhou army obtained a large amount of food, grass, and other supplies.

Shi Congyun ordered that the soldiers of the He-Controlling Army feast and drink, and the whole army rests for three days before continuing south.

At this time, everyone's morale was high, and the flags with their teeth and claws were fluttering and dancing in the wind.

On the way south, the situation far exceeded Shi Congyun's expectations.

After Wuwei's victory, he never dared to go south because he was afraid that the Shu army would still have follow-up troops.

According to intelligence, the Shu army sent 6000 more troops to the surrounding areas of Fengzhou as early as March. Even if more than [-] Shu troops in Wuwei City were either killed, captured, surrendered or disbanded, if they went further south, they might still be defeated. He ran into a large group of Shu soldiers.

Therefore, he did not dare to advance rashly, but waited for the follow-up troops, preparing to gather the army and go south safely, in case of being counterattacked by the Shu army.

But it turned out that he thought too much.

As they advanced, the Shu army retreated along the road, leaving the checkpoints and fortresses empty along the way.

As soon as the Shu army met the scouts of the former army of the He-controlling army, they retreated in panic, and they had no intention of resisting, and did not even dare to confront each other.

So the Zhou army sang triumphantly all the way, and the Shu army retreated all the way, so they arrived at the foot of Fengzhou city.

The whole process was completely beyond Shi Congyun's expectations. He thought that the Shu army would resist somewhat.

The day we arrived in the south of Fengzhou City happened to be the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

Fengzhou is at a fork in the road, where the Jialing River meets a large river to the east. As for the name of the river, Shi Congyun doesn't know. He is not a local.

The Shu army had given up the garrison at the river bank and bridgehead and retreated completely.

Even the wooden watchtowers didn't have time to burn down, leaving only the mud that had been dug up and leveled after camping with messy flags, and the stovetop where regular stones were piled up.

They walked in a hurry, and many tents were also abandoned behind a bush, which was too late to take away, and the helmets that were too late to wear, which showed the rush and panic.

The soldiers of Zhou Jun laughed, proudly using their spears to carry the helmets of the enemy and walking in the front, as if it was something worth showing off.

Along the way, Shi Congyun ordered the army not to disturb the people or oppress the people along the way.

The soldiers obeyed the order, because they still had enough food, and they took a handful of oil and water in Wuwei City.

Shi Congyun had previously heard that Yue Fei's army would starve to death without robbing the people of food, and would not tear down the walls of the people to death. He also heard that the People's Liberation Army "doesn't take a single needle from the people", but he didn't have much feelings, and he didn't think it was anything special. of.

It was not until I experienced it myself and led my own troops that I understood how difficult it was.

He sometimes asks himself, he can protect the people by the Yellow River, but now it seems that he is unable to protect more people.

If one day, the army under his command runs out of ammunition and food, can he still insist on his actions and keep his integrity?
In fact, there is no need to ask, Shi Congyun knows that he can't do it, and few people in this world can do it.

Soldiers will mutiny without food. He will definitely be the unlucky one. If he really gets to that point, he won't be able to be Yue Wumu. He is a selfish person who would rather others die than die himself.

However, within the scope of his ability, as a five-good youth, he is also willing to benefit ordinary people.

It's just that people along the way have fled almost early, and not many people have been encountered.

The speed of the spread of fear was beyond his imagination. He heard a lot of rumors about him on the way to the south. Some said that he killed lecherous people, robbed many beautiful women in Shu, and liked to eat children's hearts and so on.
In short, even Shi Congyun was incredulous when he heard it himself, he really didn't grab the beauty of Shu!

This time, Shi Congyun learned a lot from Wuwei City and all the way to the south, the most important of which is the importance of psychological warfare.

For this reason, he ordered the [-]-strong army not to approach Fengzhou City quickly, but to camp on the south bank of the Jialing River, two miles outside Fengzhou City.

They also asked the soldiers to set up more tents, and they seized a lot of materials from Wuwei City, including tents.

So Zhou Jun arrived on the same day and camped on the river beach to the northeast of the city facing Fengzhou.

He didn't know what was going on in Fengzhou City in the distance. He didn't know if he was so frightened that all the grass and trees were full of soldiers. He only knew that in the afternoon, Shu troops escaped from the city one after another to find him to surrender.

Shi Congyun accepted it, and those who were captured were not counted. The surrendered Shu army would soon be able to reorganize an army in his place.

However, these people did not arrange to go to the front line, but arranged to go to the rear for Luo Yanhuan to protect the army.

That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. The fire in Fengzhou City was flickering like floating hearts. Outside the city, there were endless large camps.

This is probably inconsistent with the atmosphere of the Qixi Festival.

Shi Congyun stood by the river, trying to find Vega and Altair in the sky, but he was illiterate and did not understand astrology at all.

Suddenly beckoned, "Come here, go and prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone for this general, someone wants to write a love letter."

(End of this chapter)