Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 99 The Northwest War
In the afternoon, Shi Congyun led a dozen of his personal soldiers into the Fengzhou government office.

Wang Jing also found Wang Huan, who was originally the military governor of Wuwei, to accompany him. He patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "As long as Brother Yun likes it, you can take it yourself. You're welcome."

Shi Congyun nodded and agreed, of course he understood what this "self-take" meant, to put it bluntly, it was robbery.

There are preconditions for him to persuade Wang Jing to make concessions. Shi Congyun is only the forward who made the account in this attack on Shu, and Wang Jing is the coach.

In Fengzhou City, there were more than [-] Shu troops who surrendered. The highest general captured was Wang Huan, the military governor of Shu Kingdom, and the highest defender of Fengzhou City.

Shi Congyun went to prison to meet him once. Wang Huan, in his thirties, was a tough guy. He didn't say a soft word.

He did not dispose of it without authorization, but ordered him to be sent to Daliang and handed over to the emperor for disposal. The military governor of Shu Kingdom is a big man, and it is also a great credit.

After entering the mansion, many of the furnishings in the mansion remained the same. From the beginning, it was surrounded and protected by Wang Jing's personal soldiers, but no one dared to make trouble.

The officials on the side kept trying to please him, introducing to him what kind of treasures there are in this government office, and talking gallantly.

"The general didn't know. At the time when the king ring was going to fight to the death against the heavenly army, it was the elders in the city who held a banquet to take him down. At that time, he also contributed a lot, and now he tells the general to know."

"Okay, I got it, you used to be Wang Huan's officer?" Shi Congyun asked impatiently.

The official nodded again and again: "I understand everything about the government office, and the general can ask."

Shi Congyun didn't say a word. He walked around the yamen and found that the place was not very luxurious.

Go inside and pass through a beautiful carved corridor, which is the inner courtyard.

"This was originally the residence of the Inspector."

Shi Congyun looked around. In fact, he really didn't want anything. He didn't lack these things.

The Book of Figures is a map, which is a classified document in today's era.

The engaging officer thought for a while and said carefully, "Maybe there is, in the study?"

"Don't look at these places, go to the study." Shi Congyun ordered directly.

The engaging officer nodded again and again and took him to the East Courtyard.

In a small hut in the east courtyard, as soon as the door was opened, the house was full of dust, apparently it had not been cleaned for a long time.

The three sides of the house are wooden bookshelves against the wall, covered with green leather books and covered with a layer of fine dust.

There is a high table next to the wall on the side by the window, and an exquisite Hu bed next to it. Presumably the original Fengzhou governor was also a book lover and would read here from time to time.

Shi Congyun looked at the room full of books, and immediately became interested. He subconsciously thought of Zhao Xiaoniang, who broke her inkstone before leaving, and was angry. These things might make her happy.

But don't underestimate these books, the papermaking technology was not developed in this era, and paper was very expensive.

Most of the time, people use bamboo sticks or sticks to wipe their buttocks. There is also a special soft paper, but only the dignitaries can afford it.

The books in this room are definitely worth a lot of money, but whether you can find someone willing to buy them is another question.

So he strode out of the yard and instructed the guards guarding outside: "Come in, take all these books away, keep your hands and feet light, and kick you to death quickly."

All the soldiers laughed and came in and started to move books.

Shi Congyun walked around the study again and saw a drawer on the table in front of the window. He opened it and saw that there was a black stone inkstone with beautiful lines. Next to it was a neatly yellowed paper with pictures from scriptures. , a map of the entire level.

He picked it up and looked at it for a while. The main point was right, but it was rather abstract and the proportions were wrong. It was okay to use it only as a guide, but it wasn't as clear as he had in mind.

Shi Congyun curiously took out the stone inkstone and asked the officer next to him, "Is this thing worth anything?"

When the officer saw it, he flattered: "The general has good eyesight! You can see at a glance that this is a treasure!"

"What's the way?" he asked curiously.

"This is the Duan Inkstone of the Southern Kingdom. It is made of Duanxi Inkstone. It is made from the rotten rivers and mountains of the Duanxi River in Keshan. It is a rare treasure even in the palace. It is probably because the governor heard about the general's divine power, and fled in a hurry, too late to take it away."

"Oh, you really know a lot." Shi Congyun smiled.

"The general is too famous." Perhaps referring to his professional field, the official looked proud and his words became excited: "The Duan inkstone is delicate and tender, the ink does not damage the brush, and the ink can be grinded in one breath, which is the best in the world. An inkstone, which was discovered and mined since the Tang Dynasty, is a treasure that the literati and poets are striving for.

The natural pattern of Duanshi is even more peculiar, the general looks here. "The officer said, he took the stone inkstone and held it in both hands, tilted it carefully, and then the sunlight from the window showed him the beautiful patterns on it.

"This kind of pattern is called Banana Leaf White. It is the best quality. It is light in weight, rigid and soft, and feels lonely without any sound."

"Okay, alright, stop talking nonsense, I'll leave it to you, put this thing away for someone, it's better to find a nice box to put it in, it's of great use." Shi Congyun interrupted him and ordered directly.

"I didn't expect that the general not only fought bravely, but also liked writing and ink. He really has both civil and military skills!"

Shi Congyun smiled evilly and did not explain to him.

He wasn't interested in this thing, but he was interested in using it to warm the little girl's bed.

Of course, Zan Jurun, the battlefield secretary and supervisor, is very conscientious.

The next day, I made a note for him. After the Fengzhou City was broken, Shi, a pioneer in the northwest camp, ransacked the Fengzhou government office from Yunjincheng.He believes that this is the only way to be impartial and based on the factual record.

After the city of Fengzhou was destroyed, Wang Jing followed the advice given by Shi Congyun and imposed a tax on all households in Fengzhou for a year to reward the three armies. There were also several small-scale bloodshed.

But at the same time ordered the entire army not to break the law to hurt people, loot the people, otherwise it will be punished as a violation of military law.

Order around Fengzhou quickly recovered.

The He-Controlling Army, who had been fighting for several months, stayed in Fengzhou City to rest.

At the same time, the imperial court sent general Han Tong to bring Hujie troops to the front line to support the siege of the city. After Fengxiang's troops joined forces, they continued to advance to attack the remaining Qinzhou, Chengzhou, Jiezhou and other places.

Han Tong and Wang Yanchao had just defeated the Khitan harassment in Hebei, and went to Shandong and other places to build the city wall before returning to the capital and being transferred to the front line.

Guo Rong probably thought that Han Tong was a siege expert and a construction expert, so he couldn't wait to send him to the west and wanted him to attack the rest of the city.

The first meeting with Han Tong that day was not pleasant.

Everyone met in Wang Jing's central army tent. Wang Jing held a banquet to wash away the dust for him. His attitude was cold, his eyes were big, and his face was evil.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he said directly: "Let's not say useless words, where are we going to fight next, the commander has arranged for everyone to do things well."

Shi Congyun wanted to exchange a few words, but there was no chance of him getting close.

Han Tong didn't even look at him, and he didn't say a word, which made him a little angry. How could such a big man ignore him in front of you?

But he just thought in his heart and didn't say anything.

After that, the battle ahead was smoother day by day, and the officials miscalculated. Han Tong came to Guanzhong this time to no avail.

First, on September 23, an order was sent from the front to rush into the camp to report back to Shi Congyun. The Zhou Dynasty army arrived before Chengzhou surrendered.

Later, Jiezhou also learned that Chengzhou offered the city to surrender, and had no intention of holding on to it.

After Fengzhou was lost, the reinforcements who had gone to the inclined valley also fled, and Cheng and Jiazhou no longer had the possibility of holding on, so the surrender was not unexpected.

By September 28, more than a dozen fast horses came from the west one after another throughout the day, bringing more news.

The most important of them is Han Jixun, the military military envoy of Houshu who stayed behind in Qinzhou. He heard that Huanghuagu was defeated. After Fengzhou fell, he was so frightened that he abandoned the city and fled, and fled back to Chengdu on horseback alone overnight.

The one who was left to guard Qinzhou City was the observation judge Zhao Jin.

Zhao Jie was originally an old general of the former Central Plains Dynasty (Later Jin), and later he was forced to surrender because of his unwillingness to obey the Khitan ruler.

(About ten years ago, the king of Khitan led his army southward, entered Daliang, and proclaimed himself emperor in the Central Plains)
Now seeing Hou Zhou, "the generals are all brave and the soldiers are sharp", a forward Shi Congyun killed all the way from Sanguan to Guzhen, the soldiers of the State of Shu will be hard to resist, and there is almost no enemy of unity, so he chooses the city. surrender.

By the beginning of October, five months after the Zhou Army sent troops in May, the four prominent states of Qin, Feng, Cheng, and Chia in the north of the Shu Kingdom had all fallen into the hands of the Zhou Dynasty. Zhou country.

In the next time, Zhou Jun has already begun to take over the four states of Qin, Feng, Cheng, and Chi.

In the long battle of more than five months, the one who made the most contribution and contributed the most was undoubtedly the leader of the pioneers in the northwest of the Zhou Dynasty, Shi Congyun, and his army of controlling cranes.

This battle also made him famous among the Zhou army and the Shu Kingdom to the south, and everyone knew it.

(End of this chapter)