Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 166
Zhu Yuan has fallen!

There were no signs, no warnings, no delays.

The Southern Tang side just woke up, and Zhu Yuan's camp was deserted.

Ten thousand troops left without a single one left.

Southern Tang adopted the method of battalion formations at the foot of Zijin Mountain. The [-] troops formed twelve large military camps, including nine army camps and three navy camps.

Bian Hao, Xu Wenzhen, Zhu Yuan, Chen Decheng and other generals were usually active in the military camps they were in charge of, and they only came out of the camps to gather troops in wartime.

Therefore, when Zhu Yuan led his troops out of the camp and surrendered to Da Zhou, no one was alarmed.

Occasionally, soldiers patrolling in the field will not take it seriously.

It had also been three months since the Southern Tang joined forces, and the whole army moved to see Zhu Yuan's benefits, and they were used to the style of dealing with things first and then playing.

It was only Zhu Yuan who took advantage of the night to launch a special military operation.

No one thought that Zhu Yuan would surrender to Da Zhou.

After all, in the two-month bloody battle against the Great Zhou Zijin Mountain, Zhu Yuan's troops fought the hardest and performed the best with Lin Renzhao's navy.

It was not until dawn that the generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty got the exact news: Zhu Yuan led the vanguard envoys Zhu Renyu, Sun Lin and others to descend to the Zhou Dynasty...

Southern Tang Army Tent.

Headed by Bian Hao, Xu Wenzhen, Lin Renzhao, Chen Decheng, and Guo Tingzhi, the five generals gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

This is said to be a discussion of countermeasures, but there is a dead silence in the military tent.

No one said a word.

The battle between Zhou and Tang in Shouzhou and Zijin Mountain has continued to this day.

Zhou Junsheng has many elite soldiers and strong generals, and his field strength is tyrannical.However, Tang Junsheng has a slight advantage in military strength, and sits on an elite navy, advancing both land and water, and cooperating with each other.

They can't help each other.

In such a situation, regardless of uncertain external factors, the only way to break the situation is to seek change during the war.

Through continuous fighting, the military exerts pressure, forcing the opponent to show its flaws, so as to gain opportunities.

Whoever can't support it first, whoever makes a careless mistake first, will lose the initiative.

At this critical moment, Zhu Yuan led his troops to defect to the enemy, which was fatal to the entire Tang army.

The more than [-] soldiers in Zhu Yuan's hands are the existence of the [-] Tang Army whose combat effectiveness is second only to the Southern Tang Navy.

His surrender made the field battle where the Tang army did not have an advantage even more difficult.

Of crucial importance is the effect on morale in the army.

Zhu Yuan is selfish by nature and puts self-interest first, so he is not likable.But the achievements he made for the Tang Dynasty were real, but now he was forced by the court to lead his troops to surrender, which had a great impact on morale.

All in all, Zhu Yuan's surrender made the balance between Zhou and Tang completely unbalanced.

Although they still have [-] soldiers and are still capable of fighting, anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

This battle can no longer be fought.

Bian Hao stood up and said: "Everyone has his own ambitions, and you can't force them. Guo Tuan Lianshi, you take over Zhu Yuan's camp. We will guard the camps separately. Don't give the northern bandits an opportunity. Wait for the right time."

Bian Hao has already learned why Zhu Yuan fell to Zhou.

Regarding Zhu Yuan's decision, at this point, he couldn't say anything.

From his point of view, Zhu Yuan did not cooperate with the Zhou army, and directly gave them a fatal blow in the back, which was already considered as the utmost benevolence.

Of course, he also knew that Zhu Yuan's failure to do so was not necessarily out of love for his robes, but because he wanted to continue to hang out in the Great Zhou army, not as a powerless high-ranking official who lived in a high position and waited to die.

Being forced by a traitor to surrender and stabbing an enemy in the back before surrendering are two different concepts.

Bian Hao didn't say it clearly, but the so-called waiting for the right time was nothing more than pinning his hopes on Khitan's reinforcements.

Now they are overwhelmed and completely unable to support Shouzhou.

Lin Renzhao walked with a heavy heart.

"General Lin!"

Hearing someone calling him, Lin Renzhao turned to look, but it was Guo Tingwei, the trainer of the Haozhou regiment.

"Guo Tuanlian!"

Lin Renzhao clasped his fists and gave a military salute.

Guo Tingzhi pulled Lin Renzhao aside and said, "Zhu Yuan led his troops to defect to the enemy. We have no chance of winning here. The reason why we don't withdraw our troops is that the cavalry of the opponent will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill us. We have to hold on. Morale is low now. Even if we hold on, It is also difficult to last for a long time. Moreover, Zhu Yuan will definitely inform the puppet Emperor Zhou about the court's request for help from Khitan, and he will definitely send troops to attack our army stronghold soon."

Lin Renzhao nodded silently, approving Guo Tingwei's judgment.

Guo Tingwei sighed in a low voice: "It's not because someone has the ambition of others, this battle will be more dangerous than good. We will not be spared. Only General Lin, the navy you lead is rampant between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, and no one can fight against it. Once the situation No, I hope that the general can withdraw from the battlefield immediately, stop the loss in time, retain the vitality of Jiangbei, and go to Yangzhou to deploy defenses. Jiangbei cannot be completely lost. Once Jiangbei is completely lost, Jiangnan will be a turtle in the urn, and it will be manipulated by the northern thieves at will."

"In the whole of Jiangbei, only Yangzhou has a chance to stop the bandits."

Lin Renzhao didn't speak, just smiled, punched Guo Tingwei in the chest, turned and left.

Guo Tingwei shook his head bitterly: How could he be so pessimistic if there was really a glimmer of hope?
Zhou Jun.

Guo Rong never dreamed that pies would fall from the sky.

After two months of fierce fighting with the Southern Tang army, the tenacity and bravery of the Tang army gave the emperor of the Great Zhou a new understanding of the strength of the Southern Tang.

He always thought that the defeat of Huainan East Road and Huainan West Road was due to the underestimation of the enemy by himself and the generals.

Now it seems that may not be the case.

The southerners still have brave men, but the opponent's king Li Jing doesn't know how to call them.

In the middle of two months, Tang will impress him the most, Zhu Yuan and Lin Renzhao.

Both of them are life-threatening masters, one in water and one in land, which brought them huge troubles.

The result was all right, and Zhu Yuan led his troops to surrender.

At that moment, Guo Rong even wondered if this guy was imitating Huang Gai's trick of surrendering.

But seeing the opponent abandoning his troops and disarming his armor, Guo Rong dared to believe that Zhu Yuan had really surrendered.

The opportunity for victory came so suddenly.

Guo Rong originally wanted to wait.He first confirmed the situation of the remaining food and grass in Shouzhou City from Zhu Yuan's mouth. Once Shouzhou fell, he could gather all the troops to launch a general attack.

But when he learned that Li Jing had sent a request for help to Khitan, he knew he couldn't wait and marched across the board.

"Quickly send an order to Luo to recruit envoys, let him advance by land and water, and go north to cut off the back of the puppet Tang. As for the puppet Tang navy, let him do what he can, not force it."

Because the Southern Tang navy led by Liu Yanzhen was wiped out by Luo Youdu on land, Guo Rong didn't understand the strength of the Jiangnan navy at first.

It wasn't until he met Lin Renzhao that Guo Rong saw the true strength of the Jiangnan Navy.

The Dianqian army led by Zhang Yongde can be said to be the strongest elite of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which also caused Lin Renzhao to suffer a lot. In the end, he had to block the Huaishui River with giant wooden iron cables. risks of.

Having seen the strength of the Tang army's navy, Guo Rong naturally did not expect Luo Youdu to be able to train a water force capable of stopping the Nantang navy in just two or three months.

(End of this chapter)