Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 547 Why did you send a pig to Xuzhou

Xuzhou, on the south city gate, Hu Cile watched the Southern Tang soldiers following the big ship continuously enter Xuzhou City, seemingly boundless, but Hu Cile still hated it enough.

He looked at his nephew, Hu Tai, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is leading the army this time? How many troops have been dispatched?"

Since taking refuge in Southern Tang, Hu Tai has become more fat, and has changed from a brave cavalry general to an infantry commander of the Wuning Army. He looked at Hu Cile happily and replied.

"The leader of the army this time is Liu Gongyanzhen, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. The saint deployed Liu Gong as the camp in the north. [-] troops from the town went north, and the boats and boats met each other, covering the sky and the sun."

After Hucile heard it, he looked up to the sky and sighed, then looked at Hutai coldly: "A certain family's letter to the saint, did you submit it or not?

Others don't know, don't you know the power of our Hexi cavalry?A mere [-] southern imperial guards, what can they use to resist Zhou's iron cavalry? "

Hu Tai rubbed his hands uncomfortably under Hu Cile's gaze, "I heard from Mr. Da Lang that Liu Yanzhen is a famous general in the Tang Dynasty.

The Forbidden Army has just destroyed Wang Min, and they are brave and good at fighting. With 30,000 people and the river network, they have the advantage of boats, boats and navy, and we and Du Chongwei are here. It is not easy to attack the Central Plains, but it is not difficult to defend Huaibei. "

Hu Cile's eyes became even colder, he didn't listen to Hu Tai at all, but continued to ask, "A certain family's letter to the saint, did you submit it or not?"

Hearing this, Hutai also sighed, gritted his teeth and said, "No! I dare not submit it. A few times ago, my uncle wrote a letter saying that the [-] soldiers of the Sage's imperial army could not reach the [-] troops of the Zhou Kingdom, and he had already offended the sage severely. , Feng Yansi and others slandered him even more.

If it weren't for Dalang Lord's dealing with us, the saint would have condemned us a long time ago. Does my uncle think that the kings of the world can be as modest as the king, and are willing to listen to harsh advice? "

Who is the king that Hu Tai is talking about? Of course Hu Cile knows. He just feels that his chest is sore. scolded.

"If Erlang is here, he must know the danger of this battle!
Since your Majesty raised his army, he has won countless battles. Yan Jin, Bai Congxin, Ma Yaozi, Ma Shacai and others, who are not superior to us?

A certain person said long ago that the only way to win the land of Huaibei is to send out all the soldiers in the whole country and contact Mengshu, Nanping, Taiyuan and Liu Zhiyuan to attack.

Now send a braggart like Liu Yanzhen, with no more than [-] to [-] soldiers, and rely on people like Du Chongwei. "

Hucile is still capable, he is keenly aware that this is actually Nan Tang's only chance to stand up.

Before the war between Zhang Zhao and Yelu Deguang, there were only Chu, Si, Hao, and Shou states in Huainan in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The so-called guarding the river must guard the Huai, but Huai is also divided into Huaibei and Huainan.

Only Huainan, which is actually equivalent to an extra shield, still has no strategic initiative, no spears to stab people, and it will be a matter of time before the shield is smashed.

Only with Huaibei, can there be spears that can take the initiative to attack. Now Zhang Zhao only occupies the Yellow River, and there is no surrender everywhere. There is also Du Chongwei who is forced to cooperate with the Southern Tang.

If we can take advantage of this opportunity to win Songzhou, Bozhou, Yingzhou, Suzhou and other prefectures and counties in Huaibei, and achieve two punches in Songzhou and Xuzhou, we can change the inherent disadvantage of the Southern Tang Dynasty who can only defend the Huaihe River and cannot advance northward. .

But this strategic goal is not easy to achieve, because Hucile is well aware of Zhang Zhao's ability.

He felt that only the Southern Tang Dynasty would send out all-powerful soldiers to take advantage of Zhang Zhao's energy being restrained by Meng Shu, Nanping and Liu Zhiyuan, and he might succeed.

His letter was to talk about this matter, asking Li Jing not to regard aiding Du Chongwei as a military adventure, but to have the posture of a decisive battle with the power of the whole country. As a result, Hutai and Huwei simply did not submit this letter.

And the generals sent here should not only be strong generals like Liu Renzhan, but at least fierce dogs like Zhu Kuangye, Huangfuhui, Guo Tingwei, and Li Quanjin!In the end, a pig like Liu Yanzhen was sent.

What are you here for?Come to be killed by Zhou Jun and eat meat?

Conversely, Li Jing didn't feel the danger. Communication was slow at this time. Zhang Zhao was not a general of Dai Beiyong, and his reputation in the Central Plains had always been shaky.

To this day, some people in the Southern Tang Kingdom still believe that Zhang Zhao is from Tubo and is a remnant of Tubo. Therefore, the Southern Tang Kingdom generally believes that the people of the Central Plains are rebelling against Zhang Zhou just like they were against Khitan.

Even the disastrous defeat of Meng Shu in Guanzhong, the Southern Tang Dynasty had not received specific information at this time. They thought that the Shu soldiers were still fighting with the Zhou army in Qinzhou and Fengxiang.

How should I say Li Jing, he can be regarded as a slightly inferior master, he likes to listen to good things, loves luxury, and has many shortcomings, but he is not too fatuous and cruel.

If it is in a prosperous dynasty, it is still possible to be an emperor like Han Chengdi.

It's just that in this chaotic era, it's really difficult for him to confront the enhanced version of Zhou Shizong like Zhang Zhao.

. . . .

On the tenth day of February in the first year of Shaoming, when the troops of the Southern Tang Dynasty arrived in Xuzhou, Zhang Zhao also offered sacrifices to the gods in Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo.

He appointed Zhang Xichong as Shangshu Zuopushe, and he stayed in Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo with him.

Yan Jin deployed defense envoys to the north, and led Hanhai, Xiongwu Towns and a part of the Zuo Shenwu Army composed of the former Later Jin Imperial Army to station in Chanzhou by the Yellow River to defend Liu Zhiyuan.

Later, An Shenqi was equipped with a battalion in Feng'an Town, and more than a thousand people from Yuhou Wu Xingde, the capital of the Fengguo Army in the late Jin Dynasty.

With An Shenqi as Ziqingping Lu Jiedu envoy, he went out of the town of Qingzhou, Wu Xingde was the governor of Mizhou, and stabilized the eastern part of Henan Road, which is the later Jiaodong Peninsula.

Zhang Zhao then ordered Zhao Cunyi, General of Zuo Jinwuwei Zhonglang, to lead [-] relatives to guard Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo.

He ordered the left and right Habayashi guards, the left and right Longxiang guards, the right Jinwu guards, and the Shenji camp, plus the five towns of the forbidden army Wuwei, Yingyang, and the right Shenwu army, a total of [-] troops, and went straight to Songzhou.

Among them, Murong Nobunaga and Hu Guang are the principal and deputy vanguards, commanding 10,000 people and horses to go first.

Zhang Zhao himself led an army of [-] as the central army, and the rear army and the civilian husbands accompanying the army were handed over to Shan Zhuer Luo Shande for overall arrangement.

Facts have proved that Du Chongwei and Yang Yan are Yelu Dilu, and the so-called cutting off the water of the Bian River is futile.

Because Songzhou is located in the plain area where the Yellow River hits, the only hill is still near Yongcheng in Xuzhou.

They truncated the Bianhe River, where there were no huge stones available, it was nothing more than digging a few openings in the Bianhe River west of Songzhou, which slightly prevented the Zhou army from using the Bianhe River to transport grain, grass and luggage.

Yelu Dilu sent more than [-] cavalry, and Du Chongwei also recruited hundreds of German soldiers to station in Xiangyi (Suixian) in the northwest of Songzhou in order to prevent the Zhou army from repairing the Bianhe River.

Murong Xinchang sent Gao Huaide to lead Han Tong and other generals to attack. The Khitan and Gui German soldiers were defeated at the first touch, and quickly ran back to Songzhou City.

Murong Xinchang took the opportunity to station troops in the northeast of Songzhou City. Du Chongwei and Yelu Dilu joined forces with about [-] troops, which was more than Murong Xinchang who was looking for civilians to repair the Bian River. Send a request for help to Xuzhou.

. . . .

In the city of Xuzhou, after a period of observation and contact, Hucile basically determined that Liu Yanzhen was just an ignorant military second generation.

What's more frightening is that some second-generation soldiers know that they have no skills, and bragging is just putting money on their faces, but they will never lead soldiers rashly to fight to the death.

But Liu Yanzhen is not. Others think he is a braggart, but he himself thinks that it is not bragging, but that Liu Yanzhen really has skills.

This is too scary, bragging is harmless, bragging so much that you believe it, if tens of thousands of elite lives are taken, and the national war is treated as a trifling matter, then it's over.

And if the coach is a fool, but if there are capable people under his command, maybe it can still be saved.

But when the tiger's thorn was touched, his heart became cold.

Liu Yanzhen's Deputy Commander of the Forbidden Army, Marquis of Duyu, such as Wu Yanhui, Zhang Yanhan, Cheng Shilang, etc., are either boastful, or they are only brave and ignorant of military strategy.

Only Zhang Quanyue, who led a partial division of the Xuanzhou Ningguo Army with the title of Chizhou governor, was considered courageous and resourceful, but his ability was comparable to that of Hutai, who was not blessed, and he was far from being a famous general.

Du Chongwei's appeal letters came one after another, of course it was impossible for Hu Cile to suppress them all.

At this time, Liu Yanzhen was deploying to the camp in the north, even if Hu Cile was left behind in Beijing, he still had to listen to Liu Yanzhen.

When Liu Yanzhen saw that Du Chongwei's request letter was written so urgently, he immediately summoned Hucile to inquire.

This Liu Yanzhen's father, Liu Xin, was originally the leader of bandits in Huaibei, and later he followed Li Min, the ancestor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. This gentleman still has some abilities, but he is easy to brag about.

In the past, after Tang Zhuangzong destroyed Liang and unified the Central Plains, Xue Zhaowen, an admonisher, was sent to Wang Min to pass by Liu Xin's jurisdiction. Liu Xin asked Xue Zhaowen, did Tang Zhuangzong know of his reputation?

Xue Zhaowen thought to himself, where did you come from, and Li Yazi, who is famous all over the world, deserves to know?So honestly no.

As a result, Liu Xin said without shame: "There is Han Xin in Han Dynasty, and Liu Xin in Tang Dynasty, both of them are of the same class!"

This guy Liu Yanzhen perfectly inherited his father Liu Xin's ignorant characteristics.

And although Liu Xin likes to speak out loudly, at least he still has some ability, but Liu Yanzhen has no ability at all.

He held Du Chongwei's request for help, squinted his eyes, and asked the tiger with his handwriting.

"Du Gong said that the Zhou army had reached outside the city of Songzhou. Although it was powerful, it was defeated by Khitan cavalry. Morale was low and the weather suddenly turned cold. Please send troops. The internal and external pincers will definitely defeat the Zhou army. What do you think if you stay behind?"

Hu Cile sneered, "If the Khitan cavalry can defeat the prestige of the Zhou army's iron cavalry, how could even the Khitan leader Yao Gu be killed by the Zhou army?

Now that the weather is getting colder, Zhou people's soldiers in the north can't stand the cold. How can we, the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, keep out the cold? "

In a word, Liu Yanzhen was speechless when asked directly, and Zhang Quanyue, the governor of Chizhou, also stepped forward to persuade him.

"Du Chongwei, you have to be on guard against repeated villains. The Zhou army must not be able to take down the city of Songzhou Jiancheng overnight.

Please deploy more You Yijun to inquire about the news before making a decision. "

Liu Yanzhen pondered for a moment, although he really wanted to pounce on it now, and then use his unpredictable ability to defeat Zhou Jun in one fell swoop.

But what Hucile and Zhang Quanyue said made sense, he couldn't refute it, so he could only nod in agreement.

That night, Huci went home, summoned his old wife and eldest daughter-in-law and said, "Pack up your things quickly and go to the manor on Dinggong Mountain to take refuge."

Hucile's old wife is also from Dadan in the family, and the eldest daughter-in-law who was divorced by the eldest son Huwei is from Khotan, and she was shocked when she heard the news.

"Is the situation so corrupted when the imperial court's army arrives?"

Hu Ci's face darkened, and it took a long time before he said: "I thought that even if the king of the world is not a king, he should be able to distinguish right from wrong like a great sage, and at least have the ability of Shi Jingtang, but I didn't expect Most of them are stupid people like Shi Chonggui.

A mediocre lord and a mediocre general will deploy Liu Yanzhen to compare himself to Baiqi and Han Xin, but he is actually powerless.

And the king leads the army, and he likes to surround points to fight for reinforcements and lure the enemy to go deep.This is the case at Suiye City, and at the edge of the Yaosha River. This time around Songzhou, they will definitely not be in a hurry to attack, but will eat tens of thousands of elites from the Tang Kingdom.

I am afraid that there will be no place to bury me when I die, but Erlang is by the king's side, so I can definitely keep you guys safe. "

After hearing this, his old wife burst into tears, held the hand of the eldest daughter-in-law who had been divorced, and cursed at the tiger thorn.

"In the past, you were fascinated by those vixen's advice, you refused to listen to it, and said it was for my future prosperity and wealth.

It can be seen that there is no king, you and I are just a shepherd slave in Anxi, if I don't leave, I will wait for the king to deal with it in this city! "

For the first time, Hu Cile didn't find the old wife's swearing annoying, and he was silent for a long time before he could hold back a sentence.

"It's too late to regret now, what's the use of talking about it? If you don't leave, then just resign yourself to fate!"

(End of this chapter)