The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 49 Stepping over my corpse

Although he was shot like a hedgehog, he didn't fall down because of it. Instead, he pulled out the arrows one by one with his hands.

At this time, a strong wind rose, and the northwest wind brought great difficulties to Nantang's burning floating bridge. It was seen that the Tang general led several dead men, against the wind, and continued to burn the bridge.

The soldiers of Da Zhou tried their best to stop him, but he failed, and quickly thought that the Huai River would recede, so there would be no place for their warships.

Da Zhou's navy couldn't do anything, they could only watch helplessly as the few remaining people sailed away by boat.

It seems that there is still an urgent need to rebuild the navy of the Great Zhou Dynasty.Da Zhou's soldiers were chasing the fleeing soldiers everywhere.

Li Gu also came over to say hello to Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu exchanged a few words with him and continued to lead his soldiers in pursuit.

Liu Yanzhen was really tragic. He originally wanted to surprise Da Zhou, but he didn't expect that he would wait for work with ease.

Li Chongjin crossed the Huaihe River at this time and was waiting for Liu Yanzhen to the east of Zhengyang. Liu Yanzhen's vanguard was already in Zhengyang.

Now that it was intercepted by Li Chongjin, it was Liu Yanzhen's vanguard that Zhao Xu and Li Gu defeated.

At this time, Zhao Xu also came here with a small number of troops chasing the remnants of Nantang, just in time to meet Li Chongjin's troops.

The two armies tacitly agreed to join forces to attack Liu Yanzhen's army, but Liu Yanzhen was powerless to resist.

Liu Yanzhen, who hadn't had time to escape, was chopped off by Zhao Xu. Dong Zhenhai saw it and chopped off his head.

Then on horseback, shouting;

"Liu Yanzhen's head is here, if you don't surrender quickly, when will you wait?"

His thick voice fully demonstrated his advantage at this time, and the Southern Tang army who was resisting saw all their generals killed.

How dare I resist, everyone lowered their heads and dropped their weapons in despondency.

Among them, the shameless Xian Shilang even helped Da Zhou accept the soldiers from the Southern Tang Dynasty. Damn, this guy is really not a thing.

He made Zhao Xu look disgusted. It was not the time to kill him, but he had to rely on such a person to collect these surrendered soldiers.

Xian Shilang and others were captured alive, and the Southern Tang Army killed tens of thousands of people, and the thirty miles of land were all the corpses of the Southern Tang Army soldiers.

Later Zhou's army seized more than [-] military equipment in this campaign, and the entire Huaihe River Basin was dyed red by the water and became a river of blood.

It has been a long time since the Southern Tang Dynasty was peaceful, and there was no war at all in the country. It was all about singing and dancing all day long, and there was a scene of prosperity everywhere.

But the battle of Zhengyang Bridge was defeated, which shocked the people of Tang. Zhou Jun was brave, but he couldn't be so brave.

What shocked them even more was that Liu Yanzhen was beheaded and the entire Huaihe River was dyed red according to the battle report sent up.

Seeing this news, Southern Tang panicked. Sure enough, many of them were planning to move and flee to the south, fearing that Zhou's army would attack Jinling.

It can be said that the Tang state was in great chaos at this time, and no matter how the court tried to dissuade it, it would not work.

Originally.You have lost the battle and you still want to publicize it. Isn't this creating panic in the territory of Tang?

You are advertising for Da Zhou for free, isn't this promoting how brave and good at fighting Da Zhou's army is?

Fortunately, a minister named Chen Qiao immediately stopped the panic, and the country of Southern Tang calmed down temporarily.

But the front line was indeed not calm anymore, Zhang Quanyue returned to Shouzhou with Liu Yanzhen's remnants, and held on to the city.

He was originally the governor of Chizhou, but now he is stuck after being blocked, and he can't go back, or he can't go back.

So Liu Renshan, the envoy of the Huaihe Army of the Qing Dynasty, presented Li Jing with a detailed account of the battle, and lamented Liu Yanzhen's incompetence.

At the same time, he also asked Li Jing to appoint Zhang Quanyu, the former governor of Chizhou, as the commander of the left wing of Mabu.

Li Jing readily agreed to all these, and appreciated Liu Renshan's ability.

Huangfuhui and Yaofeng, who came to reinforce the governor, retired from Qingliuguan to temporarily preserve their strength.

But Wang Shaoyan, the governor of Chuzhou, directly abandoned the city and fled. Chuzhou was panicked for a while, and Li Jing cursed angrily.

For a while, the Great Zhou had the upper hand, and the encirclement of the Southern Tang Dynasty was temporarily broken. However, if you want to encircle Shouzhou again, you must win several surrounding states.

After the Battle of Zhengyang, Zhao Xu ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and bury the corpses, and he was going to meet a big man.

Zhao Xu took two guards and went directly to meet Li Chongjin. No matter what he said, Zhao Xu should go to see this old Li.

On the one hand, he is a relative of the emperor, and on the other hand, Li Chongjin is the boss of the bodyguard department, and both the palace department and the emperor's pro-army.

He is older than himself in terms of official position, so to sum up the above points, he should go to see General Li.

Li Chongjin is Guo Wei's nephew. He used to think that he would have a chance to inherit the throne, but one day Guo Wei was seriously ill and recruited him.

As soon as he entered, he lost the qualification to inherit the throne. Guo Wei asked him to kneel down to Chai Rong, who was the king of Jin at that time, to affirm his status as a monarch and minister.

From then on, Li Chongjin followed Chai Rong, and Chai Rong did not treat this relative badly by giving him a position as the boss of the bodyguard department.

There was no difference between Li Chongjin and other generals who were good at fighting. They all had evil spirits on their faces.

Thick beard, thick but not messy, on the contrary, it is combed cleanly. It seems that Li Chongjin usually takes care of his beard carefully.

When Zhao Xu came in, it was like Li Chongjin bowing his hands to salute. Although Zhao Xu's official position was higher than that of Li Chongjin, Zhao Xu did not directly belong to Li Chongjin.

So Zhao Xu didn't need to kneel down for Li Chongjin, he just had to bow his hands and salute, that's all.

According to the usual practice, Li Chongjin should return the salute to Zhao Xu, but Li Chongjin just nodded.

Zhao Xu was also puzzled, but he didn't say anything, and sat down next to Li Chongjin.

"Your Majesty Li has made great achievements in this battle, and His Majesty will definitely reward you greatly."

This is a greeting from Zhao Xu, and he wants to open up the conversation. Originally, this time he won a big victory, congratulations are definitely the best greeting.

Zhao Xu has been in this era for a few years, and he is still very clear about this. Even if he doesn't understand, with the superb social skills of later generations, it is not easy to fool this Li Chongjin.

It stands to reason that Li Chongjin should be humble first, but I don't know why Li Chongjin went crazy today.

Zhao Xu was a little confused by his snarky words.

Li Chongjin spoke with a gun and a stick:

"It's not as good as Marquis Duyu. I'm envious of being in a high position at a young age. My general's subordinates are about to capture Liu Yanzhen alive. At this moment, Marquis Duyu is here. It's easy to kill him immediately." Liu Yanzhen."

When Li Chongjin said this, he looked at Zhao Xu, his voice was cloudy;
"It turns out that how Du Yuhou got the credit, now I will understand hahaha."Li Chongjin continued to speak.

"No wonder, Mr. Zhao has already done countless meritorious service at such a young age. It turned out to be like this, so I don't think it's strange."

Damn, this guy has eaten gunpowder, and I said a word, and he said so much to me, and he still satirized me.

Did I offend you? There's no need to do this. It's not enough for you to say a word, and you're still blah blah blah.

Are you still playing, no matter how good-tempered you are, you can't stand it!But Zhao Xu didn't get angry on the spot.

"Master Li, do you have some misunderstanding about the lower officials...?"

Zhao Xu reminded Li Chongjin that he meant, Lao Li, have I offended you in any way? You, a man in his teens, are talking nonsense here with a teenage boy like me.

Zhao Xu thought that Li Chongjin, you should stop when he said this, and you are still mocking Zhao Xu.

As a cultivated person, Zhao Xu still smiled and got up to leave.He left with his guards.

Behind Dong Zhenhai and Liu Qinhu were aggrieved, and when they were far away, Dong Laohei spoke.

"My lord, what the hell is going on with Li Chongjin, who is always mocking you. I almost slapped him, Old Dong."

The careless Dong Zhenhai yelled.Report the injustice for Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu didn't understand what was going on with Li Chongjin, but he knew that now was not the time to conflict with Li Chongjin.

There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Few people dare to be so crazy by my side. Li Chongjin, you are the first one, and I believe you are also the first one.

Zhao Xu, who had integrated the memories of the first emperor, had already changed a lot. At this time, Li Chongjin actually insulted him.

He silently remembered that when the Song Dynasty founded the country, Li Chongjin rebelled and Zhao Xu strongly demanded to conquer.

At that time he said a word:

"When it was three years old, you asked Gu, how did Gu get his military exploits, and today Gu will tell you."

Yangzhou City was soon breached. Maybe Zhao Xu had already made up his mind at this time, but he couldn't say it out.

He turned to Dong Zhenhai and said:

"Old Dong, I let you go, do you dare, haha ​​I'm afraid that your fat body will be squeezed dry by others hahaha."

Originally, Zhao Xu just wanted to play a joke on Dong Zhenhai, but Dong Zhenhai stopped and knelt down:
"My lord, my old Dong can't talk, but who treats me well, I know in my heart, I used to be looked down upon and bullied in the Forbidden Army, since I followed my lord, I think I have found someone worthy of my life.

My lord is good to me. Last time I risked my life to push me away, but I was seriously injured. My mother said that although my lord is younger than me, I am more promising than me. If I follow my lord, I will definitely have a bright future.

I don't have any great skills, I just know that whoever wants to hurt adults has to step over my dead body. "

After Dong Zhenhai finished speaking, his face was determined. Before Zhao Xu could help him up, Liu Qinhu beside him also knelt down:
"The two of us swear again that we will follow your lord in this life, and if we violate this oath, the sky will be struck with thunder."

This time, it was the two of them who swore together, which shocked Zhao Xu quite a bit.

(End of this chapter)