The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 52 Zhao Pu is here
When Zhao Kuangyin achieved a great victory in Wokou and then attacked Tushan, the troops in other parts of Dazhou were not idle.

Zhou Shizong Chai Rong appointed Wuping Jiedu Envoy and Zhongshu Ling Wang Kui as the commander of the southern camp, and ordered him to lead his troops to attack Ezhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

When Wang Kui led his troops through Yuezhou, Pan Shusi, the training envoy of the Yuezhou regiment, respectfully provided Wang Kui's troops with property as military pay.

This makes Wang Jinkui very happy, but Wang Kui's subordinates are greedy and always want to take more. It is estimated that this is also learned from Wang Jinkui.

So some people who didn't get what they wanted turned to slander Pan Shusi in front of Wang Kui, saying that Pan Shusi was going to rebel.

Wang Kui seemed very angry and wanted to kill Pan Shusi, and Pan Shusi became even more uneasy when he heard about it.

Li Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty heard that the soldiers from Hunan would also attack with Hou Zhou, so he asked He Jingzhu, the governor of Wuchang, to move all the people into the city and prepare to stick to it.

He Jingzhu rejected this proposal, and cleaned the whole city as if it was ready for battle, saying:
"If the enemy comes, fight to the death with the soldiers, the common people and the enemy!" This approach also won Li Jing's appreciation.

However, his move was really useful. Sure enough, the enemy withdrew not long after. Wang Jinkui actually went to Langzhou to quell the chaos.

When Pan Shusi heard that the old king was going to kill him, he was very angry. Both of them used to be generals of Chu State.

Later, Chu was destroyed by the Southern Tang Dynasty, but not long after the Southern Tang Dynasty destroyed Chu, Chu General Liu Yan defeated the Southern Tang Army again and continued to occupy Hunan.

Later, Liu Yan was killed by his subordinate Wang Jinkui, and Wang Jinkui became Jiedushi. This time he accepted Chai Rong's order to attack Tang.

Pan Shusi didn't think that his fellow villager didn't appreciate him at all, and threatened to kill him.

Pan Shusi was also furious. I had good intentions, so it's fine if you don't thank me, and you still want to kill me.

This won't work, I will act first and attack Langzhou sneakily. Wang Jinkui was defeated and killed when he returned to defend, so it is said that Nantang took a big advantage.

On March 25th in the third year of Xiande, Si Chao, the inspection envoy of Luzhou, Baizhou, Guangzhou, and Huangzhou, reported that he had defeated the Southern Tang Army with more than [-] soldiers in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and captured the Southern Tang Governor Gao Bi and other generals. More than forty warships were captured.

Chai Rong was more confident in this attack on the Tang Kingdom, so it was even more urgent to capture Shouzhou City.

Liu Renshan in Shouzhou City was still waiting for reinforcements. He didn't know that Zhao Kuangyin had completely eaten up Tu Shan's reinforcements.

Right now, the Zhou army's threat is Chuzhou in the south. As long as Chuzhou is conquered, the threat of the Zhou army can be temporarily relieved.

On March 25, Chai Rong gave Zhao Kuangyin an order to go directly to Chuzhou to attack Qingliuguan.

After the battle of Zhengyang Bridge, Huangfu Hui and Yao Feng retreated to the Qingliu Pass.Moreover, it is said that there are [-] troops stationed at Qingliu Pass. If you want to break through Chuzhou, you must first win Qingliu Pass.

Zhao Xu stayed in Shouzhou for a day and was sent to Qingliuguan by Chai Rong. In fact, this was Zhao Xu's own request, and he meant to join his father to attack Qingliuguan.

Chai Rong also said at the time that there have been brothers fighting tigers since ancient times, father and son soldiers in battle, I wait for your father and son to make meritorious deeds on the battlefield, and I will celebrate your achievements at that time.

Zhao Xu ordered 1 troops and set off. Originally, he only wanted to take a few thousand troops. In history, Zhao Kuangyin took Qingliu Pass easily without bringing many troops.

Now I can do it myself, besides, as a person with the memory of two lifetimes, it is not easy to win here.

Chai Rong also believed in the abilities of the Zhao family and his son. After all this time, he had never let himself down, but the other party had hundreds of thousands of people after all!

So Chai Rong asked Zhao Xu to lead [-] troops, which was the most soldiers he could produce.

This time Zhao Xu fought well in Zhengyang, saved the pontoon bridge, and killed Liu Yanzhen. At that time, Chai Rong rewarded him.

Even the soldiers under him were all rewarded. Now everyone's morale is high, and they are all gearing up and preparing for a big fight.

Chai Rong is still good to his soldiers, and the rewards are very generous every time, so the soldiers take their lives every time.

In his eyes, money is not very important, what is important is the enthusiasm of the soldiers, which can help him unify the world.

Zhao Xu led the army and set off. He wanted to rush to meet his father Zhao Kuangyin. Zhou Jun, who was full of fighting spirit, began to rush to Qingliuguan.

In a small village not far from Qingliuguan, there is a thatched house.

The owner of this house does not do farming all day long, but holds an official book and reads it there all day long.

The so-called official books should be about some experience of being an official, which is similar to the current thick and black studies.

Wearing thin winter clothes, I was shivering from the cold, but I still insisted on reading there.

"This gentleman, although he knows a few words, he doesn't go to the test of merit. What's the use of holding a book here all day? Look at what he's wearing, alas."

Several people who passed by saw this scene and couldn't help but say something. After they left, that person also stood up.

The whole person looked so thin. Although the south was warmer than the north, it was still bitingly cold in March.

I didn't read much when I was young, but I was familiar with official affairs.Determined to assist capable people to bring peace to the troubled times.

With the reputation of accomplishing everything, he was later hired as the staff of Liu Ci, the Jiedushi of the Yongxing Army, just when he thought he could show his ambitions.

Liu Ciyou suddenly died of illness, so he lost his official position. Later, he met a Taoist priest who said that his fate was in the south.

At first he thought it was a Taoist priest, some kind of charlatan, but when he turned around, the Taoist priest was gone.

If this is a busy city, he may feel that there is nothing, but this is the wilderness, and when he turns around, a big living person disappears.

In the world, there are always some extraordinary people who do things that are not seen by outsiders. The person I met today may be such a person.

Afterwards, after he arranged his family, he came here alone, waiting to see when his fate would come.

During this period, he did many things to make a living, and he was forced by life. At the same time, he also traveled all over the surrounding mountains and rivers, and everything was in his chest.

At the same time, he also saw the decadence of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Recently, it was heard that Hou Zhou's army had begun to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it was going well.

When will I be able to get someone who appreciates me? At the same time, I recently heard that there was a young man under the age of 15 in the Zhou Dynasty, who was already a high-ranking official of Du Yuhou at a young age.

Could this person be the year-end friend Mr. Liu told me about? I'm not sure, so let's wait and see!

But today I have no money for my lunch, alas, I can't beg like a beggar.

When he was worrying, he heard a few people say that a lot of Zhou troops came from below, and it seemed that they were preparing to attack Chuzhou.

I heard that the leader of the army is still a young and outrageous person. Just now, some soldiers inquired that there is no Mr. Zeping around here. Who is this person? I have not heard...

Zhao Xu had already arrived not far from Qingliu Pass, and his father Zhao Kuangyin was coming soon. Now he finally remembered what the unexpected gain that Miao Xun said was.

I remember that if there is no accident, Zhao Kuangyin is the Zhao Pu I met in this Qingliu Pass, and this future prime minister.

He just sent people to look for Zhao Pu everywhere, but he didn't say Zhao Pu's name, he just asked people to look for it, Mr. Zeping.

He believed that Zhao Pu would come if he knew about it, because Zhao Pu was at the most desperate time in his life.

Moreover, there are not many people who know his characters, and even fewer people who can speak his characters. History will not change.

The weather in March was still very cold, so Zhao Xu ordered the logistics chef to stew several large pots of broth for the soldiers to go to the cold.

Zhao Xu himself and Gao Huailiang were in the tent, discussing the next step. At this time, the guards outside came in and reported that a man named Zhao Pu asked to see the general.

Sure enough, he still came. Zhao Xu stepped out of the tent in three steps in parallel. At this time, he saw the legendary Zhao Pu outside the tent.

He was wearing a thin blue shirt, his lips were blue from the cold, his face was thin, and his eyes were indeed full of wisdom.

"May I ask if the other side is Mr. Zeping?" Zhao Xu asked uncertainly.

"Grassman Zhao Pu sees your lord." When Zhao Pu spoke, he was shivering. It was freezing, and he wore so little, how could he not be cold?

With his confirmation, Zhao Xu quickly took off his cloak and put it on him:

"Come here, Mr. Zeping, come to the tent to keep warm. Come and bring a set of winter clothes and a bowl of broth." After saying that, he put Zhao Pula into the tent.

Soon a set of winter clothes came, and Zhao Xu put it on Zhao Pu himself, and brought the broth to Zhao Pu. Zhao Pu drank it without thinking too much.

Looking at this future prime minister who is famous for "ruling the world with half of the Analects of Confucius", this embarrassed prime minister at this time.

Zhao Pu, who was slowing down, was also a little embarrassed:

"My lord is rude, I hope my lord will forgive me, have you asked me about my name?"

Thinking about how he looked just now, Zhao Pu was really a little embarrassed.

"Haha what a solid-eyed Mr. Zeping, the next official, Zhao Xu, is of the same clan as Mr. Maybe we were still a family 500 years ago!"

Zhao Xu said with a smile.

This person is the young Marquis of Du Yu, Zhao Pu immediately knelt down when he heard this:
"For the grass-roots, please refer to Mr. Du Yuhou, the grass-roots have no status."

Zhao Xu immediately helped him up."

"Why do you need to be so polite, Mr. Liu Ci has already told me about you, Mr.'s name has long been known, otherwise I would not know Mr.'s name."

"I don't know if sir is willing to work for my Great Zhou court. I have heard about your talent a long time ago, Mr. Liu." "

Zhao Xu knew that Zhao Pu was capable, but he also liked power very much, so Zhao Xu offered him an olive branch.

(End of this chapter)