The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 54 Occupying Chuzhou

Zhao Kuangyin was in the military tent, but he was thinking about how Zhao Xu was doing now. Did he successfully reach the back of Qingliu Pass?
I know that even though it seems dangerous to go to Qingliu Pass every day to fight, it is very safe.

But Zhao Xu and the others were the most dangerous. Not only did they have to sneak around to the back of Qingliu pass without anyone noticing, but they also had to attack suddenly.

Zhao Kuangyin was very worried, everything depended on himself, but he was more at ease, he believed that his son would be able to do it.

Zhao Kuangyin is still at the gate of Qingliu Pass, constantly screaming, Huangfuhui and Yao Feng, it's clear, no matter how provocative you are, I won't come out, what do I think you should do?
Huangfuhui and Yao Feng were playing Go leisurely, they ignored Zhao Kuangyin's yelling at all, they were still playing Go happily.

Huangfuhui put a white chess piece in his hand on the chessboard, and said to Yao Feng who was facing him:
"General Yao, isn't this Zhao Kuangyin just under the city, calling for battle, isn't it just to lure us out of the city?

The old man won't be fooled by him?Although our army has tens of thousands of people, who can guarantee that he has no ambushes.

Seeing how Tu Shan's army of tens of thousands was defeated by a few thousand of him, this man is quite capable. "

Yao Feng on the opposite side was holding a chess piece, but he didn't know where to place it;

"What the old general said is true. Don't look at this young Zhao Kuangyin. He is the emperor's confidant general. We must be careful."

Yao Feng stared at the head of the chessboard without lifting it.

"General Yao, don't underestimate yourself. Doesn't the general know the truth of one effort, then decline, and three exhaustion?"

Huangfu Hui stroked his gray beard with his hands, and squinted his eyes;

"When they are exhausted, when we rush out, I want to see how this Zhao Kuangyin handles. Haha General Yao, you lost again."

A large piece of Yao Feng's chess pieces on the chessboard has been eaten, and they have been cut off by sections, so there is no hope.

Yao Feng shook his head and packed up the chess pieces: "Old general, let's play another game, I don't believe it anymore, I can't beat the general once."

In fact, Yao Feng admired Huangfu Hui quite a bit, as for what he said just now, it was a good opinion.

No wonder people always say that ginger is still old and spicy, and it really is!Yao Feng admired this old man extremely.

The fact that the two of them can bear it does not mean that everyone can bear it. Hearing Zhao Kuangyin shouting in front of the battle, but his own people dare not fight, some young generals really couldn't bear it.

They all asked to go to the front of the battle to teach this arrogant Zhao Kuangyin a lesson, all of them were eager to challenge Huangfuhui.

Huangfu Hui was afraid that the young people would be overwhelmed, so he had to go to battle, which would ruin the overall situation, and this was not acceptable.

So Huangfu Hui personally asked these young generals to calm down, not to fall into the tricks of the Zhou army, and not to destroy the army's plan.

You think about Zhao Kuangyin's rapid rise this year, he has become a general at a young age, and our capital supervisor He Yanxi died in his hands just a few days ago.

After what Huangfuhui said, everyone was honest, everyone was so angry, but they forgot that Zhao Kuangyin killed the governor He Yanxi and occupied Tushan in the Battle of Wokou.

Not to mention, just yesterday, several captains who were talking and laughing with him just now died in his hands.

This person is really not simple. Everyone thought of this, and their backs felt chills. If the general hadn't reminded himself, he would have gone to accompany those brothers.

So everyone patted their chests and promised that they would obey the old general's order, and finish speaking after the order was forbidden.

Huangfuhui and Yao Feng inspected the city defense at night, and told the soldiers defending the city, he went back to report the news when he was out of spirits.

After all, he was old and not in good spirits, and he had been on guard against Zhou Kuangyin for the past few days, and he hadn't slept for two days, so he went to rest immediately.

At this time, Zhao Xu and the others were walking with difficulty on a path that could only be passed by one person.

What Zhao Pu said is right, this path is really not easy for outsiders to discover, it is so dangerous, who would come here
This time, Zhao Xu took five thousand elite soldiers to raid Qingliu Pass. As early as when they decided to raid Qingliu Pass, he dispatched five hundred soldiers.

The role of these soldiers is very simple, follow Zhao Pu to the trail, to widen it, and let the army pass smoothly.

The five hundred soldiers either felled the surrounding trees and shrubs, or leveled the rugged mountain road, although it took some time.

But for the rapid passage of the army, the effect of this unmanned path is very obvious.

Of course, they are not like this all the way. This is about a mile or two in this section, and this is the most dangerous place.

So Zhao Xu told everyone to be careful. The terrain here is dangerous and you have to pay attention to your feet. It took more than 4000 people a day to pass here.

Despite thousands of exhortations, there were still a dozen soldiers who couldn't help but rolled down the mountain, which made Zhao Xu very uncomfortable.

But he didn't stop his footsteps because of this, he could only wait for the victory before coming to worship these brothers.

Zhao Xu asked the troops to rest where they were, and at the same time ordered the Huotou army to hide the fire, lest the Nantang army would find out.

The others rested in place, and then everyone ate a mouthful of hot rice, which was dry food for such a long time.

After a full meal, everyone was in good spirits, without the fatigue of the rapid march just now, the eyes of nearly five thousand soldiers were full of longing.

Zhao Xu took a look. At this time, all the soldiers were full of energy, and he was very proud that the people here were his students.

After the last expedition to Houshu, Chai Rong was surprised to hear that more than a dozen imperial soldiers in the imperial military academy were killed or injured.

Because the loss of dozens of people out of 2000 people is already a small casualty, and the rest are countless casualties, and the proportion is not known to be much higher than this.

So Chai Rong decided to let Zhao Xu continue to be in charge of the forbidden military academy, but this time it was on a larger scale.

Moreover, Chai Rong also specially sowed funds to build a new place, which is specially used for the training place of the Imperial Army Military Academy.

Many of the people Zhao Xu led were from the second batch of students, and the third batch of students were still in training.

It turned out that these forbidden troops belonged to Zhao Xu. Why?It was the students he trained by himself, so of course he listened to the principal.

Soon the people led by Zhao Xu had arrived, behind Qingliu pass, there was almost no one guarding it.

After all, this is the place leading to the Southern Tang Dynasty. Zhou Jun was blocked on the opposite side, how could he come in, so no one was guarding it.

Huangfu Hui and Yao Feng were wandering around the city leisurely, and there was no such leisurely one as them.

Suddenly there was a regular sound of horns behind them. It was the sound of an attack horn.

This sound is in our Qingliu Pass, not like Zhao Kuangyin's siege sound, who is blowing the horn of attack.

No, this is not our horn. Could it be that the enemy is attacking in? Impossible, Zhou Jun is still right in front of us.

When they were wondering, a person ran over in a panic:

"The general is not good. A large group of Zhou troops suddenly appeared behind our army, and now they are about to attack the inner city."

"What, how could there be Zhou Jun, how did they come here, quickly organize people to resist Zhou Jun." Huangfu Hui hastily issued an order.

At this time, another soldier defending the city came to report that Zhao Kuangyin, who was just shouting at the bottom of the city, had also begun to attack the city.

I don't know where they pulled a large number of siege equipment, and now they have launched a fierce attack on Qingliu Pass.

Huangfu Hui and Yao Feng couldn't care less about playing chess, they each held their weapons, and began to command the army to stop Da Zhou's army from attacking.

At this time, the whole Qingliuguan was in chaos, and everyone lost a trace of discipline, and it became a mess.

Zhou Jun outside the city was not shouting this time, but lying lazily there with his legs crossed, which meant:
"It's okay, Tang Jun didn't dare to come out, just like them, drive them out to die."

Seeing them like this, a captain guarding the city couldn't take it anymore, he said suddenly: "Call the troops, let's go charge and kill them!"

Everyone was fed up with Zhou Jun's uselessness, and they took up weapons one after another and rushed out of the city, but Huangfu Hui had no time to stop them.

Tang Jun quickly opened the city gate and rushed out. Seeing this, Huangfu Hui stomped his feet angrily and cursed:
"Ruzi Wu country!"

But at this moment, the originally lazy soldier suddenly took up his position, not as lazy as before.

And Zhao Kuangyin also rushed out from behind, and rushed towards Tang Jun aggressively, leaving Tang Jun's corpse everywhere he passed.

Behind Qingliu Pass, Zhao Xu was commanding the army to enter Qingliu Pass from behind, and the way was overwhelming.

For a while, the Qingliu Pass defenders, who claimed to have an army of hundreds of thousands, had no rules and were in a mess. No matter how Huangfu Hui and Yao Feng gave orders, they couldn't do it.

Many organizational systems have been disabled, and the entire command system has failed. The Qingliu Pass, which seemed to be impenetrable, is not so strong anymore.

Yao Feng, who was next to him, looked at the chaos in the city and felt that he was powerless, so he casually chopped down a Zhou army:
"Old General Huangfu, let's retreat. Now we can't effectively command our troops at all. Let's retreat to Qingliu Pass."

Huangfu Hui looked at the scuffle between the Tang army and the Zhou army all over the city, and had no way to command the army at all.

There is simply no way here, and Tang Jun's close combat is not as good as Zhou Jun's at all. Although Tang Jun has a large number, most of the Tang Jun lie down.

The guards under Huangfu Hui desperately protected the old general: "General, let's retreat, we will not worry about running out of firewood if we keep the green hills. We will retreat to Chuzhou to make plans. You guys come over and protect the general."

After the captain-like man finished speaking, he rushed into the melee camp...

(End of this chapter)