Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

At that time, Emperor Chai Rong of the Great Zhou Dynasty came to Yangzhou and recruited Li Chong to meet him in Yangzhou to discuss military opportunities. After Li Chongjin left, all 20,000 people in the right wing of Hu Jie's army were sent to the commander of the infantry of the Guards Division, under the command of Li Jixun, and stationed in the south of Tushan, waiting for reinforcements from the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Sure enough, the Southern Tang Dynasty had sent a fleet of military supplies from Haozhou (the south bank of the Huaihe River, in the lower reaches and east of Shouzhou) to support Shouzhou by water. Most of the army is old and weak, just to escort the transport ship. But the general is an extraordinary character...

Chai Kehong! The ruler of the Southern Tang Dynasty regarded him as one of the few capable generals who guaranteed the throne, and was the envoy of the Fenghua Army in the Southern Tang Dynasty. He had just arrived in Haozhou to deploy defenses; he had just asked for an order not long ago. Shouzhou's military resources such as fire oil and arrows were huge, and he wanted to lead the army to reinforce Liu Renzhan.

Chai Kehong, the spiritual leader who guaranteed the morale of the Southern Tang Army. One month ago, the Wuyue Kingdom fell into trouble. When the Zhou army attacked the Southern Tang Dynasty, they sent troops to stab Changzhou in the back. Changzhou almost fell. The morale of the army and the people of the whole country in the Southern Tang Dynasty was greatly boosted! Chai Kehong became famous all over the world in the first battle. Wherever he went, the people blocked the way to greet him. The common people prefer to listen to the anecdotes about his relationship with his mother...

Chai Kehong went to Xuanzhou again and rectified the city defense on the 10th. Xuanzhou was impenetrable.

But as soon as Chai Kehong got halfway by boat, he heard that Shouzhou had fallen, and he couldn't help being surprised and sighing. Looking back at the generals, he said, "Who can take the city guarded by Liu Gong?"

One of the generals said: "The Zhou army recruited Guo Shao from Shouzhou."

After hearing this, Chai Kehong sighed again to Mr. Liu, and became excited again: "We must meet Guo Shao sometime! Ask for advice."

Soon another scout reported: "There are more than 20,000 Zhou troops 40 miles south of Tushan. It is said that the leader is Li Jixun."

"Haha..." Chai Kehong immediately laughed loudly, "Wait for me to avenge Liu Gong! Order the whole army to go ashore and form a stronghold!"

The general hurriedly persuaded: "The Zhou army is elite, and the big country fears it. Our troops are weak, and they are not the opponent of the Zhou army when they go ashore to build a stronghold. Now Shouzhou has lost rescue, so it is better to turn around and return to Haozhou."

Chai Kehong said disapprovingly: "I know Li Jixun, you little boy! A sharp sword in your hand is nothing but scrap metal. Let me teach him how to use soldiers so that he can learn a lot."

Chai Kehong was very proud, even his mother couldn't persuade him, how could the general be able to persuade him?

He said to the general again: "A while ago I heard that Li Gong was out of the city to attack the formation, and Li Jixun stayed put. Li Jixun and the recruiter of Shouzhou must be at odds! Now that Shouzhou city is broken, Li Jixun must be arrogant and eager to seek merit. Isn't it in my favor? Li Jixun led his troops to station in Tushannan, but he was just waiting to fight our reinforcements. Now give him a chance to let him try!"

The Southern Tang army then set up camp on the south bank of the Huai River, and the camp was ten miles deep.

Sure enough, Li Jixun couldn't believe that Guo Shao, whom he despised the most, could capture Shouzhou, and felt that he couldn't bear it; he led his army to attack Chai Kehong's troops, and rushed to the Southern Tang army camp, as if they were afraid that they would run away. Chai Kehong fought against the old and the weak, was defeated, and rushed back to the camp of the Huaishui case. Li Jixun's men pressed their backs to cover up the killing and rushed into the Tang army's camp. Suddenly there was a sound of gunpowder stuffed in a bamboo tube, and flames shot up to the sky from all sides. The kerosene and undried straw burned and smoke filled the air, and quickly spread to Zhou's soldiers and horses. Zhou's soldiers and horses were separated by the fire and thick smoke.

At this time, drums were beating loudly, and arrows were raining down from all sides. Chai Kehong led a small number of elite soldiers to break through the formation, and the army covered them up. Li Jixun was defeated by the ambush and fled all the way for dozens of miles before gradually gathering up the chaotic troops and forming a formation.

At this moment, it was suddenly heard that Tang Jun's surprise soldiers appeared behind Tu Shannan Camp. Li Jixun never expected that the Tang army would run so far to attack his camp. There were no scouts, and the defenses were negligent; all the luggage, food and grass in the rear were burned|burned by Chai Kehong's small cavalry.

When Li Jixun looked back, there was thick smoke billowing into the sky from the camp, his face turned pale and he almost cried.

Li Jixun was furious, and wanted to gather a large army to flatten the Southern Tang army village with overwhelming strength... But because of the hasty preparations, the soldiers only had some wheat cakes with them; now that the food is all destroyed, there is no food, so why fight? The morale of the army was low, and everyone saw the food and equipment burned violently, and they were worried about whether they would have food... Li Jixun had to retreat to Xiacai first, and at the same time sent someone to Li Gu to ask for army food supplies.

Li Gu was under great pressure to organize the supplies of hundreds of thousands of troops in Huainan, and often could not meet the supplies of the troops. After hearing about it, he sent a fast horse to Yangzhou to report the defeat of Tu Shanhu's victory first, and sued Li Jixun.

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At this time, Li Chongjin had just arrived in Yangzhou and met the saint in the emperor's palace. He didn't shy away from it in front of all the civil and military people, and his dissatisfaction was palpable: "Guo Shao is an incompetent man. His corpse is a vegetarian. It is impossible to capture Shouzhou. Liu Renzhan didn't even have a little pressure. The minister said in the army, only Guo Shao? He can capture Shouzhou. I will reward him with fried fish with my hands! Now the deadline is up, please send someone to Shouzhou immediately to arrest this guy; use!"

After Li Chongjin said it, he was complacent, and he thought that Li Jixun was from Zhao Kuangyin's side, and I am not counting it as selfishness.

Chai Rong pondered for a moment, then said: "There are still several days before the deadline. I can't keep my word before the time comes."

Li Chongjin said again: "Your Majesty's imperial decree can be written by the civil servants first. When the time comes, let the people from the inner palace send it over two days in advance, and bring Guo Shao back...otherwise he might run away in fear of crime!"

As soon as the words fell, there was an unscrupulous shout from outside: "Good news! Good news! Shouzhou great victory! Shouzhou city was broken, and the Zhou army captured tens of thousands of Southern Tang general Liu Renzhan alive!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay at first, and soon there was an uproar.

Li Chongjin's face turned pale. Many ministers of civil and military affairs at the scene had nothing to do with him and were so happy to watch the show, suddenly felt that this matter was really interesting, and looked at Li Chongjin one after another, as if to say: Can you really fry fish in the palm of your hand?

Li Chongjin broke out in a cold sweat, and felt that the eyes around him were piercing like sharp arrows, and it was very uncomfortable to stand on pins and needles. In a hurry, he blurted out: "Fake! How is it possible? Then Guo Shaoqing knew that he would die, so he was in such a panic that he dared to deceive the king!"

Chai Rong was very calm. He waited for the general to pass on the good news. He disassembled it with his own hands to have a look, and then passed it on to the ministers to observe. Chai Rong suddenly smiled, and said: "Send a fast horse to pass on Guo Shao immediately, I really want to see him right away!"

At this moment, suddenly an eunuch rushed over and whispered something in the emperor's ear, and Chai Rong's face immediately pulled down. The eunuch sent Li Gu's report again, the emperor read it, and still passed it on to all the officials for observation.

There was an uproar in the hall again, and people cursed: "Li Jixun is too outrageous! With 20,000 elite infantry in his hand, he was defeated by a partial division of the Tang army!" "It's all because the general neglected the enemy and neglected his duties! Li Jixun is not worthy of leading troops!"

Even Wei Renpu, the privy envoy, had no good words: "The loss was undeserved. Originally, Shouzhou's strong attack would have greatly affected the morale of the Southern Tang monarch. It is hoped that he will be forced to cut off all the land in the north of the Yangtze River and end the Huainan campaign as soon as possible. The Zhou army will soon be defeated again, and the impact will be great! Li Jixun should not be forgiven lightly!"

But Chai Rong was just very upset and didn't speak for a while. The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and no one knows what the emperor is thinking about.

The emperor just said indifferently: "Order Li Gu to temporarily lead the right wing of the Hu Jie army to retreat to Shouzhou first, and ask Li Jixun to come and see me!"

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"Haha..." Guo Shao and the generals were drinking happily. He held the leg of lamb offered by the big family in Shouzhou with his left hand, and the bowl with his right hand. He just said some joke, which made all the generals lean forward and back with laughter. With a "bang", Luo Mengzi dropped the wine bowl directly, spilled the wine all over the floor, rolled around on the ground holding his belly, unexpectedly knocked down a food table, and immediately knocked over the glass and plates all over the floor.

There are dozens of large boxes on it, all of which are copper coins, gold and silver and other treasures obtained from the Shouzhou government treasury.

Guo Shao staggered to a box, grabbed a handful of copper coins and tossed them into the air, shouting, "Steal the money in a fair manner, everyone divides it!"

The generals' eyes were full of light, and they slapped the ground "hahaha..." laughing, some people slapped the table directly, and the dishes on the chopping board jingled and jingled.

Guo Shao said again: "Gather all the big households together and ask them to pay. Those who have paid will post a post and stick it on the door. Strictly order the soldiers not to harass them any more. I will snatch all the iron roosters that don't come out, and burn all the ones that can't be snatched!"

"Ha ha……"

"Soldiers who kill civilians and rape|prostitute women, all the things they robbed will be confiscated, and nothing will be divided! They must be severely punished! If they are serious, they will be beheaded on the spot." Guo Shao said loudly, "I promised Mr. Liu not to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and we can't keep our promises! Some people don't give Guo some face, and if they don't listen, I won't be polite to him!"

As soon as the words finished, Zuo You stood up calmly, holding a piece of paper: "What the Lord said just now, I have summed it up and written it into a statement of peace for the people and a military order. Some places have been slightly revised to make it sound better...Please read it over, Lord. If there is no problem, I will send someone to each battalion to read it out and tell the whole army."

Guo Shao doesn't even read it, but I'm too lazy to read the article without punctuation, and I have a headache! He immediately said, "Go."

Guo Shao picked up the wine bowl and said again: "Before Mr. Zuo leaves, let's all come together and have a bowl for victory!"

Yang Biao held the wine bowl calmly and said, "It's a pity that there are no good appetizers."

The generals hurriedly said: "There is only meat here, what appetizers do Brother Yang want to use?"

Yang Biao said: "The fish fried by Marshal Li Chongjin must be delicious!"

"Hahaha..." The generals burst into laughter again unscrupulously.

Someone said: "It's better not to think about eating it, Marshal Li is the head of the bodyguard department, it's not good for this grudge to grow."

Zuo You smiled and said nothing, after a while he said: "Let's do it first! I have something to do, thank you, my lord, for your kindness."

"Do it!" "Do it!"