Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

The city was in chaos, and Guo Shao couldn't figure out which one was where. But he couldn't figure it out, the chief general of the Tang army might have lost control of the army. During the scuffle, there were many surrenders from the Southern Tang army, and the overall situation was settled. The ancient army, especially in civil wars, was not so easy to fight in street battles. After losing the formation, it was entirely up to the low-level generals to control their subordinates.

All the Southern Tang troops guarding the east city surrendered. When Guo Shao heard that Lu Mengjun was dead, he went to watch it with Luo Mengzi and others.

Walking up the tower, I saw a group of surrendered soldiers who had lost their weapons kneeling on the ground. A corpse was lying on a wooden shelf. When Guo Shao walked up to it, he couldn't help but gently covered his nose with his fingers, and a stench mixed with stench came over his face.

I saw that the body was burned all over, and the face was so dark and blurred that the facial features could not be discerned. He was wearing the armor of a general.

At this moment, Guo Shao found a sword beside the corpse, and grabbed it with his hand. When he pressed the spring, a piece of clear and beautiful sword light popped out. Guo Shao was overjoyed, and pulled out the sword. He scratched lightly on the edge of the sword with his nails, and immediately cut off a small piece of nail. He couldn't help praising: "Good sword, such a sharp sword!"

All the generals congratulated Guo Shao for getting the sword.

But Guo Shao still felt that something was wrong. How could a general be burned beyond recognition? If Lu Mengjun rushed to the front line himself, would the east gate be in such a mess, would all the soldiers of the Tang army run around?

He immediately lied: "This person is definitely not Lu Mengjun! Where is Lu Mengjun?"

No one answered, Guo Shao thought for a while, and said: "All the surrendered soldiers on the city tower stay where they are, and whoever makes the move kills whoever moves! Go and call Wang Chong (the military general of the Southern Tang army's mutiny)."

At this moment, a soldier kowtowed and said, "Forgive me! Marshal Guo, please forgive me, the last general is Lu Mengjun..."

Immediately, the surrounding soldiers of the Southern Tang Army looked at each other in blank dismay, and some of them showed indignation on their faces. Lu Mengjun should have been tyrannical to his subordinates, but unexpectedly he was so greedy for life and fear of death... The surrendered soldiers were disappointed.

Guo Shao still called Wang Chong, and he recognized that it was indeed Lu Mengjun. So he asked his own soldiers to tie him up alone, and Lu Mengjun kept saying: "I am willing to serve the Great Zhou Army and serve under the command of Marshal Guo!" But Guo Shao ignored it.

Suddenly it was reported that Chai Kehong was besieged by Gao Huaide in Nancheng, Guo Shao hurriedly got down from the city tower, led his own soldiers out of the city, and drove around the city to Nancheng;

In a similar scene to Shouzhou, Chai Kehong was sitting in the south of the city, and he had nowhere to go. Chai Kehong is a famous general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Guo Shao rushed over just to see his presence.

Gao Huaide is also here, he did not order the army to attack the south city tower, but the city gate has been opened, and there are Zhou army troops inside and outside.

Guo Shao rode his horse to the base of the city, raised his head and squinted his eyes to observe Chai Kehong at the top of the city carefully, and saw that he was a very young general, probably not much older than Guo Shao. After all, Chai Kehong was a famous general, and his demeanor was much different from that of Lu Mengjun. He stood there calmly and did not dodge at all. However, no general of the Zhou army shot him with an arrow.

The smoke rolled in the wind, and Guo Shao suddenly felt the despair in the heart of this general who was not too different in age from him. Winner and loser, the taste of failure should not be so pleasant!

Luo Mengzi immediately shouted: "General Chai Kehong, hurry down and surrender! Liu Renzhan didn't defend my elder brother from attacking the city in Shouzhou, and he is doing well now. My elder brother will not treat you badly."

Guo Shao thought for a while, then greeted Luo Mengzi, "Don't persuade him, let him go."

Chai Kehong suddenly shouted: "I am not defeated! It is my subordinates who harmed me, not that I am inferior to others!" After he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his head and laughed wildly.

Guo Shao looked back and said: "Liu Renzhan can be tolerated; Chai Kehong cannot be forgiven, he dare not surrender... The national destiny of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the morale of the Tang Army, and the expectations of Huainan are placed on him, and he collapsed so quickly; such a young person can't afford to carry too heavy things."

As soon as the words fell, I saw Chai Kehong staring at the westward sun for a long time with incomparable nostalgia... His eyes were full of ashen, and Guo Shao's heart tightened when he watched.

"I'm not defeated!" He yelled, and his body suddenly leaned forward.

"Bang!" Guo Shao felt his heart tremble.

...

Chai Kehong died in Haozhou. He shouldered too many responsibilities for the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he was blamed for what he deserved and what he shouldn't.

Soon after, the general of the Sizhou navy led more than 300 warships to surrender to Han Tong. Fan Zai, the guard of Sizhou, met the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty and said that his family members were in Jinling, and he was allowed to quietly pick up the family members and surrender the city; Chai Rong allowed him to play.

Han Tong led his navy to Chuzhou, and Guo Tingzhi, a general of the Southern Tang Army, led his troops to surrender. Zhang Yanqing, the guard of Chuzhou, stood guard, but was trapped in the city and could not move. Soon after, Han Tong's navy entered Caoqu from Chuzhou and approached Dajiang.

Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin led troops to attack Xiong and Tai. When the two city guards heard that Chai Kehong was defeated in Haozhou, they went out of the city to gather troops for a decisive battle, and were defeated by Zhao Kuangyin's iron cavalry army. General Li Jingda of the Southern Tang Dynasty had just crossed the great river and wanted to reinforce Huainan. He heard that many places had fallen, and the navy of the Zhou army would enter the great river soon, so he led his troops back.

The emperor of the Zhou Dynasty set up his palace outside the city of Haozhou, and it didn't take long for Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, to surrender.

Guo Shao and other generals witnessed the surrender ceremony of the Southern Tang Kingdom in the palace: the envoy Liu Chengyu knelt down and offered the surrender form. In the book, Li Jing claimed to be the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, gave up the title of emperor, and asked to cut off all fourteen states and sixty counties north of the river, and paid hundreds of thousands of property to the Zhou Dynasty court every year. Nan Tang asked to surrender, begging Chai Rong not to cross the river and beat him again.

It was the twelfth lunar month of the second year of Xiande, and the Huainan War lasted for more than half a year and ended. Chai Rong mobilized almost all of the Zhou Dynasty's troops in the hundreds of thousands.

Chai Rong's face showed an almost sickly red light, and the surrounding ministers and generals all looked happy. Chai Rong said: "I agree to the request of the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty. You go back and tell the Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty that in the future you can enlist the Great Zhou in the country, and I will treat him favorably."

The envoys retreated and waited for the imperial edict of the Zhou Dynasty emperor.

Chai Rong couldn't wait to reward and deploy the meritorious soldiers. Many generals died in battle, but more were promoted. There were too many people, Guo Shao couldn't remember, so he only paid extra attention to people related to him on the spot.

Guo Shao was promoted to Yuhou of Sima Budu of the bodyguard, and he still led Xuzhou Zhongwu Jiedu envoy; Gao Huaide served as commander of the infantry capital of the bodyguard department and Jianjiedu envoy; Chai Gui served as commander of the right wing of the Hujie army. Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin have been inspectors and command envoys respectively in front of the palace, and there is no chance of military promotion. Li Chongjin still led the commander of the bodyguard department, and also served as the inspector Taiwei and Huainan Jiedushi (Guo Shao felt that the latter two official positions did not seem to be useful). Han Tong served as the deputy commander of the Guard Division, and Shi Yanchao was transferred to the Dianqian Division as the Dianqian Duyu Hou.

Others were the transfer of middle-level generals approved by the privy envoy. Li Chuyun, Luo Yanhuan, Yang Biao, and Wang Zhang, Guo Shao’s closest subordinates, were all promoted to the commander of the military capital (all in the left wing). Some of the generals in the left wing were transferred to the right wing. Luo Mengzi and Deng Fei led the army in Yuhou, and Luo Mengzi was still in command of Guo Shao's personal soldiers.

Everyone congratulated the emperor. It didn't take long for Chai Rong to get up, and summoned the privy envoy Wei Renpu, deputy envoy Wang Pu and several prime ministers to leave the hall.

Guo Shao knew: Chai Rong's war machine would never stop; according to the strategy of the Zhou Dynasty that he knew before, now that the biggest rear threats Shu and Southern Tang had been conquered, Chai Rong would not pay attention to these countries for the time being, and his eyes immediately shifted to: Khitan and Liao!

The strongest enemy of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even though it is currently in a weak period, it is still the opponent that Chai Rong regards as the number one formidable enemy!

But Guo Shao vaguely remembered that Chai Rong did not compete with the Liao State, and later died of illness. Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao's mutiny easily obtained his country. Chen Qiao's mutiny, the release of military power with a glass of wine, Guo Shao is very familiar with these two major events that he had memorized in his middle school history books.

At this time, the Huainan War seemed to be going smoothly and ending earlier than in history. But Chai Rong's complexion does not look very healthy, how long can he live? Guo Shao felt the pressure of getting closer and more urgent in his heart.

Guo Shao is not willing to serve Zhao Kuangyin... In the past, he could not be regarded as his own, and he was not a general in other people's circle at all; then he had to be his enemy. But now he feels that his strength is still not strong. Although his military rank is already very high, he has climbed too fast, and his feet are actually a little weak... The third person in the bodyguard department is only limited to the left side of the Hujie army, which is less than one-eighth of the imperial army; he has almost no influence in other troops.

Just like Li Chongjin, the highest-ranking general in the bodyguard department, Guo Shao felt that he was even more hypocritical.

"I'm not defeated!" Chai Kehong's words were deeply imprinted in Guo Shao's heart. I can't shout this sentence myself!

Zhao Kuangyin...

At the moment of celebrating victory everywhere, Guo Shao held back the anxiety in his heart. He silently led his soldiers to Xiacai with a prisoner. The prisoner was Lu Mengjun, who was tied up by five flowers. The victory in the later period suddenly accelerated, and there were so many things, it seemed that everyone would not care about such a prisoner.

After entering the courtyard, Mrs. Yang came out when she heard the movement, stared at Guo Shao and said, "I heard that you won the battle in Haozhou, did you see Lu Mengjun?"

Guo Shao turned around, called his own soldiers to bring them up, and asked, "Is it this person?"

When Yang saw it, she immediately covered her mouth, and tears filled her eyes in an instant. She said in a trembling voice: "It's him! I also know him when he turns into ashes! He is not human, with a vicious heart and cruel methods..."

Guo Shaoxin said: I have to thank him, without Lu Mengjun, Haozhou can be so smooth? Chai Kehong has knowledge in the spring, go to the underworld to settle accounts.

Without further ado, he took off his saber and handed it up: "Kill him with your own hands, revenge."

Yang Shi took the sword, bit her lip and pulled it out, but didn't pull it out. Guo Shao stepped forward and lightly pressed the machine spring, and with a "clang", the sword's light was revealed.

Yang Shi pulled out her sword with a "shua" and walked up slowly, her whole body was trembling. Lu Mengjun widened his eyes and said, "Mrs. Yang... Listen to me, I have no other choice. Back then... Ah!"

A sword stabbed up from his abdomen, but the sword was relatively heavy, and the stab was deflected, and blood spattered out. The soldiers who were grabbing Lu Mengjun hurriedly dodged from behind. This woman's tactics were completely crooked. Wouldn't it be bad luck not to stab the wrong person?

Lu Mengjun's legs were not tied, and when he was let go, he screamed and turned around and wanted to run, but his foot was lightly tripped by a soldier, and he fell and gnawed on the mud, screaming in pain like a pig being slaughtered.

"I have to! Do I have to torture and humiliate people like that..." Yang's face was pale, and his arms trembled violently after seeing the blood, but he still gritted his teeth and stabbed.

Poor Lu Mengjun, who was killed more than a dozen times and is still alive, his blood splashed all over Yang's body. This beautiful woman, covered in blood, looks very strange.