Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 134 Cut off Hu Laozhao (5000, what can you ask for, readers, we don’t dislike anything)
It was the middle of autumn and July when we returned to Daliang.

Shi Congyun found that there were not only the accompanying inner hall straight, the eastern and western bans, but also a large number of Southern Tang prisoners, about one or two thousand.

He didn't know why the officials brought so many prisoners back. Maybe they wanted to hold a ceremony of presenting prisoners to strengthen the confidence of the army and the people.

Of course these are just guesses.

Before returning to Daliang, another major event happened. In June, the Southern Tang counterattacked, and Han Lingkun couldn't hold Yangzhou and wanted to withdraw his troops.

Guo Rong was dissatisfied, so he urgently summoned Xiang Xun, who was in charge of staying in Tokyo in the capital and serving as a judge of the Kaifeng government affairs, to Huainan.

After that, he and Xiang Xun met on the Xiacai Floating Bridge, and Xiang Xun said regretfully: "Hahahaha, a certain person heard about your reputation in Zhengyang in Daliang. The family wants you to go back to Daliang."

Shi Congyun was nervous and afraid, and he didn't have the leisure to joke with Xiang Xun, so he laughed and coped with it, his smile was uglier than crying, Xiang Xun was very puzzled.

Afterwards, he prepared a banquet and invited Gao Huaide and Xiang Xun who were in Shouzhou to have a drink, which vented out a lot of negative emotions such as fear and anxiety in his heart.

A few days later, news spread from the south that Xiang Xun was indeed a ruthless person. Zhao Chao, Bai Yanzan and others took bribes and plundered the people.

However, Zhao Chao Xiangxun did not dare to move, even though he asked for bribes, burned, killed and looted everywhere, and even killed more than 3000 Southern Tang captives privately, but the officials did not take it seriously, and he was the clan of Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Hongyin, so Xiang Xun was not dissatisfied Dare to move him.

Shi Congyun returned to Daliang anxiously, followed by Luqiu Zhongqing and 24 soldiers.

When the team went to the north of Daliang, only Wang Pu, who was temporarily in charge of the country, was greeted outside Fengqiu Gate, and there were three or forty officials, and the ostentation was not big.

Shi Congyun thought to himself, if the empress came this time, he would have to perform well in front of Guo Rong, even if he didn't even look at it. As a result, the empress didn't come at all for some reason, and didn't give him a chance to show off.

Afterwards, the official said that he would go back to the palace directly, and the twenty or so civil and military members who accompanied him were dismissed and went home separately. He was the only exception. When he was about to leave, an eunuch came over and whispered to him: "The official, please come over."

When he was in Huainan, the officials added a deputy commander in front of the palace to him.

That was originally the position of his father Shi Yanchao. He was inspected in front of the hall, the deputy in front of the hall was inspected, and the fourth in command under the commander was in front of the hall. The top ten senior officials were above the fifth in command Zhao Kuangyin.

It is a reward for his great victory in Zhengyang, breaking the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and accepting Shuzhou.

This battle has been fought till now, if you want to say who has contributed the most, it must be him and Zhao Kuangyin, both of whom broke the main forces of the Eastern and Western armies of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The rest of the generals won many battles, but none of them were crucial battles that could determine the outcome of the battle.

And his Zhengyang victory is obviously more valuable than Zhao Kuangyin's Qingliuguan battle. In Zhengyang, the Southern Tang Dynasty advances by land and water, and there are about [-] troops on land alone.

Qingliuguan is also the main force, but it is said that there are only more than [-] people.

It was reasonable for the officials to award him such a reward. Shi Congyun regretted it in his heart. He knew that if he didn't look at his wife in front of others, it would be uncomfortable for a man, and it would be fine if he secretly glanced at him in private. There was no way to explain.

Feeling apprehensive, Shi Congyun followed the eunuch to a pavilion outside Fengqiu Gate and saw Guo Rong, Wang Pu, the supervisor of the country, was also standing beside him.

The officials wore purple round-neck casual clothes, a jade belt, and an official hat with two electric fan blades on their heads.

Seeing that Shi Congyun had behaved himself, he lowered his head after saluting.

He came in just now and found that Wang Pu, Wei Renpu and others would subconsciously keep their eyes lower in front of officials.

The tall Wei Renpu will deliberately lower his head slightly when facing the officials. He has never paid attention to such details before, and the habit of his previous life has made him suffer a lot.

Now he also followed Wei Renpu's example and lowered his head slightly.

I heard the voice of the official rang in my ears: "Shi Congyun, you have made great contributions in Huainan, and when you return to Beijing, I will give you a jade belt, a brocade robe, a hundred taels of gold, 200 taels of silver, and a saddle , two hundred bolts of silk cloth."

Shi Congyun was surprised when he heard this, but he reacted quickly, and immediately knelt down on one knee to thank him: "Thank you for the reward from the official family! I am very grateful, and I will never forget it. I am willing to do my best to serve the official family. Do not hesitate to die!"

The official nodded, Wang Pu next to him was a little embarrassed, Wei Renpu moved his face slightly unnaturally, Shi Congyun was thick-skinned and didn't feel embarrassed at all.

As long as I am not embarrassed, others are embarrassed!

No matter what others think, even if the officials think it is exaggerated, they must be happy in their hearts.

Wei Renpu laughed at the side and said, "Congratulations to Xiao Jie for being handsome."

Shi Congyun heard the meaning of his teasing, laughed, and wanted to make a joke, but Guo Rong was beside him, so he quickly shut up and pretended to be serious.

Everyone didn't speak, and the atmosphere was slightly awkward.

Guo Rong continued: "The battle at Zhengyang was really wonderful. At that time, everyone had their own opinions. Time was running out on the battlefield, and it was too late for you to elaborate. Tell me now, why did you want to fight like that? What is it?" reason."

"Officials, that battle was all due to the fact that the Tang army on the opposite side was careless and didn't know the battle formation. They didn't leave a reserve team in the rear, and they deployed cavalry in front to block the army's retreat.

It must have been caused by the arrogance and carelessness of the chief general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who had been ignorant of soldiers for many years.

At that time, the minister thought of a way to fight. First, let our cavalry lure the opponent's cavalry and then defeat them, so that they cannot reinforce in time, and then arrange all the elite on the left flank, and strive to fight more and less in a short time, and use the strong to bully the weak. Defeat the enemy's main force, their front line is too long, there is no cavalry, no reserve, the center and left wing are too late to support the right wing.

Our army's central army and right wing are just false moves. In order to confuse the enemy, the number is small. To avoid the first contact with the enemy, we lag behind the enemy's main force and advance step by step, delaying the time to contact the enemy. "

The official listened for a while without speaking, and the small pavilion was quiet for a while, only the sound of the wind blowing, and the fluttering of flags on the top of the city not far away.

In the end, it was Wang Pu who spoke first, "Is this dismissal the commander-in-chief's impromptu intention or is it recorded in ancient military books?"

"It was a temporary idea, and I won't hide it from the officials. In fact, a certain person was in a mess at the time, and he came up with such a play at random, which made everyone laugh." Shi Congyun said with a "sincere" smile.

Wang Pu subconsciously took a breath, let out a "hey", and then didn't say much. Wei Renpu looked at him, his eyes flickered, and he had a different expression.

Guo Rong smiled and said: "This kind of wise plan is really rare, and the ability to adapt to changing situations is the most outstanding among the many generals I have seen!"

"In Huainan, you have worked hard and made great achievements. I have seen all the achievements you have made, and Li Chongjin has also told me a lot of good things about you.

You go back and rest for two days, after that I have something important for you to do.

I have a lot of expectations for you, and I also look forward to your performance in the future, but there is one thing that needs to be changed, in the future, I can no longer be as frivolous as before. "

Shi Congyun was surprised, and quickly knelt down to thank him again.

Guo Rong didn't want to hide him in the snow, but brought him back and let him do great things?He couldn't understand Guo Rong's intentions any more.

This kind of fog between people's hearts is much more powerful than the fog of war and the like. He wants to understand Guo Rong's thoughts.

But as a courtier, he had to guess and deceive.

Guo Rong didn't play charades with him this time, and said directly, "This trip to Huainan has made me more aware that it is impossible to completely defeat the puppet Tang without a navy.

Our army captured the Huainan states, but did not capture Shouzhou, Haozhou, Sizhou, and Chuzhou along the Huaihe River. These places are there, and the army's foothold in Huainan is unstable, and it is impossible to completely occupy Huainan.

So I ordered Wang Pu to build a ship in Bianshui, Daliang as early as the front line, and gathered all the prisoners of the puppet Tang Dynasty navy, and prepared to teach our army how to fight in water after returning to the capital, and train a new navy. "

"Wang Pu, how many warships does Daliang have now?" Guo Rong asked.

"Back to the official's house, the old man recruited beam craftsmen, and has built more than 120 warships, and the follow-up is still rushing to build more than [-] warships within this year." Wang Pu said truthfully, as if facing Guo Rong's report seemed to be for him.

Only then did Guo Rong look at him, "The big thing I'm talking about is that I hope to have a general to train and lead this new navy for me!"

Shi Congyun was surprised. He didn't expect that Guo Rong would entrust this kind of thing to him to train and lead Zhou Guoshui army. This is no joke.

"Originally I wanted Zhao Kuangyin to accompany me back to Beijing to train and lead the navy instead of me, but after thinking about it, you seem to be more suitable, so I don't worry." Guo Rong stood up and took a step forward.

He was too tall, but he was very savvy. No one reminded him, so he quickly knelt down on one knee so that Guo Rong could pat him on the shoulder condescendingly.

Guo Rong patted him on the shoulder twice, and the voice came from the top of his head, "I entrust you with such an important matter, can you make me feel at ease?"

If it were someone else, I'm afraid he would have been so grateful that he would have been so excited that he would have to go back and forth, and he would not hesitate.

Shi Congyun only pretended to be like this on the surface, and he kept saying good things, but he was a little confused in his heart. It was difficult to guess Guo Rong's motives for this move, and he couldn't understand Guo Rong's thoughts.

His acting skills are good, Guo Rong nodded in satisfaction: "This is a big deal, if you have any requirements, you can tell me."

As soon as Shi Congyun thought about it, he subconsciously thought of Si Chao. Si Chao was very familiar with the navy. He was in charge of defending the Bohai Sea and was very familiar with the water warfare of the navy. So he said at that time: "Officials, Si Chao, the patrol inspector in Guangzhou, once He had led the navy in the Bohai Sea and was very familiar with water warfare. The minister asked the officials to transfer Si Chao from Huainan to Daliang to assist in training the navy.

Only with experienced hands can the trained navy be good at fighting, open up territories for officials, and level the world. "

The official nodded after listening, "Okay, I can call Si Chao back to assist you, is there anything else I can ask for?"

Shi Congyun was about to shake his head, but a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly had a bold idea!

This kind of opportunity to directly change the emperor's important person may not come across a few times in this life, it would be a pity if you miss it!
So he took a deep breath, and according to the memory in his mind, he tried his best to turn his brain and organize his words: "Officials, I know a person who was originally a subordinate general of the three towns of Xuanyi, Baoyi, and Jingnan. It is the commander of the guards and infantry, and Li Jixun's subordinate is an officer, named Li Chuyun, who has some skills, and I want him to help."

He tried to speak as carefully as possible, for fear of finding the wrong person. In fact, he had never met Li Chuyun at all, nor heard any news. Let alone knowing where he is now and what position he occupies, it all depends on his understanding of history. guessed.

After speaking, he carefully observed the official's reaction.

Once he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of well ropes. Before, he almost caused a big incident when he glanced at the queen. Now that he is such an unscrupulous important person, will it arouse the emperor's suspicion?

However, Guo Rong's reaction was completely different from what he thought. He didn't show any anger or suspicion, but just frowned and felt a little dazed.

Then he turned around and asked Wei Renpu beside him, "Is there such a person? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Wei Renpu also frowned, and thought carefully for a while before answering: "It seems that there is, the old minister vaguely remembers that Zhe Cong Ruan said on his deathbed that he was a good person, and hoped that the court would arrange an errand for him.

It happened that Li Jixun was in Heyang at that time, and the Privy Council asked people to serve as officers under Li Jixun. "

"A man who can do things?"

Wei Renpu shook his head, "Officials, I don't know about this. The old minister is not an important person after all, and the imperial court also gave Cong Ruan's face, so..."

"I see." Guo Rong interrupted him, "Since Shi Congyun wants someone, but he is not an important person, then the Privy Council will issue a Taoist document to transfer him back to Daliang."

He looked at him as he spoke, and didn't mean to ask him to speak again: "I found it for you, and the ship king Pu Zi will hand it over to you. The third department will prepare the money and materials for you. You can recruit people by yourself. Don't worry." Don't let me down."

Shi Congyunlian knelt down on one knee, "I will not dare to let down the grace of God."

"Okay, you step back, you are exhausted, go back and rest for a few days, and the Privy Council will inform you later."

Shi Congyun retreated happily in his heart, wondering when Li Chuyun would come to listen to his subordinates, and whether it would be the same Li Chuyun.
After Shi Congyun walked out of the pavilion, Wei Renpu said: "Does the housekeeper really want to entrust him with such an important matter? Shi Congyun is capable and a knowledgeable young man, but the old man thinks it's still too much." Young, at the age of sixteen, you should experience a few more years."

Wang Pu also agrees quite a bit: "The blood is uncertain, easy to be impulsive, beautiful and hard to quit, and not safe enough to do things is unavoidable.

At the beginning in the Shu Kingdom, it was possible to fight, and various problems have been exposed, such as absurd things like using an official post to send a love letter to a concubine during the Qixi Festival. "

Guo Rong glanced at them both, and said with a smile, "Your worries are naturally justified, I also thought of it, Shi Congyun has abilities, but he is too frivolous and restless.

Originally, I planned to let Zhao Kuangyin drive back to Beijing to train the navy, but temporarily replaced it with Shi Congyun.

Both of them have abilities, and the two biggest victories in Huainan were fought by these two young people, but in comparison, Zhao Kuangyin is more calm and loyal, and Shi Congyun is restless.

So let Zhao Kuangyin stay in Huainan, Shi Congyun follow me back to Beijing, and let him work under my nose, so I can rest assured. "

Wang Pu and Wei Renpu nodded after hearing this, and said with emotion: "The officials know people well, and they really have the demeanor of an ancient wise monarch. It's the best arrangement for the two of them!"

Guo Rong smiled and didn't say any more. He must be satisfied and proud of his arrangement in his heart.

Not only Guo Rong was satisfied, but Shi Congyun was also satisfied. He never thought that he would be doomed, but now he got such a big benefit.

First of all, he can ask the government for someone in the name of training the navy. This may be nothing to others, but he has the ability of a prophet!
He knows which people's names will go down in history, knows which people are capable and capable, and can take advantage of this opportunity to get them all over!

Even if everyone is scheduled in the future and they don't work together, with this affection, these people will definitely stand by his side!

Wang Zhong and Shao Ji said nothing, just like Dong Zunjiao, even if he was promoted elsewhere in the future and was not controlling the Crane Army, if something big happened, he would definitely stand by his side without hesitation.

The second is to cultivate your own lineage troops!
Although the Emperor Zhou had subconsciously started to separate the generals who led troops from those who trained troops, and often moved Jiedushi around, but it was still impossible to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army thoroughly.

The simplest thing is that if the left wing of the crane control army under him leaves his leadership, the combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced, because the soldiers have won consecutive battles under his leadership, and his prestige and prestige in the army has already been established.

The left wing of the Crane Control Army can already be regarded as his direct line of troops. His orders are definitely more effective than those of others. The more such troops, the safer he feels.

Everyone knows that Zhao Kuangyin was dressed in a yellow robe. Didn't they know that Lao Zhao was also dressed in a yellow flag after Guo Rong's adoptive father Guo Wei, who was the founding emperor of the dynasty, and that was only a few years ago.

This era is like this, Tianzi Ning has a kind?Those with strong soldiers and strong horses will do it!The more loyal direct troops, the safer.

Now the officials asked him to train and form the Zhou Dynasty navy. If he did well, wouldn't he have another direct line army?
According to the officials, this was supposed to be Lao Zhao's job, but by mistake, he cut it off!
Thinking of this, Shi Congyun was very excited, he was refreshed on happy occasions, originally he returned to Daliang anxiously, his heart was full of troubles, he was not in the slightest interest, and he was not happy when he returned to Daliang.

Now the spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease, and once I see all the Chang'an flowers, the beast will be ecstatic!
As soon as he entered Fengqiu Gate, he rode his horse and rushed to the Shi Mansion opposite Kaifeng Mansion, preparing to fight Zhao Shijian at home for [-] rounds. The ammunition depot that had been stored for so long would expire if he didn't squander it.

At the same time, after going through this frightening experience, he felt more and more that in such a world, he couldn't pin all his hopes on pleasing the officials, and he couldn't naively think that everything would be fine by going around the officials.

We must find a way to marry the sixth son of the Fu family as soon as possible, so that with the father behind him and the Fu family, the officials will not move him easily even if they are unhappy. The more capable generals make friends with him, the safer he will be.

(End of this chapter)