Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 508
When news from the north arrived, Emperor Shi was fishing on the river.

After arriving in the south of the Yangtze River, in order not to waste people's money, Emperor Shi took the lead in having someone notify the Jinling Mansion, waiving all the reception matters, and just accompanied Zhou Xian back to her natal home.

In the days that followed, he was entertained by the Zhou Mansion, and he traveled around the mountains and rivers, but his heart was always in the north. Later, he told everyone that he was going to go fishing. In fact, he just felt that fishing was clean and there were few people. Others were afraid of disturbing the emperor's fish, but the emperor was afraid. They quarreled themselves.

After fishing for several days in a row, he didn't catch a single fish at all, and he had no intention of doing so.

Only Zhou Xian knew what was on his mind. In the room of the two of them, without the outsiders knowing, she prepared the battle armor for Emperor Shi and wiped it clean with her own hands every day.

When Zhang Zhenghai was traveling across the river, excitedly and anxiously reporting to him the news about the dispatch of the Liao army in the north and the turbulent situation, Emperor Shi was also by the river. He had been fishing for a day, and he didn't feel the pain in his butt until he got up. , sore legs and feet.

The fish in the Yangtze River did not give Emperor Shi face, but the big fish he was expecting was hooked.

Up until now, he had a sense of stability that a big stone had landed in his heart. Emperor Shi suddenly changed from an air force fisherman to an emperor who controls the world and overlooks all living beings.

He beckoned Wei Min who was beside him to come over and support himself with some numb legs, and then asked directly: "What's the situation with the army in the north, where is the beam?"

"Before I left, Marshal Li was already gathering an army, and General Wang at Daliang also started to gather troops in the North Camp as ordered by the officials." Zhang Zhenghai said immediately.

Shi Congyun nodded, and said without doubt: "Go and rest, and go north immediately every morning."

"promise!"

Emperor Shi turned around calmly and summoned the soldiers next to him: "Go home, gather all the forbidden troops, and return to the capital early tomorrow morning."

The soldier didn't ask any more questions, and immediately turned around to convey his order.

That night, when he returned to the Zhou Mansion, the current Patriarch of the Zhou family still came to see him after dinner. As usual, they didn't know that something serious had happened in the north.

That night, Emperor Shi told Zhou Xian about it.

Zhou Xian seemed calm after listening, and just said: "Tomorrow morning, I will put armor on the officials."

Emperor Shi nodded and stroked her hair lightly: "You can stay in Jiangnan for as long as you want. I will send someone to protect you. You may not like it when you go back. I have kept you in an imperial city like a birdcage for so many years. But he was always running around."

He really felt a little guilty. He had been away from home most of the time for more than ten years, and he was not qualified to die as a husband.

Zhou Xian put his arms around his waist, "I am willing to do that. Didn't the officials say that if this relationship lasts for a long time, how can it last day and night."

"That's just what I said." Emperor Shi didn't say that he copied it. In fact, it was incompatible with him.

Sometimes Shi Congyun also understands that he is cold-blooded and ruthless. This may be his inner character buried long ago. Even in his previous life, his favorite directors were also the Coen Brothers.

Even in later generations, most Chinese people also believe in retribution, good and evil will be rewarded, but he didn't believe it from the beginning, maybe because he read too much history, maybe because he was originally a science student, he never believed in it.There is no justice in the world unless you preside over it yourself.

Because of this, Zhou Xian helped Emperor Shi put on his armor when the sky was bright the next day.

This time, it wasn't the shiny, fluffy armor with animal heads made of brass on the shoulders, but the black and heavy armor, which was so heavy that Zhou Xian had a hard time.

She also noticed the difference this time, and asked in a low voice, "The officials are going to the front line?"

Emperor Shi nodded: "Yes."

Zhou Xian was a little worried, "Isn't it possible to be in Daliang as in the past two years?"

"No." Emperor Shi promised: "This time is different from the past. I don't have many opportunities, and neither does the country."

This statement is true. Such a large-scale Northern Expedition wasted money and people, and it was not a profitable war to fight south. The state's financial support could not be too many times.

Zhou Xian didn't ask any more questions, put on armor for him, prepared a silk scarf with warm water for washing his face, and gently wiped his face clean.

"I'll wait for the official to come back."

"En." Emperor Shi raised his hand, but put it down because he was afraid that the arm armor would touch Zhou Xian, and simply said: "I'm leaving." Then he turned around and walked a few steps into the pre-dawn darkness outside the house.

The night was still dark, and the morning was cold and cold. Emperor Shi kept walking, and his armor was so thick that his feet felt like roots. The soldiers next to him put on a black fur cloak to keep out the cold while walking, and soon he boarded the bed by the river. At this time, only a few people in Jinling were vaguely aware of the movement and lit up their lights to check.

That day in Jinling, apart from the Zhou family knowing, the news that the Son of Heaven had hurried north had not spread for a while.

On March [-], the emperor suddenly led the forbidden army back to Daliang.

Afterwards, they did not enter the palace, but asked Fan Zhi and Luqiu Zhongqing to lead a hundred officials to the Peking University Camp to meet him. At this time, many people who did not know the situation in advance realized that the carriage frame of the emperor had already been prepared, and the army of the Peking University Camp had assembled. The emperor rushed back from Jiangnan suddenly, and then made such a posture?

However, Emperor Shi did not give them much time to react. Instead, he summoned everyone in the Chinese military tent and announced his decision within a quarter of an hour. Affairs, Empress Fu's regent.

And he will lead the imperial conquest in person, and the Beidaying has assembled [-] elite forbidden troops, commanded by Wang Shenqi, waiting for the emperor to return.

Now, many people realized it later, and then realized that the official family went to the south of the Yangtze River to paralyze the Liao people, so they made a noise?
However, they never expected that this was far more than a slap in the face, it was a way to divert the tiger away from the mountain and sneak in.

After the explanation, Emperor Shi did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the army to move out, and went northward on the same day, arriving at the Yellow River ferry.

On the banks of the Yellow River, the boats had already been prepared. After the front army crossed the river, they rested and waited for the rear army.

This time Emperor Shi did not bring the little yellow flower because the little girl was pregnant, but let Zhao Shijian accompany him. Over the years, he has become accustomed to letting Zhao Shijian translate various documents into clear and concise words for him, and he is also used to letting Zhao Shijian Helped him draft the imperial edict, although this matter made the Hanlin Academy Chengzhi dissatisfied, but Emperor Shi didn't bother to care about them.

Under the leadership of Wang Shenqi, the army traveled day and night to the north, but at this time the northern army had already attacked across the board.

The facts are just as Emperor Shi thought, on March [-]th, the day when the Chinese army went north, the forward of the Qin army Li Jilong had already left Gu'an, defeated the outposts and camps of the Liao army one after another, and had reached the bank of the Sanggan River, one step away from Youzhou. remote.

First, Li Jilong's troops came too suddenly, and the Liao army did not have the slightest warning.

Second, although Li Jilong was young, he was a general. He showed a brave and decisive side when he led the army for the first time.

The last and most important thing is that the Liao army is empty of troops, and their forward elite has more than 1000 people, with more than 30 Type [-] field guns. Several fortresses held by the Liao army along the way were directly knocked down.

On March [-]th, Li Chuyun's army followed up and advanced to the Sanggan River without any difficulty.

The Sanggan River instantly became the last line of defense in Youzhou. The Liao people panicked and completely lost their minds, and urgently sent a large number of troops to the river.

But across the river, the soldiers of the Qin army could see clearly that most of the reinforcements came were unarmored people, and they must have been temporarily recruited.

However, there are lessons learned from the Qin army’s previous expeditions to the north. The Liao State built a large number of forts and camps on the north bank of the Sanggan River crossing and bridges, stretching for more than ten miles. army.

They may have gotten along well from the beginning. If the Qin army went north, it would not be suitable to fight the Qin army in the open in the south.

The battle of Sangganhe was inevitable, but this time it became the Liao army's defense.
(End of this chapter)