The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1305 Battle of Hezhou
"The final general will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations. Your Highness is here, how about you commanding this army?" Zhao Xu's commanding skills are not ordinary, so Pan Mei really wants to experience it.

"You are the commander-in-chief of this army. How can I declare my troops to seize the leadership, and my husband is also planning, so I think it's better for you to command yourself. Your commanding ability is extraordinary, otherwise the emperor will not take this important The task is entrusted to you, don't worry, I trust you." Zhao Xu did not agree, he really came here to test how the soldiers here are, and he has more important things to do.

"Sir, I'll leave things to you, sir. I think it's definitely not a big problem for you. Just remember one thing, that is, you must not be rude to the people. It is very easy to bring down a country, but you must govern it. It’s not easy to get up, just remember that.”

"By the way, do I have to tell you one more thing, that is, the real Liu An is dead, and now that Liu An is just a fake? Isn't it that he is more courageous than Liu An? But it's useless, he is not your opponent at all. , you don’t want to expose him, it’s better for us if he becomes the emperor now, because we can concentrate our efforts to regain the Southern Han Dynasty.”

Zhao Xu told them temporarily that he didn't want to participate in it. He really had to hurry. The biggest thing he had to do at this time was that Pan Mei could handle it in a tiny place in Nanhan.

More importantly, Zhao Xu was very relieved, Miao Xun was here, how could they not deal with these people, he was really thinking of Zhao Mengru in his heart!

"But this..." Pan Mei was about to say something but was interrupted by Zhao Xu.

"It's nothing to worry about. It's settled. Sir, wait until the Southern Han Dynasty is settled. Please contact me as soon as possible. I have something important to do, sir. I won't leave tonight. I will leave early tomorrow morning." Let's go back to the Jinghu area, is Murong Yanzhao still guarding Jinghu now?"

"Yes, General Murong is not in good health recently, so the last general has the opportunity to take command of the expedition. General Murong is in charge of the overall situation in Jinghu." The last time Zhao Kuangyin saw Murong Yanzhao, he was not in good health. He was brought back to Bianjing, but was rejected. He wanted to stay in Jinghu.

"That's good. I haven't seen him for a long time. This time, I happen to be able to meet him. I have more important things to do. Otherwise, I will stay and conquer Nanhan."

"The Song army avoided the dangerous places of Qitianling and Mengzhuling, captured Baixia, and entered Hezhou. This is in itself aimed at our dangerous places. Your Majesty, you must be careful!"

Jian Jingzhong said to Han Emperor Liu Yu at the court that he knew that the emperor above was a fake, but there was nothing he could do about it. Originally, Liu Yu's son should have been made emperor after Liu Yu died, but since then the country has become a true emperor. It was a mess, so they chose the most powerful Liu Baoxing to pretend to be Liu Yan.

"Don't panic, Aiqing. I have already made preparations. I have already sent Wu Yanrou and [-] troops along the Linhe River to take a boat north to rescue and deal a fatal blow to the Song army. Don't worry about this battle, Aiqing." Liu Yu ( Liu Baoxing) said excitedly.

In fact, before this, the Southern Han Dynasty also sent people to resist the Song Dynasty's army, but there was no effect, which led to the siege of Hezhou. The thing is that the Song Army, under the command of Pan Mei, attacked Fuzhou in advance.

After these places were captured, Hezhou was in dire straits. At this time, Hezhou Governor Chen Shouzhong asked the Southern Han court for help, but Liu Wei only sent Gong Chengshu to Hezhou to give a verbal consolation.

Gong Chengshu, who is he? The eunuch of the Southern Han Dynasty is also an eunuch. This eunuch has a lot of background and is a high-ranking official in the dynasty. Even the current emperor thinks highly of him.

There is a reason why he is such a good eunuch. It turns out that Gong Chengshu was Liu Yan's inner priest when he was young, and he was also an eunuch.

After being promoted to internal affairs, it can be said that he reached the sky in one step. After Zhongzong Liu Sheng came to the throne, Lin Yanyu, an eunuch of Fujian and an envoy of Ganquan Palace who was stranded in the Southern Han Dynasty, was very popular.When Lin Yan was critically ill, he recommended Gong Chengshu to Zhongzong.

After that, Emperor Zhongzong promoted Gong Chengshu repeatedly, and successively served as envoys of Longde Palace and Wangqing Palace.The later master Liu Yu came to the throne. Because he didn't trust the officials, he used eunuchs highly. Chengshu was appointed as the third division of Kaifu Yitong, the envoy of Wanhua palace, and the general of hussars. Military envoys, grand masters, and major military affairs should be handed over to Chengshu.

That’s not enough, Liu Yu’s trust in him has nothing to do with the current fake Liu Yu, but the relationship between the fake Liu Yu, that is, Liu Baoxing and him is also very good, and he trusts him more than Liu Yu, plus the great eunuch Wang Xiangxiang He was killed during the Southern Han Dynasty, and Lao Gong became a great eunuch.

So for the first time, he sent Lao Gong to the front line to supervise the battle, but an eunuch who didn't understand military affairs went to the local area to command and search for the people's fat and anointing, and asked the soldiers for bribes, making the front line a mess.

As a result, the morale of the already poor Hezhou soldiers fell to the bottom, and the soldiers would not obey his orders at all, let alone obeying orders, it would be good not to make trouble.

At this time, Pan Mei sent part of the Song army to fight forward. When the army arrived at Fanglin, Gong Chengshu fled back to Panyu in a small boat because of excessive fear.

You were originally sent here to fight, but you just ran away. It doesn’t matter if you run away, it’s fine if you run away as an ordinary person, but you are the leader, and the leaders have run away, so the others Why do people have any reason to stay here? Most of the soldiers also fled, and some surrendered, so Pan Mei went directly to the city of Hezhou and surrounded Hezhou.

This guy Gong Chengshu ran all the way back to Panyu, met the emperor, but he didn't receive any punishment. This is the most deceitful thing. He was not punished, and he became Liu Yu's personal manager, not to mention the bullshit.

This person is not good, Liu Yan will consider changing to another person, this person is Wu Yanrou, and he is also a person with some ability. At this time, such a person should be used, let them work hard, and let them go to the front.

In fact, Liu Baoxing is basically the same person as his elder brother Liu Yu, just as stupid. Gong Chengshu shouldn't have beheaded him to boost morale after making such a big mess, but no, he not only didn't, but reused it. , It seems that even if the Southern Han Dynasty changed to another emperor, they could not be saved. They put all their hopes on Hezhou and a general named Wu Yanrou, but this should be futile, it must be a dying struggle.

(End of this chapter)