Chai Kehong returned at night and suddenly heard a letter from his mother. He hurriedly read it with his lamp.

If there is anyone in this world that Chai Kehong does not dare to despise and respects very much, it is his mother. 's mother is a woman, but she can have a great influence on Chai Kehong.

Before the conquest of Wu Yueguo, Chai Kehong was not famous, and many ministers did not trust him. But Chai's mother wrote to herself, saying that her son could lead the army to be a military general, and if he did not do well, she was willing to bear the capital with his son......

Chai Kehong hurriedly finished reading his mother's handwritten letter, and was immediately surprised.

The content was diametrically opposed to the previous encouragement, and he even suspected that it was a false belief! But after a closer inspection, it is true that the handwriting and terminology are undoubtedly Chai Mu. Can't even tell the letter written by his mother, Chai Kehong can still judge this.

Chai's mother persuaded him to pretend to be sick, not to accept Haozhou's military power, and to retreat bravely! The gist of her letter: Your reputation is too great now, the expectations given by the emperor and the people of the south are too high, and once you encounter a setback, you can't afford the consequences; It is not only the honor and disgrace of individuals and families, but also the rise and fall of the Southern Tang Kingdom and the morale of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Such a big responsibility is not something you can afford alone.

Moreover, because of his son's great military exploits, his rise too fast, and his lack of experience, there are now nearly 100,000 troops in the entire Haozhou, and he has been out of his son's ability. Your father used to say that an army of 10,000 men can be taken by skill, but 100,000 can only be victorious. Your ability and Nan**'s combat effectiveness are not enough to take on such a big task...... In case of defeat, you will be ashamed of the emperor's gift and trust in you.

If the person who was defeated in Haozhou was not Chai Kehong, but a general who was not loved and had high hopes by the military and people of the Southern Tang Kingdom: what was lost was only a state, not the morale of the entire Southern **.

After reading the letter, Chai Kehong was deeply shocked and unhappy.

He thought about it all night, and the next day he regained his pride, not intending to heed his mother's admonition. When Chai Kehong summoned the generals, he said: "I caught the scouts of the Zhou army, and the people who came were the left and right sides of the Hujie army. Zhao Chao, the capital of the right wing, started from this person. ”

The generals were puzzled and hurriedly asked why.

Chai Kehong sneered: "A few months ago, Zhengyang's army was defeated, and more than 3,000 people were dropped. The captives were handed over to Zhao Chao, and he slaughtered them all that night. This person has a habit of killing, but there are millions of soldiers and civilians in my Southern Tang Kingdom, can he finish killing?

There were hundreds of thousands of peasant soldiers in Shouzhou and Haozhou, but due to the poor management of the court officials, these people immediately surrendered to the wind after the entry of the Zhou army and paid the money. It is necessary to make these soldiers understand the brutal nature of the Zhou army and provoke them to resist; In this way, tens of thousands of Zhou troops faced not only 50,000 people in Haozhou City, but hundreds of thousands of raging uprisings! Zhao Chao is the breakthrough. ”

When Chai Kehong said this, he had already completely abandoned last night's unhappiness, and laughed and said: "At that time, countless Southern Tang Erlang will attack its grain routes, sentry camps, and scouts, and it will definitely make the Zhou army fall deep in Haozhou."

The soldiers in various places were in turmoil, and the Zhou army worked for a long time, and the grain route was not good, and transportation was even more difficult. I will deploy the city defense again, strictly defend Haozhou, and delay the time to exhaust its army. When you find a fighter, you will break the Zhou army! ”

The people will bow down.

Chai Kehong deployed the city defense of Haozhou, first strengthened the defense of the city wall, and found the officials who built the city wall to inspect the foundation and feng shui of the city wall in detail.

Chai Kehong once sent someone to observe the Shouzhou Gap and knew that the city wall was buried in the tunnel and exploded...... No one knows exactly how the Zhou army blew up the city wall, but the situation is that the city wall can be blown up; Chai Kerong specially investigated and deployed Haozhou city defense for this matter.

His plan was to echo the inside and outside of Haozhou and the Southern Tang Righteous Army, and spend a year and a half with the Zhou army here, or a year or two. Therefore, there is a lot of hope for Haozhou City to hold on.

And if somewhere the walls are breached? Very good, it is really a magic weapon for Chai Kerong to win by surprise.

Chai Kehong and the generals around him said: "Since ancient times, I have defended the city and are not familiar with street fighting. Now I have done the opposite, and have set up an ambush in the city; When the Zhou army entered the city from somewhere, it had to run to various city gates and central cross avenues. At that time, the cannon will be fired, and the smoke and fire will be used to disrupt the formation, and then the elite soldiers will break through. Counterattack the city wall, repeatedly fight, Haozhou City is not a scorched earth, the Zhou army does not want to capture this city! ”

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Lu Mengjun and Chai Kehong served in Haozhou at the same time, and he was the military envoy and Chai Kehong's deputy general.

At that time, Luo Yanhuan of the Zhou army was the first to enter the territory of Haozhou as the vanguard, and scouts were sent from all sides to inquire about information. A scout pretended to be a common man and went deep into the ** control area, but his accent was not matched and was recognized, so he rode back and galloped.

On the way, the horse's leg was injured, and the scout had no choice but to kill the horse and hastily cover it with straw, and hid in a common people's house.

The scout was found in the firewood room by a young couple, who knelt down and pleaded in desperation. said that he fled to Huainan after being chased and killed by the enemy, and he would die a miserable death if he was caught.

The young woman saw that this scout was young, and that he was tall and very strong, and that he was a strong laborer who could support a family, and it was a pity to die! The woman felt sympathy and persuaded her husband to save his life.

The husband knew that Huainan was suffering from a military disaster, and this person with a northern accent might be a scout of the Zhou army...... However, in the eyes of ordinary people, Zhou Jun and ** are almost the same, and they are all Han people anyway. In times of crisis, he rescued a good man with righteousness, but instead ended up with a period of righteousness. Despite the opposition of his parents, the husband hid the scout in the cellar and brought food and water.

The scout of the Zhou army was grateful, asked for the name of the family, cursed and swore that when the war was over, he would bring his wife to Huainan to thank him, so as to form a brother. But the body of the dead horse was soon found by the ** pursuers and searched nearby. The scouts of the Zhou army were found from the clues.

**The young general found out the situation, and the family only took in the spies out of compassion and did not know about it, so they robbed one of their buffaloes as punishment.

Unexpectedly, Lu Mengjun happened to be patrolling the road with his own soldiers and heard about it. Immediately he took his own army to the people's homes and ordered their whole family to be tied up in the hall. But when he saw that the young woman was a little pretentious, he wanted to order his own soldiers to insult her on the spot.

The general admonished: "It does not seem appropriate to do such a thing. ”

Lu Mengjun ignored it and scolded the spies that should be severely punished, so he watched and had fun with all the relatives and soldiers. looked at the Zhou army scouts again, and shouted: "There must be a traitor!" This woman is dissolute, so she keeps the man to steal people. Ben will make you die a blind death today. "At that moment, I want the woman to have sex with the Zhou army scout.

The scout of the Zhou army scolded: "If you want to kill, you will kill!" I am not a beast, how can I do such a thing to the wife of my life-saver, and I will not die, but I beg for pleasure! ”

Lu Mengjun drew his sword to kill the woman's child: "Go!" Agree with that man, or I'll gouge out his eyes first! ”

The woman was in a hurry, so she had to obey with tears.

But Lu Mengjun waited for the bad things to be done, and still killed the woman's child with a sword. The woman wept awe, and the sorrow was terrible.

A staff member outside the door could hear the movement inside, shook his head and sighed: "Lu Gong can't do anything, and he is not a person in the next place." ”

Standing next to him, the general who had just admonished Lu Mengjun hurriedly asked why, and said: "Although Lu Gong is brutal, he is still very brave in battle, and he is not afraid of death. ”

The staff said disapprerovingly: "Lu Gong has done this kind of thing more than once, and before killing people, he must make people's lives worse than death, and they will be humiliated and tortured in every way." It is not that the person who was killed is extremely evil, but that Lu Gong rejoices in it and enjoys it.

What's the use of not being afraid of death himself? He doesn't value his life, and he has no attachment to life. But there are more people in the world who just want to live, and want to live well. So no one wants to follow a person like Lu Gong. ”

Immediately, he took off his official hat and threw it on the ground and stepped on it a few times, scolding, ", this thing is on my head, I really feel ashamed", and then said to the general: "Just say that I went back to my hometown to cultivate the fields and study." ”

The staff rode south for a while, thinking that Lu Mengjun might send someone to catch him and catch him, so he turned to the trail. Unexpectedly, he got lost, and ran into Zhou Jun's ranger and was arrested.

…… The staff member was arrested and returned to Luo Yanhuan's army, and Luo Yanhuan stepped forward immediately and asked, "Who is here?" ”

The civil official said: "In Zhouduan, Xiayangzhou, it is an official of the Southern Tang Dynasty. ”

Luo Yanhuan accepted it, and invited him to drink in the tent when he stayed overnight, and found that the words were not speculative, this person was too literate and not restrained, and he was very high. Luo Yanhuan didn't like it, and was afraid that he was a spy deliberately sent by Nan**, so he sent someone to send it to Guo Shao, the commander of the Haozhou Vanguard Army.

Guo Shao spoke very directly, and when he entered the tent, he laughed and said: "Luo Yanhuan didn't dare to accept you, because he was afraid that you would be a fine worker sent by Chai Kehong from Haozhou." ”

Zhou Duan shook his head and sighed after hearing this: "Maxima often exists, but Bole does not often have it." ”

Li Chuyun next to him laughed happily: "Mr. Zhou is so angry. Is it a Maxima, you have to run one to show people, where are there so many Maxima for people to get their hands on casually? ”

Guo Shao, Li Chuyun and other generals laughed together and said: "I only want to ask you one thing, you voted for Zhou Jun, are you not afraid that the people in your family will be retaliated against?" ”

Zhou Duan sneered: "Did I say that I wanted to vote for Zhou Jun?" As far as Lu Mengjun is concerned, can he take revenge on the people of the Zhou family? The patriarch Zhou Gongjun Tai, Zhishi Shi is Situ, who once served as an internal envoy, a flat chapter matter, and a servant! Lu Mengjun is a general of the Chu State, and he only keeps his position by receiving generous treatment from the emperor, and he dares to touch the people of the Zhou family! ”

"Who is Mrs. Zhou?" Guo Shao asked in amazement.

Zuo You reminded: "It's called Zhou Zong...... His daughter is quite famous, called Zhou Xian and Emperor E. ”

Guo Shao pondered for a while, is Emperor Zhou E Li Yu's queen of the Great Zhou? At the moment, it was decided that it would not be difficult for Zhou Duan, and he would send someone to send Cai Zhen to be locked up first.

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(It's coming next week.) ）