Chapter 166: Who's the Coward
Li Jingda had an army of 50,000, and Liu Yanzhen also had 20,000 troops, and Da Zhou had the ability to defeat them, but he couldn't eat them all. In fact, more than half of the soldiers fled.
Having lost their commander, they have completely lost their rules and regulations, and some have fled to the countryside, or simply occupy the mountains and become kings.
More Jiangnan soldiers were reluctant to stay in Huainan, and they scrambled to flee to the Yangtze River, wanting to cross the river and return to their hometown.
There were boats on the river, one, two, and many miles!
The rout hurriedly took off his clothes, raised them high, and shook them desperately to attract attention.
Finally, the people on board saw them, and the ship approached quickly, and they were finally able to go home.
The rout couldn't wait to step into the icy river, full of anticipation, to be the first to jump into the boat. At this moment, a group of archers suddenly appeared on the ship, and they aimed at the rout, which was a rain of arrows.
Yes!
What's going on?
The defeated soldiers are stunned, how can their own people attack their own people?
They were so frightened that they crawled and ran away.
At this moment, there was a burst of laughter that bordered on arrogance from the ship...... Wu Yue's sailor jumped up, shouted excitedly, looking at the appearance, it was a husky that was finally released after holding back for a day.
Ostentatious and proud, arrogant and crazy!
They have reason to be happy, in the past time, Nantang has been pressing Wu Yue and bullying them out of breath.
Wu Yueguo was weak and unable to cope, so in order to survive, he had to pay tribute to the Central Plains and pray for help from the kingdom. But whether it was Tang, Jin, or Han, they couldn't spare troops to help them.
The Central Plains itself was in chaos, and there was no time to take care of anything else, which made Wu Yue completely panicked, and he lived in the haze of destroying the country all day long, and he was almost depressed.
Finally, finally, looking forward to the stars, the moon, and the Central Plains to send troops.
The Great Zhou Iron Cavalry, swept through the Southern Tang Dynasty, conquered the city, and beheaded famous generals.
Wu Yue's waist straightened suddenly.
Shen Yilun brought a poem, Guo Wei's imperial pen!
One sword frost forty states!
The sage personally promised that as long as the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed, Wu Yue would be strengthened, and if he could get the forty states aside, at least he would export his evil anger first, and by the way, he would get rid of the danger of losing the country.
Wu Yue can't do anything else, the sailor is still very good, especially the sea ship with the largest number, if there is no help from the sailor, the Southern Tang Dynasty would have destroyed Wu Yue a long time ago.
This time, Wu Yue concentrated 300 warships and went up the river to cut off the return route of the Jiangbei rout.
was used to being bullied, and Wu Yue was not so bold at first.
They just cut off the route, and then began to attack the Southern Tang people.
First, he used a small boat and did not hang the banner of Wu Yue to deceive Nantang to approach, and then he was a bow and arrow, regardless of whether he could shoot it or not, and he was very happy to see Nantang fleeing in embarrassment.
But gradually, Wu Yue found that the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty were miserable, their weapons were gone, their armor was lost, and they were simply a group of lambs to be slaughtered, and their courage became bigger.
Groups of Wu Yue soldiers stepped on the north bank of the river to chase and kill the Southern Tang rout, it was not enough to deal with them, even the people did not let go, burning and looting everywhere.
Then the spoils were sent to the ship, and excitedly transported back to Wuyue to present the treasure to the king.
Wu Yue's approach is very short-sighted, and he has a bit of a concubine in power, and the concubine is right. Shen Yilun looked at their greedy and cruel appearance, and his heart was full of disdain.
Your eagerness to retaliate against Nantang will only provoke more anger from Nantang, and when the time comes, the two sides will continue to fight, and there will be no peace.
However, from the perspective of Da Zhou, he didn't mind the hatred between Wu Yue and Nantang, and even hoped that the deeper the hatred of each other, the better. Only when they pinch each other, Da Zhou can fiddle calmly.
Shen Yilun This guy is not a good thing, the bad water in his stomach keeps pouring out, his eyes have been set on the entire south, sooner or later he will sweep away Liuhe and reunify the world!
This idea exists in almost everyone's heart, regardless of civil and military generals, who are slightly ambitious, they are all thinking about how to restore the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties, this strength is the most precious thing in the Great Zhou!
In contrast, the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty looked flustered and even chaotic.
Li Jing was not a male lord in the first place, he thought that an army of 100,000 could defeat the Zhou soldiers, but his brother Li Jingda was defeated in more than a day, and Liu Yanzhen was still dead.
Wu Yue dispatched a sailor to block the river, and Zhou Xingfeng of Jinghu was also mobilizing people, if the three parties attacked together, wouldn't this be about to destroy the country!
Will I become the king of the fallen country?
The more Li Jing thought about it, the more frightened he became, and quickly convened the important ministers to discuss.
But Li Jing forgot that before the war really started, the court of the Southern Tang Dynasty was divided into two parts, and the war was fought like this, not to mention that they could help each other from the bottom of their hearts.
Led by Sun Sheng and others, they attacked Li Jingda with all their might, saying that he had failed the grace of God, lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and must be severely punished...... Feng Yanji and Song Qiqiu, who supported Li Jingda at that time, all had to be punished.
Li Jing is crying, kill these two, who will handle government affairs for him? Isn't this self-defeating?
But if you don't deal with it, who is responsible for the defeat, do you want to make an edict for yourself?
Just when Li Jing was at a loss, Hanlin scholar Xu Xuan stood up.
"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the eldest prince is like a god with soldiers, and his prestige is extremely high. He should be appointed as a marshal immediately, command the troops of Jiangbei, and meet the Zhou soldiers with all his might. Furthermore, Liu Renzhen should be used to let him gather the Jiangnan naval army, defeat Wu Yue first, and then go north to aid His Highness. The two armies work together, and there is still a chance to redeem the defeat! ”
Li Jing hesitated, and at this time Han Xizai suddenly stood up.
For several years, he didn't talk much, but now he spoke, which was really surprising!
"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the world's closest relatives, no more than father and son, the eldest prince Li Hongji is brave and good at fighting, that is the best candidate for the prince, on the occasion of this national disaster, it should be the father and son of the same heart, up and down as one. The old minister dared to suggest that it is the right thing to do if the imperial brother is deposed, the crown prince is replaced, and the eldest prince is always in charge of the army! ”
When he had said this, he threw himself on the ground and fell on his stomach.
At this moment, Prime Minister Song Qiqiu and Privy Envoy Feng Yanji were frightened.
Okay, you Han Xizai, if you don't make a sound, it's just a blockbuster, you want to win the position of the prince for Li Hongji! No, absolutely not!
"Your Majesty, when Han Xianggong said that the national disaster was going on, he also instigated the abolition of Li Jingsui, the king of Yan, because he had ill intentions and bad intentions!"
"That's right, the old minister thought that he should behead Han Xizai first!"
These two took the lead in arguing, which made Li Jing very embarrassed.
He thought about it for a long time, and felt that what Han Xizai said made sense, his own son, and he could fight, who didn't need him? When he was the emperor's younger brother, his father took the hands of his brothers and instructed him to come down before he died.
Overthrowing Zu Xun, Li Jing is not so bold.
After thinking about it repeatedly, Li Jing made a decree and appointed Li Hongji as the king of Wu, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and concurrently served as the governor of Jiangbei.
Li Jing sent a speedboat, crossed the Yangtze River, and then Pegasus went to Sizhou, and sent Li Hongji with an expedited 600 miles...... At the same time, after defeating Liu Yanzhen, Guo Wei issued an order to let the whole army repair for a day.
His Majesty the Emperor was anxious, for fear that Chuzhou would lose, but no matter how anxious he was, his soldiers were already exhausted. Continuous marches, continuous battles, although they were all won, but the losses were equally amazing.
With the power of the hussars, 65 people were killed, more than 100 were wounded, and more than 400 horses were lost, a quarter of the combat power.
You must know that the hussar guards were carefully selected by Ye Hua and Zhao Pu, and each of them put their hearts and souls into it, trained strictly, ate well, equipped well, and learned culture...... Ye Hua regarded them as seeds of the future.
It's gone so much at once, and my heart feels like a knife, uncomfortable!
It's uncomfortable!
After experiencing a big war, the most important thing is to harden your heart!
Ye Hua remembered that there was a soldier named Liu Xiao, who was originally a son of the family, named Liu Xiao, or Liu Xiao who Ye Hua changed for him! In order to join the hussars, he caught a small wild boar and ran to the private school to beg for him to write...... The first thing to do when you join the hussars is to be able to write your own name.
Liu Xiao spent three days to learn two words, and in half a year in the army, he learned 500 words, and he was already able to write simple official instructions.
Ye Hua felt that with Liu Xiao's intelligence, if he was born in a family, studied since he was a child, and received guidance from famous teachers, he would not be able to become a great talent who would be passed on to future generations.
Unfortunately, he didn't have such good luck, and in order to get ahead, he chose to become a hussar guard, and when he went to battle for the third time, he was unfortunately hit by an arrow and fell off his horse.
By the time he was found, his face had been crushed, but fortunately, the hussars' armor would have a number on the inside to confirm his identity...... When Liu Xiao died, his family would be rewarded for killing the enemy, and Guo Wei gave him another 3 months of money and 100 acres of land.
They have 8 brothers in their family, and they may soon be able to come out of their grief and start a new life, and only during the New Year's holidays will they mention the unfortunate brother who died in a foreign land......
Ye Hua asked his soldiers to engrave the name of each brother who died in battle on a wooden plaque and store it in the ancestral hall of the hussar guards...... Time does not allow him to be sad and sad, so he must recover his energy as soon as possible and return to Chuzhou as soon as possible.
This time, Ye Hua looked very different, he did not accompany Guo Wei as before, but frequently moved forward, urging the people to speed up.
Because in Chuzhou, there is an opponent he wants to defeat the most!
Li Hongji, last time I chose to temporarily back down, even if I lost half a move to you, this time Ye Hua will definitely not back down!
In the dictionary of the champion Hou, there is no fear!
Wash your neck and wait for death!
"Why do I think Ye Hua is a little different! Feeling, a little abnormal? Fu Zhaoxin complained.
"That's called pride!" Zhang Yongde smiled, "You are also behind the door, if you don't work hard, you will be embarrassed in the future." ”
Fu Zhaoxin rolled his eyes, "Who am I lost?" ”
"You are the son of King Qi, the eldest brother of His Royal Highness King Jin, you rely on your father and sister, but you don't have to rely on yourself...... You're not ashamed? ”
"Wow, yes!" Fu Zhaoxin's face turned blue with anger, grandma, you are not as good as me, you rely on your mother-in-law, rely on your mother-in-law! He whipped the war horse angrily, galloped on all fours, and kicked up a cloud of dust, making Zhang Yongde eat a mouth full of sand.
The people of the Great Zhou rushed to be the first, and when they were less than 30 miles away from Chuzhou, news suddenly came that Li Hongji led his troops to retreat......