An excellent general must learn to distinguish which battles should be fought and which ones should not be fought, and the result of abusing his power is like Xiang Yu, if he loses once, he will lose the whole world, and there is no way to recover.

From the decision to attack Yancheng, it was to attract the main force of the Southern Tang Dynasty and form a decisive battle, and it was to force them to take the initiative to fight!

According to the current situation, the Southern Tang side did follow the plan of the Great Zhou.

Bottom line: the fish has taken the bait!

"Li Jing took Li Jingda, the king of Qi, as the marshal, commanded an army of 50,000, crossed the Yangtze River, went north along the canal through Yangzhou, and went straight to Chuzhou."

"Li Jing also appointed Liu Yanzhen, the commander of the Shenwu Army, as the governor of the north, commanding 20,000 horses and horses, and marching north from the Jianwu Army."

"Also, the prince Li Hongji, commanding 30,000 horses, together with the Huai River water division, came from the upper reaches to kill together!"

Wei Renpu explained the situation on the battlefield, "The three-way army, a total of 100,000 people, their plan should be to meet outside the city of Chuzhou, and then fight to the death with Da Zhou!" ”

At present, the total number of men and horses in Chuzhou is less than 40,000, that is to say, the other side has nearly three times the superior force.

It was not Guo Weituo, but the Great Thursday was faced with the enemy and faced the pressure of the Northern Han and Khitan. There was no way to draw more people and horses, and since the beginning of winter, the Khitan has frequently gone south to fight the grass valley.

After discussing with Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing and others, Chai Rong agreed that this was to avenge the Khitan Emperor and to seek back face from the Great Zhou.

This year's border defense form is very severe, Chai Rong sent Guo Chong, Han Tong, as well as veterans Liu Ci and Wang Jing to Hebei, forming a powerful Hebei army to resist the Khitan southward movement.

He also concentrated his forces in Jinju to prevent the Northern Han from taking the opportunity to enter the Kou.

Judging from the current situation in the Central Plains, it is impossible to draw reinforcements.

However, Chai Rong couldn't bear to see his father alone, he transferred 30,000 people from Songzhou, Kaifeng and other places, and mobilized hundreds of ships to ensure that the military supplies were abundant.

Outnumbered!

The enemy is divided, and I am united!

The enemy is in trouble!

I'm steady!

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This is the situation of the two sides analyzed by Wei Renpu, except for the fact that the Great Zhou does not have an advantage in terms of troops, in other aspects, the Southern Tang Dynasty is in a weak position, and it can even be said to be chaotic!

First of all, the three-way army, Li Jingda, the king of Qi, is the marshal, Liu Yanzhen is the governor of the north, and Li Hongji is the prince, and he has a very high prestige in the army.

These three people, in terms of qualifications, Liu Yanzhen is the oldest, in terms of strength, Li Jingda is the strongest, and in terms of prestige, Li Hongji is the most prosperous.

They get together, who listens to whom?

Li Jing gave the talisman to his brother Li Jingda, is it good, can Li Jingda's ability command an army of 100,000 and command all parties?

You must know that one general is incapable of exhausting thousands of troops.

Li Jing's arrangement can only be described in one word, that is, confusion!

From this, it can be seen that the Southern Tang Dynasty Hall is definitely chaotic.

Successive defeats, soaring salt prices, boiling public resentment, unspeakable misery among the common people, and officials from the north and south fighting to the death, refusing to give in to each other. It's just that the emperor is a soft man and can't take decisive measures.

seems to be pouring out of the nest, but in fact it is blindly piecing together people and a rabble.

"I want to annihilate these 100,000 horses! Break the backbone of Nantang in one fell swoop! ”

Guo Wei is violent, and the emperor's domineering spirit can be seen at a glance.

Wei Renpu said: "Your Majesty is ambitious, swallowing the universe, the ministers dare not do their best, the old minister thinks that the Southern Tang Ma Bu Army is not worth mentioning, but the water division is difficult to deal with, the Huai River is shallow, don't worry, but if the Yangtze River water division is there, even if the Southern Tang soldiers are defeated, they can also retreat calmly, the old minister thinks, when they try their best to cut off the Yangtze River and cut off Li Jingda's way back!" ”

Guo Wei smiled, "I lack a water master in Da Zhou, so I can only borrow it from others, and at the moment, only Wu Yue has enough water masters to be able to compete with the Southern Tang Dynasty, but King Wu Yue is a slippery head, and he may not be willing to do his best." ”

Guo Wei didn't say much, but everyone knew that the Great Zhou Dynasty was determined to dominate the world, the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed, and Wu Yue was next.

For Wu Yue, they hoped that Da Zhou would fight Nantang, but they didn't want Da Zhou to kill Nantang.

In particular, I don't want the Great Zhou to cross the Yangtze River and get involved in the south of the Yangtze River.

How to make Wu Yue exert his strength is not an easy thing.

Ye Hua's eyes rolled, and he suddenly said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the minister thinks that it is not difficult to let Wu Yue send troops, just one poem is needed!" ”

"Poetry? What poem? "Guo Wei doesn't read much, of course he doesn't know, Wei Renpu is not very knowledgeable, but he focuses on the art of war, tactics, intrigues, and intrigues, and he can't think of it for a while.

Boss Guo snorted, "Ye Hua, don't sell it, say it!" ”

"Yes."

Ye Hua coughed, and then read: "You are not free, and you have worked hard to step on the hills for several years. The hall is full of three thousand guests, and the sword is frosty and cold in fourteen states. Laizi's clothes are narrow, and Xie Gong is ashamed. He was named in Lingyun Pavilion in the year, how could he envy the Marquis of Wanhu at that time?"

After listening to this, Wei Renpu finally remembered, "This is the late Tang Dynasty, the monk Guan Xiu made, Guan Xiu came to Yue to avoid the rebellion of the Yellow Nest, this poem is dedicated to Qian Hao, the king of Wu Yue!" ”

Qian Biao was the first king of Wuyue and the grandfather of Qian Hongyue, the current monarch of Wuyue.

Guo Wei became more and more puzzled, "Just such a poem, can Wu Yue be obedient?" ”

Ye Hua said with a smile: "It is definitely not possible to let the minister write, if Your Majesty writes, the value will be different." And the minister suggested that two words should be changed. ”

"Change what?"

"Change fourteen to forty!"

"One sword frost cold fourteen states, one sword frost cold forty states!" Guo Wei chattered again, and couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Is Wu Yue that big?" Also forty states! It's a bigger face than the country! ”

Wei Renpu patted his head, remembered, remembered!

"Champion Hou, where did you hear this story?"

Ye Hua said: "It's not Taishi Feng, it's Fuyaozi, they say it as a joke, I'll listen to it casually!" "Ye Hua has long been experienced, and when he encounters something, he will let those two old people take the blame, anyway, one has a request for him, and the other is from all over the world, and he doesn't know where it is, so he can't prove it.

Wei Renpu smiled and told Guo Wei what happened...... It turned out that Guan Xiu offered poems because he wanted to take refuge in Wu Yue Kingdom, but Qian Biao was not happy, he wanted Guan Xiu to change the fourteen states to forty states.

Guan Xiu is very axial, your Wu Yueguo is so big, the poor monk An can break his eyebrows and bend his waist to deal with the powerful, and if he says that he will not change, he will not change! As a result, Qian Biao did not take him in, and went to Shu to die in anger.

Ye Hua proposed this matter and suggested that Guo Wei change the poem and give it to Qian Hongyu.

The first is to give face to the dead Qian Bi, and the second is to tell Wu Yue that the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty has given you forty states! Do you want land? Do you want to prosper Wu Yue?

The Southern Tang Dynasty has 36 states, the Great Zhou takes 10 states in Jiangbei, and Wu Yue takes Jiangnan, if you add the original 14 states, it is exactly the number of 40 states!

Say, Wu Yue saw this poem, can he not sell his life?

Guo Wei was still a little unhappy, and complained: "I am tired and tired, but I gave the big head to Wu Yue, what is the reason?" ”

Wei Renpu smiled, "Your Majesty, this is just a poem, not a holy decree, nor an agreement between the two countries, what it tastes like, let Qian Hongyu taste it himself, anyway, I Da Zhou won't admit it!" ”

Ye Hua hurriedly said: "That is, even if you sign the peace agreement, you can tear it up, find an excuse, what's so difficult!" ”

Guo Wei looked at his pair of ministers, you two, it's really a perfect match!

"Okay, then I'll listen to you!"

Guo Wei stood up, he walked to the table, groaned a little, and immediately waved his pen and transcribed the poem. also wrote a line of words: Give Wu Yue King Qian Hongyu. Then it was stamped with Guo Wei's private seal, and Boss Guo also kept an eye on it and did not use the jade seal.

With letters, who should be sent to Wuyue as an envoy?

Don't bother the two masters, Shen Yilun has been there once, and this time he let him run.

Guo Wei also gave him the position of the envoy of the Qin Order, gave Shang Fang the sword, and after Shen Yilun thanked the emperor, he immediately set off and went to Wu Yueguo, saying that he would move Qian Hongyu, send more men and horses, and cut off the Yangtze River.

After the arrangement, Guo Wei entered the battle state.

Don't look at Guo Wei's modesty and never get angry easily, but if you really want to be tough, Guo Wei changed his face in an instant.

He issued a strict order, except for the soldiers who patrolled and guarded the sentry were allowed to drink, no gambling, no fighting, no leaving the barracks, and they were to stay every day to prepare for the coming of the big war.

Guo Wei personally led the hussars to patrol the barracks, and if he found that he had violated military regulations, he would severely punish him, and in just a few days, he cut down more than a dozen veterans.

To Guo Wei's relief, the hussar guards performed impeccably, even better than he asked. In addition, the new army trained by Zhao Kuangyin is also strictly disciplined, but the old man who followed him became more and more proud and indulgent, one by one, looking down on the new army, looking down on the new army, Lao Tzu is the first in the world, and Lao Tzu is the hated virtue of the dragon hero.

Guo Wei was indignant, some people just don't know how to advance or retreat, they don't know what to do, when this battle is over, I must strictly reorganize the army! No mercy!

And at this time, bad news came, Li Hongji went down the river and met Wu Xingde, the general of the Great Zhou, near Haozhou.

Wu Xingde was originally a veteran who followed Guo Wei and pacified Li Shouzhen, but in this southern expedition, he drank in the military camp every day and slacked off military affairs. Li Hongji entered the barracks, he was still asleep, but fortunately he was rescued by his subordinates from Mazhi, 3,000 soldiers, almost all of them were wiped out!

Wu Xingde wept bitterly, tied his arms, knelt outside the imperial tent, and pleaded guilty to the Son of Heaven

On a cold day, the cold wind was biting, Wu Xingde was shivering from the cold, and his nose was long.

After waiting for an hour, Guo Wei didn't let him in, and after waiting for a while, a hussar guard came out of it and came to Wu Xingde with a straight face.

"The saint has a purpose: it is unfavorable to unify the army, incompetent in combat, insulting the military prestige, demoralizing, and beheading!"

After speaking, the two hussar guards stretched out their hands to set up Wu Xingde and dragged them outside the gate.

Wu Xingde was stunned, he grinned and cried, "Your Majesty, saint!" Grace! I Lao Wu sold your life to you! Your Majesty, look at the sore on my body, I have blocked the arrow for you, whoever you kill, you can't kill me! ”

No matter how he howled and pleaded, the tent did not move.

When the time came, the Mo knife was raised, flashed, and a human head rolled out, and the whole army was shocked......