Chapter 282: Lin Renzhao

Han Xizai hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Yaowu Army is responsible for the defense of Jinling City, if it is disbanded, there will be a big gap in the defense of Jinling. ”

Li Yu waved his hand, "Han Shangshu, don't worry, I have already received the news that the Great Song Dynasty has just occupied the land of Jingchu now, and it has not completely settled down." In a short period of time, they will not do anything to our country, but will try their best to appease us.

Yaowujun is rotten from top to bottom, and it is absolutely hopeless, so we should take this opportunity to solve this problem once and for all.

Your military department should come up with a charter, and after disbanding the Yaowu army, build a new army. ”

Han Xizai asked again: "Your Majesty, it's easy to recruit soldiers, but it's not easy to choose a general to command the army?" ”

Li Yu nodded confidently: "The widow has already thought about it, transfer Lin Renzhao back, and lead this new army." ”

Cui Daoshu listened to it next to him, and was secretly surprised in his heart, Lin Renzhao! The first general of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

He read the information in later generations, Lin Renzhao, whose ancestral home was Fuzhou, settled in Jianyang, and became a native of Jianyang. With outstanding military exploits, he was promoted from a non-commissioned officer to the naval festival envoy of Nantang Town.

At the end of the Five Dynasties, Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, sent people to Fujian to recruit warriors and expand his troops, and Lin Renzhao enlisted in the army from Jianyang. Lin Renzhao has a strong physique, excellent arm strength, brave and good at shooting, proficient in the art of war, and has tiger stripes tattooed all over his body, known as "Lin Huzi". After he joined the army, he showed extraordinary courage and ability.

In November of the second year of Zhou Xiande (955), Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong led his army south to Huainan and attacked Shouzhou in the southern Tang Dynasty. Attempt to destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Shouzhou guard general complained to Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Li Jing sent two armies to reinforce him.

There were 50,000 reinforcements along the way, as the main force, led by the emperor's younger brother Li Jingda, and the real power was in the hands of Chen Jue, the supervising army; The other reinforcement was the partial division, a small force led by Lin Renzhao.

Chen Jue was both incompetent and afraid of death, deliberately looking for excuses and cowering, making the situation in Shouzhou even more severe. Renzhao used his troops well, he knew that his troops were limited, and if he went straight to Shouzhou to rescue, it would be tantamount to a moth fighting a fire and killing himself. So he chose the Xia Cai pontoon bridge as the attack point, which was the only way for the Later Zhou army to transport supplies, and there were not many defenders, and breaking through this bridge would choke the throat of the Later Zhou army.

Lin Renzhao's clever strategy of using troops is similar to "encircling Wei and saving Zhao" in the 36 strategies. If the Hou Zhou army besieging Shouzhou ran out of grain and grass, the formation would be chaotic. The risk of Shouzhou can be solved naturally.

When Lin Renzhao led his army to appear at the Xia Cai pontoon bridge, Zhang Yongde, the Hou Zhou horse guarding here, was taken aback. In the decisive battle between the two armies, Ren Zhao single-handedly entered the enemy formation, rampage, and was extremely brave.

After the Zhou army fired arrows and arrows, they were all knocked to the ground by Ren Zhao with a gun left and right, Zhang Yongde was also a fierce general, but Ren Zhao, who saw the prancing horse and horizontal spear in the formation, was afraid of three points. In this fierce battle, the south* was finally defeated due to being outnumbered.

During the retreat, Renzhao broke off alone and covered the retreat of his subordinates. Later, the Zhou army wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but Zhang Yongde did not dare to underestimate the enemy, and shouted: "There are people who are not thin." ”

Lin Renzhao is now the official envoy of the naval festival in the town and guards Wuchang, a strategic place in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Han Xizai stroked his beard and said happily, "Your Majesty." 'Lin Huzi' came back to lead the new army, of course, there was no problem. But what about Wuchang? ”

"Let his deputy hold up for a while, and when Lin Renzhao has trained the new army, he will go back to Wuchang."

Han Xizai thought for a while, felt that there was nothing missing, and agreed.

Li Yu continued: "The Pucheng Zhang clan is now luxuriant, and it is time to prune it. ”

Han Xizai comprehended, "Your Majesty, it is very suitable to cut its wings and use the young people of the Imperial Historical Observatory, I will handle this matter when I go back." ”

Seeing that everything was done, Li Yu turned around and saw Zhou Ehuang sitting on the sofa, chatting with Qi Jiuniang in a low voice, and said to a few people: "The queen is in a good mood today, there are private things to say between them and women, and it is inconvenient for us men to listen." Everyone, let's go out, the widow is too full to eat, and we need to move. Let's go to the lobby on the first floor and talk to the guests. ”

Cao Deshun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you agree, we will start performing "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the lobby on the first floor in a while. ”

Li Yu slapped his head, "Haha, the widow forgot, this time the micro-service went out of the palace and listened to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which is the most important thing!" ”

Li Yu walked out of the private room first, and saw that in the middle of the lobby on the second floor, there were many people standing and chatting. After the officials and wealthy businessmen saw Li Yu today, no one dared to drink bitterly, and after everyone ate the exquisite dishes, they were a little overwhelmed.

Many of them came out of the private room and stood in the lobby on the second floor, talking to each other.

After Li Yu came out, everyone came over to give gifts. Li Yu talked to these people with a spring breeze on his face, and let out a hearty laugh from time to time.

Han Xizai accompanied Li Yu and couldn't leave, so he gave Xu Xuan a look.

Xu Xuan understood and quietly left. He entered the private room where he came in the morning, and it was filled with officials from Han Xijae's faction.

Zhu Miao, Chen Zhiyong, Shu Ya and others were drinking tea and chatting, and when they saw Xu Xuan, everyone stood up and said hello.

Xu Xuan waved his hand and said, "Everyone is free, after the banquet is over, you all go your separate ways to contact your classmates and friends, this time there is a big move." ”

Shu Ya smiled and asked, "Are you going to do something to those people in Pucheng?" ”

Xu Xuan glanced at him: "As far as you are clever, there are many people here, we can't discuss this matter first." In the afternoon, everyone will go to Han Shangshu's house and discuss it carefully. ”

Xu Xuan came out of the private room, and saw that Li Yu and Han Xizai were not on the second floor, so they probably went to the first floor.

He walked over to the railing on the second floor and looked up to the first floor.

The hall on the first floor was very lively, and everyone surrounded Li Yu and Han Xizai and talked with them.

Xu Xuan saw Cao Deshun and Cui Daoshu standing in a corner, talking in a low voice, so he walked over and asked:

"What are you planning, two profiteers?"

Cui Daoshu shook his head and said: "Xu Shilang, you are not right, you don't even have Mobao left, and you still owe a lot of debt to Quanjude." How are we profiteers? ”

Xu Xuanle said: "I ate too much today, and I can't write good words at all." In a few days, I will write a serious word, and then pay off your debts, how about that? ”

Cao Deshun said with a smile: "Xu Shilang, don't be in a hurry to write, after the storyteller finishes talking about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cui Xiandi and I have already planned it, and we will make a couplet public, so that everyone can do the right thing." If anyone can match it, they will get the last gold card. What do you think of what the two profiteers are planning? ”

Xu Xuan immediately said: "This is an elegant thing!" Not bad, not bad. A certain family apologized to the two, and it was indeed wronged by you. You are not profiteers, and you are definitely not profiteers. ”

Cui Daoshu said: "Xu Shilang, you already have a gold card, don't get involved, give the gold card to others." ”

Xu Xuan stroked his beard and said reservedly: "The old man will not fight with them, but the old man is very curious, what level of couplets will you come up with?" Tell the old man first, I'm just right, and I won't say it. ”

Cui Daoshu and Cao Deshun glanced at each other, and said solemnly: "Eternal absolutely, Xu Shilang, you can't be right." Let's save some effort. ”

The two turned around and left, leaving Seo Hyun in place.

Xu Xuan laughed dumbly, these two are too good at blowing! is still 'eternal absolute', do you have a couplet that you can't match?

After more than half an hour, Li Yu felt a little tired, so he took Han Xizai back to the second floor and sat on the sofa next to the railing to rest.

Seeing this, Cao Deshun hurriedly walked over and asked, "Your Majesty, is it okay to start?" ”

Li Yu nodded: "Let's start, the widow is a little impatient." ”

Cao Deshun hurriedly went down to prepare, and the guys quickly cleaned up the leftovers on the table, cleaned up, and then served tea to each guest.

A few guys set up a table on a high wooden platform near the north wall in the lobby on the first floor, and then set up a row of chairs a few meters away from the table.

The guests on the first floor were all talking to each other, not knowing what Quanjude was going to do.

Li Yu said to Cui Daoshu: "Cui Gongzi, you invite the queen over, let's listen to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" together." ”

Cui Daoshu immediately walked into the private room and respectfully invited Emperor Zhou E out.

Qi Jiuniang helped Zhou Ehuang to stand up, and then followed her out of the door.

Everyone came to the railing on the second floor, Li Yu patted the sofa and said, "Queen, come and sit, the view here is good, let's watch together." ”

Emperor Zhou E walked over and sat with Li Yu.

Han Xizai and Xu Xuan also sat not far from Li Yu, and the officials around them were far away from Li Yu and Zhou Ehuang, for fear of disturbing their interest.

At this time, several luthiers holding musical instruments walked up to the high platform one after another, sat down on chairs, and began to play with the instruments.

Five young girls in cheongsam, stepping on high heels, also walked on the high platform, and then lined up, smiling and facing the audience.

Next, a middle-aged man in his forties also walked up to the high platform, came behind the table, and stood still.

This middle-aged man, with a thin figure and an ordinary face, is nothing out of the ordinary.

He turned to the luthiers and nodded, and the luthiers began to play.

Several girls followed the music, lightly opened their lips and began to sing.

"The rolling Yangtze River is passing away, and the waves are sweeping away the heroes. Success or failure turns empty, the green mountains are still there, and the sunset is red several times.

On the white-haired fisherman river, accustomed to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze. A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet, and many things in ancient and modern times are laughing and talking. ”

Their singing voices were beautiful and graceful, and the guests in the lobby were fascinated by them. Many people were filled with emotion and shed tears.

The girl repeated the chant three times, and the sound of the harp slowly faded away. The five maidens saluted everyone and then stepped off the platform.