Chapter 40 Zhao Pu's Advice, Chuzhou City Break (One Change)

Zhao Kuangyin won a great victory at the vortex, and the good news had reached the main camp of the Zhou army at this moment.

In the third year of Xiande, on March 25, Guo Rong, the son of heaven, sat in the military tent to study the war situation, and suddenly the information arrived, Guo Rong spread out the letter, he happily patted the table, and said: "Yuen Long is worthy of being the fierce general of the Great Zhou, and the department of He Yanxi of the Tang State has now been annihilated, and more than 50 warships have been captured. This operation was to give full play to the superiority of our army and annihilate the enemy. ”

The soldier next to him patted his ass and said: "Your Majesty Hongfu, the Great Zhou is mighty, this time the southern expedition, wave the army to destroy the Tang Dynasty." ”

When Guo Rong heard this, he laughed, "Hahaha-that's good!" However, I intended to let Yuen Long continue the march. Come, spread my will, let Zhao Kuangyin speed up the march, be sure to rush to the city of Chuzhou as soon as possible, and attack Qingliu Pass. ”

Guo Rong, the Son of Heaven, ordered Zhao Kuangyin to speed up the march and let him rush directly to Chuzhou to attack Qingliu Pass.

After Zhao Kuangyin packed up his bags, he heard the will of the Son of Heaven, so he ordered his army to rush to Qingliu Pass.

The army arrived not far from Qingliu Pass and saw the Tang ** team stationed here.

In front of Zhao Kuangyin is the Qingliu Pass of the "Jinling Lock Key", the shield of Chuzhou, and the shield of Jiangning Mansion.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the pass in front of him, and said in his heart:

The clear stream pass of Chuzhou, looking at the Yangtze River in the south, controlling the Jianghuai in the north, is the must reach of entering and exiting Jiangning Mansion, it is an important pass, the Southern Tang Dynasty was built at the beginning, and the pass is placed to the northern division.

This pass is precipitous, the mountain is high and the valley is deep, the situation is precipitous, more than ten zhang deep, the pass hole is arched with a stone base.

And Qingliu Pass is the only way to pass through the north-south traffic, known as the "thoroughfare of nine provinces", and has always been a place where soldiers must fight.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the past years, Wu and Chu contended, and the Qingliu Pass was the main road for the heavy plugging and guarding the gate of the land;

Chu and Han contended, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, was defeated, passing through here, and slaughtered Wujiang (Anhui and County).

Han Gaozu Liu Bang waved his troops south, crossed the Qingliu Pass to Dafeng Mountain, and left the historic site of "Han Gaozu Drinking Horse Pool".

During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei and Wu fought here.

During the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Hou Jing raised troops in Shouyang, attacked Qiaozhou in the south, passed through the Qingliu Pass, captured Liyang (now He County), crossed the river to take quarry, and broke the construction industry.

Zhao Kuangyin thought in his heart: If you want to go down to Chuzhou, you must clear the pass, only this pass is in the hands of Zhou Jun, and the gate of Jiangning Mansion can be opened.

At that time, the guards of Qingliu Pass were the Tang State guards Huang Fuhui and Yao Feng.

It is said that Huang Fuhui, this person is brave and scoundrel, and the Tang Rebellion after the past year was caused by this person. At that time, Tang Zhuangzong had already lost his power and the people's hearts were scattered, so as soon as Huang Fuhui instigated, the Weizhou soldiers responded en masse. Later, Li Siyuan waved his troops to counterattack the Beijing Division, and Tang Zhuangzong was shot and killed by mutinous subordinates on the way out, and this series of rebellions was triggered by a military pawn, Huang Fuhui.

However, little is known about Yao Feng.

No matter what Huang Fuhui did before, the Qingliu Pass in front of him is indeed not easy to attack.

In the previous battle of Vortex, Wan Song was very brave in the army, coming all the way from the Western Expedition, Zhao Kuangyin saw it in his eyes, felt that this person was brave in battle, and loyal, and wanted to worship him.

And when Wan Song heard that he was the father of his righteous brother, he did have a sigh in his heart, isn't this just a mess of the relationship, so he refused to accept it at the beginning. And Wan Song didn't want to tell Zhao Kuangyin about this relationship for the time being.

And Zhao Kuangyin had to bow to him, but when there was no way, Wan Song had no choice but to agree.

Zhao Kuangyin thought of this, and he said to Wan Song under him: "Brother Wan, this battle is clear and clear, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are two generals of the Tang Army to check it. ”

"Brother Zhao, you're right!"

"I don't know what kind of plan Brother Zhao has?"

"I've already sent scouts to find out the news, maybe there will be news soon."

……

Zhao Kuangyin had ordered scouts to inquire about the news in the surrounding area, and just now I heard a soldier say that there is a person surnamed Zhao Mingpu in the nearby villages, who has been teaching for several years, and is knowledgeable, wise and resourceful.

And Zhao Pu once worked under General Liu Ci in the Yongxing Military Festival, and he was engaged in it, and he was a colleague with Chu Zhaofu and Wang Renzhen.

After Liu Ci's death, he recommended Zhao Pu to the imperial court.

However, why Zhao Pu appeared in Huainan this time is indeed a mystery, and he also teaches, which really makes Zhao Kuangyin unbelievable.

But it's good to hear that Zhao Pu is kind, conscientious, and strategic.

Zhao Kuangyin seemed to grasp the life-saving straw, he knew that maybe this person was a key to breaking through the Qingliu Pass.

He said to Wan Song: "Brother Wan, the teacher that the scout said may be Wolong!" ”

"Oh! Brother Zhao, let's take a look. ”

So Zhao Kuangyin immediately ordered the army to be stationed here, and then changed into ordinary clothes and went to the surrounding villages.

Zhao Kuangyin only took Wan Song with him, and the two rode to the bottom of the mountain. Dismounted, walked to the village.

The whole village is surrounded by mountains, the mountains near Qingliuguan are high and deep, the terrain is undulating, the forest is deep, and there is the atmosphere of Nanyang Wolong.

At noon that day, Zhao Kuangyin and Wan Song walked to the gate of a village, and then asked the neighbors of the village where Zhao Pu lived, and later learned that Zhao Pu lived by a stream.

The environment is quiet and the ancient trees are towering.

Zhao Kuangyin and Wan Song then walked to the household that the villagers said, and then saw that the bamboo door at the door was closed, Zhao Kuangyin knocked on the bamboo door, and then a scholar in a shirt came out of it.

This person is all dressed in old clothes, but from between his eyebrows, you can see how extraordinary he is. Then the man asked: "I don't know what happened to this brother?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin arched his body and said: "I had no plan in my heart before, so I came to find Mr. Zeping to answer my doubts." ”

Zhao Pu asked, "I don't know what's going on?" ”

"Well, sir, listen to me. Now that I am trapped under the Clear Stream Pass, I can't look south, I wonder what plan my husband has to answer the doubts in Yuen Long's heart? ”

"This ...... It turned out that this brother Tai was the general of Zhou Guo who went to attack the Tang ** team, and he was rude, please don't blame him. However, Zeping is also a Zhou person, so he naturally considers Zhou Guo. Now Zhou Tianzi is going south to Jianghuai, wanting to conquer the Jiangbei Prefectures, so as to dominate the world in the future. Now Zeping heard that Liu Yanzhen of the Tang State was killed, and the army was defeated at the mouth of the vortex, if it is according to the strength of my Great Zhou, the land of Chuzhou in Jiangbei can be taken, and to capture Chuzhou, it must be cleared and cleared, just wait for Qingliu Pass, Chuzhou will be broken, and Jiangning Mansion will be exposed in front of my Great Zhou. Today's general came this time, which can be regarded as asking the right person, Zeping happened to know that there was a shortcut to this Qingliu Pass, and the Tang army did not know this way. And if you go to that place, you will be able to take the enemy by surprise and dominate the enemy. ”

Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed, he heard that Zhao Pu had a clever plan, and he knew that this shortcut was only known to Jap, so he said: "I don't know where the shortcut is in Mr. 's mouth?" ”

"I might as well lead the general to meet me myself."

"Thank you, Mr. Yuen Long!"

"General, please—"

Immediately Zhao Pu led Zhao Kuangyin and Wan Song to the back of Qingliu Mountain, where there is a trail that can lead to Chuzhou City, no one has ever walked, even the Tang Army does not know, if you take a detour from here, take advantage of the period when the stream rises sharply, float down, surprise, attack it unprepared, Chuzhou is at your fingertips.

Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed and said goodbye to Zhao Pu.

After leaving the village, Zhao Kuangyin rode on a horse, went to the barracks, and then informed the soldiers of the incident.

At night, the Zhou army swore an oath overnight, quietly walked from the path, and suddenly appeared behind the mountain.

In the tent of the Tang army, today just met the advance of the Zhou army, and the guard general Huang Fuhui and others were resting, when they suddenly heard the sound of the enemy's night attack, and the Tang army began to prepare for battle.

Huang Fuhui picked up his weapon, rushed out of the camp, and rushed in the direction of the coming Zhou army.

However, the Qingliu Pass is full of enemy troops, and at this moment, the Tang ** battalion is in chaos, and the soldiers are fleeing in all directions, and they don't know where the Zhou army slipped in.

The Zhou army, under the leadership of Zhao Kuangyin, rushed into the Tang army's camp and wanted to cut off the Tang army's retreat.

The guard general Huang Fuhui and others were taken aback, and at this moment they encountered Zhao Kuangyin's troops, and the Tang army couldn't resist it, and wanted to immediately withdraw to Chuzhou City and break the bridge to defend themselves, but it was too late.

Zhao Kuangyin led his troops to bypass the mountain and attacked the Tang army from behind again. Huang Fuhui was shocked and led his troops into Chuzhou City, preparing to break the bridge and defend the city.

Zhao Kuangyin led his troops to cross the river directly and came to the city of Chuzhou.

Huang Fuhui had no choice but to organize the team, and the crowd came back, Zhao Kuangyin held the horse's neck, broke into the enemy formation, and shouted repeatedly: "Just to arrest Huang Fuhui, others are not our enemies!" ”

Wan Song has already set up a battle in the military formation, wanting to capture Huang Fuhui.

When Huang Fuhui heard Zhao Kuangyin's message, he asked someone to send a message to Zhao Kuangyin: "Everyone is their own master, and I hope to fight against you." ”

Zhao Kuangyin heard this and agreed to this request with a smile.

Huang Fuhui led the troops out of the city, and Huang Fuhui felt that Zhao Kuangyin was a hero, so he rode alone and went out with the army.

On the prancing horse, weapons are used.

Zhao Kuangyin then suddenly rushed into the Tang army formation single-handedly, shouting: "I only kill Huang Fuhui, and the others have nothing to do with it!" ”

After Zhao Kuangyin finished speaking, he rushed to Huang Fuhui, drew his sword, slashed his head, and captured him.

However, Huang Fuhui did not die, but was captured and injured.

Seeing that Huang Fuhui was captured, Tang general Yao Feng jumped into battle, and was captured by Zhao Kuangyin, Huang Fuhui and Yao Feng were captured alive, and Chuzhou was successfully conquered.

The Zhou army took Chuzhou City here.