Chapter 123: Yangzhou Meeting
Song Yanwu here also received a holy decree, which was a holy decree appointing him as a temporary envoy. He knew that sooner or later Li Chongjin would have such a day.
Song Yanwu was left here when Chai Rong began to conquer the fourteen states of Jiangbei in the Southern Tang Dynasty, no matter how his official position changed, but he always had the control of the naval army to prevent the Southern Tang Dynasty, even in the Great Song Dynasty.
But from this point, you can see this person's ability, otherwise he would not be favored by the emperors of the two dynasties.
Yangzhou is bordered by the Yangtze River in the south, facing Zhenjiang City across the river, and Song Yanwu's water division can also deter Yangzhou here.
Therefore, Li Chongjin has also come to Song Yanwu from time to time recently, in the final analysis, it is still to win him over, Lao Li originally wanted to use force to make Song Yanwu submit, but in the end he gave up.
Li Chongjin had no choice but to use the trick of bribery, so he sent Song Yanwu a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, as well as stunning beauties.
Song Yanwu also did not refuse, I will ask for whatever you give me, on the surface, he was very kind to Li Chongjin, but when he turned his face, he was drunk and reported to the capital at this time, and sealed Li Chongjin Song's gold, silver and jewelry.
The stunning beauty gave it to his heart, otherwise the imperial court would not have slowly reduced Li Chongjin's grain and grass.
"I already knew about Li Chongjin's small movements, you think I have lived in vain for so many years, and you want to pull me into the water, but the door is not reads;." After Song Yanwu received the holy decree, he saw that his subordinates seemed to still have questions, so he explained.
"Your Excellency is wise, so why do you still accept Li Chongjin's gift? Doesn't that also give an excuse to those who want to attack you? The sudden henchman asked.
"Hehe, do you know how a cat catches mice, they don't eat the mice when they catch them, but eat them when they get tired of it, do you know why?"
No one answered, or Song Yanwu said alone:
"That's in the eyes of the cat, and the mouse is its plaything, and it is not qualified to be in the same position as it."
Song Yanwu said here and touched a letter in his arms with his hand, which was a letter from Zhao Xu from Jinyiwei, which said that no matter what Li Chongjin said, he should bear it, but when he acted, was it appropriate to be confused?
Maybe in the eyes of my prince, we are all rats, even rats are divided into three, six, nine and so on, even if I, Song Yanwu, am a mouse, but I am not a stupid mouse.
"Okay, don't talk about it, let's prepare, the prince has already led the army to arrive, according to his orders, we must block Yangzhou City first, let our brothers be sharp, don't deal with our sailors." The people below were ordered to go out.
According to the historical records of later generations, in October of the first year of Jianlong of the Great Song Dynasty, Song Yanwu, who had just been appointed as the imperial court envoy, immediately ordered the naval army stationed on the Yangtze River to surround Yangzhou City except for the troops necessary to defend the Southern Tang Dynasty.
There are still a few Li Chongjin's henchmen guarding the periphery of Yangzhou City, but they are also used to being the overlord of the earth, and they have developed the arrogance of Lao Tzu who is the best in the world, thinking that no one dares to provoke them in Yangzhou. Therefore, during the period of duty, several of them were drunk.
Without much effort, Song Yanwu completely put this group of people in a water prison, and what awaited them was darkness and endless black water immersion.
By the time Li Chongjin in Yangzhou City learned the news, Song Yanwu's navy had already imposed a blockade near Yangzhou City, cutting off Yangzhou City and the outside world.
There is no way Li Chongjin also sent a large number of troops to open Yangzhou City under Song Yanwu's blockade, and it is not a matter to let him blockade it like this, wouldn't he and others become just turtles in the urn?
Li Chongjin also knew that this was quite important, so he personally put on the battle and led his subordinates to attack Song Yanwu with the most loyal and courageous soldiers, and the soldiers branded by Li Chongjin.
Although it may be that Song Yanwu's troops are not as good as the people brought by Li Chongjin, after all, what Lao Li selected were the loyal elites in his hands. ()
But he ignored one point, Song Yanwu's troops were not infantry, nor cavalry, they were naval forces, rampant on the water.
What's even funnier is that the people brought by Li Chongjin are basically landlubbers, your combat effectiveness is to force us to be strong, the ruler is short, the inch is strong, you are tough on land, we are not as good as ourselves.
But if we can't beat you, we can run, to the water, where is our world, Lao Li was also very happy when he saw that Song Yanwu had retreated.
But the people just held up to the warship in the water, shouting from time to time, and where others cursed, how could Li Chongjin stand it, and immediately collected many fishing boats to go to the water to fight with them.
At this time, one of his henchmen, named Xiang Mei, immediately stopped Li Chongjin and persuaded him not to be angry for a while, after all, the water will not be our world.
Xiang Mei is not very talented and strategic, that is, he is dizzy when he is a landlubber on the boat, so he tries his best to prevent Li Chongjin.
Li Chongjin thought about it, and was about to turn around and give an order to let the soldiers be stationed here first and Song Yanwu to consume this, when he heard a sentence that made him completely lose his mind.
On Song Yanwu's warship, a man who spoke in an unknown dialect shouted at the top of his voice:
"Li re-enter my day, your ancestors, your courage is so small, you look down on you." The sailors around him were laughing.
Li Chongjin's last shred of reason was burned by anger, and he ordered his troops and horses to rush towards the warship, and his soldiers also went hard.
There is no doubt that this group of landlubbers did not have the slightest combat effectiveness when they got to the water, and they were either knocked over and fell into the water, or they vomited so much that they couldn't do it, and the people who went were nine out of ten.
Fortunately, Li Chongjin ran fast when he saw the opportunity, but there were only a few loyal guards around him, and the thousands of people he brought were still struggling in the water! At this time, the sailor went ashore again, and Li Chongjin was so frightened that he ran into the city desperately, where there was still a trace of a general.
Song Yanwu ordered his men not to chase it, our task is to blockade Yangzhou City and wait for the prince to catch this mouse.
After this small battle, it still ended in a complete defeat on Li Chongjin's side, and the morale of Li Chongjin's side was even more depressed.
Xiang Mei, who had just spoken to Li Chongjin, said to Li Chongjin again:
"Marshal, now the morale of the army is very low, then Song Yanwu is really hateful, we must find a way to improve morale!"
"I don't know where to go, but our grain and grass won't last for a few days, alas!"
Li Chongjin, who turned around, said angrily:
"Zhao Kuangyin has appointed the crown prince Zhao Xu as the deployment of Yangzhou Xingying, Li Chugeng as the capital supervisor, and Song Yanwu as the capital envoy. And Zhao Xu is fully responsible for the military this time.
Such important information. We don't know anything, and I don't know the meticulous work that I spent countless energy cultivating? ”
No one dared to talk, at this time he was angry, and no one dared to touch the mold, so everyone chose to be silent.
At this time, Zhang Chonghe walked in, he already knew that Li Chongjin was in a bad mood now, but he still pretended to have the courage to walk forward:
"Your Excellency and the generals don't need to be so discouraged, we haven't reached the end of the mountain yet, don't forget, now the army in the city is completely in our hands, there are about 50,000 people, and we still have more than 20,000 elites."
After Zhang Chonghe said this, everyone immediately calmed down, yes, although Yangzhou City is not sympathetic to the iron wall, it is also very strong.
During this time, Li Chongjin carried out a great purge inside and outside the city, and all those who were disloyal to him or dissatisfied with him were killed.
Therefore, these generals shuddered when they thought of this, although the generals were loyal to Li Chongjin, they did not dare to guarantee that Li Chongjin would attack them when he went crazy, so everyone has been cautious recently.
When Li Chongjin was discussing countermeasures here, Zhao Xu had already connected with Song Yanwu, Zhao Xu stood at the bow of the boat, looked at the Yangtze River from afar, looked at the rolling river, and unconsciously chanted:
Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water,
The waves sweep away the heroes.
Success or failure turns empty.
The green mountains are still there,
Several degrees of sunset red.
White-haired fisherman on the river,
Accustomed to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze.
A pot of turbid wine is happy to meet.
How many things have happened in ancient and modern times,
It's all laughing and talking.
"Okay, the prince is really a good writer, and the officials admire him." Song Yanwu is not a sycophant, but in terms of literary talent, it is very good, and what is even more rare is that it corresponds to the river in front of him.
Zhao Xu's old face flushed, where is his literary talent, but Yang Shen of the Ming Dynasty, but if he said it, he didn't write it himself, and no one would believe it, so he should be his own.
"Lord Song, you see that this river keeps flowing eastward all the time, without a moment's pause, how many heroes and heroes have appeared throughout the ages and passed away with this river. No one is immune. ”
"Why should the prince be so sad." Miao Xun, who was holding a feather fan, walked out, he had come to Yangzhou a long time ago, and the Jinyi Guard and Fengying here were all under his command to carry out intelligence spying on Yangzhou.
Song Yanwu didn't know much when he saw this person, but he still made a salute, and Miao Xun also changed a salute.
"Lord Song, this is Mr. Miao of the Imperial Seal of Emperor Chrysostom, and Mr. This is Lord Song Yanwu, the commander of the sailors stationed in the Yangtze River." Under Zhao Xu's recommendation, the two exchanged pleasantries again.
"Why should the prince be sad, which hero in history is not an ancient man now, but they have left a desirable hope, and the Han Dynasty has become a legend of the wolf Juxu who has Huo Quai;
Chen Tang's offense is a strong man, although he is far away, he will be punished as a soldier's high honor;
Which of the twenty-four heroes of Tang Taizong's Lingyan Pavilion has not been passed down to future generations and praised by others? ”.
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