Chapter 96: The Arc de Triomphe

Zhao Xu was holding a piece of music in his hand at this time, and this piece was passed from Yangzhou, but this was good news, and the person who took this piece was also here at this time.

This person's name is Zhai Shouxun, he is Li Chongjin's special envoy, but he is not the special envoy sent by Li Chongjin to meet Zhao Kuangyin, he is Li Chongjin's official who contacted Li Yun.

This Zhai Shouxun is a staff member of Li Chongjin, who is quite loyal and honest, or this person also has a certain ability, and is deeply favored by Li Chongjin, this time Li Chongjin learned that Li Yun was going to rebel, so he drew up a detailed plan, preparing to attack Bianjing in the north and south.

"Lord Zhai, your news is so important, he will definitely be rewarded when his father returns victoriously, you have done a good job." Zhao Xu praised this Zhai Shouxun.

"The minister should not be praised by the prince, and the minister is dedicated to the Great Song Dynasty and is loyal to His Majesty." Hearing the prince say that His Majesty may reward him again in the future, this guy smiled.

"Prince Qiqi, the old minister thinks that now is to find a way to stabilize Li Chongjin, now that His Majesty is on the front line, we should not use troops on two fronts, this is not good for us." The privy envoy Wei Renpu took the opportunity to speak.

What he said is also the truth, at this time, it is absolutely impossible to start a war on two fronts, it is easy for the army to be unstable, the Great Song Dynasty has just established the finances is still a little tight, and the feudal towns around the country are watching Zhao Kuangyin's first battle, so the focus is to fight this battle wholeheartedly and give the world a deterrent.

"Well, Gu is also thinking about this matter, so Lord Zhai, let you return to Li Chongjin's side at this time, are you still willing to go?"

"Prince, but please tell Weichen to do his best."

"Hahaha, Lord Zhai is really a loyal minister, Gu will definitely remember your credit, you only have one task when you go back, that is, to delay the time for Li Chong to enter and exit the army, and you can handle the rest yourself, you will set off tonight, this matter is urgent, I will send two other people to protect you along the way, and the safety of the court is on you." Zhao Xu patted Zhai Shouxun on the shoulder.

At this time, Zhai Shouxun was so happy that he was about to faint, the prince gave me such an important task, he looked up to me, and I would definitely not let the prince down. ()

That night, Zhai Shouxun returned to Yangzhou under the escort of two brocade guards, and when he arrived in Yangzhou, he relied on his three-inch not lazy tongue to say that Li Chongjin could not send troops, and the news reached Bianjing, and Zhao Xu also lamented that Li Chongjin was not enough to achieve a big thing.

But this is a good thing for the Great Song Dynasty, avoiding the pain of fighting on two fronts, so that he can go all out to deal with Li Yun. Under Zhao Xu's supervision, a large number of military resources were continuously transported to the front, and the strange thing was that a large number of doctors appeared in the logistics troops, which were newly trained by Zhao Xu, and were being sent to Luzhou by him.

In the past month or so, it has been the most tiring time for Zhao Xu, he has to listen to the ministers report to him every day, and handle government affairs by himself, and occasionally Gao Guiying and them come to tell him jokes, and his life is okay.

"Newspaper, good news for the emperor's great victory;." The silence of Bianjing was broken by the loud shouts of the early morning, which was good news from the northern front, and the Great Song Dynasty had trivinated.

In the morning, a detailed battle report was delivered again, and Zhao Xu took it and looked at it carefully:

Zhao Kuangyin fought very hard with Li Yun, and lost the first battle. In fact, Li Yun's biggest advantage is not the time or the people, his headquarters has a good feng shui, and he has an absolute geographical advantage.

Luzhou, known as Shangdang in ancient times, is high on the ridge of Taihang Mountain, the so-called "shoulder ridge of the world, when the throat of Heshuo", is an absolute place where soldiers must fight.

And there is no shortage of far-sighted people under his subordinates, the problem is that Li Yun is especially similar to Xiang Yu in history, who is rigid and self-serving, and does not listen to others.

He proudly said:

"I have a gun, a sweat horse, why worry about the world is not peaceful" Li Yun had a good start, and he captured Zezhou City in his first battle.

Zezhou, west of Luzhou, facing Taihang Mountain, at this time Li Yun's situation was incomparably better -- as long as he rushed to Taihang, Zhao Kuangyin would no longer be able to stop him. Li Yun used the risk of Taixing, and as soon as he rushed down, he could directly occupy the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and then control almost all the important granaries such as Yongfeng, Huiluo, and Heyang along the coast, and cut off the Cao Yun road of Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty.

The country has no food, and he is panicked, and Zhao Kuangyin has just won the country, and the people are uncertain. Even if he is entrenched, he will not be able to maintain his rule!

When the news came, Zhao Kuangyin panicked, there was no other way but to fight with battle, and he had to win! Ordered the guards stationed in Hebei, Ma Bujun, the deputy commander of the army, Shi Shouxin and the deputy capital in front of the palace, and Gao Huaide immediately led the army to quickly advance.

It must be fast, not to let Li Yun break through the pass and enter Henan, and at this time, Liu Jun, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, also joined the rebellion and has personally led the army out of Taiyuan to aid Li Yun.

Zhao Kuangyin personally took command, marched day and night, non-stop, Zhao Kuangyin was determined to climb Taihang Mountain first, but Li Yun was still at the foot of Taihang Mountain and Liu Jun were not clear.

Originally, Li Yun was very happy to hear that Liu Jun personally led the team to support him, but he didn't expect him to be stunned when he saw Liu Jun, although he often fought with the Northern Han, but this time he was really stunned.

His Majesty the dignified emperor only brought a few thousand weak men and horses, not to mention the war, and it took a long time to organize a walk around.

Liu Jun has always relied on the Khitan people to live, no matter what Liu Jun says, Li Yun just doesn't allow the Khitans to get involved, this is a matter of principle!

Never let go, Li Yun still snorted and tearful, one by one, "loyal to the Zhou family, dare not fear death and submit to the Song Dynasty", just like that, talking about it, all the support Li Yun got from Liu Jun was thousands of old and weak soldiers, a title of King of Xiping, and a military representative. At the same time, it was promised that there would be reinforcements behind.

Li Yun's mouth was dry, but Zhao Kuangyin was impatient, Shi Shouxin and Gao Huaide arrived immediately, near Changping, not far from Taipingyi, the place of the alliance, the first large-scale engagement between the two sides, the Hedong Army died more than 3,000 people, and Zezhou faced loss.

This is nothing, but then the troublesome characters come, the second military figure of the Song Dynasty in Zhending, in front of the palace to check Murong Yanzhao and Wang Quanbin, the queen of the Zhangde army, have been dispatched, and are rapidly approaching Zezhou, and Shaanxi, Jingxi and other places have also completed the assembly, ready to launch a comprehensive offensive against Li Yun's hometown Luzhou.

And Zhao Kuangyin has already been released, Zhao Kuangyin put all the belongings in his hand, and he himself led the forbidden army from Kaifeng, quickly crossed the Yellow River, and went straight to the towering and dangerous Taihang Mountain.

The situation is very grim, people across the country who are ready to rebel like Li Yun are staring at these two, Kaifeng is now an empty city, if Zhao Kuangyin can't take Li Yun in a short time, Li Chongjin will give him a fatal blow at any time.

Zhao Kuangyin fought with all his might, and finally broke through Zezhou, Li Yun raised the fire ****, Zhao Kuangyin took advantage of the situation, and appeased officials and people all the way. Surrendered everywhere, and finally arrived in Luzhou, Li Yun's son Li Shoujie was not observant at all, and the young man chose to surrender very wisely, and was treated well by Zhao Kuangyin.

In this way, in just one month, Hedong was pacified, and Zhao Kuangyin continued to find the next opponent Li Chongjin to practice, the so-called Hedong was just a month's time, and he just fought a decent battle in Zezhou.

Li Yunyue thought so at the time, leaving his son Li Shoujie to guard the party and lead his troops to the south.

Unexpectedly, Song Taizu had already taken the lead and sent the generals Shi Shouxin and Mu Rong Yanzhao to attack Li Yun, and Mu Rong Yanzhao went north to Changping to defeat Li Yun's army in the first battle, and captured 3,000 people.

Immediately afterwards, Song Taizu drove his own expedition, joined forces with Shi Shouxin and others, and defeated Li Yun's 30,000 main force south of Zezhou, and Li Yun was forced to hold on to Zezhou in the north.

Song Taizu personally supervised the battle and captured the city of Zezhou, and Li Yun went to the fire **** and died. His son, Li Shoujie, surrendered in Shangdang, and the first old warlord who opposed the Northern Song dynasty was eliminated.

When he died, he was still waiting for Liu Jun's reinforcements, but Liu Jun of the Northern Han Dynasty, who had promised to send troops to help, sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, but he did not move. This is really the biggest pit teammate.

At this moment, Li Yun was really played to death by this teammate who was stronger than a pig, and people were still sitting on other people's emperors, but Li Yun was in a different place.

Zhao Xu laughed when he saw this:

"Father is really heroic, he put down Li Yun's rebellion in such a short time, all adults take a look." Zhao Xu was proud, as if he had won a battle.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live"

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live"

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live"

All the ministers, whether they are sincere or insincere, are all shouting long live, such sycophants are not patted in vain.

"Lone decided to give his father and the emperor a grand welcome ceremony to celebrate the victory of my Great Song Dynasty. What do you think? ”

The grand welcome ceremony did not cost a lot of money, and Wang Pu, who had always spent money carefully, especially Wang Pu, who was more cautious in spending money from the treasury, did not do it:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the emperor may not agree, and the emperor will definitely not approve of you using the money from the treasury on this."

"Lord Wang, this is your mistake, the emperor triumphed, this is a means for our courtiers to show respect for the emperor, shouldn't it?" As soon as Wang Pu's words were finished, Tao Gu jumped out.

Since Tao Gu prepared the edict of the Zen throne in advance when Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, he was deeply valued by Zhao Kuangyin, and he has now temporarily served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, so he has to be said to be a high position.

"Master Tao, did the old man say that he didn't respect the emperor, but he ......"

"Okay, two Aiqing, you don't have to argue, I didn't say that it would take a lot of effort, what I mean is to build a gate on the right side of the north city gate, just like the archway, the name is the triumphal arch, this is a special honor for meritorious soldiers, it is not everyone can pass, only those meritorious soldiers can pass through this gate."

"I guess it's more useful than rewarding money, and sometimes it's an honor that the soldiers want."

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