The fleet slowly stopped, Li Hanqiong went ashore, strode to the front, looked at the leader, and said loudly: "You are Wei Yu?" ”

"General, the last general is exact."

"You're wise, kid."

Wei Yu could only be submissive.

Cao Bin took Chizhou, fought with the Southern Tang Dynasty Navy on the Tongling River, defeated the Southern Tang Dynasty Army, captured more than 200 warships, and captured more than 800 people. But in general, they were skirmishes compared to the forces of both countries.

Then Cao Bin took Wuhu County.

Forced by the might of the Song army, Wei Yu, the judge of the Xiongyuan Army in Tu County, had no choice but to surrender the city.

At this time, the Southern Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers didn't care too much, and Cao Bin and his entourage made Li Yu Zhang Xun very ashamed, just like a thief, such a huge fleet, did not dare to fight a decisive battle with the main army of Hukou Zhu Quanyun, but deceived Chizhou, and then won a small victory in Tongling in the Yangtze River with more encirclement and less, as for Wuhu, Li Yu thought about it for a long time before thinking of this place, oh, that small town, it is true that Wuhu is really small at this time, pitifully small, if it is not for a unique small port, I am afraid that the county does not even have a thousand households.

This shows that the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty did not understand military affairs.

Cao Bin took Chizhou Tongling, which is equivalent to cleaning the rear, which is really not important, and what is more deadly is Dangtu. Tongling, Chizhou, and Wuhu can still be said to be unimportant, because there are one lake after another in the middle, which is not conducive to the mobilization of the army, but is it not important to be Tu? What is in front of it, that is the quarry rock, to the quarry rock there are several avenues to Jinling.

But it can't be said that they don't understand it at all, and they also understand a little bit, and they heard that something happened to Dangtu. Let Yang Shui and Sun Zhen lead 20,000 troops to be stationed in Quarry Rock. 20,000 people seemed to be a lot, but they were facing the main force of the Song army. What is the role of 20,000 people?

Li Yu actually thought that it was safe, and then he suddenly changed his interest. Changed to the Tao, studied the "Book of Changes" at home, and wanted to delve into the mysteries of the Book of Changes while holding Xiao Zhouhou.

And another piece of news came that made him feel at ease.

The Song army attacked from all sides, including the southern part of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Tanzhou soldiers attacked Pingxiang and defeated the defender Liu Maozhong, who was not the Northern Song Dynasty forbidden army. But it can't be underestimated, Pan Mei used the Tanzhou soldiers to take down the entire Southern Han Dynasty with part of the imperial forbidden army.

Li Yu tried to compare the combat effectiveness of the armies of the two countries from this......

This is a joke, it's not that the Tanzhou soldiers can't do it, the combat effectiveness of the Tanzhou soldiers is equally fierce, and the Hunan soldiers in later generations have become an important pillar of the Qing Dynasty. It has nothing to do with the soldiers, it is the general, the one who sent the troops to Pingxiang this time is Zhudong, the governor of Tanzhou, this person is a first-class good official, but not a military strategist. Let him govern the local line, but let him lead the troops to fight, which is not as good as Song Jiu. Only then did he defend Pingxiang. The real tiger is in Jiangbei and Zhou, looking at the southeast direction every day.

Cao Bin also got off the ship.

is different from Li Hanqiong's boldness and pride. Cao Bin was kind and pleasant, and comforted Wei Yu. This person will have a big role next, and that is Quarry Rock.

Cao Bin sent a team of soldiers and horses to stay behind as Tu. Then he boarded the battleship and slowly went down the river to Quarry Rock. Just anchored by the river, and confronted each other on the river and the bank. Occasionally, tiger cannons and Fuyuan crossbows were used to fire volleys at the riverbank. The imperial court already had enough steel for the Song army to squander.

Yang Shui was forced to be helpless, so he had to let the camp move back.

The confrontation was held for the time being, the Song army was on the boat, and the Southern Tang army was helpless, but it was very difficult for the Song army to go ashore.

Li Yu did not see that a huge crisis was coming, he did two things, the first thing was to restore the emperor's identity, the name is not justified, with the title of emperor, can the whole country be mobilized. This idea is not bad, but it is not the same thing to do it, look at the various things in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and you can see the various things when the Song Dynasty fell in the future. The second thing is to write a letter to Qian Yu, without me today, how can there be a king tomorrow! Once the son of tomorrow changes places, Wang Yiliang will be clothed and clothed.

Qian Yu didn't listen, but handed the letter to Zhao Kuangyin to show his loyalty, and then killed Nantang non-stop. Li Yu was puzzled at first, and then smiled bitterly, because he had done the same thing three years ago.

But this letter played some role, and Shen Huzi, the prime minister of Wu Yue, saw that after he saw it, he said, Jiangnan, the barrier of our country, why should he withdraw his shield?

After talking in the front, he dismissed his political affairs in the back and replaced him with Cui Renyi. Shen Huzi was right, and Li Yu was not wrong, but it was too late to say it at this time, if Li Yu joined forces with Jingnan Bashu in Hunan a long time ago, don't be like him Lao Tzu in terms of internal governance, even if it is like Qian Yu, the Song Dynasty will not be able to swallow them one by one. But how can these countries work together? Counting on Gao Jichong? Does Jing Nan dare. Counting on Zhou Baoquan of Danda, does Zhang Wenbiao agree? Or count on Meng Chang, who is as mediocre as Li Yu, that is, agree, why should he be an enemy of the Song Dynasty?

Now it's even later.

And soon there was a vivid example, Liu Jiyuan heard that the Song Dynasty sent troops to the Southern Tang Dynasty, and knew that once the Southern Tang Dynasty took it, the next object would be the Northern Han Dynasty. Therefore, all the children in the army, from the age of 17 and above, were all registered as soldiers, collected all the horses of the people, and sent Wei to attack Pingyang and use them to support the Southern Tang Dynasty. But as soon as the Northern Han soldiers came out of Taiyuan City, there was nothing, and the Song Dynasty did not mobilize troops and horses at all, and only Jinzhou Zhiwu Shouqi garrisoned troops in one state, and defeated Weijin with 5,000 soldiers and horses.

Liu Jiyuan had no choice but to ask for help from the Khitan to explain the reason, not to let the Song Dynasty take the Southern Tang Dynasty, otherwise it will become a great harm to our country and your country. However, at this time, the Khitan rebellion was endless, coupled with the mess left by the sleeping king, the Khitan also needed a peaceful environment, so they did not listen, but sent an envoy to Liu Jiyuan to say that the strength and weakness were different, and they had to invade without recklessness. The Khitan did not send troops, what strength did the Northern Han have to respond to the Southern Tang Dynasty? Liu Jiyuan cried after hearing this, and after crying, he was angry, and almost impulsively prepared to send troops to attack the Khitan to retaliate, but was persuaded by the ministers.

That is, now Qian Yu wants to resist and can no longer work, at most it will increase the difficulty of the Song Dynasty to recover the Southern Tang Dynasty, but the consequences of doing so, the Song Dynasty will take the Southern Tang Dynasty, and it will inevitably vent its anger on Wu Yue.

Cao Bin didn't know all these things for the time being, he was drinking with Wei Yu against the river.

A glass of soju was in his stomach, and Wei Yu was almost so spicy that he even burst into tears.

"It's cold and freezing, and it's a good thing to have this soju."

"Guohua. It's just too expensive. ”

"General Li, you better eat less wine." Cao Bin persuaded. Li Hanqiong has a wooden personality and excellent martial arts. Good at fighting, but there is one bad thing, that is, he likes to get drunk. It's okay for others to be drunk and crazy, he is the enemy of all people, once he gets drunk and crazy, others can't pull it if they want to. Not only were the soldiers afraid that Li Hanqiong would go crazy with alcohol, but even Cao Bin didn't want Li Hanqiong to get drunk and crazy on the boat. If you can't pull it, it's on the river and falls into the river. Even he was derelict in his duties.

Li Hanqiong may not be afraid of Cao Bin, but Cao Bin has the emperor's secret letter, and he can execute the generals below Pan Mei at will, and he has to listen if he doesn't listen, so he can only watch Cao Bin depressedly take away the wine bottle in his hand. Cao Bin said the right thing: "Hanging heaven, you have been working in Dangtu for a long time, can you have a shortcut to the quarry?" ”

"Yes, but there are military villages built on each road, which is not easy to attack. In my opinion. It's better to attack, Yang Shufei is not a general, and he did not set up a large camp on the shore and rushed ashore. to defeat him. However, I hope that General Cao will kill fewer prisoners. ”

Cao Bin said: "You remind me of a person. ”

Li Hanqiong pursed his lips, whether Wei Yu or Song Jiu, it was not his dish.

But Wei Yu's words also helped Cao Bin. And so the Battle of Quarry Rock began. With Wei Yu as a guide, Cao Bin knows everything about the roads when he is painted to quarry. He also did not attack from land, but he divided his forces from Dangtu to make a feint to confuse Yang Shui. Just when Yang Shu sent troops on all sides. Cao Bin launched a strong attack. More than 20,000 Southern Tang troops were defeated in the blink of an eye, capturing Yang Shu and Sun Zhen, as well as more than 1,000 prisoners of war.

……

"Don't mess around, check the cables separately," Hao Shoujun commanded as he stood on the edge of the Anhui River.

The craftsmen tied the boats to the bamboo rafts one by one.

Lu Wanyou personally inspected it, and then ordered: "Let's go." ”

If you want to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, the most important pass is the Yangtze River, originally this river made the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers quite a headache, even if people passed it is not good, there must be grain and grass materials, otherwise the Southern Tang Dynasty is strong and clear, because of the lack of grain and grass materials, the most difficult had to retreat.

Or load it by boat, but what if the Southern Tang Dynasty uses the method of Hunan? Of course, there is a way, but that will turn into a terrible protracted war, and even if the Southern Tang Dynasty is obtained, the national strength of the Song Dynasty will be greatly damaged. Even the Song Dynasty could not guarantee the timely delivery of the army across the Yangtze River.

This is the wealthy Southern Tang, although Li Yu did not do well, he did not implement much tyranny, as long as the main force did not arrive, maybe the Southern Tang could be defeated. There are too many surprises like that.

But with the arrival of Fan Ruobing, it was easy to solve, and there was a way, that is, to build a bridge on the Yangtze River. But no one has done it since ancient times, so the test was done at the mouth of the stone tablet that is very similar to the water surface. Cao Bin took the beachhead, and it was time to build a bridge.

The north-westerly wind was strong, and the long flotilla was fast and quickly approached Quarry Rock. Then the soldiers of the Song Dynasty also turned into people, holding nails, axes, and chisels in their hands. In fact, if it were the Southern Tang Dynasty people to do it, they would be more proficient. But...... But this is the Yangtze River, how fast the current is, even the boat is not easy to stop, and it is such a long pontoon bridge, how much momentum does it have to resist?

Li Yu thought about it in the palace for a long time, and finally figured out that the Song Dynasty army wanted to forcibly build a pontoon bridge on the Yangtze River. Li Yu asked Zhang Yu in disbelief: "Zhang Qing, do you think this can be done?" ”

Zhang Yi said: "The minister has turned over all the history books, and there is no similar record. The minister thought it was impossible. ”

"I also thought the Song people were child's play."

However, just when they thought it was child's play, Cao Bin spent three days building a long flying rainbow on the quarry rock.

Li Yu panicked at this time, and immediately sent two armies, Du Zhen led 10,000 troops on land to rush over, and Zheng Yanhua led the water army on the Yangtze River, the task of the two armies is very simple, that is, at any cost, this pontoon bridge must be destroyed, otherwise the Song Dynasty army and materials will continue to flow to the south of the Yangtze River through this bridge.

But at this time, Jiangbei cheered thunderously.

Not only did Li Yu think it was child's play, but Song Jun was also suspicious in his heart, they may have seen Song Jiu's flying bridge, but it was only a few tens of meters wide, and they may have seen Song Jiu's ten-story building, but it was far less than the height of Luoyang Mingtang in the Tang Dynasty. This is the Yangtze River, how can it become a bridge?

"Rush." Pan Mei said coldly.

A mixed class of horses and feet stepped onto the giant rainbow.

As soon as Pan Mei came ashore, he met Du Zhen's army, and without saying a word, the two armies were killed together. Pan Mei and Cao Bin are two different styles, he is brave, fast, fast to attack, fast to retreat, Cao Bin is slow or steady, so Pan Mei can quickly take Lingnan, Cao Bin is very slow regardless of the remnants of Pingluhan or Pingnan Tang. Which of the two styles is good, it's a bit hard to say, or that the two of them will use soldiers, and it won't take a few years to compare them immediately.

At this time, Zheng Yanhua also led the navy to arrive, he was downstream, it is not easy to attack with fire, but it is easy to destroy this pontoon bridge, as long as someone attacks the pontoon bridge, cut the cable, cut it into several sections, the bridge will automatically drift with the current to the downstream of the river, and even the sea, the pontoon bridge will be destroyed. However, he looked at the cold faces of the Song Dynasty soldiers on the pontoon bridge, the bows and arrows in his hands, and looked at the 10,000 troops of Du Zhen under Niuzhu Mountain on the shore like a piece of dim sum, which was quickly swallowed by Pan Meiling......

Thousands of sails flew off the river, egrets flew together, the river and the sky were the same, and the scenery was really spectacular, but the soldiers of the Song Dynasty flowed one by one, and then scratched their heads, this is the first thing? (To be continued......)