In the silence of the audience, Zhao Kuangyin tore off the white cloth all over his face with his right hand, revealing a young face, between his eyebrows and eyes, full of heroic spirit; On the look, refreshing and cheerful.

In this way, Zhao Kuangyin stood alone on Huang Fuhui's horse, as if he had entered a no-man's land, staring at thousands of Southern Tang soldiers.

A legend is a legend, although not as dazzling and brilliant as the original history.

When Zhao Kuangyin defected to the Later Zhou Dynasty, he first showed his edge and emerged in the Gaoping Battle of the Northern Han Dynasty four years later, and won the attention of Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong with his courage and good strategy, and began to become Chai Rong's favorite right-hand man.

When the Later Zhou Emperor Chai Rong was ambitious and began to launch a plan to unify China, the Southern Tang Dynasty was the first target chosen by the Great Zhou to attack. At that time, Chai Rong personally led the army to the south, besieging Shouzhou, an important military town in the north of the Southern Tang River, and after a long time of attack, he began to encircle the point to send reinforcements, and successively won four great victories in Lukou, Qingliuguan, Chuzhou and Liuhe. In every battle, Zhao Kuangyin charged ahead, winning more with less, laying the cornerstone for the capture of Shouzhou and the capture of the fourteen states of Huainan and Jiangbei. Among them, the two victories of Qingliuguan and Chuzhou are the most important.

The first is a sneak attack on Qingliu Pass. It is said that there was a three-dragon tablet in Shenshan Temple, it is said that the Later Zhou Emperor Chai Rong and the later Great Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi were three, when attacking Qingliu Pass, they detoured to Dingyuan, settled in Shenshan Temple, and then outflanked and sneaked to take Qingliu Pass, and the temple claimed to have sites such as Chai Wangjing.

Next came the Chuzhou victory.

Ouyang Xiu once wrote in "The Story of Fengle Pavilion": "Chu is in the five dynasties of the war, and there is a place for use. In the past, Emperor Taizu tried to use Zhou Shi to break Li Jing's 150,000 soldiers at the foot of Qingliu Mountain, and captured his generals Fuhui and Yao Feng outside the east gate of Chu, so he pacified Chu. ”

A more detailed record is that after the Zhou army outflanked and attacked Qingliu Pass, the army focused on blocking the retreat of the Southern Tang Army, and the defending general Huang Fuhui wanted to immediately withdraw his troops to Chuzhou City and break the bridge to defend himself, but it was too late, and in desperation, he sent someone to Zhao Kuangyin to send a message: "Everyone is their own master, and I hope to fight against you." Then the whole column of remnants of the army came out.

At this time, it is time for the performance of the brave Zhao Kuangyin!

Shi said that he saw him holding the neck of the horse, riding alone into the enemy formation, shouting repeatedly: "Just arrest Huang Fuhui, others are not our enemies!" A man and a horse rushed in front of Huang Fuhui, drew his sword, slashed him in the head, and captured him. Yao Feng hurriedly jumped his horse to fight, and was captured by Zhao Kuangyin again. At this time, another Chuzhou assassin Wang Shaoyan who abandoned the city and fled, and the Zhou army easily took the city of Chuzhou, which was leaderless.

Chinese have always loved to be a venerable, and as for the top venerable who entered the room, it is not only for him, but also for his glory!

Because he later became the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, in various records of later generations, Zhao Kuangyin has countless mythological colors out of thin air since he was born:

For example, it is said that when Zhao Kuangyin was born, there was crimson light all over the house, and the strange fragrance did not disperse after a night. His body was golden and did not change for three days. In fact, there is no way to verify such a thing as red light; Fragrance.,Who doesn't have a ru fragrance on a newborn child?! As for the golden body, scientifically speaking, it is very likely that it is only the most susceptible to pediatric jaundice in newborn children.

Since then, Comrade Zhao, who has been growing up, has often encountered frightening strange things, such as riding a fierce horse on the city wall, hitting his head on the city wall, and there was nothing wrong, but the ghost knew whether his miraculous death at a young age had anything to do with the bruise left in his braincase; He once went out of the house with Han Lingkun to catch sparrows, but as soon as he went out, the house collapsed, and the ghost knew if the house collapsed by two and a half friends in a play, and then casually made up such a reason for exculpation? !

Later, when Lao Zhao was traveling around the world, he actually didn't go to work or look for a job to wander around, and he was reduced to a temple in Xiangyang. It is said that an old monk who is good at looking at looks saw Lao Zhao and took the initiative to step forward and say: "I will fund you all my belongings, and you will have adventures when you go north!" "It's impossible to verify, who witnessed this kind of thing on the spot? The ghost knows if the poor old Comrade Zhao at that time robbed other people's money and covered up the beautification story for himself!

However, Lao Zhao, who went north, took refuge in the first year of Qianyou of the Later Han Dynasty (948 AD) under the account of Guo Wei, who was then a privy envoy, and accompanied the team to conquer Li Shouzhen, and made many military exploits.

As for his famous work - the battle of Qingliuguan and Chuzhou, Comrade Lao Zhao was even more courageous, single-handedly captured Huang Fuhui and Yao Feng, and then went down to Chuzhou.

In any case, the two great victories at Qingliuguan and Chuzhou were not only the benefits of the Later Zhou Emperor Chai Rong, but also an important starting point for Comrade Zhao Kuangyin's later development:

First of all, Lao Zhao was promoted because of his continuous contributions in the Huainan War, and was promoted from Yu Hou (fifth in command) in front of the Later Zhou Palace at that time to inspection point (third in command); Subsequently, the heroic old Comrade Zhao led the order to rectify the army, so as to form a good opportunity for the formation of the backbone of his own lineage army in the future, which could not be found even with lanterns; The last one, and the most important one, Lao Zhao obtained the great trust of Emperor Chai Rong, and laid a solid foundation for later taking charge of the command of the forbidden army step by step (appointing the capital inspection and being promoted to the first leader), and then becoming a minister who was appointed to entrust orphans.

Get back to business. Just when Zhao Kuangyin was domineering and Wei Zhen was in the audience, Wu Qing's thick voice sounded inappropriately: "Don't panic the Tang Dynasty soldiers!" King Qi of the Tang Dynasty has already issued an edict to me, so everyone can stick to the city! ”

"Brush"!

As soon as Wu Qing's voice was raised, almost everyone's eyes turned to this spoiler, and they found that this rough black man was holding a piece of yellow satin cloth in his hand, shaking it desperately, and the color of the cloth was somewhat similar to the color of the legendary holy decree.

"Don't move! Believe it or not, I killed Huang Fuhui with one sword! Zhao Kuangyin was so angry that Wu Qing, who came out to make trouble, yelled angrily, turned his right hand into a knife, and slashed twice.

"I have thousands of generals in the Tang Dynasty, one less Huangfu general, as well as Yao Dujian, and Lord Assassin Shiwang! However, if you lose Qingliu Pass and Chuzhou, Jinling will not have a defense on the north shore, you have thought clearly, what is the most important thing in the end! Wu Qing Shi Ran walked under the gate, shouted loudly, and unfolded the yellow cloth in his hand and shook it twice, "When the King of Qi was leaving, he taught Wu to face to face, if there is a change in Qingliu Pass, everything is to defend the pass and Chuzhou as the most important thing, and if necessary, Wu is allowed to act at the opportunity!" Now, I order, close the gates, and go out of the city to fight with me! ”

After speaking, Wu Qing took Huang Bu into his arms, and the group collided with Huang Fuhui's horse.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't expect Wu Qing to do what he said, so he had to kick the horse's belly violently, forcing the horse to avoid it sideways.

Wu Qing looked like a mad tiger, slashed at him with a knife, and took the time to stare at Huang Fuhui's several personal guards and shouted: "The surname Zhao doesn't dare to kill the old general!" If you don't protect the lord effectively, if you don't rescue the old general, the old general and Qingliuguan will really be finished! We're all done! ”

Hearing this, Huang Fuhui, who had been blushing and closing his eyes and tears, opened his eyes, glanced at Wu Qing shyly, and suddenly shouted: "Listen to Wu Qing, do it!" Because of the fierce struggle, the blade suddenly cut a cut in his neck, and blood flowed immediately.

Several guards glanced at each other and began to drive forward, waving their knives in their hands.

Zhao Kuangyin roared wildly, his fist slammed out, hit Huang Fuhui's temple, and knocked him unconscious at once, and then moved the knife in his left hand, slashed at Huang Fuhui's thigh, and then quickly moved back to his neck, and roared: "Don't force me to kill people now!" ”

The movements of several guards were frozen again.

Zhao Kuangyin kicked away Wu Qing, who pounced again, and drove the horse back.

At this time, only a "bang" was heard, and the south gate of Qingliu Pass fell, and the soldiers on the wall also pulled their bowstrings, aiming at Zhao Kuangyin and Zhou Bing under the city.

"He killed General Huangfu! Avenge General Huangfu! Wu Qing roared angrily and threw himself at the retreating Zhao Kuangyin, and Tao Chun and Zou Shengping also rushed towards Zhou Bing with their soldiers.

The guards glanced at each other again, and also urged the horses to lead the Southern Tang soldiers forward.