On the 22nd of the first month, Chai Rong personally went to the city of Shouzhou. On the 23rd, Chai Rong levied hundreds of thousands of days and nights on the north bank of the Huai River to attack the city. However, in the face of Shouzhou City, which was guarded by Liu Renzhan, what was the use of besieging millions of soldiers and horses? At this time, the Tang soldiers had reinforcements arriving, and in Tushan, the lower reaches of Shouzhou, the Tang soldiers gathered tens of thousands of reinforcements. On the 26th, Chai Rong ordered Zhao Kuangyin to go. Zhao Kuangyin burned the camp and set up an ambush. Vortex won a great victory, beheaded He Yanxi, and captured more than 50 warships. This was the first time that Emperor Taizu led an army alone. He made a great contribution and lifted the threat from the lower reaches of Shouzhou City in one fell swoop.

Seeing that Shouzhou City could not be attacked for a long time, Chai Rong had to think of another way. Siege for reinforcements? Very good! It seems that you really have a lot of soldiers in the Southern Tang Dynasty! If you have reinforcements all the way to the left and reinforcements from the right, then I will use Shouzhou City as bait and wait for Li Jing to send reinforcements all the way to the rescue. After exhausting your Tang soldiers, I will meet Liu Renzhan again!

The battle of the vortex is one time, and Zhao Kuangyin has won. On February 5, in Shengtang Town, Si Chao defeated more than 3,000 Tang soldiers, Gao Bi was captured, and more than 40 warships were captured. Chai Rong was overjoyed and ordered Li to re-enter the siege of Shouzhou City. Wang Kui marched into Ezhou, Han Lingkun, Zhao Hongyin (Zhao Kuangyin's father), Bai Yanyu, and Zhao Chao marched into Yangzhou, and Wu Xingde attacked Haozhou. Of course, Chai Rongzhi said that these are not the point. What's the point? Chuzhou Qingliu Pass! Huang Fuhui and Yao Feng's 30,000 troops! Who to send? Zhao Kuangyin's second major achievement after the Battle of Gaoping - the Chuzhou victory was staged!

However, Zhao Kuangyin's vortex victory was not only a big victory, but also a little underestimated. He didn't even know where to get one set of bells and whistles, and he would put on this one and ask everyone: How is this outfit? Am I dressed handsome? After a while, I will change to another set and show it to the whole army - how about this set? I still think this set is good... What's even more outrageous is that he actually came up with a set of more bells and whistles to decorate his war horse! Finally, a subordinate couldn't stand it anymore, "General, you are too eye-catching." Be careful to be recognized by the Southern Tang people. Give you an arrow" Zhao Kuangyin pouted disdainfully, "I just want to give the Southern Tang people a chance, so that they can know who I am from now on"

Pour! The whole army expressed depression. Needless to say, with such a chief, I don't know how to die. Sure enough, Zhao Kuangyin was careless, and second, he was not familiar with the type of Qingliu Pass, and was ambushed by Huang Fuhui in Qingliu Pass, losing more than 1,000 soldiers. And Huang Fuhui succeeded in one blow, and the natural danger and clear stream pass were not guarded, so he learned from Liu Renzhen and retreated into Chuzhou City. Tens of thousands of people in Shouzhou City can defeat Chai Rong's 100,000 elite soldiers. There are 100,000 soldiers in this Chuzhou city, and Zhao Kuangyin only has 20,000 elite soldiers, how can he capture it? Just when Zhao Kuangyin was at a loss, the arrival of a person broke the deadlock, Zhao Pu, the founding prime minister of the future Great Song Dynasty! Half of the Treatise on the Wizard of the World, what will this do? Teaching in a small village outside the city of Chuzhou. It is said that Zhao Kuangyin, like Liu Bei, the ancestor of Shu, has a story of visiting the thatched hut to invite talents, and it is this Zhao Pu who is invited. Zhuge Liang gave Liu Bei Longzhong, so what did Zhao Pu give Zhao Kuangyin? A strange plan: I know that there is a path under the road pass, and few people walk. Tang Bing didn't know what to do. But this road can go around the mountain and go straight to the outside of Chuzhou. When the time comes, you can attack it unprepared and go into the city. It's just that this record comes from the Song Dynasty Wang Jun's "Silent Notes", which mainly includes gossip news from the Northern Song Dynasty. And the "Zizhi Tongjian" clearly records that Zhao Pu was recommended on the testament of Liu Ci's death due to the Yongxing Army's festival. After Zhao Kuangyin captured Chuzhou, he was recommended by Fan Zhen to come to Chuzhou as an official, so as to meet Zhao Kuangyin. And Zhao Pu is a native of Youzhou, how can he know everything about a side door in Chuzhou, thousands of miles away? It is likely that there was an old scholar outside Chuzhou City who led the way for Zhao Kuangyin and captured Chuzhou City. And Zhao Pu, who will be famous in the future, has nothing to do before he takes refuge in Zhao Kuangyin. I can't help it, I've wronged you, old comrade. For the time being, I borrowed your great achievements to create such a story of Ming Jun's visit to the famous minister.

Okay, it doesn't matter who leads the way, as long as he can get to the destination. The city of Chuzhou really fell unprepared. Huang Fuhui was shocked, led the troops to meet the enemy, and met Zhao Kuangyin in the narrow alley.

Hui: "I didn't expect you guys to be so fast! Dare to ask the general, the name "Yin" Zhao Kuangyin "Hui" has been famous for a long time. When I saw it today, it was really glamorous, "Yin" General said that I was wearing this dress, "Hui nodded" The general was really bold enough, "Yin" General Huangfu was in Beizhou to fight against the Khitan in the north, and his heroism was a model for our younger generations, "Hui Gloomy" What is the use of the courage of the year? Later, we still let the Khitans occupy Yanyun, so I came here to "persuade Yin", how can this be the general's fault? Shi is incompetent and betrays the country for glory. At present, my Great Zhou Emperor has eliminated maladministration and swept away strong enemies outside. Why don't the generals submit to it? Maybe he can return to the north one day and regain the lost territory" Huang Fuhui's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, but then dimmed, "I have been disloyal once, and I don't want to do it a second time." Today you and I are our own masters. Please General Zhao wait for a while, and let me fight as a team," Emperor Taizu smiled. After the two sides faced each other, Zhao Kuangyin rushed in alone, shouting "I only take Huang Fuhui, others are not my enemies" Huang Fuhui and Yao Feng were captured at the same time, and Chuzhou Suike. Huang Fuhui was completely convinced. Later, Zhao Kuangyin dedicated him to Chai Rong. He said to Chai Rong, "I fought with the Khitan back then, and I have never seen such elite soldiers and such brave generals"

Don't talk about Song Taizu's later eloquence, only talk about the courage at this time. This is also a fame earned with a knife and a gun, and it is by no means like what Liang Qichao, an old and angry young man in the Republic of China, said - Song Yizu has the world, and he has created an unprecedented situation in history. In front of the palace, there was no great achievement, and he did not dare to accumulate dissenting ambitions for a long time. Chen Qiao's change, drunk and lying down has not gotten up, and the yellow robe has been added. The seizure of the country in the hands of orphans and widows is not over in the future...

But if it is not for the great military merits, how can the soldiers be so supportive? If you get drunk casually, you will have a yellow robe, why don't you Liang Qichao get drunk and let me see? Everyone in the world said that the Song Dynasty was a country of weakness and bravery. But at least in Zhao Kuangyin, the ancestor of the founding of the country, there is no lack of courage and combat effectiveness!

The victory of Chuzhou and the battle of Gaoping are said to be of very special significance to Zhao Kuangyin. In October of the 5th year of Emperor Renzong of Song (1053), Wang Jing, the then general judge of Chuzhou, built a palace in the local area after receiving the will of the imperial court. The one who lives up, Zhao Kuangyin should be obedient to the heavens, and he will stand upright. Since then, the merit has been made, and the royal industry has been since then. At the same time, Chuzhou City is also the place where Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu meet. But when the historians of the Zhao and Song dynasties were trying their best to praise the merits of Taizu, they were trying their best to avoid another thing that was also happening in Chuzhou and at this time. That was Zhao Kuangyin's lifelong hatred, so that he could never forgive himself. Until the end of his life, he had to return to Luoyang, where he was born, and threw himself down in front of his father's grave, and repented deeply: Father, forgive me...

It happened late one night. A Zhou army came to the outside of Chuzhou, which had just changed hands: General Zhao, open the city immediately. Your father has arrived...

Zhao Kuangyin immediately got up in his clothes and saw the veteran under the city. I ran away from home at the age of 21 and it has been 9 years. I care about this old father all the time. 's father followed Han Lingkun to attack Yangzhou, but suddenly fell ill on the way and had to return to recuperate. Hearing the news that Zhao Kuangyin won Chuzhou, the old father made a special detour to see him!

Why didn't Zhao Kuangyin want to welcome his father into the city and reunite father and son? But now he is not only the son of his father, but also the general of Chuzhou selected by His Majesty the Emperor - although the father and son are close to each other, the closure of the city gate is a royal matter. Don't dare to obey orders!

In this way, Zhao Hongyin, who was seriously ill, was locked up outside the city by his own son for a whole night. In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Kuangyin, who was full of apologies, personally welcomed his father into the city. But Zhao Hongyin's condition became more serious, and he could no longer hurry, so he could only stay in Chuzhou to recuperate. At this time, Chai Rong ordered Zhao Kuangyin to rush to Yangzhou to supervise Han Lingkun's department!

It's hard to disobey the king's fate, but his father is so sick, how can he leave? And in the final analysis, the reason why my father is seriously ill is that I can't get rid of it. At this time, Zhao Pu stood up calmly, "General, Lingzun will be handed over to me." You can go with confidence."

Zhao Kuangyin deeply thanked Zhao Pu and quickly set off for Yangzhou. After that, Zhao Pu served Zhao Hongyin wholeheartedly, until the end of Chai Rong's first expedition, and Zhao Pu personally escorted Zhao Hongyin back to Kaifeng. But the veteran general, who had worked hard all his life, still did not return to his hometown alive......

In this way, Zhao Kuangyin lost his father forever. Although Song Shi praised "courage to fight, cautious in guarding", his father could be turned away. But in terms of the way of the son of man, does Zhao Kuangyin owe his father too much? You know, my father came to see him at that time...

Zhao Hongyin died, and from then on, the Zhao family no longer regarded Zhao Pu as a foreign surname. They will always remember that the last person to accompany Emperor Xuanzu was their own brother Zhao Pu......

In February 955, Zhao Kuangyin won a great victory in Chuzhou, and on the 11th, Li Jing, who was afraid, wanted to sue for peace while Shouzhou was still in his hands, and sent Wang Zhilang, a general from Sizhou, to Zhouying, Xuzhou, "I will serve you as a brother, pay a certain amount of gold and silver every year, and only ask the two families to strike the army" did not get any response from Chai Rong. On the contrary, Chai Rong ordered Hou Zhang to attack Shouzhou Shuizhai on the 15th, and Han Lingkun to attack Yangzhou on the 16th......

At this time, Chai Rong got good news: Han Lingkun had captured Yangzhou and Taizhou. And bad news: Wang Kui failed in his attack on Ezhou and died honorably. Yangzhou is an important town in Huainan and cannot be missed. Li Jing could only send Sun Sheng and Wang Chongzhen to sue for peace again......