Chapter 4: Hidden Crisis

After Ye Yunfeng went back, although he was still worried about the hexagram of Wen Jin in his heart, he didn't think much about it in his heart. Because there should be no fighting in the next few years.

Previously, the whole world was divided, but after years of conquest by various forces, the regimes with less warlord power were all annexed by Southern Chu, Northern Yan, Northern Qi, Southern Tang, and Later Han. Originally, among these five countries, especially Southern Chu, had the most extensive strength and territory.

The Later Han Dynasty, where Ye Yunfeng is located, is equal in strength to Southern Chu, but the territory is not as vast as Southern Chu, and Southern Tang is located in the land of Sichuan and Shu, with rich natural resources, but its military strength is the weakest.

However, since ancient times, there are natural dangers to defend in Shu, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack, although all forces are eyeing it, but they dare not do it easily. Only Southern Chu covets the resources of Shu, always sends troops to harass the border of Shu, and will rob a large amount of grain to return to China.

Li Houzhao, the monarch of the Southern Tang Dynasty, finally couldn't bear it anymore and secretly contacted the Later Han Dynasty, wanting to fight against Southern Chu together, and then divide the territory of Southern Chu together. This battle dates back to seven years ago, when it was Ye Yunfeng who led the Zhenxiao Army to the expedition, and he was named the Generalissimo of Pingnan at that time, leading the 100,000 elites of the Zhenxiao Army, and the 50,000 cavalry of Li Ting, the chief general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, known as the 300,000 army to fight against Southern Chu.

At that time, before Ye Yunfeng set out on the expedition, he took the lead in setting off with 5,000 light cavalry, and unexpectedly conquered Xuzhou, the military stronghold of Southern Chu, Xuzhou is the granary of Southern Chu, and taking Xuzhou will make the soldiers of Southern Chu like a fish in the throat.

Ye Yunfeng knew that this victory was all about surprise, so Xuzhou could not stay for a long time, so he ordered all the grain and grass in Xuzhou to be burned, and then ran overnight to make peace with the rear army.

By the time Southern Chu found out, it was already too late, at this time, Ye Yunfeng took advantage of the panic of the Southern Chu army and the people, and ordered the army to go south, and the troops came to the capital of Southern Chu in three months.

Then let Li Ting set up an ambush on the road around the capital, so that the reinforcements of Southern Chu could not arrive in Jinling in time to rescue, and Jinling City has been besieged, on the one hand, there is a shortage of food and grass in the city, on the other hand, the siege of the city for a long time, and the arrival of reinforcements can not be seen, and the soldiers and civilians in the city gradually began to despair.

Ye Yunfeng knew this very well, so after besieging the city for more than a month, he expected that the army in the city had no intention of defending, and the combat effectiveness must have seriously declined, so he ordered the siege of the city, and finally took Jinling City without much effort.

After this battle was fought, Ye Yunfeng became famous in the first battle and became a great hero admired by everyone among the people of the Later Han Dynasty, and the rest of the armies of various countries trembled when they heard Ye Yunfeng's name!

After taking Jinling City, Chu Tianfeng, the monarch of Southern Chu, and his queen committed suicide, and the entire Southern Chu was under control, but there were still some remnants of the forces, and they wanted to recover the Southern Chu court, so they were not to be afraid because the forces were too small.

Emperor Liu Yishan of the Later Han Dynasty was very happy, and because this expedition mainly relied on the command of Ye Yunfeng, and the power of the Southern Tang Dynasty was too small, so after the destruction of Southern Chu, the Later Han Dynasty occupied most of the territory of Southern Chu, and the Southern Tang Dynasty only got a small piece.

Emperor Li Houzhao of the Southern Tang Dynasty dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, but he had always been very careful, what he never expected was to solve the hungry wolf of Nanchu, but fatten the tiger of Houhan.

After returning from victory, Mrs. Ye gave birth to Wenjin, the so-called double happiness, but it didn't take long for Li Houzhao of the Southern Tang Dynasty to be very concerned, so he united with the Northern Qi to fight against the Later Han.

That's why Ye Yunfeng has been fighting outside for the past five years, just for the alliance of the other party's Southern Tang and Northern Qi, but after returning from victory this time, Ye Yunfeng's heart is really decided.

Because he knew that it would be impossible to fight in a short period of time, because after all these years of conquest, the strength of the Later Han Dynasty was already outstanding, and the Northern Qi, Northern Yan, and Southern Tang would definitely not dare to make a mistake easily.

Therefore, after Ye Yunfeng returned from the five-year victory, the first thing he did was to take his wife and Wen Jin to the Longyin Pavilion, and then he wanted to get along with Wen Jin in the peaceful time of these few years and fulfill his responsibilities as a father.

He was very strict with his previous two sons, because in his eyes, these two sons would also go to the battlefield in the future, so he had been teaching them military law, and because of this matter, he and Mrs. Ye had a lot of quarrels.

This time he likes a daughter, so he just wants to pamper his daughter well, and he doesn't want to be as strict as before. But is it really a good thing that there is no war in the world, and the people live and work in peace and contentment?

This may be a good thing for people all over the world, but for Ye Yunfeng, it is a big crisis!