In July, it coincided with the festival of the plum rain, according to the celestial phenomena that came and went, just some rain fell, but at this moment the thunder on the border of the Tang and Song dynasties was rolling, and there was a vision.

Let's talk about the Shouzhou border, the Tang army is dead in the city, hundreds of miles outside the city gate, the Song military camp tent is high and down, and there are thousands of them.

There are flashes of light here from time to time, above the black clouds, there is a sound of vision in the sky, as if there is a black dragon with a long history of thunder, and see the black clouds pressing the city, and the head of the terror dragon is angry at the defenders in the city.

Throughout the ages, there have either been emperors who have passed the purple microstar, or there are visions of falling dragons at night, where the dragon falls, there are people who are called emperors by Jackie Chan. It's just that today's vision made the Tang and Song armies stationed in their own military places and did not dare to move.

At this moment, in the camp of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Quanbin, the envoy of the Loyal Army, looked at the black clouds in the sky and the black clouds, and the vision of white rain jumping beads was right. With a pointed beard, his eyes are like a black pool.

"If the old man remembers correctly, when the official Chen Qiao mutined and became the emperor, the sky also had this vision..."

I wanted to break Shouzhou with a fast army, and then go south to merge with Zhao Kuangyin, but now this day seems to be helping him Li Tang, the land of Shouzhou, the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, and easy to attack, but just when Shouzhou was about to get on the siege car, the sky suddenly thundered and gave birth to a vision, and then for three consecutive days, it rained day and night.

"Wen Zhong, you can understand this celestial phenomenon."

was about to attack the city but it rained heavily for three days, even Wang Quanbin, who didn't believe in gods and ghosts on weekdays, was a little confused, so he tried to throw the problem to the military advisor next to him.

"It's a weird day... Could it be that Li Yu of Jinling really has the posture of a dragon? ”

"Humph! Since ancient times, there can only be one son of heaven in the Central Plains, no matter what kind of dragon and earth dragon he is, if the rain does not stop tomorrow, he will forcibly attack the city, and there are only 30,000 soldiers and horses in Shouzhou City..."

"General, the first battle of the official family has not yet come out, if we are defeated first... It's not good for you... Besides, Nanping also sent 20,000 infantry..."

"Whew! A little Nanping, what kind of excitement does he dare to join? You really don't know why the Nanping Army is stationed in Anfeng and doesn't dare to enter Shouzhou City? ”

As soon as Wang Quanbin received the report, he pulled the military adviser Xu Wenzhong into the general camp, spread out the map to observe the gap between the Tang army and the Nanping army, and found that this Nanping was as timid as a mouse, and was only stationed in Anfeng, dozens of miles away from the Tang army.

"This is understandable, Nanping is weak and has limited military strength, so naturally I don't want to spend military strength to really start a war with my Great Song Dynasty, it is estimated that the alliance at the beginning was only a symbolic implication that the official family already has allies, but don't come to destroy him first."

"Therefore, the alliance of the southern country, but a rabble, 20,000 soldiers and horses in Nanping are only waiting in Anfeng to watch, if I wait to take Shouzhou within three days, he Nanping will not dare to rescue, so he can only retreat!"

"The general's words are not unreasonable, but the Shouzhou guard general is Liu Renzhen, one of the five fierce generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty, if he doesn't take Shouzhou City in three days..."

Seeing that the situation was still favorable to the Song army at this time, Xu Wenzhong was also a little relieved, but when he thought that the Shouzhou guard was actually Liu Renzhen, he felt a little worried.

"I didn't expect this little emperor to let Liu Ren support Shouzhou, and I thought that he Li Yu was greedy for life and afraid of death, and he would always keep Liu Ren on the left and right to protect his safety!"

"General, if we attack hard now, our army will inevitably suffer a lot of losses, but I have a countermeasure, which can defeat the Tang army defenders faster and drive directly to Jinling!"

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Song Jun looked at the vision of the sky here, and did not dare to pour out of the nest to take Shouzhou. But this celestial phenomenon frightened not only the Song army, but also the generals of the Tang army in Shouzhou City.

First, the city of Shouzhou was already easy to attack and difficult to defend, but the Son of Heaven did not increase his troops in Shouzhou, and he didn't know what to do, even the turtle kings in Nanping were just squatting from a distance and watching;

In these two days, as soon as the Zhao Song army was stationed at the border, there was a vision in the sky, as if there was a black dragon swimming in the clouds and coiling, the horror was very great, and everyone couldn't figure out for a while, this celestial phenomenon was whether it was evil or auspicious.

"Old general, the rainy season is continuous now, the city wall is not easy to climb, the Gusong people dare not attack, but if the rain stops tomorrow,

How can these soldiers and horses in Shouzhou stop Wang Quanbin's 50,000 elites, and... I also heard that he recruited local village warriors. ”

"How are you staying? Wang Quanbin didn't dare to attack yet, you were so frightened, why didn't you ask if Wang Quanbin was afraid of the old man! ”

Liu Renzhen had been sitting on the seat of the general, but he heard that the generals in the hall were in a mess, and he was suddenly a little irritable.

"The general is angry, the ministers don't believe in the general's bravery, it's just that the eight turtles in Nanping are cowering in Anfeng.

Now I don't know how many Wang Quanbin's troops are, for Shouzhou, when the fast horse sent a message to Jinling to ask the Son of Heaven to increase the army. ”

Seeing Liu Renzhen's ominous face, Wang Changbao, the cavalry general in the hall, hurriedly spoke out to calm his anger, and mentioned the matter of reinforcements by the way.

"Reinforcements? Old man, let me ask you, where is Zhao Kuangyin now? ”

"This..."

"Don't know? The old man asks you again, where does Zhao Kuangyin want to attack? ”

"It's... At the moment, the military scouts can't release it... How do we know this..."

"Don't know? If you don't know, you dare to lick your face and beg the Son of Heaven to increase your troops?

If the Song people capture Haozhou and go straight to Jinlinger, what will happen?

What if the Song people changed their route to attack Chuzhou? ”

"The general is worried... I'll see, but can I really stop Wang Quanbin's 50,000 elites? ”

Liu Renzhen stood up and approached the generals in the hall, and asked these people questions with anger on his face, but none of them could answer. Seeing this, Wang Changbao hurriedly stood up and hunched his waist to attract firepower.

Although he knew that Liu Renzhen's combat strength was fierce, he also knew that Liu Renzhen's troops were strict with his subordinates, and he had a violent temper, and if he was slightly uncomfortable, he would whip and scold his subordinates.

Now that the Song soldiers are in danger, he is also afraid that Liu Renzhen will not change his temper in the past, so that these subordinates will have two hearts because of resentment.

"Alas, the old man doesn't hide it from you, how long can Shouzhou hold, the old man doesn't dare to guarantee it, just eat Junlu, and think about it.

Old man, let me ask you, since the saint ascended the throne, have you ever treated my Tang sergeant badly. ”

"The Holy Lord is benevolent, it is indeed good for our sergeants, there is nothing to say, in just one month, our silver has tripled! also issued a military field order, all Tang sergeants have their own land to follow! ”

"The old man used to think that this was all a means for the saint to win people's hearts, but the old man was protecting the king by the side of the saint.

More and more, I feel that the Holy Lord not only wants to unify the Central Plains, but also really wants to create a prosperous era and take me and other northern soldiers home. ”

As soon as Liu Renzhen's words came out, Wang Changbao suddenly didn't know why behind him, he had always heard that General Liu was hot-tempered, how could he change his usual behavior today, and still say such words to repay the emperor's kindness.

"The old man doesn't dare to ask you to wait with me to defend Shouzhou, but after all, I am favored by the emperor, and I am willing to die for the loyalty of the Tang Dynasty.

As long as I, Liu Renzhen, am still alive, Shouzhou City will never be given to the despicable and shameless Song people! I, Liu Renzhen, just don't accept the Song people! ”

After Liu Renzhen finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the general seat, but saw the crowd in the audience, some people were at a loss, some people looked uncertain, and some people showed shame.

"The old general is not afraid of the Song people at this age, so why should I be afraid! If the Song people attack the city tomorrow, I, Liu Jingyuan, can fight to the death with the Song people as the vanguard! ”

"Count me in! The Son of Heaven has never treated us badly since he joined the army, and we can't lose the face of the Son of Heaven! ”

"Count me in! Stick to Shouzhou, my Wang Jian is duty-bound! ”

"That's right! Hold on! The last general will not accept the Song people! ”

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However, at this moment, Li Xiang in the Xingqing Palace in Jinling could not see such a shocking scene, although he knew that Liu Renzhen was his henchman to protect him, after his own lesson, his temper gradually changed, but he was still worried that he was too harsh on his subordinates, and finally the city was ruined.

Since ancient times, how could a wise monarch not know the truth of gathering people's hearts before the war, and the death of Zhang Fei, a famous general in the late Shu Han Dynasty, is enough to explain everything.

"Why is the Holy One sorrowful? Is it worried that Bao Ying is greedy for alcohol and mishaps? ”

Pan You on the side flipped through the folds, seeing that the son of heaven was constantly sad and always sighing, so he stepped forward to ask tentatively.

"Alas, I'm not worried about Chuzhou, the possibility of Zhao Kuangyin crossing the river to attack Chu is almost none..."Li Xiang picked up the blue-glazed porcelain bowl on the desk and tasted the cold Shu tea.

"That's... The saint is thinking of me as the queen of the Tang Dynasty... Now that the Great Zhou has gone south, Yuzhang's heir is not in Jinling, and there is still a very beautiful Xiao Zhou..."

Burst! Li Xiang was about to swallow the tea in his stomach, when he heard the words of Shangshu Youcheng Pan You, he instantly stuck his throat, and a mouthful of herbal tea spurted out, and he breathed out again for a while, holding his chest and coughing violently.

"Pan You! When has it been, you are still happy to find the saint! ”

Han Xizai hurriedly got up and stepped forward, caressing Li Xiang's back to help him calm down.

"It's okay, cough... It's okay, Pan Qing, you said Zhou Eying is in Jinling? ”

No, a few days ago, I asked Wang Wanju to take the queen south to avoid trouble, it stands to reason that the queen's sister should also be by her side, how could she stay in Jinling.

"Does the Holy Lord really want to be lucky with Xiao Zhou? That's it..."

Pan You saw that Li Xiang really got off the donkey and mentioned Zhou Eying, so he made a gesture to get up and go out of the hall.

"That's it! I didn't mean to, but wondered why she didn't go south with the queen to avoid trouble. ”

"The saint doesn't know, the queen told her when she left, and she didn't let her go south with the queen, it seems that she was worried that the saint was really going north with his own troops, and wanted to leave her to stop the saint..."

I see, this Zhou Emperor is really a good wife and mother, it is hard to find through the ages! It's a pity that I don't want to bring down Zhao Song now, I, Li Xiang, don't have that blessing at all and you sing songs night and night, enjoy happiness every day!

"Shengshang, the minister also asked, if he knew the news that Zhao Kuangyin was indeed besieging Haozhou, Shengshang really planned to personally lead the Longxiang army north?"

Han Xizai has always felt that although this son of heaven is a Ming Jun, he can't help but be a little arrogant, in his heart, the king is the king, and the general is the general, how can he let a son of heaven lead the troops to fight at will.

"Han Qing, isn't it clear enough that I haven't moved the capital to Yuzhang, this battle must be fought! Can't help but fight! ”

"Don't worry, Han Xiang, if the Holy One really wants to lead the troops to recruit in person, I, Pan You, will follow the Holy One all the way, and I will protect the safety of the Holy Lord with my life!"

"You! You don't advise me about the Holy Family's conquest, but you still stir around..."

"Holy! My father sent a military report from Luzhou! ”

Before Han Xizai finished speaking, he suddenly saw Li Yuanzhen walking into the hall, and hurriedly reached out to grab the military newspaper, and finally found that he was a little abrupt, and hurriedly reported it to the Son of Heaven in the rear.

"Holy! But Zhao Kuangyin attacked Luzhou! If this is the case, let Li Yuanzhen lead the Long Xiang army to the rescue! ”

"Nope! As Li Qing said in his letter, he had never seen a single Song soldier in Lu Erzhou, and even his investigation report found that there were no Song soldiers in the entire territory of Haozhou! Li Xiang frowned, and his heart became uneasy again.

"It's... That is to attack Shouzhou! Do you want to increase troops in Shouzhou! ”

"No! At present, it is not possible to find out where Zhao Kuangyin led the troops, so he should not rashly move the Long Xiang army! ”

As soon as Li Xiang put down the military newspaper, Han Xizai impatiently picked up the military newspaper and carefully reviewed the military newspaper with his gaze, for fear that there would be any omissions.