At that time, Emperor Chai Rong of the Great Zhou Dynasty visited Yangzhou and recruited Li Chong to visit Yangzhou for a visit. After Li Chong entered, 20,000 people from the right wing of the Hujie Army were all under the command of the Infantry Commander of the Guards and Li Jixun, he was stationed in the southern part of Tushan to wait for reinforcements in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Sure enough, the Southern Tang Dynasty had sent a fleet of military supplies from Haozhou (the south bank of the Huai River, downstream of Shouzhou, and east) to support Shouzhou from the water. Most of the army was old and weak, just to escort the transport ship. But the main general was an extraordinary figure...

Chai Kehong! The Lord of the Southern Tang Kingdom regarded it as the guarantee of the throne, and one of the capable generals, the governor of the Fenghua Army of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He had just arrived in Haozhou to deploy defense; he only requested an order not long ago that the military funds of Shouzhou were consumed hugely, so he wanted to lead his army to reinforce Liu Renzhan.

Chai Kehong, the spiritual leader who protects the morale of the Southern Tang army. A month ago, the Wu Yue Kingdom took advantage of the Zhou army's attack on the Southern Tang Dynasty and sent troops to stab Changzhou in the back. Changzhou was almost lost; Chai Kehong led his troops to Changzhou, defeated the Wu Yue army in one battle, and killed more than 10,000 Wu Yue troops, and captured dozens of generals on the spot. The morale of the military and civilians of the Southern Tang Dynasty was greatly boosted! Chai Kehong became famous in the world in his battle, and wherever he went, the people blocked the way to welcome him and see him off. The people prefer to listen to the anecdotes and interesting stories he taught with his mother...

Chai Kehong arrived in Xuanzhou again and rectified the city defense in ten days, and Xuanzhou was as solid as a soup.

But as soon as Chai Kehong was on the boat, he heard that Shouzhou had fallen. He couldn't help but sigh and looked back at the generals and said, "Who can forcefully capture the city guarded by Liu Gong?"

A general said: "Zhou army recruited Guo Shao, a siege in Shouzhou."

After hearing this, Chai Kehong sighed again and then became excited: "I must find Guo Shao for a while! Ask for some advice."

Soon there was another scout: "There are more than 20,000 Zhou troops forty miles south of Tushan, and it is said that the chief general is Li Jixun."

"Haha..." Chai Kehong immediately laughed, "When I avenge Liu Gong! I will order the entire army to build a camp!"

The general hurriedly advised: "The Zhou army is elite, and the great country is afraid of it. Our troops are weak and we are not against the Zhou army when we go ashore. Shouzhou has lost its rescue and is useless to help. It is better to turn around and return to Haozhou early."

Chai Kehong disagreed and said, "I know Li Jixun, a slut! Even if the sword is in hand, it is just a broken iron. I will teach him how to use troops and let him have a long experience."

Chai Kehong was very proud and even his mother couldn't persuade him. How could the generals persuade him?

He said to his generals again: "I heard that Mr. Li went out of the city to attack the formation a while ago, and Li Jixun stopped moving his troops. Li Jixun and Shouzhou recruited envoys. Now that Shouzhou City is broken, Li Jixun must act voluntarily and be eager to seek credit. Wouldn't it be my fault? Li Jixun led his troops to be stationed in Tushannan, just waiting to fight our reinforcements. Now give him a chance to try it!"

The Southern Tang army then set up camp on the south bank of the Huai River, with the camp reaching ten miles deep.

Sure enough, Li Jixun could not believe that Guo Shao, whom he looked down upon the most, could capture Shouzhou, and felt that he could not stand his face. So he led his army to attack Chai Kehong's troops and rushed to the Southern Tang army camp, fearing that they would run away. Chai Kehong was defeated by the old and weak, and rushed back to the camp of the Huaishui case. Li Jixun's troops pressed their backs and covered their kills and rushed into the camp of the Tang army camp. Suddenly, a cannon of gunpowder was blocked by bamboo tubes, and fires were shot up from all sides. The turbulent oil and the undried straw burned and smoked, and quickly spread to the Zhou army. The Zhou army was divided by fire and thick smoke, and could not look for each other, and the general could not find soldiers, the soldiers could not find generals, and there was a chaotic mass.

At this time, the drums were loud and arrows were raining. Chai Kehong led a few elite soldiers to break the formation and the army blocked the death. Li Jixun was ambushed and defeated. He ran for dozens of miles before gradually gathering the straits to form a formation.

At this moment, I suddenly heard that there were Tang army soldiers behind the southern camp of Tushan. Li Jixun did not expect that the Tang army would run so far to attack his camp, and there was no scout, so he was negligent. The baggage and food in the rear were burned by Chai Kehong's small cavalry.

When Li Jixun looked back, the smoke from the camp rolled into the sky, and his face turned pale and almost cried.

Li Jixun was furious and wanted to gather the army to push the Nantang army with overwhelming elite combat power... But because of the hasty preparation, the soldiers only had some wheat cakes with their military rations. Now that the food is completely destroyed and there is no food, what else can they fight? The morale in the army is depressed. Seeing that the food and supplies are burning fiercely, everyone is worried about whether they have food to eat... Li Jixun had to retreat to the direction of Cai first, and sent someone to urge Li Gu to replenish military rations.

Li Gu was under great pressure to prepare for the food and grass for hundreds of thousands of troops in Huainan, and often could not satisfy the food and grass for each army. After hearing this, he sent a quick horse to Yangzhou to report the defeat of Tushan Hujie Army and sued Li Jixun for the lawsuit.

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At this time, Li Chongjin had just arrived in Yangzhou and met with the emperor's palace. He did not shy away from the face of the civil and military people, and his dissatisfaction was beyond words: "Guo Shao is incompetent, and he is not able to capture Shouzhou. Liu Renzhan has no pressure at all. I have said in the army that only Guo Shao? If he can capture Shouzhou, I will give him a reward! This time limit is here, please send someone to Shouzhou to capture this guy immediately. I recommend Li Jixun, the right-wing chief of the Hujie Army, as the recruitment envoy of Shouzhou, which must be more useful than Guo Shao!"

After Li Chongjin said this, he was content and thought to himself that Li Jixun was from Zhao Kuangyin's side, so I can't be considered as a false public service for my own sake.

Chai Rong pondered for a moment and said, "There are still several days left to expire. I cannot speak without trust until the time is over."

Li Chongjin said again: "Your Majesty's imperial edict can be written by the civil servant first. When it's time, let the people from the inner palace send it two days in advance to capture Guo Shao... Otherwise, he might run away in fear of his crime!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an unscrupulous shout came from outside: "Good news! Good news! Shouzhou victory! Shouzhou city was broken, and the Great Zhou army captured tens of thousands of people below the Southern Tang general Liu Renzhan!"

Everyone looked at each other in an uproar soon after.

Li Chongjin's face suddenly turned pale. Many civil and military ministers who were unrelated to their own affairs on the spot suddenly realized that this matter was too interesting and looked at Li Chongjin, as if saying: Can you really fry fish with your palms?

Li Chongjin burst into cold sweat, feeling the eyes around him piercing like sharp arrows, feeling very uncomfortable as if he was standing on pins and needles. He was anxious and blurted out: "Fake it! How is it possible? Then Guo Shaoqing knew that he could not escape death. He was already panicked and dared to deceive the emperor!"

Chai Rong was very calm, waiting for the general to pass the news, and took it apart with his own hands, and then passed it to the ministers to observe. Chai Rong's face suddenly smiled and said, "Send a quick horse to spread Guo Shao immediately. I really want to see him immediately!"

At this moment, a eunuch rushed over and whispered something in the emperor's ear. Chai Rong's face suddenly pulled down. The eunuch sent Li Gu's report again. The emperor read it and still passed it to the ministers to observe.

There was another uproar in the hall, and people cursed: "Li Jixun is so inappropriate! He can be defeated by a partial division of the Tang army with 20,000 elite infantry cavalry!" "The baggage can be burned, and it is all blamed for the ruling of duty and underestimating the enemy and neglecting his duties! Li Jixun is not worthy of leading the army!"

Even the Privy Councilor Wei Renpu had no good words: "I should have lost. Originally, Shouzhou was strong and could greatly impact the spirit of the Southern Tang king. It was expected that he would force him to cut off all the land in Jiangbei and end the Huainan Battle as soon as possible. The Great Zhou army was defeated again soon, which had a great impact! Li Jixun should not be spared!"

But Chai Rong was just very unhappy and didn't say anything for a moment. The holy heart was unpredictable, and no one knew what the emperor was thinking about.

The emperor just said lightly: "Order Li Gu to temporarily lead the Hu Jie Army's right wing to retreat to Shouzhou first, and ask Li Jixun to come to see me!"

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"Haha..." Guo Shao and the generals were drinking happily. He grabbed the lamb leg presented by the Shouzhou rich man in his left hand and held the bowl with his right hand. As soon as he said something, the generals laughed and leaned back and forth. With a "bang", Luo Mengzi threw away the wine bowl directly. The wine spilled all over the floor, and rolled around the ground with his stomach. Unexpectedly, he knocked down a food table, and the cup and plate were thrown all over the floor.

There are dozens of large boxes on it, all of which are copper coins, gold, silver and various treasures brought from the Shouzhou Treasury.

Guo Shao walked staggeringly to a box, grabbed a handful of copper coins and threw them into the air, shouting: "Everyone is robbing the money openly, everyone has divided it!"

The generals were full of light and laughed, "Hahaha..." and some people slapped the table directly, and the bowls and plates on the chopping board were twitching.

Guo Shao said again: "Gather all the big families and ask them to pay the money. If they pay the money, post it and post it on the door. Strictly order the soldiers not to invade them anymore. I will snatch all the iron roosters that are not allowed to snatch them all, and burn them all!"

"Ha ha……"

"Those who kill the people, the soldiers who raped and prostituted women will confiscate all the things they stole, without any penny! We must punish them severely! Those who are serious will be beheaded on the spot." Guo Shao said loudly, "I promised that Mr. Liu will not kill innocent people indiscriminately, and cannot speak without trust! Someone who does not give Guo face and does not listen, I will not be polite to him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zuo You stood up calmly and held a piece of paper: "What the lord said just now, I have summarized and written it into the Anministerial Letter and Military Order. Some places have been slightly modified to make it better... Please read it out. If there is no problem, I will send someone to the battalions to read it and inform the entire army."

Guo Shao didn't even read it. I was too lazy to read the article without punctuation. I had a headache! He immediately said, "Go."

Guo Shao picked up the wine bowl and said, "Before Mr. Zuo hasn't left yet, everyone will come together to make a bowl for victory!"

Yang Biao held the wine bowl quietly and said, "It's a pity that there is no good wine dish."

The generals hurriedly said, "There are talented people here, what kind of food should Brother Yang use to serve?"

Yang Biao said: "The fish that Li Chongjin fried with his hand plate must be delicious!"

"Hahaha..." The generals burst into laughter again without restraint.

Someone said, "Don't worry about eating it. Marishal Li is the head of the guards. It's not good if the grudges are too big."

Zuo You smiled but said nothing. After a moment, he said, "Do it first! I have something to do. Thank you for your lord and everyone."
Chapter completed!