On the first day of March of the third year of Zhou Xiande (956), Chai Rong was still unable to advance and retreat under Shouzhou City. At this time, he was extremely anxious. He wanted to capture Shouzhou City as soon as possible to negotiate with Li Jing with more chips. He even became a transport worker with the emperor, personally moved stones and racked cannons to Shouzhou City, but Shouzhou City was still indestructible. This angered Zhao Kuangyin, and he drove a small boat to Shouzhou City and rushed up to Shouzhou City, shooting arrows as thick as rafters from the city. The future Emperor Taizu was under the test of life and death under Shouzhou City. He was able to escape this desperate situation because a man named Zhang Qiong took the initiative to lie on him and blocked the arrows for him. A arrow hit the thigh, and Zhang Qiong fainted. After waking up, Zhang Qiong showed up with the Guan Yun, who scrapes bones to cure poison in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, has the same spirit (Guan is recorded in the novel, but Zhang is actually recorded in "Tongjian") Drinking a big sip of wine, people directly pulled out the arrow that penetrated his bone marrow, bleeding several times, and looked calm. While admiring Zhang Qiong's bravery, I had to impress Zhao Kuangyin's ability to conquer people's hearts. You should know that Zhao Kuangyin was just a 30-year-old young general at this time. What methods should he use to subdue a person with flesh and blood to replace death with life and without hesitation. The future history will prove that the ability of Song Taizu to conquer people's hearts can definitely be ranked among the top three of all Chinese emperors, and Zhang Qiong is just his stunning test.

But Zhao Kuangyin was unable to subdue Liu Renzhan in Shouzhou City, so Shouzhou City could not be defeated. Chai Rong, please save it. Chai Rong could only use the old method: to attack other states. On March 3, He Chao captured Guangzhou. On the 4th, Guo Lingtu captured Shuzhou, and was expelled. Wang Shenqi captured Shuzhou again, and Lingtu returned. Li Fu, the Tang general of Qizhou, killed the prefect and opened the city to surrender.

Under such circumstances, the two sides started a new round of negotiations on March 13. Li Jing's conditions were 1,000 taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver, 2,000 pieces of Luoqi, and 2,000 pieces of imperial title, and the six states of Shou, Hao, Si, Chu, Guang and Hai. But Chai Rong believed that he already had Chu, Yang, Tai, Shu, Guang and Qi in his hands. And the other states could be broken soon, so Chai Rong said, "All the 14 states in Huainan can be cut off and reconciled." Sun Sheng did not answer, and Li Deming said, "Our Tang Lord does not know that Zhou's troops are strong, please give me 5 days. Go back and report to Lord Tang, you will definitely give all the land in Jiangbei. Chai Rong then let Li Deming go, Wang Chongzhi and the other two went back, but called Sun Sheng, "Wait. You are the chief representative of the negotiation. Help me persuade Liu Renshan. You Lord Tang decided to cut Shouzhou as one of the six states, and advised him not to defend the country." Sun Sheng went to the city of Shouzhou and shouted, "The general is grateful to the country, so you must not open the door to accept enemies." He turned around and said to Chai Rong, "I am the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, how can you teach your governor to treason?" Chai Rong was so speechless.

After Li Deming came back, he became angry with Li Jing and destroyed his prestige, making Li Jing angry. If Jiangbei is lost, how can I protect myself in Jiangnan? Li Deming was immediately beheaded and sacrificed to the flag!

Li Jing was preparing to fight to the death and ordered his third brother, Li Jingda, King of Qi, as the head coach and Chen Jue as the army supervisor to go north to fight against Chai Rong's main force. He ordered Lu Mengjun to seize Tai and Yang two states. He sent Pan Chenghu to Quan and Jian in Fujian to recruit brave men. He obtained a group of generals such as Xu Wenzhen, Chen Decheng, Zheng Yanhua, and Lin Renzhao.

The Tang soldiers who were anxious to jump over the wall first burst out with strong combat power. Taizhou could not resist it in just one day and was recovered by Lu Mengjun. Han Lingkun from Yangzhou immediately abandoned the city and left. Halfway through Zhang Yongde, "Where is General Han going?" Kun "Tang soldiers are fierce. Yangzhou has no danger to defend, so they have to withdraw." De nodded, "It is really difficult for you to ask the general to fight against Lu Mengjun's more than 10,000 troops with thousands of soldiers. But the emperor is afraid that General Han will not be able to go." Kun wondered why "De" "The emperor has ordered Zhao Kuang

Yin guards the important road in Liuhe. If there are generals who escape from Liuhe, they will first kill their legs and then make a theory. Kun sweats coldly on his back. "What... what should I do?" De Jing said, "Is the general still going to retreat? The emperor also knows your difficulties. Let me lead the troops to help you." There is no way to retreat, but there are reinforcements in the battle. Han Lingkun turned his horse and said, "Thank you, Commander Zhang, for coming to rescue. Let's go to Yangzhou to fight to the death." In this battle, he captured Lu Mengjun alive and recovered Yangzhou. He temporarily curbed the counterattack momentum of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

But Shouzhou City could not be captured for a long time, and Li Jingda's army came again. Chai Rong had no choice but to sigh, "Liu Renzhan, I am convinced you. I am leaving! Let's go to Haozhou to fight." On April 13, Chai Rong came to Haozhou City. However, Chai Rong had no more soldiers around him because he was divided into soldiers and conquered the land. He called Zhao Kuangyin, "Li Jingda's army will arrive at Liuhe in a few days, what should I do?" Zhao Kuangyin replied, "I am willing to go and resist the enemy." Rong nodded, "But I can only give you two thousand soldiers at most. I heard that the Tang soldiers have 20,000 people! Can you take one for ten?" Zhao Kuangyin replied, "The enemy set up a camp to strengthen itself, because I am afraid that my Zhou soldiers. I only have two thousand elite soldiers, and I will definitely not let your Majesty's entrusted." Chai Rong was very happy, "You can choose two thousand elite soldiers, go."

Zhao Kuangyin's third solo show - the Battle of Liuhe. Emperor Taizu defeated Li Jingda with two thousand elite soldiers, killed nearly five thousand, and more than 10,000 people rushed to escape. Many drowned, and all the elite soldiers in the Southern Tang Dynasty were lost. However, the military strength was very different in this battle, and some of the Zhou soldiers were ineffective. Zhao Kuangyin personally supervised the battle and cut down marks on their skin hats. The next day, the plum hats were inspected, and all those with marks were executed! From then on, no soldiers dared not die!

The final counterattack of the Southern Tang Dynasty was completely failed. Chai Rong felt relieved. On the 25th, he came to Wokou from Haozhou. He also thought of Yangzhou on the edge of the Yangtze River. Fan Zhi stepped forward to persuade him, "The emperor has been in charge of the army for more than three months, and the soldiers are exhausted. If we advance again, we are afraid that it will be unfavorable to our army." Chai Rong refused to listen. "I should act in one go, cross the Yangtze River, and take down Jinling." "Cai Rong knew that Emperor Wu of Wei was defeated by the Red Cliff in the Yangtze River. Now the south of the Yangtze River is in the rainy season, and the river water is rising sharply. The northern army has no large ships. Even when we arrive in Yangzhou, what can we cross the river to take Jinling? Shouzhou cannot capture it for a long time, and it is because it has a water camp. We cannot completely isolate its connection with the outside world, resulting in a siege and no tightness. The city is constantly covered with food and grass."

Chai Rong understood. Without the navy, he really couldn't take Jiangnan. Okay, Yangzhou will not go. Go back to Beijing!

On May 7, 956, Chai Rong kept Li Chongjin and continued to surround Shouzhou. Xiang Xun and Han Lingkun stationed in Yangzhou. He returned from Wokou north and returned to Bianliang on the 24th. The expedition to Huainan ended here!

Back in Bianliang, Chai Rong recruited craftsmen in the Bianshui River and built hundreds of tower ships. He used the surrendered soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty as coaches to train sailors day and night. Chai Rong wanted to build a royal army that could also rampant in the water town!

As soon as Chai Rong left, Xiang Xun, Han Lingkun felt that it was no point in defending Yangzhou, so he gave up on his own and joined forces with Li Chongjin to compete with Liu Renzhan. Before Han Lingkun arrived, in June, Li Jixun, who was in the south of Shouzhou, was taught a lesson by Liu Renzhan, and Li Jixun was defeated. Li Chongjin, who was in the east of the city, could not save him. What does it mean? He didn't have time to save him? He didn't want to save him? Or someone in the east village was raided, and he was not flawed? In short, this time, Zhou camp suffered heavy losses. All the siege tools were burned. The Five Dynasties History (Zizhi Tongjian) records: hundreds of dead. The Song Dynasty Records: Tens of thousands of dead.

After investigation, the records in the history of the Song Dynasty should be that it was to make gold for Emperor Taizu. How could it be seen? Because of this great defeat, the Zhou soldiers surrounded Shouzhou did not want to play with this old Liu, and they all wanted to retreat to Bianliang with Chai Rong. At this time, Zhao Kuangyin was returning from Liuhe. After passing Shouzhou, Zhao Kuangyin gave a speech and the army was revived! In order to show Zhao Kuangyin's extraordinary appeal, the greater the defeat, the better, so hundreds became tens of thousands.

Okay, the morale of the army is stable. Li Chongjin, Zhang Yongde, Xiang Xun, Han Lingkun, you can continue to surround Shouzhou City. Anyway, you will definitely not be able to conquer. Let's see you later. Now let's go back to the capital Bianliang, something big happens...

On July 21, 956, Chai Rong's queen, Miss Fu, died, leaving behind her 4-year-old son Chai Zongxun. What should I do if such a young son is going to do in the future? Frustrated the heart of a loving mother. Miss Fu was worried about handing Chai Zongxun over to any woman in ** to take care of her, so she barely dragged her heavy sick body and recruited her second sister into the palace, and asked Chai Rong to make Miss Fu the second concubine a concubine in front of her sick bed. Until she saw that her second sister changed into the costumes of the concubine and moved into **, Queen Da Fu had her wish and returned west... After holding a grand funeral for Queen Fu, Chai Rong fell ill in bed. Fortunately, Miss Fu followed her sister's will, taking care of the young Chai Zongxun while caring for Chai Rong, who was old and sick... More than a month later, Chai Rong recovered from illness.

In order to reward Zhao Kuangyin's great victory in Chuzhou and Liuhe's two great achievements, on October 25, 956, Chai Rong promoted Zhao Kuangyin from the Duhou of the Palace (Fifth Lao) to the commander of the Palace (Third Lao) and was appointed as the governor of the Ding**** of the Tongzhou. This year, Zhao Kuangyin was 30 years old. In the 319th year of the Song Dynasty, only Yue Fei became the governor at the age of 32 (Emperor Taizu was the governor of the Jieduan and was not in the Song Dynasty), which would become one of the "moxuyou" charges for being unjustly killed.

It can also be seen that Zhao Kuangyin, who was 30 years old, had indeed achieved the second sentence of the four prophecies of Chen Tuan, "It will be revealed in the Zhou Dynasty." So what is the meaning of the 3 and 4 sentences "Two days of re-light, and the nectar wood responds to the prophecy"? On December 14, Zhang Yongde, the commander of the former palace in front of the palace, was promoted to the palace in front of the palace in front of the palace in front of the palace in November. In November, the name of Chen Tuan of Huashan was also spread to Chai Rong. Chai Rong summoned him and asked him that Taoism is best at fooling people's immortal arts. Chen Tuan replied, "Your Majesty is the heaven."

Zi, you should make the world a matter of governing the world, so how can you use it? Chai Rong is depressed. In fact, he had consulted Wang Pu on his lifespan. Wang Pu told him that he had a 30-year lifespan, so Chai Rong made the ambition of "exploding the world in ten years, raising the people in ten years, and governing peace in ten years". However, in the face of chaos in the world, enemies on all sides were all demanding a peaceful and prosperous era. How could 30 years be enough? Of course, the longer the life, the better. However, Chen Tuan was in the cold water. On November 20, Chai Rong sent Chen Tuan back. At this time, Chai
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