The Zhou army captured Chuzhou, and Shouzhou was in danger. Li Jing was a little panicked now.

So he sent Sizhou Ya general Wang Zhilang to Xuzhou with his letter. In the letter, Li Jing called himself "Emperor of Tang" and expressed his willingness to treat Zhou Shizong as his brother, and to pay treasures every year as military expenses, hoping that the Later Zhou would withdraw his troops.

A few days later, the Xuzhou local officials sent the letter to Bianliang. Chai Rong did not respond after reading it. However, he still remembered Li Jing's arrogance. It was impossible to ask for peace at this time.

Guo Hao also knew about Nan Tang’s peace request. Chai Rong did not express it, which means he did not agree and he could only continue.

In the third year of Xiande, March.

Guo Hao sent his former Wusheng Jiedushi Hou Zhang and others to lead his army to attack Shouzhou Water Village, and dug up the northwest corner of the Water Village trench. All the water in the trench was introduced into the steep water.

At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin sent envoys to send prisoners of war such as Huangfu Hui and Yao Feng to Guo Hao, but Huangfu Hui was seriously injured and bedridden.

Guo Hao went to visit him, mentioned why he was defeated, and said, "It's not that I am unfaithful to the Tang Dynasty, but that my soldiers are too far from your army!

I have never seen such an opponent when I fought with the Liao army before."

Guo Hao still respects this old general very much and smiles: "The old general has been awarded too much, we are all just for their own masters. If this is not the case, I really want to learn from you."

"Duke Song is too modest. You defeated the prince before, and all the civil and military officials in the court thought you were lucky. Now it seems that we are wrong. You even blocked the Liao Kingdom, let alone us.

And your general named Zhao is very good. This person is very brave. If you have such a general under your command, how can we not fail? Alas!”

Guo Hao smiled and nodded, said nothing, and ordered the release of Huangfu Hui, but a few days later, Huangfu Hui died of severe injuries.

Taking Chuzhou is equivalent to opening a gap. Guo Hao is not very interested in those prefectures and counties with stable defense.

So he sent a scout to inquire and actually received goods. In several prefectures and counties adjacent to Chuzhou, Yangzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty had no defense!

After receiving this news, Guo Hao immediately sent Han Lingkun and others to attack Yangzhou, and at the same time warned Han Lingkun not to harm the local people. There was a Southern Tang royal tomb here. Guo Hao sent people to protect this tomb with the Li family, which was worthy of his friendship with Li Yu.

Guo Hao's army was too strong, and the Southern Tang army was repeatedly frustrated. Li Jing was afraid that he would be forced to escape from Jinling, so he sent Hanlin scholars, Zhong Mo, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Li Deming, the Minister of Works, and the Minister of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, to submit a letter to Houzhou and requested a retreat.

At the same time, they also offered imperial troupes, including 1,000 taels of tea and medicine, 5,000 taels of silver, 2,000 pieces of brocade, 500 cattle and 2,000 hu of wine. All of these were sent to the city of Shouzhou in three days.

Guo Hao heard that they asked for peace again and did not dare to make decisions by themselves, so he asked Chai Rong, but the reply he received was: "Let Li Jing send the prince back to Bianliang in person, otherwise there will be no talks!"

Seeing this reply, Guo Hao understood that Chai Rong didn't care on the surface, but in fact he was still worried about his son.

At this time, the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty had already come with tributes, and Guo Hao had been ruthless. Zhong Mo and Li Deming have always been known for their eloquence. If Guo Hao wanted to think of a set of rhetoric, he would not look harsh but also achieve his goal.

So Guo Hao met them with fully armed soldiers and said, "Your lord, who calls himself a descendant of the Tang Dynasty royal family, may be different from those of other countries.

You and I are separated by the Huai River, but you have never been together well before. You even go to the Liao Kingdom by sea, and don’t deal with the Central Plains, and go to make friends with the barbarians. Where is the etiquette?

Do you still want us to stop the army?

We are not stupid princes like Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao and Wei. Do you think you can touch me?

Go back and tell your lord, let him show some sincerity, go to see Your Majesty in person, and then apologize, and there will be nothing left.

Otherwise, I will defeat your Jinling City and take the national treasury to work hard on the troops. Don’t regret it then!"

Guo Hao's words were reasonable and well-founded, and the two of them were speechless because they were indeed facts.

When Guo Hao went from Xianzhou to Jiangnan, he took the route of the Southern Tang Dynasty. This is also evidence of Tongliao in the Southern Tang Dynasty. However, if there were no such sea route, Guo Hao would probably have all his bones melted.

The Great Zhou Dynasty had a smooth journey. After receiving the instructions from Zhou Shizong, King Qian Hongchu of Wuyue stationed troops on the border between Wuyue and the Southern Tang Dynasty, waiting for Guo Hao's orders.

Chen Man, the commander of the Suzhou Yingtian, suggested to Wu Cheng, the Prime Minister of Wu Yue.

The turmoil in the Tang Dynasty made Li Yu unable to stay out of the matter. He really wanted to see Guo Hao, but Li Jing refused to let him go, but instead sent him to issue an edict to the people in Jiangyin area to appease him.

Chen Man falsely reported to Wu Cheng that the edict of the Later Zhou Dynasty had arrived. Wu Cheng passed on Chen Man's original words to Qian Hongchu, hoping that Qian Hongchu could send troops immediately.

The other one was Prime Minister Yuan Dezhao, who proposed an objection, believing that it would be very dangerous for him to go deeper without the support of the Zhou army.

Wu Cheng believed that the opportunity was not missed and continued to ask for troops. In the end, Qian Hongchu adopted Wu Cheng's opinion.

Qian Hongchu sent Wu Cheng as the governor of Quzhou Bao Xiurang and the commander-in-chief Luo Sheng of the Zhongzhi Commander, and sent troops to Changzhou.

Wu Cheng told the soldiers that "Prime Minister Yuan did not want to send troops", which made the whole army feel indignant. Some people said they wanted to kill Yuan Dezhao.

Qian Hongchu hid Yuan Dezhao in his mansion and sent someone to arrest the person who told him to kill Yuan Dezhao. Qian Hongchu sighed and said that this was not a good sign.

Wu Yue joined the war, and the situation in Southern Tang became even more critical. Guo Hao did not want them to take action, but he did not expect Chen Man to make the decision without authorization and let Wu Yue launch his troops.

A few days later, Han Lingkun's troops arrived in Yangzhou. On the morning of that day, Han Lingkun sent Bai Yanyuxian to lead hundreds of cavalry into the city, but there was no response in the city. Han Lingkun immediately led a large army to arrive.

Jia Chong, the commander of Yingtun, the Eastern Capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty, set fire in the city and fled south. Feng Yanlu, the deputy commander in the city and the minister of the Ministry of Works, disguised himself as a monk and hid in the temple, but was still searched by the Zhou army.

Han Lingkun appeased the local people and restored them to normal living order.

A few days later, Wang Kui reported to conquer the Changshan Village of Ezhou of the Southern Tang Army, captured the garrison general Chen Ze and others, and handed over the prisoners of war to Guo Hao.

At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin reported that Geng Qian, the commander of the Tianchang of the Southern Tang Dynasty, surrendered and seized more than 200,000 military rations.

Zhou Jun's success made Li Jing more and more uneasy. He asked him to see Chai Rong, because he was afraid of his fate and he would go back.

He was determined to use Chai Zongyi, but was afraid of angering Chai Rong, because he had denied the abduct of Chai Zongyi before and detained the envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty. At this time, Li Jing felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.

Chai Zongyi became a hot potato, and it was not right to use it, nor did it not. Until the last moment, Li Jing dared not use him.

When Li Jing learned that Wu Yue had sent troops, he sent Yin Yanfan to Taizhou, hoping to move the former royal family of Wu to Runzhou to threaten Wu Yue.

Unexpectedly, Yin Yanfan felt that the road was not easy to walk, and was worried that the royal family would change, so he killed all the men in the Wu royal family, a total of 60 people, and returned to Jinling to report the situation. Li Jing was very angry about this and directly beheaded Yin Yanfan in half.

Things were even worse in Wu and Yue, and the Great Zhou side was not going well. Han Lingkun led his army to attack Taizhou, the Southern Tang Dynasty, and successfully conquered. Fang Ne, the governor of Taizhou in Tang, ran back to Jinling, and the Southern Tang Dynasty lost another place.

The wars in the Southern Tang Dynasty were defeated one after another, and Li Jing had no choice but to send people to Liao to seek reinforcements, but the wax ball containing the letter was intercepted by He Jixian, the commander of Jing'an Army.

When the prince was killed, Qian Hongchu was furious and sent the commander of Shangzhidu Lu Yanzhu to attack Xuanzhou, while Luo Sheng led the Wuyue naval army to station on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Yao Yanhong, the commander of Jinghai of the Southern Tang Dynasty, found that the Wu army was coming in a fierce manner and the situation was very unfavorable. He actually led tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians to join Wu and Yue, which was a great blow to Li Jing.

The war was fully launched, and Guo Hao became the commander-in-chief and inspected everywhere every day. On that day, Guo Hao arrived at the Feishui River and passed by the Fei Bridge, he found many stones on the shore.

"What is this for?"

"Return to the commander-in-chief, this is the stone cannon shell. Because it is too heavy, it is transported in batches."

Guo Hao nodded when he heard this and moved a big stone to the Zhou army water camp on the other side of the shore, and used it as a shell for Zhou army stone cannons. Each of the guards who followed the bridge to move one.
Chapter completed!