After occupying Chuzhou, Zhao Kuangyin did not immediately send troops to fight again, but instead recuperated in Chuzhou.
In the battle of Hengjian Mountain, they won with overwhelming victory.
But after all, it was a head-to-head duel, and the thirty-mile chase also exhausted the soldiers' physical strength. They needed a good rest to recover and give the injured soldiers time to recuperate.
Chuzhou Military Camp.
Zhao Kuangyin did not live in the prefecture government office like Luo Youdu did. He still lived in the military camp, staying with the soldiers and sharing the joys and sorrows.
As for Chuzhou affairs, he left them directly to his younger brother Zhao Kuangyi.
It's not that Zhao Kuangyin is not good at handling government affairs, it's just that he prefers military affairs and is better at military affairs than cumbersome government affairs.
Sitting in the center of the camp, Zhao Kuangyin looked at the topographic map hanging on the right side of the tent, his eyes motionless, as if he wanted to imprint the map in his eyes.
He has been in this state for an hour and has looked at the map a thousand times.
It is clear where the state capitals near Chuzhou are located and how many miles apart they are.
Is it Haozhou and Sizhou in the north, Chuzhou in the northeast, Hezhou in the south, Jianwu Army in the east, or Yangzhou and Taizhou?
Wherever the soldiers could reach, Zhao Kuangyin rehearsed countless tactics in his mind.
It's just that none of it works.
Now that he was stationed in Chuzhou, Zhao Kuangyin thought he could take a good rest.
But the news that Luo Youdu Zhengyang defeated Liu Yanzhen made him panic in his heart. At the same time, he was secretly glad that he had killed hard enough to scare away Chuzhou's defenders and gave him Chuzhou in vain. Otherwise, Luo Youdu would have suppressed him again.
Fortunately, within two days, news came that Luo Youdu was riding down to Luzhou.
Zhao Kuangyin's heart is like a mirror, and a draw means a loss.
He has the battle of Gaoping, and Luo Youdu has the battle of Fengzhou!
He had Hengjian Mountain to kill Huangfu Hui, and Luo Youdu had Zhengyang to kill Liu Yanzhen.
When he went to Chuzhou himself, Luo Youdu also went to Luzhou.
However, Luo Youdu forced the surrender of Shu, and he could not find any corresponding achievements to counter this achievement.
This made Zhao Kuangyin, who had always been arrogant and arrogant, feel a little frustrated, and even occasionally regretted it. If he had been more realistic back then, there wouldn't be so much nonsense now.
Zhao Kuangyin's father, Zhao Hongyin, was also a general who was good at fighting. In his early years, he served as the commander of the Protectorate of the Holy Capital in the Later Han Dynasty.
With such a family background, Zhao Kuangyin should have had a very high starting point, but his heart was higher than the sky. He felt that a man should not get an official position based on his father's ability. After traveling around, he joined the later Han Dynasty Privy Envoy Guo Wei's account and followed Guo Wei to conquer Hezhong.
Jiedushi Li Shouzhen rebelled.
It is true that Zhao Kuangyin achieved his current status without the support of his father. He relied on his own personal ability to get to where he is today.
Today his status is no lower than that of his father Zhao Hongyin.
If you think about it carefully, it has taken seven years since you joined the army.
But the guy opposite only used it for two years...
The words of Zhang Yongde, his old boss before the expedition, came to Zhao Kuangyin's mind: "I have been oppressed by this bastard Li Chongjin all my life. He is optimistic about Luo Youdu, but I think you are more powerful. This time the officials will let you two lead the army alone to train you."
The intention is obvious, there is no guarantee that the two of you will sit in my and Li Chongjin’s seats in the future. Now that you are a step too late, don’t follow in my footsteps and be suppressed for the rest of your life."
Zhao Kuangyin clenched his fists, feeling a little unwilling.
"Brother!"
Zhao Kuangyi suddenly broke into the tent.
Zhao Kuangyin took a breath and said: "How is the matter in Chuzhou handled? I heard that many people were killed, and there were no problems, right?"
Zhao Kuangyi smiled and said: "Brother, can you still not trust me? Everything is in order. Every general has allocated the property in the treasury, leaving only a little to maintain the operation of the state capital. The money for the soldiers has also been prepared by the gentry. This is also the case.
Okay, let them hand over the money voluntarily, so that we don't do anything. The He family wanted to run away, so I copied it, so I should kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. No one else was killed except them."
Zhao Kuangyin was slightly startled and said: "Is that the He family who brought wine and meat and talked a lot of nonsense at the gate of the city?"
Zhao Kuangyi said with a smile: "It was them. My brother gave them a whip. They seemed to feel humiliated and wanted to flee Chuzhou, so I intercepted them."
Zhao Kuangyin stopped interfering. When he entered the city, a well-mannered gentleman said a lot of unintelligible words and stood in front of his horse. He gave him a whip, which was considered a light thing.
Zhao Kuangyin was most disgusted with such literate guys and was unwilling to deal with them.
Unexpectedly, they actually got angry?
Just kill this kind of rotten scholar.
Zhao Kuangyi thought of the purpose of his visit and said: "I almost forgot the important thing when I interrupted my brother. There is bad news. The south sent an envoy to the Shouzhou Military Camp. Li Jing, a weakling, wants to negotiate with the officials. This kind of guy, actually
Can I be an emperor? Then I can do it too!"
Zhao Kuangyin's expression also changed. If peace talks were to take place, it would not be good news for him.
As for the emperor's words, he ignored them. The two brothers didn't care what they said in private.
Zhao Kuangyi also had the same idea. He thought that the performance of his and his brother's army was enough to trample Luo Youdu under his feet. Who would have thought that Liu Yanzhen was so inexperienced and Luzhou was also guarded by a group of idiots.
"It's better to attack another city before the envoy arrives at the Shouzhou military camp. That way, even if peace is negotiated, we don't have to worry too much."
Zhao Kuangyi said with a bit of unwillingness.
Zhao Kuangyin pondered for a moment and said: "Forget it, after the fall of Chuzhou and Luzhou, several surrounding cities have been well prepared. It is too stupid to attack by force. We cannot waste the lives of the soldiers for a little merit. Besides ten thousand people,
It is also not suitable for siege."
It is true that Zhao Kuangyin despises literati, but it is also true that he cherishes his soldiers.
Zhao Kuangyi said unwillingly: "But..."
Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and said: "The peace talks may not be successful. The Southern Tang Dynasty is not Meng Shu, and it cannot only have this strength. Once the peace talks fail, war will inevitably resume, and the other side will definitely send soldiers to rescue Shouzhou. Chuzhou and Luzhou will
He is the frontline. At that time, we will have a showdown with him."
Li Jing really couldn't sit still.
Luo Youdu and Zhao Kuangyin beat him so hard that they knocked him unconscious.
Of the nearly 60,000 troops, the opponent's 10,000 soldiers and horses were eaten alive.
Seven hundred thousand stones of food and grass became the opponent's rations.
No matter how wealthy the Southern Tang Dynasty was, it could not afford this kind of consumption.
Moreover, the Southern Tang Dynasty was not only facing the Zhou Dynasty now. King Qian Hongchu of Wuyue had already sent a navy to go north.
Wang Kui, who was separatist in Wuling, had begun to attack Ezhou.
Although Qian Hongchu and Wang Kui were separatist forces and local hegemons, they all respected the Central Plains court as Zhengshuo and were willing to obey Guo Rong's orders.
The Southern Tang Dynasty was attacked from three sides and lost 60,000 troops in Huainan. Li Jing lost his temper instantly and started peace talks mode directly.