Sending troops to the Southern Han Dynasty
When his eyes focused on the Southern Han Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin became angry rarely. If he had a sympathy for Li Yu, then he would have only extreme contempt and disgust for the Liu family of the Southern Han Dynasty. It was a stinky snake with both dirty and ugly, hard to see, and it could not be described. He took advantage of the Central Plains to hide in the hot and remote southernmost part of the south and do everything evil, but no one had time to pay attention to it, but it thought it was poisonous and everyone retreated.
In 904, Liu Yin was appointed as the governor of the Qing Navy by Emperor Zhaozong of Tang and began to rule in the southernmost part of China. He died in March 911, and his younger brother Liu Zhi succeeded to the throne (after becoming emperor, he changed his name to Liu Yan, and then changed his name to Liu Yan by Feilong in the sky) became emperor in August 917. In November of the following year, the country's name was changed to Han, which was known in history as the Southern Han. In April 942, Liu Zhi, who was proud of himself, was extremely extravagant and tortured, died. With extremely sharp internal contradictions in the ruling class, Liu Hongdu ascended the throne. However, before a year, his younger brother Liu Sheng was killed in March 943.
Liu Hongdu proclaimed himself emperor. In order to avoid repeating his brother's mistakes, he launched a massacre and sent all 15 younger brothers to the Huangquan Road. He began to send troops to Chu State in 948. He took a great advantage in the battle of the Southern Tang Dynasty to destroy Chu in 951, and won Yi, and further expanded the territory of the Southern Han Dynasty, all of which were in Lingnan. In August 958, Liu Sheng died and his eldest son Liu Yu succeeded to the throne. The state affairs were determined by the eunuch Gong Chengshu and the female official Lu Qiongxian. Liu Yu inherited his consistent employment policy since his grandfather Liu Zhi, and also made it unique in Chinese history.
The kingdom of eunuchs. Please see the high statement of his first powerful minister Gong Chengshu (this is a eunuch). "Your Majesty, all the ministers have families, so they have their own selfish intentions. Only when the eunuchs are free from worries and are clean and neat can they serve your majesty loyally." Such a high statement made Liu Yu very shocked. He nodded repeatedly and implemented it immediately. So the Southern Han Dynasty and the people of Liu Yu became the ***. 100% of the central officials were castrated. From then on, the senior officials of the Southern Han Dynasty had only two ways to go, either sending their heads to Liu Yu's knife or sending their lifeline to Liu Yu's knife.
Next. And the examinees who are taking the exam should pay more attention. From then on, you only have the golden list to be named, and there is no more wedding night. Fame, wealth and glory of the family can only choose one. Liu Yu also built the legendary 18-story hell. All kinds of tortures that have not been seen before, and they have never heard of have never heard of. His family life is also amazing. The thousands of beauties in the south are too ordinary, and his beloved concubine comes from the mysterious and ancient Persia. She is fat and black, which is completely different from the graceful lady in China. Liu Yu fell in love with her at first sight and was given the title of "Feeling Pig"
In this way, **There are pigs, all officials are eunuchs, and the highest spiritual leader in the country is a witch named Fan Huzi. In such a Liu Hu and such a country, Zhao Kuangyin's attack was completely a crime of slandering the people and practicing the way for heaven. Perhaps he had previously seized Jinghu, pacified Houshu, and then destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty. But this time when Yu Yanye and Wang Jixun reported all this to him, Zhao Kuangyin didn't even find an excuse and said, "I will save this people."
But Zhao Kuangyin did not choose to send troops at the beginning, but asked Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, to write a letter to Liu Yu, asking him to hand over the land of Hunan first. Li Yu really wrote it and persuaded Liu Yu to surrender to Zhao Kuangyin. Is this stupid? A few years later, when his Southern Tang was threatened by the Song Dynasty, he wrote to Wu Yue, and the content changed, "There is no self today, and there will be no lord in the future." But what if it is a great irony and insult at this time? As long as the war does not immediately burn to his own house, he can continue to be slutty and sympathize with himself. I don't know if Li Yu was extremely grateful when he picked up a pen to write a letter to Liu Yu. It was Zhao Kuangyin who ordered him to write to Liu Yu, instead of asking Liu Yu to write such a letter to him...
The first letter did not receive any response from Liu Yu. Li Yu wrote the second letter, and Liu Yu exploded. The life of their Liu family who was the only one who could do whatever they wanted was over, and no one dared to treat him like this! And since Liu Yu, they have always looked down on the barbaric and boring Yankees. When the Shatuo people were at their peak, Liu Yu dared to call the Emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty the Emperor as the governor of Luoyang. What's more, the little Zhao Kuangyin and the younger Li Yu, they dared to despise him like this? Liu Yu detained Gong Shenyi, the envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and wrote a reply to Li Yu. With the quality of the tyrant Liu Yu, what was written in the letter can be imagined. How could Li Yu bear the heart of a literati like? So he handed the letter in the letter in the letter in its original form and let Zhao Kuangyin share some curses.
Zhao Kuangyin was also angry. On September 1, 3rd year of Kaibao (970), Pan Mei, the most brave general of the Northern Song Dynasty, was appointed as the commander of the Southern Han Dynasty. Wang Jixun was the other party and led troops from 10 states to the city of Hezhou to meet with Pan Mei.
Pan Mei defeated the Southern Han Dynasty in the first battle, and won the second battle, Bai Xia in the second battle, and won the third battle. On September 15, the important town of Hezhou in the Southern Han Dynasty. At this time, the urgent documents of the Hezhou Governor Chen Shouzhong finally passed to the Southern Han Palace, but Liu Feng was helpless. The famous generals and the royal family were both killed by the three generations and four emperors of the Liu family. The eunuch Gong Chengshu stood up. He said that he went to Hezhou in person and went to condolences with the imperial edict... to express condolences. Gong Chengshu was welcomed unprecedentedly warmly in Hezhou City, and the soldiers spontaneously surrounded him. He was deeply moved by his voice and emotion.
After the emperor's condolence edict, everyone was focused on his eyes and still unwilling to leave. Gong Chengshu was looked at and said, "Do you... have something else?" The soldiers wanted to say something, but finally said, "Money! Our military pay! How much have you brought after so many years?" Eunuch Gong was stunned. He only had the edict he had just read. The very unhappy soldiers of the South Han Dynasty were deceived again and again, but now they came again. They cursed and dispersed, leaving only Gong Chengshu, Chen Shouzhong and two others in a daze at Liu Yu's edict.
At this time, the Song army vanguard had arrived in Fanglin and was about to arrive in Hezhou! Gong Chengshu immediately left the city and told Chen Shouzhong before fleeing: You must defend it! The court will send reinforcements soon! Believe me, that's right!
All the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Han Dynasty thought of a veteran Pan Chongche. When he destroyed the Tuotuo of Chu, Pan Chongche made great contributions. But unfortunately, one reason is that he is not a eunuch, and the other is that the Southern Han Dynasty does not need soldiers. So he has retired early and stayed at home for many years. When Liu Yu sent someone to invite the veteran, the answer was "Your Majesty, I am old. And my eyes are not good recently. Please find someone else." Liu Yu was angry and said, "Why do you need Chongche? Wu Yanrou is alone and has no evil strategy." Wu Yanyan
Rou quickly led his troops to fight. I don’t know what Pan Chongche was feeling at home at this time. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that the initial rejection of veteran Pan was just a momentary complaint, and the resentment after being neglected for so many years. As long as Liu Yu comforted him a little, Pan Chongche would definitely put on his battle robe and work hard for the Liu family. But Liu Yu, who was used to being the only one, made up his mind. Even if the Southern Han Dynasty was destroyed, I would never whisper to those humble ministers!
On September 20, the Song army heard that Wu Yanrou led his troops to help, and took the initiative to retreat 20 miles and set up ambush in Nanxiang. The next morning, Wu Yanrou led the way and landed on the shore first. The Song army ambushed everywhere. In a simple battle, Wu Yanrou was killed by the formation and the reinforcements of the Southern Han Dynasty were wiped out. Afterwards, Pan Mei took Wu Yanrou's head to the city of Hezhou to "submit" without reaction. At this time, a group of professional soldiers led by Pan Mei hesitated. What should I do now? Is the strong attack? Will the price be too high? Only a literary man named Wang Ming
The official said, "There are reinforcements in the Southern Han Dynasty, so we should attack them quickly." He summoned more than 100 logistics gangs who escorted the baggage and rushed towards Hezhou City. The scene below would probably make Pan Mei ashamed. There was a moat in Hezhou City. These Ding Fu took out all kinds of guys whom he was good at, shoveling and shoveling, and the trenches were filled in. So they rushed towards the city gate... Then, the Hezhou city gate opened wide and they entered the city. Pan Mei watched the battle behind. Oh my God! Is this the resistance of the Southern Han people?
After seeing the combat effectiveness of the Southern Han army, Pan Mei threatened that the Song army would take the warship directly from Wu Yanrou and follow the original route of the Southern Han army to aid to Panyu. Liu Yu was panicked, so he personally invited Pan Chongche to give him 30,000 troops and asked the old general not to be angry anymore. As long as you guard He Jiang, everything is easy to say.
This time, Pan Chongche did not make any excuses to refuse, which made Liu Feng feel a little relieved. But at this time, the only veteran in the South Han Dynasty was probably the only veteran in the battlefield, Pan knew in his heart: Nan Han was over. One He Jiang, dozens of ships, Zhao Kuangyin gave Pan Mei how many troops? Pan Mei dared to do this? Where is the real portal of Nan Han? In Shaoguan! Shaoguan's importance to Panyu is like Jianmen Pass for Chengdu, Tongguan for Chang'an, and Shanhai Pass for the Ming Dynasty. It's ridiculous that Liu Feng and Gong Chengshu didn't even know this, and did he still want to destroy the country? After that, Pan Chongche tried his best to defend He Jiang. He could swear to Liu Feng's father, Liu Sheng, his old leader, in the spirit of heaven, that He Jiang was as stable as a rock under his defense and indestructible. Of course, that was also because Pan Mei's Song army did not come to He Jiang at all.
In October, Pan Mei defeated the Southern Han Dynasty in the fourth battle: the camp was established, and the defending general Jin Hui was captured. The 5th and 6th battles: Zhaozhou and Guizhou. The governor of these two states, Tian Xingchou, and Li Chenggui, directly abandoned the city and fled, and the two states went down without fighting. In November, the 7th battle: conquered Lianzhou.
At this time, Pan Mei had no stop, and Shaoguan was right in front of her. It was ridiculous that Liu Feng in Panyu City suddenly said this, "Don't panic, everyone. Zhao, Gui, Lian, and He 4 provinces are originally in Hunan, and those Yankees came for them. With these, they are satisfied and will not go south again."
Let Pan Mei destroy the Southern Han Dynasty first. Sufficient information shows that Zhao Kuangyin was most concerned about in this period. In November, the Khitan suddenly assembled 60,000 troops and sneaked into Dingzhou, the important northern town of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin quickly sent a man named Tian Qinzuo to the north to attack Liao.
As always, the emperor played his strengths as a chief of staff and gave Tian Qinzuo a 16-character policy. "I am a small person, I am a small person, and I will fight the city. The enemy will fight immediately. Don't chase it." Tian Qinzuo no matter how unknown he was before and how he was later disgusted. At this time, he was brave and resolute and impeccable! Because Zhao Kuangyin gave him only 3,000 people, and the Khitan cavalry he had to face was 60,000! After the battle in the city, it turned out that it was the Liao cavalry. Tian Qinzuo perfectly implemented the first three sentences and 12 characters of Zhao Kuangyin's 16-character policy. However, after the Liao cavalry was small, he began to pursue. The large army of 3,000 people was chasing 60,000 people to Suicheng. The battle in Suicheng started! The Liao soldiers were chasing arrows like rain, and Tian Qinzuo turned over and fell off the horse. But the next moment, he quickly jumped up from the ground. A false alarm was caused, and it turned out that he was caught in an arrow from the horse.
Immediately a knight named Wang Chao gave his horse to him, and the morale of the Song army was greatly improved. It was said that "from Dan to Zhan, it was killed and injured." Dan was 5-7 am and 15-17 pm. That is to say, 3,000 Song troops did not enter the city next to their border fortress, and chose to fight with the 60,000 Khitan cavalry who were the dominant field for nearly 10 hours! After night, the Song army entered Suicheng and the Liao corps surrounded the city. A few days later, a problem arose. Suicheng was short of food and could not hold on like Taiyuan City. One night, Tian Qinzuo opened the southern city gate, broke out of the Khitan encirclement, and came to another nearby stronghold to protect the village. Due to his rapidity and unexpected surprise, it was said that this breakthrough "did not kill a single arrow" in history that the Khitan retreated. Tian Qinzuo also had a great reputation, and it was rumored in the north that "three thousand fight sixty thousand"
On November 25, the news of the good news came to Kaifeng. Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed and said to his left and right, "After pacifying Shu, I built a feudal stake warehouse. After the storage of 5 million stagnants, I will redeem 16 states of Yanyun from the Khitan. If I do not allow it, I will disperse this gold and recruit warriors. I will buy 20 pieces of silk for one Khitan head. His elite troops are only 100,000, and only 2 million stags of silk will be spent, and the enemy will be all."
This is a magnificent and brave man that was rare in the Song Dynasty. Are the Song people really cowardly? The answer is no! Throughout the history of China, the vitality of the Han people is always suppressed by their own system. Especially in the Song Dynasty, if you read the history of the Song Dynasty carefully, you can find that behind countless times of being insulted by foreign enemies, there is an extremely shocking but helpless historical fact hidden.
For the Khitan, the Song Dynasty had a legend of 3,000 to 60,000; for the Dangxiang, the Song Dynasty had a success in opening the border of the Xihe River; for the Jurchens, the Song Dynasty had a great victory in Zhuxian Town; for the invincible Mongolia, the Song Dynasty had a glory of God's whip... What does this mean?
We can fight! But don’t put shackles on us at any time!
Returning to the battlefield where Pan Mei destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty. In December, Pan Mei attacked Shaozhou, the gateway to Panyu. This time he faced a little strange: Li Chengwo’s more than 100,000 troops and secret weapons that belonged only to the Southern Han Dynasty: hundreds of battle elephants.
The battle started under Penghua Peak outside the city. Li Chengwo immediately threw out his ace. How many elephants! There were more than a dozen Southern Han soldiers riding on each end and rushed towards the Song army's positions in a dark way. I wonder what Pan Mei and the Song army reacted to this scene. He did not prepare some superhuman weapons such as rats or water and fire in advance. Pan Mei's response was extremely rough and had no technical content.
He first ordered all the refusal horses to be moved out, and the position can be marked in front of the position for a while. Then he ordered all the crossbowmen in the army to stand in the front row, one word - shooting!
Let’s give an analogy. Compared with the tonnage of an elephant, an arrow is like the ratio of the tail needle of a wasp to the volume of our body. But if a whole nest of wasp’s butts pierced at you, what are your reactions? Forgive the elephants. They really can’t do it.
The elephants turned around and ran back, so fast that it was known in history that "everyone who was riding down" plunged into Li Chengwo's Southern Han army and continued to run to the death. Pan Mei's Song army followed the group of elephants and rushed into the enemy's formation, then rushed out of the enemy's formation, and rushed into Shaozhou City, without any enemies. This is how the gate of the Southern Han Dynasty was opened. Li Chengwo was only exempted from his own life. Shaozhou governor Xin Yanwo was captured. Pan Mei asked Xin Yanwo to write a letter to persuade Liu Yu to surrender.
Liu Yu did not accept the persuasion. He thought of the most traditional and classic defense method of the Han people when facing foreign invasions - the Great Wall! He wanted to build a trench in Majing to block Pan Mei's Song army! Think about it, how high a trench must be? How deep it must be? And all this must be completed before Pan Mei launches an attack to be effective. Is this possible? First, Liu Yu encountered a problem: Who should I send to Majing to do this? Looking around the generals, none of Liu Yu looked at it. Finally, a palace maid named Liang recommended her adopted son Guo Chongyue. Liu Yu felt relieved this time and asked Guo Chongyue and another general named Zhi Tingxiao to lead an army of 60,000 to guard Majing. After Guo Chongyue arrived in Majing, he only did two things: one was the emperor asked him to repair the fence, and the other was what he wanted to do, praying to ghosts and gods day and night, and never slacking off.
In the early lunar month of the fourth year of Kaibao (971), Pan Mei defeated the Southern Han Dynasty in the 9th and 10th battle: conquered Xiong and Ying 2 states. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Pan Chongche, a veteran of Southern Han Dynasty, took the initiative to surrender to the Song Dynasty.
Afterwards, Pan Mei unexpectedly received the first suggestion that Liu Yu had taken the initiative to the people of the Song Dynasty since the war started - not to talk about war or surrender. Can we talk about peace? Pan Mei's reaction was to immediately detain the envoy, and the army continued to advance towards Majing. In front of Majing was Takito, a real dangerous mountain and bad water. Pan Mei always suspected that Nan Han would set up an ambush here. Thanks to this envoy, he led the Song army to pass safely and quickly. On the 28th, he came to Guo Chongyue's fence.
As long as he broke through Majing, Pan Meike rushed to the foot of Panyu City within one day. At this time, Liu Feng in the city was still very calm. He only found more than a dozen sea boats and loaded his favorite women and treasures. He was about to escape! But it was very sad that he was betrayed again. The eunuch Le Fan, who he thought was not selfish because of his family's fatigue, and the more than 1,000 soldiers who were escorting the ship had no hesitation in the face of so many women and treasures, did not hesitate at all, and went directly on the ship and drove into the sea. The group of people disappeared from history from then on.
Liu Qing was really scared this time. He sent an envoy to see Pan Mei again. The price was forced to lower, and the first time he mentioned surrender.
At this time, a historical mystery appeared. Liu Hui asked for surrender, and Pan Mei also met the envoy. But for some reason, he did not agree or reply. Instead, he directly escorted the two envoys Xiao Han and Zhuo Weixiu to Kaifeng and handed them over to Zhao Kuangyin, who was thousands of miles away. Is it because Pan Mei did not accept the authority to surrender? Or is there any other hidden information? It is unknown, but the consequences of doing so were serious. A few days later, Pan Mei even made her scold her loudly.
On February 1, Liu Feng sent his remaining younger brother Liu Baoxing to reinforce Majing with his last force. On the 4th, Pan Mei destroyed the last battle of Nan Han. Zhi Tingxiao asked Guo Chongyue to lead his army to take the lineup to challenge the Song army. Pan Mei was reluctant to seek it. In a fierce battle, Zhi Tingxiao died in battle. Guo Chongyue, who was behind his palace, watched his people die on the battlefield, and returned to the fence. Just like the fence was extremely sacred, it could save him from any harm. But Pan Mei did not give him any chance. Wang Ming and the Dingfu of the logistics team each rushed to the fence with two torches in his hand, and raised the fire. Majing's fortifications, the army of Nan Han and Guo Chongyue were all burned completely.
Pan Mei set out overnight without delay, and Panyu City was ahead, the end of the battle. He knew that he had to be fast. But on the night of February 4, he was destined to run a little slower, so he didn't have time to save the things that were about to be destroyed and his own destiny.
On that night, Liu Yu, Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu and others had already thought of countermeasures and the future. "The reason why the Song army came was because our country had too many good things. Then we burned it all, and the Song army would naturally go back? Then we are still the masters here." So that night, there were fires everywhere in the treasury and palaces of the Southern Han Dynasty, and all the burns were burned overnight. It is estimated that Pan Mei could see the fire soaring into the sky on the way to rush over.
On February 5 the next day, Liu Yu opened the city gate and surrendered to the Song army, and told this guy who was finally running slower - you won. 60 prefectures and 214 counties in the Southern Han Kingdom, 170,263 households belong to you in the Song Dynasty.
But Pan Mei wanted to cry without tears. Everyone understood that invading a country was for land and population, but that was hidden wealth. The wealth accumulated by the three generations and four emperors of the Southern Han Dynasty were burnt out in vain? How did he communicate with Zhao Kuangyin? Now, compared with me, I am not even as good as Wang Quanbin. No matter how many sequelae left by Pingshu, Meng Chang's gold and silver treasures are now transported to Kaifeng, and they are hidden in Zhao Kuangyin's private safe called Fengzhukuangyin. Every day, Zhao Kuangyin meets people and sends troops to fight, and he feels at ease with so much money. The Southern Han treasure has long been included in the book of Fengzhukuangku, but now... what should I do?
There was no choice but to stay in the humid and stuffy Lingnan and completely clean up the scene for Zhao Kuangyin. More than 100 eunuchs came to surrender in costumes, and Pan Mei was just unhappy! She didn't even look at it, and she dragged it down and killed it!
In April, Liu Yu and his group were taken to Kaifeng. The emperor first asked him about burning the treasury, and Liu Yu was all blamed on Gong Chengshu and others. On May 1, Zhao Kuangyin pulled Liu Yu and a group of senior officials in the Southern Han Dynasty to the Taimiao to offer prisoners like dogs, and then asked him about his crime of being a mighty and blessing in the Southern Han Dynasty. Liu Yu replied this way, "My name is 16 years old, and Chengshu and others are all the old ministers. In everything, I am not free. During the country, I am a minister and Chengshu is the king of the country." Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu and others were silent, not denying or refuting until they were beheaded by the Song Dynasty.
However, Liu Yu, the bitch, was pardoned by Zhao Kuangyin. On June 18, he was named Enshe Marquis. After that, Zhao Kuangyin was a banquet for the ministers in the martial arts palace. Liu Yu was the first to arrive first. The emperor saw that he was so obedient, so he gave him a glass of wine. Unexpectedly, the bitch was scared to tears immediately and kowtowed to mercy, which made the emperor confused. He asked him to explain that this bitch would know that when he was in the Southern Han Dynasty, he would enjoy a cup of poisonous wine on the spot. Zhao Kuangyin laughed, "I treat people with my heart, how can I have this matter?" He took the wine and drank it all. He ordered his side to pour another cup of Liu Yu. The bitch Liu was ashamed and dared to drink it.
Chapter completed!