The Song army sharpened their swords and was approaching the border, and stationed along the Yangtze River, which immediately brought unprecedented tremendous pressure to the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Six or seven years ago, under the leadership of Chai Rong, the Later Zhou attacked the Jianghuai territory, which almost broke down. All fourteen prefectures in the Jianghuai area were lost and captured by the Later Zhou Dynasty. Now it has become the territory of the Song Dynasty.

The Southern Tang Dynasty only had half of the land in the south of the Yangtze River, with a weak national strength, a depressed will, and the rivers were declining.

This time, the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the attack on the Tang Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin used Cao Bin, who was "kind" as the commander of the destruction of Tang Dynasty, and Pan Mei, who was trying to protect the Chai family, as the deputy commander and military supervisor. As for Wang Quanbin, Wang Renshan and other people failed in the attack on Shu.

The generals were not activated. At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin gave Cao Bin a Shangfang sword before leaving, and Ming told him that all the deputy generals and below could be killed. Therefore, the five generations of powerful generals, including Pan Mei, "all lost their beauty"

, I dare not be rash or arrogant.

The Song army was united and cohesive. In addition, Cao Bin is a wise and resourceful veteran with strict military orders, so the overall morale of the Song army this time is sharper and more solid.

Now the Southern Tang Dynasty is facing the arrival of the Song Dynasty. Whether it is the people of Jinling City, Runzhou, Hongzhou and other places, they all feel that the Tang Dynasty is in danger.

However, the Southern Tang Dynasty court would not sit still and wait for death. With the support of Han Xizai and Pan You factions, military mobilization began. Lin Renzhao led his army to evacuate from Hukou area and came to Xiakou Village to set up a large camp on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, he established a defense line with nearby Chizhou to prevent the main force of the Song army from crossing the river.

The western army, led by Zhu Lingyun, was transferred to Ezhou to resist the Song army's southward from the Jinghu area, mainly targeting the naval army led by Wang Ming, the governor of Huangzhou.

The defense line on the east road was led by Liu Chenglai, the commander in front of the hall, and mainly went to Changzhou and mobilized the Jiangyin garrison to fight against the 50,000 troops from the Wu and Yue Kingdom.

The battle between the Song and Tang dynasties was inevitable and became the focus of attention of the princes and the people of the world, and it was even more related to the life and death of Li Tang.

Jinling City, Han Mansion.

Han Xizai summoned several ministers of the Sun Party to discuss ways to resist the Song army at home. Su Chen was also invited to come over and give advice.

"At present, the Song army has arranged heavy troops in the three routes of Wankou, Jinghu and Suzhou, divided into three routes of Zhong, West and East. According to the information of You Xiao and the secret spies, Yangzhou, opposite Runzhou, is also constantly hoarding troops.

At the critical moment, there will be a navy from Yangzhou crossing the river and directly attacking Runzhou. This time, the Song army and Wu Yue soldiers dispatched a total of 250,000, which is equivalent to the total force of our Tang Dynasty. If a strong man is launched, the soldiers will be

The number of people is not difficult. The key is how to fight and whether it can block the Song army of the tiger and wolf army. This is the key."

Han Xizai expressed his concerns.

The Tang army's combat capabilities are definitely not comparable to those of the Song army, and they are even almost the same as those of the Wu and Yue army, and they are not even simple to possess.

This is no longer a huge difference in the number of troops, but a huge difference in the overall strength of the two armies.

The Song army fought in the north and south over the years. It can be said that it was brave and good at fighting. In addition, the Song Dynasty imperial guards were all selected from one hundred miles. They were elites who were strong and had frequent wars with the Khitan, the Northern Han, etc., and pacified the Central Plains and held their own military status.

The commander and others fight non-stop and always maintain combat effectiveness.

However, the Southern Tang army has not fought any wars, tactics, strategies, etc. in the past five years, and has not undergone actual combat. Once the battle is fought, it is likely to be scared by the bravery of the Song army, and it is possible to collapse at one touch.

Xu Kai said: "Mr. Han, I think it is difficult to defend by relying on my Tang army to resist by myself. I need to find some helpers. Since the Song army can find Wu Yue as helpers, we can also find Northern Han, Northwest Vanguards, and Shu.

The country, Nanhan is the helper. If they can send troops to attack Song, then our pressure will be reduced a lot."

Han Xizai nodded and said, "I have mentioned this strategy to the government. I have sent people to these vassal states to send letters and ask for troops. However, all countries are temporarily waiting and watching, and we should first see our Tang army resist.

To the extent, they may all hope to see the Song army and our Tang army consume each other, which not only weakens the Tang State, but also delays the Song army, causing the Song Dynasty to fall into the quagmire of the battle to attack the Tang Dynasty, and cannot extricate themselves for a while. In this way, the various princes

Only then will they send troops to seize the territory they swallowed by the Song Dynasty. At the moment, they do not plan to send troops."

Zhong Mo, the Minister of Rites, snorted: "All selfish people who only focus on their own interests, have no view of the overall situation. Once the Song Dynasty quickly conquered our Tang Kingdom and obtained more personnel and treasury supplies, they would have no chance.

At that time, no one will escape the end of being wiped out."

"What about the Liao Kingdom? Is there an echo?" asked Gao Yue, a clerk of the Secretariat.

Han Xizai replied: "The Liao Kingdom also sent a letter, but there was no reply yet. In recent years, Emperor Yelu Jing of Liao has slept and slept day and night, ignored the government affairs, and had a war with a small tribe, so he had no intention of going south to deal with the Song Dynasty.

Unless the Liao Kingdom replaces the emperor, it will be difficult to help."

The current emperor of the Liao Kingdom is Yelu Jing, and the Khitan name is Yelu Shulu. He is the fourth emperor of the Liao Dynasty, the eldest son of Yelu Deguang, Emperor Taizong of Liao, and his mother is the Empress Jing'an Xiao.

In September of the fifth year of Tianlu (951 AD), Yelu Chache launched the Huoshendian Rebellion and killed Liao Shizong Yelu Ruan. Yelu Jing followed the army and killed Yelu Chache, after killing Yelu Chache, he officially ascended the throne and was honored as Emperor Tianshun.

The dynasty name Yingli made the throne return to the lineage of Emperor Taizong of Liao again. This person was tyrannical and in the early days of ascending the throne, he was able to achieve "not as good as ministers and not as much as the people". He issued several edicts to reduce taxes and pay respect to his ministers, but

He was extremely cruel to his close servants and often punished and killed indiscriminately.

Just last year, in the second year of Qiande in the Song Dynasty, the Wugu tribe launched a rebellion and plundered people and wealth. The Liao emperor Yelu Jing sent a general Monk Yin to conquer Wugu, but failed. Both general Monk Yin and Yishi died in battle.

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In the first month of this year, the third year of Qiande in the Song Dynasty, and the fifteenth year of the Yingli period of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Jing appointed Privy Councilor Yaris as the commander-in-chief of the army, and the Tiger Army was the commander-in-chief of Chu Si as the commander-in-chief of the army, and allocated 300 Tu Lubu troops.

The troops of various troops were united to attack Wugu, and they were still fighting. The grassland tribes resisted Yelu Jing's rule continued to emerge. He was busy suppressing and had no intention of going south to fight against the Song Dynasty.

After hearing this, Su Chen felt relieved. He had seen this Liao emperor Yelu Jing in history books that this person was now in the time to abandon the government. Four years later, he would be a close servant in the Black Mountain Incident.

The widower, Brother Hua, and the chef Xin Gu, had six others, and killed him while he was drunk. He was thirty-nine years old.
Chapter completed!