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Cao Bin was also shocked when he learned that Lin Renzhao and Lu Jiang had led an army of 100,000 to pursue Li Jixun and headed straight to Hongzhou.

After he saw Li Jixun entering the city, he immediately asked: "What's going on? Why did something suddenly happen to both of you?"

Li Jixun was in a state of embarrassment and his face was covered with dust. After taking a sip of water, he said in a rough voice: "General Cao, it's not good. Yang Wu and the black clouds have all returned. They landed at Zhangquan first, and then this restoration army quickly destroyed Wu Yue."

The land has been established as a country. There are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. They have incorporated Wu Yue soldiers and Southern Tang soldiers. Now they have gathered together and ambushed General Pan Mei. General Liu Guangyi and I were also repelled by Lin Renzhao's soldiers and horses."

"There is such a thing!" Cao Bin was also shocked.

Originally, they were in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and they went deep alone. With the help of Jinling City, they were captured, and grain and grass were transferred from various state capitals.

However, once the Wu army entered the Southern Tang Dynasty and all the Southern Tang armies surrendered to the Wu army, they would probably be attacked from both sides, and without reinforcements or food, their situation would be very critical.

"General Cao, do we want to hold on to Hongzhou?" the deputy general asked.

Cao Bin shook his head and said: "No! The matter has come to this, Hongzhou cannot be defended. We only have thirty or forty thousand people, and the opponent has an army of one hundred thousand. We can no longer stay in the Southern Tang Dynasty. We have to withdraw and retreat to Jingzhou.

, there is still under the control of our Song Dynasty, there is food and grass, and there are troops stationed there to resist the Wu army from invading the Jingxiang land!"

"It makes sense, it is indeed impossible to hold it!" Li Jixun also felt that the environment in the south was not used to it, and it was easy to get sick, suffer from dysentery, and be unaccustomed to the climate and climate. The Wu army now has close to 100,000, and it is indeed invincible.

Cao Bin continued: "At the same time, send people to quickly deliver information to the officials in Bianjing, so that the court can make preparations in advance. This time, although we destroyed the Tang State, the new state of Wu actually annexed Wu Yue and Li Tang, and the threat was even greater

Big."

Li Jixun nodded and suddenly said: "I heard reports along the way that the commander who defeated General Pan Mei was none other than Su Chen. He is not dead and is now the general of Wu State."

"What? There is such a strange thing!"

Cao Bin became even more solemn. If Su Chen had not died, helping Wu Guo and planning behind the scenes, the threat would be too great.

"No wonder the Wu Kingdom is coming with such force this time. Everything seems to have been planned for a long time. It turns out that this person is behind the scenes!"

Cao Bin said: "Without further delay, take Hongzhou's grain, grass, people, and treasures all to Jingzhou. There will be no room for the Wu army here."

"Okay, let's take some more!"

Li Jixun also agreed. They suffered heavy losses in the Tang Dynasty this time. The main force of the Forbidden Army suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and they could no longer explain to the court. They could only take away more supplies, which could also reduce their guilt.

Cao Bin issued a military order that day and mobilized troops. Instead of continuing to attack south, he took away some materials, young people, property, food and grass from Hongzhou, like Jingzhou in the west, with the goal of Changsha.

Mansion was once the capital of Jingchu.

Jingchu was one of the ten kingdoms of Chu during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. It was the only dynasty in history established with Hunan as its center. At that time, it was also called Ma Chu, or Southern Chu.

Its founder was Ma Yin. In the third year of Qianning, Ma Yin arrived in Changsha. After staying in Wu'an, the Tang Dynasty appointed him as the governor of Tanzhou. Against this background, Ma Yin conquered and eliminated the separatist forces in Hunan one by one.

In the first year of Kaiping in the Later Liang Dynasty (907), Zhu Wen granted Ma Yin the title of King of Chu.

In the second year of Tiancheng in the Later Tang Dynasty (927), Ma Yin established the Chu State, with Tanzhou as its capital and renamed it Changsha Prefecture.

In 947 AD, Ma Xifan died, and the Ma brothers fought one after another, leading to great chaos in Jingchu. In 951 AD, the Southern Tang took the opportunity to send general Bian Hao to capture Changsha. Southern Chu was destroyed, but was later occupied by other armed forces. .

In the first month of the first year of Qiande in the Song Dynasty (963), Zhao Kuangyin sent Murong Yanzhao and Li Chuyun to lead the local army of ten states to go south to help Wuping Army in Hunan put down Zhang Wenbiao's rebellion, by passing through Jingnan; on February 9th, the Song army arrived at Jingnan , when Gao Jichong, the military envoy of Jingnan Festival, sent an envoy to welcome and reward the army, Li Chuyun led thousands of cavalry to attack Jiangling City. Gao Jichong was forced to surrender, and Jingnan was leveled.

Therefore, the land of Jingchu is now under the actual control of the Song Dynasty, and Li Chuyun is stationing troops there.

Cao Bin led his troops to Changsha Mansion, where he first met with Li Chuyun and then discussed countering the westward advance of Wu's army.

When Lin Renzhao and Lu Jiang led their troops to Hongzhou, the city was already half empty, the population had been reduced by half, and only the old, weak, women and children were left.

All the food and finances in the city were looted and taken away by the Song army.

"It's unreasonable. These Song troops are really not human beings! They actually robbed the city's property, food and grass, as well as many young people. They didn't leave anything useful or valuable behind for us!" Lu Jiang couldn't help but curse.

Lin Renzhao sighed: "The soldiers are deceitful! At present, the two armies are facing each other. The Song army does not have the advantage now, so it is no longer moral to take action. We are also forcing us to do this. This Cao Bin has always been rigorous in running the army. Even he Everyone has issued such a military order, so we can see that there is nothing we can do about it."

Lu Jiang smiled and said: "That's true. The Song people must have never imagined that the Southern Tang Dynasty had just been destroyed by them, but the Wu Kingdom had risen again and gained greater momentum. The Song army could not stop it this time."

"Yes, I caught them off guard!"

Lin Renzhao smiled slightly and said: "Originally, we were generals who would subjugate the country. Life or death was uncertain. Now we have become generals of Wu State. Min State, Wu Yue and Li Tang merged to form the new Wu State. Just like the three families returned to Jin, the general trend is. After our south is unified, we can truly compete with the Northern Song Dynasty."

Lu Jiang laughed and said: "Haha, Li Tang is hopeless without a wise emperor. If the emperor and Su Chen are still young, full of vigor and ambition, they will definitely be able to build the Wu Kingdom and be able to fight against the Northern Song Dynasty. It is even possible to conquer the Song Dynasty in the future!"

Lin Renzhao stood at the top of the city and sighed with emotion: "If the position of Lord Wu can be passed to Su Chen in the future, it will be perfect. We civil and military generals, under the leadership of Su Lang of Jiangzuo, will work hard to rejuvenate the country and expand the territory." Earth, if the court is clear and bright, it will definitely be able to do great things!"

"This matter depends on manpower. Most of the court officials are Han Xizai and others, and most of the outside generals are our veterans. Su Chen himself also leads troops to fight, and he knows things well and has great military exploits. The new Lord Wu is his sister. At that time, it is not impossible for the Zen throne to give up the country!" Lu Jiang said.

"Well, that's what the people want."

Lin Renzhao sighed. Although he had only met Su Chen once, he trusted and appreciated Su Chen's reputation, talent, and character, and was willing to support Su Chen as the leader of the Wu Kingdom in the future.

This is also the sentiment of many old officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
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