The fleet stopped slowly, Li Hanqiong got on the shore, stepped forward, looked at the leader, and shouted: "You are Wei Yu?"

"General, the last general is exactly."

"You guy is very wise."

Wei Yu could only be submissive.

Cao Bin captured Chizhou, fought against the Southern Tang naval army on the Tongling River, defeated the Southern Tang naval army, captured more than 200 warships and captured more than 800 people alive. But in general, compared with the forces of the two countries, they were both small-scale battles.

Then Cao Bin took over Wuhu County.

Forced by the power of the Song army, Wei Yu, the judge of the Xiongyuan Army of Dangtu County, had to surrender in the city.

At this time, the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty did not care too much, and Cao Bin and his party made Li Yu and Zhang Wei very shameless. Just like a thief, such a huge fleet did not dare to fight the main army of Zhu Quanyun in Hukou, but instead deceived Chizhou. Then he won the Tongling Little Battle in the Yangtze River with more surrounds and fewer sieges. As for Wuhu, Li Yu thought for a long time before he thought of this place. Oh, that small town. It was indeed Wuhu was really small at this time, pitifully small. If it weren't for a unique small port, I wouldn't even have a thousand households in the county.

This shows that the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty did not understand military affairs.

Cao Bin took down Tongling of Chizhou, which was equivalent to cleaning the rear. It was really not important. What was even more fatal was Dangtu. Tongling and Chizhou and Wuhu were still not important because there were one lake after another between them, which was not conducive to the mobilization of the army. But is Dangtu not important? What is ahead of it? It is Caishiji. When you arrive at Caishiji, you will have several avenues to reach Jinling directly.

But we can't say that they don't understand at all, and they understand a little. When they heard that something happened in Dangtu, Yang Shou and Sun Zhen led 20,000 troops to station in Caishiji. There seemed to be a lot of 20,000 people, but they were facing the main force of the Song army, so what role did the 20,000 people play?

Li Yu actually thought that he was safe and sound. At this time, he suddenly changed his interest, interpreted it into Taoism, and studied the "Book of Changes" at home. While hugging Xiao Zhouhou, he wanted to study the mystery of the Book of Changes.

And another news came, which made him feel at ease.

The Song army attacked from all directions, including the southern part of the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Tanzhou soldiers attacked Pingxiang and defeated the defending general Liu Maozhong. The Tanzhou soldiers were not the imperial guards of the Northern Song Dynasty. But they could not be underestimated. Pan Mei used the Tanzhou soldiers to carry some imperial guards to capture the entire Southern Han.

Li Yu tried to compare the combat effectiveness of the two ** teams from this...

This is a joke. It’s not that the Tanzhou soldiers are not good. The Tanzhou soldiers are also fierce in combat. Later Hunan soldiers became the last important pillar of the Qing Dynasty. They have nothing to do with soldiers, they are generals. The one who sent the troops to Pingxiang this time was Zhu Dong, the governor of Tanzhou. This man was a first-class good official, but he was not a military strategist. He asked him to govern the local area, but he was not as good as Song Jiu. Then he defended Pingxiang. The real tiger was in Jiangbei and prefecture, looking at the southeast direction every day.

Cao Bin also got off the warship.

Unlike Li Hanqiong's generous and complacent attitude, Cao Bin comforted Wei Yu with kindness. This person will have a great effect in the future, that is Caishiji.

Cao Bin divided a group of troops and stayed in Dangtu, then boarded the warship, arrived at Caishiji slowly and smoothly, and stopped by the river, confronting each other on the river, occasionally using tiger cannons and Fuyuan crossbows to fire at the river bank. The court already had enough steel for the Song army to squander.

Yang Shou was forced to move backwards.

The Song army was temporarily confronted, and the Southern Tang army was helpless, but it was very difficult for the Song army to get ashore.

Li Yu had not seen a huge crisis coming, so he did two things. The first thing was to restore the emperor's identity, which was not right. Only with the title of emperor can we mobilize the entire country. This idea is not bad, but it is not the same thing to continue. Looking at the various things in the Southern Tang Dynasty, you can see the various things that happened in the late Song Dynasty in the future. The second thing was to write a letter to Qian Chu, saying that there is no self today, and there will be no lord tomorrow! Once the emperor changes his place and rewards, the king is also a commoner.

Qian Chu refused to listen, but instead handed the letter to Zhao Kuangyin to show his loyalty, and then rushed to the Southern Tang Dynasty without stopping. Li Yu was puzzled at first, but finally smiled bitterly because he did the same thing three years ago.

But this letter played some role. When the Prime Minister of Wu and Yue Chen Huzi saw it, he advised him that Jiangnan and our country's barriers could he remove their shields?

After saying it before, he stopped his political affairs and replaced him with Cui Renyi. Chen Huzi was right, and Li Yu was not wrong, but it was too late to say it at this time. If Li Yu had joined forces with Jingnan, Hunan, Bashu, Hunan, and the internal governance should not be like him, even if it was like Qian Chu, the Song Dynasty could not swallow them one by one. But the key to these countries' differences in their relationship, how can they work together? Relying on Gao Jichong? Will Jingnan dare? Relying on Zhou Baoquan, who is from the big boss, Zhang Wenbi agreed? Or relying on Meng Chang, that is a person who is as stupid as Li Yu, that is, why should he be an enemy of the Song Dynasty?

It's even later now.

And soon there was a vivid example. When Liu Jiyuan heard that the Song Dynasty sent troops to the Southern Tang Dynasty, he knew that once the Southern Tang Dynasty was captured, the next target would be the Northern Han Dynasty. Therefore, he searched all the soldiers in the army. Since those over 17 years old, they all used as soldiers to collect all the horses of the people and sent Wei to attack Pingyang to support the Southern Tang Dynasty. However, as soon as the Northern Han soldiers left Taiyuan City, they were nothing. The Song Dynasty did not mobilize troops at all. Just Wu Shouqi, the magistrate of Jinzhou, stationed troops in one state, defeated Wei five thousand soldiers.

Liu Jiyuan had no choice but to ask for help from the Khitan to explain the truth. The Song Dynasty could not allow the Southern Tang Dynasty to be taken over, otherwise it would cause great harm to our country and your country. However, at this time, the Khitan rebelled continuously, and coupled with the mess left by the Sleeping King, the Khitan also needed a peaceful environment, so he refused to listen. Instead, he sent envoys to Liu Jiyuan that the strength and weakness were different and that they could not invade without any arbitrariness. The Khitan did not send troops, so what power did the Northern Han have to respond to the Southern Tang Dynasty? After hearing this, Liu Jiyuan burst into tears. After crying, he was angry and almost got impulsively prepared to send troops to attack the Khitan in revenge, but was persuaded by the ministers.

That is, Qian Chu's desire to resist is no longer effective, at most it will increase the difficulty of the Song Dynasty to recover the Southern Tang Dynasty. However, if the Song Dynasty took over the Southern Tang Dynasty, it would inevitably vent its anger at Wu Yue.

Cao Bin didn't know the various things in the middle yet, he was drinking with Wei Yu in the river.

After drinking a glass of soju, Wei Yu was almost so spicy that even tears came out.

"It's a good thing to have this soy wine."

"Guohua is just too expensive."

"General Li, you should eat less wine." Cao Bin advised. Li Hanqiong is dull, has extraordinary martial arts and is good at fighting, but there is one thing that is bad. That is, he likes to be drunk and crazy. It's okay for others to be drunk and crazy, but he is the enemy of thousands of people. Once he gets drunk, others can't stop him. Not only the soldiers are afraid that Li Hanqiong will be drunk, but even Cao Bin doesn't want Li Hanqiong to be drunk and crazy on the boat. If he can't stop, he is on the river and falls into the river. He even has a dereliction of duty.

Li Hanqiong may not be afraid of Cao Bin, but Cao Bin has the emperor's secret letter to execute generals below Pan Mei at will. If he doesn't listen, he has to listen. He can only watch Cao Bin depressedly take away the bottle of wine in his hand. Cao Bin then said the matter: "Chuitian, you have been in Dangtu for a long time. Can you get a shortcut to the quarry?"

"Yes, but military camps are built on all roads, which are not easy to attack. In my opinion, it is better to attack forcefully. Yang Shou is not a general, and he has not set up a large camp on the shore and snatched it to the shore. He can defeat him. But I hope General Cao will kill fewer surrendered prisoners."

Cao Bin said: "You remind me of someone."

Li Hanqiong curled his lips, whether it was Wei Yu or Song Jiu, it was not his food.

But Wei Yu's words were also helpful to Cao Bin, so the Battle of Caishiji began. With Wei Yu as a guide, Cao Bin knew everything from Dangtu to Caishi and did not attack from land, but sent troops from Dangtu to feint Yang Shou. Just when Yang Shu sent troops from all sides, Cao Bin launched a strong attack. More than 20,000 Southern Tang troops were defeated in the blink of an eye. Yang Shu, Sun Zhen, and more than a thousand prisoners of war were captured alive.

...

"Don't be messy, check the cables," Hao Shoujun stood on the edge of the Anhui River and directed.

The craftsmen tied the civilian boats and bamboo rows one by one.

Lu Wanyou personally checked and then ordered: "Go away."

If you want to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, the most important hurdle was the Yangtze River. This river originally caused a headache for the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty. Even if the people passed, it would not work. There must be food and supplies. Otherwise, the Southern Tang Dynasty would be firm in its walls and clear the fields, and it would have to retreat due to lack of food and supplies.

Or load it with a ship. But what if the Southern Tang used the Hunan method? Of course there were other methods, but that would turn into a terrible protracted war. Even if the Southern Tang Dynasty was obtained, the national strength of the Song Dynasty would be greatly damaged. Even the Song Dynasty could not guarantee the timely delivery of the army across the Yangtze River.

This is the wealthy Southern Tang. Although Li Yu did not do well, he did not implement much tyranny. As long as the main force did not arrive, the Southern Tang might be defeated. There are too many unexpected factors.

But with Fan Ruobing's arrival, it was solved easily. There was a way, that was, to build a bridge on the Yangtze River. But no one had done it since ancient times, so he first conducted an experiment on the stone monument with very similar water surfaces. Cao Bin took the beach and it was time to build a bridge.

The northwest wind was strong, and this long fleet was very fast, so it quickly arrived at Caishiji. Then the soldiers of the Song Dynasty also turned into civilians, holding nails, axes, and chisels. In fact, if they were replaced by the Southern Tang people, they would be more proficient. However... But this is the Yangtze River. How fast is the water flowing, even the boat is not easy to stop. Besides, it is such a long floating bridge, how much force should it resist?

Li Yu thought about it for a long time in the palace and finally realized that the Song Dynasty army wanted to forcibly build a floating bridge on the Yangtze River. Li Yu asked Zhang Qing without any confidence: "Zhang Qing, do you think this can be accomplished?"

Zhang Shi said: "I have read all the historical books and there are no similar records. I think it is impossible."

"I also think the Song people are children's plays."

However, just when they thought it was a child's play, Cao Bin spent three days building a long flying rainbow on Caishiji.

Li Yu was panicked and immediately sent two armies, with Du Zhen leading 10,000 troops coming on land, and Zheng Yanhua leading the navy on the Yangtze River. The task of the two armies was very simple, that is, at any cost, the floating bridge must be destroyed, otherwise the Song Dynasty army and materials would continue to flow through the bridge to the south of the Yangtze River.

But at this time, Jiangbei cheered and thundered.

Not only did Li Yu think it was a joke, but the Song army was also suspicious. They might have seen Song Jiu's flying bridge, but it was only a few dozen meters wide, and maybe they had seen Song Jiu's ten-story building, but it was still far lower than the height of the Mingtang of Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty. This is the Yangtze River, how can it become a bridge?

"Run." Pan Mei said coldly.

A mixed horse-striking army set foot on this huge flying rainbow.

As soon as he got ashore, Pan Mei met Du Zhen's army. Without saying a word, the two armies killed each other. Pan Mei's use of troops and Cao Bin are two different styles. He is brave, fast, attacking quickly, and retreating quickly. Cao Bin is slow or stable, so Pan Mei can quickly take down Lingnan. Whether Cao Bin pacifies the remnants of Lu Han or Nan Tang, the speed is very slow. It is a bit hard to say which of the two styles is good, or the other one can use troops, and it will be compared immediately in less than a few years.

At this time, Zheng Yanhua also led the navy to arrive. He was downstream and it was not easy to attack with fire, but it was also easy to destroy this pontoon bridge. As long as someone attacked the pontoon bridge, cut the cables and cut it into several sections, the bridge would automatically drift downstream with the water flow, and even the sea, and the pontoon bridge was destroyed. However, he looked at the faces of the Song Dynasty soldiers on the pontoon bridge, the bows and arrows in his hand, and also watched Du Zhen's 10,000 troops under Niuzhu Mountain on the shore, like snacks, they were quickly swallowed by Pan Mei's men. In the end, they fled, surrendered, or died in battle. He did something jaw-dropping. The Song army on the pontoon bridge was preparing to fight to protect the bridge, but suddenly he saw the navy in the south Tang Dynasty in the east adjusted the bow of the boat and quickly escaped with the help of Feng Shui...
Chapter completed!