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Volume 1: Entrance Chapter 104: Famous Work

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    In the silence of the entire audience, Zhao Kuangyin pulled off the white cloth all over his head and face with his right hand, revealing a young face with heroic brows and eyes and a refreshing and cheerful expression.  In this way, Zhao Kuangyin stood upright on Huangfu Hui's horse alone, as if he was in a deserted land, staring at the thousands of soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty.  A legend is a legend, although it is not as dazzling and brilliant as the original history.  When Zhao Kuangyin defected to the Later Zhou Dynasty, he first showed his talents and prominence in the Battle of Gaoping during the northern expedition to the Northern Han Dynasty four years later. He won the attention of Zhou Shizong Chai Rong with his bravery and good strategy, and began to become Chai Rong's favorite capable general.  When Emperor Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty became ambitious and launched the plan to unify China, the Southern Tang Dynasty was the first target selected by the Zhou Dynasty to attack. At that time, Chai Rong personally led an army southward and besieged Shouzhou, an important military town in the north of the Yangtze River in the Southern Tang Dynasty.  After being unable to capture the enemy, they began to encircle and mobilize reinforcements. They successively won four great victories at Pakou, Qingliuguan, Chuzhou, and Liuhe. In each battle, Zhao Kuangyin charged at the front, defeating more with less, and finally captured Shouzhou and captured ten of the rivers north of Huainan.  The four prefectures laid the foundation stone, among which the two great victories at Qingliuguan and Chuzhou were the most important.  The first was a sneak attack on Qingliu Pass. It is said that there was a three-dragon stele in the Shenshan Temple. It said that Chai Rong, the emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi, the later emperors of the Song Dynasty, detoured to Dingyuan when they attacked Qingliu Pass and settled in Shenshan Temple.  , and then outflanked and attacked Qingliuguan. The temple is said to have ruins such as Chaiwang Well.  The next step is the great victory of Chuzhou.  Ouyang Xiu once wrote in "The Story of Fengle Pavilion": "Chu was used during the wars of the Five Dynasties. In the past, Emperor Taizu used the Zhou army to defeat Li Jing's 150,000 soldiers at the foot of Qingliu Mountain and captured his generals Huangfu Hui and Yao alive.  "Feng was outside the east gate of Chu, so he defeated Chu." A more detailed record is that after the Zhou army outflanked and attacked Qingliu Pass, the army tried to block the retreat of the Southern Tang army. The defender Huangfu Hui wanted to withdraw his troops immediately and withdraw to Chuzhou City.  The bridge defended itself, but it was too late. In desperation, he sent someone to send a message to Zhao Kuangyin: "Everyone is his own master. I hope to fight with you in formation." Then the remaining soldiers came out in a row.  At this time, it¡¯s time for the performance of the brave Zhao Kuangyin.  According to historical records, he was seen holding the horse's neck, riding alone into the enemy's formation, shouting: "We only want to capture Huangfu Hui, others are not our enemies." One man and one horse rushed to Huangfu Hui, drew out his sharp sword, and struck him with one blow.  His head was captured, Yao Feng quickly jumped on his horse to fight, and was captured alive by Zhao Kuangyin. At this time, Wang Shaoyan, the governor of Chuzhou who abandoned the city and fled, was added, and the Zhou army easily captured the leaderless Chuzhou city.  The Chinese people have always loved to keep taboos on their venerable people. As for the top tier of venerable people who have ascended to the throne, they should not only keep taboos on them, but also be proud of them.  Because he later became the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, in various records of later generations, Zhao Kuangyin had countless mythical colors out of thin air from his birth: For example, it is said in history that when Zhao Kuangyin was born, there was a red light that filled the room, and a strange fragrance passed through.  It stayed on all night, and his body turned golden, which didn't change for three days. In fact, there is no way to verify the red light. As for the scent, who doesn't have the scent of frankincense on a newborn baby? As for the body,  It's golden, and scientifically speaking, it's most likely just infantile jaundice, which is the most common type of jaundice that newborns are most likely to suffer from.  Since then, Comrade Zhao, who has grown up, often encounters scary and strange things, such as riding a fierce horse to climb the city wall and hitting his head violently on the city wall. Nothing happened to him. However, only the devil knows that he died mysteriously at a young age and was injured in his head.  Does the bruise left behind have anything to do with it? He and Han Lingkun once went out to catch sparrows, but the house collapsed as soon as they left. Who knows if two and a half friends made the house collapse while playing around, and then made it up casually.  Such a reason for exculpation was given.  Later, when Lao Zhao was traveling around the world as an adult, actually not going to work or looking for a job, he once ended up in a temple in Xiangyang. It is said that an old monk who was good at fortune telling saw Lao Zhao and took the initiative to say:  "I will support you with all my belongings. You will have adventures when you go north." This is even more impossible to verify. Who witnessed this kind of thing on the spot? Only the devil knows whether it was the impoverished Comrade Zhao who robbed someone else's house.  Money, but also to cover up and beautify the story for myself.  However, in the first year of Qianyu of the Later Han Dynasty (AD 948), Lao Zhao, who went north, took refuge under Guo Wei, who was then the privy envoy. He accompanied the team to conquer Li Shouzhen and made many military exploits.  As for his most famous work, in the battles between Qingliuguan and Chuzhou, Comrade Lao Zhao was even more brave. He single-handedly captured Huangfu Hui and Yao Feng, and then went to Chuzhou. After several battles, it was all his credit. I'm afraid  It was other people who later learned about his unparalleled future and took the initiative to hide themselves and avoid taking credit from him.  In any case, the two great victories at Qingliuguan and Chuzhou were not only a great victory for the later Zhou emperor Chai Rong, but also an important starting point for Comrade Zhao Kuangyin¡¯s later success: First, because of his continuous achievements in the Huainan battle, Lao Zhao was finally promoted.  The next week?The former Si Yuhou (the fifth in command) was promoted to the checkpoint (the third in command); later, the brave Comrade Zhao took the order to reorganize the army, and encountered a good opportunity that could not be found even with a lantern in order to form the backbone of his own direct army in the future.  ; The last one, and the most crucial one, was that Lao Zhao gained the great trust of Emperor Chai Rong, which laid the foundation for his subsequent step-by-step control of the command of the Forbidden Army (he was appointed as the capital inspector and promoted to the top), and then became the entrusted minister.  A solid foundation.  Back to the main story, just when Zhao Kuangyin showed his domineering side and commanded the whole audience, Wu Qing's rough voice rang inappropriately: "Don't panic, soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. King Qi of the Tang Dynasty has already issued an edict to me. Everyone, stick to it."  Just pass the city." "Brush".  When Wu Qing's voice just started, almost everyone's eyes turned to the disruptor and found that this thick black man was holding a yellow satin cloth in his hand and shaking it desperately. The color of the cloth was the color of the legendary imperial edict.  Somewhat similar.  "Don't move. Believe it or not, I killed Huangfu Hui with one blow." Zhao Kuangyin roared angrily when Wu Qing came out to cause trouble. He formed a knife with his right hand and made two false blows.  "We have thousands of generals in the Tang Dynasty, but we are missing General Huangfu, Yao Dujian, and Governor Wang. However, if we lose Qingliu Pass and Chuzhou, Jinling will have no north bank defense. Think about it clearly. After all,  What's most important?" Wu Qing Shi Shiran walked to the door and shouted loudly, unfolding the yellow cloth in his hand and shaking it twice, "King Qi gave Wu a briefing before leaving. If there is any change in Qingliu Pass,  The most important thing is to protect the pass and Chuzhou, and Wu is allowed to act according to the situation when necessary. Now, I order the gate to be closed, and the soldiers to come out of the city to fight with me." After saying that, Wu Qing put the yellow cloth in his arms and turned towards Huangfu.  Hui's horse bumped into him.  Zhao Kuangyin didn¡¯t expect Wu Qing to do what he said, so he had to kick the horse¡¯s belly violently, forcing the horse to sideways to avoid it.  Wu Qing looked like a mad tiger and slashed at Huangfuhui with a knife. He took the time to glare at Huangfuhui and several personal guards and shouted: "The one named Zhao doesn't dare to kill the old general. You are not good at protecting the master. If you don't rescue the old general, the old general and the old general will be killed."  Qingliu Pass is really doomed, and we are all doomed." After hearing this, Huangfuhui, who had been crying with his eyes closed, his eyes widened, glanced at Wu Qing shyly, and suddenly shouted: "Listen to Wu Qing.  , do it." Due to the fierce struggle, the blade suddenly made a gash on his neck, and blood immediately flowed out.  The guards looked at each other and began to drive their horses forward, waving the swords in their hands.  Zhao Kuangyin screamed wildly, punched out, and hit Huangfu Hui's temple, knocking him unconscious. Then he moved the knife with his left hand and slashed Huangfu Hui's thigh, and then quickly moved it back to his neck, roaring angrily.  He said: "Don't force me to kill people now." The movements of several personal guards were frozen again.  Zhao Kuangyin kicked away Wu Qing, who rushed at him again, and drove his horse away.  At this time, only a "bang" sound was heard, the south gate of Qingliu Pass fell, and the soldiers on the wall also drew their bowstrings, aiming at Zhao Kuangyin and Zhou Bing below the city.  "He killed General Huangfu and avenged General Huangfu." Wu Qing roared and rushed towards the retreating Zhao Kuangyin. Tao Chun and Zou Shengsheng also led their soldiers to rush towards the Zhou soldiers.  The guards looked at each other again and urged their horses to push forward with the soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
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