"In March of the ninth year of Baoda, there were bloody wars in the Zhou Dynasty, Wuyue Fuzhou, Qingyuan Quanzhou, and Chudi Guiguan. This March was called the 'Bloody March'."

,, Excerpted from "Book of Southern Tang? Major Events of Lin Feng" written by Shi Yan, a historian of the Southern Tang Dynasty

Just when Wu and Yue and Qingyuan were bothered by the approaching war, the Later Zhou in the north was not allowed to be relaxed.

After the Jinzhou War began, Guo Wei was always feeling a little worried. First, the accident of the rapid fall of Jinzhou City caused the civil and military ministers of the Later Zhou Dynasty who were relied on their strong national strength to be hit. The subsequent progress made their depression feel even stronger.

More than 100,000 people fled from Jin, Xi, Ci and Jiang. They scattered into surrounding prefectures and counties, causing complaints from all over the country, and the memorials of asking for money and food were constantly being carried out day and night; and those refugees who had no food and clothing even began to cross the Yellow River to go to Luoyang, western Beijing, and even Tokyo Kaifeng, and things were out of control.

What is most depressing is that in nearly a month of the Later Zhou Dynasty, three groups of troops totaling more than 10,000 were dispatched to Jinzhou, and all of them were defeated without exception. The last group with the best record was only to break through three earth walls and trenches outside Jinzhou City, and as many as 3,000 soldiers fell in one morning.

On the city wall, under the three-dimensional protection of the small trencher temporarily supported behind the earth wall, the crazy Beihan soldiers allowed the soldiers of Houzhou to understand what it means to be difficult to advance:

If you want to cross the trench, it is filled with pointed wooden thorns. The soldiers of Beihan hid behind the earth wall and shot wooden arrows, threw stones and earth blocks, and would undoubtedly die if they accidentally fell down. After finally building a wooden bridge on the trench, the guards would pour hot oil into the trench and ignite the fire. If you are ready to fill the soil and put out the fire, they will dig the Fen River water, fill the trench with water, and block the enemy with the river water...

Wang Yan, who was ordered by Guo Wei to make meritorious deeds, was about to be crazy. After his third attack failed, he finally caught a seriously injured soldier in the Northern Han Dynasty and was preparing to torture him. When the soldier vomited blood said a few words that made him frightened: "Come on, I will let you kill you casually. Anyway, I have killed three Zhou soldiers. My family can be divided into 24 acres of land in the three states. They have a life of their lives for the rest of their lives, and it is worth my death. I hate it, I can't buy them a few more acres of land."

Dividing land to the soldiers guarding Jincheng is the most ruthless move Lin Feng secretly gave to the Northern Han Liu Chong and his son. Anyway, if you want to drive away all the residents of the four prefectures, it is better to share the land with the soldiers guarding the city in advance. With the stimulation of money and land, even the weakest soldiers will burst out with huge energy. The facts also prove how effective Lin Feng's ruthless move is.

Wang Yan watched the soldier cough for a while and passed away with a smile. He was stunned for a long time and immediately sent an 800-mile fast cavalry to report this amazing information to Guo Wei, and then asked for reinforcements and more reinforcements.

Guo Wei was at a loss when he received this request for help. Even though General Guo Chongwei reported the rebellious Xuzhou to easily win, he successfully killed Gong Tingmei, and captured Yuan Cong coach Yang Wen, he still did not make him happy.

Good fortune has always come unparalleled, but misfortunes never come in singularity. After that, two incidents happened that made Guo Wei scratch his head.

The first thing was caused by a secret memorial by Chai Rong, the governor of Chanzhou. Chai Rong complained that Wang Jun, the Privy Councilor and the subordinate of the Secretariat, often intercepted his memorials, and the ministers sent to the capital were often made difficult by Wang Jun. Other ministers had also reported this to him and asked the emperor to restrain Wang Jun.

This is definitely a difficult thing to deal with.

Who is Wang Jun? Guo Wei's brother, two years older than Guo Wei. They worked together in the army for many years. At the beginning, their families were all killed by Emperor Yin of the Later Han in the capital, and the two of them mutiny and entered Kaifeng. When Guo Wei put on yellow robe, Wang Jun, who was the Privy Councilor at the time, cooperated with Guo Wei in Kaifeng in the capital, and sent two generals, Guo Chong and Ma Duo, to Songzhou and Xuzhou respectively to stabilize the situation for Guo Wei. It was precisely because of such great achievements that Wang Jun was named Privy Councilor and the subordinate of the Central Secretariat, Pingzhangshi, who was the prime minister, and became the leading important minister of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

However, as soon as the situation in the Later Zhou Dynasty stabilized, he was impatient and had no choice, Wang Jun began to become arrogant. In many cases, he actually disobeyed Guo Wei's intentions in the dynasty. If Guo Wei followed him, he would leave happily. If he did not agree, he immediately looked angry and said slanderous words in his mouth came out. Moreover, the more tolerant Guo Wei treated him, the more he became more and more arrogant and unscrupulous.

This big brother is very difficult. Before Guo Wei could vent his complaints, a memorial from Gunzhou made him angry again. Mu Rongyanchao, the governor of Gunzhou, said that since last winter, Gunzhou suffered heavy snowfall. I am afraid that many places will not receive any materials this year, so I requested to exempt Gunzhou from rent this year and release grain to provide disaster relief in time.

Mu Rongyanchao was originally a member of the Shatuo tribe of Tuyuhun, and was a half-brother of Liu Zhiyuan, the Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty. After entering the Central Plains, he had a surname of Yan. Because he was too dark and had a marijuana face, he was nicknamed Yan Kunlun. Because of Liu Zhiyuan's iron relationship, he served as the governor of Zhenning Army and the governor of Gunzhou.

At the end of last year, when Guo Wei raised an army to rebel, Liu Chengyou summoned Murong Yanchao and other generals to the capital to protect him. When Guo Wei's army attacked the capital, Murong Yanchao and Yin Houyi of Kaifeng resisted in the northern suburbs. Liu Chengyou personally sent a labor force, but Hou Yi surrendered. Murong Yanchao fled to Yanzhou. Liu Chengyou was killed. After Guo Wei became emperor, he gave an edict to comfort Murong Yanchao and called him his younger brother to win him over.

Since last winter, it has indeed snowed heavily in Yanzhou, but it should have melted a long time ago. Auspicious snow is often conducive to crop growth, so how can it cause disaster? This is clearly a troublemaker with Emperor Guo Wei.

Guo Wei was not angry about his family's affairs yet, and the news of Nan Tang attacking Wu Yue made him completely stunned.

When the Later Zhou Dynasty was discussing countermeasures urgently, Qian Hongchu, the King of Wu Yue, was so anxious that a big bubble appeared on the corner of his mouth, all of which were forced by the sharp offensive of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Alerts have been heard from all over the country. The three armies of Jiangyin, Ningguo and Anhua in the Southern Tang Dynasty all gathered on the border and could penetrate directly into the hinterland of Wu and Yue at any time. The mixed Chu and Tang naval forces were pressed down on the top of Mount Tai. Starting from the Jiangyin Army (now Jiangyin), as long as they were Wu and Yue ships, regardless of warships or merchant ships, those who did not raise flags would be sunk and captured. They would never divide their troops, regardless of death or injury, sweep along the Wu and Yue coastline. From time to time, a large number of soldiers were sent to raid border towns to replenish tashui, food, and rob money. Wu and Yue warships, which were at a disadvantage in the number of warships, could only retreat step by step, and the maritime wars were in a situation of collapse.

Regarding this section of maritime war, Hu Yan Chengrui, the "Immortal Little Soldier" who successfully mixed into the sailors before the war, borrowed an idiom in "A Brilliant Army of a Small Soldier", saying that they "swept thousands of troops, with corpses everywhere, and oars floating on the sea" on the sea. They also proudly used these words many times, and were flooded in the book and were nicknamed "Ho's special idiom" by later storytellers.

At this moment, Qian Hongyan, the governor of the Zhangwu Army and the governor of Fuzhou, reported the emergency military information: more than 50 Southern Tang warships descended along Jianyang River (i.e., the Minjiang River), and 30,000 Jianzhou troops descended east along the south bank of Jianyang River, echoing water and land, forcing Fuzhou; at the same time, unknown ships were patrolling at the sea of ​​Jianyang River, and no ships were allowed to pass.

For a time, Wu Yue, who had an army of 100,000, felt a little stretched in the deployment of troops. After discussing the discussion in the Wu Yue court, he finally came up with a decision: to keep the current arrangement unchanged and observe the changes in the situation; and then send envoys to Houzhou and Qingyuan Army for help.
Chapter completed!