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Tao Hub's teasing behavior is purely a personal brand and is a world-famous trademark. It will not affect the relations between the two countries, let alone cause a diplomatic incident. He is just a joke among the upper class, but "The Holy Emperor Wants Qiantang" is the truth.
In the following time, the two countries continued to maintain close interactions. In September 972, Qian Hongchu sent his chief staff member Huang Yijian, secretary of the Marshal's Mansion, to pay tribute. Zhao Kuangyin asked Huang Yijian to help bring a message to Qian Hongchu, saying that Wang Shi was preparing to regain the southern Tang Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River and asked the Wuyue Army to cooperate. , don't listen to such nonsense as the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and the skin is gone and the hair will be attached to it. Not being completely loyal means being completely unloyal. You, Wu Yue Kingdom, must not be confused at this time.
At the same time, Huang Yijian took Huang Yijian to visit a newly built luxurious villa outside Xunfengmen of the capital. He said that the real estate was called "Li Xianzhai", and Li Yu and Qian Hongchu were on a first-come, first-served basis.
Qian Hongchu expressed his gratitude secretly and asked about the date of departure, saying that Wu Yueguo would fully cooperate with Wang Shi.
In August of the following year, Zhao Kuangyin sent Qian Hongchu a birthday gift. Qian Hongchu sent heavy gifts to Zhao Kuangyin and important officials in the DPRK, such as sending ten baskets of express packages with the "seafood" logo to Comrade Zhao Pu. As mentioned above , these seafood were smashed by Zhao Kuangyin on the spot, and he ordered people to open them on the spot to satisfy his appetite. When he opened them, he found ten baskets full of gold.
In 974, the Song army officially launched its southern expedition. In July, Zhao Kuangyin ordered Qian Hongchu to attack Changzhou under the Southern Tang Dynasty and open up the eastern front battlefield.
After Qian Hongchu received the edict, he immediately sent his confidant Sun Chengyou to Beijing to "tell the story" and inquire about the specific date of the army. In October, Zhao Kuangyin appointed Qian Hongchu as the Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Front Battlefield and the Southeast Recruitment Envoy, and sent his confidant Ding Deyu to supervise the army to help Comrade Qian Hongchu implement the spirit of the Central Committee; he also thoughtfully sent thousands of imperial guards to He assisted the Wuyue army in attacking Changzhou.
In fact, Ding Deyu was the supervisor of Qian Hongchu, and the Qian Forbidden Army was the supervisor of the Wuyue army. Zhao Kuangyin unabashedly wanted to control the Wuyue Army.
Under the supervision of Ding Deyu, Qian Hongchu "conquered personally" and led an army of 50,000 to attack Changzhou. The progress was very smooth. According to records, the Southern Tang army was invincible. The Wuyue Army quickly captured the outer city, while the Southern Tang defenders retreated to the inner city and resisted. Qian Hongchu divided his troops into four groups and besieged the four city gates. He also sent naval forces to attack peripheral targets and cut off Changzhou's connection with the outside world. During this period, the Wu and Yue armies won many battles and gained a lot.
After a hundred days of siege, the Changzhou garrison requested surrender. Qian Hongchu readily accepted the request and reported his victory. Zhao Kuangyin was very happy and gave Qian Hongchu the title of Grand Master, adding 6,000 households in the city, 900 households being sealed, and other gifts.
If Changzhou is captured, who will it belong to?
Need to ask? Of course his surname was Zhao, and Ding Deyu, the imperial envoy to the province, knew Changzhou.
You fight the battles, provide the money, and die... You are so busy, so I don't need to worry about taking over the territory. As for Comrade Qian Hongchu for his hard work, in addition to the above rewards, Zhao Kuangyin also gifted him a jade belt, a jade saddle and a horse, two thousand taels of gold, ten thousand taels of silver, and ten thousand pieces of brocade.
At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin also issued an edict, saying that the soldiers of Wuyue Kingdom have worked hard, and there is no need to trouble you in the following battles. Go home.
Of course, not all the troops have to return home. When the main force goes back, a small number of troops under Shen Chengli still have to come to join forces with the king's division. Why should Wu Yue's main force return to China? Wouldn't it be good to have more helpers?
It was not good, because half a year later, "in the eleventh month of winter, our army conquered Jinling, and the puppet leader Li Yu surrendered." The Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed. When the battle is desperate, Wu Yueguo will come to help. When it comes to harvesting the remaining blood, grabbing heads, and sharing the fruits of victory, I won't bother you. Just go home and wash up and sleep.
The record of Li Yu's surrender is also very interesting. As we have introduced before, in the mainstream historical materials with the Song Dynasty as the protagonist, it is recorded that the King's Army of the Song Dynasty was strictly disciplined and did not kill anyone in vain after entering the city, while the Wuyue Army set fire to A high tower was burned down, and the tower was full of old, weak, women and children from the upper class. It was absolutely tragic...
In the "Preparatory History of Wuyue", this matter is not mentioned at all. Instead, it is mentioned by Shen Chengli, the commander of Wuyue Kingdom. He said that on the winter solstice, all the armies were feasting and celebrating the festival. Shen Chengli told the soldiers that the defenders must think that At this time, we were unprepared and carried out a sneak attack. We caught him by surprise, so we recruited a death squad of ten people and burned the east gate. Then "Wang Shi saw it and also attacked the south." Then "Yu was in danger. So he came out and surrendered." In one sentence: Wu Yue destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty...
We can boldly speculate that maybe the two versions of the history books are talking about the same thing:
Wu Yueguo: It was us who fired the first shot to liberate Shengzhou and burned the east gate. My enthusiasm is like a fire, burning the entire desert.
Da Song covered his face: You are burning civilian shelters...
After regaining the Southern Tang Dynasty, Qian Hongchu sent Sun Chengyou to express his congratulations and request to visit him.
Zhao Kuangyin discussed his achievements in pacifying the Southern Tang Dynasty and rewarded Qian Hongchu heavily. He also granted Sun Chengyou the title of Military Envoy of Pingjiang Army and Shen Chengli the Military Envoy of Ning Haijun. Three more generals were granted defense envoys and six were appointed governors. Testing Qian Hongchu’s request to enter the imperial court——
"Accurate performance!"
