The war was too long, and Chai Rong could not sit still. Guo Hao was also a little anxious, but he was different from Chai Rong.

In this battle, the generals fully utilized their abilities. All Guo Hao did was to dispatch and did not participate in it personally.

But the more smooth the better it was, the more worried Guo Hao was. He was worried that his appearance would lead to changes in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Southern Tang Dynasty would not destroy the country because of this!

Because of this reason, Guo Hao hesitated later. At this time, the reinforcements of the Southern Tang Dynasty were still very powerful, and many staff officers requested to stop the troops.

Guo Hao pushed this issue to Chai Rong, who invited ministers to discuss matters, and whether to continue fighting.

Li Gu was ill at this time, and Chai Rong sent Fan Zhi and Wang Pu to discuss countermeasures with Li Gu. Li Gu said: "Shouchun will be captured soon. At this time, only His Majesty needs to fight in person!"

Chai Rong was very happy after hearing this and decided to lead the army in person!

In late March, Chai Rong appointed Wang Pu as the left-behind in Tokyo and also in charge of Kaifeng Prefecture; Zhang Mei, the envoy of the Third Division, served as the inspector of the Da Neidu, and Han Tong, the guard of the capital, served as the inspector of the inside and outside the capital of the capital.

The next day, Chai Rong set out from Daliang. Zhou and Nantang were repeatedly frustrated when fighting on the waters, and Chai Rong always remembered this.

He built hundreds of warships on the Bian River on the west side of Daliang City, allowing the surrendered generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty to teach water warfare.

A few months later, the situation of the water war began to be completely controlled by the Zhou army. Later, Wang Huan, the general of the Right Guard, led the navy from the Minhe River and entered the Huaihe River along the Yinghe River, which frightened the Tang army stationed in the local area.

At the end of March, Chai Rong arrived in Xiacai, and in early April, Zhou Shizong crossed the Huai River and arrived at the city of Shouchun. Guo Hao led everyone to greet him and handed over the power.

The next morning, Chai Rong's troops were stationed on the south side of Zijin Mountain. Zhao Kuangyin was appointed as the vanguard and launched an attack on the vanguard village of the Tang army and a military camp north of Zijin Mountain. They all won and killed more than 3,000 people in the battle.

The corridor that the Tang army had not yet dug was cut off by the Later Zhou army, and the Southern Tang army could not rescue each other. That night, Chai Rong divided his troops to guard the military camps that had just been captured, and he returned to Xia Cai.

Considering that the Southern Tang army should flee eastward along the Huai River, Chai Rong sent Zhao Chao, the commander of Hujie Left Xiang, to lead thousands of navy soldiers down the Huai River.

A few days later, Chai Rong stationed his troops in Zhaobu, and generals from all walks of life besieged Zijin Mountain Village in Southern Tang and succeeded. The Tang army was beheaded tens of thousands of people, and Xu Wenzhen, Bian Hao, Yang Shouzhong and other generals were all captured alive.

The remnants of the Tang army indeed fled east along the Huai River. Chai Rong personally led hundreds of cavalry to pursue along the north bank of the Huai River, and other generals pursued along the south bank of the Huai River.

The navy launched a pursuit on the Huai River. The Tang army died in battle, drowned and surrendered. The Zhou army seized hundreds of thousands of warships, food and weapons.

In the evening of that day, Chai Rong arrived at Jingshanhong, which was more than 200 miles away from Zhaobu, the departure point.

That night, Chai Rong was staying at the Zhenhuai Army, and the next day, the officials rushed to the Zhenhuai Army. Liu Renshan sighed when he heard that reinforcements were defeated by the Zhou army.

At the end of the Xun, Chai Rong ordered thousands of Dingfu from nearby counties to build a city for the Huai Army in the town, and built a total of two cities, one on the north and south sides of the Huai River.

Xia Cai's floating bridge was moved here and used to guard the origin of reinforcements in Haozhou and Shouzhou.

At this time, the Huaihe River was rising. Guo Tingwei, the governor of Haozhou in Southern Tang, went upstream and prepared to launch a sneak attack to burn the floating bridge. However, he was discovered by Zhao Kuangzan, the Right Dragon Martial Alliance Army, and ambushed the Tang army on the road he must pass and won.

King Li Jingda of the Qi Dynasty of Tang and Chen Jue ran back to Jinling City from Haozhou, and only the army of the Jingjiang Jiedushi Chen Decheng retreated.

At the beginning of the middle of the month, Xiang Xun, the governor of Huainan, was appointed as the governor of Wuning, and also served as the chief supervisor of Huainan Road Xingying. His troops were stationed in Zhenhuai Army.

The next day, Chai Rong returned to Xiacai from the Zhenhuai Army. On the third day, Chai Rong gave Liu Renshan an edict, and whether to surrender was up to him or not.

In Jinling, Li Jing asked the ministers whether he should personally fight against the Zhou army. Qiao Kuangshun, a clerk in the Secretariat, thought this would not work, but was exiled to Fuzhou by Li Jing in the name of disrupting the morale of the army.

Li Jing asked the Shenwei General Zhu Kuangye and Liu Cunzhong again. Zhu Kuangye replied in a poem: "When time comes, heaven and earth are all in power, and heroes are not free."

Liu Cunzhong also agreed. In anger, Li Jing demoted Zhu Kuangye to Fuzhou Deputy Envoy. Liu Cunzhong was exiled to Raozhou, and Li Jing did not step out of Jinling City in the end.

In mid-April, Chai Rong lined up in the north of Shouzhou City to show his troops to the defenders in the city.

Liu Renshan, the governor of the Tang Dynasty, the governor of the Qinghuai Jiedu and the attendant of the army, was already so ill that he refused to recognize others. Two days later, Zhou Tinggou, the commander of the Southern Tang Army, and Sun Yu, the deputy envoy of the camp and field, went out of the city to surrender in the name of Liu Renshan.

Another day, Chai Rong gave Liu Renshan the edict and sent Zhang Baoxu to the city to read the edict. Liu Renshan's son Liu Chongrang went out to accept the edict and apologized.

In late April, the formal surrender ceremony was held in the north of Shouchun City. Zhou Tinggou and others carried Liu Renshan out of the city on a stretcher to attend the ceremony.

Liu Renshan was ill. After Chai Rong was condolences and rewarded the property, he asked Liu Renshan to go back and continue to recuperate.

Next, the capital of Shouzhou was transferred from Shouchun City to Xiacai, and all the crimes of death in Shouzhou were pardoned.

Some people from the prefecture followed the orders of the Southern Tang Dynasty to go up the mountain to resist the Later Zhou Dynasty, and ordered them to go home to farm. They would not blame the past for the past, and would not be investigated if there were any killing and injuries during this period.

If there are any previous government orders that are inconvenient to the people’s production operations, they will be reported to the Shouzhou District.

A few days later, Liu Renshan was appointed as the governor of Tianping and served as the Secretary of the Central Secretariat. On the same day, Liu Renshan died and was posthumously awarded the title of Princess Pengcheng.

After learning that Liu Renshan had passed away, Li Jing also posthumously awarded the title of Grand Tutor. In order to commemorate Liu Renshan's integrity, Chai Rong changed the Qinghuai Army to Zhongzheng Army and appointed Yang Xin, the commander-in-chief of the Right Yulin Army, as the governor of Zhongzheng, and was in charge of the same party as Pingzhang.

At the same time, the order was ordered to open the Shouzhou granary to provide relief to the victims.

In early May, Chai Rong returned to Bianliang and the rights were transferred to Guo Hao again.

At the end of the month, the soldiers who surrendered to the Later Zhou Dynasty in the Southern Tang Dynasty were included in the newly formed Huaide Army. In mid-June, Zhao Kuangyin was appointed as the governor of Yicheng.

The war continued, and in a blink of an eye, the fourth year of Xiande was coming. This war had been fought for three years, and Nan Tang completely lost his temper.

In April, Guo Hao arrived in Yingluan Town and went to Jiangkou from time to time to supervise the battle, allowing Zhou naval army to attack the Tang naval army and successfully defeat the opponent.

When Guo Hao learned that the Southern Tang warships were stationed in Dongzhou and guarded the Yangtze River estuary and the waterways leading to Suzhou and Hangzhou, he immediately sent the palace capital Yuhou Murong Yanzhao to lead infantry and cavalry, and the right Shenwu General Army Song Yanwo led the navy down the river.

Four days later, Murong Yanzhao reported that he had successfully defeated the Tang army in Dongzhou, and Guo Hao immediately sent Li Chongjin to lead his troops to Luzhou.

After Li Jing learned that the Zhou army came and went unhinderedly on the Yangtze River, he was worried that the Zhou army would cross the south, but he did not want to lose his position as the emperor, so he sent Chen Juefeng, the Minister of War, to submit the throne to Li Yu and ask Li Yu to obey the orders of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

At this time, only Luzhou, Shuzhou, Qizhou and Huangzhou were left in Huainan.

Two days later, Chen Jue arrived in Yingluan Town and met Guo Hao. He asked to ced all the remaining four states to the Later Zhou Dynasty. The two countries were bounded along the Yangtze River and begged to stop the troops. The words were very sad.

After Guo Hao submitted the memorial, Chai Rong replied: "I originally wanted you to have the land north of the Yangtze River. Your king can take the domestic support. So what else do I have to ask for!"

Chen Jue left after thanking him. The next day, Chen Jue requested to send his family to Chengyu to return to Jinling to convey his order. Chai Rong asked Liu Chengyu to bring back an edict with the words "The Emperor asked the Lord of Jiangnan."

At this time, the State of Wu and Yue reported that the commander of the Zhidu, Shao Keqian, the governor of Chuzhou, and Lu Yanzhu, the governor of Xiuzhou, led 400 warships and 17,000 soldiers to station on the south bank of Tongzhou.

Li Jing sent Liu Chengyu back to Yingluan Town and submitted a letter to Zhou Shizong. In the letter, he claimed to be the lord of the Southern Tang Kingdom and requested the cemetery of the four remaining states north of the Yangtze River to contribute hundreds of thousands of property every year.

The prince would be sent back safely soon. Since the Zhou army went south, they have never dared to treat Chai Zongyi slowly. They have delicious food, drink and fun every day. At this time, Chai Zongyi is a little overjoyed.

When Guo Hao heard the news, he felt indescribable. The previous injury was in vain. Why was Chai Zongyi so lucky? Li Jing was still too timid. If Li Hongji were there, he would probably fight to the end.
Chapter completed!