After the Later Zhou occupied Huainan, Chai Rong pardoned prisoners detained in Huainan prefectures and abolished the unreasonable taxes and labor service of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Any matters that were unfavorable to the people were entrusted to report to the prefecture and county officials.

Li Jixun, commander of the guards and infantry commander of Zhangxin Jiedu, set up camp in the south of Shouzhou City. Liu Renshan and others of the Southern Tang Dynasty were not prepared and sent troops to attack, killing hundreds of soldiers, and burning down the siege equipment of the Later Zhou army.

Zhu Yuan, the deputy chief of the Southern Tang Dynasty, used the report to discuss the strategy of using troops. After reading it, the king of the Southern Tang Dynasty thought he was very talented, so he ordered him to lead the army to recover the states north of the Yangtze River.

Zhu Yuan then led his army to capture Shuzhou, and the governor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Guo Lingtu, abandoned the city and fled. The Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty appointed Zhu Yuan as the envoy of Shuzhou and Li Ping as the governor of Qizhou. Zhu Yuan then captured Hezhou.

At that time, the Southern Tang forced tea and salt to the people and collected grain and cloth, called "Bozheng". They also built camp fields in Huainan, and the people suffered a lot. When the Later Zhou army arrived, the people rushed to send cattle wine to welcome the comfort. However, the Later Zhou generals were not considerate and comforted, but instead specialized in plundering and regarded the people as dung and grass. So the people were very disappointed, gathered together in mountains, forests, lakes, built castle barriers and defended themselves, used agricultural tools as weapons, and pieced paper as armor. At that time, people called it the "White Armor Army". The Later Zhou army went to attack them, but were defeated many times. Most of the prefectures that were obtained before were owned by the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The governor of Huainan Jiedu, Xiang Xun, asked to send Yangzhou troops to attack Shouchun, waiting to conquer Shouzhou City, and then plan to make progress. Later Zhou Chairong issued an edict to agree. Xiang Xun sealed the warehouse of the Dufu to hand it over to the Yangzhou supervisor, ordering Yangzhou Yajiang to patrols deployed in the city with strict discipline and no violations. The people of Yangzhou were moved and happy. The army returned, and some people were sent with dry food on their backs. The guards of Chuzhou also abandoned the city and left, and the capital led their troops to Shouchun.

The generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty asked to occupy the enemy and came to fight the Later Zhou army, but Song Qiqiu said, "If this happens, the resentment will be deeper." So he ordered the generals to retreat and stand firm and not to attack the Later Zhou army without authorization. Therefore, the siege of Shouzhou became more and more urgent. The army and political orders of Qi arrived in Haozhou and supported Shouzhou from afar, but the military and political orders were all made by Chen Jue, and Li Jingda only signed the name at the end of the document. Although Li Jingda had 50,000 troops, he had no intention of a decisive battle. The generals and officials were afraid of Chen Jue and did not dare to say anything.

Wang Pu, a scholar in Duanming Palace, and Wang Chuna, the young minister of Sitian, wrote the "Xiande Qin Tian Calendar" and submitted a memorial, and Chai Rong's edict will be implemented in the following year.

The commander of the palace, Zhang Yongde, the governor of Yicheng, stationed in Xiacai, and the general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Lin Renzhao led the navy and the army to rescue Shouzhou. Zhang Yongde fought with him. Lin Renzhao filled the cabin with firewood and set fire to the fire in the wind. After a while, the wind direction changed, and the Southern Tang army was defeated and retreated. Zhang Yongde used more than a thousand feet of iron cable, and blocked the Huai River channel more than ten steps away from the floating bridge, and tied huge wood, so the Southern Tang army could not get close to it.

Li Chongjin reported the invasion of the Southern Tang army. Wang Yansheng, the commander of the Iron Cavalry, defeated the enemy and beheaded more than 3,000 levels. Zhang Yongde reported that he defeated the Southern Tang army in Xia Cai. At that time, the Southern Tang attacked Zhang Yongde again with the navy. Zhang Yongde ordered soldiers who were good at swimming to sneak under the enemy ship at night, tied iron locks, and sent troops to attack. The ship could not advance and retreat, and many Southern Tang soldiers drowned.

.Zhang Yongde took off the gold belt on his body and rewarded it to soldiers who were good at swimming.

Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin had a disagreement. Zhang Yongde secretly stated that Li Chongjin had an external intention, but Chai Rong did not believe it. At that time, the two generals held heavy troops, and everyone was worried and afraid. One day, Li Chongjin went to Zhang Yongde's camp alone, and feasted and drank calmly, and said to Zhang Yongde: "You and I are fortunate to be generals because we are the emperor's confidants. Why are we so suspicious of each other?" Zhang Yongde's hostility was eliminated, and everyone felt at ease. When the Southern Tang Lord heard the news, he sent someone to bring the wax balls with letters to Li Chongjin, and used high officials and generous salaries to lure them. The letters were all slandering the court and disagreeing. Li Chongjin reported in the future.

When the Southern Tang envoy Sun Sheng and Zhong Mo followed Chai Rong to Daliang, Chai Rong treated them very kindly. Every time the court meeting, they were asked to rank behind officials of the Secretariat, and they were often summoned to drink wine and ask about the situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Sun Sheng only said: "The Lord of Tang is afraid of Your Majesty's magical martial arts, and has no other intention to serve Your Majesty." When he received the letter from the Southern Tang Wax Pill, Chai Rong was furious and summoned Sun Sheng, scolding him for not answering the truth. Sun Sheng looked solemn and said excitedly, and only asked for death. He asked about the truth in the Southern Tang Dynasty again, and kept silent.

So Chai Rong ordered Cao Han to send Sun Sheng to the Right Army Patrol and ask him according to Chai Rong's wish. Cao Han drank with him. After a few rounds of wine, he asked him with a kind voice, but Sun Sheng never said anything. Cao Han then said to him, "I have an imperial edict, and I will give my husband suicide." Sun Sheng looked peaceful, searched for court robes and tiars, tidied up his clothes and hats, bowed to the south and said, "I am willing to serve the country with death." So he went to the punishment. As well as more than 100 followers, he was shackled to death, and Zhong Mo was demoted to Sima Yaozhou. Afterwards, Chai Rong regretted Sun Sheng's loyalty and integrity, regretted killing him, recalled Zhong Mo and awarded him to the Weiwei Shaoqing.

Chai Rong ordered the envoys in the palace to conquer Chenzhou, Caizhou, Songzhou, Bozhou, Yingzhou, Yanzhou, Caozhou, Shanzhou and other places to build Xia Caicheng.

In this year, the Southern Tang Lord ordered the cancellation of part of the Huainan camp that had damaged the people in a particularly serious way. Chen Chuyao, the doctor in the rear, was sent to the Khitan to cross the sea with generous gifts to beg for troops; the Khitan could not send troops for the Southern Tang, so Chen Chuyao was left behind and refused to return it. Chen Chuyao was strong and straightforward, eloquent and eloquent. After a long time, he was angry and resentful, and criticized the Khitan Lord in person many times, and the Khitan Lord did not blame him.

The Later Zhou army besieged Shouzhou, but it did not capture for many years, and the food in the city was eaten up. King Li Jingda of Qi sent a support envoy from Haozhou, Xu Wenzhen, the governor of Yong'an Jie, and Bian Hao, the commander of the capital army. Zhu Yuan, recruited tens of thousands of troops to lead along the Huai River to rescue Shouchun. The army was stationed in Zijin Mountain, and arranged more than a dozen camps like beads, echoing the beacons in the city early and evening. He also built a passage with walls on both sides to reach Shouchun, preparing to transport grain to supply the city, which stretched for dozens of miles and reached the city directly. At present, the passage transported grain, and the soldiers and food in Zhouji City were able to be fed.

Li Chongjin summoned the generals and instructed in person: "Liu Renshan has been defending the lonely city for more than a year. Our army has been unable to defeat it, but because the city is strong and the food is sufficient, the defending generals have obtained people. Recently, he heard that the city is about to be exhausted, so he took advantage of the situation and attacked quickly. Xu Wenzhen, Bian Hao and other troops came to build roads to transport grain. If it were not for a plan to defeat the enemy, the city would have no day to go down. Tonight, it would be planned to sneak into the robbery camp and divide it into two routes, one out of the mountain and the other out of the mountain, attacking from the front and back, and not to be worried. You can work hard for the country!" The generals responded in unison. When it was Mengchun, the weather was still cold. Chongjin ordered the general Liu Jun to be the front army and serve as the rear army. He took advantage of the frost in the middle of the night to prepare for the sacrificial storm.

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Zhu Yuan, the general of Tang, was also worried that Li Chong would attack at night. So he discussed with Xu Wenzhen and Bian Hao and asked to be on guard. Bian Hao, but Xu Wen relied on his troops and did not care at all. Zhu Yuan sighed and returned to the camp, but ordered his subordinates to conduct strict inspections and prevent them from being prepared. After the third update, Zhu Yuan did not dare to sleep peacefully, but he went to bed with his clothes. When his eyes were on, a patrolman suddenly came in to report: "The Zhou army is here!"

Zhu Yuan jumped up and ordered the soldiers to stay in the camp without any reckless action. On the other hand, he sent someone to report to the border, and Xu and the two of them. At this time, Xu Wenzhen, Bian Hao was already asleep and received the report from Zhu Yuan's army. He woke up from his sleep and called on the soldiers to come out of the camp to meet the enemy. Zhou general Liu Jun had already arrived. On the one hand, he was in a straightforward and easy way, while on the other hand, he was sleepy and was timid in the face of the battle. It was also dark and dark, and it was blurred and difficult to distinguish.

The Tang soldiers in the front team had been chopped up by the Zhou army and killed many people. The two of them were in a hurry and had to rush out of the camp. They did not guard against the torches behind the camp, and another army entered. The first general was Li Chongjin. He was so scared that Xu was so brave that he hurriedly abandoned the main camp and fled to the side camp. Zhu Yuan kept the camp tent, but no one was invaded. He heard a shout, which shocked his ears. He knew that the two of them had already failed. So he ordered the Haozhai envoy Zhu Renyu to guard the camp, and he led his general Shi Houqing and others to go out to the camp to help.

It happened that Li Chongjin was jumping on horseback and ravaging the camps. Zhu Yuan roared and led his troops to the enemy. After fighting with the Zhou army for a long time, he killed a draw. Bian Hao and Xu Wenzhen saw Zhu Yuan coming to support and came forward to command. Li Chongjin was afraid that there would be any mistakes in defense, so he retreated slowly with Liu Jun and others, but Zhu Yuan did not chase after him. However, Xu checked the camp and had just broken the two camps. It was Bian, and Xu and his two men's main camp. The soldiers injured thousands of soldiers and lost dozens of grain trucks. Bian, Xu and his two men's regretted it. However, Zhu Yuan did not lose a single arrow in Zhu Yuan's camp. Zhu Yuan sneered several times and went back to the camp and fell asleep.

When Liu Renshan heard that Bian and Xu were defeated, he was extremely angry and sent a letter to King Jingda of Qi. He asked Bian Hao to defend the city and supervise the decisive battle of the army. However, Li Jingda refused to follow the letter. Liu Renshan became depressed and gradually could not get up. His smile, Liu Chongjian, was afraid that his father was ill and the city would not be guarded. It would be better to sneak out to surrender to Zhou and protect the family. So he went out of the city at night and wanted to take a boat to Huaibei, but was stopped by the school and sent to the city. Liu Renshan asked about his intention to leave, and Liu Chongjian confessed to him directly.

Liu Renshan was furious and said, "Being a Tang minister in life, and being a Tang ghost in life, how can you disobey the king and father and surrender the enemy privately! Let's go out and behead me!" The left and right did not violate the order, so he had to tie Liu Chongjian out. The army supervisor Zhou Tinggou stopped the operation and rushed in to rescue him alone. Liu Renshan ordered to cover the middle gate and prevent Zhou Tinggou from entering, and sent someone to spread a message: "If the rebellious son breaks the law, he should be beheaded in half. If there is a rebellious son pleads with love, he should be punished for his crime."

When Zhou Tinggou heard this, he cried and shouted for a while, but no one opened the door. Zhou Yangou hurriedly sent another minor official to ask for help from his wife Liu Renshan. Liu Renshan's wife Xue said to him in a frown: "Chongjian is my youngest son, how can I bear to kill him? But since he was involved in orders, the crime is really hard to tolerate. Military law should not be favored, and ministers should not be punished. If Chongjian is forgiven, this will make my Liu family loyal and filial. At this point, he will still see the soldiers!" The couple is united, and it is rare in ancient and modern times. As he said that, he sent someone to urge him to order a quick death and then mourn. Everyone was moved. Zhou Tinggou said that his wife was cruel and injustice.

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