The Zhou Dynasty made some preparations in Tokyo... In fact, it had already begun when we returned from the Battle of Jinyang last year; the attack on Shu at the beginning of this year was just a prelude, and it was even considered a preliminary preparation for this war.
Xiang Xun was first recruited back to Beijing; Han Tong served as an internal and external inspection of the capital.
The envoys of Wu Yue returned to the south and took away the Zhou Dynasty's edict, asking Wu Yue to reorganize their troops and prepare for war, and attack the Southern Tang State together; they also sent envoys to order the Nanping State (Jingnan) to dispatch troops to participate in the war.
In mid-May, the Zhou emperor decided to start war against the Southern Tang Kingdom.
Prime Minister Li Gu was sent to the front-line camp of Huainan and appointed him as the governor of Shouzhou, Luzhou; Han Lingkun, Shi Yanchao and other dozen generals guarded the horse and infantry army and followed several army entourages.
Ten days later, Chai Rong held a banquet in Jinxiang Hall to celebrate Xiang Xun's return to the court, and gave him a generous reward of his clothes, gold belts, silverware, silk, and saddle horses.
Then Xiang Xun was appointed as the leader of Tokyo, sentenced to Kaifeng Prefecture, and was appointed as the guards.
Wang Pu and Han Tong were appointed as deputy and stayed in Tokyo.
At the end of May, Chai Rong heard from Li Gu that the Zhou army had set up a floating bridge in the Huai River and crossed the Huai River. Shi Yanchao's vanguard attacked and defeated thousands of Southern Tang troops under the city of Shouzhou and advanced to the besiege of Shouzhou.
Chai Rong then ordered the deployment of troops from various governors to be dispatched; he led the elite troops of the Palace Front Office to Tokyo, and the troops from all over the country advanced to Huainan, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops to strengthen the people.
Shouzhou became the entrance to the Zhou army's breakthrough in the Huaihe River defense line, located in the middle of the Huaihe River, southeast of Tokyo.Chai Rong sent people to urge Li Gu to attack the city, hoping to occupy Shouzhou as the foothold of the army in attacking Huainan.
Fu's family got what they wanted and set out with the army.
She was riding a four-horse-driven carriage. The spacious carriage could reduce some bumps and the road was relatively flat. But the weather was very hot, and the sun was on the roof, and the enclosed space in the carriage looked like a steamer.
From time to time, she asked the female official to open the curtains for breathability. The curtains were opened, and she could also see the vast scene outside from the carriage.
The Zhou army marched on the plains, and several roads in the fields were lined up with troops, and the continuous dust and fog covered the sky, as if the whole country was migrating.
Fu's thoughts were also diverted to major events because of this spectacular scene. He thought in his heart, recalling some impressions of Prime Minister Li Gu, and thought to himself: It would be better to let Li Gu lead the vanguard army, Li Chong, commander of the guards, Ma Bu.
She thought about it and gave up the idea of making suggestions to the government. Who knows how the government thought about Li Chongjin?
Suddenly, a nausea surged in his heart. Fu came to his senses and retching. Mu Shanggong next to him hurriedly took the white handkerchief under Fu's mouth.
Fu reached out and took the handkerchief over, covering her mouth, and her face turned pale.
Mu Shanggong was shocked and said: Empress, you don’t matter, right?I will immediately notify Cao Tai to find a doctor for you.
Let's wait. Fu grabbed Mu Shanggong and frowned and said, "If I ask myself to go to war with the army, I can't stand it even if I can't stand it in this comfortable carriage, why do I come out to do it?"
Mu Shanggong said: You don’t have to come out at first. The official family is a peerless wise ruler. You will definitely beat the Southern Tang Dynasty. The empress doesn’t have to worry.
Fu shook her head, her voice feeling tired. The soldiers outside were not sad when walking under the scorching sun. Don't be surprised.
Mu Shanggong looked at the queen with concern. The queen's appearance was indeed very delicate. Her slightly pointed chin added a bit of natural beauty to her appearance, and she looked weak.
She is usually comfortable in the palace, and she is really suffering when she goes out to fight.
The central army led the emperor's ceremonial guards, as well as many civil servants and eunuchs, and walked very slowly.
The scorching sun was exposed for three consecutive days, and the people had not yet arrived in Chenzhou.
Fu's family was hot in a square closed steamer for three days, and seemed to have gotten used to it, and the palace maids around him felt a little relieved.
However, Fu was listless all day long and said it was too bumpy... The road here was indeed flat and the carriage was wide, but the bottom was hardwood, and naturally there was no shock absorption facilities, so it was really bumpy when walking.
Just rely on the soft cushions laid in the carriage to reduce vibration, but the soft blanket wool also makes the people inside feel hotter.
Just at noon that day, the sky suddenly became dark clouds, and a few thunder sounded, and in a short while, I heard rapid raindrops hitting the roof of the car.
The heat on the ground steamed the rain, and Fu sighed softly: It’s finally cool!
After a while, it started to rain heavily.
The eunuch Cao Tai rode his horse to the side of the carriage, dismounted and reported while walking: We will arrive in Chenzhou in two more hours.The official family asked everyone to rush to Chenzhou and stationed again.
The heavy rain was blown into the carriage by the wind, and Mushang Palace quickly pulled down the curtain to cover the rain.
However, the rain was too heavy, and soon all the silk wool in the carriage was soaked, and the clothes of the two people in the carriage were also wet by the splashes splashing in from the gaps in the bamboo curtains.
Cough cough cough... Fu covered her mouth and coughed a few times.Mu Shanggong was very anxious and touched her forehead with his hand on his back, and immediately said: Oh, it’s so hot!What should I do?
Fu ate a few times, took a breath and said: Didn’t you say you would arrive in the town in two more hours?When you arrived in Chenzhou, you asked Cao Tai to report to the official family and said that I was sick.
Mu Shanggong said: Did the Empress just last for two hours?
Fu Shiqiang smiled and said: You are looking for a doctor now. He has no place to boil the medicine after he has caught the medicine.It rained so heavily outside, and there was no village in front and no shop behind... The officials issued an order to stay in Chenzhou before they could stay.
Fu felt that he had no strength at all, and felt disgusted in his heart. His head was dizzy and the carriage was shaking again, as if the world was spinning.
The most uncomfortable thing is headache and panic, which is much harder than just pain.
She wanted to sleep for a while, but she was so nervous that she couldn't sleep.
Seeing her appearance, Mu Shanggong didn't care about following her will, so he quickly called Cao Tai and asked him to report to the emperor.
After a while, Cao Tai returned and said: Let the groom hurry up, drive the car to Chenzhou first, and then settle down for the imperial doctor to see the doctor.The straight horse soldiers in the inner palace will escort us.
The carriage and horses accelerated and rushed to Chenzhou to ask the local officials to arrange the mansion. He quickly carried Fu into the bedroom. Mu Shanggong and the palace maid changed her wet clothes and hung a layer of gauze in front of the bed to cover it.
After a while, an older imperial doctor brought his followers and bowed into the room with his box.
Ask someone to take out the queen's hand and take her pulse.
The imperial doctor carefully pinched his index finger on her wrist, and no one dared to vent his anger loudly and waited quietly.
After a while, the imperial doctor said: The pulse is weak, the body is too weak, and it is also poisonous to damp heat.
Then the imperial doctor walked out of the bedroom and sat down in front of the table outside to grind ink and write the prescription.Cao Tai reminded next to him: The empress has a delicate body, so you have to prescribe medicine well.
The imperial doctor touched his gray beard and said: Even though my father-in-law kept the medicine residue, it would be fine if the people who were not sick had taken these medicines.How dare I prescribe the medicine for tigers and wolves for the queen?
Cao Tai said again: But you also need to prescribe the right medicine. If you take it, it means you don’t take it. Isn’t that delaying the Empress’s condition?
The imperial doctor sighed, as if he could not answer, so he picked up his pen and wrote carefully.
In the evening, the army arrived in Chenzhou to station, and the emperor came to the mansion guarded by the inner hall, and set up the headquarters here.
Then he went to the inner courtyard to visit Fu in person. He lifted the curtain and walked in. Fu saw that it was an official, and he struggled to sit up.
Chai Rong hurriedly stepped forward and held her down, saying kindly: Don’t move, lie down with peace of mind.He looked back at the eunuch and palace maid standing next to him and asked: What did the imperial doctor say, what disease did the queen have?
Cao Tai hurriedly knelt down and said: Report to the emperor, the imperial doctor said that the queen was weak and was suffering from damp heat.
Chai Rong nodded, just waiting to say something to comfort him.At this moment, an eunuch outside whispered: Emperor, Shouzhou has sent someone to come and said there is something urgent.
Chai Rong hurriedly said to Fu: You should rest assured to recuperate, and I will come when I go.
Fu said with a wandering breath: Big things are important, I just felt the wind and cold occasionally.
After a while, someone outside said hurriedly: The Southern Tang Army has a large number of reinforcements to Zhengyang, hoping to take a warship to attack the brigade shore bridge.Prime Minister Li ordered Shi Yanchao and other troops to attack Shouzhou City to retreat and guard the floating bridge.
Then he heard footsteps and the group left the inner courtyard.
Only then did Fu remember that he wanted to think about how to imply that the official family came, but he was in a splitting headache and panic, and he couldn't calm down and think about that matter at all.Now that the official family has left again, she has to give up.
After a while, she coughed again. Mu Shanggong hurriedly asked the palace maid to help turn her over and gently stroke her vest.
At the beginning, Fu's body was as soft as a bone, and she let the nearby servants do anything to the trouble.
She whispered again: Let Cao Tai go over and serve next to the official family to see what the official family is doing and how the war ahead is going.
Mu Shanggong was busy and anxiously: Empress, don’t think about those things, it’s the most important thing to take good care of your body.
The palace maid brought the prepared soup and Mu Shanggong tasted the hot and cold first, and then blew a few breaths, which made people help Fu up and drink the medicine.
The palace servant brought the hourglass to time again, and he was carefully and on time every time he fed the medicine.
Unexpectedly, the daily medication still did not improve, and Fu's illness became worse and worse. After a few days, she had to fall into a coma every day and was unconscious. She could only eat soft white rice porridge and didn't want to get any drops of oil and meat.
Chai Rong believed that the imperial doctors who followed the army were not good at medical skills, so he issued an order to send a quick horse to Tokyo to summon some other imperial doctors.
Everyone was dying and arrived in Chenzhou in a few days. A group of imperial doctors diagnosed Fu overnight, saying that they had suffered from the heat and could not be diagnosed with any serious illness.
Everyone thought about the prescriptions they had taken before, and carefully checked the residue left behind, and prescribed some medicines for Fu to continue taking them.
She occasionally asked when she was awake, wanting to know where the emperor was.
I vaguely heard Cao Tai say that the Zhou army won a big victory near Zhengyang, defeating the reinforcements of the Southern Tang army, and beheading only tens of thousands; but important towns such as Shouzhou still cannot be captured for a long time.
The official family seemed to be leaving Chenzhou and was about to go south to Shouzhou.
Xiang Xun was first recruited back to Beijing; Han Tong served as an internal and external inspection of the capital.
The envoys of Wu Yue returned to the south and took away the Zhou Dynasty's edict, asking Wu Yue to reorganize their troops and prepare for war, and attack the Southern Tang State together; they also sent envoys to order the Nanping State (Jingnan) to dispatch troops to participate in the war.
In mid-May, the Zhou emperor decided to start war against the Southern Tang Kingdom.
Prime Minister Li Gu was sent to the front-line camp of Huainan and appointed him as the governor of Shouzhou, Luzhou; Han Lingkun, Shi Yanchao and other dozen generals guarded the horse and infantry army and followed several army entourages.
Ten days later, Chai Rong held a banquet in Jinxiang Hall to celebrate Xiang Xun's return to the court, and gave him a generous reward of his clothes, gold belts, silverware, silk, and saddle horses.
Then Xiang Xun was appointed as the leader of Tokyo, sentenced to Kaifeng Prefecture, and was appointed as the guards.
Wang Pu and Han Tong were appointed as deputy and stayed in Tokyo.
At the end of May, Chai Rong heard from Li Gu that the Zhou army had set up a floating bridge in the Huai River and crossed the Huai River. Shi Yanchao's vanguard attacked and defeated thousands of Southern Tang troops under the city of Shouzhou and advanced to the besiege of Shouzhou.
Chai Rong then ordered the deployment of troops from various governors to be dispatched; he led the elite troops of the Palace Front Office to Tokyo, and the troops from all over the country advanced to Huainan, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops to strengthen the people.
Shouzhou became the entrance to the Zhou army's breakthrough in the Huaihe River defense line, located in the middle of the Huaihe River, southeast of Tokyo.Chai Rong sent people to urge Li Gu to attack the city, hoping to occupy Shouzhou as the foothold of the army in attacking Huainan.
Fu's family got what they wanted and set out with the army.
She was riding a four-horse-driven carriage. The spacious carriage could reduce some bumps and the road was relatively flat. But the weather was very hot, and the sun was on the roof, and the enclosed space in the carriage looked like a steamer.
From time to time, she asked the female official to open the curtains for breathability. The curtains were opened, and she could also see the vast scene outside from the carriage.
The Zhou army marched on the plains, and several roads in the fields were lined up with troops, and the continuous dust and fog covered the sky, as if the whole country was migrating.
Fu's thoughts were also diverted to major events because of this spectacular scene. He thought in his heart, recalling some impressions of Prime Minister Li Gu, and thought to himself: It would be better to let Li Gu lead the vanguard army, Li Chong, commander of the guards, Ma Bu.
She thought about it and gave up the idea of making suggestions to the government. Who knows how the government thought about Li Chongjin?
Suddenly, a nausea surged in his heart. Fu came to his senses and retching. Mu Shanggong next to him hurriedly took the white handkerchief under Fu's mouth.
Fu reached out and took the handkerchief over, covering her mouth, and her face turned pale.
Mu Shanggong was shocked and said: Empress, you don’t matter, right?I will immediately notify Cao Tai to find a doctor for you.
Let's wait. Fu grabbed Mu Shanggong and frowned and said, "If I ask myself to go to war with the army, I can't stand it even if I can't stand it in this comfortable carriage, why do I come out to do it?"
Mu Shanggong said: You don’t have to come out at first. The official family is a peerless wise ruler. You will definitely beat the Southern Tang Dynasty. The empress doesn’t have to worry.
Fu shook her head, her voice feeling tired. The soldiers outside were not sad when walking under the scorching sun. Don't be surprised.
Mu Shanggong looked at the queen with concern. The queen's appearance was indeed very delicate. Her slightly pointed chin added a bit of natural beauty to her appearance, and she looked weak.
She is usually comfortable in the palace, and she is really suffering when she goes out to fight.
The central army led the emperor's ceremonial guards, as well as many civil servants and eunuchs, and walked very slowly.
The scorching sun was exposed for three consecutive days, and the people had not yet arrived in Chenzhou.
Fu's family was hot in a square closed steamer for three days, and seemed to have gotten used to it, and the palace maids around him felt a little relieved.
However, Fu was listless all day long and said it was too bumpy... The road here was indeed flat and the carriage was wide, but the bottom was hardwood, and naturally there was no shock absorption facilities, so it was really bumpy when walking.
Just rely on the soft cushions laid in the carriage to reduce vibration, but the soft blanket wool also makes the people inside feel hotter.
Just at noon that day, the sky suddenly became dark clouds, and a few thunder sounded, and in a short while, I heard rapid raindrops hitting the roof of the car.
The heat on the ground steamed the rain, and Fu sighed softly: It’s finally cool!
After a while, it started to rain heavily.
The eunuch Cao Tai rode his horse to the side of the carriage, dismounted and reported while walking: We will arrive in Chenzhou in two more hours.The official family asked everyone to rush to Chenzhou and stationed again.
The heavy rain was blown into the carriage by the wind, and Mushang Palace quickly pulled down the curtain to cover the rain.
However, the rain was too heavy, and soon all the silk wool in the carriage was soaked, and the clothes of the two people in the carriage were also wet by the splashes splashing in from the gaps in the bamboo curtains.
Cough cough cough... Fu covered her mouth and coughed a few times.Mu Shanggong was very anxious and touched her forehead with his hand on his back, and immediately said: Oh, it’s so hot!What should I do?
Fu ate a few times, took a breath and said: Didn’t you say you would arrive in the town in two more hours?When you arrived in Chenzhou, you asked Cao Tai to report to the official family and said that I was sick.
Mu Shanggong said: Did the Empress just last for two hours?
Fu Shiqiang smiled and said: You are looking for a doctor now. He has no place to boil the medicine after he has caught the medicine.It rained so heavily outside, and there was no village in front and no shop behind... The officials issued an order to stay in Chenzhou before they could stay.
Fu felt that he had no strength at all, and felt disgusted in his heart. His head was dizzy and the carriage was shaking again, as if the world was spinning.
The most uncomfortable thing is headache and panic, which is much harder than just pain.
She wanted to sleep for a while, but she was so nervous that she couldn't sleep.
Seeing her appearance, Mu Shanggong didn't care about following her will, so he quickly called Cao Tai and asked him to report to the emperor.
After a while, Cao Tai returned and said: Let the groom hurry up, drive the car to Chenzhou first, and then settle down for the imperial doctor to see the doctor.The straight horse soldiers in the inner palace will escort us.
The carriage and horses accelerated and rushed to Chenzhou to ask the local officials to arrange the mansion. He quickly carried Fu into the bedroom. Mu Shanggong and the palace maid changed her wet clothes and hung a layer of gauze in front of the bed to cover it.
After a while, an older imperial doctor brought his followers and bowed into the room with his box.
Ask someone to take out the queen's hand and take her pulse.
The imperial doctor carefully pinched his index finger on her wrist, and no one dared to vent his anger loudly and waited quietly.
After a while, the imperial doctor said: The pulse is weak, the body is too weak, and it is also poisonous to damp heat.
Then the imperial doctor walked out of the bedroom and sat down in front of the table outside to grind ink and write the prescription.Cao Tai reminded next to him: The empress has a delicate body, so you have to prescribe medicine well.
The imperial doctor touched his gray beard and said: Even though my father-in-law kept the medicine residue, it would be fine if the people who were not sick had taken these medicines.How dare I prescribe the medicine for tigers and wolves for the queen?
Cao Tai said again: But you also need to prescribe the right medicine. If you take it, it means you don’t take it. Isn’t that delaying the Empress’s condition?
The imperial doctor sighed, as if he could not answer, so he picked up his pen and wrote carefully.
In the evening, the army arrived in Chenzhou to station, and the emperor came to the mansion guarded by the inner hall, and set up the headquarters here.
Then he went to the inner courtyard to visit Fu in person. He lifted the curtain and walked in. Fu saw that it was an official, and he struggled to sit up.
Chai Rong hurriedly stepped forward and held her down, saying kindly: Don’t move, lie down with peace of mind.He looked back at the eunuch and palace maid standing next to him and asked: What did the imperial doctor say, what disease did the queen have?
Cao Tai hurriedly knelt down and said: Report to the emperor, the imperial doctor said that the queen was weak and was suffering from damp heat.
Chai Rong nodded, just waiting to say something to comfort him.At this moment, an eunuch outside whispered: Emperor, Shouzhou has sent someone to come and said there is something urgent.
Chai Rong hurriedly said to Fu: You should rest assured to recuperate, and I will come when I go.
Fu said with a wandering breath: Big things are important, I just felt the wind and cold occasionally.
After a while, someone outside said hurriedly: The Southern Tang Army has a large number of reinforcements to Zhengyang, hoping to take a warship to attack the brigade shore bridge.Prime Minister Li ordered Shi Yanchao and other troops to attack Shouzhou City to retreat and guard the floating bridge.
Then he heard footsteps and the group left the inner courtyard.
Only then did Fu remember that he wanted to think about how to imply that the official family came, but he was in a splitting headache and panic, and he couldn't calm down and think about that matter at all.Now that the official family has left again, she has to give up.
After a while, she coughed again. Mu Shanggong hurriedly asked the palace maid to help turn her over and gently stroke her vest.
At the beginning, Fu's body was as soft as a bone, and she let the nearby servants do anything to the trouble.
She whispered again: Let Cao Tai go over and serve next to the official family to see what the official family is doing and how the war ahead is going.
Mu Shanggong was busy and anxiously: Empress, don’t think about those things, it’s the most important thing to take good care of your body.
The palace maid brought the prepared soup and Mu Shanggong tasted the hot and cold first, and then blew a few breaths, which made people help Fu up and drink the medicine.
The palace servant brought the hourglass to time again, and he was carefully and on time every time he fed the medicine.
Unexpectedly, the daily medication still did not improve, and Fu's illness became worse and worse. After a few days, she had to fall into a coma every day and was unconscious. She could only eat soft white rice porridge and didn't want to get any drops of oil and meat.
Chai Rong believed that the imperial doctors who followed the army were not good at medical skills, so he issued an order to send a quick horse to Tokyo to summon some other imperial doctors.
Everyone was dying and arrived in Chenzhou in a few days. A group of imperial doctors diagnosed Fu overnight, saying that they had suffered from the heat and could not be diagnosed with any serious illness.
Everyone thought about the prescriptions they had taken before, and carefully checked the residue left behind, and prescribed some medicines for Fu to continue taking them.
She occasionally asked when she was awake, wanting to know where the emperor was.
I vaguely heard Cao Tai say that the Zhou army won a big victory near Zhengyang, defeating the reinforcements of the Southern Tang army, and beheading only tens of thousands; but important towns such as Shouzhou still cannot be captured for a long time.
The official family seemed to be leaving Chenzhou and was about to go south to Shouzhou.