In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty, relied on it
"Chen Qiao Mutiny"
after
"Yellow Robe Plus Body"
Replacing the Later Zhou Dynasty established the Northern Song Dynasty, but in fact, the territory occupied by the Northern Song Dynasty at that time was still very small, and there were still several and northern regions in the Central Plains and Jiangnan
The Song Dynasty coexisted in the divided regimes: Nanping (Jingnan), Houshu (Chengdu), Later Han (Guangzhou), Southern Tang (Nanjing), Wuyue (Hangzhou), and Northern Han (Taiyuan).
Therefore, after Zhao Kuangyin took the throne, he still worked very hard to continue the war to unify the world, which he adopted
Prime minister
Zhao Pu
“
First the south and then the north, first easy and then difficult
”
The strategy has been successfully destroyed
Jingnan
、
Hou Shu
Southern Han regime and other regimes.
Next, Zhao Kuangyin prepared to attack the Southern Tang, in our cognition, the Southern Tang Emperor Li Yu was a very weak emperor, his level of poetry and lyrics was a must, but his ability to govern the country was a mess, so most people thought that the Southern Tang would be successfully eliminated by Zhao Kuangyin.
However, there was a tiger general in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he made Zhao Kuangyin deeply jealous, because this person was not only brave, but also strategic, and he once made a suggestion to Li Yu, if Li Yu had adopted it at that time, Zhao Kuangyin's pace of unifying the world might have been greatly delayed, and this person was "Lin Huzi" - Lin Renzhao.
Lin Renzhao, a native of Nanping, Fujian Province, was a man of strong nature, strong physique, strong in martial arts, good at shooting, and had a tiger-shaped tattoo on his body, and was a famous general of the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
Lin Renzhao was originally one of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Minguo
Generals
After the fall of the Min kingdom, he was once idle at home. Later weeks
In the second year of Xiande (955), Emperor Chai Rong of Zhou sent a large army south to Huainan in a vain attempt to destroy the Southern Tang.
Lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty
Li Jing
Sending people to Fujian and other places to recruit warriors, Lin Renzhao should be ordered to join the army and be the lord
Li Jing was appointed as a general and led his army to meet the Zhou army after the battle.
In August of the third year of Xiande (956), the Zhengyang of the Later Zhou Army
pontoon
It was built to block the way of the Southern Tang reinforcements. Lin Renzhao personally led a thousand death squads to set fire to the pontoon bridge by taking advantage of the wind.
Unexpectedly, the direction of the wind changed, which was not conducive to fire attack, and the horses in the rear zhou and the front of the palace were all commanded
Zhang Yongde
Taking advantage of the opportunity to attack, the Southern Tang army was defeated.
At this time, Lin Renzhao single-handedly rode behind the palace and blocked all the arrows fired by the Later Zhou army.
When Zhang Yongde saw it, he exclaimed:
"There are such brave men in the enemy camp, and they must not take the enemy lightly."
Immediately ordered to retreat.
Later, the Southern Tang Dynasty
Later weeks
The land was cut off to seek peace, and Lin Renzhao was appointed as
Town Navy
Jiedushi envoy, soon changed to the town of Wuchang.
After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin adopted the policy of unifying the world by "first easy and then difficult", and when he did not plan to take action against the Southern Tang,
In the third year of Kaibao (970), Lin Renzhao offered a plan to Li Yu, who was already the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and said:
"The Huainan army of the Song Dynasty was very weak, and it used troops for many years, successively pacifying Western Shu, Jinghu, and Lingnan, running for thousands of miles, soldiers and horses, and scarce grain and grass, which was an opportunity to take advantage of. I would rather lead my troops to attack the Song Dynasty and recover the lost land in order to reverse the situation. On the day of the rebellion of the subjects, His Majesty can declare to the outside world that the rebels are rebelling, then, if the subjects succeed in this move, Huainan will be owned by the mainland, and if the subjects are defeated, His Majesty will destroy me and apologize to Zhao Kuangyin, thus showing that His Majesty does not know. ”
After Lin Renzhao finished speaking, Li Yu, who knew that he was timid and afraid of things, exclaimed continuously:
Don't talk nonsense, so as not to bring disaster to the country.
Unexpectedly, this matter finally leaked out of the wind, and was soon learned by Zhao Kuangyin, who was right
Lin Renzhao's plan to carry out was deeply jealous, and he also hated Lin Renzhao to the bone, seeing it as the biggest obstacle to his unification of Jiangnan.
However, Zhao Kuangyin also knew,
Lin Renzhao was a brave and resourceful tiger general, and if the Song army encountered Lin Renzhao, he was afraid that he would have to suffer a lot, and the loss of troops would be unavoidable.
Therefore, after some careful planning, Zhao Kuangyin formulated a counter-plan,
He bribed Lin Renzhao's entourage, and after obtaining his portrait, hung it indoors.
In the fifth year of Kaibao (972), Li Yu's younger brother and King Zheng
Lee Congshan
to the Northern Song Dynasty
Fenjing
Tributary. Zhao Kuangyin took Li Congshan to see Lin Renzhao's portrait and said:
"Lin Renzhao is ready to come and surrender to our dynasty, and first use this portrait as a keepsake."
Then he pointed to the empty official residence not far away:
"This is what I am going to give to Lin Renzhao."
After Li Congshan returned to China, he hurriedly reported to his brother Li Yu, who did not know that it was a counter-plan and decided
Lin Renzhao had the intention of rebellion, and soon sent someone to kill Lin Renzhao with poisoned wine.
Two years later, the Song army attacked Tang from the south, and the Southern Tang was now no one to resist. In the eighth year of Kaibao (975), the Song army invaded Jinling (present-day Nanjing), and Li Yu left the city to surrender, and was immediately escorted to Beijing.
Three years later, Li Yu was poisoned by Emperor Taizong of Song and Zhao Guangyi
Before he died, did he regret that he had self-destructed the Great Wall and killed Lin Renzhao by mistake?