After Liu Chengyou accepted the Gao family, there was nothing important in Yedu. Lidong was approaching, and under the edict, the counterinsurgency army was returned, and Liu Chengyou returned with his bride. On September 10, the royal car departed from Tokyo, the war ended, and the winter returned, which lasted for a month.

The affairs of Yedu and even Hebei, Liu Zhiyuan was basically entrusted to Gao Xingzhou, and in order to make trouble for Gao Xingzhou, he moved Murong Yan, who was in Lanzhou, to the town of Tianping Army (Yunzhou). There is a feeling of distribution, taking into account Murong Yanchao's feelings, and with his Tongping Zhang, so that the prime minister respects Yunzhou, Liu Zhiyuan is also very generous to this little brother.

Murong Yanchao moved to the town, and Guo Rong took over very smoothly, taking over the Zhenning Army, and guarding the key to the north gate of Shanzhou for the imperial court.

On the way back to the division, when passing through Baima, Liu Zhiyuan decisively transferred Liu Xin, the envoy of Yicheng Jiedu, promoted him to an official, and promoted him to the commander of the guard Ma Jundu, and led the Xuzhou Jiedu and Tongping Zhangshi.

Liu Xin took office in Huazhou, but for a few months, he was agglomeral, greedy, and cruel in the governance, abusing the people. Liu Zhiyuan really had no choice but to transfer him out. Even if he was entrusted with Xuzhou Jiedu, he was not allowed to take the town, but ordered him to return to Kaifeng with him and lead the forbidden army.

Previously, it was because of trust that Liu Zhiyuan handed over important places such as Huazhou and Lanzhou to Liu Xin and Murong Yanchao. But after this trip, Liu Zhiyuan reacted, although these two brothers are credible, they really have no ability to calm the place, but they are good at harming the people, and they really want to do it, and if they can't achieve their original intentions, they are prone to big problems.

Liu Zhiyuan is really helpless, looking at the royal family of the clan, either they lack talent and morality, or they are less and not more important, but they can be used, count around, and they can't pick out three or two. Fortunately, Liu Chong's younger brother was in Taiyuan and did not mess around, otherwise, he really couldn't think of a person he trusted enough to guard the land of Longxing in Hedong.

Liu Xin was transferred from Huazhou, and regarding the successor, Liu Zhiyuan solicited Liu Chengyou's opinion. The meaning of that is becoming more and more obvious......

In this regard, Liu Chengyou basically guessed Liu Zhiyuan's thoughts, and gave a candidate, and Guo Congyi was commanded by the Protector of the Holy Capital.

Guo Congyi is cautious, strategic, and both civil and military. Of course, these are secondary factors, and the most important thing is that Guo Congyi is an "old revolutionary" and has a deep friendship with Liu Zhiyuan.

When Liu Zhiyuan left the town of Hedong, he was used as the Marquis of Yu, and then he has been following Liu Zhiyuan, suppressing bandits, quelling rebellions, and fighting against Khitan. The establishment of the Han Dynasty also has the merit of the dragon, Liu Zhiyuan went to Jin and Jiangdong Hedong, Guo Congyi has always been the vanguard, and he is also the most advanced Han army general in Tokyo City. This time, although there is no record of Pingdu Chongwei with the army, there is always hard work.

Guo Congyi is versatile, can write essays and poems, and is good at calligraphy, probably because he is cultural, and he is very introverted. Among the generals of the Han Dynasty, he is not outstanding, and his sense of existence is not as sufficient as Shi Hongzhao, Liu Xin and others, but he is indeed the indispensable type, and he can always think of him whenever there is anything.

Such a talented, qualified, and trustworthy retainer is used to guard the important land of Huazhou, no matter how you weigh it, it is a good candidate. Liu Chengyou's recommendation was obviously very much in line with Liu Zhiyuan's wishes, and Liu Chengyou almost saw him smiling and directly informed the accompanying Chinese book officials to write the appointment book.

Du Chongwei's rebellion, for the Liu Han court in the Central Plains, is like a hurdle, it has been crossed, it may not be a broad road, but the turbulent situation has stabilized, at least this clay-footed giant can move forward with difficulty again. With Du Chongwei's fate ahead, all parties, as an important part of the country, have seen a lot of stopping.

But the good news, let's be considered good news, is from the north. Zhao Yanshou, the king of Yan, reported that the Liao army fought hard in Youzhou and retreated. In Youzhou, Yelu Ruan led a large army to attack the south, and also fought for three months, seeing that in winter, the grain was not continuous, the morale was declining, and the fortified city was difficult, so he had no choice but to retreat. However, before retreating, thousands of people who plundered the Han people returned north.

The war in the north is much more brutal than Ye, and the most damaged ones have to count the Han people of Youyan. At first, when Yelu Ruan first arrived in Senan, he was extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Han, Yelu Jieli and other Khitan nobles who mistreated the Han people, causing the Han people to oppose Liao.

You must know that Yelu Abaoji, Yelu Deguang's father and son, it took decades for Hu and Han to barely coexist in "harmony" under their rule, and this time, the contradictions broke out, and they were extremely acute, and they were full of blood debts to each other.

Yelu Ruan is a person who likes Han culture, and also has some special "feelings" for the Han people, and after succeeding to the throne as Emperor Liao, he disregarded the opposition of the ministers and appointed his mature woman Zhen who had been robbed from Kaifeng as the queen.

However, when it was difficult to besiege Youzhou, he did not hold back his jackal heart, and sent troops to raid the Han people and rush the city. The Liao military factory is in the field and short than the city attack, so it will naturally not attack Youzhou with a short attack and a long blow. In the past, the southern invasion war, the Hu cavalry lord plundered in the field, and the dirty work of attacking the city was done by the Han people and Yan soldiers in the Khitan country, but now the Yan people are reversed, and the Youyan is in turmoil, which is really a great loss for the Khitans.

According to Yelu Ruan's original intention, Youzhou City couldn't be defeated, so it was besieged and Zhao Yanshou was trapped, and there were so many people in the city, it was expected that it wouldn't last long. But he obviously miscalculated the situation in the city, and the purge against the Hu people caused the Yan army to gather a lot of baggage, and Zhao Yanshou made a lot of self-refuge and Yi supplements. Because of the slaughter of Hu, the city's determination to resist is also extraordinarily strong, so hard to resist, besieged the city for more than three months, and the people in the city starved to death, but they still held on.

Zhao Yanshou is also propagandizing in the city, if Youzhou is lost, the Khitans will slaughter the city, most people firmly believe this, there is no reason not to believe it. Sure enough, the Liao army was retired......

Before retreating, Yelu Ruan did not dare to send cavalry, Yu Zhuo, Yi raided, and even arrogant people continued to go south, but were blocked back by Murong Yanzhao and Li Yun.

This fierce army in Youzhou ended with the Liao army's unsuccessful retreat to the north, but before and after, in addition to the Liao army consuming a lot of materials, the loss of troops was not large, but the harvest was also very dry, which can be described as more than worth the loss.

In the Khitan country, after the transformation of this year's great joy and sorrow, defeat, civil strife, and exhaustion of national strength to take Youzhou, failed. The Khitan, which is already difficult, must be very difficult this winter, and it is not much better than the Han court.

As for Youyan, although the army and the people worked together to repel the Liao army, after this turmoil, it is difficult to describe its pain with the withering of the people's livelihood, and the states are full of devastation and almost ruins. Zhao Yanshou reported that inside and outside Youzhou City, there were more than 40,000 dead Han people, not to mention others. It was the autumn harvest season, and most of the grain in the fields was looted and destroyed by the Liao cavalry, and the Yan army was beaten and only received a small part.

This winter, Youyan may have more people to die......

Regarding Youyan's situation, Liu Chengyou had already deduced and conjectured, but when such a result became a reality, Liu Chengyou was a little autistic.

Holding the report sent from the north, Liu Chengyou only felt heavy and a little in a trance, and his heart was completely devoid of the complacency and joy of the original "miracle plan". It can basically be said that the death of Youyan is all due to his handwriting.

In the history books in the future, there will definitely be such a stroke, King Zhou's poisonous plot to mess with Youyan, even if he uses the Spring and Autumn penmanship to beautify it, the accumulated bones behind this strategy cannot be erased.

In fact, the Han people of Youyan, during the ten years of Khitan rule, can barely be described as "peaceful", at least, in the territory of Youyan, they have enjoyed ten years of peace.

For a moment, Liu Chengyou even doubted himself whether what he was doing was right.

"Am I doing something wrong?" Sitting against Liu Zhiyuan, Liu Chengyou asked in a low voice with a calm face.

Seeing his performance, Liu Zhiyuan directly scolded: "When did you become so weak? At the beginning, in front of me, how did you talk about the benefits of Youyan's discussion with great vigour? ”

Liu Chengyou's face twitched, and he used the Youyan Rebellion to reduce the pressure on the defense of the northern frontier and exchange it for the stability of the Han world. To put it mildly, it's quite easy. However, is this big Han country stable?

"If you want to take Guanshan north on a different day, you would rather be in trouble than help the Khitan!" Liu Zhiyuan stared at Liu Chengyou coldly. These thoughts were also said by Liu Chengyou and listened to him at the beginning.

Hearing this, he was silent for a long time, and Liu Chengyou finally looked at Liu Zhiyuan and looked at the firm expression on his father's old face. arched his hand: "Erchen, I understand!" ”

Liu Zhiyuan's momentum slowly weakened again, he leaned his body, thought for a while, and summoned someone to order: "Send an envoy from the center to Youzhou to the north to reward King Yan for me, comfort the soldiers who fought against the Khitan, and pay tribute to the soldiers and civilians who died." ”

"In addition, the edict was passed on, for the Yan people who fled south, Chengde, Henghai, and Yiwu were measured, and the generals of Ying, Mo, Qi, and Taizhou were to be accommodated and resettled as much as possible......"

"Yes!"

Liu Chengyou returned to his tent with a numb face, and the bride Gao Huaijin stayed peacefully, and was a little surprised when she saw Liu Chengyou's face.

On the way back to the south, the two of them also slowly had some exchanges, in Gao's eyes, although Liu Chengyou rarely had any expression on his face, and he was silent on weekdays, but like this, he was obviously in a bad mood, but it was the first time he saw it.

"Your Highness." Gao Huaijin screamed tentatively.

"Hmm." Liu Chengyou responded casually.

Sitting on the marching couch, pondering. Seeing him like this, Gao Shi had no reason, and his motherhood was overflowing, so he sat down, gently next to him, and gently reached out and held his hand.

When she touched it, she was startled, and she found that Liu Chengyou's hands were extremely cold. But soon, he gently pulled Liu Chengyou's hand into his placket, pressed against his delicate skin, and warmed his hands......

His hands were wrapped in warmth, Liu Chengyou came back to his senses, turned his head to look at Gao, saw Yurong frowning slightly, and endured the coldness in his chest. Liu Chengyou took out his hand, and a smile rose at the corner of his mouth, this was the first time Gao Huaijin saw Liu Chengyou smile, but it was not warm enough.

"Go get some wine and have a few drinks with me." Liu Chengyou's voice was still flat.

Hearing his command, Gao immediately smoothed the silk chaos on his chest and left.

Liu Chengyou is not a fragile person, he has long recovered, he is just reflecting. Through Youyan's matter, he had a deeper understanding. When it comes to his identity and status, it is really a suggestion, a strategy, and even an idea, all of which are related to the life and death of tens of millions of Li people. In the future, you have to be cautious and think twice before acting.