Liu Chengyou, on his side, heard the news that Yelu Ruan was proclaimed emperor, and his reaction was very real and he was overjoyed.

As for those wanton Hu cavalry, they looked menacing on the surface, but in fact they did not pose much of a threat at all, as if to tell Liu Chengyou that the Liao army was different. It was obvious that it was an army of harassers, and if it was all there was, it would not be a cause for concern.

With the assistance of Wei Renpu and Xiang Xun, Liu Chengyou's judgment of the situation was very clear, and he was advised to stay on his ground and wait for the situation to develop. On the contrary, the generals under his command couldn't sit still. A Liao cavalry from Taizhou (now Baoding, Hebei) crossed Dingzhou to the south, burned all the way, and turned back thirty miles away from Zhending.

"What do you want to do? Noisy and shouting, what a system! In the palace, Liu Chengyou scolded.

In the hall, several middle and lower-level generals of Longqi gathered together and came together to ask Liu Chengyou for orders to attack. Han Tong and Luo Yanpu include the newly descended Li Yun, and even Sun Li, who has not yet been injured.

Sun Li's house, who was seriously injured and wanted to die before, although he was treated with all his might, but the medical conditions at this time also lingered in front of the ghost gate for several days. After all, my life was hard, and I survived it for nearly a month, and then I slowly recovered. With his merits, Liu Chengyou resumed his post as the commander of the Second Army and led the defense envoy of Bozhou. The injury here has not healed yet, and when he heard that the Liao army was attacking in the south, he also made a fuss.

Seeing Liu Chengyou's cold face, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he simply shut his mouth. Sun Li was still an old man, and in his voice that had become a little hoarse, he said: "Your Highness, Hu Lu does not teach a long lesson, and he comes arrogantly, as long as you give an order, the soldiers will definitely behead the enemy and sacrifice their heads." ”

Sun Li's voice was mixed with hatred, which was natural. Liu Chengyou looked at him calmly: "Do you know who the enemy will be?" How many people are there in the south? ”

Two questions stopped him, he really didn't know, but he heard that there were thieves in the south, so he got together and invited him to fight.

"I don't know."

"The situation of the enemy is not clear, and the enemy's intentions are unclear, so they want to fight. War, is it such a child's play? Liu Chengyou scolded softly.

At this time, they basically felt Liu Chengyou's attitude, and the rest of the people didn't dare to say it. It was Han Tong who opened his mouth, but held back.

"Stand down for me, continue to scrape the soldiers, sharpen the sword!" Liu Chengyou confessed.

The generals who rushed in were repelled by Liu Chengyou in a few words. On the side, seeing a group of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals, honestly listening to Liu Chengyou's reprimand, Liu Chengxun's eyes once again revealed a trace of surprise. His eyes were a little floating, such a scene was somewhat similar to the picture of Liu Zhiyuan commanding the generals in Hedong in his impression.

"Erlang, the Longqi Army has really been trained very well by you! Hedong strong soldiers, Longqi army! Look at these generals, like wolves and tigers, if they are bears in the middle of the fire, they are about to come out, and the morale of the army is like this, why are you afraid of the Khitan? Liu Chengxun sighed.

In the tone of praise, Liu Chengyou faintly noticed a trace of envy, and it seemed that his eldest brother was very touched.

Liu Chengyou shook his head: "No." Generals don't have brains, they're just a bunch of reckless men. In contrast, I'm worried that they're too arrogant and impetuous, which is not a good thing! ”

It is obvious that the generals under the Longqi Army are a little floating, and the battle of Luancheng has made them angry and arrogant, and they no longer take the Khitan army in their eyes, and they claim to be the strongest army in the world. Although Liu Chengyou likes his spirit, he has consciously suppressed that impetuousness recently.

Liu Chengxun only thought he was humble and said, "It's Erlang, your requirements are too high." Liao cavalry is coming, and the generals are high-spirited, why not allow it? ”

"What the eldest brother wants to ask is, why did the Khitan Yongkang King claim the emperor and not try to stabilize the country, but he went south with great fanfare?" Liu Chengyou looked at Liu Chengxun.

Liu Chengxun nodded very simply, with doubts in his eyes: "You said before that if Yelu Ruan becomes emperor, there will definitely be a civil strife within the Khitan. However, now Yelu Ruan wants to go south for revenge, isn't it the opposite of the opposite? ”

"I'm afraid I don't know, big brother. It has been observed that the Hu cavalry heading south are all miscellaneous Hu Fan cavalry, and they are just putting on a posture to go south. The Khitan elite who was gathered by Yelu Ruan is still in Youzhou, and there is no intention of moving the nest at all! Liu Chengyou explained.

Obviously, Liu Chengxun was not very sensitive to these and did not explain his doubts: "What is the purpose of the Liao army?" ”

"False and real, concealed. Perhaps, the battle of Luancheng has knocked them out of the psychological shadow......" Liu Chengyou muttered lightly.

"Huh?" The eldest brother was a little confused, his eyes slanted Liu Chengyou twice in a row, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he asked again: "Can the discussion of Youyan still be possible?" ”

"The Liao army does not move, our army does not move!" Liu Chengyou replied very dryly.

Liu Chengxun looked puzzled and nervous, but he couldn't explain it clearly to him in a few words, and Liu Chengyou added: "Big brother, wait two more days, and the situation will be clear!" ”

Liu Chengyou showed confidence on his face, and Liu Chengxun didn't say much, thinking about it himself.

......

Just as Liu Chengyou and the tent under the curtain guessed, the next development of the situation proved that the actions of the Liao army were just a bluff. I was involved with the Longqi Army on the front line of the town and the deep line, and when I saw that Liu Chengyou was always from the heart, conservative and confrontational, he couldn't please him, and he was not in a hurry, so he shrank back.

And in Youzhou, Yelu Ruan stayed for one more day, and finally moved. led the Khitan and Zhuhu soldiers and horses he collected 100,000, escorted Yelu Deguang's coffin, went north out of Yanshan, and marched to Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing.

This army of soldiers and horses was painstakingly gathered by Yelu Ruan after the Khitan withdrew from China, and painstakingly restored the morale slightly, which was also the most powerful army in the Khitan. With 100,000 troops in hand, for a few moments, Yelu Ruan really had the urge to lead his troops south and fight again.

It's just that the compulsion calmed down and suppressed it vividly. Not to mention the situation in the country, even if it can drive straight into Hebei for a long time, what results can be achieved, and in this situation, the drinking horse river is already extreme, and the Central Plains Hebei has been exhausted after the previous "national disaster". No matter how you look at it, the gains outweigh the losses.

Yelu Ruan went north, Fang out of Yan Realm, the news of Shangjing came from the north, the Empress Dowager Shulu learned that Yelu Ruan claimed to be the emperor without authorization, she was furious, and her reaction was very tough, and she took the emperor's brother Yelu Li Hu as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and led the pawn of Shangjing, gathered the Ding of all the departments, and went south to crusade.

A Khitan civil war was inevitable.

Before going north, Yelu Ruan made proper arrangements for Youzhou, and was obviously very jealous of Liu Chengyou. With Yelu Jieli as the defender of Nanjing, he led the troops to garrison, and sent several Hu soldiers to establish a defense line on the line of Thailand and Mozambique to defend Nanjing.

Yelu Ruan thinks that he has arranged it properly, and the soldiers and horses left behind are not small, but Youzhou is indeed empty! Liu Chengyou, who learned the news, sighed, the opportunity has come!