The situation in Youzhou, with the shrinking of the Liao army's power, fell into a strange balance in a short period of time, even if Yelu Shuogu led the army to the south to support, he did not rashly attack Youzhou. However, although they did not attack Jicheng, the generals launched a wave of purges of Han subjects, both as a tough response to the Yan army's killing of Hu, and as also to plunder goods to replenish military supplies.

Just as Liu Chengyou had expected in his heart, the war will spread, and the people of Youyan will be in dire straits.

Under the plundering of the Liao army, a large number of refugees fled to Youzhou, all the way to Youzhou, and only when they got to the city of Youzhou, Zhao Yanshou had the spare strength to protect them. In such a situation, Zhao Yanshou passively won the hearts of the people of Youyan and led the heroes of Yandi to resist the Khitan.

In the southwest of Zhuo, Yi two prefectures, successively attached. or take Youzhou, or Xiazhuo, Yizhou, and resist the Khitan, in this way, the two results that Liu Chengyou discussed with Mu Zuo before were realized. Zhao Yanshou, in a difficult historical torrent, worked hard to manipulate the rudder and sail against the current, unable to help himself. Some of the initial wishes and careful thoughts, in a short period of time, are not daring to think.

To this situation, far beyond Liu Chengyou's previous expectations, no matter how it develops next, at least in the next short period of time, Liu Chengyou will not invest too much energy.

The civil war in the Khitan did not last as long as Liu Chengyou expected, but ended quickly. After the Battle of Truong Duc Quan, Yelu Ruan completely let go of his scruples and marched north to Huangshui.

And the old empress dowager Shu Luping in Shangjing, although she is a lot older, has a tough personality, and gathered the only remaining palace tent troops, soldiers, and slaves in Shangjing and its surroundings, and personally went out to confront Yelu Ruan across the bank in Huangshui.

In this royal war, before a decisive battle will take place, a man stands up. Tiyin Yelu Yaqing, who served as the clan official in the north, personally made peace between the two sides, reasoned, laid out the facts, and clarified the righteousness, and it took the boss's efforts to persuade him to achieve some results.

The Queen Mother said that the law was mediocre, this is a strong woman, a smart woman, of course, she can see the situation clearly, and knows that if she fights hard, she will not be Yelu Ruan's opponent. sighed and said to his youngest son Yelu Lihu, "If I don't want to establish you, you can't do it", and then expressed his willingness to negotiate peace.

As far as Yelu Ruan is concerned, he hates and fears Shu Luping's grandmother, and is very jealous. At the beginning, if it weren't for Shu Luping's partiality, the throne should have been inherited by his father Yelubei, but he was persecuted and exiled by him, and died in the Southern Dynasty.

In the process of supporting Yelu Deguang that year, Shu Luping thought that Taizu was "martyred", and slaughtered hundreds of their father and son's subordinates and supporters, and all political enemies were empty.

When it was the turn of Hanchen Zhao Siwen, this gentleman asked Shu Luping's army rhetorically: "The person close to the first emperor is the queen mother, why didn't the queen mother die?" I wait for the courtiers to serve, how can we be as the emperor intended? ”

Then a very classic scene in Khitan history was born, Shu Luping, who was forced to a dead end, directly pulled out the golden knife, cut off his right hand, and ordered someone to be placed in the coffin of Yelu Abaoji, which was counted as a "companion".

The Queen Mother of Broken Wrist was born.

This woman is really ruthless, ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to herself, since then, it can be said that the Khitan Manchu Dynasty is afraid of Shu Luping and does not dare to resist. With such a strong mother suppressing, Yelu Deguang's twenty-year rule of the Khitan was actually very smooth, and he gave full play to his talents in civil and martial arts.

Yelu Ruan, naturally, also lives in the shadow of the Empress Dowager Shulu, if he has the opportunity, of course he is more willing to completely eliminate Shu Luping. However, considering the situation in the Khitan country, considering the cost, and the changes in Youzhou, Yelu Ruan still chose peace talks.

The grandparents and grandchildren met face-to-face, and the expectations of the two sides were very different, and they continued to tear apart, but the negotiations with a huge disparity in strength still ended in Shu Luping's compromise, after all, the situation is stronger than people. Of course, the Empress Dowager Shulu is obviously unwilling to let this disobedient grandson usurp the country, and whether she will do things in the future depends on the future.

The "Crossing Covenant" was reached, and for the Khitan, it eliminated a bloody war and internal friction, preserved the strength of the already difficult Khitan State, and stabilized the hearts of the people. For Yelu Ruan, he was "recognized" by the Queen Mother, and his succession to the throne was firmly established in legal theory.

Although during this time, especially after the defeat of the Southern Expedition, the situation in the Khitan country was somewhat unstable, as long as there was no chaos in Shangjing, it was enough to suppress everything. Yelu Abaoji and Yelu Deguang, the two generations of emperors of father and son, have built the Great Khitan in the past half a century, and they are still very profound. It's just that now this steppe empire that rose in the north has returned the leader of Yelu Ruanlai.

After the end of the infighting, Yelu Ruan successfully entered Shangjing, officially succeeded to the throne, and accepted the worship of the ministers of the clan and the north and south courts. Then talk about meritorious deeds, appease people's hearts, and wait for everything to be established, and set his eyes on Youyan again.

Whether it is from a military and economic strategic point of view, or in order to stabilize his position and enhance his prestige, he also wants to recapture Youzhou.

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No matter what happens next in Lingbei and Senan, Liu Chengyou, who represents the power of the new dynasty, can already sit firmly on the Diaoyutai side.

The city is really fixed, and it has completely changed its face, and what is raised on the city wall is a "Han" flag. In the Central Plains, Liu Zhiyuan has been in Tokyo for more than a month, and the old ministers of the two capitals, the Central Plains Fangzhen, are vying to be attached, and the Liu family is in full swing.

On the fifteenth day of this month (6), Liu Zhiyuan Imperial Chongyuan Palace, accepted the civil and military worship, granted amnesty to the world, and changed the Liang Fu of Yelu Deguang to Bianzhou to Tokyo, changed the country name to Han, and the year name remained unchanged, still called Tianfu, or "can't bear to forget Jin" The rhetoric is cloudy......

When the news reached Zhending, the city immediately changed the banner of the king, which was also an encouragement and appeasement for these soldiers who followed the Liu family to fight the world. As far as Liu Chengyou is concerned, the establishment of the country and the new dynasty of Jinglun, but to play the banner of the previous dynasty, it is inevitable that it will be awkward, and the army of the north and south of the river can be called the "Han army" in a dignified manner.

During this time, Liu Chengyou conducted a combing of Chengde Town and the prefectures south of Youyan, arranged border defenses, and appointed military and political officials.

With Murong Yanzhao as the defense envoy of Mozhou and the commander of the Ma Bu Army, he led the Longqi Fourth Army to be stationed in Mo County. Li Yun inspected Taizhou, led 2,000 troops, and garrisoned Rongcheng. These two are the Nanyi Water Defense Line built by Liu Chengyou to monitor Youyan.

He Fujin is still in the town of Hejian, and Luo Yanpu leads the Fifth Army to town Qizhou, and the two are ready to respond to Mo and Taizhou.

Liu Chengyou is arranging border defense, and Liu Zhiyuan is also arranging Zhenzhou. Fuzhen Prefecture is Hengzhou, with Zhang Yanwei as the envoy of the Shunguo Army, and the four prefectures of Heng, Shenzhen, Hebei and Zhao. As for Liu Chengyou, he was called back to Tokyo, but fortunately, Liu Zhiyuan agreed to all the arrangements he made.

When the proposal of the Northern Expedition of Zhao Yanshou reached Tokyo, it still caused a controversy in the Han court, even if on the surface, it was a resolution made by the two princes. Liu Chengxun arrived in Beijing smoothly, and he also endorsed Liu Chengyou in the spirit of a gentleman, and then was reprimanded by Liu Zhiyuan for the first time, saying that he was good at making claims.

Under such circumstances, the nascent Han court suddenly set off a wave of targeting Liu Chengyou, who was self-authoritarian, domineering, power-loving, and nepotism...... Quite a few labels were put on him. Obviously, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

After the Yan soldiers' northern expedition was successful and captured Youzhou, a group of courtiers were whimsical and even suggested to Liu Zhiyuan that they send troops north to garrison and replace Zhao Yanshou. Fortunately, under the persuasion of Guo Wei and a few other civil and military officers who kept a cool head, Liu Zhiyuan calmed his mind.

When he was summoned to Tokyo to produce books, Liu Chengyou's mood was still very calm, after all, he was also unwilling to go out of town for a long time, and he couldn't stay away from the center of power for too long.

After Zhending and packing up, at the end of midsummer, Liu Chengyou led the crowd southward and headed for Tokyo, he wanted to see what the new Han court was like.