On the north bank of the Bianhe River, in addition to the city walls and barriers, there are uneven buildings along the river. Standing on one of the four-story buildings, looking at the autumn breeze and the surging waves at his feet, Liu Chengyou couldn't help but feel a little melancholy in his heart.

Kaifeng is the most important thing in the world, the total number of boats and vehicles, the throat of the control river, the transportation of the Huai Lake, the foundation of the city, the foundation of the capital, is in the Bianhe River. With the shift of political and economic gravity, the importance of this golden waterway connecting the north and the south has become increasingly prominent, and it is almost the lifeblood of the country's fortunes, and it is the life route of the empire.

On this side, it should have been a public fortune, a private business trip, and a succession of boats, endlessly. However, such a grand scene, as far as the Bianhe River at this time is concerned, only exists in words. Although with the gradual settlement of the Central Plains, the number of boats and boats is increasing day by day, but the impact of the previous war, the destruction of the Khitan is too serious, and the sequelae is so far, coupled with the products of the Huaihai Jiangnan, several in the "enemy country", the development potential of the Bianhe River is still very large.

Even if due to the war, the transportation was slackened, and to this day, the cargo throughput on the river is not small.

Liu Chengyou naturally will not have the leisure to sigh about the decline of the river and the prosperity of the river, that is a matter for the future, as long as it can still play an effective role and support Tokyo. At this time, the most important thing is the war on the Yedu side.

Since the outbreak of the battle of Qiudu, it has always affected the hearts of the government and the opposition. He walked around the city, and he was really a small people, all worried about the court, or worried about themselves. Since the fall of the previous dynasty and the entry of the Khitan, the city of Tokyo has been in chaos for seven or eight months, and in the past two months, it has been a little more stable.

Although life was still difficult under the rule of the new Han Dynasty, it was better than no order, at least there was some hope. If this new court falls again, I don't know how long it will be chaotic. Therefore, even if the current Han court is lackluster in smelting and governance, and even has beetles breeding, there is still no ordinary Li Shu who will look forward to his collapse. In Liu Chengyou's view, this can probably only be explained by "people's minds".

The war on Yedu's side, just as Liu Chengyou had worried before, still went wrong after all, and it was his uncle Murong Yanchao.

When Du Chongwei first raised troops, he used Lanzhou as the key to Tokyo, and was forced to the south of Guangjin Prefecture, and he was also elbowed in Yedu, so he took the initiative to send troops to attack, wanting to take Desheng City (Desheng North City is now Puyang).

Although Du Chongwei screamed fiercely, it is estimated that he did not have the ambition to march into Kaifeng after taking Lanzhou. Its real purpose, more likely, is to attack Liyang in the west after taking Deshengkou and block the Han army in Henan. Waiting for news from the north, he has sent his son Du Hongsui to the north to ask for support, in case the Khitan "father" can break through to the south, then he can still be saved......

On the side of the Han army, the early arrangement of the imperial court is not a decoration, although the armies from all walks of life have not arrived, and the commander Gao Xingzhou has not yet arrived, but he is not afraid of Du Chongwei's churning at all.

However, Murong Yanchao began to make trouble. He is conceited, brave and talented, and he is quite unconvinced by the old age of Gao Xingzhou, the imperial court commission. Hearing that the Ye soldiers came to the south, they responded to the battle with joy, regardless of the dissuasion of the defense envoy Guo Rong, and led the garrison of 5,000 forbidden troops to attack, and the two sides engaged in the suburbs of Desheng City.

If it was directly defeated, the key was that Du Chongwei's vanguard troops were not used, and they were defeated by Murong Yanchao with one blow. As a result, Murong Yan became more and more arrogant, and it is estimated that there is no word "enough to stop" in his dictionary, so he led the army to pursue and stay away from the city defense. Then, it collided with Du Chongwei's Chinese army brigade of more than 30,000 people.

The soldiers on both sides were brave, but under the command of the two main generals, they were forced to fight each other. Murong Yanchao relied on the righteousness of the central government and the strength of the forbidden army, but he couldn't resist Du Chongwei's many soldiers, and he fought recklessly for more than an hour, and was besieged in Lujiadian in Qingfeng County.

Seeing that the situation was lonely, Guo Rong, the defense envoy, worked tirelessly to lead the only remaining more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in Desheng City, risked his life to break through the interception of the Ye soldiers, and forcibly rescued Murong Yanchao.

Responding to Murong Yanchao's defeated army, he fought and retreated all the way, until he retreated to Desheng City and barely held it.

Guo Rong also had no choice, most of the army was taken by Murong Yanchao to face the battle, if Murong Yanchao was completely annihilated by Du Chongwei, then he would be difficult to resist with only the remaining more than 1,000 soldiers and horses. If the Desheng ferry is lost, it will inevitably affect Liyang in the west, and if the two ferries are lost, then it will be difficult for the Han army to cross north.

Even if Du Chongwei can be eliminated in the end, the price to be paid will inevitably multiply, and this is not just a matter of Du Chongwei's rebellion.

has a broad vision and a very big picture, and it is precisely because he saw the possible consequences that Guo Rong chose to take risks and gambled. Of course, it is not excluded that Guo Rong wants to gamble, the greater the risk, the higher the return. As a result, Guo Rong's bet was successful, and the ending of nine deaths and one life made Guo Rong hit the way of life.

And Du Chongwei was really pulling his hips, and was disrupted by Guo Rong's more than 1,000 soldiers, and it was just a matter of rescuing Murong Yanchao, so many soldiers, as long as a small division attacked Desheng Beicheng, then the Han army would inevitably be defeated. insisted on choosing to fight with the Han army, step by step, until the Han army retreated to defend the city.

For Murong Yanchao, the previous desperate persuasion was useless, so that the army was defeated, and Guo Rong was also very angry. It's really only after working with people that you know how difficult it is for this person to serve. Du Chongwei attacked the key points but did not give up, and had no choice but to retreat. After he retreated, Murong Yanchao took over the command again, and blamed Guo Rong for his ineffective rescue. At this time, Guo Rong angrily sent someone to Tokyo to impeach Murong Yanzhao.

The battle of Qiudu, the first engagement, ended in the defeat of the Han army, with more than 2,000 casualties before and after. Of course, Du Chongwei also failed to please, and the rout of the vanguard and the fierce battle that followed, with nearly 3,000 soldiers lost, more than the Han army. However, whether it is from the scene or from the result, it is Ye Bing who won.

In fact, the morale of the Ye soldiers was not high, the soldiers had a weak will to fight, and they did not have much willingness to rebel, but they were only coerced by Du Chongwei. But after the battle of Lujiadian, the morale of the Han army was not much better.

It is not a good sign for a bad teacher.

When the news of the defeat reached Tokyo, the Manchu Dynasty was in an uproar, and even a little caught off guard. Liu Chengyou was also speechless, secretly scolding Murong Yanchao for not being successful enough and more than failing. It is in consideration of the importance of Deshengkou that in order to prevent Du Chongwei from going south, the imperial court has a heavy army here.

With 5,000 forbidden troops in hand, they only need to hold it steadily, and when the other armies of the imperial court gather and attack together, they can steadily push to Yedu. This Murong Yan is super stubborn and wants to be smart, if it weren't for Guo Rong's efforts to turn the tide, the situation of counterinsurgency may not be optimistic.

However, for Guo Rong personally, he has earned enough fame all of a sudden. In order to weaken the impact of the defeat, the imperial court used the Spring and Autumn period penmanship in the first battle of Lujiadian, trying to avoid the defeat and not talking about it, but focusing on propagating Guo Rong's reversal of defeat into victory, smashing the rebels, and destroying the rebels' conspiracy to seize Deshengkou.

In order to reward the meritorious heroes and appease the morale, Liu Zhiyuan surrendered the system and made him the commander of the Deqing army, the defense envoy of Lingzhou, and the envoy of the Yedu battalion.

As for Murong Yanchao's disposition, Liu Zhiyuan hesitated, and according to the opinions of the courtiers, he should be held accountable, and no matter how bad it is, he must recall Tokyo. As a result, Liu Zhiyuan simply put it down, avoided his crimes, and watched the after-effects, leaving him in front of the army, still receiving his original position, and serving as Gao Xingzhou's deputy.

Murong Yanchao's defeat completely disrupted the anti-rebellion rhythm expected by the imperial court, the damage to soldiers and horses is nothing, the key is morale, cold weapons combat, and the importance of morale is sometimes more than training and equipment. Before the coach was in place, his morale was vented by Murong Yanchao.

Hearing the news of the defeat, under the urging of the imperial court, Gao Xingzhou, who was originally calm and unhurried, had to speed up his rush to the front of the army. The old general worked tirelessly, galloped hundreds of miles, and joined the follow-up forbidden army to cross the river to the north to Desheng City, and he didn't care about the wind and dust, so he worked hard to wipe Murong Yanchao's buttocks.

It took several more days just to gather the morale of the army and restore morale. Gao Xingzhou's ability to command the army, naturally there is no doubt, and the prestige is also very reliable, there are many "Jin Army" in the Han Forbidden Army, and Gao Xingzhou once served as the commander of the Later Jin Forbidden Army for a period of time, and among the generals, many people have been under him. With this level of friendship, now fighting under the banner of the "Great Han", Gao Xingzhou gives orders, but there is not much stagnation.

After everything was ready, Gao Xingzhou led more than 50,000 horse infantry troops to the north from Desheng City. And Du Chongwei probably played a confident battle in the last battle, and even led the army to the enemy, or the old place, and the two armies engaged in Lujiadian. Du Chongwei thought that the Han army was affected by the previous defeats and its morale must have declined, but he underestimated Gao Xingzhou's ability to control the army, and the result was self-evident, losing his troops and retreating.

is older, Gao Xingzhou uses soldiers, and while he is old and spicy, he is gradually losing some sharpness, and he focuses on stability. Seeing that the Ye soldiers were defeated too quickly, they only let the army pursue and kill cautiously, seeking a safe one. But Murong Yanchao didn't think so, he had lost face before, and was eager to seize the opportunity to prove himself, so he strongly suggested rushing forward, which was rejected by Gao Xingzhou. Murong Yanchao was angry and reprimanded him and countered it.

What kind of character is Gao Xingzhou, where will he be influenced by Murong Yanchao, a "little child", under his pressure, he will fight steadily, control the whole army at any time, and chase him all the way to the city of Yedu.

Murong Yanchao suggested taking advantage of the situation to attack quickly, but Gao Xingzhou refused, in his opinion, the city of Yedu was strong, and Du Chongwei had spare strength, so it was inconvenient to attack, so he ordered to camp and garrison the city. Murong Yanchao was bent on washing away the previous shame and was impatient to fight, but he was suppressed by Gao Xingzhou.

The two argued endlessly, and in the end, Gao Xingzhou suppressed it with a military order, and he made up his mind to cut the enemy's morale first, and then launch a fatal blow. But Murong Yanchao just couldn't wait, and even insulted Gao Xingzhou to his face, in his opinion, Gao Xingzhou can win, and there are many soldiers in vain, if he had enough troops before, he would have captured Du Chongwei under the horse as soon as possible.

Although the counterinsurgency Han army won the victory under the command of Gao Xingzhou, the disagreement between the main and deputy commanders cast a shadow on the war and directly affected the subsequent battle situation.

Murong Yanchao is like a-stirring stick, stationed in the city, every time there is a resolution, he will be at odds with Gao Xingzhou, which greatly affects the morale of the army. For this person, Gao Xingzhou really had the urge to kill him with the prestige of the army, but he really took care of his identity and was extremely helpless.

In the middle, Gao Xingzhou tried to attack, but the Ye soldiers may be difficult to fight in the field, but the pressure to defend the city is not great, and it fails. Then, Murong Yanchao mocked Gao Xingzhou.

In the midst of the chaos, the counterinsurgency army surrounded the rebels in Yedu and held each other until now.