Chai Rong first thought about his own army, can't it? Then Chai Rong rejected this idea, and Guo Wei and Wang Jun used this army to fight in the north and south, defeating Liu Chong and the various states of Houshu several times. Then why is it so hard to fight in the hands of Chai Rong? There is only one reason, Chai Rong himself can't do it, he can't command this army. Realizing this, Chai Rong was very painful, first of all, Chai Rong himself had no military exploits, and secondly, Chai Rong himself was not Guo Wei's new son, Chai Rong's surname was Chai, he was not surnamed Guo, and he did not have the most basic prestige. In people's minds, Chai Rong's class to take over Guo Wei will never be as straightforward as Liu Chengyou's class to take over Liu Zhiyuan. In fact, Chai Rong is also very helpless, he Chai Rong is the son of a farmer, and he has nothing to do with Guo Wei, just because his aunt married Guo Wei, and Chai Rong succeeded Guo Wei as a godson, at that time, Guo Wei's family was actually very bad, and he couldn't even afford to eat. Chai Rong did not dislike Guo Wei, and he even tried every means to make Guo Wei's family even pay off. also risked death to go south and north with a few small businessmen to do business to subsidize the family, and in this way, the little Chai Rong showed extraordinary insight. Guo Wei and Chai Rong experienced the most difficult time in their lives together, and finally formed a father-son relationship, and it was this father-son relationship that finally made Guo Wei abandon his blood relative Li Chongjin and finally pass the throne to Chai Rong.

But who can Chai Rong say to this kind of thinking? For the courtiers, Chai Rong is Chai Rong, and he will never become Guo Rong. So Chai Rong's background has always been a pain in Chai Rong's heart. Never ask what heroes don't ask where they come from, his premise is that you have to be a hero.

At this time, someone came to report that Chai Rong and Fan Aineng and He Hui were back. These two rebels are back, and the two of them will come? Chai Rong wondered at this time, whether these two people were earthlings or not, they actually took the initiative to come back after making a pre-battle rebellion, killing the emperor's messenger, and hindering the emperor's reinforcements. At this time, the emperor's cronies answered Chai Rong's question: "Emperor, you don't have to doubt it. Who hasn't lost a battle? If you win, everyone will obey you and support you. But if you defeat it, the natural tree will fall apart. And even if they run away, you will have to rely on them as generals in the army when the emperor fights in the future, so they will naturally come back. Zhang Yongde, the general under Chai Rong, said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, you don't have to be too angry, this kind of thing has often happened for decades. Chai Rong also made some sense when he heard it, but when he thought about it, he was furious, if they ran away at the beginning, it means that they don't trust Chai Rong as a leader, which can be explained by Chai Rong's words that he is too young and not prestigious. But now that it's back, this is contempt for Chai Rong, doesn't this mean that these people don't even have the ability to kill them by Chai Rong. But Chai Rong hesitated a little, but his subordinates really lacked the talents to lead the troops to fight, and now the only generals available are Zhang Yongde and Zhao Kuangyin, and the fierce general Li Chongjin is still inseparable from himself. It's really easy to kill Fan Aineng and He Hui, but who will fight for themselves after killing them.

Now we really have to talk about Zhang Yongde, Zhang Yongde is a very brave general under Chai Rong, and he serves as the front of the palace, that is, the position of the national marshal of soldiers and horses. Guo Wei's son-in-law and Chai Rong's cousin-in-law. He is the most loyal minister under Chai Rong and dares to speak the truth. Therefore, Zhang Yongde's words are completely credible. Then, Zhang Yongde, who dared to tell the truth, said the following paragraph that almost changed the military quality of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Zhang Yongde said: "If Your Majesty is only willing to stick to the frontier, you can deal with it like this, if you want to expand the territory and expand the territory, even if you have a million troops, but the military law is not correct, what is the use?" It is necessary to severely punish the mistakes of the generals in order to rectify military discipline. After hearing this, Chai Rong slammed the cup to the ground and said loudly, "Okay." Subsequently, Fan Aineng and He Hui, as well as the sergeants who defected with them, were all killed. and informed the whole army that this is the end of disrespecting the emperor's orders and defecting in battle, and whoever violates military discipline in the future will be executed. Since then, the military discipline of the Later Zhou army has gradually become stricter.

But now there is another question, who will lead their army after killing Fan Aineng and He Hui? At this time, Chai Rong discovered a talent, that is, Zhao Kuangyin, who led the army to charge at Chai Rong, and led two thousand foot soldiers to follow him on the right side. Chai Rong reused him, ordered Zhao Kuangyin to form a new army, and temporarily assigned Fan Aineng and He Hui's soldiers to him to lead. Since then, Zhao Kuangyin has become a shining star in the Later Zhou Army.

Nearly a month after the Battle of Gaoping, with Chai Rong's order, the campaign to conquer the Northern Han began, Chai Rong's troops were divided into two routes, one was led by Hu Yanqing, the envoy of the Tianxiong Army, and the other was led by Chai Rong himself, and approached Taiyuan, the capital of the Northern Han Dynasty. Along the way, the Northern Han army was defeated and retreated, and soon completed the siege of Taiyuan City, which means that Chai Rong almost did not give Liu Chong any respite, and immediately began to take revenge.

Poor Liu Chong has just repaired General Zizai's house, and his home is about to be raided. Then Liu Chong came up with a good method, which was so good that Zhao Kuangyin's descendants followed suit more than a hundred years later. Maybe he thought that Chai Rong would let him go. But he still did a practical thing, he wrote a letter to the emperor of Liao, and the letter was written like this: "Uncle, I can't stand it, come and save me." Of course, Emperor Yelu didn't want Liu Chong to finish playing like this, he immediately sent troops to reinforce Liu Chong, thinking that Chai Rong would retreat like this, who knew that Chai Rong immediately divided his troops when he saw this, and sent the general Shi Yanchao to lead his troops to meet the Khitan, and he led his troops to attack Taiyuan. Chai Rong's plan was like this, as long as Taiyuan was taken, the Liao State would retreat, and the entire territory of the Northern Han Dynasty would surrender immediately. But reality will tell Chai Rong what a difficult task it is to break through Taiyuan City. Not only Chai Rong, but even Zhao Kuangyin did not personally take Taiyuan City in his lifetime. Originally, Taiyuan City was a fortress building built for national defense in the past dynasties, and the size was specially increased during the Five Dynasties period, which was so easy to break.

So, did Chai Rong break through Taiyuan City? How will this war against the Northern Han Dynasty end? We'll talk about that next time.