The owner of the mansion must be a solid family, the house is well-repaired, and the family is complete, but after all, it is still a shortcoming. The living room was a bit small, and it was soon crowded with twenty or thirty civil and military personnel, and people of Zuo You's level could only stand, so they were just that. When Wei Renpu explained the terrain to everyone in front of the map, he found that he could only stand......

There are two tables on the left and right, and two chairs are placed on each side, and there are already four butts sitting on the chairs. Li Chuyun, Han Tong, Shi Yanchao, Yang Biao.

Wei Renpu walked over quite gracefully, his face was a little embarrassed, because he couldn't stand in the middle of the room after he finished speaking, and he could only stand with a bunch of middle-level civil and military officers near the door.

At this time, Li Chuyun stood up and said, "Deputy Envoy Wei came here to sit." ”

Li Chuyun is the highest rank among the generals, and this Northern Expedition is also very meritorious, but he has always been very modest and has never acted arrogantly...... But the status is there, and everyone knows that as long as there is a place to sit as a courtier, it will not be good if he stands.

Guo Shao was immediately attracted by this brief embarrassing scene, and he sat silently.

Everyone looked sideways, Da Zhou is still called the state of etiquette, and this kind of thing is still very important.

Wei Renpu walked over and said, "Thank you General Li, then I will be respectful and obey my fate." ”

Li Chuyun's face was blue and white for a while, and he couldn't sit there. Heaven and earth can be learned, even Guo Shao knows that Li Chuyun is just a temporary polite sentence, I'm afraid I really didn't want to give up my seat!

The atmosphere became very stiff.

At this moment, Shi Yanchao sneered: "Come forward to fight and regain the lost territory, we will go up with knives and guns to sell our lives." The civil official sat in the back all day long, and he didn't think he had enough to sit up, and he even fought over the chair, heh! ”

Wei Renpu had a smile on his face and looked directly at Shi Yanchao: "General Shi's words, I don't think it makes sense. His Majesty's country and people are not just killed by martial arts swords and guns; If only Wufu is needed, why is the world not governed by the end of the Tang Dynasty to the (later) Han Dynasty for so many years? ”

Shi Yan was furious.

At this time, Guo Shao spoke: "Although General Yang is the general of the front division of the palace, he is slightly lower than the rank here, you get up and let Deputy Envoy Wei sit." ”

Only then did Yang Biao get up and said, "The last general will obey the order." Deputy Envoy Wei please. ”

Because Guo Shao opened his mouth, Shi Yanchao swallowed the words he was about to scold Wei Renpu just now, and snorted, "General Yang is not inconvenient in his legs and feet?" ”

Yang Biao pulled a horse face, glared at Shi Yanchao and said: "Whoever goes into battle will not be injured, it will be good soon, and General Shi will not worry about it." ”

Guo Shao ignored them and immediately deployed troops.

Taking advantage of the domestic turmoil in Liao, the Northern Expeditionary Army dispatched two routes, attacking Pingzhou and Wuzhou respectively; He ordered Yang Ye, commander of the Hedong Army (Northern Han Army), to go north out of Yanmen and attack Yunzhou (Datong).

The goal of this campaign is to seize all the territory south of the Great Wall, and all the land in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun except for Yingzhou!

After the discussion, the ministers left the palace and separated the civil and military when they went out.

Zuo You saw that Wei Renpu's face was not good-looking, so he persuaded: "That Shi Yanchao is not polite, it is really insulting, and Deputy Envoy Wei does not have to be like him." ”

Wei Renpu said coldly: "I don't want to argue with him over some trivial matters, but I am the highest-ranking official of the former camp military government, and I can't lose my dignity at this time!" Otherwise, several generals are sitting, but I, as the highest civil servant, have to stand, where will I put the status of the heavenly scholar? In Shilin in the future, what will others think of Wei? ”

Zuo You nodded and said: "Deputy Envoy Wei is reasonable, we are not fighting for a seat, but we are face." ”

Wei Renpu was still a little unhappy, and said in a deep voice: "Wufu can't be arrogant for a few days!" In the past, the four sides were in turmoil, the world was divided into territories, and only strong soldiers and horses could survive; Now the sixteen states of Youyun are just around the corner, and the unification of the world is irreversible. Your Majesty, why did you let so many martial artists hold heavy troops? ”

Zuo You listened thoughtfully.

Wei Renpu said: "Once this battle is over, the imperial court should take rest and recuperation as the priority, and the peaceful and prosperous times are not far away." ”

Zuo You couldn't help but whisper: "Da Zhou stands firmly in front of the mountain, I don't know if he will turn defense into attack and continue to attack Liao?" ”

Wei Renpu shook his head and said: "Rushing out of the fortress to fight with the Liao State is a useless move to waste national strength. The northern grasslands and eastern Liaodong are all inhabited by barbarians, if our population cannot stand firm and take root, even if the Great Zhou can destroy the Liao State for a while, it is difficult to avoid the growth of other tribes. In the past, the Xiongnu and Turks were chased by the Central Plains and had almost nowhere to stay, and soon the Khitan rose to the northeast.

Governing the Northern Expedition is not an overnight effort, let alone a victory or defeat, and it must be a long-term strategy. ”

…… A few days later, with the support of Wei Renpu and other officials, Guo Shao issued an edict. I govern the country with benevolence, the states of Youyun have experienced war at the beginning, I sympathize with the suffering of the people, and the states of this autumn and next summer and autumn (Youyun) are exempt from food and labor; Prisoners in all states and counties, except for those who have committed the most heinous crimes, are pardoned and released to their hometowns. Hebei lost its land and recovered, prohibiting officials from oppressing and disturbing the people, and officials will break the law and commit the same crime as the people, and the people are all bare......

In the townships of Zhuzhou County, Hebei, the people beat gongs and drums and sang praises to virtue, which was more joyful than the New Year. Guo Shao's prestige and influence in Zhuzhou far surpassed Zhou Taizu, and his reputation was surprisingly good for a while.

In the several states that the Liao State still controls temporarily, those Han generals and Han troops have no fighting spirit, and they just wait for the opportunity to surrender as soon as Wang Shi arrives!

The congratulatory recitals from all the states of the world poured into the Imperial City of Tokyo like snowflakes.

…… Yang Ye gathered troops at Yanmen Pass, announced the emperor's holy decree, and mobilized all the soldiers to attack Yunzhou in the north. There is no need to agitate at all, the soldiers are eager to fight, and they can finally get out of the jam!

The Zhou army defeated the Liao army head-on and recovered Youzhou by force, and the power of the country had already been recognized by the soldiers of Hedong. At that time, the Northern Han State was called a nephew and a courtier to the Liao State, and many people were not satisfied at that time, but they were forced by the situation, and today's trend of unification, almost everyone agrees with the reality, and the influence of the Northern Han regime is abandoned very quickly. When a country is strong, it is easy to unite people's hearts.

Yang Ye was also very fortunate at this time, fortunately, he waited for the last chance to make meritorious contributions!

"Your Majesty has not forgotten the last general." Yang Ye said in a deep voice, and the generals below were fighting for the opportunity to strike. He said in his heart that he was a general, and if he didn't make military achievements for the court that could be put on the scene, he wouldn't even have the right to speak in the future!

The general said: "To the north of Yanmen Pass, the Han generals of Shuo, Ying, and Huan Prefecture heard that Youzhou had been captured by the Great Zhou, and Shangjing was chaotic, so they had quietly agreed with us, just wait for the Hedong Army to go out of Yanmen, open the city gate, and kill the Liao army defenders together!" Let's capture Sanzhou first, and then the army will go north to besiege Yunzhou, and sooner or later the city will be broken! ”

Yang Yedao: "The Hedong army is tens of thousands, which is the closest to Yunzhou, of course we have to capture Yunzhou; Not only that, after quickly capturing Yunzhou, you can also ask for an order to transfer troops to the east to respond to the forbidden army's joint attack on Wuzhou! ”

The generals talked a lot and felt that it was more difficult. It was easy to quickly capture Shuo, Ying, and Huanzhou, but Yunzhou was an important town in Liao, and there were fertile grasslands in the south of Yinshan, and a large number of Liao cavalry could be mobilized in places such as naturalization (Hohhot); The Liao army in Yunzhou may desperately resist when reinforcements are available.

Yang Ye said quietly: "After the Hedong army captured Shuozhou and other three states, it marched north with great fanfare; Then the cavalry of the partial division detoured to Yun and Wu (near Xuanhua and Zhangjiakou), the upper reaches of the Sanggan River, and marched west along the river to confuse the Liao army in Yunzhou...... At the beginning of the year, the imperial court ordnance supervisor transferred a batch of new armor to the Hedong Army, and the cavalry put on the new armor, and then played the banner of the vanguard of the forbidden army, gongs and drums sounded in unison, and made a big fanfare, so that the Yunzhou Liao army thought that the main force of the forbidden army and the Hedong army were besieging and frightening them. ”

The generals even called for clever plans, and some people suggested preparing Shi Yanchao's banner, because the Great Zhou Emperor often used Shi Yanchao as the striker in his personal expedition, and that guy was also a relatively famous figure.

Yang Ye remembered the very unhappy experience with Shi Yanchao in Tokyo, and he borrowed his banner, will he be ridiculed by that guy in the future...... It is very likely that maybe Shi Yanchao's words can make Yang Yeqi sick!

Yang Yedao: "Without Shi Yanchao's banner, Dong Zunzhi can do it, and it doesn't seem so pretentious." Although Dong Zunzhi is not so famous, there must be people in the Liao army who know that he is also one of the forwards of the Zhou army, and they will believe it even more after understanding. ”

……

A month later, the Khitan nobles of Yunzhou heard that the Zhou army was approaching from two directions, and the upper reaches of the Sanggan River were covered with dust and fog, and people and horses were all over the mountains, so they wanted to raze Yunzhou to the ground and build the heads of all the Liao people into a Beijing view. Urgently sent people to Fengzhou in the south of Yinshan to ask for help, but did not get a reply for a long time, and he was already anxious.

At that time, a Han official in Yunzhou gave advice to the Khitan nobleman and suggested that he abandon the city and escape!

The Khitan nobles were afraid of being punished, but the staff said: "Now that the masters of Shangjing have been killed, and the new monarch is busy entering Shangjing to sit on the throne, who can take care of Yunzhou?"

The new emperor of Daliao was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and the people in power were Xiao Siwen and Yelu, and he urgently needed the support and support of all local ministries.

The general is a Khitan nobleman, at this time abandoned Yunzhou affairs, and quickly sent someone to contact Xiao Siwen and Yelu Xian, General Yan has long hated the faint king, so that everything in Daliao is inappropriate, and the way is not clear, and now Yunzhou is a lonely city, and no one pays attention to Shangjing...... The general was willing to listen to the new emperor's orders and assist the new emperor to regain his strength in the grassland. ”

The Khitan nobles were already very moved and hesitated.

The staff hurriedly advised: "Be sure to keep suffering from it!" Hebei states are lost, the Zhou army is under the city, how can Yunzhou be defended for a long time? The most important thing for Xiao Siwen and others at this time is to deal with those who oppose them, the general supports the new emperor with both hands and feet, if he is still punished, how can Xiao Siwen win over the various ministries? ”

The Khitan nobles were finally moved, and hurriedly gathered people to pack up their belongings, and everyone abandoned the city and ran away.

When Yang Ye arrived in Yunzhou, the staff brought a group of Han'er officials and the people of Yunzhou to welcome him. This big city that is crucial to the boundary between the north and the south, Yang Yebing didn't put an arrow without blood, and he came over and received it!

Yang Ye didn't care about celebrating, so he hurriedly wrote a chapter, and ordered 600 li to hurry up to Youzhou, claiming that he had Liankeshuo, Ying, Huan, Wei, Yun and other prefectures and places, and collected all the important lands in the northeast of the river.