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In the sixth year of Xiande (959), after April 23, the soldiers who had deprived the army quickly stepped up, and the news of the victory at the front was transmitted back to Kaifeng.

On April 27, in Kaifeng, the ministers who stayed in the capital received the good news from the emperor, and they all celebrated the victory of the Great Zhou State.

In the past few years, it has been a success, the Great Zhou has a clear politics in the country, the country and the people, even the Han Liao went south during the days were difficult to survive, and now the situation is different, the Great Zhou won the battle again, and finally like a Central Plains Dynasty.

The good news reached Kaifeng, Tokyo, and the people were also happy. And Zhao Dezhao was in the palace that day, and he also heard about it, and now it is April 27, and the situation in Kaifeng will be different in two months, and the situation at that time may be unimaginable to anyone.

In the evening of that day, Zhao Dezhao resigned from Guo Zongxun, left the palace gate, and returned home by car.

Today, the streets of Kaifeng are very lively, and they are all celebrating. Under the governance of Guo Wei and Guo Rong, the Great Zhou Dynasty was thriving and its national strength was thriving. Tokyo Kaifeng City is now a big city, and the city of Tokyo is more prosperous than in the past.

And who can imagine that the two generations of emperors of the Guo family are all good emperors who love the people like sons, but they all collapsed in just ten years, and the five generations and ten kingdoms, and the style of military generals interfering in politics has become the norm, and the most taboo is that the lord and young ministers are suspicious, once the son of heaven and a courtier, the descendants of the emperor are difficult to ensure that they can protect the family business, so it is often the generals under his command who usurp the power of the son of heaven, and the Taizu Emperor of the Guo family also took this road back then, but the descendants are too young, the deterrent is not enough, and they failed to protect this family business.

Zhao Dezhao asked Wuyongzi before, and Wuyongzi had already found the answer for himself, benevolence, righteousness and morality, and he adhered to the avenue, not the trail.

These days, he has been thinking about Wu Yongzi's words, thinking about it for more than a month, and has figured it out a lot, and now his mood is a lot better, the orphans of the Guo family naturally want to be protected, as long as it does not harm the country, it can be.

And now Zhao Dezhao only needs to push the boat down the river and wait for the opportunity, and the emperor will be able to dominate the industry and the world.

After entering the house, Zhao Dezhao took a leisurely step, and then enjoyed this moment of tranquility on the rocking chair.

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Tonight, in the north, in Guo Rong's big tent.

All the soldiers and auxiliary ministers are discussing one thing, that is, to advise His Majesty to beware of the Liao State and pay attention to the movements of the Liao State, and the iron cavalry of the Liao State is stationed in Youzhou City, and the Youzhou City has been in the hands of the Liao people all these years, and the current Liao lord is a generation of faint monarchs, and the domestic politics are in a miasma, and the nobles are vying for power and power among the upper echelons, and they are suffering from internal friction.

And it was precisely because of this that Guo Rong saw the situation in the Liao State, so he took advantage of the previous Liao State to send troops south to unite with the Han State to assist it from the side, and the two countries fell into the water and abandoned the land.

Guo Rong has Guo Rong's own reason, the soldiers have the worries of the soldiers, of course, their worries are not fabricated out of thin air, although the domestic situation in Liao is in a state of dispersion, but the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, who can guarantee not to suffer a defeat under the city of Youzhou.

Guo Rong believes that now that the Great Zhou has taken Sanzhou without much effort, he plans to renew his ambitions, and is ready to use the main force of the forbidden army to attack Youzhou, an important defensive town on the southern front of the Liao State, and drive the Khitans back to the desert.

The ministers of civil and military affairs objected to this, and they said: "Your Majesty, everything needs to be cautious, now you have been away from Beijing for more than 42 days, and now the three states and seventeen counties are in the hands of my Great Zhou, why should you rush forward, this time the soldiers are not bloody, the horses are not broken, the Han and Liao are all defeated, within the four seas, who dares to disobey?" ”

Guo Rong said in high spirits: "Should you be complacent? Now it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Tang State in the south will not go north for the time being, the Shu State is just a projectile land, the Han State is worry-free, only the Liao State is the place where I am fighting this time, so you should not be impatient, not to mention that my Great Zhou soldiers are full of food, not to send it at this time, but when? ”

Several generals of the Northern Expedition were in the military tent at the moment, and Guo Rong's voice spread to all corners of the tent, and at this moment, some courtiers said: "Your Majesty think twice!" Youzhou is an important town in the north, and it is in the hands of the Liao State, the city wall is tall, and the Liao ** horse is strong, Your Majesty must not underestimate the enemy. I am afraid that the elite of the Liao State has already sat in Youzhou City, waiting for my tired army to enter Youzhou City, and the Liao State will wait for work at that time, and our army may be defeated - please think twice before acting. “

The surrounding generals also said righteously: "Please think twice before your majesty acts." ”

When Guo Rong heard this, he said unhappily: "Why do you bother to grow the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige, now I have been in the world for five years, and wherever the Great Zhou soldiers went, the enemy army fled in despair. Tang State has been in Jiangdong for 50 years, it is a big country in the south of the Yangtze River, and it has been swept away by thousands of troops. Twenty years ago, Shi Jingjiao ceded the Han land to the northern captives, and the northern captives bullied the weakness of the Han people, killed my people, and robbed my cattle and sheep, is it tolerable or unbearable? This time, I am determined to break through the northern captives and regain the lost territory. ”

He looked at the ministers in the military tent, their expressions were flustered, after all, national affairs are not lightly said, but now the army has recovered the three states and seventeen counties in the north, and the domestic politics of the Liao State, the strength of the Han State is weak, it is really a golden opportunity, so he decided to go his own way and insist on using troops to go north.

And the wind was already blowing outside the tent at this moment, and the wind was mixed with grains of sand.

Guo Rong immediately said: "Although the Liao State is strong, I am not afraid!" I will thwart its prestige today! Zhu Qing has been with me for several years, don't you know my temper? Ruoqing and others were afraid of the Liao people, so they stayed here, and I led a group of soldiers and horses north to storm Youzhou City. ”

The ministers all know Guo Rong's temper, and Guo Rong, the son of heaven, is extremely strong, as long as it is something he recognizes, no one can change him.

At this moment, Guo Rong gave an order, passed on the officers and soldiers of the three armies, and he could be ready, planning to bury the pot and cook tomorrow, and raise troops to go north, the land of Youyan.

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Land of the West Hammer

On the border between Zhou and Han, when he learned that the emperor of Liao was preparing to let the Han army out of Hebei and make trouble for the army of the Son of Heaven, Li Chongjin led the army out of Jingjingkou and killed more than 2,000 Northern Han troops, and the Han army was routed north.

At the top of Huashan at night, Lao Dao opened his eyes, woke up, and sighed to himself: "Time, life, heaven and earth cannot be changed." Then the sound was transmitted thousands of miles.

April in the north was supposed to be a warm spring day, but this year's wind is very cold. That night, Guo Rong walked alone outside the military tent and did not put on a cloak.

Guo Rong is extremely farsighted, and dozens of miles away is Youzhou City on the south side of Yanshan, but he can't see it clearly. And tonight the wind and sand are long, the stars in the night sky are sparse, and the waning moon is round. The cold wind was raging, and I suddenly faintly heard a sentence from Jizhou (not Youzhou): Pillow Yanshan, living in Jizhou. Jizhou real people, Long Xiao Cangtian.

Suddenly, Guo Rong felt that this words were a bit like a talisman, and instantly felt that the world was spinning, he stumbled, and almost fell to the ground.

Zhang Dejun saw the Son of Heaven who was about to fall, and hurriedly went to help, "Your Majesty—"

"It's okay, thanks to you. It's just that I'm afraid I'm tired of this body, come on-help me into the military tent to rest. ”

"Your Majesty, let's let the Imperial Doctor take a look."

"It's okay, Doctor Chuan." Then Guo Rong fainted.

Zhang Dejun carried the unconscious Guo Rong into the military tent, and then went to the imperial doctor in a panic.

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Since Huainan, Liu Han was promoted to the position of imperial doctor by Guo Rong. At this moment, Liu Han was in the army, and he heard from the chamberlain beside His Majesty that His Majesty was sick, so he hurriedly rushed there.

In the military tent, Liu Han checked Guo Rong's pulse, and then frowned, how can this condition come from now, it is very strange, and he can't detect the clue at all.

Zhang Dejun saw the appearance of the imperial doctor, and hurriedly asked, "Imperial doctor, how is Your Majesty's illness?" ”

"Grandpa Zhang, Your Majesty had better let him rest during this time!" Liu Han can only say this, he tries his best to find a way to treat Guo Rong in the fastest time.

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By the dawn, the news that Guo Rong was sick still reached the soldiers, and they all came to ask for peace after knowing the news that Guo Rong was sick, and Guo Rong reluctantly supported lying on the couch to signal.

Since fainting yesterday, this illness should really be heavy, Guo Rong felt weak, knowing that this Northern Expedition was not good, and sighed: "I originally wanted to settle the Northern Expedition for my descendants, but I didn't expect to fall ill here, I was very confused, and I could no longer take charge of military affairs, so I could only return to Beijing to recuperate, and after I recovered from my illness, I would do the Northern Expedition again." ”

Guo Rong can't go to the front line in person, but there are generals on the front line, just follow his deployment.

After that, Guo Rong ordered the army to retreat from the northern border, and then stopped the march, but after leaving the north, he deployed the guards Ma Budu to command Han Lingkun to deploy for the Bazhou capital, and let Yicheng Jiedu observe and stay behind Chen Sirang to serve as the deployment of the soldiers and horses in Guannan, and led the troops to defend Bazhou and Xiongzhou.

After arranging military affairs, Guo Rong's army went all the way south to Kaifeng City.

On April 29, two days after leaving the same place, one night, Guo Rong reluctantly got up to look at some of the folds, but suddenly he saw a bag mixed in the folds, and he was very curious about which minister's folds were still wearing a bag. Immediately, Guo Rong untied the bag and found a brand inside, and then he took out the brand from the bag, which was just an ordinary brand, but when he saw the other side, he was stunned to find that there were five words written on it:

But at this time, Guo Rong ordered the class to return to the dynasty and not attack the Liao State. At the same time, he ordered the whole army to retreat, and ordered Zhao Kuangyin to come to meet the driver immediately.

Zhao Kuangyin will also be unknown, but he still rushed back, and only Guo Rong himself knows why he withdrew the army.

He knew that he might not be able to get better this time, and his body knew it, and at the same time he also held a wooden board in his hand, on which were written five words: "Check and be the son of heaven."

He was taken aback, he didn't know who put a sign, and now that he was sick, someone had already said that this sign was put in the barracks, and he thought at first that it was put by Zhang Yongde in front of the palace of the then commander of the forbidden army, but who could be so stupid, so that he could fall into the cusp.

Zhang Yongde is his brother-in-law and the concubine of the daughter of the former emperor Guo Wei, but in the Later Jin Dynasty, wasn't Shi Jingjiao also the concubine of the Later Tang Dynasty, and later usurped the Tang Dynasty and called himself the Son of Heaven.

Thinking like this, Guo Rong suddenly felt that he was going to remove Zhang Yongde from his position. But after the following year, this was the case......

In addition to Guo Rong thinking that it was Zhang Yongde, he also thought that Li Chongjin secretly put it, maybe it was possible. Guo Rong knew that Zhang and Li had always been at odds, and the two attacked each other, and in the battle of Huainan that year, Zhang Yongde had reported to Guo Rong that Li Chongjin had acted unsubordinate. Later, the two shook hands and met, I don't know what the reason was. And Li Chongjin is also a relative of the former emperor Guo Wei, and he is Guo Wei's nephew.

And Guo Rong is also Guo Rong's nephew, he is a successor, Guo Rong's original name is Chai Rong. His biological father, Chai Shouli, now lives in Luoyang, one of the "Ten Fathers", after he ascended the throne, he no longer met. And why did he become the heir of the former emperor Guo Rong instead of Li Chongjin? So Guo Rong felt that Li Chongjin's suspicion was the greatest.

Li Chongjin is a few years older than himself, and he has long held heavy troops and has made outstanding achievements, and he has his own team and prestige very early. If he had competed with himself for the throne back then, he might not have been able to sit on the throne. This person is indeed arrogant and unwilling to be subservient to others, so much so that before Guo Wei died, he had to deliberately order Li Chongjin to kneel and worship him in front of the courtiers on a formal occasion to establish his identity as his heir.

Now in the forbidden army, Zhang and Li hold the power of the forbidden army, if they take advantage of their failure to rush to the capital, and suddenly attack, then their fate can be imagined. So after Guo Rong decided to return to Beijing, he removed Zhang Yongde from his position, and then secretly weakened Li Chongjin's power little by little.