The Khitan pursued the victory and surrounded the city of Youzhou, claiming that there were millions of troops, and the carts and felt tents hanging felt carpets were all over the mountains, and there were countless of them.

Lu Wenjin taught them how to attack the city, and the Khitan army dug tunnels and attacked from all sides day and night, and the city also dug deep crypts and lit anointing oil to intercept them.

The Khitan army built a mountain on the edge of the city, and the city was high in the city, and the copper was melted in the city to throw the enemy, and the two sides came and went, and the number of people killed in the battle every day was thousands, even so, so that the Khitans still attacked more than once.

Zhou Dewei secretly sent an envoy to Li Cunmiao to tell him about the urgency, at this time Li Cunmiao had just held the Liang army on the river, and wanted to divide his troops to rescue, but he was worried that the troops were too small, and he was afraid of losing Youzhou. So he discussed with the generals, and only Li Siyuan, Li Cunxian, and Yan Bao persuaded him to go to rescue Youzhou.

Li Cunmiao said happily: "In the past, Tang Taizong could capture Jieli when he got a Li Jing, and today I have three fierce generals, so what is there to worry about?" ”

Li Cunxian and Yan Bao believed that the enemy did not bring much grain and grass, and it was bound to be difficult to maintain it for too long, and when they could not plunder in the field and ran out of food, they would automatically withdraw their troops, and if they pursued at this time, they would definitely be able to defeat the opponent.

Li Siyuan said: "Zhou Dewei is the minister of the country's destiny, and now it is difficult to protect Youzhou, I am afraid that this period of time will change, how can there be time to wait for the weakening of the enemy!"

I asked to rush to the front line as a striker. Li Cunqiao said: "You are very right," so he asked him to sort out the army that day.

In April, Li Cunqiao ordered Li Siyuan to lead his troops to march first, stationed in Laishui, and Yan Bao led the troops of Zhenzhou and Dingzhou to follow closely behind. Li Cunqiao believed that Li Siyuan and Yan Bao had fewer troops. It was not enough to compete with the Khitan, so on the 28th. He also ordered Li Cunxun to lead troops to reinforce them.

At this time, the Khitan had besieged Youzhou for nearly 200 days. It was very difficult in the city. Li Siyuan, Yan Bao, and Li Cunxian led 70,000 horses to join forces in Yizhou.

Li Cunxun said: "The enemy is outnumbered, the enemy has more cavalry, and our infantry is more, if the two armies meet on the plain, and the enemy tramples our position with 10,000 cavalry, our soldiers will be trampled to death by them." ”

Li Siyuan said: "The enemy does not have much military supplies, and we must carry food with the army on the march, and if the two armies meet on the plain, the enemy will definitely steal our food." Our army will be defeated without a fight.

It is better to sneak straight to Youzhou from the mountains and form a situation of combining with Youzhou. If we encounter an enemy on the way, we will defend ourselves against them in a dangerous position. ”

On the 17th, Li Siyuan, Yan Bao, and Li Cunxian led their troops to set off from Yizhou to the north, and on the 23rd, they crossed the Dafang Ridge and marched east along the mountain stream.

Li Siyuan and his adopted son Li Congke led 3,000 cavalry as the vanguard troops, and met the Khitan army at a distance of sixty miles from Youzhou.

The Khitan army was frightened and began to retreat. The Jin army followed from both flanks. The Khitan army walked on the mountain, the Jin army walked in the mountain stream, and every time they reached a valley pass, the Khitan army intercepted the Jin army. Li Siyuan's father and son fought hard to keep going.

When they reached the mountain pass, the Khitan army had more than 10,000 cavalry in front of the Jin army. The soldiers of the Jin army were shocked.

Li Siyuan led more than 100 cavalry to advance first, and he took off his armor. He raised his whip and mounted his horse and said to the Khitan people in the Khitan language: "You have invaded our territory for no reason. The King of Jin ordered me to lead a million troops to the West Tower and destroy your race. So the prancing horse struck, rushed into the Khitan array three times, and killed one of the Khitan chieftains.

The troops behind the Jin army also caught up and charged the Khitan together, and the Khitan army retreated, and the Jin army was able to break out of the mountain pass.

Li Cunxun also ordered his soldiers to cut down wood and make antlers for defending the camp, each holding one, and when the troops stopped, they made a camp.

The Khitan army passed around the camp of the Jin army, and the Jin army fired thousands of arrows from the village, shooting the Khitan army, and the arrows that flew out covered the sky and the sun, and the Khitan dead and wounded men and horses almost blocked the road.

When the Jin army was about to arrive in Youzhou, the Khitan army was already in full array. Li Cunxun ordered the troops to set up a position in the rear first, and warned them not to move yet.

He also ordered the old and weak soldiers to advance with the lit firewood and grass, and the smoke covered the sky, and the Khitans did not know the reality of the Jin army.

At this time, the Jin army beat the drums and fought together, Li Cunxian urged the army behind to take advantage of the momentum to pursue, the Khitan was defeated, and all its soldiers fled from the North Mountain, and the mountains were full of chariots, tents, armor, sheep, and horses abandoned by the Khitan army.

The Jin army pursued the victory, capturing and killing tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers and horses.

On the 24th, Li Siyuan entered Youzhou City, and when Zhou Dewei saw him, he held his hand and wept bitterly, which was extremely touching.

In 921, there was a mutiny in Zhao State, and Wang Deming instigated the rebels to kill Wang Rong, and he replaced him as the queen of Chengde Festival, reverting to his original name Zhang Wenli.

When Li Cunqiao was crusading against Zhang Wenli, Wang Chuzhi thought that Zhenzhou and Dingzhou were usually dependent on each other, and he was afraid that Dingzhou would be difficult to survive alone after Zhenzhou was lost, so he persuaded Li Cunqiao to be lenient with Zhang Wenli, but Li Cunqiao disagreed.

Wang Chuzhi wanted to seduce Liang Jun secretly, but he was afraid that it would be unfavorable to Yi and Ding.

So he asked his son Wang Yu to bribe the Khitan to invade the border of the Jin State and besiege Wei to rescue Zhao to relieve the siege of Zhenzhou. Abaoji had already allowed Lu Wen to enter and send troops to rescue Zhang Wenli, but at this time Wang Yu persuaded him again: "The beauties of Zhenzhou are like clouds, and the golden silk is like a mountain, if the emperor can arrive quickly, the beauties and golden silk there will all belong to you, otherwise, it will belong to the king of Jin." ”

Abaoji was stunned when he saw the wealth, and was stunned by Wang Yu's foolishness, so he led all the men and horses to the south, and Shu Luping persuaded him: "We have the wealth of sheep and horses in the West Building, and the fun here is inexhaustible, so why do you need to go on an expedition and risk the danger to seek benefits there?"

I heard that the king of Jin used soldiers, the world is invincible, if there is danger or defeat, it is too late to regret it. Abaoji didn't listen to his wife's words this time, and led the army to set off mightily.

On December 20, the Khitans launched an attack on Youzhou, and the Jin general Li Shaohong surrounded the city to defend himself. The Khitans then went deeper to the south, surrounded Zhuozhou, captured it more than ten days later, and captured Li Sibi, the assassin of Zhuozhou. He attacked Dingzhou again, and Dingzhou complained to Li Cunmiao, who led 5,000 pro-troops from Zhenzhou to the rescue. and sent Shenwu to command Wang Sitong to lead troops to garrison south of Wolf Mountain to resist the Khitan.

On the 13th, Li Cunqiao arrived at the south of the new city. The scouts came back and said that the Khitan vanguard was stationed in Xinle and was preparing to march south across the Sand River.

When the soldiers heard this, they were terrified. The two forces of war, almost wanting to go first, the main general killed all the soldiers who ran away to make an example, but it still couldn't be forbidden.

The generals all said: "The Khitans have transferred all the troops of the whole country here, and we are outnumbered. I also heard that the Liang army was invading, and the troops should be transferred back to Weizhou to save the fundamental land. Or withdraw the troops besieging Zhenzhou and go west into Jingcheng in order to evade. ”

Li Cunqiao was hesitating, and Guo Chongtao said: "The Khitans were tempted by Wang Yu and originally came to seize the goods. They can't save Zhenzhou from the crisis. The king had recently defeated the Liang army, and the Khitans would have been discouraged when they heard that the king had arrived, and if they could defeat his forward troops, the troops behind would flee without a fight. ”

At this time, Li Sizhao also rushed from Luzhou and said: "Now that the strong enemy is in front, we can only advance, not retreat." Otherwise, it will shake people's hearts. ”

Li Cunmiao not only lifted his spirits, but said: "The rise of the emperor has its own destiny, see what the Khitan people can do to me?" I used tens of thousands of troops to pacify the area east of the Taihang Mountains. Now when you encounter such a small enemy, you avoid them, what face do you have to face the people of the world? ”

So he led 5,000 cavalry to take the lead. To the north of the new city, half of the army had just come out of the mulberry forest. When the more than 10,000 Khitan cavalry saw it, they were so frightened that they fled.

Li Cunmiao divided his troops into two routes to pursue them. chased dozens of miles and captured Abaoji's son. At that time, the Shahe Bridge was narrow and the ice was thin. The Khitans fell into the river and drowned many people. That night, Li Cunqiao stayed in Xinle. Abaoji's car tent with the army was stationed under the city of Dingzhou, and when the defeated army arrived, all the Khitan troops retreated to Wangdu to hold on.

On the 17th, Li Cunmiao led his troops to attack Wangdu, the Khitan soldiers met the battle, Li Cunmiao led more than 1,000 pro-troops to take the lead in advance, just happened to meet the leader of the Xi tribe more than 5,000 cavalry, surrounded by the Vulsui.

Li Cunmiao fought hard, went in and out several times, and did not break through the encirclement from noon to Shenshi. When Li Sizhao heard about it, he led 300 cavalry to attack the bald troops from the flank, and the bald troops retreated, and Li Cunqiao rushed out of the encirclement.

So he let go and let the soldiers pursue hard, and the Khitan was defeated, and chased north to Yizhou. At this time, it happened to encounter more than ten days of heavy snowfall, the snow on the flat ground was several feet thick, the Khitan army had no food, and the people who froze to death and starved to death died on the road one by one. Abaoji raised his finger to the sky and said to Lu Wenjin, "God didn't let me come here." So he went back north.

Li Cunqiao led the troops to follow, the Khitans left, the Jin army also left, the Khitans rested, and the Jin army also rested. Li Cunmiao saw that where the Khitans slept in the wild, the grass was spread on the ground, and the surrounding squares were square, as if they had been trimmed with scissors.

Although they had left, the grass on the ground was not yet messy, and Li Cunmiao said with a sigh: "The Khitan people strictly enforce the law, so they can do this, which is incomparable to the troops in the Central Plains." ”

When Li Cunqiao arrived in Youzhou, he sent 200 cavalry to follow the Khitan army and told them: "You will return after the Khitans leave the border." ”

But these cavalrymen relied on their bravery, chasing and fighting, and as a result, they were all captured by the Khitans, and only two escaped from other roads that they were not captured. Abaoji blamed Wang Yu and tied him up and brought him back. From then on, Abaoji no longer listened to his schemes.

Li Cunqiao won two battles and two victories, and he was like this, Li Ke knew it with the spring, and he could look at it.

The town of the three towns of Heshuo

Chengde Jiedu Envoy, also known as Hengji Jiedu Envoy, Zhenji Jiedu Envoy, is one of the three towns of Heshuo. It is also the most stable one in the Hebei domain, with only three surnames changing in 160 years.

Li Baochen, the first envoy of the festival, was formerly known as Zhang Zhongzhi, and was originally a veteran of Shi Chaoyi. In the first year of Baoying (762), the Tang Dynasty surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty appointed Zhang Zhongzhi as the envoy of Hengyang Festival (changed to the envoy of the Chengde Army Festival in 777), and gave the name Li Baochen, Tongheng, Zhao, Shen, Ding, Yi five states, increased Jizhou, stationed in Hengzhou (now Zhengding, Hebei),

With 100,000 soldiers, it is like a separation, and Tian Chengsi and Li Huaixian are called the three towns of Heshuo. In January of the second year of Jianzhong (781), Li Baochen died, and his son marched Sima Li Weiyue to attack his father's throne, but the court did not allow it, and Li Weiyue and Tian Yue and others rebelled.

Tang Dezong appointed Zhang Xiaozhong as the envoy of the Chengde Army, and joined forces with Zhu Tao to defeat Li Weiyue. In the first month of the third year of Jianzhong (782), Zhu Tao and Zhang Xiaozhong broke Li Weiyue in Shulu (now Xinji, Hebei). The Khitan Chengde soldiers and horses made Wang Wujun take the opportunity to defect, capture Li Weiyue alive, hang himself outside the gate, and pass on the head of the Beijing division.

Originally, Wang Wujun's idea was to kill Li Weiyue and become the boss himself, but this was just his own wishful thinking, nothing to do, Tang Dezong had always been worried that the power of the feudal town would not be lost, so he took the opportunity to divide the Chengde Jiedu envoy into Yiwu Jiedu envoy (Dingzhou, Yizhou, Cangzhou), Hengji Tuanlian Observation Envoy, and Shenzhao Dutuanlian Observer, and only appointed Wang Wujun as Hengji Tuanlian Observer.

Wang Wujun rewarded him for his merits, was dissatisfied with the imperial court, and looked down on the current Jiedu envoy Zhang Xiaozhong, so he colluded with Wei Bojiedu envoy Tian Yue and Youzhou Jiedu envoy Zhu Tao again to join forces to rebel.

Zhu and Wang led troops to rescue Tian to Weizhou, built an altar alliance in November, and met to call the king: Zhu Tao was called the king of Ji, Tian Yue was called the king of Wei, Wang Wujun was called the king of Zhao, and Li Na of Ziqing was called the king of Qi, so the chaos was further expanded.

It was not until the first month of the first year of Xingyuan (784) that Dezong issued an edict against himself, reiterating that the rebellion gradually subsided when the three towns of Hebei were as before. Wang Wujun returned to the imperial court, and was promoted to the position of inspector and lieutenant and Zhongshu order. After Wang Wujun's death, his son Wang Shizhen took the throne.

In March of the fourth year of Yuanhe (809), Wang Shizhen died of illness, and his son Wang Chengzong claimed to stay behind, and it is estimated that he was a little too excited to suddenly become the boss. Soon Wei Bojiedu made Tian Ji'an come out to provoke, and Wang Chengzong regretted it again, so he imprisoned Xue Changchao, the assassin of Texas.

Tang Xianzong advised Wang Chengzong to let Xue Chang return to the town, but Wang Chengzong refused to obey the edict. In the fourth year of Yuanhe, Tang Xianzong issued an edict to deprive Wang Chengzong of the title.

In the fifth year of Yuanhe (810), Xianzong sent Hedong, Yiwu, Lulong, Henghai, Weibo, and Zhaoyi six towns to crusade against Chengde, but the 200,000 Tang army led by the eunuch Zuo Shence Lieutenant Tutu Chengguang fought for a long time without success, and the general Li Dingjin of Zuo Shence died in battle, and Zhaoyi Jiedu made Lu Congshi secretly communicate with Wang Chengzong, ostensibly asking the court to send troops and ask the court for the position of prime minister. In fact, he did not advance, and falsely accused that most of the crusading armies were related to the Chengde rebels and should not be trusted.

After Tang Xianzong knew the inside story, he took the strategy of Prime Minister Pei Yan, and ordered Tutu Chengguang to secretly arrest Lu Congshi, and Tutu Chengguang asked Lu Congshi to come to gamble, secretly ambush the soldiers, capture Lu Congshi alive, and escort him to Chang'an.

After Lu Congshi was escorted to Chang'an, Tang Xianzong publicly exposed his attempt to plot a rebellion, demoted him to Sima of Suizhou, and soon exiled him to Kangzhou, and in 810, the imperial court ordered Lu Congshi to die in Kangzhou, and his son Lu Jizong and other four people were exiled to Lingnan.

I once saw a joke about a primary school student who wanted to play at home for a few more days, so he tried to call the teacher in his father's voice and said, "I'm sorry, my son is sick and he won't be back to school in three or four days." The teacher said, "Oh, yes, who are you?" The schoolboy said, "Sir, I am my father." (To be continued......)