Jin'an Village was besieged for several months, and Gao Xingzhou and Fu Yanqing led the cavalry into battle many times, but they could not succeed due to being outnumbered. When the grain and forage were exhausted, they had to cut sawdust and dig for grass tendons in horse manure to feed the horses, and the horses bit each other, and their tails and manes were bald, and when they died, they were divided and eaten by the soldiers, and the reinforcements were delayed.

Zhang Jingda has a strong temperament and is known as "Zhang Shengtie". Yang Guangyuan and An Xianqi persuaded him to surrender to the Khitan, and Zhang Jingda said: "I have received the favor of Li Siyuan and the current emperor to become a marshal and lose the battle, and the sin is already great, let alone surrender to the enemy!"

Reinforcements are coming sooner or later, so let's wait. If I am exhausted, it will not be too late to ask the armies to behead me, take it and surrender, so that I may be blessed with my own preservation. Yang Guangyuan looked at An Xianqi and wanted to kill Zhang Jingda, but An Xianqi couldn't bear to do it.

Gao Xingzhou knew that Yang Guangyuan wanted to plot against Zhang Jingda, so he often led the elite cavalry to follow Zhang Jingda to protect him. ”

Gao Xingzhou didn't dare to follow after he found out. The generals will gather in the barracks of the envoy every morning, on the ninth day of the first month, Gao Xingzhou and Fu Yanqing have not yet arrived, Yang Guangyuan took Zhang Jingda's defenselessness, and the big knife was cut at his head, Zhang Jingpeida was killed like this, and then Yang Guangyuan led the generals to surrender to the Khitan.

When he heard of the generals' reputations, he comforted them, gave them fur hats, and joked: "You are very hateful villains, and you don't need the salted cheese I have prepared to feed your tens of thousands of war horses!" Yang Guangyuan and others were greatly ashamed.

Yelu Deguang praised Zhang Jingda's loyalty, ordered the body to be collected for burial, and carried out a sacrifice, and said to his subordinates and the generals of the Jin Kingdom: "You who are ministers should follow Zhang Jingda's example!" ”

At that time, there were still 5,000 horses and 50,000 armor and staff in Jin'an Village. The Khitan was all taken away and sent back to his country, and all the generals of the Later Tang Dynasty were handed over to Shi Jingjiao.

Because Jin An had surrendered, Shi Jingjiao sent an envoy to inform the states, and Zhang Lang, the assassin of Daizhou, killed the envoy. Lü Qi sent Li Congke's edict to comfort the armies north of Yanmen Pass, arrived in Xinzhou, and met the envoy of the Jin State. and killed the messengers.

Lu Qi said to Ding Xianqi, the assassin of Xinzhou: "Hu Lu didn't look back when he passed by the city.

Their hearts can be seen clearly, and they will definitely not be able to protect themselves on the day of returning to the court, so it is better to lead the army and civilians from Wutai to Zhenzhou as soon as possible. ”

When he was about to set off, Ding Xianqi regretted it again and closed Yacheng and stopped following. The state soldiers wanted to attack him, and Lu Qi said: "The country and the family have reached such a point, why do they still kill each other!" So he led his troops to Zhenzhou, and Ding Xianqi surrendered to the Khitan.

The Khitan used his general Gao Mohan as the striker, and marched with the surrendered troops. Twelveth. Arrived at Tuanbai and engaged the Tang soldiers, Zhao Dejun and Zhao Yanshou were defeated and fled, Fu Yanrao, Zhang Yanqi, Liu Yanlang, and Liu Zaiming also fled, and the soldiers fled in chaos, trampling on each other and trampling on tens of thousands of people.

On the 14th, Liu Yanlang and Liu Zaiming fled to Huaizhou, and Li Congke learned that Shi Jingjiao had ascended the throne. Yang Guangyuan has also surrendered. Everyone discussed and said: "The Tianxiong Military Mansion is still intact, and the Khitan must be afraid of the east of the Kunshan Mountain." Don't dare to go south easily, at this moment the emperor should go to Weizhou to visit. ”

Li Congke thought that Li Song had always been friendly with Fan Yanguang, so he summoned Li Song to come and discuss. Xue Wenyu didn't know it, so he also followed, and when Li Congke saw Xue Wenyu, he couldn't help but be angry. It was all thanks to Li Song's maneuvering that Xue Wenyu was able to retreat.

Li Congke was still angry, stomped his feet and said, "I trembled when I saw this thing's flesh, and I almost pulled out a saber to stab him just now." ”

Li Song said: "Xue Wenyu is a villain, and his ideas are shallow and misleading. The stabbing made him even more ugly. Li Song persuaded Li Congke to return the favor, and Li Congke listened to his advice.

At this time, the news of the defeat in the north reached Luoyang, and the people were greatly shaken, and the people living in the city fled in all directions and fled to the valley. The soldiers guarding the city gate forbade the people to leave the city, and Li Chongmei, the king of Yin Yong in Henan, said: "The country is in difficulty, and it is impossible to be a good supervisor of the people, and forbidding them to survive, which can only increase the notoriety."

It's better to leave it to yourself, and when things settle down, it will naturally be returned. So he ordered them to go out at will, and the people's hearts were at peace. On the 17th, Li Congke returned to Heyang and ordered the generals to defend the southern and northern cities. Zhang Yanlang asked Li Congke to go to Huazhou again in order to meet Wei Bo's momentum, but Li Congke's heart was trembling and he couldn't make a decision.

At this time, Zhao Dejun and Zhao Yanshou had fled south to Luzhou, and their general Shi Sai led Lu Long's light cavalry to flee east to Yuyang. Shi Jingjiao sent Zhaoyi Jiedu to make Gao Xingzhou return to Luzhou to prepare grain, arrived at the city, saw Zhao Dejun and his son in the city, Gao Xingzhou said: "I am a fellow villager with you, how can I not give you advice!"

There is not a bucket of corn to defend in the city, so it is better to hurry up and welcome the Jin Emperor's car. On the 19th, Shi Jingjiao and Yelu Deguang arrived in Luzhou, Zhao Dejun and his son met and met in Gaohe, Yelu Deguang comforted them with kind words, Zhao and his son met Shi Jingjiao in front of the horse, and approached Shi Jingjian's side without skin and facelessness and said: "Are you okay after separation?" ”

Shi Jingjiao looked around and ignored them. Yelu Deguang asked Zhao Dejun and said, "Where is the silver saddle Khitan soldiers you set up in Youzhou now?" ”

Zhao Dejun pointed out to him that Yelu Deguang ordered these people to be killed in the western suburbs, a total of 3,000 people. Soon, Yelu Deguang detained Zhao Dejun and Zhao Yanshou and escorted them to the Khitan Kingdom. Zhao Dejun met Yelu Deguang's mother, the Empress Dowager Shulu, and offered all the treasures and confiscated farms as tribute, and the Empress Dowager asked, "Why did you go to Taiyuan recently?" ”

Zhao Dejun said: "It was on the order of Li Congke. The Queen Mother pointed to the sky and said, "You asked my son to help you to be the son of heaven, why are you talking nonsense!" ”

Then he pointed to his own heart and said, "Here you cannot deceive." He also said: "When my son was about to travel, I warned him: If King Zhao leads his troops and horses to the north of Yuguan, he should quickly lead his troops back, and Taiyuan does not need to save him."

If you think about the Son of Heaven, why don't you fight me off first, and then it's not too late to take it slowly. As a human servant, you have failed your monarch and cannot attack the enemy, and you want to take advantage of the crisis to seek your own interests, what kind of face do you have to survive if you do such a thing? Zhao Dejun lowered his head and was extremely ashamed, unable to answer. The Queen Mother asked him again: "The utensils you offered are good here, but where is the farm house you offered?" Zhao Dejun said: "In Youzhou." ”

The Queen Mother asked: "Who does Youzhou belong to now?" He replied, "It belongs to the Queen Mother." The Queen Mother said, "Then what else do you offer!" Zhao Dejun was even more ashamed. From then on, Yu Yu couldn't eat, and died a year later.

Shi Jingjiao was about to march into Shangdang, and Yelu Deguang held up his glass and said to him: "I have come from afar to fulfill the agreement, and now that the great thing has been accomplished, if I march south again." It will inevitably cause consternation among the people south of the Yellow River.

You should lead the Han soldiers to the south by yourself, so that the people's hearts will not be too afraid, I order Tai Xiangwen to lead 5,000 cavalry to escort you to Heyang Bridge, and it is up to you to decide how many people you want to cross the river with you.

I'll stay here for the time being, wait for your news, and in case of emergency, I'll go down the mountain to your rescue. If you can settle Luoyang, I'll go back to the north. ”

He took off his white sable fur and put it on Shi Jingjiao, and gave him twenty good horses. 1,200 horses, saying, "Let not the generations forget each other." ”

He also instructed: "Liu Zhiyuan, Zhao Ying, and Sang Weihan are all heroes of entrepreneurship, and there is no major fault, please don't discard them." ”

At first, after Zhang Jingda led his division to the expedition, Li Congke sent Gao Hanyun, the general of Zuo Jinwu, to defend Jinzhou.

After Zhang Jingda's death, Tian Chengzhao, the deputy envoy of Jianxiong Jiedu, led his subordinates to attack Gao Hanyun in the government office, and Gao Hanyun opened the gate of the government office and invited Tian Chengzhao to enter. He said to him very calmly: "You and I are both appointed by the imperial court, why are we so compelled to each other? ”

Tian Chengzhao said: "I want to support you as a festival envoy." Gao Hanyun said: "I'm old. It is not morally permissible for me to be the leader of the chaos, and to be at your disposal in life or death. ”

Tian Chengzhao saw that he wanted to kill him left and right, but the sergeants did not do it, threw their weapons on the ground and said: "Gao Jinwu is a virtuous person in several dynasties, why should you harm him!" Tian Chengzhao apologized to him and said, "It's just a joke with you." ”

Then listen to Gao Hanyun to return to Luoyang. Shi Jingjiao met him on the way and said, "I am worried that you have been injured by the rebels. I'm glad to see you now. ”

Fu Yanrao and Zhang Yanqi arrived in Heyang and reported to Li Congke: "Now that Hu Bing is moving south, the water of the Yellow River is very shallow, and the people's hearts have been scattered. This place cannot be entrenched. ”

On the 22nd, Li Congke ordered Heyang Jiedu to envoy Chang Congjian and Zhaozhou Assassin Shi Liu Zaiming to defend the southern city of Heyang, and then demolished the pontoon bridge and returned to Luoyang. On the 24th, Shi Jingjiao arrived in Heyang, Chang Congjian surrendered, and Zhangshengjun captured Liu Zaiming and also rushed to surrender.

Li Congke ordered the commander of the horse army to make Song Zhenqian, the infantry army to command Fu Yanrao, the envoy of Heyang Jiedu Zhang Yanqi, and the Xuanhui Southern Yuan envoy Liu Yanlang to lead more than 1,000 cavalry to Bai Sima Han to resist, and before the troops set off, more than 50 cavalry defected to the Later Jin army.

The generals said to Song Xianqian: "Where can't you fight, who is willing to stay here?" So he returned with his troops.

On the 25th, Li Congke discussed with the four generals of Song, Fu, Zhang, and Liu to attack Heyang, and at this time all the generals had already sent the surrender letter to Jin Shi Jingjiao. Shi Jingjiao was worried that Li Congke would flee westward, so he sent a thousand Khitan cavalry to strangle it at Michi.

On the 26th, Li Congke saw that the general trend had gone, and together with Empress Dowager Cao, Empress Liu, Yongwang Li Chongmei and Song Xianqian, he and others carried the national treasure seal to Xuanwu Tower and self-immolated.

Empress Liu accumulated firewood and wanted to burn the palace together, Li Chongmei said: "When the new emperor comes, he must not live in the open air, and it will take labor and effort to build the palace in the future."

What good can we do if we die and leave resentment on the people! So the burning stopped.

Concubine Wang Shu said to Empress Dowager Cao: "The matter is already critical, you should hide for a while, and wait for your brother-in-law to come." Empress Dowager Cao said: "My son, grandson, daughter-in-law, and daughter have reached such a point, how can I bear to live alone!" Sister, encourage yourself. ”

Then he followed Li Congke, and Wang Shufei hid in the blanket field with Xu Wang Li Congyi, and finally avoided death. In the evening, Shi Jingjiao entered Luoyang, and the Tang army was relieved of their armor and waited for accountability, Shi Jingjiao comforted everyone and released them.

Shi Jingjiao ordered Liu Zhiyuan to deploy the security of the capital, and Liu Zhiyuan sent the Han army to let them return to their camp and place the Khitan soldiers in Tiangong Temple.

Soon, order was restored to the city. On the 29th, Shi Jingjiao drove into the palace and granted a general amnesty, and issued an edict: "Chinese and foreign officials should not ask about everything, only the thieves Zhang Yanlang, Liu Yanhao, and Liu Yanlang are treacherous and greedy, and it is difficult to tolerate leniency for crimes; Zhongshu Shilang, Pingzhang Shi Ma Yinsun, Privy Envoy Fang, Xuanhui Envoy Li Zhuanmei, Hezhong Jiedu Envoy Han Zhaoyin, etc., although they occupy important positions, they do not pursue deceit and welcome,

and exonerate them from their crimes; If the internal and external ministers are the first to submit to obedience, the Zhongshu and the subordinate provinces shall be appointed to play a separate role. After that, Liu Yanhao hid in Longmen, and a few days later, he hanged himself.

Liu Yanlang was about to flee to Nanshan, but unfortunately he was arrested and then killed. After that, Zhang Yanlang was also beheaded. On the first day of December, Shi Jingjiao came to Heyang, set up a banquet for Taixiangwen and the Khitan soldiers, and sent them back to China.

In this way, the Later Tang Dynasty was founded by Zhuangzong, and after Mingzong, Emperor Min, and Emperor Mo, it finally perished and enjoyed the country for thirteen years. Looking back, Shi Jingjiao's son, Shi Chongyin, the general of the right guard, and Shi Chongyi, the deputy envoy of the imperial city, heard that Shi Jingjiao rebelled, and the two hid in the market. Soon they were captured and killed, along with the whole clan that hid their family. Shi Jingjiao's younger brother Yizhou commanded Shi Jingde's wife and daughter to flee, and was soon arrested and died in prison. Uncle and younger brother Zhangsheng all commanded Shi Jingwei to commit suicide.

History has proved again and again that a person who attains the Tao can't help but get the reward of the chicken and dog's ascension to heaven, and will also pay the price of the blood of his family.

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In the movie Crazy Boy, after the death of Jiang Tian, the leader of Hongxing, the leaders from all over the country unanimously recommended Jiang Tianyang, the younger brother of Mr. Jiang who was far away in Thailand, who had no qualifications, to go out of the mountain to maintain order.

And no one wants to jump out and be the boss themselves, it's not because they don't want to be the boss or because in their eyes, the righteousness of the rivers and lakes is above all else,

It's because they understand that everyone comes out at the same time, and everyone else knows how many hairs they have, no noble bloodline, no deep qualifications, no strong strength, even if they are the leader, they can't stand out at all.

At that time, it will only become a bird that will come out of the way and become the target of attacks from all sides, which is why in the early years of the Republic of China, when Yuan Shikai was alive, the whole country was at least able to maintain the unity on the surface, but after his death, the heroes rose together, the civil war continued, and the political situation was chaotic.

And after Shi Jingjiao became the emperor, he also faced this problem, at that time, the local powerful bigwigs who were mixed with Shi Jingjiao did not buy his account very much, and the princes everywhere were ready to move, and rebellions broke out one after another. And the first person who dared to eat crabs was Fan Yanguang. (To be continued......)