At that time, in addition to the Later Jin Dynasty and the Khitan, there were two forces that were about to move, namely Zhao Yanshou, the envoy of the Youzhou Festival of the Khitan, and Yang Guangyuan, the envoy of the Pinglu Festival of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Zhao Yanshou, now Hebei Zhengding people, originally surnamed Liu, his father was a county order, and later because his father's jurisdiction was captured by Liu Shouwen, he and his mother fell into the hands of Liu Shouwen's subordinate general Zhao Dejun, because Zhao Yanshou has clear eyebrows, and is smart and clever, can be good at writing and martial arts, won Zhao Dejun's preference, so he adopted him as an adopted son, and since then he has changed his surname to Zhao.

Later, Liu Shouwen was defeated by his younger brother Liu Shouguang, and Zhao Dejun also surrendered to Liu Shouguang, but he couldn't get used to what Liu Shouguang did and felt that there was no future in working under him, so he secretly ran out and joined Li Cunxuan.

Li Cunmiao valued him very much, and let him lead the troops to participate in the war to destroy Liang, Zhao Dejun made great contributions, and was appointed by Li Cunmiao as the envoy of the festival of Youcang and the two states.

Just catching up with the Zhao family's luck, at this time, Zhao Yanshou was favored by Li Siyuan again, and married his daughter to him, in the future, with Li Siyuan called the emperor, Zhao Yanshou began to rise to the top, soaring, and has been a privy envoy, and Xuzhou Jiedu envoy. Zhao Dejun's father was valued as his son, and he also became Li Siyuan's right-hand man, and soon after, he was crowned the king of Beiping.

After Li Congke ascended the throne, the contradiction with Shi Jingjiao gradually deepened, and finally Shi Jingjiao colluded with the Khitan to declare war on the Later Tang Dynasty.

The Khitan army and Shi Jingjiao's combined army besieged the Later Tang Dynasty's crusading army, and the commander Zhang Jingda frequently asked the imperial court for help, and Li Congke sent Zhao Dejun, Fan Yanguang and Fu Yanrao to reinforce Zhang Jingda in three ways, and ordered Zhao Yanshou to follow up and cooperate.

Among the three-way army, Zhao Dejun's combat effectiveness is the strongest, and at this time, Zhao Dejun waited for the price and talked about the conditions. Li Congke was helpless,

had to appoint him as the commander of the three armies, Zhao Dejun was not satisfied, and he had to ask Li Congke to allow his army to mix with Fan Yanguang's army, and ask Zhao Yanshou for the post of Zhenzhou Jiedu envoy.

Faced with Zhao Dejun's villain behavior. Li Congke couldn't help but be furious, and immediately sent someone to inform Fan Yanguang to be careful of Zhao Dejun,

and rejected Zhao Yanshou's rude request to be the envoy of Zhenzhou Festival, seeing that Li Congke did not eat him, Zhao Dejun simply did not do anything, and set his sights on the Khitan, he sent a large amount of property to Yelu Deguang, and begged Yelu Deguang to support him as the emperor of the Central Plains.

At that time, Yelu Deguang had already promised Shi Jingjiao, but he saw the treasures sent by Zhao Dejun. He was itchy again, and he was worried that Zhao Dejun would cut off his retreat back to the grassland, so he hesitated, Sang Weihan got the news, was anxious, and hurried to Yelu Deguang's big tent to persuade Yelu Deguang to keep his previous promise, and cried in front of the big tent for a day, so that Yelu Deguang rejected Zhao Dejun. began to make up his mind to support Shi Jingjiao.

Due to the delay in the arrival of reinforcements, the fighter plane was delayed. Zhang Jingda was eventually killed by his subordinate Yang Guangyuan, who then led the Later Tang army to surrender to the Khitan.

In this battle, Zhao Dejun lost his wife and broke his army, but he did not get any benefits, because he broke with the Later Tang Dynasty, and he even lost his original territory. Only the army in hand remained. In order to gain a foothold, he and Zhao Yanshou captured Luzhou and made it a place for him.

But what he did disappointed the soldiers very much, and many generals led their troops away from him, and the small city of Luzhou was difficult to hold. Zhao Dejun and his son had no choice but to surrender to the Khitan.

After that, the father and son were escorted to the northern grassland, reprimanded and humiliated by Shulu, and a year later Zhao Dejun died in the grassland, becoming a ghost in a foreign land.

Soon, Yelu Deguang, who got the sixteen states of Youyun, wanted to use Han to control Han, so he began to reuse the surviving Zhao Yanshou, and Zhao Yanshou was appointed as the envoy of Youzhou Festival and crowned King Yan.

The other is that Yang Guangyuan was made by the Pinglu Festival. Yang Guangyuan, a native of Shatuo, served as a cavalry general in Li Cunqiao's army in his early years, and during the Tang Tianyou period, Li Cunqiao sent Zhou Dewei to Youzhou to crusade against Liu Shouguang, and Yang Guangyuan was assigned to Zhou Dewei's subordinates.

Later, when he and Zhou Dewei resisted the Khitan in Xinzhou, they led a lone army deep into the enemy formation and were defeated, but due to a shoulder injury, he became crippled and was dismissed from his official position at home.

After Li Cunqiao ascended the throne, he remembered his military exploits and appointed him as the commander of the Youzhou Mabu Army, the right servant of the inspection school Shangshu, and guarded Waqiao Pass for a long time.

Li Siyuan was deeply valued by Li Siyuan, and successively served as the assassin of the four states of Concubine, Ying, Yi and Hebei. After Shi Jingjiao raised the uprising in Taiyuan, Li Congke sent Yang Guangyuan and Zhang Jingda to garrison the city of Taiyuan, and soon, the Khitan army arrived, the Tang army was defeated, surrounded by the Khitan people, and seeing that the army was exhausted, Yang Guangyuan and the deputy general An Xianqi killed the commander Zhang Jingda, and surrendered the Jin army with everyone.

After Shi Jingjiao entered Luoyang, he was crowned as the chief lieutenant of the inspection school, and he was also the envoy of the Xuanwu Army, Tongping Zhangshi, and sentenced the six armies to all guards.

After that, in order to win Shi Jingjiao's trust, Yang Guangyuan began to be a man with his tail between his legs, and every time he faced Shi Jingjiao, he always looked very melancholy.

Yang Guangyuan wrote a letter and said: "I am a general, how can I have any emotions, just because Zhang Shengtie (Zhang Jingda's small character) died well, but I am not as good as him, I feel guilty in my heart, so I am unhappy."

After hearing this, Shi Jingjiao thought that Yang Guangyuan was sincere and innocent and a good comrade. In the second year, Fan Yanguang rebelled with Yecheng, Shi Jingjiao ordered Yang Guangyuan to lead his troops to fight, and when he was about to cross the Yellow River, he encountered a mutiny, and the army unanimously elected Yang Guangyuan as the monarch. Yang Guangyuan said with sincere fear: "Is there a Son of Heaven with a broken arm from ancient times to the present?"

Besides, is the Son of Heaven something that you people can change and play with at will? I surrendered in Jinyang, it was forced by the situation, and if I do that again, I will be a rebel. ”

This matter reached Shi Jingjiao's ears, and from then on, he was even more favored and reused for him, and soon appointed him as the envoy of Wei Bo's mansion.

As soon as Yang Guangyuan gained power, he revealed his true form and began to intervene in the government affairs, Shi Jingjiao was afraid that he would also rebel, so he has always been subservient and accommodating to him, and also issued an edict to let his son Yang Chengzuo marry Princess Chang'an as his wife, and his second son Yang Chengxin and others were also appointed as officials.

The privy envoy Sang Weihan often secretly beat his small reports, and Yang Guangyuan held a grudge. After Fan Yanguang surrendered, Yang Guangyuan entered the court and played Sang Weihan's arbitrary power in person, Shi Jingjiao tolerated it again, and sent Sang Weihan out of Xiangzhou, so that Yang Guangyuan served as the guard in Xijing. He also took the town of Heyang, and by the way, he was dismissed from military power.

Since then, Yang Guangyuan has been resentful in his chest, hiding his dissent, and has sent treasures to Yelu Deguang many times, telling his grievances, and privately adopting more than 1,000 family soldiers. Disturbing the criminal law and violating the ban, the people between the river and Luo suffered greatly.

At that time, Fan Yanguang resigned and retired, loaded the treasures of prostitutes and concubines in a car, and lived in Heyang, Yang Guangyuan coveted his treasures and goods, and was worried that he would attack future generations in the future, so he played and said that Fan Yanguang was not at Bian, Luo'an's house. If you live in other towns and don't go south to Huaiyi, you will flee north to the Khitan, which should be eradicated as soon as possible.

Shi Jingjiao gave Fan Yanguang an iron coupon for the Danshu and promised not to punish him for capital crimes, so it was not resolved for a long time. Yang Guangyuan sent his son Yang Chengxun to lead an army to surround Fan Yanguang's mansion and force him to commit suicide. Fan Yanguang said indignantly: "The Son of Heaven is above, how can it be like this!" ”

Yang Guangyuan sent envoys to Shi Jingjiao to ask Fan Yanguang to move to Luoyang. When he walked to the river bridge, he threw Fan Yanguang into the rapids and drowned. Then he said that Fan Yanguang threw himself into the river and died, and Shi Jingjiao pretended to be deaf and dumb in order to appease her, and turned a blind eye, and soon appointed him as the envoy of the Pinglu Army. He was named the king of Dongping.

Yang Guangyuan asked to go with his eldest son, and the imperial court appointed Yang Chengxun as the defense envoy of Laizhou. When he went to take office, the servant prostitutes and concubines reached more than 1,000 horses, and they were full of power. After Shi Chonggui ascended the throne. Worship him as the master and the king of longevity.

When Shi Jingjiao was alive, he lent Yang Guangyuan 300 war horses, and at this time, Jing Yanguang took advantage of Shi Chonggui's edict to ask him for debts.

There is an ancient Chinese saying that debts are repaid, which is justified, although this is true, but there is a famous saying in the market: those who owe money are grandfathers, and those who borrow money are grandchildren.

After the debtor Yang Guangyuan received the debt collection notice, he was furious and couldn't help but be angry: "This is suspicious of me!" So he secretly informed his son of Yang Chengzuo, the assassin of Shanzhou, and soon, Yang Chengzuo claimed that his mother was sick and ran to Qingzhou at night.

Chao Yan saw that Yang Guangyuan was going to rebel and didn't want any money, so he hurriedly sent a messenger to give Yang Guangyuan a jade belt and a royal horse, with good words to appease, pretending to be really like a grandson.

Yang Guangyuan became even more arrogant from then on, and secretly contacted the Khitan, saying that the Jin lord had failed his kindness, violated the covenant, the famine in the territory was serious, and the people of the country were poor and exhausted. Zhao Yanshou also wanted to take the opportunity to succeed, and also rushed over to add fuel to the fire, and repeatedly went to the south to fight.

Yelu Deguang had coveted the Central Plains for a long time, so he gathered a total of 50,000 soldiers from Shanhou and Lu Long, let Zhao Yanshou take command, appointed him to pass through the Central Plains, and said to him: "If you can capture the Central Plains, you will be appointed emperor." ”

He pointed to Zhao Yanshou and said to the people of the Jin Kingdom: "This is your emperor." ”

In the first month of 944 AD, Yelu Deguang led 50,000 Ma Bu troops south to attack Jin, and Yang Guangyuan also openly rebelled, echoing in the Qingzhou area, and supporting the Khitan from the flank.

Due to the fact that the Khitan army occupied the advantages of the sixteen states of Yanyun, the iron cavalry division was condescending and attacked the Central Plains, as if walking on the ground.

At that time, Shi Jingjiao ceded the strategic danger in order to be quick for a while, but now he finally lifted the stone and smashed it on Shi Chonggui's feet.

The Khitan army attacked Beizhou (now Qinghe, Hebei), and the defender of the city was Wu Luan, the envoy of the Datong army, and Wu Luan and Yelu Deguang were also old acquaintances on the battlefield. In the third year of the Later Tang Dynasty (936), Shi Jingjiao ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Khitan.

In the spring of the second year of Tianfu of the Later Jin Dynasty (937), the Khitan returned to the division and passed through the clouds, and the Datong army made Sha Yan go out of the city to meet him, and was detained by the Khitan.

At that time, Wu Luan, who was still a judge in the clouds, said to the soldiers: 'We are a country of propriety and righteousness, how can we be vassals to these Yidi? After hearing this, everyone responded one after another and pushed him to act on behalf of the state. So Wu Luan ordered to close the door and refuse the city, and was not subject to Shi Jingjiao's order to cut the land.

When Yelu Deguang learned about it, he was furious and led his troops to surround Yunzhou. Wu Luan mobilized the army and people of the city, repaired weapons, guarded the city day and night, and the Khitan besieged the city for 7 days and could not enter.

Shi Jingjiao sent a letter to the Khitan, asking him to withdraw his troops, and the Khitan side broke the siege and left. After the Khitan withdrew the army, Shi Jingjiao summoned Wu Luan to return to Beijing, awarded the deputy envoy of Wuning Jiedu, and then moved to the right to advise the doctor and the Fuzhou defense envoy. After Shi Chonggui ascended the throne, he broke off his alliance with the Khitan.

Because Beizhou is a key point of land and water, he gathered a large amount of grain and grass to prepare for war, and ordered Wang Lingwen to be the envoy of the Yongqing army and garrison Beizhou. Wang Lingwen had a general named Shao Ke under him, who was arrogant and difficult to control, and Wang Lingwen couldn't bear it, so he cut him off.

Shao Ke was resentful, and secretly sent people to the Khitan to say: "Beizhou has a lot of grain and weak troops, so it is easy to attack. ”

Just at this time, Wang Lingwen entered the court, the court appointed Wu Luan to temporarily preside over state affairs, Wu Luan just arrived in Beizhou, he caught up with the Khitan Xingbing to attack, he was a scholar, and just arrived, no soldiers and no generals, at this time Shao Ke Mao recommended himself, claiming to serve with death, Wu Luan was hungry and did not choose to eat, so he let him lead the troops to guard the south gate, and guard the east gate himself.

Yelu Deguang ordered the siege of the city, but Wu Luan resisted with all his might, threw fire into the city, and burned the Khitan attack equipment. In the fierce battle, Shao Ke opened the south gate to lead the Khitan soldiers in, Wu Luan saw that the city was in chaos, that is, he rode back to the mansion on horseback, threw himself into the well and died, and Beizhou was broken.

As soon as Beizhou was broken, the Khitan army went all the way south, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and soon, Yanmen Pass was in an emergency.

Shi Chonggui hurriedly sent an envoy with a letter to the Khitan, but at this time the Khitan army had already settled in Yedu, and the envoy could only return in a huff.

Soon, the Khitan army continued to move south and invaded Taiyuan, Shi Chonggui sent the translator Meng Shouzhong to send a letter to the Khitan again, asking for the restoration of the old peace, and Yelude replied: "The situation that has been formed cannot be changed. ”

Words are not speculative, it is useless to talk more, Shi Chonggui had to send Liu Zhiyuan and Bai Chengfu to send troops to meet them. On the 28th, Taiyuan reported that the Khitan Wei King was defeated in Xiurong in Xinzhou, and the enemy's head was 3,000, and the Khitan soldiers fled from the Crowming Valley. The Taiyuan victory broke the myth of the Khitan army's "invincibility", and as a result, the morale of the Jin army was greatly boosted.

At this time, Zhou Ru, the assassin of Bozhou, offered the city to the Mada Department of the Khitan army, and guided the Khitan army to cross the Yellow River from Majiakou in order to join forces with Yang Guangyuan.

On the second day of the second month of February, Shi Chonggui sent the guards to the commander of the Ma army, Li Shouzhen, the envoy of the Yicheng Festival, the emperor Fuyu of the Shenwu army, Liang Hanzhang, the defense envoy of Chenzhou, and Xue Huairang, the assassin of Huaizhou, to command 10,000 troops and march along the land and water along the Yellow River to intercept the Khitan army from crossing the river.

On the fifth day of the first month, Li Shouzhen and others arrived at Majiakou, and Ma Da sent 10,000 infantry to build a fortress, and scattered cavalry outside it to defend it, and the rest of the main force of tens of thousands of people was stationed in Hexi, and there were thousands of boats to transport soldiers.

Not long after, Li Shouzhen launched an attack, the Khitan cavalry broke away, and the Jin soldiers then attacked the fortress, and soon the fortress was broken, the Khitan army was defeated, and the people who crossed the river on horseback were drowned thousands, and thousands were captured and killed.

On the third day of the second lunar month, the main Khitan force surrounded Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing and the vanguard commander Shi Gongba in Qicheng. At first, Jing Yanguang ordered the generals to divide the land and defend each other, and not to rescue each other.

At this time, Gao Xingzhou was in a hurry, Jing Yanguang delayed the report to Shi Chonggui, Shi Chonggui personally led the troops to rescue, the Khitan soldiers broke the siege and retreated, and ambushed the elite cavalry in Gudun Qiu City, waiting for the Jin army to meet with the soldiers of Hengzhou and Dingzhou and then annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Yedu stayed behind Zhang Congen several times to report that the Khitan army had fled, intending to pursue, but later due to heavy rain, he had to give up.

The Khitan army set up an ambush for more than ten days, people were sleepy and horses were lacking, Zhao Yanshou said: "The Jin army is on the river, afraid of our elite, will not dare to move forward, it is better to capture its city on the spot, attack from all sides, seize the pontoon bridge on the Yellow River, then the world will be pacified." (To be continued......)