On the 5th day of the first month of the first year of Zhou Xiande (954), Chai Rong obtained the entire military power of the Great Zhou Dynasty; On the 11th, Guo Wei ordered that the small matters should be ignored, and the major matters were conveyed by Chai Rong, and instructed Chai Rong to be buried after his death, and explained to Chai Rong: Li Hongyi should let him be the envoy of the festival, and Wei Renpu should keep him in the Privy Council. On the 15th, he ordered Zhou Xun to go to control the Yellow River. On the 17th, after appointing Wang Pu as the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty together with Feng Dao, Fan Zhen, and Li Gu, Guo Wei said "I have no hatred", so that he died in the Zide Hall that day.

On the 21st day of the first month of the first year of Zhou Xiande (954), Chai Rong sat on the throne at this time to accept the worship of hundreds of officials. Although the officials all lowered their heads, they probably muttered in their hearts: The first emperor is really true. Although your own son was killed by Liu Chengyou, you still have a daughter (if you have a daughter, you have a son-in-law: Zhang Yongde) and a sister (if you have a sister, you have a nephew: Li Chongjin)! Why choose such a yellow-haired boy who has neither the slightest blood relationship with you nor the prestige of military achievements to succeed him? O Emperor! What do you think? In fact, Guo Wei on the hospital bed did this: he sent Zhang Yongde out of the capital, pressed Li Chongjin's head to the ground, and made him kowtow to Chai Rong!

Of course, later we all know that Chai Rong will be the most dazzling meteor in the troubled times of the five generations, and he can be called the first hero among all the emperors with eight surnames and thirteen monarchs in the five dynasties (Zhu, Zhu Xie, Miao Jilie, Wang, Shi, Liu, Guo, and Chai are 8 surnames. Speaking of 13 gentlemen, I have to cry out for Zhu Youqi, the king of Ying: Why don't you take me to play? I have been an emperor for more than 8 months, longer than Li Conghou and Chai Zongxun. Why are they all among the 13 kings, and I am going to be removed? Is it because I killed my father and took the throne? ）！ But now none of the officials would think so, let alone Liu Chong, the sworn enemy......

In Taiyuan City, a eunuch quietly entered the palace, and he gently called: Your Majesty, great news. The emperor immediately opened his eyes, and this was not an ordinary thing. Generally, when eunuchs come to him, they all say that the envoy of the Liao State is here, should he prepare some gold and beauties or something. The word good news is so unfamiliar. So the emperor stared at the eunuch, and if you could not tell me any good news worth disturbing my rest, I would put you in a brothel and make your life uncomfortable. Eunuch report: Guo Wei is dead.

Well, great! The emperor was in good spirits. We all know that this emperor is Liu Chong of the Northern Han Dynasty. He excitedly thought: Guo Wei, the old fox, played our Liu family around, but he still lost in the end, losing his life. This is next week when a nameless boy comes up (of course, in terms of military exploits), it's time for the father to pay off the debt.

In February of the first year of Zhou Xiande (954), Chai Rong succeeded to the throne for only half a month, Liu Chong ordered 30,000 generals, as well as more than 10,000 Khitan cavalry sent by Yang Gon sent by his second uncle Yelujing, and chose to attack Chai Rong's Great Zhou Dynasty from Luzhou. Zhang Yuanhui, the first general of the Northern Han Dynasty, personally took the lead, deceived the soldiers in Luzhou City, set up a beautiful ambush, and killed the general Mu Lingjun and 2,000 soldiers and horses. The Zhaoyi Festival envoy stationed in Luzhou made Li Yun (whose real name is Li Rong, and he changed to avoid Chai Rong. Later, Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutinied, he was the first to jump out of the confrontation to avoid the enemy's edge, retired to the party, and sent an urgent document to the capital Bianliang, so a debate destined to be recorded in history forever was staged......

Chai Rong sat alone in the palace, facing hundreds of officials alone. When the news of Liu Chong's joint invasion with the Liao State came, the hundred officials were a little panicked. Chai Rong was angry at first, which obviously didn't take himself seriously. However, when I thought about it, I was a little happy. Maybe he has been waiting for this news since the first day he became emperor. I need this war so much, it will help me to gain military merits, establish prestige, and prove myself. So he told the hundred officials that he was ready to recruit in person. But the opposition of all officials. Chai Rong had expected that there would be opposition, but he didn't expect that the person who took the lead in the coaxing was the most slippery and the most offending human old fritter Feng Dao and Feng Laoxian in China's 5,000-year history. If it were someone else, it would be fine, but Feng Dao was an old person, and the first emperor Guo Wei was his student. So Chai Rong could only endure his anger and reason with Lord Feng. But who is Feng Laoxian? How many emperors has he seen? He can publish a book on the way of the emperor. Whatever he said, Chai Rong, who was 34 years old and hopeless at this time, had to listen! In a hurry, Chai Rong moved a rescue soldier from history, "Tang Taizong pacified the world back then, and he went out in person. How dare I steal peace" As soon as I heard this, all the officials burst into laughter. What the? This relied on Lao Tzu to be the emperor for less than two days, and compared himself to Tang Taizong? What kind of person is Li Shimin, and you can compare? Tang Taizong joined the army at the age of sixteen to kill the enemy, and most of the Tang Dynasty was defeated by Li Shimin. What were you doing when you were 16? Probably selling Tieguanyin in Jiangnan, right? The Great Zhou Dynasty fell into your arms. What do you have to compare to Tang Taizong? The officials stopped talking, afraid that one mouth would laugh uncontrollably. But it's not okay to never speak. The emperor above had already sensed the ridicule of the officials, and his face began to be a little angry. Feng Laoxian, who was the deepest in the Tao, took three deep breaths and broke the embarrassing and somewhat funny silence, "I don't know if Your Majesty can become Tang Taizong" has the courage! All the officials secretly gave Feng Dao a thumbs up in the back. But the admiration of the hundred officials only lasted for a while, because they all found signs of bad things. Boss Feng may have made things big this time, and the emperor will be angry. Chai Rong was silent for a while, and decided to convince people with virtue, and he asked Taishan to help him again, "I have a strong army, and defeating Liu Chong is like Taishan crushing an egg" When Chai Rong said Tang Taizong, some officials thought that the emperor was playing humor. By the time Mount Tai appeared, there was a silent laughter in the hall. Feng Laoxian's mouth subconsciously retorted, "I don't know if Your Majesty can do Taishan"

Silence, very bad silence. Feng Dao regretted it as soon as he spoke. He saw the emperor's blushing and thick neck, and Feng Dao himself was already sweating on his forehead. It's not regret or fear of sweating, it's sweating, sweating when you're sick. This year, Feng Dao was 73 years old and was seriously ill. At this time, there were still 2 months before Feng Dao's death...... Wang Pu, the prime minister appointed by Guo Wei before his death, broke the deadlock in the horrific debate. He saved Feng Dao, otherwise Feng Laoxian's five-generation Guinness record of cultivating for fifty years without falling would end on the spot. also saved Chai Rong and the Great Zhou Dynasty. Otherwise, Chai Rong would lose his mind in anger, forgetting that his purpose was to defeat the enemy, not to practice with the minister. Wang Pu stood up and spoke highly of the emperor's courage to face a strong enemy and the courage to go on an expedition. He also criticized the right-leaning conservatism of the ministers. The Chinese are like that. It's hard to be united, but it's easy to break up. As soon as he saw that there were traitors inside, some people immediately rebelled, from boycotting the emperor to boycotting Feng Dao. After the end, Chai Rong won this war of words. On March 11, Chai Rong successfully set off from Bianliang. Before leaving, he summoned Liu Ci and entrusted his fate to Lu Lu: General Liu, quickly gather all the reserve forces of our army and keep up with me as soon as possible! Be sure to be fast! Liu Ci, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, did not have an impassioned look, but just nodded calmly.

On March 19, the first year of Zhou Xiande (954), Chai Rong met Liu Chong in Gaoping. The Battle of Gaoping is quite famous in history. Chai Rong relied on the Battle of Gaoping to sit on the throne, and Zhao Kuangyin relied on the Battle of Gaoping to make his fortune. However, in this battle, Chai Rong was originally lost. It is entirely because of the personal performances of Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin that the Gaoping Battle is so dramatic, which also convinces us that these two emperors are indeed dragons among men, destined kings......

Chai Rong brought to Gaoping at this time with few soldiers (except for Liu Ci and a few, the envoys of the Tianxia Jiedu did not move, and were not optimistic about the outcome of the battle of Gaoping) and were successfully lured by Liu Chong to the highland of Bagongyuan. Chai Rong's soldiers were arranged into four phalanxes: on the left were Bai Chongzan and Li Chongjin, on the right were Fan Aineng and He Hui, and in the middle were Xiang Xun and Shi Yanchao's elite soldiers. The last phalanx was the commander Zhang Yongde who led the forbidden army of the palace to protect the emperor. The enemy on the opposite side was divided into 3 phalanxes. Zhang Yuanhui, the first general of the Northern Han Dynasty, was in the east, and Yang Gon's Liao army was in the west. Liu Chong's Chinese army was in Bagongyuan. Liu Chong himself had 30,000 soldiers, plus more than 10,000 Liao troops, and nearly 50,000 coalition troops. What about Chai Rong's side? Through an episode in the battle, Liu Chong could roughly estimate the strength of his opponent, and during the battle, the entire phalanx on the right surrendered to Liu Chong. Liu Chong went and counted, there were probably less than 2,000 people. In this way, through simple calculations, Liu Chongzhi and Chai Rong's soldiers were only about 8,000. Seeing that there were so few Zhou soldiers, Liu Chong regretted, "I use the Han army, and I can break it." Why bother with Khitan! Today is not only Zhou, but also convincing the Khitan" So he let Yang Gon watch the battle, and he and Zhang Yuanhui attacked from east to west, vowing to wipe out all the Zhou soldiers!

Zhang Yuanhui, the first general of the Northern Han Dynasty, led the cavalry to attack the infantry phalanx of Fan Aineng and He Hui. Less enemies and more enemies, and riding with footsteps? Brains are broken, right? What's more, Chai Rong, who has been oppressed by Wang Jun so far, why should I give him my life? Fan and He turned their horses' heads and fled! They had horses to slip away, but those infantry only had two legs and couldn't escape far, so they were caught up by Zhang Yuanhui. They were very conscious, and immediately threw away their weapons, took off their armor, knelt on the ground, and shouted to Liu Chong in the distance: Long live, long live, long live......

Liu Chong heard it, and the voice was even more charming than those beautiful concubines screaming. Chai Rong also heard this voice, and he hated it in his heart, and at the same time, more of Feng Dao's squirming mouth appeared in front of him: You are not Tang Taizong, you are not Taishan......

The sound of "Long live" resounded throughout the battlefield, and all the other Hou Zhou soldiers were stunned. Chai Rong's fatal wounds were exposed in the first big battle he faced! His army was right in front of him, the emperor, and as soon as he was in disadvantage of the enemy, he mutinied! The already unstable military spirit is extremely shaken! And the most deadly thing is that he has no prestige, no military merits, and no capital that can make him turn over! Now the only thing that is in his favor is the direction of the wind, which gradually changed from the northeast wind at the beginning of the war to the south wind, so that the Zhou soldiers attacked the Han soldiers with a favorable wind. The Han soldiers attacked the Zhou soldiers, and it was a headwind. It's not easy! This is the only advantage, can you grasp Chai Rong?

Liu Chong smiled. The First World War is decided! I, Liu Chong, want to ...... No! I, Liu Chong, have already won! The world is still our surname Liu! But what he couldn't even dream of was that almost in the next moment, he met Chai Rong directly face to face!

Chai Rong, who was in a desperate situation, looked through the chaotic battlefield and looked at the center of the Northern Han Army in the distance - where Liu Chong was! Very good, very good! Suddenly, Chai Rong made a move that stunned everyone on both sides. He rode his horse directly and rushed towards Liu Chong!

In the first battle of his career, the great emperor was so desperate and ruined. When he rode out, even he didn't know what was going to happen to him, but he knew he had to—because he didn't want to be a prisoner or live in humiliation as a loser! Even if you die, you will fall on the path of the charge! In this way, rushing through the layers of people and splitting all the obstacles, Chai Rong rushed to Liu Chong who began to celebrate the victory without hesitation! However, at this time, Chai Rong's heart was extremely sad, because he clearly heard that there were not too many horses' hooves and shouts of killing behind him, which meant that there were not many people following him! Chai Rong, who was sprinting and fighting fiercely, was helpless about this, but what he never expected was that it really had a decisive change for him and Chinese history, which had happened behind him at this time, and another extremely heroic and great person also stepped forward at this time, and it broke out in an instant!