Just when the conscription order of the Southern Tang Dynasty spread all over the territory, and the chickens and dogs jumped and made a mess in the north and south, there was also a scene of panic inside and outside the city of Kaifeng in Tokyo.

In the past few days, the news that the Holy Lord Guo Wei wants to drive the royal expedition has been privately spread all over the Jingshi. In the attention of nearly one million people in Beijing, the emperor first publicly held a ceremony to worship the heavens and tell his ancestors, and then announced that he wanted to clean up the order in the city.

The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty drove the expedition in person, which was a big event in Tokyo!

The gentry and common people in Tokyo go to the streets every day to watch the excitement, all of them get together to fart, and their eyebrows are dancing to point out the country, and all kinds of war reports are rapidly circulating in the streets, and no one dares to guarantee whether they are true or false, and the war that sounds so conclusive is replaced by new and completely opposite news in the blink of an eye.

Zheng Lin, the capital of Yanzhou, rushed to Tokyo as early as the afternoon of October 19 to deliver a letter to the emperor on behalf of Murong Yanchao, the assassin of Yanzhou.

This time, because it was the saint who had secretly confessed, the content handed by Zheng Lin was quickly passed to Guo Wei, and one was written by Murong Yanchao himself, stating that he was worried about the safety of the Great Zhou, if it was not the responsibility of defending the land, he would definitely accompany the saint to drive the expedition in person, and he would be willing to lead the horse and shield for the saint. Murong Yanchao also mentioned at the end of the year that although Yanzhou was hit by a snowstorm last year, they had made early preparations this year, and this year's food was sufficient, and they would inevitably pay more money and grain to Tokyo in the annual plan to help the Great Zhou Dynasty pacify the great cause of all countries to unify the world.

Another letter is a bit interesting, the letter is written in the tone of Gao Xingzhou, the Great Zhou Tianping Festival, talking about slandering the current Great Zhou usurpation of power, improper reputation, Tianping Army wants to help each other with the Yanzhou Army, and share major events.

The Tianping Army led by Gao Xingzhou was stationed in Yunzhou, located a hundred miles northwest of Yanzhou, and was also the closest Jiedu garrison to the Yanzhou Army.

That night, Zheng Haoqian, the general secretary of the Great Zhou Dynasty, did not hesitate to find Zheng Lin, put out the gift of the saint's reward, lit up the handwritten reply of the saint, and revealed with a smile that after the saint received the letter from Lord Murong, Long Yan Dayue drank two more bowls of soup for dinner that day, and praised Lord Murong several times for being the humerus of the country and the pillar of the country. However, because the Holy Lord was about to go on the expedition, he would not summon Lord Murong to enter Beijing to face the Holy Saint, so he could only appoint himself to Yanzhou to show Lord Murong the Holy Lord's affirmation and appeasement, and would make a brotherly oath with Murong Assassin Shi not to hurt each other and work together to support the Great Zhou Sheji.

Zheng Lin was overjoyed when he heard this, and he and Zheng Haoqian went out of the city overnight to Yanzhou. However, what no one noticed was that Zheng Lin's personal entourage was quietly missing Zheng San and Zheng Si, who claimed to be going home to visit relatives.

Not long after Zheng Lin and Zheng Haoqian, the "two Zhengs", left Tokyo City together, several black-clothed cavalry went out of the city from the west of the city, and after making a large circle, they galloped straight to the north, and after crossing the Yellow River in Weizhou overnight, they rushed east along the river.

On the morning of October 21, the scene of receiving the holy decree was staged almost simultaneously in Yunzhou and Yanzhou.

Gao Xingzhou, who was already seventy-six years old, lay on the letter and recognized it for a long time, and suddenly the whole body trembled, kowtowed, and shouted: "This letter will be framed by the villain!" The old man has been cautious all his life, why did he do such a perverse and intolerable thing in the year of entering the earth? Please General Zhang think twice, please see the saint! ”

Gao Xingzhou was born in 885 A.D., born in Youzhou, is the son of Gao Siji, a famous general of the fifth generation, the white horse silver gun, from a general to the history of a state assassin, it is by virtue of his life achievements. Since Guo Wei ascended the throne, he also specially sealed the false position of Taifu and Zhongshu Order for Gao Xingzhou, and actually served as the envoy of the balance festival.

Zhang Yongde coldly observed Gao Xing for a short time on Monday, and then stepped forward to pick up the old general and took out another letter.

Gao Xingzhou wiped away the tears on his face, opened the letter with trembling hands, and found that it was the handwritten letter of Guo Wei, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, with the title of "Shangzhi senior" at the beginning.

Shang Zhen is Gao Xingzhou's word, and this title immediately slowed down Gao Xingzhou's rapid breathing a lot.

In this letter, Guo Wei first highly praised Gao Xing Zhou for crossing the water at night, conquering Yunzhou in one fell swoop, crusading against Zhu Shouyin, capturing the royal capital, quelling the Zhenwu Suoge tribe, Shannan Dongdao Jiedu envoy An Congjin rebellion, crusading against Shi Jingjiao and other outstanding achievements, and repeated the original Youzhou Jiedu envoy Zhao Dejun's final words to Gao Xingzhou: "Gao Xingzhou is good-looking, cautious and cautious, and will definitely have a great ......future in the future" to express his admiration. At the end of the letter, Guo Wei tactfully pointed out that the above letter was handed by Murong Yanchao, the assassin of Yanzhou, and he didn't believe a word in the letter, so he forwarded the letter to the old general for punishment.

Gao Xingzhou was so angry that he looked up to the sky and roared, and scolded angrily: "Yan Kunlun! Black Shatuo! At the beginning, you were a villain who maliciously framed the old man, and now you come to frame the old man again, and the old man will not stand with you in this life. ”

Zhang Yongde smiled, he had been in the army for a long time, so he naturally knew something about the past grievances between Gao Xingzhou and Murong Yanchao.

At the beginning, after the Later Jin Dynasty was destroyed by the Khitan, Gaozu of the Later Han Dynasty raised troops in Taiyuan, and after occupying the Beijing Division, he was named Gao Xingzhou as the secretary of the book, the envoy of the Tianping Army, and the king of Linqing. At this time, the brother-in-law of Shi Jingjiao, the former Gaozu of the Later Jin Dynasty, recruited Du Chongwei to surrender to the Khitan, and the Gaozu of the Later Han Dynasty deployed Gaoxing Zhou as the capital and Murong Yanchao as the deputy to lead the crusade.

Gao Xingzhou has always been cautious in the use of troops, and seeing that the Wei city where Du Chongwei was based was well defended, he decided a strategy of besieging it for a long time. But Murong Yanchao was so earnest that he secretly spread that Gao Xingzhou was because his daughter was Du Chongwei's daughter-in-law, so he showed no mercy. Needless to say, Gao Xingzhou was extremely angry about this accusation.

After Gaozu of the Later Han Dynasty learned of the grievances between the two, he also specially ordered Murong Yanchao to apologize to Gao Xing Zhou Daolu. Later, Gaozu of the Later Han Dynasty, who lost his patience, hurriedly attacked the city according to Murong Yanchao's proposal, and more than 10,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, so he did not dare to attack again. After a long siege, Du Chongwei went out of the city and surrendered on his own. Therefore, Gaozu of the Later Han Dynasty praised Xingzhou's foresight and strategy, and appointed him as the envoy of the Tianxiong Army.

After venting, Gao Xingzhou knelt down again and said loudly: "The minister asks General Zhang to bring a message to the saint, and the minister is willing to be the vanguard and lead the troops to attack Yanzhou." ”

Zhang Yongde smiled and shook his head slightly.

Gao Xingzhou was anxious, and stepped forward and shouted: "The minister is willing to take the whole family to return to Beijing with General Zhang as a hostage, and not to break Yanzhou, the old man committed suicide on the spot to apologize for his sins!" ”

Zhang Yongde stepped forward again and announced the decree softly, and the saint Guo Wei appointed the old general who had made a meritorious life as the king of Qi, and then handed the unfinished decree to Gao Xingzhou, and respectfully picked up the old general with both hands again, and entered the secret room of the inner room.

is also in order, and the scene in Yanzhou in the south is at least much happier in performance.

Murong Yanchao, the assassin of Yanzhou, made a large set of etiquette such as sprinkling loess, placing incense, burning incense and bathing clothes, and greeted Zheng Haoqian, who was a generalist, knelt on the spot and made a brotherly oath with Guo Wei, and then happily welcomed Zheng Haoqian into the inner hall to warmly entertain him.

On October 22, Guo Wei rode out of Tokyo on horseback under the escort of 20,000 forbidden troops and began his first imperial expedition after ascending the throne.