Among the four candidates for the throne, Liu Yun was imprisoned, Liu Xin committed suicide, and his sick husband Liu Chengxun died of illness in the first New Year of the next week within 10 days. There is only one left, one person who can shake the foundation of Emperor Guo Wei's throne: Liu Chong.

After Liu Zhiyuan's death, Hedong Jiedu made Liu Chong live a half-divided life in Taiyuan. He doesn't pay taxes anymore. The declared slogan to the outside world is to be at odds with the four ruling ministers. Recruit troops and buy horses, and store grain casters in case of contingencies. In fact, Liu Chong himself also has the ambition to be the emperor. Otherwise, when Guo Wei was the king of Qin, he would not have beaten soy sauce on the side. It was best for him to let his eldest nephew, the emperor and Guo Wei, lose both, and go and pick up the ready-made throne to do it. But he didn't expect the rout of the Han soldiers to be so dramatic, and Guo Wei took Bianliang. He panicked at this time, and hurriedly ordered his troops to march into the Beijing Division. But immediately came another news that made him inexplicable: Guo Wei did not become the emperor! What made him even more puzzling was that Guo Wei actually advocated that his son Liu Yun be the emperor? What the? Liu Chong, who was a little delirious by Guo Wei, was reassured by the mouth of the messenger he sent to Bianliang to inquire about the news: Guo Wei pointed to a finch tattoo on his neck and asked the messenger to send him a message: "Is there a carved son of heaven in the world?" Don't worry about Gong Liu."

Liu Chong really didn't worry about it. At this time, there is no excuse for sending troops to Beijing again. Is it possible to snatch his son's throne? Liu Chong ordered the troops to be withdrawn. But his adjutant Li Xiang persuaded: Guo Wei's ambitions are not small. Now it is time to send troops quickly and occupy Hebei. Waiting for Liu Yun to enter Beijing and take the throne, and then return to the town of Taiyuan, so that nothing goes wrong. Liu Chongyi glared: You are dividing my father-son relationship! Pull down and slash! Li Xiang and his wife were unjustly killed.

And the next scene made Liu Chong go from ecstatic to stunned, to regretful, and finally angry.

On the 16th day of the first month of the first year of Guangshun of the Later Zhou Dynasty (951), Liu Yun, the Duke of Xiangyin, was killed in Songzhou. On the same day, Liu Chong proclaimed himself emperor in Taiyuan. In order to express his determination to oppose Zhou and restore Han, he still used the country name Han and the year name Qianyou. To distinguish them, historians refer to Liu Chong's Han as the Northern Han or Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, no one took this 12 states ("Zizhi Tongjian" is 12 states, "New Five Dynasties History" Shaolong and Wei 2 states, 10 states). But this Northern Han Dynasty will become a stinky and hard stone in the future, and his tenacity will become a nightmare in the Central Plains. Let the first British lord Chai Rong be angry, and Zhao Kuangyin, the god of war of the Great Song Dynasty, was helpless.

Putting aside the national righteousness, the Northern Han Dynasty was a tenacious fighter. A small country with a narrow land and poor people, but from the first day of its establishment, it launched an endless harassment of the Central Plains with the power of several cities. Now it's his first time. Liu Chengjun, the son of striker Liu Chong. Target Jinju.

On February 6, the Northern Han soldiers attacked Jinju City in five directions. However, the fledgling Liu Chengjun chose the wrong opponent - Wang Yan, the defender of Jinju City, who had already become famous in the Later Liang period. He has been on more battlefields than Liu Chengjun has been to the vegetable market. To exaggerate, the head he has cut off may not be less than the head Liu Chengjun has seen.

Liu Chengjun, who is under Jinju City, is secretly happy, because there are not many people in the city, and the sparse Lala is even more desolate than the stands of a certain national football Super League. So the Han soldiers swarmed to climb the city. Suddenly, a large number of soldiers armed with bows and arrows appeared on the top of the city, and they fired volleys of arrows. The Han soldiers could not go up or down, and hundreds of people were immediately shot and killed. Hit the plan. The veteran Wang Yan taught Liu Chengjun, a newcomer to the battlefield, the first lesson of not getting tired of deceit. Liu Chengjun was busy collecting troops, and on the 11th, he changed to attack Xizhou, the city gate was opened, and Sun Jiye gave Liu Chengjun the second lesson of the pursuit of victory. Liu Chengjun is smart, he didn't learn to go to the top, and ran away in a panic.

Liu Chengjun's first appearance on the battlefield was bloody. Of course, failure would do more good than harm to the young man. He will learn from his lessons and become a tenacious fighter in the future. And Liu Chong quit, his son's face is his own dignity! In September, he sent Li Cunhuan to lead his troops to attack the regiment Baigu. At the same time, he also succeeded in recruiting international robbers and Khitans.

In April, Zheng Heng, the waiter of the Northern Han Dynasty Rite Department, left Taiyuan City and went straight to Guanwai. He has a difficult but important task of recognizing a godfather for his master, Liu Chong (please note, a godfather, not a godfather). He is not very happy in his heart, he wants to go to the cold and freezing north, or to be a grandson (his master is a nephew, of course he is a grandson), this trip is a material and spiritual torture. What's more, he is a dignified deputy minister, but he receives the salary of the township chief (the prime minister of the Northern Han Dynasty has a monthly salary of 100 yuan, and the festival degree makes 30 yuan). Liu Chong's reason seems to be very full, the company has just been established and is in the early stage of entrepreneurship. The high-level cadres received less wages to get through this difficult period. But Liu Chong now wants to send 100,000 yuan a year to Khitan. At that time, Shijingtang had more than 100 states, but 300,000 coins were sent every year. However, the 10 states of the Northern Han Dynasty have to send so many people out. This is clearly deducting employee benefits to flatter foreigners! And I'm going to do it now, obviously selling myself and helping others count the money. But Zheng Heng still had to go. Because he has bet on Liu Chong. And Liu Chong also drew a big fragrant cake for his subordinates: win the Zhou Dynasty, everyone will be promoted and their wages will be raised!

The depressed Zheng Heng met Liao Shizong Yelu Ruan in the Liao State and successfully completed the task. The nomads were hospitable, and they received the messenger with great hospitality. Zheng Heng, who felt a little comforted, felt the warmth of home. Putting aside the etiquette that should be maintained as a diplomatic envoy, when foreign friends frequently raise their glasses to persuade them to drink, he will not refuse to come, and the cup will be dry. After a while, he was drunk. Then on May 10, he died. History books record that he died of drunkenness. This should be a major disgrace in China's diplomatic history. The diplomat was drunk to death at the other party's welcome banquet.

Although Zheng Heng died, Yelu Ruan's uncle-nephew relationship with Liu Chong was established. It's just that both of them forgot to count their ancestors and talk about their ancestors: Liu Zhiyuan and Shi Jingjiao are of the same generation, so after Shi Jingjiao's godfather Yelu Deguang entered the Central Plains, he forcibly recognized Liu Zhiyuan as his godson. Liu Chong is Liu Zhiyuan's younger brother, and he is naturally Deguang's son and nephew, and Deguang's nephew Yelu Ruan should be the same generation. But now how did Yelu Ruan become Liu Chong's uncle? It is estimated that the most depressed person now should be Shi Jingjiao in the Xianling Tomb (if he can still be depressed): I was originally the emperor, but now why has I been demoted by another generation and become the emperor of Sun?

Liao Shizong, who heard that the Central Plains could take advantage of the chaos, discussed with the chiefs of the various departments in Jiujiuquan in early September about sending troops to help his nephew. The chiefs said one after another: We have been in civil war for a long time, and it is difficult for us to take care of ourselves, how can we have the strength to manage people's affairs? Sejong ordered: If you don't go, you will rebel! There was no way, so the chiefs had no choice but to transfer soldiers and generals, gather in front of the emperor, and wait for the order. Yelu Nguyen was overjoyed. Thinking of the day with my uncle's army of Nanmu and swept across the Central Plains, I was so unhappy! But he only remembered the first half. The second half was selectively forgotten by him: Yelu Deguang was frightened by Liu Zhiyuan and retreated north in a panic, and died of a violent illness halfway. At the end, it was made into jerky. What's even more tragic is that Yelu Ruan is not even the second half.

On September 4, the 5th year of Liao Tianlu (951), the army marched to Huoshendian in Xinzhou (one of the 16 states, that is, Liao Shizong had not yet left the border of Liao). Yelu Ruan stayed in the palace and worshiped his deceased father. After his father fled south to the Tang Dynasty, he tasted all the hardships, and later became the martyr of Li Congke, the late emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty. Yelu Ruan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: Now his son is going to go south to the Central Plains, and when the time comes, he will get the throne of the Central Plains, and you will be named the emperor of the Central Plains! Yelu Ruan misses his deceased father, and he can't help but use wine to kill his sorrows. But he drank a little more, and he couldn't wake up when he got drunk. That night, King Chache, the son of Anduan, took the opportunity to break into the camp and killed Liao Shizong! Does Chacto want to be the emperor himself? Absolutely. But the tradition of the Khitan people still has to be staged! A bloody massacre within the royal family. Chacto was killed. On the 8th, Yelu Jing, the son of Yelu Deguang, became Liao Muzong.

This change in the Liao State completely disrupted Liu Chong's plan to attack Zhou, and he had no choice but to send Wang Dezhong to Liao to lobby again. The conditions remain the same. Yelu Ruan is dead, and Yelu Jing is my second uncle (poor Shi Jingjiao, or Emperor Sun's generation)! There is also a lot of money to be given!

Wang Dezhong, who entered the Liao realm, inquired about the news: "Where is your current emperor?" "Passerby A" may be hunting on horseback "Wang Dezhong understands: nomads naturally like hunting. Then he asked, "If you are not hunting, where will it be?" "Passerby B" drinking at the wine table" Wang Dezhong understood again: nomads, eating meat and drinking in large bowls are also normal. Continue to ask, "If you are neither hunting nor drinking, where would it be?" A young woman in Liao Guo smiled, "That must be in bed," Wang Dezhong didn't understand now, "In bed?" The young woman of Liao covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Because our emperor is the king of sleep", yes! This is Liao Mu Zong Yelu Jing! The Sleeping King! Even sleeping can be crowned king. It shows that his infatuation with sleep is unprecedented.

At this time, Yelujing hadn't woken up yet, so he let go of his sleepy eyes and asked, "Who wants to see me?" Left and right replied, "The envoy of Liu Chong of the Northern Han Dynasty, please send troops to help"

Yelu Jing waved his hand, "Send Xiao Yuju" and asked left and right, "How many soldiers will the emperor send?"

Yelujing asked rhetorically, "What time is it?" and "Five o'clock in the afternoon"

Yelu Jing yawned for a long time: "Then send 50,000!" I'm going to go back to sleep. Entertain my eldest nephew's messenger."

50,000, although it is half of the 100,000 army that Yelu Deguang helped Shi Jingjiao back then, but Liu Chong's money reserves are not as good as Lao Shi's, and he is thankful that he can invite 50,000. You know, he himself has only 20,000 soldiers. On October 19, Liu Chong gathered 70,000 troops to conquer Jinju in person. At this time, Wang Yan, the guard general of Jinju, retired due to his advanced age. The newly transferred Wang Yanchao has not yet arrived in Jinju to take office. Now Wang Wandang, the acting governor of Jinju, and the two generals of the forbidden army, Shi Yanchao and He Zheng, are leading the troops to defend.

Guo Wei, who was far away in Bianliang, couldn't hold his breath. This time, the Northern Han and Khitan coalition forces were menacing, and the Great Zhou Dynasty, which had just been established for less than a year, encountered serious challenges. Guo Wei had to pin all the big questions of whether the Zhou Dynasty could prosper and enjoy eternity on Wang Jun, the first minister of the Later Zhou Dynasty, who was 2 years older than him and had always been called 'brother'.