On February 8, the 2nd year of Kaibao (969), Cao Bin and Dang Jin were ordered to lead the troops to Taiyuan first, and at the same time, Li Jixun and Zhao Zan led the elite soldiers to follow up. On the 12th, he left his third brother Zhao Guangyi to stay in Tokyo, and on the 17th, Zhao Kuangyin embarked on the third personal expedition after quelling the Erli rebellion in 960. Jingnan, Hunan, Shuguo, he all sat in Bianliang City and waited for good news. He was luckier than Chai Rong in that he had more generals at his disposal to charge in his place. Of course, his luck also comes from his hard work, he is more likely to use people than Chai Rong.

Chai Rong, who has to do everything, exhausted himself to death in his 5-year career. And Zhao Kuangyin did not come out of Bianliang, and used several generals to win 3 pieces of land. However, in the process of reunification, he did not show any better ability than his predecessors. It has been more than 9 years since the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, and only 3 pieces of land have been taken, and it is still standing on the basis of Chai Rong's good work. If he wants to go on at this rate, Zhao Kuangyin may have to ask the sky for thirty years.

Now there is no great enemy in the south, and what is going on in the north is what gives him a headache. It is also an opportunity for him to prove that he is better than Chai Rong. A dozen immortal Northern Han Dynasty, a ghost lingering Liao State. This pair of godbrothers and nephews is a threshold that the Great Song Dynasty can never bypass, Zhao Kuangyin is unwilling to wait for 'first south and then north', he wants to take advantage of the chaotic period of the change of the throne of the Northern Han Dynasty, take Taiyuan in one fell swoop, and then face the Liao State! His predecessor Chai Rong also did the same. When Huainan was taken, he attacked Yanyun. As the leader of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin knew who was the real threat to the country, and to become a real hero, he should never just pick soft pinch. So this time, he chose to go pro-conscript!

It wasn't easy for him to come this time. In the same month of his personal expedition, on February 22, the 19th year of the Liao calendar (969), a major event occurred in the Liao State that affected the entire history of the future. The emperor of Liao, who slept with the king Yelu Jing, was hunting in Huaizhou in the spring on this day, drank more wine at night, and fell drunk in the palace. Little Brother, Brother Hua, Xin Gu and other 6 of his personal servants rebelled against the emperor! On the 23rd, Xiao Siwen, Gao Xun, Nuli and others led thousands of horsemen to gallop to Xingzai, and a royal fight came down and controlled the situation. Yelu Hyun, the second son of Sejong Yelu Nguyen, was elected to succeed him. Since then, the Liao State got rid of the mediocre rule of the sleeping king for nearly 18 years, and began the road of revival (Yeluxian's queen is the famous Empress Dowager Xiao in Liao history), and the Liao throne has also been transferred from the Yelu Deguang system to the Yelubei system. Naturally, although all Liao emperors in the future are descendants of Yeluxian, the traditions of the Khitan people will not change (of course, not only the Khitans, but also the Jurchens, Mongols, and early Manchus. It was not until the first generation of the Holy Ancestor Kangxi established the secret reserve system that this traditional problem was solved). Every emperor also had to ascend to the throne in the bloody slaughter of the imperial family, and this tradition would also be grasped by the Song people in the future, which directly led to the signing of the alliance of the Yuanyuan.

It has been a long time since the Great Song Dynasty held such a large-scale military operation. As soon as I set off, I found a big problem, and the military rations were unlucky. The forbidden army is certainly combat effectiveness, but it is also a big mouth that can be eaten. If you want them to work and kill, you have to feed them first. Zhao Kuangyin still remembers that Chai Rong personally conquered Taiyuan back then, and he was defeated in grain and grass in the end, and in order to get military rations, Chai Rong was forced to exchange his official position for food. Chai Rong is willing to be an official, but Zhao Kuangyin is different, he is willing to give up money and all other materials, but he is an official position he does not want to take lightly.

Then, the grain and grass have to be transported from Bianliang, and as soon as it moves, it will be jammed over today's urban traffic. Zhao Kuangyin, who rarely gets angry, is it not good to go out of the army after so many years of returning to the battlefield? He wants to hold the captain of the transport brigade accountable! His anger also exposed his impatience. Fortunately, there is a calm Zhao Pu beside him, "The sixth master is here, and the transfer envoy is guilty, and the enemy hears it, and it must be called a storage is not full, which is not a threatening way, but when the drama is chosen, he will come to this state ear" Yes, the Northern Han Dynasty was in turmoil, but he couldn't follow the chaos, and he was responsible for the transfer of envoys, which would only make people think that they were not fully prepared.

On the 29th, Zhao Kuangyin ordered Wang Hu and Zhao Feng to be in charge of transportation matters. China has never had a problem, only a problem that the leadership does not pay attention to. As soon as the emperor asked, the road was open, and the grain was transported smoothly.

The first major problem was solved, but the problems came one after another, on the 28th, as soon as the army arrived in Luzhou, it rained heavily, and it rained for 18 days in a row. When the emperor Zhao Kuangyin went down, he had to be soft, leading the hundred officials to burn incense and beg for a sunny day. On March 15, the sky cleared, and the army set off from Luzhou. Zhao Kuangyin's mood also turned cloudy. When he stayed in Luzhou, he was almost regarded as a savior by the Northern Han people. Those people said, "The people in Taiyuan City are miserable! Day and night, I look forward to the army under His Majesty. I hate you for coming too late" Listen, Zhao Kuangyin laughed.

On the 21st, the army came to the city of Taiyuan, but Zhao Kuangyin couldn't laugh. On the 23rd, he had to build an earthen city in the south of the city, and on the 24th, he built a pontoon bridge over the Fenhe River to enclose the city of Taiyuan. But how to siege the city after it is sieged? Of course, Zhao Kuangyin is not unprepared for the second path. He was waiting, waiting for the people inside to open the gates of the city automatically.

In October last year, when Zhao Kuangyin was still in Bianliang City, when Li Jixun and the Song army were surrounding Taiyuan City, Zhao Kuangyin sent a large bag of bait to Guo Wuwei through unknown methods, which was more than 40 letters of appointment in the Song Dynasty. From the emperor to the prime minister, generals, and even middle-level cadres in the Northern Han Dynasty, all the names that can be mentioned, the Great Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin thought of it, and arranged new positions for them in the Song Dynasty, so that they would not have to worry about the future after surrendering.

According to my guess, this may have been passed on to Guo Wuwei by Hui Xuan, an excellent intelligence officer of the Song Dynasty who slipped out of Taiyuan. And after completing the task, he can only end up like Hou Barong, and even if Guo Wuwei still wants to retain this communication channel with the Song Dynasty, he can't do it. Because Hui Xuan was exposed.

After Hui Lan returned to the city, Liu Jiyuan asked Guo Wuwei to be in charge of investigating Hui Lan's illegal trip out of the city. What's there to look up here? Hui Lan was released, but a person named Li Chao jumped out and reported Hui Lan: This person must be a Song spy! There was no way, Guo Wuwei had no choice but to kill Hui Xuan and Li Chao together.

Guo Wuwei opened the big bag of surrender books and took out the one that belonged to him: the envoy of the Anguo Festival. Guo Wuwei was moved, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was so interesting that he arranged such a wealthy position for him. I don't want to work in this backwoods anymore. As the prime minister, his salary is only 100 taels, and the festival degree is only 30 taels. This was still when the Northern Han Dynasty was not so poor, and later sent money to his godfather Liao Guo every year, and Ding Dangxiang was even poorer, which made people wonder if they would be in arrears of wages. The Song Dynasty was different, it was very rich, and I heard that the annual salary of an ordinary forbidden army soldier was more than 5 yuan. And I heard that Zhao Kuangyin is famous and generous, and when he is happy one day, please go into the palace to drink, beat birds, and when he leaves, he can lead the big red envelope home. And there is Khitan squeezing in the Northern Han Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty in the outside, how long can it last? While you are still able to speak in the DPRK, you should make plans as early as possible and change jobs as soon as possible.

So Guo Wuwei carefully put away his own one, which wrote in black and white about the second half of his happy life. Then he took out the one that belonged to Liu Jiyuan, which said Liu Jiyuan's future: Pinglu Jiedu Envoy. Do you still remember what officials Wang Jun asked Guo Wei for back then? It is the Pinglu Festival Envoy! Its geographical location and area are second to none.

There are about 40 left, Guo Wuwei feels that it is all wasted, and now that the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty is excepted, he is qualified to influence the situation. Why let those people take advantage?

Guo Wuwei found his boss Liu Jiyuan. At this time, Li Jixun's Song soldiers outside the city were preparing to retreat when they heard the news that the Khitan soldiers were coming to help. So Liu Jiyuan is relaxed, but at this time, there is an untimely voice persuading: Big brother, let's surrender. You see, the boss of the Song Dynasty is interesting enough to let you be the envoy of the Pinglu Festival.

Liu Jiyuan slowly turned around. Yes. This is Guo Wuwei, Guo Wuwei, who supported himself to ascend the throne. Liu Jiyuan calmly asked, "What do you think of the titles of Kaifu Yi and the Third Division, the Imperial Master of the Inspection School and the Zhongshu Order, and the Duke of Qin Guo?" Guo Wuwei blinked, unable to react for a while. Is this a bargain, Boss? I only heard Liu Jiyuan sneer and continued, "Then how about Shang Shuling, King Chu, and Gong Xiao again" Guo Wuwei's head buzzed, and he suddenly realized! These titles, which are 10,000 times more prominent than the Pinglu Jiedu, are all official positions sealed by Zhao Kuangyin after the Later Shu Emperor Meng Chang was caught in Kaifeng 3 years ago. So what about Meng Chang's ending? With such a glorious official position, he only lived in Kaifeng City for 7 days. Is there anything else you don't understand? It turned out that his boss had never believed in the Great Song Emperor from beginning to end!

Liu Jiyuan and Guo Wuwei were silent, while all the other ministers were fried. They have a tenacious bloodline, from Guo Wei to Chai Rong to Zhao Kuangyin. They have never been soft, and now that they have strong reinforcements, what are they afraid of?

In the midst of the gossip of opposition, Guo Wuwei retreated gloomily. The greedy and stupid Guo Wuwei's failure in this persuasion was that he did not know the truth of sharing with others, and the result of hiding the more than 40 edicts was that he was helpless in the court, and everyone opposed it. But Guo Wuwei summed up the failure as a matter of timing. At this time, the Song soldiers were about to retreat, and the Northern Han once again won the great defensive battle of Taiyuan. What's more, at this time, the Northern Han had restored friendly relations with its powerful ally, the Liao State. The Liao State not only recognized the legitimacy of Liu Jiyuan's succession, but also promised to send troops to help, and in February 969, sent a man named Han Zhifan to canonize Liu Jiyuan. If this continues, Liu Jiyuan, the two fierce sons, will definitely die to the end, and then he will not become the funeral object of Taiyuan? Guo Wuwei decided to use a sudden, enthusiastic and sensational move to defeat the confidence of the people of Taiyuan, convincing them that stubbornness would only lead to destruction.

The next day, Liu Jiyuan held a banquet to entertain the envoys. And at the moment when the monarch and the ministers were toasting and the host and guest were happy, the first minister of the DPRK and the central government suddenly had a seizure.

Guo Wuwei wore a cloak and cried bitterly in the sky. Everyone was shocked, and that Han Zhifan was even more at a loss, is this an afterlife at the banquet of the Central Plains? Of course not. Guo Wuwei pulled out his sword and threw it around, and the sword was already horizontal in front of his neck. He will 'admonish with death'

Liu Jiyuan took out the heart when he read the Buddhist book, walked down quietly, looked at Guo Wuwei calmly, slowly held his hand, and asked softly, "Dear, what's wrong" Guo Wuwei cried even more, and as soon as his hand was released, the sword fell to the ground. Hissing "How can I fight a million teachers in a lonely city" Everyone was stunned, Han Zhifan was angry, and Liu Jiyuan continued to calm down, gently wiped away Guo Wuwei's tears, and then led him to the seat like a child and sat down.

Guo Wuwei failed again. But he didn't despair. Therefore, his future master, the Great Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin, was on his way to conquer Taiyuan. Okay, now it's easy to speak, have you ever seen the Great Song Emperor personally conquer? Zhao Kuangyin must be determined to win!

But except for Guo Wuwei in Taiyuan City, everyone seems to be a small stone condensed by melamine, and Zhao Kuangyin's hope of persuading the Northern Han Dynasty to surrender is dying little by little. On March 30, Taiyuan City was surrounded by enemies on all sides, with Li Jianxun in the south, Zhao Zan in the west, Cao Bin in the north, and Dang Jin in the east. But in such a siege situation, the Northern Han people also had the ability to carry out surprise attacks.

The hardest of them is a person named Liu Jiye. This name is not too familiar, so the real surname of the person is Yang, and it is the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty who has made himself amorous, and he has to give the surname to others, which is an embarrassing honor. Later, the first thing Liu Jiye asked for after the fall of the Northern Han Dynasty was to ask for the restoration of his original surname. This person who has reverted to his original surname must be quite familiar to everyone. Yes, he is Yang Jiye, the famous Yang family general of the first generation of Yang invincible old Linggong! Yang Invincible is the name he received from the brilliant results achieved on the anti-Liao front when he returned to the Great Song Dynasty in the future. At this time, Liu Jiye was not invincible at all.

Last month, he stopped Li Jixun's Song army vanguard in Tuanbai Valley. However, due to the surrender of his subordinate Chen Tingshan, he had to retreat to Taiyuan City. Zhilu Dao's cowardice is the real bravery, his troops are the backbone of the defense of Taiyuan, and it is not wise to fight the Song soldiers in the field.

And then, he struck. He led his troops out of Ximen suddenly, caught the enemy by surprise, and shot through the foot of Zhao Zan, the general of Xizhai. Seeing that the great work was about to be completed, the Song reinforcements came, this is the team that appeared in time, their clothes are very rough, at a glance they know that they do not belong to the elite forbidden army of the Song Dynasty, and what is even more strange is that most of the weapons they hold are big axes and the like.

Liu Jiye retreated to the city, he never fought a battle that he was not sure of, the sneak attack has achieved initial results, and if he continues to fight, he will be the one who suffers.

So Xizhai was saved, and when Zhao Kuangyin heard that it was attacked, he hurried to Xizhai. He was a little angry, blaming Zhao Zan's carelessness, which gave the enemy a loophole, and even blamed the group of reinforcements: How did you do it? Dressed so shabby? Let the Northern Han people see it and think that our Song Dynasty is short of money, but when he asked the reason, he immediately turned his anger into joy. At that time, they were cutting trees in the woods to prepare for the construction of the barracks, and when they heard the shouts of killing from the west, they hurried to help the battle, so they arrived at the scene as soon as possible. Wielding a large axe used to cut down trees, he scared away the sneak attackers of the Northern Han. The leader of this gang of axes is Li Qianpu, who had made a surprise attack to repel the invasion of the Northern Han Dynasty when he was the assassin of Xizhou in the later Zhou Dynasty.

Liu Jiye, who returned to the city, was not discouraged, he found out clearly, this group of guys who did bad things for him came from Dongzhai in Song Ying, and the owner of the village was Dangjin. Okay, let you be nosy, and this time I'll let you taste the benefits for yourself. Liu Jiye found the party to advance.