After a rapid march of more than 20 days, Li Fengyun led the guerrilla battalion to the outside of Taiyuan. Worried that the Hedong Army would misunderstand, Li Fengyun asked the guerrilla battalion to set up camp twenty miles away from the city, and took Ding Hu and more than a dozen other personal guards to Taiyuan City to meet Liu Zhiyuan in person.

Taiyuan is also known as Jinyang, it depends on the hanging urn mountain in the west, the Fen River in the east, the terrain is extremely dangerous, and the city is extremely solid. The city wall of Taiyuan City is tall, and it is not inferior to Kaifeng City.

It is an important town in the east of the river, a heroic city through the ages. To capture such a majestic town, if there are no problems inside Taiyuan City, it is definitely not an easy thing. (Note 1)

Liu Chong, the assassin of Taiyuan, got the news early, went out of the city to greet him, welcomed Li Fengyun into Taiyuan City, and prepared a banquet for Li Fengyun to wash the dust.

Liu Chong is Liu Zhiyuan's younger brother and is famous in the army for his benevolence.

Hearing Li Fengyun's intention, Liu Chongha laughed and said, "General Li, you are a step late. At the end of August, there was indeed a 30,000 Khitan iron cavalry attacking Hedong, but now it is fine. Liu Dashuai had already led Guo Wei and other generals to fight, and defeated Lai Kou in Yangwu Valley, beheading more than 7,000 people and killing countless people.

Now the Khitan thieves have fled in panic, and my Hedong is as safe as Mount Tai. ”

Li Fengyun was overjoyed and congratulated: "Congratulations to Liu Shuai on his victory." I just don't know what Liu Shuai plans to do next, and how can I respond to the guerrilla battalion if I am prepared?"

Liu Chong smiled slightly and replied, "I don't know about this. However, judging from the situation in Hedong, if you want to protect yourself by virtue of the topography, you can barely do it. However, to take further action against the Khitan, although there is more than enough heart, but the strength is insufficient.

General Li, it is better for you to stay in Hedong for a few more days, and then return to the court, it just so happens that my marshal misses General Li very much, and I really want to see the general. ”

Li Fengyun was a little disappointed, listening to Liu Chong's words, Liu Zhiyuan had no intention of going north out of the Great Wall and disturbing the rear of the Khitan.

If Liu Zhiyuan did this, the Khitan would have to leave at least 50,000 or more soldiers and horses to guard against Liu Zhiyuan, so that in the future, the Khitan pressure on the imperial army to conquer the sixteen states of Yanyun in the north would be much smaller, and it was not possible to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun.

Things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and even if there are perfect preparations, it is difficult to say that victory will be achieved, and often a small unexpected change can change the situation on the entire battlefield.

Yelu Deguang's plan to deceive him, although it seems that the Great Jin court has been fooled at present, but until the end, it is difficult to say that it must be him Yelu Deguang who has the last laugh.

If Liu Zhiyuan sent out a surprise army at this time, the number of people may not be very large, five or six thousand elite cavalry is enough, driving the enemy behind for a long time, constantly harassing the Khitan, and at the same time the army makes a posture of going north out of the Great Wall, Li Fengyun does not believe that Yelu Deguang will not be nervous, and will turn a blind eye.

Therefore, Li Fengyun hoped to persuade Liu Zhiyuan and ask him to send troops to harass the Khitan, perhaps, so that the Jin army that was about to go on the expedition. Since he can't change Shi Chonggui's will to send troops, then try to make things develop for the better, although Li Fengyun is not too sure about persuading Liu Zhiyuan.

"I wonder when Liu Shuai will lead his troops back to Taiyuan?" asked Li Fengyun.

Liu Chong replied: "According to the news sent back by the marshal, it should be able to return to Taiyuan City in a month." ”

Li Fengyun secretly said in his heart: "It seems that Liu Zhiyuan has not withdrawn his army yet, why don't I hurry to his army, otherwise, wouldn't it be a mistake for the army to come and go?"

Thinking of this, Li Fengyun had no intention of socializing with Liu Chong, and asked, "I don't know where the marshal is stationed now, I have something important to discuss with the marshal." ”

Liu Chongqi said: "Why don't you wait a few days?"

Li Fengyun replied: "I can't hide it, I want to persuade Liu Shuai not to withdraw the army first, to garrison the border, and to threaten the Khitan at any time." If possible, send a surprise army to follow the example of the champion Hou and harass the Khitan, so that the Khitan people can't sleep at night. ”

Liu Chong thought about it for a while, understood what Li Fengyun meant, and said: "I can't make the decision for the marshal in this matter, but I can fly a pigeon to pass a letter to the marshal, and ask him to reorganize the army in Yangwu Valley for a few more days, waiting to meet the general."

General Li, the Khitans are not easy to fight, although our army killed 7,000 enemy chiefs in this battle, our army also suffered a lot of casualties. Otherwise, he would not have stayed in Yangwu Valley until now to complete the army. ”

Li Fengyun nodded, how could he not know the combat strength of the Khitan iron cavalry? After asking the location of Liu Zhiyuan's camp, he set off overnight, taking only Ding Hu and Ding Bao, two personal guards, and left Taiyuan City and drove straight to Yangwu Valley.

After three days and three nights, day and night, in the evening, Li Fengyun rushed to Yangwu Valley.

Liu Zhiyuan, Guo Wei and others had already received the news from Liu Chong, and heard that Li Fengyun had come outside the camp gate, so they hurriedly led the crowd out of the camp to greet them. Li Fengyun is a famous general in the world, once in charge of Fengyunwei, although there is only one guerrilla battalion under his command, 1,200 people, but that once outstanding achievements, people respect, personally out of the camp to meet Li Fengyun does not lose his identity, but will be appreciated by the soldiers of the battalion.

"General Li, Bai Tuanwei Village farewell, I don't feel that after many years, the heroic appearance of the general of the first battle in Yangcheng is still fresh in the memory of the handsome man. Liu Zhiyuan said loudly.

Li Fengyun hurriedly returned the salute and said, "I should have come to visit the marshal a long time ago, but there are many affairs in the rivers and lakes, and I don't want to delay until now." ”

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!" Liu Zhiyuan laughed, "It's good to come, today this marshal made a special trip to open a ban on alcohol for General Li's arrival, and if you don't get drunk, you won't return." ”

Before Li Fengyun could answer, Guo Wei had already stepped forward and said loudly: "Brother Li, I miss my brother, I haven't been drinking and chatting together for a long time, Guo Rong, Kuang Yin, and Kuang Yi often ask my brother: 'Did that kid Li Fengyun forget about me?' made the old brother not know how to answer. ”

After a period of greetings, Li Fengyun was taken into the tent, the important generals in the army, and the young generals who had some friendship with Li Fengyun were all found, and everyone took turns to pour Li Fengyun into it, and drank wildly, and drank from dusk until midnight. Rao is Li Fengyun has a lot of wine, and he has also been poured into the world, dizzy, and his stomach is like turning over the river and the sea.

After sleeping until three o'clock the next day, Li Fengyun woke up, only to feel that his throat was like a fire, his head hurt terribly, and the smell of alcohol had not yet dissipated.

After pouring a pot of water and washing up, Li Fengyun ran the real gas to remove the wine, and then he felt much more comfortable.

After thinking about it carefully, I couldn't think about what happened last night like a mess, and I don't know if I mentioned his intention to Liu Zhiyuan last night, let alone what Liu Zhiyuan meant.

Anyway, today Li Fengyun plans to talk to Liu Zhiyuan well, hoping that Liu Zhiyuan can put the world first.

While thinking about it, the tent curtain was raised, and Ding Hu led Guo Wei in.

Guo Wei smiled: "Brother Li, did you sleep well yesterday?"

Li Fengyun wiped his forehead and replied, "I slept well, like a dead pig, but I had a terrible headache." ”

Guo Wei laughed: "Rude men in the military, don't blame those killers." The meaning of your coming Liu Tingshi has been passed to Da Shuai, and Da Shuai is very clear. The marshal is waiting for you in the tent to discuss this matter with you. For your opinion, Dashuai attaches great importance to it. ”

Although he knew that this was Liu Zhiyuan's means to win over people, Li Fengyun still had a rush in his heart, and he was moved. Compared with Shi Chonggui, Liu Zhiyuan is too much stronger.

Note 1: The city wall of Taiyuan City in the Five Dynasties was tall and well-garrisoned. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin twice went north to the Northern Han Dynasty and returned twice under Taiyuan City, not without reason.

The first attack on Taiyuan occurred in October of the first year of Song Kaibao (968), Li Jixun and others could not attack Taiyuan for a long time, and the Liao army arrived again, so they led troops to return south. The Northern Han army took the opportunity to launch a pursuit and plundered the two prefectures of Song and Jin and Jiang (now Jiangxian County, Shanxi).

The second attack on Taiyuan occurred in March of the second year of Song Kaibao (969), when Zhao Kuangyin levied tens of thousands of local laborers, built a long wall to surround Taiyuan City, and built a long causeway, diverted Fen water to irrigate the city, and attacked in many ways, for more than three months, but could not break the city. It was the time when the weather was very hot, and many people in the Song army were suffering from abdominal breaking, and when they heard the news that the Liao army sent troops to rescue the Northern Han, the Song army retreated in a hurry. The combined forces of Liao and Northern Han pursued the Song army, and the Song army was defeated and fled.

In October of the eighth year of Song Kaibao (975), Zhao Kuangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, made the third northern expedition to the Northern Han Dynasty, and once again decided to irrigate the city with Fenshui, but also failed to capture Taiyuan City. But this time was different, because the Song army defeated the Liao reinforcements led by Yelusha and Ji Wang Dilie at Baimaling, and the Liao State was no longer able to send reinforcements. With no reinforcements outside and no fighting spirit inside, Liu Jiyuan went out of the city and surrendered on the sixth day of the fifth month.

From beginning to end, Taiyuan City was not broken by the Song soldiers.

After taking Taiyuan City, Zhao Kuangyi thought that Taiyuan City was too strong and easy to be used for separation, and at the same time, Taiyuan City had too many emperors, and it seemed to be a "dragon city", so he ordered Taiyuan City to be burned, and then poured Taiyuan City with water and demolished the walls of Taiyuan City.

Although Taiyuan City was later rebuilt, the city walls and other defensive means were far from being comparable to those of the Five Dynasties.