Chapter 373: Trap

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After marrying Feng Yuan'er under the alias Leng Yulou, he returned to Zhenzhou, and he hadn't seen him for more than half a year. Not long ago, in order to weaken Du Chongwei's strength, Emperor Shi Chonggui was reappointed as the envoy of the Tianxiong Army in the name of protecting the Jingshi.

The Tianxiong Army Jiedu Envoy, also known as the Wei Bojie Envoy, governed the six prefectures of Weizhou, Bozhou, Xiangzhou, Beizhou, Weizhou, and Lanzhou, and was once one of the three towns in Hebei (Note 1). However, today's three towns in Hebei are no longer the three towns in Hebei in the last years of the Tang Dynasty. In particular, the Lulong Formation has fallen into the hands of the Khitans and is no longer owned by the Central Plains. Chengde Town and Weibo Town are far less than before.

Shi Chonggui did this, maybe he wanted to test Du Chongwei's loyalty, prepare for the future cutting of the domain, or maybe take some precautions against Li Shouzhen in Yunzhou, who was close at hand.

Unexpectedly, Du Chongwei did not resist the order at all, and after receiving the order, he had already moved to Weizhou. This made Shi Chonggui breathe a sigh of relief, and he didn't realize that his trust in Du Chongwei was a little more.

But what is Seventeen doing here at this time? just to visit him?

No way, Seventeen never does anything superfluous.

"Trap!" two words spat out of Seventeen's mouth.

"Trap?" Li Fengyun was a little puzzled, "What trap?"

"The Khitan's trap on the Jin Kingdom!" "Seventeen Mu was expressionless, "Zhao Yanshou defected to the Jin Kingdom. ”

"Is Zhao Yanshou going to take refuge in the Jin Kingdom? Are you saying that Zhao Yanshou's defection to the Jin State is a trap for the Khitan to the Jin Kingdom?" Li Fengyun was a little surprised.

Seventeen nodded.

Li Fengyun fell into deep thought.

Zhao Yanshou, originally surnamed Liu, and his father Liu Yi was once the commander of Bencheng County. In the Later Liang period, Liu Shouwen (Note 2) was captured by Liu Shouwen (Note 2) in Cangzhou, and Zhao Yanshou was captured by Zhao Dejun, Liu Shouwen's barnyard general.

Zhao Dejun saw that he was smart and clever, and adopted him as his adopted son and changed his surname to Zhao. Later, Zhao Dejun surrendered to the Later Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Yanshou became an official in the Later Tang Dynasty, married Princess Xingtian, the daughter of the Later Tang Mingzong, and went to Sima in Bianzhou.

After Mingzong ascended the throne, he gave him the history of Ruzhou Thorn, and successively served as the envoy of Heyang and Songzhou. After recruiting into the capital to worship as a general, he served as an envoy to Xuanhui, and later became a privy envoy, and also served as a town in Xuzhou.

In the third year of Changxing (Note 3), as a privy envoy and Tongping Zhangshi, he became the envoy of Xuanwu and Zhongwu towns.

In the first year of Tianfu of the Later Jin Dynasty (Note 4), the army was defeated and captured by the Khitan. But Yelu Deguang looked down on his father Zhao Dejun very much, but he valued him very much and worshiped him as an envoy for the Youzhou Festival. Soon after, he was appointed as a privy envoy, and all the decrees of Youzhou were handed over to him alone (Note 5). It can be said that it is deeply trusted and respected by Yelu Deguang.

The news sent back by the spies that Yelu Deguang's southern expedition to the Central Plains was actually vigorously promoted by Zhao Yanshou and Yang Guangyuan. When the Khitan invaded the Central Plains, he led 50,000 Youzhou soldiers and horses as the vanguard, all the way south, crossed the Yellow River, and hit Danzhou.

Such a person, if he said that he would turn his back on Yelu Deguang, Li Fengyun could not believe it.

"Do you have evidence that this is a trap for the Khitans?" Li Fengyun was silent for a while and asked.

Seventeen shook his head: "Speculation!"

Speculation? Li Fengyun was dumbfounded, what could speculation indicate? Even if there was evidence, Li Fengyun was not sure that he would be able to convince Emperor Shi Chonggui that this was a Khitan conspiracy, let alone speculation?

These days, Li Fengyun has gradually seen the stone value clearly. This is an extremely narcissistic person, or rather, he only trusts his own judgment. He prefers to turn a blind eye to things that do not match his judgment.

What does the safety of the Jin Kingdom have to do with him? Li Fengyun's thought flashed in his heart, but then disappeared. Indeed, the safety of the Jin Kingdom has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't care who will be the emperor. However, the people of the Central Plains have a lot to do with him, and so many soldiers are willing to follow him from birth to death, don't they think that he can resist the trampling of the iron hooves in the north and defend the Central Plains?

The experience of the past three years has deeply integrated Li Fengyun into the land of the Central Plains, and he can't sit idly by.

However, even if Li Fengyun wanted to take care of it, what could he do? Fengyunwei had already been disbanded, and he only had two or three thousand old brothers in his hands, so what could these three thousand people be in front of the huge Khitan army?

Li Fengyun thought for a while, and then said, "What did Du Shuai say over there?"

"The Lord doesn't believe it!" Seventeen was silent for a long time before he replied slowly.

Du Chongwei didn't believe it? Li Fengyun almost laughed dumbly, what kind of person is Du Chongwei, if Seventeen noticed that something was wrong, Du Chongwei couldn't help but find out what was wrong with it, and the only explanation was that he was waiting for the opportunity.

What time is Du Chongwei waiting for? A large dark cloud hangs over Li Fengyun's heart, if ......

Li Fengyun was terrified in his heart, this kind of if it didn't exist! Du Chongwei really wanted to do this, how many people in the world would be willing to obey him?

Zhao Yanshou's father, Zhao Dejun, has a lesson in front of him, and it is impossible for Du Chongwei not to see it.

At the beginning, Zhao Dejun took refuge in the then King of Jin, and later Emperor Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty, he won the respect of Li Cunxuan, and in the battle of destroying Houliang, Zhao Dejun made great contributions, and was appointed by Emperor Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty as the envoy of Youzhou and Cangzhou, an important town in the north.

After Emperor Mingzong of the Later Tang Dynasty succeeded to the throne, because his adopted son Zhao Yanshou married Princess Xingtian, Zhao Dejun also became one of Li Siyuan's confidants. When Zhao Dejun was stationed in Youzhou, he did govern Youzhou very vigorously, effectively defending against the attack of the Khitan, and was therefore crowned the king of Beiping.

After Li Congke seized the throne from Li Conghou, because of the cutting of the domain, Shi Jingjiao was forced to rebel. In the crusade against Shi Jingjiao, the general Zhang Jingda (Note 6), who besieged Taiyuan, was defeated by the Khitan cavalry that came to his aid, and was besieged by the combined forces of Shi Jingjiao and the Khitan, and Zhang Jingda frequently asked the imperial court for help.

Li Congke ordered Zhao Dejun, Fan Yanguang (Note 7) and Fu Yanrao (Note 8) to quickly reinforce Zhang Jingda in three directions, and ordered Zhao Dejun's adopted son Zhao Yanshou to follow up and cooperate. Among them, Zhao Dejun's troops had the strongest combat power and were appointed to command these three routes.

But Zhao Dejun held his troops on his own, and asked Li Congke to appoint his adopted son Zhao Yanshou as the envoy of Zhenzhou Jiedu, and asked Li Congke to allow his soldiers and horses to join forces with Fan Yanguang's soldiers and horses, intending to eat Fan Yanguang's soldiers and horses in order to enhance his own strength, with good intentions.

Li Congke was also born in the army, how could he agree to such a request? How could he not see through Zhao Dejun's thoughts?

Enraged, Li Congke refused Zhao Dejun's request, and sent someone to inform Fan Yanguang to guard against Zhao Dejun, and at the same time ordered Zhao Yanshou to immediately march to reinforce the front line.

At that time, Li Congke said to the ministers: "Zhao Dejun and his son do not want to serve the country, and it is really hateful that they forcibly take official positions at the time of national crisis! If they can really retreat from the enemy and make meritorious contributions, why should I give up the throne to him? He is so blind to the king and boldly threatens me, and in the end it will only be the end of the dog and the rabbit together!"

Note 1: The Three Towns of Hebei, also known as the Three Towns of Heshuo, refer to the three feudal towns located in Hebei at the end of the Tang Dynasty, namely Fanyang Jiedu Envoy, Chengde Jiedu Envoy, Wei Bojie Envoy, Fanyang (also known as Youzhou or Lulong, in the northern part of today's Hebei Province, Beijing, Baoding and the vicinity of the Great Wall), Chengde (the area south of Youzhou and bordering Shanxi, in the central part of today's Hebei Province), and Weibo (later renamed Tianxiong, north of Bohai Bay to the Yellow River, in the south of present-day Hebei Province and in the north of Shandong Province).

Note 2: Liu Shouwen (?~909), a native of Shenzhou, Hebei, the eldest son of Liu Rengong, the envoy of Lulong Jiedu in the late Tang Dynasty, and the elder brother of Liu Shouguang, the emperor of Jiyan State in the early days of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, was appointed as the envoy of Yichang Jiedu by his father Liu Rengong in 898 AD, and was killed by his brother Liu Shouguang in 909 AD.

Note 3: In the third year of Changxing, that is, in 932 AD.

Note 4: The first year of Tianfu, that is, 936 A.D

Note 5: The Khitan official system is more complex, divided into the northern official system and the southern official system. The status of the northern officer is higher than that of the southern official.

After Yelu Deguang obtained the sixteen prefectures, he further improved the official system of the Han people, imitated the official system of the Tang Dynasty, and set up a complete set of governance institutions such as three provinces and six ministries, so as to attract the Han people and manage the affairs of the Han people. Because the camp tent of the office is in the south of the big tent of the king of Liao, it is called the southern official.

There is also a Privy Council in the southern part of the government. Note that the Privy Council in the South is not the same thing as the South Privy Council in the North.

The southern officials were mainly held by the Han Chinese, and the Khitans also served in the southern officials, who were called Han officials and also wore Han clothes.

Note 6: Zhang Jingda (?-936), the character Zhitong, the small character pig iron, was a native of Daizhou (now Dai County, Shanxi Province), and a general of the Later Tang Dynasty. After Shi Jingjiao rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, he led the army to besiege Taiyuan, and was later defeated by the Khitan army that came to help, trapped in Jin'an Village, refused to surrender to the enemy, held on for several months, and was killed by his subordinate Yang Guangyuan.

Note 7: Fan Yanguang (?-940), Zihuan, a native of Anyang, Xiangzhou, was a general of the Later Tang and Later Jin Dynasty during the Five Dynasties, and was later killed by Yang Guangyuan.

Note 8: Fu Yanrao (?--937) was a native of Wanqiu, Chenzhou (now Huaiyang County, Henan), the second son of the governor of the Later Tang Dynasty, Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty.