Chapter 126: Yang Guangyuan's thoughts
Yang Guangyuan's 3,000 elite cavalry was killed more than 1,000 before and after, and nearly 800 of the remaining people have lost their sharpness, and they can't go to the battlefield again in a short time, and the available cavalry is only seven or eight hundred, and it's not enough to deal with emergencies, so how can they chase Li Fengyun and others?
Yang Guangyuan was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched, when Yang Zhan was his heavy general after all, and he really wanted to kill him, Yang Guangyuan was still reluctant. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 After reprimanding Yang Zhan fiercely, the board was raised high and gently put down.
In order to deal with possible threats, Yang Guangyuan hurriedly asked for help from Yuancheng Yelu Deguang, and asked for the transfer of 1,000 Khitan iron cavalry to take care of everything.
Of course, even if Liu Zhiyuan received Du Chongwei's request for help, he might not be willing to send rescuers:
First, this is because the 50,000 iron cavalry of the Khitan West Route Army and the 30,000 servant army of various ethnic groups are attacking Xinzhou at this time, and Liu Zhiyuan may not be able to draw troops to Zhenzhou even if he has the heart. Once Xinzhou was lost, the door of the Western Route Army to the south was also opened, and it could directly attack Taiyuan and take this vital military town in Hebei.
Once Taiyuan was taken, it was a foregone conclusion that the land of Hebei would change hands with the Khitan, and the soldiers and horses of the Great Jin Dynasty in Hebei would have to face the situation of withdrawing to Henan (Note 1), of course, provided that Yelude was willing to let them withdraw to Henan. Moreover, in Taiyuan City, a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance are stored, and taking Taiyuan City also means that the problem of grain and grass for the Southern Expeditionary Army and horses in the short term has basically been solved.
Zhenzhou and Xinzhou, which is more important, Liu Zhiyuan should be clear.
What's more, even if Liu Zhiyuan sent thousands of soldiers and horses, he Yang Guangyuan had already made preparations, and what would he do to defend the pass?
Furthermore, from a private point of view, Du Chongwei's destruction may not be a good thing for Liu Zhiyuan.
There are many famous generals in the Central Plains, but which one has no ambitions? Zhu Wen was a major general of the Tang Dynasty, but he destroyed the Tang Dynasty, became the emperor himself, and established Houliang.
As soon as this example was opened, it aroused the ambition of countless people to become emperors.
He Zhu Wen can be the emperor, why can't I do it?
Li Keyong may not have had the ambition to become emperor, but his son Li Cunqiao (Note 2) did, and Li Cunqiao destroyed Houliang and established the Later Tang Dynasty.
Like a drop of water falling into a pot of boiling oil, this time the heroes from all walks of life saw it more clearly, it turned out that it was so simple to rob the emperor, all you need to be bold, have strength, and a little luck is enough.
Li Siyuan (Note 3) moved his mind crookedly, he is Li Keyong's godson, he has made great contributions to the destruction of Houliang, since Li Cunqiao can be the emperor, why can't he? If he wants to be the emperor, he will snatch it. As a result, Li Cunqiao died, and Li Siyuan ascended the throne and became the second emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty.
After Li Siyuan's death, he passed his throne to his son Li Conghou, but his other godson Li Congke quit. Following the old events, he led his troops into Luoyang City, this time it was his own son Li Conghou who died, and it was his godson Li Congke who became the emperor.
Seeing this situation, Li Siyuan's son-in-law Shi Jingjiao felt that the opportunity to change the dynasty had come, but his strength did not seem to be as good as Li Congke, but Shi Jingjiao had a way, if he couldn't beat it, he would ask for reinforcements, of course, he would have to pay the price for asking for reinforcements, there is no free lunch in the world.
So, Shi Jingjiao ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun and called his ministers to Yelu Deguang, who was eleven years younger than him, at the cost of inviting 50,000 Khitan elite horsemen, to enter Luoyang City and kill Li Congke. The head of the city changed the banner of the king, the head of the city of Luoyang was planted with the banner of the Shi family, and the emperor's throne was naturally returned to Shi Jingjiao, and the country name was also changed to the Great Jin.
may have borrowed from the story of the previous dynasty, Shi Jingjiao felt that it was more appropriate to pass the throne to his godson than to his own son, at least, his own son did not have to suffer that knife, and the throne of the Great Jin Dynasty fell into the hands of Shi Chonggui. The godson finally became the emperor without killing his own son, and the world of the Shi family seems to be as stable as Mount Tai.
It's a pity that the Great Jin Dynasty is very powerful, and Shi Chonggui is very dissatisfied with the intention of Yelu Deguang of the Northern Dynasty to be a vassal.
It doesn't matter if you are a grandson, it doesn't matter if you don't want Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, but if you don't steam steamed buns to fight for breath, after listening to Jing Yanguang's words, Shi Chonggui cheered up and decided to do a great career to leave a name in history, that is, never to be a vassal to the Khitan, face is very important.
But I didn't expect that the seemingly powerful Great Jin Dynasty was so unbeaten, and in the blink of an eye, most of Hebei had fallen into the hands of Yelu Deguang, and if it wasn't good, Kaifeng Mansion would also be lost.
Shi Chonggui was scared, since his grandson has done it, what does it matter if he is a courtier, isn't his godfather Shi Jingjiao also a godson, the emperor?
But Yelu Deguang didn't agree, he also wanted to taste the taste of the Central Plains Emperor, staying in the prosperous and comfortable Kaifeng should be much more comfortable than running around all year round. Let the godson's godson be Emperor Sun, and after too many turns, how can he be happy to be an emperor by himself?
And the Central Plains looks like nothing more than a paper tiger, which can be broken at the first poke. If you don't take it, you will be blamed!
It's a pity that the later war was not as smooth as Yelu Deguang imagined, after all, the Khitan army was too thin, but the scum soldiers of the Southern Dynasty seemed to be too much, seeing that the Khitan was powerless, sooner or later, the Khitans would withdraw to the north.
The Central Plains and the Khitan heroes saw an opportunity.
Zhao Yanshou wants to be the emperor, Yang Guangyuan also wants to be the emperor, Du Chongwei wants to be the emperor, and Li Shouzhen wants to be the emperor...... Does Liu Zhiyuan not want to be the emperor? Yang Guangyuan will not believe this in any case, is there a cat in the world that does not eat fish, it just depends on who will cover it up.
If Shi Jingjiao is still alive, even if he has this thought, he can only hide it deeply. But Shi Jingjiao is dead, the prestige of the new emperor is not enough to suppress the heroes, and he does not know how to judge the situation, just blindly arrogant, this is the way to die, if you don't seize this opportunity, will you wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne and cut off his head?
The emperor took turns, and who said that he would not be able to come to my house tomorrow? There is no turning back on the road of rebellion.
At this time, you are staring at me, I am staring at you, I can't wait to strangle the potential opponent to death, in this case, will Liu Zhiyuan send troops to help Du Chongwei?
Yang Guangyuan shook his head, thinking that this possibility was extremely small, Liu Zhiyuan was only afraid that he would kill Du Chongwei, of course, in turn, Liu Zhiyuan was happy to see.
Therefore, although Yang Guangyuan was worried, he was not very worried about Liu Zhiyuan's reinforcements.
Without Yang Guangyuan's pursuit, Li Fengyun and others went very smoothly along the way. Those new recruits in the towns along the way did not dare to touch the bad luck of Li Fengyun and others, and the current situation seems to be unclear, who knows when they will turn back into the subjects of the Great Jin?
Along the way, there were almost no obstacles, and the large team of sixty-nine people, even the little thieves like weeds did not dare to provoke, and everyone came to Xinzhou smoothly.
The sound of killing outside Xinzhou City shook the sky, and the dust raised by the horses' hooves covered the pale sky.
Li Fengyun and others rushed up a relatively high hill, looked at it from a distance, and couldn't help but gasp, only to see that the mountains were all over the camp, and there were nearly 10,000 horses outside the east gate of Xinzhou City, which were attacking Xinzhou City.
Note 1: Henan here does not refer to Henan Province, but to the south of the Yellow River, as will be the case below.
Note 2: Li Cunqiao (885-926), the founding emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, the Western Turkic Shatuo Department, his surname is Zhu Xie, the chief of Shatuo, the son of Li Keyong, the king of Jin, died in the Xingjiaomen mutiny in April of the fourth year of Tongguang (926), reigned for three years, and the temple name is Zhuangzong.
Note 3: See note 2 of chapter 74