Yelu Anduan is not an ordinary person, he is the younger brother of Yelu Abaoji, the founding emperor of the Khitan, and he has twice rebelled against his brother Yelu Abaoji, and after failure, Yelu Abaoji let him go twice. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

If he was just a mediocre man, how could Yelu Abaoji spare him like this? Not only that, but Yelu Abaoji also appointed him as the Great Inner Tiyin (Note 1), and in the first month of the third year of the Divine Book (Note 2), he ordered him to lead an army to attack Yunzhou and the southwestern provinces of Li Cunxuan, the king of the Jin Dynasty at that time.

In the first month of the first year of Tianxian (Note 4), after the death of Yelu Abaoji, Yelu Deguang, who succeeded to the throne, also used him very much, and ordered An Duan to lead the army to attack the Bohai Kingdom as the vanguard, and finally destroyed the Bohai Kingdom.

In this attack on the Jin Kingdom, Yelu Deguang handed over the Western Route Army to him, and his trust in him can be said to be overwhelming.

This person does have the ability, leaving behind the servant army that has not yet gathered, only leading 50,000 Khitan iron cavalry into Yanmen Pass, surprising the army to replace the state, and attack Xinzhou, if it were not for Liu Zhiyuan's 40,000 reinforcements to arrive in time, Xinzhou should also be captured by him.

When the servant army rushed over, Liu Zhiyuan found that he might have been fooled, Yelu Anduan's soldiers and horses were as many as 80,000, and all of them were cavalrymen who could fight on horses, and his soldiers and horses plus the soldiers and horses of Xinzhou City were only 50,000 people, of which only 6,000 were cavalry. It is likely that Yelu Anduan used a method to show the enemy's weakness and attract Liu Zhiyuan's heavy troops to Dao Xinzhou and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Moreover, this also effectively cooperated with Yelu Deguang's soldiers and horses on the east road, so that Yelu Deguang could quickly drive straight in.

Such an experienced and highly decorated veteran, a slight mistake on the battlefield may allow him to catch it, leading to a major rout that affects the whole situation.

Liu Zhiyuan confronted him and did not show defeat, one reason is that Liu Zhiyuan's troops are quite handy, so that Yelu Anduan can not find a flaw, and the other reason is also because Yelu Anduan is unwilling to fight hard with Liu Zhiyuan, and he will lose the 50,000 Khitan iron cavalry in his hand, even if he wins, there will not be many soldiers and horses left.

Liu Zhiyuan, born in the second year of Qianning of Tang Zhaozong, has a calm personality, and was a soldier under Li Siyuan (later Tang Mingzong).

At that time, Shi Jingjiao was Li Siyuan's general, and Liu Zhiyuan saved Shi Jingjiao twice regardless of his life and death. Shi Jingjiao was grateful and loved his talent, so he asked Liu Zhiyuan to be transferred to his account and became a Yamen capital school

Three years after Tang Qingtai, Liu Zhiyuan moved to Wenyang and was promoted to the commander of Ma Bujun.

In the same year, under the planning of Liu Zhiyuan and others, Shi Jingjiao formed an alliance with the Khitan, and with the strength of the Khitan army, he destroyed the Later Tang Dynasty. But Liu Zhiyuan was very dissatisfied with Shi Jingjiao's failure to cede the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Khitan and call Yelu Deguang his father.

He advised: "It's enough to be a vassal to the Khitan, but it's too much to be a son, send more gold silk to make the Liao soldiers come to the aid without having to promise to cut the land, which will cause endless troubles in the future!"

Sure enough, this time the Khitan invaded the Central Plains, because the sixteen states of Youyun were ceded to the Khitan, the door of the Central Plains was wide open, and there was no danger to defend, which led to the Khitan main force driving straight in, and the Great Jin Dynasty was defeated and retreated, and there was almost no time to prepare.

After Shi Jingjiao became emperor, Liu Zhiyuan successively served as the commander of the inspection school, the commander of the guard Ma Budu, the guard of the six armies, the envoy of the Xuzhou Festival, the envoy of the Zhuzhou Festival, the Taifu of the inspection school, the Beijing (now Taiyuan) and the envoy of the Hedong Festival.

In terms of strength, Liu Zhiyuan can be said to be a leader in the Great Jin Dynasty, and it is difficult for other princes to compete with him, but the strange thing is that this person is not as domineering as other princes, and he is respectful and respectful to the little emperor Shi Chonggui, and he obeys his orders. Therefore, even though Liu Zhiyuan's power is very large, Shi Chonggui is not very jealous of him, which emperor does not have a few powerful ministers?

Therefore, Liu Zhiyuan will become the envoy of the Hedong Festival, you must know that the envoy of the Hedong Festival is a very sensitive envoy. Those who are not trusted by the emperor will not be appointed as envoys to the Hedong Festival.

Looking back on the past, Li Keyong was the envoy of the Hedong Festival, and he fought with Zhu Wen and Zhu Wen's Houliang for decades with the land of Hedong, fighting against the rising Khitan, and finally his son Li Cunqiao, that is, the founding emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, destroyed the Houliang and established the Later Tang Dynasty.

Originated in Hedong, destroyed in Hedong, history seems to have an indescribable fate, and the Tang Dynasty finally died in the hands of Shi Jingjiao, the head of Kaifeng City, and changed to "Great Jin".

Hedong Jiedu envoy ruled Taiyuan, for the imperial court of the Central Plains, Hedong Town was a very important feudal town, before Tang Xizong handed it over to Li Keyong

Hedong Town is a very important feudal town, and it is the most relied on and the largest one by the Central Plains Imperial Court. Therefore, the status of the Hedong Jiedu envoy is very high.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, before Tang Xizong handed over Hedong Town to Li Keyong, the land of Hedong was firmly controlled by the imperial court, and in general, Hedong Town was loyal to the imperial court, and it was also a deterrent and means for the Central Plains imperial court to control the land of Hebei.

Therefore, Yelu Deguang's appointment of Yelu Anduan as the commander of the Western Route Army meant to contain Hedong Town, and without Yelu Anduan's containment, Yelu Deguang's iron cavalry would not have been able to hit the edge of the Yellow River so smoothly.

Because of this, whether it is the emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty or the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty now, the most loyal generals are arranged in Hedong.

It's a pity that the loyalty and treachery of the courtiers can not be seen from a few words. Bai Juyi said it well: Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time, and Xiang Zhi died when he was born, who knows the truth of his life?

Identifying the loyalty of courtiers is always an unsolvable problem in front of the emperor.

As time passes, some people may have been faithful at first, but over time and the world has changed, they have become less faithful, and in fact most people do.

Many people who are called loyal vassals are mostly because they do not have the capital and timing to betray. How many truly loyal people are there in the world? Once they have the capital and the right time, then ambition will follow, and with a little courage, maybe the whole history will be rewritten.

For example, Cao Cao, who is known as the capable minister of the world and the hero of the troubled times, isn't that like this?

The difference between ambition and ambition is sometimes just success or not, if you succeed, that is ambition, and if you fail, you are wolf ambition. History written on paper is so snobbish, because the heads of non-snobbish writers have long been cut off and hung at the city gates, and the history they write has been reduced to ashes and scattered in the air in the wind.

Zhuge Liang exhorted in the "List of Former Teachers" that he should be close to the virtuous ministers and far from the villain, and this is simply the most obvious and most empty words in all dynasties, who is the virtuous minister and who is the villain, how to distinguish between them? I am afraid that only after the person has closed the coffin can he barely come to a conclusion! However, does the loyalty and treachery of a deceased person still matter?

Therefore, Li Siyuan chose his son-in-law Shi Jingjiao as the envoy of the Hedong Festival, and his godson Li Congke as the envoy of the Fengyang Festival to protect the safety of Luoyang, the master of Beijing. One is his son-in-law, and the other is his godson, so his own son Li Conghou's country should be as stable as Mount Tai!

It's a pity that things in the world are often not as wonderful as people expect, it is these two people, one who slaughtered his own son and took away the throne of the Later Tang Dynasty, and the other who killed the godson who killed his own son, and directly ended the inheritance of the Later Tang Dynasty.

As Li Siyuan's son-in-law, Shi Jingjiao obviously doesn't value the relationship of blood so much, but more about the loyalty and ability of his courtiers, and Liu Zhiyuan is still his sister-in-law, so the high position of the envoy of Hedong Jiedu fell into the hands of Liu Zhiyuan.

Whether it is Daizhou or Xinzhou, it is under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Prefecture, and it is the unshirkable responsibility of Liu Zhiyuan, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, so he has to come, and Xinzhou is the gateway to Taiyuan, and he can't help it.

Xinzhou is a knot that he can't untie, and Yelu Anduan is the opponent he has to face.

On the way here, the crazy monk, Bai Futong and others had already told Li Fengyun what they knew, and with what they saw now, Li Fengyun thought very clearly.

The existence of Yelu Anduan is like this for Liu Zhiyuan, and it is actually the same for him Li Fengyun, if Yelu Anduan is not beaten away, Liu Zhiyuan will not have any extra troops to rescue Zhenzhou City, so for Li Fengyun, the imminent thing in front of him is to defeat and drive away Yelu Anduan.

Note 1: Da Nei Ti Yin: The official name of the Liao Dynasty, in charge of the Da Ti Yin Division, similar to Zongzheng. Yelu Abaoji established a new official position "Tiyin". Its role was to manage the politics and religion of the nobles of the Dierabu, that is, to regulate the internal affairs of the aristocratic group in order to ensure their obedience to Abaoji. There is a saying that "Ti Yin ruled the clan, Lin Yaxiu proclamation".

Note 2: The third year of the Book of God: 918 A.D.

Note 3: King of Jin: The king of Jin at that time was the founding emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Cunxuan, and had nothing to do with Shi Jingjiao's Later Jin. Li Keyong and Li Cunmiao's father and son have never recognized the orthodoxy of Houliang and fought against Houliang.

Note 4: The first year of Tianxian: that is, 926 A.D.

Note 5: The second year of Qianning of Tang Zhaozong: that is, 895 AD.

Note 6: Three years after the Tang Dynasty: 936 AD.

Note 7: Taken from Bai Juyi's "Five Songs" (Part 3).