Han Shizu

Chapter 124 Something Happened to Youyan (Continued)

The situation in Youzhou, with the shrinking power of the Liao army, fell into a strange balance in a short period of time. Even if Yelushuogu led the army to the south for support, he did not rush to attack Youzhou.However, although they did not attack Jicheng, a group of Tibetan generals launched a wave of purges of Han subjects, not only as a tough response to the Yan army's killing of Hu, but also to plunder goods for military supplies.

As Liu Chengyou had expected, the flames of war spread, and the people of Youyan would be in dire straits.

Under the plunder of the Liao army, a large number of refugees fled to Youzhou. All the way, they had to go to the city of Youzhou. Zhao Yanshou had the spare power to protect them.Under such circumstances, Zhao Yanshou passively tried his best to win the hearts of the people of Youyan, and led Yan's heroes to fight against Khitan.

In the southwest, Zhuo and Yi prefectures were subordinated one after another.Either take Youzhou, or Xiazhuo and Yizhou, and fight against Khitan. In this way, the two results discussed by Liu Chengyou and Muzuo before have come true.Zhao Yanshou, on the other hand, steered the rudder hard in a torrent of history, sailing against the current, unable to control himself.In a short period of time, I dare not think about some initial wishes and careful thoughts.

This situation has far exceeded Liu Chengyou's previous expectations. No matter how it develops in the future, at least in the next short period of time, Liu Chengyou will not devote too much energy.

However, the civil war in Khitan did not last as long as Liu Chengyou expected, but ended quickly.After the Battle of Zhangdequan, Yeluruan completely let go of his scruples and marched northward to Huangshui.

Shuluping, the old lady in Shangjing, although she is quite old, has a tough personality. She gathers the only remaining palace tent troops, soldiers, and slaves in Shangjing and its surrounding areas, and goes out in person to confront Yeluruan across the bank. Yu Huangshui.

In this royal battle, before a decisive battle, there is one person who stood up.Tiyin Yeluwuzhi, who was the clan official in the north, personally negotiated peace between the two parties, reasoned, presented the facts, and clarified the righteousness.

The Empress Dowager said Lu Pingping, this is a strong woman, a smart woman, of course she can see the situation clearly, knowing that she will not be Yelu Ruan's opponent if she fights hard.Sighing, he said nonsense to his youngest son Yelu Li, "If I don't want to establish you, you can't do it yourself", and then expressed his willingness to negotiate peace.

As far as Yeluruan is concerned, he hates and fears Shuluping, a grandmother, and is very jealous.At the beginning, if Shuluping was not selfish, the throne should have been inherited by his father Yelubei, but he was persecuted and exiled by him, and died as a guest in the Southern Dynasty.

But in the process of supporting Yelu Deguang, Shuluping massacred hundreds of followers and supporters of their father and son on the grounds that the Taizu was "sacrificed", and his political opponents were all empty.

When it was the turn of Han Chen Zhao Siwen, the gentleman asked Shuluping's first army in a rhetorical question: "There is no one close to the late emperor than the queen mother. Why didn't the queen mother die with her own body? How can I wait for my ministers to serve, how can I be like the late emperor?"

Then a very classic scene in Khitan history was born. Shuluping, who was forced to a dead end, directly pulled out his golden knife, cut off his right hand, and ordered people to be placed in Yelu Abaoji's coffin as a "accompanying driver".

The Empress Dowager with Broken Wrist was born.

This woman is really ruthless, ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to herself. Since then, it can be said that all the Khitan courts are afraid of Shuluping and dare not resist.With such a strong mother to suppress, Yelu Deguang's 20 years of rule over Khitan was actually very smooth, and he gave full play to his talents in martial arts and martial arts.

Yeluruan naturally lived under the shadow of the Empress Dowager Shulu. If given the chance, he would of course be more willing to wipe out Shuluping completely.However, considering the domestic situation in Khitan, considering the cost, and the changes in Youzhou, Yeluruan still chose peace talks.

The grandfather and grandson had a face-to-face meeting, and the expectations of the two sides were very different, so they kept fighting. However, the negotiations with disparity in strength still ended in Shuluping's compromise. After all, the situation is stronger than others.Of course, the Empress Dowager Shulu is obviously unwilling to let this rebellious grandson usurp the country, and whether she will make trouble in the future depends on the future.

For the Khitan, the conclusion of the "Covenant of Crossing" eliminated a bloody internal conflict, preserved the strength of the already difficult Khitan country, and stabilized the hearts of the people.As far as Yeluruan was concerned, with the "approval" of the Queen Mother, his succession to the throne was firmly established in legal terms.

Although during this period of time, especially after the defeat of the Southern Expedition, the situation in Khitan was somewhat unstable, but as long as there was no chaos in Shangjing, everything would be suppressed.Yelu Abaoji and Yelu Deguang, the father and son of two generations of emperors, built the Great Khitan for nearly half a century, which still has a lot of heritage.It's just that now the grassland empire rising in the north has returned the leader of Yelu Ruanlai.

After the internal strife ended, Yeluruan successfully entered Shangjing, officially succeeded to the throne, and accepted the worship of the clan, the ministers of the North and the South.Afterwards, rewards for meritorious deeds, to appease people's hearts, and when everything is settled, turn their eyes to Youyan again.

Regardless of whether it is from military or economical strategic considerations, or to stabilize his position and enhance his prestige, he will also recapture Youzhou.

No matter how the situation in Lingbei and Sainan changes in the future, Liu Chengyou, who represents the power of the new dynasty, can already sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

The head of Zhending City has completely changed its face, and the "Han" flags are flying on the city wall.In the Central Plains, Liu Zhiyuan has been in Tokyo for more than a month. The former ministers of the two capitals, the Fangzhen of the Central Plains, are vying to join them.

On the fifteenth day of this month (sixth), Liu Zhiyuan’s Royal Palace of Chongyuan received civil and military pilgrimage, amnesty for the world, and changed Daliang, which was demoted to Bianzhou by Yelu Deguang, to Tokyo, changed the name of the country to Han, and the name of the year remained the same, still called Tianfu is still the rhetoric of "I can't bear to forget Jin".
When the news reached Zhending, the king's banner immediately changed at the top of the city, which was also a kind of encouragement and consolation to these soldiers who followed the Liu family to conquer the world.As far as Liu Chengyou is concerned, it is unavoidably awkward to establish a country and manage a new dynasty, but he has to use the banner of the previous dynasty. Now the army in the north and south of the river can be called the "Han army" with dignity.

During this period, Liu Chengyou sorted out Chengde Town and the states south of Youyan, arranged border defenses, and appointed military and political officials.

Taking Murong Yanzhao as the defense envoy of Mozhou and the commander of the Mabu Army, he led the Fourth Longxi Army to station in Mo County.Li Yun was a patrol inspector in Taizhou, led two thousand soldiers, and was stationed in Rongcheng.These two are the Nanyi water defense line built by Liu Chengyou to monitor Youyan.

He Fujin was still in Hejian, Luo Yanguan led the fifth army in Qizhou, and the two were ready to respond to Mo and Taizhou.

Liu Chengyou is arranging border defense, and Liu Zhiyuan is also arranging Zhenzhou.Fuzhenzhou is Hengzhou, and Zhang Yanwei is the military envoy of the Shunguo Army, and the four states of Heng, Shen, Ji, and Zhao.As for Liu Chengyou, he was called back to Tokyo. Fortunately, Liu Zhiyuan agreed to all the arrangements he made.

When the proposal of Zhao Yanshou's Northern Expedition was passed to Tokyo, it still caused a lot of controversy in the Han court, even though on the surface it seemed that the decision was made by the two princes.When Liu Chengxun arrived in Beijing smoothly, he also endorsed for Liu Chengyou in the spirit of a gentleman, and then he was reprimanded by Liu Zhiyuan for the first time, saying that he was arbitrarily advocating.

Under such circumstances, in the newborn Han court, there was a sudden wave against Liu Chengyou, self-defeating, domineering, power-loving, nepotism, and many labels were attached to him.Obviously, if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it.

After Yan Bing succeeded in the Northern Expedition and captured Youzhou, a group of courtiers got whimsical again and even suggested to Liu Zhiyuan to send troops to the north to defend and replace Zhao Yanshou.Fortunately, under the persuasion of Guo Wei and other few calm-headed civil and military officials, Liu Zhiyuan calmed down.

When he was called to Tokyo to make a book, Liu Chengyou was still in a calm mood. After all, he didn't want to go out of town for a long time, and he couldn't stay away from the center of power for too long.

In Zhending, after packing up, at the end of midsummer, Liu Chengyou led the crowd to the south and headed for Tokyo. He wanted to see what the newly born Hanting looked like.

　Thanks for the reward of a hundred years of surprise.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)