Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 408 Who is the real master

In Yedu, An Chongrong's rebellion was pacified, Du Chongwei killed a piece of land in Zhenzhou, and the northern land was flattened.

And the rebellion of An Congjin, the governor of Shannan West Road in the south, was also put down.

It turned out that eight months after the siege of Xiangzhou, the food and grass in the city were exhausted, and there were no reinforcements outside, and the naval forces of Ma Chu and Jingnan continued to increase their troops.

An Congjin's father and son had no way to go to heaven or earth, and Gao Xingzhou and others finally broke through the city. Dozens of An's father, son, brothers and family members were killed, and the rebellion was put down.

But Shi Jingtang's good mood ended here. Two months ago, Shi Jingtang named Du Chongwei as the commander of the bodyguard Mabu pro-army, Xuzhou Zhongwu Jiedu envoy, and Tongping Zhangshi on the grounds that Du Chongwei defeated An Chongrong.

It may be because Liu Zhiyuan took in Bai Chengfu's department and cut off An Chongrong's career.

It is also possible that Du Chongwei is really a bit of a shameless person, so Shi Jingtang also added a treaty to Liu Zhiyuan.

As a result, Liu Zhiyuan was furious in Taiyuan. He thought that Shi Jingtang was prostitution for nothing, and made way for Du Chongwei.

Therefore, whenever Shi Jingtang's envoys arrived, Liu Zhiyuan locked up the Taiyuan office and refused Shi Jingtang's reward four times in a row.

After Shi Jingtang got the news, he cursed Liu Zhiyuan in Yedu.

"Although Zhiyuan has meritorious service, Chongwei is my brother-in-law, and he also has great merit. As a subject, Liu Zhiyuan dares to refuse the order of the monarch like this?"

The privy envoy Zhao Ying hurriedly persuaded Shi Jingtang, "Your Majesty used to be in Jinyang, with only five thousand troops, and was attacked by more than one hundred thousand Tang soldiers, and was in danger of dew. If you don't know how to be far away, how can you achieve great things?

But why abandon it with a small mistake!I am afraid that this language will be heard outside, not to show the generosity of the king. "

This scene in history happened when Liu Zhiyuan had not returned to Taiyuan, but was serving as the military governor of the Zhongwu Army in Songzhou.

At that time, Liu Zhiyuan didn't have the capital to challenge Shi Jingtang, so he was frightened and wrote a letter of apology soon.

But now, An Chongrong raised troops ahead of schedule, and Liu Zhiyuan also went to Taiyuan ahead of schedule, with [-] troops in his hands, and won the allegiance of a new generation of Bei Xungui, he was not afraid of Shi Jingtang at all, and Shi Jingtang could do nothing to him.

So the emperor could only use Zhao Ying's words to get off the donkey and never mention it again.

A few days later, bad news came from Luoyang. Fan Yanguang, who rebelled against him at the beginning, was pardoned by Shi Jingtang, and made the king of Dongping County, the prince and grand teacher, and Fan Yanguang, who was given the iron certificate of the alchemy, fell into the water and died.

Although this Fan Yanguang had rebelled against Shi Jingtang, but after all, he was a colleague of Li Siyuan who followed Shi Jingtang back then.

Shi Jingtang was about to send envoys to condolence to Fan Yanguang's family, but at this moment, the real cause of Fan Yanguang's death came.

It turned out that Fan Yanguang knew that he had offended Shi Jingtang, and after he surrendered, he asked Shi Jingtang for the iron certificate of Danshu, which is the gold medal for avoiding death in folklore, and Shi Jingtang generously gave it to him.

So Fan Yanguang knew that there was no need to worry about his life, so he tactfully resigned from all positions and took his belongings home to support the elderly.

Shi Jingtang also appreciated Fan Yanguang's understanding of current affairs, so he let him move to Luoyang, Xijing.

But by coincidence, Yang Guangyuan, who was looking for a physiognomist to look at him, happened to be transferred from the Jiedu Envoy of Ziqing, Xijing, and the Jiedu Envoy of the Three Towns of Heyang from Pinlu.

Yang Guangyuan coveted Fan Yanguang's property, so he ordered his son Yang Chengxun to bring soldiers into Fan Yanguang's home and force him to commit suicide.

Fan Yanguang took out the iron certificate of the Dan book and shouted, "The emperor gave me immortality!" '

Immediately, Yang Chengxun asked his soldiers to hold Fan Yanguang hostage and put him on a horse. When passing the Yishui floating bridge, Yang Chengxun and others deliberately frightened Fan Yanguang's horse. The horse was frightened and Fan Yanguang fell off his back.

However, Fan Yanguang was lucky and grabbed a corner of the pontoon without falling into the water. Yang Chengxun simply ordered the soldiers to push him into the water and drown.

Later, Yang Guangyuan killed Fan Yanguang's family, took his belongings, and reported to Shi Jingtang that Fan Yanguang fell into the water and died.

When Shi Jingtang heard the real cause of Fan Yanguang's death, he remained silent for a long time. Fan Yanguang was not only his old brother, but also the minister who personally bestowed on him the Danshu Iron Coupon to save him from death. Just because he was greedy for money, Yang Guangyuan dared to kill him.

This is not just a matter of lawlessness, but a complete contempt for him, Shi Jingtang.

As the emperor, he couldn't keep Fan Yanguang, who had the iron certificate of alchemy, which proved that Yang Guangyuan didn't take him seriously at all, and the majesty of the emperor had been swept away.

Shi Jingtang really wanted to send troops to attack Yang Guangyuan, but after three consecutive rebellions by An Chongrong, An Congjin, and Li Quanjin.

Shi Jingtang could no longer spare any troops to deal with Yang Guangyuan who had [-] troops, so he could only knock his teeth down and swallow them.

At the end of April, Fujian Lord Wang Chang sent Zheng Yuanbi and Lin En as envoys to Kaifeng and then to Yedu, but the words were not respectful.

Wang Chang, the ruler of Fujian, actually asked the Later Jin Dynasty to treat Wang Min with equal national etiquette, and ridiculed the Central Plains, saying that the emperor's seat of Beichen moved frequently.

Shi Jingtang, who had nowhere to vent his evil fire, finally found a flood outlet. Wang Min is located in a remote place, and he doesn't even have all of Fujian. Now he wants to play wild in front of Shi Jingtang.

The furious son emperor ordered people to send Zheng Yuanbi and Lin Enzhang to prison from Fujian, and also sent the king of Fujian Wang Chang to take care of himself, that is, to write a letter to defend himself, which meant that he would send troops to attack if he did not explain clearly.

At the end of May, Shi Jingtang saw that the land in Hebei was pacified, so he set up his chariot, led the victorious imperial army, and returned south from Yedu in a show of force.

After arriving in Kaifeng, Tokyo, Shi Jingtang rewarded the generals and soldiers generously, marinated An Chongrong's head, and thoughtfully sent an envoy to Yelu Deguang to send it.

As a result, the Khitan envoy arrived in Tokyo as soon as he set off.

At this time, 48-year-old Shi Jingtang was exhausted from the continuous journey, and his body was already in poor condition due to the cold, but when he heard the Khitan envoy came, he dragged his sick body to invite the Khitan envoy to see him.

Although the Khitan envoy's expression was a bit strange, Shi Jingtang didn't pay attention to it, but because the envoy was quite respectful this time, he felt happy. In the past, the Khitan envoy was bossy and rude.

But the joy soon ended.

"Kill me too!"

Before reading the edict written by Yelu Deguang himself, Shi Jingtang screamed in the Chengtian Hall of Daning Palace and fell off the throne.

The privy secretary He Ning, the prime minister Feng Dao, the privy envoy Zhao Ying and others were shocked, and hurried over to help Shi Jingtang up.

The sharp-eyed Feng Dao quietly glanced at the content of the Khitan edict.

The content is very simple, just inform one thing 'that's it'.

On May [-]th, Shang and Han Wangmeng swore in Yuanyangbo, and they were brothers.

King Han respected the Empress Dowager Yingtian as the Shimu Empress Dowager, and presented silk cloth, tea sugar, etc. as tribute.

Empress Dowager Yingtian bestowed the King of Han with gold, jewelry and jade, as well as the robes of the Khitan Prince, calling him her son, ordering her and her superiors to keep things safe, and to pay tribute at the age of one.

Feng Dao was stunned, looking at Shi Jingtang, whose body was still twitching slightly with blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, although he was crying and calling out to be a doctor, but he still couldn't understand it in his heart.

Hexi Zhang Zhao, even if he had all the Hexi Longyou troops and defeated the Dingnan Army, compared to the Khitan, he was only an army leader with 30,000 people and [-] horses.

Why did Yelu De, who is the emperor of the great Khitan country, become brothers with someone like Zhang Zhao?

Not only Feng Dao didn't understand, but Murong Nobunaga and Li Cunhui didn't understand either.

Obviously, the strength of their Hexi Guiyi army is only less than [-]% of that of the Khitan people, so why is Yelu Deguang willing to be brothers with Zhang Zhaoyu?

Zhang Zhao laughed, looking at Wu Luan who was half a horse behind him.

"Judge Wu lived in Yunzhou for a long time, so he must know the Khitan people better than me and my two sons. Why do you think Yelu Deguang is a brother of a certain person, and not with other people?"

Wu Luan also smiled heartily, worried for more than eight months, and spent every day worrying about Khitan breaking the city and being killed and sold.

Now there are 4000 people in the Datong Army and [-] family members, plus more than [-] people in Yunzhou who are willing to follow them, all will be arranged by Zhang Zhao to Xiazhou.

He, Wu Luan, got the official post of governor of Xiazhou, and Shao Jingzhi, commander of the Datong army, got the official post of deputy commander-in-chief of Datong Town, Guiyi Army.

The rest of the officers and soldiers have been promoted or rewarded, and the people have been given land and houses, so they feel very comfortable.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, in my opinion, apart from his majestic appearance, which made Yelu Deguang feel like himself, it must be due to the tens of thousands of cavalry under His Majesty's command.

Although the Khitan people were people of fishing and hunting, after their prosperity, they absorbed a large number of customs of the grassland people.

The northern land is vast and extremely deep, and it is more spacious than the countless castles in Handi, so it is more suitable for cavalry combat.

Today in the Central Plains, whether it is the emperor there, the towns Jiedu, or the Mengshu, Machu, and Southern Tang in the south, the infantry is the main force.

If you fight against Khitan, if you win, you will not be able to pursue and kill them, and if you lose, you will often lose your entire army.

Therefore, although the Khitan could not attack the fortified city, and it would be difficult to defeat the imperial army, they were not afraid of them.

Because it is the choice of the Khitan people whether to fight or go. Although Hebei also has cavalry, they do not have the slightest advantage over the Khitan people in terms of riding skills or numbers, and this situation cannot be changed.

On the other hand, although there are only [-] to [-] people, the good horses produced in Hexi are taller and stronger than the Khitan.

The ethos of Hexi and Longyou is heavy on cavalry and archery, Xiliang's iron cavalry is famous all over the world, and even the infantry in Hexi can mount horses to fight.

The Guiyi army came and went like the wind, similar to the Khitan people, if they turned against the king, the Khitan people would always worry about being attacked by surprise, and Yelu Deguang was even more afraid that the king would become the humerus of the court.

If there are one or two sage kings from the Central Plains, the imperial imperial army will be used as the heavy armored infantry, and the Hexi horses will be used as the cavalry.

All the way out of Hebei to Youzhou, all the way out of Shuozhou and Daizhou to the north to Yunzhou, and then to the east of Hexi Dama to the Zhenwu Army and Tiande Army.

As far as the Khitan people's overwhelming power is only 200,000 soldiers, they can't stand the fight, even the Xiongnu and Turks in the past can't do it!

Therefore, the ruler of the Khitan would rather lower his own value than stabilize the king.

Without the support of the king's Hexi and Shuofang iron cavalry, there will be no eternal emperor like Emperor Taizong Wen of the former dynasty, or a few peerless generals like Wei Huo. Disaster! "

"Hahaha!" Zhang Zhao laughed even more happily.

"Judge Wu really has a long-term vision. Yelude only recognized me, the little king of Hexi, as his brother because he was afraid that I would be drawn over by the court.

If the imperial court has righteousness in mind and can accept the hearts of warriors in Longyou, Hexi, why worry about injustice for mere Khitan?
It's a pity that they are either greedy for profit, or slavish, or groveling, none of them is the real master! "

Zhang Zhao knew that his analysis was correct. In history, even during the Northern Expedition during the Northern Song Dynasty, if there were tens of thousands of Liangzhou Dama and Shuofang Jingqi to assist.

Even if Second Brother Zhao stretched his hips again, he would beat Xiao Chuo to his knees and beg for mercy.

Wu Luan suddenly froze on the horse, he looked at Zhang Zhao fixedly, and an unstoppable thought came to his mind crazily.

Holding the 28 prefectures of Hexi, Longyou, Lingwu, and Xiasui, he has tens of thousands of cavalry under his command.

Is such a person the true Lord?

(End of this chapter)