Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 479 Do you deserve it too?
Zhang Zhao sensed Shi Chonggui's weakness, and Yelu Deguang also figured out the weakness of the Jin army.

Even old foxes like Feng Dao and He Ning understood that the seemingly powerful Central Plains dynasty, which had defeated the Liao Kingdom several times and the Khitan emperor fled on a camel, already had a very fatal problem.

But it is precisely for Shi Chonggui who is in charge of this country, but he did not see the danger clearly, on the contrary Shi Chonggui was a little complacent.

Because the servants and palace people around him, Feng Yu, Yin Peng and others from the outer dynasty were all singing praises to Shi Chonggui.

The only three people who knew the real situation and were likely to advise Shi Chonggui.

Jing Yanguang fell into self-abandonment and lost Shi Chonggui's trust.

Sang Weihan was deposed by Shi Chonggui himself.

The rest of Feng Dao, hehe!How do you think he got the name tumbler?
That is Feng Dao, who is very good at switching freely and without any psychological burden between the name of a virtuous minister and a flattering traitor.

If the emperor is wise, he is a virtuous minister; if the emperor is weak, he can immediately become a courtier.

Under Shi Jingtang's subordinates, Feng Dao dared to come out and offer advice.

But when it came to Shi Chonggui, Feng Dao started to flatter Shi Chonggui with some flattering words, but now seeing the danger, he started to make a clay sculpture of Bodhisattva together with He Ning.

So Shi Chonggui, everything he saw, heard, and felt was not real.

Zhang Zhao lamented how he dared to treat the soldiers harshly after the victory in Baituanwei Village in Yangcheng, but Shi Chonggui felt that his reputation resounded throughout the world after the battle of Yangcheng.

Not only did Yelude, who had been beaten, run away in a hurry, but he also changed the style of the previous government. The soldiers returned victorious, awed by his prestige, and finally stopped extorting property at every turn.

Shi Chonggui didn't know at all, he used tens of thousands of guan to send away the arrogant soldiers, firstly, he was lucky.

An Shenqi, Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou, Huangfu Yu, etc., in the entire Five Dynasties, are absolutely capable and have relatively good character generals.

Second, in the battle of Baituanwei Village in Yangcheng, the Jin army gained a lot, so even though Shi Chonggui didn't reward much, the soldiers could still bear it for the time being.

However, amidst the bragging around, Shi Chonggui regarded the loyalty of the general and the patience of the soldiers as the result of his prestige, and he was able to control his subordinates well.

I really don't know where this confidence comes from?

In July, Fan Yang Jiedu of the Liao Kingdom, Yan Wang Zhao Yanshou and Yingzhou Inspector Liu Yanzuo wrote letters one after another.

They wrote a letter to Shi Chonggui, their words were almost begging, saying that in Liao Kingdom, they were oppressed by the Khitan people, and all the officers, generals and soldiers under their command wanted to return to the south.

As long as Jin Tingben dispatches troops to the north, they will inevitably turn against each other.

In particular, Zhao Yanshou, in his letter, bragged about the fighting power of the Jin army, saying that the northern captives would be terrified when they heard the arrival of the Jin army, and the border was shocked three times a day.

He even compared Shi Chonggui to Emperor Shizong Wu of the Han Dynasty who avenged his father's grandfather and even his great-grandfather's humiliation by the Huns.

Shi Chonggui always liked to listen to rhetoric, and he didn't feel that Zhao Yanshou was deliberately flattering him with ulterior motives. He not only accepted all the orders happily, but also ignited the pride in his heart.

But the biggest commonality between Shi Chonggui and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is that they are all men.

At the end of July, Shi Chonggui, who was overwhelmed by Zhao Yanshou and Liu Yanzuo's betrayal, summoned Du Chongwei.

It was proposed to continue to appoint Du Wenhou as the recruit envoy for the northern camp, and also ordered Feng Yu, He Ning, Feng Dao, Li Song and others to organize the northern expedition of the army.

This order directly puts everyone in a numb state. It is considered good if the country can still function after continuous disasters and wars. How can there be money and food for the army to march north?

However, Feng Yu knew that Shi Chonggui had made up his mind. In order to cater to Shi Chonggui, and also to prevent Shi Chonggui from knowing the truth and continuing to seize power, Feng Yu made a big deal, expressing that he would gather food and grass quickly.

The three clay bodhisattvas, He Ning, Feng Dao, and Li Song, were still wise and safe, and did not come out to persuade them.

This made Shi Chonggui think that the treasury was still sufficient, so he turned around and spoke boldly to Du Chongwei.

"The soldiers of the imperial court are now powerful in the north and south, and the northern captives are terrified when they hear about it. First, take Yingmo, stabilize Guannan, and then return to Youyan, and pacify the northern part of the fortress!
My uncle has made great contributions to the imperial court since the day when the first emperor raised his troops in Jinyang. If he can destroy the Khitan again this time, he will become the King of Yan and guard Hebei. "

No one expected that Shi Chonggui would be so arrogant. Now, Du Chongwei, who is as shameless as Du Chongwei, was confused.

It seems that Shi Chonggui is not only going to take Zhao Yanshou and Liu Yanzuo to the south, but also recover the land of Youyan, and then flatten Saibei.

Especially for the goal of flattening Saibei, not to mention Shi Chonggui, they are the founders of the martial arts and wealth of the North, and Zhuangzong Li Cunxu didn't do it.

Even among the great unified emperors of all dynasties, there are only a handful of them who were able to pacify Saibei.

Afterwards, Du Chongwei only felt a burst of trepidation in his heart. He knew how much he weighed, so he didn't want him to go north to make meritorious service, it was his life!

Shi Chonggui thought it was trust, but Du Chongwei thought it was urging his life.

And he still has no way to refuse, because he initiated the contact with Zhao Yanshou at the beginning, and he also followed up the follow-up.

Khitan Yingzhou Inspector Liu Yanzuo intended to return to the south, and it was Du Chongwei who first reported it to the later Jin court, thinking that the opportunity was inevitable.

But Du Chongwei did all of this simply because he was greedy for merit.

Because after Yelu Deguang withdrew to the north, the Khitan people did not completely die down. Instead, they relied on horses in border areas such as Yizhou and Shenzhou to harass them constantly.

Just two months before he entered the court, Liu Zhiyuan once again defeated the harassing Khitan people at Yangwuguan in Hedong, beheading more than [-] people.

Although this was probably Liu Zhiyuan's bragging, the victory should be genuine.

Immediately afterwards, Du Chongwei led his own army, and in Shenzhou and other places, repeatedly defeated the Khitan people who went south to harass them, beheading hundreds of them. Zhao Yanshou's statement that the Khitan border was shocked three times a day was not all an exaggeration.

Because of being defeated continuously, many Khitans did suffer from Jin army phobia, and the Khitans stationed at the border were indeed very afraid of the Jin army's northern expedition.

Du Chongwei actually wanted to take Zhao Yanshou, Liu Yanzuo and others back, and harvest several of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

In this way, the Khitan people can be robbed, and then they can make contributions, so that they can be promoted and make a fortune.

But he didn't intend to take back Youzhou!In particular, it is necessary to pacify Saibei.

Therefore, after Shi Chonggui retreated into the harem, this matter was delayed again.

Feng Yu couldn't raise enough food and grass, and Du Chongwei didn't want to lead the army to take such a big risk. The last time Baituanwei Village was besieged, it scared him badly.

However, when the news was spread by Queen Mother Li, the Jinyi envoy from Liangguo sent horses to Liangzhou day and night.

Feeling that things finally corresponded with history, Zhang Zhao knew that it would definitely happen after the Jin army went north.

The first year of luck in the later Jin Dynasty, 944 AD, in mid-August, the victims who entered Hexi from Guanzhong and other places basically came to an end.

During this year, Zhang Zhao spent more than 400,000 shi of grain, a lot of manpower and material resources, and brought a total of 65 victims into Hexi.

These victims, in addition to being filled in Suzhou, the north of Ganzhou, and Lingzhou, more than 400,000 were organized by Zhang Zhao to participate in tasks such as dredging the river.

After the dredging task was completed, the victims were arranged along the river, forming a large number of Baojia distributed in a long strip from Shanzhou City to Lanzhou City.

They either farm here, or serve as boatmen on the waterways, guarding these important waterways for Zhang Zhao.

After calming down the victims, they received news from Houjin.

Zhang Zhaosui ordered Ambassador Xia Suidao, and Cao Yuanzhong, Marquis of Xinting, to transfer [-] soldiers from Xia Sui and Lingwu to station in the north of Yanzhou.

He also ordered Gao Yunquan, the Jiedu envoy of Yanzhou Zhangwu Army who had long been attached to Liangguo, to hoard food and grass and prepare to respond.

The second route ordered the deputy ambassador of Hexi Road, Yan Jin, the commander-in-chief of Xiongwu Town, to gather two battalions of Xiongwu and Hanhai Town, with a total of [-] troops and [-] civilian husbands, preparing to enter Guanzhong from Qinzhou (Tianshui).

The third route army is the main force, led by Zhang Zhao himself, starting from Liangzhou.

Almost all Liangguo imperial guards and town troops were mobilized, Regret Mountain Capital, Left and Right Habayashi Guards, Yingyang Town, Yucheng Town, and Wuwei Town were all on the march.

Unity Archers and Yicong Xiaoqi from Hexi, Longyou, Longbei, Xiasui, and Lingwu were also recruited in large numbers.

In addition, Zhang Zhao also ordered Anxi, Beiting, the Uighurs, Xiajiasi, Baximi, Ge Luolu and other ministries to provide [-] light cavalry to Hexi.

Together with the imperial guards and town troops, they made a total of [-] horse infantry.

Since then, Zhang Zhao has mobilized in the entire Liang Kingdom, mobilizing a total of [-] horse infantry, [-] civilians accompanying the army, and more than [-] people who participated in the transfer.

And hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in Qinzhou, Weizhou, and Yanzhou, and planned to go south and enter Guanzhong after Yelu Deguang invaded Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo.

Zhang Zhao made preparations, and Yelu Deguang also made preparations, but because the Khitan army had been defeated in the two previous southward marches, Yelu Deguang's preparations were not as easy as Zhang Zhao's.

Now relying on his emperor's prestige alone can't even inspire the Khitan people's ambition to go south.

He can only rely on ghosts and gods all the way, and use prophecy and divination to improve his prestige and attract all ethnic groups to send troops south.

But after he finished this set, there was no movement from the later Jin side, and Yelu Deguang felt bad all of a sudden.

So he quickly instructed Liu Yanzuo to write to the Later Jin side again, and to attract the Jin army no matter what.

　well!Some people, if you come back from a high-risk area, don't run around, it's the city's nucleic acid again, and you're too busy.I just touched the computer code for a chapter. I will try my best to update it in the past few days. I missed a change yesterday. I will make it up when I am not busy.

　　
　
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