Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 486 Killing the Blood and Fire Three Kingdoms
In the second year of Kaiyun in the Later Jin Dynasty, 944 AD, on December [-]th, Du Chongwei ordered people to slaughter war horses, and then took out all the grain to feed the army.

Since being besieged, ordinary soldiers of the Jin army have never let go of their stomachs to eat.

At this moment, before the court meal, there was a large piece of stewed horse meat to eat, and there was no limit to it. The soldiers were full of oil and smiled happily.

After eating, Du Chongwei ordered the soldiers to go out to line up. All the soldiers thought that Du Chongwei was going to lead them to break through. Although fighting was inevitable, they didn't have to suffer in the wilderness, so their morale was good.

However, just after the soldiers had completed their formation, they saw countless armored soldiers guarding various places with silver knives in their hands. The commander of the army, Du Chongwei, came out of the camp in plain clothes and said.

"What you ate just now was all the food and grass in the camp, and even the horses were mostly slaughtered, and the imperial court did not have any reinforcements.

Now that I have run out of food and have nowhere to go, I should work together with you to make a living. After thinking about it, the only way is to beg for surrender from the Emperor of Daliao. "

The soldiers were stunned, and they couldn't believe it was true. In the astonishment, Song Yanjun, the military governor of Weisheng Army in Dengzhou, and Zhang Yanze, the military governor of Yiwu Army in Dingzhou, each brought their armored soldiers to threaten them with swords.

"I would like those who follow the deployment of the capital to abandon their weapons and favor the right, and those who do not follow can cross the river and fight the Khitan on their own!"

The soldiers didn't have much standing. Most of them served as soldiers to make a living, or they could fight and kill, they couldn't give birth, they could only be warriors.

They served their lives and fought against the Khitan out of simple national feelings and wanting to be rewarded by the imperial court to fight for a fortune.

At this time, their immediate superiors, Jiedu and the governor of the towns, did not show up again, and the soldiers just felt at a loss, not knowing what to do.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shouzhen jumped out to persuade again: "My lord has lost his virtue, is trustworthy and treacherous, and is suspicious of our army. We will have nowhere to go. Why don't we surrender to the Northern Dynasty and don't seek wealth."

At this time, the lethality of Shi Chonggui's wounded Sanduanbo was immediately revealed.

Even though many soldiers felt humiliated and unwilling to surrender to the Khitans, they felt a little chilled when Li Shouzhen's words instigated them, and they didn't want to sacrifice their lives for Shi Chonggui anymore.

There was a jingle, whoever threw away the spear in his hand was the first, and with the first one, there was a second one, and the sound of weapons falling to the ground rang out.

By this time, the town commanders also came out to appease the soldiers.

Those soldiers who didn't want to surrender saw that their commander-in-chief had already bowed their knees, and they felt sad from their hearts, and the camp was filled with crying.

Instead of being angry, Du Chongwei was overjoyed, and quickly ordered Gao Xun to go to the Khitan camp again and report the 'good news' to Yelu Deguang.

Hucile took this opportunity to pretend to appease the soldiers of Wuning Army, but he went directly to the remaining [-] original Liangzhou horses.

Hutai's eyes widened, looking at Hucile in shock and anger.

"Why is Du Chongwei so shameless? He surrendered to the Khitan! Then what have we done? Returned to the east after hard work, and then became slaves to the barbarians?"

Although Hutai and the others were barbarians on the grassland, since they followed Zhang Zhao, they never regarded themselves as barbarians at all, and they regarded Tang'er's identity as extremely important, and often regarded themselves as veterans of the rebel army.

Although they have fallen, they can enjoy wealth and honor in the Jin army with peace of mind, but it is still very difficult for them to accept surrendering to the Khitan people and being the gray grandchildren of the Khitan people.

As soon as the tiger thorn arrived, other generals of the Wuning Army surrounded him, and he took the opportunity to look at the surrounding Wuning Army generals and said.

"We are all from the south, and our family's wealth is all in the south. If we seek refuge, the Khitan Lord will let us return to the south? When will we be able to reunite with our family?"

When all the generals heard it, they all thought it was reasonable, so Hu Cile quickly lowered his voice and said.

"Hutai and Madu Yuhou are going to collect war horses and find an opportunity. Let's abandon the army and return south by detour."

. . . .

While speaking, Gao Xun arrived at the Liao army camp for the third time.

Yelude was still a little uneasy after hearing the report.

Because from his point of view, Yelu Deguang is still a little hard to believe that Du Chongwei is willing to lead all the elites of Jin to betray his brother-in-law and nephew just for a verbal promise.

How could there be such a deceitful person in the world?The innocence makes my brother Guang feel a little unreal.

So he was going to let a dead ghost go to scout the way.

If this is true, everything will be fine, and if there is an ambush, it will be for the dead ghost.

He thought for a long time, and the most suitable pathfinder had to be Zhao Yanshou.

Just do what you say, Yelu Deguang directly asked Zhao Yanshou to be summoned.

In order for Zhao Yanshou to take risks with all his heart, Yelu Deguang even gave him a dragon and phoenix ocher robe.

The ocher robe at this time does not refer to the dark red robe, but the ocher yellow robe.

It was originally the robe worn by the emperor, but the Zhao Da Chenqiao mutiny, the yellow robe added to the body is the ocher yellow robe.

Zhao Yanshou was very surprised when he saw Yelu Deguang suddenly giving him a yellow ocher robe. He didn't know that Du Chongwei was going to surrender today, so he was a little puzzled.

Brother Guang, who was smiling, walked over and kindly asked Zhao Yanshou not only to be more polite, but also personally put the ocher yellow robe on Zhao Yanshou, and then pointed to Du Chongwei's envoy Gao Xun in the distance and said.

"The Jin people are begging to surrender, and the Han soldiers are all yours. You should go and comfort them yourself." He said, and put another ocher yellow robe on Zhao Yanshou's right shoulder.

Zhao Yanshou was overjoyed and moved to the point of tears, but when he saw Yelu Deguang gave him another ocher yellow robe, he immediately felt vigilant.

Yelu Deguang did not hide anything, "This ocher robe was given to Du Chongwei, because he also asked someone to be the emperor of the Central Plains."

Yelu Deguang spoke slowly and deliberately, and only continued when Zhao Yanshou could hardly bear it.

"But the King of Yan should know that this is used to stabilize the people of Jin. How can you be compared with Du Chongwei?"

It's also good words that don't need money, but Zhao Yanshou still eats this.

Hearing the words, not only did he not think that Yelude was just fooling around, but he also thought that Yelude was only in love with him, and he told everything truthfully.

At that moment, after Zhao Yanshou bid farewell to Yelu Deguang, he immediately led Lu Long's army of two or three hundred riders to the Jin army's camp.

. . . .

It happened that there was a little snowstorm in the morning, and Zhao Yanshou and others, wearing white robes, followed the leading cavalry sent by the Jin army to cross the Hutuo River with all their horses and chariots to accept the surrender of the Jin army.

Du Chongwei and the others had been waiting at the gate of the camp for a long time, their sight was blocked by the snow, they only saw a man in a yellow ocher robe leading hundreds of Liao riders in a carriage.

Du Chongwei, Li Shouzhen, Zhang Yanze and others thought it was Yelu Deguang who had arrived in person, and they were so moved that they immediately bowed down to greet him.

Unexpectedly, when they got closer, they realized that the person who came was not Yelu Deguang but Zhao Yanshou.

Everyone's noses were about to turn crooked, but Zhao Yanshou couldn't get Zhao Yanshou to come back even after paying their respects. Du Chongwei and the others could only dare to hold back their silence and continue to finish their respects.

Zhao Yanshou, who consciously overwhelmed Du Chongwei again, was extremely proud, and immediately handed Du Chongwei the ochre-yellow robe that Yelu Deguang had given him.

"The Son of Heaven calls you and others to pay a visit."

When Du Chongwei saw that Yelu Deguang was willing to give him even the ocher yellow robe, he was immediately elated, and the little 'grievance' he had just paid homage to Zhao Yanshou disappeared immediately.

This shameless person actually took off his outer robe in front of everyone, changed into the ocher yellow robe given by Yelu Deguang, and bowed respectfully to the north three times.

After the worship, Du Chongwei was not ashamed at all, but was extremely excited.

He looked at Zhao Yanshou, not only did he not have the humbleness of a beggar, he also vaguely considered himself the emperor of the Central Plains.

"Also ask the king of Yan to lead the way, so I will personally meet the lord of the kingdom."

. . . .

At the gate of the Khitan barracks, Zhao Yanshou invited Du Chongwei to pay a visit, Yelu Deguang immediately asked the Liao army to open the barracks gate to greet him, seeing that all the Jin generals came to visit, he relieved his hanging heart.

Standing beside Yelu Deguang, Zhou Ru, a general of the Jin Dynasty, identified them one by one according to his figure and appearance, and then whispered a few words in Yelu Deguang's ear.

Yelude just calmly supported Du Chongwei who was about to bow down, "I am so relieved that you have abandoned the darkness and turned to the light. From now on, there will be no suspicion or prejudice in advance, so that the Khitan and Han will work together."

As he said that, Yelu Deguang took Du Chongwei's hand and continued to fool around with great emotion.

"Ru country has made great contributions to China, and I will live up to the preface."

After Du Chongwei listened, tears rolled out of his eyes, and he immediately babbled and sang.

He even led all the people to shout and dance in front of Yelu Deguang. According to the highest etiquette of meeting the emperor, they shouted and danced, kowtowed and thanked, and all the Jin generals showed their ugliness.

After the dance, Yelu Deguang pretended to look left and right, and asked casually.

"Where is the commander-in-chief of Huangfu Festival who rescued servants by the Anyang River in the past?
I heard that Marshal Wuning Junjie is a Dadan from Liangguo, he is best at dancing, let's meet him when he comes out. "

Du Chongwei, Li Shouzhen and others looked around after hearing the words, only to realize that Hucile was not in the crowd.

Huangfu knew when he met them, Du Chongwei was afraid that he would run into Yelu Deguang, so he was imprisoned in the camp, but this tiger thorn, why didn't he follow?

Du Chongwei was a little embarrassed, he cupped his hands and replied: "Huangfu is reckless by nature, he was worried that he would offend His Majesty, so he let him stand by in the camp.

As for the tiger stabbing, I really didn't pay attention to it, and I don't think it will go far. Please send someone to investigate. "

Yelu De's face remained unchanged, and he waved his hand indifferently.

"Let Huangfu Yu come to see him. As for Hucile, if he dares to escape without knowing the Lord, he will regret it later."

On December 25, Yelude granted Du Chongwei the title of Grand Tutor, Li Shouzhen the title of Situ, and annexed more than [-] Jin troops.

And he learned his lesson this time, he didn't immediately send his troops south, but prepared to occupy the land of Hebei first, and then made plans.

On the 26th, Yelu Deguang took Du Chongwei as the vanguard and led the army to the city of Hengzhou. Du Chongwei personally ordered the guard Wang Zhou to open the gate and surrender.

Wang Zhou only had [-] defenders, and not all of them were willing to die here with him. Knowing that the matter was irreversible, he cried loudly at the top of the city.

"Being generously favored by Jin, you can't fight to the death and surrender to the city. How can you meet the lord and the scholar-officials?"

After weeping, Wang Zhou went straight back to the government office, found a bucket of strong wine and drank it all in one gulp, and then he wanted to kill himself with a knife.

However, Wang Zhou's two sons knew that their father's expression was wrong, and they had been following them secretly. Seeing that Wang Zhou was about to commit suicide, they were afraid that this would anger the Khitan people, so they rushed over and hugged their thighs, crying and persuading them.

"My lord has fulfilled the duty of a loyal minister, what should the descendants do?"

At this time, the Hengzhou Military Academy in the government office also rushed over to persuade them, they hugged Wang Zhou together, and half-carried him to the east gate.

Yelu Deguang entered Hengzhou City smoothly, and immediately canonized Wang Zhou as the Jiedu Envoy of Wu Shengjun. Tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers and horses finally did not have to sleep in the wild.

But after the Khitan army entered the city, Yelu Deguang only had to rest for a day, and then quickly made dispatches.

After not engaging in military affairs and playing politics instead, Yelu Deguang finally had time to display his abilities.

He was not in a hurry to go south, but sent General Ma Da to head north to Daizhou with the Liao army and the [-] surrendered Jin army.

Wang Hui, the governor of Daizhou, saw tens of thousands of soldiers and horses approaching the city of Daizhou, and many of them surrendered from the Jin army. Only then did he learn that Du Chongwei had surrendered with a large army, so he was unambiguous and slippery immediately chose to join him.

This time, the Khitans did not go south, but occupied Daizhou with [-] troops.

The area around Daizhou and Yanmen Pass has always been the northern gate of Taiyuan, and the Khitan people stationed [-] troops here, which immediately attracted Liu Zhiyuan's Hedong soldiers to the area around Xin County, preventing them from acting rashly.

Then Yelude sent the traitor Geng Chongmei to take Yizhou.

Although this Geng Chongmei's reputation is not obvious in later generations, in history, they are a standard Khitanized Han family with the same reputation as the Han Derang family.

Geng Chongmei even married Yelu Deguang's sister Weiguo's wife Yelu, whose status was far above the Han family at this time.

Guo Lin, the governor of Yizhou, is also a member of Daibei Wuxun. He stayed as the governor of Yizhou after the Jin army broke through Yizhou last time.

It can even be said that it is the only spoil of war kept by the Jin army after the victory in the battle of Baituanwei Village.

Guo Lin is a man who runs the army rigorously and can share joys and sorrows with the soldiers. He is very respected by the soldiers and the people who cannot bear the Khitan slavery.

Yizhou is close to Youzhou, and Guo Lin was able to gain a firm foothold here, which made Yelude Guang regard him as a thorn in his side, and he was unable to overcome several attacks.

But this time it was different, because the reason why Yizhou soldiers and civilians supported Guo Lin, apart from the fact that the Khitans were too hard to squeeze, the most important reason was that they were inspired by the strong combat power of the Jin army and had a strong Jin army to rely on.

But now, the Jin army themselves have taken refuge in Khitan, how can they defend?No one wants to be forced to die.

So as soon as Geng Chongmei's troops arrived, Yizhou's generals and soldiers scrambled to join him, but Guo Lin couldn't stop them at all.

In desperation, Guo Lin could only sit in the gate of the city and curse Geng Chongmei.

Like Zhao Yanshou, Geng Chongmei has the common characteristics of traitors, that is, he can do it, but you can't say it, and you will be impatient if you say it.

Guo Lin didn't curse a few words, and Geng Chongmei, who became angry from embarrassment, drew a knife and killed Guo Lin.

After occupying the two key places of Yizhou and Daizhou, Yelu Deguang sent Zhang Yanze to open the gate of Dingzhou.

Zhang Yanze was originally the Jiedu Envoy of the Yiwu Army in Dingzhou, and he took Dingzhou with ease.

At this point, Yelu Deguang completely lost his worries, so he forcibly summoned Huangfu Yu to Hengzhou City.

Brother Guang not only wants Huangfu Yu to take refuge, but also wants Huangfu Yu to serve him and lead the army south to attack the Jin Dynasty.

This is purely evil, and Yelu Deguang just wanted to subdue such loyal ministers and righteous men, so as to achieve the sense of conquest that he felt had destroyed the Jin people's resistance.

Huangfu Yu was dragged into Hengzhou City by the Liao army in a carriage. The formerly majestic man was already pale and his footsteps were vain.

Because after Du Chongwei surrendered, Huangfu Yu hardly ate anything except binge drinking and getting drunk.

Outside the gate of the place where Yelu Deguang was stationed, more than a dozen people looked at Huangfu Yu with distressed faces, and Huangfu Yu was stunned for a moment.

Because among the dozen or so people, his eldest son and nephew were the top ones, both of them were captured by the Khitan people when they went out with Huangfu Yu.

The rest of the people are also Huangfu Yu's confidant brothers. Du Zhimin, who was in a panic by the Anyang River, gave up his mount to Huangfu Yu, and was rescued by him after returning to the Wanjun, was also there.

Although the Khitan people didn't say what they were going to do, the meaning was already obvious.

Huangfu Yu laughed miserably, pushed away the Khitan soldiers to hold his hand, and walked into the house by himself.

Yelu Deguang really didn't expect that the so-called tough guys and heroes of the Southern Dynasties were so weak, they just nodded and didn't say anything else.

Yelu De only thought that he had subdued Huangfu Yu, so he couldn't help but feel very proud.

Laughing loudly, he ordered Huangfu Yu to lead [-] soldiers and horses from the headquarters, together with [-] Khitan cavalry, to go southward at starry night and attack Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, the capital of the Jin Kingdom.

Huangfu Yu took the order, and when he went out of the room, he found that except for his nephew Huangfu Chong, there were only a few servants waiting here.

Huangfu Chong looked at the haggard looking Huangfu Yu with red eyes, "Da Lang, Du Zhimin and others were all taken away by the Khitan people."

Who is Yelu Deguang, how could he leave such a flaw?Of course he would continue to hold Huangfu Yu's son and confidant in his hands.

Huangfu Yu didn't speak anymore, and didn't care about military affairs at all, he just brought his nephew Huangfu Chong and others, and followed the army to the south.

In the evening, Huangfu Yu drank two buckets of strong wine again, and burst into tears at his nephew Huangfu.

"Being honored by the country, being a general and a general, since he can't die in the army, how can he see the old master! He was ordered to do it, and he couldn't bear it."

Huangfu Chong and his servants were all weeping, and one of his servants persuaded him: "I have been with you for ten years, and I can't bear to see him like this. The person on duty tonight is a veteran general in the army. Why don't I take this opportunity to escort you away?" .”

Huangfu Yu knew very well that if he left, his son, Du Zhimin and others who stayed in the Khitan army might be killed by the Khitan people.

But at this moment, he couldn't care less, because he decided to tell the court the news that Du Chongwei had shamelessly defected to the Khitan people.

So in the evening of the same day, Huangfu Yu led Huangfu to rush and count the number of followers, and left the barracks at night to head south.

Two days later, Huangfu Yu and the others walked outside the city of Pingji County in the south of Zhaozhou. At this time, it was snowing heavily, the road was muddy, and everyone was tired and hungry, and could hardly walk.

Huangfu Yu's situation was even worse, he didn't eat much for seven or eight days, and even drank strong alcohol to get drunk, his originally majestic body had completely slumped.

At this time, he couldn't even ride a horse anymore, so Huangfu bought a donkey cart and pulled him south.

Huangfu Yu turned his back to the sky, the dry and cold snowflakes floated on his face, Huangfu Yu didn't feel much anymore.

It suddenly occurred to him that even if he risked his life to inform the court, but the court had no soldiers to use, he might have killed his nephew Huangfu Chong and Zhong Zhongcongren on the way.

With a long sigh, he called Huangfu Chong to stop, and sat up reluctantly.

"I have believed that I will not eat, and I am very sick. The master humiliated his ministers to death, and there is no way to go south."

Huangfu Chong heard the death-defying meaning in Huangfu Yu's mouth, and hurriedly persuaded him.

"Even if we don't go south, we can find a place to stay temporarily, and keep it useful for the future."

Huangfu Yu laughed miserably, "Is there a future?"

Huangfu Chong gritted his teeth, and said to Huangfu Yu: "The King of Hexi Liang, after the loyalty of the great dynasty, when the chaos in Guanzhong was quelled, the name of benevolence and righteousness spread everywhere, and now he has given out millions of stones to help the victims. The Lord of Destiny, the one who can conquer Khitan in the north and restore the Central Plains must be His Royal Highness Prince Liang."

Huangfu Yu suddenly sighed, "A few months ago, you wanted to go to Hexi, it seems that you have identified King Liang."

Huangfu Chong nodded, "My nephew has counted the kings of the world, no matter the emperor or the king, only King Liang is the true master!"

Huangfu Yu showed a gratified smile on his face, "It's so good. After XX goes, you can go to Hexi, assist the King of Liang, chase the Hulu north, and avenge XX."

Huangfu burst into tears when he heard the words, he grabbed Huangfu Yu's wrist and cried, "Uncle is one of the most loyal and brave ministers in the world, if you can assist the King of Liang, why not worry about the big things going wrong?"

Huangfu Yu shook his head, "I am a minister of Jin, the emperor treats me very well, how can I bear to see the country overthrow and the emperor be humiliated?"

After finishing speaking, seeing Huangfu Chong wanted to persuade him, Huangfu Yu shouted sharply, "Don't ruin my reputation as a loyal minister!"

After finishing speaking, the most brave and loyal minister in the late Jin Dynasty took out the short knife he had prepared for a long time from his arms, plunged it into the neck, and committed suicide.

Huangfu burst into tears, and after collecting Huangfuyu's body, he went west and went to Zhang Zhao.

(End of this chapter)