Han Hai Tang Ergui

Liu Zhiyuan actually needed the Khitan army to go south very much, and the main thing was not that he needed the Khitan's troops, but that he wanted to rely on the Khitan's power.

This sounds a bit magical. The Khitans were overthrown twice by my saint Zhang in three years and killed two emperors. What power does he have?Is it the power of being slapped in the face?

But in fact, they really have that much.

Since Li Siyuan, Emperor Mingzong of the later Tang Dynasty, dispatched most of Hebei and Hedong warriors to Tokyo, Khitan has gradually become a threat from a treacherous person beaten by Li Cunxu.

After Li Congke entered Luoyang, the situation intensified. When Shi Jingtang betrayed the country, the threat of Khitan to the land of Hebei almost reached its peak, and finally Yelu Deguang entered Tokyo.

It can be seen that the rise of the Khitan people and their psychological advantages over the land of Hebei have been established little by little.

It is impossible for this kind of subtle influence of more than twenty years to fade away in an instant.

From the perspective of later generations, the Khitan nation is far from being comparable to the Xiongnu and Turks in the past, because it has too many fishing, hunting and farming attributes, and its control over the grassland is not so firm.

Even if it was the Liao Kingdom in history, if it was born in the early Han and early Tang, it would have been beaten to a pulp long ago.

But it is impossible for people of this era to have such a time-traveling vision. In their view, this is the time when Chu and Han competed for the throne at the end of Qin Dynasty, and when the heroes at the end of Sui Dynasty were fighting for hegemony. Turks.

And they still don't know that Yeluruan is kneeling again, so they will still regard Khitan as the representative of the grassland empire.

If Liu Zhiyuan hadn't pulled in this steppe empire, then he would have used a corner of the east of the river to contend with the Central Plains' small and broad, and his chances of winning would definitely not be high.

If Khitan is involved, it is easy to think that the entire grassland is supporting Liu Zhiyuan, and it is even more reminiscent of the situation between Shi Jingtang and Li Congke.

Therefore, Liu Zhiyuan has been anxiously waiting for the arrival of the Khitan army. Only when the Khitan people come and show that they obey Liu Zhiyuan's command can he show to the local tyrants and Fu family in Hebei, especially Beizhou, that he has the power to compete with Zhang Tie for the world. Ability.

This is what people do when they get older, they hope everything will be done properly, and everything will be done step by step.

The 52-year-old Liu Zhiyuan has long lost the determination and ambition of the past when he rose to the high position of Jiedushi within a few years from a small school. Now he is like a lion who has reached his twilight years.

Wang Jun tried to persuade Liu Zhiyuan that Fu Yanqing only had more than [-] people in Beizhou, and there were Fu family members who were connected with them in the city. As long as Liu Zhiyuan made up his mind, let the Hedong army attack for fifteen days first, and under the threat of life and death, , Beizhou City will be in chaos.

But Liu Zhiyuan has always been hesitant, always fantasizing that Fu Yanqing, who was born in Hedong and Daibei martial arts, can open the city to join him and set a good example for the rest of the world, so he has been trying to persuade him to surrender.

Liu Zhiyuan stubbornly believed that although Fu Yanqing married all his daughters to Zhang Ting, the foundation of the entire Fu family was in the Hedong and Daibei Wuxun Group, and one daughter was not enough for them all to board Zhang Ting's boat.

This theory is actually correct, but there is a premise, that is, Liu Zhiyuan has at least the same military strength as Zhang Tie, as well as the ability and age that match Zhang Tie.

If Liu Zhiyuan can occupy two of these three items, as the entire family started from Hedong and Daibei Wuxun's family, he must go with Liu Zhiyuan.

It's just a pity that Liu Zhiyuan didn't get any of these three items.

In terms of military strength, Fu Yanqing knew very well that Liu Zhiyuan had mobilized three feet from the east, but Zhang Tie had mobilized at most [-]% of his strength.

And this [-]% power is enough to suppress Hedong.

If it is urgent, if Zhang Tie mobilizes like Liu Zhiyuan, he can pull out at least 300,000 people, not to mention the elite level of the army, armor, weapons, etc., and Hedong is even more incomparable.

In Fu Yanqing's eyes, the current Zhang Zhou is already close to the Zhu Liang who suppressed the entire Hedong and Daibei Wuxun Group back then in terms of strength, and is still the Zhu Liang in Zhu Wen's hands.

When Zhu Wen was strong in the past, Li Keyong was trapped in a corner of Hedong, and finally died of depression. Liu Zhiyuan, the beggar's version of Hedong, what can he use to compete with the Central Plains?

Secondly, in terms of ability, after getting along with Zhang Ting for a period of time, Fu Yanqing was very sure that Zhang Ting had received a very systematic and comprehensive education.

Whether it is the understanding of the general trend of the world, the design of national construction, the degree of understanding of government affairs, and the speculation of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Mo, Huang, and the old schools of thought, they all have a very unique and strategic vision.

In contrast, Liu Zhiyuan has almost no knowledge of these things except for fighting.

He still looks like a typical warrior at this time, and his understanding of the country and the court is only at the level of collecting taxes and appointing officials.

To put it bluntly, in their eyes, the country and the imperial court are just tools used internally to distribute spoils.

Although from some perspectives, this is indeed the case, but when the country and the court only have this function, it will be a disaster for the world and everyone.

Zhang Tie and Fu Yanqing talked about their vision for the country and the court.

In response to Zhang Ting's proposals, benevolence is the basis for establishing a country, leniency is the basis for legislation, loyalty and trust are the foundation, and etiquette is the guide, so as to teach the people to be kind.Make military generals dare not use power to bend the law, and civil officials dare not use power for personal gain, so that the four peoples are safe and the world is peaceful.

Externally, they use etiquette as their armor, use culture as their weapon, strengthen China and control the Quartet, such as the story of Zhou Tianzi, Xia Jun barbarians, respect Zhou etiquette and each has its own differences.

Zhang Ting's ideas made Fu Yanqing's heart surge, as if opening the door to a new world, so excited that she shed tears on the spot, wishing she could live 20 years later in order to follow the Lord.

This kind of great shock on the spiritual level, which transcended the material reality, was not at all shaken by Liu Zhiyuan's old-fashioned official vows.

So for Liu Zhiyuan's sugar-coated bullets, Fu Yanqing accepted them all according to the order, while pretending to be false, while investigating the unstable factors in the Fu family and Beizhou.

When Liu Zhiyuan came to his senses, all the people in Beizhou who had been associated with him were basically uprooted. Feng Hui and Luo Shande also led an army of [-] people and came to the village more than ten miles southwest of Beizhou.

Only then did Liu Zhiyuan realize that he had been fooled, and in a rage, he immediately ordered the Hedong Army to prepare to attack the city, but by this moment, it was already too late.

First, Murong Yanchao, his half-brother who controlled the Tuyuhun cavalry for him, came to report and found traces of the large cavalry going north through Beizhou.

Moreover, the detectives under Murong Yanchao couldn't cross Wuyi to Wuqiang area, and continued to go north to check.

The entire Hedong army was shocked. They all thought that the cavalry of the Zhou army had already crossed Beizhou to fight the Khitans in advance. Liu Zhiyuan was even ready to abandon Beizhou and retreat from Qinghe to Julu County in Xingzhou, which he controlled firmly.

But then, the second news came that Guo Wei was defeated at the mouth of the Hezhang Valley, losing more than [-] soldiers and horses.

And the one who defeated him was the main force of the Zhou army with the yellow umbrella cover and the Sanchen flag inlaid with silver. There were at least [-] people. The famous Zhou army generals Yan Jin, Zhang Zhaozhong, Zhang Zhaojiu, and Zhang Zhaojun were all there.

This time, the Hedong army, which was about to retreat to the front line of Julu, calmed down again.

Because according to their calculation of Zhang Zhou's force, the core elite is around [-].

At this time, a yellow canopy appeared at the entrance of the Hezhang Valley, and a bunch of famous generals of the Zhou Kingdom appeared, and they easily defeated Guo Wei's more than [-] people, so those at the entrance of the Hezhang Valley must be the main force of the Zhou Kingdom.

If Zhou's main force was at the mouth of the Hezhang Valley, then those who passed through Beizhou would not be the main force, but a small number of fine cavalry, at most not more than [-] cavalry, to delay the Khitan going south.

On the second day, more accurate information came that Guo Wei was unable to gain a foothold along the Zhanghe River after being defeated at the mouth of the Hezhang Valley.

So Guo Jin was ordered to lead [-] elite troops to enter Fuyang to hold fast, while he led more than [-] soldiers to go up the Zhang River and retreat to Shexian County in Hedong, where he stabilized his footing.

Shexian County is located on the banks of the Qingzhang River, a branch of the Zhang River. Guo Wei transferred Hezhang's supplies to Shexian County, so it became the base camp for hoarding half of the military supplies of the Hedong Army.

Fuyang, which was used by the Hedong army to control the Zhanghe River, became an isolated city, and the Zhangshui River leading to Fuyang in Shexian County was also completely controlled by the Zhou army.

This made Liu Zhiyuan miserable, forcing him to make a choice.

Because at this time, from the north of the Yellow River to Youzhou, there are only two roads to go, namely Zhangshui and Yongji Canal.

Fuyang is the key point for the Hedong Army to get stuck in the Zhangshui River, and Qinghe County, the city of Beizhou, is an important hub for controlling the Yongji Canal.

Now that Zhang Fuyang is under siege, and Beizhou city Qinghe has not been captured, with Liu Zhiyuan's military strength, he will only be able to keep one side.

Both Wang Jun and Su Fengji urged Liu Zhiyuan to make a quick decision, leave Beizhou Qinghe, retreat westward to Xingzhou and Mingzhou, and then go south to break the siege of Fuyang, and try to ensure that the area from Hedong She County to Xiangzhou Fuyang will be safe.

Because Zhangshui originates from Hedong, it is actually the lifeline of the Hedong army, and Beizhou is also important, but it is only the place where the Hedong army must conquer.

In other words, Fuyang and Zhangshui are the lifelines of the Hedong army, while Beizhou and Yongjiqu are the career lines.

If they can't win Beizhou, although they are extremely passive, they will not be defeated immediately, and there may be opportunities and turning points.

But without Fuyang, Zhangshui could not be controlled, and the supply of the entire Hedong Army would immediately become a big problem.

At this time, Hebei was in constant war and could not afford to supply the needs of an army of [-] to [-], unless Liu Zhiyuan killed the Hebei local tyrants in the north of Xiangzhou and south of Hengzhou, and used their money and food to ensure the supply of the army.

But if that's the case, these local tyrants who still support the Hedong Army will definitely be pushed to Zhou Guo's side, and it will really be over.

So at this moment, the best way is to keep Fuyang, take a defensive position and pull with the Zhou army. If it succeeds, Xu Tu can go south, and if it fails, he can return to Hedong.

However, Liu Zhiyuan got stuck on this correct opinion, and he couldn't make a decision for two days. Wang Jun was so anxious that he could only go to see Liu Zhiyuan alone at night.

When Wang Jun saw Liu Zhiyuan, it was quite late, and Liu Zhiyuan was about to go to bed.

Wang Jun stepped forward, grabbed Liu Zhiyuan's sleeve and shouted in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you want to kill these [-] soldiers?"

Liu Zhiyuan also lost the majesty of the past, let Wang Jun hold his sleeves, and sat down on the bed helplessly. He didn't answer Wang Jun's question, but talked about something else to himself.

"It's been more than 30 years since a certain family joined the army, and An Neng doesn't know the crisis at this moment?
But a certain person is in his fifties and suffers from pain in his legs and cannot walk fast. If it is a thunderstorm and a damp day, the old wounds all over his body will hurt like gunshots.

Now for the troops, the sky in the east of the river is three feet high, and the people are full of grievances. This situation can still happen at this moment, because people all over the world are waiting and watching, thinking that there is a possibility that someone can take over the Central Plains.

If they leave without fighting, they will definitely lose the popularity of the world. Even if they retreat to Xing, Ming and other places, can they really hold each other?Can a certain person return to Hedong? "

Wang Jun had prepared a lot of speeches, but he couldn't continue at this moment, because Liu Zhiyuan's words had already exhausted his interests.

Retreating at this moment is not a disaster for the Hedong army, but it is a disaster for Liu Zhiyuan.

As for the Hedong Army, if they want to come to Shaotian, they will not kill them in a hurry. At worst, they will be deprived of their honors and official positions.

However, personal property should be preserved, and living in Tokyo and Luoyang for the elderly is still no problem, it’s just that life is not satisfactory.

But Liu Zhiyuan couldn't do it. In these years, Zhang Zhou, who just refused, had been transferred three times, expelled the envoys at least seven or eight times, and detained An Shuqian who went to persuade him, which has blocked all the escape routes.

Once this failure is revealed, not only will the current situation be unsustainable, but Liu Zhiyuan's family who are far away in Hedong may also be sold for a good price by others.

Wang Jun sighed secretly. When he was in Hedong, everyone thought it was easy to go south from Jinyang to Tokyo, because they had been playing like this for the past few decades.

In addition, Zhang Ting is not from the Hedong and Daibei system, and Liu Zhiyuan is known as the Hedong and Daibei people. Many people think that as long as the banner is raised, the heroes of the world must follow.

It's a pity that in reality, going east to Hebei is extremely unfavorable. There are not many heroes from Hebei provinces who sincerely surrender, let alone Fu Yanqing, Gao Xingzhou, and An Shenqi.

Later, he wanted to take advantage of Zhang Zhou's southern conquest of the Tang Dynasty to go south, but Zhang Teng mobilized all the Hexi troops, so the Hedong side did not get accurate information. Everyone thought that Zhang Teng was going to conquer Du Chongwei in Songzhou.

Thinking that Du Chongwei had only a few thousand people in his hands, they must have been settled quickly.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Teng was going to fight the Southern Tang Dynasty. When Hedong received the news, Zhang Teng's battle of Yizheng was almost over, and he missed a good time in vain.

Liu Zhiyuan had no choice but to order Guo Wei to go southward against the wind and snow, but it turned out to be a step too late. Zhou General Yan Jin had already captured Yedu, blocking the way for the Hedong Army to take the opportunity to go southward.

Then, because of food and grass and Khitan issues, it has been procrastinating until today.

My own side was ready, but Zhou Guo was also ready. Before the two sides had a decisive battle, the Hedong Army felt the terrifying pressure from top to bottom.

Wang Jun also understood at this time that Liu Zhiyuan still had expectations for the Khitan soldiers and horses, hoping that the Khitan soldiers and horses could defeat Zhou Guo's cavalry and join them in Beizhou.

But Wang Jun understands that there is a high probability that this is a dead end!
The Khitan was beaten to death by Zhang Ting in Yanshi, even the emperor. They were frightened. Hard to say the odds.

Knowing Liu Zhiyuan's difficulty, Wang Jun thought about it, then loosened Liu Zhiyuan's sleeve and said in a low voice: "If Your Majesty wants to wait for the Khitan soldiers to come, then you can't wait here.

The minister asked the king to appoint Liu Chong, the defense envoy of Sizhou, to guard the Taiyuan Valley to prevent accidents.

Then he ordered the commander of the horse army, Murong Yanchao, to lead a fine ride out of Jizhou. He must break through the blockade of the Zhou army and find out the reason why the Khitan soldiers and horses were delayed. "

Liu Chong is the founder of the Northern Han Dynasty in history, Liu Zhiyuan's half-brother, currently leading the defense envoy of Sizhou, and actually serving as the patrol envoy of the three cities of Taiyuan to stay in Taiyuan.

Adding him to stay behind as a soldier in Hedong is to allow Liu Chong to control all the power, so that when the situation in the Hebei battlefield is unfavorable, someone will murder Liu Zhiyuan's family.

Murong Yanchao is Liu Zhiyuan's half-brother. He is currently the commander of the Hedong Horse Army, and he is in charge of Liu Zhiyuan's Hedong [-] fine cavalry and [-] Tuyuhun cavalry. He is also someone Liu Zhiyuan can trust.

This was the proposal that suited Liu Zhiyuan's appetite. He was actually thinking about it, so he quickly nodded.

Moreover, Liu Zhiyuan also told Wang Jun that if Murong Yanchao still couldn't break through the Zhou army's blockade within five days, then he would withdraw to the Julu area.

Some things in this world are really a bit metaphysical. Those who set up flags indiscriminately will often be beaten by reality.

Just as Liu Zhiyuan said that he would withdraw his troops if there was no news within five days, Murong Yanchao immediately received the news.

In fact, Murong Yanchao led [-] cavalry to station near Wuqiang County, and has been trying his best to inquire about Zhou Jun's news.

But he didn't dare to go too far, because he was released by Zhang Ting in Yanshi City after he was kidnapped by Du Chongwei and took refuge in Khitan in the past.

After he was released, Murong Yanchao spent some time in the Left Guard Army composed of the former Imperial Guards of the Later Jin Dynasty. After receiving Liu Zhiyuan's call, he abandoned his official position and ran back to Hedong with his confidants.

Therefore, compared with the generals in Hedong, he has a deeper understanding of the strength of Zhou Guo's Liangzhou horses who came from Hexi.

Compared to them, these Tuyuhun rangers under him are nothing at all.

Even the so-called Hedong cavalry, after losing the horse farms in Yunzhou and the north, the gap with the Hexi cavalry is not small.

So Murong Yanchao didn't dare to go too far from Wuqiang. If he really had the courage to dispatch thousands of cavalry, it was impossible that he couldn't break through the blockade, but he didn't dare.

But after receiving the order written by Liu Zhiyuan himself, Murong Yanchao also knew that the matter was urgent, so he could only quickly select two thousand fine riders to go north to investigate, but before the team started, the overwhelming rout arrived.

After the Khitan people were defeated in Lutai, Cangzhou, quite a few of them did not go north, but ran to the south in a panic.

As a result, Murong Yanchao obtained more accurate information. Although some routs said that Lutai was defeated and even the emperor was dead, others said that only the periphery was scattered and the army had returned to Youzhou safely.

But no matter what, Murong Yanchao got two pieces of news. One was that there were not many cavalrymen from the state of Zhou who raided Khitan, and the other was that the Khitan army would definitely not go south.

At this moment, Murong Yanchao's decision and experience saved his life, and when his subordinate Liu Ci was still persuading him to report to Liu Zhiyuan before making a decision, Murong Yanchao shouted sharply.

"The one who can defeat Khitan with ten thousand riders must be the world's sharpest warriors like Yulin Guard and Jinwu Guard in Zhou Kingdom. I am afraid of them. Who of you can stop Murong Baipao and Li Shouchang (Li Cunhui)?"

After speaking, without waiting for other people to object, Murong Yanchao immediately ordered the whole army to go south while riding a horse to inform Liu Zhiyuan.

Murong Yanchao's decision was correct, and he also saved the lives of these thousands of cavalry. They had just left the camp for less than three hours, when Zhang Zhaojie (Qion Re Duojin) led a thousand fine cavalry to arrive.

Zhang Zhaojie came running wildly, but Zhang Zhaojie, who failed to make a surprise attack, could only chase south along the horseshoe prints, and finally chased Murong Yanchao's tribe in the northeast of Hengshui County by the Zhangshui River.

The two sides fought in the northern part of Hengshui County for an hour. Although Zhang Zhaojie had rushed two hundred miles to arrive and was exhausted, he still achieved an excellent result.

With [-] horses, he charged more than [-] horses into the Hedong Army, and with one blow, he defeated the Jingqi Zuo Battalion of the Hedong Army led by Liu Ci. Liu Ci, relying on his good water quality, swam to the opposite side of the Zhang River and barely escaped.

And his collapse soon caused the collapse of Hedong Tuyuhun Qingqi who was harassed by the two wings.

In the end, it was Murong Yanchao who saw that the situation was critical, burned the Zhanghe pontoon bridge, and abandoned the [-] riders north of the Zhang River, and led the remaining [-] people to escape.

Zhang Zhaojie didn't have enough boats to cross the river, so he could only search for civilian husbands to rush to repair the pontoon bridge, and at the same time send people to report the battle situation to Zhang Tie.

When the news reached the Hedong military camp, Liu Zhiyuan was shocked. He didn't expect the Khitans to be so weak that they were defeated so easily by a surprise attack.

But at the critical moment, Liu Zhiyuan still showed enough military qualities. He first sent troops to attack Qinghe, the city of Beizhou, and even the soldiers of the Hedong Army went to the battlefield.

Feng Hui and Luo Shande, who had been fighting gophers with Liu Zhiyuan in the south of Beizhou, hurriedly sent troops to Qinghe City to contain the Hedong Army.

The two sides fought fiercely from sunrise to late at night, and the Hedong Army even boarded the city several times.

On the second day, the Hedong Army still sent troops to attack Qinghe City, and the drums of war were also loud, but the intensity was lower.

Moreover, it was intense in the morning, and it became less intense at noon, and it almost returned to the previous low-intensity state in the afternoon.

Feng Hui, Luo Shande, and Fu Yanqing were all attracted to the siege battle, and no one noticed anything unusual.

As a result, on the fourth day, several pontoon bridges on the Yongji Canal were controlled by the Hedong Army, and a fire suddenly ignited.

Only then did the three of them realize that something was wrong, and hurriedly dispatched troops to see that there were only a thousand old and weak in the Hedong Army barracks, and the rest of the main force had already crossed the river and fled.

Feng, Luo, and Fu suddenly realized, especially Feng Hui and Luo Shande knew that the Khitan army must have been defeated.

The three then sent messengers to rush north while repairing the pontoon bridge.

At the same time, Zhang Teng led his army to Hengshui. This is not because Zhang Teng did not understand the principle of the speed of soldiers, but because after the long-distance attack on the Khitan army, the food and grass he carried were insufficient.

It doesn't matter to people, this kind of suffering can still be eaten, but war horses can't.

Although there is no shortage of green grass and dry grass, high-protein soybeans, black beans, brome (oats), etc. are gone.

A top warhorse like Zhou Jun Hexi, which can explode at high speed and carry a heavy load, can't run at all without these things.

If it is used regardless of force, it will cost too much, and it is not worth it to waste thousands of good horses for a surprise attack.

Therefore, Zhang Tie could only concentrate the supply of concentrated fodder to Zhang Zhaojie, and let him go to the surprise attack first, while he himself led the army to go south at a speed slightly higher than that of the infantry.

This incident also reminded Zhang Tie that he should pay more attention to the cultivation of hard-working Mongolian horses in the future.

On May [-]th, envoys jointly sent by Feng Hui, Luo Shande, and Fu Yanqing found Zhang Yu. At the same time, the three also sent Jingqi to touch the tail of the Hedong Army, and they were fighting the Hedong cavalry behind the palace.

After Zhang Tie received the news, he was not in a hurry. Since the surprise attack failed and a dignified battle was going to be fought, all he needed to do was know the whereabouts of the Hedong Army.

He simply stayed in Xindu County, the city of Jizhou Prefecture, which is the later Ji County of Hengshui, Hebei Province, for a few days to supplement the concentrate feed for the horses. After two days of repairing, the army began to pursue.

On May 10,000th, Zhang Tie gathered [-] people from Luo Shande, Fu Yanqing, and Feng Hui in Nangong. A total of [-] troops grabbed the tail of the Hedong Army and chased after them.

At the same time, Liu Zhiyuan, who had already retreated to Pingxiang County, Xingzhou, could not get rid of the Zhou army cavalry, so he simply retreated to Xiazhai, the city of Jize County in the southwest of Pingxiang County. His 40,000 people stood by Zhangshui, intending to come and wait for work. Add halfway and hit.