Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 497 Murong Yanzhao's Past
In this way.It shows that the identities of this team of businessmen are not simple, otherwise, how could the officials in the court personally review these documents in person.

It is naturally extremely simple to make these fake documents with the means of the Huaxia Weifu Intelligence Department.In the past, they did this when they did not want to reveal their identities during their missions. They have never had any problems, and they will not attract the slightest attention from others.But this time, Ye Chen and the others didn't cheat, and even got the real ones specially, and they were of the highest level. In a word, these documents are too real, so they are very conspicuous.

Naturally, the Intelligence Division would not make such a mistake, which itself was part of the plan.It was also a test for Murong Yanzhao in the General's Mansion in Gyeongju City.

The inspecting captain did not disappoint Ye Chen, Hu Sanguang and others, he stared at Hu Sanguang coldly.Subconsciously glanced at Ye Chen again, and understood that this noble young man with dark eyes was the head of the caravan.

Ye Chen didn't look back at him, he was looking at the Gyeongju city wall with interest right now.Thinking to himself, Gyeongju City is surrounded by plains or deserts, where did these big rocks come from?The loess with glutinous rice should be glued between the stones, otherwise the city wall would not be so strong.

The lieutenant frowned, but subconsciously he didn't want to provoke the young nobleman with his eyes above his head, so he nodded and let his subordinates let him go.He just watched the traveling businessman enter the city, then called two of his subordinates, whispered a few words, and then rode away quickly by himself.And his two subordinates followed Ye Chen and his party from afar.

Ye Chen deliberately gave the soldiers inspecting the city gate of Gyeongju the impression that their eyes were above the top by appreciating the city wall, so as to facilitate his first step of the trial game to fall smoothly after he came to the northwest.

For His Majesty's trust in the past, Murong Yanzhao has always been very grateful. Looking back on his life as a soldier, he felt pain in his heart.

Murong Yanzhao was born as a general, and his father, Murong Zhang, was an official in the capital school of the Mabu Army in Xiangzhou and concurrently the governor of Kaizhou.Murong Yanzhao was famous for his bravery and ability in his youth.When Liu Zhiyuan, the great ancestor of the later Han Dynasty, raised his army, Guo Wei served as a privy envoy to assist Liu Zhiyuan, and recruited Murong Yanzhao into the army.In the first year of Guangshun, Guo Wei proclaimed himself emperor and established the Hou Zhou regime as the Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty.After Guo Wei proclaimed himself emperor, Murong Yanzhao was appointed as the enshrined official in Xitou, and successively served as the deputy envoy of Shangshi and the Marquis of Iron Cavalry.

In the first year of Xiande, Guo Wei died, and Chai Rong, the nephew of Guo Wei's wife Empress Chai, succeeded to the throne.After Chai Rong succeeded to the throne, Murong Yanzhao was reassigned as the commander of the capital in front of the palace, Du Xiao, and concurrently as the governor of Xizhou.

In March of the first year of Xiande, the Northern Han Dynasty took advantage of the opportunity of Guo Wei's death and Chai Rong's early establishment, and joined forces with the Liao Kingdom to attack the Later Zhou Dynasty. Chai Rong led his troops to counterattack. The two sides fought in Gaoping (now Gaoping, Shanxi).Murong Yanzhao served as the left vanguard. In this battle where the enemy was strong and we were weak, he charged forward and fought hard. He made great contributions to the victory in the battle of Gaoping in the following week. He was appointed as the commander of the left wing of Hujie for his merit Envoy, concurrently served as the training envoy of the Honzhou regiment, and was soon promoted to be the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace, and concurrently served as the defense history of Muzhou.

In the second year of Xiande, Murong Yanzhao followed Chai Rong to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty, and was appointed as the capital of the left wing of Longjie, and the deployment of the horse army along the river.When he returned to the capital, he was still the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace, and he went out of Beijing to serve as the capital of Zhenhuai Army.

In the fifth year of Xiande, when Chai Rong was at the mouth of the Yingluan River, he heard that there were hundreds of ships anchored in Dongzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty. He immediately ordered Murong Yanzhao and Song Yanwo, the commander of the right Shenwu army, to attack.Murong Yanzhao led the cavalry to set off by land, and Song Yanwo led the navy to advance along the river. The two armies cooperated closely and defeated the Nantang navy.Due to Murong Yanzhao's outstanding military exploits in the war to capture the fourteen prefectures in Huainan again, after Huainan was pacified, he was promoted to the deputy commander of the palace and concurrently served as Huainan Jiedu.

In the sixth year of Xiande, Chai Rong passed away. His son Zhou Gongdi Chai Zongxun succeeded to the throne.At this time, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was inspected in front of the palace of the Later Zhou Dynasty. The two were very friendly to each other. Zhao Kuangyin often treated Murong Yanzhao as a brother, and even Zhao Kuangyin later became Song Taizu. Sometimes they call him brother, which shows the deep friendship between the two.

In the first month of the first year of Jianlong, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Pu, Zhao Guangyi and other confidantes who were the inspectors in front of the palace at that time, conspired and arranged false reports that the Liao Kingdom and the Northern Han Dynasty had colluded with the large-scale southward invasion, and asked the Central Forbidden Army of the Later Zhou Dynasty to quickly send troops to resist.The prime ministers Fan Zhi and Wang Pu immediately sent Zhao Kuangyin to lead the army, and Murong Yanzhao led the leading troops to set off first.Zhao Kuangyin launched a mutiny in Chenqiao, usurped the Zhou regime, and established the Northern Song Dynasty as Song Taizu.At that time, Murong Yanzhao was holding a heavy army stationed in Zhending (now Zhengding, Hebei), and Zhao Kuangyin sent an envoy to allow him to handle affairs randomly.Murong Yanzhao and Han Lingkun led troops to patrol the Hebei border. They were famous for their calmness and courage. The Northern Han and Liao Kingdoms did not dare to take advantage of the early establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty to act rashly.Zhao Kuangyin was very happy, and in order to commend Murong Yanzhao's achievements, he entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. He was appointed as the inspector in front of the hall, and he was the supreme commander of the Central Forbidden Army in the Northern Song Dynasty and a powerful minister of the country.

Later, Zhao Kuangyin drank wine and released his military power, leaving only Murong Yanzhao and Li Jixun behind, and sent them to the northwest and north respectively, commanding the Northwest Camp and the North Camp, and became the most prosperous officials in the frontier.Such trust is not insignificant.

But no one knows that their Murong family has always been a servant of the Longxi Li family among the seven clans and five surnames of the Holy Church. Although his father Murong Zhang is also a prominent general under the command of Emperor Guo Wei of the Later Zhou Dynasty, his secret identity is It's just the son of a more loyal domestic servant in the Li family in Li Longxi. He was selected from a young age and was carefully cultivated by the Li family. He learned the art of war and practiced martial arts, and was eventually trained as a general.

In order to control Murong Zhang, Murong Yanzhao and his mother actually lived in the Li family's family in Longxi since childhood, but because Murong Zhang's status is different from the past, he is no longer a servant, but similar to the family of Ke Qing, who has been favored by the Li family. Respect and due treatment.At the same time, Murong Yanzhao also experienced an experience similar to that of his father when he was young. He was carefully cultivated by the Li family since he was a child, and he was familiar with military books, and even arranged some actual combat for him to learn the experience of sending troops. The Hou Zhou Wei general who is a powerful country, and even his close relationship with Zhao Kuangyin and the initial intentional communication, all have the shadows of the Li family and the holy hall in Longxi behind them.

But after many years, he has true feelings for Zhao Kuangyin, and he has a loyalty and belonging to Da Song and Zhao Kuangyin. This kind of feeling comes from the heart, otherwise Zhao Kuangyin would not trust him so much.Even in the original history, Murong Yanzhao died before Zhao Kuangyin, but the cause of death was ominous, but Zhao Kuangyin posthumously named Henan County King.

Now Murong Yanzhao is the Duke of Henan, the great general of the Song Dynasty, seemingly violent and powerful, but in fact, the Li family of the Holy Church, who knows his true identity and origin, has been trying to use his past identity to blackmail him and control him. His true identity is like countless spider threads, and he, a big bug in armor, was tied up in the center of the net. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't get away. He could only gradually become silent until the current head of the Li family he loved since childhood—— ——The younger sister of Li Mingxuan, the second elder of the holy hall, married him, and he gradually accepted his fate, but there was an evil fire deep in his heart.

In particular, His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty had completely torn skins from the Holy Church. When he started to deal with the Holy Church, this evil fire made him feel like he was caught between two stone walls. Violent and ruthless, no matter whether he was killed by his troops or killed by himself in these years, 8 or [-] people of various kinds died because of him, which made his violent and ruthless side spread throughout the Northwest. Even when some rural children are crying, the parents only need to say that the Great Demon King Murong is coming, and the children can stop crying.

He once thought of leaning against the stone walls on both sides, serving the Holy Church while being loyal to the Song Dynasty and His Majesty the Emperor. Be loyal to yourself, maintain your strength with violence and ruthlessness, and don't get close to the stone wall.

He originally thought that he could go on like this for the rest of his life. He exhausted all kinds of methods, including personally training five thousand private soldiers for the Holy Church in the name of the Northwest Frontier Army, and then in exchange for this, he sent all his children from Li wanted to come over and put it by his side, and he was going to confess everything to Zhao Kuangyin before he died, so that his descendants could completely escape the control of the Holy Church, and he could continue to be an official in the Song Dynasty.He knew what His Majesty the Emperor was like, and knew that His Majesty the Emperor had such a mind.

It is a pity that manpower is sometimes poor after all, and the sky often does not follow people's wishes. As the conflict between the court and His Majesty the Emperor and the Holy Church became more and more intense, Ye Chen, the biggest variable, appeared in the Song Dynasty. After being hit hard several times, more and more flaws were finally exposed. Even today, his identity is known to His Majesty the Emperor and that powerful young man.

But even so, he never thought of betraying Da Song or His Majesty the Emperor. In order to solve this problem, he had already prepared to go to Kaifeng City with his family lightly.However, before he started to act, the Holy Church had already acted. Those private soldiers of the Holy Church who had been trained by his hands and had already branded his mark went to kill that powerful young man. If Ye Chen died Either way, he might still be able to continue to be his general with inner conflicts as before.

However, that young man was indeed as powerful as in the legend. Not only did he not die, but he also killed all the five hundred strong troops carrying the crossbows that defended the city.

(End of this chapter)