On February 8, 2019, Cao Bin and Dangjin were ordered to lead troops to Taiyuan first. At the same time, Li Jixun and Zhao Zan led elite troops to follow up. On the 12th, they left their third brother Zhao Guangyi to stay in Tokyo. On the 17th, Zhao Kuangyin embarked on the third personal expedition since the suppression of the Second Li rebellion in 1960. Jingnan, Hunan, and Shu Kingdom, he sat in Bianliang City waiting for good news. He was lucky than Chai Rong, and had more generals to use to charge in the battle instead of him. Of course, his luck also came from his efforts, and he seemed to be more good at using people than Chai Rong.

Chai Rong, who had to do everything himself, exhausted himself to death after five years of fighting. Zhao Kuangyin did not leave Bianliang and used several generals to win 3 pieces of land. However, he did not show any better ability than his predecessors in the process of unification. It has been more than 9 years since the establishment of the Song Dynasty, and he has only won 3 pieces of land, and he is still standing on the basis of Chai Rong. If he continues at this speed, Zhao Kuangyin may have to ask the heaven for thirty years.

At present, there is no great enemy in the south, and the things in the north give him a headache. It is also his chance to prove that he has surpassed Chai Rong. The Northern Han who cannot be killed and the Liao Kingdom is a threshold that the Song Dynasty cannot avoid. Zhao Kuangyin is unwilling to wait for the 'stop south and then north'. He wants to take advantage of the chaotic period of the Northern Han throne to take over Taiyuan in one fell swoop and then face the Liao Kingdom directly! His predecessor Chai Rong did the same. He took Huainan and attacked Yanyun. As the leader of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin knew who was the real threat to the country, and to become a real hero, he should not just pick the soft ones. So this time, he chose to fight in person!

It was really not easy for him to come. Just the month when he was personally expeditioning, on February 22, 19th year of the Liao Dynasty (969), a major event that affected the entire future history occurred in the Liao Kingdom. The Emperor Sleeping King Yelu Jing of Liao Kingdom was hunting in Huaizhou on this day. He drank some more wine at night and fell drunk in the palace. The young man, Hua Ge, Xin Gu and other six of his personal servants killed the emperor and rebelled! On the 23rd, Xiao Siwen, Gao Xun, Nu Li and others led thousands of people to travel to the scene. A fight in the royal family brought down, controlling the situation. He elected Yelu Xian, the second son of Shizong Yelu Ruan, to succeed him. From then on, the Liao Kingdom got rid of the foolish rule of the Sleeping King for nearly 18 years.

The road to revival began (Yelu Xian's empress is the famous Empress Xiao in Liao history). The throne of the Liao Kingdom also moved from the Yelu Deguang system to the Yelu Bei system. Naturally, although all the Liao emperors were descendants of Yelu Xian in the future, the tradition of the Khitan tribe would not change (of course, not only the Khitan tribe, Jurchens, Mongolia, and early Manchus were all this tradition. It was not until the Saint Kangxi, a generation of saints, established a secret crown system to resolve this traditional problem). Every emperor would also ascend to the throne in the bloody royal massacre, and this tradition would be grasped by the Song people in the future, thus directly promoting the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance.

The Song Dynasty hadn't held such a large-scale military operation for a long time. As soon as they set out, they discovered a big problem, and military rations were not lucky. The imperial guards were indeed fighting and had a big mouth that could eat. If they wanted to work and kill people, they had to feed them first. Zhao Kuangyin still remembered that Chai Rong personally conquered Taiyuan, but in the end he was defeated by food and grass. In order to get military rations, Chai Rong forced Chai Rong to exchange his official position for food. Chai Rong was willing to give official titles, but Zhao Kuangyin was different. He was willing to give money and other materials, but he was unwilling to give it lightly.

Then, the food and grass must be transported from Bianliang. Once it moves, it will be blocked better than the current urban traffic. Zhao Kuangyin, who rarely gets angry, is he angry? He has to arrest the transport team leader and hold him accountable! The anger also exposed his anger. Fortunately, he has a calm Zhao Pu who is still calm. "The sixth division has arrived, and the transshipment commander was convicted. When the enemy heard about it, he will say that the sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial

On the 29th, Zhao Kuangyin ordered Wang Hu and Zhao Feng to be in charge of transportation. There was never any problem in China, only problems that the leaders did not pay attention to. As soon as the emperor asked, the road was opened and the grain transportation was smooth.

The first major problem was solved, but the problems followed one after another. On the 28th, it started to rain heavily as soon as the army arrived in Luzhou, and it took 18 days in a row. Emperor Zhao Kuangyin had to surrender and led all officials to burn incense and beg for the sunshine. On March 15th, the sun was clear, and the army set out from Luzhou. Zhao Kuangyin's mood also turned dark. He was almost regarded as the savior by the people of the Northern Han Dynasty. Those people said, "The people in Taiyuan City are suffering! We are looking forward to Your Majesty's army day and night. I hate that you are too late." After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin laughed.

On the 21st, the army came to the city of Taiyuan, but Zhao Kuangyin couldn't laugh. The people inside did not respond much. On the 23rd, he had to build a Tucheng in the south of the city, and on the 24th, he built a floating bridge in the Fen River to surround Taiyuan City. But how to attack the city after the encirclement? Of course, Zhao Kuangyin was not preparing a second road. He was waiting, and the people inside automatically opened the city gate.

Last October, when Zhao Kuangyin was still in Bianliang City. When Li Jixun's Song army surrounded Taiyuan City, Zhao Kuangyin sent a large bag of bait to Guo Wuwei through some unknown method. It was more than 40 appointment letters from the Song Dynasty. From the emperor to the prime minister, general, and even intermediate cadres in the Northern Han Dynasty, all the famous ones Zhao Kuangyin thought of the emperor of the Song Dynasty and arranged new positions for them in the Song Dynasty so that they would not have to worry about their future after surrender.

According to my guess, this may have been passed to Guo Wuwei by Hui Lin, an outstanding intelligence worker of the Song Dynasty who had sneaked out of Taiyuan. He had only completed the task and could only end up like Hou Barong, and even if Guo Wuwei still had to keep this communication channel with the Song Dynasty, it would be impossible. Because Hui Lin was exposed.

After Huilin returned to the city, Liu Jiyuan asked Guo Wuwei to investigate Huilin's private exit from the city. What's the point of investigating this? Huilin was released, but someone called Li Chao to jump out and reported Huilin: This person must be a spy! There was no other way, so Guo Wuwei had to kill Huilin and Li Chao together.

Guo Wuwei opened the big letter of surrender and took out his own one: the governor of Anguo. Guo Wuwei was moved by the imperial edict. The Emperor of Song Dynasty was so good that he arranged such a wealthy position for him. He had long wanted to work in this remote area. As the prime minister, he only had 100 yuan in salary, and the governor only had 30 yuan. This was the time when the Northern Han Dynasty was not so poor. Later, he gave money to his uncle Gan Liao Dynasty every year, and he was even more poor Ding Dangxiang. It makes people wonder if they will owe their wages. The Song Dynasty is different. It is a big rich man. I heard that an ordinary imperial guard soldier had an annual salary of more than 5 yuan. I also heard that Zhao Kuangyin was famous and generous. When he was happy one day, he would ask to enter the palace to drink and fight birds. He would be able to go home with a big red envelope when he left. Moreover, there were Khitan exploits in the northern Han Dynasty and the Song Dynasty's pressure outside. How long can he last? While he was still talking in the court, he should make plans and change jobs early.

So Guo Wuwei carefully put away his own piece, which contained the second half of his happy life. Then he took out the one belonging to Liu Jiyuan, which contained Liu Jiyuan's future: the governor of Pinglu. Do you still remember what official Wang Jun asked Guo Wei for? It was the governor of Pinglu! His geographical location and jurisdiction area were the highest.

Guo Wuwei felt that it was a waste of 40 left. At present, the Northern Han Dynasty was qualified to control the situation with the emperor. Why should those people take advantage of it?

Guo Wuwei found his boss Liu Jiyuan. At this time, the Song Bing of Li Jixun outside the city was about to retreat when he heard the news of the Khitan soldiers coming to aid. So Liu Jiyuan was relaxed, but at this time, an inappropriate voice was persuading: Brother, let's surrender. Look, the boss of the Song Dynasty is very good, let's be the governor of Pinglu.

Liu Jiyuan turned around slowly. Yes. This is Guo Wuwei, who supported him to ascend the throne. Liu Jiyuan calmly asked, "What do you think Kaifu Yi and the three officials, the chief tutor and the chief tutor, the Qin Duke,"? Guo Wuwei blinked and couldn't react for a moment. Is the boss bargaining? He heard Liu Jiyuan sneer and continued, "So what about Shangshu Ling, King Chu, and the posthumous title Gongxiao?" Guo Wuwei buzzed and suddenly realized! These titles that were ten thousand times more prominent than the governor of Pinglu were all three years ago. Later Shu Emperor Meng Chang was arrested as the title of Later Zhao Kuangyin of Kaifeng. So what about Meng Chang's ending? He only lived in Kaifeng City for 7 days with such honorable official positions. Is there anything else I don't understand? It turns out that his boss never believed in the Emperor of Song from the beginning to the end!

Liu Jiyuan and Guo Wuwei were silent, while all the other ministers were in a mess. They had tenacious bloodline, from Guo Wei to Chai Rong to Zhao Kuangyin. They had never been soft-hearted. Now they already had strong support, so what else were they afraid of?

Amid the opposition, Guo Wuwei retreated sadly. The greedy and stupid Guo Wuwei's failure in this action of persuading surrender was that he did not know the truth he shared with others. The result of hiding the more than 40 edicts was that he was alone and had no help from the court and opposed it. But Guo Wuwei summed up the failure into a question of timing. At this time, the Song army was about to retreat, and the Northern Han once again won the great Taiyuan defensive battle. What's more, the Northern Han had already joined the powerful one at this time.

Friendship with Liao Kingdom restored friendly relations. The Liao Kingdom not only recognized the legitimacy of Liu Jiyuan's succession, but also agreed to send troops to provide assistance. In February 969, he sent a man named Han Zhifan to enthrone Liu Jiyuan. If this continues, Liu Jiyuan's two fierce men will definitely hold on to the end. Wouldn't he become a burial object in Taiyuan at that time? Guo Wuwei decided to defeat the confidence of the Taiyuan people with a sudden, enthusiastic and sensational move, making them believe that stubbornness will only bring destruction.

The next day, Liu Jiyuan held a banquet to entertain the envoys from afar. And while the king and ministers raised their glasses and the host and guests were having fun, the first minister in the court suddenly broke out.

Guo Wuwei disheveled his hair and cried bitterly. Everyone was shocked, and Han Zhifan was even more at a loss. Is this the recreation of the people of Central Plains' banquet? Of course not. Guo Wuwei drew out his sword and threw it randomly, and the sword was already crossing his neck. He wanted to "speak to death"

Liu Jiyuan took out his heart as he was reading Buddhist books, walked down quietly, looked at Guo Wuwei calmly, slowly held his hand, and asked gently, "Dear, what's wrong?" Guo Wuwei cried even more violently, and hissed, "How can I resist the millions of troops in the lonely city?" Everyone was shocked, Han Zhifan was angry, and Liu Jiyuan continued to calm down, gently wiped away Guo Wuwei's tears, and then led him to the seat like a child.

Guo Wuwei failed again, but he was not desperate. Therefore, his future master, Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty, was on his way to Taiyuan in person. Okay, it’s easy to talk about now. Have you ever seen the Emperor of the Song Dynasty personally conquered? Zhao Kuangyin must have been determined to win this time!

But except for the Guo Wuwei in Taiyuan City, everyone seemed to be a small stone condensed by melamine. Zhao Kuangyin's hope of surrendering to the Northern Han was shattered little by little. On March 30, Taiyuan City was surrounded by enemies, Li Jianxun was in the south, Zhao Zan was in the west, Cao Bin was in the north, and Dangjin was in the east. However, under such a siege, the Northern Han people were also able to engage in a sudden attack.

The hardest one here is a man named Liu Jiye. This name is not very familiar, so the real surname is Yang. The emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty is self-indulgent and insists on giving the surname to others. This is an embarrassing honor. Later, the first thing Liu Jiye asked for after the fall of the Northern Han Dynasty was to request the restoration of his original surname. Everyone must be quite familiar with this person who restored his original surname. Yes, he is Yang Jiye, the famous Yang family general Yang Wudi Lao Linggong! Yang Wudi was the name he obtained from the brilliant achievements he achieved on the Anti-Liao Front in the future when he returned to the Song Dynasty. At this time, Liu Jiye was not invincible at all.

Last month, he blocked Li Jixun's vanguard of the Song army in Tuanbai Valley. However, because of the surrender of his subordinate Chen Tingshan, he had to retreat to Taiyuan City. He knew that timidity was the true courage, and his troops were the backbone of defending Taiyuan, and it was not a wise move to fight the Song army in the wild.

At this time, he attacked. He led his troops to suddenly break out of Ximen, caught the enemy off guard, and shot through the foot of the Xizhai general Zhao Zan. Seeing that his great achievements were about to be completed, Song reinforcements came. This was a team that appeared in time. Their clothes were very rough. At a glance, you could tell that they were not the elite imperial guards of the Song Dynasty. What's even more strange is that most of the weapons they took were big axes and the like.

Liu Jiye retreated to the city, and he never fought a war that he was unsure of. The sneak attack had achieved initial results. If he continued to fight, he would suffer the consequences.

So Xizhai was preserved. When Zhao Kuangyin heard that he was attacked, he hurried to Xizhai. He was a little angry and blamed Zhao Zan for being careless, which gave the enemy a chance to take advantage of the opportunity. He even blamed the reinforcements: What happened? It was so shabby? The Northern Han people thought that our Song Dynasty was short of money when they saw it, but when they asked the reason, he immediately turned anger and joy. This group of soldiers wearing sloppy clothes was actually the construction corps of the Dongzhai Party. At that time, they were cutting trees in the woods to prepare for the barracks. When they heard the shouts of killing in the west, they hurried to help the battle, and thus arrived at the scene as soon as possible. They waved the big axe for cutting trees and scared away the sneak attackers of the Northern Han. The leader of this group of Axe Gang was Li Qianpu. When he was the governor of Xizhou in the Later Zhou Dynasty, he sent surprise troops to repel the attacks of the Northern Han.
Chapter completed!