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- When Cao Yuanzhong heard that Shi Chonggui was still coming, he laughed. Now the troops in Yunzhou City were weak. Although there were ten or twenty thousand people, none of them was strong enough to face the powerful troops of An Chongrong and Yao Yuanfu on the frontal battlefield.
However, from Cao Yuanzhong down to Zhe De, Bai Chengfu and Zhao Pu, no one is afraid of them, no matter whether they are civil or military, because they have just received the news that Zhang Mai's army will arrive in Yunzhou in two days!
Cao Yuanzhong asked Zhe Deqi, "Are everything ready?"
Zhe De said: "Everything is ready. The Liu family in Huai'an County, the Xu family in Changqing County, the Han family in Tiancheng County, the Xiao family in Xuande County, Dingjiabao in Guangling County, and Yangjiabao in Ding'an County in Yuzhou. The Chen family in Ding'an County, Baiyun Temple in Lingqiu County, Luo Hujun in Hunyuan County in Yingzhou, Bao** in Heyin County, Majia in Shanyang County in Shuozhou, Anjia in Shenwu County, and the Yang family in Huanzhou were naturalized. The Luo family in Yunzhou and the Zhang family in Wende County have all sent representatives, but they are all a little strange as to why we want to hand over Yunzhou to Shi Chonggui and invite them to watch the ceremony in such a big way."
Cao Yuanzhong smiled and said: "How can we show the sincerity of our army if we don't invite them!"
Zhao Pu suddenly said: "However, representatives from Guihua and Wende County have sent a message."
"what news?"
Zhao Pu said: "It is said that the Khitan has withdrawn eastward. When they retreated eastward, they also robbed hundreds of thousands of people in Youzhou."
Cao Yuanzhong was surprised: "There is such a big event!"
Zhe Deku said: "There were rumors before that the Khitans were plundering people in Youzhou. They Hulu have always done this kind of thing, so everyone didn't take it very seriously, but they never expected that it would be It’s such a big deal to rob the entire Youzhou.”
Cao Yuanzhong said: "How come such a big event only came today! All the storytellers and literary monks we sent to Youzhou are deaf and mute?"
Zhao Pu said: "The Khitan has cut off the border between Yan and Yun half a month ago, and the monks and storytellers we sent have not received any news for more than half a month. Recently, the Jin army has taken control of Beitaihang Pass. After that. It seems that the news is also being blocked."
Hearing Zhao Pu tell the news, everyone present was shocked.
If Zhang Mai hears this news, he will definitely be aroused by the righteous indignation of the nation. If Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu hear this news, he will definitely feel the righteousness of the sages and stand up and angrily accuse the Khitan of being unkind. If Liu Heihu and Shiba waited for Tiance The general heard the news. At this moment, he must be roaring for revenge, but Cao Yuanzhong is as calm as if he has no heart. Although his face is angry, he is already making calculations in his heart.
If this is true, then the situation will be of great benefit to us!
Not only is it beneficial to Tiance’s overall layout in the entire Youyun region, but it can also be adjusted here in Yunzhou! This is a handle, a major handle that can even be used well to splash Shi Jingtang with sewage all over him - well, Shi Jingtang has already been covered with sewage. What Cao Yuanzhong has to do now is to tear off his clean robe that covers the dirty water, so that everyone in the world can see his filth and smell the filthy stench on his body!
Cao Yuanzhong said: "This matter must be investigated clearly! If necessary Yan Gong, go to Youzhou!"
Zhao Pu said: "Now Liao and Jin are enemies. Mr. Cao is a rich man and it is not suitable to take risks. It is better for Zhao Pu to go."
Cao Yuanzhong said: "Yan Gong is gone, so there is no danger. If you say so, you may be killed by the Khitan people or the Jin general in anger."
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Youzhou City.
This is the hometown of Duke Zhao. This is the capital of Yan State, one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. This is the rear headquarters where Han Wu opened the frontier to pacify the Northeast. This is the starting point of Sui Yang's Eastern Expedition, with so much glory, so much regret, and so much regret. So much of the past has now disappeared across the city like smoke.
In the huge Youzhou, there is only an empty city left.
" Du Chongwei was greedy and cruel, and he never cared about the lives of the people. If not for this, I would not have issued that military order that would have been regarded as insane by Shihlin! But now I see an empty city, and I still feel panicked. The city is completely deserted, like a ghost land. The wind blows, leaving only echoes. This is a tomb without even a corpse, not the human world.
Fu Yanqing looked at the traces of blood left in some corners and knew that the Khitan immigrants were bleeding this time. As expected, it didn't take long for soldiers to dig a pit of thousands of corpses outside the city!
Although the Khitan people buried the body, they did so in a hasty manner and were not even in the mood to cover up the traces, so they were quickly found by Shi Jin's army.
Looking at the pit of thousands of corpses, Jing Yanguang's eyes were about to burst, and he shouted to the sky: "Khitan, you are a wild beast! Our people are being brutalized like this! If we don't avenge this, why does the imperial court support us? Why does the imperial court support us!" "
surroundingAfter hearing his shouts, the soldiers showed admiration in their eyes, but Du Chongwei glanced at him and sneered in his heart. Now he is shouting for revenge. What did he do in the first place? When you made the decision to ignore the Khitan relocation, you Jing Yanguang also acquiesced. With your many years of experience as a general, do you know that forced relocation on such a large scale would definitely involve killing people? Let me tell you from the bottom of my heart, although Du Chongwei hates Zhang Mai for always holding high the banner of righteousness, he can still do what he says. You, Jing Yanguang, can just open your mouth, be impassioned when you talk, and be timid when you act. It's not as easy as me!
At this time, another soldier discovered the pit of thousands of corpses in another place. Fu Yanqing looked worried and said, "Things are very bad. I never expected that the Khitan would go so far!"
Du Chongwei said as if he couldn't see the corpses in the pit: "It's not that we don't save the Yan people, isn't it too late?"
Just yesterday, the imperial edict issued by Shi Jingtang came to the army, requiring the army from the East Route to approach Youzhou immediately to protect the people of Yan. After receiving the edict, Du Chongwei quickly marched in and took over the city.
Of course when they marched in, the Khitans had already left. They said they were handing over the city, but Shi Jin's army didn't even see the Khitan's horses. They said they were protecting the Yan people. By the time they entered the city, Youzhou had long been in ruins, leaving only the pit of thousands of corpses in front of them. Shi Jin acted like a king and a minister, and the whole action seemed to have been discussed with the Khitan people.
At this time, another soldier came to report and found another pit of thousands of corpses. Fu Yanqing's face turned even paler: "Even with His Majesty's imperial edict, I'm afraid we will still be impeached. We will not be able to accept your orders, and we are here The front line did not advance into Youzhou as soon as possible, but waited for the imperial edict. As a result, the Yan land was empty and thousands of corpses were piled into pits - this is our fault. Not all people in the world are blind! The scholars in Hebei and Shandong will definitely not let us go easily. !”
The land of Yan has been closely connected with Hebei since ancient times. Yanzhao and Yanzhao have been jointly called Yanzhao since ancient times. Hebei is connected to Shandong by blood, no matter how far back in the Spring and Autumn Period Duke Huan of Qi set up a guard to save Yan. Even during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, this place was regarded as Shandong. This entire area has always been connected with the same spirit. Whether it is the Shilin wealthy family or the common people, there are marriages. Now that Youzhou has been moved, there will definitely be people in Shilin, Hebei. Violent reaction, once Hebei moves, Shilin, Shandong will inevitably respond in large numbers.
"Hmph! There are a bunch of talkative guys, don't care what they do! We are acting according to orders, and His Majesty will decide everything for us!"
During the Five Dynasties, the status of civil servants was low. In the eyes of Du Chongwei, the only important thing is the knife in his hand. The person with the knife is everything. As for the talk, who has time to care about him? When he asked Shi Jingtang for the order, he never thought that he could deceive the people of the world. It was just necessary. It's just a fig leaf to justify yourself.
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This time the Khitan retreated very readily. Not only was Youzhou handed over at once, but Tanzhou, Shunzhou and Jizhou were also handed over. Regardless of whether Hu and Han all retreated to the east of Yuguan, plus the Daidi states recently taken over by Shi Chonggui, now there is only one Yunzhou left in the entire Youyun area, and the rest have all fallen into Shi Jin's pocket!
There were millions of people in the states of Yan, but the Khitans took hundreds of thousands of them captive. The former bustling markets were turned into ruins, but there were still many fish that slipped through the net, hiding in the corners of the city and fleeing to the outskirts of the barren mountains. Only when the Central Plains army entered did some people cautiously come out of their hiding places, and at the same time brought them to the Jin army. Here comes the amazing news!
"Recently, I heard a piece of news from the Yan people who slipped through the net" Fu Yanqing said carefully. He had personally interrogated those Yan people. Although they could not guarantee the reliability of the news, the news was really true. It was so big and important that Fu Yanqing didn't dare to intercept it.
"What news?" Du Chongwei asked.
"I heard the Liao people were defeated in Shangjing and it was a big defeat!"
Du Zhongwei took a sharp breath, and almost shouted in unison with Jing Yanguang: "What did you say!"
Xue Fu went north and went to Beijing for a decisive victory. One of the two sides must win and the other lose. No matter who wins or loses, it cannot be said to be unexpected, but this war is over so soon? The huge Liao Kingdom was defeated so quickly?
This is not a border battle! Shangjing is the capital of the Liao Kingdom! Even if they were defeated, logically they should have resisted for three years or two. How could they be defeated so quickly? If the capital is gone, is the country still far from subjugated?
"Is the news accurate?"
"It's not very accurate" Fu Yanqing said: "According to the Yan people, some fleeing Khitan soldiers revealed it to them, but they have no way of judging the truth"
"The Khitan soldiers are fleeing?"
Du Chongwei’s pupils were shrinking.
Under the high-pressure policy of the Liao State, many Han people in Yan District have fled to Hebei in the past two years. Even the flight of Han soldiers from the Liao State is also very common, but the Khitan soldiers fled! This has to be what happenedah!
Jing Yanguang almost believed that this matter was true.
"If the Liao people are really defeatedthen what should we do?" Fu Yanqing said: "If Yang Yi defeats Shangjing, he will probably send his army south. That is the victorious army that just swept across Mobei and defeated Shangjing!"
Du Chongwei, who looked calm in the face of the pit of thousands of corpses, finally couldn't bear it any longer. He almost jumped up and ordered quickly: "Order the entire army to station in Youzhou!"
"All the food and crops from the rear will be brought into the cities!"
"Changsi troops stationed in Ruzhou to guard against Juyongguan and Shengkou."
"Zhao Siwan's troops are stationed in Tanzhou and guard against the Gubei Pavilion."
"Guo Congyi's troops stationed in Jizhou and guarded against Shimen Town."
"Wang Jingchong's troops are stationed in Shunzhou as a central support for the four states of You, Tan, Ru, and Ji!"
"Li Yancong patrolled the Great Wall with cavalry and supported various passes at any time."
"Every man and horse must be careful and don't let a horse enter the border!"
Jing Yanguang asked: "What's the direction to Luanzhou?"
Du Chongwei’s arrangement just now was to face the north, to be on guard against the Tiance that might go south, while in Luanzhou it was to face the east, to be on guard against the Khitans.
Du Chongwei said: "Khitan is our friend, Tiance is our enemy!"
At this moment, Du Chongwei finally regained his true qualities as a commander-in-chief and shouted: "Also, order Shi Chonggui to quickly recover Yunzhou!" Although he is the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces. However, due to Shi Chonggui's status as a prince, he had never given any instructions on the actions of the West Route Army, but now he finally issued an order.
"Over in Yunzhou, I heard that Cao Yuanzhong has no intention of breaking the contract and is really ready to hand over the city." Fu Yanqing said.
"Well, hurry up and head west. Assemble all the troops we have deployed among Youyun, and rush to Yunzhou to join the West Route Army on the handover day! We must make sure to get Yunzhou back, as long as Yanyun is in our hands , then we can still fight against Tiance!"
Du Chongwei is a commander-in-chief who is arrogant by nature, but at this time, even he dare not say that he can defeat Tiance.
That is a heroic army that has just swept through Mobei and established Weihuo's extraordinary achievements! If they really won the battle in Beijing, who else could win against them in the world!
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Cao Yangong did not leave the country. Not long after he left Yunzhou in the west, he successively received the "things" Cao Yuanzhong needed.
That is the "evidence" specially sent by the extremely considerate Han Deshu!
?? Han Deshu is now a special existence between Tang and Liao. On the one hand, he used the cooperation given to him by Tiance to be like a fish in water in the Liao Kingdom. On the other hand, he secretly conveyed some information that would not destroy the Khitan but could bring invisible benefits to Tiance. When he rushed from Yunzhou to Youzhou, Yelu Shuogu had already entered the Liaoxi Corridor and was patrolling the Great Wall in Xiaoxiali North. He left the final aftermath of Youzhou to him and Mo Baique, who has now been subdued by Han Deshu. Therefore, during the last period of time when the Liao Kingdom occupied Yan, Han Deshu had considerable autonomy.
He saw the desolate current situation in Youzhou and knew about the existence of the Thousand Man Graves. He speculated how Zhang Mai's character would react to this, so he specially sent strong "evidence" to Cao Yuanzhong.
Several elders, women and children from Youzhou and Jizhou were the victims of this disaster. Those who have experienced it personally are also witnesses of the event.
After an incident occurred, the messenger who entered the Jin army to deliver news to Fu Yanqing could prove when Shi Jin's army knew about the incident.
The two fled from Youzhou to Hebei. As a result, the common people were blocked by the Jin army and had to cry back to the hell on earth
Two Jin soldiers who, after receiving a military order not to admit "fugitives" from Yan, had their consciences condemned and secretly released the Yan people, and were soon punished and fled. They can prove that Du Chongwei knew what happened in Youzhou. , not only did they not enter Youzhou to rescue people as soon as possible, but they also set up obstacles at the border to prevent the Yan people from "crossing the border", thus pushing the people of Youzhou into a place of eternal destruction.
The above are all "witnesses" that Han Deshu managed to deliver to the local powerful Han people in the naturalized army, and then traveled to Yunzhou. In addition, there were hundreds of people hiding in Youzhou and Wuzhou, waiting. Tian Ce Tang Jun went to "rescue".
Then there is “physical evidence” – that is a map of the distribution of “thousands of people’s pits”! According to the map, you can find all the burial places of the Khitan people.
Elders, messengers, people who were blocked after fleeing, soldiers who found their consciences, plus the empty Youzhou, the thousands of corpse pits filled with corpses Han Deshu and Cao Yuanzhong knew very well what would happen to them. What kind of anger it aroused Zhang Mai, what kind of flames it set off!
Cao Yuanzhong put down the "certificate"According to the list, he suddenly sighed and said to his nephew: "God is really going to destroy the Shi family!" Under such unfavorable circumstances both internally and externally, Du Chongwei actually did such a perverse thing! The marshal was still trying to ease the relationship with Shi Jin before, but once this incident came out, don't think about the marshal ever compromising with Shi Jingtang again! "
Cao Yangong said incomprehensibly: "My nephew really doesn't understand, how could Du Chongwei do such a thing? How could Shi Jingtang allow him to act like this? Don't they know that such a big thing will definitely be exposed, and they will also be affected by it. Nailed on the pillar of shame of history? No matter how cruel and ruthless they are, they should not be so stupid."
Cao Yuanzhong looked at his nephew and suddenly said: "Actually, if there was no marshal, what Du Chongwei did would not necessarily be extraordinary."
Cao Yangong was stunned: "What?" He didn't understand what his uncle meant.
Cao Yuanzhong said: "Yan Gong, you have stayed in the country for too long. Sometimes, you have to step out and see the world from the perspective of a Liao, Jin, or Shu person, and then you can deal with things more correctly."
Cao Yuanzhong’s words made Cao Yangong even more confused.
Cao Yuanzhong pushed the others away, and then said: "Gong'er, you have to know that under the influence of the marshal, the people's morale in our Tiance Tang Dynasty has actually become different from other areas. What Du Chongwei did. In our The soldiers and civilians of Tiance in the Tang Dynasty seemed simply intolerable, but in Shijin and Liao, if no one stood up and acted, then the Khitan's evil deeds and Du Chongwei's aiding evil would be tolerated. There would be no common people who suffered. They will all be very numb. They are indifferent to everything that happens in other places, and then they feel that it is tolerated, and the evil Khitan and Shi Jin monarchs and ministers do not feel that they have done any evil things. Do you understand?"
Cao Yangong seemed to understand.
Unknowingly, a new value system is forming in Tiance territory. This value system originated from Zhang Mai, and is now spreading subtly throughout Ganliang and spreading to the entire northwest with the pace of Tiance Tang Army. This is a new value system. An intolerance for sin. It is intolerable to betray the nation, and it is intolerable to ignore the life and death of the people!
Cao Yangong is younger and was still a teenager when Shazhou was merged into Tiance. He grew up with Tiance's expansion and naturally integrated into this kind of values ??without knowing it. However, Cao Yuanzhong was different. He knew it very well. I remember that the original Shazhou was not like this. Therefore, he also knew that this was not the case in the Central Plains and Khitan.
China has escaped from ignorance since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The backbone of benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust has been established. For a long period of time, there has been a strong ambition and integrity in the hearts of the people. Even after the experience of Qin Shihuang, it was not completely wiped out. Therefore, Zhang Jian is expected to stay in the family, and Du Gen has the patience to die. . The strength of the Han and Tang dynasties lies not only in the strength of the emperors, generals and ministers, but also in the strength of the people.
But this power was gradually weakened by the invasion of barbaric forces and the demise of its own morale. After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the morale of the people and the morale of the people. They fell into unprecedented darkness and ignorance. By the Five Dynasties period, the people's demands for the monarch were extremely low. Regarding injustice, they stopped at the verbal and written criticism of Shilin who had no real power. The people who expected the wise monarch and the blue sky to make decisions for them would not If there is a strong counterattack, the public opinion that serves the monarchy will not have real restraint, the political arena will not form a political trend, the law will not uphold justice, and those in power who have done evil things will not be punished for this. Due punishment.
But Tiance has changed, unknowingly, changed.
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Gao Huaide dragged his spear backwards and whipped his horse. In normal times, he would never have let his Penguin Dragon run like this, but he couldn't care less at this moment.
The Chile River was vast and sparsely populated, so Gao Huaide rushed into the wilderness, walking at dawn and night, and saw defeated Jin troops along the way. After asking, he learned that Li Yiyin had defeated the middle army of the White Horse Silver Spear Regiment yesterday, and 7,000 troops surrendered. Of the five to six thousand people, only a few thousand took advantage of the chaos and fled.
Zhang Mai’s general order did not require the White Horse and Silver Spear Regiment to be killed, but allowed these hundreds of people to flee into the Great Wall. He wanted to use these people’s mouths to tell the Jin army that he was coming!
Gao Huaide mingled with the defeated troops and entered the Great Wall. He heard news along the way and learned that Qianqi, the forward of the White Horse Silver Spear Regiment, had also been flanked by Li Yiyin and Li Yixiu and besieged Baidao Mountain outside the Great Wall. After entering the Great Wall, he heard that The Yanmen Pass army was heading towards Yunzhou, so he came towards Yunzhou.
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People have a strange attitude towards rumors. Sometimes a little rumor leaks out and spreads throughout the city, and sometimes "news" that is known to the whole world is regarded as a rumor.
"Rumors" about Zhang Mai's visit to Chilechuan have become increasingly popular in northern Shanxi recently!Shi Chonggui was surprised at first. After asking around, he found that the source of the news was mostly from Yunzhou, so he refused to believe it, thinking that it was Cao Yuanzhong who was pretending to be mysterious and trying to scare him away. Although the "rumors" have become more and more true in the past two days, soldiers of the White Horse Silver Spear Regiment even broke through the Great Wall to bring news, claiming that the White Horse Silver Spear Regiment had encountered Zhang Mai in Chilechuan and been defeated. Shi Chonggui was still dubious after hearing this.
Now there are only two days left before the "seven-day appointment" between him and Cao Yuanzhong, and his 50,000 troops have also entered Huairen County.
When Shi Chonggui's vanguard arrived, Cao Yuanzhong ordered all Bai Chengfu to retreat into Yunzhou City, so Shi Chonggui captured Huairen easily.
At this time, many more defeated soldiers were added to the Great Wall. The news of "Zhang Mai heading north" spread more and more true. Shi Chonggui also specially summoned several defeated soldiers for personal interrogation. However, these defeated soldiers were all from the Chinese army of the White Horse Silver Spear Regiment. They all It was defeated by Li Yiyin. He had never seen the Mo Dao Battle Ax Formation with his own eyes, but only heard about it on the battlefield.
After careful interrogation, Shi Chonggui said: "It was said that Zhang Mai was here, but no one saw his big banner. He also said that the Modao Tomahawk Formation appeared on the grassland, but the Modao Tomahawk Formation was not in Guanzhong. Didn't we fight in the war? Hum, this must still be a rumor created by Cao Yuanzhong! If he hadn't mentioned the Mo Dao Battle Ax Formation, I might have been deceived by him, but when he mentioned the Mo Dao Battle Ax Formation, It's his cleverness that has revealed its flaws. The story of Gao Xingzhou being defeated by Li Yiyin may be true, but the news of Zhang Mai going north is probably false!"
Yao Yuanfu said: "But I heard that Cao Yuanzhong actually summoned representatives from 16 counties in the four prefectures of northern Shanxi, saying that they would be able to observe the ceremony when the city was handed over. This kind of thing should be done with great fanfare. I don't know. What is he going to do?"
Shi Chonggui said: "No matter what he wants to do, if he is so grand, he will only trap himself and make them unable to even regret it."
An Chongrong said: "Then shall we go to Yunzhou?"
Shi Chonggui said: "Go! Of course you go! Send someone to tell Cao Yuanzhong that in two days, I will come to collect the city as agreed." (To be continued) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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