[Little emperor, cute big eyes]
Shi Jingtang sent envoys to lobby the surrounding states to advise them of their interests.
Zhang Lang, the governor of Daizhou, directly killed the envoy; Lu Qi, who was working in Xinzhou, did not hesitate to kill the envoy Shi Jingtang.
Lu Qi said to Ding Shenqi, the governor of Xinzhou: "When the Khitans passed through our city and went south, they didn't want to take a second look at us. Their intention was obvious, that is, they would kill us when they returned to the army. Now, the best way is to lead the entire city's military and civilians to move to Zhenzhou."
Ding Shenqi thought it was reasonable, but just before leaving, Ding Shenqi suddenly regretted it, closed the inner city gate, and refused to move with Lu Qi. Xinzhou's army planned to launch an attack to kill the traitor, but was stopped by Lu Qi. Lu Qi said sadly: "The country has fallen to such a decline, so we should stop killing each other. Everyone has his own ambitions, so let him go. .”
Subsequently, the soldiers and people who were unwilling to surrender to the Khitan moved to Zhenzhou with Lu Qi; the remaining people, led by Ding Shenqi, surrendered to the Khitan city.
After solving Jin'an Village and pacifying Xinzhou, Shi Jingtang and the Khitan coalition were preparing to go south. Before going south, Shi Jingtang had to leave one of his sons to guard Taiyuan Prefecture in Hedong as usual. "Child Emperor" Shi Jingtang didn't dare to be expert, so he asked his godfather, who was ten years younger than him, "Dad, which grandson do you think we should have?"
Yelu Deguang asked Shi Jingtang to call all his sons out and stand in a row for a club draft.
The disciples stood up, and Yelu Deguang took a look at a handsome young man with a good spirit. The biggest feature of this child was that his eyes were very big and cute. Yelu Deguang pointed at him and said: "You can only have big eyes." "
This big-eyed cutie is named Shi Chonggui. In fact, he is Shi Jingtang's nephew, and his father is Shi Jingtang's brother Shi Jingru. Shi Jingru was originally Li Cunxu's cavalry general and died very early, so Shi Jingtang raised Shi Chonggui and treated him as his own son.
The benefactor's father nominated him personally, so Shi Chonggui was promoted to Taiyuan Liushou, Taiyuan Prefect, and Hedong Jiedushi. Under normal circumstances, the emperor personally conducts the expedition, and the son who stays behind to sit in command is the heir to the throne. Shi Chonggui succeeded Shi Jingtang and became the second emperor of the later Jin Dynasty.
After Zhao Dejun heard the news of the surrender of Jin'an Village, he was frightened to death and hurriedly ordered a retreat.
Yelu Deguang and Shi Jingtang took this opportunity to swarm up and kill them.
As the commander-in-chief of the first army, Zhao Dejun and his son fled first, followed by Fu Yanrao, Zhang Yanqi, Liu Yanlang, Liu Zaiming and other major generals. Later, the army completely collapsed, and the real bastard gnawed on the watermelon - rolling and crawling. The army abandoned their armor and trampled on each other, killing more than 10,000 people.
After Liu Yanlang and Liu Zaiming fled to Huaizhou in one breath, they brought the news that Shi Jingtang had ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor back to the rear. Only then did Li Congke and all the civil and military officials learn about the news that Yang Guangyuan had surrendered and Shi Jingtang had proclaimed himself emperor.
Li Congke convened hundreds of officials to discuss countermeasures. Everyone believed that the Khitans did not dare to cross the Taihang Mountains rashly. However, in the area east of the Taihang Mountains and north of the Yellow River, only Wei Bo's army was not affected by the war. Moreover, Fan Yanguang, the military commander of Wei Bo, and Li Congke were the son and daughter of Li Congke. He suggested that they go to Weizhou Form a government-in-exile.
Li Song once served as Fan Yanguang's confidential secretary (secretary in charge) and was his chief adviser. He had a good personal relationship, so Li Congke summoned Li Song to discuss with him the feasibility of defecting to Fan Yanguang.
Li Song walked inside. Xue Wenyu, who was self-righteous, did not know that this was a separate summons from Li Congke. He felt good about himself and followed Li Song grandly to meet with Li Congke.
When Li Congke saw Xue Wenyu, his expression suddenly changed and he kept roaring. Li Song quietly kicked Xue Wenyu, and Xue Wenyu hurriedly said goodbye and exited.
Li Congke was furious and trembling all over, and said to Li Song: "When I saw this thing, I was so angry that I was shaking all over. I almost drew my knife and chopped him up just now!"
Li Song said a few words of persuasion, and finally Li Congke gradually calmed down.
In fact, we can also see from this little story that Li Congke is not a tyrant who kills without blinking an eye. Even though Xue Wenyu's bad idea "mistakes the country and me", even if he wants to kill him with a knife when he sees him, he still holds back. , spared Xue Wenyu’s life. To be honest, based on this alone, Li Congke was more kind and generous than most emperors in history.
Previously, Li Congke did not follow the strategies of Lu Qi and Li Song, but followed Xue Wenyu, which led to where he is today. Now Li Congke has begun to trust Lu Qi and Li Song.
Is it too late? No, it's not too late.
Now that things have come to this, let alone Li Song, even if a god comes down to earth, it may be difficult to save Li Congke from danger. But it was also death, and Li Song's words made it possible for Li Congke to die more honorably and not become a laughing stock in the world.
Li Song firmly opposed joining Weizhou Fan Yanguang.
"Does Your Majesty remember Emperor Min Li Conghou?"
Li Congke Fengxiang raised troops and approached Luoyang. Li Conghou fled and defected to Shi Jingtang. What was the result? The shame of Weizhou makes people laugh. Now, do you want to follow in Li Conghou’s footsteps?
As one of the three giants of the "powerful faction", Fan Yanguang seems to be a loyal minister under the background of Shi Jingtang and Zhao Dejun, but in today's situation, it is difficult to say; besides the children's in-laws, Li Conghou is still Shi Jingtang's brother-in-law, isn't it the same? Is there anything happening in Weizhou?
This is not Li Song's alarmist talk. In fact, Fan Yanguang's character is indeed questionable. In the future, he did indeed rebel. This is a story for later.
Li Congke accepted Li Song's suggestion and returned to Luoyang.
At this time, Luoyang was already in a state of panic and panic. Since receiving the news of the huge defeat on the front line, the people have been running around shouting, abandoning their property and fleeing into the valley to avoid the war. The officials guarding the city planned to strictly prohibit it, but the prince Li Chongmei who stayed in Luoyang said: "The country is in trouble. The government not only cannot make decisions for the people, but also prohibits people from fleeing. How can this be done?" He ordered the city gates to be opened and allowed the people to flee.
Li Congke retreated to Heyang, and at the same time, Zhao Dejun and his son retreated to Luzhou.
Shi Jingtang and the Khitan coalition were like a mad dog, biting Zhao Dejun's tail and chasing him all the way to Luzhou.
Shi Jingtang sent the surrendered general Gao Xingzhou as the vanguard, arrived at the gate of Luzhou City first, and shouted to Zhao Dejun above to persuade him to surrender, "I am a fellow countryman with the king (Zhao Dejun was named King of Peiping), and I am willing to analyze the pros and cons for the king. Now in Luzhou City How can you hold on if you don’t even have a bushel of food? It’s better to welcome the Holy Emperor and ask your Majesty to think again!”
The next day, Shi Jingtang and Yelu Deguang led the main force to approach Luzhou. Zhao Dejun and his son left the city and went to Gaohe (northwest of Luzhou) to meet the surrender.
