Yelu Deguang gave kind words to comfort and comfort his father and son.
Zhao Dejun and his son knelt down and kowtowed to Shi Jingtang, expressing their submission. Zhao Dejun even shamelessly chatted up Shi Jingtang: "Long time no see, how are you doing?"
Shi Jingtang turned his face away, not even looking at him, let alone saying a word to him.
"Hehehe..." Zhao Dejun laughed twice. As long as you are not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.
In fact, it was Shi Jingtang who should be embarrassed at this time. Shi Jingtang was not only embarrassed, but also a little scared. Because although Shi Jingtang won this competition, he did so in a disgraceful way and had no technical content. He relied on betraying national interests and sitting on the throne of the Central Plains Emperor with the support of barbarians.
Shameless and despicable, will last forever.
Since Shi Jingtang can betray the country, then Zhao Dejun can also betray the country, Fan Yanguang, Yang Guangyuan, etc... Anyone can betray the country, and the one who betrays the country most thoroughly will be supported by the Khitan people, and can face the south and the north, and be called a loner. , live an emperor's addiction.
This is where Shi Jingtang feels guilty. I'm afraid he won't be an emperor for long, nor will he be comfortable.
Yelv Deguang used fear to alleviate the embarrassment. He asked Zhao Dejun: "Where is the 'Silver Saddle Khitan Special Regiment' (Silver Saddle Khitan Direct) you set up when you were in Youzhou?"
Zhao Dejun pointed it out to him. Yelu Deguang waved his hand and pulled three thousand soldiers of the "Silver Saddle Khitan Special Regiment" to the western suburbs and beheaded them all.
Since Zhao Dejun took office in Youzhou, he has been fighting against the Khitan all year round, and has successively received many fleeing Khitan soldiers. Zhao Dejun carefully selected them, "the brave men who came to surrender with the Khitan, and the silver saddles of the Khitan straight". This special regiment composed of Khitan soldiers has a total of three thousand people. It is an elite force with explosive combat effectiveness. It is Zhao Dejun's ace elite. This time he was ordered to support Hedong, so he took this regiment with him.
To Yelv Deguang, these three thousand people were Khitan scum and traitors, so they were killed without mercy as a warning to others.
Traitors are hated by any nation.
Yelu Deguang killed three thousand Khitan traitors, which made Shi Jingtang, Zhao Dejun and all the Han people surrender their troops and generals terrified.
Later, Yelv Deguang locked Zhao Dejun and Zhao Yanshou with iron chains and escorted them back to Khitan.
After surrendering Zhao Dejun and his son, the remaining task is to harvest the remaining blood of Li Congke. Shi Jingtang reorganized his team and prepared to go south to perform the final finishing work for Li Congke.
Yelu Deguang personally bid farewell to him and said: "I personally led the righteous troops to attack thousands of miles here, fighting only for justice. Now, the major task has been basically completed. If I continue to lead the Khitan army southward, I am afraid it will cause misunderstandings among the people in the world, and the entire world will be misunderstood." People south of the Yellow River will be greatly alarmed. You'd better lead the Han officers and soldiers southward yourself, so that the people of Henan will be more accepting."
Therefore, Yelu Deguang sent Khitan general XX to lead 5,000 cavalry to escort Shi Jingtang across the river.
As for this international friend "so-and-so", "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" writes "Taixiang Wen" and "Old History of the Five Dynasties" writes "Dachang Gun". Obviously, this is a transliteration of Khitan language, not a transliteration of a person's name. , but an official name, similar to "Yili Jin", "Yu Yue", etc., which means general. The name of this person is given in "History of Liao" - Dili Bi. As soon as you hear the name, you know that he is a very important character, "the enemy will die immediately".
A few years ago, Dilibi was accused of "criticizing Chengyu" (insulting the emperor) and was imprisoned. Half a year later, this guy actually escaped from prison and was captured. After careful investigation, it was discovered that he had been falsely accused half a year ago, so he was acquitted. Very good.
In short, a relatively good general was sent to command five thousand cavalry to "escort" (monitor) Shi Jingtang.
Yelv Deguang himself led the main force and was stationed in Luzhou to watch the battle in Luoyang. If Shi Jingtang failed, he would go south to support him; if Shi Jingtang successfully seized power, he would lead his army back to Khitan.
Shi Jingtang excitedly held Yelu Deguang's hand and burst into tears of gratitude, "holding hands and crying, we can't say goodbye for a long time."
Yelu Deguang took off his white mink coat and gave it to Shi Jingtang, as well as 20 horses and 1,200 war horses. The two men once again swore to the heavenly alliance: "No one will forget each other, our descendants!"
Yelu Deguang once again warned: "Sang Weihan, Zhao Ying, etc. are all your entrepreneurial heroes. If you have not made a big mistake, don't abandon them." Yes, they are not only Shi Jingtang's direct descendants, but also firm "relatives" "Liao faction" is the defender of Khitan's interests.
Subsequently, Shi Jingtang led the Hedong direct line, as well as Jin'anzhai and Luzhou to surrender troops and generals, all the way south.
Two flowers bloom, one on each side. Let’s not mention Shi Jingtang for the moment, but let’s talk about Li Congke who was stationed in Heyang.
Li Congke was stationed in Heyang, gathering the defeated soldiers who had retreated from the front line.
For example, Gao Hanjun, the general of the Forbidden Army.
Zhang Jingda was originally the military envoy of Jinzhou Jianxiong Army. Because he was ordered to conquer Taiyuan, Li Congke ordered Gao Hanjun, the general of the imperial army, to station in Jinzhou. After Zhang Jingda died, Tian Chengzhao, deputy envoy of Jinzhou Jiedu, led his troops to attack Gao Hanjun. Gao Hanjun ordered to stop resisting, opened the door to welcome Tian Chengzhao, and asked him calmly, "What do you want to do?"
Tian Chengzhao said: "I have no other intention, I just want to support you as the governor."
Gao Hanjun refused, saying that he was unwilling to betray the court.
Tian Chengzhao glanced at his attendants and ordered Gao Hanjun to be killed.
Unexpectedly, the attendants all threw their knives to the ground and said that Mr. Gao's family has been a prestigious court official for generations, why did he have to kill him?
Tian Chengzhao saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly laughed "haha" and said, "I was joking with you just now."
Subsequently, at Gao Hanjun's call, the soldiers withdrew to Luoyang in an orderly manner to join forces with Li Congke.
Fu Yanrao and Zhang Yanqi also fled from the front line to Heyang, and advised Li Congke not to stay in Heyang, because the Khitan army was marching southward in an unstoppable way, and it would be better to return to Luoyang as soon as possible.
Therefore, Li Congke ordered Heyang Jiedu envoy Chang Congjian to join Liu Zaiming to garrison Heyang Nancheng (located south of the Yellow River), cut off the Yellow River pontoon bridge, and build the first line of defense in the defense of Luoyang.
Later, Li Congke returned to Luoyang.
Two days later, Shi Jingtang arrived in Heyang.
Chang Cong, who was responsible for organizing the first line of defense, surrendered to Kaicheng and had prepared a boat for Shi Jingtang to cross the river. Liu Zaiming was also captured alive by his officers and soldiers and presented to Shi Jingtang. Shi Jingtang ordered his release and his official reinstatement.
Li Congke ordered his close confidant Song Shenqian to lead Fu Yanrao, Zhang Yanqi, Liu Yanlang, etc., with more than a thousand cavalry to Baimapo (close to the Heyang front line). As soon as they arrived at the position, more than fifty cavalry left the team. , ran wildly towards the north and surrendered to the Jin-Liao coalition forces going south.
The generals begged Song Shenqian: "Where can't we resist? Why do we have to be here!"
Yes, there is no place where we can't fight against the Liao. Why do we have to fight against the Liao where there are Liao soldiers? Wouldn’t it be good to fight against the Liao in a place where there are no Liao soldiers?
Song Shenqian understood that if he did not follow the crowd's will, more than a thousand people would surrender. So he ordered to retreat.
