Chanzhou is located in the northeast of Huazhou and the southeast of Liyang. The three places are arranged in a triangle and are the corners of each other.
If we follow the Yellow River eastward, we will find several familiar place names: Huazhou-Liyang, Desheng Jiacheng (Chanzhou), Majiadu, Yangliucheng, Majiakou...
That's right, they were several important strongholds when Li Cunxu destroyed Hou Liang.
Now, Shi Chonggui appears in Desheng Jiacheng (Chanzhou), the front line of the anti-Liao Dynasty, a pure man.
It was precisely because of Shi Chonggui's personal expedition and personal command of the battle in Chanzhou that the morale of the Later Jin army was greatly boosted. Under the passive situation of headwind at the beginning, it achieved a shocking reversal and won the first battle "Battle of Qicheng".
The envoys sent to sue for peace were blocked when they reached Weizhou, and Yelu Deguang refused to receive the envoys of the Later Jin Dynasty; the envoys sent to comfort Yang Guangyuan stated the interests of Yang Guangyuan, explained them with reason, and moved them with emotion. On the surface, Yang Guangyuan He accepted the settlement and explained to Shu that the reason why Yang Chengzuo returned from Shanzhou without authorization was indeed because his old mother in Qingzhou was ill, just to see him for the last time. There was no other intention. Everything was a misunderstanding. The court can understand us. Forgive us, our whole family is grateful.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of this year, no one in the world has time to enjoy the lanterns. The two emperors faced each other across the Yellow River, with Yelu Deguang in Weizhou and Shi Chonggui in Chanzhou.
At this time, Weizhou did not fall. Weizhou stayed with Zhang Congen and closed the city to hold on. Yelu Deguang stationed himself outside the city, appointed Zhao Yanshou as the military envoy of Wei Bojun in Weizhou ("order him to take it"), and changed his title to King of Wei (originally King of Yan).
Shi Chonggui then sent the Forbidden Army general Zhang Yanze to lead his troops to the Huazhou-Liyang front line.
Shi Chonggui once again sent his cronies to submit letters of credence to Yelu Deguang, saying that he had realized his mistake and was willing to resume the performance of the previous treaty. He asked his grandfather to withdraw his troops and not to be as knowledgeable as his grandson.
So insincere. Because at this time, the Liao Kingdom had invaded the vast territory of Hebei and pushed the front line to the Yellow River. Why should you call me "Grandpa" and I will spit it out to you? Then he recovered: "You hurt me and you laughed it off."
It's hard to recover from overflowing water. Grandpa, I want to teach your grandson a lesson and let you know the price of rebellion.
Shi Chonggui expressed his intention to negotiate very sincerely, and after several matchups, Yelu Deguang finally offered the price:
First, the Later Jin Dynasty ceded the land north of the Yellow River to the Khitan. From then on, the Jin and Liao Dynasties divided the Yellow River and governed it;
Second, Sang Weihan and Jing Yanguang must be allowed to negotiate.
At this time, good news came from the battlefield in Shanxi. Liu Zhiyuan sent good news: the Liao army was defeated in Xinzhou, 3,000 enemies were wiped out, 17 enemy generals were captured, and 500 enemy soldiers were captured. The enemy's remnants fled from Crowing Valley, and troops were dispatched. Chase.
The victory on the Shanxi battlefield also boosted morale and broke the myth that the Khitan army was invincible.
Of course, the Shanxi battlefield itself is an assist, and the main attacking forces of the Khitans are all in the Shandong battlefield.
As mentioned above, the current confrontation between Jin and Liao along the Yellow River is very similar to Li Cunxu's battle to destroy Liang. In that war, Li Cunxu carried out the "Operation Left Hook", crossing the Yellow River from the Yunzhou area in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and then relied on the rapid maneuverability of the cavalry to directly attack Bianzhou.
Twenty years have passed and people seem to have forgotten. But there is a man named Dou Yi who has not forgotten it, because he is now the observation judge of Yunzhou and the chief counselor of Yunzhou. He is very aware of the importance of Yunzhou. Although he is far away from the main battlefield, he is likely to become the one who dominates the whole battlefield. The key breakthrough.
Moreover, Yang Guangyuan of Qingzhou in the Shandong Peninsula had a secret relationship with the Khitan. If he cooperated with the Khitan inside and outside, he assisted the Khitan in crossing the Yellow River from the Yunzhou area and rushing into Bianzhou... The "Operation Left Hook" will be staged in version 2.0 to destroy the Jin Dynasty.
After Dou Yi's reminder, Shi Chonggui broke into a cold sweat, so he hurriedly mobilized his troops to defend important ferries along the river: Shi Yun (Shi Jingtang's cousin) was stationed at Majiadu; He Chongjian was stationed at Yangliucheng; Bai Zairong was stationed at Majiakou. An Yanwei was stationed in Heyang to prevent the Khitans from going against their will and attacking Luoyang from the west with a "right hook".
Just after the deployment was completed, an urgent report was received from Yunzhou, saying that Zhou Ru, the governor of Bozhou (now Liaocheng City, Shandong Province), surrendered to the Khitan city and secretly colluded with Yang Guangyuan.
Shi Chonggui felt a chill go down his spine and called him lucky. Bozhou is located between Beizhou and Yunzhou, to the north of the ancient Yellow River, across the river from Yunzhou.
Bozhou is the bridgehead for the Khitan army to compete for the ferries near Yunzhou such as Yangliucheng and Majiakou. If the Khitan army uses Bozhou as a springboard to wait for opportunities to find crossing points along the Yellow River, and Yang Guangyuan cooperates on the south bank, then "Left Hook" 2.0 will be appropriate Proper.
Zhou Ru, the governor of Bozhou, colluded with Yang Guangyuan and Yelu Deguang to capture Cai Xingyu, who was stationed in Yunzhou, and then guided the Khitan general Yelu Maju to cross the Yellow River from Majiakou, and rushed to repair fortifications and build a beachhead on the south bank of the Yellow River. Prepare for the follow-up main force.
This Yelumama is also called Yelumada and Yelumada. In transliteration, it can also be written as "Wild Ass Motor". "History of Liao" records him as "Yelü Balide", a cousin of Yelu Deguang. His father is the second brother of Yelu Abaoji, Yelu Lage. He is a born rebel and the instigator of three "Brothers' Rebellion". Therefore, he was renamed "Baoli" by Yelu Abaoji. I don't know what it means in Khitan language. Not a good word anyway. Later, Lage defected to the Central Plains and went to Li Cunxu. Li Cunxu regarded him as his adopted son. During the "Battle of Huliupi", he betrayed Li Cunxu and went to the Later Liang Dynasty. After Li Cunxu destroyed the Liang Dynasty, he was "angry with his repeated actions" and executed him Lingchi.
For the convenience of description, we call him Yelumaxong, and his father is Lage.
This is interesting. If we talk about it from the Khitan side, Shi Chonggui should call Yeluma Chong "uncle" or "uncle grandpa"; if we talk from the Central Plains side, Shi Chonggui should be the same generation as him and just call him brother.
Simple stroke:
Khitan version: The central figure in ethical relations is Yelu Deguang. Yelu Deguang is Shi Chonggui's godfather and Yelu Ma's cousin. Therefore, Yeluma is the cousin of Shi Chonggui's grandfather. Strictly speaking, Shi Chonggui should call him "uncle".
Chinese version: The core figures of ethical relations are Li Cunxu and Li Siyuan. Li Cunxu recognized La Ge as his adopted son, so La Ge's son Yelumama was Li Cunxu's god-grandson; Li Siyuan was Shi Chonggui's grandfather, and Shi Chonggui was Li Siyuan's grandson. Li Cunxu and Li Siyuan are brothers and equal generations. In other words, Yelu Ma'an is the god-grandson of Shi Chonggui's grandfather's god-brother. To refine it further, he is the grandson of his uncle's grandfather. The two of them should be regarded as "cousins".
