One is the psychological shadow of the ambush at Dunqiu City;
The second is that the national power of the Later Jin Dynasty was empty and unable to support it. In the month when the Khitans withdrew, Shi Chonggui ordered a nationwide conscription. Every seventh household was required to send out one soldier and prepare their own armor and staff. The next month, Tongzhou and Huazhou reported the tragedy of cannibalism, and Longzhou reported that 50,000 people had died of starvation. Six thousand people. Jing Yanguang did not dare to take risks, he could not afford to lose, and the weak empire behind him could not afford to lose;
The third is that Hou Shu took advantage of the situation to rob. When the two armies were fighting fiercely, Wang Junhuai, a general in Houjin's Jiezhou, led more than a thousand people in his headquarters to surrender to Houshu, and volunteered to lead Houshu's attack on Jiezhou and Chengzhou. Qinzhou, which belonged to the Later Jin Dynasty, sent troops to rescue them and drove back the army of Later Shu.
After the war, Shi Chonggui awarded rewards to meritorious soldiers and made a new round of deployment for Heshuo. Zhang Cong'en, who stayed in Weizhou, was given the title of prime minister; Liu Zhiyuan was granted the title of King of Taiyuan; Gao Xingzhou and Wang Zhou were left in charge of Chanzhou and fully responsible for the construction of the defense system in Chanzhou; Chanzhou was upgraded to a festival town, and Puzhou was classified as As a subordinate state (Puzhou originally belonged to Huazhou Yicheng Army), the Zhenning Army was set up; Jizhou was upgraded to a defensive state and a defense envoy was established. Jizhou is north of Beizhou.
The main purpose of upgrading Chanzhou and Jizhou is to strengthen the strategic depth of the Hebei region and prevent the Khitans from going south from Youzhou and directly reach the bank of the Yellow River.
On April 8, Shi Chonggui returned to Bianzhou from the Chanzhou front line, and then made appropriate adjustments to the national strategy, re-corrected the political line, and released the "anti-Liao faction" Jing Yanguang.
After the political upstart Jing Yanguang came to power, in order to consolidate his position, he suppressed the military general group headed by the "Three Powerful Factions" and excluded the "pro-Liao Faction" headed by Sang Weihan. In addition, he usually He is so arrogant and domineering that he has already made countless enemies for himself.
After the first battle, it was Hedong Liu Zhiyuan who should be held accountable the most. However, Shi Chonggui did not dare to touch Liu Zhiyuan. Instead of punishing him, he made him King of Taiyuan. Of course, Liu Zhiyuan still had some doubts in his heart. He went to the imperial court and said that the border was not peaceful and he did not dare to accept the title of king.
Since Liu Zhiyuan could not be touched, the civil and military officials focused their anger on Jing Yanguang and impeached him for his indifference in the Battle of Qicheng. Shi Chonggui followed the trend and took the opportunity to weaken this ambitious minister.
Therefore, Shi Chonggui ordered the establishment of a special task force to investigate the "not saving Qicheng" incident. The leader of the task force is Jing Yanguang's number one political enemy Sang Weihan.
Shi Chonggui's intention couldn't be more obvious.
The results of the investigation were soon announced, and Jing Yanguang’s political career basically came to an end:
Shi Chonggui issued an edict and sent Jing Yanguang to Luoyang to stay in Luoyang. An Yanwei, the former Luoyang stayer, was transferred to Chang'an as the Jinchang Army's military envoy, and Zhao Ying, the former Jinchang Army's military envoy, was appointed as the Huazhou Army's military envoy. Jing Yanguang's position as "Commander of the Guards and Military Command" was held by Gao Xingzhou.
On the day the edict was promulgated, Shi Chonggui held a banquet in the palace to entertain Jing Yanguang, and said to him seriously: "Ai Qing is a minister who has served me well. It's not that I want to let you go, but because Luoyang is very important. If you leave it to others, I will Don't worry. I can rest assured that you are doing the work, so you can go in peace." Then he took off his royal robe and treasure belt and gave them to him.
With Shi Chonggui's "good guy card" in his hand, Jing Yanguang lost all hope. After arriving in Luoyang, he drank heavily all day long, waiting for death to come.
After removing Jing Yanguang, Shi Chonggui continued to clean up the civil service group and moved Prime Minister Feng Daowei to Tongzhou. Feng Dao is a veteran in the political arena. He has never belonged to any faction and has never had his own opinions. He only speculates and caters to the opinions of those in power. This is one of the reasons why he has become an evergreen figure in the political arena.
To put it mildly, Feng Dao was a prime minister of Taiping, so he was suitable to appear in a peaceful and prosperous age. However, the country's fate is now in trouble, and it is changing rapidly. If you are not careful, it will be wiped out. What these troubled times need are people with courage, knowledge and courage, such as Comrade Sang Weihan.
Shi Chonggui issued an edict to restore the Privy Council, appointed Sang Weihan as Zhongshu Ling and Privy Envoy, and handed over the country's military and political power to him. Sanvihan was once again ordered to face danger.
Although the main Khitan forces withdrew, Beizhou and Dezhou were still under Khitan control. Beizhou was wedged into the hinterland of Heshuo, threatening Chanzhou; Dezhou echoed Qingzhou Yang Guangyuan, and the two were connected by Dizhou and Qizhou. Once a gap is opened in the defense line connecting , Yunzhou and Yanzhou, Qingzhou Yang Guangyuan can join forces with the Khitan.
Shi Chonggui appointed Huangfu Yu, the general of the imperial army, as the military envoy of Huazhou, and Li Shouzhen, the former military envoy of Huazhou, was appointed as the military envoy of Yanzhou. Then he ordered Li Shouzhen to lead an army of 20,000 to attack Yang Guangyuan in Qingzhou and pull out this nail.
Zhang Cong'en, who was left behind in Weizhou, came to evacuation the imperial court. He said that the Khitan troops entrenched in Beizhou were unstable and did not want to stay in Han for a long time. They wanted to return home, so he took advantage of their unsteady footing to attack quickly.
Shi Chonggui believed that what he said was reasonable, so he sent Huangfu Yu, Pan Huan, and Zhang Yanze to lead an army to join forces with Zhang Cong'en of Weizhou to regain Beizhou.
As Zhang Congen expected, Zhao Yanzhao was unable to resist, so he set a fire in Beizhou City, abandoned the city and fled to between Mozhou and Yingzhou, and then built defenses based on the terrain.
After the Khitans learned that Li Shouzhen was attacking Yang Guangyuan, they sent troops to support him, but were defeated by Qizhou defense envoy Xue Keyan.
It was urgent to remove Yang Guangyuan. Shi Chonggui sent General Fu Yanqing to the Qingzhou front line to quickly pacify Yang Guangyuan.
On June 1, the crusade army recaptured Qianzhou and captured Liu Han, the governor of Yang Guangyuan's faction. The west gate of Qingzhou was opened. Yang Guangyuan sent people across the Bohai Bay to ask for emergency help from Khitan.
There was a fire in the backyard of the Central Plains, and even Hou Shu wanted to take advantage of it, not to mention the Khitan, an old friend of the Central Plains people. There is a way of reincarnation in this world, no one will be spared by heaven. There was also a fire in Khitan's backyard, and Shi Chonggui started it.
Fuzhou, today's Fugu County in Shaanxi Province, was also previously ceded to the Khitan by Shi Jingtang. Zhe Congyuan, the governor of Fuzhou, was the same as Wu Luan of Yunzhou. He resisted and disobeyed the decree. He refused to hand over management rights to the Khitans and organized state troops to defend the city.
The geographical location of Yunzhou was relatively more important, so the Khitans finally captured it through military strikes and political negotiations, while Fuzhou was a blessing in disguise and was never incorporated into the Khitan.
Now, Shi Chonggui treated the enemy with his own medicine and ordered Zhe to launch an attack on the western part of the Khitan from far away in order to contain its energy.
Zhe Congyuan lived up to his trust and led his troops into Khitan territory, conquering more than a dozen camps in one go. Shi Chonggui upgraded Fuzhou to the Tuanlian Envoy Prefecture, with Zhe Congyuan as the Tuanlian Envoy, and added the Imperial Guards of the School. Later, Zhe Congyuan concurrently served as the governor of Shuozhou, the Protector of Anbei, and the Military Envoy of Zhenwu Army.
From then on, Zhe Congyuan became an important restraining force, cooperating with the Central Army to restrain the Khitan.
