In the picture, Du Chongwei is wearing a dragon robe, with a traitor-specific emoticon on his face. If his ears were not blocking it, the corners of his mouth could reach to the back of his head. The one who helped him put on the dragon robe was Zhao Yanshou, who also wore a traitor expression. The weird smile was a bad smile, a mockery. From his evil side glance, it could be seen that he was not holding back anything good; at a distance, he came out of the Khitan army's tent, and there sat a cheerful man looming inside. The man laughing is Yelu Deguang; and around the scene, acting as the background, are a group of Han officers and soldiers with complex expressions. They are either fearful, confused, sad, or hateful.
After Zhao Yanshou helped Du Chongwei put on his dragon robe, he led him to parade in the army and repeatedly preached to the surrendering generals: "Look, do you recognize him? Your commander-in-chief will soon be your emperor. Don't worry, the Central Plains people The emperor is still from the Central Plains. When we enter Bianzhou, the Khitan people will not take a needle or a thread, but everything will belong to you!"
At that time, the officers and soldiers were furious, and there was a danger of a mutiny breaking out at any time. When everyone saw that Du Chongwei was going to be the emperor, their emotions gradually calmed down. Since it was not the annihilation of the country, but an internal transfer of the highest power, then accept it calmly. This is not It was a reenactment of the "Hedong War". The man surnamed Shi took over his father-in-law's empire, and the man named Du robbed his uncle's empire.
Du Chongwei led 200,000 people to accept the adaptation, and Yelu Deguang led tens of thousands of cavalry to participate in the surrender ceremony. Du Chongwei walked respectfully to Yelu Deguang's horse and presented his sword and seal to Yelu Deguang who sat on the horse to accept it. Later, Du Chongwei was appointed as Taifu and Weizhou Remainer; Li Shouzhen was appointed as Situ and Yunzhou Tianping Army Jiedushi. Starting from Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen, all officers and non-commissioned officers in the army have been restored to their posts and each maintains his duties.
Du Chongwei acted as a leader for the Khitan army and came to Zhenzhou City to lobby the guard general Wang Zhou. Wang Zhou immediately presented the city and surrendered.
Yelu Deguang was not in a hurry to go south, but first cleared the rear, so he sent people westward to persuade Daizhou to surrender. Wang Hui, the governor of Daizhou, surrendered to the city.
Previously, the Khitan attacked Yizhou many times. Guo Lin, the governor of Yizhou, resisted tenaciously and defeated the Khitan many times. Yelu Deguang lamented many times, saying that I have the ability to annex the world, but this person choked him.
Now, Yelu Deguang also sent people to Yizhou to persuade him to surrender. Guo Lin refused to surrender, so he was killed by his subordinates. Zhang Jingda's tragedy happened again.
Li Yin, the military envoy of the Yiwu Army in Dingzhou, and Fang Tai, who stayed in Xingzhou, also surrendered to the Khitan.
With Du Chongwei's betrayal and surrender to the enemy, the territory north of the Yellow River changed overnight. Except for the Weibo Army in Weizhou and the Yichang Army in Cangzhou in the east, all the land north of the Yellow River and west of the Taihang Mountains became Khitan occupied areas.
Yelu Deguang divided Du Chongwei's 200,000 surrendered troops into two, with one half still led by Du Chongwei and the other half led by Zhao Yanshou. Then Zhang Yanze was sent to lead two thousand elite cavalry, holding an edict, and sent them into Bianzhou.
At first, Yelu Deguang wanted to send Huangfu Yu to do this work. Huangfu Yu politely declined, and after retreating, he sighed to his close aides: "As a general, I cannot die for my country until now. It is already very shameful. How can I go back and persecute my lord?"
Later, Huangfu Yu planned to die on a hunger strike. He didn't eat or drink for several days, but he still didn't die. Huangfu Yu weakly said to his side: "How can I have the face to return to Bianzhou?" Then he used all his strength to pinch himself. throat, strangled to death.
Zhang Yanze accepted the order happily, and then quickly headed south, flying day and night.
When the news reached Bianzhou, Shi Chonggui panicked as if he heard a thunderbolt from the blue, and hurriedly summoned Feng Yu, Li Yantao, and Li Song to discuss countermeasures. Everyone could only think of one way, and that was to order Liu Zhiyuan, the empire's last life-saving straw, to come to Beijing quickly and ask King Qin to rescue him.
However, early the next morning, Zhang Yanze arrived at Bianzhou City.
At this time, Bianzhou's total strength was only 500 forbidden troops, which was no match for Zhang Yanze. Zhang Yanze occupied the south gate of the palace with lightning speed, established a headquarters, and announced to take over Bianzhou.
Shi Chonggui knew that the situation was over, so he personally waved his sword and drove his wife, children, and more than ten maids into the palace, preparing to pay tribute to Li Congke and burn himself on the whole family. He was stopped by the pro-army general Xue Chao because Zhang Yanze had already sent in Yelu Deguang's autographed letter, which was addressed to the Queen Mother.
In the letter to the Queen Mother, it was said to be comforting, but in reality it was full of threats and intimidation, "I had a girl who combed my hair, stole a medicine bag, and ran to Jin. Are they all here today? When I fought in Yangcheng , I'm taking a ride in the Xixi chariot, are you here?" He also asked if the Khitan soldiers who had been captured by the Later Jin Dynasty were there, and also asked if Sang Weihan and Jing Yanguang, the old friends of the Khitan people, were there.
Shi Chonggui put out the fire, ordered all the doors of the palace to be opened, and sat in the imperial garden with the queen and concubines, weeping relative to each other. He summoned Fan Zhi, a Hanlin scholar, and ordered him to draft a letter of surrender, praying to Yelu Deguang for his mercy and mercy. His mother and son survived.
In the letter of surrender, Shi Chonggui declared himself his grandson and minister, made a profound self-examination and self-criticism to his grandfather Yelu Deguang, helped Yelu Deguang recall the past of the "Hedong War", and thanked his grandfather for his great kindness to the Shi family;
Then he made an unjust sophistry, saying that he was young and ignorant, and left all national affairs to the generals and ministers. Unexpectedly, they failed his grandfather's kindness and led to the current situation. Now, my grandson, I plan to go to the countryside to greet my grandfather as a sign of subjugation, and wait for my grandfather's fate. The Imperial Seal and others have sent my eldest son Shi Yanxu and second son Shi Yanbao to deliver it to you first.
Fan Zhi also helped the Queen Mother draft a letter of surrender. He also used the "Hedong War" as an excuse and prayed that Yelu Deguang could forgive the young and ignorant Shi Chonggui.
Yelu Deguang was satisfied and replied very domineeringly: "You are free to take care of a place to eat." Don't worry, I will keep your mother and daughter alive.
The people of Bianzhou experienced what it was like to be slaves to a subjugated country. After the Khitans entered the city, they burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. However, the person who did the most excessive things was not Yelu Jieli, the leader of the Khitan advance army, but Zhang Yanze, a Han general. It was Shi Jingtang who withstood the pressure from all parties and worked desperately to save the main criminal of the "Zhang Yanze Major Case". See him "repay" Shi Jingtang's descendants with practical actions.
Shi Chonggui sent someone to summon Zhang Yanze and wanted to discuss something with him. Zhang Yanze refused because he had no face to see the emperor. Shi Chonggui sent someone to summon him again, almost begging him to come and see him. Zhang Yanze smiled and said nothing and refused to meet.
Subsequently, Zhang Yanze escorted Shi Chonggui and other members of the royal family to Kaifeng Mansion for detention, vacating the palace for Yelu Deguang. The order was so urgent that he was violently driven out of the palace without even having time to pack toiletries and change of clothes. There was a lot of crying inside and outside the palace.
