Zhang Congen refused to listen. This moment is the same as that moment. Before Zhang Congen left, he appointed Deputy Envoy Zhao Xingqian of Jiedu, Quan Zhiliuhou, and asked his in-laws, general Wang Shouen and Gao Fang to assist Zhao Xingqian.
Now, Gao Fang and Wang Shou'en acted as internal agents, and together with general Li Wanchao, they led the crowd into the commander's mansion, killed Zhao Xingqian, and recommended Wang Shou'en as Luzhou's successor. Wang Shouen killed the Khitan envoys, and then led all the soldiers and civilians of the Xizhao Yijun in Luzhou to surrender to Liu Zhiyuan.
Luzhou has been a star city since the time when Zhu Wen and Li Keyong were fighting for the world. Its geographical location is so important. It guards the north-south throat zone in and out of the Taihang Mountains. It is a must-win between Bianzhou and Hedong. Those who win Luzhou will have the initiative. Therefore, Luzhou has also become the top priority of Yelu Deguang's "first island chain" to contain Liu Zhiyuan.
However, this "first island chain" collapsed within ten days, which made Yelu Deguang fall into a great passivity, and also filled the sky over Yelu Deguang's Daliao Kingdom with a layer of dark clouds.
The enthusiasm for resisting the Khitans was unprecedentedly high and spread rapidly along the "First Island Chain". The "Liao" on the map was shrinking rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The people of Chanzhou could not bear the tyranny of the Khitans and rose up to resist. Wang Qiong, the leader of the rebel army, led more than a thousand people to launch an attack at night and occupied the south city (namely the south city of Desheng Village). They then crossed the Yellow River and launched an attack on the north city. Khitan general Yelu Langwu surrounded the city.
Yelu Deguang was shocked and hurriedly ordered Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen to return to their posts. At the same time, he mobilized his troops to rescue Yelu Langwu.
Wang Qiong temporarily lifted the siege, retreated to a safe area, and sent his younger brother Wang Chao to ask Liu Zhiyuan for help.
Liu Zhiyuan gave Wang Chao generous rewards, but before he could rescue Chanzhou, Wang Qiong was defeated and killed.
To the west of the empire, a mutiny broke out among Zhangwu's army in Yanzhou. The three armies supported Gao Wanjin's son Gao Yun's authority to stay in Yanzhou and attacked Jiedushi Zhoumi.
Brothers Gao Wanxing and Gao Wanjin were originally subordinates of Li Maozhen. After Zhu Wen killed Zhaozong, the two brothers launched a mutiny and defected from the Guanxi Group to Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen awarded Gao Wanxing the title of "Advocate of Yan Yan", and later made Gao Wanxing, Yan, and The four prefectures of Fang and Dan were divided into two military towns, so that each of the two brothers took charge of one town.
After Gao Wanjin's death, Zhu Wen used Gao Wanxing to concurrently lead the two towns. In the last generation of the Liang Dynasty, Gao Wanxing was appointed Grand Master, Zhongshu Ling, and King of Peiping.
In the late Tang Dynasty, Gao Wanxing died of illness, and his son Gao Yuntao ascended the throne and later moved to Huazhou, weakening the Gao family's power in Yanzhou. During Li Congke's period, Gao Yuntao died of illness.
When Shi Chonggui was in power, he appointed Zhou Mi as the governor of Yanzhou. After Zhou Mi took office, he only cared about the common people, which was very unpopular and led to a mutiny. Gao Wanjin's son Gao Yunquan happened to be doing civilian work in Yanzhou at this time (recording affairs and joining the army). The generals believed that several generations of the Gao family had been serving as military envoys in Yanzhou, so they recommended him to be a post-retention officer.
Gao Yunquan submitted a memorial to Liu Zhiyuan, expressing his surrender. Liu Zhiyuan ordered him to release Zhou Mi, and everyone should unite to fight against the Khitan. Zhou Mi then gave up resistance and defected to Hedong, joining Liu Zhiyuan.
Influenced by Yanzhou, Danzhou commander Gao Yanxun also killed the governor sent by the Khitans, took over the affairs of Danzhou, and expressed his allegiance to Liu Zhiyuan.
Soldiers and civilians from all over the country surrendered to Liu Zhiyuan one after another, and Liu Zhiyuan's pockets were stretched thin. Of course, when holding a general meeting, we still need to talk about national justice and give everyone some chicken soup for the soul, but people always need to eat, and soldiers need military pay. How can they do without some reward if they travel thousands of miles to defect?
Liu Zhiyuan discussed with his staff and planned to collect property from the people of Hedong.
Liu Zhiyuan's wife, Li Shi, dissuaded her, saying that the reason why people oppose the Khitan and support you is because the Khitan people are greedy, cruel, and demanding. If you have just started a business, you have not established any merits, and you have not shown any kindness to the people, but you are eager to make money. , how is it different from the Khitans?
"Having said that, chicken soup for the soul cannot be eaten as food. Where does the reward from the army come from?"
Behind every successful man, there must be a great wife. Li immediately said that the family should be destroyed to relieve the difficulties, and the gold, silver and jewelry in the harem should be sold off. The mother of the country took the lead in selling iron to help the court tide over the difficulties.
Li's operation gained good reputation among the people, and the entire army and civilians were jubilant. The soldiers and civilians all over the world are more determined to stand on Liu Zhiyuan's side. The war situation continued to change.
In Bianzhou, Yelu Deguang looked gloomy. Losing the Central Plains would mean that all his previous efforts would be wasted, his political career would be sentenced to death, and the Queen Mother Shulu would regain control of the Khitan's supreme power. Based on Yelu Deguang's understanding of his mother, the Queen Mother Shulu would definitely hold her responsible for the defeat of the Shanxi-Liao War, and then used the topic to play on the topic, "Look, I said the sons are still young and cannot govern themselves." Is it to listen to the government behind the curtain or to be in court? The weighing depends entirely on the old lady's mood.
Yelu Deguang sighed and became depressed. At this moment, envoys sent by Queen Mother Shulu arrived and brought the best wine, fruits and other items from Khitan to Yelu Deguang, congratulating him on annihilating the Later Jin Dynasty and unifying the Central Plains.
What a bitter irony!
Yelu Deguang smiled bitterly, knowing that this was the queen mother deliberately beating herself up, reminding herself not to get carried away, and not to think that by taking over the Central Plains, she could get rid of her on the northern grasslands. He couldn't escape her Wuzhishan no matter what.
Queen Mother Shulu sent out this batch of food express when Yelu Deguang first came to Bianzhou. Her intention was really just to brush up her presence and let her authority bubble up.
She probably didn't expect that in less than a month, the Central Plains would be turbulent, and Yelu Deguang would soon lose all his previous achievements.
At this time, Yelv Deguang was a little less arrogant and a little more humble. He held a banquet for the ministers in Yongfu Hall. Every time he drank, he would respectfully pick up the wine glass, stand up, turn to the north and worship from a distance, and said: "This is a reward from the Queen Mother, I dare not sit down." Have a drink.”
He just hoped that when he returned to the grassland, the murderous and unblinking Queen Mother would be a little more tolerant to him.
The "first island chain" north of the Yellow River has been completely crushed, and the south of the Yellow River has also been infected. The three prefectures of Song, Bo, and Mi were successively captured by the rebel army. They killed the "secretaries" sent by the Khitans and surrendered to Liu Zhiyuan.
Yelu Deguang had a splitting headache and said to the people around him: "I only knew that the Central Plains was difficult to govern, but I didn't know it was so difficult!"
He carefully summed up the lessons and believed that the reason why the situation in various places changed rapidly was because he put all the military and political leaders in various places, such as the Jiedu envoys, under house arrest in Bianzhou. Previously, Yelv Deguang did not trust Han local officials and summoned Jiedu envoys from all over the country to come to Beijing for pilgrimage and put them under house arrest to prevent them from changing their families. Now it seems that it is precisely because of the local power vacuum and the loss of effective control that the local army launched mutinies, and even ordinary people, bandits and robbers were able to attack cities and seize territory.
Therefore, Yelu Deguang released An Shenqi (Yanzhou), Fu Yanqing (Xuzhou) and others back to the town and asked them to suppress the ground.
