Because of the Khitan threat, Liu Chengyou appointed Guo Wei as the military governor of Weizhou, replacing Gao Xingzhou, who appointed Gao Xingzhou as the military governor of Yunzhou.
When Gao Xingzhou was moved to Yunzhou, Liu Chengyou not only wanted to make room for Guo Wei, but also deliberately brought Gao Xingzhou closer to Murong Yanchao. The reason is very simple, it is to keep an eye on "Uncle Liu Huang". During the period of Liu Chengyou, the threats to the imperial power were not only the group of military generals with great achievements, but also the Liu clan such as Liu Chong and Murong Yanchao.
It was precisely because of the open and fierce conflict between the two that Liu Chengyou felt confident and bold but had ulterior motives in letting Gao Xingzhou be Murong Yanchao's neighbor.
Therefore, Murong Yanchao took the initiative to become a "tainted witness" and reported to the court that Gao Xingzhou intended to collude with him to rebel... This was the second time he framed Gao Xingzhou.
In fact, Guo Wei was not that confident. He secretly checked the authenticity of the letter carefully and found that the seal was forged, so he concluded that it was Murong Yanchao's slander.
Guo Wei took advantage of his plan and sent Zhang Ning as the Yunzhou inspection envoy to lead troops to inspect the Yunzhou area. In fact, it refers to Sang Shuhuai. This army used Gao Xingzhou of Yunzhou as a guise, and its real target was Murong Yanchao of Yanzhou.
Murong Yanchao made a final struggle. He went to the bookstore to test Guo Wei and asked to go to Beijing for pilgrimage.
Guo Wei accepted the move and immediately agreed to his request to come to the DPRK. As expected, Murong Yanchao went to Shu again and said that bandits were rampant in the territory and he did not dare to leave easily. Slap yourself in the face.
In a few days it will be the Spring Festival (952), and everyone will be very busy:
Wang Jun won the second battle of Jinzhou, drove away the Hedong and Khitan coalition forces, and recruited 20,000 people to build Jinzhou City; Guo Wei recruited 55,000 migrant workers in Bianzhou and built additional buildings in Bianzhou The outer city; Murong Yanchao also called nearby villagers into the city, opened up the Surabaya River, and used the Surabaya River as a moat.
Murong Yanchao sent his cronies to recruit bandits and bandits, and then went to nearby places to plunder. Various places around Yanzhou reported Murong Yanchao's rebellious behavior.
Yanzhou Murong Yan rebelled, and Guo Wei had been prepared for this.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Guo Wei issued an edict that Yizhou and Mizhou would no longer be affiliated with the Yanzhou Taining Army.
The Taining Army originally had four states under its jurisdiction: Yan, Hai, Yi, and Mi. Haizhou was previously occupied by Huainan, and now that Yi and Mizhou were separated, Murong Yanchao only controlled Yanzhou, and his power was greatly reduced.
Subsequently, Guo Wei appointed the Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army Infantry Cao Wei (renamed Cao Ying to avoid sacred taboos) to take command to conquer Yanzhou; he appointed Qizhou Defense Envoy Shi Yanchao as deputy commander; the imperial envoy Xiang Xun as the general political commissar (du supervisor); Chen Yao Yuanfu, the state defense envoy, was appointed Marquis of Yu, the capital of Ma Bu.
Among them, Yao Yuanfu was the general who had just defeated Liu Chong in Hedong on the battlefield of Jinzhou. He was a veteran of the Four Dynasties. He was originally a subordinate of General Wang Tan of the Later Liang Dynasty. What brought him to the C position of the historical stage was the Shi Chonggui period of the Later Jin Dynasty. When fighting against the Khitan people, Yao Yuanfu acted as a lone hero, leading his 200 cavalrymen to rush left and right in the Khitan army. As if they were in an uninhabited land, he actually disrupted the formation of the main Khitan force, while he could still Get away intact.
Shi Chonggui, who was watching the battle from behind, was so excited that he summoned him to his side and praised him face to face, saying that your performance today is not inferior to those loyal and famous generals in ancient times!
Later, in the second battle "Battle of Yangcheng", Yao Yuanfu once again possessed the God of War and defeated the Khitan. Under his leadership, the soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty pursued them for 20 miles and returned with a great victory.
Subsequently, Yao Yuanfu was ordered to escort Feng Hui to Zhenshuofang, where he defeated Tuoba Yanchao, the leader of the ethnic minority rebels, and successfully took control of Lingzhou.
After the fall of the Later Jin Dynasty, Yao Yuanfu surrendered to Liu Zhiyuan. In the early days of the "Three Towns Rebellion", Yao Yuanfu led hundreds of cavalry reinforcements and issued the military order "Behead those who dare to look back". He defeated the Hou Shu army several times his own in one fell swoop, annihilated more than 3,000 enemies, and The army of Hou Shu rushed back to the south of Dashan Pass.
After the establishment of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Yao Yuanfu participated in the pacification of the "Liu Yun Yu Party" of Gong Tingmei and Yang Wen in Xuzhou, and was later transferred to the front line of Jinzhou to repel the Hedong and Khitan coalition forces. Before he could take a breath, he was transferred to the Yanzhou front line again.
Comrade Yao Yuanfu is truly a fire-fighting brigade captain.
Guo Wei respected him very much and seriously warned Commander-in-Chief Cao Wei and others, don't think that just because you have a higher official position than Yao Yuanfu, you can despise him. He is a hero of the four dynasties. You cannot use military salutes (for superiors and subordinates), but use uncle. Literally, treat him like your biological father!
After Yao Yuanfu arrived at his post, it turned out that Cao Wei and others were "all father's business".
In sharp contrast to Murong Yanchao's plundering everywhere, after Wang Shi entered the ground in Yanzhou, he maintained strict military discipline and strictly prohibited harassing the people and not taking advantage of them.
Li Jing from Huainan sent 5,000 reinforcements and entered Xiapi in the territory of Later Zhou Dynasty. After hearing the news that Cao Wei and others had led troops, the Huainan army immediately retreated to Shuyang in Huainan.
Zhang Lingbin, the patrol envoy to Xuzhou in the later Zhou Dynasty, pursued and killed more than a thousand people, and captured Huainan general Yan Jingquan alive.
Guo Wei personally met with Yan Jingquan, gave him a bundle of clothes and some kind words to comfort him, and asked him to bring a message to Comrade Li Jing, to the effect that we have no grudges in the past and have no grudges in recent days. I want to have a good relationship with you. , eliminate opposition and achieve win-win cooperation; punish rebellion and reward loyalty. This is the eternal truth. I have rebellion here, how can you help the rebellion? I hope you mend your ways, let's put past the past and look forward to everything.
Yan Jingquan returned to Huainan and conveyed Guo Wei's words truthfully. Li Jing felt very guilty. Previously, the Later Han Dynasty sent Lu Changzuo to Nanchu to purchase tea. Just as civil strife broke out in Nanchu, Huainan armed forces intervened, and Lu Changzuo was captured and detained by Huainan.
Li Jing summoned Lu Changzuo, gave him the same high standard of courtesy, and asked him to convey his respect to Comrade Guo Wei and express his willingness to peacefully coexist and restore old friendships. Then he made up for Lu Changzuo's tea losses, and gave an additional 18,000 kilograms of Huainan tea. As compensation, he also gave Lu Changzuo himself a generous gift and sent it back home.
Huainan made it clear that it would no longer interfere in the civil strife in Yanzhou.
At this point, Murong Yanchao lost all foreign aid (Khitan, Hedong, Huainan) and was completely isolated.
Cao Wei built a high wall outside Yanzhou and besieged Yanzhou. Murong Yanchao went out of the city many times to stop him, but was repelled by Yao Yuanfu and others. Ten days later, high walls surrounded Yanzhou, forming a trap for Yanzhou.
Murong Yanchao ordered a massive search for the people of Yanzhou, and anyone who dared to hide their property would be sentenced to death!
Murong Yanchao once served as Yan Bao's adopted son, so he also received the nickname "Yan Kunlun". Now, Yan Bao's biological son Yan Honglu lives in Yanzhou. He is very aware of the cruel character of his godbrother, so he takes the initiative to Donate all your family property just to save your life.
However, Murong Yanchao not only did not give up, but frantically arrested Yan Honglu, insisting that he must be hiding something, and ordered the top strategist Cui Zhoudu to raid Yan Honglu's home and ask for the whereabouts of his property.
