Taiyuan Mansion in Beijing, the office of the Hedong Jiedu Envoy, and the residence of Liu Zhiyuan.
In fact, apart from Yelu Deguang, the most eye-catching person in the Central Plains now is not Zhang Zhao, but Liu Zhiyuan.
As a member of Daibei Wuxun with roots in Hongmiaozheng and a native of Taiyuan, Liu Zhiyuan became the person who attracted the most attention when Shi Chonggui first succeeded to the throne.
"Invincibility starts with sacrificing the ancestor"
If there was no threat from the Khitan, the first thing Shi Chonggui would do after he succeeded to the throne would be to move Liu Zhiyuan to the town. Then Liu Zhiyuan disobeyed, and then the war broke out.
A new round of Daibei Wuxun surrounded Liu Zhiyuan as he crossed the Yellow River south and ascended to the throne of the Emperor.
Since Li Keyong and Li Cunxu and their sons established the Daibei Wuxun group, this is how power has circulated in the world.
In the Five Dynasties in history, except for Zhu Liang at the beginning and the Northern Song Dynasty at the end, those who ruled the Central Plains were always the Daibei Wuxun group.
After Yelu Deguang entered the Central Plains, Liu Zhiyuan's aura did not lose much.
Because among the most powerful military men in the world who controlled a town, apart from Guanzhong, only Liu Zhiyuan, Hu Cile and Jiao Jixun did not go to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo to meet Yelv Deguang.
Hu Cile left by the Hutuo River. It is said that he received 50,000 pieces of brocade from Li Jing, the leader of Wu and Tang Dynasties, and had sold Xuzhou to Wu Tang. He would soon become the most powerful general and peep in Wu Tang. The fulcrum of the Central Plains.
Jiao Jixun was in the southernmost Xiangzhou. Due to the turmoil in the Central Plains, Nanping King Gao Congjie intended to seize Fuzhou (Hubei Tianmen), Yingzhou (Zhongxiang) and even Xiangzhou, and was unable to escape. Of course, this is also likely to be Jiao Jixun. Deliberately taking the opportunity to wait and see.
Therefore, in everyone's opinion, the only person who did not come to Tokyo to meet him without a legitimate reason was Liu Zhiyuan. This person's thoughts are known to the world.
However, in the face of this situation, Liu Zhiyuan did not panic at all. He sat comfortably in the office and laughed in front of all his confidants.
"The Khitan Lord made empty remarks and asked a certain family to go to court. It seems that he has not realized the seriousness of the matter."
Wang Jun laughed, "What the king said is true, Yelu Deguang thought that after Du Chongwei and Li Shouzhen bowed their knees, they could sit back and relax.
Unexpectedly, the mantis is chasing the cicada and the oriole is behind it. King Zhang Tianwang of Hexi Province has long been unable to bear the loneliness. "
Liu Zhiyuan also smiled, and then looked at Su Fengji, "Da Lang should be the first to be able to detect this accurate information today."
Su Fengji smiled slightly and was not reserved. This person was Liu Zhiyuan's Hedong Jiedu judge, and his father, Su Yue, worked for Liu Zhiyuan.
Su Fengji followed Liu Zhiyuan when he was young. He was like a nephew. He even called him Da Lang, and he was very trusted by Liu Zhiyuan.
"This is the great blessing of the great king, and it is worthy of this servant's contribution. Who would have thought that someone like Zhao Xuanhui would take refuge in that King Zhang Liang."
Su Fengji was from Wugong County, Jingzhao Prefecture, so he had some connections in Guanzhong.
Someone in the family knew the significance of Zhang Zhao's entry into Guanzhong to Liu Zhiyuan, so after Zhang Zhao closed Tongguan, Hangu Pass and other places, he took the risk of running to Taiyuan through a small road, so that Liu Zhiyuan could get the news that Zhang Zhao had entered Guanzhong.
However, Su Fengji's family ran away too early. They only knew that Zhang Zhao entered Guanzhong, but they did not know that Zhang Zhao discussed state affairs with the Chang'an elders under the Suzaku sect, and the subsequent amnesty in Guanzhong.
Otherwise, Liu Zhiyuan and others would never be so calm.
"There have been many disasters in Guanzhong in the past few years, and the ground is not peaceful. From my point of view, if King Liang wants to complete the rectification, it should be around August before leaving Guandong.
Recently, the powerful chieftains such as Bai Chengfu cannot stop people from fleeing, and they also have repeated intentions. Please lead your troops to kill them, and deploy them to serve as the king's vanguard. "
The person who spoke was Guo Wei. Liu Zhiyuan had a title from the Prince of Beiping in the Later Jin Dynasty, so everyone also called Liu Zhiyuan the king.
It's just that according to the etiquette system, a mere county king is not qualified to be called a king, but the Hedong soldiers still called him that. Liu Zhiyuan also accepted it calmly, which is evident from his heart.
What Guo Wei said about Bai Chengfu was repetitive, and he was not being dangerous and sensational.
Previously, Bai Chengfu and others were forced by the Khitan, so they decided to return south.
However, in recent years, the Khitan and Jin had fought successive wars, and the oppression of the various ethnic groups in the grasslands had been relaxed, mainly due to lack of manpower and fear of causing rebellion.
Bai Chengfu, on the other hand, had no knowledge. After he returned south, he worked half-farming and half-grazing in Lanzhou and Shizhou, which later became known as the Luliang Mountains.
But these places are not as prosperous as the Bashang Grassland and the Hetao area. So after he heard that the Khitan oppression on the grassland was not harsh, he actually wanted to go back to the grassland.
hehe! In Taiyuan, where Liu Zhiyuan is located, the population has long been a big problem due to the war. In addition, the Yinshan Tuyuhun led by Bai Chengfu is quite good at fighting. How could Liu Zhiyuan let these hundreds of thousands of people go out again.
As a result, the killing of Bai Chengfu and others was put on the agenda.
Liu Zhiyuan frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded with a solemn expression.
He originally didn't think Zhang Zhao was that powerful. Although the return of Dayi shocked the world, in Liu Zhiyuan's eyes, he was not very moved. Instead, he felt that Zhang Zhao was as exaggerated as an actor.
Sure enough, it is difficult for humans to empathize with others. If you have never been to Hexi and Anxi, you naturally don't know how important it is to Zhang Zhao to return to the country for justice, nor do you know the hardships of the descendants of the Guiyi Army and the Four Towns.
From Liu Zhiyuan's point of view, he just felt that Zhang Zhao acted like a mother-in-law, was procrastinating, and was a bit sensational.
However, when people like He Ning and Zhao Ying took refuge in Zhang Zhao, Liu Zhiyuan finally began to take a serious look at Zhang Zhao.
This investigation didn't matter, Liu Zhiyuan discovered that Zhang Zhao had actually taken over the two prefectures of Fulin, which was near Chichi, Hedong.
You must know that Fulinzhou and Hedong are separated by Luliang Mountain.
Later, Liu Zhiyuan wrote several times, and both Zhe Congyuan and Yang Hongxin responded with respectful words, but their attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away was still obvious.
"If we want to capture Bai Chengfu and others, how many elite cavalry does Wen Zhong need?"
Liu Zhiyuan also understood that Zhang Zhao had already entered Guanzhong, so his movements must also speed up.
"A thousand fine cavalry is enough!" Guo Wei stretched out a finger.
"Bai Chengfu has no way to control him. He can't even stop people from fleeing. It's not difficult to kill him.
Bai Zongyi and others under his command were not willing to go out of the fortress anymore, and they had long been dissatisfied. With their help, they could just kill Bai Chengfu's tribesmen and confidants, and the matter could be settled. "
Liu Zhiyuan nodded with satisfaction. Although Guo Wei's adopted son Guo Rong had a relationship with Zhang Zhao, Guo Wei himself had no problem in terms of ability or loyalty.
"I give you two thousand fine cavalry. These hundreds of thousands of Tuyuhun people are very important to us. Only with their presence can we have cavalry that can fight against the cavalry of Liang and Liao. We must deal with them cleanly."
After giving instructions to Guo Wei, Liu Zhiyuan looked at Wang Jun again, "It has been twenty days since we got the news from Guanzhong. If the news from the Khitan people is blocked again, then the Emperor of Liao Kingdom should also know something about it.
Why don't you, Xiufeng, go to Tokyo and tell Yelu Deguang everything we know? "
Wang Jun stood up and made a cross-hand salute, "Here! We have to let them know how important our 50,000 lions from Hedong are in influencing the situation of Liao and Liang.
Especially for the Lord Khitan, if he, the Emperor of Liao, wants to secure his throne, he must give us half of their wealth in the Central Plains. "
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And just when Liu Zhiyuan decided to send Wang Jun to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, Yelu Deguang was shocked.
Meng Chang in Jinguan City had just finished meeting Wang Jiulang, the envoy sent by Zhang Zhao.
Unlike in the royal tent in Gaochang in the past, Wang Jiulang who entered Shu at this time seemed very humble.
In addition, Han Baosheng said some kind words around Meng Chang in the early stage, and Meng Chang actually thought that Wang Jiulang was a pretty good person.
"Zhang Zhao wrote a letter, calling me his younger brother, and asking for food from Shu, 200,000 dan and 70,000 bunches of grass.
He also required merchants in Sichuan to purchase Hexi sugar and spices from now on. They need to use half of the grain and half of the cloth to buy silver notes, and then use the silver notes to buy Hexi goods.
If I agree, I would like to cede the two states of Qin and Cheng, and agree to deliver them in August. "
The prime minister's mother, Zhaoyi, who was beside Meng Chang, pondered for a while after hearing this, "It seems that the merchant's statement that floods and droughts in Guanzhong are serious and there is an extreme food shortage this year is true.
This King of Liang is asking us for food and grass. Is it possible that he really wants to fight the Khitan in a bloody battle to restore the Central Plains as he said?
I thought that Your Majesty needed to be careful to confuse us, and had a certain intention. "
Meng Chang looked at his mother Zhaoyi strangely, and then was stunned for a moment because he had never considered this issue.
"You are saying that Zhang Zhao might be plotting against me, Shu?"
The inspector beside Meng Chang and Zhang Ye, the commander of the Forbidden Army, were also stunned, and then burst into laughter.
"We have hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in Shu. We have a lot of armor and sufficient food. The roads to Shu are also dangerous. If the Liang Kingdom is short of food and has to go all over the country to get it from Shu, how can we have the energy to attack? If it is really coming, I will be the right one to help you." Your Majesty takes Guanzhong."
Although Meng Chang was a little afraid of a disobedient veteran like Zhang Ye, he still agreed with what he said.
In the past few years, Shuzhong has matured year by year and has abundant soldiers and food. It is a completely different world from Guanzhong.
When King Liang entered Guanzhong, everything was not stable and he had no ability to seek Shu. He cheered up and was a little eager to try.
"Then it seems to Lieutenant Yi that we can take advantage of the lack of food in Guanzhong, directly raise a large number of troops, follow the example of King Zhuge Wuning, and expedition to the north of Guanzhong?"
Zhang Ye seemed to glance at Meng Chang in surprise, as if he didn't expect that Meng Chang would be so radical and wanted to directly expedition to the north. He pondered for a moment.
"Although there is a shortage of food in Guanzhong, the Liang Kingdom is not short of food. Moreover, the Liang Kingdom has many soldiers stationed in Qinzhou, and they also have brave cavalry. Even the Khitan people have suffered from them. I think we should be more cautious."
"But." Meng Chang was also in a dilemma, "Although King Liang promised to secede Qin and create two states for me, Shu, but if he takes our food and fails to fulfill his promise, wouldn't it mean that you and I, the king and our ministers, would be in trouble?" The laughingstock of the world?
If you ignore it, the opportunity to win two states for nothing is right in front of you, what can you do? "
Zhang Ye thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty's words are reasonable. Why don't we use the excuse of transporting grain to ask the Liang State to dredge the water in the Xiegu Valley and widen the ancient road? Zhang Gong, the governor of Shannan West Road Jiedu, has a strategy and can take charge of this matter."
Meng Shu's Shannan West Road Jiedu envoy was stationed in Hanzhong. Zhang Gong refers to Meng Shu's old general Zhang Qianzhao. This man was also born in Daibei Wuxun and was one of Meng Chang's most trusted generals.
Meng Chang nodded and agreed to the plan, but the prime minister's mother Zhao Yi followed up.
"This plan of the Lieutenant is indeed feasible, but widening the ancient road and dredging the Xiegu River will facilitate our army to enter Guanzhong, and it will also facilitate the Liang army to enter Shuzhong!
Zhang Gong has been in Xingyuan Mansion for a long time and does not know the situation in the country. If something goes wrong, Shuzhong will be in danger. It is necessary to send another important minister to sit in Suizhou to make overall arrangements. "
"Good!" Before Zhang Ye could say anything, Meng Chang suddenly spoke, and seemed to agree very much. He looked at Zhang Ye, and there seemed to be light flashing in his eyes.
"Since it is the Taiwei who is providing the advice, then instead of bothering the two masters, it is better to ask the Taiwei to take charge of this matter.
I have been granted the title of Taiwei Tongpingzhangshi, and I have been appointed as the military governor of Suizhou Wuxin Army to take charge of the affairs. If I can get Guanzhong, I will not hesitate to be crowned king. "
屮! Got cheated.
Zhang Ye immediately understood that Meng Chang was trying to get him out of the center and take back the imperial army!
Realizing this, Zhang Ye quickly started thinking. Just when he was about to think of a reason, he suddenly remembered.
A few days ago, Sun Hanshao, the military governor of Wuding Army in Yuanzhou, returned to Chengdu with hundreds of tooth soldiers, and Sun Hanshao's mansion was almost next to him.
Moreover, because Sun Hanshao's father Li Cunjin was one of Li Keyong's thirteen eunuchs in the past, and Meng Chang's father Meng Zhixiang was Li Keyong's son-in-law, Sun Hanshao was Meng Chang's confidant.
If he proposes his own plan now and then refuses to leave, he may have no choice but to abandon his family and risk his life to rebel.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ye looked at Meng Chang and his mother Zhaoyi again, and found that the way they looked at him changed instantly.
This was not for discussing the affairs of the Liang Kingdom. I'm afraid they had already planned to use this as an excuse to take away Zhang Ye's power to control the imperial army.
However, the situation was stronger than the person. After a moment of silence, Zhang Ye bowed his head and bowed to the end.
"I am willing to serve as the military envoy of the Wuxin Army in Suizhou and to help your majesty seize Guanzhong."
