But Li Jun, who was in Hedong, took advantage of Liu Jiye's attack on Hebei and suddenly went north to Liaozhou and captured Liaozhou by surprise.

Liu Jiye was originally in Hebei to contain Li Chongjin's army. When Liu Chengjun saw the fall of Liaozhou, he ordered Liu Jiye to withdraw to Hedong and attack Liaozhou.

Li Jun and Liu Jiye fought many times and knew that the Northern Han Dynasty had strong troops and Liu Jiye was extremely difficult to deal with because of his intelligence and bravery, so he huddled in Liaozhou City and could not leave.

Liu Jiye had no solution at all, and the two sides struggled for several months.

It was not until Zhao Kuangyin rebelled and changes occurred in Beijing that Li Jun left a force to garrison Liaozhou and led his troops to withdraw to Luzhou.

Liu Jiye knew that Hou Barong had committed evil deeds of killing good people and taking merit, so he was worried about leaving him here and wanted to take him back to Jinyang with him.

At this time, his eyes fell on Zhao Kuangyi and his party, and asked: "Who are they?"

Hou Barong knew that he could not hide it, so he pointed at Zhao Dezhao and said: "This is Liang Wang Guo Zongxun, the son of Emperor Guo of the Central Plains!"

Liu Jiye was instantly moved and hurriedly dismounted and said: "Liu Jiye has met King Liang." He was overjoyed and said: "Commander Hou, this is a great achievement..."

He was a decent man and did not like Hou Barong, but he was able to capture Chai Zongxun this time, which was great news for the Northern Han Dynasty.

Hou Barong was secretly anxious and chirping.

Liu Jiye was not convinced about Hou Barong's character and said with a smile: "I didn't get much credit from this expedition. I will take the glory with the commander. You and I will go back to Jinyang together."

Hou Barong had no choice but to ask his subordinates to protect Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Kuangmei and Zhao Dezhao as they headed to Jinyang.

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Chapter completed!