When Lu Qi captured the ancient city of Taiyuan, the war in Luzhou also changed. After destroying the 50,000 Zhou army, the Liao cavalry only rested for one day and rushed to Luzhou to attack the Hantong army. Although the Hantong army suffered a lot, the subsequent military strength supplemented the military strength to reach 150,000, which had already formed an advantage over the Duke of Jin.

But a military article from the court surprised Han Tong, and he realized that there was a Liao army attacking Kaifeng Prefecture. The military article asked him to be careful of the Liao cavalry's raid and could retreat to Xiangzhou first and wait for the local military forces in the Qilu area to gather. It is estimated that there will be 500,000 reinforcements in ten days. Before Han Tong's decision was made, the prince spoke to retreat to Xiangzhou, and Han Tong had to obey.

As soon as Han Tong retreated, the Duke of Jin was able to continue to advance into Kaifeng Prefecture and met with the Liao cavalry on the way, but also received military information from more than 100,000 Zhou troops attacking Taiyuan. Duke of Jin almost hit a tree after seeing the military situation, and was angry with the Liao army's breach of trust. The 300,000 Liao army did not break through the Zhe clan in time.

After weighing the pros and cons, Duke of Jin knew that he could not go back to Taiyuan. If he went back, he would inevitably be the result of the change of ownership of the city. If his subordinates knew that his old nest was taken down, the morale of the army would inevitably be shaken and collapse, because the families of the backbone of the army were all in Jinyang City in Taiyuan, so he could only grit his teeth and march into Kaifeng Prefecture. By taking Kaifeng Prefecture, he would gain a strategic advantage.

When Duke of Jin arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture, Kaifeng Prefecture had already accepted more than 100,000 local reinforcements, and the brave men in the city even entered the army enthusiastically. It can be said that the city of Kaifeng Prefecture is full of fighting spirit, without any panic and chaos, and the military strength can be quickly reached 230,000 to 40,000. Many soldiers requested to leave the city to fight the Liao army with bloody battles.

The commander of the Liao army, Yelu Zige, was not a mediocre person. He was just used to fighting on the grasslands. He had only heard from others that after stationed outside Kaifeng Prefecture for a few days, Yelu Zige felt something was wrong based on the military situation he gave back. He knew that the Zhou State was gathering more and more military forces, which was different from his knowledge.

The count of the military strength of the grassland is that both men and soldiers are soldiers, and the military strength of the Central Plains is divided into several types. In addition to the regular army, there are also soldiers in the township. Based on the possible population of the Central Plains, they are afraid that they can gather 20 to 3 million. Even if the military strength of the two to three million is a mob, there are many ants to bite the elephant to death. Yelu Zige had the intention to escape. The Liao Kingdom agreed to the collusion of the Duke of Jin, and originally wanted to put the Central Plains into chaos, and he was not willing to lose the military strength for the "Emperor of Great Jin".

The Liao army began to plunder and harm near Kaifeng Prefecture. After the rebels arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture, they only attacked the city once. After that, the entire army set out to occupy the prefectures east of Kaifeng Prefecture, and also plunder and harm.

Five days later, Yelu Zige, who was stationed outside Kaifeng Prefecture, suddenly withdrew his troops north and headed straight for Taiyuan. The 50,000 rebels who were with the Liao army had already followed the main army to conquer and loot five days ago, so the sudden retreat of the Liao army was equivalent to leaving the rebels behind.

As soon as the Liao army left, Cao Bin's army advanced to Kaifeng Prefecture, and its military strength had been expanded to 300,000. Cao Bin hurried into Kaifeng Prefecture and entered the palace to meet the emperor, and met the emperor in the Chuigong Palace.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty. Please punish me severely." When Cao Bin saw the emperor, he knelt down in front of the court officials and yelled to apologize.

"You are not guilty, get up." The emperor said peacefully.

"Thank you for your forgiveness." Cao Bin kowtowed, and then stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to wipe out the rebels to atone for my sins."

"You come with me." Emperor Zhou said, and got up and walked out of the dragon case, and Cao Bin hurriedly followed.

The Emperor of Zhou walked into the back garden before he stopped and said, "I will return to Luoyang immediately to stay in Luoyang."

Cao Bin looked at the emperor in a daze. Emperor Zhou said, "Zhao Kuangyi led 300,000 troops from Jiangnan to recruit troops back to Jiangbei. He is now taking over the territory of Jianghuai under the name of serving the king. He will soon extend to Xiangzhou. You will defend Luoyang for me and curb Zhao Kuangyi's power."

Cao Bin was surprised and said, "Did Zhao Kuangyi rebel?"

"It's already like a rebellion, please go now." Emperor Zhou said.

"I obey the order." Cao Bin responded respectfully, and then hesitated for a moment, saying, "Your Majesty, Lu Tianfeng made me lose all his strength, causing the 50,000 soldiers in the Great Zhou Dynasty to be killed. I hate it."

The Emperor Zhou looked at Cao Bin and said, "Your hatred is useless. You should know that Lu Tianfeng is also like a traitor. He cannot be willing to fight the Liao army to death. I cannot blame him at present."

Cao Bin nodded helplessly, but said, "Your Majesty, Lu Tianfeng's army heads north, and now it should have occupied Taiyuan. If he is allowed to occupy Taiyuan, it will be even more of a big problem."

The Zhou Emperor said peacefully: "You believe that if the court fights Lu Tianfeng again, it will be the benefit."

Cao Bin was silent and the Emperor Zhou said, "Zhao Kuangyin has rebelled. Since the Zhao brothers have rebelled, they will not tolerate my relatives in the future. I can only continue to be gentle with Lu Tianfeng."

"Is Your Majesty going to fight with the Zhao brothers?" Cao Bin said in surprise.

"I haven't decided yet. After the rebels are wiped out, I will weigh the next step. Please go to Luoyang quickly." Emperor Zhou said.

"Yes, I'm leaving." Cao Bin left after reverently.

After Cao Bin left, the Emperor Zhou looked at the south and said to himself: "It's better if you rebel, so as not to regret if I close my eyes. Even if I lose, you will follow in the footsteps."

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The Liao Kingdom's more than 100,000 troops were walking towards Taiyuan with spoils. Lu Qi naturally received the reward from the scout. He asked all the infantry to stay in Jinyang City and personally led 30,000 cavalry to seek fighter opportunities.

After going out, he divided the cavalry into two thousand armies and launched a blocking and harassing battle against the Liao army on the way to Taiyuan. Lu Qi already knew that his cavalry was not as good as the Liao cavalry. This Liao army that invaded the Zhou State should be the most elite military force of the Liao State, with superb cavalry and fierce fighting skills.

For his own interests, Lu Qi could not be willing to pay the price of 30,000 cavalry to fight the Liao cavalry. If he fought all the cavalry, it would be like to make the Zhou Dynasty profit. However, he was not willing to let the Liao army come and go in a swagger, so he launched an attack on the Liao army's infantry.

Unfortunately, the Liao army had far more cavalry than Lu Qi's cavalry, which made Lu Qi's harassing war very little, and even suffered a loss. When the Liao army arrived at the city of Taiyuan, Lu Qi's cavalry actually lost 3,000, and the Liao army suffered only 3,000 troops. This made Lu Qi feel frustrated. He knew that if he did not have a sharp divine arm crossbow, even if he had the same number of troops as the Liao army, he would be difficult to win unless he was leveraged by the geographical advantage, but the Liao army was also extremely cunning, with a smooth marching route and not far from chasing the harassing enemies.

After the Liao army arrived at Jinyang City, Yelu Zigeli looked at the towering city in the army, but felt a little regretful. He regretted that he should have taken down this majestic city first. As long as he occupied this majestic city, it would be equivalent to occupying the territory east of the Yellow River. However, if he had occupied this city before, it would have been an act of destroying the alliance, and the "Emperor of Great Jin" would not have entered the Central Plains.

Lin Li's military strength on the city wall also looked at the vast Liao army under the city. After Lu Qi occupied Taiyuan Prefecture City, he not only took over Taiyuan Prefecture City with a population of 100,000, but also divided his troops to occupy the cities of the northwest prefecture city. Therefore, he only had 60,000 military strength in Taiyuan Prefecture City, but even 60,000 military strength was enough to resist the Liao army's siege.

The Liao army stayed at Jinyang City for only half a day before heading north. Lu Qi could only lead the cavalry to "send each other" and ended at Lanzhou. Seeing more than 100,000 Liao troops leaving, Lu Qi was waiting for news in Lanzhou, but he did not expect to receive a letter from the Liao army three days later.

"Lu Tianfeng, I hope I can fight you in the future, Yelu Zigg."

After reading it, Lu Qi replied with a letter: "Yes, I probably won't let you wait for too long."

After the Liao army envoy left, the Zhe family of the Prefecture also came to inform that the Liao army had already crossed the Great Wall from Daizhou and they could not stop it. This time the Liao army came too strong. Without the support of the Central Plains army, the Zhe family of the Prefecture could only protect themselves based on the city.

Lu Qi turned around Jinyang City and waited for news from the Central Plains. The first news was that Zhao Kuangyi returned from Jiangnan and led 300,000 troops back to Jianghuai. He immediately took over Jianghuai prefectures and counties in the name of serving the king, gathering the local military forces of the prefectures and counties.

The second news is that the Prince of Great Zhou is encircling and suppressing the rebels, and the third news is that Cao Bin has become a left-behind in Luoyang.

More than ten days later, an imperial edict and court documents arrived in Jinyang City. The Emperor of the Great Zhou appointed Lu Tianfeng as the only one who stayed in Taiyuan. All the military forces in Taiyuan belonged to Commander Lu Tianfeng.
Chapter completed!