The staff around Ma Xifan didn't know that he wanted to attack Dai Yan, and thought that Ma Xifan was going to start using Dai Yan, so the staff said to Ma Xifan: "Dai Yan is a famous poet, deeply respected by scribes. His family background is relatively good.

He is poor, so the king only needs to give him a job in the army and the position of chief clerk is enough!" After hearing this, Ma Xifan felt very funny and said to his staff: "When he came to present poems during the day, I thought he was just a guy who only knew how to fish.

I will build a Bixiang Palace on the lake so that his family can live and fish on the lake forever!"

As a result, Dai Yan received special treatment from Ma Xifan and was placed under house arrest in Bixiang Palace. He was not allowed to have any contact with any outsiders. This was equivalent to going to jail, and it also affected his family. Dai Yan soon fell into poverty, hunger and desolation.

, he knew that if he continued like this, he would die in Bixiangju sooner or later, so he had to flee the Chu State. After discussing with his wife, Dai Yan fled the Chu State in embarrassment with his children.

Ma Xifan used a special method to deal with Tuoba Heng and Dai Yan, two people who spoke out and remonstrated. Although it was not very bloody, it served as a warning to others. So he thought that no one would dare to remonstrate with him again.

, Mahi Fan enjoys life with peace of mind.

In September of the third year of Kaiyun, Ma Xifan gave a generous gift to the new Emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty, Shi Chonggui, and obtained the title of Marshal of the Military and Horse Capital from Shi Chonggui. But soon, Ma Xifan could no longer receive Shi Chonggui's reward, because Shi Chonggui himself began to

Hard to guarantee.

Furthermore, when Shi Jingtang was seriously ill, he wanted to summon Liu Zhiyuan, the governor of Hedong Jiedu, to assist the government. However, Shi Chonggui, the king of Qi, suppressed the order. When Liu Zhiyuan learned about it, he naturally felt resentful to the king of Qi.

When Shi Chonggui first came to the throne, the ministers of the court discussed the need to report the death of the late emperor to the Khitan as a vassal. Jing Yanguang advocated not writing a letter, and said that Sun was not a vassal. Li Song said: "The purpose of bending oneself to serve Hu is for the sake of the country, the country, and the country.

An Ding, what's there to be ashamed of! If your Majesty does this, he will definitely wear armor and go to fight the Khitan in person one day. Then there will be no use regretting it!" Jing Yanguang persisted in his opinion, while Feng Dao was vague and unclear.

Expressing his stance, Shi Chonggui finally listened to Jing Yanguang's opinion.

After receiving the letter, Yelu Deguang, the leader of the Khitan Kingdom, was furious. He sent an envoy to question and blame him, and said: "Why did you suddenly ascend the throne and proclaim yourself emperor without informing him in advance? Why do you call yourself a grandson instead of a minister?" Jing Yanguang said angrily:

"The former emperor was established by the Northern Dynasty, so he proclaimed himself a vassal. The current emperor was established by China, but it was only because of the covenant with the former emperor that he humbly proclaimed himself a grandson. This is extremely submissive. What's the point of proclaiming a vassal! What's more, the country cannot

If there is no king for a day, if the late emperor Yan Jia takes over, he must report to the Northern Dynasty and then appoint a ruler. I am afraid that chaos will begin in the country by then. Can the Northern Dynasty take this responsibility?"

The Khitan envoy was stubborn and dissatisfied, and returned to the north with anger. Yelu Deguang became even more angry after hearing this. At this time, Zhao Yanshou, the Lulong Jiedu envoy appointed by the Khitan, wanted to replace the Lord of Jin as the emperor of the Central Plains.

After repeatedly persuading the Khitans to attack the Jin State, Yelu Deguang had the intention of invading the south.

Shi Chonggui heard that the Khitan was about to invade, so he led his army from Yedu to Daliang, Tokyo. At the same time, he and the Khitan sent envoys to exchange inquiries with each other, and there was no break for a month.

General Qiao Rong of Heyang Ya had previously returned to the Khitan with Zhao Yanshou. The Khitan appointed him as a return envoy, conducting trade between the Khitan and the Jin State, and also set up an official residence in Daliang, Kyoto. When the Khitan had a rift with the Jin State,

Jing Yanguang persuaded Shi Chonggui to imprison Qiao Rong and at the same time seize the treasures in his mansion. All Khitan people who were engaged in trade within the Jin Kingdom were beheaded and their property was naturally confiscated.

The ministers all said that the Khitan had made great contributions and should not be let down. Shi Chonggui then released Qiao Rong, expressed condolences to him, rewarded him, and allowed him to return to the Khitan.

Qiao Rong made a speech to Jing Yan, and Jing Yanguang said to him: "The current emperor was appointed by ourselves, so we have not surrendered. Please don't listen to Zhao Yanshou's deception and insult the Central Plains. The soldiers, generals and cavalry of the Central Plains,

You have seen it with your own eyes. If my ancestor gets angry and invades, my grandson will have a hundred thousand sharply sharpened swords, which are enough to deal with him. If he is defeated by his grandson in the future and is laughed at by the world, don't regret it!"

Qiao Rong thought that he had lost his goods and money, and was afraid of being punished when he returned. He also wanted to obtain evidence for the future, so he said: "You said too much, and I am afraid that I will forget it and it is incomplete. I hope to record your words on paper and ink." Jing Jing.

Yanguang asked his subordinates to write down his words and give them to Qiao Rong. Qiao Rong took the evidence and told the Khitan Lord everything. The Khitan Lord Yelu Deguang was furious and decided to launch an attack on the Central Plains. The Jin envoy came

When they arrived at Khitan, they were all tied up in Youzhou and could not see the Khitan Lord.

Sang Weihan repeatedly asked to apologize to the Khitan in humble language, but was often blocked by Jing Yanguang. Because Jing Yanguang had made great achievements in supporting him to succeed to the throne, Shi Chonggui favored him more than all other ministers and made him in charge of the palace.

He was a guard general, so the ministers did not dare to argue with him. Liu Zhiyuan, the military governor of Hedong Province, knew that Jing Yanguang would definitely rebel in the future. However, he was afraid that Jing Yanguang was using power and did not dare to speak up. He only recruited soldiers and sent a memorial to ask for the establishment of an army.

More than ten armies including Jie and Wujie were used to defend the Khitan.

In the past, Shi Jingtang lent three hundred horses to Pinglu Jiedu envoy Yang Guangyuan. Jing Yanguang used Shi Chonggui's edict to ask for it from him. Yang Guangyuan got angry and said, "This is doubting me!" He secretly summoned his son Yang Chengzuo, the governor of Shanzhou.

, Yang Chengzuo claimed that his mother was ill and opened it at night

The city gate rushed to Qingzhou. The Jin Dynasty appointed Zuo Feilong to envoy He Chao from Jincheng to temporarily take charge of Shanzhou affairs. He sent an envoy from the inner team to reward Yang Guangyuan with a jade belt and a horse to appease him.

At the same time, the Jin court sent Cai Xingyu, the general of the left-leading army guard, to lead troops to garrison Yunzhou. Yang Guangyuan sent cavalry into Zizhou, plundered the governor Zhai Jinzong and returned to Qingzhou. The court transferred Yang Chengzuo to be the governor of Dengzhou to accommodate his convenience.

Yang Guangyuan became even more arrogant and secretly reported to the Khitan that the Lord of Jin had betrayed his kindness and violated the covenant. There was a serious famine in the country and the public and the people were exhausted. If he attacked at this time, he could seize the Jin Dynasty and the world in one fell swoop. Zhao Yanshou, who surrendered to the Khitan, also persuaded the Khitan to march south.

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The Khitan Lord Yelu Deguang gathered a total of 50,000 soldiers from Shanhou and Lulong, and put Zhao Yanshou in command. He appointed Zhao Yanshou to manage the Central Plains, and said: "If we can capture the Central Plains, I will definitely make you the emperor." He often said.

Pointing at Zhao Yanshou, he said to the Jin people: "This is your emperor." Zhao Yanshou therefore tried his best for the Khitans and planned ways to seize the Central Plains. Knowing this information, the Jin court sent envoys to build a city in Nanle and set up Deqing troops.

, and mobilized troops from nearby provinces to defend against the Khitan.

This year, there were droughts in spring and summer, floods in autumn and winter, and locust plagues. It started from the sea in the east, reached Longshan in the west, crossed the Yangtze River and Huaihe River in the south, and reached Youzhou, Jizhou, wilderness, valleys, and cities in the north.

The streets and cottages were full of locusts, and all the bamboo leaves and leaves were eaten up. In addition, the government plundered the grains of the people, so the supervisors and supervisors punished them harshly and urgently. Many people committed crimes and died because of hiding grains. The county

The orders were often returned because the supervisors failed to urge them, and those who had been impeached and abandoned their offices were returned and fled. Hundreds of thousands of people died of starvation, and there was no plan to flee into exile.

After staying behind, the Jiedushi envoys down to the generals donated horses, gold, silk, millet and grass to help the country. Because of the serious famine in Hengzhou and Dingzhou, the imperial court granted permission not to plunder civilian grains. Dewey, the Jiedushi envoy who followed the country, reported that the military rations were insufficient.

, requested to search like all states, and the court allowed it. Dewey used the strategy of the judge Wang Xu, and the search was almost complete, and he obtained one million dendrobium. However, Dewey only reported 300,000 dendrobium, and the rest was taken into his home; and he ordered

In the name of private loans, Judge Li Ma seized a million dendrobiums. He sold them in the spring and got two million dendrobiums. The whole country suffered from it. The officials in Dingzhou also wanted to quote Dewey's precedent in Hengzhou and write a memorial to the Yiwu Festival.

The Du envoy, Ma Quanjie, refused and said, "As an observer, my duty is to provide for the people. How can I bear to imitate his behavior?"

On this day, the border guards sent flying cavalry to the imperial court to report: "The Khitan forward generals Zhao Yanshou and Zhao Yanzhao led 50,000 troops to invade and approach Beizhou." At first, because Beizhou is a water and land strategic point, the Jin court gathered here.

A large amount of grain and grass were stored in preparation for a large-scale march to prepare for the Khitan.

Military Academy Shao Ke had a fierce personality. Wang Lingwen, the governor of Yongqing Dynasty, demoted him. Shao Ke was resentful and secretly sent people to Khitan, saying: "Beizhou has a lot of food but weak troops, so it is easy to capture." When Wang Lingwen entered the court, the court

Before taking office, Wu Luan, the defense envoy of Fuzhou, temporarily took charge of state affairs. After Wu Luan arrived in Beizhou, he treated the soldiers with sincerity. Then the Khitan invaded and invaded. Wu Luan was a scholar without any followers. Shao Ke made a request and was willing to die for the service.

, Wu Luan immediately asked him to lead the troops to guard the south gate, and he guarded the east gate.

The Khitan leader personally led the army to attack Beizhou, but Wu Luan resisted with all his strength and burned almost all his siege equipment. A few days later, the Khitan came to attack the city again. Shao Ke opened the city gate and led the Khitan soldiers in from the south gate. Wu Luan

Seeing that the situation was over, he immediately threw himself into a well and died. The Khitan captured Beizhou City and killed nearly ten thousand Jin soldiers and civilians.

The Jin Dynasty appointed Gao Xingzhou, the governor of Guide, to deploy the camp capital in the north, Fu Yanqing, the governor of Heyang, to be the commander of the left wing of the Ma army, and Huangfu Yu, the commander of the right Shenwu army, to be the commander of the right wing of the Ma army.

Wang Zhou, the governor of the Fu Jiedu, was the envoy to the left wing of the infantry, and Pan Huan, the general of Zuo Linyu, was the envoy to the right wing of the infantry. He led the army to resist the Khitan army.

Duwei, the governor of Chengde, sent his staff Cao Guangyi to see Yang Guangyuan and explain to him the blessings and disadvantages of disobeying the imperial court. Yang Guangyuan sent someone to report to the imperial court and said: "Yang Chengzuo fled back to Qingzhou because his mother was ill. Since he was grateful to the imperial court for his kindness,

Forgive me, and the whole clan is grateful for the favor of the imperial court." The imperial court believed his words and sent envoys to comfort him again. Shi Chonggui also sent envoys with letters to the Khitan. The Khitan had already garrisoned in Yedu and could not pass through and return.

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Shi Chonggui appointed Jing Yanguang, the commander of the guard Ma Budu, as the imperial envoy. Li Zhou, the commander of Qianjingnan Jiedu, stayed behind in Tokyo. Gao Xingzhou led the front army to set off first. The strategies and orders for the use of troops at that time came from Jing Yanguang.

No one below the prime minister could participate. Jing Yanguang used his power to act willfully and bully the generals. Even the emperor could not stop him.

Subsequently, Shi Chonggui set off from Tokyo. Two days later, Huazhou reported that the Khitan soldiers had arrived in Liyang. Then, Shi Chonggui arrived in Chanzhou. The Khitan Lord Yelu Deguang garrisoned Yuancheng, and Zhao Yanshou garrisoned Nanle. The Khitan appointed Zhao Yanshou as the governor of Wei Bo.

Envoy, ennoble the King of Wei.

When the Khitan invaded Taiyuan, Liu Zhiyuan and Bai Chengfu combined 20,000 soldiers to attack. The imperial court appointed Liu Zhiyuan as the recruiting envoy of Youzhou Daoxing Camp, Duwei as the deputy recruiting envoy, and Ma Quanjie as the Du Yuhou. It dispatched General Zhang Yanze of Youwu Guard and other commanders.

Resisting the Khitan in Liyang, Shi Chonggui once again sent translator Meng Shouzhong to deliver a letter to the Khitan, asking for the restoration of the old relationship. The Khitan leader replied to the letter and said: "The matter has reached this point and cannot be changed."

This is when Shi Chonggui received another report from Taiyuan: Xiurong defeated the Khitan in Xinzhou.

Three thousand of the enemy's heads were beheaded. The Khitan fled from Crowing Valley. The deputy envoy of Tianping Jiedu, who knew the affairs of Yunzhou, sent Dou Yi, the observing judge, to report to the court and said: "Zhou Ru, the governor of Bozhou, surrendered the city to the Khitan, and together with Yang Guangyuan

He led the Khitan soldiers to cross the Yellow River from Majiakou and captured the Zuowuwei general Cai Xingyu." Dou Yi said to Jing Yanguang: "If the northern captives cross the Yellow River and join forces with Yang Guangyuan, the south of the Yellow River will be in danger.

." Jing Yanguang thought he was right.

So the imperial court ordered the former Baoyi Jiedushi to guard Majiakou, the former Weisheng Jiedu envoy He Jianjian to guard Yangliuzhen, the Protector of the Holy Capital Commander Bai Zairong to guard Majiakou, and the Xijing commander An Yanwei to guard Heyang. Soon, Zhou Ru led the Khitan generals

Ma crossed the Yellow River from Majiakou, camped on the east bank, and attacked Beijin of Yunzhou to meet Yang Guangyuan.

The Lord of Jin sent the guards and horse army commanders, Li Shouzhen, the military commander of Yicheng, Huangfu Yu, the commander of the Shenwu army, Liang Hanzhang, the defensive commander of Chenzhou, and Xue Huairang, the governor of Huaizhou, with ten thousand troops to advance along the Yellow River by land and water. Soon, the Khitan soldiers arrived at Qi

The city surrounded Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing and the vanguard commander Shi Gongba.

However, Jing Yanguang ordered the generals to defend in separate areas and not to rescue each other. At this time, Gao Xingzhou reported an emergency, and Jing Yanguang postponed the report to Shi Chonggui. After Shi Chonggui learned about it, he had to lead his own troops to rescue. The Khitan soldiers retreated after the siege was lifted.

The three generals cried and complained that the reinforcements came too slowly, and they could hardly avoid death.

When Li Shouzhen and others arrived at Majiakou, the Khitan had already sent 10,000 infantrymen to build a fortress and scattered cavalry to guard it. The remaining soldiers, tens of thousands of people, were stationed in Hexi, and there were thousands of ships to transport soldiers. Not long after, the Jin army approached.

, the Khitan cavalry retreated, and the Jin soldiers attacked the fortresses and captured them. The Khitan soldiers were defeated. Thousands of people who rode across the river were drowned, and thousands were captured and killed. The soldiers on the west side of the Yellow River cried bitterly.

He retreated and never dared to come eastward again.

Li Yiyin, the envoy of Dingnan Jiedu, reported that he had led 40,000 troops across the Yellow River from Linzhou and invaded the Khitan territory. Shi Chonggui immediately appointed Li Yiyin as the Khitan envoy to the southwest. After the Khitan master had previously captured Beizhou and Bozhou,

He comforted the people in this place, or gave them official positions and official uniforms with colorful patterns. When he was defeated in Qicheng and Majiakou, he became angry and killed all the people he captured.

All the captured sergeants were burned to death. This move of the Khitan aroused the anger of the Jin people, but instead made them unite and fight.

Yang Guangyuan led the Qingzhou troops and wanted to join the Khitan troops to the west; Shi Chonggui sent troops and horses to station in Yunzhou for defense. At the same time, Shi Chonggui ordered Liu Zhiyuan to lead his troops out of Hengzhou from Tumen to attack the Khitans, and ordered him to

Xingzhou reunited with Dewey and Ma Quanjie. However, Liu Zhiyuan led his troops to station in Leping and stopped advancing.

Yang Guangyuan besieged Dizhou, and the governor Li Qiong sent troops to defeat him. In desperation, Yang Guangyuan had to burn down the camp and retreat to Qingzhou. Chaoyan appointed the former Wei Sheng Jiedu envoy He Jianjian to deploy the Mabu capital in the east, and stationed troops in Yun

state.

The Khitan pretended to have abandoned Yuancheng and retreated, and ambush their elite cavalry in Gudunqiu City, waiting for the Jin army to join forces with Hengzhou and Dingzhou before attacking it. Zhang Cong'en, who stayed in Yedu, reported that the Northern captives had escaped and the army planned to attack.

Chased it, but stopped because of rain.

The Khitan had set up an ambush for ten days, and the men and horses were hungry and tired. Zhao Yanshou said: "The Jin army is on the river. They are afraid of our elites and will not dare to move forward. It is better to capture the city on the spot, attack from all sides, and seize the pontoon bridge on the Yellow River.

Then the world will be at peace." The Khitan Lord obeyed his words and personally led more than 100,000 troops to form a formation on the north side of Chanzhou City, encircling the two corners of the city horizontally from the east and west. He climbed up the city and waited, unable to see the edge. High
To be continued...