Due to the Khitan invasion, the Jin Dynasty was even more depleted of state finances, so it sent more than 60 envoys to various roads to collect private property. Each envoy was given a sword from above and granted the power to kill. These envoys carried

With so many officials and soldiers accompanying them, the people were frightened and had no choice but to beg for death. Officials in prefectures and counties took this opportunity to do evil again.

The Henan government should pay 200,000 yuan, and Jing Yanguang increased it to 370,000. The judge who stayed behind said to Jing Yanguang: "You have a high position and are a general and prime minister, and your wealth has reached the extreme. Now the country is unfortunate and the treasury is exhausted. We have no choice.

Asking from the people. How can you bear to take the opportunity to seek personal gain and increase the burden of sin on your descendants?" Jing Yanguang was ashamed and stopped increasing the wealth.

Because of Yang Guangyuan's betrayal, the imperial court issued an edict ordering Yanzhou to build garrison facilities. The Taining Jiedu envoy An Shen collected private property in the name of building city defenses to enrich his private treasury. Zhang Renyuan, the minister of Dali Temple, was assigned to lead the envoy to Kuo.

Yanzhou collected one hundred thousand coins. It happened that An Shenxin was not there, so he arrested his Tibetan official and took out the money from the treasury to meet the required amount.

The imperial court ordered the guards, horse and infantry troops, to be stationed in Yuhou, and Taining's military envoy Li Shouzhen to lead 20,000 infantry and cavalry troops to attack Yang Guangyuan in Qingzhou. It also sent Shenwu commander Pan Huan and Zhang Yanze to garrison troops in Chanzhou to defend the Khitans. At the same time, the imperial edict was issued.

Rural soldiers from various states were recruited according to their household registrations to form the Wuding Army, with a total of more than 70,000 people. It was a time of military shortage, which made the people even more miserable.

Zhang Cong'en, who was left behind in Yedu, reported to the court and said: "Although Zhao Yanzhao has occupied Beizhou, the Khitan soldiers under his command are all long-term travelers away from home and want to return home. They should march quickly to attack it." So Shi Chonggui ordered Zhang Con'en to deploy the camp for Beizhou and lead the governor.

The generals attacked. Zhang Congen reported to Zhao Yanzhao that he set fire to looting, abandoned the city and fled. They camped in Yingzhou and Mozhou, setting up obstacles along the water and consolidating their positions.

Taiwei, although Feng Dao became prime minister, he did not make up his mind on anything. Someone said to Shi Chonggui: "Feng Dao was a good prime minister in peacetime, but now is a difficult time. If we let the Zen monks fly eagles and fight rabbits,

, is not what he is good at." Shi Chonggui then appointed Feng Dao to serve as Kuangguo's envoy to the court, and he also served as minister.

Someone else said to Shi Chonggui: "Your Majesty, if you want to resist Beidi and bring peace to the world, you must use Sang Weihan." So the Privy Council was restored and Sang Weihan was appointed as the Secretary of the Central Committee and the Privy Council, and all matters, no matter how big or small, were entrusted to him.

Within a few months, some progress had been made in the affairs of the imperial court.

At this time, the Yellow River broke through in Huazhou, flooding the five prefectures of Bian, Cao, Dan, Pu, and Yun, and flowed into the Wenshui River around Liangshan. The imperial court mobilized civilians from several prefectures to block the blockage. After the blockage was completed, Shi Chonggui wanted to carve a monument.

Recording this incident, Zhongshu ordered the minister Yang Zhaojian to remonstrate and said: "Your Majesty, it is better to carve stones to record your merits than to issue a mournful edict; to paint a piece of paper to praise virtues, it is better to issue a proclamation to blame yourself." Only then did Shi Chonggui stop.

Shi Jingtang ceded territory in the north to bribe the Khitan, and the governor of Fuzhou, Zhe Congyuan, followed the northern part of the county. The Khitan wanted to move all the people west of the Yellow River to enrich Liaodong. The people of Fuzhou were greatly frightened, and Zhe Congyuan took a strong position to resist the Khitan. Wait until

When Shi Chonggui broke off diplomatic relations with the Khitan, he sent an envoy to Zhe Congyuan and asked him to attack the Khitan. Zhe Congyuan led his troops deep into the northern border and uprooted more than ten Khitan camps. Shi Chonggui immediately appointed Zhe Congyuan as the training envoy of the Fuzhou regiment.

Shi Chonggui resumed the establishment of Hanlin bachelors, and appointed Li Shenyi, the regular servant of Yousanqi, as the minister of the Ministry of War. The Hanlin bachelors accepted the decree, Liu Wensou, the doctor of the Duguan, the doctor of the Ministry of Jin, Xu Taifu, the strong man of Zhizhi Gaowu, Li Huan, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, and the chief guest officer.

Fan Zhi, a native of Wailang Zongcheng, was appointed as a bachelor. Liu Zhiyuan, the military governor of Hedong, was appointed as the commander of the northern camp, and Duwei, the military governor of Shunguo, was appointed as the commander of the capital to recruit envoys and supervise the thirteen military governors to guard against the Khitan.

Sang Weihan took charge of the government, transferred Yang Guangyuan, and Jing Yanguang to the outer vassal. At this time, the command was unified, and no one among the fifteen Jiedu envoys dared to disobey. Feng Hui, the Jiedushi envoy of Shuofang, wrote in a memorial that he was not old and could still be retained.

, but Shi Chonggui did not mention him when he issued the order. Sang Weihan asked the bachelor who was on duty in the forbidden palace to write the edict and said: "It's not that the order was ignored and forgotten, it's because Shuofang is an important place and no one else can suppress it.

Recently, we are considering transferring you to the mainland, and the person who replaces you needs to be a genius." Feng Hui was extremely happy after receiving the edict.

At that time, military affairs and state affairs were very heavy. Hundreds of officials and envoys from all over the country came to ask for instructions, and the reports came one after another. Sang Weihan made decisions according to the situation, and it seemed that he did not think about it at first. People suspected that he was careless, but he considered it carefully.

, but no flaws were found. However, he acted according to his own likes and dislikes, and he would definitely retaliate for a favor or a glare, and people also criticized him.

When the Khitan invaded, Shi Chonggui once again ordered Liu Zhiyuan to join forces east of Mount Wei, but he still hadn't arrived yet after the deadline. Shi Chonggui was inevitably suspicious and said to people close to him: "Taiyuan doesn't want to help me, so it must have a conspiracy to rebel. If

He has the blessing of becoming emperor, why didn't he do it earlier!" At this time, although he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of all armies, he actually did not have the power to exercise command, and he was not allowed to participate in major military and state affairs.

Liu Zhiyuan also knew that he was alienated by Shi Chonggui, so he just acted cautiously and protected himself. Guo Wei saw Liu Zhiyuan's worried look and said to him: "The mountains and rivers in Hedong are dangerous and strong, and the customs advocate bravery. This place is rich in war horses, and when the world is stable, they are diligent in agriculture.

Production, the courage to practice military affairs when the world is in chaos, this is the basis for achieving hegemony and kingship, there is nothing to worry about."

Besides, Li Shouzhen has been besieging Qingzhou for a long time.

, the food in the city ran out, and more than half of the people starved to death. Khitan reinforcements did not come, so Yang Guangyuan kowtowed to the distant Khitan direction and said, "The emperor has delayed me, Yang Guangyuan!" His son Yang Chengxun, Chengzuo, Chengxin persuaded Yang Guangyuan to surrender.

, in order to preserve the family. Yang Guangyuan refused and said: "In the past, when I was in Daibei, I used paper money to worship Tianchi, and the paper money sank. People said that I should be the emperor, so let's wait for a while."

So Yang Chengxun killed Qiu Tao, the Jiedu judge who persuaded Yang Guangyuan to rebel, and others, sent their heads to Li Shouzhen, set fire to Li Shouzhen and made a lot of noise, took his father hostage to live in a private residence, reported to the court to wait for punishment, and took him to Kaicheng

Officers and soldiers.

Because Yang Guangyuan had committed a serious crime and several of his sons had surrendered to the court, and it was inconvenient to carry out excessive executions, the court ordered Li Shouzhen to consider the matter. Li Shouzhen entered Qingzhou, sent people to pull Yang Guangyuan out of his villa and killed him, and reported to the court.

He was said to have died of illness. He appointed Yang Chengxun as the defense envoy of Ruzhou.

Soon, the Khitan invaded again on a large scale. Lulong Jiedu envoy Zhao Yanshou led the troops and horses to advance first. The Khitan forward arrived in Xingzhou, and Shunguo Jiedu envoy Dewei sent people to report to the court from the trail. Shi Chonggui prepared to personally lead the troops to resist, but encountered

When the emperor fell ill, he ordered Zhang Cong'en, the envoy of the Tianping Festival, to stay at Ma Quanjie in Yedu, An Shenqi, the envoy of the National Protectorate Festival, to join forces with other soldiers and horses to garrison in Xingzhou, and Zhao Zaili, the envoy of the Wuning Festival, to garrison in Yedu.

The Khitan Lord Yelu Deguang led his troops and then came to build a tooth tent in Yuanshi. The imperial court was afraid of the strong Khitan troops and issued an edict to Zhang Congen and others to retreat. Therefore, the troops were afraid and could not form a formation. They were beaten by the Khitan and lost their armor.

They fled. Wherever the defeated soldiers passed, they burned and looted. By the time they retreated to Xiangzhou, they could no longer organize themselves.

Shi Chonggui then ordered Zhao Zaili to return to Chanzhou and stationed in Chanzhou, and Ma Quanjie to return to Yedu; he also sent Zhang Yanze, the right Shenwu commander, to station in Liyang, and Jing Yanguang, who stayed in Xijing, led troops from Huazhou to guard Huliang Ferry. Zhang Congen reported: Khitan

Approaching Xingzhou. Shi Chonggui issued an edict, ordering Huazhou and Yedu to march again to resist. Yicheng Jiedu envoy Huangfu Yu led his troops to Xingzhou. The Khitan invaded Xingzhou, Mingzhou, and Cizhou, and almost robbed and killed all the people there.

Within the territory of Yedu.

Zhang Congen, Ma Quanjie, and An Shenqi formed tens of thousands of troops in formation south of Anyang. Huangfu Yu and Puzhou Governor Murong Yanchao led thousands of cavalry to the front to spy on the Khitan situation. When they arrived at Ye County, they were about to cross the Zhang River.

Encountering tens of thousands of Khitan soldiers, Huangfu Yu retreated while fighting; after arriving at Yulindian, the Khitan brigade arrived. Huangfu Yu conferred with General Murong Yanchao and said: "If we retreat now, everyone will be killed!"

He stopped retreating and set up military formations. From noon to midnight, the two sides fought bloody battles, killing many people on each other. When Huangfu's horse died in battle, he gave up his horse to fight on foot. His servant Du Zhimin gave him the horse he was riding, and Huangfu

When he met, he mounted his horse and fought again.

After a long time, the danger eased slightly. He was looking for Du Zhimin, but he had been captured by the Khitan. Huangfu Yu said: "Du Zhimin is a righteous man, we cannot abandon him." He and Murong Yan leaped into the Khitan army and captured Du Zhimin.

Just came back. After a while, the Khitan sent new soldiers to fight again. The two of them discussed: "We can no longer retreat, we can only die to serve the country."

The sun was about to set, and the soldiers and horses that the generals who had resisted in Anyang went to detect the situation did not return. An Shenqi said: "Grand Master Huangfu has not heard anything at all. He must be besieged by the Northern Captives." Before he could finish his words.

, a man came on horseback to report that Huangfu Yu and others were surrounded by tens of thousands of northern soldiers. An Shenqi immediately led the cavalry out to rescue. Zhang Congen said: "This may not be credible. If the captive soldiers really swarmed,

Even if all our troops are sent out, I'm afraid they won't be enough to fight, so what's the point of just going there?"

An Shenqi said: "Success or failure is God's will. If you don't care about it, you will have to bear the consequences in the future. If the barbarians don't continue to invade southward and lose Huangfu Taishi in vain, what face will we have?"

Go see the Emperor!" So he crossed Anyang and marched north.

When the Khitan soldiers saw the smoke rising, they broke up and fled. Huangfu Yu and others were able to come back and returned to Xiangzhou together with the generals. Everyone in the army admired the bravery of Huangfu Yu and Murong Yanchao. The Khitan soldiers also retreated.

The soldiers said to each other in horror: "All the Jin troops are coming!" At that time, the Khitan leader was in Handan. After hearing about it, he immediately fled north, not daring to spend the night, until he reached Gucheng.

That night, Zhang Congen and others discussed: "The Khitan has mobilized all the people from all over the country, but we don't have many soldiers. The food in the city is less than ten days' worth. If traitors come to the Khitan to report the reality of our army, they will capture the troops and mobilize a large army."

Come to surround us, we will die soon. It is better to lead the troops to Liyangcang to eat, and rely on the river to resist him in the south, so that we can be safe." Before the discussion was decided, Zhang Congen led his troops and set off first. Seeing this, the troops also

Followed by and set off. It was so chaotic, and it was as chaotic as when we set off from Xingzhou.

Zhang Congen left 500 infantrymen to guard Anyang Bridge. At the fourth watch of the night, Fu Yanlun, who was in charge of Xiangzhou affairs, said to the generals: "We are in chaos tonight, and none of us have a strong will. How can 500 tired soldiers do this?"

Guard the bridge!" Then he called people into the city and relied on the city for defense.

At dawn, tens of thousands of Khitan cavalry were arrayed in the north of Anyang. Fu Yanlun ordered the city to raise flags and make loud noises. The soldiers strictly obeyed the orders. The Khitan army could not predict the actual situation in the city, so they did not dare to send troops to attack. At Chen time, Zhao Yanshou

He and Khitan Tiyin led the troops across the river, surrounded Xiangzhou and headed south.

The imperial court ordered Zhang Yanze, the commander of You Shenwu Army, to lead his troops to Xiangzhou. After Zhao Yanshou and others arrived at Tangyin, they received the news and led their troops to retreat. Ma Quanjie and others had a large army in Liyang and did not dare to pursue them.

Zhao Yanshou lined up all his cavalry at the foot of Xiangzhou City, pretending to attack the city. Fu Yanlun read it and said: "The Hulu are about to retreat." So he sent 500 fully armed soldiers to line up in the north of the city to wait for the Khitan soldiers to retreat.

, and chased him for a while.

Shi Chonggui's condition improved slightly, and Hebei was in emergency one after another. Shi Chonggui said: "Now is not the time to sleep peacefully!" He arranged and dispatched generals to prepare for the expedition. The deputy recruiter in the north, Ma Quanjie, and others reported: "According to those who surrendered,

, there are not many captives, so we should take advantage of the opportunity when he disperses and return to the tribe, and send a large number of troops to attack Youzhou directly." Shi Chonggui thought deeply of this, so he recruited troops from all walks of life. Shi Chonggui issued an edict to recruit troops in person; two days later on the 28th, he set off from Daliang

.

Shi Chonggui came to Huazhou on his northern expedition and ordered An Shenqi to garrison Yedu. Shi Chonggui set out from Huazhou and arrived at Chanzhou on the eighth day of the lunar month. Ma Quanjie and other armies marched north in order. After Liu Zhiyuan heard about it, he said: "China is tired and exhausted.

We are worried that it will be too late to save ourselves; how can we continue to randomly provoke the powerful Beihu? Even if we win, we will not avoid future troubles, and we cannot win!"

The Khitan returned from Hengzhou and used weak troops to drive cattle and sheep past the Qizhou city. The governor Shen Bin sent troops to attack. The Khitan used elite cavalry to seize the city gate, but the state soldiers could not return to the city. Zhao Yanshou knew that there were no remaining soldiers in the city, so he led the Khitan troops

Emergency attack on the city. Shen Bin was on the city. Zhao Yanshou said to him: "Shijun Shen, you are an old acquaintance of mine. 'It is better to choose the lighter option than to choose disaster'. Why don't you surrender early!"

Shen Bin said: "The father and son of the servants were trapped by the Hulu due to miscalculation, and they could not bear to lead dogs and sheep to destroy their parents' country. They did not feel ashamed and ashamed, but were proud of it. Why! Even if Shen Bin's bow was broken,

I would rather die for the country than do what you did!" Zhao Yanshou became furious and launched a fierce attack. The city fell the next day and Shen Bin committed suicide. When Shi Chonggui learned of this, he ordered all the camps in the north to recruit envoys.

Dewey led his troops and horses to join Ma Quanjie and others to march together.

The bachelor of the Duanming Palace of Jin Dynasty, Feng Yu, the Minister of Household Affairs, the envoy of the North Academy of Xuanhui, and Li Yantao, the powerful bodyguard of Ma Budu and Yuhou, all relied on the emperor to take power. They all hated Zhongshu Ling Sang Weihan and slandered him many times.

So Shi Chonggui wanted to remove Sang Weihan from government affairs, but Li Song and Liu insisted on remonstrating and stopped. After Sang Weihan found out, he asked Feng Yu to be appointed as deputy privy envoy, but Feng Yu was very dissatisfied. The emperor ordered Feng Yu to be appointed as deputy minister.

The Minister of Hubu and the Privy Council were used to divide Sang Weihan's authority.

Li Yantao served Yan Bao as a servant when he was young, and later worked under Shi Jingtang's tent. Shi Jingtang went south from Taiyuan, leaving Li Yantao to serve Shi Chonggui. Therefore, he became Shi Chonggui's confidant and was favored from then on.

The favored people colluded with each other to deceive Shi Chonggui's ears and eyes. However, Shi Chonggui relied on him and trusted him, so that he could participate in the discussion when he promoted or demoted generals. He often said to people: "I don't know what the use of civil servants in the court is. I want to

They phase out, and slowly I'm going to get rid of them all."

Shi Jingtang set up Deqing troops in the old city of Chanzhou. When the Khitans invaded, all the cities between Chanzhou and Yedu fell. People thought that Chanzhou and Yedu were 150 miles apart, so city defenses should be built in the middle to connect the north and the south.

, Shi Chonggui obeyed. So he built another Deqing military city and gathered people from Deqing and Nanle to enrich it.

The armies attacked the Khitan, and Jin Tingqian, the governor of Taizhou, led the whole state to surrender. The Jin army captured Mancheng and captured the Khitan chief Wu La and his 2,000 soldiers. Then they captured Suicheng. Among Zhao Yanshou's soldiers

Someone who surrendered said: "The Lord Khitan returned to Hubeikou. He heard that the Jin army had attacked Taizhou and led his troops to march south. There are about 80,000 cavalry. They are expected to arrive tomorrow night. They must prepare quickly." Dewey and others were afraid.

, so he retreated to Taizhou.

After the Khitan troops arrived in Taizhou, the Jin army retreated south, with the Khitan troops in hot pursuit. When the Jin troops arrived at Yangcheng, the Khitan troops attacked in force. The Jin troops fought with them and defeated the Khitan troops. They drove more than ten miles north, and the Khitan troops

Go across the white ditch.

The Jin army took the opportunity to retreat, gathered in formation and marched south. The Khitan troops encircled them from all sides again, and the Jin army tried their best to resist. On this day, the Jin army only marched more than ten miles, and the men and horses were hungry and exhausted. The Jin army arrived at Bai Tuanwei.

The village was surrounded by deer antlers and firewood barriers and was set up as a stronghold. The Khitan soldiers surrounded it on several levels and sent strange troops around the stronghold to cut off the Jin army's food route.

In the evening of that day, a strong north wind blew through houses and destroyed trees. Wells dug in the Jin camp often collapsed as soon as the water came out. The soldiers had to take mud with water and twist it with cloth to get water for drinking. People and horses were very thirsty.

.At daybreak, the wind blew stronger.

Yelu Deguang, the leader of the Khitan Kingdom, was sitting in a cart and ordered: "The Jin army only has this, we must capture them all and go straight to the south to take the beam!" He ordered the Iron Harriers to dismount, pull out the antlers and firewood barriers and enter the camp.

They used short weapons to attack the Jin army, and set fire and dust in the wind to boost their momentum.

The sergeants of the Jin army were very angry and shouted: "Why don't you send out troops and let the soldiers die in vain?" The generals asked to go to war, and Dewey said: "Wait until the wind subsides and then see if we can go to war."

Li Shouzhen, the supervisor of Budu, said: "There are more enemy soldiers than there are among us. In the wind and sand, it is difficult to see who is more and who is less. Only by working hard can we win. This wind is just to help us; if we wait until the wind stops, we
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