Because the Khitan army was still in Jinzhou in the Northern Han Dynasty, Guo Wei appointed Wang Jun as the camp commander to lead troops to rescue Jinzhou. At the same time, Guo Wei issued an edict, and all armies accepted Wang Jun's dispatch and command, and authorized Wang Jun

You can make decisions based on the situation, and you can choose to appoint generals and officials. When Wang Jun went on an expedition, Guo Wei personally went to the west of the city to bid farewell to him.

Wang Jun stayed in Shaanzhou for ten days. Due to the urgency of the Northern Han army's attack on Jinzhou, Guo Wei was worried that Jinzhou could not hold on, so he wanted to personally lead the army from Zezhou Road to join forces with Wang Jun to rescue Jinzhou, and sent an envoy to inform the king.

Jun. On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Guo Wei ordered the expedition to the west three days later. When the envoy arrived in Shaanxi Province, Wang Jun told Guo Wei through the envoy: "The city of Jinzhou is strong and difficult to break. The forwards of Liu Chong's army are full of vigor and strength, and we cannot fight hard. We

The reason why we are not stationing troops and not advancing is because we are waiting for their morale to be low. It is not that I am guilty and timid. Your Majesty has recently ascended the throne and it is not appropriate to act rashly. If your Majesty comes out of Si River in large numbers and Murong Yanchao leads his troops into Bianjing, the big thing will be over."

When Guo Wei heard this, he couldn't help but pull his ears with his hands and said: "It almost ruined my big event!" So he ordered to cancel the original plan of personal expedition.

When Murong Yanchao, Taining's Jiedu envoy and Zhongshuling, heard that Xuzhou was pacified, his doubts and fears became more and more serious. So he recruited desperadoes, accumulated food and grass, and secretly wrote letters to collude with the Northern Han Dynasty. He did not want the letters to be intercepted by officials, and the officials

He hurriedly reported to Guo Wei. Murong Yanchao sent someone pretending to be a businessman to ask for help from the Southern Tang Dynasty. So Guo Wei sent Zheng Haoqian, the general secretary, to express his condolences and make an oath with him.

Murong Yanchao became even more uneasy. He repeatedly sent the governor Zheng Lin to the court, pretending to be loyal on the surface, but actually spying on secrets. He also presented a letter from Tianping Jiedushi Gao Xingzhou, which slandered the court and Murong Yan.

Guo Wei said with a smile: "This is Murong Yanchao's trick!" He showed the letter to Gao Xingzhou, and Gao Xingzhou wrote a letter to thank the emperor for his kindness. Soon the signs of Murong Yanchao's rebellion became increasingly apparent.

, Guo Wei sent Zhang Ning, the envoy of the pavilion, to lead troops to Yunzhou to patrol and inspect to take precautions.

Wang Jun arrived in Jiangzhou and led his troops to Jinzhou. There was Mengqiao in the south of Jinzhou, and the terrain was the most dangerous. Wang Jun was very worried that this place would be occupied by the Northern Han army. When he heard that the forward troops had passed Mengqiao, he said happily: "

My big thing was successful!"

Murong Yanchao petitioned to enter the capital and enter the court. Guo Wei knew that he was deceitful and immediately agreed. Murong Yanchao did not really mean to enter the court, so he said that there were many robbers in the territory and he did not dare to leave the town.

The leader of the Northern Han Dynasty led his troops to attack Jinzhou, but could not take it for a long time. It snowed heavily, and the people gathered together to protect the stronghold, leaving nothing to plunder in the wild and the army lacked food. The Khitan army heard that Wang Jun's army had arrived in Mengqian, so they

They burned the camp and fled overnight. The Northern Han army had no choice but to retreat.

Wang Jun entered Jinzhou without any bloodshed, and the generals asked for orders to pursue them immediately. Wang Jun hesitated for a long time and did not make a decision. The next day, he sent Qiu Hongchao, the commander of the camp and horse army, Yao Yuanfu, the general commander, and Chen Chen, the commander of the left wing.

Chen Sirang and Kang Yanmao led the cavalry in pursuit and rushed to Huoyi, allowing the soldiers to kill them bravely. Many Northern Han soldiers fell to their deaths from cliffs and deep valleys.

The road to Huoyi was narrow, and Kang Yanzhu was afraid to pursue it, so the Northern Han army was able to cross the river. Yao Yuanfu said: "Liu Chong mobilized all his troops and took the Hu cavalry to the south with the intention of annexing Jinzhou.

Jiangzhou, the enemy's morale is now declining and weary.

They were exhausted and fled in panic. If we don't take advantage of this moment to annihilate them, we will be in trouble later." However, the generals did not want to continue to advance, and Wang Jun also sent people to stop them, so all the armies returned one after another.

By the time the Khitan army arrived in Taiyuan, three to four tenths of its soldiers and horses had been lost. Xiao Yujue felt humiliated by his failure and had a chief impaled in the market, and he killed him more than ten days later. Northern Han Dynasty

Therefore, the king gave up the idea of ​​going south to make progress. The land in the Northern Han Dynasty was barren and the people were poor. Internally, they had to supply the army and government expenses, and externally they had to contribute money to the Khitan. There were many taxes and heavy corvee labor, and the people were in dire straits. Many people fled into the territory of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

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At the same time, Murong Yanchao dispatched rural soldiers into the city, dug trenches to divert Si River water into the trenches, and prepared for defense. At the same time, he awarded many flags to the generals of the towns and asked them to recruit groups of bandits to plunder neighboring states and counties.

Reports of Murong Yanchao's rebellion were reported everywhere the harassment occurred. In order to reduce Murong Yanchao's strength, Guo Wei ordered the two states of Yi and Mi to no longer be affiliated with the Taining Army. After that, Guo Wei appointed the commander of the Infantry Command of the Guards, Zhaowu Festival

The Du envoy Cao Ying was in charge of the capital deployment and led the army to attack Murong Yanchao. He also appointed the Qizhou defense envoy Shi Yanchao as the deputy deployment, the Imperial City envoy Xiang Xun as the capital supervisor, and the Chenzhou defense envoy Yao Yuanfu as the marching camp Mabudu Yuhou.

Because Yao Yuanfu was an experienced veteran, Guo Wei ordered Cao Ying and Xiang Xun not to meet Yao Yuanfu according to military rituals. They both treated him like their father.

At this time, the Southern Tang Dynasty also sent five thousand troops to station in Xiapi to assist Murong Yanchao. When the Southern Tang army heard that the Zhou army was coming, they hurriedly retreated and garrisoned in Shuyang. Xuzhou inspection envoy Zhang Lingbin led his troops to attack and defeated the Southern Tang army.

, killed and drowned more than a thousand people, and captured the Southern Tang general Yan Jingquan.

At the beginning, Murong Yanchao believed that the foundation of the Zhou Dynasty was unstable and could easily be shaken because of the newly established Zhou Dynasty, so he summoned the Northern Han and Khitan from the north, and lured the Southern Tang from the south, allowing them to invade the borders, hoping that the court would be too busy to take care of it, and then he would

Seize the opportunity to move. In the Northern Han Dynasty, the Khitan army was defeated from Jinzhou, and the Southern Tang army was defeated in Shuyang. Murong Yanchao's power suffered a great setback.

Wang Jun came back from Jinzhou and went to court to see Guo Wei. Cao Ying and others arrived in Yanzhou and set up a siege. Murong Yanchao went out to fight many times, but Yao Yuanfu defeated him. Murong Yanchao did not dare to come out. More than ten days later, the siege was closed.

Encircled and launched an attack immediately.

When Murong Yanchao was about to rebel, Judge Cui Zhoudu admonished him: "Qilu is a place of poetry and literature. Since the time of Bo Qin, although we have not been able to dominate the princes, we can still survive long-term if we guard it with etiquette and justice."

Sir, you have no selfish hatred for the country, so why are you so suspicious? Besides, the Lord’s instructions and instructions are very caring. If you remove your defenses and surrender yourself, you can enjoy peace. Haven’t you seen the results of Du Chongwei, An Congjin, and Li Shouzhen?

!" Murong Yanchao was furious.

When the government troops besieged the city, Murong Yanchao plundered the property of the scholars and common people to supply military supplies, and many people were executed for the crime of concealing property. The former Sima of Shaanxi Province, Yan Honglu, was the son of Yan Bao, and was extremely afraid of Murong Yanchao's cruelty. He took all

The family property was donated, but Murong Yanchao still believed that he had something to hide and ordered Cui Zhoudu to search the Yan family.

Cui Zhoudu said to Yan Honglu: "Your life and death are tied to the amount of property you give away. You should not be stingy." Yan Honglu cried and bowed to his wife and concubine and said: "Quickly give out all your property.

, come and save me from death." Unexpectedly, they said in unison: "Indeed, not at all.

No more." Cui Zhoudu told Murong Yanchao about the situation. Murong Yanchao still didn't believe it and ordered the arrest of Yan Honglu and his wife, and they were detained in prison.

A wet nurse picked up a gold bracelet from the soil and hurriedly presented it to the government in the hope of redeeming its owner. Murong Yanchao said, "There must be a lot more hidden." So Yan Honglu and his wife were tortured until their skin was torn apart.

, and eventually died tragically. Murong Yanchao thought Cui Zhoudu was protecting Yan Honglu, so he beheaded him in the downtown area.

Because Cao Ying and others had been unable to attack Yanzhou for a long time, Guo Wei issued an edict to go out in person. Guo Wei appointed Li Yu as the agent to stay in Tokyo and take charge of the Kaifeng Prefecture, Zheng Renjie as the agent to inspect the inner capital, and also appointed Guo Wei, the commander of the guard and horse army.

Chong served as an inspector in Kyoto.

Guo Wei set out from Daliang and arrived at Yanzhou eight days later. Guo Wei sent people to recruit Murong Yanchao, but the people in the city were rude. The next day, Guo Wei ordered all the troops to attack.

Before that, an alchemist deceived Murong Yanchao and said: "Saturn has moved to Jiao, Kang Ersu, Jiao, Kang is the division of Yanzhou, and there is good fortune under Saturn." Murong Yanchao then built an ancestral hall, prayed for blessings, and

The people were ordered to set up yellow flags and banners. Murong Yanchao was greedy and stingy by nature, and the army was in a hurry to attack the city, but the treasures were still buried. Therefore, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and the soldiers left the city one after another to surrender.

When the official army captured Yanzhou City, Murong Yanchao was praying at the Saturn Temple. After receiving the news, Murong Yanchao hurriedly led his troops to fight hard. However, he was defeated by the Zhou army, so Murong Yanchao burned the Saturn Temple and together with his wife

He threw himself into a well and died. His son Murong Jixun escaped from the city and was captured and killed by the pursuers. The officers and soldiers looted wantonly, and nearly 10,000 people died in the city.

When Murong Yanchao planned to rebel, he recruited a group of thieves and placed them under his command. As expected, more than two thousand thieves came. They were all rugged and powerful people from the mountains and forests, but in the end they were not put to any use by him.

Guo Wei wanted to kill all the generals and officials in Yanzhou. Dou Yi, a scholar in the Hanlin Academy, met with Feng Dao and Fan Zhi, and they jointly said to Guo Wei: "They are just coercions. Please spare them the death penalty." So Guo Wei pardoned them.

Yanzhou generals also appointed Yan, a scholar from Duanming Palace, to temporarily take charge of Yanzhou affairs. A general amnesty was implemented in the Yanzhou area, stipulating that those who escaped and hid in Murong Yanchao's party could surrender at any time within one month. Those who had been convicted and executed before, Guo Wei pardoned them

relatives. Demoted the Taining Army to a defensive state.

Guo Wei went to Qufu to pay homage to the Confucius Temple. He presented his offerings and was about to perform the obeisance when the ministers on his left and right said: "Confucius is the official of the princes, and you should not worship him as the emperor." Guo Wei said: "Confucius was the teacher of emperors for hundreds of generations.

How dare you be disrespectful!" So Guo Wei paid homage in person. Then he paid homage to the tomb of Confucius, ordered the repair of the Confucius Temple, and prohibited gathering firewood and grass in Confucius Forest. He visited Confucius and Yan Yuan's descendants, and after finding them, he appointed him as the magistrate of Qufu County.

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Since the beginning of autumn, Guo Wei has been suffering from paralysis caused by wind, which affects his diet and walking. The magicians said that he should distribute wealth to cure diseases and eliminate disasters. Guo Wei was planned to hold sacrifices in the southern suburbs. And because since the Later Liang Dynasty, sacrifices to heaven and earth were often held in Luoyang, Guo Wei was puzzled.

Undecided. A minister in the imperial court said: "The emperor can worship hundreds of gods in the capital, why do he have to do it in Luoyang?" So Guo Wei began to build the circular mound, the Sheji Altar to worship heaven and earth, and built the Ancestral Temple in Daliang. He sent Feng Dao to Luoyang.
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