On November 12, the Khitan and the Later Jin coalition forces advanced to Tuanbai Valley and immediately launched an attack on Zhao Dejun's army. Zhao Dejun's previous plots were completely defeated. When he saw the coalition forces that were far stronger than him coming, he finally fully exposed his cowardly nature who had been hiding for a long time. He left the army and together with Zhao Yanshou, under the protection of the Yinan Khitan cavalry, he pulled out his horse and fled first and ran to Luzhou!

Even the commander escaped at the last minute, so how could the others have the heart to resist? So, tens of thousands of troops in Tuanbai Valley collapsed instantly and fled to each other. Fu Yanrao, Zhang Yanqi and others fled to Mengzhou, Liu Yanlang, Liu Zaiming and others fled to Huaizhou. Only Fan Yanguang, who participated in the rescue of Jin'an Village, was able to lead his 20,000 troops to retreat because he insisted on not joining forces with Zhao Dejun.

Just a few years ago, the army of the Later Tang Dynasty had severely damaged the Khitan army many times, and the Khitans did not dare to go south for several years. But not long after, the Later Tang Dynasty was still the same group of Later Tang, and the Khitans were still the same group of Khitan troops. Who would have thought that the Later Tang Dynasty had become so vulnerable!

On November 14, Liu Yanlang and Liu Zaiming fled to Huaizhou, bringing four earth-shaking bad news to the Later Tang emperor Li Congke, who was stationed here, including Shi Jingtang's proclaimed emperor, Zhang Jingda's murder, Jin'anzhai surrender, Tuanbaigu's miserable defeat! Li Congke was stunned. There was no doubt that his situation was gone and the country was irreversible! But he still had a trace of luck in his heart, and he wanted to struggle for a while, so he summoned his ministers to discuss what should he do now?

Most officials suggested that only Fan Yanguang's 20,000 Tianxiong Army had not yet suffered any losses, and the emperor should go to Weizhou to take over the army. As long as the Tianxiong Army is still there, the Khitans dare not ignore the danger on the flanks and go south to Luoyang. Li Congke was slightly moved. Thinking that Li Song and Fan Yanguang had a good personal relationship, he ordered the ministers to retreat and leave Li Song alone, wanting to hear his opinions.

Xue Wenyu didn't hear it clearly. When he saw Li Song staying, he thought that Li Congke would summon trusted scholars and secretly negotiate like before, so he followed Li Song into the back hall. When Li Congke saw Xue Wenyu, who was praised by him as a "god-given assistant" a few months ago, his face suddenly changed and he was furious! When Li Song saw the emperor's bad expression, he hurriedly kicked Xue Wenyu quietly. Xue Wenyu reacted and hurriedly withdrew!

Looking at the escaped Xue Wenyu, Li Congke was still furious and said to Li Song: "As soon as I saw this bastard, I was so angry that I trembled all over! If he hadn't run fast, I would have wanted to pull out my sword and stab him to death in my chest!" Li Song advised tactfully: "Xue Wenyu is only a villain, with a short knowledge, and will only come up with some bad ideas that will ruin the country. But now that things have come to this point, killing him will be useless, and it will be just a joke." Because of Li Song's grievances with kindness, Xue Wenyu escaped. Soon afterwards, he abandoned his post and escaped and lived in seclusion.

After Li Congke's anger was relieved, he then asked Li Song: "How about we go to Weizhou now?" Li Song reminded Li Congke: "Two years ago, King E escaped from the capital and went to surrender to Shi Jingtang. What would happen? Now that Jin'an surrendered, Tuanbai was defeated, people's hearts were dispersed, and Fan Yanguang probably wouldn't remain loyal. If he went there, he might just fall into the tiger's mouth! It would be better to go back to Luoyang, and the emperor stayed in the capital and could still maintain people's hearts a little, so that the world would not be in chaos immediately." After hearing this, Li Congke gave up the idea of ​​going to Weizhou and agreed to return to Beijing.

At this time, the front suffered a crushing defeat

The news had already reached Luoyang. The capital was suddenly panicked. Because of the fear that Shi Jingtang and the Khitan army would attack the capital soon, kill and set fire, the people in the city abandoned their families and prepared to flee to the surrounding valleys to take refuge. The city was in chaos, and the city gate was filled with panic crowds, crying and cursing, filled people's ears, and there was a scene of doomsday coming everywhere!

The gatekeeper thought that this was too inappropriate and could not tolerate the spread of panic! So he temporarily closed the city gate and prohibited personnel from entering and leaving. At the same time, he asked Henan Yin whether to force martial law to restore normal order. At this time, Li Chongmei, the King of Yong, who served as Henan Yin, said to the officials who came to ask for instructions: "It's so difficult for the country, and it's fine if the court does not have the ability to save the people, how can they stop themselves? It's better to let the people choose freely and let them leave if they want to leave. After the war, they will naturally come back." With Li Chongmei's order, the hearts of the people in the city were slightly calmer.

After Zhao Dejun and Zhao Yanshou were defeated in Tuanbai Valley, they fled all the way and rushed into Luzhou before stopping. The father and son of the Zhao family judged that if they continued to flee south now, they would probably not have good results once they saw Li Congke. So they sent a general to travel east to explore the way through Taihang Mountains and return to Youzhou to see if they could still make it through.

However, at this time, Shi Jingtang had ordered the surrendered general of Jin'anzhai, Gao Xingzhou, the governor of Zhaoyi, to return to Luzhou to open the way for the Khitan and the Later Jin coalition, and prepare for supplies. Before Zhao Dejun sent the generals to explore the way back, Gao Xingzhou had already arrived directly under the city of Luzhou. Zhao Dejun and his son quickly climbed to the city to defend. Gao Xingzhou saw Zhao Dejun from afar, so he ordered not to attack the city for the time being.

Gao Xingzhou approached the city wall and shouted loudly: "Because the fact that the king and I are fellow villagers of Lu Long, we must tell you truthfully: In order to support the front line, the stored grain in Luzhou City has been transported so much that it is not enough to remain. How can we defend it? We still don't follow the times and go out to welcome the sage."

When Zhao Dejun and his son heard this, even the remaining fighting spirit disappeared completely. When another pair of "father and son", Yelu Deguang and Shi Jingtang led the coalition forces to approach Luzhou. They left the city early and went to Gaohe on the outskirts of the city to welcome the surrender.

Zhao Dejun and his son first kowtowed to Yelu Deguang. The Khitan emperor was kind and had surrendered, so he didn't have to worry about them. Then, the Zhao family father and son came to Shi Jingtang's horse to bow. Unexpectedly, when Shi Jingtang saw Zhao Dejun, a competitor who almost snatched the number one traitor from his hands, was angry. So he deliberately looked up on his head, not looking at the Zhao family father and son, as if he had nothing in front of him!

Zhao Dejun had to say with a shameless face, "It's been a long time since I saw you, are you always okay?" Shi Jingtang still raised his head, as if he didn't hear anything. While Zhao Dejun was embarrassed, Yelu Deguang gave him another chance to make meritorious service and said to him, "Where is the silver-sad Khitan cavalry that you formed when you were in Youzhou?" Zhao Dejun did not dare to be negligent, and hurriedly pointed the Khitan surrendered soldiers at Yelu Deguang.

Although the Khitan emperor cared for the traitors in the Central Plains, he could not tolerate the traitors of his own nation. He immediately ordered: to take the Yinan Khitan soldiers, totaling 3,000 people, to the western suburbs, and all of them were executed! Zhao Dejun did not receive preferential treatment from the Khitans for his series of great achievements in destroying the Later Tang Dynasty. He and his adopted son Zhao Yanshou were like thousands of people who were charitable.

Like the people who were captured and plundered, they were tied into a string with iron chains. Driven by the Khitans, they left their homeland and took them out of the frontier.

After arriving in the Khitan, Zhao Dejun was given a captive to the Khitan Empress Dowager Shuluping. Zhao Dejun took this opportunity to offer all the gold, silver, soft and soft contracts he brought, as well as the fields and real estate contracts, hoping to win the favor of the Khitan Empress Dowager. Shuluping was certainly not so easy to pass on, and she asked: "Why are you going to Taiyuan this time?"

Zhao Dejun kowtowed and replied, "I can't help myself by the order of the Lord Tang." "I can't help myself?" Shuluping couldn't help but sneer, "You beg me to make you the emperor. Is this also the order of the Lord Tang? You dare to lie in front of me!" Then she pointed to Zhao Dejun's heart and said, "You can deceive others, but you can't deceive yourself!" Zhao Dejun did not dare to answer.

Looking at his cowardly look, the Khitan Empress Dowager sighed secretly: I used to regard this person as a hero in the Central Plains, as a strong enemy of the Khitan, but she didn't expect to be such a bad guy! So she couldn't help but scold him again: "When my son is about to go, I told him: Once King Zhao leads his troops out of Yuguan, come back quickly and don't care about Taiyuan. I can't figure out, if you want to be an emperor, why don't you defeat my son first? Then it's not too late to take over the power of great victory! As a minister, you cannot be loyal to the lord and cannot defeat the enemy, but you want to take advantage of the chaos to gain personal gain for yourself! How can you still have the face to live as a person as you do! "

After scolding, Shuluping asked again, "The gold and silver you offered are here, where are the houses and fields you offer?" Zhao Dejun, who had been lowering his head and not daring to answer, almost fainting, suddenly heard this question, and was happy: Ask about money? So, the Khitan Empress Dowager is still willing to accept money? Okay, don't hit the gift-giver, as long as you are not deprived of the power to bribe, there will be a turning point. Zhao Dejun quickly wiped his face, sweating-covered and replied flatteringly, "Those are all in Youzhou."

Unexpectedly, Shu Luping gave him a basin of cold water and said, "Who does Youzhou belong to now?" Zhao Dejun replied, "Of course it belongs to the Empress Dowager." Shu Luping sneered, "Since it belongs to me, you still need to offer it?" But no matter what, Zhao Dejun's actions can be regarded as a great hero of the Khitan. Although Shu Luping extremely despises Zhao Dejun's character, he did not punish him.

After being ridiculed without any mercy, Zhao Dejun could not hold back even if he was the thickest man. He was ashamed and could not eat anymore. He died of depression after half a year. However, the little shame he showed in the last few months did not spread to his adopted son. Zhao Yanshou betrayed his homeland with peace of mind, stayed in the Khitan, and became an important official who was deeply favored by Yelu Deguang.

After Shi Jingtang seized Luzhou, he decided to take the heat to strike and immediately rushed south and head straight to Luoyang, not giving Li Congke a breath. The Khitan Emperor said to his godson, the emperor, intimately, "I came far away to sponsor Dayi, and the great achievements have been completed. If our army continues to move south, it may scare the people of Henan. I think it would be better for you to lead the Han soldiers south alone so that you can appease Henan. I will leave the army here and send the great prime minister Gao Mom to lead 5,000 cavalry to send you to Heyang. If there is any crisis on the road, I will rescue you immediately. When you take Luoyang, I will lead the army to the north."

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