An Chongrong learned that his son Emperor Shi Jingtang had arrived in Ye County and knew that he was coming for him. So An Chongrong wrote a letter to An Congjin, telling him to raise an army today and take advantage of the emptiness of the capital Bianliang to kill him directly. He would raise trouble at the same time to form a force of attack from the north and south.

Besides, Shi Jingtang had to deal with An Chongrong and beware of An Congjin's time, his father, Emperor Yelu Deguang, also came to join in the fun. Because the position of the Yiwu Jiedushi was empty, Shi Jingtang did not think about who would replace him for a while. In his opinion, this new candidate should be more reliable and must not wear a pair of pants with An Chongrong. Unexpectedly, before Shi Jingtang made a decision, Yelu Deguang sent an envoy to send guidance.

Speaking of which, when the former Yiwu Jiedu governor Wang Chuzhi was usurped by his godson Wang Du, his own sons Wang Yu and Wang Wei ran to the Khitan to take refuge. Now Wang Yu is dead, but Wang Wei is still alive. Since the position of Yiwu Jiedu governor has been vacant, Yelu Deguang took the opportunity to ask Wang Wei's son to inherit his father's business and go to Yiwu to seize the capital.

Letting someone who has been a minister of the Liao Kingdom for more than ten years be the governor of Yiwu is equivalent to ceding Yiwu to Liao Kingdom again. Even if you are very kind to me, I will repay you with all my might. I can't continue to gain a slight qualifying force! Wang Wei could not wear a pair of pants with An Chongrong, but Shi Jingtang could not accept wearing a pair of pants with Liao Kingdom.

However, Shi Jingtang did not dare to refuse toughly, so he had to use procedural justice as an excuse to softly reject his father: "According to the system that has been formed in our Central Plains for a long time, those who are governors must first start with the governor. If the governor works well, they will be promoted to the governor. If the governor works well, they will be promoted to the defensive commander, and if the governor works well, they will be promoted to the governor in the end. In this way, let Wang Wei return to his country first, and I will arrange for him to be promoted one level after another as soon as possible."

Yelu Deguang was furious and sent envoys to question Shi Jingtang and said, "How many levels have you been promoted from the Jiedushi to the Emperor?" Faced with Yelu Deguang's pressing step by step, Shi Jingtang had a sudden inspiration and used two tricks to resolve the crisis. First, he presented facts and reasoned, and from the perspective of inheritance rights, he introduced a more reasonable candidate than Wang Wei.

The founder of the Yiwu Wang family was Wang Chucun, a great hero who participated in the pacification of Huang Chao. After Wang Chucun died, he passed it to his son Wang Gao. Wang Gao was attacked by Zhu Wen. After he fled to Taiyuan, Wang Cunzhi was able to take over the position of nephew. In this way, it is obvious that Wang Chucun's descendants are naturally more qualified to inherit the position of Yiwu Jiedu than Wang Chuzhi's descendants.

Just so happened that Wang Chucun had a grandson named Wang Tingyin. Like Zhang Yanze, he was also a meritorious person who followed Yang Guangyuan in quelling the Fan Yanguang Rebellion. He had just been promoted to the Jiedushi Zhangde. He met the conditions for the Jiedushi to be promoted one level after another, and he was allowed to go to Yiwu to rule, which was impeccable in law.

Then Shi Jingtang sent envoys to visit the Liao Kingdom. While reporting the situation and rationality of Wang Tingyin and Sun Chengzu's ancestors to the Central Plains, he also spent a lot of money to bribe the Liao Kingdom, so that Yelu Deguang would not hit the smiley people. At the same time, he asked him kindly: What instructions does the father emperor have? As long as it does not violate etiquette and law, what can be done by the country, he will definitely be satisfied with everything! Yelu Deguang failed to realize his plan, but he did not suffer any losses. He lacked enough reason to raise an army to be punished for this matter, so he had to pretend to turn anger into joy and agree to his godson's arrangement.

Seeing that this matter could not be achieved, Yelu Deguang later took Tuyuhun in as an excuse and sent an envoy to sue Shi Jingtang.

.In other words, under the instigation of An Chongrong, the Tuyuhun tribe who lived in the north of Dai could not stand the harsh and violent rule of the Liao Kingdom. Bai Chengfu and others led their troops to follow Wutai Mountain and went south to the Later Jin Dynasty. When Shi Jingtang heard about this, he was worried that he would anger the Liao Kingdom, so he hurriedly ordered the closure of the border and did not allow the Tuyuhun people to enter the country.

But An Chongrong turned a blind eye, opened up the border, accepted Bai Chengfu, and also took a large number of Tuyuhun cavalry. Shi Jingtang sent the entourage officer Zhang Cheng to various border towns to drive the Tuyuhun people who fled into the Later Jin territory back to the Liao Kingdom. However, under An Chongrong's obstruction, these hugely unpopular measures were of little success. A mutiny also occurred in Shuozhou. General Zhao Chong drove away the Zhenwu Jiedushi of the Liao Kingdom and announced his return to the Jin Dynasty! This was the famous public memorial from An Chongrong.

But at this time, Bai Chengfu had been successfully induced by Liu Zhiyuan to leave An Chongrong. Yelu Deguang naturally knew about this matter, but he just pretended to be confused and wanted to hit Shi Jingtang with this. Shi Jingtang was worried that Yelu Deguang would be angry, so he hurriedly sent someone to explain, claiming that everything was done by An Chongrong and he had no idea at all. He promised that after dealing with An Chongrong, he would definitely handle the matter properly. Yelu Deguang did not investigate the matter deeply and expressed his waiting for his handling result.

As soon as Shi Jingtang had dealt with the father emperor of the Liao Kingdom, he received news from the capital that An Congjin had officially raised the flag to rebel and led his army north to attack Dengzhou. It turned out that after An Congjin received An Chongrong's letter, he felt that Shi Jingtang's departure from the capital was indeed a great opportunity for him to be eagerly obtained.

So An Cong officially rebelled and sent troops to attack Dengzhou. King Shi Chonggui, who was staying in Bianliang, received a reply and hurriedly filled in the blank edict left by Shi Jingtang with the names of several people. First, he sent Zhang Cong'en, the envoy of the Southern Court of Xuanhui, and Jiao Jixun, the envoy of Wude, to lead the troops to Ye County to meet with the soldiers of Li Jianchong, the governor of Zhongzhou, to rescue Dengzhou.

Soon, Shi Chonggui appointed Gao Xingzhou, the left-behind Xijing, as the front-end army, and unified command of the front-line troops. Song Yanjun, the former governor of Tongzhou, was the deputy of Gao Xingzhou, Zhang Cong'en as the military supervisor, Guo Jinhai as the vanguard, and Chen Sirang as the military supervisor, and they fought against An Congjin together.

Gao Xingzhou's great-grandfather Gao Shunli worked in the Huairong Army all his life. His father Gao Siji had three brothers, all of whom were brave and powerful, and his reputation spread throughout Shuofang.

When Li Keyong pacified Youzhou, he recommended Liu Rengong as the commander and left the army to guard Youzhou. Gao Siji's brother was the vanguard general, Guizhou governor, Gao Siji was promoted to the general of the central army, Shunzhou governor, Gao Siji's younger brother was the chief general of the rear army, and his brothers were in charge of the Yan army. The soldiers were all heroes in the north of the mountain, and Liu Rengong was very afraid of them.

Before Li Keyong returned south, he said to Liu Rengong privately: "The three brothers Gao Xianfeng, whose power covers the prefecture, will become a future trouble in Yan land in the future." After a while, the soldiers from Taiyuan were rampant, and Gao Siji's brothers killed many people. Li Keyong was furious and blamed Liu Rengong. Liu Rengong put the blame on the Gao brothers, and all the three brothers of Gao were killed. Liu Rengong appointed Gao Siji's son Gao Xinggui as a general, and took all the sons of Gao brothers in the tent camp to do things, treat them generously to calm their hearts. At this time, Gao Xingzhou was in his teens and also held a position to work with Liu Rengong.

When Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang Dynasty, Li Cunxu recovered the land of Yan, he led Gao Xingzhou to the tent of Emperor Mingzong, and often led the Ya soldiers with Li Congke respectively. When Emperor Mingzong conquered the land of Yan, Gao Xingzhou led the troops to accompany him.

Zhao Dejun said to Mingzong: "Gao Xingzhou is cautious and loyal, and will definitely enjoy a noble status."

Liu Xun, the general of the Later Liang Dynasty, occupied Shen land and fought against the Jin army, fighting all day long. One day, the two armies formed a battle formation. Yuan Xingqin was chased by the enemy and slashed him in the face with a sword, but the bloody battle still did not stop. Gao Xingzhou and his elite cavalry rushed into the enemy camp to rescue him, and Yuan Xingqin was able to escape.

Once, Emperor Mingzong arranged an ambush general to intercept the Liang army, but because he was outnumbered, he was gaining the upper hand by the Liang army. The situation was very critical. Gao Xingzhou learned that he led the cavalry to attack the Liang army, which allowed Emperor Mingzong to lift the siege. Zhuangzong Li Cunxu pacified the south of the Yellow River. Gao Xingzhou was promoted to the Taibao School of the Procuratorate and served as the governor of Duanzhou. During the Tiancheng period, Gao Xingzhou followed Wang Yanqiu to surround Dingzhou, defeated the capital, and made military achievements. After the bandits were pacified, he was transferred to Yingzhou's regiment. In the early years of Changxing, Gao Xingzhou was appointed as the governor of Zhenwu Army because the north was adjacent to the Khitan.

In the early years of the Qing Tai, Gao Xingzhou was appointed as the governor of Luzhou. After Shi Jingtang became emperor in Taiyuan, the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty ordered Zhang Jingda to go to the expedition, and Gao Xingzhou and Fu Yanqing served as left and right commanders to go to the expedition with the army. The Khitan army entered the Central Plains to assist the Jin army. Gao Xingzhou and Fu Yanqing led cavalry to block the cavalry. Shi Jingtang entered Luoyang and ordered Gao Xingzhou to return to the vassal state and be granted the title of Tongpingzhang. After Shi Jingtang moved the capital to Bianjing, he ordered Gao Xingzhou to serve as the left-behind Xijing. Soon after, he was transferred to Yedu.

Besides, An Shenhui, the governor of Dengzhou, saw that An Congjin led his army to come in a fierce manner, hurriedly closed the city and defended it. At the same time, he urged Gao Xingzhou to rescue him quickly. As soon as An Congjin arrived in Dengzhou, he immediately launched a fierce attack. However, An Shenhui tried his best to defend, and An Cong attacked for many days without any progress. An Congjin had no choice but to temporarily withdraw his troops. After Gao Xingzhou received An Shenhui's rescue letter, he did not dare to neglect him. He urgently ordered the Wude Commander Jiao Jixun, the Pioneer Commander Guo Jinhai, the Right Chamber Commander Chen Sirang and others to rescue Dengzhou with tens of elite soldiers.

An Congjin received a report from the detective soldiers, saying that the reinforcements from Dengzhou were about to arrive. An Congjin couldn't help but say in surprise: "Shi Jingtang has not come back. Who is dispatching troops to send generals and is coming so quickly?" An Congjin was surprised, so he sent his younger brother An Conggui to lead troops to welcome the reinforcements. Shortly after An Conggui set out, he encountered Jiao Jixun's troops in Tangzhou.

Jiao Jixun was from Xuchang and had great ambitions when he was studying. He once said to people: "A real man should make merits in a foreign land and be named Marquis of Wanhu. How can he work hard in poetry and prose?" So he gave up his studies and became a wanderer in the Three Jin areas, making drinking and playing. When Shi Jingtang was guarding Taiyuan, Jiao Jixun wore the clothes of a Confucian scholar to ask for a visit. After Shi Jingtang talked to him, he liked him very much and kept him as a subordinate. In the early years of Tianfu, he was appointed as an envoy of the Imperial City and the Palace Garden, and later promoted to the envoy of Wude.

Jiao Jixun attacked with all his might, and An Conggui was defeated and captured. Jiao Jixun cut off An Conggui's feet and sent him back to shock An Congjin. An Congjin was indeed afraid and retreated to Tangzhou, stationed in Huashan, and set up camps to prepare for war. The Jin army followed him and the two armies fought against Huashan.
Chapter completed!