When Chai Rong heard that the Northern Han commander led the invasion, he summoned all the ministers to discuss and intentionally led the army to resist. All the ministers of the court said: "Since Liu Chong escaped from Pingyang, his power was reduced and his morale was depressed, so he would not dare to come in person. The construction of the former emperor's mountain tomb has just started, and Your Majesty should not go out to fight rashly. Besides, Your Majesty has recently ascended the throne and became the emperor soon, and people's hearts are easily shaken. It is not advisable to go out, and he should order his generals to resist."

Chai Rong said, "Liu Chong took advantage of the mourning in our country and looked down on me as young as he was young. He recently ascended the throne and thought it was his good opportunity and wanted to annex the world in one fell swoop. This time he must come in person, and I must go there." Feng Dao repeatedly argued, Chai Rong said, "In the past, Emperor Taizong of Tang pacified the world, but he might go out in person. Why dare I be silly and afraid of Liu Chong from Hedong!" Feng Dao said, "I wonder if Your Majesty can become Emperor Taizong of Tang?"

Chai Rong said unhappily: "With the strength of my troops, defeating Liu Chong is like crushing an egg from a mountain." Feng Dao said: "Your Majesty asks himself, can you become Mount Tai?" Chai Rong stood up and turned back into the inner room. The next day, Chai Rong issued an edict, distributing various responsibilities, ordering them to recruit warriors and send them to the capital. The various dictators sent the strong men one after another. Chai Rong organized them into the Imperial Guards, practiced every day, and prepared to follow the Northern Expedition.

After Chai Rong received Li Yun's defeat, he did not want to discuss with Feng Dao and others. He summoned Wang Pu and Wang Pu to discuss the matter of personal expedition. Wang Pu and Wang Pu both agreed to Chai Rong's personal expedition and requested to first transfer the troops and gather in Luzhou, and then Chai Rong led his army to advance.

Chai Rong then ordered Fu Yanqing, the governor of Tianxiong Army, to advance from Cizhou to Luzhou, and attack the enemy's retreat, and to use Guo Chong, the governor of Chanzhou as deputy. He also ordered Wang Yanchao, the governor of Hezhong, to advance from Jinzhou to Luzhou, to attack the east of the enemy, and to use Han Tong, the governor of Shaanxi Prefecture as deputy. He also ordered Fan Aineng, the commander-in-chief of the Cavalry Army, He Hui, the commander-in-chief of the infantry Army, Bai Chongzan, the commander-in-chief of Huazhou, Shi Yanchao, the commander-in-chief of Zhengzhou, Fu Yanneng, the commander-in-chief of Yaozhou, and others to lead troops to set out to Zezhou first, and Xiang Xun, the commander-in-chief of Xuanhui, as the military supervisor.

Chai Rong also ordered Feng Daogong to follow Guo Wei's coffin and rush to the mountain tomb, leaving the Privy Councilor Zheng Renhui to guard the capital. He led his army to leave Beijing to fight north in early March. When Chai Rong arrived in Huaizhou, he heard that Liu Chong had led his troops south. Chai Rong wanted to advance quickly day and night. Zhao Chao, the commander of the Hedu Commander, said privately to Zheng Haoqian, to the communist affairs chamberlain: "When the momentum of the bandits is strong, we should steadily and resolutely defeat it."

Zheng Haoqian dissuaded Chai Rong, and Chai Rong was angry and said, "Where did you hear this? You must be sent by someone. Tell me who that person is quickly and you can survive, otherwise you will be beheaded and displayed to the public." Zheng Haoqian was afraid and had to answer truthfully. Chai Rong immediately ordered him and Zhao Chao to be imprisoned in Huaizhou Prison.

Chai Rong ordered the start of the day and led his army to advance rapidly. A few days later, Chai Rong arrived in Zezhou and was stationed in the northeast of Zezhou City. The Northern Han ruler Liu Chong did not know that Chai Rong had arrived, so he did not attack when he passed by Luzhou, but led his troops south and headed straight to Zezhou. That night, Liu Chong's Northern Han army was stationed in the south of Gaoping City. The next morning, the vanguard troops of the Later Zhou met the Northern Han army, and the Zhou army launched an attack, and the Northern Han army retreated.

Chai Rong was worried that Liu Chong would escape, so he urged all armies to advance quickly overnight. At the same time, he ordered the Heyang Jiedushi Liu Ci to send troops to respond quickly. The generals were inevitably a little nervous because Liu Ci's army did not come.

He was timid. However, because Chai Rong's military orders were very strict, no one dared to stop him halfway and had to lead the army forward.

The next morning, the Zhou army came to Bagongyuan and saw Liu Chong leading the central army to set up a formation. Zhang Yuanhui led the army to the east and Yang Gun led the army to the west, and the formation was very strict. Seeing this, Chai Rong became more determined and immediately ordered Bai Chongjin and the guards, the horse-bureau master, Li Chongjin, to lead the left-wing army to the west, Fan Aineng and He Hui led the right-wing army to the east, Xiang Xun, and Shi Yanchao led the elite cavalry in the center. Zhang Yongde, the commander of the hall in front of the palace, led the injunction to defend Chai Rong. Chai Rong rode a war horse in armor and personally went to supervise the battle.

When the two armies faced each other, the Zhou army's strength was only two-thirds of theirs. When the Northern Han ruler Liu Chong saw that the Northern Zhou army was small, he regretted summoning the Liao army. Liu Chong said to the generals: "I can defeat the enemy by using the Han army alone, why should I use the Liao army again! Today, I can not only defeat the Zhou army, but also convince the Liao army. It is a matter of killing two birds with one stone!" All the generals also thought he was right.

Liao general Yang Gun drove his horse forward, watched the Northern Zhou army for a while, then retreated and said to Liu Chong: "The Zhou army has a strict lineup and is a strong enemy. You should not underestimate the enemy and advance rashly!" Liu Chong disagreed and raised his head and said: "The opportunity must not be lost. Please don't say much. Please see my decisive battle with the Zhou army and avenge my son!" Yang Gun was silent and retreated unhappily.

At this time, the northeast wind was strong, and the two armies were stormed with hair standing up, and they were all shocked. After a while, it turned into a south wind. Wang Yansi, deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor of the Northern Han Dynasty, sent Li Yi, the Sitian Supervisor, to report to Liu Chong, saying: "The wind is already small, and the war can be started now." Liu Chong followed what he said and wanted to order the war.

Wang Dezhong, a direct scholar of Privy Councillor, held Liu Chong's horse reins and advised: "The wind reversal is not good for us. Li Yi has always been in charge of astronomy, but he does not know the wind's favorability. He is so ignorant that his crime should be beheaded!" Liu Chong said furiously: "I have decided, don't talk nonsense! If you dare to talk more, kill you first!" Wang Dezhong was shocked and was so scared that he quickly retreated aside. Liu Chong immediately commanded the army in the east to advance first, and Zhang Yuanhui led a thousand cavalry to attack the army on the right side of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Zhang Yuanhui happened to meet Fan Aineng and He Hui, and they confronted each other. After a short period of battle, Fan Aineng and He Hui fled first with their cavalry. The right army of Zhou army was immediately defeated, and more than a thousand infantry took off their armor and shouted long live, and surrendered to the Northern Han army. Liu Chongwang was overjoyed when he saw the Zhou army's formation shaking, and hurriedly urged the troops to follow up. At that time, arrows were like locusts, stones were like raindrops, and the Zhou army was in chaos.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Chai Rong brought his personal soldiers and braved the flying stone to supervise the battle. At this moment, Zhao Kuangyin, the general of the Later Zhou Dynasty, saw this, and said to his companions: "The Lord is so dangerous, how can we not fight for our lives!" He also said to Zhang Yongde: "The bandits are just arrogant. As long as we fight with all our might, we can defeat them! You have many soldiers under your command who can shoot arrows with your left hand. Please lead the troops to attack the left wing as the left wing, and I lead the troops as the right wing to attack the enemy. The safety and survival of the country will be here."

Zhao Kuangyin was born in Jiamaying, Luoyang. He is a family of officials. His father Zhao Hongyin and his mother Du. When Zhao Kuangyin was born, it was said that red light shone over the house and accompanied by a strange fragrance. The gold color on his body did not change for three days, so he is also called "Fragrant Child".

When Zhao Kuangyin grew up, he had a mighty appearance and a broad-minded weapon. In the early years of the Later Han Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin traveled everywhere and did not meet a place to live, so he lived in a temple in Xiangyang. An old monk was good at looking at him. After seeing him, he said, "I will give you all my support. You will have an adventure when you go north." Zhao Kuangyin went north and joined the tent of the Privy Councilor Guo Wei. When he followed Guo Wei to fight against Li Shouzhen, he made military achievements.

In the first year of Guangshun, Guo Wei became emperor, and Zhao Kuangyin was named deputy commander of Huazhou. When Chai Rong was the prefect of Kaifeng, Zhao Kuangyin was transferred to the envoy of Ma Zhi army in Kaifeng Prefecture. After Chai Rong ascended the throne, he trusted Zhao Kuangyin very much and ordered him to take charge of the imperial guards. During this northern expedition, Zhao Kuangyin followed the army to fight.

Zhang Yongde followed Zhao Kuangyin's advice and led 2,000 people to fight. Zhao Kuangyin led the way and rushed to the Northern Han formation first. The soldiers rushed over and fought to the death. They all fought to the death. All of them were able to stand one. The Northern Han army could not resist and was soon defeated.

At this time, the inner palace Ma Renyu also said to his subordinates: "If the emperor is attacked by the enemy, why do we do?" So he jumped on his horse, pulled his bow and fired, shouted loudly, and killed dozens of enemies in succession, and his morale became more and more energetic. The head of the right fence in front of the palace took the opportunity to say to Chai Rong: "The momentum of the bandits has been exhausted and will be captured by us. I hope Your Majesty will catch the reins and stop moving, and slowly watch how I defeat the bandits." He immediately led hundreds of cavalry and rushed into the enemy formation.

It happened to meet Zhang Yuanhui and came out to stop him. Ma Quanyi slapped the horse and danced his sword and fought with Zhang Yuanhui. The two fought for dozens of rounds, but they were not sure of the outcome. Seeing this, Ma Renyu secretly helped Quanyi and shot him at Zhang Yuanhui's head with an arrow, hitting the horse's eyes. The horse was in pain and jumped Zhang Yuanhui to the ground. Ma Quanyi took advantage of the situation and cut him into two pieces.

Zhang Yuanhui was a famous general in the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Northern Han army lost its morale. At this time, the south wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the soldiers of the Later Zhou Dynasty fought bravely and fought for the first place with a rainbow of momentum. The Northern Han army could not resist at all. Seeing this, Liu Chong hurriedly raised the red flag and summoned the troops. However, the troops had collapsed and could no longer be stopped. The Liao general Yang Gun was afraid of the strength of the Later Zhou army, and hated Liu Chong's arrogance, so he was happy to stand by and did not rescue Liu Chong, but led the army to retreat. As a result, the Northern Han army was defeated and fled, and the Zhou army won a complete victory.

Besides, Fan Aineng and He Hui led thousands of cavalry to flee south, and happened to meet a convoy carrying supplies. They rolled the arrows and unsheathed their swords, and forcibly plundered these military supplies. The servants responsible for transportation were frightened and fled in panic, lost, and died many. Chai Rong sent ministers around him and his personal military academy to chase them and ordered them to stop looting. As a result, no one was willing to accept the edict, and some envoys were killed by the soldiers.

The soldiers threatened: "The Liao army has arrived, the government army has been defeated, and many of the troops have been surrendered." Liu Ci led his army to help, and met Fan Aineng and others on the way. Fan Aineng said: "The Liao army is very powerful, our army has retreated. Why do you have to die?" Liu Ci asked back: "Is the emperor safe?" He Hui replied: "Fortunately we ran fast and saved our lives. The Lord refused to retreat, so he probably entered Zezhou." Liu Ci said furiously: "The Lord was humiliated and died, so why don't you go to rescue?" Liu Ci led his army to advance north quickly and soon came to the battlefield.

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