However, the people of Hedong had long been separated and no one came to supply them. Therefore, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under Taiyuan City were still paying for the money and had no hope. Fu Yanqing's report was endless. His first important news was about the situation of the Liao general Yang Gun. It turned out that Yang Gun suspected that Zheng Chuqian, the Northern Han Dynasty, was going to surrender to the Houzhou, so he summoned him to discuss military plans and prepare to take the opportunity to deal with him.

Zheng Chuqian knew that Yang Gun had bad intentions, so he refused to go. Yang Gun sent dozens of Hu cavalry to guard the city gate of Daizhou. Zheng Chuqian killed them, closed the city gate, and refused Yang Gun to enter the city. Yang Gun had no choice but to flee back to the Liao Kingdom. The Liao lord was angry that Yang Gun had not made any contributions and imprisoned him. At this time, Zheng Chuqian led his command to surrender to Hou Zhou. Chai Rong set up the Jingsai Army in Daizhou and appointed Zheng Chuqian as the governor, so that he could meet Fu Yanqing.

Fu Yanqing's second important news was that Li Xie, the general of Xinzhou, killed the governor Zhao Gao and Liao Tongshi Yang Nuogu, and surrendered to the Later Zhou Dynasty. Chai Rong then appointed Li Xie as the governor of Xinzhou and ordered Fu Yanqing to quickly rush to Xinzhou. Fu Yanqing's third important news was that Sang Gui, the general of Daizhou, Xie Wenyu, killed Zheng Chuqian, and falsely accused Zheng Chuqian of secretly connecting to the Liao Kingdom. Fu Yanqing was worried about changes and asked to send troops quickly. Chai Rong sent Li Yun and Zhang Yongde to lead 3,000 troops to aid Fu Yanqing. The last time, Fu Yanqing reported that he was entering Xinkou, and Shi Yanchao, the commander of the vanguard, was killed while chasing the enemy.

Chai Rong was shocked when he received this bad news. It turned out that when Fu Yanqing and others came to Xinzhou, they happened to meet Zheng Chuqian being killed. Sang Gui and Wen met the two. Because Fu Yanqing arrived, they also came out to greet him, but Fu Yanqing was also on guard. When Li Yun arrived, Zhang Yongde went to aid and had a large number of troops, so Fu Yanqing felt at ease.

However, since the Liao soldiers often came to the city to cruise, it was very disgusting. So Fu Yanqing decided to attack. He and the generals set up a formation, waiting for the enemy soldiers to fight. After a while, the enemy cavalry came to the formation, but they were in groups of three or five, as if they were a bunch of sand. The vanguard Shi Yanchao was proud of his bravery and could not take it. He immediately slapped out and ran over. Only more than twenty cavalry were following him. The enemy cavalry slightly resisted and ran around. Shi Yanchao drove the horses and rushed around, and the more he fought, he felt more and more happy, so he naturally refused to turn around.

Fu Yanqing was worried that Shi Yanchao would go deeper and something might happen, so he urgently ordered Li Yun to lead his troops to respond. However, Li Yun's troops walked slowly, but Shi Yanchao walked very quickly and could not see it in two steps. After Li Yun walked a long journey, he saw that there were valleys in front of him, overgrown trees and weeds, and cliffs. He visited everywhere, but he did not see Shi Yanchao, nor did he see Liao soldiers.

Li Yun knew that Shi Yanchao was probably in danger, so he had to peek carefully and move forward slowly. While he was walking, he suddenly heard a few whistles, and many Liao soldiers rushed out of the deep valley. One of the generals was born with eyes like copper bells and face like the bottom of a pot. He held a big knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "The Southern Barbarians who can't be killed, come and die!" Li Yun was shocked and no longer cared about Shi Yanchao's life and death. He hurriedly ordered the army to be withdrawn and fled quickly. It was too late. At that time, the Liao army had arrived and immediately killed the Zhou army.

Li Yun was panicked and fled desperately, running back to the camp in one breath. The Liao general refused to give up and urged the horse to chase him. Fortunately, Fu Yanqing led his army to resist, let Li Yun go, and started a big battle with the foreign generals. The two armies fought until dusk, and the Liao general then withdrew their troops back, and Fu Yanqing also led his troops back to the city.

During this battle, the Zhou army lost a general Shi Yanchao, and none of the more than 20 cavalry brought by Shi Yanchao did not escape. Even Li Yun's command was seven or eight out of ten died. Fu Yanqing sighed and said, "I said it was better to go back to the army, but the master refused to agree, which made us lose our troops and generals. What should we do?" At this point, he ordered people to go out overnight to inquire and visit Shi Yanchao's whereabouts.

The next morning, Fu Yanqing received the report. It turned out that Shi Yanchao was lured into the mountains by the Liao soldiers and could not conflict. After he killed many Liao soldiers, he died in great pain. Fu Yanqing learned that, he couldn't help but cry and ordered his entourage to write a memorial and report the defeat. He asked Chai Rong to punish him. After receiving the report, Chai Rong couldn't help but swallow his grief and said, "What a pity! I'm the fault of losing my strong general!" So he posthumously awarded Shi Yanchao as his grand tutor, ordered Fu Yanqing to find Shi Yanchao's remains and return to the imperial camp.

Chai Rong originally wanted to annex the Northern Han Dynasty in one fell swoop, so he recruited troops and civilians, starting from Huaizhou, Mengzhou in the east, and Puzhou and Shanzhou in the west, and used them to attack Taiyuan. However, after a lot of time, he still did not conquer Taiyuan. Soon he encountered a long rain and the soldiers were tired and sick. As a result, it was inconvenient to stay at the city for a long time. Chai Rong had no choice but to withdraw his troops. Especially after hearing that Shi Yanchao died in battle, Chai Rong's desire to retreat became stronger.

Besides, Wang Dezhong returned from the Liao Kingdom, and when the Later Zhou army besieged Taiyuan, he had to stay in Daizhou. When Sang Gui killed Zheng Chuqian, he imprisoned Wang Dezhong. Then he sent him to the Later Zhou army. Chai Rong released Wang Dezhong and gave him a jade belt and horse. Chai Rong asked with a smile: "You go to the Liao Kingdom for help, when will the Liao Kingdom army come?" Wang Dezhong said: "I just accepted the order of the Han Lord and sent Yang Gun back to the Liao Kingdom, and there is no other mission."

Chai Rong sneered and said, "Don't deceive me." Wang Dezhong insisted that he had not deceived Chai Rong. Seeing that he could not tell the truth, Chai Rong ordered him to retreat to the back account and secretly asked the general to interrogate him. One general said, "My lord treats you very well. If you don't explain it according to the facts, will you still have your life if the Liao army arrives?" Wang Dezhong sighed and said, "I should eat the salary of Liu, and I should be loyal to my duties. I still have my mother in the siege. If I report the truth, the Zhou army will definitely send troops to occupy and resist the Liao army. In this way, both the family and the country are destroyed, what's the use of living alone? It's better to kill myself to protect the family and country, and I will get more!" Later, Chai Rong, the Zhou emperor, decided to return south, so he blamed Wang Dezhong for deceiving himself and ordered him to hang him.

At this time, Fu Yanqing and others came back from Xinzhou. Fu Yanqing came to the camp to pay homage to Chai Rong, and reported in person that Shi Yanchao's remains could not be found. Zhou Lord Chai Rong had no choice but to summon his soul and put his old clothes into the coffin, and ordered his soldiers to take them back. Chai Rong went out of the camp and personally paid tribute. After Chai Rong's memorial service, he ordered the soldiers to pack up and work the troops today.

Chai Rong went out of Taiyuan the next day and returned to the south. Yao Yuanfu, the governor of Kuangguo, said to Chai Rong: "It is easy to advance, but it is difficult to retreat. Please be careful." Chai Rong said: "I will entrust all my wealth and life to my beloved." Yao Yuanfu then rectified the army and made a step by step. He asked the army to go first and led his troops to cut off the rear. At this time, there were still hundreds of thousands of kilograms of food and grass in the camp, and it was too late to move away, so the matter was burned down. As for many of the military equipment, most of them were abandoned. The army hurried on the road, and everyone was eager to enter Beijing immediately, so the team was scattered and there was no order anymore.

When Liu Chong learned of the news of the Zhou army's withdrawal, he hurriedly sent troops to chase him. Fortunately, Yao Yuanfu was cut off the rear, he was on guard and arranged his subordinates into a square formation. When the Northern Han soldiers chased him closer, the Zhou army still stood still and calmed as a mountain. The Northern Han soldiers launched several conflicts, but the Zhou army was like a iron wall with no gap to get through. After a long time of attack, the Northern Han army gradually became depressed. At this moment, Yao Yuanfu's formation suddenly sounded. He instantly turned the square formation into a long snake formation to attack the Northern Han soldiers. The Northern Han soldiers were panicked and defeated by Yao Yuanfu, and drove the Liao army several miles and killed more than a thousand heads. Then he slowly retreated and chased Chai Rong's carriage south.

After the withdrawal of the troops of the Later Zhou Dynasty, all the Northern Han Prefectures and counties obtained were taken back by the Northern Han Dynasty. Chai Rong's governor and others all abandoned the city and fled. Only Daizhou Sang Gui had rebelled against the Northern Han Dynasty, but he did not dare to surrender to the Later Zhou Dynasty, so he had to defend himself. Soon, the Northern Han Dynasty sent troops to capture Daizhou. Chai Rong retreated to Luzhou and rested for several days before setting off again. Soon, he arrived in Xinzheng County.

The county is the location of Songling, which is the tomb of Guo Wei, the Taizu of Later Zhou, supervised by the Taishi Feng Dao. It had been completed at this time and Feng Dao had already died of illness. Zhou Zhurong visited Songling, cried at the tomb, and cried, and fell down and cried. It was not until the memorial service was completed that Chai Rong cried and retreated. Chai Rong then rewarded the generals and officials who guarded the tomb and the cemetery respectively.

Chai Rong also posthumously named Feng Dao as King of Ying and was given the posthumous title of Wen Yi. When Feng Dao died, he was 73 years old. Feng Dao was famous for his filial piety and prudence when he was young, and began to be noble and prominent during the reign of Emperor Zhuangzong of the Later Tang Dynasty. From then on, officials of all dynasties remained the positions of generals, prime ministers, three dukes, and three divisions. They were quiet and frugal, tolerant and generous, and others could not guess his joys, anger, sorrows and sorrows. He was also eloquent, resourceful, ups and downs with the world, and was able to work hard. He once wrote "Changle Lao Xu" to describe the honor and courtesy of all dynasties. People at that time often used virtue to value him.

Later, in the "History of the Five Dynasties" of the Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu ridiculed Feng Dao for being shameless and ashamed of the wife of Wang Ning, the Sihu of Guozhou. Ouyang Xiu believed that etiquette, righteousness, integrity, and shame are the four principles that the country relies on for survival. If this principle cannot be established, the country will perish. Etiquette, righteousness are the fundamental law to rule the world. Integrity and shame are the basic moral integrity for establishing one's life. Moreover, as a minister, without shame, the world will not be in chaos, and the country will not be destroyed! I read Feng Dao's "Changle Laoxu" and saw his self-report that he did not talk about etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame, but instead thought it was glorious. He was truly a shameless person, and then the fate of the country in the world can be known.

Ouyang Xiu once said that during the Five Dynasties, there was a man named Wang Ning. His family was between Qingzhou and Qizhou. He served as the military officer of the Prefecture Sihu. He died of illness. Wang Ning's family has always been poor and a son is still young. His wife, Li, took the child and carried Wang Ning's bones back to his hometown. He passed by Kaifeng to the east and stayed in a hotel. The owner was unwilling to accept it. Seeing that it was getting late, Li refused to leave, so the owner pulled her arm and asked her to go out. Li looked up at the sky.

He cried bitterly, "I am a woman, and I can't keep my chastity, and let this arm be caught by another man!" He immediately picked up the axe and cut off the arm himself. The person who saw it sighed and cried for her. After hearing about this, Kaifeng Yin reported to the court that Zhou Ji and whipped the shop owner with kindness. The scholar did not cherish his body and endured shame and lived a life of silence. Hearing that Li's noble character should have known a little bit of shame!

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