Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Emperor Assembly Line

Zhao Kuangyin marched all the way with Guo Wei and arrived in Hezhong on August 20, 948 AD.From then on, the city of Hezhong was covered with clouds of battle, and there were many military camps. Li Shouzhen, who was already besieged tightly, did not worry about loneliness. Bai Wenke, Guo Congyi, and Chang Si, who had already arrived in spring, were not incompetent people. They had already defeated Li Shouzhen, but they couldn't break through Hezhong City.But it can't be blamed on them. It's popular these days to build high walls and accumulate food to prepare for war and famine.Li Shouzhen is a master here. His city walls are definitely high enough, and there are plenty of soldiers and food in the city. From the very beginning, he made up his mind to defend the river and refuse to surrender. No matter how Bai Wenke and others tried their best to attack the city, he was Desperate.

Because he knew that the advantage of time was on his side, every day he lasted, the day when Liu Chengyou's country collapsed was one day closer.In this way, he persisted, and finally supported his old acquaintance, Guo Wei, the last trump card of the Houhan Kingdom. When Guo Wei arrived, he took a short rest first.During this period, he did not pretend to sell his old face to persuade Li Shouzhen to surrender, nor did he pretend to reprimand or even punish Bai Wenke and others who had been unable to attack for a long time to boost the morale of the army. Riding a few laps around the city in the river.Then, he gave the first order.

Order - start building the stronghold immediately. Chang Si built the south of the walled city, Bai Wenke built the west of the walled city, Guo Wei led the Chinese army to build the east of the walled city, and there were no troops in the north of the city.At the same time, nearly 20,000 people from the five surrounding counties were recruited, and small continuous fortresses were built between Sanzhai and Hezhong City to protect the newly built camps. As soon as the order came out, the whole army was in an uproar.What is this for?Why not take advantage of the new arrival of the new force, attack the city with all their strength, and take down Hezhong City?Isn't this a missed opportunity?What is building a fort?Is it for a better siege?Hezhong City and Li Shouzhen were already entangled. They only needed to keep attacking the city. Even if they couldn't break through, they would sooner or later exhaust the manpower and food in the city.Why go to all the trouble to start a bricklayer's stuff first?This is completely meaningless, it will only make your soldiers tired, let the enemy win a rare respite, and the result is to increase the difficulty of winning.

In the face of doubts, Guo Wei remained calm, and his silence made everyone shut up.In the days that followed, Zhao Kuangyin and everyone bared their teeth gloomily at the tall and majestic city wall of Hezhong City, and the miserable Li Shouzhen people on it became leisurely and at ease, and could even bask in the sun comfortably.And the soldiers under the city are in a mess, they have to supervise the work, and if the progress of the project is slow, they have to help from time to time. In this way, after many days, the three camps were built, and the forts in front of the camps were also built, but Guo Wei did not let the people of the five surrounding counties go home, but he did not issue any new orders. The most important thing is to take their places and move into the new home that has just been built.

and then?After that, Guo Wei seemed to have forgotten about the war. He looked very calm every day, no one knew what he was thinking, and no one dared to ask (even Liu Chengyou didn’t dare to ask, he was more anxious than anyone else, but the same no way). The reality did not make people wait long. One night, Li Shouzhen, who had been trapped in the city for a long time and never showed his face, suddenly led an army to attack. The unprepared Hou Han army was in a panic, so they had to abandon the fort and retreat to the newly built camp.The strange thing is that Li Shouzhen did not take advantage of the victory to pursue. His army went all out during the interval of the battle, destroyed all the newly built forts, and then retreated back to the city immediately, and began to hold on again.

When the Han army regrouped and lined up to beat the enemy, the enemy had disappeared, and there were only broken tiles and ruins in front of them.The soldiers of the Later Han Dynasty looked at each other, their minds went blank. That's all ruined?The results of their hard work for several months are ruined like this? Anger, excitement, fatigue, coupled with the accumulation of depression these days, these angry soldiers can no longer control. Some people start to scold their mothers, while others laugh out loud. Do you know what black humor is?Rather than saying that these soldiers hated Li Shouzhen to the bone, it would be better to say that they really couldn't help but want to drag that old bastard Guo Wei out of the tent and beat him up.

At this time they finally heard Guo Wei's second order. Order - to fortify again. damn it! Unprecedented swearing broke out in the barracks. It's great. The soldiers finally know why the recruited migrant workers have not been sent home. These people have to work again, and they don't want to be idle. What did they do before? , now continue to practice! But no matter what, the military order was like a mountain, and after a few days, the fortress appeared again between Hezhong City and the Hou Han army. What happened afterwards was as boring as copying and pasting, copying and pasting again and again. I don’t know what kind of psychology it was. As soon as the fortress appeared, Li Shouzhen would be anxious and lead the team out of the city regardless of the cost. The price must be to destroy the fortress, and then he can recover a little bit of reason and flee back to the city with his troops.

And Guo Wei seemed to be fighting against him on purpose, as long as you destroy it, I will rebuild it immediately.And so on and on, endlessly, this kind of monotonous and boring work has continued-don't be surprised, it's close to a whole year! During this year, Li Shouzhen was much busier than Guo Wei.He often appeared on the city wall, measuring down the city with an increasingly elusive expression.Yes, it's not looking at, but day after day, anytime, anywhere to measure the progress of the Kaifeng construction team led by Guo Wei.Over time, his subordinates have grasped the rules, that is, as long as the fortress under the city is repaired to a certain position, they will come out of the city to act.

It's just that every time they go out of the city to demolish these illegal and privately built buildings, they will have a lot less people when they go back.Among them were those who died in battle, those who were exhausted by tearing down walls, and those who took the opportunity to escape. In this way, with constant demolition and construction, and repeated repetitions, Li Shouzhen brought out fewer and fewer people, but more and more walls that could not be demolished. When the inverse ratio index reached a certain limit, Guo Wei finally issued an order. Third order. Order - siege!

All the soldiers of Guo Wei's Department rushed towards Hezhong City screaming, their anger and resentment had been suppressed for a year!Li Shouzhen, here we come, how many fortresses you have demolished over the past year, and now you are required to return even the capital with interest!Let's demolish your Hezhong City... Just like that, attack from three sides, let go from the north, and the Hezhong City went down with a drum. Li Shouzhen carried out his purpose of never surrendering. After the city was broken, the whole family set themselves on fire.The news quickly spread to the whole country, and it didn't take long before it came back quickly. The other two rebels, Fengxiang Jiedu Wang Jingchong and Yongxing Army Jiedu Zhao Siwan surrendered happily. They really didn't want to be like Li Shouzhen. Guo Wei played to death.

Everything was settled, and Guo Wei obtained the most satisfactory results at the lowest possible cost. Do you understand now?Li Shouzhen was indeed the softie in the urn, as long as he continued to attack the city and consume it, it would be enough to cause the city of Hezhong to collapse-but the premise was that it would be exchanged for the destruction of the war equipment and the terrible number of deaths of the soldiers. Is it necessary to do that?Do you have to attack by force? Instead of me taking the initiative to attack and bear the loss, why not let the opponent attack me and let the opponent bear the loss?In other words, is there any way to make Li Shouzhen, who is hiding in the city pretending to be a grandson, come out and beat me? The answer is - yes! Guo Wei accurately analyzed Li Shouzhen's mentality—defending without help, and suddenly saw Guo Wei bringing a large group of troops to reinforce him. Not only was the siege even more impenetrable, but also new camps and fortresses were added one after another, approaching him step by step... The last straw could crush the camel's back, and Li Shouzhen, who had reached a desperate situation, could no longer bear these harmless provocations. He could only venture out of the city again and again, and maintain his confidence in surviving by destroying the fortress. In this way, Guo Wei achieved the goal of defeating the enemy by using some unskilled business, unsophisticated materials, and shoddy tofu dregs projects.Finally, what history can verify is that when these things happened, Zhao Kuangyin was there.What history cannot verify is that Zhao Kuangyin could only understand the coach's intentions when Guo Wei's first order was issued. But these are not important, what is important is that Zhao Kuangyin has gained a lot during the year of siege.He heard and saw a lot of leadership art and being led skills in practical drills beside the coach, which has great educational significance for his growth.He learned how to be a subordinate, and at the same time observed how to be a successful leader.The melting pot of the army began to temper him, discarding the dross and keeping the essence, from a young man who yearned for progress to a rapidly improving young man in the workplace. Also, his greatest achievement was meeting someone who was equally inconspicuous and very young at the time. This person is called Chai Rong. History has not yet had his turn to play, but soon the whole world will find that Chai Rong is the most famous and outstanding person in this era.In fact, he is more capable than Zhao Kuangyin, but he lost to Zhao Kuangyin in one of the most critical factors.And this factor is something that no one has been able to overcome or change since the existence of human beings. That is - fate. It was Chai Rong's misfortune that created Zhao Kuangyin's life. I just want to sleep peacefully Guo Wei returned victorious and brought back victories and rich spoils (minimum casualties, the complete Hezhong City, and the restoration of peace in the post-Han world, these are more important than killing tens of thousands of enemies and bringing back a golden mountain), which made him welcome unprecedentedly. Welcome.He was greeted by flowers, bonuses, promotions, congratulations from all the officials, and the emperor's even more sluggish face. After a lapse of recent years, Guo Wei saw his majesty again at close range.He was surprised to find that the young His Majesty's complexion became even worse, his expression doubled, and he yawned even more, completely ignoring the formality of the occasion, the warm atmosphere and the gazes of all courtiers.For some reason, a strange feeling flashed in Guo Wei's heart, as if he felt something, but before he was allowed to distinguish carefully, he was immediately overwhelmed by the cheering crowd and wine glasses. Because Guo Wei's new title was promulgated-Guo Wei was granted the title of official inspector and school master and servant, officially becoming the first person in the post-Han Dynasty.But these two titles are almost honorary, and there is no other way. Besides, Guo Wei, who has long been the top minister in the court, has no chance of promotion, unless Liu Chengyou is willing to take off his robe and give way. For a while, there were a lot of toasts and cheers, and Guo Wei couldn't help being infected. This year has been ups and downs, is it easy for him to come here?He should relax a bit, but he never dreamed that his crisis had already settled down at this moment. There was really something hidden behind those lazy yawns and sleepy eyes he saw just now. In the future, it will bring great changes to his life. It even brought turning variables to the history of China. Now, let us leave the palace for a while, and go into the sea of ​​real folk joy.Among the crowd celebrating warmly in Kaifeng City, Zhao Kuangyin immediately left the army and rushed to his long-lost home. He was going to visit the relatives he missed day and night.It's been more than three years, everything in the house is safe? The family is fine, the mother is well, the younger sister is here, the second brother Kuang Yi has grown up, and the third brother Kuang Mei has also been born. Everyone is healthy, but he has not seen his father.His father was not in the capital at this time, and the Forbidden Army was also sent to the front line in this anti-insurgency war, but he was not in the same theater as him, and he was still alive. How lucky, the Zhao family has two professional soldiers who went to the battlefield and are still alive. So have fun!A year of anticipation, a year of anxious waiting, and finally victory and loved ones, what reason is there not to be happy? !The festivities lasted until late at night, and the joyous sound of the city and the brilliant lights of fireworks and candles continued to hustle and bustle the entire Kaifeng city, and also spread into the highest and deepest building in Kaifeng city - the imperial palace.This made it even more difficult for Liu Chengyou, who had already returned to his bedroom to rest alone, to fall asleep. A person who is good at accustoming himself to pain can always find reasons to make himself miserable. He discovered a new question—why did the rebellion make him uneasy, but the suppression of the rebellion made him even more uncomfortable?Why is everyone cheering, but he is suffering twice. Liu Chengyou's eyes widened in the darkness. He couldn't forget what happened in the imperial palace during the day. Guo Wei was surrounded by officials, and all the people revolved around Guo Wei. Guo Wei was like an emperor, and he was like this imperial palace. , the real master of this world!And he, the emperor who should have enjoyed these praises and compliments, was left out in the cold... He is now in more pain than when he first succeeded to the throne, and the problems that plagued him have not been resolved, but have become more and more serious.He had to react, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully any more until he was in so much pain! In this way, the wheel of history was started by one person's pain. Once this sensitive young man found his pain, he geniusly magnified these pains without limit.In the near future, countless people will benefit from this, and countless people will also suffer from it. For example, Kaifeng citizens who are celebrating peace outside the palace at this time, you will have no way to heaven, no way to enter the earth, waiting You only have cold swords and guns and soaring flames, only death! There are countless opportunities and dangers in the changes, and everyone can only drift with the flow, do their best to get by, and resign themselves to fate. Guo Wei, Chai Rong, Zhao Kuangyin and even the then emperor Liu Chengyou were all like this.However, during this period, Liu Chengyou took the absolute initiative, with his unique passion and commotion of young people. Yoo Seung Woo, so you are a young and Dangerous boy Four months later, Emperor Liu Chengyou of the Later Han Dynasty sent Guo Wei to the battlefield again. The reason was simple--a routine mission to resist Khitan.At this time, the new emperor of Khitan was finally "elected". The new emperor started work and had to find something to do. Unfortunately, the border of the Later Han Dynasty directly bordered Khitan.The Khitan people can see the prosperous city and beautiful girls of the Later Han Dynasty without standing on a high slope. Later Han, if I don't look for you, who else will I look for, let alone we are so familiar? So Guo Wei went out to fight, but when he arrived at the police station, he didn't even see a Khitan horse hair. Not only that, there was no robbery scene.what happened?Is it because the Khitan moved too fast and slipped away?Or the news is inaccurate, the Khitan people didn't come at all, someone got rid of the emperor and Guo Wei?But he was not confused for too long. Before he reported that he was safe and asked to withdraw the troops, the emperor's new order came again. Garrison on the spot to guard against Khitan. Well, Guo Wei was transferred out of the capital just like that to stand guard in the frontier. Those who were cheated out were all indignant, but Guo Wei, who was old in accidents, only smiled slightly. He knew in his heart, don't talk anymore, it's time to go fishing again.He shook his head, thinking to himself that this young doll is not so difficult to serve.But he was not too surprised, he was still a little psychologically prepared for the current situation, remember how he answered when Liu Chengyou asked him to go out? ——I dare not ask, nor dare to resign, but His Majesty orders. On the surface, this statement is both dignified and extremely restrained, and the political language and personal cultivation are both in place.But have you experienced the helplessness and hidden dangers inside? "I dare not invite you" - because I don't want you to misunderstand that I want to use the opportunity of sending troops to take over the military power; "I dare not resign" - I don't want your Majesty to misunderstand that I take the opportunity to blackmail you; "Only Your Majesty orders" - - You can say what you want, everything depends on your mood. This is already a very comprehensive compromise service in place, right?But still not working!Liu Chengyou still couldn't get rid of the uneasiness in Liu Chengyou's heart, and he even resorted to such a low-level trick! Guo Wei remained calm on the surface, but his real mood at this time was very painful and depressed, and even very inferior. A courtier needs to confess his love to the emperor in this way, and after working hard, he still can't get the minimum. trust, which really made him feel incompetent, that he had failed miserably at his job. However, he hasn't really started to be alert yet, why is it necessary?Being suspected or being abused is something that must be borne by the courtiers of all dynasties. There is no exception for everyone, and there is nothing to say at all.What's more, Guo Wei has been through many trials and hardships. His life experience is a typical process of clearing customs from low to high. He even survived the days of being a prisoner. What kind of grievance is this? So during these days when he was on guard at the border, what he was always thinking about was how to communicate with his majesty in the next step——your majesty, how else can I dispel your doubts?This is something that Guo Wei can't even think about it. But in fact, he didn't need to solve it, Liu Chengyou did it himself. In the early morning of November 14, 950 AD, the emperor killed three people.There are only three, they are Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao, and Wang Zhang.They went to the morning court according to the normal working hours every day. As soon as they reached the Guangzheng Hall, dozens of warriors rushed out without a sentence.It was so rough and simple, the three scheming people who had spent their whole lives wallowing in conspiracies and tricks were dead when they said they were dead. Isn't it funny?To do such a big event, this kind of brainless pure violence was used.But the best plan is to not plan at all, do it if you want to do it, and cut it if you want to cut it. Only in this way can the most sudden and thorough effect be received, and the three masters can die without any temper at all. . Then the emperor sexed the three dead people, and the crime was nothing new-rebellion. In this way, military power and financial power were taken back in one fell swoop. Except for Guo Wei among the five Gu Ming ministers, only Prime Minister Su Fengji is still alive. As for the reason, he is a useless literati. Everything kicked off like this. For the first time in his life, Liu Chengyou killed people neatly, but it left a huge hidden danger.For some unknown reason, when he chose to act, he transferred Guo Wei out in advance. After a thousand years, his behavior is puzzling. why?With Guo Wei around, is he not sure what to do?Or is he so jealous of Guo Wei that he must keep him for a duel?Or did he have no choice but to do this? I don't know, everything is unknown.But what needs to be explained is that there is nothing wrong with his simple and rude way of killing, and he is not amateurish. Nearly three hundred years before him, Li Shimin, the king of the Tang Dynasty, had done the same thing.That was also one morning, on the way to the morning court, Li Shimin killed his elder brother and younger brother.The same suddenness, the same straightforwardness, but Li Shimin did it thoroughly, and the main criminal and the accessory criminal were completely settled at once. Liu Chengyou just missed Guo Wei who holds a heavy soldier. Then everything will change. There is only one step between absurdity and truth, and not far between success and failure. From this moment, Liu Chengyou's fate is basically judged.And his subsequent performance was also excellent. He told everyone with the facts that the reason why he chose such an opportunity to do such a thing was because he wanted to do it. Thoughtful thinking is really not a common quality of a young man, whether he is an emperor or not. give me a reason not to kill you When receiving this news, Guo Wei was discussing Khitan with his confidant Xuanhui envoy Wang Jun in his office.This is a topic they care about every day, just like the British talk about the weather (to a certain extent, Guo Wei is pointing to Khitan to live. Without Khitan, there is no enemy, and the court no longer needs him Guo Wei, it is as simple as that ).After getting the news, Guo Wei and Wang Jun immediately fell silent. It wasn't surprise, let alone fear. This was a trivial matter. After decades of bloody career, they had long been accustomed to it.What is really important now is to immediately analyze the next step of the situation, whether it will expand, and when it affects Guo Wei, how much aftershock will there be. After a while, both of them felt that they had to wait and see.At the moment, I can only keep silent, and it would be foolish to even write to the emperor immediately, saying that His Majesty killed well, that the kill was wonderful and delightful.Keep quiet and let His Majesty, who has just killed someone, also be quiet for a while, maybe it will remind him of Guo Wei's good performance on weekdays.What's more, the emperor had already killed Yang Bin and Shi Hongzhao, and took back the internal military power, but anyway, he still needed someone who would lead the army to fight outside, so would Guo Wei be spared because of this? Guo Wei sighed, not sure about this.Then he started to get upset, and years of experience told him it was never that simple.Liu Chengyou, this kid who just killed someone, tasted the thrill of stepping on someone else's corpse to grab power for the first time, will he stop right away? Guo Wei did not find a reason to reassure himself. The development of the matter did not make him wait too long, and soon there was another news.This time it was a secret letter, which was delivered to Guo Wei from Chanzhou quickly before the emperor's edict.After receiving this letter, Guo Wei's heart turned cold, and he was really afraid of something.The letter was sent to him in the names of several people, including Li Hongyi, the Jiedu envoy of the Zhenning Army, Wang Yin, the commander of the guard infantry, and Guo Chong, the commander of the guard horse army.And the reason why these people are connected together is entirely because of Emperor Liu Chengyou. The specific process is like this-Liu Chengyou secretly ordered Li Hongyi to go to Chanzhou to kill Wang Yin, and secretly ordered Guo Chong to go to Weizhou where Guo Wei was stationed to kill Guo Wei and Wang Jun.Li Hongyi was the first to get the order. After he confirmed that it was indeed the emperor's secret edict, he immediately came to Wang Yin and took something out of his arms. The exciting scene did not appear. What he took out was not a knife, but the emperor's edict. In this way, the young child Liu Chengyou was betrayed. He put the risk of changing the dynasty before he dared to carry out the action of cutting down Jiedushi (see the demise of Li Conghou and Li Congke), hoping to use a secret edict to complete it. The attempt was hilariously shattered by reality. The secret edict is like a letter of proposal, telling everyone who wants to participate that they can start to move, if you don't want to wait to die. Li Hongyi and Wang Yin didn't delay for a moment, rushed ahead of Guo Chong in a hurry, and warned Guo Wei in advance.Afterwards, as if to confirm the accuracy of the news, Guo Chong followed closely.What was waiting for him was Guo Wei's calm face.He already knew what he should do. Guo Wei stretched out his hand to Guo Chong, and brought it—not your life, but the imperial edict you brought.I want to see it with my own eyes.What?No?I misunderstood?Stop pretending, it makes me look down on you.You must carry it with you to appease the army that takes over me after you kill me. In this way, Guo Wei saw with his own eyes the edict signed and promulgated by Emperor Liu Chengyou of the Later Han Dynasty.Black and white, the evidence is conclusive.Well, he can give himself an explanation, and he can also give an explanation to his old boss, Liu Zhiyuan, the first emperor of the Later Han Dynasty.Liu Zhiyuan, you've seen it all, it's not that I betray you, it's that your son is too ignorant. Edict, deadly edict. The naive Liu Chengyou didn't expect that his edict had other functions.The edict was slightly changed by Guo Wei, and it was still an order to kill, but the people who needed to die became Guo Wei's important subordinates. Then Guo Wei showed the edict to his subordinates very sadly. Well, this boosted morale more than anything else, the army assembled immediately, and marched towards the capital Kaifeng that day. What is it like to be surrounded by countless angry people on the road of rebellion?Guo Wei lived in the Five Dynasties and Eleven Kingdoms all his life, and has experienced many similar scenes, but it is the first time to become the protagonist.But he felt depressed, did he, Guo Wei, actually want to do something to a little kid one day?Or, does he really have no better choice? He wasn't worried about failure, he knew from the start that he would never fail.But the question is, what kind of victory does he want? Just killed Liu Chengyou? ——Then who will be the emperor?Did Guo Wei do it himself?This budget has never been done before. Or just teach Liu Chengyou a lesson, let him know how to behave from now on, and forget it?After all, a child has no experience and no importance in doing things. Everyone has to have a process of learning and getting familiar with the work, right? ——But a person will eventually grow up, and all those who kill without responsibility are good at holding grudges, who can guarantee that Liu Chengyou will let him go when he truly becomes an adult?And there was another problem that gave him an extremely headache, he was completely helpless, and he couldn't think of a solution... This matter kept circling in Guo Wei's mind, causing him to be distracted from time to time, so that he was a little absent-minded when his allies joined in one by one.It wasn't until one day that someone suddenly reported that a spy had been caught, and it was found that Liu Chengyou personally sent him, and he suddenly became sober. "Bring it up." Uncharacteristically, Guo Wei attached great importance to a spy.Then, he was alone with the spy, and after a long time, the spy left quietly, and no one knew his whereabouts. After the spy left, Guo Wei breathed a sigh of relief.The thing he was most worried about was finally done for him. He sincerely prayed that the spy would return to the capital safe and sound, so that Liu Chengyou could see the secret letter he sewed in the collar of the spy himself. . In the letter, he solemnly assured the emperor that he had absolutely no rebellious heart, and that he and his generals and soldiers absolutely supported His Majesty. Please, Your Majesty, please don't believe in some people's rumors, and peace is the most important thing. Give peace a chance... and at the same time give you Liu Chengyou a chance to survive! This is the real core of this secret letter.If Liu Chengyou didn't have a brain so smooth that he didn't even understand the rules of the game, he would definitely understand what Guo Wei was trying to say. In fact, it is very simple, that is, I, Guo Wei, are still alive, and I am approaching you with a large army. I can kill you at any time, but you can never kill me.But you don't have to be afraid, you also have what I need, that is, all my family members, they are still in Kaifeng City, and they may be killed by you in advance at any time, so let's talk, this is for everyone There are benefits. It's really not complicated at all. No matter who you are, you should know how to do it, that is, sit down calmly and talk about what you need, even if it's just a temporary solution.Then Guo Wei began to wait again, anxiously and terrified.But what he dreaded finally happened! People who don't play cards according to common sense are scary, but people who don't even understand the rules of the game are the scariest! Liu Chengyou received the secret letter and did not reply to Guo Wei. He directly killed all Guo Wei's family members who stayed in Kaifeng, including the family members of Guo Wei's adopted son Chai Rong (at this time Chai Rong already had three sons, Guo Wei had two sons. Liu Chengyou never thought that killing these people would completely change the history of China and pave the way for Zhao Kuangyin at the same time).He completely cut off Guo Wei's back path, and at the same time, he also completely cut off his own back path. The grief-stricken Guo Wei swore an oath in Huazhou and was determined to capture Kaifeng—in order to win, he followed Wang Jun's suggestion and made a solemn promise to the army that if he captured Kaifeng, he could plunder the capital for ten days! Liu Chengyou, I must make you pay the price, I must make you die! Kaifeng preparation Guo Wei approached quickly, and the speed of advancing troops caught Kaifeng by surprise.Counting from November 11 of that year (abbreviated as the November 11 Incident), Liu Chengyou, the Emperor of the Later Han Dynasty, killed three courtiers to seize power, Guo Wei received a secret report on November 14, and arrived in Chanzhou on the 16th (remember the presiding officer of Chanzhou Who is it? Wang Yin, the first person to inform Guo Wei. It was on this day that Guo Wei brought a secret letter to Liu Chengyou through a spy). On the 18th, Guo Wei entered Huazhou. Arrived in Fengqiu (now Henan), less than a hundred miles away from Kaifeng, the capital. Facing the imminent deadly threat, Liu Chengyou, the second patriarch of the Later Han Dynasty, responded positively.He cheered up and issued an edict to all directions again, ordering the Jiedu envoys from all over the place to rush to him and lead troops into King Qin of Jing.What cheered him up was that quite a few people responded, and the largest force came from Yanzhou, the troops of Taining Jiedu envoy Murong Yanchao.And the next day, it was proved that this Jiedu Envoy was really extraordinary. Someone had a gun, which made Kaifeng's monarchs and ministers heave a sigh of relief, and their hearts hanging in the air became more stable. This at least proved that the emperor's prestige was still there.But another problem arose immediately.Money, according to the usual practice, the army must be rewarded in advance to start work.This makes sense, and anyone who says to pay after the war is a jerk—does it mean that a lot of dead bodies will get up and get paid again? But the problem is that the country really has no money. In recent decades, the emperors of various dynasties and the Khitan people have been looting and looting in the land of the later Han Dynasty, and they can't even squeeze out the tofu dregs.At this time, the emperor said that he wanted money, so even if he sold the queen, he would not be able to sell it for a good price.In the end, the emperor's cronies knelt down to the prime minister, kowtowed again and again, and burst into tears—"Please think of the emperor for the sake of the emperor, and don't be stingy with property." The prime minister looked miserable and shook his head in silence—he really had no money. The cronies never got up, and revealed their real plans—"There is still some money left in the treasury, please take it all out." The prime minister sighed and said nothing more. In this way, there was no treasury in the Later Han Dynasty, only the treasury was left.But when the money was distributed to the soldiers, each of them only received twenty copper coins, and this was only a special treatment for the forbidden army. On the basis of this, the soldiers from other places were halved again, only ten copper coins. In this way, on November 20, 950 A.D., the troops of Emperor Liu Chengyou of the Later Han Dynasty went to the battlefield with this pitiful money for hard work, to face the rebel army who could plunder Kaifeng in Kyoto for a ten-year period as long as they won. Extraordinary Jiedushi On the evening of November 20, 950 AD, Liu Chengyou was at the head of Kaifeng City, watching his army go to the battlefield.The number of troops seems to be quite large, including the reinforcements who arrived and almost all the forbidden troops in Kaifeng City. This is already all the strength he can use now. But can it win? Liu Chengyou's heart couldn't help flooding with memories that he didn't want to think about again - he went to Guo Wei's home for help more than a year ago.At that time, Guo Wei was his only savior, the person he relied on to deter courtiers and stabilize the country.In other words, Guo Wei is the number one military strongman in his Later Han Kingdom. Now that this strongman has rebelled, who else can subdue him? Murong Yanchao, at the moment it can only be him.But can he really do it?Liu Chengyou was suddenly upset. Murong Yanchao's age is unknown, his place of birth is unknown, his parents are unknown, and his past experiences are all unknown. The only thing that is certain is that he must be a man, and his identity at that time was Taining Jiedu envoy stationed in Yanzhou.Other than that, there is nothing more.But it is this person who will determine the life and death of Emperor Liu Chengyou and the success or failure of the Later Han Dynasty. It must be admitted that no one would know who the most ideal leader in Liu Chengyou's mind was at that time, but Guo Wei's marching speed was too fast, and he was no longer allowed to make any choices. Early, he can only rely on who.And Murong Yanchao arrived the fastest and led the most people, which directly proved that he had the most vitality and enthusiasm, so he was the best candidate. Therefore, Murong Yanchao was not chosen by history, but he actively created history.According to historical records, on this day, Murong Yanchao was full of fighting spirit and belief in victory to meet Guo Wei.Before leaving, he made a strong promise to the young emperor-the minister will win!In the eyes of the minister, the Northern Army is nothing but gnats and gnats, who can be crushed to death at will. I want to capture Guo Wei alive for His Majesty! Then, he galloped towards the battlefield with great arrogance.There, he made his mark on the history books and officially became a part of history, albeit in a hilarious manner. On November 21, 950 AD, Murong Yanchao finally met Guo Wei in Liuzipo, south of Fengqiu.On the opposite side, the banners were flying, the cannons were flying, and the people and horses could not see the side at a glance.Seeing such momentum, his subordinates couldn't help but feel a little trembling, but Murong Yanchao became even more excited. He didn't even blink his eyes, and he ordered to line up. Seeing a big battle start, someone suddenly reported , His Majesty the Emperor came to the battlefield in person. Oh?Murong Yanchao's spirit immediately became brighter. He first ordered his subordinates to stand up straighter and arrange their swords and guns more neatly before inviting the emperor to come over.The emperor came, bringing with him three or four prime ministers and dozens of ministers, all of them dusty and dignified.These people paraded, encouraged, and promised happy treatment after victory. It was not until the cutscene was almost over that the emperor asked Murong Yanchao softly—how, are you sure? This is the most important reason why Liu Chengyou must rush to the front line.If this sentence is not asked, he will die of suffocation, anxiety, and anxiety! I saw Murong Yanchao suddenly became agitated, as if he had become extremely tall all of a sudden, and he replied in a loud voice-the minister must win!请陛下看臣如何破贼，臣不必与他们交战，只需在阵前喝令，他们就会投降！ 呼——皇帝和大臣们都吁出了一口大气。他们要的就是这句话，满意了，终于放心了。他们就此后退，以免影响节度使阁下开工。可惜他们走得太快了些，只要再稍微等一下，他们就能听见慕容彦超的另一句话。 慕容彦超像是很随便地向身边的手下们问了一声——“喂，对面除了郭威，还有些什么人？” 此言一出，石破天惊，他的部下们立即全体面无人色。天哪，马上就要开战玩命了，他们的统帅居然还不知道对手具体都是些谁！ 难道慕容彦超接到诏书，带着他们一顿狂跑，一路跑到了这儿，在此之前连一点准备都没有？ ! 面面相觑之后，终于有人说出了答案，就见这次轮到统帅的脸色变了，慕容彦超像是有了些许的犹豫，但是他还是马上就下达了进攻的命令。 ——进攻！ 这场战斗由慕容彦超主动发起了进攻开始，然后大约半小时不到就完全结束。形式发展之快让观战的刘承佑都来不及表达任何失望的情绪，他只看见了慕容彦超的队伍向郭威的部队发起了冲锋，然后两军相接，然后一片混乱。片刻之后，两股相对冲击的洪流就汇成了一股，向一个方向急速流去。 慕容彦超跑得比谁都快，马不停蹄，比他接到诏书奔向开封跑了第一名时还要快，一路狂跑再次跑回了兖州。哪儿来的哪儿去，从此以后，刘承佑就再没有见过这个人。而郭威也在战场上被这个人弄得一片茫然，征战一生，还从来没见过这样的人物，来去如风，居然来不及去抓他！等到郭威反应过来时，战场上已经全是他的人了。 刘承佑也不见了。 在混乱中，刘承佑尽管失望，还是证明了年轻人的反射神经就是要比中老年人的快一些，他比郭威先反应了过来，抢先向开封撤退。他还抱有一丝幻想，他还年轻，还是皇帝，而后汉还有别的很多的节度使，只要他能活着回到开封，坚守几天，就会再有生机。 但是他错了，后面发生的事已经被这个时代的人们弄出了规律，执行成了惯例。他在开封城下被自己的臣子拒之门外，无奈之下只得选择了逃亡。郭威对这个人已经没有任何兴趣，他的兵直扑开封（请注意，是他的兵，而不是郭威本人。这时的郭威已经身不由己。他的士兵们都清楚地记着他在开战前的许诺，每个人都想着自己平日在开封城里可望而不可即的钱、财，或者远比他们高贵的女人，他们已经疯了，他们要去抢！），至于刘承佑，落地的凤凰不如鸡，自有旁人去收拾。 开封，又一个千年古都，繁华世界，连耶律德光这样的蛮族酋长都舍不得下手的人间天堂，正面临着它自己子民的掳掠刀枪。只要再过片刻，它就会火光冲天，哀号遍地，满城都是空前亢奋四下乱窜肆意强抢的士兵，无数人都将家破人亡！ 真的，我们有时的确应该自卑，因为我们总是被自己人无情地糟蹋。