The Khitan Empire completed the transfer of power without any danger and began to move towards its heyday in an orderly manner. It has to be said that all this was attributed to Han Delang to a certain extent. Therefore, after internal stability, Xiao Chuo and Yelu Longxu both favored this Han man in a twelve way, and continued to increase his titles and reward him with special rewards.

(Han Derang's grandfather Han Zhigu was originally a slave of the Shulu family. When Shuluping married Yelu Abaoji, Han Zhigu came to the Yelu family as a dowry minister. Although later, Han Zhigu, Han Kuangsi and others became important officials of the Khitan, the identity of the slave of the Han family "palace division" has never changed. Later, because of Han Derang's support and assistance to Xiao Chuo, Yelu Longxu and his son were rewarded and favored by Xiao Chuo and his son, and gradually became one of the most powerful ministers of the Khitans. Xiao Chuo even remarried him. After the Chanyuan Alliance, Yelu Longxu granted Han Derang's surname Yelu, who changed his identity as a slave, listed him as a Khitan royal clan, and obtained the privilege of setting up palace guards and Oluduo.)

This is not a big deal in the Khitan. After all, Xiao Chuo orphans and widows, with royal relatives on the left, and border crises on the right, and she has no tough backing or backing, so it is completely natural to rely on high power and powerful ministers. However, when news that Xiao Chuo favors ministers of his age came to the Central Plains, the people of the Central Plains who have read the books of sages for many years were shocked. In their concept, the "Three Obediences and Four Virtues" had long become the golden rule. All women should cherish their reputation, stick to their integrity, keep their integrity as jade, be loyal to their husbands, and be "free and chaste, keep their integrity, be ashamed of doing things, and have laws on movement and stillness". Not to mention having an ambiguous relationship with men other than her husband, even if the relationship is a little closer, it is also unforgivable.

As a young widow, it would be inappropriate to favor a minister so blatantly.

He Lingtu, the governor of Xiongzhou, was such a "Master of Confucianism" who had read the books of sages. After hearing that Xiao Chuo favored Han Delang, he was immediately overjoyed and felt that the Khitan country must have caused storms and chaos because of this incident. This was a great opportunity to attack the Khitan.

So he immediately joined hands with his father, Yuezhou Governor He Huaipu, to write a letter to encourage Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi to attack the Khitan. They said that the Khitan Emperor Yelu Longxu is too young and he listens to his mother Xiao Chuo in everything, but Xiao Chuo and Han Delang have ambiguous relationships with Han Delang, which will definitely make the people feel very humiliated and dissatisfied with her rule. In other words, the Khitan country must be calm on the surface, and the waves are surging in secret, and civil strife will break out at any time, and it is difficult for the upper and lower levels to unite. After all, no one would be willing to obey the command of a woman who is unfamiliar with the customs. So, now everything is ready, and only the Wei Dynasty is not required to rush its troops to attack the Khitan.

Zhao Guangyi had long heard that Xiao Chuo and Han Derang were childhood sweethearts, and they had a private engagement when they were young. However, Xiao Siwen broke up the couple for the sake of family interests and broke them apart. Later, Xiao Chuo was deeply favored by Yelu Xian and gave birth to six or seven children in a row. His feelings for Han Derang gradually faded.

Now, Yelu Xian has already gone west. His son Yelu Longxu is young and no one can be a backer for Xiao Chuo's family. Han Delang is proud and holds the power of military and horses. Xiao Chuo may have been for his son and the throne at first, but over time, the two of them may have rekindled their old love. Moreover, Zhao Guangyi had long heard of the ambiguous relationship between Xiao Chuo and Han Delang, which caused discussion and dissatisfaction among the Khitan nobles. In order to calm the discussion, Xiao Chuo clearly stipulated that the matter in his account was not allowed to be spread to the outside world, and even killed some people who were dissatisfied with Han Delang. So, wouldn't it mean that the affairs between Xiao Chuo and Han Delang had already caused a lot of controversy in the Khitan nobles and caused great dissatisfaction among the Khitan nobles?

Thinking of this, Zhao Guangyi suddenly felt that the words of the He family and son were very reasonable, and immediately stopped reorganizing the troops, divided the troops into three groups, and went north to attack the Khitan. But unfortunately, Zhao Guangyi had no calculations. The ambiguous relationship between Xiao Chuo and Han Delang was not considered a scandal in the eyes of the Khitans, and would not have any impact on the political arena. On the contrary, the two of them could be said to be a strong alliance and could be called a pair of best partners. In addition, the Khitans at that time, the national strength was no longer the same as before, and there were a large number of military talents with real talents and knowledge, which could be challenged by Zhao Guangyi's dynasty.

Of course Zhao Guangyi didn't know these. When he saw the guards' unstoppable force at the beginning, constantly conquering cities and landing, he quickly headed north, he did not realize the tragedy, and he was just looking at him, just looking at it, thinking of the fact that even if the Khitan could not be destroyed this time, he would definitely slump the Khitan spirit and make the Khitan unable to recover from then on. Before Zhao Guangyi was happy for a few days, he soon ordered the Khitan army to attack the entire line, adopting the strategy of "tempting the enemy into depth, gathering and annihilation", launching a counterattack in an orderly manner, and joining his son to Youzhou to take charge of the enemy.

Yelu Xiuge, who was in charge of the military in southern Liaoning, decisively withdrew his troops after knowing that the enemy was strong and we were weak, resolutely refused to confront the guards head-on. Instead, he chose the strategy of sneak attack and invasion to delay the guards' attack. During the day, Yelu Xiuge sent elite cavalry to bluff and attack while the guards were cooking and resting. In the evening, Yelu Xiuge sent light cavalry to constantly plunder the individual and weak soldiers of the guards to threaten the remaining guards. In addition, Yelu Xiuge secretly set up an ambush and cut off the guards' food route. After this series of attacks, the guards were not at ease day and night, and they dreamed that the Khitan army suddenly came from behind, and people were in panic. In addition, the food route was cut off, and in desperation, Cao Bin, the general who led the East Road Army, had to lead the army back to Xiongzhou to reinforce the logistics team.

When Zhao Guangyi heard that Cao Bin retreated to Xiongzhou, Long Yan was furious: Who has ever seen the enemy chasing him in front of him, but instead retreating to rescue the food supply?

But now that things have come to this point, even if Zhao Guangyi is so angry that he can't let Cao Bin return. In the end, he had to order Cao Bin to stand by on the spot, and wait for the other troops to win the attack, and then join them and attack Youzhou together.

However, if the general is outside, the military orders are not accepted. Cao Bin not only did not accept Zhao Guangyi's military orders, but also did not accept them at all.

Seeing the news of other groups of troops coming, Cao Bin really couldn't sit still. He was originally the main force, but now the other troops charged outside and made many military achievements. However, the commander who led the main force could only drink tea in the rear and listen to other people's results. This was not only a satire to him, but also a great insult to him.

Cao Bin thought about it and then, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he could no longer waste such a thing. So he brought 50 days of food and grass, met with Mi Xin, and went north to attack Zhuozhou again.

But it was obvious that God just didn't plan to give Cao Bin this face. When Cao Bin led the army north with great momentum, the various armies of the Khitan were also coming with great courage. They rushed to Zhuozhou in front of Cao Bin, and set up a formation, ready to fight the guards.

At the same time, Yelu Xiuge used his old tricks again and sent troops to harass Cao Bin's army again. Cao Bin had to deal with the Khitan troops while struggling to move north, but the speed of traveling was greatly reduced. By the time he arrived in Zhuozhou, the guards were exhausted, and worse, the food and grass were in crisis again.

Cao Bin looked at the Khitan army that was so leisurely that he looked at the exhausted and imposing soldiers behind him, and immediately felt relieved and had to order the withdrawal of his troops.

Seeing that the guards fled before they even started the war, the morale of the Khitan army was greatly boosted. Yelu Xiuge immediately ordered a pursuit and finally caught up with Cao Bin's army at Qigou Pass (which is today's southwest of Zhuo County, Hebei). As a result, the guards were defeated without any suspense, and countless guards died under the Khitan cavalry.

When the news came, the Wei Dynasty was shocked. Zhao Guangyi's face suddenly looked like earth, and his original heroism had completely floated out of the sky, and he quickly ordered the withdrawal of troops. The Khitan troops were fighting happily, so of course they refused to give up. After the reinforcements arrived, they officially launched a large-scale counterattack. The guards had long lost all morale, and were defeated and retreated continuously after the continuous encirclement and blockade of the Khitan army.

This Liao Guard War, which was triggered by "scandals", took place in the third year of Yongxi, the Wei Dynasty, so we call it the "Yongxi Northern Expedition".

(Yang Ye performed the best in the "Yongxi Northern Expedition", Yang Ye was the general of the Central Plains. However, due to his repeated military achievements, he was envious and hated by his colleagues, framed by his colleagues, and was eventually defeated and captured.

Xiao Chuo and Yelu Longxu both admired Yang Ye's talent very much. They had ordered that Yang Ye be harmed and could only be captured alive. After capturing Yang Ye, Xiao Chuo sent Yelu Xizhen to persuade Yang Ye to surrender to the Khitan, but Yang Ye refused and finally died on a hunger strike. Xiao Chuo ordered Yang Ye's head to be passed on to the army, and later built a decent tomb for Yang Ye in Gubeikou and buried Yang Ye with great strength.

Here we will focus on the deeds of Yang Ye, the "Ten Thousand Enemies" during this period. As an old minister who surrendered to the Northern Han Dynasty, his achievements during this period were too brilliant, and his great talents attracted the wind. It can be said that it was an inevitable tragic ending later.

In March of the fifth year of the Taiping Xingguo, the Khitan sent 100,000 troops, and headed straight for Yanmen Pass. The commander was the brother-in-law of the Liao lord Yelu Xian, the son-in-law of the Duwei, and the official Xiao Duli, who was appointed as the attendant.

There are two Yanmen Pass in Hedong, one is located in Yanmen Township, Tianchi County, Xinzhou, facing Fen River in the east, and the west is against the high mountains, connecting to Lan and Shuozhou. The other is located on Yanmen Mountain in the northwest of Daizhou, also known as Xijing Pass. Yanmen Mountain is steep and steep in the east and west, with a rugged path in the middle. The Tang Dynasty set up a pass at the top of the mountain, which is called Yanmen. The Yanmen Pass that Xiao Duli invaded was this Yanmen Pass.

This pass is naturally guarded by the governor of Daizhou, and the governor of Daizhou was Yang Ye. The emperor returned to Beijing from the autumn of last year. He originally sent Yang Ye as the governor of Zhengzhou and gave him the task of training soldiers. Later, because of the important location of the "Three Passes", a general who was familiar with border affairs had to be guarded. Therefore, Yang Ye was transferred to the governor of Daizhou and also "the three exchanges of troops and horses were deployed". All the soldiers and horses guarding Ningwu Pass, Bietou Pass, and Yanmen Pass, the "Three Passes" of the "Outside Three Passes", followed Yang Ye's orders.

The guards took the initiative to face the tired enemies from afar. Hundreds of elite soldiers led by Yang Yanzhao, walked quickly, and took out the north entrance of Yanmen Pass from the small road to slam the enemy's back. Xiao Duli's deputy commander Li Chonghui, who was commanding the military palace, suddenly heard a row of arrows behind him. He looked back and was shocked. However, he saw the "Yang"-shaped flag fluttering, and the guards had blocked the way back and were facing high, and rushed down with a stance. Rockets rolled wood and fired down one after another. The Khitan soldiers were attacked on their backs and could not resist. The valley was narrow and there was no way to go.

Seeing this, Xiao Duli hurriedly returned from the front to help. Then the team fled forward, his own people were crowded together and in chaos, and the situation was even more unfavorable. At this time, Yang Ye brought hundreds of people to arrive. The father and son worked together to attack the Khitan and won a great victory. In addition to killing Xiao Duli, he also captured Li Chonghui alive.

This was the first achievement that Yang Ye built for David, and it was also the biggest victory against the Khitan in the Five Dynasties. When he arrived in Beijing, the emperor was overjoyed, and the defeat of Gao Lianghe was accumulating a bad temper. Only then did he get a sigh of relief. He rewarded him in terms of merit and promoted Yang Ye to the Observation Envoy of Yunzhou and was still the governor of Daizhou. The entire Khitan battle was completely filled with all his troops, which really made Yang Ye scared them and gave him a nickname "Yang Wudi". As long as he saw the flag of the word "Yang" on the border, he immediately avoided him. However, except for Yang Ye, he did not fight well elsewhere. As a descendant who surrendered to the Northern Han Dynasty, he could be said to be a big tree that attracted the wind, which laid the groundwork for the captives behind him.

In September of the seventh year of the Xingguo of Taiping, King Yelu Xian of Liao visited Jiaoshan in Yunzhou, but he was unable to get sick. He entrusted his or her orphans to two ministers, one civil and one military officials: Han Derang and Yelu Xizhen. Longxu, the eldest son of King Liang, was appointed as the eldest son of King Liang, was accepted as the throne. Longxu was nicknamed Wenshunu, and was only thirteen years old. Therefore, Empress Xiao was dictatorial and restored the country's name to the "Great Khitan". The next year, the reign was changed to Tonghe. Empress Xiao valued Han Derang, and the military was entrusted with Yelu Xiuge as the main commander, and was responsible for preventing the guards from going north. The next year, the Wei Dynasty also changed its reign and was called Yongxi. In the second year of Yongxi, a general who was guarding the border was named He Huaipu, and he and his son He Quantu, the governor of Xiongzhou, always liked to make discussions. At this time, he wrote a letter to the emperor, saying that the Khitan was too young and his mother was dictatorial and favored a group of slander officials. This was a great opportunity to attack the Khitan.

He was only half right. The dictatorship of the Khitan mother was good, but the one who favored him was not a group of useless slander ministers. Empress Xiao Xiao Yanyan was in her prime and the palace was lonely. She was inevitably favored by officials like Wu Zetian's "Lotus Liulang". However, serving in bed and sex could not serve the battlefield. This was clearly seen by Empress Xiao and would never harm the public with her own personal gain.

However, the emperor believed that the half that the He family had not said was right, and decided to take Yan in the spring of the next year, with Cao Bin as the commander. The title was "the deployment of the Youzhou Road Initiative"; this was because the emperor was still personally enlisted, so the title was "the title was "the title was "the title".

There were two groups of people on the left and right of Cao Bin, one by Mi Xin, who was responsible for it. He went straight from the east of Hebei to Xiongzhou, which was Shunyi County in the northeast of Youzhou. On the one hand, it blocked the Khitan's journey south; on the other hand, it cooperated with Cao Bin to attack Youzhou.

The other route was separated from Cao Bin in Dingzhou, that is, Wanxian County, Hebei. Cao Bin was slightly eastward and rushed straight to Youzhou; the Dingzhou Road was deployed by Tian Chongjin, which was slightly westward and left Feihukou... The mission of this route and the Fourth Route were not to siege the city, but it was more important than siege, and was the main force in preparing for the battle with the Khitan.

The fourth route was led by Pan Mei, with the title "Yun, Ying, Shuo and other states deployed". Yunzhou is the Datong area, Yingzhou is the Hunyuan area, and Shuozhou is the Mayi area. After the Taihang Mountains, these three states were originally three of the sixteen states of the Liao Kingdom. The emperor decided to recover the lost land, so he ordered Pan Mei to fight from Hedong to Hebei and meet with Tian Chongjin, who was out of Feihukou. Not only did he block the Khitan army to support Yan, but he also demanded a head-on attack, hoping that this tough battle would make the Khitan unable to recover.
Chapter completed!