Chapter 636 Will Guo Rong become Chai Rong?

In the second year of Shaoming, AD 947, on the third day of August, after being deceived by Zhang Shengren, Shu Luping still did not believe that Zhang Gao would not covet the land in eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning, but he also initially believed that Zhang Zhou did not launch an attack on the fortress in a short period of time.

The ability to attack.

This was indeed the case, but Shu Luping underestimated Zhang Hao's appetite.

Zhang Yan not only wanted to cover Liaodong and Liaoxi, which in Luping's eyes were the homeland of Goguryeo, but also the peninsula, the Japanese state, Mobei, and the Tunguska wilderness.

However, Shu Luping didn't believe that Zhang Xi was useless, but the Khitan nobles she brought believed in Zhang Xi. After all, Zhang Shengren's acting and directing abilities have almost reached their peak.

And according to general circumstances, it is very dangerous to arrange for Zhang Yan to direct and act in an almost military admonishment style.

Even the founder of Khitan, Yelu Abaoji, didn't dare to play like this. Who knows if someone would fake it and actually do it?

But Zhang Zhang dared to do so because his control over his subordinates was far beyond that of Yelu Abao.

So these Khitan nobles who were unwilling to retreat to Jingbian City and other places to eat snow immediately influenced Shuluping's decision.

After Shushan's army, which was directly under Shuluping, was defeated, the usually tyrannical Empress Dowager had to listen to her subordinates' voices.

Similarly, Zhang Gao also gave in on some issues. For example, when determining the Khitan master, Zhang Gao had no objection at all to Shu Luping's self-confessed suggestion that Yelu Lihu be the Khitan master.

He didn't even take away the Yelu Sage that was brought to his mouth, as if he really didn't want to leave.

Are you kidding, Zhang Shengcai is not stupid, that is to say, Shu Luping is confused and thinks that her beloved youngest son is a wise and tyrannical master.

But in fact, everyone knows that Yelu Lihu is a fool who has everything except a brain.

Even if the Khitan was still in the Yelu Deguang period, Yelu Lihu and the leader could bring down the country, let alone now.

At this time, the Khitan had actually been in chaos for a long time, because it had only been more than thirty years since Yelu Abaoji forcibly unified the eight Khitan tribes.

There are countless people who are internally dissatisfied with the Yelu Abaoji lineage occupying the position of Khitan Khan. The rest of the Bohai, Jurchen, Shiwei, and even the Wang family south of the Yalu River in the old forests of the Northeast also do not have a fuel-efficient lamp.

If Zhang Gao were to attack the situation with a large number of troops, they might unite and fight to the death. But if Zhang Gao lets go, God knows how much trouble will be caused.

With Shulu Ping, who was about to be in his 70s, and the mentally retarded Yelu Lihu, Zhang Xuan doubted that their mother and son, let alone building up strength, would not be easy to deal with internally.

And if Yelu Lihu doesn't come to power, and someone else, even Yelujing, Zhang Hao will be a little worried.

This is because the sleeping king of the Liao Dynasty is actually not bad at governing the country, and he has not suffered from the psychological abnormality caused by the long-term suppression during the Yelu Ruan period. His ability is far stronger than that of Yelu Lihu.

So in this case, Zhang Yan quickly reached an agreement with Shuluping. The Khitan was removed from the title of Daliao Kingdom, the monarch was renamed the King of the Great Khitan without the title of emperor, and Zhang Yan recognized that the Great Khitan King was Yelu Lihu.

The two sides are bounded by Chengde Prefecture in the north and Jinzhou in the east. Yuguan in Chengde Prefecture and Hepingzhou is open to mutual markets.

Zhang Gao returned more than 2,000 Khitan captives who had been detained as slave labor in the Central Plains, and returned the corpses or ashes of dozens of generals, including Yelu Ruan, Yelu Wuzhi, Xiao Han, etc.

The Khitan returned more than 18,000 people kidnapped from the Land of Clouds.

Before leaving, Zhang Gao secretly ordered Zhang Xibao to lead 500 horses out of Yunzhou to Yuerluo, and notified Yelu Yaliguo, the youngest son of Yelu Abaoji, who had been secretly communicating with Zhang Zhou, and asked him to lead the tribe to Fengzhou.

settled in the Hetao area.

Because Zhang Gao knew very well that Yeluyaliguo's private account, which had more than 10,000 people, would definitely become the next best offensive opponent of Shuluping who was eager to regain its strength.

At the same time, Zhang Gao appointed Yelu Yaliguo's eldest son, Yelu He, who sent Yelu Abli to Liangzhou, as the governor of Fengzhou.

If Yelu Yaliguo is willing to lead his tribe south to Fengzhou, then the tribesmen can only be handed over to Yelu He, while he himself goes to Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo to become a wealthy idler.

Of course, if Yeluyali is unwilling to come south, then I hope he can withstand Shuluping's plan.

Subsequently, Zhang Gao established four of the eight new Khitan tribes to be established first, and handed over Yelu Sizhong and others to the command of Murong Nobunaga, leaving Murong Nobunaga to stay in Pingzhou.

He was also appointed as the Governor of Andong, fully responsible for the strategic compression work towards western Liaoning. The Tuyuhun tribe in Hedong also began to slowly gather towards Pingzhou and Chengde Prefecture.

At the same time, Pei Yuan, Pingzhang of Hexi Province, Jia Yanchang, Pingzhang of Longyou Province, and Zhe Deke, Pingzhang of Shuofang Province, also received orders to mobilize Tuyuhun, Dangxiang and other herdsmen in their jurisdictions to prepare to move eastward.

The reason why these Tuyuhun and Dangxiang people were moved first was because they were originally nomadic or semi-nomadic people, and it was much easier for them to move than the Han people. At least it was not easy for them to reach a certain place and to reclaim wasteland.

Wu Luan, the defense envoy of Ningxia Province, was also ordered to start recruiting strong and tough Hengshan party members in the Hengshan area. After basic training, he was transferred to the Youzhou area. The famous Hengshan Bubazi seemed to be appearing in advance.

After arranging everything, Zhang Gao led his army and began to return to the army.

In the Northland, Yan Jin, Pingzhang of Hedong Province, Gao Xingzhou, the military commander of Fan Yangjun of Beiping Prefecture, Fu Yanqing, the military commander of Zhangde Army of Changshan Prefecture, and Murong Nobunaga, the governor of Andong, Pingzhou, will form the Four Musketeers of the Northland.

The entire north suppressed disobedience and defended the Khitans.

When Zhang Gao led his army back, Guo Wei also took his family from Taiyuan Prefecture, Hedong Province, back to his hometown of Yaoshan County in Xingzhou, Hebei Province, which later became Longyao County, Xingtai, Hebei Province.

What can I say about the war between Hedong and Zhou? Guo Wei felt that the war he fought was quite frustrating at first.

Because except for Shi Hongzhao who died in the battle, his teammates Bai Zairong and others can be said to be standard pig teammates.

But when Guo Wei calmed down and conducted careful deductions, he found that no matter how he deduced, the defeat of the Hedong Army was inevitable.

The difference is just that the deal is settled in one fell swoop, or slowly being surrounded in Taiyuan. Anyway, there is no chance of winning.

As for Liu Zhiyuan, Guo Wei cannot say that he has no feelings, because he was indeed promoted by Liu Zhiyuan, but he does not have particularly deep feelings that he would not eat Zhou Su.

So after thinking about it, Guo Wei was ready to take the initiative to move closer to Zhang Yan.

However, he knew very well that for someone who was in his forties and was once a powerful enemy general, it would be difficult for him to be reused again.

Looking at the entire Zhang Zhou Dynasty, the only veterans from the previous dynasty who can be reused are Gao Xingzhou, Fu Yanqing, and An Shenqi.

Among these three people, two married their daughters to Zhang Yan and were very favored. One of them had already made a bet on Zhang Yan when he was still an unknown person.

More importantly, these three people all had a reputation for fighting loyally and bravely during the Jin-Liao War. This was what Zhang Gao admired the most, and it was also the biggest reason why the three of them were reused.

Even half of Li Shouzhen's family property was left by Zhang Yan to Li Shouzhen's mother and wife. It is said that the emperor was thinking of Li Shouzhen's first attack on the Khitan during the battle of Bai Tuanwei Village in Yangcheng.

As for Guo Wei, he was loyally helping Liu Zhiyuan in his attempt to seize the throne of emperor. He didn't even think about attacking the Khitan, so he didn't even have the merit of size.

After thinking about this, Guo Wei basically gave up hope that he could be reused in Zhang Zhou.

But he could live a good life relying on the remaining property that Zhang Zhi had not confiscated.

But the younger generation of soldiers who followed him, including his nephew Li Chongjin and his son-in-law Zhang Yongde, couldn't just stay like this all their lives!

Guo Rong was not with Zhang Yan at this time, because he wanted to move his family from Taiyuan like Guo Wei, but instead of moving back to his hometown in Xingzhou, he wanted to move to Luoyang, the sacred capital.

Because Guo Rong is now the Marquis of Yu, the capital of Zhang Zhou's personal army Zuo Bao Tao Wei, he naturally has to place his family in Luoyang, the sacred capital, or Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo.

When Guo Wei saw Guo Rong coming to say goodbye to him, he pondered for a moment and finally asked: "I heard that the saint called you Sanlang instead of Dalang in Taiyuan Mansion?"

Guo Rong hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly, because ethically speaking, Guo Rong was Guo Wei's adopted son, so Zhang Yan should call Guo Rong Da Lang.

But if Chai Rong is counted as Chai Shouli's son, Chai Shouli has five sons, Guo Rong ranks third, and the order of Sanlang is exactly Guo Rong's order in the Chai family.

Guo Wei let out a long sigh, "I adopted you in the past, it seems, firstly because I have no children, and secondly because your biological father, Chai Shouli, was a wanderer, and you were lonely and young at the time, so I gave you a place to stay.

But these are all superficial reasons, the main reason is because your mother cannot have children, and a certain family is afraid that she will be helpless in the future, so the adoption of Brother Rong is to give Ying Niang a support."

Speaking of this, Guo Wei couldn't help but shed tears in his eyes, "Who knew she would leave me early."

"My lord, I would like to express my condolences. My mother is flying to the west of Hexi and has arrived in bliss early. I think she must have lived a very happy life in the immortal realm in heaven." Guo Rong even burst into tears.

His mother left him and ran away when he was two or three years old. His father was a libertine and didn't care about him at all. Little Guo Rong often had one meal but no one.

He only had a family after his aunt Chai took him to the Guo family, so his feelings for his adoptive mother and aunt were even deeper.

"Three years ago, it was we who harmed you! If you had not been recalled from the Hexi Army that day, you would at least be in the position of guarding Yunzhou Zhe Deyuan, and you would not be still a small Du Yuhou.

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Guo Rong immediately bowed down and said, "There are no bad parents in the world. Besides, if my son doesn't come back from Hexi, how can he fulfill his filial piety in front of his mother's bedside and send him on his last journey?"

"You are a good boy!" Guo Wei sighed, "But I can't keep you. From today on, you will change your surname back to Chai, right?"

"Are you going to kick the child out of the house?" Guo Rong's voice began to tremble.

He has been following Guo Wei and Chai since he was ten years old, and it has been sixteen years now. He has already regarded the Guo family as his own home. Although he had a premonition in his heart, it was still difficult to accept it for a while.

Guo Wei shook his head, "It's not that I want to drive you away, but you have a great future now. There is no need to ruin your future for such an old man."

Guo Rong knelt on the ground and said with some choking: "In the world, I have never heard of anyone leaving his father for glory and wealth. This is extremely unfilial! If someone behaves like this, how can he live in the world?"

Seeing this, Guo Wei stamped his feet on the ground anxiously, "It's not that you want to leave now, but that I can't tolerate you, you know?"

I already have a son, and I want to pass on this family property to my son, so I want to drive you away, do you understand?"

Guo Rong raised his head, glanced at Guo Wei with tears on his face, and then calmly shook his head.

"It's true that my father wants to drive me away, but it's not for this reason. Besides, if it's for the family property, I can swear in front of Brother Qing and Brother Yi that I will never be greedy for a penny of the family property."

Guo Wei was silent and didn't speak for a long time. After a long while, he sighed, "But if you continue to follow a certain family named Guo, what will the emperor do? You are only twenty-six years old, will all your abilities be wasted?"

Guo Rong was also silent, but after a moment of silence he shook his head firmly, "The saint has a broad mind and governs the country with loyalty and filial piety. Maybe he is trying to test his words, but as long as I tell the truth, the saint will not mention this matter again.

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On the contrary, Your Excellency is Liu Zhiyuan's confidant, and many heroes in the Hedong Army have received His support and favor.

If we don't get the saint's reinstatement, those people will feel uneasy, and it will be dangerous if one or two people arrange slander."

Guo Rong's words hit Guo Wei right in the heart. This was what he was most worried about.

With Guo Wei's position in the Hedong Army, if Liu Zhiyuan became emperor, it would be the capital for his rapid rise.

But now, I am afraid that many people wish that Guo Wei would die early, so that he would not be ignored by the emperor because of the favor he received from Guo Wei.

If one or two insidious and ungrateful people come out to make a false accusation, as Guo Rong said, it will be really dangerous.
To be continued...