Because General Yang Yeyang was a surrendered general of the Northern Han Dynasty, the emperor did not fully trust him at first, but only asked him to be responsible for the transportation of grain and grass to the rear. So at this time, the morale of the troops led by General Yang was still very good. He expressed his opinion at the time: "My father and son are weak."

All of your troops dared to fight a bloody battle with the Liao Kingdom. Each of you is a great army that has fought hundreds of battles, and you are leading elite soldiers from the Great Yan Dynasty. Don’t you dare to fight the Liao Army?'

General Pan looked ashamed, thinking that General Yang was just a surrendered general, but he was so loyal to our Yan Dynasty. We are all famous generals in hundreds of battles. We have destroyed nine countries, so we are afraid of the Liao Kingdom. So we started to reorganize

The army is ready to return to fight again.

But at this time, the Liao army had no time to pursue our Yan Dynasty army because their commander Yelu Xiu was seriously injured by General Mo Dun and fell into coma. At this time, the emperor sent Cui Han, the Marquis of Yu in front of the palace, to Zhuozhou and read out the Holy Oral Order, asking the army to return.

Of course, in order to prevent the Liao army from attacking southward, it ordered Cui Han and Meng Yuanzhe to lead the army to station in Dingzhou; Liu Tinghan and Li Hanqiong's army to station in Zhenzhou; Cui Yanjin led the army to live south of Qigou Pass. Ordered the generals to lead the army to stay

Next, several armies were under the command of Liu Tinghan. The emperor also left a battle formation map and ordered the armies to be divided into eight formations to ambush the Liao army. He also said that the Liao army would definitely come south to invade our border with the Yan Dynasty, so he ordered them to follow the formations.

If you try to ambush and attack from a flank, you will definitely achieve a great victory.

The rest of the army returned to Kaifeng, Tokyo. After the emperor returned to the court, he quickly investigated and punished the culprits for the failure of the Northern Expedition. Shouzhongshu ordered, and Shi Shouxin, who was left behind in Xijing, was demoted to Chongxin Jiedu envoy for "supervising the former army's lack of discipline"

, and Zhongshu Ling; Zhangxin Jiedu envoy Liu Yu was demoted to Suzhou observation envoy, and Guangzhou governor Shi Qi was demoted to Wuding Army Sima. Our General Cao was demoted to Xiongzhou Jiedu envoy and has been guarding the border to this day, while the military advisor was demoted during the Northern Expedition.

He always mentioned some strategies and policies that the emperor didn't like, and even thought in Zhuozhou that after the emperor was captured by the Liao army, he proposed to make Zhao Dezhao, the second prince of Taizu, emperor, so he always held a grudge in his heart. At this time, he dismissed the military advisor from the military and was never allowed to be requisitioned.

"When Liu Baiqing said this, Cao Yi, Hongxiu and Xiren all looked at Wang Zhiyuan and found that Wang Zhiyuan also looked sad.

Then Liu Baiqing continued: "At that time, the army was quite complaining about the emperor's punishment but not rewards, and they all discussed it privately. Everyone thought that the defeat in the Gaoliang River Battle should be punished, but even the conquering of Taiyuan, which had been promised before,

, it would be too wrong to not give any reward for conquering the Northern Han Dynasty.

Because our Mo Lin Army was already one of the few Laozhen Dingjun left under General Cao at that time, but it also lost more than 600 people when it destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, leaving only more than 1,800 people, and later the Northern Expedition to Liao Dynasty

When the country besieged Youzhou City, the emperor sent us to attack Shengkou. When the Liao Kingdom garrisoned troops, more than 300 people were missing. Later, when Youzhou City forced its way to the city wall, more than 500 people were sacrificed.

In the end, in order to protect the emperor, the company came into contact with the commander of the Liao army, Yelv Xiuge, the king of the South Court of Liao, Yelu Xiezhen, and the prime minister of the South of Liao, Yelusha, each with a thousand elite soldiers. At that time, in order to save the emperor, he and Mo

General Dun rescued the siege and fought bloody battles with them to the end. The battle was very tragic. Although more than 2,500 elite guards of the commanders of the Liao Army were killed, our own Molin Battalion of more than 1,000 people only managed to survive with a few remaining

There are ten people. If General Cao and Military Advisor Wang hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid the whole Molin camp would have been annihilated!" When Liu Baiqing said this, tears were streaming down his face. He was obviously immersed in the day and lost all his glory.

The pain was overwhelming. Even Hongxiu and Xiren were covering their mouths and choking in tears with tears in their eyes.

After a while, when Liu Baiqing regained his composure, he continued: "At that time, the Molin Battalion had a total strength of 2,500 people. Even if General Mo Dunmo was included, there were only forty-four people left. Later, there were ten more.

Seven people died of their injuries, so when they arrived in Kaifeng, the capital, there were only twenty-seven people left in Molin Camp. At that time, the emperor refused to reward the army because of the failure of the Northern Expedition.

During the Liao Dynasty, Mo Lin's army, who worked hard to protect the emperor's safety, did not even think of a reward, which made most of the soldiers complain. If this continues, which general and soldier will be willing to work hard to serve the emperor and the country?

Protect the country and the country?

In fact, it is more than that. Since the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun had been under the jurisdiction of the Central Plains Dynasty before and were ceded by the Liao Kingdom for more than 40 years, when we were in the northern expedition to the Liao Kingdom, the officials and people of Yanyun suddenly saw the King of the Central Plains.

The officials immediately moved out of the city to surrender to the Dayan Dynasty, and a large number of people, old and young, rushed to the Dayan army's positions to seek shelter. However, when we retreated, the emperor did not take any relief and resettlement measures for these refugees who wanted to be in Dayan, which made Yan

The people of Cloud Land were extremely disappointed and heartbroken at that time.

In the entire army, the saddest one should be General Mo Lin. The 2,500 brothers under his command who share life and death were almost wiped out due to two wars. Even the title of Mo Lin's army was difficult to retain.

That's all. The key point is that the more than 2,400 Mo Linjun brothers died because of the war. What will happen to their families? Some have elderly parents, and some have helpless wives and children waiting at home.

He is the backbone of the family. Many people wrote letters home after the victory in the attack on the Northern Han Dynasty, saying that they could go home and see after receiving the reward...

Now not only are the people gone, but the reward that could give their family the last bit of comfort is gone. Moreover, because of the defeat in the Liao War, the emperor refused to even give him a normal pension, so more than 2,400

The brother's family had no financial security. General Mo, who was still recovering from a serious injury at the time, vomited blood after hearing this, and his injury worsened. Later, with the help of General Cao, General Mo knelt down and begged to be allowed to appear in front of the emperor.

The second prince, Wugong Commandery Prince Zhao Dezhao, who was able to speak, asked him to say a few good words to these brothers who had died. At that time, Wugong Commandery Prince Zhao Dezhao also agreed and was willing to say a few words for the dead brothers of the Mo Lin Army.

Fair words.

Later, Zhao Dezhao really suggested to the emperor face to face that even if the Northern Expedition failed, the conquest of the Northern Han Dynasty was still meritorious and should be rewarded first and then punished. Especially Mo Lin's army, Mo Dun, and his 2,500 elite soldiers, who devoted themselves to protect the Holy Emperor.

After death, more than 2,400 people died, and now there are still elderly parents, frail wives and children at home, all alone. If there is no more pensions and rewards, wouldn't it be even more lonely?

It is a pity that the emperor had long been worried about the suggestion of military counselor Wang to establish Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wugong County, as the emperor, and he was not very happy. He always felt that General Cao and Lao Zhen Dingjun were supporting Zhao Dezhao.

Four years after the emperor ascended the throne, he thought everything was under his control. But the incident of Zhao Dezhao becoming emperor in Zhuozhou at that time made him feel that he was still living in the shadow of Emperor Taizu. What he saw and heard was only superficial.

The people's hearts still belong to his brother Zhao Kuangyin.

If it were said that the emperor whom everyone discussed at that time was Emperor Taizu and the emperor's younger brother Zhao Tingmei, the emperor might have accepted it more easily. After all, Zhao Tingmei inherited the emperor's previous status.

It should be Zhao Tingmei. But the soldiers at that time chose Zhao Dezhao. This incident sent a signal that everyone did not fully recognize Zhao Guangyi. On a deeper level, everything that happened on the night when Taizu died four years ago was

The world is suspicious.

The emperor felt extremely humiliated at that time, so he transferred his anger to Zhao Dezhao. Although Zhao Dezhao had done nothing wrong, for the emperor, as long as Zhao Dezhao existed, it was a great threat.

Zhao Dezhao was not aware of the emperor's thoughts, but Military Advisor Wang, who was expelled from the army and demoted to the end because of this incident, noticed and guessed it. Unfortunately, Military Advisor Wang was disheartened at that time and had already set out to Jiangning to serve as the steward of the Cao Mansion.

"Yes," Liu Baiqing said.

"Originally, because of the success of the attack on the Northern Han Dynasty, Youzhou was defeated, but this is a different matter. Moreover, the emperor himself said that as long as Taiyuan was conquered, there would be a heavy reward, but General Pan Mei could go and ask for this reward. Cao Han

The general can go and ask for it, but our own General Cao and Zhao Dezhao are the only two people who are not suitable to go and ask for it, and Zhao Dezhao should be the last person who should say these things.

Although Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wugong County at that time, was already twenty-nine years old, the military adviser commented that he lacked obvious political experience and thought many things too simply. The emperor regarded him as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh, and he was too late to avoid it.
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