Du Chongwei was the brother-in-law of Shi Jingtang, the Emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty. After Shi Jingtang ascended the throne, he was appointed as the governor of Shuzhou. Later, he made successive contributions and was soon promoted to the governor of Chengde Army. When the Khitans went south, Du Chongwei led 100,000 Jin troops to surrender, and was appointed as the Grand Tutor by the Khitans and stationed in Yecheng.

After the Khitan returned north, Du Chongwei was very frightened, so as soon as Liu Zhiyuan ascended the throne and became emperor, Du Chongwei immediately sent an envoy to request surrender. At that time, Liu Zhiyuan had just become emperor and his power was not stable. After receiving Du Chongwei's surrender, he happily agreed to surrender. However, Du Chongwei was still worried and often sighed and could not swallow his food.

On this day, Du Chongwei sighed in the Yedu mansion and asked for a visit. Du Chongwei asked him to enter.

Wang Min is from Jinxiang, Shanzhou. Since he passed the Jinshi, he has followed Du Chongwei and has been in a position for a long time. He is also Du Chongwei's confidant. He said to Du Chongwei: "Sir, the last time you expanded your army, many young and strong people recruited from the countryside to join the army. Now it is the autumn harvest season. I would like to order them to return home and help their family collect grain. Otherwise, their family will be full of old, young, women and children, and they will not be busy with autumn harvest. If they starve a lot to death next year, this will also affect your reputation."

"After asking (Wang Min's word), if you don't know, I'm in a dilemma!" Du Chongwei sighed and said in a faint voice: "I actually don't want to raise so many soldiers and consume more money and food! But now that the Han Dynasty is first established, there has never been a clear attitude towards us surrendered generals. I am not worried about my own safety, but I am worried that the emperor will not trust the generals under my command. If the score is settled later, wouldn't it be painful! That's why I have raised so many troops to make the emperor worry. However, the 100,000 troops consume a lot every day, which has also made the people of Yedu suffer!"

Wang Min felt like she had eaten a fly, and she felt very uncomfortable: You kept thinking about us, but when our emperor summoned us to be officials, you tried to stop us? However, Du Chongwei was his benefactor after all, and Wang Min couldn't directly refute it. He thought about it and said to Du Chongwei: "Sir, I have a plan to test the court's attitude towards you."

"Oh? Let's talk quickly!" Du Chongwei quickly stood up and ran to Wang Min.

Wang Min took a step forward and whispered to him: "Sir, you can contact Li Shouzhen, the governor of the Tianping Army, and write a letter together to request to be transferred to another war zone. If the court has no disagreement with us, it should not agree to our request. On the contrary, it will send officials to appease us; but if the court has any concerns about our Tianxiong Army, it will agree with the situation. Anyway, if Li Shouzhen forms an alliance with us, even if he refuses to change defenses, the court will not dare to deal with it!"

"I'm going to ask about this plan!" Du Chongwei praised repeatedly: "It happened that Li Shouzhen sent someone to discuss countermeasures with me yesterday. I was speechless. Now I'm just in time to ask that the messenger report to Li Shouzhen that we both have advanced and retreat together. After asking, you are really my living Zhuge!"

Wang Minxun thanked him and asked about the young and strong people's return to their hometown. Du Chongwei swears: "When I write a letter to you, it will not be too late to send them back home. If you let them leave now, the team will be short of half of the team, and the influence of my Tianxiong Army will be greatly weakened. Don't worry, I am also a person who cares about the livelihood of the people, and will not always put these young and strong people under house arrest."

After all, Du Chongwei was the governor of Tianxiong Army and the prince in charge of the country. Wang Min persuaded him a few times, but when he saw Du Chongwei insisting on doing this, he had to leave as ordered.

Du Chongwei immediately wrote a letter to Li Shouzhen, trying to form an alliance with Li Shouzhen. After receiving the letter, Li Shouzhen discussed with his aides.

The staff all persuaded Li Shouzhen: "Sir, now that Liu Zhiyuan has just ascended the throne, his army has not suffered any major losses. It is the time to draw his sword and look around. Why should we provoke them? Since Du Chongwei is willing to stand up, he just let him test the military power of the Han Dynasty. If the Han Dynasty dares to replace Du Chongwei, it means that they have confidence in their own force, so we will agree to change defense first and win the praise of the emperor. If the Han Dynasty does not dare to deal with Du Chongwei, it means that they are harsh and weak on the inside. We will station in the Tianping Army for a long time. In time, even if we cannot ascend the throne and become the prince of Xiaoyao."

Li Shouzhen nodded repeatedly to approve, so he wrote to Du Chongwei, and said that he was willing to advance and retreat with Tianxiong's army and submitted a report to the court together.

Du Chongxin thought it was true, so he wrote to Hanting and requested to be transferred to other war zones. Although Li Shouzhen wrote to him, he was just congratulating Liu Zhiyuan on ascending the throne and did not request a change of defense.

It happened to be that the governor of the German Army, and the Secretary of the Central Committee, Gao Xingzhou went to Beijing to pay his respects. Liu Zhiyuan consulted Gao Xingzhou about the situation in Yedu.

Gao Xingzhou said to Liu Zhiyuan: "Your Majesty, Du Chongwei has been in Yedu for a long time. If Your Majesty easily transfers him, he may take risks and raise a rebellion. However, if he is not transferred here, Du Chongwei will stabilize the rule of the Tianxiong Army, select soldiers and train troops, and he will easily gain support from the Khitans, and will be even more overwhelmed by the time. The old minister's Guide Army is located in Songzhou and is under His Majesty's rule. If Du Chongwei is sincere in changing defense, the old minister is willing to exchange it with him."

Liu Zhiyuan nodded repeatedly. Yes, Du Chongwei is willing to be in Yedu and is inseparable from the Khitans. It is easy to seize the throne. If he becomes a son emperor again, it will be a huge trouble. Instead of waiting for him to make a fortune in the future, it is better to squeeze out this pustule when the Han army is in high morale! Isn’t it just a war? Who am I, Liu Zhiyuan, afraid of? Besides, Du Chongwei may also obey orders, which is even more cost-effective!

On July 13, Liu Zhiyuan formally ordered: Du Chongwei was transferred to serve as the governor of Guide Army and stationed in Songzhou; Gao Xingzhou was transferred to serve as the governor of Tianxiong Army and stationed in Guangjin Prefecture; Li Shouzhen was transferred to serve as the governor of the National Guarding Army and stationed in Hezhong Prefecture, and appointed him to serve as the Minister of the Secretariat and the Prime Minister; Zhao Kuangzan was appointed as the governor of Jinchang and stationed in Jingzhao Prefecture.

Liu Zhiyuan is worthy of being the founding king. He is very brave and mobilized several people in a row. Li Shouzhen, who was originally waiting and watching, took the initiative to lead the main force to move to Hezhong Prefecture under the persuasion of his aides. When Li Shouzhen moved, Zhao Kuangzan obeyed the order and mobilized him, but Du Chongwei was panicked, and now he backfired.

While trying to delay, Du Chongwei sent his son Du Hongqi to Jin, Hengzhou to see Yelu Mada and acted as a hostage, and requested rescue. At that time, Zhao Yanshou's personal soldiers were more than 2,000, and he was still stationed in Hengzhou. The obedient commander Zhang Lian was a powerful general. Du Chongwei asked Yelu Mada to send Zhang Lian to defend Yedu.

Yelu Mada received a huge bribe from Du Chongwei, and Du Chongwei's son was hostage. Not only did he readily agree to Du Chongwei's request and sent Zhang Lian's troops; he also sent Yang Gun to lead 1,500 Liao soldiers and immediately went to Yedu to reinforce.

After Du Chongwei received reinforcements from Yelu Mada, he immediately expressed his rejection of Liu Zhiyuan's life in the Han Dynasty, hoping that he would agree to stay in Yedu.

Liu Zhiyuan was furious!
Chapter completed!