Liu Chengjun wanted to catch Lu Duoxun now. There was an envoy in the city, so at least Luo Youdu would not attack the city immediately.
Liu Chengjun didn't know that Luo Youdu had already begun to think about retreating. He only thought that he was building siege equipment outside the city in preparation for attacking Jinyang.
However, as the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, it was not convenient for him to accompany Lu Duoxun all the time, so he asked his officials at all levels to accompany him.
The envoys from the Central Plains are naturally superior to others, not to mention that when the opponent is approaching the city, his life is not guaranteed to be in the opponent's hands, and he will inevitably be fawned overtly or covertly.
Liu Chengjun also turned a blind eye to this.
This is inevitable. When any small country faces life and death, there will be a group of people who surrender and surrender.
As long as the core figure maintains his position, Liu Chengjun does not care what other officials think.
Lu Duoxun was still a minor figure in the Central Plains Dynasty.
But in the Northern Han Dynasty, the envoy represented the country, and Luo Youdu, the representative, had an elevated status in vain, and he really enjoyed the feeling of being surrounded by stars holding the moon.
Accompanied by Wei Rong, he visited Jinyang City and, regardless of whether it was useful or not, kept the structural layout of Jinyang City in mind.
During this period, it was indispensable to have contact with the officials in the city. Lu Duosun made people yearn for him with his excellent conversation, rich knowledge, and the nobility revealed in his words.
But in fact, just like the moon abroad is very round, the prosperity of the Central Plains is like two different worlds compared to the current poverty of Hedong.
A small country's poverty, weakness and low self-esteem will inevitably make it inferior to a big country's wealth and self-confidence. Even the air will be a little sweeter in the eyes of others.
Lu Duoxun was already well-versed in classics and history, and he was smart and memorized. In just a few days, he had become famous in Jinyang City and aroused many hot hearts.
Compared with Lu Duoxun's ability to play both sides, Liu Chengjun became more and more irritable.
It is true that Luo Youdu did not attack Jinyang City, but his offensive against Xinzhou and Daizhou never relaxed.
There is a Yanmen Pass in Daizhou and a Shiling Pass in Xinzhou, both of which were built to deal with the invasion of foreigners.
The Shanxi Basin has many mountains and streams, and is blocked by passes. If we do not take the opportunity to go south, once Daizhou and Xinzhou fall, Yanmen Pass and Shiling Pass will be controlled by the Central Plains.
Not to mention the rescue, the news cannot be spread.
Due to terrain issues, the capture of Xinzhou and Daizhou took some time.
It took Guo Jin five days to capture Xinzhou.
Daizhou took longer, ten days.
In twenty days, Luo Youdu captured all the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty except Jinyang City.
Duan Chang, who went to Datong for help, seemed to have disappeared without any news.
Events have begun to develop in the direction Guo Wuwei expected.
Liu Chengjun also became more and more manic, until one day he received inexplicable news.
After the capture of Xinzhou, the Central Plains soldiers in Daizhou did not appease the local people, but prepared to relocate the people with inducements and semi-coercion.
Liu Chengjun strangely invited Lu Duoxun to the palace and asked: "The confrontation between the two countries will not hurt the people. The emperor of the Central Plains is famous for his benevolence and righteousness, but he makes things difficult for my people. Why?"
Lu Duoxun said angrily: "Who is my lord? How can he do something that is harmful to nature? He is just thinking about the hardship of the people in Shanxi. He doesn't have enough to eat or wear warmly, and he has to pay tribute to the Khitan barbarians. I can't bear it.
We specially moved them to areas controlled by our army to give them a stable life."
Liu Chengjun's eyes flashed with joy.
Guo Wuwei on the side looked pale.
Both of them heard the information revealed in Lu Duosun's words.
Luo Youdu's relocation of the people at this moment means that he has no intention of attacking Jinyang City at all, and will move the people away, so he plans to withdraw.
A piece of news, what Liu Chengjun and Guo Wuwei thought was completely different.
What Liu Chengjun thought was that Jinyang was safe and that he, the emperor, was saved.
But what Guo Wuwei thought of was that there was no future!
Regarding the prospects of the Northern Han Dynasty, Guo Wuwei still had certain hopes.
As long as they defend Jinyang City and the Central Plains cannot be attacked for a long time, their morale is exhausted and their vigor is lost, the Khitan will still send troops.
Yelvwuzhi is a rare resourceful person in the Khitan. He will choose the most appropriate way to appear at the most appropriate time.
They can take the opportunity to take back the lost land and city.
But now Luo Youdu is not sloppy, and when his morale is as high as a rainbow, he migrates his people.
All the Khitan wanted was a buffer zone.
Luo Youdu gave up the buffer zone. Facing the powerful Central Plains, they had no reason to risk sending troops...
The ending is satisfying for both parties, but the one who suffers the most is always Bei Han.
The Northern Han Dynasty was already poor. If they lost the people from all the states and only relied on Jinyang City with more than 100,000 people, what could they do?
A clever woman cannot make a meal without rice, no matter how powerful the prime minister is.
Even Xiao He and Zhuge Liang could not use one hundred thousand people to fight against the tens of millions of people in the Central Plains...
Once these people successfully migrated, the Northern Han Dynasty would be like a piece of meat on the knife board, with no chance of development at all, just waiting to be slaughtered.
Lu Duoxun saw the expressions of Liu Chengjun and Guo Wuwei in his eyes, and in an instant, he understood what Luo Youdu was thinking.
Thousands of words, thousands of words, gathered into one sentence: "Your Majesty is truly a man of God."
Luo Youdu is not as magical as Lu Duoxun imagined.
All it takes is four words: "Foreknowledge."
Luo Youdu had a deep impression on Guo Wuwei.
This person was so famous that Guo Wei didn't dare to accept him.
Guo Wuwei once became a Taoist priest in Wudang Mountain. He never left Wudang Mountain for ten years. He was eager to learn and knowledgeable, and he was a well-known figure for his ability to learn and change.
Guo Wuwei is also known as Zhuge's talent, but compared to those "Zhuge Liang" who were enemies of Meng Shu, Guo Wuwei had some influence and had some real talent and learning.
Guo Wei was serving as a general under Liu Zhiyuan at the time and was ordered to attack Li Shouzhen.
Guo Wuwei saw that Guo Wei was a man who had achieved great things, so he came directly to recommend himself after coming down from Wudang Mountain.
Guo Wei tested Guo Wuwei's ability and was extremely surprised and even secretly frightened.
Guo Wei's assistant officer also said to Guo Wei: "You are a minister of the Han Dynasty, and you have a lot of troops outside. If you recruit someone like Guo Wuwei, you may be jealous of your superiors."
Guo Wei then rejected Guo Wuwei.
Guo Wuwei had an ugly appearance. He was known in history as having a square beak, which means he had a huge forehead and a pointed protruding mouth. He had a somewhat monkey-like appearance, and it was inevitable that he had low self-esteem.
He thought that Guo Wei judged people based on their appearance, so he went to Baofei Mountain to live in seclusion in anger, waiting for the Ming Lord. He waited until Liu Chengjun came out of the mountain.
Guo Wuwei made quite outstanding achievements in the early Northern Han Dynasty. He has always been the top leader of the Northern Han Dynasty and was also Liu Chengjun's entrusted minister.
Until Zhao Kuangyin sent troops to the Northern Han Dynasty, Guo Wuwei followed the devil.
He began to change his ways to surrender to the enemy, and wanted to join Zhao Kuangyin of the Central Plains.
Guo Wuwei even staged a suicide scene to convince Liu Jiyuan to let him lead his troops to attack. The actual purpose was to lead his troops to surrender.
Finally, the eunuch Wei Degui reported the matter, and Liu Jiyuan sent someone to hang Guo Wuwei.
No one can explain why Guo Wuwei, a lonely and important minister, devoted himself to surrendering to the enemy in various ways.
His deeds were even written into novels boasting about Zhao Kuangyin by literati of Zhao and Song Dynasties.
It is said that when Guo Wuwei left the Guo Wei military camp, he met Zhao Kuangyin, a young pawn, and became sworn brothers.
Guo Wuwei was indebted to Zhao Kuangyin for his great talent and strategy, and was a heroic leader in the world, so he was inspired by righteousness and insisted on surrendering to the enemy.
Just listen to this as a story.
Zhao Kuangyin was arrogant and did not give his father's name when he joined the army, so he was just a pawn under Guo Wei.
There is no reason for a famous person to become a sworn sworn servant.
Luo Youdu estimated that Guo Wuwei saw that the Northern Han Dynasty had no prospects at all, and in order to find a career for himself, he tried every means to surrender to the enemy.
Guo Wuwei could sacrifice his life to surrender to Zhao Kuangyin, why couldn't he surrender to Luo Youdu?
For some reason, at the last moment of withdrawal, Luo Youdu gave it a try without any hope.
If it works, that's naturally the best. If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter.
Historically, Zhao Kuangyin did not seize the Yanyou land, but relied on the move of relocating the people to make the Northern Han Dynasty want to die.
Now that he has the land of Yan in his hands, he can directly cut off the development prospects of the Northern Han Dynasty.
Could he be more ruthless and destroy the spring plowing in Jinyang, so that 100,000 people could support 30,000 soldiers?
They will starve to death.
Lu Duoxun was driven out of Jinyang by Liu Chengjun.
Since he knew that Luo Youdu had no intention of attacking the city, Liu Chengjun no longer worried about Lu Duoxun, a wealthy man who showed off his wealth.
"His Majesty!"
Lu Duoxun excitedly came to the imperial tent to ask for a meeting.
After being summoned, Lu Duoxun stepped into the tent, saluted and said excitedly: "It's done, Your Majesty. Guo Wuwei is really willing to help us capture Jinyang City. It's unbelievable. Your Majesty's calculations are amazing, and I'm so impressed."
Luo Youdu wanted to maintain the majesty of his emperor, and kept telling himself to be calm. But he couldn't help but squint the corners of his mouth and eyes.
What a surprise!
Jinyang City.
Liu Chengjun held a small internal meeting.
Those who participated included Guo Wuwei, Ji Yong, Zhao Hua, Wei Rong, as well as Li Cungui, Zhao Wendu, Hou Barong, Wang Yin and others from the military.
Obviously Liu Jiye was excluded.
This was a meeting related to the destiny of the country. Liu Chengjun really couldn't believe Liu Jiye, who was from the Yang family in Linzhou.
The meeting was noisy and clearly divided into two camps.
There is a militant faction headed by Guo Wuwei and a conservative faction headed by Li Cungui.
Well, that’s right!
The military held firm and the civil servants took charge of the battle.
Li Cungui said loudly: "The Central Plains is powerful, and Luo Youdu is the best at using troops. Going to war now is tantamount to throwing an egg against a stone and destroying himself."
Guo Wuwei also raised his voice and said: "As a general, how dare you call yourself a general if you are afraid before fighting? If you are afraid, I can personally lead the troops to fight to the death in the Central Plains. For me, a big man, I will die without regrets..."
Li Cungui's face instantly turned red with embarrassment.
Guo Wuwei looked at Liu Chengjun and said: "Your Majesty, we have no way out. If we don't take advantage of the Central Plains to underestimate the enemy, we will fight to the death. Once the Central Plains migration of people is successful, I, the great man, will never be able to recover."
"How to raise them? Learn from the Khitan and make everyone a soldier?"
"The Khitans live by nomadic life, while we live by farming."
"The Khitans can run away when they are attacked, but if we are attacked and people run away, how can the earth run away?"
"It destroys spring plowing, disturbs summer planting, and disrupts autumn harvest. When the food we have stored in these years is exhausted, it will be the day of destruction. There is no need to attack the Central Plains..."
"Do you really count on the Khitan? Your Majesty, maybe it will be the Khitan who will attack us then!"