Chapter 19: The Seven Prefectures of Huainan
Tang Zhangwei said angrily: "This matter is exactly what I intended, I will immediately lead the troops to recover the Eastern Capital and Chang'an, but then Liu Hanhong I want to pacify him first." ”
The eunuch Jiao Jufan said: "Isn't it a beautiful thing for the two families to rest their soldiers? ”
Tang Zhangwei said: "If you can persuade Liu Hanhong to quit the army, of course I have no opinion. ”
Tang Zhangwei sent the eunuch Jiao Jufan to Liu Hanhong.
Sure enough, Liu Hanhong had no interest in this eunuch from the Tang Dynasty court in Shuzhong, and he entertained Jiao Jufan with good wine and meat.
However, Liu Hanhong's military operations did not stop at all.
Liu Hanhong ordered Zhu Bao, Han Gongmei, Shi Jiancheng and others to lead the naval army to garrison Wanghai, and soon Tang Zhangwei led the army to hold Liu Hanhong.
Bai Cunxiao, Qian Biao and others led 50,000 Ding Zhuang, set off from Pingshui, they carried torches, carried dry food and drinking water, each with a machete, and went deep into the mountain from the guide, and Liu Hanhong's general Cao Gongwen led 20,000 troops.
Qian Biao and Bai Cunxiao opened the mountain road for 500 miles, avoiding Cao Gongwen's main force.
Bai Cunxiao's 40,000 troops approached Cao Edai, and Qian Biao led 10,000 troops to deal with Cao Gongwen, and the two sides fought fiercely in the mountains, winning and losing each other.
About 40 miles southeast of Yuezhou, Bai Cunxiao fought fiercely with Bao Junfu, a general in eastern Zhejiang.
Bao Junfu's 10,000 eastern Zhejiang generals were wiped out in half of them in just one hour.
Seeing that he was defeated, Bao Junfu, a general in eastern Zhejiang, took refuge in Bai Cunxiao. Bai Cunxiao sent 20,000 soldiers and horses to merge with Qian Biao and defeat Liu Hanhong's general Cao Gongwen.
Bai Cunxiao repeatedly broke the Eastern Zhejiang Army, entered Tunfeng Mountain, and then broke through Yuezhou with Qian Biao.
Liu Hanhong learned that the Huainan army had occupied Yuezhou, and immediately led his troops back to defense, and he used the generals Zhong Jiwen to guard Mingzhou, Lu Yue to guard Chuzhou, Jiang Gui to guard Wuzhou, Du Xiong to guard Taizhou, and Zhu Bao to guard Wenzhou to resist Tang Zhangwei.
Tang Zhangwei led the army to pursue, Liu Hanhong was defeated, and all the naval troops surrendered to Tang Zhangwei.
Wherever Tang Zhangwei's army went, Liu Hanhong's generals Zhong Jiwen, Lu Yue, Jiang Gui and Zhu Bao surrendered one after another, and only Taizhou was left in eastern Zhejiang.
Liu Hanhong knew that he was invincible, and led 600 of his dead friends into Taizhou City.
At this time, Liu Hanhong's mother and wife were captured by Qian Biao.
Qian Biao dedicated Liu Hanhong's mother and wife to Bai Cunxiao, and Bai Cunxiao joined forces with Tang Zhangwei to besiege Taizhou City.
Liu Hanhong's mother and wife were excluded and persuaded by Tang Zhangwei to surrender, but Liu Hanhong still refused to give in.
Taizhou guard general Du Xiong saw that the general situation had gone, and he feasted on the six hundred soldiers under Liu Hanhong.
Du Xiong put numbing medicine in the wine, and after putting down the six hundred people, they were all cut to death.
Then, Du Xiongsheng captured Liu Hanhong and dedicated it to Tang Zhangwei.
Liu Hanhong knew that he would not be exempt from death, and he said to Tang Zhangwei: "Since ancient times, has there been a country that will not perish? ”
Tang Zhangwei said: "Presumptuous! ”
At this time, the general Dong Chang came out of the ranks and said: "This person is stubborn, he should be tied up and beheaded in the downtown area." ”
Tang Zhangwei said: "Just do as you say!" ”
Liu Hanhong shouted: "I am a mediocre envoy, and I can kill mediocre people." I have dreamed that whoever kills me with gold will have money. Dong Chang and Qian Biao beheaded him, and in order to prevent future troubles, Qian Biao also killed Liu Hanhong's mother.
Liu Hanhong's wife was confiscated as a slave and became a slave.
Tang Zhangwei won Yuezhou, Mingzhou, Chuzhou, Wuzhou, Wenzhou and Taizhou, occupying the eastern part of Zhejiang.
Since then, Tang Zhangwei has a total of 200,000 soldiers, proud of the world.
The eunuch Jiao Jufan stepped forward to congratulate Tang Zhangwei, and Tang Zhangwei said: "Those who win with soldiers are not heroes, and I want to win with benevolence and righteousness." ”
Qian Biao and Dong Chang stepped forward and knelt down and said, "My lord is wise! ”
Zhou Bao complimented Tang Zhangwei and said: "I hope that the general's mansion will have a genius!" ”
Tang Zhangwei waved his hand and said: "I just want to restore the Central Plains in the north, and I don't want anything else." ”
Having said that, the officials and money and grain in Huainan and eastern and western Zhejiang were all in Tang Zhangwei's hands, and the officials were also arranged by Tang Zhangwei.
Tang Zhangwei also implemented the reform measures of Huainan and western Zhejiang in eastern Zhejiang, and at the same time built many large ships and went north along the coast to trade with the Khitan, Silla, and Wa kingdoms to buy grain and good horses.
The eunuch Jiao Jufan found that in Tang Zhangwei's territory, women here could also come out to do things, children were enrolled in free school, and soldiers were also enrolled in literacy classes to learn to read.
The eunuch Jiao Jufan was worried that Tang Zhangwei would rebel, because he had 200,000 soldiers, but he had no intention of going out of the Central Plains.
With the help of Datang Jinshi Wei Zhuang, Tang Zhangwei promoted literacy education in the district. However, those versions of the "Analects" are mixed with private goods, and they keep saying that Tang Zhangwei saved the people from hanging upside down, and has the merit of recreating the Tang Dynasty.
Seeing these things, those poets who were brilliant in the past wanted to inform the Tang Dynasty court in Shuzhong. It is a pity that without the approval of the Huainan Intelligence Department, it is difficult for the piece of paper to leave the country.
In Huainan and throughout eastern and western Zhejiang, they built many fang markets for people from all over the country to trade.
However, they did not allow these businessmen to carry family letters, and all official documents and private letters leaving the country had to be sent through the Huainan Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
Under Tang Zhangwei, everyone had a postal number to send letters and goods. This has greatly facilitated the communication of the people in the three towns in the south of the Yangtze River, improved their quality of life, and accelerated the circulation of goods.
Letters and articles from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications were transported by horse-drawn carriages. Horses from the Khitan steppe were bred in large numbers in eastern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang and Huainan through crossbreeding.
It is said that Tang Zhangwei had 50,000 cavalry under him, and the eunuch Jiao Jufan did not know whether it was true or not.
Anyway, in the eyes of the eunuch Jiao Jufan, Tang Zhangwei's subordinates can indeed be called war generals, and there are countless war horses.
At this time, the eunuch Jiao Jufan found that the land under Tang Zhangwei's jurisdiction was very well leveled.
Many stone ponds have been built in eastern and western Zhejiang, and many fertile fields have been developed near the Qiantang River. The barbarians in various places were also integrated and registered. Tang Zhangwei sent 100,000 barbarian soldiers in his territory and prepared to attack Fujian.
The eunuch Jiao Jufan was very anxious, he stepped forward to stop Tang Zhangwei's carriage and horses, and said, "Isn't the general going north to restore the Central Plains?" How did the observation of Fujian in the south make Zheng Yi use troops? ”
The country is divided into more than 40 provinces, the big ones are more than 10 prefectures, and the small ones are only two or three states. The Observation Envoy and the Jie Du Envoy were both local military and political chiefs.
The subordinate generals of the observation envoy were slightly less than the jiedu envoy, and the observation envoy was generally more obedient to the Tang court. Most of the eight southeastern roads from the Tang Dynasty are led by observation envoys, but there are also those that have been upgraded to knots since observation. Observation makes no festival, so the status is lower than that of the festival.
In order to protect the territory and the people, Tang Zhangwei was ready to use troops against Zheng Yi, the Fujian observation envoy Zheng Yi.
To the surprise of the eunuch Jiao Jufan, Tang Zhangwei actually said: "I know, the army is ready, and we will send troops immediately." ”
At the end of the second year of the Middle Yuan Dynasty, at the end of 882 AD, Tang Zhangwei led 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry to the north and sent troops to the Central Plains.
Bai Cunxiao, who led 100,000 barbarian soldiers, was puzzled, didn't he fight Fujian Prefectures?