Chapter 31 Crusade against Zhu Quanzhong

Just after Tian Yan left the Huainan Jiedu Embassy in a rage, Yang Xingmi was also furious. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

He has always been a benevolent man, generous to his subordinates, and generous to his subordinates, so that he can get the loyalty of his subordinates. But the human heart is always fickle, and many of his previously loyal subordinates will gradually expand their ambitions after a few years as assassins.

In the past, Tian Yan and he were fellow villagers, and they raised troops together, about brothers. At that time, Tian Yan was loyal to him and repeatedly established military exploits; And Yang Xingmi also attaches great importance to Tian Yan, not only after he became the envoy of Huainan Jiedu, he handed over Xuanzhou, the place where he started, to Tian Yan to stay, and even treated Tian Yan's parents like his own elders, which can be said to be benevolent and righteous.

But now Tian Yan is so ambitious, he is not satisfied with occupying Xuanzhou, and now he still wants to ascend to Shengzhou or Chizhou, Shezhou and other places, which can't help but make him angry.

Listening to the guards come in and report to him what Tian Yan said at the gate of the Jiedu Embassy just now, he was silent for a long time, and then said with a gloomy face, "It seems that Wu'er is right, I was indeed too indulgent to him in the past, which led to his ambition being so great." ”

I remembered that there was a secret report that behind the battle of Renjiazhuang a few days ago, it was Zhu Guangde who was secretly playing ghosts, bribing Neiying, and pulling Yan Jian to launch a night attack. This incident made Yang Xingmi even more wary of his brother-in-law.

In addition, there is Runzhou Thorn Shi An Renyi, who has a close relationship with Tian Yan and is a close friend. The two secretly became allies and fought each other. These intricate relationships, Yang Xingmi is clear, but considering that the contributions made by these people in the past are too great, and now there are no obvious signs of rebellion, they have not been cleaned up, but the fear in his heart is stronger day by day.

"Shouzhou Zhu Yanshou, Runzhou An Renyi, and Xuanzhou Tian Yan! Someday I'll clean you up. He sneered a few times, and then thought about his eldest son, "Fortunately, my family is promising, and this expedition did not disgrace me." ”

When the news of the battle of Renjiazhuang first came, he was overjoyed in his heart, feeling that his son's performance was finally worthy of his expectations, and he was more determined to pass on the position of Jiedu to his eldest son in the future.

But later, when the specific details came over, he heard that Liu Dequan actually cooperated inside and outside, and almost ruined Yang Wu's life, and he felt very happy while being angry.

"Fortunately, Wu'er can stay in danger and come up with a strange plan, plus Liu Dequan is the newly appointed battalion commander, and he can't fully control the people in his battalion, otherwise if the whole battalion of people rebels, even if Wu'er has great ability, I'm afraid it will be dangerous. I just don't know where he is now, can he catch me up today? ”

Yang Xingmi turned to Gao Mian beside him and asked, "Where is Wu'er now?" Are the 3,000 soldiers allocated to him ready? ”

Gao Mian is Yang Xingmi's confidant, and he holds the official position of the secretary, which is equivalent to Yang Xingmi's secretary, and Yang Xingmi did not avoid him in many confidential matters, and he also witnessed the conflict with Tian just now.

"Back to the king, according to the news just sent back, the eldest son has just set off from Shengzhou, and he may be able to return to the Jiedu Embassy tomorrow night. As for the Sandu soldiers assigned to him, they are all veterans who have been on the battlefield before, and the commanders at all levels are also newly promoted, and there is no problem in loyalty, and the eldest son can control these people with a little means after taking over. ”

According to the military system, there are 500 people in one battalion, and two battalions are a total of 1,000 people, and one person is set up in the capital, and sometimes the commander also holds the position of the head of the capital, such as Yang Wu; As for the officers above the capital, they are the commanders, and the commanders above are the commanders.

At present, Yang Wu is the commander of the capital. However, in this era, the position is fictitious, and the specific number of soldiers and horses commanded is different, such as Li Shenfu and Wang Maozhang, who are all commanding generals, have tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of troops under their commands; But a commander like Yang Wu can only have 3,000 troops under his command. It's fair to say that the difference is just too great.

Fortunately, he is Yang Xingmi's eldest son after all, and he has his own father behind him, and the official positions such as the head of each capital and the battalion commander under him are all appointed by Yang Wu himself, so now Yang Xingmi is only responsible for transferring soldiers to him.

After inquiring about the situation of the soldiers assigned to Yang Wu, Yang Xingmi began to inquire about the preparations for the crusade against Zhu Quanzhong.

"Preparing you for the attack on Zhu Quanzhong, how is it now?"

Gao Mian said, "King Qiqi, the armies of all walks of life have been prepared, and the military rations have been fully stocked. Just wait for the king's order, and the army will be able to send troops north. ”

Yang Xingmi said, "Go back and think about it again and see if there is anything missing." This dispatch is very important, and there must be no mistakes. ”

"Yes, my subordinates will definitely check it carefully to ensure that nothing goes wrong." Gao Mian replied respectfully.

Yang Xingmi nodded, he had just received the news that a few days ago, Li Maozhen, the king of Qi, personally commanded the army to set off from Fengxiang and fought with Zhu Quanzhong in the north of Yu County, but he was defeated and returned, losing tens of thousands of troops. At present, Zhu Quanzhong's Xuanwu army is attacking the territory of King Qi.

So he can't wait too long, and he has to send troops quickly to help King Qi relieve the pressure. As for the three of them, although they have ambitions in their hearts, they are not in a hurry to deal with them for a while.

Xuanwu Jiedu made Zhu Quanzhong, whose original name was Zhu Wen, who had previously participated in the peasant rebellion of Huangchao, and successively captured Luoyang, Chang'an and other places, which greatly shook the dominance of the Tang Dynasty; Later, he saw that the rebel army was gradually losing ground in the battle with the Tang Dynasty, so he led his army to surrender to the Tang army, and jointly suppressed the rebel army with Li Keyong and others. Soon the imperial court canonized him as the envoy of the Xuanwu Festival and gave him the name "Zhu Quanzhong".

In the following 20 years, Zhu Quanzhong gradually expanded his influence with Henan as the center, and now has become the largest secession force in the world.

Speaking of which, Yang Xingmi and Zhu Quanzhong also had a "honeymoon period". At that time, Yang Xingmi had just started and his power was weak, and Zhu Quanzhong's Xuanwu Army was in the Central Plains where there were many enemies, and he did not want to have a bad relationship with Yang Xingmi, so the two families formed an alliance and supported each other.

However, as the saying goes, "there are no eternal friends in the world, only eternal interests", a few years later, Yang Xingmi gradually became stronger in Huainan, and Zhu Quanzhong became the world's first-class feudal power. Because he did not want Yang Xingmi to rise quickly, Zhu Quanzhong began to constantly make trouble for him in the north, and sent large armies south several times to try to attack him.

Five years ago, in 897 AD, Zhu Quanzhong's troops were divided into two routes, and sent his general Pang Shigu to lead an army of 70,000 troops from Xuzhou, Suzhou, Songzhou, and Huazhou, starting from Xuzhou to advance to Qingkou, crossing the Huai River, and aiming at Yangzhou; He also sent more than 10,000 troops from Yanzhou, Yunzhou, Caozhou, and Puzhou led by Ge Congzhou to advance from Yanzhou to Anfeng to contain the Huainan army in Shouzhou; Zhu Quanzhong himself commanded the main force in Suzhou, and met Pang Shigu and Ge Congzhou at any time.

In the face of the crisis, Yang Xingmi also raised a large army to resist, he originally planned to lead the army to defeat Ge Congzhou first, and then join Zhu Yanshou's army in Shouzhou to attack Pang Shigu. However, his subordinate Li Chengsi put forward a different opinion, hoping to attack Pang Shigu first, and after defeating Pang Shigu, he would naturally be able to relieve the siege of Shouzhou.

In the end, Yang Xingmi adopted Li Chengsi's opinion, sent 30,000 troops to the Qingkou front, and defeated Pang Shigu here in one fell swoop, defeating him to the ground, and even he himself was killed in this battle. After that, Yang Xingmi turned to attack Ge Congzhou non-stop and quickly defeated him; He continued to attack Zhu Quanzhong's main force, and Zhu Quanzhong was terrified and finally had to retreat.

This is the Qingkou War of great significance during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and in the decades after this war, the regime based on the Central Plains no longer dared to lead its army south to attack Huainan, and it can be said that the first war laid the foundation for Huainan as a powerful feudal domain in the world.

Thinking of the brilliant record of defeating Zhu Quanzhong, Yang Xingmi was excited in his heart.

"Five years ago, I was able to defeat Zhu Quanzhong in Qingkou, and now I will definitely be able to defeat him again!" He thought to himself, his face full of confidence.

He couldn't wait to send troops, and King Qi couldn't hold on for long. Because of the rebellion in Shengzhou, he had wasted too much time, and now that the army was ready, he began to send orders for all the generals to go to the Jiedu Embassy to participate in the military meeting. After a while, everyone arrived.

Yang Xingmi sat on the main seat, his eyes slowly swept over the generals under him, and finally fixed on Li Chenghe, the deputy envoy of Jiedu.

"General Li, after the lone army goes north, the affairs of the Huainan Jiedu Embassy will be handed over to you to preside, and you must not slack off."

"Yes, my lord. The last general will be loyal to his life! Li Chengsi clenched his fists and replied solemnly.

He was originally a general under Li Keyong, the king of Jin, because when he led the army to aid Zhu Jin, the back road was cut off by Zhu Quanzhong, so he had to go south with Zhu Jin and others to join Yang Xingmi. In Huainan, as an outsider, although he has a lot of prestige, he has no foundation at all, so Yang Xingmi trusts him very much and puts him in charge of the affairs of the Jiedu Embassy.

As for Yang Wu, although he made contributions in the previous battle of Renjiazhuang, he was too young, less than sixteen years old, and his prestige was still far behind, and now was not the time for him to come out.

Of course, this time Yang Wu was able to make a great contribution, which was an unexpected joy for Yang Xingmi. If you can make more contributions in the future, and then wait for him to get older, I can gradually let him take care of things.

However, he didn't plan to let Yang Wu go out with the army in this expedition against Zhu Quanzhong, after all, he had just returned from attacking Feng Hongduo, and his soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and now that he was promoted to the commander of the capital, he had to take time to control the new army, so Yang Xingmi left him behind. Fortunately, he is still in the prime of life and has enough time to raise his eldest son, but he is not in a hurry.