Although in the eyes of many people in later generations, in order to rebel, Shi Jingjiao not only ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Khitans, but also called himself the "child emperor", so he was regarded as a big traitor.

However, in fact, Shi Jingjiao was originally not a Han Chinese, but a Shatuo person, so even if what he did had a very bad impact on the historical development of China, he could not be called a "traitor".

However, in the era in which Yang Wu lived, there was another person who could really be called a "traitor", and that was Pingzhou Lu Wenjin.

Lu Wenjin was originally a general of Liu Shouguang, but later surrendered to the Jin State and was awarded the title of Shouzhou Assassin Shi, which belonged to Li Cunju, the younger brother of Li Cunxuan, the king of Jin.

Li Cunju served as the training envoy of the Xinzhou Regiment and commanded the Eighth Army behind the mountain.

A few years ago, when Li Cunqing and Liu Jun, the general of the Liang army, fought in Shen County, he ordered Li Cunju to lead his troops to come for reinforcements; After receiving the order, Li Cunju immediately ordered the army to be gathered.

However, Li Cunju had a brutal temperament, and in order to gather more troops, he ordered the people to be forced to serve as soldiers; Many generals took advantage of the opportunity to reap the benefits, causing the people to complain.

At that time, the war between Li Cunmiao and Liu Cheng did not go smoothly, and the army suffered heavy casualties, which made the people who were forced to join the army resentful and unwilling to go south to participate in the war.

Li Cunju turned a blind eye to these circumstances, and soon a rebellion broke out in the army and killed him; The rebel army elected Lu Wenjin as the main general.

Although Lu Wenjin was reluctant in his heart, but the matter had come to this point, he could only lead the rebels to rebel in rebellion, first attacking Xinzhou, and then attacking Wuzhou, but they were unable to capture it; In desperation, he had no choice but to take refuge in the Khitans, and was appointed by the Khitans as the defender of Pingzhou.

If he only took refuge in the Khitan and served the Khitans, Lu Wenjin's actions would be hateful, but they would not be considered a great evil; However, after Lu Wen entered the Khitan, in order to protect himself, he not only taught the Khitan people the art of war, but also taught the Khitan people the methods of attacking and defending the city.

You must know that at that time, the Khitan people were far inferior to the Central Plains in various technical levels, and the Khitan army was mainly cavalry, good at field battles but not good at siege, and had little experience in defending cities; However, after Lu Wenjin's teaching, the Khitans' ability in these aspects was greatly improved, and they really had the strength to go south to the Central Plains.

The fact that the Khitans in later generations were able to occupy the sixteen states of Yanyun for a long time had a lot to do with these skills taught by Lu Wenjin.

Not only that, in order to protect himself, this person often persuaded the Khitans to go south to plunder; It can be said that the Khitan army's southward raids in recent years have basically had this person behind them.

And Lu Wenjin was also spurned by the people of the world because of his behavior of "holding the Khitan and respecting himself".

However, for some careerists who are interested in colluding with the Khitans, Lu Wenjin has become a bridge between them and the Khitans.

For example, at this time, Zhang Wenli sent an envoy to enter through Lu Wen to establish relations with the Khitans, hoping to get support from the Khitans.

When he heard that Lu Wenjin intended to help, his face couldn't help but show joy.

"It would be great if Lu Wenjin was willing to help us, I heard that the Khitan lord Yelu Abaoji obeyed this person's words, and if this person came forward, presumably the Khitan people should be able to help."

Zhang Chujin nodded, but he was still a little worried: "Father, although it is possible for the Khitans to go south, but the army of the King of Jin is not easy to mess with, haven't the Khitans gone south in the end of all these years and returned defeated?" ”

"Of course you know what you are talking about, but don't underestimate the strength of the Khitans, the first few times the Khitans went south, although the Jin army won victories, but their own losses were not small; On the Khitan side, their strength has not been shaken. If the Khitans are willing to go south again, it is really hard to say who will win and who will lose. ”

"I hope it's as my father said." Zhang Chujin said with some concern.

"Well, instead of thinking about this, you should think about how to make those old subordinates of Wang Rong obediently submit; If we can't get these veterans to obey, I'm afraid that there will be problems within us. ”

"Father, rest assured, the child has been dealing with these things during this time, and now the generals in the army have basically either obeyed us or have been replaced by our people; The remaining few veterans who still disobey their father, and the child has also thought of a way to deal with them, thinking that it will not be long before he succeeds. Zhang Chujin replied.

Zhang Wenli has been fighting abroad for many years and has suffered a lot of injuries; In particular, the arrow wound on his back two years ago is now showing signs of recurrence; Every time I have an attack, the pain is unbearable, and I can't handle official duties.

Fortunately, his son Zhang Chujin is young and promising, and he is resourceful, and he has not made any mistakes in helping him handle official business.

So now Zhang Wenli is basically recuperating, except for some major matters that need to be decided personally, the rest of the big and small matters are handled by Zhang Chujin.

Listening to his son's words, Zhang Wenli couldn't help but smile with satisfaction: "You can just look at these things, just don't make any mistakes." ”

Zhang Chujin hurriedly nodded yes, and then asked: "Father, the other generals are easy to say, but it may be a little troublesome for one general to deal with." ”

"Huh? Who are you talking about? ”

"Fu Xi."

"Fu Xi? Well, it's a bit of a hassle. Zhang Wenli frowned when he heard this.

Fu Xi was also Wang Rong's old department, and his official position and prestige in Zhao were not lower than Zhang Wenli's; However, what troubled Zhang Wenli the most was not these, but because, when the chaos occurred, Fu Xizheng led 20,000 Zhao troops on the Yellow River defense line under the command of Li Cunmiao, the king of Jin.

Now that Zhang Wenli is rebelling, although he can use means to gradually control the various generals of the German army, he is helpless against Fu Xi, who obeys orders under the command of King Jin.

Not only that, Fu Xi is outside the army, which will have a significant impact on the Zhao State; In the future, if Li Cunmiao wants to attack Zhenzhou, as long as Fu Xi is allowed to raise troops under the banner of avenging Wang Rong, many of Wang Rong's old troops will definitely respond enthusiastically.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wenli felt even more headache.

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When Zhang Wenli felt a headache for Fu Xi and others, in Luoyang City, Zhu Youzhen and others were arguing and discussing whether to send troops to support Zhang Wenli.

Although some of the envoys sent by Zhang Wenli to Liang were intercepted by the Jin army, some of them successfully crossed the Yellow River to Kaifeng and came all the way to Luoyang, bringing news of Liang to the monarchs and ministers asking for help.

For the Liang State, the successive wars over the years have almost wiped out the foundation of the Liang State, although on the surface the Liang State still has nearly 200,000 troops, and the territory is also extremely vast, the ruler of the most prosperous areas of the Central Plains, and even many remote feudal towns, such as Liangzhou, Lingzhou and other places, still regard the Liang State as orthodox.

But all this is only on the surface, in fact, the Liang State has already reached a stormy world, and those prosperity and stability are just barely maintained.

In troubled times, the most important thing is naturally the army.

In terms of military strength, the main force of the Liang State is divided into three, and the first part is naturally the army along the Yellow River, which is led by the veteran He Guizai.

This part of the military strength is the main force of the Liang State, and it is also the support that the Liang State uses to block the Jin army.

The second part is the army stationed in Songzhou, Bozhou and other places, and the main task is to defend the south against Wu.

However, it is obvious that this army is just a show, and the role it can play is to ensure that when Wu goes on a northern expedition, the two important areas of Songzhou and Bozhou will not quickly fall into the hands of the enemy.

As for the other vast areas in the south, there are basically no troops now, and if the Wu army goes on a northern expedition, those areas will definitely fall in a short time.

The third part of the Liang army was the army stationed near Hezhong, Guanzhong, and Luoyang, which was both the general reserve army of Liang and the Praetorian Guard of Liang.

three main armies, with a total strength of more than 100,000; If you add the state soldiers from all over the country, it is as much as more than 200,000.

So many troops seem to be a lot, but its soldiers are mainly old and weak, ordnance and armor are also a little dilapidated, many grassroots officers are temporarily promoted, morale is low, compared with the elite that swept the world back then, it is too far behind, and it is even more difficult to hold the vast territory of the Liang State today.

The decline of the army's strength has made the Liang State still look strong today, but people of insight have long seen a major crisis in the Liang State, that is, the problem of the Northern Expedition of the Wu State.

If there was no such power as Wu in the south, then Liang would only need to concentrate its forces against Jin.

Although it is difficult to defeat the Jin State by relying on the strength of the Liang State alone; However, if they only hold the current defense line and prevent the Jin army from crossing the Yellow River, Zhu Youzhen and others will still have a certain degree of confidence.

However, all of this is premised on the continued stability of the South.

But is it possible that Wu will always keep peace with Liang and never send troops to the Northern Expedition?

Of course not.

Jing Xiang and other people of insight had realized a long time ago that the main purpose of the reason why Wu did not immediately send troops to the Northern Expedition after unifying the south was to let Liang and Jin fight to defeat both, and then Wu would accumulate strength and reap the benefits.

This is easy to figure out, but this is a conspiracy, even if you know the plan of Wu Wang Yang Wu, it is useless.

For the Liang State, as long as the Wu State has not sent troops to the Northern Expedition, then there is still hope for holding the Central Plains, and Zhu Youzhen cannot easily give up the Central Plains, so he has to fight.

As for the Jin State, their only way out of expansion at present is to go south to fight for the Central Plains, unless Li Cunqiao gives up the idea of unifying the world, otherwise he will have to go south to fight hard with the Liang State.

Therefore, even if they knew Yang Wu's purpose, Liang and Jin still had to devote themselves to this big war, constantly consuming their own strength in the blood and fire again and again.

And now, when Zhang Wenli sent an envoy to ask Liang for help, without hesitation, all the ministers of Liang State, including Jing Xiang and others, unanimously opposed sending troops to rescue.