It has been nearly thirty years since Wang Zhongchuan of Pingnan seized one side in Jiangxi, in contrast, Yang Xingmi only completely defeated Sun Ru ten years ago, and Qian Biao only broke away from Dong Chang eight years ago to become an independent party. As for the forces of Du Hong in Ezhou and Ma Yin in Hunan, they have only risen in the last five years. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoSo Zhong Chuan is definitely an old-timer among the many feudal towns in the south.

When he was young, he was heroic and dignified, not a farmer, but he was famous for his bravery.

When I was young, I got drunk with my friends, and when I came back, I met a tiger in the valley, and the drunken Zhong Chuan fought with the tiger with his bare hands, and at the end, he was entangled with the tiger, and the tiger's forefeet put on Zhong Chuan's shoulders, and Zhong Chuan hugged the tiger's neck with both hands. After a long time, it was difficult for the tiger to hurt Zhong Chuan with his claws, but it was also difficult for Zhong Chuan to take down the tiger, so they held on like this.

At that time, the world was in turmoil, bandits were everywhere, and his family saw that he had not come back for a long time, and thought that he had met bandits, so they came out with swords and soldiers to look for him. When they found him in the valley, they saw that he was still in a stalemate with the tiger, so they hurried forward to rescue him.

Although the experience of fighting the tiger this time was not as brave as Wu Song's courage in beating the tiger to death alone, and he was not a real hero of fighting the tiger, Zhong Chuan's reputation also spread and he became a famous warrior near and far. At that time, Wang Xianzhi's rebel army swept through Jiangxi, and the momentum was huge, and officials from all over the country were afraid of their soldiers and did not dare to resist, so some local heroes spontaneously organized the army and elected Zhong Chuan as the leading general to resist.

Later, Wang Xianzhi conquered Fuzhou but did not leave troops to defend it, so Zhong Chuan took the opportunity to enter Fuzhou and was appointed by the imperial court as the assassin of Fuzhou. Then Zhong Chuan took Fuzhou as the foundation, and in just a few years, he controlled the entire Jiangxi and became the veritable king of Jiangxi.

However, since the seizure of Jiangxi, Zhong Chuan, who was famous for his courage and strategy, has become very important to literary affairs.

He ruled Jiangxi for more than 20 years, and attached great importance to culture and education, at that time, the prefectures and counties of the feudal towns did not engage in township tribute, only Zhong Chuan still insisted, wanting to use this method to attract scholars; In addition, he vigorously selected talents in Jiangxi, attracting many scholars from other places to come to Jiangxi in order to forge ahead. Therefore, the literary style of Jiangxi at this time was relatively strong, and many poets of the late Tang Dynasty were either from Jiangxi or came and went to Jiangxi.

In addition to attaching importance to literary affairs, Zhong Chuan also became extremely superstitious about Buddhism. When he governed Jiangxi, it was also the prosperous period of Buddhism in Jiangxi.

When Zhong Chuan was humble at the beginning, he was often valued and courteous by a monk Ling Chao Zen Master in the Blue Mountain. Later, after he gained power, he built a temple in Hongzhou, and took Lingchao Zen Master to live in the temple, and the name of the temple continued to use the old name of Gao'an, which was called "Serving the Country on the Blue Temple". On weekdays, no matter how big or small, they often pray in front of the Buddha statue before they are carried out, even when they go to war.

Two years ago, Fuzhou assassin Shi Wei full of irony and chaos, Zhong Chuan led the troops to quell the rebellion, when the army besieged Fuzhou, the city suddenly burst into flames, the generals have asked to take the opportunity to send troops to attack, who knows that Zhong Chuan not only did not agree to take advantage of the fire to rob, but personally prayed in front of the Buddha statue, asking the fire god not to hurt the people. As a result, after hearing about it, Wei Quanyan in the city felt that Zhong Chuan was a benevolent and righteous person, so he went out of the city to ask Zhong Chuan to surrender.

Zhong Chuanbing's bloodless recovery of Fuzhou was a good story in Jiangxi for a while, but when the news reached Qian Biao, he was ridiculed, and felt that the tiger warriors of the year had become a living Bodhisattva dedicated to Buddha at this time.

However, although he was disdainful in his heart, the current situation forced him to unite with Zhong Chuan.

He knew that although Huainan would have some impact on their army because of the separation of military and government, it was still a little uneasy for Qian Biao's family to take the initiative to attack Huainan, not to mention anything else, the victories Huainan had achieved in recent months alone were enough to make Qian Biao jealous.

Therefore, as early as when the separation of military and political affairs in Huainan had just revealed some clues, he realized that the opportunity to attack Huainan had come; At the same time, he quickly sent an envoy to contact Zhong Chuan, wanting to join him in sending troops against Huainan.

It's just that I didn't expect that Zhong Chuan had long since he "devoted himself to Buddha", he had long lost the idea of external expansion, and even the last time he fought with other feudal towns was when the remnants of Sun Ru crossed the border ten years ago.

So after praying in front of the Buddha statue, Zhong Chuan replied to Qian Biao's envoy that Huainan had never attacked Jiangxi, and the two families had never had a grudge, but that the two families had an alliance when they dealt with Sun Ru, so they were unwilling to take the initiative to attack Huainan.

For this result, Qian Bi's envoy was naturally unwilling, so he stayed in Hongzhou to continue persuasion.

At the same time, although Zhong Chuan was reluctant to take the initiative to attack Huainan, many of his sons did not. Zhong Chuan is now in his sixties, and according to the average life expectancy of less than fifty years old in this era, he is already an old man who may hang up at any time, but the heir has not been determined for a long time. Among Zhong Chuan's sons, the eldest son Zhong Kuangshi and the second son Zhong Yangui, who served as the assassin in Jiangzhou, have long competed in all aspects in order to compete for the right to inherit, and they have fought very fiercely with each other.

This time, Qian Biao's envoy came, so that Zhong Yangui, who thought he knew the soldier, saw the opportunity to show himself and establish his military exploits, so he rushed back to Hongzhou overnight, not only secretly helped Qian Biao's envoy to speak, but also bribed Zhong Chuan's trusted Ling Chao Zen Master with a lot of money.

Qian Bi's messenger took the opportunity to say to Zhong that on his way to Hongzhou this time, he heard a boy singing a ballad on the side of the road, saying that "Yang Lao smokes tender branches, which can be used as a bell hammer", and when he followed the sound to find the boy, he had already disappeared.

Isn't this "Yang Lao smoking tender branches" talking about Yang Xingmi now that he is old, but his son Yang Wu is gradually controlling the power of Huainan? This "bell hammer" is better understood, obviously saying that Yang Wu's tender branch will extinguish the "bell" of Zhong Chuan in the future.

Moreover, Huainan's offensive this year has been a bit aggressive, to the south to capture Qian Di's Suzhou, Huzhou, to exterminate Tian Yan's rebel party, to the west to storm Ezhou Duhong, another battle defeated Jingnan Jiedu Cheng Wei, to the north to Qingzhou, defeated Zhu Youning, this time after victory, it was originally made Zhong Chuan feel threatened, but he believed that Jiangxi had enough troops to protect himself, but he took the initiative to attack Huainan but was not sure, so he did not agree to Qian Di's proposal.

However, after listening to this nursery rhyme, Zhong Chuan, who was already very superstitious about these proverbs, was finally moved, and finally agreed to send troops, agreeing to send troops to attack Shezhou when Qian Biao attacked Huzhou.

After getting Zhong Chuan's reply, Qian Biao immediately made the decision to send troops to Huzhou, which led to today's martial arts.