At the beginning of November of the second year of Tianyou, Li Maozhen, the king of Qi, and Yang Chongben led a total of 60,000 troops from the towns of Yi, Feng, Yan, Jing, Hao, Qin, and Longzhu to attack Zhu Quanzhong in response to the northern expedition of Huainan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After sending troops, the Qi army was stationed in Meiyuan County, not far from the northeast of Chang'an, and lined up with 15 battalions, which was quite vigorous, and there was a great earthquake in Guanzhong.

Bianzhou.

After hearing the news of Yang Chongben and Li Maozhen's army, Zhu Quanzhong breathed a sigh of relief, because all this was expected by his advisor Jing Xiang.

He immediately followed Jing Xiang's previous suggestion and sent Liu Zhijun, the envoy of Kuang Guojiedu, who was guarding the same continent, and Liu Jun, the general of the Right Jin Wuwei, as generals, and led 5,000 troops to resist.

After the order was delivered, Zhu Quanzhong summoned Jing Xiang and asked, "Mr. Jing, can Liu Zhijun's 5,000 men alone defeat Li Maozhen?" ”

Judging from the comparison of troops, Liu Zhijun's strength is not even one-tenth of the opponent's, even if Liu Zhijun is brave and good at fighting, the Liang army assigned to him is also the most elite unit in the Liang army, but whether he can defeat Li Maozhen and Yang Chongben He has no bottom in his heart.

Originally, his original plan was to wait for Li Maozhen to raise troops, and immediately lead the 100,000 elites of Bianzhou to rush to Guanzhong as quickly as possible, and defeat Li Maozhen in one fell swoop, so as to deter other feudal towns; But what he didn't expect was that Jing Xiang thought that there was no need to mobilize 100,000 troops, and only needed to send Liu Zhijun to lead 5,000 elites to deal with Li Maozhen.

As for the 100,000 troops stationed in Bianzhou, first, they had just returned from the withdrawal of troops from Huainan, their morale was low, and they still needed to rest for a while; Second, in addition to Li Maozhen and Yang Chongben, Li Keyong and Liu Rengong also need to be guarded.

Therefore, Jing Xiang resolutely advocated sending only Liu Zhijun to lead 5,000 men to attack, and keep the army behind to prepare to deal with the challenges of Li Keyong and Liu Rengong or go south to relieve the siege of Suzhou and Yingzhou.

At his insistence, Zhu Quanzhong finally agreed, but he was always a little unsteady in his heart.

Fortunately, a few days later, an exciting news came from Guanzhong: Liu Zhijun lived up to expectations and broke the coalition of Li Maozhen and Yang Chongben with 5,000 troops.

It turned out that after Liu Zhijun led his army to arrive in the United States, he found that although the coalition army had a large number of troops, its combat strength was limited and its command was not smooth, so he decided to adopt various breaking tactics and defeated the 60,000 army of Li Maozhen and Yang Chongben with 5,000 people.

In this battle, more than 20,000 enemy soldiers were killed, more than 100 soldiers were captured, and more than 3,000 horses were captured.

Liu Zhijun took advantage of the victory to march into the army, and successively conquered the five states such as Dun and Yan, and the two princes of Guanzhong, Li Maozhen and Yang Chongben, have been in a slump since then.

When the news came, Zhu Quanzhong was overjoyed, and immediately crowned Liu Zhijun as the inspector of the school and the central minister.

Liu Zhijun's complete victory, not only relieved the crisis in Guanzhong, but more importantly, this victory greatly deterred the forces of other feudal towns.

Different from the northern feudal towns, the southern feudal towns are far away, at this time the news of Liu Zhijun's defeat of Li Maozhen and Yang Chongben has not yet come, and the news that Yang Wu defeated the Liang army in one fell swoop and took the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition has not yet arrived.

Compared with the strong feudal towns in the north, these feudal towns in the south are basically weaker, and they are bent on separating their territory, and their ambitions are not great.

However, when the news of Huainan's defeat of the 200,000 Liang army in one fell swoop came, it still caused a huge shock in the southern feudal towns.

Hongzhou, Jiangxi.

Zhong Chuan, who was lying on the hospital bed, heard the news of Huainan's victory, and his face was very calm.

In fact, this news did not exceed his expectations, Zhu Quanzhong was rampant in the north, and he did not understand the great changes in Huainan in recent years, and hastily sent troops to the south without preparation, and it was not surprising that he suffered this defeat.

Therefore, Zhong Chuan was not happy or disappointed by Huainan's victory, he just calmly summoned his eldest son Zhong Kuang, and said to him: "After the death of Lone, you immediately send an envoy to Huainan to ask for submission, if the king of Wu is willing to let you continue to rule Jiangxi, you will continue to stay; If King Wu summons you to Guangling, you must also obey orders! ”

"In short, Huainan is powerful, you must not fight against it, so as not to bring disaster to the Zhong family! Your sister married the prince of Wu as his wife, if you are more respectful to her, the Zhong family may be able to keep her wealth! Have you written down all the words of your father today? ”

"Father's words, the child dares to disobey his fate?" Zhong Kuangshi was stunned for a moment, and then responded with a cry.

He was naturally unwilling in his heart, the Zhong family has been based in Jiangxi for more than 20 years, and he is the real king of Jiangxi.

And he and his younger brother fought with each other for nearly ten years in order to compete for the inheritance of Jiangxi, and it was not until last year that they finally became the heir, but they didn't expect the final result to be like this.

If, according to Zhong Chuan's instructions, as soon as he succeeded to the throne, he immediately submitted to Huainan, then what did he mean by doing it?

So in his heart, he naturally didn't want to do this, but now that his father was still there, he didn't dare not agree, otherwise maybe Zhong Chuan would immediately abolish him and replace his younger brother Zhong Yangui.

You must know that although he has become the recognized heir, Zhong Yangui's power has not been completely defeated, and now Zhong Yangui is still the assassin of Jiangzhou, guarding the north gate of Jiangxi.

If Zhong Chuan is not satisfied with him, he can abolish his heirship with just one order.

So Zhong Kuangshi wisely chose to agree to Zhong Chuan's orders, but what will happen to Zhong Chuan after his death in the future, it is not up to him to decide.

Hearing Zhong Kuangshi's promise, Zhong Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now it is Yang Wu who is in charge of Huainan, his son-in-law; And he is now in his sixties, and he has been in charge of Jiangxi for nearly 30 years.

Let him, a man who is about to die of old age, bow his head and submit to a junior, which he cannot do in any way; So I can only hope that my son can be wise, see the situation clearly, and don't do anything against the sky.

Fuzhou.

For Huainan, the southern overlord, Wang Zhenzhi has always treated it with an evasive mentality.

The Wang family were not originally from Fujian, but started in Gwangju, which is now occupied by Huainan.

More than 20 years ago, when the world was in turmoil, Wang Xu, a native of Shouzhou, raised troops to occupy Gwangju, and was appointed by Qin Zongquan, the then Caizhou Army, as the Gwangju Assassin Shi, and officially became a member of the Caizhou Army.

It was at that time that the three brothers Wang Chao, Wang Xiandi, and Wang Shenzhi took refuge in Wang Xu.

Later, because Wang Xu failed to complete the military order given to him by Qin Zongquan on time, he was afraid that Qin Zongquan would kill him, so he led 5,000 Caizhou troops all the way south and finally entered Zhangzhou.

And Wang Xu was suspicious of the generals, which made the generals panic, and was finally overthrown by the generals and elected Wang Chao as the coach instead.

After more than ten years, Wang Chao took Zhangzhou as the foundation, and gradually occupied Quanzhou, Tingzhou, Jianzhou and Fuzhou with the 5,000 Caizhou elite soldiers brought from the north, and became a veritable king of Fujian.

Eight years ago, Wang Chao was seriously ill, and before he died, he did not pass on the throne to his son, nor did he pass the throne to his second brother Wang Xianzhi, but chose to pass on the throne to his third brother Wang Zhenzhi.

Wang Zhenzhi was very humble and ceded his authority to his second brother Wang Zhenzhi.

Wang Xiantai thought that Wang Xianzhi was meritorious, and refused to accept it. Wang Zhenzhi was the heir, claiming to be the queen of Fujian, and informed the court on the table.

This story of mutual courtesy between the brothers of the Wang family became a good story in the local area for a while.

Now many years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Wang Xiantai has also died of illness, leaving him alone to take charge of Fujian.

If he was still a little excited when he first took charge of Fujian, then after so many years, he was only left with trepidation.

At this time, Fuzhou was a veritable barren land, with a sparse population and not rich in products.

Therefore, in terms of absolute strength, Fujian's strength is much weaker than Jiangxi's, let alone compared with Huainan.

When Jiangxi was panicking about the strength of Huainan, Wang Zhenzhi was naturally no exception, especially after the elimination of Qian Biao, the king of Yue, Huainan is now bordering Fujian.

Fortunately, what made Wang Xianzhi feel relieved was that Fujian was remote and mountainous, and even if Huainan wanted to crusade against him, it would be difficult to send too many troops; In addition, because Jiangxi is in front, the pressure felt by Fujian is still very small.

Therefore, Wang Zhenzhi has always comforted himself with these two reasons, unwilling to face up to the threat of Huainan, but focused on governing the interior and consolidating the foundation.

He practiced frugality, practiced more moral politics, persuaded farmers to teach mulberry, lenient punishment and thin endowment, and was safe in the territory; He also vigorously developed maritime trade, and had many contacts with Zhancheng, Zhenla and other places, plus last year the imperial court sent people to crown him as the king of Langya, which made him more prestigious, and won the support of the people of Fujian.

All of this made him feel that Huainan could not threaten him for a while, and there was no need to worry about it.

However, the news of Huainan's victory over Liang Jun this time made him understand that Huainan was a problem he could not escape after all, and how to face it was a choice he had to make as soon as possible.

The 200,000 Liang army was defeated by Huainan, and the Northern Expedition was known as the 300,000 army.

Even if Fujian is remote and it is difficult to send a large army to crusade, judging from the combat effectiveness of the Huainan army, even if Huainan only sends a small number of troops, Fujian may not be able to resist it.

What's more, I heard that Jiangxi Zhongchuan is already bedridden, and may die of illness in a short time; Several of his sons are cowardly and incompetent, and it seems that it is not far off for Jiangxi to fall into the hands of Huainan.

When the time comes, after losing the shield of Jiangxi, Fujian will face more pressure; If you come to plan how to deal with Huainan at that time, I'm afraid it will be too late.

Thinking of this, Wang Xianzhi finally made up his mind, no matter how to send an envoy to Guangling to congratulate Huainan for the defeat of Zhu Quanzhong, first get in touch with Huainan, and then slowly plot for the future.

Soon, Wang Xianzhi sent his eldest son Wang Yanhan as an envoy to Huainan to convey the meaning of friendship.