In the third year of Guangqi (887 AD), the Central Plains was in turmoil, and Li Bao, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, repeatedly ordered all the soldiers and horses to attack the Qin Zongquan Department.

However, as the Northern Route Army, Li Siyuan and his entourage immediately chose to retreat after encountering Sun Ru's troops in Luoyang, the eastern capital, as Li Keyong's general, Li Siyuan was very careful and did not have too much contact with Sun Ru.

Li Bao had no choice but to give Li Keyong an order through Chang'an, and Li Keyong was forced by Chang'an's pressure to reluctantly urge Li Siyuan to attack Sun Ru's department. After receiving the order, Li Siyuan was very careful to let Li Cunxin lead a small number of troops to test and attack Sun Ru's army.

Sun Ru, as a military general, was also relatively violent, reacted quickly, defeated Li Cunxin, and fled. Therefore, Li Siyuan told Chang'an that he had suffered a heavy blow and urgently needed to recuperate.

In February of the third year of Guangqi (887), in order to deal with the ambitious Qin Zongquan, Zhu Wen sent Zhu Zhen to Zizhou (now Zichuan, Shandong) to recruit soldiers, and agreed to return to Bianzhou in early May.

From Bianzhou to Zizhou, the middle has to pass through the territory of Yanzhou Jiedu to make Qi Kerang. Zike let this old slippery head want to make a mistake halfway, but his ability was not good, and he was beaten by Zhu Zhenfat, and he didn't dare to say anything.

Zhu Zhen successfully arrived in Zizhou to recruit troops, but this was the territory of Wang Jingwu, the envoy of the Pinglu Festival.

In order to successfully realize the 'knife raising plan', Li Bao specially played Zhu Wen as the deputy marshal of Qin. Although Zhu Wen has the title of "Deputy Commander" (but Wang Jingwu doesn't buy it.) - Zhu Laosan, are you itching? Dare to dig people on Lao Tzu's territory!

Wang Jingwu was coaxed, but in essence, he was all the way with Qi Kerang, and was kicked by Zhu Zhen in the "home field", and he could only watch others recruit troops under his nose.

Zhu Wen estimated that the Qin army would attack Bianzhou in summer and autumn. But Qin Zongquan's speed was much faster than Zhu Wen expected.

At the end of April of the third year of Guangqi (887), Zhu Zhen, who went to Zizhou to recruit troops, had not yet returned, and Qin Zongquan's army had arrived. In order to remove this biggest obstacle, Qin Zongquan almost went out, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses camped in the periphery of Bianzhou for twenty miles, and Bianzhou was suddenly overcast and a big war was imminent.

Zhu Wen was terrified when he saw Qin Zongquan pouring out of the nest, because on the one hand, he sent someone to inform Zhu Zhen, and on the other hand, he hurriedly sent people to Chang'an and Xiangyang for help.

Li Bao has never cared about Zhu Wen's life or death, and he replied to Zhu Wen's messenger: Gu is now in Shannan Dongdao to exterminate Qin Zongquan's party Zhao Dean's troops, and there is no way to send troops.

After Zhu Wen got the reply, he angrily flipped the table and scolded Li Bao for not being trustworthy, but just at the last moment, Zhu Zhen arrived in time with more than 10,000 recruits and more than 1,000 war horses.

Zhu Wen's strength increased greatly, and his confidence was even stronger, and he used a night sneak attack to annihilate more than 10,000 enemies in one fell swoop, and the Qin Zongquan Department fell into chaos, and the defense line gradually collapsed.

Qin Zongquan didn't want to stop there, and transferred 10,000 people from Lutang to reinforce him. Zhu Wen was not ambiguous, and had a "hard encounter" with Lu Tang, Qin Zongquan's troops were almost wiped out, and Lu Tang was killed on the spot.

After two heavy defeats, the Qin army learned its lesson and switched to the "huddle" tactic and concentrated its forces for deployment. However, the "huddle" could not defeat Zhu Wen, and the Bianzhou army swarmed out and adopted a frontal assault, chasing the Qin army for more than 20 miles.

Qin Zongquan, who was resting in Zhengzhou, was anxious, and transferred troops everywhere to gather under the city of Bianzhou, and once reached 150,000 people. After three major battles, Zhu Wen consumed a lot of money, and if he continued to fight hard, he would inevitably lose both. Qin Zongquan's troops pressed the border, and Zhu Wen urgently needed a helper.

Zhu Wen's favorite helper is Zhu Xuan, the envoy of the Tianping Army, but Zhu Xuan is willing to help, which has to be said separately. When An Shiru was tossing around in Huazhou, it was Zhu Xuan who first thought of killing him, but Zhu Wen took the lead by the fast-moving Zhu Wen. Zhu Xuan has always been worried about this matter.

However, Zhu Xuan is not a willful person. If you sit back and watch Qin Zongquan destroy Zhu Wen, the next unlucky person will be yourself. Although he is a martial artist, Zhu Xuan is still clear about the truth of cold lips and teeth.

Zhu Wen asked for reinforcements, but Zhu Xuan didn't say a word, and together with his brother Zhu Jin, he sent all the elite troops to aid Bianzhou.

The "Three Zhu" fought against Qin Zongquan, killing more than 20,000 enemies, and the Qin army was beaten to the ground and greatly injured. After this battle, Qin Zongquan actually no longer had the strength to stir up trouble in the Central Plains and began to decline.

Qin Zongquan was beaten to the point that he only had one breath left, but Zhu Xuan began to beat Zhu Wen's idea. Zhu Xuan is also a "human spirit", he did not choose to directly confront Zhu Wen, but adopted the method of "digging the foot of the wall" to divide and disintegrate the opponent's army.

The specific operation method is as follows: Zhu Xuan sent people to Zhu Wen's army to rebel, and placed a large amount of silver coins in the border area between the two armies, and let Zhu Wen's soldiers cross the border to receive rewards.

Zhu Wen can't stand it anymore, although you Zhu Xuan helped me, but it's too much to play with your heart so blatantly, right?

In order to teach Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin a lesson, Zhu Wen sent Zhu Zhen to fight Caozhou, and by the way, he occupied Puzhou. Zhu Xuan's brothers "stealing chickens and rice" are finally honest.

Qin Zongquan was beaten back to Caizhou by Zhu Wen, wanting to make the bad Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin also slap Zhu Wen, and the situation in the Central Plains tended to calm down. Just when everyone was busy "retreating and cultivating" and preparing to meet again next time, something happened to Ha Yang.

The matter of Heyang has to start with two people. One is Li Hanzhi, who was beaten by the Qin army, and the other is Li Hanzhi's "good partner" Zhang Quanyi.

Li Hanzhi is a native of Heyang, born in "Dick Silk", and is not treated well by villagers. (With its scoundrels, it is not tolerated) in his early years, but his reputation is too stinky, and he has repeatedly turned his fate to no avail, so he simply threw the bowl and took off his monk's clothes. first defected to Zhuge Shuang, the envoy of Heyang Jiedu, and later went directly to Huangchao, and was promoted because of his courage and meritorious work.

When Huang Chao went south, he was intercepted by Gao Yu, and generals such as Li Hanzhi and Bi Shiduo surrendered to the government army one after another. Soon after, Li Hanzhi was appointed as the assassin of Gwangju, but was frequently harassed by Qin Zongquan. As a last resort, Li Hanzhi once again took refuge in Zhuge Shuang, who was still the envoy of the Heyang Festival, first as the assassin of Huaizhou, and then as the governor of Henan Yin and Dongdu.

Zhang Quanyi, a native of Linpu, Puzhou (now Juancheng, Shandong), was born as a farmer and joined the Huangchao Rebel Army in his early years. When Huang Chao was proclaimed emperor in Chang'an, Zhang Quanyi was appointed as the "secretary of the ministry". After the defeat of Huangchao, Zhang Quanyi also took refuge in Zhuge Shuang and served as the assassin of Zezhou.

Although they are both under the command of Zhuge Shuang, one is in Luoyang and the other is in Zezhou (now Jincheng, Shanxi), and it is difficult to intersect. However, the same origin and the same choice make these two brothers feel more cordial. According to historical records, the friendship between the two once developed to the level of "making a contract in adversity, carving arms into an alliance, and sharing weal and woe forever", which can be called "five generations of good friends"!

The first time Li Hanzhi and Zhang Quanyi worked together was in the winter of the second year of Guangqi (886), after Zhuge Shuang died of illness. At that time, the general Liu Jing supported the young Zhuge Zhongfang to take over as the envoy of Jiedu and monopolize the power of Heyang. Li Hanzhi was not convinced, and took his men and horses from Luoyang to Mengzhou (the place where the envoy of Heyang Jiedu was stationed).

Zhang Quanyi was originally on Liu Jing's side, but considering that he was "of the same origin and species" as Li Hanzhi, he should wear a pair of pants anyway, so he teamed up with Li Hanzhi to clean up Liu Jing.

However, Li Hanzhi and Zhang Quanyi were not Liu Jing's opponents when they joined forces, and the two brothers were beaten to the ground. Li Hanzhi couldn't swallow this breath, and went to find Li Keyong from Hedong to move the rescuers.

Last year, he stirred up troubled waters in the Guanzhong area, and Li Keyong was still a little unsatisfied. Now that he heard the demand of the Central Plains, "Living Lei Feng" Li Keyong had no reason to refuse, and took 30,000 Shatuo troops and crossed horses and guns to Heyang.

Li Ke used a horse, ten Liu Jing were not enough to fight, Li Hanzhi "leaned against the big tree to enjoy the shade", and self-proclaimed as the envoy of the Heyang Festival. "Good friend" Zhang Quanyi served as the Yin and Dongdu of Henan to stay behind and clean up the mess in Luoyang.

The information of the Central Plains melee was continuously sent to Li Bao's desk through Jin Luanwei's channels, and when he saw Zhang Quanyi, he was a little tempted.