As soon as Li Shaorong arrived in Yedu, he sent troops to attack the south gate of Yedu, and sent people to announce Zhao Zaili with the emperor's edict. Zhao Zai saluted the soldiers with good wine and meat, and bowed to them in the city, saying: "The soldiers miss their families and come back without permission, if Li Xianggong can sincerely show the emperor and exempt us from the death penalty, we dare not repent and reform ourselves!" ”

In order to show his sincerity, he also conveyed Li Cunqing's order to all the officers and men of the army. It is not uncommon for a person to mess up one thing in his life, what is strange is that he can mess things up every time, seeing that the surrender is about to succeed, at this time Shi Yanqiong scolded below: "You dead thieves, the day you break the city is the time when you break your corpses!" ”

Huang Fuhui was angry when he heard this, and said to the army: "Judging from Shi Yanqiong's words, the emperor will not forgive us, surrender is death, resistance may still be alive, let's fight." So he gathered the crowd to make noise, snatched Li Cunmiao's edict and tore it to pieces, and held the city to resist the Tang army.

Li Shaorong's siege of the city was unfavorable, and he reported the battle situation to Li Cunmiao, who was very angry after hearing this: "On the day of the capture of the city, there was no piece of armor left. ”

So he mobilized all kinds of armies to step up the crusade. On the 14th, Li Shaorong saw that there was no hope of victory, so he began to retreat and stationed in Lanzhou.

On the evening of the 16th, five people, including Wang Wen, a sergeant from Mazhi, killed the military envoy, conspired to cause chaos, and were later defeated and killed.

From Ma Zhi commanded Guo Congqian, originally a play, stage name Guo Mengao, when Li Cunqiao and Liang Jun held the victory, recruited warriors to tease Liang Jun, Guo Congqian calmly responded to the call, captured and killed several people of Liang Jun, Li Cunqiao was overjoyed: Alas, oh my mother, I got on the stage and went to the battlefield. Talent. Therefore, he is even more pampered.

Later, Li Cunmiao selected the elite of the army as a pro-army. There are four conductors respectively, known as from the horse straight. Guo Congqian was promoted from the position of military envoy to commander because of his military achievements.

When Guo Chongtao was in power, he treated Guo Congqian as a nephew, and Li Cun, the king of harmony, also regarded Guo Congqian as an adopted son.

After Guo Chongtao and Li Cun were killed, Guo Congqian used his money to reward the military academies from Mazhi many times, crying so much that Guo Chongtao died unjustly. When Wang Wen made a rebellion, Li Cunqiao joked with him: "You failed me and sided with Guo Chongtao and Li Cun, and let Wang Wen rebel." What are you going to do? Guo Congqian was even more scared because of this.

After retreating from the court, he said to the military academies: "The lord is in turmoil because of Wang Wen, and after Ye is pacified, he will definitely kill all of you."

When you go back, you sell all your possessions and buy a bar, and you have wine today and get drunk tomorrow, and don't make long-term plans. ”

When he said this, Li Cunqiao's pro-army guards were frightened, and from then on, the pro-army people were panicked, and the soldiers were all in danger.

On the 19th, Li Shaorong once again gathered troops and horses to attack Yedu. Twenty-two. Adjutant General Yang Chongba led hundreds of soldiers to successfully climb the city wall of Yedu, and the rebels knew that the crime was unforgivable, so they had been resisting desperately without the slightest intention of surrendering.

Later, there was no reinforcement support. Yang Chongba and others all died in battle.

The imperial court was very worried about this, and sent envoys every day to urge Li Jiqi to return. At this time, Li Jiqi's elite all went with Ren Yuan to crusade against Li Shaochen, and only a small number of people stayed in Lizhou. Therefore, it was not possible to return to the east in time.

At this time, Mrs. Zhao occupied Xingzhou again, and Li Shaorong sent people to attack for a long time but failed to capture it. At this time, the army of Cangzhou also came to join in the fun. In turmoil, Colonel Wang Jingjiao led the army to conquer and pacify Cangzhou. Claiming to stay behind. The prefectures and counties in the Heshuo region also had turmoil one after another, and the rivers and mountains of the Later Tang Dynasty were in danger of being in danger. Li Cunmiao, who was in the deep palace, couldn't sit still, and planned to personally lead the army to attack Yedu.

The prime minister and the privy envoy all said that the Jingshi was the foundation of the country, and it was not appropriate for the emperor to go out in person, and Li Cunqiao said gloomily: "There is no one else among the generals who can be sent out." The ministers all said: "Li Siyuan is the most meritorious veteran and can do it completely." ”

Li Cunmiao was jealous of Li Siyuan's high merits, and said reluctantly: "I cherish Siyuan and want to keep him as a guard in the palace." They also said, "Now the situation is critical, and we can only use him, and no one else can do it." ”

Zhang Quanyi, the envoy of Zhongwu Jiedu, also said: "There are many things in Heshuo, and after a long time, it will become a big trouble for the henchmen, and General Manager Li should be allowed to go to crusade."

If you rely on Li Shaorong and others, I am afraid that it will be difficult to succeed, and you will not be able to see the date of their success. ”

Li Shaohong also persuaded many times, and Li Cunqiao saw that everyone recommended Li Siyuan, but he had no choice but to order Li Siyuan to lead the pro-army to crusade against Yedu on the 26th.

On the first day of March, Li Shaozhen led the army to break through Xingzhou and capture Zhao Tai. On the fourth day of the first month, Mrs. Zhao and others were beheaded under the city of Yedu to show the public. Li Shaozhen, formerly known as Huo Yanwei, is a native of Quzhou County, Hubei.

When he was young, he was obtained by Huo Cun, the general of Houliang, because of his good looks, he thought that he was an adopted son. He once fought with Huo Cun, was shot by a stray arrow, and was blind in one eye, and later was appreciated by Zhu Wen because of his strength and bravery, and he was appointed as the military envoy of the left dragon and the general of the right prison guard.

At the end of the Later Liang Dynasty, he was transferred to the history of the assassin of Zhaozhou and the envoy of the Ningjie Festival.

Li Maozhen, the king of Houqi, ordered Liu Zhijun to send troops to attack Pizhou, Huo Yanwei held on for more than a year, every time he captured Liu Zhijun's soldiers, he must eat and drink well and wait, this is not counted, and when they are raised in vain, they will be sent back, and they will be sent back, and Liu Zhijun will be moved, good man, he can't find a reason to bully him at all, so he broke the siege and left.

After that, Huo Yanwei was transferred to the envoy of Yichengdu, and then appointed as the envoy of Tianping Jiedu and the envoy of the northern camp, and held the river with the Jin army.

When Li Cunqiao destroyed Liang, Huo Yanwei led Shaanzhou to the court, and Li Cunqiao gave wine in Chongyuan Palace, when Huo Yanwei and Duan Ning, Yuan Xiangxian and others were all in His Royal Highness.

Li Cunmiao was drunk, pointed at Huo Yanwei and others and said to Li Siyuan: "These are all the enemies of the day before yesterday, and it is a good thing to serve me to drink today." ”

Huo Yanwei and others fell to the ground and asked for death, Li Cunqiao said: "I play with the chief manager, and Qing is fearless." Then Huo Yanwei was renamed Li Shaozhen. The following year, he was reappointed as the envoy of Wuning Jiedu and followed Li Siyuan to crusade against the Khitan.

On the sixth day of the first month, Li Siyuan arrived in Yedu and set up camp in the southwest of the city. On the eighth day of the first month, an order was issued to order the whole army to attack Yedu tomorrow morning.

However, countless histories have taught us with bloody lessons that today's things cannot be done today. Maybe you won't have to wait until tomorrow.

That night, Sergeant Zhang from Ma Zhi rebelled. Lead the men and horses to kill the capital and burn the camp.

Early the next morning. The rebels approached the Chinese army, and Li Siyuan led his entourage to resist with all their might, but the enemy was outnumbered and unable to resist. Li Siyuan scolded them sharply: "What do you want to do?" ”

The rebels replied, "The soldiers have followed the Lord for ten years, and they have won the world after a hundred battles.

Now the Lord is ungrateful, and he bullies the soldiers, and the soldiers stationed in Beizhou just want to go home, but the Lord cannot forgive them, and says, 'After taking the city.' All of Weber's army should be killed.'"

Recently, a few soldiers from Mazhi have been fighting for each other, and he wants to kill these soldiers.

Now everyone wants to unite with the people in the city to repel all kinds of armies, and then ask the master to proclaim himself emperor in Henan, so that you can become the lord of the army and people here. ”

Li Siyuan wept and told them the emperor's orders, but no one listened. Li Siyuan said helplessly: "It's okay if you don't listen to me, then you can do it yourself, and I'll go back to Beijing alone." ”

The rebels drew their swords and surrounded him, saying, "These people are all tigers and wolves, regardless of dignity or inferiority. Where are you going to leave here? ”

So they hugged Li Siyuan and Li Shaozhen and prepared to enter the city, but the people outside wanted to go in, but the people inside were not allowed to enter, and Huang Fuhui faced Zhang Po. Zhang Po fulfilled his name, was defeated, and was finally killed. The soldiers and horses outside the city were scattered in all directions.

Zhao Zaili led the generals to greet Li Siyuan, crying and apologizing, saying, "The soldiers are sorry for you." Dare not obey orders! Li Siyuan pretended to cater and said: "If you want to do great things, you must rely on military forces." Now that the soldiers outside the city have been scattered and have nowhere to return, I will go out and collect them for you. ”

Zhao Zaili agreed, and then Li Siyuan and Li Shaozhen went out of the city together to collect stragglers in Wei County, and it took a long time to gather less than a hundred people, and there were no weapons. At this time, the 5,000 soldiers of Zhenzhou led by Li Shaozhen heard that Li Siyuan had come out, so they came to join him, so Li Siyuan's army gradually revitalized.

At this time, Li Shaorong still had 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the south of Yedu City, and Li Siyuan sent seven people, including Zhang Qianzhao and Gao Xingzhou, to inform him one after another, wanting to unite with him to eliminate the rebels.

Li Shaorong suspected that Li Siyuan was cheating, so he detained the messenger and closed the door and refused to respond. When Li Siyuan entered Yedu, Li Shaorong saw that the general trend had gone, so he led his troops to leave.

Li Siyuan said to the generals while crying: "I will go back to the feudal town tomorrow, and ask the emperor to punish the crime, and obey the emperor's ruling." ”

Li Shaozhen and Zhongmen envoy An Chongzhi said: "This strategy is not very appropriate. As a marshal, you have been kidnapped by rebels.

Li Shaorong retreated without a fight, and he will definitely use you as an excuse when he returns to the imperial court. If you go back to the feudal town, it is to occupy territory to coerce the monarch, which is enough to confirm those slanderous rumors. It is better to return to the court day and night and meet the Son of Heaven, so that he can not be self-explanatory. ”

Li Siyuan said: "What you said is very right. ”

So on the 11th, he set out from Wei County and went straight south to Xiangzhou, and on the way he met the horse fang envoy Kangfu, and got thousands of war horses, which formed a decent army.

Pinglu Jiedu envoy Fu Xi led an army to attack Yedu, heard that Li Siyuan's army was defeated, so he led his troops back, to Zizhou, the superintendent of the army Yang Hope sent troops to attack him, Fu Xi was afraid, and led the army to the west.

Qingzhou commanded Wang Gongyan to attack Yang Hope, killed him, and occupied his city from then on.

Previously, Li Cunmiao left and right the eunuchs to serve as the supervisors of the Zhudao Army, all relied on Li Cunmiao's favor to compete for power and profit with the envoys of the Jiedu, and when the Yedu rebellion, all the eunuchs who were still serving as the supervisors were mostly killed. Yang Jiyuan, the commander of Anyi, conspired to kill Kong Qing, the envoy of Jiedu, but was discovered by Kong Qing and took the lead in killing him.

The Wuning Supervisor believed that Li Shaozhen had followed Li Siyuan, so he killed the soldiers who had followed Li Shaozhen, and then occupied Pengcheng to resist Li Shaozhen.

After Quan Zhiliu, Chun Yuyan also led the generals to take the lead in killing the prison army. As a result, the world was in chaos.

On the 12th, due to the shortage of military rations, Li Cunmiao ordered Henan Yin to borrow taxes in advance for summer and autumn, which led to complaints and poor livelihoods. Zhang Quanyi, the envoy of Zhongwu Festival and the king of Shangshu Lingqi, heard that Li Siyuan had entered Yedu, and he was worried and afraid, and he couldn't sleep and eat for days. He died in Luoyang on the 15th.

Due to the lack of warehouse reserves, the tenants tried their best to reduce military rations, and the gossip in the army became even more severe.

The prime minister was frightened, and led the hundred officials to play Li Cunmiao, saying: "Now that the tax collected has been used up, the families of the various armies cannot protect each other, and if we do not hurry up to provide relief, I am afraid that the soldiers will be separated."

Now there is still a surplus in the inner treasury, and I ask for the misappropriation of the inner treasury property, and when the disaster year has passed, the money will be collected, and the inner treasury will be replenished when the time comes. ”

Li Cunmiao thought so, but Empress Liu was not happy, she said unceremoniously: "Our husband and wife are facing all countries as monarchs, although they have the merit of force, but it is also the destiny of heaven. Since fate is in the hands of heaven, what can ordinary mortals do to us? ”

The prime minister didn't dare to continue to insist in front of the queen, so he had to play the matter again when Li Cunqiao was resting, and the queen knew that the prime minister would not give up, so she kept sticking behind the screen and eavesdropping on their conversation.

After a while, she angrily carried the dressing utensils, the three silver basins, and the emperor's three young sons outside and said, "People say that the palace has a lot of savings, but the contributions from all over are often used for rewards, and these are the only things left, please sell these things to support the army." ”

When the prime minister heard this, he was very frightened and withdrew from the palace in fear.

Li Shaorong retreated from Yedu to defend the state, and played Li Cunqiao to say that Li Siyuan had rebelled. At this time, Li Siyuan also sent a messenger to Li Cunqiao to send a piece of music that he explained.

Li Siyuan's eldest son, Li Congxian, was the commander of the golden spear, and Li Cunqiao said to him: "I know your father's loyalty very well, go back and tell him what I mean, don't make him suspicious." ”

Li Cong went to Weizhou and was arrested by Li Shaorong. Li Congxian said angrily: "You don't believe my father, and you won't let me go back to my father's station, so please ask me to be released back to the Praetorian Guard." So Li Shaorong put him back again.

After going back, in order to appease Li Siyuan, Li Cunqiao gave Li Congzhen the name Li Ji and treated him like a son.

But since then, all of Li Siyuan's recitals have been blocked by Li Shaorong and cannot be accessed. Li Siyuan was very frightened because of this, and the general Shi Jingjiao said to him: "Decisiveness will lead to success, hesitation will lead to failure, where are the generals and rebels who enter the city and be safe in the future?" Daliang is the key place in the world, and I hope to borrow 300 cavalry to capture Daliang first.

If you're lucky, you'll be able to drive in with a large army, and only then will you be able to protect yourself. ”

The commander of the cavalry, Kang Yicheng, also said: "The Lord has no virtue and politics, and the soldiers and civilians are resentful and angry, if you obey everyone, you will survive, and if you stick to the discipline, you will die without a place to be buried." ”

Seeing that everyone said this, Li Siyuan made up his mind to rebel, and ordered An Chongzhi to issue a document to concentrate the troops. (To be continued......)