Li Keyong is a live Lei Feng, whoever asks him for help, he will help whom, of course, except for Zhu San, Li Keyong uses Kang Junli as the southern envoy, and the generals Li Cunxiao, Xue Atan, Shi Yan, An Jinjun, and An Xiuxiu as deputies, leading 30,000 black-clothed Shatuo troops to attack Heyang. Among these Shatuo generals, there is no doubt that Li Cunxiao's name is the loudest, Li Cunxiao is known as the first hero of the five dynasties of the Tang Dynasty, Li Cunxiao's real name is An Jingsi, good at arching horses, and bravely crowning the three armies.

In order to survive, Zhang Quanyi sent his wife and children to Bianliang as hostages, and begged Zhu Wen to send troops to rescue him. Zhu Wen heard that Li Ke used people and horses to make trouble, so he didn't get angry (are you still justified in that?). ), sent the generals Ding Hui, Ge Congzhou, and Niu Cunjie to save Heyang. Li Cunxiao was brave and brave, so Li Hanzhi led the infantry army to attack Heyang, and led the Shatuo cavalry to meet the Bianjun. The two armies met on a narrow road in Wen County (now Wen County, Henan) and fought a fierce battle. The Hedong army was not in a good position and was defeated by the Bianjun army. Kang Junli, Li Cunxiao and others fled back to Taiyuan, while An Xiuxiu fled to Caizhou to find Qin Zongquan to worship the dock.

The Bianjun then rounded up the Hedong infantry led by Li Hanzhi, Li Hanzhi's legs were longer, and he ran back to Taiyuan to cry his nose, and Zhu Wen had the land of Heluo since then. After the Hedong army withdrew, Zhang Quanyi picked up a life, was grateful to Zhu Wen, and decided to "promise by example" and try his best to serve Zhu Wen. Zhu Wenliu Ding will guard Heyang and let Zhang Quanyi return to Luoyang to enjoy happiness.

This battle of Heyang was the first major battle between Li Keyong and Zhu Wen, and it also opened the curtain for the later 30-year Liang and Jin wars (Li Cunqiao was called King of Jin before he destroyed Liang).

After Zhu Wen stabilized the situation in Henan, he decided to start cleaning up Qin Zongquan, the Great Cai Emperor who often stabbed Zhu Wen in the back. I really can't stand it, so I won't pull him out. Zhu Wen had trouble sleeping and eating, as Zhao Kuangyin said later: "Under the couch." Shall you allow others to sleep soundly"?

In May of the first year of Tang Wende (888 AD), Qin Zongquan's Shannan Dongdao Jiedu made Zhao De raise the southern land of Han to surrender to the imperial court, and Tang Zhaozong ascended the throne at the beginning. Tang Zhaozong issued an edict with Zhu Wen as the commander of Caizhou on all sides, Zhao Delu as the deputy, and Zhu Wen as the best of the Bianjun army and personally conquered Caizhou. After Qin Zongquan was beaten by Zhu Wen several times before, his strength was greatly reduced. Coupled with Zhao Deyu's "rebellion", Cai Jun is already like a trapped beast in a cage, and he can't turn over much storm.

Zhu Wen led his army to Rushui, joined Zhao De's troops, and then went straight to the city of Caizhou. Zhu Wen set up twenty-eight large villages outside the city and surrounded Caizhou to the death. Zhu Wen ordered the siege of the city, and Zhu Wen took the lead, wearing armor and commanding all the troops to climb the ladder to the city. There were all kinds of arrows in the city, but because the boss was in front. The Bianjun army did not dare to retreat, and rushed to kill as if they were not killed. Zhu Wen was wielding his sword to command, when an arrow suddenly shot from the city, hitting Zhu Wen in the armpit. Blood was pouring out, and clothes were soaked red with blood.

To say that Zhu Wen is indeed a character, his face does not change. Whisper to the soldiers around you: "Don't panic, those who spread rumors will be killed!" "Everyone saw the manager so desperate. All of them are competing like tigers and wolves. However, Cai's army was very capable of defending the city and fought until August. The Bianjun army captured the southern city of Caizhou, while Qin Zongquan continued to be his Great Cai Emperor in the city.

In September, the Bianjun army gradually ran out of food and grass, anyway, at this time, Qin Zongquan was alone in Caizhou, and he no longer posed a substantial threat to him. And those who can threaten Bianzhou, except for Li Keyong in the north, even the Wuning army in Xuzhou is Shi Pu. Zhu Wen withdrew his troops back to Bianzhou, and then prepared to move to Shipu.

In October, Zhu Wen sent Zhu Zhen to lead the army to attack Xuzhou, and Shi Pu took out all the old bottoms and led 30,000 Xuzhou soldiers to fight before coming. The Bianjun defeated the Xuzhou soldiers at Wu Kangli (now south of Feng County, Jiangsu), and Shi Pu fled back to Xuzhou in embarrassment, and Zhu Wen took Feng County and Xiao County, the west gate of Xuzhou, without much effort. However, Zhu Wen felt that it was not enjoyable, and sent troops to attack Suzhou (now Suzhou, Anhui), and Zhang You, the assassin of Suzhou, surrendered to the Bianjun army. At this point, there was only one lonely city left in Shi Pu's hands, and Qin Zongquan became a difficult brother, and Zhu Wen did not move Shi Pu for the time being, and returned to the division in triumph.

Zhu Wen really has the ability, and he turned the two major towns in the world into isolated cities at that time, Qin Zongquan and Shi Pu have become white rats played by Zhu Wen, no matter how hard they struggle, they can't escape a dead word. Among the two, the first to be unlucky was Zhu Wen's biggest opponent at this time, Qin Zongquan.

In December of the first year of Tang Wende (888 AD), a mutiny broke out in the city of Caizhou, and Shen Cong, the general of the Cai army, captured Qin Zongquan alive and broke Qin Zongquan's legs. Subsequently, Shen Cong surrendered to the imperial court, and Tang Zhaozong Li Ye was overjoyed and sealed Shen Cong as the queen of Caizhou. As soon as the imperial envoy arrived in Caizhou, Shen Cong was killed by another Cai general, Guo Fan, although the credit was still credited to Shen Cong's head, but the benefits were eaten by Guo Fan. The prefectures and counties to which Cai Jun belonged surrendered to the imperial court one after another, and the Qin suzerain, which had been in turmoil for six years, was finally completely extinguished.

Guo Fan escorted the giant beetle Qin Zongquan to Bianzhou and gave it to Zhu Wen. If Shi Pu, who culled Huang Chao last time and made the first contribution, was a blind cat touching a dead mouse, this time Zhu Wen got Qin Zongquan is a real victory, Li Ke planted trees, Shi Pu picked peaches, Zhu Wen was lucky, planting trees and picking peaches was not wrong.

Qin Zongquan was escorted to Bianzhou, and Zhu Wen "warmly received" the "former dynasty" emperor. There was a conversation between the two, and Zhu Wen told Qin Zongquan: "You really don't know each other, don't you have such a great ability to treat the Li family?" How dare you commit it? You had to listen to my advice back then, and now you're definitely no worse than me, it's a pity for you. ”

Qin Zongquan can be regarded as a hero all the way, he has done a big deal, success or failure, life and death, he doesn't care, and sighs calmly: "Heroes don't stand together, there will be no Zhu Gong with me, there will be no Zhu Gong with me, there will be no Zhu Gong without me, God's will is like this, what can I say!" If I don't rebel, I'm afraid Zhu Gong won't be mixed up today. "Zhu Wen sent Qin Zongquan to Chang'an in accordance with the law of the country and was personally disposed of by the emperor, so what's the good of it?

In February of the first year of the Tang Dynasty (889 AD), Li Ye of Tang Zhaozong held a grand ceremony of taking prisoners on the Yanxi Tower, bitterly condemned Qin Zongquan for losing the country, and ordered Jingzhao Yin Sun to be beheaded in custody in the city. Qin Zongquan stretched out his head in the prisoner car and shouted loudly: "Sun Gong Mingjian!" I, Qin Zongquan, am a thief who bears the imperial court! It's just that I want to work hard for the court, but unfortunately I didn't have the road to loyalty! Passers-by laughed wildly.

As long as Qin Zongquan is not good at building the emperor, in fact, he has the opportunity to learn from Wang Chongrong and Zhuge Shuang and others, who all surrendered to Huangchao, and later returned to the imperial court and became a big town, Qin Zongquan wanted to do the same at that time. Where did it end up in this field? It is completely deceitful to say that there is no way to enter loyalty, how can Wang Chongrong have a way? Do you have Qin Zongquan? Death is still. really convinced Qin Zongquan. Sun Kuo beheaded Qin Zongquan under the big willow tree, and Qin Zongquan's wife Zhao was beaten to death with a stick.

This time eliminate Qin Zongquan. Zhu Wen was the first meritorious, and the Tang Dynasty naturally rewarded Zhu Wen as the king of Dongping. But Juwen's ambitions are high, and he wants to get more territory. In troubled times, what is followed is the law of the forest, whoever has the strength is the boss, and any moral etiquette is just a façade decoration. The cake is so big, I will eat less when others eat more, everyone wants to eat more, and this can't blame Zhu Wen for being greedy.

After the fall of Qin Zongquan. Zhu Wen's strength skyrocketed, "Zhu Wen had 100,000 soldiers, devouring Henan, and there was a bloody battle between Yan, Yun, Qing, and Xu. "After stepping over the hurdle of Qin Zongquan, there were many more difficult opponents later, and Zhu Wen had to deal with them carefully.

In March, Zhu Wen's "close comrade-in-arms" in Henan, the Loyal Army, caused Zhao Li to fall ill and die. When Qin Zongquan was in power, only Zhu Wen's Bianzhou and Zhao Li's Chenzhou were left in Henan Towns. Zhu Wen sent troops to rescue Chenzhou, and the two had an excellent relationship. Later, in order to repay Zhu Wen for saving his life, Zhao Li married Zhu Wen's daughter for his son Zhao Yan. Zhao Li is also a person with vision, and he sees that Zhu Wen will be able to achieve great things in the future. Therefore, on the surface, Zhao Li was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, secretly lost Zhu Wen, and paved a golden road for his descendants.

Zhu Wen is majestic in Henan. His old friend Li Keyong was not idle in the north, and Meng Fangli, a warlord of Xingzhou (now Xingtai, Hebei), who proclaimed himself the envoy of the Zhaoyi Army, relied on Zhu Wen to support him. It is often inconsistent with Li Ke. Li Ke was annoyed with this fly and decided to sweep away Meng Fangli. Insert a sentence. Meng Fangli is the grandfather of Meng Zhixiang, the ancestor of Later Shu.

In May of the first year of the Tang Dragon Era (889 AD), Li Keyong sent Li Hanzhi and Li Cunxiao to attack Xingzhou. Meng Fangli was shocked when he heard the news, and quickly sent generals Ma Shu and Yuan Fengtao to fight with tens of thousands of Xing troops. The Shatuo army has seen the world, there is no reason to be afraid of you, Er Li defeated the Xing army in Liulipi (now the southwest suburb of Xingtai), captured Ma Yuan alive, and then brought it to the city of Xingzhou, Li Cunxiao slaughtered Ma Yuan and the two first, and shouted to the city: "If Meng Gong wants to live, please surrender quickly." "Meng Fangli should not. Li Cunxiao ordered the three armies to shout at the city: "Those who can take Meng Fang's head will be rewarded with the envoys of the Sanzhou Festival!" ”

Meng Fangli was relatively bold, and when he saw this, his frightened soul flew away, and he returned to the mansion to drink poisoned wine and commit suicide. Xing Junzhong made Meng Fangli's nephew Meng Qian the commander of the army and asked Zhu Wen for help. What Zhu Wen hates the most is this Li Keyong, and the hatred of Shangyuan Yi is not to be solved in this life.

In June of the first year of the Tang Dragon Era (889 AD), Zhu Wen was stingy and only asked the general Wang Qianyu to take hundreds of people to rescue Meng Qian. In order to prevent Li Cunxiao from seeing his troops clearly, Wang Qianyu slipped into Xingzhou in the dark at night. The next day, Wang Qianyu planted banners all over the city, and Li Cunxiao did not know the details of the Bian's army, and it was not easy to succeed for a while, so he had to withdraw the army.

At this time, the situation improved slightly, and Zhu Wen began to deal with Shi Pu again, asking Zhu Zhen to go to Xuzhou again. Zhu Zhentun soldiers in Xiao County, trying to forge ahead. Zhu Zhen has a violent temperament, and Li Tangbin, who is in the army and is not inferior to Zhu Zhen in ability and fame, is very dissatisfied with Zhu Zhen's domineering, and the two often quarrel. In June, Zhu Zhen was dissatisfied with Li Tangbin's disrespect to him, and in a fit of anger, he beheaded Li Tangbin.

There was civil strife on the front line, Zhu Wen came to the Bianjun garrison in a hurry, captured Zhu Zhen in the middle of the seat, scolded Zhu Zhen for killing the general, and hanged Zhu Zhen in the tent despite the hardships of Huo Cun and others. Zhu Zhen's ability is not questionable, but no matter whether Zhu Zhen's killing of Li Tangbin was intentional or unintentional, Zhu Wen could not tolerate his absolute authority being challenged, and it was Zhu Wen's turn to kill Li Tangbin, and it would definitely not be Zhu Zhen's turn. Zhu Wen attacked Xuzhou with all his might, but it rained heavily from time to time, and it was inconvenient to attack the city, so Zhu Wen left Pang Shigu to replace Zhu Zhen to "protect" Shi Pu and return to Bianzhou.

At the end of the year, Tang Zhaozong issued an edict to change the first year of the Dragon Era to the first year of Dashun (890 AD), and there were two most chaotic periods in the Tang Dynasty, one was the period after Gaozong Wuhou (55 years for 32 years), and the other was the period of Zhaozong (30 years for 11 years), or the Ming and Qing emperors' years are easy to remember, basically one person.

In February, Li Keyong sent troops to attack Xingzhou again, led by Li Cunxiao. Before Zhu Wen could make any moves, the Hedong Army broke through Xingzhou. Meng Qian captured Wang Qianyu and dedicated it to Li Cunxiao, and Xingzhou, Zhaozhou (now northeast of Handan, Hebei), and Cizhou (now Cixian County, Hebei) were all owned by Li Keyong. Li Keyong asked An Jinjun to train for Xing Wei's regiment, and Wang Qianyu was taken to Hedong and was killed.

Zhu Wen knew that if he didn't get rid of Li Keyong, he wouldn't think about living a peaceful life in this life, and Shi Pu was dying and trapped the beast, so he didn't have to worry. In March of the first year of Tang Dashun (890 AD), Zhu Wen united with Li Congwei, the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu, and Helian Duo, the defense envoy of Yunzhou, to the imperial court and asked Li Keyong to be punished. Li Ye knew that it was purely a vendetta between them, and it was not a good thing, and the ministers of the meeting. The DPRK and China were divided into three factions, Prime Minister Du Rangneng and Liu Chongwang resolutely disagreed to crusade against Li Keyong, while the other Prime Minister Zhang Jun was already fed by Zhu Wen's heavy gold, so he naturally wanted to wag his tail for Zhu Wen.

Zhang Jun played: "Who said that Li Keyong is not guilty? At the beginning, Li Keyong sent troops to attack Chang'an, and the first emperor fled to Xingyuan, which is innocent? Today, the three towns all say that Li Ke can be punished, not to mention that Li Ke uses this Turkic relic, not my race, his heart will be different, and he will be chaotic when he is constantly broken. "Prime Minister Kong Wei supports Zhang Junyi, and Yang Fugong, the military envoy, is a centrist, and the two must not be offended, so persuade Li Ye not to move the army indiscriminately, and comfort Zhu Wen, why offend Li Keyong?

Li Ye agreed with Yang Fugong's suggestion, but Zhang Jun and others took people's money, so they naturally wanted to do things for Zhu Wen, and stared at Li Ye like flies. Li Ye really had no choice, so he had to issue an edict to all towns to crusade against Li Keyong.

In May, the edict cut Li Ke with his official position and clan status, with Zhang Jun as the commander of the troops and horses in Taiyuan on all sides, and Sun Kuo as the deputy. Zhu Wen was the envoy to the southeast of Taiyuan, Wang Rong was the envoy to the east, Li Congwei was the envoy to the north, Helian Duo was Li Congwei's deputy, and Han Jian, the envoy of the Zhenguo Army, was the envoy of the army and was responsible for logistics. There were 50,000 Hu and Han soldiers and horses from all walks of life in the Dafa Imperial Court, preparing to crusade against Li Keyong.

Before Zhang Jun set off, there was major news from Luzhou (now Changzhi, Shanxi) that Li Keyong's younger brother Zhaoyi Jun Jiedu made Li Kegong be killed by his subordinate general Feng Ba for tyranny, and Feng Ba asked Zhu Wen to surrender. Zhu Wen laughed, and sent Heyang to stay and Zhu Chongjie quickly took over Luzhou.

When the bad news came from Luzhou, Li Ke fainted with crying and scolded Zhu San for being shameless. Send Kang Junli and Li Cunxiao to lead tens of thousands of Hu and Han soldiers to attack Luzhou. When Zhu Wen learned of the situation, he sent Ge Congzhou to rush into Luzhou at night and defend Zhu Chongjie. Li Fu, Li Chongyin, and Deng Jiyun attacked Li Hanzhi in Zezhou (now Jincheng, Shanxi). (To be continued......)