The Liang army had a grain depot in Panzhang, fifty miles away from Yang Village, in December 919, Li Cunmiao once again exerted his adventurous nature of desperately fighting with San Lang, and led his own soldiers to rob the Liang army's grain transport troops.

Li Shaorong saw that Li Cunmiao was once again under siege, and single-handedly killed him back, and it took a lot of effort to pull him out of the crowd. Soon after, Li Cunqiao led a large army to seek revenge, but was defeated by Wang Hao.

Many people in the Jin army were arrested, including the general Shi Junli. Zhu Youzhen wanted to take it for his own use, but Shi Junli said: "I am the defeated general of the Jin Kingdom, if I am used by the Liang people, even if I am willing to serve loyally, who will believe it?"

And every man has his own aspirations, so how can I be used by the enemy? Zhu Youzhen saw that persuasion was ineffective, so he killed him. Feng Shui took turns, and soon after, the two sides fought again, this time Wang Zan was defeated, retreated to Yang Village, and lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Then, Li Cunmiao launched another attack and captured Puyang.

Zhu Youzhen therefore recalled Wang Hao and asked Dai Siyuan to be the commander of Beiying and stationed along the Yellow River to resist the Jin army.

At that time, the Zhenzhou mutiny, the general Zhang Wenli killed the Jiedu envoy Wang Rong, and the Jin army besieged Zhenzhou, and the soldiers were in trouble for about a year. The king of Dingzhou was directly at the beginning of the Jin army's siege of Zhenzhou, worried that after the death of Zhenzhou, Dingzhou would be isolated and difficult to survive alone, so he united the Khitan in the north and became the enemy of the Jin.

Li Cunmiao wanted to divide part of the army to attack Zhenzhou, Dai Siyuan learned the news and prepared to launch all the troops of Yangcun to attack Desheng Beicheng, Li Cunmiao learned about this from the Liang army who surrendered, so he carefully planned a big meal - human meat dumplings.

The seventh day of October in 921. Li Cunxuan ordered Li Siyuan to lead the army to ambush in Qicheng, let Li Cunxian garrison Desheng, and first send cavalry to lure the Liang army, pretending that the troops were very weak, very timid and vulnerable.

Liang Jun was overjoyed, today's Jin army seems to have been cooked, and its combat effectiveness is not ordinarily weak. So scrambling to launch a charge, rushing to be a battle hero, Li Cunmiao led the Chinese army in the back of the battle, when the Liang army arrived, Li Cunmiao sent three thousand elite cavalry to fight back, the Liang army was defeated, the loss of more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, Dai Siyuan fled back to Yang Village.

After beating the Liang army, Li Cunqiao led the soldiers and horses to Zhenzhou. The Liang army disappeared for a long time, and Li Cunxian said to Li Siyuan: "The Liang army heard that we have few soldiers in the south, but we have not attacked Desheng, this must be preparing for a sneak attack on Weizhou, what are the two of us still doing here, it is better to divide troops and horses to guard against them." ”

So he set aside a part of his troops to be stationed in Lanzhou. It's really strange, this time they guessed correctly, Dai Siyuan really mobilized all the troops of Yang Village to attack Weizhou again. Li Siyuan's army rushed ahead of them and stationed at the Di Gong Temple first. He also sent people to warn Weizhou and asked them to strengthen their precautions.

Dai Siyuan's troops arrived at Weidian, and Li Siyuan sent his general Shi Wanquan to lead an army to attack the Liang army.

Dai Siyuan knew that the Jin army had been prepared in Weizhou, so he crossed Huanshui to the west, captured Cheng'an, and withdrew after plundering. He also led 50,000 troops to attack the northern city of Desheng, set up several trenches and barracks, completely cut off all communication inside and outside the city, and launched a fierce attack day and night.

At this time, Li Cunmiao heard that Desheng was in critical condition. He led the army back from Youzhou to reinforce it, and five days later the Jin army arrived in Weizhou, and Dai Siyuan heard the news and burned down the camp and withdrew to Yangcun again.

In August 922, Duan Ning and the infantry army both commanded Zhang Lang to lead the army to cross the river in the dark night and attack Weizhou, and the assassin of Weizhou at that time was Li Cunru.

Li Cunru was born with divine power, but he took a woman's name, her real name is Yang Po'er, because she can act, she was favored by Li Cunru, so Li Cunru gave her the name Li Cunru, thus restoring her male nature from the name. Li Cunru loves money like his life, and as long as the soldiers defending the city spend money to buy a monthly leave pass, he will let them go home.

With such a guard and such a fucking rule, it's no wonder that you're undefeated. At dawn, the Liang army invaded the city, captured Li Cunru alive, and captured Weizhou. Dai Siyuan cooperated with Duan Ning to capture Qimen, Gongcheng, Xinxiang and other places.

As a result, the areas west of Lanzhou and south of Xiangzhou were again owned by the Liang Dynasty, and the Jin army lost one-third of its military rations, and the momentum of the Liang army was reinvigorated.

In 923, Li Cunqiao set up a hundred officials and began to plan to ascend the throne and become emperor, and Li Jitao was the queen of An Yiliu at that time. Li Jitao, nicknamed Liude, Li Sizhao's second son, is a native of Taigu, Fenzhou.

After Li Sizhao's death, Li Cunqiao ordered Li Sizhao's sons to help the funeral return to Taiyuan to handle the funeral, and several sons disobeyed the edict and sent their father's thousands of soldiers to help the funeral back to Luzhou.

Li Cunwu ordered Li Cunwu to ride a horse to catch up with them and declare his will, and the brothers were very angry and clamored to kill Li Cunwu, so Li Cunwu fled.

Li Jitao's elder brother Li Jiyan is Li Sizhao's eldest son, and it stands to reason that he should be a hereditary official, but he is weak by nature, and during the mourning period, Li Jitao planned a self-kidnapping case and ordered the three armies to kidnap him as the queen, but he was still kind, he just imprisoned his eldest brother Li Jiyan, and then reported the matter to the court.

Li Cunmiao had no choice but to appoint him as the queen of the soldiers and horses of the Anyi Army.

Although he became a queen, Li Jitao always felt that his heart was not very steady, in fact, this is also normal, everyone will always have a few days of anxiety and anxiety in a month.

But at this time, his staff member Shen Meng instigated from the side: "There are no talents in the Jin State, and it will eventually be annexed by the Liang State in the future." ”

His younger brother Li Jiyuan, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old at the time, also said to Li Jitao: "My brother has a million family fortunes, and the warehouse reserves are enough for ten years, so you should plan for yourself and not be controlled by others." Li Jitao asked: "What does Brother Ding think should be done?" Li Jiyuan said: "What Shen Meng said is very right.

Hebei can't compare to Henan, it's better to form an alliance with Daliang, the Later Tang Dynasty is in an eventful autumn, where can we take care of crusading against us? It doesn't get any better than this. So Li Jitao ordered Li Jiyuan to take more than 100 cavalry to capture Zhuangding in Jin and Jiang, but in fact he went to Bianzhou to surrender.

Zhu Youzhen was very happy to see him, so he ordered Dong Zhang to lead troops to meet them, and awarded Li Jitao Tongping Zhangshi, and changed the Zhaoyi Army to Kuang Yijun. Li Jitao sent his two sons to Bianzhou as hostages.

At that time, Pei You, the old general of Anyi, was guarding Zezhou, crying and saying to his subordinates: "I have served the old envoy for more than 20 years. Seeing that he divided the wealth and rewarded the soldiers, just to destroy the enemy wholeheartedly, and now he unfortunately passed away, and the coffin has not been buried, but Lang Jun immediately turned his back on the will of the king's relatives. I'd rather die than follow them! So he occupied Zezhou and held it.

The following of this incident is that when Li Cunqiao pacified Henan, Li Jitao was panicked and prepared to flee to the Khitan, and it happened that an edict issued a pardon for him, so he took hundreds of thousands of silver coins and met Zhuangzong with his mother Yang, hoping to be exempted from punishment by bribery. When he was about to set off, his brother Li Jiyuan said: "Brother is going or not." The stakes are all the same.

already has a reputation for rebellion, what face do you have to face the world! It is better to dig deep ditches and build strong walls, sit and eat the accumulated grain, and you can survive for a few years, if you go to the imperial court, you will not be able to live for a few days. ”

Someone said: "Your ancestors have made great contributions to the country, and the Lord is your uncle, and Mrs. Hongnong is still alive and can be preserved." ”

Li Jitao thought to himself: Last time, it was because I listened to Li Jiyuan's nonsense. led to today's situation, and you still want to fool me today. You're the master of a pit father, no, the master of a pit brother. So he simply ignored his suggestion.

After arriving in the capital, Li Jitao gave gifts everywhere, bribed eunuchs and servants, and the bribes said: "You have no malice after staying." It was caused by the confusion of the adulterer. Li Sizhao is a hero of the country, and he cannot have no descendants. ”

Mrs. Yang also went to the palace to beg Empress Liu, and the queen often cried in front of Li Cunqiao about the merits of her ancestors, so she moved Li Cunqing, so Li Cunqiao forgave him. I stayed in Beijing for more than a month. He followed Li Cunqiao many times to hunt and play, and his grace was the same.

Li Cunwu scolded and slandered him, Li Jitao was uneasy, and bribed the servants and eunuchs to ask to return to the town, but Li Cunqiao did not agree to him.

At this time, Li Jitao thought of a stupid trick, and secretly ordered the servant to write a letter to Li Jiyuan, asking him to cause chaos in the military city, and counting on Li Cunqiao to send him to pacify. The matter leaked, and Li Jitao was beheaded in Qiaonan, Tianjin.

The two sons were sent to Bianzhou as hostages when they were young, and when Li Cunqiao got them when he recovered Bianzhou City, he once stroked their backs and said: "You are so young, you can help your father rebel, what will you do when you grow up?" At this time, they were also killed together by the way.

He also sent an envoy to Luzhou to kill Li Jiyuan, sent his head to the imperial court, and appointed Li Jiyu to temporarily take charge of Luzhou's military and political affairs, and Li Jida also inspected the military city.

It didn't take long for Li Cunqiao to order Li Jiyu to go to the imperial court to face the saint, and at this time, Li Jiyu had already taken all the servant treasures that Li Jitao had kept as his own, and he chose to play with them every day, but he didn't go on the road on time.

Li Jida said angrily: "My second brother was convicted, the father and son were killed, the eldest brother was unkind, and he was not moved at all, but he was still playing with the second brother's wife and concubine, accumulating money, I am ashamed and ashamed to see people, life is better than death." ”

So he wore mourning clothes and led hundreds of cavalry to sit at the halberd gate and shouted: "Reverse me!" Then he beheaded Li Jiyu and threw him into the halberd gate.

When the deputy envoy Li Jike heard that there was a rebellion, he recruited more than 1,000 citizens to attack the city gate. Li Jida climbed the city tower, knew that something was wrong, opened the east gate of Zicheng, returned home, killed all the old and young family, and then led a hundred cavalry out of the city gate, ready to defect to the Khitan.

After walking less than ten miles, all his subordinates fled, and when he saw that the general situation was gone, he committed suicide on the side of the road.

In the early years of Tiancheng, Li Jineng served as the assassin of Xiangzhou, his mother Yang died in Taiyuan, and Li Jineng and Li Jixi went to mourn. Li Jineng whipped his mother's handmaid to recover gold and silver, and died of whipping, and the handmaiden's family went to complain, saying that Li Jineng gathered soldiers and armor to premeditate rebellion, so Li Jineng and Li Jixian were executed.

By this time, Li Sizhao's sons had died, and only Li Jizhong was saved.

Last effort

On April 25, 923, Li Cunmiao ascended the throne and became the emperor, the country name was Tang Dynasty, and the Yuan was changed to Tongguang, in order to distinguish it from the previous Tang Empire, the history was called the Later Tang Dynasty, and Li Cunmiao was the Later Tang Dynasty Zhuangzong. At that time, the early Tang Dynasty, the overall situation was unstable, the Khitan invaded many times, plundered the Jin army's grain road, and the food in Youzhou City was insufficient, which was not enough to maintain for half a year.

Weizhou was captured by the Liang army, and Luzhou also rebelled, so people were panicked for a while, and everyone thought that the Liang Dynasty had no way to eliminate it for a while, and Li Cunqiao was very worried about this.

At this time, Lu Shunmi, the general of Yunzhou, came to surrender, saying that Yunzhou was empty, and the defenders were less than 1,000 and could be attacked. Li Cunqiao thought that the opportunity was rare, so he called a meeting of the generals, and the majority faction represented by Guo Chongtao expressed opposition, saying, "If you attack thousands of miles away, if it is unfavorable, you will sacrifice thousands of lives in vain, and you must not act." ”

Li Cunmiao still didn't give up, and secretly summoned Li Siyuan to discuss: "The Liang army is in the west, and the eastern army is empty, if we can capture Dongping, it will be equivalent to defeating their heart, what do you think of our chances of victory?" ”

Li Siyuan has always been worried about the last Huliupi battle to cross the Hebei retreat, bent on making great contributions to make up for the stain of the last time, now that the opportunity has come, of course we can't let it slip away in vain, so he said: "We have been using troops for many years, the army and the people are tired, if we don't win by tricks, we can't accomplish the great success!"

I am willing to complete this battle alone, and I promise to give an account to Your Majesty. "Li Cunqiao is happy. Immediately sent Li Siyuan to lead 5,000 elite soldiers from the Desheng ferry to Yunzhou.

When the army arrived at Yang Liu, it was getting late, it was raining, the road was dark, the soldiers were reluctant to move forward, and the general Gao Xingzhou said: "This is God helping us!" Now they must be defenseless. "Gao Xingzhou, the word is still quality, a native of Youzhou, the son of Gao Siji.

Gao Siji is the founder of Four Seasons Boxing, the first gun in the five dynasties and ten countries, known as the "White Horse Silver Gun". 高行周一直在李嗣源帐下效力，开始只是裨将，后来幽州节度使赵德钧对李嗣源说：“高行周相貌敦厚，做事小心谨慎，以后一定有大出息。 ”

Therefore, it is deeply valued by Li Siyuan.

So, that night, the army crossed the Yellow River and arrived at the city of Yunzhou, the defenders in the city did not know, Li Congke first climbed the city wall, killed the garrison soldiers, opened the city gate, put the men and horses outside, and then attacked Yacheng, the city was in chaos, and soon after, Li Siyuan captured Yacheng.

The guards Liu Suiyan and Yan Hao fled back to Daliang. Li Cunqiao was overjoyed and said, "The manager is really a genius, my affairs are no problem now." ”

When Zhu Youzhen heard that Yunzhou had been lost, he was very frightened, killed Liu Suiyan and Yan Hao, who fled back to Daliang, and removed Dai Siyuan from the post of commander in the north, and sent Qin Cha to the front line to criticize the front-line generals Duan Ning, Wang Yanzhang and others, and ordered them to quickly regain the lost territory.

Jing Xiang knew that the Liang Dynasty was in danger, so he found a rope and put it in his court boots, met Zhu Youzhen and said: "The first emperor seized the world, and never thought that the old ministers were incompetent, and my plans were all adopted.

Now the enemy is strong, and His Majesty has never listened to the advice of the old minister. Since it's useless for me to live, I might as well die! As he spoke, he took out the rope and was about to hang himself in front of Zhu Youzhen.

Of course, Jing Xiang just made a show to Zhu Youzhen, if he really wanted to die, he could take a knife and do it directly, which was both fast and scary.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly stopped him and asked him what he wanted to say. Jing Xiang then talked about the topic: "The situation is urgent, and without Wang Yanzhang as a general, the matter cannot be saved." ”

Jing Xiang's rope was finally not taken in vain, and Zhu Youzhen, who was in a deep and urgent situation, finally followed his advice for the first time this time, and ordered Wang Yanzhang to replace Dai Siyuan as the commander of the northern camp, but still with Duan Ning as his deputy commander. (To be continued......)