In fact, such a thing also happened in the ninth year of Xianzong Yuanhe (814), when Wu Shaoyang passed away from Huaixi Jiedu, and his son Wu Yuanji hid his funeral, and faked his Laozi table and said: "I am sick, please take my son Wu Yuanji as the queen." "The court doesn't allow it.

Wu Yuanji saw that it was not good, so he sent troops to burn Wuyang and Yexian, and attacked Lushan, Xiangcheng and Yangzhai, and Xianzong sent troops to attack.

Wang Chengzong and Li Shidao secretly colluded with Wu Yuanji and came forward to ask for forgiveness. Li Shidao, the son of Li Na, the envoy of the Pinglu Ziqing Festival, inherited his brother Li Shigu as the commander and owned the land of twelve states.

If the imperial court did not allow it, Li Shidao sent people to disguise themselves as thieves and burn the grain and grass in Heyin, in an attempt to destroy the military supply of the Tang army; He also sent assassins into Beijing to assassinate Prime Minister Wu Yuanheng and slash the minister Pei Du in an attempt to attack the main battle faction. After doing these things, Li Shidao didn't have anything to do, because the government and the opposition thought that Wang Chengzong did it.

Xianzong was not shaken, and Pei Du succeeded Wu Yuanheng as the prime minister and presided over the crusade. In the eleventh year of Yuanhe (816), Xianzong sent six troops to crusade with an army of 100,000, but was forced to withdraw after two years of no success.

Wei Bo Tian Hongzheng was called to crusade against Wang Chengzong, the general He Jintao led more than 1,000 fine horsemen to attack Zhenzhou, a great victory, Yuan and 12 years (817) Tian Hongzheng broke Wang Chengzong in the south of the official, Wang Chengzong was in a hurry, please surrender, "since Chen is separated by Lu Congshi, begging to lose tribute, please officials, allow him to renew himself." ”

The Tang Dynasty was also weak due to the protracted war, so it accepted its surrender and appointed Wang Chengzong as the envoy of the Chengde army. In October of that year, Deng Jiedu made Li Yu under the guidance of the general Li You, and successfully attacked Caizhou on a snowy night, breaking the city and capturing Wu Yuanji. In November, Wu Yuanji was beheaded in Chang'an, and Huaixi was pacified.

When Li Shidao heard about it, he was very afraid. expressed his willingness to obey the orders of the imperial court, and in the thirteenth year of Yuan He, he asked Xianyi, Mi, and Hai to three states, and soon regretted it. Later, under the siege of the army of Zhuzhen, he was killed by Liu Wu, the commander of the army, and this historical history is called Yuan and Zhongxing.

In the fifteenth year of Yuanhe (820), Wang Chengzong died. His younger brother Wang Chengyuan returned to the imperial court, and the imperial court transferred Tian Hongzheng as the envoy of the Chengde Army. In July of the first year of Changqing (821), Tian Hongzheng allowed 3,000 guards to return to Weibo.

The Chengde army knew that the soldiers and horses made Wang Tingcuo have different ambitions and planned to take the opportunity to rebel. Wang Tingcuo's ancestor was a remnant of the Uighur Absi tribe, named Wu Nuogan, who served as a cavalry general under Wang Wujun, who accepted him as his adopted son, so he changed his surname to Wang, and was known as Wang's fifth brother.

The son of Wunuogan is called Suegaki Huo, and the son of Suegaki is called Wang Sheng. The three generations of Wu Nuogan, Suegaki Huo, and Wang Sheng all served as cavalry generals in the Chengde Army.

Wang Ting colluded with the tooth soldiers to make a rebellion, Tian Hongzheng and his family, more than 300 people were killed at the same time, and took Jizhou, killed and assassinated Shi Wang Jinqi, and asked the Tang court to grant him the envoy of the festival.

The imperial court was very angry at Wang Tingcuo's self-reliance, so Tian Bu, the son of Tian Hongzheng, was appointed as Wei Bojie's envoy, leading an army of 30,000 people to attack Wang Tingcuo, and at the same time ordering the Henghai, Zhaoyi, Hedong, and Yiwu armies to fight together. It was snowing heavily and the army could not advance. The second year. Lu Long mutinied, and Zhu Kerong seized the throne of Jiedu and betrayed the court again.

In 822, Wei Bo also mutinied, and Shi Xiancheng established himself as Wei Boliu's queen and turned his back on the imperial court. Attacking Jiedu made Tian Bu, Tian Bu was defeated and committed suicide.

The three towns of Hebei betrayed the imperial court almost at the same time, and in the case of this rebellion of the towns, the imperial court had no choice but to recognize the royal court as the envoy of the Chengde Festival, and from then on. The Uighur kings began to occupy the town of Chengde. In the eighth year of Taihe (834) of Tang Wenzong, after the death of Wang Tingcuo, his son Wang Yuankui succeeded him as the envoy of Jiedu.

Wang Yuankui changed his father's arrogant and domineering style, was very respectful to the imperial court, and paid endless tributes. In the fourth year of Tang Wuzong's reign (844), Wang Yuankui was edicted to recruit envoys to the north of Zelu, and cooperated with Liu Wei and Wang Maoyuan to attack Liu Zhi, Wang Yuankui attacked Xuanwu Gate, and defeated Liu Zhi in Yaoshan.

In 855, Wang Yuankui died and was succeeded by his son Wang Shaoding. Wang Shaoding died after two years of reign, and was succeeded by his younger brother Wang Shaoyi because his son Wang Jingchong was young.

In 866, Wang Shaoyi died and passed the throne to Wang Jingchong, the son of Wang Shaoding.

In 882, Wang Jingchong died and was succeeded by his ten-year-old son Wang Rong. At the beginning of Wang Rong's succession, it was the time when Zhuzhen was divided into Xiong, Li Keyong was divided into Hedong, Li Quanzhong was divided into Youzhou, Wang Chucun was divided into Yiding, Helian Duo was divided into Datong, and Meng Fangli was divided into Xingtai.

The warlords of the towns fought for years and annexed each other. Among them, Li Keyong and Li Quanzhong are the strongest. Wang Rong succeeded to the throne at a young age, and Li Keyong had already been eyeing Chengde Town, just because Li Keyong was using troops against Meng Fangli at that time, and he did not attack Chengde for the time being.

In order to reconcile with Li Keyong, Wang Rong supplied grain and grass for the Jin army all year round during Li Keyong's attack on Meng Fangli. But Li Keyong did not intend to let him go because of this, and after annexing Meng Fangli, he quickly sent troops to attack Chengde Town.

In 891, Li Keyong sent an army to attack Chengde, captured Lincheng, and then attacked Yuanshi. Wang Rong asked Li Congwei in Youzhou (Li Quanzhong was dead at this time, and his son Li Congwei succeeded to the throne) for help, and Li Congwei was very righteous and immediately led his troops to the rescue. In 892, Wang Rong sent troops to attack Xingzhou under Li Keyong, but was defeated by the Jin generals Li Cunxin and Li Sixun at Yaoshan.

In February, Li Ke used Wang Chucun to attack Jianqiang and Xinshi under Wang Rong's rule, and the two armies fought in Xinshi, Wang Rong sent Duan Liang to train Duan Liang and Ma Ke to lead troops to cooperate with Li Congwei, and the two armies fought in the Cihe battle, and Wang Chucun was defeated.

In October, the Jin general Li Cunxiao, the thirteenth Taibao, rebelled in Xingzhou. In the spring of the following year, the Jin army attacked Li Cunxiao, Li Cunxiao asked Wang Rong for help, Wang Rong sent troops to rescue, and was defeated by the Jin army in Qiri Ridge, the Jin army took advantage of the victory to enter the siege of Jingcheng, Wang Rong asked Li Congwei for help again, and the Jin army retreated.

At first, before Li Congwei set off from Youzhou, he was drunk and promiscuous at the farewell banquet with his family, and took his younger brother Li Kuangyu's wife**, and Li Kuangwei held a grudge against Li Congwei from then on. At this time, Li Congwei led his troops back to Youzhou, but Li Kuangwei had already launched a mutiny and closed his door.

Li Congwei asked to return to Beijing, but the imperial court did not allow it, and when he was desperate and passed through Shenzhou, Wang Rong was grateful to Li Congwei for sending troops to help him retreat from the enemy, so he welcomed him to Zhao State, where he lived in the plum garden, and Wang Rong treated Li Congwei like a father.

Li Congwei had a subordinate named Li Zhengbao, who saw that Li Congwei always sighed for the loss of Youzhou, and saw that Wang Rong was young and weak, so he conspired with Li Congwei to seize the throne of Chengde Jiedu.

Li Congwei lied about the death day, and Wang Rong removed his guards. After going to the Plum Garden to pay homage and taking a seat, Li Congwei's pre-arranged armor rushed out, kidnapped Wang Rong, and forced him to give way to Li Congwei.

Wang Rong respectfully said to Li Congwei: "My country has been invaded by Jin. It is only by your help that I have been saved, and I am willing to give way to you today. Please go back with me to the military palace, and I will announce to the generals that I will give way to you. ”

Li Congwei believed that it was true, kidnapped Wang Rong and returned to the military palace, and when he passed by the family camp on the way, the soldiers of Chengde shouted behind closed doors, and there was an instant thunderstorm, and the wind was howling. A butcher named Mo Junhe recognized Wang Rong,

And jumped out of the ruins of the broken wall, quickly pulled Wang Rong onto the war horse, galloped away, and the rebels killed Li Congwei and Li Zhenghug, and all the Yandi soldiers brought by Li Congwei were also killed.

After Li Congwei's death, his younger brother Li Kuangyu attacked Chengde in the name of revenge for his brother, and Li Keyong rushed to attack Pingshan at this time. In desperation, Wang Rong had no choice but to sacrifice 500,000 horses to make peace with Jin Yan. and sent troops to help Jin attack Li Cunxiao. In March of the first year of Qianning (894), the Jin army captured Li Cunxiao alive and killed him.

In the first year of Guanghua (898), Zhu Wen sent Ge from Zhou to capture the three prefectures of Xing, Wei and Ci under the rule of Hedong. and sent someone to edict Wang Rong to return to Liang, but Wang Rong hesitated.

In the third year of Guanghua, Li Sizhao recaptured Zhaozhou, and Zhu Wen led the army to besiege it again. Li Sizhao abandoned the city and fled, and Zhu Wen got Li Sizhao's baggage, among which Wang Rong's letters to Li Sizhao were found, many of which talked about Liang Jun.

Zhu Wen was very angry after seeing it, and took Ge Congzhou as the vanguard. Attacking Chengde, the soldiers arrived in Lincheng, Ge Congzhou ran arrows and was seriously wounded. Zhu Wen personally led the army to Fucheng and burned its southern pass.

Wang Rong was very frightened, and his judge, Zhou Shi, said: "We can't fight with the Liang army now, and we can only persuade Zhu Wen with reason." ”

Because Zhou Shi and Zhu Wen had old friends and was a discerning scholar, Wang Rong sent him to the Liang army to persuade Zhu Wen, and after Zhu Wen saw Zhou Shi, he scolded: "I used letters to recruit Wang Rong many times, but he didn't come, and now I am here in person, but you are here, it's too late." condition

And Jin is my enemy, but Wang Rong has attached himself to him, I know that Li Sizhao must be in your city, you should hand him over. ”

Zhu Wen took out Wang Rong's letter to Li Sizhao and showed it to Zhou Shi. Zhou Shi said: "King Liang just wants to get a town, or does he want to achieve hegemony in the world?"

Moreover, the hegemon will only blame others for righteousness, and will never blame others for personal grudges, such as today, when the princes of all walks of life guard their fiefdoms and live in harmony, so that the war can cease and the people can recuperate.

In the past, Cao Cao broke Yuan Shao and got the letters from the generals of Wei to Yuan Shao, all of which were burned, which was a heroic act! Now King Liang knows that there is no name for raising troops, but he uses Li Sizhao as an excuse.

Besides, the fifth and sixth princes of the Wang family have Zhao land, is there no brave man who died? Zhu Wen is also a cheap bone, and he was very happy after being ridiculed, and got up and pulled Zhou's sleeve and said to him: "I'm just joking!" ”

So he invited Zhou Shi into the upper seat and discussed peace with Wang Rong. Later, Wang Rong sent cattle, wine, goods, and coins to reward the Liang army, and took his eldest son Wang Zhaozuo and the generals Liang Gongru and Li Honggui as hostages to return to Bianliang with Zhu Wen, and then Zhu Wen married his daughter to Wang Zhaozuo, and the two sides formed an alliance.

In 907, Zhu Wen deposed the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, established himself as emperor, changed the name of the country to Liang, and established Kaiping in the Yuan Dynasty. At the same time, Wang Rong was named the king of Zhao, Wang Rong gladly accepted, and from then on he regarded himself as the king of Zhao, built the palace of the king of Zhao in Zhenzhou, took Zhenzhou as the capital, and established the state of Zhao. In the years after being called queen, the state of Zhao was relatively peaceful, and there were no major wars.

In 910, Wang Rong's grandmother died, and all the towns and festivals sent envoys to mourn, and when the envoys of the Liang Dynasty saw that the envoys of the Jin Kingdom were also there, they suspected that Wang Rong had two ambitions.

It just so happened that Wei Bo Jiedu made Luo Shaowei die in the same year, and Zhu Wen took control of Wei Bo, and he wanted to completely eliminate Wang Rong and Wang Chuzhi of Dingzhou, who had seized Zhenzhou.

So in the winter of that year, sent the general Wang Jingren to attack Zhao, in the face of Zhu Wen's army to press, Wang Rong had to ask for help from the Jin king Li Cunmiao (at this time Li Keyong was dead, his son Li Cunmiao succeeded to the throne as the king of Jin), Li Cunmiao led the troops to rescue Zhao, at the same time, Wang Chuzhi of Beiping also sent an envoy to Li Cunmiao to express his attachment, and dispatched troops to cooperate with the Jin army's action. In the first month of 911, the Liang army and the allied forces of Zhao, Jin, and Beiping fought at Baixiang, resulting in a great defeat for the Liang army.

In July of the same year, Wang Rong met Li Cunqiao in the Chengtian Army, Wang Rong served wine to congratulate Li Cunqiao on his birthday, Li Cunqiao because Wang Rong was a friend of his father Li Keyong, so he treated him very politely, Li Cunqiao was drunk, sang for Wang Rong, and took off the saber on his body to cut off the sleeves and swore an oath with Wang Rong, and promised to marry his daughter to Wang Rong's second son Wang Zhaozhi.

Wang Rong then abolished the Later Liang era name and changed to the Tang Dynasty "Tianqi" era name. After that, the Jin Kingdom destroyed the Yan Kingdom in the north, and took Weibo Town in the south, and Wang Rong sent troops to help.

After annexing to the Jin Kingdom, Wang Rong began to be unenterprising and greedy for pleasure. He often plays, does not care about political affairs, and relies on his wingmen to handle everything.

The marching Sima Li Ai, the eunuchs Li Honggui, and Shi Ximeng began to take over power. Wang Rong believed in Buddhism in his later years, liked to seek immortals, specialized in studying Buddhist scriptures, and learned Taoist painting talismans.

The museum is very gorgeously decorated in Nishiyama, and I often go there to play.

Climbing the mountain and watching the water, as soon as he went out, it was several months, and there were often more than 10,000 soldiers accompanying him.

The cost of food and lodging is huge, and both the military and the people suffer greatly. In December 920, when Wang Rong returned from Xishan and lived in the Falcon Camp, Shi Ximeng persuaded Wang Rong to go to another place to play, and Li Honggui said to Wang Rong: "The king of Jin fought a bloody battle with the Liang army on both sides of the Yellow River.

And the king has specially diverted the supplies for the army to some things that are not urgent, and besides, it is a difficult time now, and the people's hearts are unpredictable, if the king leaves the palace for a long time and goes out to play, in case a traitor rebels, closes the city gates, and isolates us outside, what should we do? ”

Wang Rong was about to go back, but Shi Ximeng secretly told him again: "Li Honggui speculated wildly, threatened the king with disrespectful words, and specially boasted about himself to the outside world to improve his prestige. ”

So Wang Rong stayed again, stayed for two nights in a row and didn't want to go back. Li Honggui then asked Su Hanheng, the commander of the inner teeth, to lead his own army to wear armor and hold a knife, and went to the tent to face Wang Rong and said: "The soldiers have been away from home for a long time, and they all want to follow the king back. ”

Li Honggui also persuaded King Zhao: "Shi Ximeng persuaded the king to play endlessly, and I heard that he was going to murder the king, please kill him to admit his mistake to everyone." ”

Wang Rong didn't listen, so the guards made a loud noise, killed Shi Ximeng, and took his head to Wang Rong to speak.

Wang Rong was angry and afraid, so he hurried back to the mansion. That night, Wang Rong sent his eldest sons Wang Zhaozuo and Wang Deming to lead troops to surround the residences of Li Honggui and Li Ai, killing all their families, and dozens of families were implicated.

He also killed Su Hanheng and arrested his henchmen, and thoroughly investigated them for their rebellion, which greatly alarmed Wang Rong's cronies. (To be continued......)