Because Li Keyong, Li Maozhen, Wang Jian, and others still regarded Tianyou as Zhengshuo and did not recognize his Liang Dynasty, Zhu Wen was worried that the support of warlords in various places would make the abolition of the emperor a time bomb around him, so he did not do it, and he did not stop doing it.

On February 21, the fifth year of Tianyou (the second year of Kaiping, 908), the 17-year-old Emperor Wai was poisoned to death. Zhu Wen added a word of "mourning the emperor" and was buried in Dingtao Township, Jiyin County.

Let's talk about this poor Emperor Tang Ai. Emperor Tang Ai, whose real name is Li Ji, is the ninth son of Li Ye of Tang Zhaozong, born in Da Nei on September 3 of the first year of Jingfu, his first name was Li Zuo, and he was crowned King Hui in the fourth year of Qianning (897), and in February of the third year of Tianfu (903), he worshiped the three divisions of the palace and filled the marshal of the soldiers and horses.

In August of the first year of Tianyou (904), after Zhaozong was killed, Jiang Xuanhui falsely passed on the edict to support him as emperor. After he ascended the throne, he did not change the yuan, and has been using the "Tianyou" era name. However, unfortunately, God bless Tang, and when the 300-year-old drumming and passing flowers of the Tang Dynasty reached him, it finally exploded.

During his reign, Emperor Wai has always played the role of a puppet and has never issued any actual decrees.

Those so-called edicts issued in his name were actually handled in accordance with Zhu Wen's wishes.

His nominal dynasty will also stop under various high-sounding excuses. What Emperor Mourning can do is to follow Zhu Wen's wishes and improve and strengthen Zhu Wen's political status and prestige step by step.

Of course, it is not that there is nothing that is beneficial to Emperor Wai, but none of them have succeeded. One is that in September of the second year of Tianyou (905), in the name of the palace decree, his nursing mother was crowned as Zhaoyi and Mrs. Jun.

Among them, the nurse Yang gave the name Zhaoyi, the nurse Wang was named the county lady, and the other nurse who was also surnamed Wang was named the county lady when Zhaozong. At this time, he also planned to change his title to Zhaoyi according to Yang's regulations. This move was objected to by the prime minister, and Emperor Wai had no choice but to give up. The other is in November of the second year of Tianyou (905). Emperor Wai prepared to sacrifice to heaven on the 19th.

At that time, the yamen had already made all preparations for holding ceremonies. However, Zhu Wen was very unhappy when he heard it. Thinking that the suburban ceremony was held with the intention of extending the Tang Dynasty, the relevant officials were very frightened, so they used the excuse to reschedule. The matter was eventually settled.

When the emperor is such a, death may also be a relief.

Battle of Luzhou

Luzhou is also known as Shangdang, Lu'an Mansion, that is, today's Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, Changzhi was originally the name of the county where Lu'an Mansion is located, named after the eight years of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, taking the meaning of long-term stability. Shangdang is a piece of high ground surrounded by mountains.

Its eastern part is the Taihang Mountains, which are divided by the two provinces of Hebei and Henan; To the west is the Taiyue Mountains. Junction with Linfen; The north is Wuyun Mountain, Bafuling and other mountainous areas, bordering Jinzhong; To the south are Danzhuling and Jinquan Mountain, which are adjacent to Jincheng.

The Shangdang area is high and dangerous, and it has been a strategic place since ancient times, Di Ziqi said in the "National Policy Geographical Names Examination" that "the earth is extremely high, and the sky is the party, so it is called the party", which means this.

In fact, the average altitude of Shangdang is only about 1,000 meters. Compared with Luliang Mountain, Wutai Mountain, and Zhongtiao Mountain in Shanxi, it is not high.

The so-called party with the sky is mainly in terms of its geographical location. Shangdang is located at the southern end of Taihang Mountain, and south of Taihang is the Central Plains. The drop is nearly a kilometer, standing in the Central Plains and looking up at Taihang,

The momentum is like a black cloud pressing down. There is a sense of majesty and erection. Taihang Mountain, north from Juma River. South to Lingchuan, Jincheng, the end of the extension to Henan's Linzhou, Jiaozuo and other places. Stretching for more than 800 miles, it is the natural boundary mountain of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan, east and south of the mountain.

It is the boundless North China Plain, with an altitude of less than 100 meters. As a platform at the southern end of Taihang Mountain, Shangdang overlooks the Central Plains.

It is precisely for this reason that since ancient times, Shangdang has become a battleground for soldiers. In ancient China, most of the capitals of dynasties were also located around Shangdang, such as Chang'an, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Xuchang, etc., in terms of the speed of cavalry.

From Shangdang, that is, a few days away, so the emperors of all dynasties attached great importance to the strategic position of Shangdang. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Shangdang was used as an important military town, and the Jin State established Shangdang County here.

After Qin Shi Huang unified the world, the whole country was divided into 36 counties, and Shangdang was still one of them, and there were many dynasties along the future. Tang Xuanzong promoted Shangdang County to the Metropolitan Governor's Office, which is the highest local military institution second only to the central government;

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty placed the Zhaoyi Army in Luzhou, and governed 12 prefectures such as Ze, Qin, Yi, Ci, Wei, Zhao, Huai, Wei, Heyang, Zheng, Chen, and Ying, and remotely controlled two or three thousand miles; At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, it was the Longde Mansion, and the Marshal's Mansion was the capital of the Xingdu; It is clearly set up to patrol the southern Hebei military preparation road, and has jurisdiction over the five state capitals of Ze, Lu, Qin, Liao and Fen.

Ancient military strategists have made incisive judgments on Shangdang, believing that "the land of Shangdang, according to the shoulder and spine of the world, is the throat of Heshuo", "negative Taiyuan, Lupujin, with Fenhe, Qiuyiluo", "there are four stops, with three passes in the east (Jingcheng Pass, Hukou Pass, Tianjing Pass), and the west is the country's shelter", "one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are difficult to cross, I am easy to come out, and it is difficult for the other to come".

Therefore, all dynasties and dynasties regarded the occupation of Shangdang and the seizure of Shangdang as a major matter to defend the country and protect the Beijing Division. And whenever the country or political power reaches a critical moment, the party is often a place of blood and fire.

Historically, there have been more than 400 large and small wars in the land of Shangdang, and the battle of Qin and Zhao Changping, where the 400,000 troops of Zhao State were killed by Bai Qikeng.

For Li Keyong, holding Luzhou can keep Zhu Wen out of the country, not only to contain the Liang army from expanding Hebei, but also to shield Hedong, once the time is ripe, you can also go straight to Luoyang and chase the Central Plains.

For Zhu Wen, seizing Luzhou, there is no danger to defend on the periphery of Taiyuan, but he can choke the throat of Hedong and strangle Li Keyong to death.

Therefore, the tragic battle for Luzhou almost ran through the whole process of Zhu and Li's struggle for hegemony, first Li Ke defeated the Zhaoyi army that occupied the party to make Meng Fangli and capture Ze and Luzhou, but not long after, the deputy general stationed in Luzhou rebelled and dedicated Luzhou to Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen has long had the intention of seizing Luzhou, and now he has the danger of going to the party without a fight.

If he got the treasure, he hurriedly sent troops to defend Luzhou. Of course, Li Keyong was not willing to give up the strategic land of Luzhou, so he grabbed food again...... After five changes of hands, three years after three years (903). Li Keyong recaptured Luzhou again and strengthened the city defenses. In order to last.

Zhu Wen never forgot to retake Luzhou, May 907. Just a month after he became emperor, Zhu Wen ordered Kang Huaiying, the envoy of Shaanzhou Jiedu, to capture Luzhou with 80,000 troops.

Kang Huaiying, whose real name is Kang Huaizhen, is a native of Yanzhou, Shandong. Originally a colonel under Zhu Jin's account, and later demoted to Zhu Wen, he was signed as a military academy of the Xuanwu Army.

In the first year of Guanghua (898), Kang Huaiying attacked Xiang and Han with the general Shucong. Quite a credit. In the third year of Guanghua (900 years), Kang Huaiying followed Zhu Wen to conquer Heshuo,

and the general Zhang Cunjing defeated the Yan army on top of Yi Shui. In the first year of Tianfu (901), Zhu Wen led the army to attack Fengxiang, Li Maozhen sent the general Fu Daozhao to lead more than 10,000 troops to resist it, Kang Huaiying broke it, and captured 6,000 armor soldiers and 2,000 horses.

In April of the second year of Tianfu (902), Fu Daozhao led the army to camp in the Han Valley of Yu County, and Kang Huaiying led thousands of cavalry to attack it. defeated Fu Daozhao again. In August of the second year of Tianfu, the Yanfang Festival made Li Zhouyi to join the army in Sanyuan to support Li Maozhen, and Kang Huaiying attacked again.

Li Zhouyi pulled out his army and fled, and Kang Huaiying pursued to Liyuan and captured Zhaizhou. Later. Li Maozhen went out to Fengtian again, and Kang Huaiying was defeated again. In the third year of the reign of Tenyu (906).

Kang Huaiying and the general Liu Zhijun broke Li Maozhen's 50,000 army in the United States, and they were the envoys of the Baoyi Army in Shaanzhou.

June. The Liang army entered the city of Luzhou. At that time, the defender of Luzhou was the general Li Sizhao. Li Sizhao, whose name is Yiguang, ranks second among the thirteen Taibao used by Li Ke.

Li Sizhao was originally a farmer in Taigu County, Fenzhou, Li Keyong went out hunting, settled in Han's house, and found that the surrounding woods were gloomy and very strange, so he called his father to ask.

His father replied that a son had just been born in the family. Li Ke thought that this son had a rich atmosphere, so he exchanged gold silk for a baby, and the child's father saw that there was gold to take.

sold the child, and then Li Keyong asked his younger brother Li Kerou to adopt him as an adopted son. At first, he was named Li Jintong, and later changed to Li Sizhao.

Li Sizhao is short in stature but courageous, and his perseverance is also very comparable. Once fond of drinking, Li Ke used a slight warning, and he changed his old habit and stopped drinking for the rest of his life.

This reminds me of a joke: a grandmother who has smoked for most of her life said to her granddaughter: "Granddaughter, don't marry someone who has quit smoking in the future!" The granddaughter was puzzled and asked her why. Grandma said, "Men who have quit smoking are ruthless! Think about it, you can quit cigarettes, what else can't be done! ”

After hearing this, the grandfather said to his grandson: "If you are looking for a partner, you must not find someone who has successfully lost weight!" Think about it, a woman can even control her mouth, what else can't be ruthless."

In ancient times, there were no cigarettes, and military generals were especially addicted to alcohol, and a military general could successfully quit drinking, which can be said to be a very powerful role. Li Keyong liked him to be cautious and benevolent, so he often took him to war.

Li Sizhao saw that the Liang army was menacing and difficult to fight, so he relied on the city to defend it and avoided the battle.

In front of the fierce generals of Jiancheng, Kang Huaiying, who was once invincible, was gnawed to the hard bones this time, and attacked day and night for half a month, without any progress, so he had to build a fortified company camp and plan to besiege it for a long time. At the beginning of August, Zhou Dewei led his troops to Yuwu, and Kang Huaiying planned to intercept Zhou Dewei and encircle the point to send reinforcements.

So he sent his relatives to ride the capital head Qin Wu to lead the troops to block the attack, but was defeated by Zhou Dewei. Zhou Dewei successfully came to Luzhou and attacked Li Sizhao inside and outside to attack Kang Huaiying.

On the 12th, Zhu Wen was demoted to the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the camp, and sent Li Si'an, the assassin of Bozhou, to be the commander of the camp in Luzhou, and led the Hebei troops to Luzhou. Li Si'an, the word Zhenchen, Henan Chen Liuren.

In his early years, he served under the command of Xuanwu General Yang Yanhong, brave and powerful, seven feet long,

Quite ambitious. In the third year of neutralization, Zhu Wen held a military parade, and when he saw Li Si'an's majestic appearance, he admired it very much, so he gave him the name Li Si'an. Since then, every time he sends troops to fight, Li Si'an has followed left and right. Therefore, being good-looking is also an advantage.

Researchers at Yale University in the United States did a study in which they scored the looks of 4,000 young men and women. It was found that more than half of the people were of medium appearance,

7% were considered very attractive and 8% were considered unattractive or very unattractive. The volunteers who participated in the survey also took an IQ test and revealed their salaries. Eventually, a shocking secret was discovered: for every 14 points in IQ score, wages can increase by 3 to 6 percent.

But if you look good, your salary will increase by 5 to 10 percent. So, if a mediocre-looking person wants to get the same salary as a good-looking person, then their IQ must be 40% higher than that of a beautiful person. "It can be seen that looks are indeed a valuable asset.

If you are not good-looking and not very smart, study hard to make up for your IQ. Li Si'an is not only good-looking, but also good at flying lance, invincible, like an eagle flying in the wind,

You can freely enter and exit among 10,000 people, capture enemy generals, and be like entering a no-man's land, because of your own courage and daring to boast, it is very deterrent in the enemy army. Zhu Wen attached great importance to him and appointed him as a white general, "step", that is, the meaning of inspection, investigation and search; white

It is a borrowed word for thin, and thin has the meaning of "overgrown with plants and trees, intertwined, and inaccessible". Due to the dense vegetation and the easy ambush of the enemy, it has gradually become synonymous with "enemy ambush". So the word "stepping white" is combined,

It means "to check out the enemy's lurking". Those who participated in the "White Army" were all shrewd, strong, wise and brave people. The task of the White Army is to find out the enemy's situation, search and explore the way,

Preventing the enemy from setting up ambushes, and sometimes engaging in some military raid operations by the way, is a bit like the ancient version of special forces.

After Li Si'an arrived, he built a deep ditch and high fortress on the periphery, forming a "sandwich village" with Kang Huaiying's department, breaking through the inner defense army and resisting the enemy's reinforcements outside.

At the same time, the people of Shandong (east of Taihang Mountain) were requisitioned to transport grain to the front. After Zhou Dewei found out, he repeatedly sent light cavalry to attack their grain road. In order to ensure the safety of grain transportation, Li Si'an

From the southeast mountain pass, a road was built to lead to the village. Zhou Dewei and the generals attacked day and night, Li Si'an built up the city wall, and they were responsible for tearing down the city wall.

Li Si'an dug the trench, they were responsible for filling the trench, Li Si'an's army slept, they harassed all night, sometimes dozens of times overnight, Li Si'an's army went out to graze cattle and horses, collect wages and cut grass,

They carried out raids, kidnapped tickets, and played assassination,....... in short, Zhou Dewei's strategy was to torture you, drag you down, and scare you to death.

Zhu Wen was unable to attack Li Si'an for a long time, and lost more than 40 generals and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and now he is still closed, so he changed the commander again, removed Li Si'an's official title, and returned to his hometown as a migrant worker. (To be continued......)