Over there, Li Cunxuan had already killed Liu Shouguang, and here Liu Shouguang was not satisfied with the de facto emperor of the soil, he wanted to go further and become the nominal emperor, like Zhu Wen, facing the south and turning his back to the north, calling himself a lonely widow and accepting the worship of the ministers.

So he put on the emperor's ochre yellow robe, and said proudly to his subordinate generals: "Can I be the emperor if I sit facing the south like this?" Sun He stopped him and said: "Now the king cannot be called the emperor, because there is a threat from the Hedong forces in the west, and there is a Khitan in the north, and they are all waiting for the opportunity to send troops."

If they unite to attack us under the pretext of crusading against you as emperor, although we have a dangerous terrain and a large number of soldiers and horses, we will inevitably be taken advantage of by them if we are not careful.

Now is the time for the king to appease and appease the soldiers and the people, put the army in order, store up the grain and belongings, and govern our territory in good order, and after the fame is far and wide, all the places will naturally support you, and it is not too late to be the emperor again. I am afraid that it will not be effective if I act rashly now. Although his words were reasonable, Liu Shouguang was very unhappy when he heard it.

Liu Shouguang sent people to hint at Zhenzhou and Dingzhou, asking them to respect themselves as their fathers, Wang Rong sent someone to tell Li Cunqiao about this matter, Li Cunqiao was furious, and was ready to go to crusade against him immediately, and the generals said: "He is a self-inflicted evil and cannot live, and he is about to suffer the disaster of extermination, so it is better to pretend to respect him to deepen his evil deeds."

Wait until it's almost time to go and destroy him for Tianxingdao" Li Cunqiao then respected Liu Shouguang as Shang Shuling and Shang's father together with Wang Rong, Wang Chuzhi and others.

Liu Shouguang thought that Li Cunmiao and they were afraid of him, so he was even more arrogant, and wrote to Zhu Wen again: "Li Cunmiao and others want to jointly respect me, I have received the kindness of Your Majesty, I dare not accept it, I think the most appropriate way is better for Your Majesty to appoint me as the capital of Hebei." In this way, Dingzhou and Zhenzhou don't bother, and you can be pacified with one soldier. ”

In this group of people, none of them are more cunning than Liu Shouguang, not to mention the old slippery head Zhu Wen, in order to appease him, Zhu Wen rewarded him with the official title of Hebei interview envoy. and sent Wang Tong, Shi Yanqun and others to canonize. Liu Shouguang didn't know what the Hebei interview meant,

I thought I had promised him to be the emperor. When the envoys from the Liang Dynasty and Hedong arrived, Liu Shouguang's officials prepared for his inauguration with the etiquette of a Tang Dynasty lieutenant. Liu Shouguang asked puzzledly: "Why is there no procedure for changing the year name and performing suburban rituals in this ceremony?" ”

The people under his command were full of black lines, wiped their foreheads and replied: "That is the ceremony of the succession of the Son of Heaven, you are Shang's father, although you are very good, but you are still a minister." Liu Shouguang was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "I am the father, who will be the emperor?"

Now the world is divided, and the big ones are called emperors, and the small ones are kings. I have 2,000 miles of Dayanland, 300,000 soldiers, rich fish and rice in the east, and many good horses in the north. Prepare now, I'm going to be the Emperor of the North!" ”

He then took Liang Chao and Hedong's envoys into his cell. When he was about to become emperor, his generals mostly discussed in private that it was impossible. Liu Shouguang ordered people to bring out axes, guillotines and other torture instruments, and said to everyone: "Whoever admonishes him again will behead him!" ”

Sun He stood up and persuaded without fear at this time: "When Cangzhou City is broken. I am supposed to die, and thanks to the kindness of the king, I have lived to this day, how dare I forget to repay your great kindness because I cherish my life?

I don't think it's right to be emperor today." Liu Shouguang was furious and ordered someone to press him to the guillotine and let the soldiers cut his flesh to eat, and Sun He shouted: "In less than a hundred days." The enemy soldiers are coming! Liu Shouguang was so angry that he had his mouth gagged with soil, and then brutally hacked him to death with a knife and chopped him into inches. After Sun He's death, no one dared to oppose him as emperor.

So on August 13, 911, Liu Shouguang ascended the throne and became emperor, and the country was named Dayan. Change the year name to the day. The envoy of the Liang Dynasty, Wang Tong, was appointed as the left minister, the judge of Lu Long, Qi She, was the right minister, and Shi Yanqun was appointed as the imperial doctor.

When Li Cunmiao heard that Liu Shouguang had established himself as emperor, he laughed and said: "After he asks how many years after he can pass on the country, I will ask him about the importance of Ding." ”

These people are so bad, seeing that Liu Shouguang is going to a dead end step by step, not only do they not pull it, but they have to push it again, it's really a bad thing.

At this time, Zhang Chengye further made a bad move, and suggested that an envoy be sent to celebrate, which made Liu Shouguang more proud, so Li Cunmiao sent Taiyuan Shaoyin Li Chengxun to go.

After Li Chengxun arrived in Youzhou, he met with the courtesy of the envoys of the neighboring countries, and the protocol staff of the Yan Kingdom said: "Our king has ascended the throne as the emperor

, you should be seen with the courtesy of a courtier. Li Chengxun said: "I am Taiyuan Shaoyin who was ordained by the Tang Dynasty, King Yan wants to be the emperor, and he can treat the people in his jurisdiction as courtiers, how can he also regard the envoys of other countries as his courtiers?" ”

Liu Shouguang was furious, threatened to lock him up, and asked him, "Will you be my subordinate?" Li Chengxun said: "If King Yan can surrender to our king, I will naturally be your courtier, otherwise, I can't kill me." Liu Shouguang failed to make him surrender in the end, but he kept his mouth shut forever.

Soon after, Liu Shouguang convened the generals to discuss the attack on Yiding, Youzhou joined the army Feng Dao thought it was impossible, Liu Shouguang was furious, and sent him to prison and imprisoned him. Feng Dao fled to the Jin Kingdom, and Zhang Chengye recommended him to Li Cunqiao and was appointed secretary in charge.

On November 28, 911, Liu Shouguang led an army of 20,000 to invade Yiding and attack Rongcheng.

Li Cunqiao sent Zhou Dewei to lead 30,000 troops to attack Yan and besiege Wei to rescue Zhao. In the first month of 912, Zhou Dewei and King Langming of Zhao, Yiwu Chengyan rendezvoused at Yishui, and on the seventh day of the first month, the combined forces of the three towns captured the Qigou Pass of the Yan State.

On the ninth day of the first month, he attacked Zhuozhou again, assassinated Liu Zhiwen to defend the city, and Liu Shouqi's subordinate Liu Qufei went to the city and shouted: "Little Liu Lang in Hedong is now coming back to fight the thieves for his father, what are you doing, you want to hold the city for the thieves?" At this time, Liu Shouqi also took off his armor and saluted forward, Liu Zhiwen saw it, bowed in the city and apologized, so the city surrendered.

Zhou Dewei was jealous of Liu Shouqi's merits, so he slandered him to Li Cunqiao, Li Cunqiao summoned Liu Shouqi to go back, Liu Shouqi was afraid that he would be punished after going back, so he went to the Liang Dynasty with Liu Qufei.

On the 18th, Zhou Dewei attacked the city of Youzhou. Liu Shouguang asked the Liang Dynasty for help, and Zhu Wen originally planned to personally lead a large army to attack Zhenzhou and Dingzhou to rescue Liu Shouguang. However, due to the shadow of the battle of Baixiang, the soldiers along the way were like frightened birds.

It didn't work out. At this time, Liu Shouguang's bastard son Liu Jiwei ** Zhang Wanjin's woman again. Zhang Wanjin did not say a word and made the young master, and then sent an envoy to surrender to Jin, so Cangzhou fell into the hands of Hedong.

On the seventh day of the first month of March, Zhou Dewei attacked Waqiao Pass, and the generals of the pass and Li Yan, the assassin of Mozhou, surrendered. At this time, Li Cunxuan sent Li Cunxuan to lead the cavalry of Tuyuhun and Qibi to support Zhou Dewei. Liu Shouguang sent the general Shan Yanqi to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to fight, and Shan Yanqi said: "Today I have to capture Zhou Yangwu alive and go back to offer victory." ”

After the two armies fought, Shan Yanqi saw Zhou Dewei in front of the battle, so he chased after him single-handedly. A shot stabbed Zhou Dewei in the back, Zhou Dewei shouted, dodged sideways, and then took advantage of the situation to wave the horsewhip and whip Shan Yanqi off the horse.

Capture him alive, the Yan army saw that the lord would be captured, and retreated one after another, and Zhou Dewei led the cavalry to pursue from behind. The Yan army was defeated and more than 3,000 people were killed.

On the fourteenth day of the first month of the year 913. Zhou Dewei captured Shunzhou, attacked the Anyuan army, and the Jizhou defender Cheng Xingyan and others surrendered.

On February 23, the Jin army captured Danzhou, and Chen surrendered. On the first day of March, Zhou Dewei captured the Lutai army. On the 22nd, the Jin army captured Gubeikou, and Juyongguan made Hu Linggui surrender.

Liu Shouguang ordered the general Yuan Xingqin to lead 7,000 cavalry to Shanbei to herd horses, and ordered Gao Xingqi to be the assassin of Wuzhou as foreign aid. Li Siyuan divided a part of his troops and horses to attack the Eighth Army in the back mountain. All of them have been captured.

Li Cunmiao then appointed his younger brother Li Cunju as the assassin of Xinzhou, and Lu Wenjin, the general of Yan State, as his deputy general.

Li Siyuan attacked Wuzhou, Gao Xingqi opened the door and surrendered, after Yuan Xingqin heard about it, he led the army to attack Gao Xingqi, Gao Xingqi asked the Jin army for help, Li Siyuan led the army to come to the rescue, Yuan Xingqin then lifted the encirclement and withdrew the army, Li Siyuan chased all the way, and the two sides fought eight times,

Li Siyuan shot Yuan Xingqin seven times, but Yuan Xingqin pulled out the arrow and fought hard, and also shot Li Siyuan's thigh, and finally Yuan Xingqin did not support the battle and asked for surrender, Li Siyuan was deeply appreciative, stroked his back and said: "Strong man also!" Since then, he has been adopted as an adopted son.

After Li Cunqiao occupied Weibo Town, he heard that Yuan Xingqin was brave and good at fighting, so he appointed him as a scattered soldier and gave him the name Li Shaorong.

Zhou Dewei approached the south gate of Youzhou, on April 20, Liu Shouguang sent an envoy to send a letter, asking for peace, his tone was low, embarrassed, Zhou Dewei said: "Emperor Dayan has not sacrificed to the sky? Why are you so sloppy!

I have been commanded to crusade against sinners, and as for the alliance and reconciliation, that is none of my business. ”

I didn't reply to the letter after saying that. Liu Shouguang sent someone to plead bitterly, and Zhou Dewei reported to Li Cunqing.

On the 27th, the Jin army Liu Guangjun captured Pingzhou, captured the assassin Zhang Zaiji alive, and attacked Yingzhou, assassinating Yang Jing to surrender.

On the first day of the first month of June, Li Cunxuan sent Zhang Chengye to Youzhou to discuss military affairs with Zhou Dewei, and Liu Shouguang sent an envoy to ask for surrender.

On the tenth day of the seventh month, Li Xin of the Jin State captured Mozhou, captured the general Bi Yuanfu, and on the sixth day of August, Li Xin captured Yingzhou.

In September, Liu Shouguang led the army to recapture Shunzhou by night, and after tasting the sweetness, on the first day of October, he again led 5,000 troops to attack by night, preparing to enter Lanzhou.

In the second year of the first month, Zhou Dewei led an army from Zhuozhou to intercept him and defeated him, Liu Shouguang only led more than 100 people to flee back to Youzhou, and the other generals and soldiers surrendered one after another.

At this point, Liu Shouguang stuck to Youzhou City alone, and all the other places under his jurisdiction fell into the hands of Hedong, Liu Shouguang asked the Khitan for help, the Khitan thought that he had always been untrustworthy, did not support, and asked the Jin State to surrender, the Jin people also suspected that there was fraud in it, and never agreed, perhaps at this time Liu Shouguang realized that he was the sad child of the sheep.

Liu Shouguang climbed the city tower and said to Zhou Dewei: "When the king of Jin comes, I will open the door and bow my head to obey orders." ”

On November 23, Li Cunqiao came and said to Liu Shouguang at the head of the city: "Zhu Wen rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, I originally planned with you to revive the Tang Dynasty, but I didn't expect that you couldn't plan well, so you followed Zhu Wen's example and proclaimed himself emperor, and the two commanders of the two states served you very respectfully.

But you don't sympathize with them at all, that's why there is today's war, whether the husband can succeed or fail, it depends on the direction he decides, what are you going to do now? Liu Shouguang said with a sad face: "Today I have become a piece of meat on the sword, but it is up to the king to dispose of it!" Li Cunqiao saw that he looked pitiful,

Then he swore with a broken bow, "As long as you come out to meet you, I will keep you safe." Liu Shouguang excused himself again and said: "This matter will be talked about another day, and I will talk about it another day." At night, he plucked up the courage to surrender again, but the general Li Xiaoxi dissuaded him, Liu Shouguang thought, no one who is a minister will surrender,

How can I be so spineless as my master! So he listened to Li Xiaoxi's words again. Unexpectedly, Li Xiaoxi came out of the city that night, surrendered to Li Cunqing, and revealed that the city was no longer capable of fighting. On the 24th, Li Cunqiao ordered the siege of the city, and after the city was broken,

Liu Rengong and more than 300 other relatives surnamed Liu were all arrested. Liu Shouguang and his wife took advantage of the chaos to escape from Youzhou, and wanted to go south to Cangzhou to join Liu Shouqi, but because they waded through the cold water, their feet were frozen and swollen, and they got lost again, stumbled, and embarrassed.

After arriving in Yanle County, the family hid in the valley, there was no food for a few days, and they couldn't stand the hunger, so they asked his wife Zhu to go to the farmer Zhang Shizao's house to ask for something to eat, Zhang Shizao suspected that the women who came to beg for food were not like ordinary people, and under questioning, they knew where Liu Shouguang was hiding, so they captured him alive with his three sons and sent them to Li Cunmiao,

At that time, Li Cunmiao was holding a banquet to entertain the ministers, Liu Shouguang wept bitterly and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy, Li Cunmiao said to him: "Why is the host hiding so far away from the guests!" ”

He and Liu Rengong were placed in the hall together. On the thirteenth, Li Cunqiao set off from Youzhou, and Liu Rengong's father and son were wearing torture instruments and standing under the exposed cloth.

Liu Shouguang's parents spat in his face and scolded him: "Traitor, you have harmed my family to this point!" Liu Shouguang just lowered his head and didn't dare to gnaw. On the way to Taiyuan, Liu Shouguang was scolded by passers-by as "Liu Heizi".

On the fifteenth day of the first month of 914, Li Cunqiao tied Liu Rengong and his son with a rope and returned to Jinyang with a triumphant song. On the 19th, he went to Taimiao to win the victory, and personally supervised the killing of Liu Shouguang, Liu Shouguang cried and said: "The minister dies without hatred, but it is Li Xiaoxi who tells the minister not to surrender, he is a sinner who does not die, and after the minister dies, he will also complain to the Lord of Yama!" ”

Li Cunmiao called Li Xiaoxi over, Li Xiaoxi glared and said, "Imprison your father, kill your brother, and eat his flesh and bones, is this what I taught you?" ”

Li Cunmiao suspected that Li Xiaoxi was rude to his original master, so he killed him first. Liu Shouguang saw that Li Cunmiao refused to spare him, and said in despair: "Shouguang is good at riding horses and archery, the king wants to revive the Tang Dynasty and achieve hegemony, why don't you stay and drive to serve the king!" ”

Liu Shouguang's wives Zhu and Li saw that he was so undignified, and reproached him: "Your Majesty, what are you doing to survive now?" Then he led his neck and died. Liu Shouguang still pleaded for mercy, but the result was still different.

Liu Rengong was later escorted to Daizhou (present-day Dai County, Shanxi), where Li Cunqiao stabbed him in the heart, sacrificed the blood that had been shed, and then beheaded him.

The rivers and lakes laughed, grudges, people made tricks, laughed and hid knives. Hongchen smiled, smiled lonely, his heart was too high, he couldn't get to ...... (To be continued......)