Therefore, Zhu Wen surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao's subordinates were shocked, and they began to plan a way out, and Huang Chao's rule in Chang'an was shaky. Huang Chao heard Zhu Wen's defection and was furious: "Negative pot thief!" No good death! ”

After Huang Chao was driven out of Chang'an, in July of the third year of Tang Zhonghe (883 AD), Zhu Wen came to Bianzhou (now Kaifeng, Henan) in high spirits and became a prince. At this time, Huang Chao was still wandering in Henan, so Zhu Wen recruited troops to prevent accidents. However, Bianzhou is in the land of four wars, and there are too many friends around, so Zhu Wen has to cheer up to deal with these people.

In the north of Zhu Wenzhou, there were Wang Duo of the Yicheng Army of Huazhou (now Huaxian County, Henan), Zhuge Shuang of the Heyang Sancheng Festival of Huaizhou (now Qinyang, Shanxi), Zhu Xuan (self-styled) of the Tianping Army of Yunzhou (now Dongping, Shandong) in the northeast, Qi Kerang of the Taining Army of Yanzhou (now Yanzhou, Shandong), Wang Jingwu of Pinglu of Qingzhou (now Qingzhou, Shandong), Shi Pu of the Wuning Army of Xuzhou in the east, Gao Biao of the Huainan Festival in the south, and Zhou Qi of the Zhongwu Army of Xuzhou (now Xuchang, Henan) in the west. There's still that damn Li Keyong in the north of Zhu Wen.

This group of people are nominally "loyal ministers" of the Tang Dynasty, but all of them have ghosts in their hearts, and seeing that the Tang Dynasty is weak, "they are all self-reliant, and they are not allowed to pay tribute, and they are rewarded and punished by themselves." "However, because Wang Duo is the prime minister, he is still a member of the court. As soon as Zhu Wen arrived in Bianzhou, he was unfamiliar with the people, so he visited Wang Duo's dock and paid to fill Wang Duo. Wang Duo felt that Zhu Wen was very reliable, so he "leaned on it as a cover".

After Zhu Wen took charge of the Xuanwu Army, he immediately became a rich man, and Zhu Wen still had some filial piety, so he sent someone to pick up the old lady and eldest brother who were still slaves in Liu Chong's family in Xiao County and went to the city to enjoy the blessings. And Mrs. Zhu saw that the official army came to her. The first reaction was that her unruly little man must have caused trouble, and the government sent someone to arrest her. Frightened, he hid under the stove in Liu Chong's kitchen.

Liu Chong's mother still has some insight, and after asking about the intentions of the person who came. Come and congratulate Mrs. Zhu: "Don't be surprised, old lady, it is indeed the third prince who has made meritorious contributions, and he was sent to pick up your old man to enjoy his happiness." Old Madam Zhu was still a little unconvinced, and said tremblingly: "They must have made the wrong person, Zhu San is a troublemaker, how can he become such a big official?" ”

Before coming to the people's trip, Zhu Wen probably thought of this, so he told the envoy about his general experience, so the envoy told Mrs. Zhu Wen's experience. Only then did Mrs. Zhu believe that the old tears were rampant. Ready to do business, he took his eldest son Zhu Quanyu, who had already given birth to children, and went to Bianzhou happily with the Liu family.

In order to show off in front of the people of Bianzhou, Zhu Wen held a grand welcome ceremony outside the city, and the people of Bianzhou also crowded outside the city to see the excitement, and Zhu Wen's story of welcoming his mother became a sensation. Zhu Wen set up a family banquet in the house, Zhu Wen kneeled to serve wine to his mother, and Wang cried and drank. Zhu Wen drank too much because he was happy. The rogue nature began to flare up, and he said with a smile during the banquet: "Zhu Wujing has read books all his life, and in the end he has not been mixed with a jinshi, but I didn't expect his son to become a festival envoy." Daddy knows underground, and he should be happy for me. ”

Zhu Wen actually dared to make fun of his father, who had been dead for many years, and Mrs. Wang was extremely unhappy. Liang Jiu sighed: "Little San, you can do it today, it's really amazing." But don't you know how you are a mother? Your virtue may not be greater than that of your fathers and fathers. and your second brother Zhu Cun, who died in the wilderness. Leaving behind your sons and daughters, lonely and helpless, but you turn a blind eye and spread it, and your face is not honorable. ”

Zhu Wen was almost embarrassed by shame, and cried and apologized: "It's wrong! My nephews are all safe, and they will be rich. After the banquet, he sent someone to take Zhu Cun's two orphans and other Zhu family members to Bianzhou, because Liu's mother had treated herself well, and out of face, she rewarded Liu Chong, who later became the assassin of Shangzhou (now Shangxian County, Shaanxi).

Zhu Wen's life experience is very legendary, but what Zhu Wen is known for and incredible is not his "fighting" experience, but his love experience. After Zhu Wen later became the emperor, he was unbridled, even his daughters-in-law did not let go, and later generations generally thought that Zhu Wen was a thief. But people can't understand that a tyrannical "thief" like Zhu Wen actually has a virtuous and kind wife, Zhang, and women in feudal society have a low status and generally have no official name. Zhang's degree of virtuousness is not inferior to that of the Eastern Han Dynasty's Mingde Mahou, Tang Changsun Empress and Ming Xiaogao Ma, who are known for their virtues.

What's even more surprising is that Zhu Wen is cruel and lewd by nature, but he is obedient to his wife and never does it twice. In fact, Zhu Wen's ** only started after the death of his wife, and when his wife was alive, Zhu Wen was a "model husband" (Zhu Wen is very similar to Zhu Yuanzhang in this regard). Mrs. Zhang was born in a family of eunuchs, and her father, Zhang Rui, was the assassin of Songzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and Dangshan, where Zhu Wen was born, was the jurisdiction of Songzhou.

In the present, the rumors and anecdotes of the local governor are also commonly talked about by ordinary people, and Zhu Wen has also heard of Miss Zhang's beauty and virtuousness (Zhu Wen should have met Miss Zhang, probably by chance. ), said to his second brother Zhu Cun: "In the past, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty once said: To be an official should be to be a ruling Jinwu, and to marry a wife should be to marry Yin Lihua, and I will marry this Miss Zhang in the future." (I don't know how Zhu Wen knew about the scandal of Emperor Liu Xiu of the Han Guangwu Emperor?) "Zhu Cun believed him in this, and laughed at him for wanting to eat swan meat, there is water by the river, so go according to his own virtue first.

Zhu Wen later joined the rebel army, but he still remembered Miss Zhang in his heart, and always thought that one day he could meet Miss Zhang and accomplish beautiful things. Zhu Wen has not married a wife until the year of his establishment, and has been waiting for Zhang. Perhaps it was Zhu Wen's persistence that moved God, when Zhu Wen was doing the defense history of Tongzhou (now Dali, Shaanxi) under Huang Chao, he met Miss Zhang, who had become a refugee, and Zhu Wen was so excited that he almost didn't cry: "It's really providential!" Then Zhu Wen married Miss Zhang with a very formal and grand etiquette and became Zhu Wen's wife.

Zhu Wen is a famous demon in the fifth generation, who governs the army strictly and treats people harshly, but Zhu Wen is extremely obedient in front of Mrs. Zhang, who can't tie the chicken, and listens to her words and follows her plans. This contrast in personality can not only make future generations respect Mrs. Zhang, but also have to have a good impression of Zhu Wen in addition to hating Zhu Wen's "crimes".

After Zhu Wen took charge of the Xuanwu Army, he began to carry out intellectual construction and wanted to achieve great things. There are few Zhuge Liang around. What is not lacking in this world is talent, as long as you want to use it. A lot of talent can hold you to death. Of course, if you don't want to use it, it's another time.

Zhu Wen first got Li Zhen, the assassin of Qiantai Prefecture. When Li Zhen abandoned Taizhou and fled to Chang'an, he passed through Bianzhou and was warmly retained by Zhu Wen and turned into a career. Zhu Wen continued to discover talents, counted his good luck, and found a genius named Jing Xiang in Bianzhou.

Jingxiang Zizhen is a descendant of Wang Jinghui of Pingyang during the Tang Dynasty, and his father and ancestors mostly served in large counties. Jing Xiang is full of poetry and books, his writing is excellent, and he is known as "agile application" in history, but unfortunately he has repeatedly failed the test. He had no livelihood and had to come to Bianzhou to rely on his fellow villagers to observe and support Wang Fa. Although Wang Fa took in Jing Xiang, he was not treated well, and after a long time, Jing Xiang was shy and increasingly embarrassed. Forced to make a living, Jing Xiang had to write articles for others to eat, because Jing Xiang's writing is good, and there are often famous sentences spread in the community.

Although Zhu Wen can't recognize a few characters. But I like to listen to others explain articles to him, and I also heard that Jing Xiang is a good writer. When Zhu Wen heard that Jing Xiang was living in Wang Fa's mansion, he told Wang Fa: "I heard that there is a genius under your command, and you invite him to me." I'm going to reuse him. ”

After Zhu Wen and Jingxiang met, Zhu Wen asked: "I heard that Mr. Zizhen often reads "Spring and Autumn", what is recorded in "Spring and Autumn"?" Jing Xiang said: "It's nothing more than a matter of killing and profiting between princes." "Between words. In exuberant spirits. Zhu Wen was afraid that Jing Xiang was a non-ancient nerd, so he would test his military interpretation ability. Ask again: "Can the art of war contained in the Spring and Autumn Period be used in today's world?" Jing Xiang smiled: "Soldier." Scam also! If the strain is easy to light, the one who is correct wins with odds, and the ancient method of "Spring and Autumn" is not suitable for today. "Zhu Wen was overjoyed and reused Jingxiang.

Zhu Wenwen has Li Zhen, Jing Xiang, Xie Tong, Liu Han, Pang Shigu, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guiba, Huo Cun and others, plus the Bianjun is strong and able to fight, and it was the prosperity of Zhongzhou for a while. However, when it comes to the topography of each town, the most prominent area in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms is the Hedong region, which is bordered by the desert in the northeast and the Central Plains in the south. Three of the five dynasties were born in Hedong, which shows the importance of Hedong's status.

The Central Plains has been a place of four wars since ancient times, easy to attack and difficult to defend. Zhu Wen's situation is very similar to Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms, both of which are based on the area south of the Yellow River, and there are strong hostile forces in the north. The only difference is that Cao Cao faced Yuan Shao, who was "sheep-like tiger skin and phoenix feathers and chicken gall", while Zhu Wen faced Li Keyong, a Shatuo man who could fight well, and Li Keyong's heroic son Li Cunqiao.

After the Tang Dynasty, two of the five Central Plains regimes were built by the Shatuo people, namely the Later Tang Dynasty and the Later Han Dynasty. Shatuo was originally a branch of the Turks, originating from the Western Turkic Chuyue Department, and Li Ke's surname Zhu Xie is the transliteration of "Chuyue". The area where the moon lived was in the area of the Gurbantunggut Desert north of Urumqi, Xinjiang, and there was a big sand moraine called Shatuo Moraine at that time, so it was called Shatuo Turk. The founder of the first Shatuo Dynasty and the Later Tang Dynasty was Tang Zhuangzong Li Cunmiao, but it was Li Cunmiao's father Li Keyong who really laid the foundation of the Later Tang Dynasty.

Li Keyong, Tang Xuanzong Li Chen was born in Shenwuchuan (now Dingxiang, Shanxi) in the eighth year of Dazhong (AD 854), Li Keyong was only fifteen years old when he first came out of the rivers and lakes, but because he was born in Jiangmen, and he was a Hu person, he had to practice martial arts since he was a child. The Hu people are physically strong, martial and suppressed, and the children of the Hu family, if they don't learn martial arts, they will be made fun of. Li Keyong has very good qualifications, is familiar with learning, has a brave temperament, folds the front in a vertical formation, takes the head of the general, everyone obeys it, and calls it "Flying Tiger". and strong, Li Keyong was named the tooth general in the clouds (now Datong, Shanxi) by the Tang Dynasty, and since then he has risen to the top.

In April of the fourth year of Tang Zhonghe (884 AD), the warlords of all walks of life joined forces in one place, marched south to Taikang, and still let the army fight outside the city with the coalition army, the number of coalition troops was almost 100,000, including 50,000 Shatuo soldiers, how could Shang Rang afford to eat? The coalition forces won a great victory, killing more than 10,000 people. Then approached Xihua, Huang Ye was too embarrassed to his brother, and before the battle was fought, Huang Ye withdrew. The coalition forces followed Huang Ye and chased him to the northern suburbs of Chenzhou. It was a time when heavy rain fell from the sky, thunder and lightning resonated, majestic and straight down, the water was several feet deep, and the Huangchao military camp was washed away by the heavy water and collapsed. Huang Chao saw that Chen Zhou came to reinforce, so he had to withdraw the siege, Chen Zhou defended for more than a year, and finally was not captured by Huang Chao. The armies returned to their own towns, and after Li Keyong completed his task, he came to Xuzhou to rest.

Huang Chao did not want to entangle with Li Keyong, turned to attack Zhu Wen, Tang Zhonghe four years (AD 884) in May, Huang Chao north to attack Bianzhou, with Shang Rang as the vanguard, with 5,000 iron cavalry to Bianzhou first. Zhu Wen was willing to be copied from the old nest, and hurriedly sent the generals Zhu Zhen and Pang Shigu to defend against the enemy. Send an envoy to Xuzhou again and ask Li Keyong to help again. Li Keyong was really interesting, he said he would go, and led Hu Hanbing to Bianzhou in a hurry.

At the canal ferry near Zhongmu, Wang Mandu happened to catch up with Huangchao's army, and Li Ke killed him from behind without saying a word. Huang Chao only thought about going to Bianzhou to capture Zhu Wen alive, but he didn't expect to kill Li Keyong later. The Huang Chao army was defenseless, and was killed by Li Keyong, the rebel army was defeated, and Huang Chao took advantage of the chaos to escape.

The No. 2 person, Shang Rang, was cornered and surrendered to Shi Pu, the envoy of the Wuning Army stationed in Xuzhou. The Huangchao generals Li Yan, Yang Neng, Huo Cun, Ge Congzhou, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou and others surrendered to Zhu Wen, and Ge Congzhou later became a famous general of the Liang Dynasty.

The Art of War: "Cut the grass and eradicate the roots, leave no trouble!" Li Keyong gave up his old book to catch up with Huangchao, ran more than 200 miles, passed through Yancheng (now northeast of Yanjin, Henan), Kuangcheng (now west of Changyuan, Henan), and chased until Huangchao's hometown (now Cao County, Shandong). Li Ke attacked with light horses, but he didn't bring enough food and grass, and saw that Huang Chao had fled, so he had to return to Bianzhou, replenish the military rations, and then go after Huang Chao.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Wen thought about Li Keyong at this time, Zhu Wen didn't know that Li Keyong was the first hero to recover Chang'an, and his status and strength were far stronger than his own, and Li Keyong's ability was also clearly there, Li Keyong must be an insurmountable obstacle in the process of Zhu Wen's future pursuit of a greater career, Zhu Wen came up ruthlessly for a while, and decided to get rid of this scourge.

On May 14, the fourth year of Tang Zhonghe (884 AD), Zhu Wen "warmly entertained" Li Keyong at the Shangyuanyi outside Bianzhou City, and called him brother and brother at the banquet. Li Ke was confused by Zhu Wen's illusion with a straightforward temperament, and rested at Shangyuanyi after drinking. Zhu Wen felt that the time was almost up, so he sent his general Yang Yanhong to lead his own soldiers to help Li Keyong "become an immortal".

Li Ke spotted Bianjun with his guards and shouted: "Hurry up, Commander, Zhu Wen has come to kill us!" Li Keyong drank too much and was about to go to sleep, when he heard the shouting outside, he hurriedly drew his sword to defend himself. Yang Yanhong set fire outside, preparing to burn this Shatuo man to death. (To be continued......)