Chapter 16 [Great Liang Empire]

Soon after, Li Guochang attacked the party, and Helian Duo took the opportunity to raid Zhenwu. Helian Duo, a native of Tuyuhun, during the opening of the year, the father of Helian Duo led 3,000 tents to Tuyuhun to join the Tang Dynasty and was named the governor of Tuyuhun. After his father's death, Helian Duo succeeded him as chief and was named the governor of Yinshan Prefecture.

Li Keyong heard that Hao Lianduo had raided Zhenwu and set out from Yunzhou to meet his father Li Guochang, but when he returned to Yunzhou again, the people of Yunzhou closed the door and prevented them from entering the city. The old nest was served by someone else, and Li Ke became a lost dog with his father and son.

The nest was gone, so they had to find another place, so they attacked Wei and Shuozhou, recruited 3,000 soldiers, Li Guochang entered Ulzhou to defend the city, and Li Keyong went back to occupy the new city. Tang Xizong saw that the Li father and son were hopelessly unable to change their repeated teachings, so he appointed Helian Duo as the military envoy of Datong, and Xuan Xuan made Li Jun turn around and become an envoy on behalf of the north to go to fight against Shatuo.

In the fifth year of Qianfu, Shatuo successively broke the Shalu army and the Kelan army, and the Tang army was defeated several times, so Shatuo's power became stronger and stronger, occupying Wei and Shuo in the north, and invading Xin, Dai, Lan, Shi and other places in the south, and the power reached Taigu, Shanxi.

In the first year of Guangming (880), Li Zhuo was recruited to attack Shatuo with Li Keju of Youzhou and Helianduo of Yunzhou, and Li Keyong and Li Keju supported the army and rejected Xiongwu. At the critical moment, there was a problem with his own people, and Li Keyong's uncle Li Youjin surrendered to Li Zhuo with Wei and Shuo. The old nest was terminated again, and Li Keyong had no choice but to serve as the captain of the fire extinguishing team again, leading the army back to his hometown to extinguish the fire. Li Keju chased all the way and defeated Li Keyong at Yaoerling. Later, he fought with Li Zhuo's army and defeated Li Keyong in Ulzhou. Shatuo was defeated, and Li Guochang and his son went into exile in Tatar.

Don't look at the usual silly looks of ethnic minorities. But at this time I also knew the importance of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, not long after. Hao Lianduo sent people to Tatar to break up the relationship between Tatar and Li Guochang's father and son, saying that Li Ke was plotting against him. Attempt to occupy the magpie's nest. After Li Keyong knew about it, he showed his magic arrow skill in one hand, which scared the Tatars into a daze.

Later, when he heard about the turmoil in Huangchao, Li Keyong began to fool the Tatars again, saying: "We are actually good people, but we have no way to serve the country, and now we finally meet the time when the country can be useful to us, and we plan to kill back and serve the motherland." ”

The implication is. Don't worry, we won't stay in this hellish place to herd sheep with you every day. The Tatar people looked at it, it turned out that this was a misunderstanding, Li Keyong was a kind person, and he would not grab land with us, so the two sides abandoned their previous suspicions and shook hands and made peace.

In the first year of Zhonghe (881), Huangchao captured Chang'an City, and Chen Jingsi, the military envoy from the north, led the Shatuo army and tens of thousands of troops from Tuhun and Anqing to Chang'an Qinwang. Marched to Jiangzhou. The Shatuo army was in chaos, and after plundering a lot, he patted his ass and went home.

After Sha Tuojun left, Chen Jingsi cried. Nima's group of savages are too uncooperative, and they will be expected to exterminate the Yellow Nest in the future, which is more ruthless than the Yellow Nest.

At this time, someone suggested that "just one person is enabled." This problem can be easily solved. "Needless to say, the one who solves the problem is Li Keyong.

Chen Jingsi then asked Tang Tianzi to issue an edict to recall Li Keyong from the Tatar Ministry. Let him be the history of the Daizhou Thorn and the envoy of the camp north of Yanmen. Li Keyong went out of the mountain again, when the army arrived in Taiyuan. Li Keyong demanded that the imperial court pay the military salary.

At that time, the Hedong Festival made Zheng Congyan think about it: if you don't give it, you can't get over the face, give it, and you can't bear it, so you compromised, and only gave him 1,000 coins and 1,000 stones.

Li Keyong is very angry, you are treating me as a person asking for food. If you don't give it, forget it, giving such a point is an insult to our ethnic minorities, so I simply did it myself, had enough food and clothing, and returned after plundering the army.

In the first month of the third year of neutralization, Li Keyong sent troops to the river and stationed troops in the pit. Huang Chao sent someone to persuade him to surrender, and Li Ke greeted the envoy with enthusiasm, and then said: "We have accepted the gift of your army, and you can bring back the letter of persuasion of your army." ”

made Huang Chao cry and laugh, this is too unethical to talk about the morality of the rivers and lakes, it's enough to be a bastard when you do things, you just take things and don't do things.

At that time, the armies of each feudal town surrounded Chang'an City, and everyone fully carried forward the spirit of Kong Rong Rang Pear, and humbly said to each other: You go up, you go up, or you go up.

After a long time, no one dared to take the lead, and Li Keyong said that you can't go up to me, so he picked up the big knife and got on it. When Huang Chaojun heard that Li Keyong was coming, he was frightened and said: "The Crow Army is coming, let's run away quickly." In February, Li Keyong defeated the rebel general Huang Ye at Shidi Valley. In March, Zhao Zhang and Shang Rang were defeated at Liangtianpo, and the enemy army was dead for thirty miles.

At this time, the armies from all over the country came to Chang'an, in Weiqiao and Huang Chao battle, Huang Chao was defeated, defeated and retreated in the city, Li Ke pursued with victory, entered from Guangtai Gate, and fought with the righteous army in the Shengyang Hall of Wangchun Palace, Huang Chao army continued to retreat, fled south to Lantian Pass.

Chang'an was recovered, and Li Ke took the lead with military merits. Tang Tianzi appointed Li Keyong as the inspector of the school, the Pingzhangshi of Tongzhongshumen, and the envoy of the Hedong Jiedu, and appointed Li Guochang as the envoy of the camp north of Yanmen. In October, Li Guochang died. Huang Chao was defeated south and went to Caizhou, surrendered to Qin Zongquan, and attacked Chenzhou directly.

In the fourth year of Zhonghe, Li Keyong led 50,000 troops to rescue Chenzhou, and wanted to borrow Heyang, but Zhuge Shuang disagreed, so he led his troops to cross the river in the river. In April, he defeated Shang Rang in Taikang and Huang Ye in Xihua.

Huang Chao was defeated and retreated, and when he arrived in Zhongmu, he didn't have time to cross the river, Li Ke used it and pasted it up like a dog skin plaster, and Huang Chao's army was terrified and defeated. When they arrived at Fengqiu, Li Keyong defeated Huang Chao's army again, and Huang Chao escaped.

Li Ke pursued and ran for 300 miles in one day and one night, and chased to Yiqu (injustice: now southwest of Heze, Shandong), and led the army back before catching up. Later, Huangchao was defeated in the Valley of the Wolf and Tiger, and the Huangchao uprising ended.

In the first year of Guangqi (885), Wang Chongrong, the envoy of the river festival, and the eunuch Tian Lingzi fought against the salt pond. Tian Lingzi said that Wang Chongrong was transferred to Yanzhou, and the king of Dingzhou was appointed as the envoy of the river festival, and issued an edict to Li Keyong to send troops to protect Wang Chucun's territory. Wang Chongrong ordered someone to fool Li Keyong: "Emperor Xi sent an edict to Wang Chongrong, wait for you to come,

And then they will kill you. He forged an edict to show Li Keyong, saying: "This is all Zhu Quanzhong's conspiracy." Li Ke believed it to be true, and asked for a crusade against Zhu Wen eight times. Tang Xizong disagreed, and Li Keyong was very angry.

Meanwhile. Wang Chongrong also refused to accept the appointment of the imperial court, so Tian Lingzi ordered Zhu Mei of Pizhou, Li Changfu of Fengxiang to crusade against him. And Li Keyong also sent troops to help Wang Chongrong. Defeated Zhu Mei in Shayuan, led troops to attack Chang'an, plundered and set fire everywhere.

Tang Xizong was forced to flee Xingyuan, and Li Ke was stationed in the river with a retreat. At this time, Zhu Mei captured Li Xuan, the king of Xiang, and forced Li Xuan to be the emperor, and stationed troops in Fengxiang. Tang Xizong thought that only Li Keyong could defeat Zhu Mei, and it happened that when the Yellow Nest was broken in Chang'an, Yang Fugong, the world's military and horse supervisor, had a good relationship with Li Keyong.

So the Tang Xi sect sent the counselor Liu Chongwang to recruit Li Keyong with an edict, and said that this was Yang Fugong's idea, so that Li Keyong sent troops to fight against Zhu Mei. So the thief became a loyal minister, and Li Ke turned around gorgeously and became the king's teacher.

In the first year of Dashun (890), Li Keyong defeated Meng Qian and captured the three prefectures of Xing, Wei and Ci. Meng Qian is Meng Fangli's younger brother. Meng Fangli, a native of Xingzhou, in 881, Meng Fangli served as the defense envoy of Tianjing Pass. At that time, Gao Xun led the army to try to recover Chang'an, which was captured by Huangchao. He was killed by his subordinate general Cheng Lin. After Chenglin seized military power, he returned to Luzhou. When Meng Fangli heard the news, he attacked the rebels and killed Chenglin. But afterwards. Meng Fangli did not stay in Luzhou, but led his army back to his hometown of Xingzhou. The people of Luzhou pushed the eunuch Wu Quanqiao to stay behind.

In 882, Wang Duo, the former prime minister of the Huangchao campaign, appointed Meng Fangli as the assassin of Xingzhou in the name of Emperor Xizong. The official is too small. Meng Fangli refused to accept the order and detained Wu Quanqing. It is said that eunuchs cannot be left behind.

He wrote a letter to Wang Duo, asking him to send a civil official to serve as the envoy of the festival. Meng Fangli's original intention was. Instead of looking for the near and far, it is better to think about him, but this kind of thing is not interesting to explain.

As a result, Wang Duo really sent Zheng Changtu to serve as the postar. Subsequently, Wang Hui was appointed as the envoy of the Zhaoyi Festival. However, Wang Hui felt that the road was far away, and learned that Meng Fangli had already controlled the three prefectures of Xing, Wei and Ci in the east of Taihang Mountain, so he refused to go to Zhaoyi and recommended Zheng Changtu to replace him.

Emperor Xizong agreed, and Zheng Changtu went to Luzhou to take office, but left in less than three months, and from then on, Meng Fangli pushed away the people sent by the imperial court and began to work alone.

Meng Fangli believed that the people of Luzhou had overthrown the Jiedu envoys, and in order not to cause history to repeat itself, he forced the generals and wealthy people to move their families to the three states east of the Taihang Mountains. The eunuch Qi Zhenzhu learned that the people of Luzhou were displeased, so he asked An Jushou, the envoy of Wuxiang Township, to write a letter to Li Keyong, asking him to intervene. In the winter of 883, Li Ke used his general He Gongya to attack Meng Fangli and was defeated.

Li Keyong also sent his cousin Zuoying to envoy Li Kexuan, who captured Luzhou and assassinated Shi Li Yinrui. In the autumn of 886, Li Kexuan attacked Meng Fangli on a large scale, occupying many cities east of Taihang Mountain, and appointed the general An Jinjun as the assassin of Xingzhou.

In 888, Meng Fangli attempted to counterattack and sent Xi Zhongxin to attack Liaozhou in Hedong Township, but was defeated by Li Kexuan and handed over to Li Keyong as a prisoner.

In the summer of 889, Li Keyong sent Li Hanzhi and Li Cunxiao to attack Meng Fangli on a large scale, and soon captured Zhaozhou and Cizhou. Meng Fangli sent the generals Ma Shu and Yuan Fengtao to resist, but they were defeated at Liulipi, and both generals were captured. Li Keyong besieged Xingzhou.

Meng Fangli thought that the generals resented him, and now that the general trend had passed, it was estimated that they would not obey him anymore. So, he committed suicide.

But unexpectedly, after his death, the soldier was still a good soldier, and pushed his younger brother Meng Qian to stay behind, but Meng Qian surrendered after a little resistance, so Li Keyong controlled the entire territory of Zhaoyi. Li Ke returned victoriously and comforted the generals in the party.

Li Kexiu is frugal by nature and does not like luxury, so the scene is arranged relatively simply. Li Keyong was very angry because of this, and sentenced Li Kexiu to flogging and severely abusing him. Li Kexiu was so angry that he fell seriously ill.

In March of the following year, he died at his home in Luzhou at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. Li Keyong ordered An Jinjun to attack Helian Duo in Yunzhou. Youzhou Li Congwei sent troops to rescue Helian Duo.

Li Congwei, nicknamed the King of the Golden Head, is a pure old Beijinger, and the son of Li Quanzhong, the envoy of Lu Longjiedu. After his father's death, he succeeded to the throne as the envoy of the festival. Lee Congwei and Ahn Kim Joon fought in Ulju, and Ahn Kim Joon was defeated. So Li Congwei, Helian Duo and Zhu Wen all wrote against Li Keyong because of the defeat he had just fought.

Zhaozong convened officials above the fourth rank in Taiwan and province to discuss this matter, and most of the officials who participated in the discussion said that they could not crusade against Li Keyong.

At this time, Zhu Wen secretly bribed Prime Minister Zhang Jun and asked Zhang Jun to dispel public opinion and advocate sending troops. Zhang Jun then said that the Shatuo tribe had a large army to press the border and forced Emperor Xizong to flee to Xingyuan, and the crime deserved to be killed and must be defeated.

Tang Zhaozong then appointed Zhang Jun as the commander of the troops and horses in Taiyuan on all sides, and Han Jian as the deputy envoy to go to crusade against Li Keyong. At this time, Feng Ba, the general of Luzhou in Hedong, surrendered to Zhu Wen, and Zhu Wen sent Ge from Zhou to settle in Luzhou.

The imperial court appointed Jingzhao Yin Sun Kuo as the envoy of the Zhaoyi Army, and Li Keyong sent Li Cunxiao to capture Sun Kuo in his eldest son, and sent Kang Junli to seize Luzhou.

In November, Zhang Jun and Li Keyong fought in the Yin Land, and lost three battles, and Zhang Jun and Han Jian fled back. In order to vent his hatred, Li Keyong plundered the Jin and Jiang areas until he reached the middle of the river, where he was devastated and desolate.

In February of the second year of Dashun, Tang Zhaozong reappointed Li Keyong as the envoy of Hedong Jiedu and the king of Longxi County, and at the same time appointed him as the inspector and the secretary of the school.

In April, Li Keyong attacked Helianduo in Yunzhou and besieged Helianduo for more than 100 days, and Helianduo fled to Tuyuhun. In August, Li Keyong captured Huai and Mengzhou, came to Xingzhou, and attacked Wang Rong in Zhenzhou. Li Congwei sent troops to rescue Wang Rong, and Li Keyong retreated to Xingzhou.

In the first month of the first year of Jingfu (892), Wang Rong and Li Congwei combined 100,000 troops to attack Yaoshan, and Li Keyong appointed Li Cunxin as the commander of Fan and Han Mabu, and attacked Wang Rong together with Li Cunxiao.

Li Cunxin, whose real name is Zhang, a Uighur, was a shepherd slave in his early years, and became a close confidant of Li Guochang because of his intelligence and cleverness, his proficiency in the Siyi language, his ability to read the books of the Six Kingdoms, his good at warfare, and his military situation.

After Huangchao captured Chang'an, he entered Guanzhong with Li Keyong and quelled the Huangchao Rebellion. Later, Li Cunxin has been fighting with Li Keyong, and has made many meritorious achievements, and was accepted by Li Keyong as his adopted son and given the name Li Cunxin.

Li Cunxiao, whose surname is An, whose name is Jingsi, is a native of Shatuo, and was born in Feihu, Daizhou (now Lingqiu, Shanxi). Li Cunxiao is a member of Li Keyong's command, and he is also one of Li Keyong's many "righteous children", because he ranks thirteenth, so he is called "Thirteen Taibao". The thirteen Taibao are: Taibao Li Siyuan, the second Taibao Li Sizhao, the third Taibao Li Cunxuan,

The 4th Taibao Li Cunxin, the 5th Taibao Li Cunjin, the 6th Taibao Li Siben, the 7th Taibao Li Sien, the 8th Taibao Li Cunzhang, the 9th Taibao Li Cunxian, the 10th Taibao Li Cunxian, the 11th Taibao Shi Jingsi, the 12th Taibao Kang Junli, and the 13th Taibao Li Cunxiao. Except for Li Cunqiao, the third Taibao, who is his biological son, the other twelve are all adopted sons.

Prior to this, Yang Lin (Yang Guang's uncle), the patron king of the Sui Dynasty, also had thirteen Taibao, among which the highest martial arts was Qin Qiong Qin Shubao, who was the thirteenth hero in the Tang Dynasty and had the reputation of Shenquan Taibao.

Later, Feng Yuxiang, the boss of the Northwest Army, also had thirteen Taibao, namely: Sun Liangcheng, Sun Lianzhong, Han Fuyu, Han Duofeng, Tong Linge, Liu Ruming, Shi Yousan, Zhang Weixi, Cheng Xixian, Guo Zhigang, Wen Chenglie, Ge Jinzhang, and Zhao Xipin. It seems that the warlords like to play with the Taibao. (To be continued......)