At this time, Wang Jingchong repeatedly delayed and refused to take office, but recruited troops in Fengxiang, claiming to crusade against Zhao Sijuan. Soon, he asked Hou Shu to surrender, and at the same time accepted the official title conferred by Li Shouzhen, and thus the rebellion of the three feudatories officially began.

In the face of civil strife, Liu Chengyou promulgated a series of personnel appointments, ordering Zhenning Jiedu to make Guo Congyi serve as the capital of the Yongxing camp, Baoyi Jiedu to make Bai Wenke to deploy the camp in Hezhong, Neike Province to make Wang Jun the capital supervisor, and Ningjiang Jiedu envoy and the guard infantry to command Shang Hongqian to the west camp capital Yuhou. However, because the armies did not command each other, they all stood on the sidelines and refused to attack.

Liu Chengyou then ordered Guo Wei, an important minister of the central court, to recruit comforting and pacifying envoys in front of the western army on the sixth day of August to control the armies.

Guo Wei, whose name is Wenzhong, was born in 904, a native of Yaoshan, Xingzhou, because of a flying finch tattooed on his neck, so people called him Guo Que'er. His father Guo Jian was the assassin of Shunzhou, Liu Wengong broke through Shunzhou, and Guo Jian was killed.

Guo Wei, who was three years old at the time, moved to Taiyuan with his mother, and soon after his mother died, Guo Wei became an orphan and was raised by his aunt Han.

When he was eighteen years old, Guo Wei went to Luzhou to join his old man Chang. At that time, Li Jitao was in Luzhou, and in order to expand the army, he recruited sergeants in Luzhou, and Guo Wei enlisted in the army. Guo Wei is tall and powerful, brave and brave, Li Jitao admires him very much, and often accommodates him if he has any small mistakes.

Guo Wei is aggressive, likes to gamble, drinks, and likes to fight unevenly. At that time, there was a butcher who bullied the market, very domineering, and people were very afraid of him, one day, Guo Wei was wandering on the street, and saw the butcher spreading wild on the street.

Guo Wei, who had drunk some wine, couldn't look at it, so he deliberately ran to the butcher. Let him cut the flesh, and then find fault and scold him. The butcher also knew that Guo Wei was not easy to mess with, but because of Guo Wei, he made it difficult in every way. In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he tore off his clothes and pointed to his stomach and said, "If you have the guts, you can stab you here!" ”

Guo Wei didn't say a word, picked up the knife and stabbed him in the stomach, as a result, the butcher died, Guo Wei was arrested and put in prison, Li Jitao admired his courage and courage, and soon released him.

Later, Li Jitao was destroyed by Li Cunqiao's troops, and Guo Wei was also incorporated into the Later Tang Dynasty army, and joined Li Cunqiao's pro-army "from the horse".

Later, the Jin Dynasty was destroyed by the Khitan. Guo Wei was attached to Liu Zhiyuan's subordinates. Liu Zhiyuan likes this cadre very much and introduces him as a confidant.

No matter where he goes, take him with him and let him lead the pro-army. Later, Liu Zhiyuan raised troops in Taiyuan, became the emperor, named Guo Wei as the privy deputy envoy, and entrusted the crown prince Liu Chengyou to Guo Wei and Shi Hongzhao when he was dying.

Guo Wei is about to go on the road and ask Taishi Feng Dao for advice. Feng Dao said: "Li Shouzhen thinks that he is a veteran, and the heart of a soldier belongs to him; I hope that you will not be stingy with the goods of the officials, but will use them to reward the soldiers. In this way, he took away the advantage on which he depended. ”

Guo Wei listened to Feng Dao's strategy. From then on, the soldiers were raised, and the soldiers shared weal and woe with the soldiers, and the soldiers were rewarded for their military exploits. If there is a slight injury, he will personally visit him; Among the strategists, whether they are virtuous or unscrupulous, as long as there is something to do, he is kind and pleasant. Patient reception; Even if a subordinate disobeys and offends, he never gets angry.

Soon, the hearts of soldiers and generals were attached to him.

Guo Wei and the generals discussed the offensive strategy. Most of the generals suggested that they seize Chang'an and Fengxiang first. Hu Congke, the envoy of Zhenguo Jiedu, objected and said: "Now the three rebel vassals are united and Li Shouzhen is elected as the master. If Li Shouzhen perishes, the two feudal towns will be self-defeating.

If you give up the near and far to attack, in case Wang and Zhao resist in front, Li Shouzhen will attack in the back, which will be dangerous. Guo Wei thinks it makes sense.

So Guo Wei from Shaanzhou, Bai Wenke and Ningjiang Jiedu envoys, guards and infantry troops all commanded Liu Ci from Tongzhou, Chang Si from Tongguan, the troops attacked Hezhong by different routes.

At first, Li Shouzhen was very unconcerned about the attack of the imperial court, believing that the forbidden army had been his old subordinates and had received his favor, and the Han soldiers had always been arrogant, suffering from the strict military law of the imperial court, and were very dissatisfied with the imperial court.

Now with him, an old superior, waving his arms, even if the forbidden army arrives, he will defect and serve him as the master, and he will be able to sit back and enjoy his success and surrender without a fight.

But on the 23rd, when Guo Wei's army came to the city, the soldiers waved the military flag, beat the war drums, and enthusiastically insulted, Li Shouzhen, who was watching from the city, was suddenly shocked.

Soon, Bai Wenke conquered Xiguan City and besieged the west of the city, Chang Si besieged the south of the city, and Guo Wei besieged the west of the city and surrounded the river.

The generals wanted to attack the city quickly and solve the battle quickly, but Guo Wei disagreed, saying: "Li Shouzhen is an experienced veteran of the previous dynasty, brave and good at fighting, generous, and has established many military exploits, which is not so easy to deal with.

Besides, the enemy city is close to the Yellow River, and the city tower parapet wall is intact and strong, they can rely on the high city to hold on, and we can only attack on our backs, what is the difference between this and sending soldiers to death!

Courage is both prosperous and weak, the attack is slow and urgent, the timing is admissible and unavoidable, and there is a delay in doing things, so it is better to set up an encirclement to surround him to death, so that he has no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth. And we polished our weapons, grazed our horses, and recuperated our strength.

When the food in the city is finished, we will push the ladder and rush to the cart, and then the enemy soldiers will flee separately, and it will be difficult for even father and son to protect each other, let alone these rabble! As for Zhao Siwan and Wang Jingchong, as long as they divide the troops to contain them, there is no need to worry. ”

So he requisitioned more than 20,000 people from various states, dug long ditches, built cities, and surrounded the cities in the river. Guo Wei said to the generals again: "Li Shouzhen was afraid of Gaozu in the past and did not dare to be arrogant.

Now I think that we have risen from Taiyuan, and our career achievements are not prominent, and we have the heart to despise us, so we dare to rebel, and we should brake quietly. ”

Then he ordered to put away all the military flags and war drums, and only set up "fire shops" along the Yellow River to transmit military information, send troops to defend it, and sent naval ships to and from both sides of the Yellow River, patrolling day and night, cutting off the connection between the river and the outside, so Li Shouzhen completely became a turtle in the urn.

Li Shouzhen repeatedly sent troops to highlight the encirclement, but each time he returned with a feather of a feather, and sent people with wax pill secret letters to the Southern Tang, Houshu, and Khitan for help, but they were all captured by the patrol soldiers. Seeing that the food in the city was about to run out and the number of people starving to death was increasing day by day, Li Shouzhen's face was full of sorrow, and he summoned the monk Zonglun to question. Zong Lun said: "The king should be the Son of Heaven, and no one else can take it away." But this is a disaster. When the tribulation is over, there is only one man and one horse left. It is the time when the king rises. After Li Shouzhen heard this, he actually believed it.

As for Fengxiang, Wang Jingchong, in order to vent his anger, slaughtered more than 70 people in Hou Yi's family, and only Hou Yi's son Hou Renju was saved from death because he was away beforehand.

Hou Renju's son Hou Yanguang was still in infancy at the time, when the plot of Zhao's orphan thousands of years ago was staged again in tears, and the wet nurse Liu used her own child to drop the bag with him. Then he fled with Hou Yanguang in his arms, and walked all the way to Daliang to ask for food, and was able to return to Hou Yi's house.

Wang Jingchong saw that the imperial army was coming, and sent his son Wang Derang, and Zhao Sijuan sent his son Zhao Huai to Chengdu to meet the lord of Houshu and ask for troops.

On the third day of October, Wang Jingchong sent troops out of Ximen, but was defeated by Zhao Hui, and Xiguancheng was lost. Wang Jingchong retreated to the city. Zhao Hui dug a deep ditch to surround the city, and challenged it many times, but Wang Jingchong's army closed the door and refused to fight.

Zhao Hui secretly sent more than a thousand people under the banner of the Houshu army. Drive down the Nanshan Mountain, and let the armies shout: "The Shu soldiers have arrived!" ”

Wang Jingchong really sent thousands of men and horses out of the city to meet him, but he was attacked by an ambush set by Zhao Hui. As a result, all the troops leaving the city were annihilated. Wang Jingchongjun never dared to go out of the city to face the battle.

Soon, Hou Shu sent Shannan Xidao Jiedu to envoy An Siqian to lead troops to rescue Fengxiang. He also sent Xiongwu Jiedu to make Han Baozhen send troops to contain the strength of the Han army.

On the 21st, An Siqian was stationed west of Baoji. Send Meizhou Thorn Shi Shengui to lead two thousand troops to the mold wall, set up an ambush in the bamboo forest, the next morning, Shen Gui used a small group of soldiers as bait, approached Baoji, the Han army did not suspect fraud, sent troops to expel it, and as a result, the ambush was encountered in the bamboo forest, and the Shu soldiers took advantage of the victory to pursue, and broke through the Baoji Village.

After that, due to the limited number of troops, Houshu took the initiative to evacuate, and the Han army re-entered Baoji.

On the 24th, An Siqian marched to the shore of Weishui, and the Later Han increased his troops by 5,000 to defend Baoji. So on the 26th, the Shu army retreated to Fengzhou and soon returned to Xingyuan. When Wang Jingchong saw the withdrawal of the Houshu army, he was frightened into a cold sweat, and repeatedly asked for help from the Houshu table.

The lord of Hou Shu once again ordered An Siqian and Han Baozhen to send troops to rescue. Zhao Hui couldn't resist the pressure of the Shu army, and hurriedly complained to Guo Wei, who decided to rush to Huazhou in person.

At this time, Li Shouzhen sent his deputy envoy Zhou Guangxun, deputy generals Wang Jixun, and Nie Zhiyu to guard the west of the city. When Guo Wei left, he warned Bai Wenke, Liu Ci and others: "If the thief army can't break through, it will eventually be wiped out by us, and if they break out of the encirclement, it will be difficult to annihilate them, and victory or defeat will be in one fell swoop." Now the elite of the thief army is concentrated in the west of the city, and they will inevitably break through from here as soon as I leave, so you must be cautious! ”

Guo Wei rushed to Huazhou, and the Houshu army retreated again due to the exhaustion of food, and saw that the crisis was relieved, so he returned to the river without stopping. On the night of the fourth day of the first lunar month, Li Shouzhen sent Wang Jixun and others to lead an elite 1,000 people south along the Yellow River and attacked the Later Han military camp. The rebels entered the camp fence and set fire to the fire, and the Han army was stunned and at a loss by this blow on the head, but at the critical moment, Liu Ci looked free and ordered: "The little thief is not enough to panic." ”

Then the generals of the organization fought back. Fortunately, the rebel attack was also a return to the light, the attack was slightly blocked, the momentum was relaxed, and soon the attack collapsed, the rebel soldiers scattered and fled for their lives, almost all the army was annihilated, Wang Jixun was also seriously injured, only picked up one life and returned to the river.

On the second day, Guo Wei returned to the camp, and Liu Ci came out to welcome the guilt. Guo Wei helped him up and said with a smile: "What I'm worried about is here." If we don't have our brothers, we will be laughed at by the enemy. However, this is the end of the enemy's tricks. ”

In terms of the rebels, Li Shouzhen's dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and he couldn't make a plan, and he had another plan, first sending people to sell wine near the Han camp, all the soldiers of the Later Han Dynasty, direct transactions with money, bartering without money, even if there is no thing, you can also brush your face, directly top the account with white strips, and organized various marketing strategies, vomiting blood sale, buy one get one free, and almost use the nirvana of seckill, gold panning coins to buy, and grabbing red envelopes.

In short, in a word, it is to give the wine away. Soon, this trick really worked, the military career was boring and boring, living a precarious life, the Hou Han soldiers who were drunk today were drunk and dizzy, seeing that they had already been calculated, Li Shouzhen sent an army, sneaked into the Hou Han military camp, and made a sneak attack counterattack, and the Hou Han camp was almost lost.

So Guo Wei ordered in the army: "Generals and soldiers are not rewarded for feasting, and they are not allowed to drink in private!" Guo Wei's love general, Li Zhen, thought that with Guo Wei's favor, he didn't take this ban seriously. Under the influence of the wine worm in the belly,

Secretly drank a little wine. When Guo Wei found out, he was furious. Immediately beheaded it to the public, the soldiers were shocked, and since then, the Han army has strict discipline and tighter defense, and Li Shouzhen can no longer find the flaws of the Han army.

Soon, the river ran out of food, and nearly half of the people starved to death. Li Shouzhen saw that the city in the river could no longer be defended, and he was also piecing together, and more than 5,000 people were entangled. With ladders and bridge-building equipment, they attacked the northwest corner of Changwei in five ways, hoping to get away with it. Guo Wei sent Wu Qianyu, the capital eunuch, to lead his troops to intercept the attack, and the soldiers in the river were crushed at the first touch, and more than half of them were killed and wounded.

A few days later, Li Shouzhen sent troops again, but was defeated again, and the generals Wei Yanlang, Zheng Bin and others were also captured by the Han army.

At this time, in the city of River, people were already panicking. The generals and soldiers surrendered one after another, and Guo Wei took advantage of the disintegration of Li Shouzhen's subordinates, so on May 17, 949, he led the troops to attack Hezhong in 100 ways. July 13th. Guo Wei attacked Hezhong City and conquered the outer city, and Li Shouzhen collected the rest of his troops to retreat to Zicheng.

The generals demanded to strike while the iron was hot. Attacking the city quickly, Guo Wei said: "When the birds have nowhere to escape, they will peck people." How much more an army!

We slowly scooped up the water and then caught the fish, so why be so anxious! So the pork was simmered. Continue to fight slowly around the sub-city in a hurry.

On the 21st, Li Shouzhen and his wife and their son Li Chongxun died of self-immolation in despair, Guo Wei's army invaded the city, captured Li Shouzhen's son Li Chongyu and a cadre of civil and military personnel, these people were escorted to Daliang, all of them were killed and died on the street, so the river was peaceful.

In fact, the first of the three feudatories to be destroyed was not Li Shouzhen, but Zhao Siwan.

Zhao Sijuan, who occupies Chang'an, has always been shown to Chang'an people as a bad uncle, Zhao Sihuan in addition to liking to eat beef, mutton and pork, but also likes to eat human flesh, especially human liver,

Once cut open the human abdomen in front of the person, took out the liver, and cut it into thin strips, the liver was cut, and the person was not dead, so while eating, the victim watched in pain as he ate his liver one by one.

He also likes to swallow people's gall with wine, and often says to people with a smile: "If you eat a thousand of this thing, you will be invincible." ”

When there was no food in Chang'an City, in order to replenish physical strength and improve the combat effectiveness of the army, Zhao Sijuan ordered the slaughter of women and children as military food.

Instead, he kills some every day to ensure a sustainable supply of fresh rations, and in addition, he will kill hundreds more to reward everyone every time he rewards the army. Soon, the war was difficult, Zhao Siwan's donkey skills were poor, and Guo Congyi sent people to lure him down.

Before, when Zhao Siwan was a teenager, he had asked to be the servant of Li Su, the retired general of Zuo Xiaowei, but Li Su did not accept him, saying: "This person's eyes are rolling and his words are absurd, he must be a traitor in the future." ”

Li Su's wife, Zhang, is Zhang Quanyi's daughter, and said, "If you reject him like this now, he will become a disaster for you in the future." ”

So they gave him a lot of gold and silver and money, and sent him away. When Zhao Siwan occupied Chang'an, Li Su lived in the city, and Zhao Siwan went to visit many times, asking An to bow as before.

Li Su said: "This person always comes to me, to tarnish my innocence!" "Wanting to kill yourself.

The wife said, "Why don't you persuade him to join the country!" ”

Just in time for Zhao Sijuan to come to ask for advice on the way to preserve, Li Su and the judge Cheng Rangneng persuaded him: "You have no suspicion with the country, but you are just afraid of being convicted."

Now the state has used troops in three ways, but none of them have succeeded. If you take advantage of the moment to repent and change your ways, the court will be happy, and you will naturally not lose your wealth, which is much better than sitting still! Being fooled by Li Su like this, Zhao Siwan immediately sent an envoy to the imperial court to ask for surrender.

The imperial court accepted his surrender and appointed him as the queen of Huazhou, and commanded Chang Yanqing to be the assassin of Yuzhou, so that they could go directly to take office.

On the third day of the seventh month, Zhao Siwan took off his armor and went out of the city to accept Liu Chengyou's edict, Guo Congyi sent troops to guard the south gate, and took him back to the city.

Zhao Siwan asked for his guards and weapons, and Guo Congyi also gave them to him, but at this time, Zhao Sijuan kept delaying in order to collect money in the city, and changed the travel date three times.

This move made Guo Congyi and others suspect fraud, so they secretly reported to Guo Wei and asked for decisive measures, and Guo Wei agreed.

On July 11, Guo Congyi and the capital eunuch and the Xuanhui of the Southern Yuan sent Wang Jun to ride into the city, came to the mansion of the government office, and summoned Zhao Sijuan to say goodbye to money.

After only Wang Jingchong was left in the three feudal domains, Zhao Hui also accelerated the pace of attacking Fengxiang, and Zhou Can said to Wang Jingchong: "You used to be the same as Li Shouzhen and Zhao Sijuan, but now that the two feudal towns have been pacified, Hou Shu Xiaoer can't rely on it, so it's better to surrender." ”

Wang Jingchong said: "Okay, let me think about it again. A few days later, when the attack on the outskirts of the city became more urgent, Wang Jingchong said to his henchmen: "The matter has reached the point of exhaustion, and I want to take an emergency plan." ”

He also said to the generals Gongsun Yin and Zhang Silian: "Zhao Hui's elite troops are mostly arranged in the north of the city, and before the five drums tomorrow, you two will burn the east of the city and surrender, but don't let the enemy enter the city; Zhou Can and I led the guards out of the north gate to attack Zhao Hui's army, even if we didn't succeed and died, it was better than being captured. All the generals agreed.

On December 24, 949, before dawn, Gongsun Yin and Zhang Silian set fire to the east city gate and asked for surrender. The second general sent people to reconnoiter and found that Wang Jingchong had died by self-immolation with his family, and soon Zhou Can also surrendered to the Later Han.

Since then, the three feudatories have been pacified. (To be continued.) )