In 951 AD, that is, during the reign of Li Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Ma Chu in Hunan was destroyed by the Tang general Bian Hao, and when Chai Rong conquered the Southern Tang Dynasty, the old Ma Chu clan revived and regained the lost territory.

However, because the Northern Zhou State did not grant Chu the title, Hunan during this period was called Wuping, and the lord of Wuping also changed hands many times. From 951 A.D. to 956 A.D., Wuping infighting continued, and in just five years, the Jiedu envoy changed three terms, and the third Jiedu envoy, that is, Zhou Xingfeng.

Although Wu Ping was destroyed by the Tang State once, on the one hand, he was afraid of the Tang State, and on the other hand, he hated the Tang State, but Wu Ping's festival envoy was awarded by Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao after the mutiny.

At this point, Li Yu's current choice is indeed bipolar, either find a way to kill Zhou Xingfeng, the envoy of Wuping Jiedu, or find a way to kill the Qingyuan Jiedu to keep the effect, these two places are currently the weakest two countries in the south, once they send troops, it is still easy to annex them.

In other words, why did the Tang State not move the army after destroying Gao Jichong in one fell swoop and taking the three states of Nanping, that is, he was worried about the situation in the north, the northern Han State was already in danger, and Taiyuan City was close to sunset.

However, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly served the hundred officials of Bianliang in a pot on the grounds of sacrificing to the sky, of course, it was not a pot end in the real sense, but all the ministers of Bianliang were brought to Luoyang, and then the city gate was closed, and at the same time, Zhao Kuangyin showed unprecedented toughness, that is, when will you agree to Lao Tzu to move the capital, and when will Lao Tzu let you out of the city.

The hundred officials really couldn't persuade him, so he had to tell Zhao Guangyi about the relocation of the capital through the party, and after Zhao Guangyi heard the news, he was uneasy and couldn't sleep, so he simply stopped fighting and went directly to Luoyang to find his brother Zhao Kuangyin for questioning.

However, when the issue of Luoyang was uncertain, Li Yu once again saw the opportunity, and directly waved his troops westward, and the army was divided into two routes, one way through Jiangzhou to Ezhou, the garrison troops and Yuezhou in the north of Wuping, and the other road from Hongzhou, that is, Yuzhang, all the way south through Fuzhou, and the troops were stationed in Yuanzhou, which was not far from Hengzhou in the south of Wuping.

The current Tang State's policy of sending troops is very simple, that is, taking advantage of his illness to kill him! Zhou Xingfeng was indeed infected in this historical period, of course, when Li Yu had a military discussion with Pan You and Li Ping, he also determined that Zhou Xingfeng's illness at this time was incurable.

Then Zhou Xingfeng wants his nine-year-old son Zhou Baoquan to succeed to the throne, so Wu Ping will inevitably experience civil strife again, after all, at this time, Wu Ping did not have such an absolute idea of loyalty to the monarch because of the three successive envoys in five years.

Once there is a chance, everyone wants to get a boss to sit in the position, and at this time, Wuping's second-in-command is Zhang Wenbiao, the military envoy of Hengzhou, and Zhang Wenbiao is the key to Li Yu winning Wuping.

"Holy Lord, when General Bian Hao destroyed Chu ten years ago, Chudi's military strength was greatly damaged! Now that Zhou Xingfeng is the envoy of Wuping Festival, the available troops are less than 50,000! "In the imperial tent of the Son of Heaven's camp, it was Shang Shucheng Pan You who had just been summoned.

"Now the Holy One has won the important land of Jingzhou again! If you want to take Wuping in one fell swoop, you can also send the current Jingzhou Jiedu to make Lin Renzhao go south to echo the north and south of our army! After Pan You's words were finished, Wei Weiqing and Li Ping also hurriedly picked up.

Li Ping insisted on persuading Li Yu to send troops to Wuping with Pan You this time, and he did receive some attention, and Li Ping also found a problem, the original deliberations were all discussed by the Han faction and the Xu faction, but this time Xu Xuan, Yan Xu, Zhang Xun and others were not called into the camp, which means that the matter of sending troops to Wuping is basically decided, and Li Yu naturally does not want anyone to disagree with him at this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have a headache now, now I want all the lands of the fourteen states of Wuping, but I don't want to consume the elite of my Tang army too much, and I don't want to consume the money and food of my army, is there a way?" When he said this, while being shameless, it also reminded Li Yu of a movie line he watched in modern times, "I don't want to give money, I want goods, do you have any good solutions!" ”

"Holy... Is it going to be done through Zhou Xingfeng's son Zhou Baoquan? Pan You listened for a long time, slowly came back to his senses, and bowed his head again.

"Of course I want to take advantage of this Zhou Baoquan, his Zhou family has seized Wuping, and if he wants to keep Wuping's power, then I must satisfy him!" Li Yu put the military chess to Langzhou, Wuping, and said slowly to Pan You.

"Holy Lord's move, could it be that he wants to canonize Zhou Baoquan as the envoy of Wuping Festival in the name of Tang State?" Liu Renzhen seemed to understand a little at this moment, and immediately asked.

"Holy! If Zhou Baoquan is canonized as the new envoy of Wuping Festival, it must be in the name of my Tang Dynasty, however, the Zhou family hates Tang! As everyone knows! Even if Zhou Baoquan accepted the canonization, it was also a delaying tactic, once my Tang and Song officially started a war in the future, Wu Ping would not send troops to help Tang Don't say, it is likely to lose control! Or even... Defections! Pan You suddenly seemed to be an angry young man at the moment, as if he was frightened by Li Yu's naïve thoughts.

"Pan Qing, don't panic, my canonization is not an explicit canonization! Of course, Wu Ping and I want it, and Wu Ping must be completely under my control. ”

"Minister... The ministers are ignorant, and please ask the saint not to hesitate to say the king's words and solve the doubts for the ministers! Pan You still didn't realize the meaning of Li Yu's words, and asked Li Yu again.

"Pan Qing, who is the general of Wu Balance Prefecture now?"

"Back to the Holy Heavens, Hengzhou in the south of Wuping, Weizhou, is controlled by Zhang Wenbiao, the military envoy of Hengzhou, and the defense envoy of Hengzhou!"

"If I guessed right, Zhou Xingfeng and Zhang Wenbiao were commensurate with brothers before!" Li Yu leaned slightly and looked at Pan Youdao with a smile.

"It's... Zhou Xingfeng and Zhang Wenbiao did rise together before, however, after Zhou Xingfeng became the envoy of Langzhou Jiedu, he mastered the power of Wuping, and then entered the Changsha Mansion of Tanzhou, and was awarded the Wuping Jiedu envoy by Zhao Kuangyin to seal the Zhongshu order, Zhou Xingfeng was in power, and a strange point did happen, that is, Zhou, Zhang and Zhang, who were brothers and sisters, suddenly parted ways, Zhang Wenbiao was sent by Zhou Xingfeng to Hengzhou in the south of Wuping as a military envoy, and has not gone north. When Pan You mentioned Zhang Wenbiao and Zhou Xingfeng's confusing things, he was also slightly solemn, but he still didn't understand Li Yu's true intentions.

"Pan Qing, I ask you, you have been planning for me so far... It's greed for power... Or, for the sake of Datang..."Li Yu suddenly asked a cold question, which immediately frightened Pan You's eyelids.

"How can the Holy One say this! From beginning to end, the minister is not for power, not for profit, everything he does and what he says is for the Tang Dynasty! Pan You arched his hands and knelt on the ground, but he didn't dare to raise his head to look directly at Li Yu, so he simply kowtowed his head again.

"Pan Qing is in such a hurry, I... Just ask, Pan Qing's loyalty, I know everything! Li Yu's predecessor was slightly sloppy, and he lowered his waist to help Pan You up, and then said, "In today's troubled times, the generals all want to be in charge of the army and stand on their own, and the ministers are all trying to abolish the lord and seize power. ”

"That's the Holy One, this is ......"

"Pan Qing should also know that although today's etiquette and music are broken, and the monarchs and ministers are in chaos, the loyal ministers of the humerus are still there, and the good ministers who govern the world all exist, but the loyal ministers and good generals will be in my Tang Dynasty, not Wuping!" After Li Yu got up, he put his right hand on his back, and looked at Liu Renzhen tentatively with slanted eyes.

"What the Holy One said is true! Like Zhao Kuangyin's despicable behavior of supporting the army and respecting himself, forcing the lord to abdicate with the army, and establishing himself as the emperor, my Tang Kingdom will definitely not have such a traitorous general! If there is, the minister will be the first to destroy him for the saint! ”

Liu Renzhen saw that Li Yu's eyes were wrong, he panicked, he didn't know who he was insinuating, and thought that Lin Renzhao was promoted to Jingzhou Jiedu envoy and Zhongshu Ling at this moment, could it be that he was afraid that Lin Renzhao would be self-reliant in Jingzhou, but he felt that Li Yu seemed to be hinting at himself, so he hurriedly asked back to save his life.

"What do I mean... You still don't get it! Li Yu returned to his seat again and sighed, however, Li Yuanzhen suddenly opened his voice in the rear at this moment, "The meaning of the saint is that Zhang Wenbiao has tens of thousands of troops, and he must be unwilling to be an envoy to govern the army?" ”

Pan You reacted suddenly, and then said, "Could it be... The saint has not sent troops, is he waiting for an opportunity? And this opportunity, could it be the civil strife in Wuping? ”

"The saint must know, although Zhou Xingfeng is terminally ill, but his life is still there, Zhou Xingfeng is not dead, how dare Zhang Wenbiao do it easily!" Li Ping looked up in amazement and asked.

"I don't need you to wait for a reminder, I also know that the current situation in the north is about to be decided, and there is not much time left for Datang, Wu Ping seems to be calm at the moment, but the civil strife is imminent, and this civil strife still needs a cause! Since Wu Ping can't mess up without this reason, then I will give him a reason! ”