It is said that the Tang State used trickery to destroy Nanping at the beginning of August and slaughtered the entire family of the king of Nanping, however, the real hero who took Nanping drew his sword and killed himself and died in the court of Jiangling, and Li Yu borrowed the life of this hero, which also made Wuping, Xishu, Southern Han, and Qingyuan think that Tang destroyed Nanping is excusable, and it can also be said that the destruction of Nanping should be retributed.

From the establishment of the Jin State to the fall of the Zhou State, and then to the rise of the Song State, if the Nanren ask for the right throne, they must submit to the canonization of the Central Plains Dynasty, so even if Wuping changed several Jiedu envoys, the first thing after seizing the throne was to hurry up to the Central Plains in order to be canonized, which shows that the idea of respecting the Central Plains has been formed at that time.

And the reason why the southern countries look down on Nanping so much is not because Nanping only has three states, and the main point of hatred is that the southern countries pay tribute to the Central Plains, and every time they borrow it to Jiangling, they will be robbed by Gao's family on the way.

Therefore, other countries in Nanping's "justifiable demise" did not pay too much attention to this matter, of course, this is also related to Li Yu's realistic acting skills, after all, when Chen Qiao died, Li Yu cried for his courtiers and spread his grief throughout the southern country.

At this time, in the Tang Kingdom, Luling County (now Ji'an County, Jiangxi), Zhang Xun, a scholar of Jinling Qinghui Palace, also began to cry and grieve, regardless of whether Zhang Xun was a weak person or not, but after all, he had partnered with Chen Qiao for several years, and the two sides also had some tacit understanding.

After Chen Qiao's death, Li Yu ordered Chen Qiao's body to be buried back to his hometown, because Chen Qiao was born in Luling, Zhang Xun specially asked for his life to take Chen Qiao to complete the last section of Wangnan Road.

"Ziqiao, you are dead, my Tang Dynasty has made a lot of money, after the Son of Heaven easily exterminated the remnants of Li Huaijin's Song army, he didn't spend much troops and took Nanping in one fell swoop, and now if my Tang State goes to war with the Song State again, I don't have to worry about the problem of military food supply..."

In the suburbs of Luling Qinghe, Zhang Xun set up a grave for Chen Qiao here, Li Yu was going to bury Chen Qiao in Jinling and build a temple for him, after all, when Bao Ying died, Li Yu built a temple for him in Jinling, this time plus Chen Qiao just happened to be a writer and a martial artist, but Zhang Yu was on the table Li Yu, Chen Qiao explained the aftermath before he went to Jiangling, and everything was simple after his death, born in Luling, and should also be attributed to Luling.

"Zi Qiao... Now in the court, Pan You is extremely important, in addition, the Son of Heaven believes in the words of the generals, I wait... It's already out of position, but it's also relieved... It's just that I can't bear you... is in its prime, but it is dead in Jiangling. ”

Chen Qiao knelt on the ground, burning paper money one by one, and beside him knelt a weak-crowned man who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, this young man was wrapped in a white scarf, but there was not only sadness in his eyes, but also a little anger.

"Uncle Zhang... Ziling wants to ask, my father Chen Qiao, was it really killed by the Nanping Wang family? When things are sorted out, Ziling, I want to go to Jingdi Haosheng to investigate..."This Chen Qiao's son Chen Ziling did not finish speaking, and was interrupted by Zhang Xun, who was stunned in his eyes.

"No! Ziling should remember that the death of your Chen Qiao's father is a well-deserved death, and it doesn't matter whether it was harmed by the king of Nanping or not.

Importantly... The Son of Heaven wants everyone to believe that your father was killed by the king of Nanping! Your father's death is indeed a mystery,

Moreover, after his death, the Son of Heaven ordered the killing of the Tang State guards who had escorted Chen Qiao! ”

Zhang Xun looked at Chen Ziling, thoughtful and frightened.

"Could it be that everyone who knows the truth has been killed by the Son of Heaven? Why didn't the Son of Heaven let me know the truth about my father's death! ”

"Don't talk nonsense! Ziling, listen to your uncle's advice, your Uncle Yan also explained when he came, Chen Qiao's death, don't investigate it! ”

Zhang Xun was drinking Chen Qiao's eldest son on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also gave himself a statement in his heart, Chen Qiao's death was bizarre, before going out of Jiangning Mansion to Jiangling, everyone thought that the king of Nanping would never dare to touch Chen Qiao, but Chen Qiao did die in Jiangling, Yan Xu had guessed that Chen Qiao's death was inseparable from Li Yu, and he didn't think about it, but he immediately dispelled this idea, one couldn't believe it, and the other was unwilling to believe it.

"Ziqiao, our Datang Son of Heaven has changed a lot, I don't know if it has become ruthless, or it has always been like this, for my Datang... It's a good thing, today's Datang... There is a need for a Son of Heaven who will walk the talk... However, I feel that the Son of Heaven is becoming more and more strange..."After Chen Ziling left, Zhang Xun was like a fool, throwing paper money, and talking to himself with blank eyes.

"You say, where will he lead Datang?"

.......

Let's say that Li Yu transferred half of the grain and grass in Nanping to Jinling Longqian Mountain, and issued a new order, that is, to join the army.

The surrender form is that the guards from all over the country will send the strong men in the army to Jinling so that Longqian Mountain can expand the army, and a state can send up to more than 1,000 strong soldiers, and the guards from all over the country will personally write the list, and those who have this list can enter the elite army of the Tianzi Battalion. Of course, there are indeed a lot of strong soldiers transported from all over the country.

For example, the Jiangzhou guard Zhu Lingyun transported as many as 800 soldiers, the Yuanzhou guard Feng Yanlu transported 600 soldiers, and Li Xiong of Luzhou in the north, Li Chongjin of Shouzhou, etc., all responded, and the property transported back from Nanping was piled up in the pile warehouse, Han Xizai was worried that Li Yu would get the property and was excited to repair the garden, and the first thing Li Yu took over the wealth of the country in Nanping was to wave his hand and expand the army in various places, especially the Longxiang army, after all, only the Longxiang army could save his life in the future.

Besides, after Lin Renzhao became the envoy of Jingzhou Festival, he had not been dispatched, but yesterday he suddenly received a secret edict from the Son of Heaven, and this call immediately made him excited.

"Father, does the Son of Heaven want us to lead troops to attack Wuping Changsha Mansion? Then the heavy troops in the south can be properly arranged? Lin Yan, the son of Lin Renzhao, looked at the edict and thought for a while, and then asked.

"No, the Son of Heaven uses strange soldiers, although I don't know who the teacher is, but so far he has led the Tang army north to the Song Dynasty and westward to capture Nanping, and has never suffered a big loss." Lin Renzhao twisted his beard and ordered someone to unfold the Wuping army map.

"It is a secret edict of Jinling, and the edict says that it is going to march into Wuping, that... How are we going to send troops, or are we going to send troops? Another topic was pressed, and Lin Yan also began to look at the military situation map and fell into deep thought.

"It's inevitable to fight, but it's not time yet... My son, read the edict clearly and see if you can understand the king's will! After Lin Renzhao answered, he tilted his neck and chuckled, and threw the secret edict to Lin Yan.

"Does the Son of Heaven want me to go to Tanzhou Changsha Mansion and persuade Zhou Xingfeng and others to return to Tang? Zhou Xingfeng was terminally ill, and at this time, there were several ministers in Changsha Mansion who assisted Zhou Baoquan in managing the government, how easy was this persuasion? ”

It must be known that persuasion is not easy, however, when the other party draws a big pie, the other party will gradually become irrational, and now when the other party has a crisis in the country, it will be twice the result with half the effort.

Now the primary goal is to fool Zhou Baoquan, Zhou Baoquan's position itself is not justifiable, only because Zhou Xingfeng also betrayed the previous lord of Wuping, Pan Shuhei, to seize the throne, therefore, Wuping now seems to be calm, but in fact, there is an undercurrent, and there is a possibility of rebellion in various states at any time. Although most of the military strength is still in the hands of Zhou Xingfeng, if Zhang Wenbiao in the south suddenly rises up against the Zhou clan, Wuping Changsha Mansion will be in danger.

It stands to reason that Wuping's civil strife is absolutely beneficial to the Tang State, or according to the principle of the first month near the water, once Wuping has civil strife, the Tang State does not need to spend too much troops to recapture Wuping, however, the real civil strife in Wuping in history occurred after Zhou Xingfeng's death, and for the current Tang State, time is pressing, and Li Yu categorically cannot wait until Zhou Xingfeng dies before making a move.

Although there is no civil strife in Wuping now, all the factors of civil strife have been prepared as the fuse of Zhang Wenbiao, and Li Yu only needs to choose a suitable time and reason to trigger this civil strife, so that Tang can seize Wuping again without military strength and national wealth, just like the last time he took Nanping.

"My son should know, if Zhou Xingfeng is unharmed now, Wu Ping must be unwilling to submit to my Tang Dynasty, now Zhou Xingfeng has little time, it seems that Zhou Baoquan's succession is nine out of ten, but in fact, the undercurrent is surging, Zhou Baoquan, now need a reliance! And I, Datang, is the reliance of his Zhou Baoquan! ”

"So, does the Holy Lord want me to persuade Zhou Baoquan to quell the civil strife first? But now Wuping is still calm on the surface, what is the internal strife and words? Lin Yanyan stared at the edict again, and at the end, his eyes tightened, as if he had discovered the core of the edict.

"The Holy Secret Edict says... The key to exhortation is... Zhang Wenbiao, the military envoy of Wu Balance Prefecture? ”

"Hahaha! The Son of Heaven is truly a man of God! Zhang Wenbiao must be the key to my Tang State winning Wuping! Lin Renzhao looked at Lin Yan and was very relieved, and instantly laughed with joy.

"The meaning of the saint, the son has already understood, since there is no turmoil in Wuping now, then, my Tang Kingdom will create a turmoil for him!" Lin Yan burned the secret edict, and then blurted out and replied stupidly.

"The secret edict of the Son of Heaven must not be revealed to anyone! Even if it's you and my cronies! ”

"Father's relief! Erchen naturally knows that the Son of Heaven has a strict military! No one else knows about it! Lin Yan said that, he looked around again, and was relieved to find that there were no observers around.

In the middle of August, the scorching sun was shining, and the inside and outside of Changsha Mansion were very hot, and the guards even looked at the removal of the inner armor of the chain, just to be cool, however, it was not only the weather at this time that was scorching, the current Changsha Mansion was indeed as expected by the Tang Kingdom, the hearts of the people inside and outside the country were surging, and the eastern and western states were waiting for the opportunity to move, of course, there were still some generals loyal to the Zhou family gathered in Changsha Mansion.

Let's say that Zhou Xingfeng, the envoy of Wuping Jiedu and Zhongshu, was already lying in the inner palace at this moment, with a sore attack, and his speech was no longer clear, Zhou Xingfeng left five ministers to assist his son Zhou Baoquan and prevent civil strife in Wuping, but if it was delayed, it did mention Zhang Wenbiao in Hengzhou.

Zhang Wenbiao and Zhou Xingfeng originally started together in Longmu, and after the two raised their troops, Zhou Xingfeng established himself as the lord of Wuping and was recognized by the Song State of the Central Plains.

Solid, Zhou Xingfeng at the time of the delay has pointed out the future Wuping troubles, he once said to Yang Shiwan and others, "I and Zhang Wenbiao, together in the rebellion, but this person is angry and heavy, to the end of the country, Gu will put him in Hengzhou, after my death, the text will be reversed!" At that time, Yang Shiwan can lead the troops to fight and calm the country. ”

After Zhou Xingfeng said these words, he was basically ready to see Rulai, and after everyone heard it, they also knew that Zhou Xingfeng was angry in his words, and they were increasingly wary of Zhang Wenbiao in Hengzhou in the south of the country to start a rebellion.

Zhou Baoquan was only less than ten years old at this time, one had no military bravery, and the other was sparse and civilian, so when Zhou Xing passed the throne to Zhou Baoquan when he was critically ill, after the news was known to Zhang Wenbiao, Zhang Wenbiao was really dissatisfied, and reorganized the army in various parts of Hengzhou, in order to go north to seize the throne, in fact, Zhang Wenbiao will also be Zhou Xingfeng's demon, Zhou Xingfeng is a person who is poor and lowly, so during his reign, he paid attention to the beginning of the change with the people, and rectified the rule of Wuping, but he ignored Zhang Wenbiao's scrupulous adherence to words and deeds.

Let's say that when Zhou Xingfeng and Zhang Wenbiao raised troops together, they promised that they would be governed by Wuping in the future, with Zhou as the left envoy and Zhang as the right envoy. However, after Zhou Xingfeng won the throne, he crossed the river and demolished the bridge to drive Zhang Wenbiao directly to Hengzhou, and he was worried that Zhang Wenbiao's troops would start up again, so he failed to kill Zhang Wenbiao in one fell swoop.

It was precisely because of Zhou Xingfeng's temporary soft-heartedness that he dug a big hole for his son Zhou Baoquan. After Zhang Wenbiao learned that Zhou Xingfeng had directly appointed Zhou Baoquan as the new envoy of Wuping Festival without his consent, and had already sent the edict to the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Wenbiao was furious and said to his cronies, "I and Xingfeng have a low level together!" When he dies, let it be preached to me! Now you want me to be a little kid in the north! It's so deceitful! ”

At this time, although Zhang Wenbiao released cruel words, but did not immediately raise troops, but patiently waited for Zhou Xingfeng to die of illness before making a careful move, at this time Zhang Wenbiao was still a little jealous of Zhou Xingfeng, and the friendship between the two was known to the generals of Wuping, and taking advantage of Zhou Xingfeng's serious illness to take the opportunity to raise troops would trap him in injustice, and there was no way to get military support from other states. Second, it is unknown whether Zhou Xingfeng tested himself with a fake illness, if he rashly led the troops for Zhiyiyang, Zhou Xingfeng suddenly prepared a knife and waited for him, he would fall into a situation where there was no reason to fight and there was no place to escape.

It is at this point that Zhang Wenbiao has been raising troops in Hengzhou, and often contacts the bordering Southern Han Dynasty, intending to get the support of the Southern Han State, so as to lead the army north to seize the throne, but unfortunately, the Southern Han Dynasty knows that Zhang Wenbiao will inevitably cross the river and demolish the bridge in the future, and the current lord of the Southern Han Dynasty is still immersed in cutting the minister's bird, and has no time to participate in his military operations in Wuping.

Zhang Wenbiao did think about seeking help from the Tang State, but after all, Chu Di and the Tang State were feuding, and the most important thing was that the Tang State's military strength was the most prosperous in the south, and if he wanted to cross the river and demolish the bridge in the future, he would not have the ability to drive the Tang Army away.

Just when Zhang Wenbiao was serving in the north, Changsha Mansion did not give him more time to react, Zhou Baoquan directly ordered as a young master, so that Zhang Wenbiao moved south again to govern the army in Hengzhou and went to Yongzhou to take up his post.

This move also forced Zhang Wenbiao to be anxious, and Li Yu, who was far away in Jinling, just took a fancy to Zhang Wenbiao's impatience at this time, so he decided to take the first action against Zhang Wenbiao.

"Pan Qing, everyone has desires, and when they reach the top, they will naturally lose their patience, and after they lose their patience, they will lose their minds! At this moment, the first person in Wu Ping to lose his mind must be Zhang Wenbiao, the military envoy of Hengzhou! In Jinling City, Li Yu spread out the portrait of Zhang Wenbiao that Liu Renzhen sent him from Yuanzhou, and sneered.

"The Holy One is going to... Taking advantage of Zhang Wenbiao's impatience, he borrowed some soldiers and horses from him to make him have evil intentions, so as to go north to make trouble? Pan You also smiled in a low voice when he heard this, this means of making chaos is not ruthless, once Wuping succeeds in civil strife, the first day of civil strife will mean that Wuping will belong to the Tang Kingdom sooner or later.