In February of the second year of Daliang (908), the day when Li Keyong was released/commercial came.

Li Cunxu summoned Li Cunzhang, Wu Gong, Li Cunjing, and Zhu Shouyin, the Changzhi Army envoy, and asked them to prepare for force to calm the inner army.

Li Keyong's adopted sons, whether they want to do so or not, could not be ungrateful, and had to participate in the funeral and gather in the Jin Palace.

Li Cunxu prepared a sumptuous feast for entertainment. His adopted son, who was unscrupulous, calmed down and left his personal soldiers and entered the hall to sit down and drink.

Hundreds of personal soldiers outside the hall, the royal family manager, invited him to take the lead to have a drink.

Li Cunxu mobilized the Su Nei, and the ambushed soldiers rushed into the hall. Most of the adopted sons who were drinking stood up in a flash.

After the case of Shizhong, Li Cunxu shouted: "Take down the rebel Li Cunhao."

The soldiers were already in action, and under the guidance of the leader Zhu Shouyin, they took down and controlled six generals.

"Li Cunxu, before the bones of the previous king were cold, you would be crazy to eliminate dissidents. Brothers, you should not sit still and wait for death." Li Cunhao incited him fiercely.

"You ungrateful dog thief, you ignore the kindness of your husband, and you actually want to rebel and surrender to Zhu Wen. You are not willing to die." Li Keyong's wife Liu walked out and cursed loudly.

The hall suddenly became quiet, and most of the adopted sons saw that they were not targeting themselves and were silent and watched quietly.

"My mother, I am not rebellious." A controlled adopted son shouted to defend himself.

Mrs. Liu raised her hand and ordered: "Take it out and kill it."

The soldiers dragged away six generals and took them to kill them elsewhere.

Mrs. Liu said angrily: "The husband left for the first time, and those who are ungrateful have caused trouble. Are there any one who is proud of the new king who is disrespectful to the new king. If you are a piece of sand, will you destroy yourself?"

The adopted son immediately responded: "My mother, please calm down. We are willing to respect the new king and absolutely obey military orders."

Others agreed.

Mrs. Liu turned around and said, "King of Jin, the former king told me to rescue Luzhou as soon as possible. You can recall Zhou Dewei and rectify the army, and order the uninvasive troops to rescue the siege."

Li Cunxu said in a righteous manner: "Children obey orders."

Mrs. Liu said: "The mourning of the previous king is suspended, and I will wait for Zhou Dewei to come back."

Li Cunxu received the order and Mrs. Liu left.

Li Cunxu said in a righteous manner: "All the generals obey orders!"

"No!" There was a solemn response in the hall, as if he had returned to Li Keyong's period.

Li Cunxu carried out rectification of the army, while waiting for Zhou Dewei, who was commanding the heavy troops outside.

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After receiving the order to withdraw troops, Zhou Dewei had to give up the dust battle with Xuanwu Army, lead the army back to Taiyuan, and prove his loyalty remains unchanged.

In April, Zhou Dewei returned to Jinyang, and the army stayed outside the city and walked into the city alone.

Zhou Dewei lies on the coffin of the former king Li Keyong, crying sadly.

Zhou Dewei paid homage to the new king Li Cunxu, and was very respectful and passed it out, so the morale of the Hedong army was stable.

King Li Cunxu of Jin discussed with the generals: "Luzhou is a barrier to Hedong, and we must never lose it.

Zhu Wen knew that the death of the former king would definitely bully me young. He thought that the Hedong Army would not dare to send troops to fight to the decisive battle. I decided to leave all my things and decide the outcome in one battle."

Li Jianxu personally fought for the army, and read the soldiers and appointed Zhaoyi Jiedushi Ding Hui, deputy commander of Zhou Dewei, and the army set out from Jinyang.

The Hedong Army dispatched 90% of its troops, and Li Cunxu led the vanguard and elite troops to travel.

Wei Wendong led a thousand cavalry to follow, intending to attack Xuanwu's army unexpectedly.

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Emperor Zhu Huang of Liang was reported to Zhou Dewei withdrew his troops, and Li Keyong died and went to Luzhou to supervise the battle himself.

Zhu Huang arrived in Zezhou to station, blaming Li Si'an for not being able to capture Luzhou for a long time, dismissed Li Si'an from his official position, and killed Yang Minzhen, the military supervisor.

Zhu Huang sent an envoy to Luzhou and surrendered Li Sizhao with kindness.

Li Sizhao held Luzhou for a year, and the city's supplies were about to be exhausted, and most of the soldiers and people starved to death.

Li Sizhao didn't believe that Li Keyong was dead, so he burned Zhu Huang's envoy and killed the envoy to show his ambition.

Zhu Huang ordered the attack on the city, and the Luzhou defenders resisted stubbornly, but the Liang army still could not break the city.

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King Li Cunxu of Jin was stationed in Huangnian, forty miles away from Luzhou.

On May 1st, there was heavy fog in the early morning, and the Jin army raided the Liang army outside Luzhou City.

King Li Cunxu of Jin ordered Zhou Dewei and Wei Wendong to attack the northwest corner, and Li Siyuan to attack the northeast corner.

Boom! Boom! Boom! The war drums of the Jin army suddenly sounded.

Liang's army's post was slackened and did not expect the arrival of the Jin army.

The soldiers were sleeping, and the war drums were panicked.

The Jin army entered the military camp.

Liang Jun was in chaos and was in disorder, and he fled in a hurry, losing nearly 20,000 yuan in one battle.

The survivors fled to Zezhou, and the discarded food and equipment accumulated like mountains.

Emperor Liang Zhu Huang received the reward and decisively evacuated and returned to the southern part of the Yellow River.

Zhou Dewei and Li Cunzhang took advantage of the victory to attack Zezhou.

Wei Wendong did not follow and ordered his subordinates to take in two thousand prisoners, horses and vehicles, escort some of the food and weapons, and set off to return to the west.

Li Cunxu was angry when he learned that Wei Wendong had escaped on the battlefield and took away the prisoners' profits.

Li Cunxu knew that the army was unable to chase and kill, and it would affect the undecided war, so he could only let it go.

On the way, Zhou Dewei found Emperor Liang Zhu Huang leaving Zezhou, so he rushed to chase and chased.

The dragon and tiger commanded the army and Niu Cunjie, and was ordered to gather the defeated Liang army to fight against the Jin army that was coming.

Zhou Dewei believed that his troops were insufficient, so he gave up fighting with Niu Cunjie and instead rushed to Zezhou City.

Niu Cunjie was afraid that the Jin cavalry would chase and kill Emperor Liang, so he did not dare to go to Zezhou to support him.

Zhou Dewei's troops arrived at Zezhou City, and in a battle he captured the city, killing Wang Ban, the governor of the Liang army.

A Luzhou War that lasted for more than a year, the Jin army finally won, which established Li Cunxu's prestige in ruling.

King Li Cunxu of Jin returned to Jinyang and continued to rectify the army while rewarding the generals with wealth and wealth.

Li Cunxu selected martial arts and brave men during the reorganization of the army, developed elite soldiers of his own army, and personally supervised and trained strictly.

Li Cunxu ordered the prefectures and counties to recommend talented people, dismiss greedy and cruel officials, reduce land rent and taxes, and pay for the poor and poor people. He exposes unjust cases and prohibits traitors and thieves, and makes peace in the territory.

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Emperor Liang Zhu Huang was stunned by the specific military affairs in Luzhou, and sighed, "I should have a son like Li Yazi, and Li Keyong has a successor. My son is all stupid."

In June, Khitan King Abaoji sent an envoy to the capital with Gao Qi, a Liang envoy, to offer goods, recognized the Daliang Empire, and requested the edict to be awarded to the canonized king.

Emperor Zhu Huang of Liang sent the Sennong Qing Hunte to the Khitan and gave Abaoji his own edict, agreeing to jointly attack the Hedong Army.

At the end of June, the envoy of King Lai arrived in Bianliang with gifts and requested the Emperor of Daliang to enthrone King Xuantu.

Zhu Huang refused and gave him a Zhongshu Ling.

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In February of the south, Wei Fufeng returned to Jiangning and heard that Yangzhou had changed its days.

Zhang Wencheng suggested taking advantage of the unstable rule of Xu Wen, sending troops to seize Runzhou.

Because Runzhou exploits too much merchants, it seriously affects Jiangning's income.

Zhang Wencheng sent someone to communicate with Xu Zhigao and learned that Xu Zhigao was targeted by Xu Zhixun and was idle.

Wei Fufeng decided to send troops to mobilize Liangzhe troops to the north, and Changzhou troops did not participate and continued to maintain the "moderate doctrine".

The 50,000 troops of Liangzhe attacked Runzhou, which was equivalent to the governor Xu Zhixun. He heard the news and fled to Yangzhou, and Runzhou was handed over to Xu Zhigao. Xu Zhigao was responsible for gathering the Wuli City, defending and waiting for assistance, and the Liangzhe army besieged the city.

Five days later, Xu Zhigao received a letter shot from the city.

Xu Zhigao opened the letter: "Kaicheng surrenders, come to Jiangning to see me."

Xu Zhigao knew Chu Yu's handwriting, which was unbelievable and unacceptable. Did Chu Yu surrender to Hangzhou? Or did he collude with Hangzhou?

Xu Zhigao fell into trouble and fell into despair for a long time. Jiang Ning colluded with the enemy and he lost one of his foreign aids.

Xu Zhigao had no choice but to choose to obey. The disagreement with Xu Zhixun during these days made him feel depressed and his future was dim.

Xu Zhigao could not surrender with one rule. He used the excuse of mobilizing military forces to transfer the Eastern Wu army at the southern city gate, so that the obedient regiments could only guard the southern city gate.

At night, Xu Zhigao opened the south city gate and put the enemy in. It was easy to defend but difficult to attack Runzhou City.

Xu Zhigao and hundreds of surrendered regiments were escorted to the enemy.

The enemy commander treated him politely and told him that he could not be said to have surrendered, and escorted Xu Zhigao and his party to Huzhou.

Xu Zhigao arrived in Huzhou and accidentally met Chu Yu when he entered the city.
To be continued...