Cai Jie stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the soldiers of the Wu'an Army who abandoned their helmets and fled in defeat. He laughed loudly and said proudly to He Yu and other generals: "I thought the Wu'an Army was so powerful, but it seems like

So. After this battle, I hope they will not dare to invade our state again." He Yu and others complimented and said, "With your master's clever plan, we can sit back and relax."

Cai Jie then ordered the generals to continue to guard the pass and returned to Daozhou City. After returning to the city, Cai Jie held a big banquet to celebrate the victory in the first battle. While Cai Jie was overjoyed, he could not help but look down upon the legendary Wu'an army.

Cai Jie no longer went to the front line to supervise the battle in person. Instead, he drank wine and sang songs in the city every day, thinking that Daozhou was as stable as Mount Tai.

Besides, Li Tang lost the battle in Daozhou at the beginning and returned in defeat, so he had to retreat thirty miles to set up camp. Naturally, Li Tang was very depressed and annoyed, so he hurriedly summoned Zhang Tuying and Liu Qing to discuss countermeasures. After the two entered the tent, Li Tang said

"Two generals, I didn't expect that Cai Jie would set up an ambush and cause us to be defeated. This is so embarrassing for us. I thought that I followed the general in the north and south, and never suffered a defeat after entering Hunan. Today I was in the gutter.

If the ship capsizes, do you two have any good ideas to break Cai Jie?"

Liu Qing said: "Our army has suffered a new defeat and its morale has been dampened. The last general suggested to rest on the spot and reorganize the troops. He sent someone to report to General Li Qiong and asked him to send troops to assist in the battle." Li Tang said disapprovingly: "I see

There is no need to ask my brother for help. The failure of this battle was just an accident. Besides, most of our soldiers only suffered minor injuries and not many died in the battle. As long as we rest for a few days, the injured soldiers will naturally recover.

Our military strength has not been affected or weakened at all."

Li Tang did not intend to ask for help from his elder brother. He wanted to rely on his own ability to defeat Cai Jie and wash away the shame of the failure of this battle. A few days later, Li Tang divided his troops to attack the pass again, but the pass defenders were frightened by He Yu's strict order.

, can't hold on.

The Daozhou soldiers on the pass only used bows, arrows, crossbows, rolling logs and rocks to deal with the Wu'an soldiers who were attacking from behind. Li Tang's soldiers attacked for a day, from early morning to dusk, causing a lot of damage, but with no effect. Li Tang was helpless

, had to retreat angrily.

Cai Jie in Daozhou City was naturally overjoyed when he learned that the front line had once again defeated Li Tang's attack. Originally, he was worried that he would be unable to support himself alone and planned to send someone to rescue Lu Jingren in Lianzhou. Now that he received such a good battle report, he thought

The Wu'an Army had nothing to do with these passes, and there was no need to send troops to rescue Lu Jingren. Cai Jie gave up the idea of ​​​​rescuing, and just ordered all the frontline troops to stand firm and prevent Li Tang from crossing the thunder pool.

Cai Jie did not expect that this attack was just a smokescreen set by Li Tang. Li Tang did this partly because he was using a arrogant strategy, and partly because he wanted to use this feint to gain a more detailed understanding of the local mountains and rivers.

geographical situation.

The attack failed again, and Zhang Tuying could not remain angry. He and Liu Qing came to Li Tang and suggested that Li Qiong be rescued. Li Tang smiled and then told them his plan.

After this feint attack, Li Tang had a sufficient understanding of the terrain of the battlefield. After thinking for a long time, Li Tang concluded that these Daozhou and Dongman coalition forces were only good at fighting in the mountains and forests they were familiar with, and liked to hide in

Make a sneak attack from the forest and rely on the dangerous points of the pass to hold on.

If the Daozhou soldiers fight in the field with their own troops on the plains, they are no match for the Wu'an army. Therefore, as long as they find a way to destroy the mountains and forests in front of them, they can force the Daozhou and Dongman coalition forces to come out and fight in the field.

Li Tang thought about it and said to Zhang Tuying and Liu Qing: "These southern barbarians rely on deep mountains and old forests and steep peaks. If they were on flat land, how could they be my opponents." Li Tang made a plan and asked Liu Qing to stand there.

He set fire when he was upwind, and waited for the opponent to run out from downwind, and then mounted his horse to kill him on the ground. Although Li Tang's method was simple, barbaric and rude, it was very effective.

Early the next morning, Liu Qing ordered his soldiers to follow the wind and light a raging fire in the forest. The fire spread quickly, and soon the sky was blazing with flames and smoke filled the sky. A large area of ​​Conglin was suddenly plunged into a sea of ​​flames, and the surrounding areas of the pass were surrounded by fire.

Fire.

At this time, part of He Yu and his army were stationed at the pass, and part of them was lying in ambush in the forest, waiting for Li Tang's visit again. They were suddenly attacked by a fire, with the flames shooting straight into the sky and thick smoke filling the air.

How could the barbarian tribe coalition forces summoned by Cai Jie have ever seen such a formation? They were immediately frightened by the terrible fire, and their hearts were in chaos. After a while, all those who were not burned to death fled. They didn't want to be ambushed by Li Tang as soon as they came out of the jungle.

The army covered them up, but the barbarians could not resist and fled one after another. Fires also burned on the pass, and He Yu had no choice but to take the remaining troops and flee to Daozhou.

Li Tang took advantage of the situation and sent his troops to pursue him fiercely. He quickly caught up with He Yu and was hacked to death by He Yu. Then he asked Liu Qing to bring some elite soldiers dressed as Daozhou soldiers and mix them with the fleeing Daozhou soldiers.

Li Tang followed closely behind. Daozhou's defeated troops fled to Daozhou. Seeing that it was their own people, the defenders on the city quickly opened the city gate. At this time, Liu Qing, who was among the defeated troops, shouted loudly and led his subordinates to seize the city.

City gate. At this time, Li Tang's army also arrived and immediately rushed into Daozhou City. Li Tang led his troops straight to the governor's Yamen, and happened to meet Cai Jie who came for reinforcements.

Li Tang shouted loudly, clapped his horse and danced his sword, and attacked Cai Jie. Cai Jie hurriedly fought. After a few moves, Li Tang captured Cai Jie alive, and was then beheaded by Li Tang. Li Tang, Liu Qing, and Zhang Tuying quickly

Taking control of the whole city, the strongest resistance among the five states of Wu'an was defeated by Li Tang

Crushed in one fell swoop.

Although Cai Jie was defeated and killed, it did not hinder his status among the people of Daozhou. Because Cai Jie was quite popular during his nineteen-year rule in Daozhou, the people respected Cai Jie very much and called him the hero of Jianghua.

After Li Tang settled the people, he hurriedly reported his victory to Li Qiong. Li Qiong was overjoyed and reported it to Ma Yin. At this time, Ma Yin of Tanzhou happened to have a happy family event. On the same day, Wenxiang and Danv unexpectedly gave birth to a son each.

.Ma Yin received the military report and was overjoyed to know that the state had been pacified.

Ma Yin immediately named his and Wenxiang's son Xisheng, because he had just received the voice of victory from the front line. He thought it was a good sign that Wenxiang had given birth to the son for him, and he loved Xisheng especially since then. Of course,

It was also because of his special love for Wenxiang that he loved the house and Wu. Ma Yin named Chen Dan's son Xifan. Due to the influence of the Li family, Ma Yin also had high hopes for Xifan. Because Xinglan gave birth to Xizhen before,

Therefore, Xi Sheng is the second son and Xi Fan is the third son.

In order to avoid future troubles, Ma Yin decided that Daozhou would no longer have the position of governor and would instead establish the jurisdiction of the county magistrate. Ma Yin also believed that Daozhou was newly acquired and needed to send a famous person to serve as the county magistrate to appease the people. Ma Yin summoned all his staff

When discussing candidates, Li Honggao took the initiative to apply. Ma Yin was overjoyed and immediately appointed Li Honggao as the county magistrate of Daozhou.

Not long after Li Honggao took office, he accidentally discovered a talent. This person was called He Zhongju, who was thirteen years old. He Zhongju was arrested and sent to prison because his family paid taxes overdue. He Zhongju was beautiful and handsome. When he was a child, his mother often dreamed of him. , and took He Zhongju into the Moon Palace. He Zhongju was able to compose poems and poems very early, and he was quite famous in Daozhou for his talent.

After He Zhongju was imprisoned, a local squire appealed to the new county magistrate Li Honggao, saying that He Zhongju would be a talented person in the future because he was elegant, literary and work-savvy. Li Honggao immediately ordered He Zhongju to be brought to the lobby and said: "If you can compose a poem immediately. First of all, I will forgive your family this sin!"

He Zhongju did not hesitate, and wrote a poem in response: "Like jade, he came to jail, and left his home to be in the shackles. It's a pity for two pieces of wood, but a flower is caught between them." After Li Honggao read it, he was shocked by his talent, and immediately pardoned him. He visited He Zhongju and treated him as a guest. From then on, He Zhongju devoted himself to studying.

In the middle of Tiancheng, King Congrong of Qin was promoted to Yin of Henan and became a corporal. He Zhongju traveled with Zhang Kang and Jiang Wenwei. He went to Luoyang to submit poems to the family of Qin King Li Congrong. In the fourth year of Changxing, he was promoted to Jinshi. At that time, there were hundreds of tributes, but only with He Zhongju was best at composing poetry.

Afterwards, He Zhongju presented a poem to King Li Congrong of Qin. The poem contained the line "The blue clouds only left his hand, and the immortals of Zifu nodded their heads". King Li Congrong of Qin was delighted after reading it and admired it very much. He also gave his hometown the name Jinxian Township. , the place he lived in was called Hualongli, and people at that time praised him very much.

Later, a mutiny broke out in Luoyang, and He Zhongju returned to Hunan. At that time, Ma Yin's third son, Xifan, was already the king of Chu. Xifan appointed He Zhongjuwen as the Guiguan observation and promotion officer. Later, Xifan took over the government and rebuilt Tianfang Mansion, and appointed eighteen bachelors. Li Honggao was Xifan's cousin was highly valued by Xifan and had great power. Li Honggao admired He Zhongju very much and put him in high regard.

He Zhongju was extremely grateful and respected Li Honggao even more. Under Li Honggao's strong recommendation, He Zhongju was ranked among the eighteen bachelors. Soon, he was appointed as the governor of Quanzhou and then the governor of Hengzhou.

There were many poets in Hunan at that time, the most famous ones being: Shen Bin, Liao Ning, Liu Zhaoyu and others. He Zhongju was actually close to the other poets, but Li Honggao only praised He Zhongju. He Zhongju's poems in his later years were almost diluted, such as "Autumn Day" "Looking at Evening" contains the line "The trees welcome the tall birds back to the deep wilderness, and the clouds pass by the setting sun over the distant mountains." Li Honggao was full of praise and called He Zhongju "the most elegant poet."

After Ma Yin dispatched Li Honggao, he received an edict from Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty and formally appointed him as the military governor of Wu'an. Ma Yin was so happy that he held a feast to celebrate his victory in Daozhou, his two sons, and his official appointment by the court. At the banquet, there was a lot of excitement and excitement. After three drinks, Gao Yu suggested to Ma Yin that Li Qiong and others should be ordered to capture Chenzhou and Lianzhou as soon as possible. Ma Yin nodded in agreement and immediately sent someone to urge Li. Qiong marched, first taking Chenzhou and then moving down to Lianzhou.

Chenzhou, also known as "Fucheng" and "Lincheng", is located in the southeast of Hunan, where the Nanling Mountains and the Luoxiao Mountains intersect, and the Yangtze River water system and the Pearl River water system diverge. It borders Ganzhou to the east, Shaoguan to the south, Yongzhou to the west, and Yongzhou to the north. Hengzhou is known as the "Southern Gate" of Hunan.

The terrain of Chenzhou is very complex. The terrain is low in the north and high in the south, with plains to the north. To the east of Chenzhou is Zhuguang Mountain, and to the west of Zhuguang Mountain is Bamian Mountain. To the south of Chenzhou is Nanling, and Qitian Ridge is within Chenzhou. Qitian To the west of Xianghua Ridge is Xianghua Ridge. Chenzhou is located at the junction of Hunan and Guangdong. It was an important land passage from Guangdong and Hunan to the Central Plains in ancient times.

In the eighth year of Emperor Jianwu's reign in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zheng Hong, the then chief minister, made a suggestion. Zheng Hong said that Jiaozhi's items must be presented to the court, and it was too dangerous to take the sea route, as waves often swallowed ships. Zheng Hong thought it would be better to go from Lingling.

Chenzhou opened the Nanling Mountain Road and headed north. Emperor Zhang agreed to build a mountain road in Chenzhou. The opening of the Chenzhou Road played an important role in controlling traffic for the imperial court with its capital in the Central Plains. Until the Liu and Song Dynasties, this mountain road was still accessible without obstruction.

Chenzhou is most famous for two things. One is related to the Chu-Han War. After Xiang Yu destroyed Qin, he claimed to be the Overlord of Western Chu. He believed that King Huai of Chu, the righteous emperor who was enthroned by his uncle Xiang Liang, was no longer useful and was still in the way.

Xiang Yu forcibly moved Emperor Yi to the south of the Yangtze River and gave Emperor Yi a new kingdom. This capital was

Chenzhou. Soon after, Xiang Yu sent his general, Wang Yingbu of Jiujiang, to kill Emperor Yi in Chenzhou.

Chenzhou is the famous Guiyang County in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In the 13th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei joined forces with Sun Quan from Jiangdong to defeat Cao Cao's "830,000 army" in Chibi. Cao Cao, Sun and Liu became a powerful force. Liu Bei's territory

Too young, he decided to expand his power to the south of Jingzhou. At the end of this year, Liu Bei's army attacked Wuling County, Changsha County, Lingling County, and Guiyang County. As soon as Liu Bei's army arrived, Jin Xuan, the prefect of Wuling, Zhao Fan, the prefect of Guiyang, and Han, the prefect of Changsha

Liu Du, the prefect of Xuan and Lingling, surrendered immediately.

In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", this relatively plain history is interpreted by Luo Guanzhong into a very wonderful story. There are two most famous stories. One is that Guan Erye led the five hundred swordsmen of his department to fight against Changsha.

Lao Huang Zhong, first Zhao Zilong of Changshan refused Zhao Fan to betroth his widowed sister-in-law Fan to him in Guiyang County, and beat Zhao Fan.

Chenzhou has a very close relationship with Guiyang County. As early as the early Western Han Dynasty, the imperial court established Guiyang County, and Chenzhou has always been the seat of Guiyang County. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the seat of Guiyang County was moved to nearby Leiyang, but soon

Then he moved back to Chenzhou.

Chenzhou was conquered by Liu Bei, but Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty kept an eye on Jingzhou. In order to allow Sun Quan to fight against Cao Cao, Liu Bei was forced to cede the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang to the Eastern Wu Dynasty with the Xiang River as the boundary.

Chenzhou has a complex terrain, but it is a famous land of fish and rice, with a large grain output. After Liu Bei obtained Jingzhou, he immediately sent Zhuge Liang to Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang counties to mobilize grain and grass to strengthen the frontline troops.

After Liu Bei ceded the three counties, it caused huge troubles to the economy, and there was a serious shortage of food, grass, and military resources. So much so that in Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, he was always forced to retreat due to lack of food and grass. This made a generation of famous prime ministers unable to realize their ambitions and regretting Wuzhangyuan.

Chenzhou is not far from Guangzhou. Between Chenzhou and Shaoguan is the steep Nanling Mountains. Chenzhou is actually the gateway to Guangzhou, and of course the gateway to Tanzhou. Chenzhou later became the place where Southern Chu and Southern Han competed.

After Chenzhou was occupied by the Chu State established by Ma Yin, it posed a huge threat to the Southern Han Dynasty, which had its capital in Guangzhou. Once the Chu army crossed the Wuling Mountains from Chenzhou and moved south, it would be difficult for the Southern Han Dynasty to defend it.

Liu Yan, the great ancestor of the Southern Han Dynasty, dreamed of taking over Chenzhou to defend Guangzhou, but the Chu State was too powerful, so Liu Yan could only take over Chenzhou in his dream. The Chu State was destroyed by the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Southern Tang State plowed the Chu State's territory.

The absurd behavior of the Southern Tang Dynasty angered the Chu people, and the Chu state turned into a pot of pumpkin porridge. Liu Sheng, the Zhongzong of the Southern Han Dynasty, saw the opportunity to capture Chenzhou, so he sent General Pan Chongche to send troops to capture Chenzhou.

With Chenzhou, there is Nanling Dangerous Fortress, and Guangzhou's strategic security is guaranteed to the greatest extent. This is a later topic and will not be mentioned.

Chenzhou was Chen County in the Qin Dynasty. In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, the southern part of Changsha County was divided into Guiyang County. In the fourth year of Yuanding in the Western Han Dynasty, Guiyang County governed Chen, Linwu, Nanping, Ben, Leiyang, Guiyang, Yangshan, and Yinshan

, Qujiang, Hanxi, Shenyang and other eleven counties. In the ninth year of Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty, they were unified into Chenzhou.

In October of the sixth year of Qianfu (879), Huang Chao's army marched out of Wuling, passed through Yongzhou and Hengzhou along the Xiangjiang River, and captured Tan and Lang states. Hunan fell into a separatist regime. In December, Chen Yanqian, a native of Chen, took advantage of the chaos and killed Dong Yue, the governor of Chenzhou.

, claimed to be the "tong of the capital", gathered troops to defend the state, and separated one side. In the first year of Zhonghe, Min Xu expelled Li Yu, the observer envoy to Hunan, and claimed to be the queen. In the third year of Zhonghe, Emperor Xizong was promoted to the observer envoy to Hunan, and became Qinhua Military Festival.

Du Shi. Chenzhou nominally belonged to the Qinhua Army, but it was still ruled by Chen Yanqian.

·In the second year of Jingfu, Deng Chune, the governor of Shaozhou, captured Tanzhou. Zhaozong changed the Qinhua Army to the Wu'an Army, and Deng Chune was appointed as the military envoy. Li Keyong's adopted son, Li Cun, a Uighur, was given the title of governor of Chenzhou, and he was given the command from afar.

Chenzhou. Chenzhou nominally belonged to Wu'an Army, but it was still divided by Chen Yanqian. After Ma Yin took over as Wu'an Jiedushi, Chen Yanqian still did not obey Ma Yin's orders.

In November of the second year of Guanghua (AD 899), Li Qiong received Ma Yin's urging and immediately divided his troops into two groups to march towards Chenzhou. Li Qiong himself led his troops from Hengzhou and attacked Chenzhou from north to south. Qin Yanhui set out from Yongzhou

, attacked Chenzhou from west to east. Li Qiong quickly defeated Leiyang and Changning, and marched to Chenzhou City.

After Chen Yanqian captured Chenzhou a few years ago, he opened up the treasury and recruited troops. However, because the place was too small, his achievements were limited. He only had a total of more than 5,000 troops, and there were no brave generals in the army.

Li Qiong and Qin Yanhui each led nearly ten thousand troops. The two sides were not opponents of the same level at all.

When Chen Yanqian learned that the Wu'an army was divided into two groups and that the army came to attack, he did not panic. Although he saw Yang Shiyuan in Hengzhou, Tang Shimin in Yongzhou, and Cai Jie in Daozhou successively killed by Li Qiong's Wu'an army, Chen Yanqian

But they were not afraid. Li Qiong and others led their troops to form a formation in the city to challenge, and Chen Yanqian also led his troops out of the city.

The two sides faced off at the foot of Chenzhou City. Chen Yanqian personally took action and scolded Li Qiong for his unknown army and invading his own territory. Li Qiong was naturally overjoyed to see Chen Yanqian actually come out of the city to fight. If he couldn't hold on, it would definitely take a lot more time.

Li Qiong didn't answer, so he charged out first. Qin Yanhui and Wang Tong also flanked him from both sides. Chen Yanqian was extremely confident in his martial arts, and urged his horse to attack Li Qiong with his sword. The two men immediately used their swords and guns to kill together. As a result,

Of course, there was no surprise. Chen Yanqian was no match for Li Qiong. After more than ten rounds, Li Qiong knocked Chen Yanqian off his horse with one shot, and then shot him again. Chen Yanqian was killed instantly. Li Qiong easily entered Chenzhou, and after reassuring the people, Li Qiong sent people to
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