However, the two sides did not fight each other. After Wang Jian defeated Zhao Kuangning, he did not pursue the victory. Instead, he gave the secret edict for help sent to him by Zhaozong to Zhao Kuangning, and recruited Zhao Kuangning to join him to fight against Zhu Wen. Zhao Kuangning, who regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, accepted it.

Following Wang Jian's suggestion, he sent envoys to Chengdu to express his sincerity in reconciliation. Like the alliance between Wang and Li, Wang Jian and Zhao Kuangning not only concluded an alliance, but also became in-laws.

At the same time, because Zhu Wen was too strong, it seemed that Wang Jian alone was not strong enough. So Zhao Kuangning sent an envoy to Yangzhou to form an alliance with Yang Xingmi. In response to each other, Zhao Kuangning joined the camp against Zhu Wen. Zhao Kuangning's actions were naturally

This could not be hidden from Zhu Wen's ears and eyes. Zhu Wen was furious and immediately decided to attack Zhao Kuang Ning.

In August of the second year of Tianyou (905), Zhu Wen took Wuning Jiedu envoy Yang Shihou as the vanguard and led his troops to invade Zhongyi Town. Behind him, there was an army led by Zhu Wen himself. Zhao Kuangning was not Yang Shihou's opponent. No.

Within a month, Yang Shihou had captured all the branches of Zhongyi Town, and it was like entering an uninhabited country. In early September, Zhu Wen personally led the army to the north bank of the Han River, which was only across the river from Xiangzhou, the headquarters of Zhongyi. Zhao

Kuang Ning gathered 20,000 troops and formed an array on the south bank of the Han River, preparing to defend the river.

On September 5, after Zhu Wen learned about the deployment of the Zhongyi Army, he feigned a frontal attack and pretended to forcefully cross the Han River to attract Zhao Kuangning's attention. At the same time, he ordered Yang Shihou to lead a partial division to go sixty miles westward and stop at a place called Yin.

A pontoon bridge was quietly built at the mouth of the valley. As expected, Zhao Kuangning was deceived by Zhu Wen and was unaware of the secret bridge-building operation of the Bianzhou soldiers.

On September 7, the construction of the Yingukou pontoon was completed, and Yang Shihou's troops completely crossed the Han River. On September 8, Yang Shihou led his army eastward along the south bank of the Han River and launched an attack on the Zhongyi Army led by Zhao Kuangning. Twenty thousand Zhongyi
Chapter completed!