Seeing this situation, Zhou Ben, the commander-in-chief of the Wu army, knew that it would be difficult to attack by force, so he decided to show weakness and lure the enemy. On July 17, Zhou Ben made the main force hide and only sent a small group of old and weak soldiers to cross the river and conduct a tactical feint attack. He was overjoyed to find that the enemy was very weak.

, personally led the army to launch a counterattack. As soon as they made contact, the Wu army that had lured the enemy fled and turned back to cross the river. Wei Quanxi was even more proud and waved his army in pursuit. The allied forces followed closely and entered the river and rushed to the other side.

When the dangerous coalition forces were halfway through, Zhou Ben suddenly waved his entire army and rushed out. Yang Xingmi's eldest son-in-law, the Huainan archer Liu Xin, led the black cloud sword and fired randomly at the vanguard of the coalition forces that had landed.

The people fell on their backs, and then the Huainan Army rushed towards the coalition forces crossing the river. The endangered coalition forces were immediately in chaos and collapsed. Many people were trampled to death while trampling on each other, and more people fell into the water and drowned, and more than 5,000 people were captured. Zhou Ben

They divided their forces to cut off their return route, and the coalition commander Wei Quanxi was captured. The coalition completely collapsed and Hongzhou turned the corner.

After learning that Wei Quanxi had been defeated, the Chu army that was besieging Gao'an immediately retreated under the command of Yuan Mei. Wu generals Mi Zhicheng and Lu Shizao sent troops to pursue them and caught up with the Chu army at Shanggao. Yuan Mei was retreating in accordance with Ma Yin's order.

Unexpectedly, Wu Jun would catch up, and he was unprepared for a moment and was defeated by Wu Jun. Yuan Mei led the defeated troops and fled back to Chu State, but the losses were not great, so Ma Yin did not blame Yuan Mei.

At this time, Yang Dingzhen also returned to Yuezhou with his navy, and personally returned to Tanzhou to report to Ma Yin the story of the dispatch. It turned out that Yang Dingzhen led his army down the river and came to Ezhou, and found that Qin Pei, the new governor of Ezhou, was defending

It was extremely strict. When Yang Dingzhen saw this, he had to retreat. After Ma Yin heard this, he said: "General Yang did the right thing. Although there was nothing gained from this trip, he did not lose a single soldier. This Qin Pei was in Hongzhou before.

To achieve a great victory, it is the talent of a general who is very difficult to deal with." Yang Dingzhen thanked Ma Yin for his kindness.

Besides, after Wei Quanxi was captured, Zhou Ben focused his attack on the Peng family who occupied Ji and Yuan states. After the defeat of the Zhong family, Peng Gan felt the strong military pressure from the Wu state and went west to fight with Ma Yin.

Dong made good friends with Wei Quanxi and formed an alliance with Wei Quanxi. Unlike Wei Quanxi, he had the ambition to dominate Jiangxi. But unexpectedly, he was led into a ditch by this ally. Now that he was defeated, he successfully escaped

Jizhou was captured. However, the Wu army did not give up. Zhou Ben took advantage of the victory and pursued Yuanzhou, captured Yuanzhou in one fell swoop, and captured his nephew Peng Yanzhang, the governor of Yuanzhou alive. Jizhou was immediately in danger.

Peng Gan sent his brother Peng Yao and Liu Shouzhen, a Taoist priest who claimed to know magic, to lead an army to Xingan to block the Wu army. Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest died soon. Peng Gan did not have much confidence in this line of defense, so he sent people to Tanzhou to attack Chu.

Wang Mayin asked for help. Ma Yin did not want to send troops to fight Wu Jun again, but asked Peng Gan to send a message that he could retreat into Hunan. Ma Yin also ordered Li Tang to lead his army to strictly guard the border to prevent Wu Jun from taking the opportunity to penetrate deeper.

Peng Gan was unwilling to give up on Jizhou, so he ordered his brothers and nephews from the Peng family to set up a stronghold and prepare to block the Huainan Wu army's attack on Jizhou. At this time, Zhou Ben's army broke through the Xingan defense line and approached Jizhou. Peng Gan repeatedly

After being defeated, they finally had to abandon Fenggang Village and retreat to Yongxin Hechuan.

Yongxin is located on the border between Jizhou and the Chu State, and already borders Hengzhou of the Chu State. Peng Gan finally realized that the situation was irreversible, so he decided to leave his hometown Jizhou and defect to Ma Yin in the Chu Territory. He followed Peng Gan and defected to the Chu Territory.

There are hundreds of households of the Peng family and thousands of households of ordinary people in Jizhou.

After Zhou Ben captured Jizhou, he stopped moving forward. One of his generals asked: "Commander, our army's morale is so high now, why don't you take the opportunity to attack Chu territory to avenge Liuyangkou?" Zhou Ben said: "

If we attack again, it will be superfluous. Do you think the Chu army is that easy to deal with? I don't want to be the second Liu Cun. The reason why Ma Yin doesn't want to occupy these territories in Jiangxi is because there are mountains in the middle.

The same is true for us. If we cross the Luo Xiao Mountain and go deep into the Chu Territory, if we are frustrated, it will not be easy to retreat. I have received news that Ma Yin has sent Li Tang to lead his army to garrison at the border, so we still don't provoke him."

While Zhou Ben was attacking the Peng family, Tao Ya, the governor of Shezhou, also took the opportunity to take action and sent his son Tao Jingzhao to attack Rao and Xinzhou to attack the remnants of the Wei family. Seeing that his brother was finished, how dare Wei Zaichang, the governor of Xinzhou, resist?

He quickly expressed his surrender. Unexpectedly, Xu Wen ordered Zhang Jingsi, the commander of the left vanguard, to be the governor of Xinzhou, and sent Yuhou Guyan, the camp capital, to lead his troops to escort him to take office. When Wei Zaichang heard that the Wu army was approaching, he had to abandon Xinzhou and fled to Hangzhou.

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When Wei Zaichang was the governor of Xinzhou, he was very attracted to Wu Yue. There was a rebellion in Quzhou and Muzhou under the jurisdiction of Wu Yue. Wei Zaichang and Wu Yue King Qian Liu formed a corner to help Wu Yue King put down the rebellion. This time Wei Zai Chang fought

After losing the battle, he went to Qian Liu, the king of Wu and Yue. Qian Liu treated Wei Zaichang as an honored guest and appointed him as the deputy envoy of Huainan Jiedu. From then on, all the descendants of Zaichang served in Wuyue and stayed in Hangzhou. Qian Liu felt that Wei Zaichang's surname was inappropriate.

Well, let him change his surname to "Yuan". Yuan Dezhao, the son of "Yuan Zaichang", later became the prime minister of Wuyue Kingdom.

The fate of Wei Quanxi, who was captured alive, was not bad. After he was escorted to Yangzhou, Yang Longyan pardoned Wei Quanxi because he had helped Yang Xingmi, and he retired in Yangzhou with the false title of Jin Ziguanglu doctor.

This was naturally what Xu Wen meant. Wei Quanxi had a good reputation in Fuzhou, and killing him might cause dissatisfaction among the local people. Soon after, Wei Quanxi died of illness and was posthumously named King of Nanting and was buried in Mei, Xinfeng Township, Nancheng County.

Xicun Jietan. In memory of his achievements, the people built "Weiwang Temple" on the left side of Fushan Temple in Lichuan and cast an iron statue of him.

Offer incense to it.

Ma Yin was very happy to learn that Peng Gan had arrived. Ma Yin ordered Li Tang, who was stationed at the border, to send his general Zhang Keqiu to escort Peng Gan into Hunan, while strictly guarding against the Wu army following up. Peng Gan soon arrived in Tanzhou, and Ma Yin personally went out of the city to greet him.

This made Peng Gan deeply moved, and he was also ashamed that he had ever had the intention of getting involved in Tanzhou. Ma Yin held banquets one after another in honor of Peng Gan, Peng Yao brothers and their generals, and the two parties had a great time together.

Ma Yin immediately appointed Peng Gan as the governor of Chenzhou, whose position was equivalent to that of his Jizhou governor. Ma Yin also arranged for his son Ma Xifan to be engaged to Peng Gan's daughter, and they became in-laws. At this time, Ma Xifan was only eight years old. Since Ma Yin's eldest son Ma Xizhen had already

He married the daughter of Liu Jianfeng, and his second son Xisheng was also engaged to the second daughter of Yang Ji, the military commander of the Jiedushi Army, so his third son Xifan was engaged to Peng Gan's daughter. Peng Gan took his family with him to Chenzhou to take office.

He Anxin followed Ma Yin.

Ma Yin was not happy for a long time, but he received the bad news that Li Qiong, the general who guarded Lingnan, died of illness. Ma Yin was naturally saddened by the news. Li Qiong grew up with his Ma brothers since they were young, and they were close friends. Later,

They joined the army together and were loyal to the Ma family. Ma Yin held a grand funeral for Li Qiong.

Ma Yin then appointed his third brother Ma Cun to take over Li Qiong's position and serve as the military governor of Jingjiang to guard Guizhou. At the same time, Lv Shizhou, the commander of the capital, also served as deputy military commander to assist Ma Cun. Ma Yin saw that things were not going well recently.

By the way, first Yuan Mei was defeated at Gao, and then Li Qiong died young. Ma Yin ordered various places not to send troops without authorization, but only to guard the borders. He did not want to fight, but others did not let him stop. Because of Guangzhou's

When Liu Yin saw that Li Qiong and Li Hu were dead, he thought there was an opportunity and prepared to attack Guizhou.

It turned out that after Liu Yin repeatedly befriended Zhu Wen, he finally obtained the title of Qing Dynasty Military Envoy and became the number one vassal town in Lingnan. In 907, Zhu Wen established the Back Liang. Because Liu Yin repeatedly wrote letters to persuade the emperor to support him, on the third day of May, he

Zhu Wen also appointed Liu Yin as the prefect of the school, concurrently as a minister, and he was granted the title of Prince of Dapeng County. After that, Liu Yin continued to send envoys to pay tribute to the Liang Dynasty with rare treasures, famous fragrances, and precious medicines, and also donated military expenses. Zhu Wen

He had great trust in him, and was awarded the title of Jinghai Jiedu Envoy, the Protector of Annan, the Grand Master, Zhongshu Ling, the King of Pingnan, and the King of Nanhai.

Naturally, the other weak forces in Lingnan were no match for Liu Yin. It took Liu Yin nearly eight years to defeat and eliminate dozens of local forces, large and small, in Lingnan, and unified Guangdong. Inadvertently, they bordered on Ma Yin's territory.

Ma Yin did not pay enough attention to Liu Yin's rapid expansion at first. On the one hand, he was busy fighting against the Huainan Wu Army and the Lei Family Army recently. On the other hand, Liu Yin acted in a low-key manner and did not show off his skills, but was slow and slow.

Slow development.

When Ma Yin's recent expedition to Hongzhou was thwarted and Li Qiong died of illness, Liu Yin had an idea for Jingjiang's army and attempted to seize it. He then organized a large-scale army preparations to attack Guizhou and drive Ma Yin's forces back to Tanzhou. From

Therefore, Liu Yin became an extremely dangerous opponent for Ma Yin. Ma Yin felt that it was necessary to teach Liu Yin some lessons, and at the same time curb Liu Yin's crazy expansion momentum, and strike first to gain the upper hand!

Ma Yin summoned all the civil and military officials to discuss the matter. Ma Yin said: "Recently, Liu Yin from Guangzhou wanted to take advantage of the death of brother Li Qiong to invade Guizhou. What do you think?" Gao Yu thought for a moment and said: "

Your Majesty, Gao thinks that Liu Yin's power has increased greatly recently, so he really needs to attack him. Otherwise, when he becomes popular, he will become our formidable enemy in the future. The Wu army has just gained Fuzhou, Jizhou and other places, and will not attack us again for the time being. We

You can send troops to attack Zhaozhou and other places near Guizhou to ensure the security of Guizhou."

Ma Yin said: "Since the military advisor thinks so, he will order General Lu Shizhou, the commander of Jingjiang Army, to be the commander-in-chief, Liu Qing, the deputy commander-in-chief, to be the deputy commander-in-chief, Wang Tong, the commander-in-chief, to be the vanguard, and Zhang Tuying, the commander-in-chief, to lead the army.

We have an army of 30,000 to attack Zhaozhou. Brother Tuoba Heng, please go to Guizhou to pass the order. At the same time, inform Jingjiang Army Jiedushi Ma Cun to provide food and grass for the army." Tuoba Heng obeyed the order and left.

Gao Yu added: "My lord, we still need to send people to various places to keep them on guard against enemies in front of them." Ma Yin nodded and said: "Mr. Yuan Quan, please send someone to pass on the order: Xu Dexun closely monitors the movements of the Wu army in Ezhou.

Li Tang's troops guarded the Wu army in the east, Yao Yanzhang guarded Jingnan, and Qin Yanhui guarded Dongman in Chenzhou and other places." Yuan Quan also accepted the order and retreated.

Tuoba Heng arrived in Guizhou, and Ma Cun and Lu Shizhou took Tuoba Heng to the Jiedushi Hall. Tuoba Heng read out Ma Yin's appointment, and Ma Cun and Lu Shizhou paid homage to the king. Lu Shizhou was very happy, and he returned to Chu for more than a year.

, received orders from Ma Yin to train soldiers and horses. He had always thought of establishing meritorious deeds on the battlefield to repay Ma Yin for taking him in. After receiving the order this time, Lu Shizhou quickly sent people to inquire about the situation in Zhaozhou and mobilized troops to gather in Yangshuo.

Zhaozhou, a poem "Zhaozhou" written by Li Shangyin is extremely famous:

Spring is still early in Guishui, and the sun is due west in Zhaochuan.

When a tiger is an official, there is a fight; when an ape goes up to the post building and crows.

Rope rotten golden sand well, dried pine milk cave ladder.

The local accent is terrible, and I am still as drunk as mud.

Zhaozhou (now Pingle County, Guangxi) is located in the northeast of Guangxi and the southeast of Guizhou. The county borders Zhongshan to the east, Zhaoping to the south, Lipu to the west, Yangshuo to the northwest, and Gongcheng to the northeast. Lijiang River, Lijiang River, Tea

The river gathers in the west of Zhaozhou and is called Guijiang. Guijiang runs through the entire territory from north to south. The territory is mountainous, with mountains in the east, south and southwest

Surrounded by veins, it is a branch of Dupanling, one of the Nanlings. Under the mountain range is a north-south plain, tilting from southeast to northwest, forming a landform with high southeast and low northwest. The southwest mountain range winds southward.

There are many rivers in Zhaozhou, including seven major rivers: Lijiang River, Chajiang River, Lijiang River, Rongjin River, Dongjiang River, Xijiang River and Tongan River. The Lijiang River enters from the northwest via Yangshuo, and the Gongcheng River and Lipu River are divided into Gongcheng and Lipu Rivers.

It comes from Puliu, passes through the northeast, and enters the west. The three rivers merge into the Guijiang River in the northwest of Zhaozhou.

In September 908, Lu Shizhou had already explored the terrain of Zhaozhou. At the same time, he learned that Zhaozhou's general Su Zhang had been recalled to Guangzhou by Liu Yin for discussion. Only deputy general Cheng Bao was stationed in the city. Lu Shizhou planned to use a sneak attack to conquer Zhaozhou and let Liu Qing

Led the 5,000 navy troops just transferred from Hengzhou to go down the Li River overnight and march by water. Lu Shizhou personally served as the vanguard with Wang Tong, leading 5,000 elite troops to go south by land under the moonlight, allowing Zhang Tuying to lead the army to meet him.

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In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, Lu Shizhou led his army to the north gate of Zhaozhou City. At this time, Zhaozhou was unprepared because Cheng Bao believed that the Chu army had just been defeated in Jiangxi and was facing the Wu army with all its strength. How could it happen again?

Dare to provoke Lingnan. Cheng Bao waited peacefully for Su Zhang to bring his army from Guangzhou, and then marched into Guizhou together.

Seeing that Zhaozhou's defenses were lax, Lu Shizhou gave an order, and five thousand elite soldiers suddenly rushed out. Lu Shizhou was the first to attack with his horse and swords, and went straight to the open city gate. The soldiers guarding the city did not react for a moment, thinking that it was the commander-in-chief Su Zhang.

He led his army back to the city, so he did not close the city gate immediately. When Lu Shizhou rushed forward, the Zhaozhou soldiers realized something was wrong, so they went to close the door. But it was too late, Lu Shizhou had already rushed to the city gate, swung his sword and killed him

The soldiers at the city gate quickly took control of the city gate. Wang Tong quickly arrived with his army and rushed directly into the city.

When Cheng Bao learned that the North Gate had been lost, he was horrified and hurriedly summoned his subordinates to prepare for the battle. As soon as he left the Commander's Mansion, someone came to report that the West Gate had been attacked by the Chu army's navy and had also fallen into the enemy's hands. Cheng Bao

Seeing that two city gates were lost, he knew that the situation was over, so he had to abandon the city and flee south. As soon as he walked out of the south gate, he was overtaken by Lu Shizhou. Lu Shizhou sent his army to cover up the attack, but Cheng Bao could not resist and suffered heavy losses. He escaped with a few of his men and entered.

Fuzhou City wants to defend it according to danger.

Lu Shizhou captured Zhaozhou lightly, but he did not take any rest. He urgently ordered the navy to go down the Guijiang River and march southward by land at the same time. Soon Lu Shizhou's land and water army came to Fuzhou City and surrounded Fuzhou. Fuzhou (now Fuzhou)

Zhaoping, Guangxi), borders Hezhou to the east, Mengzhou to the west, Wuzhou to the southeast, Gongzhou to the southwest, and Zhaozhou to the north. Fuzhou has undulating mountains, deep valleys, narrow flat land, and the terrain is higher in the northwest and lower in the southeast.

The terrain is very complex, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Lu Shizhou saw that the terrain of Fuzhou City was dangerous, and if he attacked by force, the losses would be huge. The mountains outside the city were high and densely forested, which was conducive to setting up an ambush. Lu Shizhou decided to besiege Fuzhou instead of attacking it, and used the method of encircling points and calling for reinforcements to eliminate Liu Yin's troops nearby. Troops. He ambush his troops separately in the valley, waiting for reinforcements from Liu Yin nearby.

Since Fuzhou is the gateway to Wuzhou, the nearby Lingnan armies had to try their best to rescue them. The first troops to arrive were the Mengzhou soldiers and horses closest to Fuzhou, but they only had a few thousand troops. Lü Shi and Zhou Lingwang set up an ambush at Mashiling. They wiped out Mengzhou's reinforcements in one fell swoop. Wang Tong took advantage of the situation and captured Mengzhou. Mengzhou (now Mengshan, Guangxi) was named Mengzhou because there was Mengshan Mountain in the east of the state and Mengshui at the foot of the mountain. Most of the residents had Meng surnames. Mengzhou is surrounded by mountains, with undulating mountains, crisscrossing ravines, and complex terrain. If they had not sent out all their troops to rescue Fuzhou, but instead gathered troops to hold on, it would have been difficult for the Chu army to capture it.

After Wang Tong occupied Mengzhou, he left a small number of troops to defend the city. He led his troops back to Fuzhou's front camp and said to Lu Shizhou: "Commander, the last general suggested that I lead some troops to disguise themselves as reinforcements from Mengzhou to attract Fuzhou. Cheng Bao from the city went out to fight." Lu Shizhou smiled and said, "The general's plan is good, but now is not the time to implement it." Wang Tong asked in confusion: "Why is this?"

Lu Shizhou said: "Cheng Bao naturally knows that the strength of their nearby ministries should be the strongest in Wuzhou, which is the choke point to Guangzhou. The second is Hezhou. Hezhou is a big city nearby, far from a small mountain city like Mengzhou. .And the two places are far apart, so it is impossible for them to arrive so quickly. Cheng Bao will naturally know that the strength of the Mengzhou soldiers cannot defeat Fuzhou City, how could he fall into the trap. But if we defeat Hezhou Or if we use this strategy with the reinforcements from Wuzhou, we may succeed."

Wang Tong bowed in admiration and asked: "Then what should we do now?" Lu Shizhou said: "According to reports from spies, Hezhou's guard Sun Dewei has led his troops here, and it is estimated that they can reach Sanbao Mountain tomorrow. I will set up an ambush there. Defeat Sun Dewei and take the opportunity to capture Hezhou. Now Liu Yin's generals will definitely focus on Fuzhou, so I will use Fuzhou to confuse them. When I capture Hezhou, they will definitely withdraw their troops from Fuzhou and come to fight for Hezhou. As long as This is a field battle, how can they be our opponents of the Chu army?"
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