Early the next morning, Su Zhang indeed led his army to challenge the city. Lu Shizhou led the generals to the city tower and saw Sun Dewei shouting curses in front of the city gate. Lu Shizhou smiled and said to Sun Dewei: "General Sun, please be patient. You

A defeated general should go home and think about his mistakes behind closed doors, study military books hard, and then come back to the battle lines of the two armies." Sun Dewei said angrily: "Lu Shizhou, you are a despicable villain. I was just careless and fell into your trap. He is a hero.

If so, come down and fight this general for three hundred rounds!"

Lu Shizhou laughed loudly and said: "I am not interested in fighting you alone today. Didn't you bring tens of thousands of troops? You are no match for us in the field. You might as well let me see your siege skills."

?You go back and tell Su Zhang that I am waiting at the top of the city. If you can conquer Wuzhou, then I will naturally return the six states to you." Sun Dewei was so angry that he had no choice but to go back and report to Su Zhang.

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Su Zhang was furious and immediately ordered a strong attack on Wuzhou. Suddenly there was a loud killing sound on the city wall, and the two armies fought fiercely. However, because Wuzhou City has high walls and thick walls, and is facing water on one side and backing on the mountain on the other, there is only one direction suitable for the attack. Although Su Zhang has many troops

Although they had the upper hand, they could not spread out in all directions, allowing the defenders to deal with it calmly. The two armies fought from morning to night, but Su Zhang's soldiers were still unable to climb the city wall. Su Zhang had no choice but to order the withdrawal of his troops.

After that, the two sides fought for more than ten days at the head of Wuzhou City, and were still at a stalemate. At this time, Ma Yin's order came. Ma Yin appointed Lu Shizhou as the governor of Zhaozhou, responsible for the jurisdiction of the six states captured and ensuring their safety. However, Ma Yin

Lu Shizhou was strictly ordered not to go further into the enemy's territory, in order to secure the people and defend the territory. Lu Shizhou obeyed the order, and from then on he concentrated more on defending the city and did not go out to fight. Su Zhang had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to Fengzhou as he was running out of food.

.Lu Shizhou did not pursue them and allowed them to retreat.

The reason Ma Yin issued such an order was because he accepted Gao Yu's suggestion. After receiving the victory report from Lu Shizhou, Ma Yin convened civil and military officials to discuss whether to continue the march. Everyone had different opinions. Some people thought that he should take advantage of the victory to seize the entire Lingnan, while others suggested

Just give it up when you see it, and don't agree on one thing. Ma Yin looked at Gao Yu and asked, "What is the advice of the military advisor?"

Gao Yu said: "Gao thought that the purpose of sending troops this time has been achieved. If we continue to go deeper, I am afraid that Lu Shizhou's troops will not be enough. Unless we mobilize the main army and go out in full force, there is no chance of victory. But if the main force goes south, once we fight with Liu Yin

If there is a stalemate, I am afraid that the Wu army in Huainan will take advantage of it. Therefore, Gao thought that he could just keep his residence in the six states and avoid an all-out war with Liu Yin."

Ma Yin had not yet decided. At this time, someone came to report that the envoy from Emperor Liang had arrived. Ma Yin hurriedly sent Tuoba Heng to invite the envoy in. When the envoy entered the palace, he read Zhu Wen's edict to Ma Yin, saying that it was from Huainan.

The navy was attacking Jingnan, so Ma Yin sent troops out of Dongting Lake, and Gao Jixing attacked the navy in Huainan.

It turned out that Wu Jun was fighting in Suzhou and Hongzhou. After Zhu Wen learned about it, he thought that Wu Jun would not pose any threat to him for the time being. Zhu Wen planned to take the opportunity to deal with his old enemy Li Keyong with all his strength, because he learned that Li Keyong was at this moment.

He was seriously ill. Zhu Wen gathered 80,000 Liang troops and transferred 20,000 troops from Luo Shaowei, for a total of 100,000 troops. He wanted to recapture the important town of Luzhou from Li Ke, which was lost due to Ding Hui's surrender. Zhu Wen appointed the Baoping Army.

Jiedushi Kang Huaizhen was the commander-in-chief of this battle.

Kang Huaiying, whose original name was Kang Huaizhen, was from Yanzhou. Kang Huaiying first served under Zhu Jin, the Jiedushi envoy of Ziqing, and served as a school. In the fourth year of Qianning, Zhu Wen occupied Yunzhou and ordered General Ge Congzhou to attack Yanzhou urgently. At that time, Zhu Wen Jin was searching for food and wages in Feng and Pei, leaving Kang Huaiying to defend the city. Ge Cong's army suddenly arrived, and Kang Huaiying surrendered. Zhu Wen had long known that he was brave and brave. After getting Kang Huaiying, he was extremely happy and appointed him as a military academy.

In the first year of Guanghua, Kang Huaiying accompanied General Shi Shucong to attack Xiang and Han Dynasties. Kang Huaiying captured Dengzhou with an army alone. In the third year of Guanghua, Kang Huaiying accompanied Zhu Wen to conquer Heshuo and defeated the Yan army at Yishui with General Zhang Cunjing. In the first year of Tianfu, Zhu Wen led his army to meet Tang Zhaozong Yu Fengxiang. Li Maozhen sent General Fu Daozhao to lead more than 10,000 troops to garrison martial arts to resist, but Kang Huaiying defeated Fu Daozhao and captured more than 6,000 people and 2,000 horses.

In April of the second year of Tianfu, Fu Daozhao again led a large army to camp in the Han Valley of Guo County, facing a huge stream in front and leaning on steep mountains behind. The terrain was difficult. Kang Huaiying led thousands of cavalry to fight. Fu Daozhao saw that Kang Huaiying had few soldiers and could not help but feel contempt. So he led ten thousand people to challenge. Kang Huaiying met with more than a thousand cavalry, and then launched an ambush attack, defeating Fu Daozhao again. In August, Li Zhou, the governor of Yifang, stationed his army in Sanyuan to support Li Maozhen, and his momentum was very strong. Zhu Wen Kang Huaiying was ordered to conquer, but Li Zhouyi pulled out his army and fled. Kang Huaiying pursued him to Liyuan and captured Zhaizhou.

Soon after, Li Maozhen sent troops to garrison in Fengtian. Kang Huaiying led the army to attack and defeated Li Maozhen's troops again. Zhu Wen took Kang Huaiying as the governor of Suzhou. In the third year of God's blessing, Kang Huaiying and general Liu Zhijun defeated Li Maozhen's 50,000-strong army in Meiyuan, and awarded him for his merit. The governor of Shaanzhou Baoyi Army.

Before setting off for the expedition, Zhu Wen summoned Kang Huaiying and said: "Ai Qing is a general. He is the bravest of the three armies. He has always defeated the enemy and defeated the enemy without any regrets. As for the high rank and high salary, I have not treated Ai Qing badly. I am a loyal minister who serves the king." There is no difference between death and death. Han Xin said, "The king of Han carried me with his chariots, clothed me with clothes, and fed me with food. He cannibalize people's salary and die people's worries." Every time I think of Han Xin's words, I feel that he is really a loyal man! Ding Hui will receive it. My kindness in treating him is not unkind. I let him have a yellow child and a purple child, and split the earth and separate the grass. Even if he is a puppet made of wood and stone, he should know how to be grateful for my kindness.

But he turned back, turned against the other side, and surrendered his land to the enemy. If there was a god, God would be able to tolerate this rebellion! Since ancient times, loyal people would not do anything ungrateful." After listening to this, Kang Huaiying felt panic in his heart. .

Zhu Wen encouraged Kang Huaizhen again and said: "I have sent all my best troops to entrust you today. You must encourage yourself, be loyal and do not live up to my expectations! Now that the people of Jin have just arrived in Luzhou, people's hearts are not yet stable. You With a sudden arrival of 100,000 troops, we will definitely be victorious. On the day of your triumph, I will definitely gather all the civil and military officials of the court, have a banquet, and watch your triumphant return with singing and dancing." Zhu Wen encouraged you so much that Kang Huaiying did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly mobilized the army to attack Luzhou.

The guard general of Luzhou at this time was Li Sizhao, a famous general of Jin. Li Sizhao's original surname was Han, and he was born in a farmer's family in Taigu County, Fenzhou. Li Keyong once went hunting in the Taigu area, and rested at a farmhouse named Han on the way. He saw that the surrounding woods were full of life. The owner said that a son had just been born in his family. Li Keyong thought that the child was rich and noble, so he exchanged the child for gold and silk and gave it to his younger brother Li Kerou to raise and named him Li Jintong. Later, Li Keyong adopted him as his adopted son. , changed his name to Li Sizhao. [When Li Sizhao grew up, although he was short in stature, he was very brave. He served in Li Keyong's army very early. Because of his cautious nature, he was deeply loved by Li Keyong and was appointed as the commander of the yamen. make.

In the second year of Qianning, Wang Chongying, the military governor of Hezhong, died of illness. The sergeants supported his nephew, Wang Ke, the commander of the marching army, as the remaining queen. Wang Chongying's son Wang Gong was then the military governor of the Baoyi Army. He took the opportunity to attack Hezhong Mansion and compete with Wang Ke for the inheritance rights of Hezhong. Wang Ke Unable to defeat, he asked Li Keyong for help. Li Keyong ordered Li Sizhao to lead the army to rescue Wang Ke, and defeated Wang Gong in Yishi. Later, Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty officially appointed Wang Ke as the governor of Hezhong and named Li Keyong the king of Jin. .

In the fourth year of Qianning, Wang Gong, with the support of Zhu Wen, attacked Wang Ke again. Li Sizhao, then the general of the government, led 2,000 cavalry to rescue Wang Ke. Li Sizhao defeated Zhu Wen's army at Hubi Fort and captured Liang General Hua Li alive. , for his meritorious service, he was awarded the title of Inspection School Servant. Soon, Wang Ke went to Taiyuan to marry Li Keyong's daughter, while Li Sizhao was ordered to stay in Hezhong.

In the first year of Guanghua, Li Sizhao sent troops out of Malingguan to attack Xingzhou and Mingzhou. At first, Li Sizhao was defeated by Liang general Ge Congzhou at Zhanggongqiao and was forced to retreat to Qingshankou. After receiving reinforcements from Li Siyuan and his troops, Li Sizhao turned defeat into victory and repelled Liang. Army. In December of the same year, Li Hanzhi, the governor of Zezhou, led troops to occupy Luzhou, betrayed Li Keyong and surrendered to Zhu Wen, and was appointed as the military envoy of Zhaoyi. Subsequently, Zhu Wen sent troops to occupy Luzhou and at the same time Li Hanzhi was transferred from Zhaoyi Town.

Li Sizhao defeated the Liang army at Hankou, captured Liang general Cai Yangong, and was promoted to the commander of the horse-riding capital of the Han Dynasty. Taking advantage of the victory, he entered the city of Luzhou. The defender He Delun closed the city without fighting, and Li Siyuan patrolled the city with iron cavalry day and night, making Liang Jun unable to do so. Out of the city. Liang Jun had to give up Luzhou because he was running out of food and grass. In the third year of Guanghua, Liang Jun attacked Cangzhou under the jurisdiction of Youzhou Town. Liu Rengong, the governor of Youzhou Jiedu, asked Li Keyong for help.

Li Ke ordered Li Sizhao to attack Xingzhou and Mingzhou to contain the Liang army. Li Sizhao defeated the Liang army in Shahe, took advantage of the victory to capture Mingzhou, and captured the governor Zhu Shaozong. Zhu Wen personally led an army of 30,000 to attack Mingzhou. Li Sizhao abandoned Mingzhou and retreated to Hedong. When passing through Qingshan Pass, they were defeated by Ge Congzhou's ambush.

In the first year of Tianfu, the Liang army broke through Hezhong Prefecture, captured all the prefectures and counties of Hezhong Town, and then launched a large-scale attack on Hedong. The Liang army was divided into four groups, Shishu Cong came out of Taihang, Ge Congzhou came out of Tumen, Zhang Guiba came out of Malingguan, and Hou The words came out of Yindi Pass. Wei Bodu general Zhang Wengong and Dingzhou governor Wang Chuzhi also sent troops to help. Six armies joined forces to attack Taiyuan. Zezhou governor Li Cunzhang abandoned the city and fled. Fenzhou governor Li Tang rebelled against the Liang army, Luzhou, and Liao. Prefecture, Chengtian Army and other places were all captured by Liang Jun. Liang Jun quickly attacked Taiyuan City.

Li Keyong personally went to the city to take command. Taking advantage of the continuous heavy rain, he ordered Li Sizhao, Li Siyuan and others to attack Liang Jun from time to time at night. At that time, Liang Jun had many soldiers and horses, insufficient food and grass supplies, and many soldiers suffered from diseases. Zhu Wen saw that Taiyuan was difficult to capture for a while. , had to order the troops to retreat.

Li Sizhao took the opportunity and Zhou Dewei led his elite cavalry to pursue them, defeating the Liang army and killing more than 10,000 people. Later, he and Fu Cunshen attacked Fenzhou and broke through the city in only three days and captured Li Tang. After this battle, the Liang army recaptured Zhao Yizhen. Zhu Wen appointed Ding Hui as the envoy of Zhaoyi, guarding Luzhou. Li Sizhao left Yindi Pass again, invaded Hezhong Town, and captured Cizhou and Xizhou.

At that time, Zhu Wen was launching the Battle of Fengxiang to fight for control of Zhaozong. Li Keyong took the opportunity to attack Zhu Wen. Li Sizhao went straight from Qinzhou to Jinzhou and defeated the Liang army in Jinzhou. Then he and Zhou Dewei entered Tuenpu County, but Due to lack of troops, he was severely defeated by Shi Shucong and had to retreat to the east of Hedong. Liang Jun took advantage of the victory to recapture Ci, Xi and Fen states, stationed in Jinci, and besieged Taiyuan again.

Li Keyong was extremely frightened and planned to leave Yunzhou. Li Cunxin and others persuaded him to defect to Khitan. Only Li Sizhao argued hard and thought it was impossible, and Mrs. Liu also agreed with Li Sizhao's opinion, so Li Keyong stopped leaving. Li Sizhao, regardless of day and night, often A strange force attacked the Liang army, and finally repulsed the Liang army. Li Sizhao regained the Fen, Ci, and Xi states. During this period, there was no help from major powers outside Shanxi, and several states were lost within the country. During the year, the isolated city was repeatedly trapped, and finally he was able to cross After the crisis, Li Sizhao had the most credit for fighting the enemy with all his strength.

In the third year of God's blessing, Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei captured Luzhou and recruited Ding Hui to surrender. Li Sizhao was immediately appointed as the military governor of Zhaoyi Army and guarded Luzhou. This time Kang Huaiying faced such an opponent, which could be regarded as a confrontation between famous generals from both sides. This is war

The result was completely beyond Zhu Wen's expectation.

After Kang Huaiying led his army to Luzhou, he immediately launched a strong attack, hoping for a quick victory. However, he attacked for more than ten days, but made no progress. The city of Luzhou was as solid as a rock. Kang Huaiying had no choice but to build forts on all sides, forming a centipede trench, and divided his troops to defend it. , thinking of a protracted siege. Li Sizhao asked the King of Jin for help. After Li Keyong learned the news, he refused to give in and sent a powerful reinforcement force regardless of his illness.

Li Keyong appointed Zhou Dewei as the commander of the camp, and together with Li Siben, Shi Jiantang, An Yuanxin, Li Siyuan, An Jinquan, etc., led 50,000 elite troops to aid Luzhou. The Jin army marched to Gaohe and met Liang general Qin Wu. , came to stop him. Zhou Dewei immediately led his troops to kill him. Qin Wu was defeated, and Kang Huaiying also asked Liang Ting for more troops. Zhu Wen hated him for his incompetence, and appointed Li Si'an, the governor of Bozhou, as the commander of Luzhou's camp, and made Kang Huaiying the commander of camp Yu. Hou.

Li Sian led the troops from Hebei to the west and arrived at the foot of Luzhou City. He built a more fortified city with protrusions inside to defend the city and block reinforcements from outside the city. He named it Jiazhai. He also mobilized the people of Shandong and transported military supplies to prepare a high fort with enough food. , keep an eye on the situation and be prepared for a long-term stalemate.

Zhou Dewei did not fight with him, but just sent small groups of light cavalry to copy him every day. As a plan to contain Liang Jun, Li Sian was afraid that the grain truck would be robbed, so he built a corridor from the southeast exit. It was connected to the Jiazhai to avoid any oversight. Unexpectedly, Zhou Dewei and his generals took turns attacking, knocking down the city walls, filling up the ravines, attacking dozens of times a day, and captured and killed countless people. This made Liang Jun restless day and night. Unable to sleep, he had no choice but to hold on to the wall and hold on to the Jin army for a long time. Zhou Dewei and Liang Jun had been fighting for more than a year. Although they achieved some small victories and captured Liang Jun's generals Huangjiao Ying and Fang Gulun alive, they were still unable to completely eliminate Lu. The siege of the state.

At this time, Li Ke ordered Li Cunzhang to attack Jinzhou and Mingzhou in equal parts, causing Liang's army to come and go to support and rush east and west. Zhu Wen also sent troops to the river, and soldiers from Shaanzhou rushed to the camp to increase their strength. The two battles were evenly matched, and they vowed to decide. The war between male and female began in the autumn of the first year of Kaiping in Liang Dynasty and remained unresolved until the first month of the second year of Kaiping.

Li Keyong was troubled by military affairs for half a year. He was originally ill, and he could not avoid being worried and overworked, which resulted in gangrene in his back. He stayed in bed for several days with no medicine to cure him, and he knew that he would not have much time left. Li Keyong immediately ordered his younger brother Zhen Zhen. The military governor Li Kening, the military supervisor Zhang Chengye, the generals Li Cunzhang and Wu Gong, and the secretary-general Wu Zhi, etc., established their eldest son Li Cunxu as their heir.

Li Cunxu was the son of Li Keyong and his concubine Cao. He was good at riding and shooting since he was a child. He was very courageous and open-minded, and was deeply loved by his father. He loved to read "Spring and Autumn", had a brief understanding of subtle words and great meanings, and was good at music. He could be described as a civilized and martial artist. The best of both worlds.

In the second year of Qianning, Wang Xingyu, together with Li Maozhen and Han Jian, invaded Chang'an and planned to overthrow Zhaozong. Li Keyong led the army to serve the king and quelled the rebellion in the three towns. Li Cunxu was eleven years old at the time and also joined the army to fight and joined the imperial court to show victory. Zhaozong Seeing his strange appearance, he specially rewarded him with an owl and an emerald plate. He stroked his back and said, "My son has a wonderful appearance. I will be rich and powerful in the future. Don't forget my family!" Later, Zhaozong also praised him as "like his father." ". It means that Li Cunxu can surpass his father, making his father the runner-up. Therefore, Li Cunxu was named Li Yazi.

Soon, Li Cunxu was appointed as the Inspector of Schools, and was appointed as the governor of Xizhou, and later transferred to Fenzhou and Jinzhou. In the second year of Tianfu, Li Keyong was besieged twice by Liang Jun because Taiyuan was besieged twice, and he was unable to resist Zhu Wen, so he was worried about this. Li Cunxu comforted him by saying: "Things will not repeat themselves until they are extreme, and evil will not perish until they are extreme. Zhu Wen intimidated the emperor, coveted the throne, and framed good people, which can be said to be self-destruction. Three generations of my family have been loyal to the royal family. Although we are now poor due to circumstances. Although he could not repay his efforts with all his strength, he had no regrets in his heart. His father should be patient and watch, accumulate strength, and try to revive Zhu Wen when he was weak. How could he become discouraged so easily? Li Keyong was relieved.

In the third year of God's blessing, Zhu Wen sent troops to attack Cangzhou. Liu Rengong, the governor of Youzhou, sent an envoy to ask Li Keyong for help. Li Keyong was angry with Liu Rengong's capriciousness and refused to send troops to help. Li Cunxu said: "Now Zhu Wen has occupied the world. Seven-ninths of his country, even Weibo, Chengde and other vassal towns also surrendered to him. The only ones north of the Yellow River that can resist him are Jin State and Liu Rengong. If we don't save Liu Rengong, the situation will be even more unfavorable to us. . And if we send troops to assist, our Jin country can regain its glory. We must not miss this opportunity because of resentment." Li Keyong then sent troops to attack Luzhou, forcing Zhu Wen to withdraw from Cangzhou.

Therefore, Li Keyong became more and more fond of him and ordered Li Cunxu to seize the title. He said to Li Kening and others: "This son has great ambitions and will definitely fulfill my legacy. I hope you can teach me well and I will never regret it until I die!" Then he called Li Cunxu to the bedside. , warned him: "Si Zhao was guarding Lu, and he was trapped in a tight siege. He hated me for not being able to come to his rescue in person, and I was afraid I would have to say goodbye to him. After my death, the funeral will be over. You and Zhou Dewei and others will do your best to save him. Don't let him go." He is trapped for the sake of being trapped!"
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