When Li Keyong died, Li Cunxu cried endlessly and was very sad. Li Kening and others were busy preparing for the funeral for several days. In order to cultivate his power and win over the morale of the army, Li Keyong recognized many brave men in the army as his adopted sons.

There are more than a hundred people. Li Keyong's treatment for his adopted sons is also good, basically the same as his own children. These adopted sons are all older than Li Cunxu, and their merits are naturally greater than Li Cunxu's, and their official position and power are higher than that of Li Cunxu, who is the official governor.

After Li Cunxu succeeded to the throne, Li Keyong's adopted sons were dissatisfied and fabricated rumors with the intention of causing rebellion. Li Kening had held military power for a long time and was supported by the sergeants, so he was also suspected. Zhang Chengye, the supervisor of the army, was originally a eunuch of the Tang Dynasty.

When Zhu Wen came to Beijing and killed the eunuchs together with Cui Yin, he ordered all the towns to kill all the supervisors. Zhang Chengye was serving as a supervisor in Li Keyong's army at this time, and Li Keyong had a good relationship with him. Therefore, Li Keyong had a good relationship with him.

Keyong just killed a criminal and pretended to be Zhang Chengye. Zhang Chengye still served as the supervisor of the army. He felt Li Keyong's kindness and devoted himself to serving him.

Zhang Chengye saw that Li Cunxu had been living in the mourning house for a long time and did not come out to see what was going on, so he rushed in and said to Li Cunxu: "People who take on important tasks should be filial to not destroy the family property left by their ancestors. How can they be like ordinary people and only know how to cry?

?The late king has just passed away, and you haven't taken over for a long time. Aren't you afraid that some cunning and unscrupulous people will covet the throne? What's more, the thieves in Bianliang are also pressing down with troops, hoping that we will have internal chaos. Their momentum will multiply, and all kinds of rumors will inevitably increase.

Unpredictable disasters may occur at any time. You should quickly follow the late king's orders, take over the military and political power with filial piety, save the family business, and appease your relatives. This is great filial piety."

After Li Cunxu heard this, he was shocked and moved, and then the Luhu incident happened. As soon as he came out, he heard private discussions in the army, and was shocked. Li Cunxu said sadly to Li Kening in front of everyone: "My nephew is old.

I am still young and have never dealt with military and political affairs. Although the late king's orders are here, I am afraid that I will not be able to control the armies. My uncle is highly respected and respected by everyone, so I still ask you to take charge of the military affairs. My nephew will obey your orders in everything."

Li Kening replied: "You are the eldest son of my late brother, so you should inherit the throne. Besides, there is still the last king's order. Who dares to disobey the last king's order?" After that, Li Kening summoned the generals and officers of the army to commend him.

Li Cunxu was the king of Jin and the governor of Hedong. Li Kening took the lead in bowing down, and the rest of the soldiers did not dare to disobey, so they had to lead him in bowing down. However, Li Keyong's adopted son Li Cunhao and others claimed to be ill and could not come.

When Li Kening returned home, Li Cunhao went to see him alone at night. Li Cunhao provoked: "It is a matter of ancient and modern times for brothers to meet younger brothers. Why should we treat our nephews as uncles?" Li Kening said seriously: "This is a matter of decency, how can you take care of your own privacy?

Friendship?" As soon as the words fell, someone behind the screen snickered and said: "Uncle, you can worship your nephew. If your nephew wants to kill your uncle in the future, you will have to sit back and accept the punishment!" After hearing the sound, Li Kening looked back and saw someone coming out. It turned out to be his wife.

Mengshi.

Li Kening said: "Why are you talking nonsense!" Meng said: "If you don't take it, you will suffer disaster! Do you think Li Cunxu is a good person?" Li Cunhao got a big helper, and used sweet words to try his best to persuade Li Kening.

He couldn't help but be moved, and sighed: "My position has been decided, how should I deal with it?" Li Cunhao said: "What's so difficult about this? As long as I kill Zhang Chengye and Li Cunzhang, I will be successful." Li Kening said: "You go ahead.

Discuss it with your close friends before making any calculations."

Li Cunhao was overjoyed. When he came out, he discussed with his comrades and decided to appoint Li Kening as the military envoy. He also captured the Jin king Li Cunxu and his mother Cao and submitted them to the Later Liang Dynasty, hoping to become the vassal town of the Later Liang Dynasty. Li Cunzhi, Marquis of Duyu, was also Li Keyong's adopted son. He was also present to discuss with them at that time. However, he had been at odds with Li Kening, and they could not help but disagree with each other during the discussion. Li Cunhao informed Li Kening that he had falsely accused Li Cunzhi of being guilty and had him killed. Li Kening also asked to be appointed as the military governor of Yunzhong and cut Wei. , Shuo Sanzhou was his subordinate county. Li Cunxu was already suspicious, but on the surface he still vaguely agreed.

At this time, Shi Jingrong, a minister of honor, went to see Mrs. Cao, and reported the plot of Li Kening, Li Cunhao and others in detail. Cao was horrified and hurriedly told Li Cunxu. Li Cunxu summoned Zhang Chengye, and Li Cunzhang came in and told them with tears in his eyes. : "My uncle wants to kill our mother and son. There is no uncle-nephew relationship. But flesh and blood should not fight against each other. I should retreat from the virtuous way to avoid flesh and blood killing each other."

Zhang Chengye said angrily: "I was ordered by the late king, and the words are still in my ears. Li Cunhao and others want to raise the Jin and surrender the thieves. How can the king survive? Unless he kills his relatives for justice, the country will be destroyed forever!" Li Cunxu and Li Cunzhang and others made a plan to ambush the enemy. Inside the government office, Li Kening, Li Cunhao and others were invited to a banquet. As soon as they sat down, an ambush arose and they were about to capture Li Kening, Li Cunhao and others.

Li Cunxu scolded Li Kening with tears streaming down his face and said, "My nephew gave way to my uncle before, but he didn't want me. Now that my nephew has been appointed, you have plotted to capture my mother and son and send them to the enemy. How can you be so cruel?" Li Kening was so ashamed that he fell to the ground and could not answer. Li Cunzhang and others all shouted for execution. Li Cunxu then took out his grandfather's god master, set up an incense table, and then executed Li Kening, Li Cunhao and others together, and ordered Li Kening's wife Meng to commit suicide.

Li Cunxu then planned to send troops to rescue Luzhou, but suddenly he heard that the deposed emperor of Tang Dynasty died suddenly in Jiyin. Li Cunxu knew that Zhu Wen must have killed him, so he mourned and denounced Zhu Liang. The tribesmen used Zhou Dewei to hold heavy troops, fearing that he would plot a rebellion. .And Zhou Dewei has always been with Li Si

Zhao was in discord, so they did not provide full support. Therefore, someone encouraged Li Cunxu to transfer Zhou Dewei back.

At this time, Zhu Wen personally led his army to Zezhou, deposed Li Sian, replaced him with Liu Zhijun, and sent Fan Junshi and Liu Chongba as the vanguard. Niu Cunjie was appointed as the envoy of Fu Ke and the eldest son was stationed in the army. On the one hand, he sent envoys to Luzhou. Li Sizhao ordered Li Sizhao to surrender. Li Sizhao burned the book, beheaded the envoys, and defended the city. Zhu Wen was furious and ordered the Liang army to storm the city. A stray arrow hit Li Sizhao's foot, but Li Sizhao secretly pulled it away without any emotion, and still commanded the troops to resist, so Although the city is lacking, it can still hold on.

When Zhu Wen learned that Luzhou was difficult to attack, he planned to retreat. The generals rushed to offer suggestions: "Li Keyong is dead and Zhou Dewei will return. Luzhou is isolated and has no help. We can attack soon. Please stay for ten months and decide." We can destroy Lucheng." Zhu Wenmian stayed for a few days, but he was afraid that Qi Wang Li Maozhen would take advantage of the opportunity to attack and cut off his retreat, so he decided to return from Zezhou, leaving Liu Zhijun to besiege Luzhou.

Zhou Dewei returned to Jinyang from Luzhou, left his soldiers outside the city, walked into the city, fell down in front of Li Keyong's coffin, cried and mourned, and then withdrew to see the heir, honoring his courtesy. Li Cunxu was overjoyed, so he negotiated with him The military situation was also mentioned in the previous king's last order to assist Luzhou. Zhou Dewei was moved and wept, and asked to go to Luzhou again. Li Cunxu then convened a meeting of the generals and first spoke: "Luzhou is a vassal in the east of Hedong. If there is no Luzhou , that is, there is no Hedong. In the past, Zhu Wen was only troubled by an ancestor. Now that he has heard about my young heir, he must have thought that he has not practiced military affairs and cannot go out. If I can simply train my soldiers and armor, and do double the tactics, I can catch him by surprise and attack him. Be prepared, use angry soldiers to attack lazy soldiers, why worry about losing? Break the siege and establish hegemony in one fell swoop!" Zhang Chengye responded from the side: "The king's words are true, please send troops immediately." All the generals agreed in unison.

Li Cunxu then reviewed the soldiers, ordered Ding Hui to recruit envoys for the capital and Zhou Dewei and others to go ahead, and then he led the army to advance. When they arrived at the foot of Sanchui Gang, it was only more than ten miles away from Luzhou. It was already dark, so Li Cunxu ordered the sergeant to

After resting, the flags and drums were lowered and the drums were crouched. When dawn came, the sky was filled with fog, making it hard to tell what was happening. Li Cunxu drove the army forward quickly and reached Jiazhai. The Liang army had no equipment, and Liu Zhijun was still lying down before he got up, when he suddenly heard that the Jin soldiers were coming.

, as if lightning could not cover their ears, they hurriedly put on their clothes and shoes, prepared their armor and mounted their horses, summoned the soldiers, etc., and came out of the stronghold to resist.

Unexpectedly, Li Siyuan had already invaded the northwest corner, and Zhou Dewei had already entered the northeast corner. The two groups of enemy troops held fire tools in their hands and burned and killed them continuously. This frightened Liang Jun and made him flee east and west, staggering. Liu Zhijun expected that he could not resist.

He led hundreds of defeated soldiers and fled first on horseback. Later Liang summoned the envoy Fu Daozhao. He ran wildly and swung his whip at the horse's tail. The horse was frightened and knocked Fu Daozhao to the ground. By chance, Zhou Dewei caught up with him and dropped his sword in his hand.

Chop it into two pieces. The Liang army was defeated, and more than 10,000 soldiers were killed. The abandoned supplies and weapons were piled up like mountains.

When the news of the defeat arrived in Bianliang, Zhu Wen exclaimed: "The birth of a son should be like Li Yazi, and Li Keyong is alive even though he is dead! If they are like my sons, they are just like dolphins and dogs!" Once the stronghold was broken, Zhou Dewei went straight to Luzhou City.

, asked Li Sizhao to open the door, and said to him: "The previous king has passed away, and now the king has personally come to help. The thieves have broken through the stronghold, and the thieves have fled. Hurry up and open the door to welcome the king!" When Li Sizhao heard this, he actually drew an arrow and wanted to shoot Zhou Dewei.

The people around him quickly tried to dissuade him, and Li Sizhao said, "I'm afraid he was acquired by thieves, who asked him to deceive me!"

He said to the left and right: "Since he said that the heir will come, why not ask to see the heir before he can do anything about it." Li Sizhao then said to Zhou Dewei: "Since the heir is here, can I see him?" Zhou Dewei then retreated and reported to Li Cunxu. Li Cunxu arrived in person.

At the foot of the city, everyone looked up to Li Sizhao. When Li Sizhao saw Li Cunxu wearing plain clothes, he couldn't help but burst into mourning, and the sergeants also cried. So he went down to the city and opened the door to welcome Li Cunxu into the city. Li Cunxu expressed his condolences and said Li Keyong's last words. Together with Zhou Dewei,

came to rescue Luzhou. Li Sizhao and Zhou Dewei met, relieved each other, and became happy as before.

Zhou Dewei asked for an attack on Zezhou, and Li Cunxu ordered him to go with Li Cunzhang and others. Liang Fume just sent Niu Cunjie to lead his troops to meet Jiazhai. Niu Cunjie, whose courtesy name was Zanzhen, was from Bochang, Qingzhou. His real name was Li, but Zhu Wen later changed it to him.

He was named and given a title, and he was one of Zhu Wen's warriors. Niu Cunjie was proud of his strength and bravery when he was young. At the end of Qianfu in the Tang Dynasty, Zhuge Shuang, a fellow countryman, was appointed as the governor of Heyang, and Niu Cunjie went to follow him. After Zhuge Shuang's death

, his father Niu Xiaogong said to him: "I think Zhu Wen, although his temper is not very good, is definitely a chaotic king. Why don't you join Zhu Wen in order to gain wealth!"

Niu Cunjie said: "My father is old and I can't bear to leave." Soon, his father died. Niu Cunjie said to his peers: "The world is in turmoil. You should choose a wise master to serve him in order to gain wealth." Niu Cunjie said

Jie then defected to Zhu Wen, a young general of the Xuanyi Army. In the summer of the first year of Wende, Li Hanzhi led the Bingzhou Army to surround Zhang Zongsi in Heyang. Zhu Wen sent Niu Cunjie to lead the army to support Zhang Zongsi. Niu Cunjie defeated the enemy at Mianhe River.

, Li Han's troops fled north.

When Zhu Wen went to conquer Hebei, Niu Cunjie acted as a vanguard to capture Liyang, recapture Linhe, and marched to the west of Neihuang. He led more than a thousand people to resist Weizhou's 12,000 tribesmen, breaking the enemy's formation and covering the countryside with zombies. In the first year of Dashun,

, conquered Shi Pu and defeated the Shi army many times. In the battle of attacking Puzhou, he led the army to climb the city wall and occupy the camp. Later, he captured Xuzhou and killed Shi Pu. Niu Cunjie fought hard and he deserved the most credit.

In the summer of the third year of Dashun, Zhu Wendong attacked Yunzhou, and Niu Cunjie led the army to garrison at Gule Pavilion to guard the main road. Niu Cunjie secretly planned with the capital general Wang Yan to capture Yunzhou City. Niu Cunjie sent Wang Yan to ambush the warriors at night.

To the northwest of the city, cross Haogou by boat and take a ladder to climb the low wall. Wang

Saying that he could not attack the city, Niu Cunjie led the ambush army alone, carrying a ladder and driving a siege chariot to break through the Wengcheng in the west of the city and seize Haoqiao. All armies advanced together. In April of the fourth year, Yunzhou was captured

City, he and Ge Congzhou immediately surrendered and captured Yanzhou.

In the third year of Dashun, Liang Jun launched a large-scale attack on Huainan. When they arrived to the east of Haozhou, they heard that the leading troops were defeated at Qingkou. All armies retreated to the Pihe River and collapsed into disarray. After Niu Cunjie was cut off, all the generals gave up their mounts.

, fighting on foot, the armies were gradually able to cross the Pihe River and gather more than 8,000 defeated troops under their command. Niu Cunjie's instructions and encouragement encouraged all the armies to resist the pursuing Wu army and return to their divisions.

In the fourth year of Dashun, the Huainan army attacked Xuzhou. Niu Cunjie made a plan and said: "The Huai soldiers will not attack Xu first. The Suzhou ditch is very strong and will definitely be able to resist the enemy." So he led his troops to the Xuzhou city overnight, and Zhu Jin's soldiers arrived later.

, seeing the dust flying up, he was shocked and said: "Liang soldiers have already arrived, why so fast?" He did not dare to attack and left. In the first year of Tianyou, he was appointed as the training envoy of the Xingzhou regiment. At that time, there were only 200 soldiers in Xingzhou, and the Jin people knew it.

, led a large army to invade. Zhu Wen sent 2,000 soldiers to support, and Niu Cunjie led the warriors to fight. The Jin army rushed to attack, but retreated after seven days of defeat. Zhu Wen summoned Niu Cunjie, comforted him for a long time, and named him a school inspector.

In the fourth year of Guanghua, Zhu Wen usurped the throne and appointed Niu Cunjie as the General of Youqianniu Guard. In the autumn of that year, the entire army attacked Shangdang, with Niu Cunjie as the camp, the horse army and the infantry all lined up. Liang Jun was in Lu

Zhou was defeated. The Jin army took advantage of the victory and advanced into Zezhou. The city of Zhou was about to fall. Zhang Quanyi, who was left behind in Henan, summoned Niu Cunjie to conspire. Niu Cunjie immediately led the sergeants of his headquarters and the Youlonghu Army and Yulin Army to assist the Shangdang.

When Niu Cunjie arrived at Tianjingguan and met the defeated troops, he realized that the stronghold had been broken. He ordered the troops to go forward and said: "The strategic position of Zezhou must not be lost. Although there is no imperial edict, we should rush to save it!" The people were frightened.

, Niu Cunjie said again: "How can you be righteous if you don't save yourself when you see danger? How can you be brave if you are afraid of the enemy and avoid it? How can you be discouraged!" So he raised his whip and led the troops forward, arriving at the gate of Zezhou City.

The people in the city had changed their minds, so Niu Cunjie entered the city and refused to defend it, and the people were at peace. Zhou Dewei and others led the crowd and laid siege for more than ten days. Niu Cunjie resisted from all sides and was invulnerable. Liu Zhijun also gathered defeated troops to aid Niu Cunjie, and Zhou Dewei

So he burned away his attacking tools and withdrew Gao Ping's bail.

King Li Cunxu of the Jin Dynasty also led his troops back to Jinyang, suspended the troops and paid rewards. He ordered Zhou Dewei to be the governor of the Zhenwu Army, and his brother Zhang Chengye was promoted to worship his mother. He gave a generous legacy. On the one hand, he ordered the counties to promote talented people and depose the corrupt.

The disabled, lenient rents and taxes, care for the orphans and the poor, redress injustices, prohibit rape and banditry, and implement great governance within the territory. Retrain soldiers, strictly enforce military discipline, and punish those who believe in rewards, thus becoming a strong country. Luzhou was governed by Li Sizhao, who encouraged farmers to teach mulberry farming, and granted lenient rents and suspended sentences.

, within a few years, the military city was completely restored and turned into a huge town. It naturally competed with Zhu Liang and became a powerful enemy.

After Zhu Wen poisoned Emperor Ai, he ordered Su Xun and others to resign because they were old officials of the Tang Dynasty, and dismissed fifteen people in total. After Zhang Wenwei died, Yang She was dismissed from office and replaced by Yu Jing, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Zhang Ce, the minister of the Ministry of Rites.

Tongping Zhangshi. Because Han Jian was loyal to the Liang family, he was given the title of Tongping Zhangshi. The following year, he moved the capital to Luoyang and renamed Liangzhou the Eastern Capital. He ordered his adopted son, King Bo, to stay behind. At this time, the three kingdoms of Qi, Shu, and Jin joined forces to attack

Liang Yongzhou was rejected by Liang general Liu Zhijun and could not succeed. The soldiers of the Three Kingdoms were brought back one after another, and they planned to join forces with Huainan to jointly plan a large-scale campaign.

At this time, due to the great victory in Ivory Lake, Huainan unexpectedly annexed the territory of the Wei family and the Peng family in one fell swoop, greatly increasing its territory and greatly consolidating Xu Wen's position. However, in order to maintain long-term peace and stability, Xu Wen began to prepare to attack several generals of Yang Xingmi.

There are mainly four people: Liu Wei, the governor of Zhennan, Tao Ya, the observer of Shezhou, Li Yu, the observer of Xuanzhou, and Li Jian, the governor of Changzhou. They are all old generals of Yang Xingmi, who have made great achievements and have monopolized power over Xu Wen.

He felt unjust in his heart. Li Yu was particularly powerful. He often said: "Who is Xu Wen? I have never met him, and he came to power in one day!"

Xu Jie, the envoy of Guanyi, was on an envoy to Wuyue and passed by Xuanzhou. Xu Wen asked Xu Jie to persuade Li Yu to go to Yangzhou to see the new king. Li Yu initially agreed. Xu Jie said, "If you don't do this, people will say you are treason." But Li Yu was furious.

He said angrily: "You said that I, Li Yu, was treason, and the person who killed the servant was not treason!" The servant was talking about the mighty king Yang Wo. When Xu Wen learned about it, he was furious and appointed Wang Tan, deputy envoy of Huainan Festival.

An envoy was appointed for the Xuanzhou system, and Li Yue was not accused of coming to the court. He sent the capital commander Chai Zaiyong to lead the troops of Zhou, Runzhou, Chizhou, and Shezhou to send Wang Tan to Xuanzhou. The deputy envoy of the state, Xu Zhigao, served as him.

As his deputy, Li Yu refused to accept his replacement, Chai then attacked Xuanzhou, but failed to capture it after a month of fighting.

At this time, the youngest son of Xuanzhou assassin Li Yu was promoted to Huainan Yajiang, and Li Yu liked him the most. Xu Wen arrested him and took him to the gate of Xuanzhou City. His youngest son cried and begged for his life, so Li Yu couldn't bear to fight anymore.

.Xu Wen sent He Xin into Xuanzhou City and used Yang Longyan's order to persuade him: "If your original intention is to rebel, please kill me He Xin to declare to the public; if not, follow me He Xin out of the city to submit and surrender."

Li Yu then opened the city gate and asked to surrender. Xu Wen sent Chai Zaiyong to behead him and kill his entire family. Then the generals in Huainan began to fear Xu Wen, and no one dared to disobey his orders.

Xu Wen was overjoyed after receiving the Book of the Three Kingdoms, and sent Li Hou to lead 15,000 naval troops to attack Gao Jixing in Jingnan. Gao Jixing was shocked when he received the report. So while preparing for war, he sent people to report to Zhu Wen
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