Wu Zhuchong led two guards along the river into Chuanyan Cave, which was the only way up Bamian Mountain. Chuanyan Cave was originally a natural self-generated bridge, with a gurgling stream under the bridge and a statue of Bodhisattva standing majestically under the bridge pier. Wu Zhuchong He rushed to ask the two guards to kneel down to the Bodhisattva with him and bless them to escape safely. After kneeling down, the three of them felt that they could not stand up and their feet were cramped. He pulled one of the guards to stand up, and the other guard knelt down. I couldn't stand on the ground.

Wu Zhu rushed forward to pull him, but saw that he was sweating profusely and his legs were cramped. He said, "King Tu, is it because the Bodhisattva won't let us go? This may be a sign that our journey will not be smooth." After a while, he fell down. , breathless. In order not to waste time, Wu Zhuchong looked up to the sky and sighed, and buried the guard in the cave.

Wu Zhuchong climbed all the way to the foot of Bamian Mountain. When he saw Bamian Mountain, someone told him that the road to "Mother-in-law Cave" had been interrupted by thunder and he could not enter. The only way to go in was to drop a rope from the top. , or just look for the entrance of "Mother-in-law Cave" in the west and enter the cave from there. Wu Zhuchong looked at the high-hanging entrance of the cave, turned around and walked along the foot of Bamian Mountain towards the west of "Mother-in-law Cave".

Finally, Wu Zhuchong came to Douchiping and saw Peng Junjun setting fire and smoking in front of the "Mother-in-law Cave" at the west entrance. He understood that Chun Bachong was trapped in the cave. He knew in his heart that setting off smoke would not help. Chun Bachong Bachong will definitely put rocks inside and seal the entrance of the cave.

Wu Zhuchong entered the village with his guards, asked for a lot of ropes from the local people, and told the guards that we were saved. We could not enter the cave from the west, so we hung ropes from the top of the east mountain. So the two of them bypassed the "Mother-in-law Cave" at the west entrance. Climb up to the top of Bamian Mountain from the side of "Beizi Rock".

The top of the mountain was full of Peng Jun chasing Chun Bachong. Wu Zhuchong and his guards came to the top of Bamian Mountain and headed towards the "Mother-in-law Cave". Unexpectedly, he was discovered. General Peng Jun hurriedly asked people to hide and disguised himself. It looked like Wu Zhuchong's soldiers. Someone called out "Chun Bachong" softly, but no one answered, so he called out "Tuwang" softly again. Wu Zhuchong didn't have time to stop the guard, and he was very excited. The guard turned around and agreed, thus revealing his target.

More than 30 men from Peng's army rushed forward. The guard knew that he had been fooled and became furious. He drew his sword and rushed into Peng's army. Two Peng soldiers fell down with two consecutive sword blows. At this time, he was also pierced by several spears. His bodyguards were killed, and Wu Chuchong had no way out. Peng Jun's two generals, holding swords in hand, approached him closely, and a large group of people followed closely.

Wu Zhuchong knew that he had been forced to a dead end by Peng Jun. He knew in his heart that he could not let Peng Jun capture him, let alone die under Peng Jun's sword. He slowly untied the rope around his body, and suddenly there was a "crash" , and threw it at the soldiers behind General Peng Jun. The soldiers made an uproar and fell to the ground. The two generals of Peng Jun rushed forward together, and one of them stabbed Wu Zhuchong in the chest with his sword. Wu Zhuchong flew up and kicked. He opened his sword. The other one quickly stabbed Wu Zhuchong in the stomach with his sword.

Wu Zhu rushed to the left and took a step to the left, pulling together the general whose sword had been kicked away before. He suddenly took a few steps back and stepped on the edge of the overhanging rock. He laughed at Peng Jun who was chasing him, and then His face changed drastically, and he shouted: "I don't accept it - let's die together -!" Then, he picked up Peng Jun's two generals and jumped off the cliff with all his strength.

Chun Bachong had known that her husband was going to be Peng's "internal agent", so he quarreled with Xiang Bolin and even had a fight. At the same time, he reported to Wu Zhuchong, but Wu Zhuchong believed Xiang Bolin deeply and did not believe it. He would betray himself. Instead, he taught Bang Bachong a lesson and asked her to trust her husband. Chun Bachong had no choice but to secretly be wary of Xiang Bolin without any evidence. She quietly smuggled a large amount of grain to Ba Mianshan, hidden in the "Mother-in-law Cave". Chun Bachong has fought with Peng Jun many times and has an understanding of Peng Jun's strength. Every time, Peng Jun never comes back.

After Peng Jun received reinforcements from Ma Yin, his strength increased greatly. Peng Yao had enough strength to launch a large-scale operation. Peng Jun attacked Luota from many directions such as Mengdong River, Pojiao, Liye, Longtou, etc. The attack was very fierce. When the Jabala Chong couple learned that Lotta was under attack, they wanted to lead troops to assist Wu Zhuchong. However, Peng Jun suddenly attacked Jabala from the foot of the slope and attacked fiercely one after another. After a day and night of fighting, the Jabala Chong couple had to They abandoned Jabala and retreated to Longtou. At the same time, the Peng army on the Longtou waterway was pressing forward step by step. They had no way out and both died in the battle at Longtou Pier.

Shocked to hear the news that Jeba Chong and her eldest niece had died in the battle, Chun Bachong was furious. Seeing that Peng's army was about to rush to the river bank, she ordered all the boats to be burned and fought a life-and-death struggle with Peng's army. However, because Jeba Chong and his wife had already After he died in battle, many Peng Jun warships came down the river from the direction of Longtou, and landed in the direction of Riye Maicha. The army poured into Riye. Seeing that the situation was not good, Chunba Chong resisted with all his strength and led the soldiers in all directions. Mountain retreat.

In the end, Chun Bachong, who had only a dozen people left, retreated from Liye and hid in the "Mother-in-law Cave" in Bamian Mountain. Peng Jun quickly caught up with him, but they did not dare to enter rashly. They found a lot of firewood and burned the smoke hole at the entrance of the cave in an attempt to kill Chun Bachong and others. But at this time, Chun Bachong had already entered the depths of the cave and blocked the entrance with stones.

A few days later, all Peng's troops withdrew, and Chun Bachong also knew that Wu Zhuchong was dead. The defeat was determined, and she was disheartened. This was a result that she and the soldiers had never imagined. Because she was in the cave Stored large quantities of grain and

Materials, they are determined to restore the "Mother-in-law Temple" to worship the ancient ancestor "Goddess Mother-in-law". Together with the remaining native soldiers, they perform chivalrous and righteous acts to avenge the injustices of the native people. They often use their medical skills to help the native people. They rescued people in distress and became the patron saints of the native people.

Chun Bachong is a goddess of love in the hearts of the native people. The "Mother-in-law Temple" she restored has a very strong incense, and there is an endless stream of native people burning incense to worship their ancestors. They report all the big and small things at home to her, and ask her for any difficult things. Solution. Chun Bachong has become old, but she is already called "Mother-in-law God" by the local people.

Peng Yao and his son defeated Wu Zhuchong, finally took control of Xizhou, and completed the task assigned by Ma Yin. Peng Yao hurriedly sent people to Tanzhou to report the victory to Ma Yin. Ma Yin was elated when he got the news. He finally fought in western Hunan Having hit a nail, he was ready to redouble his efforts to completely eliminate the barbarians in western Hunan. Ma Yin appointed Peng Yao as the governor of Chenzhou, and the remaining post of governor of Xizhou was handed over to Peng Shichou. Ma Yin did not expect that this would happen to him. The appointment made Peng Shichou later become the first chieftain king of Western Hunan, which influenced the history of Western Hunan for nearly a thousand years.

Peng Yao was naturally overjoyed when he received the new appointment. He hurriedly handed over Xizhou to his son Peng Shichou, and left Xiang Bolin and Tian Haohan as Peng Shichou's right-hand men to manage Xizhou together. He took the Some of his subordinates went to Chenzhou to prepare to take over as governor. However, what they didn't expect was that he was blocked from taking office because the barbarians in Chenzhou rebelled.

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, vassal towns have been fighting endlessly. Therefore, the heroes from all walks of life have raised their own armies. The Dongman people in western Hunan have also gathered troops to separatize the city to prevent thieves and separatize the city. They were not very restricted by the imperial court, but now the imperial court is gone.

They took the opportunity to seize territory and plunder property, and their target was naturally the place where the Han people lived.

After Ma Yin was named Queen of Chu by Zhu Wen, in order to expand his territory and influence, Ma Yin issued surrender orders to the barbarians from all over western Hunan in the name of King Chu, hoping that the barbarians from all over the place would take the initiative to surrender. At this time, Ma Yin was the strongest vassal town in this area

, even the Wu Kingdom in Huainan did not dare to look down upon him. Many barbarian leaders were afraid of Ma Yin's powerful strength and had no choice but to surrender to Ma Yin. However, there were still a few unruly leaders who ignored Ma Yin's surrender. Among them, the leader Jiu

They are barbarians from Xuzhou and Chenzhou.

Most of the barbarians in Xuzhou (Huaihua, Hunan) have two surnames: Pan and Yang. Their chiefs are Pan Quansheng, Yang Chenglei, and Yang Zaisi. Pan Quansheng occupies the areas of Feishan and Wukai (Liping, Guizhou), and Yang Zaisi occupies the Tanyang and Langxi areas of Xuzhou.

, Yang Chenglei occupied Jinping and Tianzhu areas in Xuzhou. Song Ye, Shi Changyi and Fu Yantong occupied Chenzhou.

Pan Quansheng, Song Ye and others have been separatist in Xuzhou and Chenzhou for decades. They support each other and are allies. They have no intention of accepting the jurisdiction of Ma Yin or even Zhu Wen. Instead, they rely on the terrain of Xuzhou and Chenzhou.

It is steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Pan Quansheng and Song Ye also sent troops to harass Chu from time to time, which made Ma Yin extremely annoyed.

In December of the fourth year of Kaiping, when Song Ye learned that Ma Yin had appointed Peng Yao as the governor of Chenzhou, he panicked and knew that Ma Yin was about to attack Chenzhou. So Song Ye hurriedly formed an alliance with Pan Quansheng to prepare for a preemptive strike.

Attacking Ma Yin. Song Ye was a powerful chieftain with a surname from Chenzhou natives. In the Tang Dynasty, it was also the prefecture and county of Jisi, and all he thought about was Jisi.

There were three situations of Jisi in the Tang Dynasty. One was the establishment of Jizizhou counties in places under the power of the Tang Dynasty. The tribes were hereditary and autonomous in internal affairs. They only paid symbolic tribute, but they had certain responsibilities, such as being loyal to the clan.

The imperial court was not allowed to annex other Jidu and inland prefectures and counties, and provide troops as required, etc. In fact, the imperial court regarded it as its own territory, and the document was written as "imperial edict".

The other type is the so-called internal vassal states, such as Shule, Nanzhao, Khitan, etc., which are generally granted the title of governor or county king. They all have their own territorial scope, but the legitimacy of their leaders comes from the canonization of the Tang court and cannot be

Being independent, the imperial court treats him as a subordinate, and documents are written with the word "emperor's question".

There is also the so-called "enemy country" and "extreme country", such as Tubo, Uighur, Japan, etc. Although there may be canonization, most of them are posthumous recognition of reality. The legitimacy of their leader's rule does not depend on the canonization by the imperial court.

Imperial documents often use the phrase "the emperor respectfully asks". Pan Quansheng, Song Ye and others naturally fall into the first category.

After the establishment of the Later Liang Dynasty, Song Ye did not surrender to the Later Liang, and naturally did not recognize the King of Chu, Ma Yin, who was entrusted by the Liang Emperor. How could they accept Ma Yin's surrender? Of course, the territory they occupied was also the area that Ma Yin wanted to annex.

.Song Ye had always had contacts with Yang Zaisi, Chang Shiyi, Pan Jinsheng and others in Xuzhou before, but the territory was vast and they were in separate formations, so no substantial alliance was formed.

In order to protect himself, Song Ye sent troops to stop Peng Yao who was coming to take office. However, since Peng Yao had already established a foothold in Xizhou, he did not dare to offend Peng Yao too much. He just let him go back to Xizhou and persuaded Peng Yao and

They dealt with Ma Yin together. Peng Yao had just received Ma Yin's favor, how could he agree to it? Peng Yao had no choice but to temporarily retreat to Xizhou and send someone to ask Ma Yin for help.

Song Ye refused Peng Yao's entry, knowing that Ma Yin would not give up and would soon send troops to conquer. Song Ye decided to adopt an offense-defense strategy and take the initiative to attack Xiangxiang. In order to increase his strength, Song Ye invited Yang Zaisi and Chang Shiyi

He and Pan Quansheng and others marched together. However, Yang Zaisi and Chang Shiyi of Xuzhou were unable to cooperate because they had Meishan barbarians as a barrier to their east.

They failed to reach an agreement with the Meishan Barbarians to use the road. The Meishan Barbarians have always been alone and never united with others. Others can't do anything to them. They have been on this side for several generations.

In this case, only Pan Jinsheng in the south supported each other and went east to attack Chu. So Pan Jinsheng and Yang Chenglei from Feishandong led their troops to attack Wugang, eager to pull out Ma Yin'an's tiger fangs here. Ma Yin had already stationed troops.

Gang, made a westward attack on Feishantong, and sent troops to harass Feishantong territory from time to time.

After Song Ye and Pan Jinsheng raised their armies, they supported each other and both had small victories. However, due to their weak strength, their attack on Wugang was frustrated and they were unable to achieve a big victory. Wugang's city walls were solid and well-defended, and Ma Yin had heavy troops.

Guard. At the same time, it was convenient to respond, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Pan Jinsheng's attack lasted for more than a month, but failed to achieve any real results. Later, due to the lack of food and grass, the cavemen were far away from the cave world and they also wanted to return. Pan Jinsheng had to withdraw his troops today.

Feishandong.

Ma Yin first received an urgent call from Peng Yao, and then received news that Wugang and Xiangxiang were under attack. He knew that his plan had been discovered by Song Ye, Pan Jinsheng and other local chiefs, and his original plan of slowly encroaching on him failed. Ma Yin thought again

The terrain of the Meishan Barbarians is more dangerous and it is difficult to attack. However, the Meishan Barbarians only want to protect themselves and have no intention of expanding outwards. They do not invade the Chu territory, and they have not formed an alliance with the Feishan Barbarians. Ma Yin secretly thought that if he could take Wuxi to the west, Meishan

Isn’t it the meat filling in the steamed buns?

Ma Yin decided to use various methods to defeat the barbarians. Ma Yin made up his mind and called for civil and military discussions to see if they had any better strategies. Ma Yin asked: "Chenzhou and Xuzhou were originally Chu lands.

Now it has been occupied by barbarian chiefs and refuses to surrender. It actually blocked the newly appointed governor and sent troops to attack Wugang and Xiangxiang. How do you think we should deal with it?" Everyone was talking about it, and they couldn't agree on one thing.

Ma Yin glanced at Gao Yu. Gao Yu thought for a moment and said: "The native people are strong and unyielding. They can withstand hunger and cold and walk like flying. Now they have united and can rescue each other in a hurry. It is not easy to annihilate them. Why?

The best plan now is to use a sneak attack to defeat them one by one, severely damaging their vitality and forcing them to surrender. We only want a quick battle and a quick decision. No matter whether we succeed or not, we must retreat in a hurry. We must not be reluctant to fight because our troops are strong.

If it is formed, our army will be in danger!"

Ma Yin asked again: "Mr. Gao's attack one by one is indeed a good way. Then where should we attack first?" Gao Yu said: "Looking at the current situation, Xuzhou Changshiyi is the weakest. However, there is Meishan to the east.

The barbarians have Yang Zaisi in the west, Pan Jinsheng and Yang Chenglei in the south, and Song Ye in the north. If we hit him in the waist, the two sides will definitely support each other, which is not good for us. If we attack Song Ye, the distance is far and it is not conducive to a sneak attack. In my opinion

, only Feishandong can be attacked." Ma Yin thought for a long time.

Gao Yu added: "Now the Chenzhou barbarians from the Song Dynasty came to invade Xiangxiang Township, and our troops are insufficient and it is difficult to find good generals. It is best to hold on to this area. Feishan barbarians Pan Jinsheng's general Yang Chenglei attacked Wugang, but was blocked by our troops, and he would not benefit.

, has retreated to Feishandong. We are attacked on the west front line. If things go on like this, what will be the power of the Chu army? Now that Feishan Man has been unable to attack Wugang for a long time and retreats, his morale will be greatly damaged. They will definitely think that our army is exhausted and will attack again.

To deal with the attack of Chenzhou barbarians, we will be unprepared. But we can use this opportunity to launch a sneak attack on Feishan barbarians." After listening to this, Ma Yin said: "Sir, what I said is exactly what I want. Come, tell Lu Shizhou

The general is here to see you."

Lu Shizhou had already returned to Tanzhou from Zhaozhou, and Ma Yin asked him to go to Hengzhou to recruit 5,000 people for training. Lu Shizhou was the commander of Heiyundu, the strongest elite division under Yang Xingmi, so training was very important to him. It's a piece of cake. Under the careful training of Lu Shizhou, these five thousand Hengshan soldiers were very brave and became an elite army.

The next day, Lu Shizhou came from the Hengzhou military training ground to the Chu Palace in Tanzhou to meet Ma Yin. Ma Yin told Lu Shizhou his strategy, and Lu Shizhou nodded in agreement. Ma Yin said seriously: "This trip is extremely confidential. If even the slightest rumor is revealed, the whole army is in danger of being destroyed!" Lu Shizhou obeyed the order and returned to Hengzhou. In the first month of the first year of Qianhua, Lu Shizhou led 5,000 Hengshan troops to station in Wugang in the name of rescue. Lu Shizhou also stepped up military training, which seemed to strengthen the military's strength. In order to confuse Feishan Cave barbarians, Lu Shizhou secretly sent spies and used local soldiers as guides to secretly explore a new road from Chu to the hinterland of Feishan Cave for a sneak attack.

After Lu Shizhou obtained the top-secret passage, he immediately led 5,000 men and horses to climb the rostrum and crawl on the rocks. He saw big trees with deep roots, the sky was closed, the mountains were high and the valleys were deep, the wind was blowing, apes were running around, and birds were fluttering. Tigers and wolves were seen from a distance. , dared not approach. Lu Shizhou issued a strict order: They could only step up their defense and not attack! Along this mountain road and along the Longdi River Valley, they avoided the sentries posted by Pan Jinsheng along the way.

Lu Shizhou's Chu army suddenly appeared at the foot of Feishan. Before the barbarians could recover, most of them fell victim to Lu Shizhou's sword, and the rest were all captured. After being tortured and interrogated, some of the barbarian soldiers couldn't stand it and said After finding the shortcut to Feishan, Master Lu swept all the way around Feishan, and then attacked the entrance of the city wall as quickly as possible. He caught Man Ding, forced him to serve as a guide, and suddenly appeared at the foot of Feishan.
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