In the first month of the first year of Qianhua (911), Yao Yanzhang received an order from Ma Yin and sent him to lead an infantry of 8,000 horses to Rongzhou to accept Pang Juzhao's surrender and send Pang Juzhao to Tanzhou. Yao Yanzhang did not dare to neglect and immediately led his troops. They rushed to Rongzhou after a long journey. Unexpectedly, when Yao Yanzhang was about to arrive in Rongzhou, Pang Juzhao's general Rong Nan commanded Mo Yanzhao to have evil thoughts and planned to attack Yao Yanzhang.

Mo Yanzhao suggested to Pang Juzhao: "The Chu army is tired from the distance. Our army should withdraw its reserves, abandon the city, and hide in the valley to wait for them. When they enter the city, our entire army attacks, but they do not continue outside the city. The arriving reinforcements can capture them in one fell swoop." Pang Juzhao was proficient in astrology and good at predicting fate. Before he decided to join Ma Yin, he once predicted Ma Yin's luck. He discovered that the Ma family was in Sanxiang. It can still dominate for nearly fifty years, so the move of surrendering to Ma Yin is unquestionable.

Pang Juzhao was shocked and reprimanded Mo Yanzhao severely, asking him to treat Yao Yanzhang and the Chu State with courtesy and not to think wildly. Pang Juzhao said: "I watched the stars at night and found that the Ma family still has more than fifty years of life. During the period of prosperity. Besides, even if we can defeat them today, we will become enemies with them in the future. If they send troops, how will we deal with them? Liu Yin is not their opponent, let alone us? We still prepare beef and wine to meet them. them!"

In order to prevent Mo Yanzhao from becoming dizzy, disobeying orders, and acting without authorization, Pang Juzhao simply beheaded Mo Yanzhao that night, completely eliminating possible hidden dangers. After removing Mo Yanzhao's obstacles, Pang Juzhao personally went out of the city to greet Yao Yanzhang. Pang Juzhao killed Yao Yanzhang. Please enter the Jiedushi Yamen and have Mo Yanzhao's head presented to Yao Yanzhang. Yao Yanzhang was shocked and asked, "Pang Gong, who is this?" Pang Juzhao told Yao Yanzhang the whole story.

Yao Yanzhang said with emotion: "Yao admires Pang Gong's sincerity very much. If he does what he does, our army will suffer heavy casualties. Yao will definitely report Pang Gong's virtues to the King of Chu." Pang Juzhao said: "Since I have decided to surrender. How could the King of Chu do such an unkind and unjust thing?" Yao Yanzhang then welcomed Pang Juzhao's surrender on behalf of Ma Yin, and Pang Juzhao also officially announced his attachment to Ma Yin. Yao Yanzhang was immediately appointed by Ma Yin as deputy envoy of Ningyuan Jiedu and governor of Rongzhou. .After that, Pang Juzhao came to Tanzhou with more than a thousand subordinates to meet Ma Yin. Ma Yin greeted him grandly and appointed him as the deputy military envoy of Wu'an Army.

So far, Ma Yin owned Tan, Heng, Yong, Dao, Chen, Shao, Yue, Lang, Li, Chen, Qi, Lian, Zhao, Yi, Quan, Gui, Wu, He, Meng, Fu, Yan, Liu, and Xiang. , Rong and other 24 prefectures were prosperous for a while. Ma Yin then established five festival towns, including Wu'an, Wuping, Jingjiang, Yongshun, and Ningyuan, which now covers all of Hunan, most of Guangxi, eastern Guizhou, and northern Guangdong. It happened that at this time, his wife Chen Dan girl gave birth to a son, and Ma Yin named the son Xiguang.

Both Rongzhou and Gaozhou were originally the territories of the Lingnan Jiedushi, and were adjacent to Guangzhou City, the Lingnan administrative seat. Liu Yin had always regarded them as his own. He didn't expect that he got nothing for all his hard work. However, Ma Yin snatched the food from the tiger's mouth. They easily obtained these two pieces of land without giving a single soldier.

Liu Yin was naturally so angry that he gritted his teeth and felt that Ma Yin had gone too far. You took away my Zhaozhou, and I didn't argue with you. You actually came to grab food under my nose. This is unbearable! Liu Yin was not willing to be humiliated. He decided to send troops to retake these two territories. However, although he had ambitions, his health was poor. Before he could send troops, he fell ill and fell ill. Sadly, his younger brother Liu Yan succeeded to the throne.

Liu Yan (later he changed his name to Liu?), a native of Shangcai in Caizhou, can be regarded as a fellow villager of Ma Yin. The third son of Liu Qian, the governor of Fengzhou, the governor of Qinghai and Jinghai, and the younger brother of Liu Yin, the king of Nanhai. Liu Qian was always talented and intelligent, and served as the emperor of Yizong of Tang Dynasty. During the Xiantong period, the then prime minister Wei Zhou went out to control Nanhai. At that time, Liu Qian was just a dental school, and his official position was very low. However, he had an extraordinary appearance. After seeing him, Wei Zhou betrothed his niece to him.

In the first year of the Tang Dynasty (889), Liu Yan's mother Duan gave birth to him in a foreign house. Liu Qian was already the governor of Fengzhou at that time. Liu Qian's wife Wei Shi was always jealous of his love for Duan. When she heard that Liu Yan was born, she was very angry. , trying to kill Liu Yan. When he was about to kill Liu Yan, Wei Shi was very frightened when he saw his appearance, lamenting that he would not be an ordinary person in the future. Three days later, Wei Shi killed Liu Yan's biological mother Duan, and Liu Yan was Adopted by himself. When Liu Yan grew up, he was seven feet tall, with hands hanging down below his knees, and was good at riding and shooting.

In the third year of Qianning (896), King Xue Li Zhirou was worshiped as the military envoy of Qinghai and came out of Guangzhou. Liu Yan's brother Liu Yin was the governor of Fengzhou at that time and concurrently served as the army commander of Qinghai. Liu? was also conscripted into Prince Xue's palace to consult and join the army. In the second year of Kaiping in the Later Liang Dynasty (908), Liu Yin concurrently served as the governor of Qinghai and Jinghai towns, with Liu? as the deputy governor. Liu Yin died of illness, and Liu? He immediately marched into Rongzhou and Gaozhou, but set his sights on Shaozhou.

The governor of Shaozhou (Shaoguan, Guangdong) was Liao Shuang, a subordinate of Lu Guangchou of Qianzhou (Ganzhou, Jiangxi). It is said that after Ma Yin, Liu Jianfeng and others left Qianzhou that year, Lu Guangchou governed Qianzhou with great care. He helped the poor and orphans, and took care of himself. The low endowment allowed the local people to live and work in peace and contentment, and at the same time, Lu Guangchou's strength gradually increased. So Lu Guangchou had capital and wanted to expand his territory.

In the second year of Tianfu (902), Lu Guangchou prepared to attack Lingnan. He first captured Shaozhou.

, and let his son Lu Yanchang garrison. After that, Lu Guangchou sent his younger brother Lu Guangmu to attack Chaozhou. Lu Guangmu advanced lightly based on his courage. Tan Quanbo persuaded him to be cautious, but Lu Guangmu refused to listen. Tan Quanbo knew that he would return in defeat, so he ambush On his way back, Lu Guangmu's attack on Chaozhou was unfavorable and he retreated in defeat. Tan Quanbo followed the pursuers with an ambush and surprise attack, and the pursuers were defeated. Tan Quanbo took the opportunity to march in and capture Chaozhou. Lu Guangchou then asked his younger brother Lu Guangmu guarded Chaozhou.

In the first year of Kaiping in the Later Liang Dynasty (907), Liu Yin's power increased greatly and he wanted to unify Lingnan. He sent his younger brother Liu Yan to lead tens of thousands of troops to attack Chaozhou. Lu Guangmu failed in the battle and had to abandon Chaozhou and retreat to Qianzhou. Liu Yan took advantage of the victory to attack again. Qianzhou. Lu Guangchou was greatly frightened. Tan Quanbo thought, "I know Liu Yan is easy to fight with you!" So he selected ten thousand elite soldiers and lurked in the valley, pretending to prepare for a decisive battle in the south of the city, and only sent out five thousand old and weak soldiers. Liu Yan looked down upon him and sent troops. An urgent attack. Tan Quanbo attacked in ambush and defeated Liu Yan. Liu Yan retreated to Guangzhou and Qianzhou turned the corner.

Liu Yin planned to attack Shaozhou again. Liu Yin's brother Liu Yan had just returned from the defeat in Qianzhou. He knew that the Qianzhou army was not a scumbag. Liu Yan thought that Shaozhou would be difficult to capture, so he advised his brother: "Shaozhou relies on It is Lu Guangchou. If we attack Shaozhou, Lu Guangchou of Qianzhou will definitely send troops to rescue us. At that time, we will be attacked from both ends, so we cannot attack by force but can take advantage of it." What Liu Yan said is reasonable, Qianzhou is only a hundred meters away from Shaozhou. In Yuli, once Shaozhou is attacked, Qianzhou's rescue will arrive quickly, and the Lingnan Army has no strength advantage.

Liu Yin did not listen to his brother's dissuasion and led his navy to attack Shaozhou. However, when Liu Yin's navy was attacking the city, heavy fog fell from the sky and it was as dark as night. Lu Yanchang's army in Shaozhou used iron cables to tie giant hooks and threw Yin's boat into the boat.

In the middle, they were in a tight formation, but Liu Yin had a disadvantage in the first battle. Liu Yin's subordinates all commanded Su Zhang to fight hard, "hitting the hook with a giant axe, all the hooks were broken, and the cable could not be used." Liu Yin won a small victory.

At that time, the river surged, and Liu Yin's army's food supply line from Guangzhou up the river to the Shaozhou front line was interrupted, and its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. Lu Guangchou's army rushed from Qianzhou to Shaozhou for rescue, and Qianzhou Army General Tan Quanbo once again designed

, ambushed thousands of troops in the valley. As soon as the two armies fought, the Qianzhou army pretended to be defeated and fled. Liu Yin did not distinguish between the true and false, and led his army to pursue them. Naturally, they fell into an encirclement. The Qianzhou army "rose from ambush", and Liu Yin was defeated miserably.

During the battle, Liu Yin's horse was shot dead. General Su Zhang gave his horse to Liu Yin and walked to the rear. The enemy soldiers did not dare to pursue him, so Liu Yin escaped from danger. Liu Yin was defeated miserably in this battle.

He almost lost his life. If Su Zhang hadn't fought to the death, Liu Yin might have died in Shaozhou. Liu Yin had to give up the idea of ​​attacking Shaozhou and returned to Guangzhou.

Although Lu Guangchou defeated Liu Yin's brothers and saved Qianzhou, Guangchou was already in a difficult situation. So he petitioned Zhu Wen, expressing his willingness to open roads, pay tribute, and submit to the Later Liang. Zhu Wen agreed and set up a hundred-win army in Qianzhou.

, Lu Guangchou was appointed as the defense envoy and the opening envoy of Wuling, with jurisdiction over the two prefectures of Qian, Shao and the counties south of Jizhou (now Ji'an). He also established the Zhennan Army, with Lu Guangchou as the rear guard, and named him "Zhou Ru"

King" (known as "King Lu" in the world) and Taibao Taifu.

In the fifth year of Kaiping (911), Lu Guangchou was seriously ill. He knew that his son was not able to take on the big responsibility, so he wanted to hand over the talisman to Pan Quanbo and let Pan Quanbo take over his position, but Pan Quanbo refused to resign. Soon after, Lu Guangchou

When Chou died of illness, Pan Quanbo supported Lu Guangchou's eldest son, Lu Yanchang, to succeed him as the governor of Zhennan. The post of Lu Yanchang's governor of Shaozhou was given to Liao Shuang.

After Lu Yanchang inherited his father's talisman, he implemented the diplomatic strategy previously formulated by his father and concentrated his efforts on defending the Southern Han Dynasty. Tan Quanbo was not only brave but also courageous since he was a child.

He was a loyal and upright man, and he supported and supported Lu Guangchou wholeheartedly since he supported the army. After Lu Guangchou's death, he fully assisted Lu Yanchang. However, Lu Yanchang's ability was limited and he liked to hunt, so some of his subordinates began to make their own plans.

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Lu Yanchang was a person who preferred to travel around the mountains and rivers, and he was comparable to Yang Wo of Huainan. He was not interested in managing internal affairs and managing prefectures and counties. This made Li Qiu, the commander of Qianzhou, have different ideas and felt that he

The opportunity came. So he took Lu Yanchang out to play, shut out Lu Yanchang behind closed doors, and then killed Lu Yanchang and called himself Qianzhou Defense Envoy. Li Qiu took into account Tan Quanbo's reputation and wanted to kill him too.

Tan Quanbo had an insight into Li Qiu's plot, but Li Qiu already had a large number of troops, and Tan Quanbo could do nothing to him. He predicted that his next step might be to kill him. So Tan Quanbo claimed that he was ill and stayed at home. Not long after, Li Qiu suddenly fell ill and died.

Ya replaced Li Yantu and declared himself king. As for Li Yantu, Tan Quanbo saw through him. He and Li Qiu were the same thing. Tan Quanbo still claimed to be ill and said that his condition was more serious. He stopped contact with the outside world and secretly followed Li Yantu's every move.

Soon, Li Yantu also died of illness, and the people of Qianzhou came to Tan Quanbo's house and asked him to take on the important task. Tan Quanbo then came out and sent an envoy to Houliang to ask for orders, and was worshiped as the defense envoy of Qianzhou. After that, Tan Quanbo governed Qianzhou and was very successful.

There is good governance.

When Li Qiu and Li Yantu plotted to usurp power, Qianzhou was in chaos. Liu Yan found out and immediately sent a large army to besiege Shaozhou. In December of the first year of Qianhua (911 AD), Liu Yan led his troops to attack Shaozhou. Not long after he took over as governor. Liao Shuang was outnumbered and knew that there was civil strife in Qianzhou, so no one would come to rescue him. He originally wanted to lead his troops back to Qianzhou, but his retreat was cut off, so he had to lead his troops to break through and rush to Hunan, hoping to surrender to King Ma Yin of Chu.

Because he thinks it is more reliable to follow Ma Yin

, look at Deng Jinsi, Peng Gan, Peng Yao and Lu Shizhou who had taken refuge in Ma Yin in the past. They were all high-ranking officials and could ride on their horses and lived a very comfortable life. Liu Changlu and Pang Juzhao, who had taken refuge in Ma Yin not long ago, also received preferential treatment.

But when Liao Shuang led his troops into the Chu Kingdom, Ma Yin planned to turn him away. Ma Yin believed that the thousands of soldiers led by Liao Shuang were soldiers from high-ranking families, and he was afraid that they would be difficult to lead, so he refused to accept them. The number of soldiers was hidden. There was a hidden danger. At the critical moment, Gao Yu came forward and advised Ma Yin: "Liao is just fodder, and horses will be fat if they get fodder. Accepting Liao Shuang is a sign of the strength of the Ma family. Why did the prince reject them?"

After hearing this, Ma Yin suddenly realized that he immediately received Liao Shuang with grand etiquette and appointed Liao Shuang as the governor of Yongzhou. The Liao Shuang family finally lived up to Gao Yu's prediction. The Liao family later produced two outstanding figures, one in literature and one in martial arts. He made a great contribution to the prosperity of Chu State.

Liu Yan, who captured Shaozhou, did not stop his march. He targeted Rongzhou and Gaozhou. In December of the first year of Qianhua (AD 911), Liu Yan sent troops to attack Rongzhou. The defender of Rongzhou was Ma Yin. His old brother Yao Yanzhang. Among the several famous generals under Ma Yin, Qin Yanhui repeatedly made military exploits in the wars of conquering five southern states, conquering seven states in Guangxi, resisting the Huainan navy, and annihilating Lei Yangong, and became famous among the generals. Rank first.

Li Qiong made great contributions in the crusade against Shaozhou, captured five southern states, and conquered seven states in Guangxi. Later, he died of illness in office. He can be ranked second. Xu Dexun attacked Chengrui in Jingnan, forced a landing in Yuezhou, and defeated Deng Jinsi. The Huainan Army also performed very well in all previous wars, with few defeats and many great achievements, ranking third.

Only Yao Yanzhang is also a famous general, and he grew up with Ma Yin since he was a child. Among all civil servants and military generals, Yao Yanzhang ranks first in terms of trust. But he only succeeded Liu Jianfeng in Ma Yin. In terms of position, he has made great achievements. But compared with the other three, his performance on the battlefield is really shabby, and there is no impressive record. Even Lu Shizhou, a person who joined halfway, has made far more military achievements than him. Of course, this does not affect Yao Yanzhang's status in Ma Yin's heart, but Yao Yanzhang himself feels unhappy.

Facing the menacing and massive Lingnan army, Yao Yanzhang did not have the confidence to hold on and the confidence to win, so he could only send a rescue signal to his elder brother Ma Yin. After receiving the news, Ma Yin hurriedly sent the capital commander Xu Dexun to lead his troops from Guizhou Rescue Rongzhou. But this time, Liu Yan was determined to win Rongzhou and Gaozhou, and he was extremely well prepared. He had elite soldiers and generals going into battle together, sufficient food, and a secret weapon, the elephant army. Xu Dexun and his men had never seen an elephant before. He was immediately shocked and naturally suffered a defeat.

Reinforcements could not be expected, and Yao Yanzhang could not hold on, so he had to retreat. Of course, he could not return empty-handed, so he moved the people of Rongzhou and their stored property back to Tanzhou. Liu Yan took advantage of the victory to pursue and captured Rongzhou and Gaozhou one after another. All these territories were taken into his pocket. The fat meat in his mouth was snatched away by Liu Yan before he could taste the delicious food. Ma Yin was naturally very angry. So he decided to mobilize more powerful troops and sent out two powerful generals, Qin Yanhui and Lu Shizhou, intending to fight with Lingnan. A decisive battle, completely driving Liu Yan into the South China Sea to feed the bastard!

At this time, Zhu Wen learned that Ma Yin and Liu Yan were fighting, so he sent someone to mediate. After all, Ma Yin, Liu Yin, and Liu Yan were all vassal towns that ostensibly submitted to him. Liu Yin also actively persuaded Zhu Wen to proclaim himself emperor, so Zhu Wen granted Liu Yin the title of King of Dapeng County and King of Nanping. Although Liu Yan did not agree with Zhu Wen very much, he still had to obey Zhu Wen. Seeing that his own people were fighting fiercely, Zhu Wen naturally could not sit back and ignore it. Then he sent a message to persuade them to stop fighting. He hoped that they would not waste their strength on internal fighting and should go to fight Yang Wu in Huainan.

In April of the second year of Qianhua (AD 912), Zhu Wen appointed Wei Jian, a regular servant of Yousanqi, and others as Tan, Guanghe and Ye envoys to mediate. Wei Jian first came to Tanzhou and appointed Ma Yin as Wu'an on behalf of Zhu Wen. The military governors of Wuchang, Jingjiang, and Ningyuan, as well as the camps around Hong'e, were all in charge. Of course, these official positions were not given for free. At the same time, Zhu Wen's request was conveyed: a truce must be made with Liu Yan in Lingnan, and troops should be sent to attack Yang Wu in Huainan.

Now that Zhu Wen has spoken, Ma Yin naturally has to give some face. At the same time, Gao Yu reminded Ma Yin that with the current military strength, Liu Yan may be able to be eliminated, but his vitality will definitely be greatly damaged. In case a large army fights Liu Yan in Lingnan When the situation reached a stalemate, Yang Wu attacked. Anyway, it was only two states, and it was remote, so it would be nothing if it was lost. Ma Yin then gave up the original plan and accepted Zhu Wen's order. Of course, Ma Yin only superficially agreed to send troops to Huainan, but actually did not want to provoke the other party at all.

After that, Wei Jian came to Guangzhou again, and also promoted Liu Yan to a high official position, and promoted Liu Yan to be the chief inspector of the school, and to deal with the affairs. Zhu Wen also asked Liu Yan to be obedient, stop fighting with Ma Yin, and asked Liu Yan to attack Huainan. Liu Yan naturally wanted to give Zhu Wen face. Besides, such a truce would be beneficial to him. After all, he won the land of two states. Of course, he only verbally agreed to the attack on Huainan and did not send a single soldier. So Ma Yin and Lingnan A temporary truce.
Chapter completed!