Not long ago, Liu Shouguang, the second son of Liu Rengong, the military governor of Lulong, expressed his allegiance to Zhu Wen. Seeing that the north was temporarily peaceful, Zhu Wen wanted to use this time to deal with Li Maozhen, his mortal enemy for many years.

It turned out that Liu Rengong controlled Youzhou, Cang and other states, and had always been on good terms with the king of Jin, but was at odds with Zhu Wen. Liu Rengong was arrogant and extravagant, and he was extravagant and lustful. There is a Da'an Mountain in Youzhou, which is suspended on all sides and is extremely dangerous. He

Instead, he built a palace on the mountain, which was extremely gorgeous. He also captured many women from good families and made them live in it for his pleasure.

Liu Rengong was afraid that he would lose his energy, so he summoned alchemists to make elixirs together in the hope of immortality. All the money earned by the people was ordered to be handed over and hidden in the mountains. In private business transactions, he was ordered to use earth instead of money, so there were complaints everywhere. He usually

Liu Rengong’s first concubine was a daughter of the Luo family. She had an almond-shaped face and peach cheeks, and was very charming. Liu Rengong’s second son, Liu Shouguang, was secretly envious of her. He tried to hook up Luo Nu, replaced his father’s recommendation, and made love with Luo.

Unexpectedly, Liu Rengong learned about this and immediately whipped Liu Shouguang a hundred times and drove him out of Youzhou. At this time, Li Si'an, the general of the Later Liang Dynasty, led troops to attack Youzhou on Zhu Wen's order. Liu Rengong was still enjoying himself in Da'an Mountain.

Liu Shouguang brought troops from outside to Youzhou and drove away Liang Jun. He then sent his generals Li Xiaoxi, Yuan Xingqin and others to attack Da'an Mountain and detained Liu Rengong and lived in a separate room.

Therefore, Liu Shouguang called himself Lulong Jiedushi. All Liu Rengong's women who were beautiful were brought back to Youzhou City and stayed with them in turns. His brother Liu Shouyi was the Jiedushi of Yichang Army and guarded Cangzhou. He heard that his father was imprisoned.

Prisoner, he hurriedly summoned the generals, crying and saying: "I didn't expect that such an owl would be born in my family. I would rather die than live. I swear to work with you to defeat this thief!" The generals agreed. Liu Shouwen then led the people to Lutai.

, confronting Liu Shouguang's troops.

The two armies fought for half a day, killing each other, so they surrendered and retreated. The next day, Liu Shouwen entered Lantian again, but was defeated by Liu Shouguang. So Liu Shouyi returned to Cangzhou and sent envoys to ask for help from Khitan. Liu Shouguang was afraid that Liu Shouwen would come again, and was worried at the same time.

Liang soldiers took the opportunity to attack. Therefore, Liu Shouguang sent people to Luoyang to beg for surrender. Zhu Wen, the leader of Liang, issued an edict and appointed Liu Shouguang as the Lulong Festival Envoy.

The Khitan chief Yelu Abaoji sent tens of thousands of troops, as well as thousands more from the Tuyuhun tribe, to aid Liu Shouwen. Shouwen was at his best, and more than 20,000 warriors from the two states of Germany joined the Khitan and Tuyuhun armies, totaling 40,000 people.

, left Jizhou. When Liu Shouguang heard that Liu Shouwen was coming again, he also sent out all the soldiers from Youzhou. Liu Shouguang personally supervised the troops and was against his brother, wanting to fight to the death.

Liu Shouguang had just set up his formation, when two groups of Khitan and Tuguhun cavalry broke in separately, with a hundredfold vigor. Liu Shouguang's men saw that they were coming with great force and knew that they could not withstand the enemy, so they retreated. Liu Shouguang could not stop it, so he had to retreat with the momentum. Liu Shouguang retreated with the force.

When Shouwen saw that the foreign soldiers were victorious, he also rushed out of the battle. As he galloped, he shouted: "Don't hurt my brother!" Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a whistling sound.

Liu Shouyi knew that a hidden arrow was coming, so he hurriedly reined in his horse and jumped. The arrow hit the horse's head just right. The horse couldn't bear the pain, so of course it overturned. Liu Shouwen fell to the ground with the horse. In the hurry, he didn't know who it was.

They picked him up, put him under his elbows, and hurried away. After careful identification, he realized that he was Liu Shouguang's general Yuan Xingqin.

When Liu Shouguang saw that Yuan Xingqin had captured Shouwen, he was so courageous that he led his troops to fight back to Cang. The German army had lost its leader and was not interested in fighting. They were instantly defeated. The Khitan and Tuyuhun groups were also affected. They simply went their own way.

, all went back in a hurry. Liu Shouguang ordered his generals to escort Liu Shouwen back, confine him to a separate room, and surround him with bushes of thorns. Then he sent his troops to attack Cangzhou.

Lu Yan and Sun He, the judges of Cangzhou Jiedu, appointed Liu Shouwen's son Liu Yanzuo as the commander-in-chief and went to the city to defend the city. Liu Shouguang attacked fiercely for days, but could not conquer it. So he blocked the grain road, intercepted the woodcutters, and surrounded Cangzhou. There was a stalemate.

Within a hundred days, the food in the city was exhausted, and there was no way to buy rice worth thirty thousand dollars. The people only ate earth and mud, and the donkeys and horses ate each other's tails. Lu Yan selected weak men and women, cooked them and fed them, which was called slaughtering. After all, human flesh is limited.

, there is not enough food for the army. The city is full of bones and desolate.

Sun He had no choice but to write a letter to Liu Shouguang, supporting Liu Yanzuo to surrender. Liu Shouguang entered the city and ordered all the families of the Cangzhou soldiers to be kidnapped back to Youzhou. Even Liu Yanzuo was brought back, leaving his son Liu Jiwei to guard the Yichang army. He also sent general Zhang Wanjin, Zhou Zhi

He was assisted by Yu, who blew his whip and played triumphantly, and was proud of his class. Liu Shouguang sent an envoy to report the victory to Zhu Wen, and begged for an official position on his father's behalf.

Zhu Wen, the leader of Liang Dynasty, granted his request and appointed Liu Rengong as the Grand Master to take care of Youzhou. He named Liu Shouguang the King of Yan and the military governor of Lulong and Yichang. Liu Jiwei stayed in Yichang, but he was later killed by Zhang Wanjin, and Liu Shouguang could not restrain him.

He could only send someone to stab Liu Shouwen to death, pretending to cry, blaming the assassin, and killing him to pay for his life. Liu Shouguang also killed the Cangzhou soldiers, and the family of Lu Yan was wiped out, leaving Sun He alone.

Lu Yan's son Lu Qi, who was only fifteen years old at this time, was taken out of the city and was about to be executed. Zhao Yu, a disciple of the Lu family, hurried to the execution ground and shouted loudly: "This is my brother Zhao Qi, who went there by mistake."

Lu family, don't kill by mistake." The prison officer then ordered the execution to be suspended. Zhao Yu took Lu Qi to escape, but Lu Qi's feet hurt and could not walk. Zhao Yu ran with him on his back, changed his name, begged for food along the way, and was able to reach Daizhou.

Lu Qi was distressed that his family was destroyed, so he worked hard and studied hard before he became independent. King Li Cunxu of Jin heard about Lu Qi's name and appointed him as the judge of Daizhou. He rewarded Zhao Yuyi for his loyalty and gave him gold and silk.

Seeing that Youzhou was sincerely convinced, Zhu Wen prepared to take advantage of the situation and annex Qizhou. He sent General Liu Zhijun to send troops and captured the four prefectures of Dan, Yan, Fang, and Fang. Zhu Wen immediately ordered Niu Cunjie to be the envoy of the Baoda Army and guard Fangfang. Gao Wanxing was appointed as

The Baosai Army Jiedu envoys guarded Danyan. In the Tang Dynasty, a large army was stationed in Yanzhou to govern the four states.

Zhu Wen again ordered Liu Zhijun to attack Pizhou. Pizhou was occupied by Li Jihui, the adopted son of King Li Maozhen of Qi. He had few troops but still had some power. Liu Zhijun was afraid that he would not be able to evacuate, so he refused to attack on the pretext of lack of food. Zhu Wen suspected that he had different intentions.

He was summoned to return to the court. Liu Zhijun was about to go to Luo when he suddenly heard that Wang Zhongshi had been arrested, his clan was exterminated, and Liu Han was appointed as his retainer. He couldn't help but be shocked.

It turned out that Wang Zhongshi had been guarding Chang'an for several years, and the tribute was good. Liu Han, the commander of the army, wanted to seize Wang Zhongshi's position, so he secretly slandered Zhu Wen, saying that Wang Zhongshi was secretly collaborating with Pi and Qi. Zhu Wen then recalled Wang Zhongshi and severely punished him, that is,

He was succeeded by Liu Han. Liu Zhijun received secret letters from his younger brother Liu Zhihuan one after another, telling him not to enter the court, as he would die if he did so. Liu Zhijun became more and more frightened and hesitated to move forward. Liu Zhihuan once served as the commander of Liang Ting and asked for orders in front of Zhu Wen.

, I am willing to go in person to welcome my brother and return to the court.

Zhu Wen didn't know it was a lie, so he immediately agreed. Liu Zhihuan led his brothers and nephews to Liu Zhijun's camp. Liu Zhijun was happy that his family had escaped from danger, so he occupied Tongzhou and surrendered to Qi King Li Maozhen. At the same time, he secretly bribed the generals of Chang'an and ordered

They captured Liu Han, escorted Feng Xiang, and led their troops to occupy Tongguan.

Zhu Wen again sent his ministers to recruit Liu Zhijun, but Liu Zhijun refused. Zhu Wen was furious and cut off Liu Zhijun's official title. He sent Yang Shihou, the governor of Shannan East Road, and Liu Wei, the commander of the Ma Bu Army, to attack Liu Zhijun. Liu Wei came to Guandong and learned that

Liu Zhijun was ambushed. He ordered them to be the vanguard and knocked at the pass at night. The pass officials did not recognize it and immediately opened the door. Liu Wei's army rushed in. Liu Zhijun was caught off guard and had to abandon Guanxi and fled to Qizhou with his family.

Li Maozhen, the king of Qi, was about to kill Liu Han and was about to send troops to support Liu Zhijun. Unexpectedly, Liu Zhijun came in a hurry. He had no choice but to comfort him and gave him a special order of Zhongshu. Li Maozhen ordered Liu Zhijun to go to Lingzhou and grant the title to him after he obtained the land.

He was the commander-in-chief of the town. Liu Zhijun invited thousands of Qi soldiers to march to Lingzhou City and besieged the city.

After Liang Shuofang's military envoy Han Xun, the flying envoy was in urgent need. Zhu Wen immediately sent Kang Huaiying, the military envoy of the Zhenguo Army, and Kou Yanqing, the military envoy of the Guoguo Army, to join forces and go to the rescue. Kang Huaiying and others advanced at night, and went to Ning and Yanzhou.

They went straight into Jingzhou territory. Liu Zhijun rescued the siege and came back for reinforcements. Kang Huaiying and others also retreated to Sanshui. However, Liu Zhijun had already bypassed the front and took advantage of the danger to attack. He rushed Kang Huaizhen's soldiers into several sections.

Kang Huaiying was in a panic and didn't know what to do. Fortunately, Wang Yanzhang, the envoy of Zuo Longxiang's army, armed with two large iron spears, took the lead in clearing the way. He provoked left and right, stabbing hundreds of Qi soldiers to death. The Qi soldiers were scared off on both sides, leaving only one man to walk.

, let Liang Jun go. Although Kang Huaiying was able to escape, his commanders Li Deyu, Xu Congshi, Wang Shenquan and others were all separated and their whereabouts are unknown.

Kang Huaiying rushed to Shengping in embarrassment, and suddenly there was a mountain in the way, with cliffs on both sides, and only a narrow path leading to the people and horses. Kang Huaiying was worried, and suddenly heard a whistle, and the Naqi soldiers came out of the valley and blocked the mountain pass. The leader was a general, Liu Zhijun.

, shouting to come and die soon. Kang Huaizhen was so frightened that his hands and feet were cold, and said to Wang Yanzhang: "What will happen?" Wang Yanzhang said: "Commander, just follow me forward. What are you afraid of him?"

So Wang Yanzhang danced with two spears and charged into the mountain pass. One spear weighed a hundred kilograms, and when he moved it with both hands, it was like a piece of bamboo. Liu Zhijun stepped forward to stop him, but he couldn't resist Wang Yanzhang's magical power. After three or five rounds of fighting, he was sweating profusely.

Unable to resist, he hurriedly reined in his horse and retreated. Wang Yanzhang kept fighting and moved forward, followed closely by Kang Huaiying. It took a lot of effort to fight his way out of the valley and fled with whips. Most of his sergeants were intercepted by Qi soldiers.

They were either killed or captured, and none of them survived. Kou Yanqing and Kang Huaiying marched separately. When they heard that Kang Huaiying was defeated, he hurriedly brought back his troops without suffering any losses.

Liu Zhijun presented his victory to King Qi, and King Qi awarded Liu Zhijun the title of "Zhangyi Jiedu". Zhu Wen was upset for several days because of the failure of Kang Huaiying's loss. He received many military reports from other towns, but he had no intention of criticizing them, so he had to deal with them perfunctorily. First, Xiazhou

Jiedu envoy Li Sijian died of illness, and his son Li Yichang succeeded to the throne, but was killed by his general Gao Zongyi. Gao Zongyi was executed by the generals, and Li Renfu, Li Yichang's uncle, was elected as the commander. Zhu Wen went to Liang Ting and immediately approved, granting Li Renfu the title of Xia.

The state's Jiedushi envoy later became the Xixia Kingdom. First, Luo Shaowei, the Jiedushi envoy of Wei Bo, died of illness. Luo Shaowei's eldest son Luo Tinggui, Zhu Wen's son-in-law, also died early. His second son Luo Zhouhan was in the town and asked to ascend the throne, and Zhu Wen approved the issuance.

King Ma Yin of Chu asked for the title of General Tiance. Zhu Wen thought that it was important to win over him, so he immediately gave him the title and made him a general. King Yin of Chu was very happy, and he opened a palace in the name of General Tiance.

official.

Suddenly, King Rong of Zhao, the envoy of the German Army, reported that his grandmother had passed away. Zhu Wen sent his envoys to pay tribute and to ask questions. The envoys came back and said that the Jin envoys had also gone to ask questions. Zhu Wen became suspicious, so he

He wanted to annex Hebei to prevent him from becoming a pawn of Jin. Zhu Wen then sent the envoys Du Tingyin and Ding Yanhui as the supervisors of King Zhao, and ordered them to send thousands of Wei Bo soldiers to station in Shen and Hebei Provinces on the pretext of helping him defend.

Secretly ordered them to attack Zhao.

Zhao general Shi Gong had just arrived in Shenzhou to guard, and he hurriedly sent someone to tell Wang Rong, asking him to reject the Liang envoy. Wang Rong refused and recalled Shi Gong. When Shi Gong went out, he pointed to the city and said with tears: "The Zhu family destroyed Tang Sheji.

Chi boy, I still know that he has ulterior motives. My king, relying on the good marriage, ordered him to garrison troops. This is called opening the door and bowing to the thief.

The whole city has been captured!" Shi Gong had left, and Liang sent Du Tingyin and others to lead Wei Bo's troops into the city. The people of Shenzhou were frightened and fled out of the city. Du Tingyin closed the city gate, killed all the Zhao soldiers, and attacked Jizhou in the same way.

After Shi Gong returned, he met with Wang Rong and said that the Liang people were unfaithful, but Wang Rong still half-believed him. In the end, he wanted to report the news of the loss of Hebei to Zhenzhou, and then ordered Shi Gong to attack Shenzhou again. He hoped that Du Tingyin and others refused to defend the city, and launched a fierce army.

Wait, there can still be an invasion there. This area under the jurisdiction of the German army only has the four prefectures of Zhen, Zhao, Shen, and Hebei. At this time, half of them were lost. How could Wang Rong not panic? He immediately went out to ask for help, and sent lobbyists to Dingzhou in advance.

With good words and generous coins, he sold Wang Chuzhi, the envoy of Yiwu Jiedu, and agreed to reject Liang. Then he sent envoys to Yan and Jin to ask for help.

King Liu Shouguang of Yan did not report, but King Li Cunxu of Jin received the envoy from Zhao. He did not hesitate and agreed to send aid. The general of Jin admonished him and said: "Wang Rong has been serving Zhu Wen for several years. He has lost heavy bribes every year and has become a sworn brother."

Marriage, if you ask me for help this time, there must be a deceit, I hope your Majesty will not believe him!"

But Li Cunxu shook his head and said: "You only know one, but not the other. Just imagine that when Wang was in the Tang Dynasty, he often rebelled. How could he be willing to be Zhu's vassal forever? Now that Zhu has sent troops to cover up the attack, Wang Rong

If I don't have time to save someone, why should I care about marriage? If I don't save him, I will fall into Zhu's plan. I must send troops quickly and join the Zhao army to defeat Zhu's family, lest he trample Heshuo and invade the east of the river!" The words have not yet been spoken!

After falling, Dingzhou also sent envoys, saying that they would unite with Zhenzhou, recommend the King of Jin as the leader, and join forces to attack Liang. Li Cunxu agreed to send the two envoys back. He immediately ordered Zhou Dewei to lead ten thousand troops to garrison Zhaozhou to help the king.

Defense.

When Zhu Wen heard that the Jin army was aiding Zhao, he also ordered generals Wang Jingren, Han Qing, and Li Sian to lead one hundred thousand troops and advance to Zhenzhou as far as Baixiang. Wang Rong was greatly frightened and sent an envoy to beg for help from Jin. Li Cunxu went out in person.

Li Cunfan, the deputy general manager of the Tibetan Han Dynasty, and others were left to defend Jinyang, and he led his army eastward. Wang Chuzhi also sent five thousand troops to follow. Li Cunxu came to Zhaozhou, joined forces with Zhou Dewei, marched to Yehe, and fought with Baixiang

Only five miles apart.

Liang soldiers were unable to get out of the wall. Li Cunxu ordered Zhou Dewei to lead his troops to challenge, but still no one came out to fight. Zhou Dewei ordered his cavalry to attack Liang camp, scolded Liang Jun, and fired arrows into the camp tent. This angered Liang Jun's deputy envoy Han Qing and opened the camp.

To fight, he sent out 30,000 troops. Angry horses came rushing, and Zhou Dewei's army retreated. Han Qing was willing to give up and divided 30,000 troops into three groups to pursue the Jin army.

Seeing the bright and dazzling armor of Liang Jun, the Jin army couldn't help but feel discouraged and looked frightened. Zhou Dewei looked at it and ordered: "The enemy troops are all butchers from Bianzhou. Although the armor is bright, they are useless.

, ten people are not enough for you, so you have nothing to worry about. If you can capture one of their pawns, you can become a small fortune. This is a rare thing to live in, and you should not let it go unnoticed." After the sergeant received the order, there was improvement, and the army turned around.

Wanting to fight with him, Zhou Dewei divided his troops into two groups and attacked both ends of Liang's army. He galloped left and right, entered and exited several times, and captured more than a hundred people. Zhou Dewei fought and marched, and returned to Yehe. Li Cunxu sent troops to meet him, and Liang's soldiers retreated.

Zhou Dewei rushed into the camp and went up to the tent to offer his advice: "The thieves are very powerful. We should keep our troops calm and wait until they are tired before attacking." Li Cunxu said: "I led a lone army to come from afar to save people in emergency. It is beneficial.

We have to fight quickly, but we can't keep our troops steady!" Zhou Dewei said: "The calm soldiers can only defend the city and cannot fight in the field. Although our soldiers can gallop, they can only clash in the wilderness. Now they are suppressing the gate of the bandit camp and cannot use it.

Moreover, they are outnumbered and we are no match for each other. If they find out about my true and false status, we will definitely be in danger!"

Li Cunxu was stunned and didn't answer, and retreated to his tent. Zhou Dewei came out and said to Zhang Chengye: "The king is arrogant after his sudden victory. He does not underestimate his own strength and only thinks about a quick battle. Now the thieves are so close to each other and only separated by water. If they build a bridge and force them to

I am afraid that all of us will be wiped out immediately. It is better to retreat to Gaoyi and secure ourselves in the city. On the one hand, we can lure the thieves to leave the camp. If they leave, I will return, and if they leave, I will leave. Then send light cavalry to plunder their food and wages, which will not last more than a month.

We can definitely defeat the enemy."

Zhang Chengye nodded, entered the account and said to Li Cunxu: "Is this the time for the king to rest in peace? Veteran General Zhou Dewei knows the war, so we cannot ignore his words. I would like to ask the king to pay attention!" Li Cunxu jumped up and said: "I am thinking about Zhou Dewei's words, and they are quite interesting.

Zhili." Then he went out of his tent to summon Zhou Dewei, ordered him to break camp and retreat slowly, returning to Gaoyi.

Later, he obtained the scouts from the Liang camp, and sure enough, Wang Jingren ordered his troops to form rafts and build pontoon bridges to facilitate the advance. Only then did Li Cunxu say that Zhou Dewei had foresight and rewarded him for his hard work. It was the winter of the fourth year of Kaiping in Liang Dynasty, and the two armies stopped fighting.

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After the end of winter, in the first month of the following year, the Jin army repeatedly sent out cavalry to intercept the enemy's livestock. Most of the Liang soldiers who went to mow grass and feed horses were captured by the Jin army. The Liang soldiers stayed behind closed doors, and Zhou De ordered the cavalry to make noise in the surrounding area.

Liang camp. Liang soldiers suspected that there was an ambush, so they did not dare to move. They could only sit in the trapped camp, and many of their horses starved to death. Zhou Dewei saw that Liang soldiers had not fought for days and wanted to lure him out.

So Zhou Dewei, Shi Jiantang, and Li Siyuan, together with three thousand elite cavalry, went to lure the enemy in person. They came to the gate of Liangzhai and ordered the knights to insult General Liang and Zhu Wen. The gate of the village was still silent. Zhou Dewei ordered the cavalry again.

He dismounted, sat on the ground, and cursed indiscriminately. He spread the scandalous history of the Bianliang monarchs and ministers at once. It took about two hours of scolding before the gate of the village was opened. Liang soldiers poured out like a tide, and they were the first to fight.

Li Sian, the general of Liang Dynasty, raised his spear and leapt on his horse, leading the troops to come.

Zhou Dewei hurriedly ordered the cavalry to mount their horses and engage him in battle. After about a while, he led the army to retreat. As they walked, they chased. When they came to the wild river, a pontoon bridge had been built. Jin general Li Cunzhang led the calm soldiers to guard the pontoon bridge.
Chapter completed!