In the spring and February of the third year of Guanghua, the Tang court granted Wang Shenzhi the title of Tongzhongshumenxiapingzhangshi. Soon after, he was granted the title of Guanglu doctor, inspector of schools, Sikong, Tejin, and inspector of schools. In the second year of Tianfu, the Tang court granted Wang Shenzhi the title of Tongzhongshumenxiapingzhangshi. Twelve-branched halberds were placed in front of the gate of the private residence. In the summer and April of the first year of Tianyou's reign, the Tang Dynasty sent Youshi Yiweng Chengzan to Fuzhou, and Wang Shenzhi was appointed as the chief inspector of the school. He was granted the title of Prince of Langya County and had four thousand households in the city. One hundred households were sealed.

After Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty and established the Liang Dynasty, on the third day of May in the first year of Kaiping (907), Zhu Wen was granted the title of Wang Shenzhi as the mighty Jiedu envoy and minister. On the fourth day of April in the third year of Kaiping (909), Zhu Wen was granted the title of king. Shenzhi was promoted to Zhongshu Ling, King of Fujian, and Fuzhou was promoted to the Governor's Office.

In the third year of Kaiping in Liang Dynasty, the state of Wu sent envoy Zhang Zhiyuan to see him. He was beheaded by Wang Shenzhi because of his arrogant behavior. Therefore, the relationship between Fujian and Wu was not good, but there was no war between the two countries. Wang Shenzhi married his daughter to Wu Yue Qian Chuanju, the son of King Qian Liu, also ordered his second son Wang Yanjun to marry Liu Yan's daughter. Therefore, Wang Shenzhi had a good relationship with his neighbors and no war broke out. After Wang Shenzhi received Tan Quanbo's letter asking for help, in view of Qian's The state was indeed important, so he sent General Liu Qiong to lead thousands of Fujian troops to station in Yudu to break the siege of Qianzhou.

King Qian Liu of Wuyue sent his son Qian Zhuan, and his general Bao Junfu led 20,000 troops to attack Xinzhou to contain Wu's military strength in Qianzhou. Liu Xin was very depressed, and originally planned to take Qianzhou in one go, which had been besieged for half a year. But he Before the attack on Qianzhou began, we were surrounded by enemies on three sides and encountered reinforcements from three directions at the same time.

Since Yang Xingmi founded the State of Wu, the State of Wu has been at war with its surrounding neighbors, but there has never been a terrifying situation of fighting four neighboring states on four fronts at the same time. With one enemy against four, the Wu army will not be able to fight the battle of Qianzhou no matter how hard it is fought. take any advantage.

If the Battle of Qianzhou fails, Wu Yue, Min, Chu, Tan Quanbo and other four parties are very likely to launch a counterattack and take advantage of the situation to seize Wu's territory. In any case, there is no room for failure in the Battle of Qianzhou. A severe test lies in front of Liu Xin, or Become famous or be ruined.

After careful thinking and analysis, Liu Xin concluded that Tan Quanbo did not dare to attack easily. So Liu Xin decided to divide his troops to repel the reinforcements from all directions, and then attack Qianzhou. He believed that the Chu army among the reinforcements was stronger. If he defeated the Chu army first, The Fujian army must have heard the news and fled. So he sent Zhang Xuan and Gao Shensi to lead the elite troops to sneak attack the Chu army in Guting at night.

Since the Wu army has been quiet recently, Zhang Keqiu, the leader of the Chu army, lacked ability and experience. He did not expect that the Wu army would suddenly become proactive. The Chu army was unprepared, was attacked at night, and was defeated. Zhang Keqiu had to retreat with the remaining soldiers. After leaving the Chu land, he returned to Tanzhou to plead guilty to Ma Yin.

After Chu's reinforcements were repulsed, Liu Xin sent his general Liang Quan to attack the Fujian army eastward. The Fujian army was the weakest of the three reinforcements. After hearing that the Chu army had failed, the Fujian army had no intention of fighting. , did not fight the Wu army and directly withdrew to the state of Fujian.

The Wuyue reinforcements are the most powerful of the three reinforcements, and they are also the most troublesome for Liu Xin. Wuyue's territory is farther from Qianzhou, but Qian Liu pays more attention to this matter than Ma Yin and Wang Shenzhi. This is mainly This is because Wu and Chu are separated by Luoxiao Mountain, and Wu and Fujian are separated by Wuyi Mountain. As a result, it is difficult for them to send troops, but it is also difficult for the Wu army to attack. The border between Wu and Wu Yue lacks natural and dangerous points to defend. They belong to the same area, so it is difficult for the two sides to separate. countries coexist for a long time.

Therefore, Qian Liu's reaction to Wu's expansion was the strongest. He naturally did not want this unfriendly neighbor to become stronger. So Qian Liu sent his ninth son Qian Chuan as the main general and commanded 20,000 troops to attack Wu.

Xinzhou adopted the method of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao.

Xinzhou is an important border town that should be heavily guarded. At this time, there were only a few defenders, only a few hundred people. However, the Xinzhou garrison was very powerful and famous. He was one of the most famous generals in Wu Jun still alive, Zhou Ben. But because of

Xu Wen was worried that Zhou's troops would be disloyal, so he did not give him too many troops.

Wu Yue's army suddenly attacked the city of Xinzhou. Zhou Ben was not well prepared and rushed to fight outside the city. Due to being outnumbered, Wu's army was defeated and returned to the city. General Li Shizao was captured. However, after the defeat, Zhou Ben calmed down and ordered the general to attack the city.

The door was wide open, and many empty tents were hurriedly set up in the city to let outsiders see it, making it look like there were many soldiers and horses in the city. Zhou Ben took his left and right staff, climbed to the top of the city, and laid out a banquet.

Drinking and having fun, with a completely confident and calm attitude, hoping to confuse Wu Yuejun.

When Qian Chuanhuan led a thousand vanguard cavalry to the foot of Xinzhou City, he was confused by this scene. Qian Chuanhuan couldn't help but wonder: Looking at this posture, is there an ambush in the city? And Zhou Ben is a famous general of the Wu Army. Who knew that he had just

Could his defeat be a fraud to lure the enemy?

Qian Chuan did not dare to take risks easily, so he decided to take a probing attack, using bows and arrows to attack the tower. Zhou Ben and his officials were not afraid. Those who should drink continued to drink, and those who should play music continued to play music. They did not care about this at all.

The attack was in his sight. Qian Zhuan was more and more afraid to enter lightly, and the confrontation lasted until night. The Wu Yue army, who did not know the details of the Wu army, quietly withdrew, turned around and headed south to Tingzhou to directly support the Fujian army.

At the same time, Xu Wen learned that the Wuyue Army had attacked Xinzhou, and also sent the governor of Shuzhou. Chen Zhang, the former rebel general of the Wuyue Army, sent troops to attack Wuyue's Suzhou and Huzhou, but no results were obtained. Chen Zhang had no results, and neither did Xu Wen.

Care, it was originally a diversionary attack. Xu Wen learned that Zhou Ben had succeeded

Xinzhou City was saved, and I finally breathed a sigh of relief. If Xinzhou was lost, Liu Xin's army in Qianzhou would be in a dangerous situation of being attacked from both front and rear.

After Qian Chuanchuan left Xinzhou City, he went all the way south and stationed his troops near Tingzhou, intending to look for opportunities to join forces with the Fujian army to directly rescue Qianzhou City. However, the Chu army was defeated miserably, and the news of the Min army's retreat was heard, which shocked the Wuyue army.

There was chaos. Before Liang Quan's Wu army could arrive, Qian Chuanming hurriedly led his troops back to Wu Yue. In just one month, Liu Xin successfully repelled the three reinforcements from Chu, Fujian and Wu Yue.

Time for fame.

But the most important task of capturing Qianzhou has not yet been completed, and Liu Xin still needs to work hard. Having defeated three reinforcements, his fighting spirit is high, and his military morale is boosted. Liu Xin is confident to deal with Tan Quanbo, who has been trapped for half a year, and thinks that he should be able to do it easily.

.Many people, including Xu Wen, think so too.

But unexpectedly, although there was not a single reinforcement left, Tan Quanbo still had a tough attitude and relied on the solid city wall of Qianzhou to defend desperately. Liu Xin launched an army to attack for several days, killing and wounding thousands of people, but could not capture it. Liu Xin is now

Zhennan Jiedushi, it was his soldiers from Zhennan who died, which made him feel a little sad.

In order to reduce the casualties of the army and not repeat Wang Qi's mistake, Liu Xin decided to persuade Tan Quanbo to surrender, hoping to win without a fight. So Liu Xin sent envoys to Qianzhou City to persuade Tan Quanbo to surrender. Tan Quanbo also knew that if the Wu army ignored

If there were casualties, Qianzhou would be destroyed if the attack continued. He also knew the purpose of Liu Xin's trip, so he in turn lobbied Liu Xin's envoys.

Tan Quanbo said to the envoy: "You won't be able to capture Qianzhou in the short term. Of course, I admit that we can't defeat you either. In order to reduce the casualties of soldiers on both sides, I suggest that peace is the most important and live in peace. It will be more difficult for you to come all the way.

I will give you a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, clothing, and items to reward you. If you take these things and withdraw the troops, you will also have an explanation from above!"

Tan Quanbo's eloquence was very good, and the price he offered was extremely attractive, which attracted Liu Xin. So, after negotiation, Tan Quanbo accepted a relatively humiliating condition: to pay Wu Jun a large sum of money as a military reward and to compensate Wu for the war.

At the same time, he gave up Yum's previous policy of proclaiming vassal status to both Liang and Wu at the same time, and in the future he submitted to the state of Wu. At the same time, Tan Quanbo sent hostages to the state of Wu as collateral. Liu Xin ensured that the Wu army would not enter Qianzhou and retained half of Yum's army.

independent status.

Liu Xin was originally worried that the attack on Qianzhou City would yield nothing in the end and return with no success, so it would be difficult to go back to resume his life. Now that Tan Quanbo has given money and hostages, Liu Xin feels that he has completed his mission, and is better than his predecessor.

Wang Qi was much stronger. So Liu Xin taught the lesson and wrote a report on the results of the negotiations and reported it to his old colleague Xu Wen.

When Xu Wen received the report, he became furious: It is one thing whether Qianzhou can be captured or not, but Liu Xin actually dared to advocate without permission, accept Tan Quanbo's gifts without authorization, and withdraw troops without authorization. This is a very bad sign and must be done in time.

Stop it and put it out.

Xu Wen angrily scolded the envoy: "Liu Xin used ten times the force to attack a city, but instead used lobbyists to persuade him to surrender. How can he deter the enemy?" Then Xu Wen ordered the envoy to be whipped. The envoy was beaten while

You still have to listen to Xu Wen's reprimand: "I'm not beating you, I'm beating Liu Xin!"

At this time, Liu Xin had a son, Liu Yingyan, who served in Xu Wen's army. Xu Wen summoned him and gave him and Zhu Jingyu 3,000 soldiers. Then he threatened Liu Yingyan again: "You

My father is in the upper reaches and has a lot of troops. He can't even take down a small city. It seems that he plans to rebel! Now I want you to take this army over there and rebel with your father!"

Of course, Xu Wen's remarks were just angry words and should not be taken seriously. Xu Wen also said to Zhu Jingyu: "Most of Tan Quanbo's soldiers are farmers. This time Qianzhou has been besieged for nearly a year. They missed the farming season and were hungry.

His wife and children were still waiting for them to return home in the village. Liu Xin lifted the siege. They were thankful and of course they were busy going home. If they heard that the army was coming again, who would be willing to come again? Naturally, they would hide and never enter the city. Tan Quanbo can

What we can defend is nothing more than an empty city. If we go out again, we will surely capture it!"

Seeing the return of the envoy and the whip marks he brought back, as well as his son and the army, Liu Xin confirmed that Xu Wen was very angry and the consequences would be serious; in addition, Xu Wen was not afraid of his rebellion, nor did he really think that he dared to rebel.

, he still had room to save. Liu Xin did not dare to rebel, so the only thing he could do was to tear up the armistice agreement he had just signed with Tan Quanbo and attack Qianzhou again.

Liu Xin led his troops to attack Qianzhou again. This time there was no obstacle. Wherever the forward went, Qianzhou troops fled, and soon they came to Qianzhou city again. Just as Xu Wen expected, Qianzhou's defenses were empty. , with very few defenders, Liu Xin launched a fierce attack and successfully captured Qianzhou. Tan Quanbo was unwilling to fail and fled to the capital with his remaining troops.

Although Liu Xin has captured Qianzhou, rumors have spread that Liu Xin stayed in Qianzhou, deliberately indulged Tan Quanbo, and planned to rebel. Liu Xin was frightened, so he desperately pursued Tan Quanbo. Finally, Yudu captured Tan Quanbo and took him into custody. Going to Shengzhou, Liu Xin met with Xu Wen, dispelled the rumors and saved his life. Xu Wen did not embarrass Tan Quanbo. After arriving in Yangzhou, Tan Quanbo was named General Youweiwei by Yang Longyan, and he led the Bai Sheng Army to Jiedu. He died of illness soon after.

With the victory in the Battle of Qianzhou, Nanwu once again expanded its territory, covering all of Jiangxi.

In the pocket, it cut off Wu Yue and Min's land route to pay tribute to the Liang Dynasty, and also attacked Chu, Wu Yue and Min at the same time. But it was also Wu's last expansion, because other territories were occupied by neighbors who were not weak in strength. , it’s not that easy to get.

After the Battle of Qianzhou, the war did not stop. In March of the fifth year of Liang Zhenming, King Qian Liu of Wuyue accepted the edict of Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Liang Dynasty to attack Wu, and appointed his son Qian Chuanguan as the commander, commanding an army of 30,000 to attack Wu. Qian Chuanguan led The main force of the Wuyue Army was the navy. In order to maximize its strengths and avoid weaknesses, it first entered the East China Sea via the Songjiang River, then went north into the Yangtze River, and went upstream, directly threatening Yangzhou and Runzhou on the riverside.

Xu Wen received the report and hurriedly dispatched a navy, led by Peng Yanzhang, Peng Gan's brother and the governor of Yuanzhou at that time, as the chief general, and his subordinate Chen Fen as the deputy general, to fight. On April 8, the two naval armies met in On the river south of Langshan, the Wu Army is located upstream and the Wu Yue Army is located downstream. The Wu Army's commander, Peng Yanzhang, is very brave. As soon as he saw the Wu Yue Army's warships, he ordered the fleet to rush over.

Chen Fen, the deputy general of the Wu Army, was extremely unconvinced with Peng Yanzhang, because in his view, Peng Yanzhang was just a captured general, why should he be ranked above him. Chen Fen was passive in combat, and the warships under his command moved slowly and had no emergency. Following Peng Yanzhang closely caused the Wu army to lose track.

At this time, the northwest wind was blowing again, and Peng Yanzhang, the former commander of the Wu Kingdom Navy, rushed very quickly because of the favorable wind and the current. Qian Chuanguan did not panic, and asked the Wu Yue Navy to move northward, get out of the way of the main Yangtze River, and use Langshan The island blocks the flow of the Yangtze River and stops in areas where the flow is gentle.

With the strong help of wind and water, the rushing Peng Yanzhang fleet could not stop, passed by the Wuyue fleet, and rushed downstream. Qian Chuanguan took advantage of the momentum to attack Peng Yanzhang's back, and Peng Yanzhang had to order the fleet to turn around and fight. The situation suddenly reversed: Wu Yue's army changed from going against the wind and going against the current to going with the flow, thus taking an advantage.

Before the battle, Qian Chuanguan had already prepared a large amount of straw ash, fine sand, and beans on the warship, which were all put to use now. Qian Chuanguan first ordered that the deck of his warship be sprinkled with fine gauze to prevent slipping; The grass was so ashes that the Wu soldiers who were downwind could hardly open their eyes. As soon as the warships of the two armies approached, the Wu and Yue soldiers threw beans at the Wu warships. When the Wu soldiers stepped on the beans, they often slipped and fell, making them even more passive.

Then, the Wu Yue army sprayed fire oil on the Wu army's warships in the wind. In an instant, more than 400 Wu army warships turned into more than 400 large fire ships, and the Wu army was defeated! Peng Yanzhang, the leader of the Wu army, resisted until the end and was injured in dozens of places all over his body. Seeing that the defeat was irreversible, he committed suicide in anger, and more than seventy of his subordinates were captured.

During the entire battle, Chen Fen, the deputy general of the Wu army at the rear, remained stationary and watched Peng Yanzhang's destruction. When news of Langshanjiang's defeat came, Xu Wen was furious and beheaded Chen Fen, the defeated general who ran back. His family members were made slaves and their property was confiscated.

, half of which will be distributed to Peng Yanzhang’s survivors.

Xu Wen personally went out and led Xu Zhigao from Yangzhou, Xu Zhixun from Runzhou and other heavy troops to attack to intercept Qian Chuanguan. In June, the Wu and Yue troops were frustrated in Shashan. Qian Chuanguan saw that the Wu troops in front were numerous and his navy

Although they were temporarily invincible on the river, it was obviously impossible to attack the city and capture the territory just by staying on the water, so they decided to avoid the real situation and attack the weak. They anchored the big ship at Xiangwan, landed the troops and headed south, intending to capture Changzhou.

Xu Wen received the report and sent Chen Zhang, the right-wing military commander, to lead a partial army out to Haimen to attack and harass Wu Yue's rear. He led his army south to Changzhou to pursue Qian Chuanguan. On July 7, the Wu army commanded by Xu Wen and

The Wu Yue army under the command of Qian Chuanguan met in Wuxi.

Before the battle, Xu Wen learned that Cao Yun, the former Wu general who had defected to Yue in the Battle of Qianqiu Ridge six years ago, was in Qian Chuanguan's army at this time. Xu Wen quietly sent someone to tell Cao Yun secretly, saying:

"I didn't approve your legitimate request, and you left in frustration. It's all my fault, not your fault! Your wife and children are well taken care of here, so you don't have to worry about it." Cao Cao

Jun didn't expect that Xu Wen would be so magnanimous to him. He was surprised and guilty, and couldn't help but deeply regretted surrendering to Wu Yue.

At the beginning, the Wu and Yue troops attacked very fiercely, and when Xu Wen happened to have a high fever and could not command the battle, the Wu army was leaderless and in a panic. Under Qian Chuanguan's fierce offensive, the Wu army's forward was defeated.

The arrows were like rain, shooting directly at Wu Jun's main tent. The situation was critical. Xu Wen's confidant Chen Yanqian found a man who had a similar figure and appearance to Xu Wen, put on Xu Wen's armor, and sat in the big tent pretending to be

He issued orders to stabilize people's hearts, and at the same time asked Xu Wen to retreat behind the scenes to quickly receive treatment and rest. Xu Zhigao led the Wu Prince's troops to attack and temporarily stabilized the battle situation.

Not long after, Xu Wen regained consciousness, and the Wu army regained unified command. Xu Wen discovered that due to the long drought, the vegetation on the battlefield was often withered and yellow, and the wind direction was also favorable to the Wu army, so he set fire to the direction of the Wu and Yue army.

After leaving, the soldiers of Wu and Yue panicked and avoided fire, their formations wavered, and the situation of the battle began to reverse.

At this time, Cao Yun, who was in the Wu Yue formation, suddenly switched sides and attacked the Wu Yue army beside him. The Wu army took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and the Wu Yue army collapsed. During the defeat, Qian Chuanguan relied on the strength of his mount to escape ashore.

.The Wu and Yue generals He Feng, Wu Jian and others were killed in battle, and more than 10,000 soldiers died in the battle. At the same time, the Wu army and Chen Zhang's troops attacked the Wu and Yue army in Xiangwan and also won a victory. As a result, the Wu and Yue army encountered water and land battles.
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