Seeing that the situation was favorable, Xu Zhigao suggested to Xu Wen that he would lead two thousand infantrymen, put on the uniforms of the Wuyue Army, and under the flag of the Wuyue Army, disguise themselves as defeated soldiers and sneak into Suzhou, so as to seize this important town by cooperating inside and outside. Many generals also believed that

: The strength of Wu Yue's army is the navy and ships. There was a severe drought that year, and the water in the rivers south of the Yangtze River was very shallow, which was not conducive to the movement of warships. At this time, it was a good opportunity to take advantage of the victory to attack and eliminate Wu Yue in one fell swoop.

Xu Wen disagreed and said to Xu Zhigao: "Your strategy is very good, but I just want to calm the troops and calm the people. This strategy cannot be used." He also said to the generals: "The world has been in war for too long, and the people have suffered too much.

Shen, Mr. Qian is not a person to be looked down upon. If we continue the fight and fall into a war of attrition with no winner for a long time, that is what you need to worry about. Now take advantage of our army's victory to establish its power, and then withdraw its troops to show its kindness.

With grace, the two sides will be able to achieve peace, the people of the two places will live and work in peace and contentment, and the monarchs and ministers of the two countries will have peace of mind. Isn't it a great thing?" So the Wu army took advantage of the victory and retreated, and the Wu and Yue sides, who had just been defeated, were naturally willing to cease the war.

When King Qian Liu of Wuyue saw He Feng's war horse, he was so sad that he couldn't control himself. Because of this, all the soldiers focused on their wallets. Qian Liu enforced the law very strictly, was fair and selfless, and had clear rewards and punishments. Qian Liu doted on his concubine Zheng.

His father broke the law and should be put to death. The minister came to plead for him. But Qian Liu said: "How can I mess up my national laws because of a woman?" So he divorced the Zheng family and beheaded his father.

Qian Liu had been in the army since he was a child and had never gone to bed at night. When he was really sleepy, he would rest on a log or a big bell. After falling asleep, he would wake up when the wooden pillow or the big bell tilted.

He called this kind of pillow a "warning pillow". He also put a pink tray in his bedroom. If he needed to write down anything, he would write it down in the pink tray. He continued to do so diligently until he was old. Sometimes when he was sleeping soundly, if

When someone came to report something outside, he asked his maid to vibrate the paper to wake him up. Once he went out and knocked on the North City Gate in the middle of the night. The gatekeeper refused to open the door and said, "Even if the king comes, he can't open it." So he never left.

He entered through the gate. The next day, he summoned the gatekeeper of the north city and rewarded him generously.

Shortly after the war, Xu Wen sent envoys to Wu and Yue to return the prisoners who fought in Wuxi. Qian Liu also sent envoys to request friendly exchanges with Wu. From then on, the two countries stopped fighting and allowed the people to rest.

The people of Gezhou have been living and working in peace and contentment for more than 20 years. King Wu and Xu Wen sent letters to King Qian Liu of Wu and Yue many times, persuading him to proclaim himself emperor, but Qian Liu did not listen to them.

Besides, Zhang Keqiu returned after his defeat and hurried to Tanzhou to plead guilty to Ma Yin. Ma Yin did not condemn him. After all, most of the Chu army's battles across Luoxiao Mountain ended in failure. Ma Yin himself also suffered a defeat in the Ganjiang River that year.

, knowing that the terrain there is dangerous and not familiar with the geography, it is easy to fail. Ma Yin did not want to start a full-scale contest with the Wu State, so he asked Zhang Keqiu to return to Liling to guard it to prevent the Wu army from taking the opportunity to enter the Chu land. Zhang Keqiu thanked Ma Yin and it was not a sin.

Thank you for your kindness, and then returned to Liling.

Ma Yin did not want to fight, but others insisted on causing trouble for him. First, the Meishan barbarians entrenched in the mountains and forests between Yiyang and Zhaozhou actually sent troops to attack Shaozhou. When Lu Shizhou defeated the Feishan barbarians, the Meishan barbarians did not

No troops were sent to help Feishan Barbarians. Ma Yin saw that they were more honest, so he went to attack them without any trouble. Therefore, the two sides have been at peace in the past few years.

The Meishan barbarians have lived in the mountains and forests for a long time and are brave and tenacious. It is bordered by Tanzhou to the east, Shaozhou to the south, Chenzhou to the west, and Langzhou to the north. The Meishan barbarians live among the high mountains and ridges, which is located in Yuan

, the Zijiang River Basin between the two rivers in Hunan is about tens of thousands of square kilometers. There are many deep mountains and dense forests, deep valleys and caves in this area, which is almost isolated from the outside world. According to legend, the residents here are the descendants of Panhu. "Meishan Barbarians"

"Divided into ten caves, the leader is called "Leader of Zuojia", "Leader of Youjia", or "Lord of the Cave", "Chief of the Cave", etc.

At this time, the leader of Meishan Man Youjia was Dun Hanling. He was encouraged by the envoy sent by the State of Wu to send troops to attack Shaozhou. The Wu army was fighting Tan Quanbo in Qianzhou at this time, so naturally he wanted to set Ma Yin's backyard on fire and had no time to do so.

Mobilizing a large army to rescue Qianzhou. Dun Hanling heard that the main force of the Chu army had gone to Qianzhou to fight against the Wu army, so regardless of whether it was true or not, he sent troops out to attack Shaozhou, of course he also wanted to plunder some supplies.

Since Lu Shizhou defeated the Feishan Barbarians, the area has been calm. Ma Yin did not leave many defenders. Lu Shizhou was transferred to Guizhou to guard. Suddenly, the incident occurred, and there was chaos around Shaozhou. The governor of Shaozhou was Yuan Quan.

, Yuan Quan hurriedly reported to Ma Yin. After receiving the report, Ma Yin discussed with Gao Yu.

Ma Yin said: "Sir, the Meishan barbarians suddenly sent troops to attack Shaozhou. What do you think is going on? How should we deal with it?" Gao Yu said: "The Meishan barbarians have always been law-abiding. They must have suffered this sudden rebellion.

Wu Guo's instigation. We should teach them some lessons, tease them, and make them obey the rules. But it should be done in moderation and there is no need to invade the hinterland of the Meishan barbarians. The terrain there is dangerous, with high mountains and dense forests. They are also familiar with the terrain, which is not convenient for our army.

Fight."

Ma Yin said: "Sir, what you said is that let Yao Yanzhang be the commander, commander Fan Xu be the vanguard, and lead an army of 10,000 to quell the rebellion." Gao Yu said: "Your Majesty is wise. General Yao Yanzhang is prudent and will be able to complete the task.

." Ma Yin immediately summoned Yao Yanzhang and gave him an order. Yao Yanzhang took the order and left without saying a word.

A few days later, Yao Yanzhang led his army to the vicinity of Shaozhou.

At this time, the Meishan barbarians were besieging Shaozhou under the command of Dun Hanling. When Dun Hanling learned that the Chu army was coming to help, he did not panic. He thought that the main force of the Chu army was fighting with the Wu army in Qianzhou, and those who came to Shaozhou were naturally not

There are not too many elites. Therefore, he only sent an army of two thousand people to intercept the reinforcements.

Although Yao Yanzhang was defeated by Liu Yan in Rongzhou, Lingnan, firstly, he was not familiar with the place, and secondly, the difference in strength was too big, so he could not win. But after all, he was also a veteran who had been on the battlefield for many years, and he was very familiar with Shaozhou. This battle

He was bound to win. So Yao Yanzhang took advantage of Meishan Man's mentality of underestimating the enemy and sent a small group of old and weak soldiers to lure the enemy, while ambushing the elite troops on both sides of the valley.

Sure enough, the two thousand barbarian soldiers saw that the Chu army who came for reinforcements numbered only two thousand, and most of them were old and weak soldiers, so they hurriedly launched an attack. The Chu army collapsed at the first touch, abandoned their helmets and armor, and fled backwards. The barbarian soldiers refused to give up.

Chase closely.

When all the barbarians entered the valley, Yao Yanzhang gave an order, and he and Fan Xu fought out from both sides of the valley, cutting the barbarians into several pieces. The barbarians were in chaos, and it was difficult to look at the beginning and the end. In less than an hour, all two thousand barbarians were killed.

Annihilate.

Then Yao Yanzhang asked his men to put on the clothes of barbarians, dress up like barbarians, and walk swaggering towards Dun Hanling's camp. At the same time, Yao Yanzhang ordered Fan Xu to lead a partial division and set up an ambush on Meishan Man's way back.

He led the main force and followed behind the pretended barbarians.

When the soldiers in the barbarian camp saw the pretended barbarians coming, they didn't care. They thought they were returning from victory, so they opened the village gate early and prepared to welcome them. When the pretended barbarians approached, they realized something was wrong and wanted to close the gate.

, it was too late. The Chu army rushed into the barbarian camp and fought hard to kill them. Yao Yanzhang arrived later and sent his troops to cover up the killing. The barbarian soldiers were caught off guard and collapsed.

The leader, Dun Hanling, saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly ordered a retreat. After he and his men escaped from the camp, more than half of the barbarian soldiers were lost. Dun Hanling had no choice but to return to Meishan with the remaining troops. He did not want to meet Fan Xu again on the way.

In an ambush, Dun Hanling was defeated again and fled into Meishan with only a few hundred people. In this battle, Yao Yanzhang beheaded more than 3,000 people and captured more than 4,000 people. The main force of the Meishan barbarians was wiped out in one fell swoop.

Yao Yanzhang immediately marched to Meishan Pass, released some old and weak barbarian soldiers back, and sent a message to Dun Hanling, asking him to surrender to the King of Chu. Dun Hanling had no choice but to express his surrender. Because Yao Yanzhang accepted Ma Yin's secret order before setting off.

, as long as the Meishan barbarians make an emergency landing, they are not allowed to enter the hinterland of Meishan. Yao Yanzhang surrendered when he saw fit, accepted Dun Hanling's surrender, and released all the prisoners. From then on, the Meishan barbarians were stable for many years.

Yao Yanzhang immediately reported his victory to Ma Yin. Ma Yin was so happy that he ordered Yao Yanzhang to station in Shaozhou to frighten the Meishan barbarians. However, Ma Yin was not happy for long, and received bad news again. Gao Jixing of Jingnan intercepted his attack again.

The tribute team was sent. At the same time, troops were sent to sneak attack Lizhou, killing and wounding 5,000 soldiers and civilians.

Gao Jixing has occupied Jingnan for more than ten years. Under his careful management, the Jingnan area has begun to stabilize, and the soldiers and civilians live and work in peace and contentment. However, Gao Jixing is also a very ambitious man. He has been secretly preparing to find opportunities to break away from Zhu Liang and expand his territory at the same time.

. He originally wanted to take advantage of the Shu Kingdom, but he failed to steal the chicken and lost the rice. He was defeated in Kuizhou and returned.

After Gao Jixing returned from the defeat in Kuizhou, he vigorously expanded the outer walls of Jiangling and expanded its city. Then he claimed that he would help Liang conquer Jin and sent troops to attack Xiangzhou, but was defeated by Kong Chi, the military governor of Liangshan South East Road. From then on,

Jingnan no longer paid tribute to Liang.

After Zhu Wen's death, Gao Jixing did not take Zhu Liang seriously. Although Zhu Youzhen was nominally Gao Jixing's master, Gao Jixing did not regard Zhu Youzhen as a dish at all, and began to do his own thing, ignoring Zhu Liang.

At that time, Zhu Youzhen was busy dealing with the Jin army in the north and had no time to take care of Jingnan, so he adopted a favorable policy towards him. In the first year of Zhenming, Zhu Youning named Gao Jixing the King of Bohai and gave Gun a crown sword. Only then did Gao Jixing resume his tribute to Zhu Liang.

.

Of course Gao Jixing was also afraid that Zhu Liang would cause trouble for him, so he made friends with Shu and Wu, and at the same time recognized Zhu Liang, Shu, and Wu as suzerain states. In order to increase his income, Gao Jixing would rob merchants passing through Jingnan at every turn.

Envoys from Chu, Fujian and other southern feudal towns who paid tribute to Zhu Liang were robbed. Because of his capriciousness, he was called "Gao Laizi".

Ma Yin was quite dissatisfied and disgusted with Gao Jixing. However, since Gao Jixing was Zhu Liang's vassal town, Ma Yin did not do anything to him. This time Gao Jixing succeeded in the sneak attack and killed so many people, Ma Yin could no longer tolerate it.

.So Ma Yin decided to give Gao Jixing a heavy blow and let him know that the consequences of irritating him would be serious.

In May of the fifth year of Zhengming (919), Ma Yin, after discussing with Gao Yu, appointed Xu Dexun as the commander-in-chief of the navy and Wang Huan as the deputy commander. He led 30,000 navy troops to attack Jingnan on a large scale. At the same time, he appointed Ma Bin as the commander-in-chief.

Ma Xizhen served as deputy commander and led an army of 30,000 troops to attack Jiangling from the land. Ma Yin showed an attitude of never giving up until Jingnan was destroyed.

Gao Jixing knew very well that with his own strength and a head-on confrontation with the Chu army, the Jingnan army was definitely no match. So Gao Jixing sent Ni Kefu to lead the navy to fight against the Chu navy, and Bao Tang to fight against Ma Bin. At the same time, he also asked for help from his newly attached master Wu Guo.

.As expected by Gao Jixing, the navy led by Ni Kefu and Xu Dexun's vanguard navy met in the Yangtze River.

Xu Dexun immediately led the main battleships to attack frontally, and asked Wang Huan to lead an elite battleship as a surprise force, suddenly coming out from the side. The Jingnan Navy was severely defeated. Xu Dexun sent his troops to attack Jiangling City. This was his

The third army came to Jiangling. At the same time, Ma Bin, who was on the land route, also defeated Bao Tang in Jingnan, and Bao Tang fled to Fuzhou. Ma Bin and Xu Dexun joined forces at the foot of Jiangling City.

Xu Wen of the State of Wu received a letter from Gao Jixing and immediately divided his troops into two groups for reinforcements. They attacked by land along the way. The commander was Liu Xin, the governor of the Zhennan Army who had just made military exploits in Qianzhou. Liu Xin led Fu, Xin, and Hong

, soldiers from the four prefectures of Jilin attacked Liuyang, threatened Tanzhou, and broke the siege of Jingnan.

The other Wu army, led by Li Jian, the military commander of the Wuchang Army, marched into Fuzhou City and captured Bao Tang, the newly appointed governor of Jingnan, because he failed to block the Chu army's land attack. After occupying Fuzhou,

Wu Jun prepared to cut off Xu Dexun's navy's retreat.

At the same time, Liu Xin's military prowess in the Battle of Qianzhou made the surrounding vassal towns extremely fearful. When Liu Xin's troops came to Liuyang, Ma Yin was shocked. On the one hand, Ma Yin sent Yao Yanzhang to lead his army to garrison Liuyang, and on the other hand, he ordered Xu Dexun

He and Ma Bin withdrew their troops, returned to Tanzhou, and attacked Liu Xin together. As for Gao Jixing, he couldn't run away anyway. This time he had already caused heavy damage to the Jingnan army, so I forgive him that he would not dare to do evil in the short term. I will teach him a lesson when I have the opportunity in the future.

, not far anyway.

The Chu army's waterway troops quickly withdrew from Jingnan and gathered in Liuyang to defend Liu Xin's attack with heavy troops. When Liu Xin learned that, she was also a little scared. After all, the Wu army had been defeated here before, and she didn't want to repeat the same mistake. At the same time, the Chu army wanted to leave Jing.

Withdrawing from Jingnan, his purpose of rescuing Jingnan has been achieved, and there is really no need to add any unnecessary fuss. If he is defeated, all his previous efforts will be wasted. Liu Xin gave up when he saw good things, withdrew his troops and returned to the state of Wu.

Xu Wen first occupied Qianzhou and now rescued Jingnan, so his prestige was even greater, so he wanted to promote Wu King Yang Yanlong as the emperor. Just after Xu Zhigao succeeded Xu Zhixun, he went against Xu Zhixun's approach and served the King of Wu with special respect. He was very humble when meeting the scholar-bureaucrats.

, controls everyone with tolerance, and restrains himself with frugality. He visits talented people, accepts advice, eradicates cunning, and avoids asking for help.

Therefore, the people naturally turned to him, and even the senior generals and strong brave men were all convinced. Before this, the state of Wu levied Dingkou money and had to pay according to the number of acres of farmed land. As a result, the money was heavy and the material was light.

Feeling very distressed, Song Qiqiu advised Xu Zhigao, saying: "Money cannot be obtained by cultivating mulberry trees. Now asking the people to pay is to let the people abandon the good and chase the weak. Please exempt the Dingkou money, and the rest of the tax will be paid."

It is equivalent to the payment of grain and silk. Each piece of fine silk worth one thousand yuan can be used as tax money of three thousand yuan."

Someone said: "If this continues, the court will lose hundreds of millions of money every year." Song Qiqiu said: "How can the people be rich while the country is still poor?" Xu Zhigao listened to Song Qiqiu's opinion. From then on,

All the open land in the rivers and Huaihe Rivers was reclaimed and planted with mulberry trees, making the country rich.

Xu Zhigao planned to reuse Song Qiqiu, but was opposed by Xu Wen. Xu Zhigao promoted Song Qiqiu to the position of palace commander and military judge. Xu Zhigao took Song Qiqiu to Shuiting for secret talks every night, often in the middle of the night. Sometimes in the evening

In the palace, the barrier was removed, a stove was placed, they sat facing each other, without speaking, they used iron rods to write on the ashes, and then erased the words with a spoon. Outsiders could not know what they were planning.

Xu Wen's counselor Yan Keqiu suspected that Xu Zhigao had great ambitions, and often said to Xu Wen: "Zhigao is not your biological son, but he promotes talented corporals and wins over people. If he is not eliminated soon, it will be a trouble in the future!" Xu Wen!

Yan Keqiu refused to comply. Yan Keqiu also persuaded Xu Wen to make his second son Xu Zhixun take charge of internal affairs, but Xu Wen refused. After Xu Zhigao learned about this, he hated Yan Keqiu very much. Later Xu Zhigao found an opportunity to send Yan Keqiu to Yan Keqiu.

He asked for a transfer to be the governor of Chuzhou and drove him out of Yangzhou.

Yan Keqiu didn't care, because he had a better way. He was ordered to leave Yangzhou, but instead of going to Chuzhou, he went to Jinling to find Xu Wen. He said to Xu Wen: "The death of the Tang Dynasty has already begun.

It has been twelve years, but we still have not changed our reign name. It can be said that we have not betrayed the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, when we conquered the four directions and established the foundation, we also did it in the name of reviving the Tang Dynasty. But now the Liang and Jin troops are fighting on the bank of the Yellow River.

Liang's troops suffered repeated defeats. The Zhu family is declining, while the Li family is becoming more and more prosperous. Once the Li family takes over the world, can we face the north and submit to him? Why don't we establish the state of Wu now to comply with public opinion."

Although Xu Wen had great power at that time, his position was only that of a military governor. Yan Keqiu knew that he was not satisfied, so he persuaded him to support Yang Longyan and establish the Kingdom of Wu as the emperor. In this way, Xu Wen's position could be improved.

As soon as Yan Keqiu came up with this plan, Xu Wen was really happy. Xu Wen kept Yan Keqiu with him and refused to let him go to Chuzhou. He asked him to draw up the etiquette for establishing the Wu Kingdom. Xu Zhigao was unable to fight against Yan Keqiu.

So he changed his strategy and married his daughter to Yan Keqiu's son Yan Xu in an attempt to win over Yan.

At this time, Liu Yan, who had already proclaimed himself emperor, sent Liu Tang, the provincial envoy, to the State of Wu. The envoy told King Wu that he had proclaimed himself emperor and persuaded King Wu to also proclaim himself emperor, but Yang Longyan did not agree. But he said this

No, it doesn’t count, it’s Xu Wen’s decision. After Xu Wen learned about it, he became more determined to let King Wu become emperor.
Chapter completed!