Wang Kui dared not disobey Chai Rong's edict. In the first month of the third year of Xiande, Wang Kui led his troops from Langzhou to march towards Ezhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty. This was originally an extremely ordinary expedition. Wang Kui was just supporting and cooperating with the Later Zhou army, not the dominant party of the war. As long as he appeared symbolically in Ezhou and had a few small-scale battles symbolically.

However, before the Wuping army entered the Southern Tang Dynasty, an accident occurred. Wang Kui had to pass by Yuezhou when he entered Ezhou. The Yuezhou regiment training envoy was Pan Shusi, one of the ten brothers in Langzhou. Pan Shusi was the most good at fighting and brave among the ten brothers in Langzhou.

During the internal strife of the Wuping Army, Pan Shusi always stood on Wang Kui's side, loyally supported Wang Kui, and made military achievements for Wang Kui to replace Liu Yan, so he was named the Yuezhou regiment envoy by Wang Kui. Wang Kui passed by Yuezhou, and Pan Shusi of course had to entertain warmly. Pan Shusi immediately presented generous gifts and prepared a sumptuous banquet to entertain Wang Kui and others, with a very respectful and humble attitude. Pan Shusi's approach was very appropriate and appropriate, but the problem lies with Wang Kui.

Since becoming the governor of the Wuping Army, Wang Kui has become increasingly arrogant and arrogant, and even his followers are greedy and do whatever they want. They use Wang Kui's name to pretend to be powerful, extortion and bribery everywhere.

After arriving in Yuezhou, although the food and drink were well arranged, the entourages had too much appetite and actually asked Pan Shusi for a huge bribe. Although Pan Shusi was a team trainee, he was not a wealthy man, so he flatly refused these bribes. Refusing to bribes was very serious.

Wang Kui's followers were naturally furious when they saw that Pan Shusi refused to bribe. They all spread rumors in front of Wang Kui and said bad things about Pan Shusi. So Wang Kui was extremely dissatisfied with Pan Shusi and scolded him. After Wang Kui led his army to leave Yuezhou and attacked Ezhou, Pan Shusi raised his troops to rebel and led his army to attack Wang Kui's old nest Langzhou. At this time, Wang Kui was fighting with the Southern Tang army in Ezhou.

Wang Kui had just captured the Changshan Village of Ezhou and captured the garrison Chen Ze. Before he could ask Chai Rong for credit, he got bad news that Pan Shusi attacked Langzhou. Wuping's army had an internal conspiracy, and Wang Kui no longer had the intention to fight with the Southern Tang Dynasty. He immediately led a light boat and returned to Langzhou at night. When Wang Kui returned to Langzhou, Langzhou had been captured by Pan Shusi. Pan Shusi's army, who was welcoming him, fought fiercely outside Langzhou City.

Wang Kui never took Pan Shusi's rebellion seriously and thought that he could easily quell Pan Shusi. Wang Kui made a serious mistake and did not order other prefectures and counties in Hunan to send troops. He planned to settle Pan Shusi by himself. However, Pan Shusi was waiting for the hard work, but Wang Kui was exhausted. After a big battle, Pan Shusi defeated Wang Kui and killed Wang Kui in the chaos.

Wang Kui was the governor of Wuping Army. Once Wang Kui died, Hunan naturally had no leader. Generals under Pan Shusi persuaded Pan Shusi to occupy Langzhou and seize the position of governor of Wuping Army. Since he chose to rebel, he must rebel to the end and completely seize the military and political power of Hunan. Otherwise, why are the rebellions? The suggestions of the generals are normal. Whoever kills Wang Kui will replace Wang Kui's position.

But at the critical moment, Pan Shusi had a problem with his thoughts. Pan Shusi thought that Langzhou was not good. At this time, he became the governor of the Wuping Army and would become a leader and would easily be killed by others. He said to his generals: "We raised an army to rebel against Wang Kui, mainly to save our lives. How can we do this?

Dare to call myself king. We should support Zhou Xingfeng from Changsha as the governor of Wuping Army. I think Zhou Xingfeng will definitely take the initiative to enthrone me as the governor of Wu'an Army!"

Pan Shusi’s real idea was to hide behind the scenes and support Zhou Xingfeng as the governor of Wuping Army. Then let Zhou Xingfeng repay his kindness and then enthrone himself as the governor of Wu'an Army. How to use this idea on ordinary people may succeed. But if it is used on Zhou Xingfeng, then Pan Shusi’s possibility of success will be greatly reduced.

Pan Shusi led his troops back to Yuezhou and ordered the regiment training judge Li Jian to lead the generals and officials of Langzhou to welcome Zhou Xingfeng to Langzhou and act as the affairs of the Wuping Military Office. As Wang Kui's loyal assistant and subordinate, Zhou Xingfeng was naturally very sad about Wang Kui's sudden murder. He once planned to send troops to attack Pan Shusi and avenge Wang Kui.

But the development of the matter was unexpected that Zhou Xingfeng was actually recommended by Pan Shusi as the governor of Wuping Army. What kind of conspiracy Pan Shusi wanted to do? After all, Zhou Xingfeng was a wise man, so he quickly guessed Pan Shusi's plan. The opportunity to dominate Hunan was in front of him. Zhou Xingfeng did not refuse and soon entered Langzhou, claiming that he had stayed in Wuping Army and started a new job.

At this moment, someone suggested that Zhou Xingfeng say, "Pan Shusi worked hard and made great contributions. Without his rebellion, there would be no you. Therefore, we should reward Pan Shusi as the governor of Wu'an Army and be responsible for managing Changsha." After hearing this, Zhou Xingfeng sneered slightly: "Pan Shusi killed the commander, and was originally killed by the crime. He seized Langzhou without taking possession without authorization, so I gave it to me to manage it, so I forgive him. But if he was asked to be the governor of Wu'an Army at this time, others would mistakenly think that I instructed him to kill Wang Kui!"

Zhou Xingfeng did not agree to appoint Pan Shusi as the governor, but in order to appease Pan Shusi and prevent Pan Shusi from causing trouble, Zhou Xingfeng still made concessions and appointed Pan Shusi as the Sima of the Wuping Army, second only to the governor. Pan Shusi was very dissatisfied with this. He worked hard and risked his life to rebel, but he did not even get a single governor. Pan Shusi was extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Xingfeng, thinking that I could push you to the throne and could still pull you off.

Pan Shusi refused to accept Zhou Xingfeng's appointment and pretended to be sick and refused to take office.

Zhou Xingfeng was very annoyed when he heard this. He was shameless and wanted to do a trick of rebellion, so don’t blame me for being rude. Of course, how to deal with Pan Shusi, Zhou Xingfeng naturally had to formulate corresponding strategies.

Since Pan Shusi's army can defeat Wang Kui, it means that his combat effectiveness is not weak. If he attacks with force, he will only suffer both losses, so he can only take his wits. After some discussion, Zhou Xingfeng and his subordinates decided to use the position of Wu'an Army as bait to lure Pan Shusi to Langzhou. As long as Pan Shusi enters Langzhou, he will become fish on the chopping board and can only be slaughtered.

Faced with Pan Shusi's pretending to be sick, Zhou Xingfeng seemed helpless and decided to compromise, and took back the appointment of Pan Shusi's army Sima, and changed his appointment to Pan Shusi as the governor of Wu'an Army, which completely met Pan Shusi's request. As the new governor of Wu'an Army, Zhou Xingfeng asked Pan Shusi to personally accept the appointment, which was reasonable.

Pan Shusi was very happy and finally got the coveted governor. He was rich and powerful, and his power and money were right in front of him. Pan Shusi couldn't wait to set off and head to Langzhou. But before leaving, a confidant general reminded Pan Shusi: This trip to Langzhou is very likely to be arranged by Zhou Xingfeng.

It is recommended not to go to the Hongmen Banquet. Thinking of the previous outcome of Liu Yan, He Jingzhen, Zhu Quanxiu and Zhang Fang, the reminder from this confidant general is very reasonable.

But Pan Shusi thought he was good brothers with Zhou Xingfeng for many years, and he was blinded by the title of Wu'an Army Jiedushi and did not listen to any suggestions. He set out on his journey to Langzhou without hesitation. Pan Shusi had just entered Langzhou and was warmly received by Zhou Xingfeng. Zhou Xingfeng sent an envoy to welcome Pan Shusi along the way, and everything made Pan Shusi feel very comfortable and happy.

Pan Shusi came to the outskirts of Langzhou City. Zhou Xingfeng went out of the city to greet him. He was brothers and brothers with Pan Shusi. He was very intimate, which made Pan Shusi feel the care of his relatives. He no longer had any hesitation or suspicion. Pan Shusi quickly followed Zhou Xingfeng into the city and came to the Jiedushi's mansion.

When Pan Shusi just entered the mansion, Zhou Xingfeng suddenly changed his face and ordered the guards to capture Pan Shusi on the spot. He shouted angrily in front of Pan Shusi: "You were originally from a small school and had no great achievements. Wang Kui promoted you to the regiment training envoy, but you killed him instead. I considered the past love, forgive you, and appointed you as the marching Sima, but you actually disobeyed!" At this point, Pan Shusi suddenly realized that he had fallen into Zhou Xingfeng's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

With Zhou Xingfeng's character, he would definitely not let Pan Shusi go. Pan Shusi knew that he could not escape death, so he simply gave up his hope of survival and asked Zhou Xingfeng to let his family go. Pan Shusi was beheaded by Zhou Xingfeng immediately, and the internal strife in the Wuping Army in Hunan was declared to end. The brothers in Langzhou, who were as close as brothers in the past, finally fell apart and split.

In the face of the huge temptation of power and money, the so-called brotherly relationship cannot withstand any test at all. In order to fight for power and profit, everyone frequently struggled and quarreled. The final result was that He Jingzhen, Zhu Quanxiu, Zhang Fang, Wang Kui, and Pan Shusi were killed one after another and withdrew from the historical stage. Man Gongyi, Peng Wanhe and Yuwen Qiong, had a low status among the ten brothers in Langzhou, with low prestige and qualifications, and had always been unknown.

Among the Langzhou brothers, only Zhou Xingfeng and Zhang Wenbiao were the ones who survived and had great influence. After killing Pan Shusi, Zhou Xingfeng quickly reported the situation of Wuping's army to Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty. Chai Rong's attack on the Southern Tang was relatively smooth at this time, with more victory and less loss. In just half a year, he had occupied most of the territory of Huainan.

Chai Rong chose a default attitude towards the struggle within the Wuping Army. Because this melee within the vassal states was no distinction between justice and evil, and followed the law of the strong and strong. The final winner, of course, is the recognized winner.

In July of the third year of Xiande, Chai Rong officially appointed Zhou Xingfeng as the governor of the Wuping Army, and at the same time, he established Wu'anjingjiang and other governors. Since the fall of the Chu State of the Ma family, Zhou Xingfeng became the new master of Hunan.

Since Ma Xifan's death, there have been six rulers in Hunan, and none of them have been in power for more than three years, most of them have not had a good end. Ma Xiguang died in brothers' internal struggle, Ma Xi'e and Ma Xichong became the devastated people, and Bian Hao was expelled from Hunan. Liu Yan was killed by Wang Kui, Wang Kui was killed by Pan Shusi, and Pan Shusi was killed by Zhou Xingfeng.

The seat of the supreme ruler in Hunan is like a magic chair full of dangers, but it may be killed by later generations at any time. Zhou Xingfeng is the seventh place. He does not want to follow the footsteps of the six brothers in front of him. He wants to break the curse that he has been in power for less than three years and he wants to rule Hunan for a long time.
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