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Chapter 66 Wuyue Army Defeats Jianzhou

Time is consumed day by day, and this consumption is naturally not a problem for Wang Yanzheng, who is sticking to Jianzhou. It is a very painful thing for Yang Renquan, who is stationed outside Jianzhou City. Because there is no supply of food and grass, the Wu Yue army will starve to death sooner or later!

In May of the second year of Yonglong, the Wu Yue army was exhausted. Wang Yanzheng naturally would not let go of this excellent opportunity. He immediately led the Jianzhou defenders out of the city gate and launched an attack on the Wu Yue army outside the city. The Wu Yue army, who had not eaten for many days, had no combat power at all. The only thing all the Wu Yue soldiers, including the head coach Yang Renquan, could do was to escape with all their might, and run as far as they could!

There was no suspense in this battle. The Jianzhou army killed outside Jianzhou City and captured more than 10,000 Wuyue soldiers. The commander Yang Renquan was lucky and fled back to Wuyue! A war between brothers and brothers shared the same hatred of the enemy and jointly ended with the victory of the Fujian Kingdom. The Wuyue army rushed over and fled in shame. Wang Yanzheng saved Jianzhou, and Wang Yanxi defeated Wuyue, and both sides were very happy.

Such a major incident occurred in Fujian. As the largest neighbor of the Fujian Kingdom, the Southern Tang Dynasty also began to take action. After Xu Zhigao, the former powerful minister of the Wu Kingdom, he changed the country's name to Tang, which was known in history as the Southern Tang Dynasty. He also changed his name to Li Sheng, claiming to be a descendant of Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty. Among the entire Jiangnan countries, Li Sheng's Southern Tang Dynasty had the vastest land area and the strongest military strength. But he was not a fanatic in the war. Li Sheng's strategy of governing the country was to "protect the country and safe the people."

Even when facing the weaker small countries such as Wu Yue, Fujian, and Chu, Li Sheng did not bully the weak. His policy was very clear: accumulate strength and look at the future. The small countries in the south did not have to waste their energy to conquer, and wait for the changes in the Central Plains dynasty to occupy the Central Plains. If the Central Plains occupy it, those small southern countries would naturally surrender.

The internal struggle between the brothers of King Yanxi of Fujian and Wang Yanzheng was originally an excellent opportunity for the Southern Tang to take the opportunity to annex the State of Min, but Li Sheng made a strange move. Li Sheng sent the provincial envoy Shang Quangong to Fuzhou City, as a neighbor and mediator, and asked Wang Yanxi and Wang Yanzheng to end the internal struggle and live in peace. The Southern Tang was not the suzerain state of the State of Min, and the State of Min had never paid tribute to the Southern Tang.

At this time, the Southern Tang did not take advantage of the situation, and it was a perfect end to be righteous. Now he took the initiative to mediate. Li Sheng was indeed a model of peace in the Five Dynasties period. Under Li Sheng's mediation, the brothers Wang Yanxi and Wang Yanzheng were both calmed down for a while. On the one hand, the military strength of the Southern Tang was in front of him, annoyed Li Sheng, and no one was able to get good results. On the other hand, after nearly a year of desperate internal struggles and bloody killings, both sides suffered heavy casualties, and they urgently needed peace time to get a chance to breathe.

In July of the second year of Yonglong, Wang Yanzheng took the lead in responding to the mediation and mediation of the Southern Tang Kingdom, and sent a general and a female slave to Fuzhou City with an affidavit. He officially announced that he would end the war with Wang Yanxi, live in peace, and hold a formal alliance ceremony in Xuanling. Wang Yanxi also responded to his younger brother Wang Yanzheng's proactive affection. Since his younger brother had already admitted his mistakes and apologized, we would live in peace for the time being.

Therefore, one year after Wang Yanxi ascended the throne, the State of Min returned to peace and peace again! At the same time, all kinds of good news also came to the State of Min and Wang Yanxi. Zheng Yuanbi, the Minister of Rites, who had disappeared for a year, finally came from the Central Plains Dynasty.

Return to his hometown of Fujian.

In February of the fourth year of Tongwen, Zheng Yuanbi was ordered by Wang Jipeng to go on a diplomatic mission to the Later Jin Dynasty. His main task was to inform the Later Jin Emperor Shi Jingtang that Wang Jipeng had already become the emperor in Fujian, so there will be an equal relationship between the Fujian Kingdom and the Later Jin Dynasty in the future, and there will be no so-called vassal relationship between the two countries. This is definitely a life-and-death diplomatic task. In the diplomatic documents submitted to Shi Jingtang, Wang Jipeng was extremely arrogant and arrogant.

Among them are the arrogant and fierce words such as "As soon as the Fujian Kingdom has been prosperous, it has been prosperous for a long time. It has seen the frequent shifts of the imperial throne of the North Chen, causing the sails of the East China Sea to be blocked." This is to say: The prosperity of the Fujian Kingdom has lasted for decades, and over the years, the emperors of your northern Central Plains dynasty have changed countless positions, which has led to the hindrance of our tribute ships, so we will no longer pay tribute, and we will have an equal relationship with each other in the future.

Shi Jingtang was extremely servile and cowardly and shameless in front of the Khitan, but he was the emperor of the Central Plains dynasty. A small Fujian country dared to be so bold and unrestrained, which made Shi Jingtang furious. So Zheng Yuanbi, as a diplomatic envoy, suffered a great disaster and went directly to prison!

Soon, Shi Jingtang summoned Zheng Yuanbi to find out why Wang Jipeng was so arrogant and rude. Zheng Yuanbi was not afraid and said generously: "Wang Jipeng is a barbarian king. He does not know etiquette. He is not happy to be good at his good words, and is not angry to be angry. Your Majesty has shown great promises. He has come from far away and is not ruthless. He is willing to subdue his axe to redeem Chang's crimes." Although Zheng Yuanbi was very dissatisfied with Wang Jipeng, he was still loyal to the State of Min and was willing to redeem the crimes of King Jipeng by his death. Shi Jingtang was moved by Zheng Yuanbi's words, so he rewarded Zheng Yuanbi and let him return to his country.

In July of the second year of Yonglong, Zheng Yuanbi returned to his hometown. However, the original emperor Wang Jipeng had been killed, and the new emperor became Wang Yanxi. Wang Yanxi attached great importance to the diplomatic talent of the Fujian Kingdom and immediately appointed Zheng Yuanbi as a counselor. In November of the second year of Yonglong, the Later Jin Dynasty also expressed a positive response to Wang Yanxi's initiative to pay tribute! Although Wang Yanxi was also a bastard, he was very smart in diplomacy, not as arrogant and arrogant as Wang Jipeng.

The Later Jin was the leader of the martial arts world that must be in the Fujian Kingdom. No matter how Wang Yanxi became the emperor in the Fujian Kingdom, he had to pretend to be a son in front of the Later Jin Kingdom. This low attitude made Emperor Shi Jingtang very satisfied with the Later Jin Emperor. So Shi Jingtang appointed Wang Yanxi as the governor of the mighty army, as well as the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and the King of Fujian.

During the six months when Wang Yanxi and Wang Yanzheng ceased the war, the State of Min was very peaceful and peaceful. Of course, this was the most peaceful and peaceful period before the demise of the State of Min, but the time was a little short, only half a year. Half a year later, the State of Min fell into a state of chaos again. The one who took the initiative to raise trouble was both Wang Yanzheng and Wang Yanxi.

When he sent General Ya and the female slaves to Fuzhou City to announce an alliance with Wang Yanxi and lived in peace, Wang Yanzheng really wanted to enjoy a peaceful and peaceful life. After all, no one could stand the war. But soon, Wang Yanzheng discovered that his brother Wang Yanxi did not seem to be planning to truly form an alliance with him. Because shortly after the two sides formed an alliance, Wang Yanxi couldn't wait to carry out civil engineering projects in the west of Fuzhou City to strengthen the city wall defense in the west of Fuzhou City.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Wang Yanxi was still full of vigilance and suspicion towards Wang Yanzheng and the Jianzhou Army. Even if he formed an alliance, he was still worried. He was so worried about Wang Yanxi's such a thing.

Wang Yanzheng naturally sneered at the unreasonable suspicion and suspicion. His response method is also very simple, tooth for tooth and eye for eye. If you do the first day of the lunar month, I will do the fifteenth day of the lunar month.

So Wang Yanzheng also built a large-scale construction project in Jianzhou. His project content was not only limited to reinforcement, but also included expansion. The scale of Jianzhou City was expanded under the leadership of Wang Yanzheng, and the surrounding area of ​​the new Jianzhou was more than 20 miles long.

In the first month of the third year of Yonglong, Wang Yanzheng wrote a letter to Wang Yanxi, asking him to be appointed as the governor of the Weiwu Army. The governor of the Weiwu Army was the earliest title obtained by Wang Chao, the pioneer of the founding of the Wang family. It was usually only the highest official of the Fujian State. Later, Wang Shenzhi, Wang Yanhan, Wang Yanjun, Wang Jipeng and others all served as the governor of the Weiwu Army.

Wang Yanzheng's move was quite deliberately sought faults, and it was provocative, which threatened Wang Yanxi to give in and give in. Of course, Wang Yanxi would not pay attention to Wang Yanzheng's unreasonable request, but he still had to give Wang Yanzheng necessary rewards. Wang Yanxi's reply was: Rebuild Zhoucheng into Zhen'an Army, and grant Wang Yanzheng the Jiedushi of Zhen'an Army, and granted Fusha King.

Wang Yanzheng was also very cute, and all the rewards from his brother Wang Yanxi were accepted. However, Wang Yanzheng said that he had no momentum or majesty. During this chaotic and chaotic period, only force could solve the problem, so the Zhen'an army should be changed to the Zhenwu Army. Wang Yanzheng arbitrarily changed the Zhen'an army enthroned by Wang Yanxi into the Zhenwu Army, and called himself the governor of the Zhenwu Army.

Wang Yanxi was helpless and speechless about Wang Yanzheng's behavior of changing his name without authorization. It was just a name, and Wang Yanxi was too lazy to fight with Wang Yanzheng for whoever was right and who was wrong. His provocative response to Wang Yanzheng's provocative response was: increase intelligence work and pay close attention to Wang Yanzheng's every move!

In April of the third year of Yonglong, Wang Yanxi began to make a move. He sent general Xu Renqin to lead 3,000 elite troops and suddenly descended to Tingzhou. Xu Renqin arrested Tingzhou Governor Wang Yanxi and brought it back to Fuzhou City. Wang Yanxi was one of Wang Yanxi's elder brothers. Among Wang Shenzhi's eight sons, the dead Wang Yanhan, Wang Yanjun, Wang Yanwu, and Wang Yanwang were all left.

Wang Yanxi has worked in Tingzhou for a long time and is relatively low-key. He does not participate in the court struggles in Fujian. He is a person who is easy to ignore his existence. However, Wang Yanxi's intelligence work is very meticulous, especially a person who is easy to ignore. Wang Yanxi will pay special attention to it.

According to Wang Yanxi's subordinates, Wang Yanxi may have had dates with Wang Yanzheng and there was a suspicion of colluding with Wang Yanzheng to engage in conspiracy. Since there was a suspicion, the potential risks would naturally be strangled into the cradle. So Wang Yanxi was in trouble and was arrested in Fuzhou City, sent to prison, waiting for trial.

In June of the third year of Yonglong, Wang Yanxi made another amazing move. He recalled his nephew Wang Jiye, the important hero who helped him ascend the throne, to Fuzhou, and suddenly sentenced Wang Jiye to death outside Fuzhou City. Wang Jiye was the third generation leader of the Wang family after Wang Renda. He helped Wang Yanxi kill Wang Jipeng and became a royal general trusted by Wang Yanxi, and was named the governor of Quanzhou.

In April of the first year of Yonglong, Wang Jiye was appointed as the commander of the Xingying Commander, joined forces with the Jianzhou army to fight against the enemy, and successfully repelled the invasion of the Wu Yue army!
Chapter completed!
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