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Chapter 77 The Southern Tang Dynasty defeated Jianzhou City

Since there were no reinforcements, the situation was naturally even more unfavorable for Zhu Wenjin and Lian's reunion. Fuzhou City was surrounded and subjected to fierce attacks. Without external forces to help, it was only a matter of time to break the city. The battlefield situation was very beneficial to Wang Yanzheng, and Fuzhou's breakthrough seemed to be right in front of him.

This beautiful scene emerged in front of Wang Yanzheng: With decades of persistent hard work, the Fujian country will be unified again, peace is achieved, and the country will once again become prosperous. If no unexpected situation occurs, it is a foregone conclusion that Wang Yanzheng unifies Fujian and Fujian will become peaceful. As for whether it can prosper, it is hard to say.

Because during the extraordinary period when Wang Yanzheng and Zhu Wenjin fought to the death, a powerful neighbor of the Min Kingdom was closely following the situation in the Min Kingdom like "a mantis stalks a cicada, and an oriole is behind". This neighbor is the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Southern Tang Dynasty could not wait to launch an attack on the Min Kingdom.

After Li Jing, the Southern Tang emperor, who had a literary talent higher than the talent of governing the country, did not remember his father Li Sheng's legacy very well after ascending the throne, but instead valued like-minded literati such as Chen Jue, Wei Cen, Cha Wenhui, Feng Yanlu, and Feng Yanyi. Under the indulgence of Li Jing, these five people gradually controlled the government affairs of the Southern Tang Dynasty, causing chaos in the court, and were called "Five Ghosts of the Southern Tang Dynasty" by the Southern Tang people.

In addition to controlling the government, the Five Ghosts also have the characteristics of being arrogant, very happy to be successful, and seeking fame. They often instigated Li Jing to expand their territory and glorify their ancestors. Under the persuasion of the Five Ghosts, Li Jing was moved and decided to launch a war against the weak neighbors around him. The Fujian Kingdom, with constant civil strife, became Li Jing's first prey.

When Zhu Wenjin sent an envoy to request assistance, Li Jing planned to send troops to the State of Min, preparing to rob him by fire. He took Wang Yanzheng and Zhu Wenjin into a row and annexed the entire State of Min. However, the emergence of the plague in the Southern Tang Dynasty forced Li Jing to slow down the pace of attacking the State of Min. Half a year later, the plague ended, and Li Jing finally sent troops to attack the State of Min.

In December of the second year of Tiande, Li Jing appointed Cha Wenhui, deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor, one of the five ghosts, as the commander, the Hanlin Sei-senior Zang Xun as the counselor, and the Du Yuhou of Hongzhou Yingtun, Bian Hao, was the leader of the army, to recruit the Du Yuhou of the various troops, and to march into the Fujian Kingdom, with the main target of the advance, the King of Jianzhou of Yin Kingdom.

Cha Wenhui was from Xiuning, Shezhou. He was hardworking and studious since childhood. He handwritten hundreds of volumes of classics and history. When he grew up, he was even more arrogant and fond of heroes. When he heard about others, he would help him. After Li Sheng established the Southern Tang Dynasty, Cha Wenhui was highly valued and served as the Censor of the Supervisory Censor. After Li Jing ascended the throne, Cha Wenhui became a regent doctor, a clerk of the Central Secretariat, and a deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and became a figure with both civil and military affairs in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Cha Wenhui had a high literary attainment, was also very interested in military affairs, and was very popular. In the civil unrest in Fujian, he actively encouraged Li Jing to send troops, which was a fanatical expansionist. But unfortunately, Cha Wenhui only had the interest in war and had no ability to war. He was actually a scholar who talked about war on paper and was useless, and was destined to become a tragic figure in the foreign war in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Zang Xun was a subordinate and fellow villager of Cha Wenhui. He worked as a businessman when he was a young man. He often went to and from Fujian and claimed that he was very familiar with the mountains, rivers and rivers of Fujian. Cha Wenhui asked to send troops to Fujian. Zang Xun immediately recommended himself and asked to act as the pioneer of Cha Wenhui.

Zang Xun and Cha Wenhui are basically all the same guys, both of whom are arrogant and arrogant. Wang Yanzheng and Zhu Wenjin are disdainful of them. Fortunately, Nan

There was also an authentic military commander in the Tang Dynasty, Bianhao. Bianhao was from Shengzhou and was once the Tongshu Sheren of Li Sheng, and was known for his Tongmin.

In the third year of Yonglong, Bian Hao served as a military supervisor and successfully suppressed the uprising army of Zhang Yuxian of the Southern Han Dynasty in Qianzhou. As a result, Bian Hao joined the ranks of famous generals in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

The two scholars, a practical general, this lineup should be said to be a bit unsatisfactory. However, it seems to be enough to deal with the already chaotic Min Kingdom! As the former army, Cha Wenhui and Zang Xun took the lead in entering Jianzhou. In the early stages of the march, the progress was very smooth. The people of Jianzhou in Yin Kingdom have been living in dire straits. In order to help Wang Yanzheng increase the treasury income, Yang Sigong has exploited the people of Jianzhou to the point of suffering. Everyone really hopes that Jianzhou can change a master.

The Southern Tang army led by Cha Wenhui and Zang Xun entered Jianzhou. The people of Jianzhou cut down wood and opened the way, and welcomed the arrival of the Southern Tang army. This scene made Cha Wenhui and Zang Xun very happy. They thought that perhaps it would be possible to easily destroy the Fujian Kingdom without spending one soldier, expand the territory and achieve endless military achievements, and wave to them.

Whenever this very joyful historical moment, unexpected situations always occur because Wang Yanzheng was still there. Cha Wenhui and Zang Xun soon heard news that was not conducive to the Southern Tang Dynasty: Liu Congxiao, Quanzhou, had already raised an army to surrender to Wang Yanzheng, Zhang and Ting, and Wang Yanzheng of Yin State had instantly controlled the four states of Fujian State and greatly increased his strength.

This news is naturally not good news for Cha Wenhui and Zang Xun. The two scholars finally revealed their weaknesses of serious lack of military combat experience, and were so scared that they dared not go deep into Jianzhou. Cha Wenhui stationed troops near Jianyang and did not dare to advance without authorization. Zang Xun retreated to Shaowu, waiting for the instructions of his superior Cha Wenhui.

Wang Yanzheng seemed very angry about the Southern Tang taking advantage of the situation to rob. Because he was about to realize his good wish to conquer Fuzhou City and unify the entire Fujian area, he suddenly appeared behind him uninvited enemies, which was extremely depressed.

Wang Yanzheng was very clear about the battle situation at this time: almost all of his troops were attacking Fuzhou City. The defense of Jianzhou City was very empty, and the military strength of the Southern Tang Dynasty was extremely strong. If the Southern Tang army that invaded Jianzhou was not repelled, the Jianzhou army that besieged Fuzhou would be unstable. If the Southern Tang conquered Jianzhou and could not conquer Fuzhou himself, it would be a disaster of national destruction. Therefore, he had to turn back and fight back and repel the Southern Tang army.

In a very unfavorable situation, Wang Yanzheng showed his strong military command ability and quickly appointed Zhang Hanqing, the governor of Yongzhou, to lead 8,000 troops to rescue Jianzhou. Zhang Hanqing's reinforcements made Cha Wenhui even more panicked and dared not act rashly.

Wang Yanzheng did not take the useless scholar Cha Wenhui seriously at all. He led the Jianzhou army to launch a counterattack, and charged, and defeated Cha Wenhui, who had lost his desire to win and lacked confidence in winning, so he hid in Jianyang City, and acted as a tent to defend himself. After defeating Cha Wenhui, Wang Yanzheng was not satisfied, and then pointed his target toward Zang Xun in Shaowu.

Zang Xun was in a bad mood. There were some subordinates of Wang Yanzheng in Shaowu City. They cooperated inside and outside to create chaos, which soon led the Jianzhou army to easily break through Shaowu City. Zang Xun may have lacked training and was not good at running away. He was directly captured and sent to Jianzhou City to behead and made public.

Wang Yanzheng used a beautiful return gun to repel the powerful Southern Tang army, which also proved the military strength that the Yin State in Jianzhou should not be underestimated. Southern Tang was

They will never give up. They can withstand small failures and setbacks. Li Jing and his Five Ghosts of the Southern Tang Dynasty are brewing new military invasion plans. At present, Jianzhou and Yin Kingdom have temporarily escaped from military threats.

While Wang Yanzheng repelled Cha Wenhui and Zang Xun, the Jianzhou army once again stepped up the siege of Fuzhou City. Wu Chengyi, the commander-in-chief who was responsible for commanding the Jianzhou army to siege Fuzhou City, was a very strategic general. The invasion of the Southern Tang army did not make Wu Chengyi panic. On the contrary, Wu Chengyi found a way to quickly break through Fuzhou City.

Although Zhu Wenjin and Lian had become lonely people who were betrayed by relatives, if the Jianzhou army wanted to break through the city with high walls, it would take time and suffer heavy casualties. The fortress was easiest to break from the inside. Wu Chengyi used the Southern Tang army's invasion of the Min Kingdom to find an effective propaganda weapon!

Wu Chengyi sent a spy in Fuzhou City to spread the news everywhere: The Southern Tang army was here to help the Jianzhou army fight against Zhu Wenjin and Lian again, and the army was about to come to Fuzhou City. You know what to do!

Fuzhou City has been besieged for a long time and the news is closed. Naturally, everyone does not know that the Southern Tang army actually invaded Jianzhou City, and has been repelled by Wang Yanzheng. More military and civilians are more willing to believe the news spread by Wu Chengyi: Wang Yanzheng has joined forces with Nan Tang to prepare to attack Fuzhou City.

The Southern Tang originally hated Zhu Wenjin and Lian's reunion, so it was understandable that the military and civilians of Fuzhou City were more willing to believe that the Southern Tang and Jianzhou Wang Yanzheng attacked Fuzhou City. Once the rumors were recognized and believed, the rumors would become real news. The military and civilians of Fuzhou City were all frightened and their faces changed drastically. Even Zhu Wenjin and Lian's reunion met two leaders of Fuzhou, who were frightened by this lie.

Without any external aid, there was panic and complaints from the inside. Zhu Wenjin was completely desperate and decided to settle the peace with Wang Yanzheng in exchange for a short respite. As for the surrender of Kaicheng, Zhu Wenjin was not so stupid. After surrendering, he was basically dead. Zhu Wenjin immediately sent Li Guangwei, the clerk of the State of Pingzhang, to Jianzhou City with the national seal and national treasure of the State of Min, and made a gesture of hope to make peace with Wang Yanzheng, hoping to live in peace with Wang Yanzheng and develop together.

Wang Yanzheng, who already has the advantage in the military, is very arrogant. He cannot compromise and peace talks are not allowed, unless the city gate is opened and the equipment is abandoned and surrendered. Wang Yanzheng does not want to give Zhu Wenjin any opportunity to take advantage of his mistakes. The blood hatred of more than 50 members of the Wang family is irreconcilable. He must fight for tooth and blood for blood. Zhu Wenjin has no choice but to stay in Fuzhou and wait for the moment when the city breaks down!

Soon someone helped Zhu Wenjin, ending his painful waiting and allowing Zhu Wenjin to report to the Western Paradise in advance! This person is Lin Renhan, a native of Jianyang, a descendant of the Guangshou Army, a grandson of the veteran and meritorious general of the Fujian Kingdom, and a vanguard general Lin Shuode.

Although Lin Renhan is from Jianzhou, he has worked in Fuzhou for a long time. He once served as the Nanlang Chengzhi of Wang Yanxi, which is a position similar to the emperor's bodyguard. As Lin Shuode's grandson, Lin Renhan has always had a lot of feelings for the Wang family. Zhu Wenjin launched a mutiny and killed Wang Yanxi to usurp the throne, which made Lin Renhan very dissatisfied. Lin Renhan was always looking for opportunities to deal with Zhu Lian's group.
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