Qian Hongchu was quite regretful in the two battlefields of Fujian in western Zhejiang and was hit hard by the Southern Tang Dynasty. He shouldn't have blindly penetrated into the Southern Tang border and ended up losing troops and losing generals. If the Southern Tang Dynasty carried out a Jedi counterattack against Wu and Yue with the remaining power of victory, with the extremely low morale of Wu and Yue, failure was inevitable.

However, the military operations of the Later Zhou Dynasty in Huainan helped the Wu Yue Kingdom. The continuous defeat of the Southern Tang army in Huainan made Li Jing unable to launch a counterattack against the Wu Yue Kingdom. The two famous generals Chai Kehong and Chen Hui received the orders from Li Jing and led their troops to reinforce Huainan. Fang Ran of the Southern Tang Dynasty was unable to launch an attack on the Wu Yue Kingdom.

For Wu and Yue Kingdom, they suffered consecutive defeats in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the morale of the army was depressed. Everyone was no longer interested in responding to the call of Later Zhou. In order to help Later Zhou, Wu and Yue Kingdom had done their best to lose their troops and generals, which was worthy of Chai Rong. Qian Hongchu decided to end the war against Southern Tang and become a bystander of the war.

In fact, the war against the Southern Tang Dynasty in the Later Zhou Dynasty and the joining of Wu and Yue will not eventually change the direction of the war. However, the joining of Wu and Yue may accelerate the defeat of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

In March of the fourth year of Xiande, the Later Zhou conquered Shouzhou and Liu Renzhan died of illness. The Southern Tang Dynasty could no longer compete with Chai Rong in Huainan, and the failure of the Southern Tang Dynasty was only a matter of time. By the fifth year of Xiande, except for the four prefectures of Lu, Shu, Qi and Huang, all the prefectures and counties in Huainan were occupied by the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the Southern Tang Dynasty's rule in Huainan had been destroyed in name only.

After the Later Zhou army conquered the Jing Navy, the Later Zhou army finally could border the Wu Yue Kingdom on land. Chai Rong once again asked the Wu Yue navy to hold a successful meeting with the Later Zhou army. The loss of Huainan was a foregone conclusion. What made Li Jing extremely panicked was that the Later Zhou army had already set up troops on the north bank of the Yangtze River and had the intention of crossing the river to attack Jinling.

It would be fine if Huainan was lost, but at most it would be possible to rely on the Yangtze River to protect itself. If even the Yangtze River could not be reliable, it would be possible to escape from the Yangtze River to commit suicide! Faced with the rapid deterioration of the situation, Li Jing made the right decision. He submitted a letter to the Later Zhou Dynasty, paid tribute to the Later Zhou Dynasty, and became the younger brother of the Later Zhou Dynasty like Wu Yue Kingdom. Only in this way can he save his life.

In March of the fifth year of Xiande, Li Jing officially submitted a report to the Later Zhou Dynasty, ceding all prefectures and counties north of the Yangtze River to the Later Zhou Dynasty, officially surrendering, and tributed 100,000 items each year. For the Hou Zhou army and Chai Rong, which were highly morale and victorious, this was an excellent opportunity to eliminate the Southern Tang and march into the south of the Yangtze River. However, the damn Northern Han and Khitan troops took advantage of the opportunity to attack the north of the Later Zhou Dynasty. Chai Rong could only accept Li Jing's generous gift and withdraw his troops to return north. The four-year battle for Huainan between the Later Zhou and the Southern Tang Dynasty was declared to end.

There is no doubt that the Later Zhou Dynasty was the great winner of this war. Chai Rong won the most prosperous territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty, greatly expanded his strength, and laid a solid foundation for his future unification of the world. The Southern Tang Dynasty was naturally a big loser, losing one-third of its territory and nearly half of its national population. He also lost the title of the most powerful country in Jiangnan, and could only hide in the Jiangnan area and survive, waiting for the slowly coming of death.

Such a result is not a big joy or worry for Wu Yue Kingdom! The old enemy Nan Tang was beaten to death and had no power to resist. This is not bad news for Wu Yue Kingdom. At least Wu Yue Kingdom will not be repeatedly harassed by this old neighbor and frequently invaded, and the survival crisis of Wu Yue Kingdom has been temporarily resolved.

However, Qian Hongchu was shocked and worried by the powerful strength shown by the Later Zhou Dynasty under Chai Rong's rule. The Later Zhou inadvertently bordered the Wu Yue Kingdom, and the Wu Yue Kingdom could be acquired by the Later Zhou Dynasty at any time. Perhaps Qian Hongchu would become the terminator monarch of the Wu Yue Kingdom.

No matter how the Wu Yue Kingdom ended its fate, no matter how Qian Hongchu ended his career as a king, he was awarded the title of king of the destruction, he was always very depressed, uncomfortable, humiliated, and cowardly.

However, it seems that the form is not too bad at the moment. The threat from the Southern Tang Dynasty has been lifted. Although the Later Zhou seized the prosperous Huainan, its own losses are actually not small. At the same time, the Later Zhou faced harassment from the Northern Han and the Khitan, and there was no possibility of seizing Jiangnan in the short term.

The Wuyue Kingdom is safe for at least a few years, and Qian Hongchu can still continue to enjoy the happy life of the Emperor of Wuyue! However, Qian Hongchu, who is less than 30 years old, suddenly became in poor health, which is a very dangerous signal. You should know that his brother Qian Hongzuo died young. Thinking of Qian Hongzuo's unfortunate experience, everyone was worried about Qian Hongchu's fate.

What happened was that when Qian Hongchu was ill, the Hangzhou City of Wuyue Kingdom actually staged another human tragedy with flames soaring into the sky, and the second large-scale fire broke out in the history of Wuyue Kingdom. In May of the fifth year of Xiande, a sudden fire broke out in the south of Hangzhou City. The fire spread rapidly, affecting the inner city, and a large number of government houses were destroyed.

The fire threatened Qian Hongchu's residence. Qian Hongchu, who was seriously ill, had to leave the capital to avoid the fire. The fire in Hangzhou in 958 was no less than the fire in 941 AD. It was also rampant, spreading everywhere, difficult to extinguish, and was extremely miserable.

The fire spread to the vicinity of the granary of Wuyue Kingdom. If the granary was destroyed, the decades of grain reserves of Wuyue Kingdom would be turned into ashes, and the country would suffer serious losses. Qian Hongchu could no longer be able to recover from his illness. The sky fire was so crazy that he could not sit idly by? So Qian Hongchu got up with illness and led civil and military officials to Ruishi Mountain to pay tribute to the heaven with wine: "If you don't have any grain, you won't be virtuous, the palace will be gone, and the granaries will be accumulated, which is what you are prepared by the army. If you burn it all, the people's lives will be respected, and the heaven will understand it!"

After the memorial service, Qian Hongchu ordered all the trees near Zhenguocang to be cut down, making the fire unable to burn and nowhere to survive. A miracle happened. Perhaps Qian Hongchu's actions moved the sky. The fire that had been raging before gradually subsided and finally extinguished. However, the fire caused huge losses to Hangzhou City, with more than 17,000 households burned down and tens of thousands of people homeless.

Just as everyone sighed and sighed about this, the second miracle happened. Qian Hongchu, who had been in poor health before, actually recovered his health. Without following the footsteps of his brother Qian Hongzuo, he continued to live a life-long life. Qian Hongchu, who escaped from the gates of hell, was deeply touched by this: as long as he was alive, it was better than anything else!

After recovering from physical condition, Qian Hongchu quickly paid frequent tributes to Houzhou, gold, silver, silk and satin. He must give what he should give, so that Chai Rong and Hou Zhou would maintain a permanent favor and satisfaction with Wu Yue. Of course, Qian Hongchu's wish was not fully realized. Because soon after, the Central Plains dynasty was faced with another emergency, wise and powerful, and Chai Rong, a wise king, died of illness without warning.

Just after the Spring Festival in 960 AD, Zhao Kuangyin launched a mutiny, forcing Chai Rong's son Chai Zongxun to abdicate the throne. Zhao Kuangyin officially proclaimed himself emperor, changed the country's name to Song, changed the reign of Jianlong, and established the Northern Song Dynasty. The continuous changes of the Central Plains dynasty made Qian Hongchu a little dazed and dizzy. However, after thinking it through, Qian Hongchu became more and more humble and obedient to the Northern Song Dynasty.

In this regard, Qian Hongchu did a very good job. He heard that Zhao Kuangyin's father was named Zhao Hongyin, and his name also had the word Hong in the middle. In order to avoid taboos, Qian Hongchu decided to change his name to Qian Chu. Zhao Kuangyin was very satisfied with Qian Hongchu's awareness, initiative and humility, and Qian Hongchu won the title of Grand Marshal of the World.

The Northern Song army destroyed Jingnan. After Hunan, Chen Hongjin, who was separating Zhangzhou, also surrendered to the Northern Song Dynasty through Wuyue Kingdom. Because the Southern Tang retreated steadily on the battlefield in Huainan, Li Jing was worried and he had no intention of entangling in Fujian and Wuyue Kingdom. A large number of elite soldiers and generals of the Yong'an army were quickly transferred to the battlefield in Huainan to fight against the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the battlefield in Fuzhou once again showed peace and peace. Wuyue Kingdom did not want to meet with the Southern Tang at this time, and both sides tacitly chose peace.

After that, the Southern Tang and Wu Yue maintained a peaceful situation in the land of Fujian for more than 20 years until the two countries finally perished! The Wu Yue Kingdom began a permanent peaceful rule in Fuzhou. In view of the fact that Liu Congxiao had used Wu Yue to serve as an envoy on the Northern Song Dynasty, he expressed a friendly attitude towards Wu Yue Kingdom. In line with the principle that all neighbors must live in harmony, the Wu Yue King Qian Chu also sent diplomatic envoys to the Qingyuan Army.

The Qingyuan Army welcomed the arrival of the envoys of Wu Yue. Although Liu Shaoling was ignorant, there were always subordinate officials who gave suggestions and should warmly entertain the envoys of Wu Yue. A unique banquet was held. Liu Shaoling, as the governor of the Qingyuan Army, enjoyed the envoys of Wu Yue. During the banquet, everyone chatted and laughed and had a happy time! However, two important figures did not attend the banquet, one was Chen Hongjin and the other was Zhang Hansi.

Liu Shaoyun did not notify Chen Hongjin and Zhang Hansi to attend such a large-scale diplomatic banquet, and also secretly whispered to the envoy of Wu Yue. What is the point of making him do? If he continues to mess around like this, I will sooner or later ask Yuan Jun to destroy it in his hands!

Chen Hongjin was very unhappy with this mysterious diplomatic banquet, but he was no longer the lustful young man who was passionate and impulsive back then. His more than ten years of military and political career made him extremely mature, calm, smart and capable! Chen Hongjin had no impulsiveness. He first found his old partner Zhang Hansi and analyzed the current situation with Zhang Hansi.

Although Zhang Hansi is over 60 years old and has poor health, it does not hinder his pursuit of power and desires. Chen Hongjin's dissatisfaction is also his dissatisfaction. The two old partners instantly formed an alliance. What exactly does Liu Shaoyun want to do? This question must be clarified, otherwise Chen Hongjin and Zhang Hansi will face unknown disasters!

Chen Hongjin was the first to express his analysis and speculation: "Liu Shaohui entertained the envoy of Wu Yue in this way, and also had a secret exchange with the envoy of Wu Yue. I guess he wanted to surrender to Wu Yue and present the entire Qingyuan army to Wu Yue!" Zhang Hansi was naturally very angry when he heard this: "The territory of Qingyuan army was achieved through decades of bloody struggle, and even the Southern Tang Dynasty did not even want to intervene. Liu Shaohui wanted to hand it over to Wu Yue. He was really confused and commanded randomly!"

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