After Li Kening was eliminated, Zhu Shouyin was promoted to the Chief Army for his merits, and he jumped from a family slave to a middle- and senior officer. Zhu Shouyin's level in war was not very good, but he was very good at the job of spies. He inquired about the privacy of many generals and officials and reported it to Li Cunxu, which greatly won Li Cunxu's favor.

Zhu Shouyin was not fighting alone. He also had a like-minded friend named Jing Jin. Jing Jin was one of Li Cunxu's favorite actors and an expert in secret work. With Zhu Shouyin and Jing Jin's two confidants, Li Cunxu had a big network to monitor ministers. Although the information on this intelligence website may not be reliable, Li Cunxu still regarded Zhu and Jing as treasures and trusted them more.

So although Zhu Shouyin had no military achievements, he was able to advance step by step and was increasingly valued by Li Cunxu. After receiving Li Cunxu's warning, Zhu Shouyin still used his strengths and sent someone to sneak into Liang Camp to inquire about the news: Has Wang Yanzhang taken office? If he took office, what was he doing?

On May 18, Zhu Shouyin received an important piece of information: Wang Yanzhang stopped just after walking to Huazhou, slaughtering pigs and sheep there, preparing to hold a grand banquet to celebrate his promotion.

Zhu Shouyin was relieved: When Wang Yanzhang and his party had enough food and drink in Huazhou, and they were delayed for two days and then Desheng, the army led by the emperor should have reached Desheng. What else should we worry about? Being alert is naturally necessary, but it is important to pay attention to priorities. It is more important to do a good job of car-welfare now!

At the same time, in Huazhou, the grand banquet was at its climax. Wang Yanzhang spoke wildly in front of everyone: "Li Yazi is just an ignorant child who likes to fight cocks and dogs. What's so great about it?" Because the alcohol comes, many people below are accompanied by alcohol. As they drink, Wang Yanzhang suddenly feels uncomfortable, so he instructs everyone: Brothers, eat well, drink well, those who don't drink today are not allowed to leave! I'll go and come back for a while.

So everyone continued to drink, but didn't notice that Wang Yanzhang had gone there for a long time, but never came back. It turned out that Wang Yanzhang had done some secretly before the banquet began. He first sent someone to the camp in Yangcun and ordered the Liang army in Yangcun to prepare a batch of warships, equipped with sailors, blacksmiths, and skin drums and charcoal that destroyed the iron chains, and lurked on standby. Secondly, prepared thousands of elite cavalry, all of whom were light-carrying horses, waiting invisibly outside Huazhou City.

As soon as Wang Yanzhang left the banquet, he sneaked outside the city, met with the cavalry outside the city, and then galloped east along the south bank of the Yellow River. After the sun set, it started to rain again. However, all this did not slow down Wang Yanzhang's march at all. In the middle of the night that day, they rushed to the camp of Yangcun. Wang Yanzhang didn't care about wiping away the rain on his face and immediately ordered: warships and horses and horses were dispatched together to attack the Tang army fortress nine miles away, and Desheng Nancheng!

So the Liang army warships that were going downstream were the first to come to the floating bridge connecting the north and south cities of Desheng. The blacksmiths on the ship used their skills to break the thick iron chains on the bridge. The sailors then slashed the bridge and the floating bridge was suddenly broken and washed away by the water. At this time, due to the false information Wang Yanzhang deliberately created for Zhu Shouyin, the Tang army was neglected to guard. In addition, the night and the sound of rain, the Tang army stationed in the north and south cities of Desheng had not yet discovered it, and they had been cut off from contact.

Immediately afterwards, the cavalry brought by Wang Yanzhang and the infantry from Yangcun camp together

He arrived and began to attack Desheng Nancheng. Zhu Shouyin, who was in the North City, heard the shouts of killing in Nancheng, and then realized that he was trapped. So he hurriedly dispatched troops to reinforce Nancheng. When the army moved, he found that the floating bridge was broken. The army could not pass, so he had to find a small boat to cross the river. However, how could the small boat he found temporarily be the opponent of Liang's warships who were ready for battle? As a result, he lost his troops in vain and could not send one soldier to Nancheng.

Before the sky was clear, Desheng Nancheng. This sharp knife that had been facing the chest of the Later Liang Empire for several years had been broken by the Liang army, and the thousands of Tang troops guarding the city were wiped out. Wang Yanzhang created the biggest victory of the Liang army since the attack on Weizhou last year. Moreover, the importance of this victory was much greater than Duan Ning's attack on Weizhou. At this time, Zhu Youzhen summoned Wang Yanzhang and asked him when he would be able to send good news.

Before Wang Yanzhang took over the commander-in-chief of the Liang army, the Tang army had built many military fortresses along the south bank of the Yellow River. In addition to the most important Desheng South City, there were Pan Zhang, Majiakou, Jingdian and Yang Liu. Wang Yanzhang took advantage of the victory and marched forward with an unstoppable momentum and conquered Pan Zhang, Majiakou and Jingdian one after another. The south bank fortress left in the hands of the Tang army was only Yang Liu. The morale of the Liang army was boosted and the confidence to compete with Li Cunxu was restored.

This good news was naturally sent to Bianliang, but even at the center of the Later Liang Empire, not everyone was happy about the rare victory of the Liang army. Not long ago, Duan Ning, deputy commander of the Liang army, secretly sent a secret letter to Zhu Youzhen's confidants Zhao Yan, Zhang Hanjie, Zhu Gui, etc., telling them: Wang Yanzhang was very arrogant in the army and said openly: "When I go out to win this time, I will return to the court to triumphantly, and I will kill all the traitors in the court to thank the people!"

Judging from Wang Yanzhang's previous performance, he not only could say such crazy words, but also could put them into practice when the conditions were met! Zhao Yan, Zhang Hanjie and others were too self-aware, and they didn't have to go to Wang Yanzhang to verify, so they were very sure which treacherous ministers Wang Yanzhang would be. So Zhao, Zhang and others gathered together to discuss countermeasures and warned each other: "We would rather die under the sword of Shatuo people than fall into Wang Yanzhang's hands!"

How can we avoid falling into Wang Yanzhang's hands? These self-aware treacherous ministers discussed it and felt that it was not that scary. Is Li Cunxu easy to deal with? As long as Wang Yanzhang cannot win a battle, he will be free from talking about any crazy words such as "killing treacherous ministers".

Unexpectedly, the hateful Wang Yanzhang actually won consecutive victories as soon as he took action. If we don’t take some powerful measures, the disaster will come to an end! Zhao Yan, Zhang Hanjie and others decided to do everything possible to not give Wang Yanzhang the chance to return to the triumphant battle! So Zhao Yan and others took measures to prevent Wang Yanzhang from succeeding.

First of all, I secretly ordered Duan Ning, a deputy recruit who was close to them, pay attention to monitoring Wang Yanzhang's words and deeds, and do not let Wang Yanzhang go small mistakes, report them all to provide us with materials for him to weave crimes. More importantly, in the future, whenever Wang Yanzhang commands to the east, you will be ordered to go west, and Wang Yanzhang says he wants to attack the south, and you will advocate fighting north. In short, you must try your best to obstruct Wang Yanzhang's command so that he cannot win the battle! General Duan, don't worry, don't be afraid of Wang Tiejian, because we are your strong backing!

Secondly, it is to do a good job in Zhu Youzhen's work. Zhao Yan and others cooperate closely, work together, and modify the battle report. They try their best to win every time

It is said that profit is Duan Ning's credit, and every defeat is Wang Yanzhang's mistake. In this way, I believe that it won't take long to go on the triumphant journey, and at least Wang Yanzhang will have to be dismissed from office and investigate. No matter whether he is guilty or imprisoned, he will be lucky!

Zhao Yan and others' work was very effective. Soon after, the commendation orders issued by Emperor Daliang to celebrate the victory of Desheng were sent to the military camp. The generals knelt down and listened to the imperial edict. They were shocked to find that Duan Ning was the first in the reward list! What was even more shocking was that after reading the entire list, Wang Yanzhang's name did not appear!

In the Bianliang Dynasty, there were not people who stood on the same front as Wang Yanzhang. The two elders of Wenchen of Later Liang, Jing Xiang and Li Zhen, submitted memorials to Zhu Youzhen many times, requesting that Duan Ning be replaced and not let him interfere with the head coach on the front line, resulting in disagreement of power. But now is not the era when Zhu Wen was in power, and Jing Xiang and Li Zhen's weight in the court is no longer the same.

Just out of politeness, Zhu Youzhen said to them: "Duan Ning has no fault, how can he replace it casually?" Li Zhen said anxiously: "When he is at fault, the country will not be able to save it!" Zhu Youzhen answered disdainfully and immediately denied the nonsense of the two old men.

However, Li Cunxu learned that Desheng Nancheng had been lost, and he was so angry that he cursed Zhu Shouyin: "This stupid slave! I missed my big deal!" Similar to his opponent in Bianliang, Li Cunxu was not a person who completely rewarded and punished Yan. Regarding the person he liked, Li Cunxu had nothing to do after scolding him, and Zhu Shouyin was still his favorite minister. Because of Zhu Shouyin's failure this time, Li Siyuan, who almost died in battle, requested: Military discipline should be strictly enforced and Zhu Shouyin was executed for the crime of defeating the army! Li Cunxu pretended that he didn't hear it, so he left it alone.

The problem cannot be solved by scolding slaves alone. Li Cunxu quickly took emergency response measures. First, Li Cunxu ordered the eunuch Jiao Yanbin to run to Yang Liu and notified the guard general Li Zhou: Wang Yanzhang is coming, you have to defend Yang Liu at all costs, reinforcements are already on the way!

Then, Li Cunxu urgently ordered Zhu Shouyin to give up Desheng North City, demolish the houses in the city and convert them into rafts, covering the original Desheng defenders to go east and relax to support Yang and Liu. The original food, supplies and other materials in the city were mobilized to transport them to Chanzhou. Due to haste and chaotic incidents, only half of the materials actually transported to Chanzhou were the original! The other half was robbed and hidden by the hungry people.

Wang Yanzhang on the south bank discovered the movements of the Tang army and ordered the army to demolish the houses in Desheng South City, and also made them into rafts, flowing eastward and killing Yang Liu! So, the two armies of Houliang and Later Tang squeezed into the Yellow River like two giant dragons.

In a wide area of ​​the river, the Tang army's boat rafts leaned against the north bank and the Liang army's boat rafts leaned against the south bank. Although the two sides glared at each other, they were just competing for speed. Once they encountered the bend of the river, the boat rafts of both sides would inevitably collide in the middle stream. So, the arrows and stones of both sides greeted the enemy's heads like pouring rain! Nearer, the two armies met in close contact and fought desperately on the uneven ship! The ships continued to sink, and soldiers continued to fall into the water. In the blink of an eye, they were swallowed by the rolling turbid currents of the Yellow River, buried in the fish's belly, and yellow sand!

Such a short but fierce battle, even hundreds of times a day! When the two armies fought together to Yang Liu, more than half of the soldiers were killed on both sides.
Chapter completed!