After Qin Zongquan killed Zhang Hao, he still refused to give up. He retreated to Bianxiao Village, regrouped his troops, and prepared to fight again. At this moment, Zhu Wen led the troops and horses of the four towns of Yan, Yun, Hua, and Bian. The gap in military strength was smoothed out, and he was already worried in his heart.

The fearless Zhu Wen sounded the clarion call to attack Qin Zongquan, and the four towns of Wu, Yicheng, Taining, and Tianping allied forces

More than 100,000 horses pursued Bianxiao Village. The two armies faced each other in the open space outside the village. Qin Zongquan said angrily: "Zhu Wen is a traitor, you betrayed the late emperor and led the Tang army to pursue him, causing his death in Langya Valley."

All the officers and soldiers of the entire army are looking for you to avenge this blood feud, and today I will kill you to pay homage to the heroic spirit of the late emperor!"

Zhu Wen laughed loudly and replied: "My son Qin Zongquan, you have repeatedly betrayed the imperial court, massacred the people, and dared to call yourself emperor. It is really a heinous crime that cannot be forgiven. I have been ordered to destroy you, the rebellious minister and traitor, and destroy the bandits in Caizhou."

.You delivered it to my door today, which just saves me the pain of traveling."

Qin Zongquan was furious and turned around and said: "My dear friends, who is going to kill the traitor Zhu Wen?" Qin Xian, the younger brother of the clan, agreed and spurred his horse out. He brandished a big sword and charged towards him. Zhu Jinyi, the governor of Taining Army,

Gao was so bold that he couldn't hold back and shouted loudly: "Rebel, let me take your life!"

"After saying that, Zhu Jin urged his horse to fight Qin Xian. Qin Xian wanted to save the face of his previous defeat, and Zhu Jin wanted to make a contribution. The two refused to give in, and the soldiers and iron clashed like lightning and thunder, shaking the earth.

Both sides beat drums to cheer and shouted loudly. The two fought fiercely for more than fifty rounds, with no winner or loser.

Zhu Jin's strength was greatly weakened. As time went by, Qin Xian lost strength and could no longer hold on, so he turned his horse and fled. Zhu Jin was willing to give up, grabbed a spear, and hit Qin Xian. Qin Xian fell off the horse on the spot and died unexpectedly. Zhu Jin Yao was in front of the military force.

, shouted: "Rebellious ministers and traitors, who dares to come and die again?" When Qin Zongquan saw it, he was horrified, and there was no one under his command.

Dare to respond. Zhu Jin urged his horse to fight and went straight to Qin Zongquan to kill him. Qin Zongquan was frightened and retreated with his horse. Qin Zongheng engaged Zhu Jin and retreated while fighting. Zhu Wen saw Caizhou's troops in chaos behind and hurriedly waved his troops.

Cover up the killing. Caizhou's soldiers were defeated, most of them were killed and injured, and they were killed in a river of blood. Qin Zongquan led the remaining troops to exit Bianxiao Village and fled towards Zhengzhou.

Zhu Wen held a banquet in the big tent to see off Zhu Xuan, the military envoy of Yunzhou, and Zhu Jin, the military envoy of Yanzhou. Zhu Wen raised his glass and expressed thanks: "Thank you both for drawing your swords to help. Today, the bandit army was defeated. The two of them have made the greatest contribution. I will definitely do it."

I will report to the imperial court and give you two heavy rewards!" Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin hurriedly replied: "

The commander-in-chief's wise command and the great blessing of the imperial court!" Everyone raised their glasses and drank happily. When leaving, Zhu Wen held Zhu Xuan with his left hand and Zhu Jin with his right hand, and said sincerely: "We are from the same clan, and I wish Bianzhou

We formed a brotherly alliance with Yan Yun, becoming each other's horns and never turning against each other."

The two brothers Zhu and Xuan were moved and said: "Thank you, brother!" The three toasted again and parted after enjoying themselves. The Zhu brothers led their troops back to their own town. Later, the three of them turned against each other and killed each other in a bloody battle. At this time, their words had long been forgotten.

Beyond the Nine Heavens. After Zhu Wen sent Zhu Xuan away

, non-stop, came to attack Zhengzhou with a large army. He felt that Qin Zongquan, a drowned dog, should be beaten more harshly. As the saying goes, while you are sick, I will kill you. Such a rare opportunity, Qin Zongquan must be crippled, so as not to

Soon he was able to turn into a slave and sing again.

When Zhu Wen arrived at the city of Zhengzhou, he found that it was an empty city. It turned out that Qin Zongquan returned to Zhengzhou and counted his troops. There were 300,000 troops, less than 60,000. The rest either reported to the King of Hell or jumped to Zhu Wen's military camp.

At this time, he had lost confidence. Worried that Zhu Wen would besiege Zhengzhou, he led his army to abandon the city and flee. Zhu Wen was overjoyed and immediately led his troops through the city to pursue him urgently.

Soon after, he caught up with the Caizhou soldiers who were retreating. Zhu Wen immediately rushed over with his troops. Qin Zongquan thought that he had given up the fat meat of Zhengzhou, and Zhu Wen would definitely sit down and eat a meal, and would not chase him.

Therefore, Qin Zongquan was not in a hurry, nor did he send strong elite troops to block the rear. At this moment, he was suddenly attacked by Zhu Wen, and there was chaos and no resistance.

Under the protection of his two brothers Qin Zongheng and Qin Zongyan, Qin Zongquan managed to break out of the siege and fled towards Caizhou. Zhu Wen was overjoyed when he saw this, and led his few subordinates to chase down. Qin Zongquan was about to catch up.

He secretly complained. At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of three cannons and a group of people came from the side. When Zhu Wen saw it, he was secretly surprised. There were tens of thousands of people in this army, holding long swords and full of murderous intent. The leader of the army was

It's Sun Ru.

It turned out that when Sun Ru led his troops to retreat from Luoyang, fortunately Ma Yin and others blocked Li Cunxiao, and Sun Ru's army did not suffer much losses. However, most of the newly recruited soldiers were from Luoyang, Mengzhou and other places.

People, seeing that Sun Ru was about to flee south for his life, they

Naturally, he didn't want to leave his homeland. So while Sun Ru and the generals were busy escaping, they all voluntarily resigned and left. When Sun Ru was out of danger, he counted his troops and found that he had returned to before liberation overnight. When he left, he took 70,000 troops with him.

When we came back, there were only over 50,000 people.

Of course, Sun Ru's situation was already better than Qin Zongquan's. After all, his soldiers and horses did not suffer much loss. After he learned the details of Qin Zongquan's fiasco, he couldn't help but sneer at Qin Zongquan's ability. After Qin Zongquan's

Under the prestige he had accumulated, he did not dare to have any wrong thoughts for the time being. Sun Ru was about to lead his troops back to Caizhou when he received an order from Qin Zongquan ordering him to join them at Bianxiao Village.

Sun Ru then changed his route again, preparing to pass through Zhengzhou and rush to Bianxiao Village outside Bianzhou City. However, Qin Zongquan was defeated too quickly. Before Sun Ru and his troops arrived, they had already

Defeated, Zhengzhou was abandoned. As Sun Ru was leading his army, he suddenly received a report that Zhu Wen's Bianzhou soldiers not far away were chasing our Da Qi Emperor.

Sun Ru thought that Qin Zongquan could not die at this time, otherwise Caizhou's soldiers would be in chaos, and he would also suffer. Although he already hated the Daqi Emperor, at this moment, Sun Ru had to go to save him. Sun Ru hurriedly urged

The men and horses came over, fought out from the side, and stopped Zhu Wen's pursuers.

Seeing this, Zhu Wen hurriedly ordered Pang Shigu to lead the cavalry to prepare for a charge, and he himself went out to call the battle. A general from the other side urged the horse to fight. Zhu Wen waved his big stick and shouted: "The general will be named, but I can't use my stick."

Kill the unknown!"

The one who rushed out was Qin Yanhui. After all, he was a relative of the emperor and the brother of the Emperor of Daqi. If he didn't take the lead, who would take the lead? Qin Yanhui shouted: "I am Qin Yanhui under the command of Sun Ru, the commander of Daqi West Road! Zhu Wen, my son,

Take your life!"

After Qin Yanhui finished speaking, he spurred his horse to raise his sword and charged towards Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen was furious and shouted: "You nameless rat, how dare you call me by my first name! Are you looking for death?" Zhu Wen spurred his horse to dance with his stick and killed Qin Yanhui.

In one place, Zhu Wen hit Qin Yan head and face with one stick after another.

Hui. Qin Yanhui, however, was not weak in martial arts. He blocked left and right, and dealt with it calmly. The two fought inextricably. When Wang Huan saw that Qin Yanhui could not defeat Zhu Wen in the Sun Ru army formation, he waved his sword, rushed forward, and shouted: "Qin

Don't wait, General, I'm here to help you!"

Wang Huan urged his horse to charge up, and he and Qin Yanhui fought against Zhu Wen. Li Tangbin, the general who had won the annexation of Bianzhou, feared that his commander had made a mistake, so he rode his horse to fight against Wang Huan. When the four men fought fiercely, the formations of both sides were filled with golden drums. Wang Huan's martial arts skills

high

He was strong enough to be able to fight Ma Yin, so his strength should not be underestimated. He struck one blow after another, with a huge force, forcing Li Tangbin. A sudden burst of wind and rain made Li Tangbin weak and breathless.

Zhu Wen's general Ge Congzhou saw him, urged his horse to rescue Li Tangbin, and shouted: "General Li, don't panic, Ge Congzhou is coming!" As soon as Ge Congzhou came out, Ma Yin stopped him with a gun and started fighting.

Since Zhu Wen had been busy from early morning to this moment and basically had no rest, Zhu Wen was no match for Qin Yanhui. Just as he was about to turn his horse back, Bi Zaiyong from Caizhou's army came out to stop him. Zhu Wen had no choice but to continue fighting.

Not long after, Zhu Wen was in trouble again. Pang Shigu saw him and led his cavalry to charge over. Seeing this, Sun Ru also waved his army forward, and the two sides fell into a melee. Because Zhu Wen was eager to chase Qin Zongquan, he had no time to mobilize more troops, so he

He pursued with less than 20,000 troops and horses. However, Sun Ru's troops had more than 50,000 troops, giving him an advantage in strength.

There was a melee between the two sides, and the Bianzhou soldiers could not resist and began to flee. Pang Shigu couldn't stop shouting and retreated while fighting. At this time, Zhu Wen had no intention of fighting and retreated. Afterwards, he was reluctant to leave and urged his horse to catch up.

Lai. Ge Congzhou was anxious and attacked Ma Yin twice with force. Lai was used again after the battle to cover Zhu Wen's retreat. The Bianzhou soldiers were defeated and retreated thirty miles before they were able to escape the pursuit of Sun Ru's army.

Zhu Wen withdrew to Zhengzhou and said to the generals with lingering fear: "I don't think Qin Zongquan still has such a strong army. It seems that it will be difficult to wipe out the Qin thieves for a while! Let's hold on for the time being, and then we can devise better strategies." Sun Ru led his army several times.

When they attacked Zhengzhou, they were all shot back by the archers of Caizhou Army. Seeing this, Sun Ru stopped the attack and returned to Caizhou. Zhu Wen also ordered his troops to return to Bianzhou. The battle in Bianzhou came to an end temporarily, and Qin Zongquan suffered heavy losses.

After this battle, Qin Zongquan's strength shrank and he gradually fell into a strategic defensive position. The biggest problem caused by the Battle of Bianzhou was that the territories previously occupied by Qin Zongquan were lost one after another. After all the hard work, he made Zhu Wen a wedding dress. Qin Zongquan

There are dozens of other armies at a glance

Ten thousand troops were no match for Zhu Wen. They were rivals there, so they immediately withdrew and returned to the Caizhou base camp. These territories later basically belonged to Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen basically gained political and military prestige through this victory.

This laid the foundation for his dominance in the Central Plains.

After Qin Zongquan returned to Caizhou, he rewarded Sun Ru with a lot of gold and silver treasures, but did not give him a promotion. However, Ma Yin was promoted to deputy commander of the decisive army on the recommendation of Sun Ru and Liu Jianfeng. Although Sun Ru was dissatisfied,

But also

He had no choice but to swallow his anger. Qin Zongquan learned from the pain and made a new plan. He knew that Zhu Wen's strength had greatly increased now, and he would not be able to deal with it for a while. Qin Zongquan sent spies to gather information so that he could make his own decision.

Besides, Emperor Xizong of Chang'an was overjoyed when he learned that Zhu Wen had defeated Qin Zongquan, forced Sun Ru to retreat, and lifted the alarm in Chang'an. He immediately rewarded Zhu Wen with a Huainan Jiedushi envoy. He wanted to stimulate Zhu Wen's fighting spirit.

, if Zhu Wen wants to manage Huainan well, he must first remove the nail of Qin Zongquan in Caizhou. Zhu Wen also saw the conspiracy of the court and knew that Yang Xingmi was powerful, so he went to the court to recommend Yang Xingmi as a post.

With the help of Li Cunxiao, Li Hanzhi took back Mengzhou and Luoyang after driving away Sun Ru. Li Han reported victory, so Xizong appointed Li Hanzhi as the governor of Heyang and Zhang Quanyi as the governor of Henan. Li Hanzhi and

Together with Zhang Quanyi, he served as the governor of the original Jiedushi

Ge Zhongfang rebelled, so the relationship between the two was very close. Li Hanzhi heard that Zhang Quanyi was hard-working, frugal, and liked farming. He laughed at Zhang Quanyi for being a farmer, and repeatedly asked Zhang Quanyi for grain, treating Zhang Quanyi as his own granary.

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Zhang Quanyi tried his best to provide supplies, but Li Hanzhi was still not satisfied. He simply sent troops to plunder, led his troops to capture Jiangzhou, and then attacked Jinzhou. The Henan generals were all angry, so they encouraged

Zhang Quanyi attacked Mengzhou where the Heyang Jiedushi was stationed at night. Li Hanzhi was caught off guard and could not resist, so he climbed the city and fled. Zhang Quanyi captured Li Han's family and appointed himself the Heyang Jiedushi.

Li Hanzhi fled to Zezhou and once again borrowed troops from Li Keyong to attack Mengzhou. Seeing this, Zhang Quanyi hurriedly asked Zhu Wen for help. Zhu Wen had defeated Qin Zongquan at this time, and the military front was in full swing, and he repelled the Hedong Army in one fell swoop.

, ordered Ding Hui to stay, but still made Zhang Quanyi the governor of Henan. Zhang Quanyi was very grateful to Zhu Wen, so he attached himself to Zhu Wen wholeheartedly.

Soon Chang Xingru, the Ya general in the river, rebelled and attacked and killed Wang Chongrong. Wang Chongrong's brother Wang Chongying avenged his brother and captured and executed Chang Xingru. Emperor Xizong ordered Wang Chongying to inherit his brother's position. Wei Boya general Luo Hongxin was good at killing

After the death of Le Yanzhen and his son, Xizong also made him serve as Wei Boliu. This behavior of inverting rewards and punishments made the arrogance even longer, and the court was not surprised. Xizong finally fell ill after Fengxiang returned to Beijing.

When Xizong returned to the capital, he was already ill and reluctantly went to visit the Ancestral Temple. He issued an imperial edict to grant amnesty to the world and changed the fifth year of Guangqi to the first year of Wende. Xizong went to bed in the palace and was unable to attend the court. Because Xizong's son was young, the officials planned to establish a

The emperor's brother Ji Wang Li Bao was the heir, but Yang Fugong wanted to make the emperor's brother Shou Wang

Li Jie. Li Jie was the seventh son of Yizong, born to the Wang family in Yizong's harem. Xizong fled again and again, and Li Jie followed him around, gaining the trust of Xizong. Therefore, it was Yang Fugong's initiative to report to Xizong, and Xizong nodded in agreement, and issued an edict to establish Longevity King Li Jie.

As the emperor's younger brother, he supervises the military and state affairs.

Lieutenant Liu Jishu led the forbidden troops to welcome King Shou, and he lived in Shaoyang Courtyard. He summoned the prime ministers Kong Wei and Du Rangneng to come in to see him. The officials saw that he had a good appearance and heroic spirit, and they all thought he was a winner. The next day, Xizong drove

collapse

, the imperial edict ordered the emperor's younger brother to succeed to the throne and changed his name to Li Min. Xizong reigned for fifteen years and changed the Yuan Dynasty five times, Qianfu, Guangming, Zhonghe, Guangqi, Wende. He was only twenty-seven years old. King Shou was in the coffin.

The former succeeded to the throne, just

It was the later Emperor Zhaozong who honored his mother Wang as Emperor Taishi, granted the title of Prime Minister Kong Wei as Sikong, and Wei Zhaodu as Zhongshu Ling. Wei Zhaodu first attached himself to Tian Lingzi, gained favor from Emperor Xizong, and was able to join the cabinet as his minister.

In the last years of Xi Zong's reign, he was promoted to the title of Taibao. After Zhaozong succeeded to the throne, all the prime ministers still served. Kong Wei and Wei Zhaodu were granted titles. Wei Zhaodu was soon appointed as the military envoy to Xichuan, and he also recruited and appointed envoys.

Chen Jingxuan, the original military governor of Xichuan Province, protected Tian Lingzi, ensnared and killed Gao Renhou, and became increasingly arrogant. Wang Jian, the governor of Lizhou, invaded Langzhou, and contacted Gu Yanlang, the renewed military governor of Dongchuan Province, to plot against Chen Jingxuan. Chen Jingxuan discussed with Tian Lingzi,
To be continued...