【Sanzhu Alliance】
Zhu Wen, who had no foundation, was eager to join a strong and solid military and political alliance in order to gain a firm foothold when he first suppressed Bian.
In order to make friends with distant countries and attack those at home, Zhu Wen set his sights on the east and formulated the diplomatic strategy of "uniting the east and attacking the west". He extended an olive branch to Zhu Xuan, the military commander of the Tianping Army in Yunzhou, and Zhu Jin, the military commander of the Taining Army in Yanzhou.
In terms of selecting allies, Zhu Wen is really a master of strategy and can be called a cunning person.
Zhu Xuan, like Zhu Wen, was also from Songzhou. His father, Zhu Qing, was a gangster in the village. He was engaged in smuggling salt. He was later arrested and executed according to law. Zhu Xuan was also punished for this. Later, he joined the army and was promoted due to his meritorious service, and was subordinate to Cao Quangui.
Wei Bo's army attacked the Tianping Army, and Tianping Jiedu envoy Cao Quanhui was killed. Zhu Xuan took the opportunity to occupy Yunzhou, and took advantage of Zhuge Shuang's attack on Wei Bo's army in Heyang. Honored as Tian Ping Jiedu.
Therefore, Zhu Xuan and Zhu Wen were in similar situations, and they were both eager to find an organization to take them in, so the two sides joined together to keep warm. Zhu Xuan sent elite soldiers and brave generals to assist Zhu Wen in resisting Qin Zongquan.
During this process, the Yicheng Army in Huazhou broke into chaos, and the two of them were targeted at the same time. Zhu Wen took the lead, and Zhu Xuan suffered a dumb loss that was not a dumb loss.
However, the "Snowy Night Downstate" episode did not affect the alliance between the two.
Zhu Xuan's cousin, Zhu Jin, was good at fighting and had excellent martial arts skills. He was especially good at using weapons and was a well-known warrior. Zhu Jin asked to marry the daughter of Qi Kerang, the governor of Taining in Yanzhou. Qi Kerang cherished talents and happily accepted.
The wedding team set off from Yunzhou, beating gongs and drums all the way, in a high-profile and luxurious manner. After entering Yanzhou City, the groomsmen group suddenly launched an attack on Qi Kerang. It turned out that the wedding group was a warrior carefully selected by Zhu Jin, and the gorgeous motorcade contained not betrothal gifts but weapons and ammunition.
Zhu Jin expelled Qi Kerang by defrauding him of marriage and called himself Taining Jiedushi.
As a result, brothers Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin controlled the southwestern region of Shandong.
Brothers Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin were both from Xiayi, Songzhou, which is today's Dangshan County, Anhui Province. Zhu Wen was from Dangshan, Songzhou. Their hometowns were next to each other and they had the same surname. Therefore, Zhu Wen used the excuse of being brothers of the same race to get closer and insisted that they were three brothers. People come from the same clan.
They were the same family five hundred years ago. This is a dirty talk used by people with the same surname.
Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin were both newly promoted vassal towns that had recently been plundered through unfair means. They had shallow foundations and no backers, and they all wanted to stay together for warmth.
Therefore, at Zhu Wen's initiative, the three people in Taoyuan became sworn brothers, and the "Three Zhu Alliance" was formally established.
Zhu Wen's intelligence doesn't stop there.
At that time, the commander-in-chief of "Collecting Cai" was Shi Pu, the military governor of Xuzhou Reform Army. In the "anti-pornography and mowing the grass" war, Shi Pu offered Huang Chao's head, ranking first in merit and receiving generous rewards. Because Cai thieves followed in the grass thieves' footsteps and made trouble, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of "harvesting vegetables".
Since he is the commander-in-chief, it is his duty to send troops to "collect food". Zhu Wen of Bianzhou became the buffer zone between Xuzhou and Caizhou and the moat of Xuzhou, and Shi Pu could not sit idly by. After the formation of the "Three-Zhu Alliance", Zhu Wen had more say, so he used coaxing and deception to bring the Xuzhou Reform Army to the front line of "collecting vegetables."
Blacksmith need its own hardware.
Zhu Wen knows very well that his own strength is the foundation of all alliances, and his fists are the right to speak. Brothers, nephews, father and son... everything is superficial. Only the land under his feet and the army in his hands are his real father.
While he was engaging in manipulation and deception, Zhu Wen sent his favorite general Guo Yan to the Guanzhong area to the west to recruit troops; he sent Zhu Zhen to the east to recruit troops, going deep into the Shandong Peninsula to expand his military strength.
Unknowingly, Zhu Wen had quietly got out of the predicament, reversed the dilemma of being crushed by Qin Zongquan, and was able to fight against him.
【"Killing pigs"】
Qin Zongquan did not list Zhu Wen of Bianzhou as the focus of his work in the first stage, but he continued to be harassed by Zhu Wen, which was extremely annoying. Especially the "Battle of Wangxia Village" completely angered Qin Zongquan.
If the tiger doesn't show off its power, do you think I'm a sick cat? In anger, Qin Zongquan decided to "kill the pig" and transferred the strategic task to the second stage in advance to concentrate on pulling out the nails.
Qin Zongquan sent three armies, led by the powerful generals Qin Xian, Zhang Hao, and Lu Tang respectively, to surround Bianzhou from the north, west, and south, setting up a total of thirty-six villages and a continuous camp of more than 20 miles.
Facing the menacing army of Cai thieves, Zhu Wen chose to close the city and hold on because Zhu Zhen, who had recruited soldiers, had not returned yet. Zhu Wen's current internal communication is "leave the group and wait for others to gather together."
Cai Thief relied on his large number of people and did not pay attention to Zhu Wen at all, thinking that he had a chance to win.
At the critical moment, Zhu Zhen returned with more than 10,000 newly recruited troops. A mighty force of more than 10,000 people was approaching, but the Cai thieves outside the city didn't know anything about it. This shows how lax the security work was. Qin Zongquan's internal communication afterwards should have been "Don't you all look at the mini map?"
Previously, Guo Yan, who was in charge of recruiting troops on the western front, successfully brought back more than 10,000 elite soldiers; Zhu Zhen, who was on the eastern front, encountered the obstruction of the Qingzhou Pinglu Army in Shandong. Zhu Zhen met with them and annihilated the 20,000 Qingzhou army. All their weapons and baggage were confiscated, and eventually Zhu Wen brought back more than 10,000 elite soldiers with rich combat experience and a large amount of weapons and baggage.
Zhu Wen immediately launched military mobilization, saying that Cai's thieves were lax and arrogant, and it was time for us to take him by surprise. That night, he ordered the cook to reward him with good wine and meat. The whole army had a good meal, and then under Zhu Wen's personal leadership, they stole the camp and robbed the stronghold.
The brave Bian army first raided Qin Xian's headquarters, killed more than 10,000 Cai thieves, and destroyed four thieves' strongholds.
A few days later, the sky was filled with heavy fog and visibility was less than 20 meters. Zhu Wen carefully selected thousands of cavalry and rushed directly to the Lutang military camp under the cover of heavy fog. He killed countless enemies and Lutang was killed.
In just a few days, two of the three groups of thieves surrounding Bian had been killed. Only Zhang Hao in the north was still in panic in the terrifying atmosphere where everyone was surrounded by soldiers.
The world is full of reincarnation, who will Zhu Wen spare?
After a short rest, Zhu Wen once again created illusions to confuse the enemy, and then launched a surprise attack. More than 20,000 Zhang Hao's troops were killed. The remaining soldiers retreated into the camp and held on to the city.
When the news came, Qin Zongquan was so angry that he screamed, so he decided to "conquer personally" and allocated another 150,000 elite troops to fight Zhu Wen.
Plate him! Plate him! Plate him! Don't give Zhu Wen any chance. The second emperor of the great Huang Qi regime! He inherited the glorious tradition of the Grass Army! Pang Xun and Huang Chao were possessed by their souls at this moment. Pang Xun faced Sizhou, Huang Chao faced Chenzhou, and now Qin Zongquan faced Bianzhou. At this moment, he is not fighting alone, not alone!
After Zhu Wen heard the news, he hurriedly coordinated the "Three Zhu Alliance" to rush for reinforcements. Zhu Wen's Xuanwu and Yicheng joined Zhu Xuan's Tianping Army and Zhu Jin's Taining Army. Soldiers from the four towns gathered on the Bian River and launched a fierce battle with Qin Zongquan. Early morning to evening. More than 20,000 Cai thieves were killed. When night fell, both sides ordered gold to withdraw their troops and fight again tomorrow.
In the evening, the allied forces of the four towns held a grand celebration banquet, decorated with lanterns and colors, and played drums and music to celebrate the victory during the day. The noise could be heard for more than ten miles.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Zhu Wen stood up and said he wanted to go for a while. When he staggered outside the military tent, he suddenly became energetic. He took his robe, got on his horse, and headed straight for Qin Zongquan's camp with only a few close cavalry.
The sound of banquets in the Bianjun camp can still be heard.
