The digression is over, let’s return to the main topic:
Starting from Wang Tingcuo, five people from the fourth generation (Tingcuo, Yuan Kui, Shao Ding, Shao Yi, Jing Chong) were all military envoys of the Chengde Army. Princess Shou'an's grandson Wang Jingchong even enjoys the title of king (Prince of Changshan County).
Wang Jingchong was only 37 years old when he died, and his son Wang Rong was only 10 years old.
Although Wang Rong is still a 10-year-old kid, his family has great prestige and deep roots in the Chengde Army. It is slightly comparable to Yuan Shao's "Fourth Generation and Three Dukes" of the Three Kingdoms. Counting Wang Rong, their family has "Fifth Generation and Sixth Festival" ", he himself is the great-grandson of Princess Shou'an, with royal blood of Li Tang Dynasty, and his father is a prince. Therefore, the three armies recommended him as Cheng Deliu.
The little brat Wang Rong, faced with the eyeing Li Keyong, could only blindly please, "heavy bribes and bribes to make peace", even when Li Keyong annexed Dong Zhaoyi, he also took the initiative to provide Li Keyong with Food, grass and baggage.
Kneeling and licking cannot buy real peace.
After the obstacles to the eastward advance were cleared, Li Keyong finally wanted to extend his claws into Hebei.
The teenage Wang Rong was no match for Li Keyong. He suffered a series of defeats, lost cities and territory, and suffered heavy losses. So he asked Lulong Li Kuangwei behind him for help.
With his lips dead and his teeth cold, Li Kuangwei personally led 30,000 troops to help.
Li Keyong also found an ally - Wang Chucun, the governor of the Dingzhou Yiwu Army.
The two were close comrades-in-arms. They once conquered Huangchao side by side and recaptured Chang'an. After Huangchao was annihilated, the imperial court rewarded them based on their merits. "Li Keyong was the first to conquer the city and attack thieves; he was diligent in advocating righteousness, and he was the first to survive everywhere." At the same time, the two also married their children.
The coalition forces of Li Keyong and Wang Chucun fought against the coalition forces of Wang Rong and Li Kuangwei. As a result, Li Keyong, who was fighting away from home, was defeated and temporarily retreated to Luancheng to rest.
The imperial court ordered the four towns of Hedong, Chengde, Lulong and Yiwu to stop fighting and reconcile.
Li Keyong was defeated in the new battle, so he went down the slope to sell his donkey as a favor. He happily obeyed the imperial edict and led his army back to Taiyuan Prefecture.
Helianduo, who defected to Li Kuangwei's tent, wanted to take the opportunity to recapture Yunzhou, so he and Li Kuangwei dispatched 80,000 troops to counterattack Yunzhou. Unexpectedly, Li Keyong heard the news in advance and set up an ambush in advance. Li Kuangwei and He Lian Duo's counterattack suffered a disastrous failure.
At this time, Li Keyong received a bolt from the blue: Li Cunxiao rebelled.
[The most powerful general Li Cunxiao]
Li Cunxiao was one of Li Keyong's adopted sons. His original name was An Jingsi. He was a member of the Li Te tribe in Central Asia and the same clan as An Lushan. This person is good at riding and shooting, has superb martial arts skills, and is extremely brave. His usual weapons are bows and arrows.
The weapon is a heavy weapon with complex manufacturing technology and high price. Generally speaking, those who can use the weapon are generals who are from generals. As for Laos, it has a more popular name, mace. Both of these are famous heavy weapons and cannot be used by people without extraordinary physical strength.
When Li Cunxiao charged into battle, he used two war horses to accompany each other at the same time. When one horse got tired, he would change horses and fight again.
Conquering Huangchao, rescuing Chenzhou, "Shangyuanyi Incident", smashing Zhang Jun's siege and siege of Hedong... Li Cunxiao all made great contributions.
Especially in the battle to crush Zhang Jun's siege of Hedong, Li Cunxiao rushed to help Zezhou. At that time, the Bian army persuaded the defenders to surrender, saying that Li Keyong was gone and Shatuo would soon be unable to find a cave to hide in. After Li Cunxiao heard this, he immediately led five hundred cavalry and went straight to the Bian army camp. "I, the Shatuo acupuncture seeker, can make the fat ones fight!" After provoking the enemy and scolding the formation, Bian Xiao The fierce general Deng Jiyun came out to fight, but was captured alive by Li Cunxiao in the blink of an eye.
He defeated the Bian army in one breath, then assisted in the defense of Luzhou, captured Sun Kui alive, and defeated the central army group of the imperial court.
Some people compare Li Cunxiao to Lu Bu during the Three Kingdoms period. In fact, Lu Bu was much inferior to Li Cunxiao.
Luo Guanzhong, the author of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", also wrote another book, "The Romance of the End of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties". In this book, Li Cunxiao was regarded as "the most powerful general in the late Tang Dynasty", as famous as Li Yuanba in "The Story of the Tang Dynasty" .
There is also a popular saying among the people, "The king is not as good as Xiang, and the general is not as good as Li", comparing Li Cunxiao to Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu.
Because he ranked thirteenth among Li Keyong's disciples, he was also honored as the "Thirteenth Taibao" by the people. People at the time compared him to Zhang Liao and Gan Ning during the Three Kingdoms period.
In short, for a long historical period, Li Cunxiao had a broader mass base than Lu Bu. Lu Bu completely took advantage of the popularity of the "Three Kingdoms" and became a household name.
When Li Cunxiao captured Sun Kui alive and defeated the Central Army Group encircling Hedong, he ranked first in merit. According to convention, he should be the military commander of the Zhaoyi Army. As a result, Li Keyong asked General Kang Junli to do the Zhaoyi Festival, which made Li Cunxiao so angry that he didn't eat for several days.
From then on, Li Cunxiao felt resentful and felt that his godfather's rewards and punishments were unfair. But Li Cunxiao was very simple. He did not have any thoughts of rebellion. He just wanted to continue to express himself, make great contributions to his godfather, and then lead the entire town.
Therefore, he actively coordinated military operations against the Chengde Army in Hebei in order to continue to make meritorious deeds.
At that time, Li Cunxiao was stationed in Xingzhou, Dongzhaoyi, adjacent to the Chengde Army in the north, so he became the vanguard of this military operation. After receiving Li Keyong's approval, he advanced with great success, and his troops were directed at the headquarters of the Chengde Army—— Zhenzhou.
Peers are enemies, and there is naked hatred only between peers. Li Keyong's other adopted son, Li Cunxin, had always been jealous of Li Cunxiao and competed with him for credit and favor.
Li Cunxin and Li Cunxiao are like the replicas of Zhu Zhen and Li Tangbin under Zhu Wen.
In terms of strength, Li Cunxin was slightly inferior, but he was favored by Li Keyong. It may be that parents and teachers naturally favor the weaker side, but more importantly, Li Cunxiao's emotional intelligence is inferior to Li Cunxin.
Li Cunxiao has a bit of a strong limbs and a simple mind. He is invincible on the battlefield, but in the workplace he is a loner, has no "party members" of his own, and is not popular.
In comparison, although Li Cunxin was "not as brave as Cunxiao", his brain was much better than Li Cunxiao's and he was more scheming. Li Cunxin was a rare foreign language talent, with both civil and military skills. He was "able to speak four Yi languages and read six Tibetan books." Different from Li Cunxiao's maverick style, Li Cunxin is better at forming groups.
Kang Junli, one of Li Keyong's "first heroes", was Li Cunxin's best friend. The two sang together, teased each other, and poured ecstasy pills on Li Keyong. That's why Li Keyong gave Zhaoyi Jiedu to Kang Junli.
On the battlefield, a lone hero may still have a glimmer of hope and can create miracles. But in the turbulent political arena, fighting alone is always a dead end.
History is always surprisingly similar.
Just like Zhu Wen treated Zhu Zhen and Li Tangbin, Li Keyong knew that Cun Xiao and Cun Xin were jealous of each other, but he still wanted them to lead the army together and fight side by side to check, balance and monitor each other.
