【Peninsula Crisis】
The Pinglu Army was headquartered in Qingzhou (now Weifang City, Shandong Province), located in the middle of today's Shandong Province, and its military envoy was Wang Shifan.
When Zhu Wen surrounded Fengxiang, the eunuch Han Quanjiao ordered all towns and roads in the world to raise troops to "King Qin".
At that time, Li Keyong of Hedong happily obeyed the imperial edict, but was "surrounded by Taiyuan" by Zhu Wen and was beaten to the point of doubting his life; Wang Jian of Xichuan happily obeyed the imperial edict, but took advantage of it and eroded Li Maozhen's territory in Shannan; the two heroes of Jianghuai were stumbled by their respective civil strife. Hands and feet; Feng Xingxing of Jinzhou also helped Zhu Wen intercept and kill the eunuch envoys who took advantage of the road to go south... As a result, Zhu Wen was able to concentrate all his efforts on winning the great victory in Fengxiang and recaptured Zhaozong.
During this period, Shifan, the always low-key Pinglu Army King of Qingzhou, suddenly became aware of his presence. He accepted the call of the Kansai Group and the eunuch forces and plotted to rebel against Zhu Wen.
In October of the first year of the Dragon Age (889), Wang Jingwu, the former military commander of Pinglu Army in Qingzhou, died of illness. The army promoted Wang Jingwu's son, Wang Shifan, who was only 16 years old, to be the queen of Pinglu. The young master of the country was suspicious, and the feudal officials took the opportunity to rebel.
Zhang Chan, the governor of Dizhou under his rule, first started the trouble, refused to recognize Wang Shifan, and openly rebelled. Therefore, the imperial court appointed Cui Anqian as the military governor of Pinglu Army, intending to take the opportunity to take the Pinglu Army of Qingzhou back to the central government. Zhang Chan welcomed Cui Anqian to Dizhou and planned to attack the young master Wang Shifan.
Wang Shifan sent general Lu Hong to quell the rebellion. As a result, Lu Hong defected in front of the formation and conspired with Zhang Chan to return to his headquarters, Qingzhou.
In critical moments, 16-year-old Wang Shifan showed extraordinary wisdom and courage. He sent a heavy bribe to Lu Hong, saying that he was young and ignorant, and was forced to stay after being pushed by the three armies. He knew that his virtue and talent were not worthy of the heavy responsibility, so he was willing to give up the position of Jiedushi to Lu Hong. If I can save my life and guard the graves of my ancestors, I can only follow your orders, Lu Hong.
Secretly, elite soldiers were ambushed on both sides of the road, waiting for the big fish to take the bait.
Lu Hong didn't pay attention to the little baby Wang Shifan at all, and thought what he said was reasonable, so he relaxed his vigilance and happily fell into the trap. At the reception banquet prepared by Wang Shifan for him, he was beheaded by his subordinate Liu Wei.
Later, Wang Shifan announced the enlightened policy of "killing only the first culprits and leaving the rest alone" to Lu Hong's men. Instead of punishing them, he gave them generous rewards to comfort them and win over the morale of the troops. Then he personally led them to make meritorious deeds and return to attack Zhang Chan. , captured and beheaded him, and deliberately let Cui Anqian go so that he could return to Chang'an smoothly so as not to offend the central court.
Since then, Wang Shifan has secured his position as the military governor of Pinglu Army.
He is both kind and powerful, and he also understands politics. Since ancient times, heroes have emerged from youth.
When Zhu Wen annexed Yanyun and Zhu in one fell swoop, he took advantage of the remaining power of his great victory and planned to march eastward, destroying Qingzhou in one fell swoop. Wang Shifan immediately sent an envoy to express his surrender, thus avoiding the pain of war.
Qingzhou Pinglu Army's jurisdiction covers the eastern part of today's Shandong Province. The entire Shandong Peninsula is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and only borders Yanzhou Taining Army and Yunzhou Tianping Army on the west side. Its geopolitics is relatively simple. It is blocked in the peninsula by Yanyun Erzhu, isolated from the world, and has no competition with the world. Yanyun Erzhu is both his stumbling block and his watchdog.
For a long time, the two generations of the Wang family have kept to their own devices, defended the land and the people for the emperor, rarely carried out military expansion, and focused on development. Although their presence is not high, historical evaluations are basically positive.
Historical records record that after Wang Shifan received the "edict" from King Qin, he cried bitterly and cursed the feudal vassals all over the world for supporting their own troops and watching the emperor suffer humiliation. Therefore, he determined to eliminate thieves for the country and attack Zhu Wen.
Who in the world doesn’t know that these edicts were written by eunuchs and were written by Li Maozhen? Even Li Keyong and Wang Jian who "obey the imperial edict" proceed from their own interests and have their own agendas.
Wang Shifan's super fighting power broke out at the age of 16, which made me doubt his silly behavior at the age of 25. Wang Shifan obviously has his own plans.
Zhu Wen completed the strategic goal of "Looking East", eradicating Xuzhou Shipu and Yanyun Zhu, crippled Youzhou Liu Rengong and his son Cangzhou Liu Shouwen, and conquered the towns of Heshuo. The process of Zhu Wen's expansion of power was also a process of indirectly helping Qingzhou clear obstacles. No one outside the peninsula could check and balance Wang Shifan.
Now, Zhu and Wen have placed their strategic focus on the Guanzhong area in the west, and there is a lack of strength in the east. During this period, Qingzhou Wang Normal University, located in the far east of Zhu and Wen's influence, and Huainan Yang Xingmi in the southeast had been flirting with each other and had a close relationship.
If Wang Shifan joins forces with Yang Xingmi, Li Keyong, and Li Maozhen to launch an attack, Zhu Wen will fall into the dilemma of fighting on both the east and west fronts. Yang Xingmi can capture the Wuning Army in Xuzhou, Zhu Jin can recapture the Taining Army in Yanzhou, and Wang Shifan can divide the Tianping Army in Yunzhou. By then, Wang Shifan could not only seize the Yichang Army in Cangzhou to the north, but also extend his hand to the Heshuo area, and even directly threaten the Bianzhou base camp.
Even if Zhu Wen counterattacks, Yanzhou Zhu Jin will become the strongest barrier to Wang Normal University. Zhu Wen not only robbed Zhu Jin of his inheritance, but also killed his flesh and blood, and even took possession of his beloved wife. If Zhu Jin can regain control of Yanzhou, he will become Wang Shifan's natural ally, allowing Wang Shifan to confidently and boldly march to the Hebei region in the northwest.
Therefore, after receiving the "edict" from Li Maozhen and the eunuchs in Fengxiang, Wang Shifan immediately contacted Li Keyong in Hedong and Yang Xingmi in Huainan to discuss jointly attacking Zhu Wen. However, there is no record of him contacting Youzhou Liu Rengong in the history books. This is very interesting. This can also be seen as a small indirect evidence that Wang Shifan is seeking expansion.
In addition, Wang Shifan's betrayal of Zhu Wen was also "forced" by the imperial court, because before that, the imperial court ordered Yang Xingmi to "kill pigs" and appointed Zhu Jin as the military governor of Pinglu Army in Qingzhou. Therefore, Wang Shifan took the initiative to secretly contact Yang Xingmi and expressed his willingness to stand with him and oppose Zhu Wen.
In short, Wang Shifan was not stupid. He held the edict in his hand and cried bitterly. It was a political show to find legal basis for his rebellious behavior.
Looking back at the rebellion plan formulated by Wang Shifan, it is really chilling. It is so cruel: sending generals disguised as tribute envoys or small traders, hiding weapons, and going to Bian, Xu, Yan, Yun, Qi, Yi, Meng, Hua, Shaan, Guo, Hua, Luo, He and other state capitals lurked and made an appointment in advance (the fifth day of the first lunar month) to rebel at the same time on that day.
From the location point of view, it covers almost all important towns and strategic places from Shandong to Chang'an, and is everywhere; from the action point of view, it is a "terrorist attack" that is still very popular in the world today, with "beheading" at a fixed point, that is, a special force raid. Military and political headquarters, capture and kill military and political leaders, paralyzing the enemy.
Wang Shifan is really the ancestor of terrorists.
Even Li Keyong greatly appreciated Wang Shifan's plan, and under the persuasion of the eunuch Zhang Chengye, he raised troops to respond and attack Jinzhou to help Fengxiang relieve the siege.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Pinglu Army general Zhang Juhou led two hundred warriors and pushed a cart to the east of Huazhou City, claiming to be a tribute mission to the imperial court. The Bian general who was guarding the city, Lou Jingsi, ordered to stop for inspection. Just as he was about to open the box for inspection, more than 200 people suddenly shouted loudly, swarmed up, killed Lou Jingsi, and then entered the city. At that time, Prime Minister Cui Yin was in the city. Hearing that there was a change, he quickly led his troops to resist. After all, Pinglu's army only had 200 people. They were outnumbered and were quickly wiped out.
Like this group of agents responsible for seizing Huazhou, Pinglu Army agents in other places were also discovered and arrested. Only good news came from Yanzhou.
The person responsible for the attack on Yanzhou was General Liu Wei, Wang Shifan's "founding hero". As early as when Wang Shifan came to the throne, he personally killed the traitor Zhang Chan at the Hongmen Banquet.
Liu Po was both wise and brave, and had done sufficient intelligence work in advance. He sent people dressed as oil sellers to investigate the city and found out the loopholes in Yanzhou City's defense: the sewers.
On the fourth night of the first lunar month, Liu Wei selected 500 warriors, sneaked into the city through the drainage ditch under the cover of night, and carried out a silent "whistle-touching" attack in the middle of the night. By dawn the next day, he had taken control of the inner city. , but the people in the city knew nothing about it. Liu Wei once again took control of the headquarters office without anyone noticing. At this point, Liu Wei announced that he had taken over Yanzhou.
The current military governor of the Yanzhou Taining Army is Ge Congzhou. He is currently garrisoning in Xingzhou and has taken away all the elite troops of the Yanzhou Taining Army.
After Liu Wei took control of Yanzhou, he gave special treatment to Ge Congzhou's wives, especially Ge Congzhou's mother. Liu Wei respected Ge Congzhou's mother as he served his own mother and went to kneel there every morning. Kowtow and say hello. Ge Congzhou's children still hold their original positions, and their salaries and various subsidies are paid as usual.
At that time, Bian general Pei Di was stationed in Bianzhou and received the messenger sent by Wang Shifan. This person should be a messenger for daily official correspondence and has nothing to do with the series of terrorist attacks. Pei Di took the official letter and asked politely, "How is the situation in the east?" Unexpectedly, the messenger's face changed drastically and he was sweating like rain.
Pei Di immediately retreated and asked the messenger alone. The messenger had long since lost his mind, and poured out everything he knew in one breath, just like pouring beans through a bamboo tube.
The situation was urgent and there was no time to report or ask for instructions. Pei Di directly ordered Zhu Youning to lead 10,000 vanguard troops to inspect the ground in Yan and Yun. While marching in a hurry, Zhu Youning notified Ge Congzhou, the mobile force stationed in Xingzhou, and agreed to jointly attack Qingzhou Wang Normal University. At the same time, Pei Di sent a quick horse to report to Zhu Wen to the west.
After Zhu Wen got the news, he immediately allocated some troops to march eastward and obey Zhu Youning's dispatch.
Soon, under Zhu Wen's high-pressure situation, Fengxiang Li Maozhen gave in, killed the eunuch Han Quanhui as a scapegoat, and sent him back to Zhaozong to negotiate peace with Zhu Wen, as mentioned above.
After receiving the news that Zhaozong had returned to Chang'an, Li Keyong also knew that "killing pigs" was hopeless, so he lifted the siege of Jinzhou and moved to Taiyuan.
After Zhu Wen settled the affairs of Chang'an, he began to transfer the main troops from the western battlefield to the eastern battlefield. In order to prevent Li Keyong from attacking from behind, he asked Zhaozong to be the intermediary and convey his desire to reconcile with Li Keyong.
This corresponds to the previous node.
