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In the second year of Qianhua (912), Xu Wen used both grace and power to establish his actual control over Huainan by slaughtering Li Yu's power and subduing Liu Wei's Tao Ya's kindness. During the battle against Li Yu in Xuanzhou, Xu Wen's adopted son Xu Zhigao served as the deputy of the commander-in-chief Chai Zaiyong and made great achievements in the war. He was awarded the title of governor of Shengzhou (today's Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province).
Xu Zhigao was well-known for his good governance during his tenure in Shengzhou. Xu Zhigao was eager to seek talents in Shengzhou and treated the virtuous corporal, and gained a large number of people, including important counselors such as Song Qiqiu and Wang Lingmou. With the assistance of Song Qiqiu and others, Xu Zhigao became more powerful and finally made some achievements. Big business.
In the fifth year of Qianhua (915), after several years of fighting on all sides, Huainan won a relatively stable external environment, so Xu Wen began to take action: appointing his eldest son Xu Zhixun as Huainan's deputy marching envoy and internal and external horse and infantry army deputy envoy. This is basically equivalent to establishing the status of Xu Zhixun's successor.
Subsequently, Yang Wei, the nominal leader of Huainan, appointed Xu Wen as the supreme commander-in-chief of the Huainan army (commander of all armies on land, water, horse and foot in Guan Nei), commander-in-chief of the two Zhejiang expeditions, guard Shizhong, granted the title of Duke of Qi, guarded Runzhou, and took charge of promotion, Run, Chang, Xuan, She and Chi six states, and retained his "work guidance" on central affairs. In short, one sentence: Huainan's surname is Xu.
Xu Wen went to Zhenrunzhou himself, leaving his eldest son Xu Zhixun in Yangzhou in order to control the "central government" on his behalf.
Runzhou is on the south bank of the Yangtze River, across the river from Yangzhou on the north bank. Xu Wen gave up his headquarters in Yangzhou and took up residence in Runzhou himself. This should be understood as moving his center of gravity southward to prepare for the crusade against Qian Liu in Hangzhou.
In the third year of Zhengming (917), Xu Wen went to Shengzhou to inspect the work and greatly appreciated the achievements of his adopted son Xu Zhigao.
The beautiful land in the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial state of Jinling. Xu Wen was attracted by the prosperity and wealth of Shengzhou and couldn't hide his envy. Chen Yanqian, the well-behaved and sensible secretary beside him, observed the situation and suggested: "Why don't my lord move the headquarters to Shengzhou?"
Therefore, Xu Wen made an important personnel adjustment: he promoted his adopted son Xu Zhigao from the governor of Shengzhou to the training envoy of Runzhou regiment (official promotion), and then moved the town navy headquarters (governing office) from Runzhou to Shengzhou. To put it simply, Xu Wen exchanged places with his adopted son.
Xu Zhigao did not want to go to Runzhou because Runzhou was too close to Yangzhou, separated by a river and "under the emperor's feet". He was always under close surveillance and could not let go. So he requested to be transferred to Xuanzhou, a little further away, but Xu Wen rejected it.
The revolutionary base that he had worked so hard to manage was just taken away and occupied by his godfather. Xu Zhigao felt bitter in his heart, but he did not dare to say it. When I got home, I sighed and sighed.
Seeing that he was unhappy, Song Qiqiu, the think tank, asked him why. After understanding the cause and effect, Song Qiqiu couldn't help being happy and hurriedly congratulated Xu Zhigao.
"Mr. Song, don't be joking. Why are you so happy?"
"My lord, have you ever remembered Xiang Yu and Pei Gong? Xiang Yu violated the agreement of 'the first to enter Guanzhong will be king' and placed Pei Gong Liu Bang in the remote and barren Hanzhong. At that time, everyone thought that Xiang Yu deliberately squeezed and suppressed Liu Bang. Liu Bang was exiled and extremely frustrated. Only Xiao He thought this was a God-given opportunity.
Today's situation... Sanlang is young and arrogant, and has done many unfaithful and unjust things. All the meritorious veterans cannot bear the humiliation, and civil strife is only a matter of time. But Runzhou is only separated from Yangzhou by a river. As the saying goes, those who are near the water first get the moon. Does the Lord want to live in Xuanzhou for the rest of his life? It's a great joy for you to go to Runzhou! "
The old dragon was lying on the beach, and he woke up the man in his dream with a few words. Xu Zhigao was overjoyed and hurriedly packed his things and rushed to Runzhou, fearing that his godfather would regret it.
The "Sanlang" mentioned by the think tank Song Qiqiu refers to Xu Wen's biological son Xu Zhixun. Xu Zhixun is Xu Wen's eldest son, so he should be called "Dalang", but Song Qiqiu chose to call him "Sanlang". The reason is very simple. Xu Zhigao was older than Xu Zhixun, so Song Qiqiu deliberately erased the name "biological". The boundary between "" and "not biological" confuses adopted son and biological son. In this case, Xu Zhixun ranks third.
Song Qiqiu only used a simple title - "Sanlang" to express his attitude to Xu Zhigao: My lord, you are Xu Wen's successor.
In October of this year (917), Liu Yan from Guangzhou sent an envoy to inform him that Liu Yan had ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in August this year, established the "Southern Han Dynasty", and advised Yang Wei of Huainan to also proclaim himself emperor.
Liu Yan proclaimed himself emperor based on the land south of Guangdong, Guangxi and Lingnan, sharing a certain political cost for Huainan. Zhu Youzhen of the Later Liang Dynasty ordered Qian Liu from Hangzhou to go to Lingnan to quell the rebellion. However, Qian Liu said he could, but he was very honest and did not send a single soldier.
Facing the threat of their common enemy, Hou Liang, Huainan and Liu Yan of the Southern Han Dynasty formed a strategic alliance. On the surface, they are flirting with each other, but in fact, the eyes of both parties are shining with greed that cannot be hidden. This fat sheep being targeted by two hungry wolves from the north and the south at the same time is Qianzhou Tan Quanbo.
Previously, the rulers of Qianzhou had both sides and expressed their allegiance to Huainan and Houliang. After Tan Quanbo took over Qianzhou, he devoted himself to Houliang.
Liu Yan wanted to annex Qianzhou. The reason was that Qianzhou was the territory of Houliang, and it was reasonable for us in the Southern Han Dynasty to take it;
The reasons for Huainan are even more sufficient: First, Qianzhou has been our Huainan territory since ancient times (it once expressed its surrender to me, although it is probably a spare tire, but a spare tire is also a tire); secondly, it is not true that our Huainan and Houliang are enemies of each other. It has been one or two days, and it is even more natural for me in Huainan to attack the territory of Houliang.
Xu Wen made a prompt decision and reached a consensus with Yan Keqiu: Qianzhou should close the network, otherwise others will take advantage of it.
At the beginning of the next year (918), Huainan launched a blitzkrieg against Qianzhou. Previously, Yan Keqiu secretly ambushed a large army near Qianzhou by manipulating the number of people to be replaced. At this time, he recruited local people with large sums of money to carry out secret soil work. At the famous dangerous shoal in the upper reaches of the Gan River - Gan The rocky beach creates a safe passage.
In this way, Huainan's large army suddenly appeared outside Qianzhou City like magic soldiers descending from the sky. When they approached the city, the Qianzhou defenders suddenly discovered it and hurriedly resisted in a panic.
The "Battle of Qianzhou" has begun,
Xu Wen, the original planner of this war, suffered successive blows. First of all, he did not expect that this battle would last so long; secondly, he did not expect that so many forces would be involved; thirdly, he never expected that there would be a big chaos within his own family.
In fact, this is the charm and horror of war. It will never develop according to the original designer's wishes. No matter how powerful that person is, any small accident will cause it to deviate from the planned track.
Xu Wen spent many years deliberately and deliberately to eliminate the Yang family in Huainan, and his inheritance was taken away by people with his surname in a very short period of time.
The world is full of reincarnation, no one will be spared by heaven. I originally wanted to pay tribute to Cao Cao, but accidentally discovered that Emperor Xian of Han was himself.
