Yin Hui and Lou Jiying from Bianzhou accepted Fan Yanguang's instigation; Wen Tao's three sons, Wen Yanjun, Wen Yanmao, and Wen Yangun, all in Xuzhou, also secretly responded to Fan Yanguang.
Yin Hui was the first Forbidden Army general to defect to Li Congke's "Battle of Fengxiang". Yang Siquan was the first, and Yin Hui was the second. After Li Congke became emperor, he wanted to fulfill the promise made by Fengxiang City and promote Yang Siquan and Yin Hui to Jiedu Envoys. Yang Siquan had previously made it clear that he would return to his hometown (Puzhou) as Jiedushi Envoys and return home in glory; Yin Hui had no special requirements, as long as he Just be a military envoy.
Li Congke originally planned to let Yin Hui serve as the military envoy of Wei Bojun in Weizhou. Before the appointment letter was issued, a small episode happened:
Yin Hui relied on his "several merits" and was arrogant. He also heard that he was going to take control of Wei Bojun, an important town in Heshuo. He became even more arrogant and arrogant. At that time, Shi Jingtang was being detained in Luoyang by Li Congke. One day, Shi Jingtang happened to meet Yin Hui on the street. Yin Hui was arrogant and very rude. He did not dismount, but just threw the whip onto the saddle and held it with his free hand. , said hello perfunctorily.
Shi Jingtang was very angry, so he ran to Li Congke and reported to Li Congke that people outside were talking about Yin Hui's position in Wei Bo and it was best to change his place. Li Congke then transferred Yin Hui to Yingzhou as the military governor.
After Shi Jingtang proclaimed himself emperor, he promoted Yin Hui to the central government and threw him into the imperial army. Yin Hui went around in a big circle and returned to the starting point. Therefore, Yin Hui was dissatisfied with Shi Jingtang's later Jin regime. Fan Yanguang considered him a potential ally.
Lou Jiying lived through the Later Liang and Later Tang Dynasties, and was an official in Yaozhou Tuan Lian Envoy. When it comes to the motive of his rebellion, we have to talk about the three Wen brothers.
Wen Tao, the most famous tomb robber in Chinese history, rummaged through the imperial tombs of the Tang Dynasty, but did not dare to visit Wu Zetian's Qianling Mausoleum due to unusual weather conditions. He had many names. His original name was Wen Tao. After being absorbed by Fengxiang Li Maozhen, he was renamed Li Yantao; he later surrendered to Zhu Wen and was renamed Wen Zhaotu; then he surrendered to Li Cunxu and was given the name Li Shaochong. After Mingzong Li Siyuan proclaimed himself emperor, he was sentenced to death.
The intersection of Wen Tao and Lou Jiying is Yaozhou. At that time, the tomb robber Wen Tao defected to Fengxiang Li Maozhen. Li Maozhen upgraded Huayuan County to "Yaozhou" and made Wen Tao the governor. Later, he upgraded the nearby Meiyuan County to Dingzhou and set up Yaozhou and Dingzhou as the rebel army. , Wen Tao was promoted to the Jiedu Envoy of the Yisheng Army; Zhu Youzhen, the last emperor of the Later Liang Dynasty, changed the name of the Yisheng Army to the Jingsheng Army, and Wen Tao was still appointed as the Jiedu Envoy.
They are said to be Jiedu envoys and provincial cadres, but in fact they are the county magistrates of two counties, amusing themselves and making the tomb robbers happy. The important thing is "Yaozhou". Lou Jiying once lived as an official in Yaozhou and was the training envoy of the regiment in Yaozhou, and had a physical intersection with Wen Tao, a native boss of Yaozhou. Later, the two families became in-laws: Lou Jiying's son married Wen Tao's granddaughter (Wen Yanmao's daughter).
Since Emperor Mingzong Li Siyuan killed Wen Tao, Wen Yanmao and other three brothers were also dismissed from their posts, and they still went to Xuzhou to fend for themselves. Therefore, the three Wen brothers were full of deep hatred for the imperial court and had a strong anti-social mentality. Although the Later Tang Dynasty had been replaced by the Later Jin Dynasty, the anti-social personality had been deeply imprinted in the hearts of the three Wen brothers.
One of Lou Jiying's younger brothers was a picket officer in the inner city of Weizhou, and Fan Yanguang sent him to seduce Lou Jiying. Lou Jiying immediately sent his in-law Wen Yanmao to Weizhou to discuss important matters with Fan Yanguang face to face.
Fan Yanguang was so moved that he gave Wen Yanmao a letter arrow and asked him to wait for opportunities in Bianzhou and Xuzhou to act in coordination with others and kill Shi Jingtang.
As a result, the three Wen brothers secretly recruited troops and soon gathered a mercenary army of more than a thousand people to prepare for a surprise attack on Xuzhou.
At this time, the military governor of Xuzhou's Zhongwu Army was General Chang Congjian. Since Fan Yanguang's rebellion, Chang Congjian concluded that Fan Yanguang would definitely contact everyone and find helpers, so he raised Xuzhou's combat readiness level to prevent spy infiltration.
Man proposes, God disposes. Although Yin Hui was dissatisfied with Shi Jingtang, he was timid and unwilling to get involved in political struggles. After receiving Fan Yanguang's secret letter, he became frightened and planned to escape to Huainan to stay away from the chaos in the Central Plains. However, the incident was revealed and he was caught by the patrol.
After Shi Jingtang heard about it, he summoned him and interrogated him personally. Unexpectedly, Yin Hui was silenced at the speed of light.
So Shi Jingtang issued an edict, stating that from now on, any envoys or spies who capture Fan Yanguang or deliver wax pills will be killed without mercy. The wax pills must not be opened, and no one is allowed to read the letters inside. They will be burned on the spot without any further investigation.
This is a tribute to Cao Cao's practice of burning private messages between his subordinates and Yuan Shao after the Battle of Guandu.
At that time, Fan Yanguang rebelled in Weizhou, Zhang Congbin came to Xiangque from Luoyang, and even Shi Jingtang himself wanted to flee to Taiyuan. Naturally, the civil and military officials under his command were even more uneasy. They were flirting with Fan Yanguang just to save their lives. If we dig deeper at this time, If you look closely, it will inevitably increase the turmoil of people's hearts.
But Lou Jiying was afraid. He was worried that he would be exposed, so he secretly ran to Xuzhou and defected to the three Wen brothers.
The three Wen brothers exploded in an instant. Because Xuzhou Chang Congjian took strict precautions, they never found an opportunity to take action and were in danger of being exposed at any time. Bianzhou had already uncovered the Weizhou spy and knew the secret of the wax pill secret letter. , Lou Jiying may have been exposed, but at this time he came to his side. Isn't this setting him on fire?
The eldest brother Wen Yanjun and the third brother Wen Yangun came up with a way to kill Lou Jiying, show their loyalty to the court, and put the blame for secretly communicating with Fan Yanguang on Lou Jiying to protect themselves.
However, the second brother Wen Yanmao and Lou Jiying were sons and daughters and could not bear to do this. So after a more detailed discussion, everyone thought that instead of worrying every day, it was better to go to Luoyang Zhang Congbin and take the initiative to "expose". Once Zhang Congbin and Fan Yanguang successfully attacked, they would not only be able to save their lives, but also have glory and wealth.
They hit it off immediately, so the three Wen brothers and Lou Jiying fled to Sishui Pass with more than a thousand of their men.
Lou Jiying knew through some unknown channel that the Wen brothers had wanted to betray him, so he slandered Zhang Congbin and framed the three Wen brothers as informants for the imperial court and undercover agents of Shi Jingtang.
So Zhang Congbin killed the three Wen brothers.
The time bombs in Bianzhou and Xuzhou were basically eliminated, and the rebel general Lou Jiying defected to Sishui Pass and joined forces with Zhang Congbin.
There were also rebel generals in other places who responded to Fan Yanguang. For example, Wang Hui, the general of Anzhou, launched a mutiny, killed Zhou Gui, the governor of Anyuan Army in Anzhou, and took over Anzhou. He was not in a hurry to express his position. He planned to sit back and watch what happened. , if Fan Yanguang succeeds, he must appease the vassal towns all over the world and win the support of all vassals. Then he will naturally appoint Wang Hui as the governor of Anzhou; if Fan Yanguang fails, he will defect to Huainan.
