Before moving to Anzhou, Shi Jingtang released a batch of smoke bombs as usual to undertake the intensive relocation order in Hebei. The imperial court also carried out a series of major personnel changes in Henan:
Liu Churang, the former privy envoy who was "laid off", was appointed as the military envoy to Xiangzhou, and Sang Weihan, the military envoy to Xiangzhou, was appointed as the military envoy to Yanzhou;
Hou Yi, the envoy of Xuzhou Jiedu, was the envoy of Qinzhou Jiedushi, Kang Fu, the envoy of Qinzhou Jiedu, was the envoy of Hezhong Jiedu; An Shenxin, the envoy of Hezhong Jiedu, was the envoy of Xuzhou Jiedushi, and Du Chongwei, the envoy of Xuzhou Jiedu He served as the military governor of Yunzhou.
Later, Ma Quanjie, the envoy of Cangzhou Jiedushi, was appointed as the envoy of Anzhou.
Previously, the imperial court recruited Li Jinquan's close confidant Hu Hanjun to join the court and sent Jia Renzhou to replace him. Hu Hanjun claimed that he was ill and refused to move forward. He poisoned Jia Rennum and massacred Pang Lingtu's entire family. The methods are cruel and outrageous.
Now, the edict to move the town was issued, and Hu Hanyun heard that Jia Rennum's two sons were going to file a petition against the central government. He was very frightened, so he deceived Li Jinquan, saying that based on reliable information, the court wanted to investigate the "Jia Rennum poisoning case" and framed it. Put the blame on you, accuse you of treason, and kill you!
Li Jinquan was greatly frightened, so under Hu Hanjun's instigation, he decided to collude with Huainan and resist the Later Jin Dynasty.
Generally speaking, the rebels north of the Yellow River will collude with the Khitan, the rebels in the east of Henan will collude with Huainan, and the rebels in the west of Henan will collude with Shu. Get materials nearby.
Xu Zhigao in Huainan sent generals Li Chengyu and Duan Chugong to lead 3,000 troops to respond.
Shi Jingtang's response was even faster. We have considerable reason to believe that Shi Jingtang had prepared an emergency plan. It can even be said that he had already started "counterinsurgency" before Li Jinquan officially rebelled. Shi Jingtang immediately authorized Ma Quanjie to mobilize troops from more than a dozen states in Henan, including Bianzhou and Luoyang, to take over with arms. He also recruited An Shenhui, the envoy of the Baoda Army in Yanzhou, as deputy commander of the campaign, and launched a mighty massacre in Anzhou. Come.
In June of the fifth year of Tianfu (940), the Battle of Anzhou began.
Persimmons should be picked soft and pinched. Yang Guangyuan and others were powerful, and Shi Jingtang was wary of them. For the little Li Jinquan, he neither greeted them in advance like An Congjin, but also made preparations for military conquest in advance. rebellion? You deserve it too!
Li Jinquan knew how much he weighed and did not dare to confront the imperial army head-on. When the Huainan reinforcements arrived in Anzhou, he immediately abandoned the city and fled.
Li Jinquan took groups of beautiful concubines and mountains of gold and silver treasures, and under the protection of hundreds of followers, defected to the Huainan reinforcement camp.
Huainan general Li Chengyu first robbed Li Jinquan's concubine's treasure and took it for himself, and then commanded the army to enter Anzhou City.
Li Chengyu disobeyed Xu Zhigao's order.
Just like Lu Wenjin's defection before, Xu Zhigao did not intend to embezzle the land of the Central Plains Dynasty at this time. He did not covet the city of Anzhou, but earnestly warned that as long as the political prisoners were taken over, he must not harass the people of the Central Plains. Do not enter the city and hold on in an attempt to rob it.
When welcoming Lu Wenjin before, Huainan and the Later Jin Dynasty maintained this tacit understanding. However, Li Chengyu adhered to the spirit of "if the general is outside, the emperor's orders will be ignored" and did not seize nothing, he entered Anzhou, intending to repel the reinforcements of the later Jin Dynasty and keep Anzhou on the territory of Huainan.
When Li Congke and Fengxiang raised troops and entered Luoyang, Hou Shu took advantage of the opportunity to capture the land of Later Tang and launched a massive attack on Jinzhou. Ma Quanjie, who was the defense envoy of Jinzhou at that time, destroyed his family to save the country, persisted in resisting, and defeated more with less, and finally repelled the Hou Shu invading army and saved Jinzhou. Ma Quanjie is a ruthless character.
Ma Quanjie commanded the army to exchange fire with the Huainan Army in the south of Anzhou City, and defeated the Huainan Army in one fell swoop. Li Chengyu saw that the situation was not good, so he looted Anzhou, smashed, looted and burned, and then led the remaining troops to flee south.
Ma Quanjie immediately entered the city to take over, and then ordered deputy commander An Shenhui to pursue him. An Shenhui chased to Huanghua Valley and killed Duan Chugong, the deputy commander of the Huainan army. The next day, he caught up with the main force of Huainan again in Yunmengze and captured more than 2,000 Huainan general Li Chengyu and his subordinates alive.
A total of three thousand people came from Huainan, and more than two thousand were captured alive.
Ma Quanjie witnessed the tragic situation in Anzhou City and was deeply shocked. "Huaiyi is hateful!"
At this time, An Shenhui escorted Li Chengyu and other prisoners back to Anzhou.
Ma Quanjie's face was ashen. He waved his hand and pointed at Li Chengyu and others, "Chop them off!" With the order, all 1,500 people under Li Chengyu were beheaded. Then the supervisor Du Guangye and other 570 people were escorted to Bianzhou.
During the battle, the general An Youqian fought particularly bravely. Ma Quanjie praised his loyalty and bravery and sent him to Bianzhou to show victory. Because according to the rules, those who show victory will receive "good news money". In addition to rich gold and silver treasures, they will also be promoted to nobility. Therefore, the general will usually let his son or close associates do this job.
An Youqian raced hard in the scorching summer heat and died of heatstroke. It became the Chinese version of a marathon.
Shi Jingtang comforted the captives and said, "It's Li Jin who took all the blame on me. What's their crime?" Then he untied them, rewarded them with horses, clothes and other gifts, and sent them back to Huainan.
This is still a tacit understanding between Shi Jingtang and Xu Zhigao, and neither party is willing to escalate the conflict. Needless to say, Shi Jingtang was busy plugging leaks in the house when it rained all night. Xu Zhigao also did not want to fall out with the Later Jin Dynasty, because at this time he was busy mediating the civil war in Fujian and his main energy was not in the north.
Therefore, whether it is Lu Wenjin or Li Jinquan, Xu Zhigao's attitude is that you are welcome to come to Huainan to apply for political asylum, but Huainan will never go to war with the great powers of the Central Plains for you.
According to later statistics, just because Li Chengyu was greedy for power and money, and violated military orders, a wrong war broke out at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and with the wrong enemy, causing Huainan to lose more than 4,000 people. Xu Zhigao was quite heartbroken by this.
It was clearly stated before that the two men would lead 3,000 men to the rescue. Of the 3,000 men, 4,000 were killed... It could be Li Jinquan's 1,000 men, or it could be a second batch of rescue forces. In short, Huainan suffered heavy losses, and was still in a passive situation diplomatically between the two countries, and owed the later Jin a huge favor.
Shi Jingtang not only failed to investigate Xu Zhigao's invasion of Anzhou in Huainan, but instead sent Du Guangye and other 570 prisoners back to Huainan as gifts. Shi Jingtang's arms were so long that they stretched from Bianzhou to Huainan and slapped Xu Zhigao on the face.
Xu Zhigao sent Du Guangye and others back to the territory of the Later Jin Dynasty north of the Huaihe River, and wrote a letter to Shi Jingtang with the heading "This country's letter is sent to the emperor of the Shangguo". He was very polite and called the Later Jin Dynasty "the Shangguo". The letter said:
"With long-term admiration, you will never be able to live in glory, but you will follow the rules of the Warring States Period and dare to foreshadow the way of good neighborliness."
——Let’s be polite first. I'm a big fan of yours and I've always admired you.
