An Chongrong closed the city gate tightly and drove all the male residents of the city to the city wall to guard the city. If there were not enough military uniforms and armor, cowhide and horsehide were used as armor. Such defenders have basically no combat effectiveness at all and will only die in vain. Even so, An Chongrong did not hesitate. As long as he could save his own life, what would it matter if all the people in Zhenzhou died?
Since Zhaozhou had been recaptured, Du Chongwei's main central force marched straight in without encountering any resistance and came directly to Zhenzhou City.
The arrogant, insidious and cunning An Chongrong finally ushered in his end, and Du Chongwei also fully exposed his greedy and cruel nature in this battle, paving the way for his future "big career".
When the victory documents came, hundreds of officials came to the court to congratulate them. Shi Jingtang issued an edict to deprive An Congjin and An Chongrong of their official titles. The counter-insurgency situation was very good, and Shi Jingtang's heart brightened, "This is how I feel, so great!"
Historical records record, "On that day, the emperor was practicing archery in the rear garden. All the commanders and envoys of all the armies were informed, and there were differences in the gifts." This means that the emperor and his ministers were engaged in team building in the royal garden, and every participant received a reward.
It can be seen that Shi Jingtang was very happy, even though Comrade Chang Congjian died of illness two days ago, and on the day of practicing archery, King Qian Yuanguan of Wuyue passed away.
Chang Congjian, who "cut bones to get arrows", deployed defenses in Heyang during the Hedong War. He was responsible for blocking Shi Jingtang to the north of the Yellow River and building Luoyang's peripheral defense line. When Shi Jingtang went south, Chang Congjian took the initiative to surrender and had already served Shi Jingtang. The boat for crossing the river was prepared, and he was awarded the honorary title of "He who promotes loyalty and transportation and protects the country", was awarded the title of Military Envoy of the Zhongwu Army in Xuzhou, was added to the third division of Kaifu Yitong, and was granted the title of Grand Lieutenant of the Inspection School. Fifteen hundred households.
This time the retinue went to Weizhou, where he contracted an illness and died at the age of 65. As a posthumous gift to the Grand Master, the imperial court was abolished for one day as a token of mourning.
Qian Yuanguan, King of Wuyue, was the son of Qian Liu and the second generation leader of the Qian Group in Hangzhou. Later Jin Dynasty gave him the posthumous title "Wen Mu" and abolished the court for three days as a sign of mourning.
The way to "mourn" is to "practice shooting in the backyard".
In a few days, it will be the Chinese New Year.
On the first day of the first lunar month in the seventh year of Tianfu (942), Shi Jingtang ordered that the New Year's greeting ceremony for hundreds of officials be exempted, "because of the use of troops."
On the second day of the first lunar month, a low-level officer in Zhenzhou City led the Central Army into Zhenzhou through the water mill gate (a water hole used by water-powered mills) on the west side and launched a surprise attack. The defenders collapsed instantly, and An Chongrong led hundreds of Tuyuhun cavalry to retreat into the inner city and continue to resist.
Du Chongwei sent people to state the interests to the Tuyuhun soldiers, mainly using political inducement to surrender, supplemented by military attacks. Soon, the Tuyuhun mercenaries captured An Chongrong alive and presented him to Du Chongwei.
In the Battle of Zhenzhou, Du Chongwei first killed the general who led the Central Army to surprise Zhenzhou, took credit for the recovery of Zhenzhou, and then commanded the army to massacre more than 20,000 people. An Chongrong kidnapped him to the city wall as a The common people who defended the army. It is outrageous to kill good people and take credit for their merits!
After entering the city, Du Chongwei not only occupied all of An Chongrong's property, but also took for himself all the grain and treasury of the Zhenzhou government.
Du Chongwei beheaded An Chongrong and sent his head to Weizhou to report his merits. At the same time, it was reported that one of his cronies, Wang Yu, was the deputy envoy of Zhenzhou. Wang Yu, under Du Chongwei's instruction, levied excessive taxes on the people of Zhenzhou and plundered their wealth and anointing. The people of Zhenzhou were miserable.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Shi Jingtang received the express delivery of the head, and then went to the Qianming Tower to read out the "Lubulu". The Dali Qing was responsible for carrying An Chongrong's head through the streets to show the public, and hundreds of officials came to the court to congratulate him. Then An Chongrong's head was painted with paint to keep it fresh, put into a wooden box, and sent to Khitan to report to his father.
Shi Jingtang awarded posthumous titles to the five princes who unfortunately died in previous rebellions to express his grief, and also rewarded ministers who had made outstanding achievements in the previous counter-insurgency wars. Among them, Du Chongwei was appointed as the governor of the Chengde Army in Zhenzhou, Yang Guangyuan was also appointed as the minister, the prince Shi Chonggui was appointed as the minister, Hou Yijia was appointed as the imperial envoy, and Sang Weihan, Zhao Ying, etc. were also given rewards.
Among the series of awards and personnel transfers, there is a small wave of town relocations worth noting:
An Shuqian, the military governor of Cangzhou, was appointed the military governor of Xingzhou;
Ma Quanjie, the military governor of Xingzhou, was appointed the military governor of Dingzhou;
Wang Tingyin, the envoy of Dingzhou Festival, was appointed as the envoy of Cangzhou Festival.
An Shuqian, Ma Quanjie, and Wang Tingyin turned right and walked in unison, and the three towns moved to each other.
An Shuqian is only said to be from the "Three Shatuo Tribes" in the history books, without specifying whether he was from Shatuo, Anqing or Suoge. His story mainly takes place in the following text, let’s give a brief introduction first:
His father worked for Li Keyong, and he himself followed Li Cunxu. He made small contributions in the war to overthrow the Later Liang Dynasty. During the Mingzong period, he participated in quelling the rebellion in the capital of Dingzhou and was awarded the title of governor for his merits; Li Congke During this period, he followed Shi Jingtang to sit in Hedong and repelled the guerrilla harassment of the Khitans. He was appointed as Zhenwu Jiedushi by Shi Jingtang. After Shi Jingtang became emperor, he was given the title of prime minister.
To put it simply, although An Shuqian was not a direct descendant of Shi Jingtang, he was regarded by Shi Jingtang as one of his own.
Shi Jingtang transferred An Shuqian from Cangzhou to Dongzhaoyi. The west side guarded the main road in and out of the Taihang Mountains and connected Luzhou West Zhaoyi. It can be regarded as the east gate of Taiyuan Prefecture in Hedong Province, and the east side is close to the famous Weizhou Wei Bojun. Placing him here shows that Shi Jingtang trusts him.
So what about the Ma Quan Festival in Dong Zhaoyi?
Shi Jingtang had a good impression of Ma Quanjie. During the Mingzong period, Shi Jingtang took command to conquer Liangchuan. His heart was extremely struggling and painful, because he himself was not optimistic about this war and had always been opposed to sending troops, but Li Siyuan just let him take command and go on the expedition.
At that time, Ma Quanjie was appointed as the governor of Hexi Province in Liangzhou. On his way to his appointment, he met Shi Jingtang in Fengxiang who was about to enter Sichuan. Ma Quanjie paid a respectful visit to Shi Jingtang. Because Shi Jingtang's official position and title were higher than those of Ma Quanjie, and he was the emperor's son-in-law, Ma Quanjie respected him very much.
Ma Quanjie's visit made Shi Jingtang feel like spring breeze. He was very moved. He immediately reported to the court, saying that Ma Quanjie was a good comrade. Why did he throw him thousands of miles away into a barren land where birds did not poop? As a result, Ma Quanjie was changed to the governor of Yizhou.
When the Hexi Jiedushi was first established, it was the first of the "Top Ten Jiedushi" and the most powerful vassal town in the Tang Dynasty. But by the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties period, it was already very useless. The central court's control there was almost in name only, and was actually controlled by the surrounding nomadic peoples. Therefore, the actual political status of the Hexi Jiedushi and the Yizhou governor were equal.
Later, Ma Quanjie was promoted from the governor to the defense envoy and was stationed in Jinzhou. He caught up with Li Congke and Fengxiang raised his army. Later Shu took advantage of the chaos and occupied the land in the Central Plains. Ma Quanjie destroyed his family to relieve the difficulties and stood firm in Jinzhou. He defeated the many with less and let Later Shu The pace of encroachment eastwards stopped at Jinzhou. Afterwards, he was summoned to Beijing to discuss the reward. Because Ma Quanjie had no money to bribe the powerful official Liu Yanlang, he was demoted as the governor of Jiangzhou. make.
