Under Liu Ci's calm command and Li Tao's life-saving counterattack, more than 700 enemy soldiers were killed and enemy general Wang Jixun was seriously injured. Wang Jixun fled back to the city under the protection of the remaining soldiers.
Wang Jixun is a famous general who is good at using iron whip, iron hammer and iron hammer. He is nicknamed "Wang Santie".
After Guo Wei returned to the front line, Liu Ci greeted him to plead guilty.
Guo Wei helped him up, gave him a generous reward, and comforted him: "I have always been worried about thieves jumping over the wall in a hurry. If you hadn't risked your life to fight, I'm afraid the thieves would have succeeded. The thieves would also know this trick." "
After rewarding Liu Ci, Guo Wei ordered one of his favorite generals, Li Shen, to be dragged out, executed in front of the army, and beheaded in public.
It turned out that before Li Shouzhen stole the camp and robbed the village, he sent people to nearby villages to sell wine. He said he was selling it, but in fact it was equivalent to giving it away for free. As a result, the patrolmen of the Later Han Dynasty were greedy for petty profits, drank too much, and drank so much that they staggered around. This is one of the reasons why more than a thousand death squads were able to successfully approach the Hou Han camp.
Guo Wei then rectified military discipline and ordered that no one was allowed to drink unless it was a formal reward and celebration banquet! As a result, during Guo Wei's inspection, he discovered that Li Shen did not comply with the alcohol prohibition and took two sips of wine early in the morning. Guo Wei was furious. The more he loved his general, the more he acted like a warning to monkeys.
In order to unite all the forces that could be united, Li Shouzhen not only asked for help from Shu, Huainan, and Khitan, but also asked Li Yiyin of Xiazhou for help.
The party members entrenched in Xiazhou had formed an actual separatist regime through the "Battle of Xiazhou" during the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, the Central Plains was eventful and often benefited from it.
After receiving Li Shouzhen's request for help, Li Yiyin immediately sent troops south and stationed at the borders of Yanzhou and Danzhou, ready to move.
Yanzhou Zhangwu Army and Xiazhou Dingnan Army were adjacent to each other, and there had been constant friction for a long time. At this time, Li Yi Yin and Chen Bing were at the border, flaunting their power, and trying to annex Yanzhou Zhangwu Army.
Gao Yunquan, the governor of Yanzhou, immediately went to court and pointed out that Li Yiyin was secretly colluding with the rebels and had ulterior motives. Li Yiyin also went to court to argue and argue.
Of course, the Later Han Dynasty court understood Li Yiyin's sinister intentions, but it was really unable to make enemies, so it issued an edict to appease and mediate the conflicts between the two parties. Li Yiyin took the opportunity to take advantage of the imperial court, and Liu Chengyou had no choice but to issue an edict to transfer Jingzhou (today's Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province) to the Xiazhou Dingnan Army, and the imperial court ceded territory to Li Yiyin.
Li Yiyin's blackmail was successful and Shangshu thanked him for his kindness.
The court of the Later Han Dynasty exchanged Jingzhou for Li Yiyin's neutral attitude in Xiazhou during the three-town rebellion.
Press the gourd to float the scoop. Having just stabilized the Xiazhou Dingnan Army in the northwest, the Huainan forces in the southeast began to make a strong presence.
The rebels in the northwest of the empire (Wang Jingchong of Fengxiang and Zhao Siwan of Changan) colluded with Hou Shu, while the rebels in the southeast of the empire colluded with Huainan.
According to the records in "Ten Kingdoms Spring and Autumn", the envoys sent by Li Shouzhen, Zhu Yuan and Li Ping, successfully arrived in Huainan and completely recorded the memorial written by Li Shouzhen to Li Jing.
In the memorial, Li Shouzhen claimed to be a descendant of the Tang Dynasty, and almost copied the speech template of "Uncle Liu Huang" in the late Han Dynasty, to the effect of:
"The Tang Dynasty declined, powerful ministers were in power, and the country and the country were usurped by traitors, but as a member of the royal family, I was helpless. I watched all this happen, and I was heartbroken about it. I always wanted to help the Tang Dynasty, because of the troubles in the Central Plains. , I devoted myself to the revolutionary cause, starting from a small soldier, fighting in the north and south, and establishing meritorious deeds. I only hope that one day I can restore the foundation of my ancestors...
It's a pity that the bad guys came too suddenly. They wanted to extinguish my revolutionary enthusiasm and marched to the city. Although I risked my life and led the loyal people to resist tenaciously, I was still ready to sacrifice my life and blood for the Li Tang royal family...
But I suddenly heard that there is another outstanding figure in our Li Tang royal family, your Majesty! You dominate the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, you are powerful in Jiangzuo, you suppress violence and chaos, and push for destruction. You have the style of a king. You are the best choice to support the Tang Dynasty and inherit the foundation of the Tang Dynasty!
We are both clan members of the Tang Dynasty. If you don’t save me, who will? I am not loyal to you, who am I loyal to? Please send troops to help immediately, and we should cooperate internally and externally. In this way, you will have the style of the Fifth Uncle and be not inferior to the master Huan Wen. If you really achieve great things, then... right. "
"Five Uncles" refers to the five overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period: Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Wen of Jin, Duke Xiang of Song, King Zhuang of Chu, and Duke Mu of Qin. They also have a more familiar collective name - the Five Overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period; "The Lords of Huanwen" "" is the combined name of Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin, and also refers to the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.
This sentence in the original text is "...Yuan sent partial troops to assist the east, so that the influence of the Five Uncles would not be allowed to the master of Huan Wen." It is just a common intertextual rhetorical device in classical Chinese, and there is not much explanation.
One more thing, classical Chinese often uses some rhetorical techniques such as exaggeration and intertextuality for the sake of beautiful structure, artistic conception, etc. Even if it is a serious official history, do not be pretentious or pretentious about every word. For example, I quoted the records of "Old History of the Five Dynasties" and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" in the previous article, saying that Li Shouzhen was surrounded by Guo Wei, all the envoys he sent were intercepted, and lost contact with the outside world... "Ten Kingdoms Spring and Autumn" immediately slapped him in the face . In fact, it is not a slap in the face, but "Old History of the Five Dynasties" and "Zizhi Tongjian" use exaggerated rhetoric techniques, not to criticize or accuse.
Li Shouzhen clearly proclaimed his vassalship to Li Jing of the Southern Tang Dynasty and asked him to send troops to the Northern Expedition. The ultimate goal was to destroy the Later Han Dynasty and restore the Tang Dynasty. Every word he said tickled Li Jing's skin.
Li Jing consulted the ministers for their opinions, and everyone unanimously agreed to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. Therefore, Li Jing ordered Li Jinquan to take charge of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and rescue Li Shouzhen in the river!
Li Jinquan, the "Northern Camp Recruiting Envoy" of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was like the "Commander of the Mongolian Navy" in the joke. After receiving the edict, he burst into tears and said, "I finally became a regular official!"
But between the Southern Tang Dynasty and Hezhong, almost the entire Central Plains was spanned. Li Jing going to rescue Li Shouzhen is as unreliable as Mongolia sending its navy to the Persian Gulf to interfere in other countries' internal affairs.
The border line between the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Central Plains was almost divided by the Huaihe River. However, when it reached the easternmost point, after crossing the Surabaya River, the border line was moved. The territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty included Haizhou, which is today's Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province. In other words, if they went north from other places, the Southern Tang army would have to cross the Huaihe River against the firepower of the Central Plains. Only on the eastern coast could they cross the Huaihe River calmly and directly threaten the Yellow River Basin.
As expected, Li Jinquan led the army, using Haizhou as a springboard, directly entered the territory of Houhan and approached Yizhou (today's Linyi City, Shandong Province). Li Jinquan ordered a full meal to prepare for the journey.
Just after eating half of the meal, the scouts rushed to report that the army of the Later Han Dynasty had only a few hundred people and was gathering, and they were all old, weak, sick, disabled and pregnant. They requested an assault!
When Li Jinquan heard this, he immediately put down his bowls and chopsticks and issued a military order on the spot: Anyone who dares to speak out and fight will be killed!
