The person on the left said: "The amount of alcohol you drink has nothing to do with your body shape. There are intestines in the stomach specifically for digesting alcohol, so people with short stature may also have a large alcohol capacity."
"Oh?" Wang Yanxi's curiosity was aroused, and in the spirit of exploration, he ordered: cut open Zhou Weiyue's belly, I want to see what the "wine sausage" looks like. Live autopsies are required.
The people on the left and right were frightened and quickly tried to persuade him: "Your Majesty, if you kill him, who can drink with you in the future?"
Wang Yanxi then released Zhou Weiyue.
There is poetry to prove it:
"The silver leaves are drinking jade wine, who comes to buy a banquet and drink wine.
Don't be drunk at the banquet, prepare for the king to taste the wine. "
[Fighting in the same room]
After Wang Yanxi ascended the throne, he was dissolute, suspicious of the clan, and seeking old grudges. His younger brother, Wang Yanzheng, the governor of Jianzhou, repeatedly sent letters to dissuade him. Wang Yanxi was furious and cursed in reply, and the relationship between the two brothers declined rapidly.
Wang Yanxi then sent his confidant Ye Qiao to be the supervisor of Jianzhou and Du Han Chong to be the supervisor of Nanzhen. Nanzhen Army is a military fortress set up at a strategic location between Fuzhou and Jianzhou.
Of course Ye Qiao and Du Hanchong knew their master's good intentions, so they actively collected Wang Yanzheng's faults, bound them into a book, and reported them to Wang Yanxi. The suspicion and hatred between the brothers intensified.
One day, Ye Qiao and Wang Yanzheng were discussing the official affairs of establishing a state, and they had differences of opinion. The two were arguing. Ye Qiao suddenly shouted: "You want to rebel?"
He quickly said, "If you rebel, rebel!" Wang Yanzheng took a knife and was about to kill Ye Qiao.
Ye Qiao fled in a hurry and fled to Nanzhen in one breath; Wang Yanzheng did not stop and directly led his army to attack Nanzhen. He actually defeated Ye Qiao and Du Hanchong. They fled back to Fuzhou and reported to Jianzhou that Wang Yanzheng had conspired to rebel.
Wang Yanxi hurriedly mobilized his troops and generals, and sent the Forbidden Army commanders Pan Shikui and Wu Xingzhen to lead an army of 40,000 to attack Jianzhou. The two generals were stationed to the west and south of Jianzhou respectively, built formations along the river, and set fire to all the houses outside the city.
Wang Yanzheng was greatly frightened and hurriedly asked Wu Yue for help.
Qian Yuanguan of the Wuyue State sent Yang Renquan and Xue Wanzhong with 40,000 people south to aid.
The civil war in Fujian officially started.
Wang Yanzheng only occupied Jianzhou, and his overall strength was obviously weak. Wang Yanxi's expeditionary force took the lead in launching a group by virtue of its superior strength. Pan Shikui sent 3,000 men to take the initiative to attack. Lin Hanche, a general of Wang Yanzheng's faction, met the attack. The two sides encountered each other in Chashan.
Lin Hanche won and killed more than a thousand people.
The first battle was successful, and the morale of the Jianzhou Army was greatly boosted. Wang Yanzheng recruited more than a thousand death squads to cross the river at night and steal camps and rob villages. Under the cover of darkness, the death squads sneaked into Pan Shikui's military camp, took advantage of the wind, and set fire to the camp. The main force beat drums on the city wall to cheer. Chen Hui, commander of the Jianzhou Navy, took advantage of the chaos and killed Pan Shikui, causing Pan Shikui's troops to collapse immediately.
The threat to the west of Jianzhou was lifted.
After dawn, Wang Yanzheng took advantage of the victory to expand his victory and launched an attack on Wu Xingzhen's camp.
When Wu Xingzhen received the news of Pan Shikui's defeat, he confused his position and collapsed without a fight. Before the two armies came into contact, Wu Xingzhen gave up his position and fled first. The generals of all armies also fled one after another, and their troops were defeated like mountains. The decline was irreversible.
In the Battle of Chashan, Wang Yanzheng killed more than 10,000 people in total, and pursued the victory, taking advantage of the situation to occupy the two cities of Yongping (now Nanping City, Fujian Province) and Shunchang (now Shunchang County, Fujian Province), and advanced the forward position to Jianglexi, forming The situation of "drawing rivers to rule". This reversed the war situation, narrowed the strength gap between the two sides, and laid the foundation for the establishment of the "Great Yin Kingdom" in the future to compete with Wang Yanxi of Fuzhou. Commentary on historical records: "Since then, the army of Jianzhou began to flourish."
Wang Yanxi not only lost nearly 30% of his troops, but also lost control of northern Fujian. Wu Yue's 40,000 reinforcements had five seconds to arrive on the battlefield, so Wang Yanxi had to be prepared.
Since Wang Yanzheng received assistance from Wu Yue, Wang Yanxi could only ask for help from Huainan. Among the southern countries, the "Huainan Two Heroes" are like the "Jin-Bian Hegemony" in the late Tang Dynasty, or a miniature version of the Cold War in ancient times. The two major powers led the two camps to launch proxy wars in surrounding countries.
The territory of the Fujian Kingdom is basically today's Fujian Province, with the Taiwan Strait to the east, the Wuyue Kingdom to the northeast, and Huainan, which semi-encircles the Fujian Kingdom from northwest to west, with only a narrow border with the Southern Han Dynasty in the south. . Fuzhou is located on the central coast of Fujian, at the mouth of Jiangle River, and Jianzhou is located upstream.
This river is particularly interesting. It is composed of four rivers from west to east that merge into one river and then go out to the sea from Fuzhou. These four streams from north to south are Jianyang Creek, Shaowu Creek, Jiangle Creek, and Xishui. Shaowu Creek and Jiangle Creek now intersect in Shunchang. After they merge into one, they continue to flow eastward. After passing Shaxian County, they meet the southernmost The streams merge in , and then merge with Jianyang River in Yongping.
Now, Shunchang and Yongjun are controlled by Wang Yanzheng. In other words, Wang Yanzheng firmly controls the upper reaches of Fuzhou and strangles Fuzhou's neck.
At the beginning, Wang Yanzhen came down the river from Jianzhou, overthrew Wang Yanhan, and supported Wang Yanjun. Now not only Jianzhou is controlled by Wang Yanzheng, but Shunchang and Yongping are also controlled by him. Wang Yanzheng is like a sharp sword hanging over Wang Yanxi's head, which may kill him at any time.
Wang Yanxi was frightened and desperately asked Huainan for help.
It was Wang Yanzheng who had the foresight to believe that the quarrel between brothers was, after all, a family scandal and an internal conflict among the people. It was best not to ask outsiders to interfere. His previous request for help from Wu Yue was just for self-protection.
After the great victory in the Battle of Chashan, the 40,000 reinforcements from Wu Yue arrived belatedly and arrived near Jianzhou. Wang Yanzheng hurriedly sent good wine and food, took out gold and silver treasures to reward the reinforcements, and asked the Wuyue Kingdom to withdraw their troops, "Leave the affairs of the Min Kingdom to the people of Fujian. Please turn back and walk together."
There is a saying that it is easier to invite gods than to send them away. The story of the fake Taoist attack on Guo is well known to everyone. The reinforcements from Wu and Yue may not be able to destroy Fuzhou, but they can definitely take advantage of them and destroy Jianzhou. This is what Wang Yanzheng is most worried about.
Yang Renquan, the commander-in-chief of the Wuyue reinforcements, categorically rejected the request to withdraw and camped in the northwest of Jianzhou. "You have come, how can you explain when you go back empty-handed? Do I lack your two mouthfuls of rice and two mouthfuls of wine? I will help you fight against Fuzhou. Don't leave." Afraid."
Khitan's assistance to Shi Jingtang and Liu Chong has provided us with a clear template. It is said that they are helping you fight the civil war, but the reinforcements will not be stupid enough to help you become cannon fodder. The reinforcements only stand behind to cheer and build momentum. The ones who really go to the front to serve as cannon fodder must be the party being aided. If the aided party is beaten Reinforcements will only join the battle when the battle is won and there are signs of final victory; and once the aided party loses, it is good for the reinforcements to turn around and leave, but if not, they will directly stab the enemy in the back.
