The two sides continued to invest their forces in the confrontation along Jianyang River, and the situation became increasingly tense. The two sides faced off for more than ten days, neither of them dared to make any rash moves.
In fact, this stalemate is very beneficial to the Fujian army, because the Huainan army goes deep into enemy territory and fights away from home. The Fujian army is waiting for work and enjoys sufficient logistical supplies.
However, "Yang Peiping" Yang Sigong was eager to make meritorious deeds and urged Chen Wang to take the initiative.
Chen Wang told him that although the Huainan army was slightly smaller in number, they were all elite troops with actual combat experience. The generals were also battle-hardened warriors and should not be underestimated. Moreover, this battle was of great significance and was directly related to the country of Fujian. Our survival is at stake. We must not be hasty. Unless we are sure of victory, we should not give up the favorable situation of a war of attrition.
Yang Sigong was furious and roared at Chen Wang: "The Huainan army has penetrated deep into our territory. Our emperor is so worried that he can't sleep at night. The fate of the empire is left in your and my hands. We have an absolute advantage in military strength, but we are still afraid. If we don't take advantage of the enemy's unstable footing to attack head-on now, if the Huainan Army takes the opportunity to escape, how can you and I have the face to see the Emperor again?"
Then he falsely conveyed an imperial edict and ordered Chen Wang to take the initiative to attack.
Chen Wang had no choice but to launch an attack.
The Huainan army was overjoyed and "attacked the thieves halfway across the river." Zu Quan'en led the main force to block the attack on the shore. The other generals led the Qingqi assault force, detoured behind the Fujian army, and launched a pincer attack. The Fujian army was defeated, Chen Wang died in battle, and Yang Sigong fled the battlefield in embarrassment.
A good hand was beaten to pieces by Yang Sigong. Wang Yanzheng hurriedly recruited Wang Zhongshun, Dong Sian and others from Quanzhou and led 5,000 Quanzhou troops to reinforce Jianzhou.
This was Wang Yanzheng's battle to found the country, and its political significance was far greater than its military significance. I dare not say that the eyes of the whole world are watching. Anyway, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Tingzhou are all watching, as are Huainan and Wuyue Kingdom.
Fuzhou was the first to take action.
There was a Forbidden Army general named Li Renda in Fuzhou who stayed in the position of commander of Yuan Cong for fifteen years. He was never promoted and was full of resentment. Coinciding with the civil strife in Fujian, Li Renda seized the opportunity. When Wang Yanxi and Wang Yanzheng were fighting each other, he betrayed Wang Yanxi and went to Jianzhou Wang Yanzheng. When Zhu Wenjin killed Wang Yanxi, he betrayed Wang Yanzheng, went to Zhu Wenjin, and worked for Zhu Wenjin. He presented a strategy for capturing Jianzhou, hoping that it would be reused in Zhu Wenjin's court.
Traitors also hate traitors. Zhu Wenjin was so disgusted with this capricious political speculator that he deposed him and sent him to Fuqing County (today's Fuqing City, Fujian Province).
Li Renda was greatly disappointed and depressed. But Zhu Wenjin was soon executed, and Wang Yanzheng "unified" all of Fujian. Li Renda was restless, fearing that Wang Yanzheng would settle the score later.
Also trembling and uneasy was the author Chen Jixun. Chen Jixun was originally a subordinate of Wang Yanzheng. During the fratricidal war, Chen Jixun believed that Wang Yanzheng only had one state and was no match for Wang Yanxi, so he betrayed Wang Yanzheng and defected to Wang Yanxi. He also presented Wang Yanxi with a strategy to seize Jianzhou, which was appreciated by Wang Yanxi. , was arranged as a writer.
Now, Fuzhou has surrendered to Wang Yanzheng, and the two of them are uneasy.
The Fuzhou soldiers were originally worried about helping the tyrants and were in urgent need of comfort and comfort. Wang Yanzheng devoted all his energy to the battlefield of Jianzhou and neglected the work of comforting Fuzhou. Wang Jichang, who guarded Fuzhou, was incompetent, but he had a good grasp of the "second generation" temperament. , only knew how to drink and have fun, and did not know how to be considerate at all. He instigated Fuzhou soldiers to complain, fear and doubt.
Li Renda secretly sneaked into Fuzhou and persuaded the defender Huang Renxi, saying: "Jianzhou is just an isolated city. The Huainan army won the first battle. If they take advantage of the victory and advance, I am afraid Wang Yanzheng cannot even save Jianzhou, his hometown. How can he save Fuzhou?" The Three Kings are just ordinary people from Guangzhou. They were able to seize the opportunity and capture Fujian. Shouldn't we learn from them and take advantage of the troubled times to pursue glory and wealth for ourselves?"
Li Renda is also a native of Gwangju, and the glorious deeds of his revolutionary ancestors will always inspire him to move forward.
After some encouragement and persuasion, Li Renda successfully instigated Huang Renxi.
That night, Li Renda led his trusted subordinates to raid the headquarters and captured and killed Wang Jichang and Wu Chengyi.
Li Renda planned to call himself emperor, but Zhu Wenjin's mistakes were still fresh in his mind. So Li Renda thought of a clever plan and supported Zhuo Yanming, a monk from Shenguang Temple, as the puppet emperor. Wang Yanjun, Wang Jipeng, and Wang Yanxi all worshiped Buddhism and believed in Taoism. Thousands of them were ordained monks. If they knew about it after their death, I wonder what the three ancestors would think at this time.
Zhuo Yanming is a local Internet celebrity monk. It is said that he has strange eyes and hands above his knees. He is a cross between Xiang Yu and Liu Bei. He has many fans and followers, has a certain influence, and is considered highly respected, so he was selected by Li Renda.
On March 3, 945 AD, with the support of Li Renda and others, monk Zhuo Yanming officially ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. Li Renda personally took off his cassock, put on his dragon robe and crown, and then led all the civil and military officials to kneel down to him three times and kowtow nine times, shouting long live the mountain.
Li Renda's act of crowning Zhuo Yanming contained a clear and strong political signal, just like the classic oil painting - "The Coronation of Napoleon I".
According to the traditional customs in Europe at that time, emperors and kings should be crowned by the pope. The emperor should kneel in front of the pope, and the pope should put the crown on his head to express the "divine right of kings." The pope canonized him as emperor on behalf of God. Napoleon refused to kneel to the Pope, snatched the crown from the Pope's hand, put it on his head, and then put the crown on the Queen himself. It means that Napoleon's imperial power was granted to him by himself and has nothing to do with God. It's your fault in society.
The author of the oil painting painstakingly selected the second half of the ceremony, that is, the scene where Napoleon crowned his queen. This will allow Napoleon to firmly occupy the C position in the painting without embarrassing the Pope and the Holy See he represents. So although it is called "The Coronation of Napoleon", the content is indeed the coronation of Napoleon's queen.
In the same way, Li Renda crowned Zhuo Yanming to tell people: His imperial power was given by me, and he is just my puppet.
Later, Li Renda sent someone to Bianzhou with a memorial, proclaimed himself a minister of the Later Jin Dynasty, and flatteringly used the title of "Ten Years of Tianfu". What's ridiculous is that the Later Jin Dynasty had already changed its reign name at that time, and it was now the "Second Year of Kaiyun", which shows how little information there was at that time.
After Wang Yanzheng received the news of the Fuzhou mutiny, he immediately massacred Huang Renxi's entire family in Jianzhou. Then Zhang Hanzhen, the general of the Forbidden Army, was sent to join the armed forces of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to attack Fuzhou.
