In desperation, Li Renda once again changed his name to "Li Da" (to avoid the taboo name of Wuyue King Qian Hongzuo), sent envoys to Wuyue Kingdom, expressed his surrender to Wuyue Kingdom, and requested to send troops for rescue.
Historians have a very low opinion of Li Renda, "The yin and yang went back and forth, and when he became a minister, he changed his name many times... Lu Bu of the Han Dynasty and Liu Laozhi of the Jin Dynasty regarded Renda as a close relative." Li Renda had a relationship with the famous "house slave with three surnames" Lu Bu. Come on, you are a typical wolf cub who calls you daddy everywhere.
Not only did later historians call him a capricious villain, many people despised his shameless behavior at that time. For example, in the Wuyue Kingdom, Li Renda was notorious. After receiving his request to become a minister, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were almost unanimous. be opposed to.
Not long ago, Wu Yue Kingdom was invited by King Yanzheng of Jianzhou to go south, but Wang Yanzheng counterattacked and killed him outside Jianzhou City, which made Wu Yue Kingdom look at himself in the mirror as a pig, not a human being inside and outside. With the lessons learned from the last battle of Jianzhou, the ministers of Wuyue State were more cautious about this invitation to Fuzhou.
If he loses, it will definitely be a loss of money, anger and expense; but if he wins, will Wu Yue get benefits? Li Renda professed his vassalship to Huainan, but the result was a military confrontation with Huainan. In a critical moment, he asked Wu Yue for help. Who can guarantee that Wu Yue will not be the next Huainan? No, no help.
Furthermore, Huainan has annexed four of the five states in Fujian, leaving only Li Renda in Fuzhou, who is still alive. The outer city has been conquered, and the fall is almost imminent. From a military perspective, aiding Fuzhou will also face extreme difficulties. Big difficulty.
The risks are high and the returns are small, so aiding Fuzhou is a losing business and should not be done.
However, at a critical moment, a man named Shui Qiu Zhaoqian spoke. He opposed all opinions and firmly advocated aiding Fuzhou Li Renda.
Shuiqiu Zhaoguan has a higher realm, a larger pattern, and a longer-term vision. It is precisely because Fuzhou is in danger that we must fight against the Huaihe River and aid Fujian at all costs!
Throughout the civil war in the Fujian Kingdom, the "Jiang-Huai Heroes" continued to interfere. Now Huainan has controlled 80% of the Fujian Kingdom. Only the city of Fuzhou is still resisting. If Fuzhou falls, it means that Huainan has swallowed up the entire Fujian Kingdom. At the same time, it also means that the Wuyue Kingdom has become a "state within a state" in Huainan. On the map, Wuyue Kingdom is surrounded by Huainan on three sides: north, west, and south, and only its east side is adjacent to the sea. This is very dangerous for Wu Yue Kingdom.
Since Fuzhou is willing to resist and serve as the frontline battlefield against the Huaihe River, it is worthwhile for us to contribute money, equipment, and troops. After all, the battle has to be fought at other people's homes, and the celebration banquet can be enjoyed at our own home.
In addition, Fuzhou professed vassalage to us, regardless of whether he was sincere or not, at least he professed vassalage to us, but we did not save him. So who will be willing to secede to us in the future? What image will Wu Yueguo appear on the international political stage?
In short, Shuiqiu Zhaoguan’s proposition of “resisting the Huaihe River and aiding Fujian” was similar to our original proposal to resist the U.S. aggression and aid Korea.
The hero saw the same thing. At this time, the King of Wuyue was Qian Hongzuo, who was only 18 years old. At 18 years old, he was full of energy and was about to use his fists and kicks to do a big business.
Qian Hongzuo was very much like Sun Quan during the Battle of Chibi. His original intention was to send troops to resist Huaihe and aid Fujian, but he did not expect that the officials in the court would object. Just when Qian Hongzuo was sulking, Shuiqiu Zhaoquan's words hit his mark. Then he saw Shuiqiu Zhaoquan chatting with the Confucian scholars and analyzing the local truth, so he immediately announced:
"The great righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period does not allow us to ignore death. Since I am the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, if I can't even relieve the disaster of my neighbors, what else can I call a 'marshal'? I have made up my mind to resist the Huaihe River and aid Fujian. , Anyone who dares to dissent again - beheaded!"
So they sent 30,000 troops, both by sea and land, to aid Fuzhou.
The timely arrival of Wu Yue reinforcements gave Fuzhou Li Renda a shot in the arm. Li Renda couldn't wait to join forces with Wu and Yue reinforcements to launch a counterattack against the Huainan occupying forces in Nancheng. The result was a failure, causing Fuzhou to be completely surrounded, and communication with the outside world was cut off from then on. The situation is even more serious.
Seeing that the fall of Fuzhou was just around the corner, Huainan mobilized large-scale troops to the front in two batches. First, Dong Si'an and Liu Congxiao were recruited; later, Wang Jianfeng, the governor of Xinzhou, was recruited.
During the stalemate stage, the Huainan army could not get any advantages. The commander-in-chief of Huainan on the Fuzhou front line was Wang Chongwen, but neither the "four evils" Chen Jue, Feng Yanlu, and Wei Cen, nor the surrendered general Wang Jianfeng, who was the "first to achieve success" and stayed behind, did not obey Wang Chongwen's orders. Each army fought on its own and competed with each other for credit. Although there were many people, they were scattered and had no care for each other. As a result, the soldiers were alienated from each other.
The Battle of Fuzhou began in August 946, and ended in a stalemate when Wu Yue sent troops in November. Huainan was trapped in the quagmire of Fuzhou, which lasted until March 947. During this period, Yelu Deguang won the third Jin-Liao War and took control of Bianzhou, and the later Jin Dynasty was destroyed.
Chen Juejiao sent out troops and forcibly launched a regiment, provoking a wrong war at the wrong time and in the wrong place, disrupting Li Jing's established policy of uniting with the Khitan and attacking the Later Jin Dynasty from both sides, causing Huainan to miss the best opportunity to invade the Central Plains. .
But what did Huainan get?
Huainan has experienced a huge fiscal deficit. The huge military expenditure far exceeds Li Jing's budget.
Du Changye of Huainan once served as Minister of War in Huainan and also judged provincial affairs. "Judging provincial affairs" was responsible for the daily operations of the government and had access to the country's account books. Later, he was sent to Jiangzhou as an observation envoy, and was transferred to the central government in November 946. , served as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and judge to save trouble. When Du Changye checked the relevant files again, he shook his head and sighed, saying that I had only been away for a few years, but half of the treasury was consumed. This is amazing!
As soon as the Fuzhou battlefield entered the stalemate stage, more than half of Huainan's treasury was consumed. The "annexation of Fujian" brought management costs to Huainan, including huge military expenditures. This was a long-term investment that would lose money in the short term.
The key lies in whether Huainan can survive the "short-term" ice period healthily and embrace long-term benefits.
The deadlock in Fuzhou also shook Huainan's control over other parts of Fujian.
Such as Zhangzhou.
After the Fuzhou war started, Zhangzhou general Lin Zanyao launched a mutiny. Quanzhou governor Liu Congxiao sent troops to suppress it, and then Dong Sian was temporarily appointed as Zhangzhou governor.
Li Jing officially appointed Dong Si'an as the governor of Zhangzhou. Dong Sian's father's name was Dong Zhang, and "Zhang" violated his father's taboo, so he refused. Li Jing renamed Zhangzhou "Nanzhou", still appointed Dong Sian as the governor, and then recruited Liu Congxiao and Dong Sian to assist the Fuzhou front line.
This incident also marked that Liu Congxiao had actual control over Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. After the Fuzhou War, Liu Congxiao poisoned Dong Sian and separated Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. Li Jing was unable to do anything, so he could only compromise and appease and set up the Qingyuan Army. With Quanzhou as the headquarters, Liu Congxiao was appointed as the Qingyuan Army's military envoy. This is something.
