Today, "Fengjie Capital" follows Bian Hao and is stationed in Tanzhou. When Bian Hao first entered Tanzhou, in order to stabilize the people's sentiments, he opened a warehouse to release grain and provided relief to the people, which won him many fans. However, he soon revealed his true colors as a conqueror, and took away the gold, silver, treasures, grain supplies, and even all the gold and silver treasures, food supplies, and even supplies in Nanchu. Ships, flowers, fruits, etc. were all shipped to Huainan and Nanchu was looted.
After that, Yang Jixun and others were assigned full-time duties to plunder the people's anointing of Southern Chu, and expropriated it as military expenses for the Huainan occupying army. The people of Southern Chu complained endlessly and realized what it meant to be a slave to the subjugation of the country.
If this money is actually distributed to soldiers, then at least military morale can be maintained. However, "subsidizing military expenditures" is just a cover for corrupt officials. While they are beating the bones of the people of Southern Chu, they are also deducting military pay and rations to line their own pockets.
As a result, the Huainan occupying forces also complained.
At this time, Sun Lang and Cao Jin, the commanders of "Fengjie Capital", had a private conversation, saying that we followed Xian Shilang to defect to Huainan for what purpose? Now that we have achieved military exploits, instead of giving rewards, we are depriving and exploiting them. Why not... kill Bian Hao and others, separate Hunan, and then return to the Central Plains (Later Zhou Dynasty). We will have glory and wealth at our fingertips!
The two hit it off immediately, and immediately decided that it would be better to do it sooner rather than later. Since ancient times, wealth and honor have always been in danger, so let's fuck his mother!
On the evening of the third day of the first lunar month in 952 AD, Sun Lang and Cao Jin led the "Fengjie Capital" to launch a mutiny in Tanzhou. They piled a large amount of firewood in front of the headquarters gate, preparing to set it on fire and kill Bian Hao.
However, Hunan is relatively humid, and the firewood was damp, so it didn't even start to burn for a while. Bianjun lost the advantage of the surprise attack and was noticed by Bian Hao. Bian Hao immediately beat drums and trumpets, mobilized troops, and organized resistance.
Sun Lang and Cao Jin led their troops to flee to Langzhou and defected to Liu Yan.
Wang Kui, commander of the Langzhou army, asked Sun Lang: "I used to follow the late king (Ma Yin) and fought against Huainan many times. We won many battles. In my eyes, Huainan is simply vulnerable. I plan to use Langzhou as a state. With our military strength, we can drive away Huainan and recover Nanchu, what do you think?"
Sun Lang replied: "I have lived in Huainan for several years. I have carefully analyzed the Huainan authorities and found that there are no talented people in their court, no outstanding generals in the army, and the king does not distinguish between loyal and traitorous, and rewards and punishments are even more unfair." , in my opinion, it is difficult for Huainan to survive without being subjugated! Since you have such a grand ambition, I am willing to be your vanguard, and it will be easy to regain Nanchu!"
The two big fools were as happy as children.
Compared with the whims of Wang Kui and Sun Lang, Huainan Li Jing is just wishful thinking. In fact, Sun Lang's evaluation of Huainan is relatively pertinent. The internal affairs of Huainan will be presented later.
Li Jing of Huainan first destroyed Min and then Southern Chu. After taking over Tanzhou, he sent Li Jianqi to Yiyang to prepare for the recovery of Langzhou. He also ordered Zhang Luan, the governor of Quanzhou, to take command of Guizhou to recruit envoys and prepare to go south to recover. Guizhou. He planned to annex the entire territory of Southern Chu in one go.
However, the two groups have yet to make effective progress, and a lot of human and financial resources have been wasted. Li Jing discussed with the ministers and said that the people of Southern Chu were in dire straits and were looking forward to our liberation. However, instead of comforting their pain, I abused force and continued fighting, which was against the original intention of our world police. Now, , I plan to withdraw my troops and recognize Liu Yan's rule in Langzhou. What do you think?
Feng Yansi, one of the main combatants and one of the "Four Evils and Five Ghosts", firmly opposed it, saying that a little-known junior general (Bian Hao) from Huainan easily destroyed the powerful Nanchu, and everyone in the world was shocked, but in an instant In the meantime, Nanchu has three points, and we lose two. If we just give up, won't we become the laughing stock of the world? It is better to delegate power to the frontline generals and let them act according to the situation.
Li Jing wanted to cease the war, mainly out of financial difficulties, but the international perspective was also one of the important factors he had to consider, because at this time Huainan was a superpower, at the height of its power, a country that could talk and laugh with the Khitan, and be on an equal footing with the Central Plains. (at least Comrade Li Jing thinks so). Deep in Li Jing's heart, he also tended to join the main war faction, hoping that good news would come from the front line.
Therefore, Li Jing sent Hou Xun, the general of the Forbidden Army, with 5,000 men to go south to Quanzhou, join forces with Zhang Luan, attack Guizhou, and have a head-on conflict with the Southern Han Dynasty.
The Southern Han army waited for work, setting up ambushes in dangerous places, and defeated the Huainan army. Hou Xun was killed in battle, and Zhang Luan only led hundreds of defeated generals to flee back to Quanzhou.
Let’s look at Langzhou again.
Although Bian Hao had "the merit of destroying the country", his process of destroying the country was too smooth. Without a single shot or a single soldier, the Ma family surrendered the city and Nanchu surrendered without a fight. Bian Hao was inevitably a little arrogant. After entering Tanzhou, he became the "Emperor of Southern Chu", forming cliques and developing his own strength without thinking about progress.
A man named Ouyang Guang secretly went to Shu, asking Li Jing to replace Bian Hao, and warned that Bian Hao would definitely be defeated. However, this seal fell into disrepair.
Li Jing ordered Bian Hao to go north to recapture Langzhou. During this period, a large number of business travelers came to Tanzhou from Langzhou. They all said that Liu Yan was very afraid of the Huainan army and only wanted to surrender. Bian Hao believed it to be true, so he took no precautions.
Li Jing also heard these rumors, so he summoned Liu Yan to Beijing and promised him a high official and generous salary.
Liu Yan ignored this and came to Wang Kui for discussion.
Wang Kui said that Langzhou was the former Wuling County. It was protected by natural dangers such as Yuanjiang River and Dongting Lake. There were tens of thousands of troops and countless supplies. How could they surrender? The villain over there has his ambitions, but he doesn't know how to control his subordinates. The people are dissatisfied and the army is disorganized. They can be captured in one battle!
Zhou Xingfeng also advised: "The night is long and there are many dreams. It is better to be hasty rather than later. We must take advantage of them when they are not prepared and attack them by surprise."
So, Liu Yan finally made up his mind and took the initiative to attack!
Wang Kui, Zhou Xingfeng, He Jingzhen and other ten people were ordered to serve as commanders of the column respectively. They also wanted to ask for support from the barbarian tribes, but were stopped by Zhou Xingfeng.
Zhou Xingfeng said that the barbarian tribes were greedy and their generals were loyal. Previously, they followed Ma Xi'e into Tanzhou, but they set fire to and looted Tanzhou City, almost razing it to the ground. This time we are the Xingyi Division and we are trying to regain our motherland. How can we rely on those animals?
While deciding not to provoke the barbarian tribe, Liu Yan and others were also afraid that the barbarian tribe would be exploited by the enemy, so they roped in another chief who was highly respected among the barbarian tribe and asked him to help watch the situation.
Subsequently, Langzhou troops divided into multiple groups and attacked Tanzhou together, with Sun Lang and Cao Jin serving as the vanguard.
Wang Kui won the first battle and defeated the troops sent by Huainan to block the attack. He killed countless prisoners and captured his supervisor alive. Then he pursued the victory and conquered the Yiyang defense line, killing more than 2,000 enemies.
Bian Hao was shocked and hurriedly called for help from the rear.
Wang Kui fought in succession and reached the gate of Tanzhou City like a broken bamboo. At this time, Huainan reinforcements had not yet arrived. There were only a few soldiers in the city, and the army was frightened.
The next night, Bian Hao fled at night and abandoned Tanzhou. When Tanzhou soldiers and civilians heard that the commander-in-chief had escaped, they also rushed to flee. Because there were so many people, they even trampled the bridge on the moat. As many as 10,000 people fell into the water and were drowned and trampled on each other to death!
Later, Wang Kui stationed in Tanzhou, claiming that he would stay in Langzhou and temporarily replace Tanzhou. He ordered He Jingzhen to chase Bian Hao, but Bian Hao ran too fast. After killing a total of 500 defeated troops, he withdrew his troops and returned to the city.
Wang Kui sent people to attack Yuezhou again, and the governor of Yuezhou abandoned the city and fled. The other governors of various states appointed by Huainan also abandoned the city and fled after hearing that Tanzhou had fallen.
At this point, Liu Yan of Langzhou restored half of the territory of Southern Chu with lightning speed (Chenzhou and Lianzhou in the north of Lingbei and the entire territory of Lingnan were occupied by the Southern Han). The Huainan forces completely withdrew from Nanchu.
The destruction of Huainan and Fujian will destroy Loneliness; the destruction of Nanchu will destroy Loneliness's father - the old Loneliness.
After Bian Hao fled back, he was deprived of his official title and exiled to Raozhou for the crime of losing the city, losing territory, and losing troops.
Bian Hao has many nicknames. He previously followed Cha Wenhui to conquer Jianzhou. He never killed prisoners. All Jianzhou soldiers captured by him were pardoned. Therefore, he was respectfully called "Bian Foye" by the people of Jianzhou; he first entered Tanzhou. At that time, there was no conflict or looting, so the lives of the people in Tanzhou were not affected, and the market continued to operate as usual. The people of Tanzhou respectfully called him "Bian Bodhisattva"; but soon his real name was exposed and he was involved in political affairs. , every day he only prayed to gods and worshiped Buddha, ate fasting and chanted sutras, so the people of Tanzhou jokingly called him "Bian Monk".
At first, there was a nursery rhyme circulating in the Nanchu area: "Whip the horse, and the horse will run away quickly." Later, when Bian Hao entered Tanzhou and the Ma family moved collectively to Huainan, people suddenly realized that "whip" refers to "bian", and "Ma" is Ma Yin's group of ponies.
At this time, Li Jing remembered Shangshu who Ouyang Guang predicted that Bian Hao would be defeated, so he promoted him to the county magistrate of Jishui County.
"Main War Faction" Feng Yansi and others petitioned Shu to be punished, and Li Jing announced that they would all be pardoned. However, "Main War Faction" expressed that they must accept punishment, so they symbolically dismissed Feng Yansi and Sun Sheng from their positions as prime ministers and retained their positions.
This battle had a huge impact on Huainan. It was not just a simple loss of money, food, troops and horses. This battle completely destroyed Li Jing's spirit and brought him back to reality from the dream of "a great kingdom in heaven". After thirty years of hard work, we returned to before liberation overnight.
Someone advised Li Jing that he hoped that his majesty would not use troops for decades in order to regain his strength.
Li Jing gave a wry smile and said, "I will never use the army again for more than a few decades!"
This battle was a turning point in Huainan's national destiny. From then on, Huainan's power plummeted. Just over twenty years later, it was unified by the Central Plains Dynasty. The last ruler, Li Yu, the late ruler of the Southern Tang Dynasty, also became a prisoner of the Central Plains Dynasty. Eventually he was poisoned to death.
Langzhou Liu Yan, Wang Kui, and Zhou Xingfeng will also be active on this stage for a while, so we won’t mention them for now. Next, we will take a look at the beauty of Huainan and appreciate the past and present life of this "great kingdom" that destroyed Fujian and Chu.
