【Baekhaupo landing】
Baixiapu is an undeveloped primitive beach in the south of Fuzhou City. The coastline is like a swamp, muddy and impossible to walk on. Wu Yue's reinforcements must first lay a layer of bamboo mats before they can land.
However, the Southern Tang army concentrated its crossbowmen to form a fire coverage with no blind spots. The Wu and Yue troops could not get close at all and could only drift on the sea beyond the range, anxious.
Feng Yanlu was eager to make meritorious deeds. He said that the reason why the defenders in the city resisted and refused to surrender was because they saw the supporting troops on the sea. However, the morale of our army gradually declined due to this stalemate. It is better to simply let them land and then annihilate them in one fell swoop, so that the defenders in the city will surrender in despair.
Feng Yanlu had no military qualities at all.
Throughout the ages, the attackers have tried their best to land on the beach, build a beachhead, and then continue to penetrate deeper and open gaps. Correspondingly, the defenders must do their best to eliminate the landing troops outside the beach. If you are interested, you can refer to the famous "Normandy Landing" to see the efforts made by both the offensive and defensive sides to achieve this goal.
To put it bluntly, if Feng Yanlu really wanted to "invite you to the urn", he would have to attack the thieves halfway across the river and rely on powerful firepower to kill the landing troops on the beach.
His general Meng Jian firmly opposed it, but Feng Yanlu was stubborn and refused to adopt it, insisting on allowing Wu Yue reinforcements to land.
After Wu Yue's reinforcements landed, they exploded with amazing combat effectiveness and were unstoppable. Seeing that the situation was not good, Feng Yanlu abandoned his troops, turned around and ran away. General Meng Jian died heroically in the battle.
Feng Yanlu escaped before the battle, causing the Southern Tang army to lose its command and collapse without attacking. They abandoned their helmets and armor and fled back. Wu Yue's reinforcements took advantage of the victory to pursue him. Upon seeing this, the Fuzhou defenders became more powerful and went out to fight, vomiting several words. Months of suppressed resentment.
The commander-in-chief of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Wang Chongwen, led 300 personal guards to form a formation to resist. Later, all the soldiers and horses formed a formation behind him to meet the enemy, and gradually stabilized their position. The Wuyue reinforcements stopped their pursuit and retreated to the city.
The "Baixiapu Landing" was an important turning point on the Fuzhou battlefield. The morale of the Southern Tang Dynasty suffered an unprecedented blow, and the soldiers began to doubt their life.
The "Five Ghosts and Four Evils" externally opposed the same party and internal strife, the former Fujian generals were war-weary and deserted, and many other contradictions were detonated by the "Baixiapu Landing".
On the same day, Wang Jianfeng's general Liu Hongjin received important news. There were rumors that Wu Yueguo planned to abandon Fuzhou and protect Li Renda back to Hangzhou. Liu Hongjin suggested that Wang Jianfeng set up an ambush on his way to withdraw, and then capture Fuzhou City in one fell swoop.
However, Wang Jianfeng has been squeezed and suppressed by the "Five Ghosts and Four Evils". He was resentful of Chen Jue and others and did not want them to perform extraordinary feats again, so he hid the news.
Liu Congxiao, who had been letting off steam, had already had his own plans. In the previous battles, Liu Congxiao did not work hard and wanted to preserve his strength. He did not want the Southern Tang Dynasty to conquer Fuzhou.
Wang Jianfeng and Liu Congxiao hit it off immediately and began to spread rumors among the army, saying that the Southern Tang Dynasty had been defeated, it might be difficult to withstand the enemy's counterattack, and the army was preparing to retreat. Then that night, the two set fire to the camp, created chaos, and took advantage of the chaos to withdraw their troops.
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The remaining troops did not know the truth and subsequently retreated. For a time, the frightened Southern Tang army collapsed without a fight. The so-called defeat was like a mountain falling, and it was unstoppable.
In desperation, Feng Yanlu was about to draw his sword and kill himself. He was stopped by his cronies, and then fled the battlefield.
The Fuzhou defenders and Wuyue reinforcements took the opportunity to send troops to cover up the killing. More than 20,000 Southern Tang troops were killed, and almost all their weapons and equipment were lost.
Historical records record that after retreating from the Fuzhou front line, the treasury of the Southern Tang Dynasty was completely empty.
Liu returned to Quanzhou from the Efficiency Department, forcing the central garrison to leave, and then officially separatized Quanzhou. Li Jing was helpless and could only give Liu Congxiao the title of Grand Tutor, and acquiesced to his rule of Quanzhou.
The Battle of Fuzhou not only depleted the Southern Tang's national power, but also caused the Southern Tang to lose the opportunity to aspire to the Central Plains. Li Jing suffered huge losses every time he went out and entered. Li Jing was very angry and began to take responsibility for the defeated army.
Li Jing issued an edict to kill Chen Jue and Feng Yanlu for falsely transmitting imperial edicts, while the other generals were pardoned.
Yushi Zhongchengjiang
Wen Wei publicly impeached Wei Cen and Feng Yansi in the Jinluan Palace, intending to catch all the "four villains".
He said that since His Majesty ascended the throne, his most trusted ministers have been the "Four Evils", who are cunning and cunning, playing tricks of power, deceiving superiors and inferiors, rejecting loyal and good people, and beguiling saints. Now, although the criminals Chen Jue and Feng Yanlu have been convicted, But Wei Cen and Feng Yansi are still fish that slipped through the net. If they don't take this opportunity to eradicate them, they will reappear!
Jiang Wenwei also pointed out that the reason why they were able to falsely pass on imperial edicts and send troops without authorization was because they not only worked for women in court, but also created a complicated network of relationships at the local level, and even the local army could be easily mobilized... …
Jiang Wenwei was a Jinshi in the Mingzong Dynasty of the Later Tang Dynasty. He was appointed as the inspector of the Henan Fuguan Post Office. He was implicated in the "Li Congrong rebellion case" and was dismissed from his post. He then fled to Huainan and defected to Xu Zhigao. He was appointed by Xu Zhigao as the inspector of the Xuanzhou Observation Envoy, and then gradually rose up the ranks. Bibu Yuanwailang and Zhizhigao were appointed as Zhongshusheren after Xu Zhigao proclaimed himself emperor. Obviously, Jiang Wenwei is also a member of the "first emperor's party".
At the beginning of the founding of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the system was created. Many etiquette standards were compiled by Jiang Wenwei. After all, he was once an official in the Central Plains Dynasty. He had never eaten pork and never seen a pig running away. Historical records record that the Southern Tang Dynasty's "pilgrimage gatherings, sacrificial feasts, and etiquette became the outline of a generation."
Perhaps these things may seem like useless red tape to us today, but these things were of very important political significance at the time. They represented the legitimacy and legitimacy of a regime, and the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. Important criteria for judging non-feudity, loyalty and female sex. From a certain perspective, it was Xu Zhigao and Jiang Wenwei who jointly created the Southern Tang Dynasty.
After Li Jing succeeded to the throne, he appointed Jiang Wenwei as the Ministry of Industry Yuanwailang to judge Taichang Minister, in charge of etiquette and other affairs.
The details of Xu Zhigao's funeral were drawn up by Jiang Wenwei, Han Xizai, and Xiao Yan. The funeral was in compliance with etiquette, no more, no less, neither humble nor overbearing, nor overbearing. People at the time praised it as "exquisite."
After the burial of the late emperor, Jiang Wenwei was appointed as Yushi Zhongcheng. During his tenure as censor, Jiang Wenwei was upright and unafraid of the powerful. He especially couldn't bear to see the "Five Ghosts and Four Evils" stealing power and disrupting the government. Taking advantage of Li Jing's pursuit of responsibility for Fuzhou's defeat, Jiang Wenwei stepped forward to kill the "four murderers" in one fell swoop.
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