3. Huzhou counterinsurgency
In October 909, Gao Li of Huzhou rebelled, and Qian Liu sent his younger brother Qian Biao to suppress it. In February 910, Gao Li, who was fighting against the enemy, colluded with Huainan forces to enter the country for support, and Qian Liu also sent Qian Yuanhuang to lead an army for reinforcements. Huainan could not defeat Qian Biao and Qian Yuanhuang's uncle and nephew, so he gave up Huzhou and fled back to Huainan with his bereaved dog Gao Li. Huzhou was recovered by Qian Liu.
Key figures: Qian Biao, Qian Yuanhuang.
4. Self-defense counterattack against Huai
In March 913, Huainan sent Li Tao to take command and raised 20,000 troops to invade Hangzhou via Qianqiu Ridge. At that time, Xu Wen had just sidelined Yang Wei, and then used both kindness and power to become the actual controller of the Huainan Group. He needed to launch a foreign war to divert domestic conflicts, establish personal prestige, and train his own team; at the same time, the central court had just experienced After the turbulent moment when Zhu Yougui committed regicide and Zhu Youzhen brought order to chaos, he had no time to look south for the time being. Under this situation, Xu Wen decisively launched an operation to behead the Qian Group and went straight to Hangzhou.
Qian Liu appointed Qian Yuanguan as the northern reinforcement envoy to fight head-on with the Huainan soldiers outside Hangzhou. He appointed Qian Yuanhuang as the commander of the recruitment and recovery of the capital. He used the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao and led the navy to attack Dongzhou.
"I'm hiding from the elites!"
Qian Yuanguan did not go directly to start a group. Instead, he gave full play to his home field advantage and took advantage of his familiarity with the terrain. He first cut down trees in the valley of Qianqiu Ridge and blocked the mountain road to prevent the Huai army from returning. Then he set up a pocket formation, " Wait for it three times."
During the battle, Qian Yuanguan, armed with steel and swords, attacked a big fish. This big fish is Xu Wen's adopted son-Xu Zhigao. Xu Zhigao was like Cao Cao at Tongguan, who was killed and had to cut off his beard and throw away his robe. According to historical records, Qian and Yuan Guan pressed each other very hard and "caught him several times", forcing Xu Zhigao to "change his clothes and flee on a white mule".
The Huainan Corps was immediately defeated, and more than 8,000 soldiers including Commander-in-Chief Li Tao and others were captured. A total of 20,000 people came, and more than 8,000 were captured, nearly half of them.
It is said that during the battle, Qian Yuanguan's military camp had "an aura like a dragon and a tiger." The Huainan people looked at it and said, "This is the aura of a tyrant."
Qian Yuanhuang also received good news from the other side, capturing enemy general Li Shiyu and more than 3,000 people alive.
Some historical materials confuse the two battlefields and say that Qian Yuanguan captured Li Tao and more than 3,000 people in Qianqiu Ridge. This belongs to Guan Yunchang, Wen Jiu and beheaded Hua Xiong, seven in and seven out, making a big fuss in Changbanpo.
Huainan Xu Wen stole the chicken but failed to lose the rice. How many people show their eyesight. After enduring the calm for a while, the more he thought about taking a step back, the more losses he suffered, so he made a comeback in May and sent Hua Qian, the deputy commander of Xuanzhou, to station troops in Guangde Town, preparing to attack Hangzhou again with Guangde Town's envoy Wu Xin.
Close the door and put the Qian Yuan Guan.
Qian Yuanguan made a prompt decision and instead of waiting in Hangzhou, he took the lead in attacking Guangde Town. Offense is the best defense.
When they were attacking the city, some soldiers from Huainan stood on the top of the city and cursed them with foul language. Qian Yuanguan was furious and said, "Boy, if you have the ability, just wait for me!" He then ordered a strong attack.
In June, Guangde City was captured. Where's the guy on the wall who's spitting shit? Stop talking nonsense and massacre the city. I would rather kill three thousand by mistake. According to records, Qian Yuanguan alone hacked to death more than 200 people. More than 7,000 Huainan generals, including Hua Qian and Wu Xin, were captured alive and packed back to Hangzhou.
The Qian Group was winning consecutive battles, while Xu Wen of Huainan was grinding with his bare buttocks - spinning around in circles, a disgrace.
Key figures: Qian Yuanhuang, Qian Yuanguan.
5. Win or lose - Wuxi
After the great victory in Guangde Town, Qian Liu decided to launch a retaliatory military attack on Huainan. In September, he sent three brothers, Qian Chuanying, Qian Yuanhuang and Qian Yuanguan, to lead troops to attack Changzhou and garrisoned in Wuxi County.
The three brothers are aggressive and determined to win, but their opponent is Xu Wen, a veteran. Don't chase the poor enemy, Xu Wen can no longer lose.
Xu Wen first stabilized the morale of the army, saying that the Zhejiang people were proud and underestimated the enemy and were cowardly and afraid of fighting, so they would be easily defeated by us. This is called strategic contempt for the enemy. Immediately afterwards, the generals worked hard to quickly support the Wuxi front line. This was a tactical emphasis on the enemy.
A general named Chen You from Wuxi volunteered to lead his troops to act as a suicide squad, detouring and copying the enemy's rear route; Xu Wen led the main force to face the enemy head-on. Attack from both front and back.
In this way, the three Qian brothers were defeated.
What’s interesting is that the history books such as He and others recorded this battle, but did not mention it at all, because it was written by the descendants of the Qian family. Let me foreshadow this. In the description of many subsequent events, all the embarrassing defeats of the Wuyue Kingdom , either didn’t mention it at all, or just brushed it off, or whitewashed it. Therefore, the battle of Wu Yue Kingdom's defeat is mainly based on historical records such as "Yuyue" and "Yuyue".
The next month, Qian Chuanying died of depression.
In September of the next year, Qian Liu sent Qian Yuanguan to attack Wuxi County in Changzhou to avenge last year's attack. Qian Yuanguan fulfilled his mission and captured Wuxi County, capturing more than 500 people including Zhu Chao alive, and returned in triumph.
Key figures: Qian Chuanying, Qian Yuanhuang, Qian Yuanguan.
6. Whose bride is it?
It is recorded that in February 909, Zhu Wen selected Qian Chuanying as his consort. It is also said that in February 915, Zhu Youzhen chose Qian Chuanjue as his consort and married off his eldest daughter, Princess Shouchun.
There is huge controversy here. But - this book gives the truth:
Records say that Princess Shouchun, the eldest daughter of Zhu Youzhen, married Luo Zhouhan, son of Luo Shaowei. Wei Bo Jiedu envoy Luo Shaowei has a close relationship with the Zhu Wen family. Luo Shaowei's eldest son Luo Tinggui married Zhu Wen's two daughters, his second son Luo Zhouhan married Zhu Youzhen's eldest daughter Princess Shouchun, and his third son Luo Zhoujing married Zhu Youzhen's third daughter Jin Princess Ann.
Princess Shouchun is really busy, sometimes marrying Qian Chuanjue, sometimes marrying Luo Zhouhan.
Who is it? Don't worry, let's look through other historical materials. You see, it’s good to read two more books, but it’s even more confusing——
It is recorded that in September 906, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty selected Qian Chuanying as his consort and married Princess Shouchang. At that time, Qian Chuanying's performance in the "Xu and Xu Rebellion" was recognized by Emperor Ai of Tang Dynasty. Emperor Ai of Tang Dynasty "heard about it and praised him, and asked him to be appointed deputy ambassador of Zhejiang and Zhejiang Provinces", and then selected him as his consort. It also records this edict of Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, which can be said to be a reference to many sources.
It also clearly pointed out that the record was wrong, saying that it mistakenly recorded the third year of Tianyou as the third year of Kaiping, and also mistakenly recorded Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty as Zhu Wen. It is also said that Comrade Qian Chuanying could not forget his Princess Shouchang, and one day he dreamed of running offline with the dead Princess Shouchang. When he woke up, he contracted "ghost disease" and died of the disease not long after.
From this point of view, what he said is reasonable and serious.
However, in the book, an imperial edict by Zhu Youzhen is included, which cannot be said to be word-for-word with the so-called edict of Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty that was quoted. At least it is highly consistent, and it is really word-for-word in all the key words and sentences Difference:
The title of the imperial edict is "Edict to King Qian Liu of Wuyue". The text states that "Gong Wei, the late emperor and his ministers, have made an alliance." The end of the text states, "Now I am conferring the title of "Jiudushi of Datong" on the Ying Dynasty. , the Prince Consort is the Commander-in-Chief, and he also has eight hundred households in the city."
Obviously, those who criticized the fallacy also overturned. Whether it is the title at the beginning, the polite reminiscences in the text, or the official title at the end, they all indicate that the imperial edict is 100% from Zhu Youzhen.
As early as 906, Qian Liu was not named King of Wuyue at all, and his relationship with Tang Zhaozong, the predecessor of Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, was not a revolutionary comradeship.
Let’s change the angle again and reason backward from the records of several prospective father-in-laws and princesses:
Emperor Ai of Tang Dynasty was only 15 years old in 906, and he was only 16 years old when he died. He had no daughters at all; what about the sisters? Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty had 11 daughters. Among them, Princess Pingyuan was married to Li Maozhen's son, and Princess Yongming died early. The details of the remaining 9 princesses are unknown. Only their titles are preserved in the history books, and there is no "Princess Shouchang" at all;
Zhu Wen has five daughters. Princess Anyang and Princess Jinhua were married to Luo Tinggui successively; Princess Changle was married to Zhao Yan; Princess Puning was married to Wang Zhaozuo; Princess Zhenning is unknown;
Zhu Youzhen has three daughters: Princess Shouchun, married to Luo Zhouhan; Princess Jin'an, married to Luo Zhoujing; and Princess Shouchang.
It is recorded in the book that Qian Chuanying "Liang Taizu worshiped him as the Prince Consort... The princess died before she could surrender. She was thirty-six years old and was given to the Grand Master."
If it is true that Zhu Wen, Taizu of Liang Dynasty, worshiped him as his consort, then he should obviously marry Princess Zhenning; and if it was Zhu Youzhen, the last emperor, who worshiped him as his consort, then it should be Princess Shouchang.
Zhu Youzhen's imperial edict is indisputable and ironclad evidence, so the person who gave the money to marry Chuanying can basically be determined to be Zhu Youzhen's Princess Shouchang.
So is it possible that Zhu Wen's edict was mistaken for Zhu Youzhen's? Impossible, the author may be confused, but the content of the text is generally not tampered with, especially the sentence "Gong Wei, the late emperor and your ministers, have made an alliance" can only come from Zhu Youzhen's mouth, because Zhu Youzhen's "first emperor" Zhu Wen He and Qian Liu were good friends who fought side by side.
Zhu Youzhen named her second daughter Princess Shouchang on September 23, 915, while Comrade Qian Chuanying died of illness in October 913. Therefore, a reasonable explanation is that when Zhu Youzhen chose him as his consort, he had not yet given his daughter the title.
"Liang Taizu worshiped him as Prince Consort Duwei", which is suspected to be a clerical error and should be the last emperor of Liang.
At this point, we can roughly deduce a reasonable explanation: In February 913, Houliang experienced two bloody palace coups in half a year. Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne as emperor. In order to consolidate his power, Zhu Youzhen actively attracted the Qian family of the two Zhejiang provinces and wanted to cooperate with them. Qian Liu married his daughter-in-law and promised to marry his second daughter to Qian Chuanying. However, Qian Chuanying died in October before the wedding could be arranged. So in February 915, Zhu Youzhen asked Qian Chuanjuan to be his consort, completing Zhu's marriage. The political marriage between the two major Qian groups, and the second daughter was named Princess Shouchang on September 23. Finally, in the first month of 916, under the escort of General Du Jianhui, Qian Chuanjuan finally prepared all the betrothal gifts and came to the capital to celebrate Princess Shouchang. .
Therefore, it is said that Qian Chuanjue went to the capital to marry "Princess Shouchun", which should also be a clerical error of "Princess Shouchang".
Key figures: Qian Chuanying, Qian Chuanjue
