Chapter 6 6. Fight Hebei again, lose Hebei

Hebei must be won, this is Zhu Quanzhong's belief, and it is also his last heartache in his lifetime.The more he can't win, the more Zhu Quanzhong wants to fight. This is his habit, and it is also Zhu Quanzhong's perseverance.But this time it didn't work. After dismissing the Generalissimo Wang Jingren who conquered Hebei, Zhu Quanzhong appointed another general who conquered Hebei. This person was named Yang Shihou.Yang Shihou is used to fighting and is very brave, but he has been shrouded in the shadow of Ge Congzhou, Zhu Yougong, Liu Zhijun and other generals for a long time, and he did not shine brilliantly early. Shuaicai.

Yang Shihou was originally Li Hanzhi's general, he was not very talkative, he was reticent all day long, he was calm and capable in doing things, and he was always very low-key.But Yang Shihou is good at riding and shooting, and a bow on horseback has the ability to hit a hundred shots.It seems that it is not without reason that Li Hanzhi has been able to compete with Zhu Quanzhong for many years. Apart from Li Hanzhi himself who can punch and fight, there are many good generals under him.Several strong generals in the Zhu Liang camp were recruited from Li Hanzhi. After Li Hanzhi failed, Yang Shihou, Li Duo, He Yu and others surrendered to Zhu Quanzhong.

Zhu Quanzhong basically didn't kill the surrendered generals, especially for the brave generals, Zhu Quanzhong would hire them one by one.This is one of Zhu Quanzhong's invaluable qualities, and it is why Zhu Quanzhong is superior to ordinary feudal princes.Zhu Quanzhong was good at recruiting and accommodating civil and military talents, which ensured the supplement and replacement of fresh blood in the Zhuliang military group.Otherwise, Zhu Quanzhong's military group is unlikely to change from weak to strong. After decades of invincibility, they defeated one after another separatist princes and annexed one after another large and small towns.The measure of being inclusive of all rivers is the common quality of all great people who have achieved great things.

In fact, Yang Shihou also made great military achievements, but he didn't come to the spotlight in time.Randomly counting Yang Shihou's performance is enough to shock the world.This person once followed Zhu Quanzhong to participate in the big action of holding the emperor, entered Fengqi to "greet" Emperor Zhaozong, and defeated Li Maozhen's main force; he once defeated the powerful enemy Wang Shifan during the Eastern Expedition, pacified Jiaodong, and was promoted to Xuzhou Jiedushi; In the first battle, Zhao Kuangning was defeated, and Hubei was included in Xuanwu's jurisdiction.After Zhu Quanzhong became emperor, he was awarded the title of Taibao and Tongping Zhangshi by Yang Shihou, and he was awarded the title of Taifu the next year.After Liu Zhijun rebelled against Zhu Liang, Yang Shihou and Liu Wei were ordered to lead the army to discuss westward, go down to Tongguan, break Chang'an, and force Liu Zhijun to retreat westward.At this time, Yang Shihou's military achievements reached the peak, and he was gradually promoted to the number one general squadron of the Zhuliang Empire.Wang Jingren was defeated by Li Cunxu in Baixiang, which was a great setback to Zhu Liang's morale.Zhu Quanzhong looked all over the train of generals, and the only person available at this time was Yang Shihou.

Yang Shihou witnessed Zhu Quanzhong's changes in recent years, including changes in temper, health, national situation, and military administration.Yang Shihou understands the changes in the political environment he is in. The Zhuliang Group is full of conflicts and crises. Although his status has been promoted to the highest level of the military group, he is also on the cusp.There is no way out, only to lead the battle.Yang Shihou first formed the troops for the Northern Expedition.By posting notices, sending messages, and widely disseminating information, in more than ten days, Yang Shihou collected more than 10,000 stragglers who had previously retreated from defeat.In order to be on the safe side, in order to clear the past shame, in order to complete his achievements in one battle, and in order to strengthen the army, Zhu Quanzhong not only sent general Yang Shihou to recruit envoys to the north to prevent the Jin-Zhao coalition from going south, but also personally commanded the main force to encourage the northward advance.

At this time, new changes took place in the political and military situation in the north. It can be said that there are wars and disputes, and gunpowder is everywhere. No chaos is not counted, no chaos is not scattered. If you want to mess up, everyone will mess up together. If you mess up, I will also mess up. See who is more chaotic, and the chaos will increase. At this moment, each has a confidant and a different mentality. Zhu Quanzhong was anxious, but he wanted a fight, he was eager to fight, and he was anxious to win. Li Cunxu is full of vigor, successful in youth, and domineering.

Wang Rong was apprehensive, surviving in the cracks, afraid of offending his powerful neighbors, and fearing not being able to cater to Li Jin. Liu Shouguang speculated, profited from the chaos, and took advantage of the cheap. Jin Wang Li Cunxu won over Wang Rong with his superb strategic vision, and consolidated the alliance between Jin and Zhao through bloody battles.Yan Wang Liu Shouguang couldn't help feeling resentful because he didn't find any bargains after sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.This kid is a typical bull who can't go away and hits backwards.After seeing the victory of Jin and Zhao and the defeat of Zhu Liang, Liu Shouguang resorted to a treacherous trick and offered to join the Jin and Zhao alliance, asking to join the group, saying that he could serve as a vanguard to conquer Zhu Quanzhong together.But there are conditions for Liu Shouguang to join the gang. He wants to be the boss of this new gang.

Liu Shouguang's flirting in the gang was not blind, he only flirted with Wang Rong.Because Wang Rong is a soft persimmon, easy to bully.Liu Shouguang's fake enthusiasm with ulterior motives frightened the skinny King Zhao and Wang Rong. Wang Rong tremblingly reported to Li Cunxu, asking what should be done?If Liu Shouguang is refused to join the gang, he is worried that this kid will turn his back on him, and Wang Rong will not be able to beat Liu Shouguang.If Liu Shouguang was allowed to join the group, this guy would obviously be a black sheep, and it would be tantamount to leading wolves into the house.Wang Rong was panicked and at a loss.

Li Cunxu was not intimidated by this thorny difficulty. He looked up to the sky with pride and laughed, and said: "Liu Shouguang's little abacus is just a trick. He wants to separate you and me, and take advantage of the chaos to gain benefits. How can I be fooled by this guy?" !” Li Cunxu resolutely rejected Liu Shouguang’s request to join the gang.Not only did Liu Shouguang's winking eyes be drawn out of the sky, but the young King Jin also took advantage of the excellent situation of defeating Zhu Liang to send troops to crusade against Liu Shouguang and eliminate Youyan, so as to eliminate the future troubles of the Southern Expedition.Thus, Jin Zhao and You Yan fought.As a result, the Jin army in Hebei was weakened, creating an opportunity for Liang Jun to recover Hebei.

Li Cunxu was still a little proud of his narrow victory over Wang Jingren. He underestimated Zhu Quanzhong's emphasis on and determination to crusade against Hebei.Li Cunxu didn't know much about Zhu Quanzhong's persevering and persevering character, and he didn't know much about Zhu Quanzhong's internal and external troubles.The king of Jin misjudged the situation, thinking that Zhu Liang would attack again after a while after being frustrated, and Jin Zhao could free up his hands to defeat Liu Shouguang and pacify Linfan. A rare opportunity. Opportunities need to be created.

Opportunities need to be captured. It is an opportunity for some people. For some it can become a nightmare. The opportunity is fleeting. Whether you can seize the opportunity, the mentality is very important. Chance can change everything sometimes. Under the political pressure of Zhu Quanzhong's eagerness to win, Yang Shihou did not dare to neglect, and immediately led the main force to march into Xingzhou.To the north of the Yellow River, there were not many main forces of the Jin army, and a few guerrilla forces randomly searched for weak targets to attack, and it was difficult to form a battle scale.Under Yang Shihou's swift and violent attack, the guerrilla fighters left behind did not dare to fight, and ran north across the Zhang River in one breath.The siege of Xingzhou and Tanzhou was easily relieved. In August 911 AD, Zhu Quanzhong personally led the main force to set off from Xiangzhou.Zhu Liang's army is known as 500,000, mighty and mighty, stretching for dozens of miles, the black army and the golden wheat waves are alternately hidden, one after another on the vast land.The flags and flags fluttered to cover the sun, and people shouted and horses neighed to shake the earth.Zhu Quanzhong's Chinese army is even more majestic, with yellow canopies, gorgeous chariots, a guard of honor, men and women with knives, axes, gongs and drums, and attendants.Zhu Quanzhong, who was sitting in the Jianyu (a chair with a lifting pole, simpler than a sedan chair), was reviewing documents and asking for news from the Jin army from time to time.At this time, Zhu Quanzhong was like a hungry lion, chasing the scent of the Jin army, wishing to swallow Li Cunxu into his belly. When they reached the south bank of the Huan River, Liang Jun set up camp and went to the village.That night, local officials reported that the Jin-Zhao coalition forces were heading south.Zhu Quanzhong was excited and refreshed when he heard the news of the enemy.Desperate for a battle, Zhu Quanzhong ordered to march immediately and go north to meet him. He wanted to fight a decisive battle with the Jin-Zhao coalition forces. At dawn, Liang Jun arrived in Wei County.At this time, it was suddenly rumored that the Jin cavalry had arrived!The soldiers of Liang Jun suffered from "fear of Jin" because of their defeat in several battles in Jiazhai and Baixiang.The sergeant's psychology is very important, and it has a great impact on morale and combat effectiveness.Psychological factors are also highly contagious, and fear of Jin spread rapidly among Liang Jun's hundreds of thousands of troops.Even if the powerful Zhu Quanzhong personally sat in the town, he did not bring a sense of security to the soldiers of Liang Jun, let alone form the sense of honor and deterrence that they should have.Zhu Quanzhong is very anxious about this. He has led troops for many years and knows the meaning of the morale of the army.The news of the sudden arrival of the cavalry of the Jin army caused panic in the Liang army. Many sergeants deserted and fled. After a while, the horse scouts sent by Liang Jun reported that the Jin army had not come, and it was just a rumor from the local people.After receiving the official information, Liang Jun's military spirit gradually stabilized.Liang Jun, who was in charge of detecting the news, repeatedly misheard, misbelieved, misjudged, misreported, and even misrepresented in a nervous mood.Seriously interfered with Zhu Quanzhong's marching plan.False news and "fear of Jin" constituted a fatal destructive effect on Zhu Quanzhong's battle in Hebei, which he hoped to overthrow. Zhu Quanzhong couldn't get it because he wanted to fight, and he was anxious because of the fluctuating morale of the army. His bad temper in the past few years became worse, moody, even hysterical, and indiscriminately executed.If anyone was unlucky enough to be looked down upon by Zhu Quanzhong, he was lucky enough to be beaten with a leather whip and army stick, and his unfortunate head was immediately chopped off and died in hell.Not only eunuchs, maids, and handymen were repeatedly punished, but even civil and military officials could not escape.In this terrifying political atmosphere, everyone felt insecure and trembling. No one dared to get close to Zhu Quanzhong, and used various excuses to stay away from Zhu Quanzhong.When the situation was serious, when the reporting officials and scouts saw Zhu Quanzhong, their legs trembled, their words were incoherent, and every minute and every second was a painful torment.The more this was the case, the more depressed Zhu Quanzhong felt, and the more depressed he became, the more unreasonably annoyed he became and issued a punishment order.During this march, another hundred attendants and officials were killed by Zhu Quanzhong and turned into ghosts from a foreign land. Three months had passed since Liang Jun's Northern Expedition, but he still couldn't find the main force of the Jin Army, but he was exhausted by being seduced by the erratic Jin Army guerrilla troops.Zhu Quanzhong was in a low mood and fell ill again, so he had to leave Yang Shihou to continue searching for the Jin army, and return to the south with his own team. So where is the main force of the Jin army?what are they doing After being refused to join the gang, Liu Shouguang simply threw off his arms and went it alone, proclaiming himself emperor in Youzhou.Liu Shouguang didn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth, he had a piece of land the size of a palm, and just lived a stable life for a few days, he became arrogant. Liu Shouguang didn't understand the complex meaning behind the title of emperor in feudal society.To be an emperor is not to be a vassal king, a separatist king, or an envoy of a feudal town. If you segregate one side to entertain yourself, others may not care about it and may not be willing to deal with it.But being emperor is very different.The emperor is the lord of the world, and there is only one. If you become the emperor, it means that others can only be courtiers, and the seniority has been stretched several levels at once.All powerful factions who have not become emperors will pour their dissatisfied anger on this person who becomes emperor.There are only two results, either they overthrow the emperor together and restore the balance of power, or they are destroyed by the emperor and establish a new order of monarch, minister and minister.During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan seemed to persuade Cao Cao to become emperor respectfully, but Cao Cao firmly refused.Because Cao Cao understood that Sun Quan was going to put him on the fire to roast.Whoever takes the lead in usurping Han and proclaiming himself emperor is the enemy of the world.But, this Mr. Liu's IQ is far behind Cao Cao. Liu Shouguang proclaimed himself emperor carelessly and self-willed, which is obviously a fool's pleasure.There are also many people inside who disagree with him, and are unwilling to follow him into the muddy water.Liu Shouguang suppressed and imprisoned many people who held different opinions, but it did not achieve the effect of suppressing the population and subduing people's hearts.Liu Shouguang, who became the emperor, was invincible and sent a notice to Jin Wang Li Cunxu. When Li Cunxu heard that Liu Shouguang had become emperor, he felt like he had eaten flies.Li Cunxu thought to himself, I, Hedong III, have been in business for decades, and have not proclaimed emperor carelessly. You, a guy who killed his father and brother, became emperor shamelessly, and dared to come to inform me. Hedong is in his eyes.Li Cunxu puffed up his cheeks and threw Liu Shouguang's letter on the ground angrily, yelling: "Liu Shouguang, the thief, is a treason, dare to risk the world's disgrace, and wait until the next year, this king destroys Youzhou and captures your head." There are complicated reasons for Li Cunxu's anger, including jealousy, envy, envy and helplessness.Li Cunxu also wanted to become emperor, but due to the situation, he didn't dare to be emperor rashly. He also needed to hide his strength and bide his time, accumulate strength, and try to summon the spearhead of the world to Zhu Quanzhong.There was Zhu Quanzhong who proclaimed himself emperor first, and Li Jin, who was once as famous as Zhu Quanzhong, was ashamed. Now there is another stunned young Liu Shouguang, and Li Cunxu feels even more ashamed.Seeing Li Cunxu's anger, Zhang Chengye, the supervisor, stepped forward and said to Li Cunxu, "Your Majesty, now Liu Shouguang does not know the heights of heaven and earth, and arrogantly proclaims himself emperor. We might as well send someone to congratulate him." Li Cunxu glared at Zhang Chengye and asked, "What are you talking about? We have to congratulate this kind of thief?" Zhang Chengye smiled slightly and said: "My lord, as the saying goes, 'He who wants to perish must first go crazy', we deliberately congratulated Liu Shouguang, made him arrogant and crazy, caused more and greater resentment, and intensified more conflicts, and then we will take the opportunity to eliminate him .” Li Cunxu suddenly realized, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's do this." So Li Cunxu sent people to Youzhou to congratulate Liu Shouguang.Even Li Jin from Hedong came to congratulate him, and Liu Shouguang suddenly felt that he was extremely tall, as if he had really ruled the world. The viciously inflated Liu Shouguang launched the Yiding War, and he wanted to annex Wang Rong and Wang Chuzhi.One person needs to be explained here. This person is Feng Dao, who joined the army in Youzhou. He tried his best to dissuade Liu Shouguang from starting a war. Liu Shouguang was sent to prison, but he escaped and went to Zhang Chengye in Hedong. He was appreciated by Zhang Chengye and recommended as the secretary .At this time, Feng Dao was still a small person, but throughout the Five Dynasties period, this person continued to rise in the market and performed a series of legendary events.Feng Dao became an unavoidable figure in the study of the history of the Five Dynasties in later generations, and even became a phenomenon. Traditional Confucianism belittled him as a scum, and people in the officialdom regarded him as a standard.These will be introduced in subsequent stories. Youyan's army came under pressure, and Wang Chu couldn't stand it any longer, so he asked for help from Hedong. In 912 A.D., the second year of Zhuliang Qianhua, in the first month, Hedong sent veteran Zhou Dewei, Wang Rong sent his son Wang Deming, and the Jin-Zhao coalition army rushed to Yishui to join Wang Chuzhi.The armies of Jin, Zhen, and Ding captured Qigou Pass in Yan State in one fell swoop, and encircled Zhuozhou.Liu Shouguang's younger brother Liu Shouqi later defected to Hedong, and this time he was also in Zhou Dewei's army. Liu Shouqi sent people to say that Liu Zhiwen, the governor of Zhuozhou, had been sent down.But Zhou Dewei was jealous of Liu Shouqi's achievements, and slandered Liu Shouqi in front of Li Cunxu, but Liu Shouqi led his cronies and defected to Zhu Quanzhong instead. Zhou Dewei led the army like a broken bamboo, and attacked the city of Youzhou in one go.At this time, Liu Shouguang was frightened, and he stopped talking stubbornly, and asked Zhu Quanzhong for help in a panic.At this time, Zhu Quanzhong's illness improved slightly, and he could barely get up to work and deal with government affairs.Zhu Quanzhong realized that guerrilla warfare with Jin and Zhao was not the way to go. Now that Jin and Yan are fighting, the main forces are gathered together, and they can just send troops to wipe them out in one fell swoop. Zhu Quanzhong decided to send troops. Zhu Quanzhong adopted the method of wooing Liu Shouguang to attack Jin and Zhao. Liang Junbing sent Luoyang and went straight to Zhenzhou and Dingzhou. Zhu Quanzhong made a new military deployment this time. He led the Chinese army out of Weizhou and ordered Yang Shihou and Li Zhouyi to attack Zaoqiang County, while He Delun and Yuan Xiang attacked Yi County first.Zhu Quanzhong led Liang Jun to travel day and night, and after a rapid march, he arrived at Xiabo in early March. Zhu Quanzhong led his own soldiers to survey the terrain. When he climbed the mound and was looking around, Zhao General Fu Xi led a guerrilla cavalry of hundreds of people to patrol here. When the two armies met, they were surprised by each other, but neither could figure out the origin of the other.Fu Xi didn't know that the other party was Zhu Quanzhong. If he knew that Zhu Quanzhong was in front of him, he probably would have been scared away.But that day, I don't know where Fu Xi's courage came from, he yelled and led people to kill Liang Jun, thinking that he could fight if he could, and run if he couldn't. Liang Jun thought that the main cavalry of the Jin army had arrived, and they disturbed each other. They didn't dare to fight, so they turned around and ran away.Both sides originally wanted to run, but Liang Jun ran first, and it turned out that whoever ran first would be unlucky. Zhu Quanzhong was protected by the crowd and fled in the desert. He left a pile of gongs, drums, tents, guards of honor, chariots and horses, and ran to Zaoqiang to join Yang Shihou in one breath.Liang Jun's "fear of Jin" has become so serious!It was only later that Zhu Quanzhong realized that he had encountered Zhao Jun patrolling soldiers. Zhu Quanzhong was so angry that he coughed and vomited blood, and almost passed out.It is a great shame and humiliation. The majestic king of a country was scared and fled by a few patrol soldiers. Zhu Quanzhong has ruled the world for thirty years. When has he been in such a mess?He issued a death order to Yang Shihou to break through Zaoqiang as soon as possible. Zaoqiang's first battle was extremely brutal. Although Zaoqiang is a small county, its fortifications are very strong, and thousands of elite Zhao soldiers are stationed in the city.Yang Shihou attacked for seven or eight days without any progress, and tens of thousands of Liang troops were killed or injured.Later, all the stone gunpowder bows and arrows used for defense in the city were used up, and the city defenders would send people to feign surrender, inquire about Liang Jun's actual situation, and evaluate how long they can last. Unexpectedly, this fraudulent surrender military academy would do a major event.This military academy was sent by Li Zhouyi to pick up earth and rocks to help attack the city. This Zhao Jun took the opportunity to wave his shoulder pole and shoot Li Zhouyi behind his back.Li Zhouyi passed out on the spot, his head almost bursting. This further angered Zhu Quanzhong, who personally supervised the siege of the city.Under Liang Jun's strong attack day and night, Zao Qiang forcefully broke down the poor city.Yang Shihou's handsome men rushed into the city, regardless of men, women, young or old, soldiers, civilians, government officials, and businessmen, all were massacred. For a while, blood flowed into rivers in Zaoqiang City, and corpses piled up all over the streets. Yang Shihou's march was not smooth, and He Delun also encountered big trouble. Li Cunshen, the general of the Jin army stationed in Yi County, only had a few thousand people, which was very different from that of the Liang army.After discussing with the generals, Li Cunshen decided to adopt a strange plan to win.First, they captured hundreds of cooks chopping firewood and cooking in the Liang army by way of ambush, chopped off their arms and sent them back to the Liang camp, creating a terrifying atmosphere. After capturing Zaoqiang, Zhu Quanzhong and Yang Shihou came to assist He Delun in attacking Ju County.Li Cunshen sent someone disguised as Liang Jun, and took advantage of the nightfall to reach the gate of He Delun's camp, and launched a surprise attack. The main force of the Jin army is coming! The main force of the Jin army is coming!" The Liang army was in chaos, burned the unloadable luggage, and left in defeat.Zhu Quanzhong stumbled and ran a hundred and fifty miles in the dark, and arrived in Jizhou at dawn.The house leak happened to rain overnight. During the escape, the people in Hebei picked up hoes and pitchforks to chase and intercept the Liang army every time they passed by.Liang Jun was defeated, threw away his helmet and armor, and continued to flee.After running for a while, Liang Jun's scouting cavalry came to report that "the main force of the Jin army has not come, it's just a guerrilla force." After Zhu Quanzhong heard this, a mouthful of angry blood spurted out of his throat, and he fell to the ground with a plop. As the disease worsened, he was bedridden and had difficulty riding in a shoulder car, so he had to rely on a cart to pull him. Later, Zhu Quanzhong wanted to reluctantly send troops to Beizhou and Weizhou to fight in Hebei. Due to his increasingly serious condition, he had to return to Luoyang via Kaifeng. People are going to be unlucky, and all kinds of bad things will come together.When Zhu Quanzhong was invited by his son Zhu Youwen to live in Kaifeng, one day he drank with civil and military officials. When he was happy, Zhu Quanzhong took a boat to Jiuqu Pond to enjoy the breeze.No one expected that the boat capsized suddenly, and everyone in the boat, including Zhu Quanzhong, fell into the water.The maids and guards were busy before they fished Zhu Quanzhong ashore.After Zhu Quanzhong went ashore, he was still in shock for a long time. He remembered an incident more than ten years ago.It was by this Jiuqu pool that Zhu Quanzhong held a banquet to deceive more than a dozen sons of Emperor Zhaozong, strangled them all to death after getting drunk, and threw them into this pool.Did their ghosts come to settle accounts with Zhu Quanzhong? Zhu Quanzhong was aging, and he planned to pacify Hebei with his last breath, but he was helpless, the situation was stronger than others, even if he did not meet the main forces of Jin and Zhao, he still failed in a hurry. Since then, Zhu Liang forces have withdrawn from Hebei.