Late Tang

Since the pacification of southern Liaoning, Li Jing did not rush to the north, but stationed the three-compartment troops of the Zhendong Army in southern Liaoning, supervised and supervised the integration of troops and horses of various ministries in southern Liaoning, and the establishment of eight counties in eastern Liaodong.

On the other hand, Li Jing took back a large number of lands on the sites of small forces that had been attacked, and distributed them to soldiers and common people.Even the land originally occupied by the various ministries in southern Liaoning, except for a small part reserved for those generals, the rest was also collected as military land.

Li Jing also called the people of the eight counties in southern Liaoning and the refugees from Dengzhou to reclaim and hoard land. According to the precedent, no grain was collected for three years, and only one bucket was collected within five years after three years.

The soldiers and horses of the various ministries in southern Liaoning were also selected through a grand contest, and 9000 of the most elite were left as nine battalions and nine military towns were established.The other 1000 or so people were eliminated, distributed to land, and returned to common people.Some of the strong ones were selected, and [-] people were selected from each county to build a solidarity camp according to the counties they belonged to.They usually do farming at home, and conduct intensive training in autumn and winter. Once a war breaks out, they will also be recruited and used according to the situation.

They bring their own equipment, armor, weapons, etc., and they have subsidized rations during the training camp, but there is no food and salary at ordinary times.When recruited to fight, there are also subsidies, and there are rewards for meritorious service.More than half of the 100 mu of land in southern Liaoning were owned by the Governor's Mansion. Li Jing rewarded one-third of the land to the soldiers of the Zhendong Army and the Southern Liao Army, and used the rest as military stockpiles. The output is used to support the army.

Time soon arrived in mid-July, and Li Jing had already moved from Weiba Mountain City to Changxing Island.On the island, he presided over the construction of two new naval battalions, Anlan and Fubo.Two new naval battalions will be built, one to guard the Changshan Islands and the other to guard the Changxing Islands.Half of the two naval battalions are newly recruited soldiers, and half are veterans from Zhenhai and Nutao battalions.

At this moment, the soldiers of the An Lan Navy patrolling the sea brought back a boat.

"The person here claims to be the envoy of Li Maoxun, the envoy of the Qingyi Army in Guizhou, Youzhou Town, and is here to ask to see the Duke!" Liu Xun reported loudly.

When Li Jing, who was reviewing official documents, heard the words Youzhou Li Maoxun, his hands shook involuntarily.

Li Maoxun, in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, there were two famous Li Maoxuns.The first Li Maoxun was originally a descendant of Huihe Abusi. During Zhang Zhongwu's time, he and his prince descended.Zi Shenyong, good at galloping and shooting, second in weapons, served as a general, often took advantage of the frontier to accumulate meritorious service, and was given his surname and first name.This Li Maoxun was a Uyghur nobleman who was given a Chinese name after he surrendered to Zhang Zhongwu.

There is also Li Maoxun, who is the younger brother of King Qi Li Maozhen.At the end of the Tang Dynasty, he was the general of Fengxiang, and Mao Zhenbiao was the envoy of Jiezhou, who was tired of officials and served as a servant.Later, his family was captured by Zhu Wen, and they surrendered to Zhu Wen, and changed their name to Zhou Yi.

Since it was Li Maoxun from Youzhou, it must be Li Maoxun from Uighur.

In Li Jing's impression, this person is not a good bird.Counting the time, it seems that it has not been long since the war in Youzhou recorded in history.According to historical records, Zhang Gongsu, the commander of the Lulong Army at this time, was brutal, while Chen Gongyan, the general of Youzhou who surrendered to the army, was extremely prestige in the Lulong Army.This Li Maoxun sent someone to assassinate Chen Gongyan, and then raised troops under Chen Gongyan's banner to rebel and attack Zhang Gongsu in Youzhou, claiming to be Chen Gongyan's vanguard.Zhang Gongsu fought, was defeated and fled to Chang'an.When Li Maoxun entered Youzhou, people realized that this was not Chen Gongyan, but they could only support Li Maoxun.

This incident can be described as quite strange, and one can see the cunning of this Li Maoxun.

Zhang Gongsu is still the Commander in Chief in Youzhou now, and Chen Gongyan has not been assassinated yet, but it seems that the time is about the same, Li Maoxun's coming here is definitely not a good thing.

However, because Li Maoxun sent envoys, Li Jing couldn't help but focus on Youzhou, which is across the sea from southern Liaoning.

Youzhou is one of the three towns of Heshuo, and it is also an old separatist town.

In the second year of Xuanzong Xiantian, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty set up Youzhou Jiedu Envoy, who was responsible for defending Xi and Khitan, governing Youzhou, and governing Youzhou, Jizhou, Guizhou, Tanzhou, Yizhou, Dingzhou, Hengzhou, and Mozhou. Nine states including Cangzhou and Cangzhou.In the first year of Tianbao, it was changed to Fanyang Jiedushi.

At the time of Tianbao, Jiedu sent An Lushan to launch a rebellion based on Fanyang, Hedong, and Pinglu, and established Dayan, which was known as the Anshi Rebellion in history.After the end of the Anshi Rebellion, Fanyang Jiedu Envoy was changed to Youzhou Jiedu Envoy, also known as Lulong Jiedu Envoy because he led the Lu Long Army.In the first year of Guangde (763), Li Huaixian, a general of the Anshi rebellion, surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. In order to win over the old Hebei Ministry, the Tang Dynasty appointed Li Huaixian as the envoy of Youzhou and Lulong.During the chaos of the four towns during the Jianzhong period of Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty, Zhu Tao of Youzhou claimed to be the king of Ji.In the 14th year of Yuanhe (819), Lulong Jiedu made Mr. Liu surrender, marking the peak of Yuanhe Zhongxing.Two years later, the imperial court appointed civil servant Zhang Hongjing as the envoy of Youzhou and Lulong.However, due to improper handling measures, Lulong Jiedushi was controlled by generals again.Until the fall of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Hongjing's improper handling made Zhu Kerong of the Youzhou Department lead his troops to win Youzhou and stand on his own.

Zhu Zirong was born in a famous family. His grandfather was Zhu Tao, the former envoy of Lulong Jiedu. During Tang Dezong, Zhu Tao's elder brother Zhu Xi lived in Chang'an.Zhu Kerong served as a small school in Youzhou when he was young, and served Mr. Liu, the governor of Lulong. Later, Mr. Liu wanted to return to Chang'an, fearing that the school would be changed, so he brought ambitious generals to Chang'an, and Zhu Kerong was among them. He returned to the town privately.

At that time, the world was at peace, and the prime ministers Cui Zhi and Du Yuanying didn't know the military strategy and had no long-term strategy. They believed that the Lianghe area had been calmed down, so they appointed Zhang Hongjing, who had no political experience, to replace Liu Zong as the Lulong Jiedu envoy. He kept silent all day long and was not polite to generals and schools, so he lost the morale of the army, and trusted his staff member Wei Yong to take charge of government affairs, and the morale of the army became more and more dissatisfied. In July 821, when Wei Yong was traveling on horseback, a small school rushed to his leader. Wei Yong wanted to punish him with a stick, but the sergeant refused to accept it.That night, the soldiers made a noise from the battalion, but the general and the school could not control them, so they broke into the mansion, plundered Zhang Hongjing's property and women, imprisoned him in Jimen Pavilion, and killed his staff Wei Yong, Zhang Zongyuan, Cui Zhongqing, Zheng Xun, and Du Yuhou Liu Cao. , Zhang Baoyuan and others.

The next day, the sergeants regretted themselves and went to the hall together to apologize to Zhang Hongjing and asked to be appointed as the commander-in-chief again, but Zhang Hongjing refused to answer. There is no handsome man for a day!" So everyone appointed Zhu Hui, the old general of the palace, as the queen, Zhu Hui resigned as old age, and recommended his son Zhu Kerong to succeed him, and everyone agreed.

The news came out that the Tang Dynasty demoted Zhang Hongjing as governor of Jizhou and transferred Zhaoyi Jiedu envoy Liu Wu as Lulong Jiedu envoy. However, Liu Wu was afraid of Zhu Kerong's strong army and refused to take up the post, so he returned to Zhaoyi Jiedu envoy. Zhu Kerong was a regular attendant of Zuo Sanqi, the school inspector, and was awarded a talisman.

After Zhu Zirong became the commander-in-chief, he was very rampant. In May 826, the army in Youzhou was in chaos. The soldiers killed Zhu Kerong and his son Zhu Yanling, and appointed his son Zhu Yansi as Lulong Jiedu envoy. , Soon he was killed by Li Zaiyi, the all-known soldier and horse envoy.

Zhu Zirong served as the governor of Youzhou for five years, and his son Zhu Yansi was killed by Li Zaiyi before he could even complete the full year.

Li Zaiyi was the great Tang clan after Tang Taizong abolished Prince Li Chengqian.However, after Li Chengqian was abolished, their branch became ordinary people.According to records, his ancestors were famous for their prowess on the battlefield for generations, and served in Youzhou, the capital of Lulong Town.Li Zaiyi lost his father in his early years and traveled around with heroes from his hometown.He has a strong body and is good at wrestling. He impressed Liu Ji, then Lulong Jiedu envoy, and was recruited into the pro-army by him.

There was a mutiny in Youzhou. Li Zaiyi, who was known as the envoy of soldiers and horses at the Yaqian at that time, was also the tooth general of Youzhou. He saw the right time, killed Zhu Yanrong, and sued the court for his crimes.Tang Wenzong took Li Zaiyi as the Minister of the Ministry of Education, the Doctor of the Imperial History, the envoy of Lulong Jiedu, and the title of King of Wuwei County.

During Li Zaiyi's tenure as Marshal Lulong, he voluntarily assisted the imperial court in the battle against Li Tongjie, who claimed to be the envoy of Henghai Jiedu.After that, Li Zaiyi participated in the attack on Cangzhou, the capital of Henghai Town.In the third year of Taihe (8th year), Li Tongjie surrendered, and Li Zaiyi taught Tongzhong Shumen Xia Pingzhang.In the fourth year of Taihe (830), the Khitan cavalry invaded the bandits, and Li Zaiyi defeated them, and captured their leader, Rujie, and sent them to Chang'an, where he would add meritorious service to the Taibao.

In the spring of the fifth year of Taihe (831), the imperial court gave Li Zaiyi a stele of meritorious deeds.Li Zaiyi invited envoys to visit the game, but Yang Zhicheng, the envoy of soldiers and horses in the backyard, caused chaos and took the opportunity to expel Li Zaiyi.Li Zaiyi and his son Li Zhengyuan were forced to flee to Yizhou in the neighboring Yiwu Town. In the end, the court was unable to control the matter, so they had to let Yang Zhicheng stay behind, and Li Zaiyi and his son returned to Chang'an.

Li Zaiyi counted, and he had only been a commander in chief for five years before he was expelled by Yang Zhicheng, who also belonged to the Yajiang.

However, Yang Zhicheng only served as the commander-in-chief for three years. In the winter of the eighth year of Taihe (834), Lu Long's army was in chaos again.

Shi Yuanzhong has been the commander-in-chief for a few years more than his predecessors, and he has been the commander-in-chief of Lu Longjun for seven years, but in the end he did not escape the fate of his predecessors.In September of the first year of Huichang (841), when Lu Long's army was in chaos again, Chen Xingtai launched a mutiny and killed Shi Yuanzhong, the Jiedu envoy.After several twists and turns, Lu Long was taken over by Zhang Zhongwu.

Chen Xingtai is the tooth general of Lulong Town.In September of the first year of Huichang (841), Lulong’s army rebelled. Chen Xingtai launched a mutiny, killed Jiedu envoy Shi Yuanzhong, and appointed himself Jieshuai. , only one month later, he was killed by the tooth general Zhang Jiang.

The tooth general Zhang Jiang killed Chen Xingtai, but feared by the prestige of Zhang Zhongwu, the Xiongjun military envoy in Jibei, he was once asked to take charge of military affairs, but later changed his mind and wrote a letter asking himself to be the Jiedu envoy.Zhang Zhongwu was furious and raised troops to attack Youzhou.In order to justify his name, Zhang Zhongwu sent Chief Shi Wu Zhongshu to Chang'an, the capital, and asked to lead his troops to conquer Zhang Jiang.Wu Zhongshu persuaded Prime Minister Li Deyu, and after weighing and considering, Tang Wuzong appointed Zhang Zhongwu as the soldier and horse of Lulong Army, and allowed him to lead the army to quell the chaos.Zhang Zhongwu attacked Youzhou with [-] elite soldiers and [-] Tutuan, conquered in one fell swoop, killed Zhang Jiang, pacified the revolution, and officially took office as Lulong Jiedu envoy in the first month of the following year.

Since then, Zhang Zhongwu has taken a series of measures, rewarding farming and weaving, developing the economy, implementing military reclamation, protecting people's livelihood, and strictly training soldiers and horses. The battle strength increased, and it became a strong force among the towns in the late Tang Dynasty.

In the second year of Huichang (842), Na Jiechu, the general of Huihe, led the troops to invade the south and plunder the frontier.While strengthening the defense of the border cities, Zhang Zhongwu ordered his younger brother Zhang Zhongzhi to lead an army of [-] to fight back.In this campaign, Lu Long's army defeated the Huihe cavalry in one fell swoop and surrendered more than [-] troops.Najiechu fled north alone and was killed by Wujie Khan.After defeating Yu Wei, Zhang Zhongwu sent general Shi Gongxu into the Khitan and Xi tribes, and killed more than [-] Huihe supervisors, thus restoring the Tang Dynasty's jurisdiction over the two tribes.

In August of the same year, Tang Ting sent troops three ways to attack Huihe in the north, and Zhang Zhongwu acted as the recruiting envoy of Huihe in the east.During the months-long campaign, Zhang Zhongwu cooperated closely with the other two groups of soldiers and horses, and brought back more than [-] Huihe soldiers, and Wujie Khan was forced to flee to the Western Regions.After that, Zhongwu conquered some tribes of the Xi nationality who did not submit to the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty by force, forcing their leaders to bow their heads and pay tribute to the emperor of Tang Dynasty.

"The people who broke the scorpion made seven thousand tents; expanded the frontier of Xianbei, and opened up thousands of miles. Wan Di Ji, a hundred barbarians surrendered." Zhang Zhongwu made great military exploits and was a famous general in the late Tang Dynasty.

In the third year of Dazhong (849), Zhang Zhongwu died of illness after being the commander of Lulong Festival for eight years, and his son Zhang Zhifang was supported by the army to succeed him.

After his father's death, Zhang Zhifang was supported as Lu Long's heir.Because he was addicted to alcohol and abused the soldiers, the army was in chaos. Later, he fled back to Chang'an under the pretext of hunting, and the army supported Zhou Wei as Lu Long's heir.Tang Tingnian and his father Zhang Zhongwu made him General Jinwu.

Zhang Zhifang was in office for less than a year, and Zhou Lin died of illness after only one year in office.

In the fourth year of Dazhong, after Zhou Wei's death, the imperial court took Zhang Yunshen as the queen, and progressively inspected Situ, concurrently Taifu, and Tongzhong Shumen to make peace.

Zhang Yunshen had been in power for five years and suffered from wind disease. He took his son Zhang Jianhui as his heir.

In the 13th year of Xiantong (872), Zhang Yunshen passed away, and his son Zhang Jianhui stayed behind. Zhang Gongsu led the state soldiers to Youzhou for the funeral.Because Sergeant Lu Long always respected Zhang Gongsu, Zhang Jian would be afraid that he would attack him and fled to Chang'an.Tang Yizong appointed Zhang Gongsu as the empress, and then appointed him as the Jiedu envoy.In the 14th year of Xiantong (873), Tang Xizong succeeded to the throne, and Zhang Gongsu was added to make peace with Zhongshumen.

Zhang Gongsu was cruel and rude after he became Jiedu envoy, and he often showed others with white eyes, so he was called "White-eyed Xianggong".

In more than 34 years, Lu Longjun changed [-] commanders. Especially since Yuanhe Zhongxing, Lu Longjun surrendered and rebelled. Later, he completely supported his troops and became self-reliant. Dashuai thing.

Now that Li Maoxun is here, Li Jing believes that it must be related to Li Maoxun's conspiracy to seize the position of Youzhou Jiedu envoy recorded in history.

After pondering for a long time, Li Jing finally put down the wolf in his hand, and said to Liu Xun who had been waiting for a long time: "Bring the messenger here!"

(To be continued)