subvert the late Tang Dynasty

While Zhu Wen was in Jiangnan worrying about how to build the existing forces in Jiangnan into a brand new base area, Li Keyong in Yunzhou (Datong) could no longer bear the loneliness. 2 people entered Yanmen Pass and approached Jinyang (now Taiyuan, Shanxi) where the Jiedu envoy of Hedong was governed.

Kang Chuangui, the governor of Hedong, asked the court for his emergency, and at the same time ordered general Su Hongzhen to meet Li Keyong.The imperial court ordered Zhuge Shuang, who was the defense envoy of Ruzhou, to lead his troops to rescue Jinyang.

Su Hongzhen has only a few thousand troops, so how can Li Ke use [-] elite Shatuo soldiers?In the battle of Taigu, Su Hongzhen was defeated and returned, Taigu fell, and Su Hongzhen retreated to Qincheng.Li Keyong attacked Qincheng, Su Hongzhen was defeated again, and retreated to Jinyang.Just in time for Zhuge Shuang's army to come to help, Li Keyong withdrew his troops.

Su Hongzhen's consecutive defeats were due to the huge disparity between his military strength and Li Keyong's. In fact, even if his military strength was equal to Li Keyong's, he might not be Li Keyong's opponent.What kind of character is Li Keyong?In terms of resourcefulness and martial arts, only Zhu Wen was able to slightly surpass him among the heroes of the late Tang Dynasty.

Su Hongzhen was defeated and returned to Jinyang to plead guilty to Kang Chuangui, who knew that Kang Chuangui killed Su Hongzhen without asking indiscriminately in a rage, and the soldiers who came back with Su Hongzhen were extremely angry. Fighting against [-] elite soldiers, is it strange that they are undefeated?General Su tried his best to deal with Li Keyong for so many days before he got the reinforcements from the imperial court.Wouldn't it chill the hearts of the soldiers to treat his subordinates like this.

When Kang Chuangui heard that Li Keyong had withdrawn his troops, and relying on the reinforcements from the imperial court, he had some confidence in his mind, and even sent Zhang Yanqiu, the commander of the marching army of Taiyuan Prefecture, and the coach of the capital to lead 3000 troops to pursue Li Keyong.

The soldiers shouted, 3000 men and horses chased [-] Shatuo elite soldiers, isn't it clear that we are going to die?

Of course, Zhang Yanqiu also knew that there was no victory for this trip, so he would either pretend to catch up, sneak out for a few days before returning, and just say that he didn't catch up. If he did catch up, it would be bad.But no matter what he said, the military order was like a mountain, so he could only bite the bullet and lead three thousand troops out of Jinyang City.

Seeing Kang Chuangui's behavior, Zhuge Shuang, who came to help, shook his head inwardly, but he belongs to the guest army and has no right to interfere with other people's troops, and it's not easy to stop them, just wait and see what happens.

Not long after Zhang Yanqiu led 3000 troops out of Jinyang City, the soldiers refused to move forward, complained, and even began to scold Kang Chuangui for not treating the soldiers as human beings.When marching, the most taboo thing is this kind of thing.Sometimes it's soldiers who are upset, as long as no one speaks out, it's fine, but once someone complains, this negative emotion will spread quickly like a plague.

Zhang Yanqiu was powerless to restrain him, and the three leaders of the team came to persuade Zhang Yanqiu, saying: "General Zhang, the soldiers are raging, clamoring to return to Jinyang, to kill Kang Chuangui, you should quickly think of a way. "

Zhang Yanqiu sighed: "Who can think of a way to do this kind of thing? If I persuade them, maybe they will kill me too. How can I be a dead ghost for Kang Chuangui?"

One of the generals said: "General Zhang, or you can just take us back to Jinyang. When we kill Kang Chuangui, how about holding you General Zhang as the governor of Hedong?"

Zhang Yanqiu's heart moved, his eyes flashed, and then he sighed: "My qualifications are still young, I'm afraid I will not be able to take on the heavy responsibility. Besides, killing Jiedu envoys is a serious crime. It is a matter of losing your head. You know that I am in Jinyang. He is also a person with a family and a family, if he fails, he will be accused of copying his family and exterminating his family!"

The man said: "If someone asks about it afterwards, we will excuse the general and say that the general was held hostage by us and had no choice but to do it. What does General Zhang think?"

Zhang Yanqiu said again: "Jinyang City is very strong, how did our 3000 people enter the city?"

The general smiled and said: "Don't worry about it, the general. The general guarding the Ximing gate is my sworn brother. He has long disliked this old boy Kang Chuangui. When the time comes, I will go up and say it, and he will open the gate immediately. The guard in the city The Army University doesn't despise Kang Chuangui's character, and has had enough of this old boy's cockiness, and will definitely not work for Kang Chuangui, so I can guarantee it to General Zhang!"

Zhang Yanqiu was silent for a while, then nodded heavily, and said, "It seems that's all there is to it."

Kang Chuangui suddenly heard in Jinyang City that Zhang Yanqiu had rebelled and turned against Jinyang. He was shocked and ordered the defenders to close the gates.Jinyang City is also an important town in the northwest, the city is extremely solid, Kang Chuangui's heart is relieved as soon as the gate is closed, after all Zhang Yanqiu only has three thousand soldiers, how can he attack such an important town like Jinyang?Kang Chuangui thought.

But before he could calm down, two of his confidantes rushed in without notification, Kang Chuangui was angry, and shouted: "What did you two do, why don't you understand any rules? "

One of the soldiers hastily knelt down and said, "Commander Qi, something is wrong. The coach ordered Zhang Yanqiu to rebel with 3000 troops. He has already said that the guard at Ximing Gate has been demoted. Now he has entered the city and is heading towards the university. Commander-in-Chief coming over, please hurry up and evacuate, Commander-in-Chief?"

Kang Chuangui was shocked and said: "What, are they all going to die? How dare they openly rebel? What's the use of their 3000 men? There are more than 1 defenders in the city, and they are afraid of his mere 3000 men?"

The soldier hurriedly said: "The commander-in-chief doesn't know. The defenders in the city have already colluded with Zhang Yanqiu. How can anyone stop him? Zhang Yanqiu's journey was bloodless, and he never encountered any resistance. Many people were encouraged by Zhang Yanqiu. The rebels The more they gather, the more they gather, it will be too late if the commander-in-chief doesn't evacuate..."

Suddenly, a voice shouted from outside the door: "It's too late!"

Shocked, Kang Chuangui looked up and saw that the person speaking was Zhang Yanqiu. Behind him was a large group of brightly armored soldiers, each with weapons in their hands, approaching Kang Chuangui fiercely.

Kang Chuangui instinctively took a few steps back, and said sternly, "You...do you really want to rebel? Aren't you afraid of military law?"

The sergeants said in a chaotic voice: "It's almost impossible to save your life, so what kind of military law are you afraid of? At worst, you will die!"

"Yes, even if it is death, I have to drag you, Kang Chuangui, to the back first."

"..."

While making noise, the sergeants chased after him, and cut down Kang Chuangui in a pool of blood with all their knives.

Those who are good at killing will eventually die under the knife of others. Do not do to others what you do not want to do to yourself. This is such a simple truth, but some people can't understand it.

By the time Zhou Congyu, the supervising army sent by the imperial court in Hedong, arrived, Kang Chuangui had already been decapitated.Zhou Congyu wanted to go forward to teach these rioting generals some lessons, but when he saw Kang Chuangui lying in a pool of blood, his scalp felt numb.This is a mutiny. Where has he seen such a scene as a eunuch?

I had no choice but to bite the bullet and said to Zhang Yanqiu: "Kang Chuangui is self-willed, cruel and easy to kill. General Zhang also killed Kang Chuangui out of a moment of anger. I will report to the imperial court and intercede for General Zhang. I also ask General Zhang and the soldiers to rest assured." It is better to guard Jinyang and wait for the court's order."

Zhang Yanqiu bowed and said: "The young general is also being held hostage by someone. Due to the situation, he has no choice but to do it. The military supervisor also knows that public anger cannot be committed, and I hope the military supervisor will clearly observe it."

Although Zhou Congyu knew that Zhang Yanqiu's words were insincere, but he also knew that as long as he said a word "no" from his own mouth, he would be decapitated immediately. How dare he say a word "no"?He quickly echoed and said: "What General Zhang said is very true. This supervising army will definitely report the truth to the court and return the general's innocence. Please also temporarily take the post of Marquis of the Mabu Army in Taiyuan Fucheng, so that you can guard Jinyang City to prevent Li Guochang and his son Take advantage of the chaos to attack Jinyang."

Zhang Yanqiu bowed and agreed.

A rebellion came to an end. Since then, the soldiers in Hedong have become more arrogant, and the court is deeply concerned.This mutiny made the already battered Tang Dynasty even more flustered.The geographical location of Hedong is special. Jinyang City, the seat of the Jiedushi of Hedong and the seat of Taiyuan Prefecture, was also the land of dragon prosperity of the Li and Tang Dynasties, and the "Northern Capital" of the Tang Dynasty.

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