subvert the late Tang Dynasty

Just as Niu Cunjie was waiting for the group to finish washing and eating, suddenly the Yicheng of the posthouse said that someone asked to see Captain Niu.Niu Cunjie was a little puzzled, he had just arrived in Daliang, how could someone who was unfamiliar with the place come to him?Immediately, he hurriedly changed into the clean clothes that Xu Huaiyu ordered someone to prepare for him. Since he was a bit too tall, the clothes looked a little tight on his body.

Niu Cunjie went out to take a look, and saw a person walking towards him on the opposite side, and the person shouted as he walked: "Brother Zanzhen (Niu Cunjie's word Zanzhen), it's been a long time, I didn't expect you and I would We will meet again in Daliang."

Niu Cunjie also said in surprise: "Isn't this General Zhao? Why are you here?"

It turned out that the person who came was Zhuge Zhongfang's personal guard, Zhao Hui. He had met Niu Cunjie a few times when he was in Heyang. Although Cunjie only has the status of a small school, he has a high prestige and popularity in the lower military academies.

At this time, the two reunited in Daliang, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts. Zhuge Shuang was once very prosperous in Shiheyang, but after Zhuge died, Zhuge Zhongfang was young, and the three important officials Liu Jing, Zhang Quanyi, Li Hanzhi, etc. The three were at odds, and several large-scale civil wars broke out, which allowed Sun Ru to take advantage of the gap and captured the three cities of Heyang (Northern City, Zhongtan City, and South City).

Zhuge Zhongfang was forced to flee to Daliang and seek refuge with Zhu Wen. General Liu Jing died in battle, Zhang Quanyi occupied Huaizhou, Li Hanzhi occupied Zezhou, and the Heyang army fell apart.Of course, Zhao Hui was the leader who came with Zhuge Zhongfang. At this time, he was entrusted by Xu Huaiyu to see if this Niu Cunjie was real, or if it was a spy sent by Qin Zongquan.

Zhuge Zhongfang is now living under the fence, and the glory is no longer. Of course, Zhao Hui also has plans to find his own way out. Now that he has the opportunity to curry favor with Xu Huaiyu, the general of the Xuanwu Army, he is of course very willing to help. He came immediately. Cattle Festival.

The two sighed for a while, and discussed the matter of allegiance to the Xuanwu Army in the future in order to make contributions.

When Zhao Hui went back, he naturally reported the truth to Xu Huaiyu. Xu Huaiyu met Niu Cunjie again the next day and appointed him as a small school in the Xuanwu Army under Xu Huaiyu's tent.

Since then, Niu Cunjie has followed Xu Huaiyu to fight on the battlefield and made great achievements, gradually promoted to the capital, and also became a fierce general under Zhu Wen.

At the end of the second year of Guangqi, Zhu Mei ordered general Wang Xingyu to attack Tang Xizong Li Xuan. At this time, Song Wentong, a young general of the Boye Army, was sent by Wang Rong to Li Xuan's line. Sending troops to Qin Wang is just sending a thousand militia regiments to make a show. Of course, his own elites are not willing to send them.

Unexpectedly, Song Wentong and Wang Xingyu fought a few times in a row, and they all made small gains. Li Yan was recruited into the Shence Army and appointed as a general of the Sheance Army.Wang Xingyu was very discouraged by the failure of the battle. Song Wentong asked Li Yan for an imperial decree to surrender Wang Xingyu. When Wang Xingyu was in a dilemma, he immediately agreed to surrender after seeing the imperial decree. At that time, Li Yun and Zhu Mei, the king of Xiang, were shown to the public as a warning to others.

This time the biggest credit goes to Song Wentong, a little-known kid, but Song Wentong came from a humble background, and he was promoted from a militia captain to a Shence Army general, but Li Yan doesn't think so now. It is the occasion of employing people, and it is hard to get a capable and loyal talent, how can we let it go?

Anyway, now Tian Lingzi has gone to Xichuan to supervise the army, and a group of his adopted sons have also been arranged to go to Xichuan and Dongchuan to fend for themselves. Although Wang Jian treats Li Xuan very well, Wang Jian is Tian Lingzi's adopted son after all, and Li Xuan doesn't want to Raising tigers is a problem, so he can only reluctantly let the five capitals who have been with him for more than two years go their separate ways, and let them go to various places.Li Xuan didn't treat them badly, at least he was a governor.

For Song Wentong, Li Xuan still admired him very much. He made a great contribution this time, so he simply gave him the surname Li, the first name Maozhen, and the style name Zhengchen.It is a great honor for the emperor to confer a name, which is not an honor that ordinary people can get. Of course, Song Wentong also cherished this opportunity very much, he was extraordinarily attentive to Li Xuan, and escorted Li Xuan all the way back to Chang'an.

On the way to Fengxiang, Li Changfu tried to hijack Li Xuan to Fengxiang, and used the emperor to order the princes to start a war with Li Maozhen (Song Wentong) and Wang Xingyu, but was defeated by Li Maozhen. .

Li Xuan is even more joyful, and he is even more impressed by Li Maozhen's ability.

In the first month of the third year of Guangqi, Li Yan returned to Chang'an again, made a great contribution to the meritorious officials, and appointed Wang Xingyu, who had turned his back on the battlefield, as the governor of Jingnan (Bingning); he was also promoted to Yangzhou (now Xixiang, Shaanxi) as Wu Dingjun, and appointed Shence Li Maozhen, the general of the military retinue, was appointed as the Jiedu envoy of the Wuding Army; Yang Shouliang, the adopted son of Yang Fuguang, the former superintendent of soldiers and horses in the world, was also the retinue of the Shence Army. Jiedushi.

Dongchuan Jiedu envoy Gao Renhou was not as respectful to Chen Jingxuan after serving as Jiedu envoy, so Chen Jingxuan sent troops to attack and kill him. Li Yan took the opportunity to arrange the right guard general Gu Yanlang as Dongchuan Jiedu envoy.

In this way, the several feudal towns around Chang'an were all manned by Li Xuan himself, and Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little ecstatic, feeling that the long-lost royal power was back in his hands again, so he was naturally very excited.Who knows how many of these people are truly loyal to him?All of them are wolves with ambitions and mercenaries.

Because Li Xuan felt the difference between the feeling when he was in power and the time when Tian Lingzi was in power, he hated Tian Lingzi even more for being domineering back then, and ordered Tian Lingzi to be exiled to Duanzhou, never to be hired.

But Tian Lingzi refused to obey the edict, and still relied on his elder brother Chen Jingxuan in Xichuan, and the two brothers became the emperor of the land in Xichuan.Chen Jingxuan has worked hard in Xichuan these years, and has contacts with the barbarians of the surrounding tribes.The attack and killing of Gao Renhou was the Qiang soldiers of various tribes launched by Chen Jingxuan.

Li Xuan also knew that attacking Chengdu was not very reliable, so he simply let them go.

Now Wang Jian is making a lot of trouble in Shuzhong, so Li Xuan is just waiting for them to bite dogs.

As the governor of Lizhou, Wang Jian recruited Qiang soldiers from various tribes and refugees from various places, and quickly formed a team of [-] people.Yang Shouliang, the governor of Shannan West Road, was afraid that Wang Jian would become too powerful and he would not be able to restrain himself in the future. He repeatedly recruited Wang Jian into Hanzhong, hoping to take the opportunity to get rid of Wang Jian.Of course Wang Jian is not a fool, so how dare he go.

Zhou Ting, Wang Jian's fellow counselor, persuaded Wang Jian to occupy Langzhou (Langzhong, Sichuan). Wang Jian obeyed Zhou Ting's suggestion and sent troops to Langzhou to expel Yang Maoshi, the governor of Langzhou.

The counselor Qi Wujian also persuaded Wang Jian to support the people and love the people, develop production, recruit soldiers and horses, and wait and see the changes in the world.

Although Wang Jian was not well educated, he respected scholars very much and accepted all good suggestions from his advisers.Taking Langzhou as the base, gradually expanding, and the festival of the Shannan West Road made Yang Shouliang even more unable to check and balance.

Even Gu Yanlang, the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival, felt the threat from Wang Jian, and sent people to Langzhou to curry favor with Wang Jian many times, and gave them money and food.That's why Wang Jian didn't use troops against Dongchuan, and wanted to deal with Xichuan's Chen Jingxuan first.Wang Jian knew very well that Tian Lingzi and Chen Jingxuan were thorns in Li Xuan's eyes. If he could successfully occupy Xichuan, capture Chengdu, and capture Chen Jingxuan and Tian Lingzi alive, he would definitely win Li Xuan's trust, and then he would be able to occupy Xichuan in a legitimate way in the future.

The Central Shu Basin is known as the Land of Abundance, the people are rich and the terrain is dangerous, it is an ideal area for separatist rule, it can be advanced, attacked and retreated, and it is also an ideal base for fighting for world hegemony.Maybe Wang Jian didn't have the ambition to become emperor at this time, but the idea of ​​occupying Shuzhong was already on the verge of coming out.

In addition, the situation in the south was also unstable. What made Li Xuan happy was that Dong Chang and Qian Liu were still respectful to the court, and they sent large quantities of grain to the court every year. At this time, Dong Chang had already occupied Yuezhou and beheaded Liu Hanhong.Li Xuan simply gave him a formal title, appointing Dong Chang as the observer of eastern Zhejiang, and Qian Liu as the governor of Hangzhou.

Dong Chang rose up in eastern Zhejiang as a rich man in the countryside for several years, and he was full of ambition for a while. In addition, he won consecutive victories against Liu Hanhong in recent years, and his confidence was a little inflated. Big things expand.

Just at this time, Zhenhai Jiedu made Zhou Bao fatuous, the officials were corrupt, and the people in all states and counties were in dire straits.Under Zhou Bao's tent, Xue Lang, a survey envoy, and general Liu Hao conspired against each other, occupied the Yamen of Zhenhai Jiedu envoy late at night, and set fire to it. Unable to resist, Zhou Bao fled Runzhou and went to Changzhou governor Ding Congshi.

The rebel army burned, killed and looted in the city of Runzhou, killing Zhou Bao's cronies and family members. Zhou Bao's wealth accumulated over the years was also looted. Liu Hao welcomed Xue Lang to stay behind as the town's navy.

Zhou Bao fled to Changzhou, but Ding Congshi actually imprisoned the old boss, which made Zhou Bao very sad. In addition, he was already old, and immediately fell into a serious illness and was bedridden.

Dong Chang was about to expand his power. Seeing the internal turmoil in the Zhenhai Navy, he hurriedly ordered Qian Liu to send troops under the pretext of helping the Zhenhai Navy to quell the chaos.In June of the third year of Guangqi, Qian Liu's generals Du Ling and Ruan Jie captured Changzhou, and Ding Congshi defected to Hailing (Taizhou, Jiangsu).Qian Liu welcomed Zhou Bao back to Hangzhou for treatment, and showed great respect to Zhou Bao. Of course Zhou Bao was grateful.

Qian Liu appointed Du Ling as the envoy of Changzhou Zhizhi, and ordered Ruan Jie, Cheng Ji and others to attack Runzhou. Only in the twelfth month of the third year of Guangqi did he break through Runzhou, capture Xue Lang alive, and behead Xue Lang in Hangzhou the next year.Since then, although Qian Liu still respects Dong Chang, he is enough to compete with Dong Chang in terms of strength.Qian Liu is not a person who lives under others for a long time, and when the time is right, he will naturally break away from Dong Chang's grasp.

But Dong Chang didn't know anything about it. He was very happy when he heard that Qian Liu had occupied Runzhou, Changzhou and other counties, and sent people to send a large amount of money and food to the army.Qian Liu greeted the envoy of the reward army in person to show his respect to Dong Chang.

Forces around the world have finally begun a major reshuffle.