First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 373

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Because the original Yuzhang County was too large, Li Yuan divided Yuzhang County into two, one was Hongzhou, which was governed by Nanchang City, and the other was Sunzhou, which was also governed by Nanchang City, and both were under the jurisdiction of Hongzhou General Manager.

Inspector of Sunzhou is the number two figure in Nanchang City, and there are nearly ten thousand soldiers in several counties under his command. This is the check and balance from Li Yuan.

Facing Zhang Shan'an with such a glamorous resume, Li Yuan could not be defenseless, and Wang Rong, the governor of Sunzhou, was Li Yuan's confidant.

Wang Rong was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan. Wang Rong's brother was named Wang Yu. Li Yuan's only sister, Princess Anchang, was married to Wang Yu. Wang Yu was Li Yuan's brother-in-law. With this relationship, Wang Rong was naturally trusted by Li Yuan.

After setting up Sunzhou, Wang Rong became the first governor of Sunzhou.

This is also what Zhang Shan'an is most dissatisfied with. As a bandit, he always does his own thing and thinks that Yuzhang County is Zhang Shan'an's world.

Now there is a king governor who comes from a noble background and never takes Zhang Shan'an seriously, how can Zhang Shan'an bear it.

After deciding to raise troops, Zhang Shan'an's first thought was to get rid of Wang Rong.

After thinking behind closed doors for a long time, Zhang Shan'an came up with a clever plan.

When he came to the yamen of the general manager's mansion, he looked panic-stricken, and when he entered the door, he shouted anxiously: "Pass down the general manager's decree, all the subordinate officials should gather quickly, and send someone to inform Wang Shijun that Jianghuai Fu Gong Er has rebelled."

When the subordinate officials of the government office heard this, they panicked for a while, and even a small official went to inform Wang Rong.

Zhang Shan'an sneered, called his confidant, and whispered in his ear: "The elite of the quick tune mansion, lie down in the back hall, wait for me to throw a cup as a sign, and rush out immediately, don't let anyone go."

The cronies led the deployment.

Not long after, an elegant scholar in a moon-white round-neck robe hurried over.

"Director Zhang, when did Fu Gong Er rebel? How many troops are there? Where are you now?"

Seeing that the son of this family came here alone, Zhang Shan'an was overjoyed.

Wang Rong was Li Yuan's confidant, and he was shocked to hear that Fu Gong Er had rebelled, so he couldn't stop asking. As long as he entered this gate, he would not be able to get out, and occupied Sunzhou without any effort.

"The sage raised his troops the day before yesterday, and today he captured Haizhou and other places, and canonized this king as the king of Chu."

Zhang Shan'an stood with his hands behind his back, and said proudly, "Does Wang Shijun have anything to say?"

"You, how dare you rebel?" Wang Rong was shocked, "You thief is so courageous, you are courting death."

Zhang Shan'an snorted coldly, unwilling to say more, immediately grabbed the teacup on the desk and threw it down, the elite from behind the hall roared out and pressed Wang Rong and several subordinate officials tightly.

"My lord, do you want to kill him?" Seeing that Wang Rong was still yelling, the aide gritted his teeth and said.

Zhang Shan'an's eyes were fierce, and he saw Wang Rong raised his head and yelled, "I am the direct descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan, and my sister-in-law is Princess Tong'an, the sister of a saint, the thief An dares to kill me...".

Hearing this, Zhang Shan'an couldn't help but pause, with a gloomy expression on his face, and finally waved his hands and said: "Put it down and keep it under strict supervision."

If he was someone else, he would kill him if he killed him, but this Wang Rong's status is very important. Once he killed him, he would be dead. This is not Zhang Shan'an's style.

After capturing Wang Rong with little effort, Zhang Shan'an quickly took over Sunzhou. As for the officials loyal to the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Shan'an did not kill them all, but imprisoned them in prison.

After capturing Sunzhou, Zhang Shanan gave full play to his characteristics as a bandit, marched quietly, attacked Ezhou by surprise, and occupied Xiakou.

Until then, the imperial decree of the Tang Dynasty finally arrived in Xiangzhou.

Li Yuan issued an imperial edict to appoint Zuo Pushe of Xiangzhou Daoxingtai and Li Xiaogong, king of Zhao County, as the marching chiefs to command the whole army and crusade against Fugong Er.

In addition, Li Yuan sent [-] troops to Jingzhou to be used under Gao Chong's command to attack Xuanzhou.

Huang Junhan, the general manager of Huaizhou, attacked Bozhou.

Li Shiji, the general manager of Qizhou, attacked Huaishui.

Zhou Faming, the governor of Huangzhou, attacked Xiakou.

Zhang Zhenzhou, the governor of Shuzhou, attacked Hongzhou.

A total of six armies from Xiangzhou, Jingzhou, Huaizhou, Qizhou, Huangzhou, and Shuzhou.

The six-way army was divided into three directions, Qizhou from north to bottom, Xiangzhou from west to east, and Jingzhou and Lingnan soldiers from southwest to northeast, attacking Jianghuai together.

The war is about to start.

At the same time, the flames of war in Hebei revived.

With the help of a thousand Turkic cavalry, Liu Heita, king of the Eastern Han Dynasty, broke through Dingzhou and erected the banner of the Eastern Han Dynasty again. The old troops responded one after another. Liu Heita recruited troops and quickly gathered an army of tens of thousands.

Liu Heita, who held a large army in his hand, did not go to train the army, but led the troops to go straight to Yingzhou.

"My lord, more than half of the troops are recruits. Wouldn't it be too risky to drag them into the battlefield without training?" Fan Yuan said worriedly.

Liu Heita, who was on horseback, had a calm demeanor, and said bluntly: "Time is running out. We must take advantage of Li Tang's slow reaction and quickly attack states and counties to expand our influence. Otherwise, it will be meaningless to defend the isolated city when the Tang army arrives."

Hearing this, Fan Yuan also agreed, and Liu Heitai understood what he meant, "The new recruits become veterans after fighting, the survival of the fittest, as long as the territory is expanded, there will be no worries about having no soldiers."

Only then did Fan Yuan feel relieved.

Liu Heitai went straight to the outside of Hejian City, Yingzhou's prefecture, and the city was already panic-stricken.

Ma Kuangwu, the governor of Yingzhou, was not a brave general, but a Confucian general. After learning that Liu Heitai had made a comeback, Ma Kuangwu immediately came to the city to defend.

After Liu Heita's three tentative attacks failed, he ordered the withdrawal of troops and camped on a hillside outside the city.

This large group of soldiers are all new recruits. Now after the truce in the camp, they rest staggeringly, and the injured people are screaming incessantly.

Seeing this, Fan Yuan was furious, and was about to reprimand, but was stopped by Liu Heita, who gave orders in a low voice, and Fan Yuan took the order and left.

Until late at night, Liu Heitai was still sleeping with Jia, Fan Yuan walked gently to his side, Liu Heitai woke up quickly, "Is there any reaction in the city?"

Fan Yuan in the darkness shook his head, "The gate of the city is pitch black, seeing this Ma Kuangwu, I dare not rob the camp."

Liu Heitai was also helpless when he heard the words, so he had to order: "Still don't relax, loosen the outside and tighten the inside."

Fan Yuan took the lead and left.

At this moment in the city, Ma Kuangwu, the governor of Yingzhou, was very worried. There were only [-] government soldiers in the city, and they couldn't stand a big battle.

If he is not careful, he may die in battle just like Li Daen, the governor of Daizhou, and Jiang Yu, the governor of Dingzhou.

Li Dayen's real name is Hu Dayen, but Dou Jiande's Xingtai Shangshuling, both civil and military, when Dou Jiande went south to rescue Wang Shichong, he left Hu Dayan stationed in the Daizhou area on the border of the northern land, but Dou Jiande was captured in the battle of Hulaoguan, and Hu Dayen had to surrender his land.

Hu Dayen has been stationed in the north for many years, and he is familiar with the Turkic situation. In order to win over Hu Dayan, Li Yuan actually bestowed the surname Li, made him King of Dingxiang County, and worshiped him as the governor of Daizhou.

Hu Dayen has since changed his name to Li Dayen, guarding Daizhou,
(End of this chapter)