Datang New Order

After the Tianbao Incident, with the migration of the people, Henan Road has gradually become the de facto best place in the Central Plains.The 30 states and counties under its jurisdiction, including Henan, Shandong, northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu and other vast areas of later generations, have always steadily occupied [-]% of the total number of households in the entire Tang Dynasty.According to Hebei's estimates, the number of people under King Liang's rule exceeded tens of millions, of which Henan Province accounted for [-]%.

After Shangdang's victory in the decisive battle, the whole of Henan, like a beautiful woman in scanty clothes, opened her heart to Li Chengzhong.But it is not quite correct to say that, because there is a well-known handsome talent in the main force of the Liang army, who is in control of the eastern part of Henan. week.

However, Yanzhou, where Ge Congzhou is located, is too far away. According to the efficiency of news transmission in this era, I am afraid that he will not know the result of the victory or defeat soon, and he will not be able to form an effective threat to the Yan army's Eastern Expedition for the time being.Therefore, the Yan army marched like a broken bamboo along the way, and hardly encountered any resistance.

On the thirtieth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Ba and Yuan Xingqin commanded more than [-] cavalry from the Zhaozhou army and entered Zhengzhou. The Daliang officials in Xingyang and Guancheng fled, and the Zhaozhou army entered the unguarded city smoothly.On the third day of February, Yuan Xingqin led two regiments of cavalry to Zhongmu. Bao Xi, the governor of Zhengzhou who fled here, changed his mind for some reason and decided not to flee, and knelt down at Zhongmu City.

After some inquiries, Yuan Xingqin found out that Jiang Xuanhui and Yuan Xiangxian had joined forces to control Bianzhou, the "capital" of Daliang, and prepared to "present" to King Yan.

Yuan Xingqin didn't dare to delay, and immediately reported to Zhao Ba, the rear army. Zhao Ba flew overnight to the General Staff Office in Sishui. Steadily included in the arms of the army.

On the eighth day of February, Li Chengzhong, the General Office of the Military Staff and the Cangzhou Army rushed to the city of Bianzhou, preparing to take over the lair of King Liang.It was Han Yanhui's old friends Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui who were waiting for Li Chengzhong at the base of the city.

With Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui's "border trade" with Hebei becoming more and more frequent.Unknowingly, the two fell so deep into the "mud feet" that they couldn't extricate themselves. When they held a huge amount of "bonds" in Hebei, they had actually put their wealth and life on the side of Youzhou.Before the Shangdang War last year, after the edict of Liang Wang conferring a title on the country arrived, Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui were terrified and stayed up all night.The two brothers discussed together overnight, and finally decided to ask Li Chengzhong for political asylum.

This matter was directly contacted by Han Yanhui, which is a major secret, and only a few giants of the General Staff of the Military Staff know about it.Even the senior generals at the command level of each army are not clear.

Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui never thought that the Yan army could achieve such a brilliant victory in Shangdang. Their initial plan was to dedicate Xiangwei Erzhou to Li Chengzhong as a qualification for promotion.They considered that when the Yan army was defeated and returned to Hebei from Hedong, the offering of Xiangwei Erzhou would be able to make up for the last piece of the entire defense line in Hebei. Safety is guaranteed.

At that time, Li Chengzhong had agreed to their request.The two also began to be busy taking out the family members in Bianzhou City secretly, preparing to go to Youzhou to settle down.

However, the development of the situation was unexpected. The Yan army actually won a decisive victory in Shangdang, and the coalition army of hundreds of thousands of princes collapsed in an instant.Liang Wang himself also did not know where to end.The news made them both overjoyed and slightly uneasy at the same time.In the face of the major military victory of the Yan army, the mere Xiangwei seems a bit insignificant.

So the two had a long talk again and discussed all night.Finally, it was decided to dedicate Bianzhou to Li Chengzhong.

At this time, the two had more than 5000 people on hand, of which [-] were Jiang Xuanhui's elite tooth soldiers, enough to fight a battle.It is also the only remaining field force in western Henan.The Yuan family and the Jiang family had great influence in the vicinity of Bianzhou. Jiang Xuanhui also served as the military envoy of Bian, Hua, Cao, and Pu states. Yuan Xiang also had the title of Songzhou military envoy on his head.This pull of the flag went smoothly to the extreme.After crossing the river from Xiangwei, he went to the city of Bianzhou within five days, broke through the gate of Bianzhou, and took control of the whole city.

Since the defeat of the Liang army and the disappearance of the king of Liang, the whole Bianzhou has fallen into a huge panic.Pei Di, who is guarding Bianzhou, is a civil servant who doesn't know martial arts and doesn't have many soldiers in his hands. He is busy appeasing the inside and outside of the city. At that time, he was still busy with the matter of grain storage.Therefore, Pei Di was directly blocked on the street, and was tightly tied up in horror.

After taking Bianzhou, Jiang and Yuan took the lead and shouted, and the whole western part of Henan heard the sound. For example, Bao Xi, the governor of Zhengzhou, fled to Zhongmu and heard that even these two men had surrendered. With the thought of running away, he decisively chose to surrender to the Yan army.

Han Yanhui, who arrived early, accompanied Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui, and waited for Li Chengzhong's king to drive him under the city.

Jiedu, governors, military envoys and other officials from Bianzhou, Huazhou, Puzhou, Caozhou, Songzhou, Xuzhou, Haozhou and other surrounding states gathered in the city, rushing to express their loyalty to the new master, and the scene was extremely lively.Even though he had seen too many surrender ceremonies in the past two months, Li Chengzhong was still sobbing.You must know that this is Bianzhou, the lair that King Liang has been operating for nearly 20 years, and it is also the most prosperous and affluent city in the world in this era, which is comparable to Chengdu in the middle of Sichuan.Although Bianzhou at this time is far from reaching the amazing heights of later generations, it is also the top level of this era.

More importantly, Bianzhou is of great political significance to Henan. For the Yan army, occupying Bianzhou can almost declare that Daliang, which has been established for less than a year, has "destroyed the country"!As for other places in Henan, those generals who have not surrendered, they can only be called "the remnants of the Great Liang" from now on. If they occupy Bianzhou, they will wait for the "righteousness" to be possessed, which is "destiny". It shows that it represents the support of people's hearts!

The significance of a city is far greater in this era than in later generations.

Li Chengzhong got off his horse, stretched out his palms, palms up, and raised his arms lightly, signaling for the demoted officials to level up.With a smile on his face, he kept beckoning.This style of painting was gradually realized by Li Chengzhong himself. No one had ever taught him, but the effect was excellent.Under his demeanor, the descended officials and generals all felt that this royal nobleman was so amiable, with a gentle and dignified manner, but revealed a trace of inviolable majesty in the approachable world, which made people want to get close to him. But he didn't dare to get close, and he bowed down as soon as he wanted to accept his head.Most people unanimously felt a feeling of "as expected of the blood of the Tian Family".

After traveling for seven years, Li Chengzhong finally gathered the domineering aura in himself, which can be regarded as a positive result.

Li Chengzhong walked through the ranks of demoted officials, holding Yuan Xiangxian with his left hand and Jiang Xuanhui with his right hand, and entered through the gate of Bianzhou city.Although he said very little, he always had a smile on his face, but the occasional words of praise and encouragement made Jiang and Yuan tremble with excitement, and also made the old Daliang officials present envious.

After so many years of trembling and walking on eggshells under the tent of King Liang, who was moody and frequently shouted and killed, how had he ever seen such a tolerant and generous lord?The vast majority of people are like a spring breeze, with a firm mind, and feel that "this is a worthwhile surrender".

Entering the east gate, dozens of prison cars were lined up along both sides of the street, all of whom were important figures captured by Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui after they entered Bianzhou.The left row is the relatives of Liang Wang’s family, headed by Liang Wang’s mother and Guangde Jing Wang Zhu Quanyu, followed by Liang Guo’s wife Zhang Hui, Ruren Chen and Li, and then the eldest son Zhu Youyu and Ying Guogong Zhu Yougui, Jun Guogong Zhu Youzhen and other sons, as well as the immediate family members of King Liang.On the right are civil servants and military generals who are unwilling to surrender, headed by Jiedu Judge Pei Di, followed by Chang Shi Xie Tong, Bianzhou Governor Liu Han, etc.

In fact, many of these people imprisoned in the car were used by Jiang Xuanhui and Yuan Xiang to make up the number first, and there were quite a few who were willing to join the Yan army, but because they didn't know the situation, they made a little resistance when Jiang Yuan's troops entered the city. For some reason, they were all thrown into the prison car.Such as Zhu Quanyu, such as Liu Han and so on.

Zhu Quanyu is the elder brother of King Liang, and the Zhu family has three sons, the eldest Zhu Quanyu, the second Zhu Cun, and the third Zhu Wen (Quanzhong is a name bestowed by the emperor).Among them, Zhu Cun and Zhu Wen followed Huang Chao to grab things, leaving only the eldest Zhu Quanyu to serve his mother at home and help others to make ends meet.After Zhu Wen made a fortune, he brought his mother and eldest brother to his side, and Zhu Quanyu got rid of poverty.

Unlike the two powerful younger brothers of Kong Wu, Zhu Quanyu himself has a strong Confucian complex, perhaps because he was influenced by his father who was a rural teacher. After moving the capital to Luoyang, massacring courtiers and other things, Zhu Quanyu began to dislike his third brother.

Once, after he was drunk, he pointed at King Liang's nose and scolded him angrily, saying, "Zhu San, you are just a Dangshan boy. Now that you have so much power, aren't you satisfied? The emperor treats you well. , do you want to avenge your kindness and subvert the society? Think about it yourself, can you take this seat? If you want to cut off the 300-year-old Tang dynasty, it will definitely bring disaster to our old Zhu family in the future! Don’t believe me, let’s make a bet , see if this is the ending."

The two brothers disagreed, and he didn't bother to see the face of his third brother, so he simply ran back to his hometown in Dangshan and stayed there.When I returned to Bianzhou this time, I heard that King Liang was defeated and came to appease my mother, but I didn't expect to be arrested before I had time to avoid living in the countryside.

Seeing Li Chengzhong at this moment, he shouted in the prison car: "Your Highness, a certain family has been convicted, and please forgive my mother! If Zhu San is found, I am willing to go and persuade Zhu San to surrender to the court!" Zhu Quanyu did not die for his life. Begging for mercy, he really felt that his elder brother had done something wrong, and the person in front of him was Li Tang's clan, which represented righteousness, so he confessed his crime sincerely and as a matter of course. (To be continued..)