Datang New Order

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Since the news of Shangdang's victory in the decisive battle with the Yan army came out, Zhao Kuangning, the king of Chu who lived in the south of the mountain, began to prepare for sending troops.Zhao Kuangning's original intention was to take advantage of the defeat of the Liang army to attack Ma Yin, who was entrenched in the six northern states of the east of Shannan.Ma Yin is the deadly enemy of the Zhao brothers and the loyalist of the traitor Zhu Quanzhong. For Zhao Kuangning, if he wants to revive Li Tang, this is the first obstacle that must be removed first.

The feudal state that Ma Yin received was Jing, occupying Shangzhou, Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Junzhou, Xiangzhou and Suizhou, just in the middle of Zhao Kuangning's northward journey. Zhenchaotang must open up the land of these six states.

At the end of the first lunar month, when the Yan army went south to Taihang, the official news finally arrived in Jingzhou, Jing Wang Ma Yin died!So Zhao Kuangning began to attack, gathering an army of [-] to go northward and attack the land of the six states.

At the end of February, the Chu army fought fiercely against the resisting Jing army by the Zhangshui River. In front of the brave Zhao Kuangning, how could Ma Cun and Ma Bin, the two brothers of Ma Yin, be opponents?After being defeated in the First World War, the two brothers led the remnants of the defeated generals and fled to Xiangyang City to defend to the death.Zhao Kuangning then led his army straight to Xiangyang and began to storm the "capital" of Jing State.

In mid-April, Xiangyang, which had been besieged for nearly two months, finally failed to withstand the onslaught of the Chu army. Zhao Kuangning's men of bravery climbed the tower first, and then let go of the south gate. The Chu army rushed in and occupied Xiangyang.Ma Cun led the remnant troops to flee north to Dengzhou. Ma Bin's luck was not good, but he was blocked in the city by the Chu army. After surrendering, he was beheaded by Zhao Kuangning.

Although occupying the important town of Xiangyang, the Chu Army's Northern Expedition was [-]% successful, but Zhao Kuangning was always full of doubts despite being happy.What he doubted was nothing but his younger brother Zhao Kuangming.

At this time, it has been more than five months since the Shangdang war.The news of King Liang's death in Yanzhou had already reached Xiangyang, but Zhao Kuangming's life and death had never been known.All kinds of news came in and out, and there were different opinions. Some said that he had surrendered to the Yan army, some said that he fled to Yanzhou with the king of Liang and died, and some said that he died among the Bohequan rebellious army. letter.

So Zhao Kuangning sent envoys to Henan to inquire about Zhao Kuangming's movements from the Yan army.The envoy came to Bianzhou, but did not see Li Chengzhong, King of Yan. Li Chengzhong was meeting with Wang Shifan on Mount Tai at the moment.The envoy asked to see Jiang Miao who was staying in Bianzhou, but Jiang Miao was busy at the moment reorganizing various matters of the Henan Garrison, Taining Army and Qi Army.It was the time when everything was going on, and there was no time to explain Zhao Kuangming's affairs, but a Marquis of Yu was sent to meet the envoy of Chu State.

The Yan army's victory over the coalition forces of the princes made a group of Yan army officers and soldiers become arrogant soldiers. The Marquis Yu who was in charge of the interview was so arrogant that he didn't pay attention to the envoy of Chu State.No wonder this Marquis of Yu, the Chu army was one of the allied armies of princes who participated in the Northern Expedition led by King Liang, and they were also enemies of the Yan army.

What?Is Zhao Kuangming dead or alive? ——How do I know this?

Let me help you ask? — Are you mistaken?We're busy here.There are so many garrisons in Henan, tens of thousands of Taining troops, and the black and green soldiers in the entire Qi state are waiting for our Yan army to reorganize.Where is that effort!

whereabouts? --have no idea!

captive? ——Really not, this is not lying to you, if there is, I have already recorded military merits!

Marquis Yu simply answered a few questions from the envoy from Chu State, and then dismissed him impatiently.Before getting up.Yu Hou suddenly remembered something, so he sent Chu State to send a message: I heard that Zhao Kuangming and Zhu Yougong were stationed in Zezhou together, but after the city of Zezhou was broken.There is no trace of the two of them. If you want to inquire, you can go to Zezhou and talk about it.

Of course, Marquis Yu would not tell the envoy from Chu State that Zhao Kuangming and Zhu Yougong were probably blown to pieces when the city wall of Zezhou was bombed into the sky. explain.

When the envoy returned to Shannan, Zhao Kuangning was besieging Dengzhou. As long as the last remnant Jing army led by Ma Cun in Dengzhou city was wiped out, the road to Luoyang would be opened.

After hearing the messenger's reply, Zhao Kuangning fainted immediately.The younger brother of a dignified lord of a country can't see anyone in his life, and he can't see his corpse in death. The instigator is still so arrogant.So under the desperate urging of Zhao Kuangning, the Chu army broke out with powerful combat power, and even conquered Dengzhou in one fell swoop, and caught Ma Cun squarely.On the same day, Ma Cun was killed by Zhao Kuangning, which barely dispelled Zhao Kuangning's anger.

So far, most of the Shannan East Road has fallen into the hands of the Chu army, but the Chu army was also exhausted and had to stop in Dengzhou.Although Zhao Kuangning really wanted to raise troops north to Henan and personally ask King Yan about the whereabouts of his younger brother, but he was not a reckless person. He had been working hard to restore his strength, sitting in Dengzhou, waiting for the supply of troops and supplies.

Waiting until the seventh day of June, the moment when Luoyang's edict came, Zhao Kuangning finally couldn't bear it anymore, he was furious, and tore the edict to pieces in front of his subordinates, officers and generals!

"Traitor! Great rebellion! The evil of Yan Ni is even worse than that of Liang Ni!"

The civil servants and generals were all terrified by the furious Zhao Kuangning. Everyone watched him draw his sword and cut off the head of the case, and then kicked over everything that could be kicked over. Everyone shuddered.

After venting her fury, Zhao Kuangning blushed, with tears in her eyes, and sighed up to the sky, "Why is it so difficult for me, the Tang Dynasty..."

"Swear to punish Yanni, and revive the Tang Dynasty!" The angry shouts of the officials went straight to Xiaohan, and it seemed that the city of Dengzhou was shaken three times!

Whether it is righteousness or personal affection, the Chu army is already full of anger and is ready to go to the Northern Expedition again.Zhao Kuangning immediately wrote a letter to the king of Shu, wanting to contact the Shu army and march northward.In Zhao Kuangning's mind, Wang Zongji, the great general of the Kingdom of Shu, also died in Shangdang, and the bones of the [-] Xichuan children were not cold. Even if the King of Shu didn't want to expel the usurper, he would go north with him for revenge?

Zhao Kuangning sent an envoy to Junzhou, which is close to Dengzhou, with his own letter.In fact, when Zhao Kuangning attacked Xiangzhou and Dengzhou, the Shu army was not idle, and they also took Junzhou and Shangzhou into their hands.Compared with Zhao Kuangning's repeated battles, the leading Shu general Tang Daoxi was much easier - the main force of the Jing Kingdom was defeated by Zhao Kuangning, and all the Shu army had to do was to occupy one city after another.

The envoy from Chu State, who was full of confidence at first, suffered a blow in Junzhou, not because the attitude of the Shu army was bad, on the contrary, Tang Daoxi received the envoy very enthusiastically, and his etiquette was very thoughtful, so that the envoy of Chu State could not be wrong at all. Can't pick it out.What made the Chu envoy feel depressed was that the Shu army had no interest in another Northern Expedition.

Speaking of which, the death of Wang Zongji and the [-] Xichuan children in the battle did not bring anger to the king of Shu and his officials, but fear.As early as after the Shangdang War, Chengdu had a special discussion on how to deal with this matter. Some low-level generals once clamored to send troops again to ask the Yan army for an explanation, but when discussing matters in the palace, this topic was met with silence. treatment.

To avenge Wang Zongji and brother Xichuan?Easy to say, who will go?The king of Shu pointed to the ministers in the hall and asked, who would lead the army?No one in the hall dared to answer.

Feng Juan is old and trembling all day long. Isn't it a joke to ask him to lead the army?I'm afraid I will die if I don't go halfway.

Du Guangting, Wei Zhuang, Zhang Ge and others are all well-known scholars all over the world. They can write books and write books, and poetry and songs are no problem. Even if they are in government affairs, they are considered good hands. Hehe.

In the end, after discussion and discussion, soldiers are still going to be dispatched, but it is definitely not the Northern Expedition, but to take advantage of the death of King Jing Ma Yin to grab more territory and inquire about what is in the stomach of the newly rising King Yan. Ways of doing it?To be honest, although the small imperial court of Shu Kingdom did not dare to justifiably send troops to provoke the Yan army, which is in full swing, but in danger in the middle of Shu, it felt that self-protection was no problem.Wang Jian felt that he should get in touch with the King of Yan. It may be difficult to take advantage of the King of Yan, but the most important thing is to test how much money he can leave behind.

When Zhao Kuangning was bathing in blood in Dengzhou, Tang Daozhi, who was ordered to take over Junzhou and Shangzhou, had already occupied Junzhou and Shangzhou, and Tang Daozhi's messenger had already gone to Luoyang no less than four or five times.Tang Daoxi was also not an expert in leading troops, but the small court in Shuzhong felt that he should be allowed out of Sichuan. Who told him that he had a close relationship with Li Zhen?

During the back-and-forth messenger communication, Tang Daoxi had reached a tacit understanding with Li Zhen, or he had reached a tacit understanding on behalf of their respective masters.The King of Shu recognized King Yan's control over the imperial court, and did not have much objection to King Yan's dominance of the Zen throne of the Son of Heaven. He even acquiesced in King Yan's coveting of Jiuding.Li Zhen, on behalf of the King of Yan, recognized the rule of the King of Shu over Liangchuan, Shannan West Road, and some states and counties in the East Road.But there is one thing, the king of Yan asked the king of Shu to remove the country name, Li Zhen said, this is the bottom line of the king of Yan.

Tang Daoxi expressed his understanding of this. Long before he left Sichuan, the King of Shu had already taken it as a condition for giving in and entrusted Tang Daozhi with full authority to negotiate—although the King of Shu was very unwilling and reluctant to "go to the country".

The focus of the dispute between Tang Daoxi and Li Zhen has always been the invasion of the Shu army on the states in the pass.Li Zhen asked the Shu army to stop going north to Guannei and Longyou, and demanded that the occupied Shanggu, Qingshui and other places be returned to the court.Of course Tang Daoxi refused. As a condition for supporting King Yan to control the court, Tang Daoxi believed that King Yan should give himself some benefits. In addition to Shangyu and Qingshui, he should also cede Longzhou to King Shu.After fighting and fighting, the two sides finally agreed to use the actual control area as the boundary. The territory already occupied by the Shu army will be under the jurisdiction of the King of Shu, but it will not cross the boundary in the future.

Although the negotiation was difficult, when the news was sent back to Chengdu, the king of Shu expressed his satisfaction. At least from this, it can be seen that the king of Yan is still very sincere about the peace talks.

Therefore, when Zhao Kuangning's envoys came to Junzhou, they had little to gain.Tang Daoxi even sent envoys back to Dengzhou to persuade Zhao Kuangning to follow the general trend and calm down.Tang Daoxi said that he could speak in the middle and help Yan and Chu reach a reconciliation. (To be continued..)