Chapter 36 The Great Rebellion in the Central Plains
Li Shaochen led the rear army, which was about thirty miles away from Li Jiji's army. When Li Shaochen heard that Li Lingde had been executed, Dongchuan was still entrusted to Dong Zhang instead of himself. So he became furious and attacked
The generals said: "The country took Daliang to the south and Bashu to the west. It was Guo Gong who decided the policy and we fought bloody battles. As for those who went against the grain and obeyed and worked with the country to defeat Liang, it was actually Zhu Gongyou Qian who came out of the rain. Now Zhu and Guo both
A man did not commit any crime, but his family was exterminated. If I return to the court, I am afraid that disaster will also happen to me. What a injustice! What can I do?"
His generals, Jiao Wu and others, were transferred from Hezhong to Li Shaochen's command and once followed Zhu Youqian in the battle. After hearing Li Shaochen's words, they all cried bitterly and said: "What is Zhu Gong's crime? The whole family was killed! Let's go back.
, we will definitely be executed together and cannot continue our journey eastward." So they hugged Li Shaochen and returned west from Jianzhou. Li Shaochen called himself the Xichuan Jiedu Envoy, sent a message to Chengdu, and recruited 50,000 Shu soldiers.
After Li Jiji learned of the incident, he immediately ordered Ren Wan to be the deputy recruiting envoy, and ordered him and Dong Zhang to lead tens of thousands of troops to pursue Li Shaochen to Hanzhou. Li Shaochen led the crowd to fight, and it was difficult to decide the outcome for a while.
At this moment, the troops behind suddenly collapsed, and another group of troops marched in, passed through Li Shaochen's formation, and met Ren Wan and other troops.
Li Shaochen was surrounded by enemies from both sides and was naturally unable to support him. He fought his way out of the encirclement and rushed towards Mianzhu with only a dozen cavalrymen. On the way, he was overtaken by the Tang army and surrounded by drums. Although Li Shaochen was extremely brave, he had no choice but to be captured. This sudden killing came.
His army was Meng Zhixiang, the new military governor of Xichuan. Meng Zhixiang received a message from Li Shaochen and expected that he would attack Chengdu. He thought it would be better to send troops first to block Li Shaochen. By chance, he encountered Li Shaochen fighting with Ren Quan and others.
They took the opportunity to attack from both sides, killed Li Shaochen in one fell swoop, and captured him alive.
At that time, Meng Zhixiang came to Hanzhou to reward the army. He had a drinking party with Ren Quan, Dong Zhang and others, and pulled Li Shaochen's carriage into the seat. Meng Zhixiang drank a large glass of wine, handed it to Li Shaochen to drink, and then
Said: "You have made great achievements, are you still worried about not being rich? Why are you looking for death?"
Li Shaochen said: "Guo Gong is the number one hero. He pacified the two rivers without any bloodshed. However, he did not commit any crimes, but he got the result of the whole family being killed. How can we be saved? So we dare not return to the court. If we kill Li Shaochen today, we will not be able to kill him tomorrow."
I'm afraid it's your turn!" Meng Zhixiang was moved by what he said. But he couldn't say much in front of the public.
Meng Zhixiang had no choice but to order Ren Wan and others to escort him to Luoyang. Li Shaochen was sent to Fengxiang, and the eunuch arrived with orders from Yansi. He executed Li Shaochen and renamed him Kang Yanxiao. Zhu Youqian and Kang Yanxiao first rebelled against Liang and returned to the Tang Dynasty.
So far they have been killed one after another.
Let's talk about a year ago, in order to prevent the Khitan invasion, Li Cunxu mobilized a group of Weibo troops to Lulong to guard the border. This Weibo army was led by the commander Yang Renzhu and stationed at Waqiao Pass. It was agreed in advance that it would last for one year and would be rotated at that time.
One year expired soon, so Yang Renzhu returned to Weizhou with his soldiers who were eager to return. But when they reached Beizhou, they received an order: to station on the spot and not return to Weizhou without permission. The soldiers
Inexplicably, complaints suddenly arose.
This was because Li Cunxu felt that the capital of Ye was empty and was afraid that the returning soldiers might change, so he ordered Yang Renzhu to stay in Beizhou. At that time, rumors spread in Ye City. Some people said that Guo Chongtao had killed Li Jiqi and proclaimed himself king in Shu, which caused the whole country to
Some people say that because Li Jiji was killed, Empress Liu blamed Li Cunxu and had him killed. Wang Zhengyan, who was left behind in Yecheng, was old and fearful, so he hurriedly summoned the supervisor Shi Yanqiong to discuss it. Shi Yanqiong was originally an actor.
After being favored, he became tyrannical in Yecheng and despised the generals. When he and Wang Zhengyan secretly discussed hiding from the sun, people became more confused and the rumors became more and more outrageous.
Huangfu Hui, Yang Renzhu's general, saw that people were uneasy, so he led his men and kidnapped Yang Renzhu, saying: "The reason why Your Majesty can conquer the world is all because of the power of the Wei army. There have been more than ten soldiers of the Wei army without taking off their armor or saddles."
Year. Now that the world has been peaceful, the emperor not only does not care about our past achievements, but is even more suspicious of us. We have been guarding the border for more than a year, and they just exchanged us. We are very close to home, but we are not allowed to see our family. Now listen
It is said that the queen has killed the emperor, and the capital is in chaos. The soldiers want to go back with you and ask you to go to the court. If the emperor is lucky enough to survive, he raises an army to attack us. With the strength of Wei Bo, we can resist them. This is not regaining wealth.
Where is the chance?" Yang Renzhu refused to obey, so Huangfuhui ordered his disciples to hack Yang Renzhu to death with random swords. He also tried to coerce a small school to become the commander, but the small school refused to obey and was also killed.
Zhao Zaili, the commander of the Xiaojie, heard about the rebellion and wanted to escape over the wall. However, Huangfuhui caught up with him, grabbed his feet and dragged him off the wall, and showed him the heads of the two killed people. Zhao Zaili was afraid of being killed.
, had no choice but to agree. With Zhao Zaili as the commander, the rebel army burned and looted Beizhou. Then they captured Linqing, Yongji, Guantao and other counties. They looted and looted all the places they passed. The alarm soon spread to Yecheng.
The capital inspection envoy Sun Duo and others hurriedly reported to Shi Yanqiong and asked him to send troops to the city. Shi Yanqiong suspected that Sun Duo had other intentions and said that it would not be too late to wait until the rebels arrived at the city. At dusk, the rebels arrived at the city and immediately
They stormed the north gate. Shi Yanqiong hurriedly summoned his sergeants and climbed into the city to defend.
Unexpectedly, when the sergeant heard the rebels yelling, he was so frightened that he ran away.
Shi Yanqiong fled back to Luoyang on horseback alone. The rebels surrounded Zhao Zaili and entered Yedu. Sun Duo and others failed to fight and fled immediately. Zhao Zaili occupied the palace city, appointed Huangfuhui and Zhao Jin as the commanders of Mabudu, and sent troops
After the great plunder, Huangfu Hui and others thought that Yedu had no owner, so they recommended Zhao Zaili to stay as Wei Bo's successor. Zhao Zaili came out to pacify the people. He heard that Zhang Xian's family stayed in Beijing and stayed in Yedu. He sent people to express his condolences and wrote a letter.
Zhang Xian gave it to Zhang Xian to induce him to join the rebellion. Zhang Xian received the letter without even looking at it. He immediately beheaded the envoy and sent the letter to Li Cunxu.
Li Cunxu got his reward and was about to send troops to suppress it. Shi Yanqiong happened to escape back to Luoyang, so Li Cunxu asked him to choose a general. Shi Yanqiong then recommended Li Shaohong, and Li Shaohong in turn recommended Li Shaoqin. Empress Liu said: "This is a small matter.
No need to bother the general, Li Shaorong can do it."
So Li Cunxu issued an edict, ordering Li Shaorong, the governor of Guide Jiedu, to go to Yedu to appease him, and still appointed Shi Yanqiong as the supervisor of the army.
Li Shaorong led his army to Yedu, stationed at the south gate of Yedu, and sent people to take the emperor's edict to announce to Zhao Zaili and others. Zhao Zaili comforted the soldiers with sheep and wine, bowed down in the city, and said: "The soldiers miss their families. This is
I just came back. If your Majesty reports to the emperor, we will be exempted from the death penalty, and we should repent and make a new start!" So Li Shaorong told the entire army of Li Cunxu's order.
But Shi Yanqiong cursed: "You dead thieves, after we break the city, we will cut you all into pieces!" After hearing this, Huangfuhui said to everyone: "Judging from Shi Yanqiong's words, the emperor will not forgive us.
"So he tore up the edict and stood on the city wall to resist the Tang army. Li Shaorong mobilized troops to attack. His general Yang Chongba led hundreds of people and bravely climbed to the top of the city. Unfortunately, no one followed, and he was killed instead.
None of the troops survived.
Li Cunxu heard the report and wanted to conquer Yedu himself. At this time, Wang Wen, a sergeant from Mazhi, and others committed suicide without permission and rushed to the capital. Although they were quickly put down and all arrested and executed, Li Cunxu finally made Li Cunxu
Suspicious and uneasy. Where can I go to war with confidence? One after another, Xingzhou soldiers Zhao Tai and others gathered more than 400 people, killed local officials, occupied the city, and claimed to stay as the queen. A rebellion also broke out in Cangzhou, and Wang Jingkan, a junior high school student, led his army to put it down.
, also claims to be Liu Hou.
Li Cunxu ordered his deputy envoy Li Shaozhen from the northeast to conquer Zhao Tai. He also sent people to recruit Wang Jingkan. However, Yedu was still unable to be captured, and Li Cunxu wanted to lead his army to pacify it himself. The prime minister quickly dissuaded him and recommended Li Siyuan as commander to replace Li Shaorong.
Li Cunxu was very afraid of Li Siyuan in his heart and said: "I cherish Li Siyuan and want to keep him as a guard in the palace." Everyone said again: "No one else can do it except him." Zhongwu Jiedu envoy Zhang Quanyi said: "The Heshuo incident
If there are too many, it will become a big worry over time, and General Manager Li should be allowed to attack it. If you rely on Li Shaorong and others, I am afraid that they will not succeed." Li Shaohong also recommended it many times. Li Cunxu had no choice but to order Li Siyuan to lead his own army.
Go to conquer Yedu.
Li Siyuan was ordered to lead his army to the southwest of Ye City. At this time, Li Shaozhen had already wiped out Xingzhou, captured Zhao Tai and other traitors, and came to Ye to join forces. After Li Siyuan met Li Shaozhen, he ordered Li Shaozhen to push out Zhao Tai and others to arrive.
He was beheaded at the foot of the city to set an example to Yedu. He immediately ordered the army to set up camp and rest until daylight, then attack the city immediately.
Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, Zhang Poipei, a sergeant from Ma Zhi, actually gathered everyone to mutiny, killed the generals, burned the camp, and approached the Chinese army. Li Siyuan led his troops out of the camp and shouted loudly: "What do you want to do?" The rebel army
He shouted: "The soldiers have been following the Lord for more than ten years and have conquered the world after hundreds of battles. Now the Lord is ungrateful and bullies the soldiers. The soldiers stationed in Beizhou just want to go home, but the Lord cannot forgive them and says
"After the city is captured, all Wei Bo's troops should be killed." Recently, a few soldiers in Zhizhi have been making noise, so they want to kill these soldiers. Now everyone wants to unite with the people in the city to repel the various armies. Please
You are proclaiming emperor and becoming the lord of the military and people here."
Li Siyuan cried and persuaded them, but no one listened. He had to say: "If you don't listen to me, then I will let you do whatever you want. I will return to the capital." The rebel soldiers drew their swords, surrounded him, and said:
"These people are all tigers and wolves, regardless of their superiority or inferiority. Where are you going to go after leaving here?" So they surrounded Li Siyuan and Li Shaozhen and entered the city, but the people in the city refused to let them in. Huangfuhui faced Zhang PoBei, and Zhang PoBei
He was killed, and the rebels outside the city were defeated, leaving only Li Siyuan and Li Shaozhen with no way to advance or retreat.
Zhao Zaili led the generals to welcome him and met with Li Siyuan. He cried and apologized and said, "I'm sorry for you, soldiers. We are willing to obey your orders!" Li Siyuan pretended to Zhao Zaili and said, "To do big things, we must rely on troops. Now the soldiers outside the city
After they were scattered and had nowhere to return, I will go out to collect them for you." Zhao Zaili agreed. Li Siyuan and Li Shaozhen left the city together. They lived in Wei County, and some of the scattered soldiers came back.
When Li Siyuan was forced by the rebels, Li Shaorong had 10,000 soldiers stationed in the south of Yedu City. Li Siyuan sent his tooth general Zhang Qianzhao, Gao Xingzhou and others to notify him one after another, wanting to join forces with him to eliminate the rebels. However, Li Shaorong suspected that Li Siyuan was deceitful.
So he detained the envoy, closed the gate of the military camp and refused to respond. When Li Siyuan entered Yedu, he hurriedly led his troops to leave.
When Li Siyuan was in Wei County, he had less than a hundred soldiers and no weapons. The five Zhenzhou troops led by Li Shaozhen
Thousands of soldiers heard that Li Siyuan had come out and joined him together. As a result, Li Siyuan's army gradually became revitalized. Li Siyuan cried and said to the generals: "I will return to the feudal town tomorrow and report to the Holy One to plead for punishment. I will obey the Holy One's decision."
Li Shaozhen and Zhongmen envoy An Chongjie said: "This is inappropriate. As a marshal, you were unfortunately kidnapped by the rebels. If Li Shaorong retreats without a fight and returns to the court, he will definitely use you as an excuse. If you return to the feudal town, that is
Occupying territory to intimidate the monarch just confirms those slanders. It is better to return to the court day and night and meet the emperor in person, so that you can understand yourself." Li Siyuan said, "That's fine!" So he set out from Wei County and headed south to Xiangzhou. When he met Ma
Kang Fu, the envoy of Fang, obtained several thousand horses and managed to form an army.
Besides, Li Shaorong retreated from Yedu to Weizhou to hold on. Sure enough, he reported to Li Cunxu that Li Siyuan had rebelled and conspired with the rebels. After Li Siyuan learned about it, he hurriedly sent an envoy to send an explanation to Li Cunxu. Li Siyuan's eldest son Li Congshen was a member of the Jin Dynasty at that time.
The gun commander, Li Cunxu, said to Li Congshen: "I know your father's loyalty very well. Go back and tell him what I mean, and don't make him doubt himself."
Li Congzhen arrived in Weizhou, and Li Shaorong arrested him and wanted to kill him. Li Congshen said: "You don't believe my father, and I won't return to my father's place, so please put me back in prison."
Guards." So Li Shaorong let him go. Li Cunxu loved Li Congshen very much and named him Ji Jing, and treated him like a son.
From then on, all the memorials written by Li Siyuan were blocked by Li Shaorong and could not be reached. Li Siyuan was therefore suspicious and fearful. Shi Jingtang said: "Everything is successful through decisiveness, and failure due to hesitation. Wherever generals and rebels enter the thief city,
And will we be safe and sound in the future? Daliang is a key place in the world, and I hope to capture Daliang first with three hundred cavalry. If you are lucky enough to capture Daliang, you can lead the army forward. Only in this way can you protect yourself."
Shi Jingtang, whose father's name is Zhen Jiji. He was taciturn since he was a child and liked to read books on the art of war. Li Siyuan, the governor of Daizhou at the time, thought highly of him and married his daughter to him. Li Cunxu heard that he was good at riding and shooting, so he promoted him to his own rank.
At his side, Li Siyuan requested that he be transferred to the army, and Li Cunxu agreed. Li Siyuan asked him to command the elite cavalry "Zuo Shejun" of his own army, and regarded him as his confidant general.
After that, Shi Jingtang followed Li Siyuan to fight in various places and became one of Li Cunxu's brave generals. In the second year of Liang Zhenming, when he was fighting against Liang General Liu Wei, Liu Wei attacked Li Cunxu, and the military situation was critical. Shi Jingtang led a dozen of his own troops into the enemy's formation and blocked the enemy from the east.
Killing in the west, rushing left and right, he stopped the Liang army's offensive and covered Li Cunxu's retreat. Afterwards, Li Cunxu praised him for his bravery and might, awarded him property, and personally gave him crispy food. Shi Jingtang became famous from this.
In the third year of Liang Zhenming, Li Cunxu, Li Siyuan and Liu Wei fought again in Xincheng. Li Siyuan and Shi Jingtang were trapped in the formation. Shi Jingtang stood up and waved his sword, fought hard back and forth, ran for dozens of miles, and defeated Liu Wei. In the fourth year of Liang Zhenming, the Jin army and
When Liang General He Gui fought for the banks of the Yellow River, the Jin army captured Yangliu Town first, but Li Siyuan was ambushed by Liu Wei. At the critical moment, it was his beloved son-in-law who led the army behind him and desperately covered his retreat, and was able to lead the troops to break through the encirclement.
Soon after, Liang and Jin fought another battle at Huliupi. Due to Li Cunxu's adventurous battle, Zhou Dewei unfortunately died in the battle. Shi Jingtang led his Zuo Shejun and Li Siyuan to reorganize the army and killed the Liang army.
In the first year of Liang Longde, Shi Jingtang followed Li Siyuan and defeated Liang general Dai Siyuan at Deshengdu, beheading more than 20,000 people. In the second year of Liang Longde, during the battle at Hulutau, the Tang army gradually retreated. Shi Jingtang faced the enemy's elite, drew out his long sword, and fought.
Blood Road used his body to protect Li Siyuan as he retreated. Liang Jun looked at him, but no one dared to step forward to stop him.
In the third year of Liang Longde's reign, Shi Jingtang followed Li Siyuan and observed Li Siyuan's position at Yangcun Village. None of his men were wearing armor. Liang Jun took Li Siyuan by surprise and attacked Li Siyuan. The weapon was about to stab Li Siyuan's back. Shi Jingtang stepped forward with a halberd in hand and struck several Liang soldiers with force.
Jun rolled off his horse, and Li Siyuan escaped death.
After Li Cunxu proclaimed himself emperor, he sent Li Siyuan across the Yellow River and attacked Yunzhou alone. The Yun people did not notice them at first. Shi Jingtang led fifty cavalry to follow Li Siyuan across Jishui. They raided the east gate and entered the city. The Yun soldiers came to stop them.
, Shi Jingtang was stabbed by a knife, but still protected Li Siyuan like a feather. He deployed his soldiers on the road and stood firm. He waited for the subsequent cavalry to arrive before capturing Yuncheng. Then he pacified Bianzhou and helped Li Siyuan establish immortal achievements.
This time Shi Jingtang still followed his father-in-law on the expedition. Seeing that Li Siyuan was in a difficult situation, he gave advice to his father-in-law. Kang Yicheng, the commander of the sudden cavalry, said: "The Lord has no moral government, and the army and the people are resentful and angry. If you obey us, you will survive. If
If you stick to your integrity, you will die." So Li Siyuan ordered An Zhongjiao to issue a proclamation, gather his troops, and prepare to march to Daliang.
At that time, Li Shaoqian, the defense envoy of Qizhou, Li Shaoqin, the military governor of Taining, and Li Shaoying, the governor of Beizhou, were stationed in Waqiao. An Shentong, the commander of the horse army in the right wing of Beijing, was stationed in Fenghua Army. Li Siyuan sent an envoy to summon them. Li Siyuan's family members lived in
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