Since Meng Zhixiang had offended Li Siyuan before, he agreed to Dong Zhang's request and prepared to join forces to fight against the imperial court. After Dong Zhang received Meng Zhixiang's support, he sent troops to build seven camps at Jianmen. Xichuan Jiedushi Meng

Zhixiang sent his deputy envoy Zhao Jiliang to Zizhou to make peace with Dong Zhang and make peace with him. Zhao Jiliang returned to Chengdu from Zizhou and said to Meng Zhixiang: "Dong Zhang is greedy, aggressive, ambitious, and short of strategy. After all, we are the

The scourge of Xichuan.”

Meng Zhixiang and Dong Zhang jointly submitted a letter to Li Siyuan and said: "Dongchuan and Xichuan heard that the imperial court established a military envoy in Langzhong and increased troops in Mianzhou and Suizhou. They were all worried and frightened." Li Siyuan just issued an edict to appease him.

, but did not change his deployment. Dong Zhang was afraid of a sneak attack by Wu Qianyu, the envoy of Mianzhou, so he lured him to Zizhou and imprisoned him in the Dongchuan Palace. Then Dong Zhang expanded his army aggressively and set up Yongding Pass north of Jianmen.

Lie Fenghuo and Meng Zhixiang repeatedly petitioned to cede Yunan and other 13 salt supervision stations to Xichuan, and use the money from the transactions to supply the troops stationed in Ningjiang.

Because the imperial court continued to send troops to garrison Suizhou and Langzhou in both Sichuan and Sichuan, another memorial was issued to discuss the matter. Dong Guangye, son of Dong Zhang, was appointed as the palace envoy. In Luoyang, Dong Zhang wrote to him: "The imperial court controls the area outside Zizhou under my jurisdiction.

The various states have set up separate towns and stationed troops in Sanchuan. This is to put me to death. You saw the privy officials spreading the word for me: If the imperial court sends one more person into Xiegu, I will definitely rebel and say goodbye to you.

"Dong Guangye showed the letter to Privy Councilor Li Qianhui.

Li Qianhui told An Chongjie, who said angrily: "He dares to stop me from increasing troops? I want to increase troops, let's see what he does!" So he sent general Xun Xian to lead troops to guard Langzhou. Dong Guangye learned about it.

, hurriedly said to Li Qianhui: "My father will definitely rebel before this troop arrives. I hope that we can stop sending troops, and my father promises that there will be no other actions." Li Qianhui told An Chongjie again, and An Chongjie

No answer.

After Dong Zhang heard about it, he immediately raised troops to rebel. The three towns of Lizhou, Langzhou and Suizhou reported to the court that Dong Zhang had gathered troops and horses to attack the three towns. An Chongjie said: "I have known that Dong Zhang was going to attack the three towns.

In this way, Your Majesty tolerates him too much and refuses to attack him." Li Siyuan said: "I don't betray others. If they betray me, I will attack him."

At this time, Su Yuan, the official of Xichuan, learned the news and hurriedly reported to Meng Zhixiang: "The imperial court sent a large army to attack the two Sichuan provinces." Meng Zhixiang and Zhao Jiliang discussed countermeasures, and Zhao Jiliang suggested that Dongchuan soldiers and horses occupy Suizhou first, and then Lang

Prefecture, and then Xichuan and Dongchuan joined forces to guard Jianmen. In this way, even if the imperial army came, the two Sichuan would have no worries. Meng Zhixiang listened to Zhao Jiliang's advice and sent an envoy to invite Dong Zhang to join forces. Dong Zhang then went to Lizhou,

The three towns of Langzhou and Suizhou sent a message, accusing them of alienating the relationship between the imperial court and Dongchuan and sending troops to attack Langzhou.

Dongchuan's troops entered Langzhou, and the garrison generals said: "Dong Zhang has long been planning a rebellion and bribed his soldiers with gold and silk. His vigor is unstoppable. We should dig deep ditches and build high fortresses to resist him. In less than ten days,

When the imperial army arrives, the thieves will retreat on their own." Li Renju, the commander-in-chief of Langzhou, said: "Shu soldiers are cowardly and have no fighting ability, how can they resist our elite soldiers?" He led his army to fight, but was defeated and fled into the city.

Middle. Dong Zhang ordered his army to attack day and night, and quickly captured the city.

When Dong Zhang was a general in Zhu Liang, the commander Yao Hong was once subordinate to his subordinates. At this time, Yao Hong was guarding Langzhou. Dong Zhang wrote a letter to persuade him to surrender, but Yao Hong threw the letter into the toilet.

A few days later, Dong Zhang broke into the city and killed Li Renju's family. At the same time, he also captured Yao Hong. Dong Zhang scolded: "I promoted you from my own ranks, why did you fail me today?" Yao Hong scolded: "Old man.

Thief! You used to be a servant of the Li family. You would sweep horse manure and order barbecue slices, and you would be grateful. Now that the emperor has appointed you as a governor, what have I failed you? If you have failed the emperor, what have I suffered from you?

Grace? What kind of betrayal are you talking about! You are a slave and are shameless to begin with; I am a righteous man, how can I do what you have done! I would rather die for the emperor than live with a slave!" Dong Zhang was furious.

A large pot was burned in front of him and he asked ten strong men to cut his flesh and cook it for eating. Yao Hong continued to curse until he died.

Meng Zhixiang ordered Li Renhan, the commander of the capital, to deploy the camp, with Zhao Tingyin, the governor of Hanzhou, as his deputy, and Zhang Ye, the governor of Jianzhou, as the vanguard commander. He led 30,000 soldiers to attack Suizhou, and sent Hou Hongshi, the commander of Yanaidu, to take command first.

He sent Meng Sigong to lead 4,000 troops to join Dong Zhang in attacking Langzhou.

When Li Siyuan learned that Langzhou had been lost, he immediately ordered to cut off Dong Zhang's official title and raise troops to attack. Li Siyuan ordered Meng Zhixiang to be the feed envoy to the southwest, Shi Jingtang, the Tianxiong Jiedushi envoy, to be the recruiting envoy to Dongchuan's camp capital, and Xia Luqi to be his deputy.

He ordered General Wang Sitong of the Youwu Guard to stay behind in the Western Capital and also conduct a camp in Ma Budu, Yuhou, as a vanguard to send troops to conquer Dongchuan.

Dong Zhang asked Meng Sigong to attack Jizhou, but Meng Sigong advanced rashly and returned in defeat. Dong Zhang was furious and sent him back to Chengdu, and Meng Zhixiang dismissed him from his official position.

Li Renhan besieged Suizhou, while Xialuqi defended the city. Meng Zhixiang's general Aya Gao Jingrou led 20,000 people to surround Suizhou. Xialuqi sent Kang Wentong, the commander of the horse army, to fight. Kangwentong heard that Lang

The state had been captured by Dong Zhang, so he took his troops and surrendered to Li Renhan.

Dong Zhang led his troops to attack Lizhou. On the way, they encountered heavy rain and lacked food and grass supplies, so they had to return to Langzhou. When Meng Zhixiang heard about it, he was surprised and said: "We just conquered Langzhou, and we should send our troops directly to capture Lizhou." His commander

You must not dare to resist, so you will naturally run away.

Our army can seize his granary and occupy the dangerous position of Mantian Village. In this way, the Tang army will definitely not be able to rescue Suizhou from the west. It is not a good idea for him to stay in Langzhou and stay away from Jiange." Meng Zhixiang is about to send three thousand troops.

He went to guard Jianmen. Dong Zhang resolutely refused and said, "We have already made preparations for this matter."

At this time, the imperial court had executed Dong Guangye's entire family, and Shi Jingtang also led his army into Sanguan. Wang Hongzhi, the governor of Jiezhou, Feng Hui, the governor of Luzhou, and Wang Sitong, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of Mabu, the forward, and Zhao Zaili, commander of the infantry capital, led the army out of Rentoushan.

Arriving to the south of Jianmen, they turned back and attacked Jianmen. The Tang army quickly captured Jianmen, killed 3,000 Dongchuan soldiers, captured the capital commander Qi Yanwen alive, and occupied the dangerous pass of Jianmen.

Then Wang Hongzhi and others captured Jianzhou, but the follow-up troops failed to catch up in time, so they burned the houses of the Jianzhou defenders, plundered supplies and food, and returned to defend Jianmen.

Dong Zhang learned that Jianmen had fallen and hurriedly sent an envoy to Chengdu to ask for help. After Meng Zhixiang heard about it, he was greatly frightened and said, "Dong Zhang has mistaken me!" He sent Li Zhao, the commander of Yanaidu, to lead 5,000 troops to rescue Dong.

Zhang warned him: "You need to rush harder. As long as you occupy Jianzhou first, the Tang army will have no choice." He also sent an envoy to Suizhou and ordered Zhao Tingyin to lead ten thousand people to garrison in Jianzhou. At the same time, he sent the former Shu Kingdom Yongping Jiedu Envoy.

Li Jun led four thousand troops to Longzhou to guard the key points.

At that time, the weather was cold and the soldiers were afraid and refused to advance. Zhao Tingyin cried and advised: "Now the Tang army is powerful. If you don't do your best to resist the enemy, your wives and children will be owned by others!" Morale was boosted at this time!

At this time, Dong Zhang had led troops from Langzhou and Sichuan to garrison at Muma Village.

At the beginning, Pang Fucheng from Taigu, commanded by Xichuan Yanei, and Xie Kuntun, commanded by Zhaoxin, were stationed in Laisu Village. When they heard that Jianmen was lost, they discussed: "If the Tang army captures Jianzhou, then the middle of Shu will be in danger." They immediately led their troops.

More than a thousand soldiers rushed to Jianzhou from the trail.

They had just arrived when more than 10,000 Tang troops poured down from Beishan. At this time, the sun was about to set. The two of them discussed: "We are outnumbered. If we wait until dawn, we will have no chance of survival." So Pang Fucheng led the soldiers at night.

Hundreds of people climbed up Beishan and shouted loudly behind the official camp. Xie Kun led the remaining people with short weapons to attack from the front. The official army was frightened and abandoned the camp and fled. The Tang army returned to guard Jianmen and remained there for more than ten days.

Dare to come out.

After Meng Zhixiang heard about it, he happily said: "At first I thought that after Li Hongzhi and others captured Jianmen, they would take Jianzhou directly and hold on to its city, or lead troops directly to Zizhou. Dong Zhang would definitely abandon Langzhou and run back; I

If the army loses reinforcements, it is necessary to lift the siege of Suizhou. If so, it will be attacked internally and externally, and the two rivers will be shaken. The situation can be described as critical. Now, they burned Jianzhou, looted and transported grain eastward to Jianmen, and stationed troops and horses.

If we don’t move forward anymore, it will be easier for us.”

The Tang army split up and went straight to Wenzhou, preparing to attack Longzhou, but were defeated by Pan Fuchao, the commander of Xichuan Dingyuan, and Sha Yanzuo, the capital of Yisheng. Meng Zhixiang ordered Cui Shan, the Chengdu envoy, to temporarily stay behind for Wu Tai. Dong Zhang sent forward

Wang Hui, the governor of Lingzhou, led three thousand troops and joined Li Zhao and others to garrison at Nanshan in Jianzhou.

Shi Jingtang then led his army to Jianmen and garrisoned in the North Mountain of Jianzhou. Zhao Tingyin sent troops to the back mountain of Yacheng, while Li Zhao and Wang Hui sent troops to Heqiao. Shi Jingtang led the infantry to attack Zhao Tingyin. Zhao Tingyin chose 500 people who were good at archery to ambush Shi Jingtang.

On the way back, they waited for the Tang soldiers to come. When the guns and knives met, they raised flags and shouted to attack. The Tang soldiers were ambushed and retreated, and more than a hundred of them were captured and killed. Shi Jingtang sent cavalry to attack the river bridge again. Li Zhao fired with powerful crossbows, and the cavalry

Can't move forward.

In the evening, Shi Jingtang had no choice but to retreat with his troops. Zhao Tingyin followed behind him and jointly attacked with the ambush troops, defeating Shi Jingtang. Shi Jingtang failed to conquer Shu, so Li Siyuan wanted to conquer Shu himself. An Chonghui took the initiative to ask for help and asked to lead troops to conquer Shu.

.At this time, Li Siyuan already mistrusted An Chongjie and began to alienate him. Shi Jingtang was not willing to go to the west, but he was cautious by nature. He waited until An Chongjie left Li Siyuan before he dared to express his opinion that Shu could not be conquered.

Li Siyuan believed that what Shi Jingtang said was reasonable, so he asked the 1,500 Xichuan soldiers who had previously garrisoned Kuizhou to return. When Meng Zhixiang saw them, he thanked Li Siyuan for sending back the garrison.

Soon after Li Renhan of the Sichuan Army captured Suizhou, the official guard Xia Luqi committed suicide. Shi Jingtang was repaid, so he had to lead his troops to Jianzhou again and stationed in Beishan. Meng Zhixiang chopped off Xia Luqi's head to show to the public, Xia Luqi's

The two sons followed Shi Jingtang in the army and asked to go to the enemy camp to retrieve Xia Luqi's head for burial. Shi Jingtang said: "Meng Zhixiang is a kind elder, and he will definitely bury your father. Wouldn't that be better than burying your father's body and head?"

Wouldn't it be better to divide the level into two?" Afterwards, Meng Zhixiang indeed buried Xia Luqi. Shi Jingtang fought with Zhao Tingyin but could not win, so he returned to Jianmen.

Shi Jingtang burned the camp and returned north because Suizhou and Langzhou had fallen, and could not supply food and grass. Meng Zhixiang heard the news and said to Zhao Jiliang: "The Tang army is gradually advancing, what should we do?" Zhao Jiliang said: "They can't arrive.

Mianzhou must be retreated." Meng Zhixiang asked what the reason was, and Zhao Jiliang said: "I am doing my best, the Tang army is thousands of miles away, and they have run out of food, why don't they leave?" Meng Zhixiang laughed and gave the report.

Show him the letter.

Soldiers and horses from both Sichuan and Sichuan chased Shi Jingtang to Lizhou. Zhaowu Jiedushi Li Yanqi also abandoned the city and fled, and soldiers from both Sichuan and Sichuan entered Lizhou. After Meng Zhixiang appointed Zhao Tingyin as Zhaowuliu, Zhao Tingyin sent an envoy to Meng Zhixiang and said: "

Dong Zhang is a man of many deceits and deceits. You can share the sorrows with him, but you cannot share the joys and sorrows with him. This man will definitely be a trouble in the future. Take him to Jianzhou to comfort the army, please seek him. By annexing the people of the two rivers, you can achieve the goal of the world."

Meng Zhixiang did not agree. Dong Zhang came to Zhao Tingyin's military camp, stayed overnight and left. Zhao Tingyin sighed and said, "If you don't follow my plan, it will be difficult to stop the disaster."

Meng Zhixiang appointed Wu Xin to stay and Li Renhan to recruit envoys for the Xia Road camp, and asked him to lead the navy to the east to seize territory. Zhao Tingyin and Li Zhao led troops from Jianzhou back to Chengdu, leaving five thousand troops to guard Lizhou.

.Dong Zhang also returned to Dongchuan at this time, leaving three thousand troops to guard Guozhou and Langzhou.

Then Li Renhan captured Zhongzhou, Wanzhou, and Yun'anjian. When Li Renhan arrived in Kuizhou, Ningjiang Jiedushi An Chongruan abandoned the town and fled back to Luoyang with Yang Hanbin from Junzhou and Fangzhou; then Li Renhan

Han captured Kuizhou.

After Zhao Wu left, Zhao Tingyin went from Chengdu to Lizhou and requested to attack Xingyuan, Qinzhou and Fengzhou. Meng Zhixiang saw that the army was exhausted and the people were in dire straits, so he did not agree to Zhao Tingyin's request.

At this time, Su Yuan arrived in Chengdu. Meng Zhixiang heard that his relatives were safe and sound in the court, so he sent an envoy to tell Dong Zhang that he would go to Chengdu with Dong Zhang to apologize. Dong Zhang said angrily: "Meng Gong's relatives are all intact, of course.

I should surrender to the imperial court. My clan has been wiped out, so what else can I thank you for? All the imperial edicts are in Su Yuan’s belly. How could Liu Cheng ask in advance? Don’t I, Dong Zhang, know about it?" From then on, the two of them started to talk again.

Become an enemy.

After Zhaowu stayed, Zhao Tingyin reported to Meng Zhixiang that the construction of Lizhou's battlements had been completed. When he was guarding Jianzhou, Li Zhao, the commander of Yaneidu, had the same credit as him. He was willing to give up Zhaowu military town to Li Zhao.

Meng Zhixiang did not agree. Zhao Tingyin expressed his willingness to give up his throne one after another. Meng Zhixiang recalled Zhao Tingyin to Chengdu and asked Li Zhao to replace him.

Meng Zhixiang was favored by the imperial court, but Dong Zhang blocked the road to Mianzhou and prevented his envoy from entering the court to express his gratitude. Meng Zhixiang conspired with Zhao Jiliang, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, to prepare to send an envoy out of Xiajiang River to express his gratitude.

Li Hao, the secretary in charge, said: "If you send an envoy without consulting Dongchuan, then the responsibility for not keeping the promise in the future will fall on us." So he sent someone to tell Dong Zhang, but Dong naturally refused to listen.

Zhao Jiliang and his generals made a plan to send Zhaowu Governor Gao Yancuo to lead troops to attack Bizhou. Meng Zhixiang discussed with his staff, and Li Hao said: "The imperial court sent Su Yuan back, but instead of thanking the imperial court, you sent troops to invade.

If you don't care about your ancestral graves and relatives, you might as well send troops to take Liangzhou and Yangzhou directly. There is no need to attack Bizhou!" Meng Zhixiang accepted his opinion and ordered to stop attacking Bizhou. Zhao Jiliang learned the whole story and hated Li Hao very much from then on.

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Meng Zhixiang sent Li Hao to Zizhou to meet Dong Zhang and tried his best to discuss the interests. When Dong Zhang saw Li Hao, he cursed and still did not agree to make peace. Li Hao came back and said to Meng Zhixiang: "Dong Zhang does not allow discussion, and there are

You must be wary of his intention to attack Xichuan."

Dong Zhang gathered the generals to plan an attack on Chengdu, and all the generals said that they would be able to conquer it. However, Wang Hui, the governor of Lingzhou, said: "In the land thousands of miles south of Jiannan, Chengdu is the major county. It is midsummer now, and we have no name, and we will not succeed.

." Dong Zhang did not listen to his advice.
To be continued...