Chapter 18 The Shuangcheng in Western Liaoning (18)
The entire Lulong Army knows how Marshal Liu Rengong got his start and how he rose from an ordinary border town general.
In the second year of Jingfu, after the coalition forces of Lulong Jiedushi Li Kuangwei and Chengde Jiedushi Wang Rong defeated the invading Hedong Army, Li Kuangwei led his troops back, but he did not expect that Youzhou had been controlled by his own brother Li Kuangchou, so the civil war broke out
During the battle between the two armies, Li Kuangwei's family members were defeated by Li Kuangwei's men in Youzhou City and fled to the Chengde Army. Li Kuangchou was victorious and appointed himself as Jieduli.
Speaking of which, in addition to the power struggle, the reason why the two brothers turned against each other was also an important factor in the brother's drunken sexual intercourse and rape of his sister-in-law before going to the war. After the defeat, Lee Kuangwei, who had no army in his hands and was extremely ashamed, had to acquiesce.
This fact led to Wang Rong taking him in and staying at Baofu Temple in Zhenzhou to observe the current situation.
Li Kuangwei had been in power for a long time, so he was not used to being under the control of others. I don’t know what he was thinking. When he hosted a banquet for Chengde Jiedushi and his comrade Wang Rong who came to express his condolences, he suddenly had a crooked idea and ordered his soldiers to kidnap him.
Wang Rong wanted to seize the Chengde Army. But this time he did not choose the right target. The old Wang family had ruled Chengde Town for decades and had a deep foundation. Although Wang Rong was young, both the army and the people recognized him.
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When Li Kuangwei escorted Wang Rong to hand over the seal of Jiedushi Fujie, a butcher recognized Wang Rong on the road. Every time more dogs were slaughtered in the so-called righteousness, the butcher immediately rushed up, snatched Wang Rong and ran away. Then Li
Kuangwei and his soldiers were killed by the angry Zhenzhou soldiers and civilians.
Li Kuangchou heard that his brother had died in Chengde. He couldn't miss this opportunity, so he took up the banner of revenge and wanted to attack Chengde. While he was busy mobilizing the army and preparing food and fodder, a request came from Yuzhou
Official document of transfer.
Liu Rengong, who was garrisoning Weizhou at that time, had arrived. He and his generals were transferred back and forth in the border passes. They had not been home for a long time. They were all anxious to leave the bitter and cold place in the border passes and return to Youzhou to enjoy themselves. Originally, it was
A very ordinary emergency response incident once again triggered a major earthquake in Youzhou's high-rise circles.
Li Kuangchou was busy preparing to attack the Chengde Army Wang Rong, clamoring to avenge his brother, and had no time to take care of this matter. He completely ignored Liu Rengong and his troops' return to Youzhou. Maybe he saw this official request for instructions.
At that time, he was angry about other things, or maybe he didn't like Liu Rengong as a border general at all. No one knows the details. In short, Li Kuangchou's approval at the time was inaccurate, and he also asked Liu Rengong's troops to continue to serve at the border.
Stay still.
This extremely irresponsible attitude and disrespectful behavior immediately angered Liu Rengong's subordinates, so Liu Rengong left his post at the instigation of his subordinates, set up a "crusade", and headed to Youzhou to demonstrate his determination.
Liu Rengong's behavior is in line with the traditional habits of Lu Longjun for more than a hundred years - when Jiedushi does not consider the interests of his generals, the generals have the right to express dissatisfaction. According to everyone's default rules, Li Kuangchou should immediately appease Liu Rengong's troops and issue replacement transfer orders
, and at the same time provide money to appease the grievances of the soldiers. Liu Rengong had this idea at the time.
But Li Kuangchou was angry. Not only did he not follow the rules, he also sent troops to intercept Liu Rengong at Juyong Pass and defeated Liu Rengong. Liu Rengong had to lead the remaining soldiers to flee to the Hedong Army and stayed under Li Ke's men for more than a year.
Liu Rengong was not idle during this year. He was dissatisfied. You, Li Kuangchou, didn't abide by the rules and sent troops to beat me, causing me to be homeless in other towns. How can this be justified? So he looked for opportunities and finally persuaded Li Keyong.
, led the Hedong Army to invade Youzhou. Li Kuangchou was unreasonable in this matter, so Liu Rengong received the support of the major military leaders of the Lulong Army, and successfully led the Hedong Army to drive Li Kuangchou to Cangzhou, whereupon Li Kuangchou died.
The road to Liu Rengong's career is such a bloody plot. As this plot unfolds, the love and hatred between Liu Rengong and the Hedong Army will unfold.
Liu Rengong stayed in the Hedong Army for more than a year, and Li Keyong did not owe him anything. Later, he sent a large army to help him invade Youzhou for revenge, and recommended him to the court as the new Lulong Military Envoy. The reason why
In doing so, Li Keyong planned to control Hebei in the future with Liu Rengong, a local soldier who could easily be recognized by all parties in Youyan. But the problem was that Liu Rengong was a local.
Liu Rengong is from Shenzhou and a typical Yan general. As a native of Youyan, he naturally does not want to be controlled by others. Lulong is one of the three traditional powerful vassals in Hebei. It has maintained a de facto separatist status since the Tianbao Rebellion.
In Yuanhe, during the Dazhong period when the imperial court was reviving, people still acted on their own. How could Liu Rengong, a Lulong man with a strong sense of separatism, be willing to obey the orders of others?
Two years later, in the second year of Qianning, that is, four years before Li Chengzhong crossed over, the emperor ran to Huazhou, where the military governor Han Jian was in charge of Zhenguo, in order to avoid Li Maozhen, the military governor of Fengxiang who was attacking Chang'an.
, and entered the tiger's mouth again." After Han Jian controlled the emperor for two years, he felt that the time was ripe and began to take action. He first accused Mu, Ji, Shao, Tong, Peng, Han, Yi, and Chen to kill him and force the emperor to kill him.
He issued an edict to imprison the eight kings, taking away the pitiful military power in their hands. He also killed the last general loyal to the emperor, Li Jun, the head of the capital of the sun, and then imprisoned the emperor in the palace, and began to "hold the emperor's orders to order"
Princes".
Li Keyong, the governor of Hedong Province and King of Jin, first raised the banner and called on all the feudal vassals in the world to guard the Qin King. In Li Keyong's plan, the first one to send troops must be Liu Rengong, who had received his great favor. Unfortunately, although Li Keyong
He was brave, but his eyesight on people was not very good. The expected Lu Long soldiers did not come, but Liu Rengong declined. Liu Rengong said that there was something strange happening among the Khitan people, and his soldiers had to guard the border, so there was no way to participate.
In addition to maintaining the independence of the Lu Long Army, Liu Rengong was indeed not able to send troops. At this time, he was busy appeasing the major military leaders in the army. To put it bluntly, he was conducting an internal power transfer and had no time to take into account external matters. Li Keyong
Of course he didn't agree. In his mind, Youyan was already his territory, and Liu Rengong was already his general. How could he agree to the other party's refusal? So the two parties exchanged letters, and the words became increasingly heated, and finally reached the level of abuse.
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The two sides could not reach an agreement, so they naturally turned their weapons against each other. When faced with the invasion of foreign enemies, the Lulong Army had always been united as one. With unity, they defeated the Hedong Army. Liu Rengong also took this opportunity to secure his position as the Jiedushi Commander.
, and at the same time completely got rid of Hedong's control.
It can be said that the relationship between Liu Rengong and Li Keyong is very complicated. From a secular perspective, Liu Rengong plays the role of a "white-eyed wolf", "repetitive villain" and "ungrateful person". As for among them
Only he and the top brass within Lu Longjun knew what the secrets were.
Li Chengzhong was inquiring about the movements of the Hedong Army at this moment, and the obvious meaning was to remind Liu Rengong to see if he could borrow help from the Hedong Army to resolve this crisis. Although Li Chengzhong knew some of those ancient histories after traveling through time, he had no specific experience.
With the past and modern thinking, I didn't think there was anything wrong with asking for help from Hedong.
But both Liu Rengong and Zhou Zhiyu had experienced these things personally. For them, asking for help from the Hedong Army was impossible. Li Keyong hated the Lulong Army so much, how could he come for help?
As the first party involved, Liu Rengong had a red face and could not speak easily. Zhou Zhiyu simply said: "Zicheng, when Li Keyong forced us to send troops to serve the king, the commander-in-chief did not agree because of Youyan's plan. For this matter, we still followed
The Hedong Army fought once, and there was a big feud between the two sides. You had not joined the army at that time, so you might not know much about it, so let’s not mention it."
Li Chengzhong said: "I know this. But so what? Later, when we were defeated in Weizhou, didn't the Hedong Army also come to hinder the Xuanwu Army?"
Zhou Zhiyu coughed and said, "Zicheng, that's different. The Hedong Army went to Weizhou to grab territory..."
Li Chengzhong shook his head and said: "The commander-in-chief, the military envoy, and his humble position believe that there is no eternal friendship or eternal hatred between countries, only eternal interests!"
As soon as this sentence was said, Liu Rengong and Zhou Zhiyu were startled, and then they thought deeply.
Just listen to Li Chengzhong continue: "Although our Lulong, Xuanwu and Hedong are not the same country, the reality is not much different. I know that the Xuanwu Army and the Hedong Army are mortal enemies. Both sides want to compete for the Central Plains and compete for Hebei. Who can occupy Hebei?"
Whoever is in Hebei can gain a huge advantage. Over the years, the Xuanwu Army and the Hedong Army have fought countless battles, and countless people have died. Isn’t it just to dominate? Although a friend’s friend is not necessarily one’s friend, the enemy’s
The enemy must be a help that can be used! After the last battle of Weizhou, the Xuanwu Army has controlled Weibo. If Li Keyong is willing to watch Zhu Quanzhong annex us, he will not believe it even if he is beaten to death.
Yes! Beizi also believed that during this battle, there was a high possibility that Li Keyong would harass Zhu Quanzhong from behind. Of course, Beizi did not dare to say anything to death, but Beizi thought that no matter what, we should send people to Hedong to try.
Try. Even if Li Keyong doesn't agree now, when we are really in danger, he will think about it seriously."
Finally, Li Chengzhong added: "So, I believe that no matter what happened before, at least in this war, the Hedong Army will be the natural ally of our Lulong Army."
Li Chengzhong is not familiar with history. He does not have a hard drive in his brain to access historical information at any time. He is not as smart as most time travellers. If a historical figure appears randomly, he can know the past and present life of the other person, the likes and habits of the other person, and even the other person's little wife.
I know clearly what kind of obscene clothes I like to wear.
The Xuanwu Army's attack on Lu Long's Army was just one of the large number of wars that broke out almost every month in this era. Whether Li Keyong rescued Lu Long in this war or not, Li Chengzhong had no idea at all. But he
He believes that since he is in the Lulong Army, he must naturally do his best for this system, and at least remind the higher-ups in the system that we are not fighting alone, we can also find reinforcements! As for whether he can adopt it, it is not his business.
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It's the rewards and reminders again, how can I feel embarrassed? Well, let's continue working hard tonight...