Since the Tianbao Incident, with the migration of people, Henan Province has gradually become the de facto best place in the Central Plains. It has 30 states and counties under its jurisdiction, including Henan, Shandong, northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu and other vast areas in later generations. It has always been stable.
They accounted for 30% of the total number of households in the Tang Dynasty. According to Hebei estimates, the number of people under the rule of King Liang exceeded ten million, of which Henan Province accounted for 80%.
After Shangdang's decisive victory, the whole of Henan was like a beautiful woman with barely any clothes on, opening her heart to Li Chengzhong. However, this is not entirely correct, because there is also a famous handsome man among the main force of Liang Army, who is in control
He was stationed in Yanzhou in the east of Henan, and gathered fifty or sixty thousand troops to overwhelm Qianqing and Huainan. This man was Ge Congzhou.
However, Yanzhou, where Ge Congzhou was stationed, was too far away. According to the efficiency of news transmission in this era, he probably didn't know the outcome until soon, and was unable to pose an effective threat to the Yan army's Eastern Expedition for the time being. Therefore, the Yan army was unstoppable along the way, advancing with great success, with almost no
encounter any resistance.
On the 30th day of the first lunar month, Zhao Ba and Yuan Xingqin led more than 10,000 cavalry of the Zhaozhou Army directly into Zhengzhou and Xingyang. The officials in Daliang who were in charge of the city fled, and the Zhaozhou Army entered the unguarded city smoothly. On the third day of February, Yuan Xingqin led two regiments.
The cavalry arrived at Zhongmou. Bao Xi, the governor of Zhengzhou who had fled here, changed his mind for some unknown reason and decided not to escape. He knelt down in front of the city of Zhongmou.
Upon further investigation, Yuan Xingqin learned that Jiang Xuanhui and Yuan Xiangxian had joined forces to control Bianzhou, the "capital" of Daliang, and were preparing to "offer a gift" to King Yan.
Yuan Xingqin did not dare to delay, so he immediately reported to the rear army Zhao Ba, who flew overnight to the General Military Staff Office in Sishui. At the same time, the troops were divided into two groups, seizing Chenliu and Fengqiu near Bianzhou, and then captured Bianzhou.
Safely included in the embrace of the army.
On the eighth day of February, Li Chengzhong, the General Administration of Military Staff and the Cangzhou Army rushed to the city of Bianzhou, preparing to take over the old home of King Liang. Those who greeted Li Chengzhong at the city were none other than Han Yanhui's old friends Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui.
As Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui's "border trade" with Hebei became more and more frequent, they unknowingly got stuck in the "mud" and were unable to extricate themselves. When they held a huge amount of Hebei "bonds", they had actually put their wealth and lives on the line.
The pressure was on the Youzhou side. Before the Shangdang War last year, after the arrival of the edict from the King of Liang to enfeoff the country, Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui were frightened and stayed up all night. The two brothers got together to discuss overnight and finally decided to request political asylum from Li Chengzhong.
This matter was directly contacted by Han Yanhui and was a major secret. Only a few giants in the General Military Staff Office knew about it, and even the senior generals at the command level of each army did not know about it.
Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui never thought that the Yan army could achieve such a glorious and important victory in Shangdang. Their original plan was to dedicate the two provinces of Xiangwei to Li Chengzhong as a qualification for promotion. They considered that when the Yan army failed, they would
After Hedong retreats to Hebei, the two states of Xiangwei offered can fill the last gap in the entire Hebei defense line. Even if the Yan army cannot compete in the Central Plains, it can more than protect themselves, and the safety of the two people is guaranteed.
At that time, Li Chengzhong had agreed to their request, and the two of them started to secretly pick up the family members in Bianzhou City and prepare to go to Youzhou to settle down.
However, the development of the situation was unexpected. The Yan army actually achieved a decisive victory in Shangdang. The coalition forces of hundreds of thousands of princes collapsed in an instant, and King Liang himself did not know what happened. This news made the two of them overjoyed. At the same time, they felt a little uneasy.
.In the face of the major military victory of the Yan army, the mere defense seems to be somewhat insignificant.
So the two came to have a long talk again, discussed all night, and finally decided to dedicate Bianzhou to Li Chengzhong.
At this time, the two men had more than 30,000 men on hand, 5,000 of whom were Jiang Xuanhui's elite tooth soldiers, who were enough to fight a battle and were the only remaining field troops in western Henan. The Yuan family and the Jiang family had great influence near Bianzhou, and Jiang Xuanhui
He also served as the military envoy of Bian, Hua, Cao, and Pu states. Yuan Xiangxian also had the title of military envoy of Songzhou on his head. This flag-raising was as smooth as possible. After crossing the river from Xiangwei, he was ready in less than five days.
He fought at the foot of Bianzhou City, broke open the gates of Bianzhou City, and took control of the entire city.
Since the defeat of Liang Jun and the disappearance of King Liang, the entire Bianzhou has fallen into a huge panic. Pei Di, who guards Bianzhou, is a civilian official who does not understand martial arts and does not have many soldiers at hand. He is busy pacifying the inner city.
In addition, he never expected that Jiang and Yuan would rebel at this time. Even when the army entered Bianzhou, he was still busy with food and grass reserves. Therefore, Pei Di was directly blocked on the street, horrified.
He was tied up tightly.
After taking Bianzhou, Jiang and Yuan took the lead in raising their arms and shouting, and everyone in western Henan heard their voices. For example, Bao Xi, the governor of Zhengzhou, fled to Zhongmou. When he heard that even these two people had surrendered, he simply refused and continued.
With no intention of escaping, he decisively chose to surrender to the Yan army.
Han Yanhui, who arrived early, accompanied Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui, and waited for King Li Chengzhong at the foot of the city. The moment Li Chengzhong rode forward, hundreds of civil and military officials and tens of thousands of Liang soldiers knelt down and kowtowed to Li Chengzhong to surrender.
Officials such as Jiedu, governors, military envoys and other officials from Bianzhou, Huazhou, Puzhou, Caozhou, Songzhou, Xuzhou, Haozhou and other surrounding counties gathered at the city gate, rushing to express their loyalty to the new master. The scene was extremely lively.
Even though he had seen too many surrender ceremonies in the past two months, Li Chengzhong was still sighing. You must know that this is Bianzhou, the hometown where King Liang has been running for nearly twenty years, and it is also the most prosperous city in the world in this era, comparable to Chengdu Prefecture in Sichuan.
A prosperous city. Although Bianzhou at this time was far from reaching the amazing heights of later generations, it was still at the top level of this era.
More importantly, Bianzhou is of extremely great political significance to Henan. For the Yan army, occupying Bianzhou can almost declare that Daliang, which was founded less than a year ago, has "subverted"! And for other places in Henan
, for those generals who have not submitted to surrender, they can only be called "the remnants of Daliang" from now on. Taking Bianzhou is equivalent to possessing "great justice". This is a sign of "the destiny of destiny" and represents the people's support.
support or oppose!
The significance of a city is far more important in this era than in later generations.
Li Chengzhong dismounted, stretched out his palms, palms facing up, and raised his arms slightly to signal the demoted generals to level up. He had a smile on his face and kept making gestures with his jaw. This style of behavior was gradually realized by Li Chengzhong himself.
No one had ever taught him, but the effect was excellent. Under his behavior, all the demoted generals felt that this royal nobleman was so amiable, gentle and solemn, yet he revealed a hint of approachability in the world.
The inviolable majesty makes people want to get close but don't dare to get close. They want to bow before bowing. Most people unanimously expressed the feeling that "it is worthy of the blood of the Tian family".
After traveling through seven years, Li Chengzhong finally gathered the aura of king and dominator in himself, which can be regarded as a positive result.
Li Chengzhong walked through the queue of demoted officers and generals, holding Yuan Xiangxian with his left hand and Jiang Xuanhui with his right hand, and entered through the Bianzhou city gate. Although he spoke very little, he always smiled, but occasionally gave out praise and encouragement.
These words made Jiang and Yuan tremble with excitement, and also made the old officials of Daliang present envious.
After so many years of walking on thin ice under the tent of the moody King of Liang, who was always shouting and killing, had they ever seen such a tolerant and generous Lord? Most people felt like a spring breeze, and felt at ease, feeling that "this surrender was well worth it."
Entering the east gate, there are dozens of prison cars lined up along both sides of the street. They are all important figures captured by Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui after their troops entered Bianzhou. The row on the left is the family members of the Prince of Liang, including the mother of the Prince of Liang and Guang Dejing.
Headed by Wang Zhu Quanyu, followed by Liang's wife Zhang Hui, Ruren Chen and Li and other beautiful women, then the crown prince Zhu Youyu, Ying Duke Zhu Yougui, Jun Duke Zhu Youzhen and other sons, as well as a number of direct family members of the Liang king.
On the right side are the civil servants and generals who are unwilling to surrender, headed by Pei Di, the judge of Jiedu, followed by Xie Tong, the chief official, Liu Han, the governor of Bianzhou, and others.
In fact, many of the people imprisoned in the cars were taken by Jiang Xuanhui and Yuan Xiang to make up their numbers. There were quite a few who were willing to join the Yan army, but because they did not know the situation, they made some resistance when Jiang and Yuan's troops entered the city.
They were all thrown into prison cars for some reason. For example, Zhu Quanyu, Liu Han, etc.
Zhu Quanyu is the elder brother of Prince Liang. The Zhu family has three sons, the eldest Zhu Quanyu, the second oldest Zhu Cun, and the third youngest Zhu Wen (Quan Zhong was named by the emperor). Among them, Zhu Cun and Zhu Wen both followed Huang Chao to grab things, leaving only
The eldest son, Zhu Quanyu, served his mother at home and worked as a helper to make ends meet. After Zhu Wen became rich, he took his mother and eldest brother to his side, and Zhu Quanyu escaped from poverty.
Unlike his two younger brothers who were both powerful and powerful, Zhu Quanyu himself had a strong Confucian sentiment, perhaps due to the influence of his father who was a village teacher. The third son of the Zhu family became a vassal town and he didn't say anything, but when Zhu Wen surrounded Fengxiang with his troops,
After moving the capital to Luoyang and massacring court officials, Zhu Quanyu began to dislike his third brother.
Once, when he was drunk, he pointed at the nose of King Liang and angrily said, "Zhu San, you are just a descendant of Dangshan. Now that you have so much power, aren't you satisfied? The emperor treats you well."
, do you want to repay kindness with hatred and subvert the country? Think about it for yourself, can you sit in this position? If you want to cut off the Tang Dynasty for three hundred years, you will definitely bring genocide to our old Zhu family in the future! Don’t believe us.
Make a bet and see if this is the ending."
The two brothers didn't get along, and he didn't bother to see his third brother's face, so he simply ran back to his hometown in Dangshan to stay. This time he returned to Bianzhou because he heard about the defeat of King Liang and came to comfort his mother, but he didn't expect that he had not had time to escape.
He was arrested in the countryside.
Seeing Li Chengzhong at this moment, he shouted in the prison car: "Your Highness, a certain family has been convicted, please forgive me! If I find Zhu San, I am willing to go and persuade Zhu San to surrender to the court!" Zhu Quanyu did not do it just to survive.
Begging for mercy, he really felt that his brother had done something wrong, and the person in front of him was the Li Tang clan, representing a righteous and honorable name, so it was sincere and natural to admit his guilt.