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Volume 2: Hu Riding on a Thin Willow Chapter 126: Henan (4)

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    Since the Tianbao Incident, with the migration of people, Henan Road has gradually become the de facto best place in the Central Plains.  It has 30 prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction, including Henan, Shandong, northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu and other vast areas in later generations. It has always steadily accounted for 30% of the number of households in the entire Tang Dynasty.  According to estimates in Hebei, the number of people under the rule of King Liang exceeded tens of millions, of which Henan Province accounted for 80%.  After Shangdang won the decisive battle, the whole of Henan was like a beautiful woman with no clothes on, opening her mind to Li Chengzhong.  However, this is not entirely correct, because there is also a famous commander among the main force of the Liang Army. He is in control of eastern Henan. He is based in Yanzhou and has gathered 50,000 to 60,000 troops to overwhelm Qianqing and Huainan. This man is Ge Cong.  week.  However, Yanzhou, where Ge Congzhou was stationed, was too far away. According to the efficiency of news transmission in this era, I am afraid that he would only know the outcome of the victory soon, and would not be able to pose an effective threat to the Yan army's eastern expedition for the time being.  Therefore, the Yan army marched forward with great momentum and encountered almost no 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. The officials in Xingyang and Daliang Guancheng fled, and the Zhaozhou Army entered the unguarded city smoothly.  On the third day of February, Yuan Xingqin led two regiments of cavalry to 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 at the foot of Zhongmou City.  After further questioning, 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 flew to Zhao Ba, the rear army, who flew overnight to the General Military Staff Office in Sishui.  At the same time, the troops were divided into two groups to seize Chenliu and Fengqiu near Bianzhou.  Will Bianzhou be firmly included in the arms of the army.  On the eighth day of February, Li Chengzhong, the General Administration of Military Staff and the Cangzhou Army rushed to Bianzhou City to prepare to take over the home of King Liang.  Waiting for Li Chengzhong at the foot of the city were 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 is on Youzhou's side.  Before the Shangdang War last year.  After the edict of King Liang conferring a title on the country arrived, Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui were frightened and stayed up all night.  The two brothers discussed together overnight and finally decided to request political asylum from Li Chengzhong.  This matter was directly contacted by Han Yanhui and is a major secret. Only a few giants in the General Administration of Military Staff 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 major victory in Shangdang.  Their initial plan was to dedicate the two states of Xiangwei to Li Chengzhong as a means of promotion.  They considered that when the Yan army was defeated and retreated from Hedong to Hebei, the two states offered by Xiangwei would be able to fill in the last gap in the entire Hebei defense line, even if the Yan army could not compete in the Central Plains.  It is more than enough to protect oneself, and the safety of the two of them is guaranteed.  At that time, Li Chengzhong had already agreed to their request, and the two of them began 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, and 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 where he had ended up.  The news made the two overjoyed.  At the same time, I felt a little uneasy.  In the face of the Yan army's major military victory, 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 forces in western Henan.  The Yuan family and the Jiang family had great influence around Bianzhou. Jiang Xuanhui also served as the military envoy of Bian, Hua, Cao, and Pu states. Yuan Xiangxian also held the title of military envoy of Songzhou.  This pull of the flag was extremely smooth.  After crossing the river from Xiangwei, within five days he reached the gate of Bianzhou City, broke open the gate of Bianzhou City, and took control of the whole 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 was guarding Bianzhou, was a civil servant who did not understand martial arts and did not have many soldiers at hand. He was busy pacifying the people inside and outside the city. He did not expect that Jiang and Yuan would rebel at this time, even before the army entered Bianzhou.  At that time, he was still busy with food and grass reserves.  Therefore, Pei Di was directly blocked on the street, and was tied up tightly in fear.  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 was waiting for King Li Chengzhong at the foot of the city. The moment Li Chengzhong rode up, hundreds of civil and military officials and tens of thousands of Liang were present.The soldiers all knelt down, kowtowed to Li Chengzhong and accepted his surrender.  Officials such as Jiedu, governors, soldiers and horse envoys from Bianzhou, Huazhou, Puzhou, Caozhou, Songzhou, Xuzhou, Haozhou and other surrounding counties gathered under the city, rushing to express their loyalty to the new master. The scene was extremely lively.  Even though he had seen many surrender ceremonies in the past two months, Li Chengzhong was still feeling sad.  You must know that this is Bianzhou, the hometown where King Liang has been running for nearly 20 years. It is also the most prosperous and prosperous city in the world in this era, comparable to Chengdu in Sichuan.  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 "subsided"!  As for the generals in other places in Henan who have not submitted to surrender, they can only be called "remnants of Daliang" from now on. Taking Bianzhou is equivalent to taking possession of "great justice", which is "destined to return".  A clear sign represents the support of people's hearts!  The significance of a city is far more important in this era than in later generations.  Li Chengzhong dismounted, stretched out his palms with the palms facing upward, and raised his arms slightly to signal the demotion of the generals.  He had a smile on his face and kept gesturing with his head.  This style of painting was gradually realized by Li Chengzhong himself. No one had ever taught him, but the effect was excellent.  In his behavior, all the demoted generals felt that this royal nobleman was so amiable, gentle and solemn, yet he revealed a hint of inviolable majesty in the common people, making people want to get close to him.  But he didn't dare to approach, and he just wanted to bow down.  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 domineering 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 and always had a smile on his face, his occasional words of praise and encouragement made Jiang and Yuan tremble with excitement, and also made the old officials of Daliang present envious.  Having lived on thin ice for so many years under the tent of the moody King Liang, who was always shouting and killing, have you ever seen such a tolerant and generous Lord?  The vast majority of people feel as if they are taking a breath of spring breeze, feel at ease, and feel that this gift is "well worth it".  Entering the east gate, dozens of prison cars were lined up along both sides of the street. They were all important figures captured by Yuan Xiangxian and Jiang Xuanhui after their troops entered Bianzhou.  The row on the left is the relatives of the Liang family, headed by the mother of Liang Wang and Zhu Quanyu, Prince Jing of Guangde, followed by Liang's wife Zhang Hui, Ruren Chen and Li and other beautiful women, and then the eldest son Zhu Youyu and Ying Guogong.  Zhu Yougui, Duke Jun Zhu Youzhen and other sons, as well as a number of direct family members of the King of Liang.  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 minister, 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. Many of them 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 put into prison cars for some reason.  For example, Zhu Quanyu, Liu Han, etc.  Zhu Quanyu is the elder brother of King Liang. The Zhu family has three sons, the eldest Zhu Quanyu, the second eldest Zhu Cun, and the third eldest Zhu Wen (Quan Zhong is a name given by the emperor).  Among them, Zhu Cun and Zhu Wen both went with Huang Chao to grab things, leaving only the eldest Zhu Quanyu to serve his mother at home and help others to make ends meet.  After Zhu Wen became rich, he took his mother and eldest brother to his side, and Zhu Quanyu got rid of 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 soldiers surrounded Fengxiang and  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 and subvert the country? Think about it for yourself, can you take this position? If you want to sever the Tang Dynasty for three hundred years, you will definitely bring disaster to our old Zhu family in the future!  Let's make a bet and see if this is how it ends." The two brothers were at odds with each other, and he didn't bother to see his third brother's face, so he simply ran back to his hometown in Dangshan.  When I returned to Bianzhou this time, I heard about the defeat of King Liang and came to comfort my mother. Unexpectedly, I was arrested before I could escape to 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 great justice.? points, so admitting guilt can be said to be sincere and natural.
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