In the second year of Qianfu, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao gathered a crowd to rebel in Cao County, not far from Xiao County. After hearing the news, Zhu Wen took his second brother with him to work as a pawn for Huang Chao.

I wonder if Mrs. Liu is really good at observing stars and reading people. Zhu Wen is really not an ordinary scoundrel. He fights bravely and has many victories. He soon stands out and wins Huang Chao's favor.

He followed Huang Chao to fight in the north and south. When Huang Chao proclaimed himself emperor in Hanyuan Hall, Zhu Wen was already his top thug. When he returned from the expedition to Nanyang, Huang Chao went out of the city to greet him regardless of his dignity, which shows Huang Chao's preference for him.

At this time, Zhu Wen was nearly thirty years old and was stationed in Tongzhou, the southeastern gateway of Chang'an. As a famous emperor, he must have had many women around him, but he had not yet formally married, and he was still thinking about the wife of Zhang's family.

Thousands of gold.

How could he see it? Just because he could recognize the disheveled governor's daughter among the refugees at a glance, it shows that he has been thinking about him day and night for these years.

Zhu Wen did not rush to force this distressed woman into his house, but married her into the house with three matchmakers and six hires. Facts have proved that Zhu Wen's vision is not bad. This Mrs. Zhang can be said to be virtuous, profound, and righteous.

He was respected by Zhu Wen.

Everyone said that Zhu Wen was the great devil of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, but he was as obedient as a kitten in front of Mrs. Zhang. Whenever Mrs. Zhang sent him a message, Zhu Wen would go to the corridor to listen to the lecture seriously, which was unprecedented in history.

There are many emperors who are afraid of their wives.

Zhu Wen was not a ruthless person, and he had no choice but to betray Huang Chao. Faced with the Tang army's encirclement and suppression, Huang Chao suffered repeated defeats, and Zhu Wen himself was beaten so hard by Wang Chongrong that he could not find his way to the north.

After sending more than a dozen military letters asking for help, all of them were thrown into the trash by political opponents. There were eunuchs sent by Huang Chao around him who kept restricting him. Zhu Wen, who was unhappy, finally had second thoughts and called in his staff for discussion and came to the conclusion that "

The soldiers in the nest were frowning day by day, knowing that they were about to perish." Zhu Wen killed the supervisors in his heart and announced to the world that he would formally surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Wen was Huang Chao's top thug, and his betrayal was fatal to Huang Chao. Tang Ting was naturally overjoyed. Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty called it a gift from heaven, named him Zhu Quanzhong, and granted him the title of General Jinwuwei.

Another dream he had at that time, and he was assigned to Wang Chongrong's staff as a camp in the middle of the river to recruit deputy envoys. These were just two empty titles, the only valuable one was that of the Xuanwu Army's Jiedu Envoy.

Zhu Wen's innocence did not mean that he could roam freely and happily in Bianzhou City. The world did not return to peace because Huang Chao was defeated and committed suicide, but instead became increasingly chaotic.

Being an envoy to the Xuanwu Army was not really a good job, especially since Bianzhou, where he was stationed, had been devastated by disasters and wars and was very poor. Zhu Wen's overall strength at this time could only be regarded as a third-rate warlord.

Surrounding it is a circle of second- and third-rate vassal towns that are almost as powerful as him. On the periphery are powerful vassals such as Wuning Army, Wei Bo Army, Chengde Army, Pinglu Army, and the three towns of Heyang. To the north, there is Hedong, which is the most powerful in the world.

Important town.

The most terrifying thing is that there is a cannibal demon Qin Zongquan in Henan where Zhu Wen lives. In order not to become Qin Zongquan's meal, Zhu Wen can only raise his sword to fight for survival!

Qin Zongquan once served as a general in Xuzhou, and later expelled the governor of Caizhou to occupy Caizhou. He once fought with Huang Chao, and later surrendered to Huang Chao. He can be regarded as a remnant of Huang Chao. After Huang Chao's death, Qin Zongquan took the opportunity to become bigger, and once proclaimed himself emperor in Caizhou, using Huang Chao's name.

Guohao takes in the remnants of Huang Chao and is the largest force in Henan.

Qin Zongquan was an extremely cruel man. He committed all kinds of crimes including burning, killing, looting and plundering in the counties. The people under his rule fled and dispersed. Without people to work and produce, it was impossible to support the army, and there was a serious shortage of military supplies and logistics.

This did not bother Qin Zongquan. He simply brought only salt with him when he went on an expedition. Wherever he went without food, he massacred the local people and pickled the corpses to serve as army rations. It didn't matter if he couldn't eat because of his bloody arms. He could use a stone grinder.

Grinding it into minced meat and then eating it is a heinous act, worse than an animal.

When this cannibal group was at its most powerful, it occupied more than 20 states and counties in the Central Plains, and Bianzhou would not let it go. Faced with a cannibal demon that was ten times more powerful than himself, Zhu Wen did not show any fear and began to truly show off his methods.

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He did not confront Qin Zongquan. He first united with the surrounding small vassal towns, recognized this Jiedushi as brothers, married that Jiedushi, and even went to Hedong to ask Li Keyong for help.

If any vassal town wanted to clear the door, Zhu Wen would scare them, "If your lips are dead and your teeth are cold, Qin Zongquan eats me today, and he will eat you tomorrow." In addition, he promised benefits and even deceived and lured Zhu Wen's united front work.

Quite outstanding.

Small victories were exchanged for big victories one after another. Qin Zongquan was beaten back to Caizhou by Zhu Wen's fierce offensive. Zhu Wen did not intend to let him go. He happily eradicated the roots and captured Qin Zongquan's lair in Caizhou. Qin Zongquan was also captured alive by his subordinates.

Dedicated to Zhu Wen.

Zhu Wen did not kill Qin Zongquan, but sent him to Chang'an to be handled by the court. This shows that his political maturity is far beyond that of Huang Chao. He gave the court face, and the court naturally gave him face. Zhu Wen, who was already the king of Wuxing County, was granted the title

As King Dongping, he replaced Qin Zongquan and became the largest force in the Central Plains.

Qin Zongquan was Zhu Wen's crisis, but he was also Zhu Wen's nobleman. Without Qin Zongquan, Zhu Wen would have had no choice but to annex other vassal towns if he wanted to develop and grow. If he, a surrendered general, dared to do this, other vassal towns would just join forces.

By beating him, Qin Zongquan gave him an opportunity to expand his strength in an honest way.

At this time, Zhu Wen definitely became ambitious and began to seriously manage his own territory in preparation for hegemony. He took over Luoyang, successively eliminated Xuzhou Shipu, Yun Cao and Zhu Xuan, controlled the powerful vassal Wei Bojun, and suppressed Li Keyong in the north.

.This toad has already sprouted horns and wings, and is only waiting for an opportunity to ascend and transform into a dragon!

In the third year of Guanghua reign of Emperor Zhaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Prime Minister Cui Yinjiao ordered Zhu Wen to lead troops to Beijing, hoping to use Zhu Wen's help to eliminate the eunuchs in the imperial court. Zhu Wen failed, so he immediately led an army of 70,000 into Guanzhong.

Zhu Wen did not disappoint Cui Yin. After entering the palace, he killed all the eunuchs in the palace. After all, Zhu Wen also hated eunuchs. The eunuchs sent by Huang Chao to supervise the army did not stop him.

But what happened next was completely beyond Cui Yin's expectation. Zhu Wen demolished all the palaces, offices, and houses in Chang'an, hijacked the emperor, and drove the people of Chang'an to Luoyang. Chang'an was completely reduced to ruins, and the possibility of becoming the capital was lost.

, Cui Yin himself was also executed by Zhu Wenjiao, which was regarded as his own fault.

Zhu Wen naturally followed Cao Cao's example of coercing the emperor to order the princes, but it was a pity that the feudal town did not even look down on the emperor, so how could he listen to him. Zhu Wen refused to do anything and simply killed Tang Zhaozong and immediately killed the thirteen-year-old prince Li

He was the emperor, that is, Emperor Aizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Unfortunately, Zhaozong was not a dim-witted person like Yizong or Xizong. He was just born in the wrong era. If he had been in a peaceful and prosperous age, he might have been a wise and wise king.

The following year, Zhu Wen killed nine other Zhaozong princes and more than 30 courtiers. Three years later, Zhu Wen officially ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. He sent the decadent sign of the Tang Dynasty to the garbage heap of history, and changed the country's name to Liang, which was called Liang in history.

Back beam.

Houliang was the country with the longest reign in China during the Five Dynasties, but it only lasted sixteen years. It perished eleven years after Zhu Wen's death, not only because Zhu Wen's son was too useless, but also because his enemies were strong enough.

Anyone who knows the Tang Dynasty knows that since the beginning of Emperor Taizong, there have been many Hu generals and soldiers in the Tang army, and at the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was also such a Hu army, that is, the Shatuo people.

The Shatuo people were originally under the rule of the Beiting Protectorate. After the Anshi Rebellion, the connection between Beiting and Chang'an was cut off, and they were gradually annexed by Tubo. The Shatuo people turned to work for the Tubo people, but Tubo was not particular about not paying wages to the Shatuo people.

, Shatuo and Tubo had a falling out and had a fierce fight, and then returned to the Tang Dynasty.

It has to be said that the Tang court was very arrogant. The barbarian An Lushan had just brought chaos to the world, and he dared to recruit his younger brothers at will. The Tang court settled the Shatuo people in Yanzhou, Shaanxi, and established the Yinshan Governor's Mansion.

The Shatuo people were strong, good at riding and shooting, and good at conquering and fighting. Because they wore black military uniforms, they were also called the Black Crow Army. The Tang Dynasty paid the Shatuo people wages, and the Shatuo people guarded the borders of the Tang Dynasty and suppressed rebellions.

We get into trouble occasionally, but we get along pretty well.

However, the Shatuo people have always been marginalized until the Pang Xun Uprising and the Huangchao Uprising broke out one after another. The Shatuo people finally stepped into the center of the stage. After putting down the Pang Xun Uprising, Tang Yizong awarded the Shatuo people leader Zhu Xie the Chixin Datong Festival.

The envoy was given the surname Li and the name Guochang. Later, Li Keyong, the son of Li Guochang, made great contributions in the battle of destroying Chaozhong and was awarded the title of envoy to Hedong by Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Some people may not understand why the Tang Dynasty, which was already in name only at this time, still gave Li Keyong the title of Hedong Jiedushi. This is wisdom. Li Keyong was strong, had territory in Shanxi and had great imperial righteousness.

, if the former Hedong Jiedushi is dissatisfied, he can have a fight with Li Keyong. Whether he is dead or alive, the court has no control over him.

Just like Shi Pu, the military commander of the Wuning Army who killed Huang Chao, he only got the false title of King of Julu County, because everyone knew in their hearts that even if they gave him territory, they would not receive it. He was a weak predator.

era.

If Bianzhou given to Zhu Wen by the Tang Dynasty was a moldy big cake, then Hedong given to Li Ke was a two-layer cake. Hedong was originally an important town, but now there are tens of thousands of Shatuo soldiers, and its strength is unparalleled in the world.

The first powerful vassal.

With such a sharp sword hanging above his head, Zhu Wen's life would not be easy even if he became emperor, not to mention that Jin and Liang were sworn enemies.

Li Keyong and Zhu Wen once poked the chrysanthemums of Huangchao together. Basically, the Shatuo people did it in front, and Zhu Wen gathered the remaining soldiers and defeated the generals from behind to reap the benefits. The bold and cheerful Shatuo people didn't care, and later helped

Zhu Wen had dealt with Qin Zongquan before, and the two of them were considered good friends.

Once, when Li Keyong returned from an expedition, he ran out of food and grass. He happened to be passing through Bianzhou, and he was going to borrow some dry food from his old friends and catch up on the past. Zhu Wen also warmly entertained Li Keyong, and invited Li Keyong to the city and arranged for him to stay at Shangyuan Station.

Accompany me personally.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the two of them were already talking to each other. Men like to brag after drinking too much. When talking about old things, Li Keyong said some unpleasant things. Maybe you, Zhu San, are a coward. If I hadn’t helped

You've already been torn into pieces.

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Zhu Wen was immediately angry and evil, and ordered people to burn down Shangyuan Post that night. Zhu Wen's move may have been impulsive due to a disagreement over words, but because of his political sophistication

It may not be that he wants to take the opportunity to eliminate powerful enemies in the future.

Li Keyong, who was very drunk, was woken up by the soldiers with cold water, only to find that the road to Shangyuanyi had long been blocked by chariots, and there were blazing fires all around, and hundreds of people were about to be barbecued.

It was destined that Li Keyong's life should not be cut off. Suddenly, heavy rain poured out the fire. Li Keyong then led his soldiers to fight out of the post station and escaped from the city along the ropes from the city wall. He led the large army to leave Bianzhou overnight.

Afterwards, Li Keyong complained to the emperor. The emperor had a stupid idea and could only "reward" him a few states and let him get it himself. From then on, the relationship between Li Keyong and Zhu Wen was forged.

To what extent did the hatred between the two sides reach? Even during the war, if someone came to ask for help and said it was to deal with Zhu Wen, Li Keyong would not refuse, and the same was true for Zhu Wen.

Although Li Keyong was powerful, Zhu Wen was no longer the former Wu Xia Amen, but the most powerful vassal in the world, with strong soldiers and horses. In several battles with Zhu Wen, Li Keyong did not take advantage, and he also had a son.

Li Luoluo died in the hands of Liang Jun.

In the fourth year of Tang Guanghua's reign, Zhu Wen launched an all-out attack on Hedong and surrounded Taiyuan. The Shatuo people had always been invincible. Never had there been such a crisis. Li Keyong mobilized almost all the men, women, and children in the city to help him defend the city.

God still had some sympathy for Li Keyong in his heart. It rained heavily for days again. Li Keyong had a hard time in the city. Zhu Wen outside the city was even more sad when he soaked in the water. Malaria broke out in the army and he had to withdraw.

Only then did Li Keyong save his life.

After Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty, many vassal towns condemned Zhu Wen for being a rebellious minister and traitor, but they all separated themselves and became kings. Li Keyong still used the Tang Dynasty title and called himself the Li Tang clan.

No need to be surprised, the Khitan people can claim to be the orthodox of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Keyong can naturally do the same. After all, his Li is indeed the Li of Li Tang, and it is really listed on the jade certificate of Li Tang's ancestral status.

The former Shu emperor Wang Jian, a donkey thief, went to Li Keyong to persuade him to change the Yuan Dynasty and proclaim himself emperor. However, Li Keyong said that three generations of his family had been deeply benevolent by the Tang Dynasty and did not dare to betray the Tang Dynasty and establish independence. After all, the nice words were just for political gain. He and

His father, Li Guochang, had often caused trouble to Tang Ting in the past.

Li Keyong failed to continue his entanglement with Zhu Wen. In January of the second year after Zhu Wen proclaimed himself emperor, Li Keyong passed away. Before his death, he still did not forget his grudge against Zhu Wen. He took out three arrows and gave them to Zhu Wen.

son.

The first arrow was to ask his son to attack Liu Rengong in Youzhou. It was not that he had any deep grudge with Liu Rengong, because he would not be able to conquer the south without Youzhou. The second arrow was to ask his son to clean up the things he had sworn sworn friends with.

Yelu Abaoji, who betrayed him again; the third arrow pointed to Zhu Wen, who had a deep hatred against him; it is known in history as the Three Arrows Oath.
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