In the winter of the third year (887) of Emperor Guangqi of the Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou.
The Huainan Festival made the banquet in the palace come to an end, and Zhang Shenjian and the others were already drunk as mud. Yang Xingmi looked at Lü Yongzhi next to him, and Lü Shen clapped his hands in understanding, and a large number of ironclad soldiers rushed out behind the screen to drag Zhang Shenjian and other cadres out.
That night, Zhang Shenjian's seven hundred people were secretly killed, and Zhang Shenjian was also killed the next day, and Yang Xingmi used such thunderbolt means to eliminate his potential threat.
However, his situation did not improve by eradicating Zhang Shenjian, but worsened.
After killing Zhang Shenjian, Yang Xingmi asked Hailing Town to stop Gao Ba from bringing troops to Yangzhou to disobey the disrespectful people and exterminate the clan. Gao Ba did not dare to disobey, and came to Yangzhou as scheduled, Yang Xingmi personally went out of the city to greet him, and set up a wind reception banquet (also a wind reception banquet), the two were about brothers, and Gao Ba's troops were placed in the Fayun Temple to rest.
Gao Ba was not spared after receiving the wind feast, and his brothers also became the ghosts under Yang Xingmi's sword, at this time, it happened that there was heavy snowfall in the sky, and the blood inside and outside the Fayun Temple was stained, and it was unbearable to see.
Someone asked Yang Xingmi why he had to put Zhang Shenjian and Gao Ba to death and then hurry up?
There is no unprovoked hatred in this world, Zhang Shenjian and Gao Ba were shaken not long after they first defected to Yang Xingmi, and when Qin Yan attacked the city, they sneaked away, Yang Xingmi held a grudge in his heart, did not kill the second thief, and it was difficult to understand the hatred in his heart.
After eliminating Zhang and Gao, Yang Xingmi also fabricated charges to arrest the old god Stick Lü Yongzhi, accusing him of betraying Gao Biao during Bi Shiduo's siege and attempting to replace him. This crime is simply a golden oil, which can cure all diseases and apply to anyone who puts it on them.
Lü Shengang was thrown into a large prison and severely tortured, and Lü Yongzhi could not bear it, so he nonsense that he had planned to assassinate Gao Biao and made himself an envoy to Huainan Jiedushi. After getting this confession, Lu Yongzhi's fate can be imagined, he was dragged out and beheaded in the downtown area, and his henchmen were also netted.
I have to admire the viciousness of Yang Xing's secret means, without these two brushes, how can I mix in the chaotic world of the five generations.
All those who should be killed have been killed, and an old question has once again been put on the agenda - withdraw!
Yang Xingmi packed up his belongings overnight, and the army withdrew to Luzhou.
Since the late Tang Dynasty, the Huainan region has been in constant war, and the warlords have become independent kingdoms, and the imperial court is powerless to control them. After Gao Biao's death, Huainan had no master, and Zhu Wen, who controlled the power of the imperial court, wanted to take the opportunity to annex Huainan, and simply announced that he would concurrently serve as the envoy of Huainan Jiedushi, which meant that he told the leaders of the warlords of all sizes not to rob it, and this Huainan Jiedushi made everyone think about it, and old Zhu wanted it.
However, because Zhu Wen had been fighting with Li Ke, the King of Jin, in the Central Plains, he had no time to take care of Huainan, so he co-opted Yang Xing to seal him as the deputy envoy of Huainan Jiedu and become his deputy. Strangely enough, before Yang Xingmi could laugh out, Zhu Wen's new official document arrived, appointing Sima Li Bian (李璠), the xuanwu marcher, as the empress dowager of Huainan (acting as an envoy of Jiedu), and sending Ya to escort Guo Yan with troops to his post.
At this time, Zhang Tingfan, the envoy sent by Zhu Wen to proclaim his will, was still enjoying VIP treatment in Yang Xingmi's secret mansion, and when he heard the news of Li Fan's appointment, Yang Xingmi's smile instantly petrified, and his face was very unhappy, and this deputy envoy of the festival was not interested in being.
What does the surname Zhu mean! Why did he send an acting emissary to the emissaries himself? Isn't old Yang's deputy envoy to obey Li Fan's nameless people!
Outrageous!
Annoyed and angry, Yang Xingmi felt that he had been tricked by Zhu Wen and categorically refused the letter of appointment of the deputy envoy of Jiedu. Zhang Tingfan saw that things were not good, and did not dare to stay any longer, and found an opportunity to flee back to Kaifeng without quitting. As for that Li Fan is not stupid, Yang Xingmi is getting bigger and bigger in Huainan, you let me touch his tiger ass, you think I am stupid. There was also the sun ru who was staring at the tiger, nor was he a fuel-saving lamp, and Li Fan did not hesitate to refuse to take office on the grounds that the road of war was not open.
In this way, after several rounds of shuffling on the ground in Huainan, a situation of Yang Xingmi and Sun Ru and two tigers competing against each other was formed, and a fire was inevitable.
In the first month of the first year of emperor Wende of Tang (888), outside the city of Yangzhou.
Heavy snow flew everywhere, the vast military camp was covered with snow, and the "Sun" flag fluttered in the wind and snow.
The warmth of the big tent melted, the warblers sang and danced, and a group of generals pushed the cups and changed the cups, shouting wildly, and one by one they were drunk and crooked. This was Sun Ru's reception banquet (another wind banquet) for Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan, and the two of them rushed from Dongtang to meet Sun Ru outside yangzhou and prepare to attack Yangzhou together.
The drunken Sun Ru waved away all the dancers and said to Bi Shiduo and Qin Yan: This beautiful dance in the military is very boring, and this marshal created the military dance alone in the world, can the two brothers be interested in watching it?
Without waiting for the two to answer, they clapped their hands, and two teams of ironclad samurai rushed in from outside the tent, swarming up without saying a word.
Before Qin Yan and Bi Shiduo could figure out what was going on, they became sun ru's ghosts under the sword. After the death of the two, Sun Ru annexed their soldiers and horses, and Sun Ru, who was strong and strong, was a little swollen and ready to do a big vote.
Li Bian did not dare to take office, and gave Zhu Wen a problem, he could not let old Zhu personally go to Yangzhou to take office, thinking of wanting to go and simply sell a Shunshui favor to Yang Xingmi's boy. Zhu Wen twisted his face and played the imperial court to request that Yang Xingmi be appointed as the acting envoy of Huainan Jiedushi.
Before Yang Xingmi could come and be happy, he received bad news that Sun Ru had attacked Yangzhou and could not wait to appoint himself as the emissary of Huainan Jiedu after entering the city. I want to be what I want, who bird you what court appointment.
Yang Xingmi had planned to go to Hailing (海陵, in present-day Taizhou, Jiangsu), but the military master Yuan Xun persuaded him to return to Luzhou's old lair to make a long-term plan, and Yang Xingmi had to return to Luzhou to reorganize.
Yang Xingmi felt that he would not be able to get Rid of Sun Ru for a while and a half, so he planned to eliminate some small warlords first, increase his own strength, and then find Sun Ru to settle accounts. So he set his sights on Hongzhou (洪州, in modern Nanchang, Jiangxi) and prepared to take Hongzhou and retake Yangzhou along the east side of the river. Yuan Xun jumped out again to oppose, saying that Zhong Chuan in Hongzhou was not a fuel-saving lamp, and I thought it would be better to first capture Xuanzhou (present-day Xuancheng, Anhui), and that Zhao Huang of Xuanzhou was a mediocre man, and that the lord would definitely be able to capture him when he went.
Yang Xingmi took Yuan Xun's advice and sent an army to attack Xuanzhou, and Zhao Huang's brother Zhao Qianzhi (赵乾之) was guarding Chizhou (池州, in modern Chizhou, Anhui), and rushed to the rescue after hearing the news, but he was defeated, Xuanzhou was not saved, and his Chizhou fell into Yang Xingmi's hands.
When the news of the defeat came, Xuanzhou was under martial law overnight and entered a wartime state.