At the crossroads of life, we often say: My fate is up to me, which means that we must firmly control the direction of our lives, and this big ship will be the helmsman of its own. Sometimes you are like a leaf in the sea, you can only go with the flow, and you don't know where it ends. The general of the post-Tang Dynasty introduced at the end of our tour is like the first and second half of a sports game, the first half of the game gives the heavens the opportunity to save the car, and gives the number to welcome the luan heroes; in the second half, the military order is executed to send troops to Huainan, but there is no way home, he has been living in another hometown for 23 years, and he has not set foot on the land of his hometown again before dying, and he has not breathed the air of his hometown.
Show promise
Li Chengsi was born in Yanmenguan, one of the areas where shatuo's army was active, and although he was a Han Chinese, he was still martial in his bones, and he had played and practiced martial arts with the shatuo people since he was young, and he planted the dream of riding the battlefield in his heart. In 882, at the age of 16, Li Chengsi gave up the iron rice bowl of a Tang dynasty civil servant, resolutely joined Li Keyong's command, and joined the team to suppress the Huang Chao Army, chasing his youthful dreams. On the battlefield, he let the young learn martial arts and brave people get a stage to show his ability, and in successive battles, he gradually emerged and entered the vision of Li Keyong, who let him open the way and captured Wang Ting, the general of the Yellow Nest, in a battle. In 884, after pacifying Huang Chao, he was appointed as the general of Yuci Town (the head of the county-level army).
Obey the orders of jinguo
After Li Keyong was awarded the Emissary of Temperance, he saw that Li Keyong was a hero of the chaotic world and a big tree that he could rely on, and he served him with a dead heart. Even after the change of Shangyuanyi on May 14, 884, the imperial court still expressed his intention to mediate with Li Keyong through Li Chengsi. In 886, when Emperor Xianzong of Tang went into exile in Shaanxi, Li Keyong appointed Li Chengsi as The Prince of Qin, and after carefully dispatching troops, captured the puppet chancellors Pei Che and Zheng Changtu, and killed the puppet emperor Li Xian, and dedicated the first rank to Emperor Tang. After Emperor Tang returned to Chang'an in 888, Li Chengsi was given the title of Yingluan Gongchen, at this time he reached the peak of his life, which was the end of life, and he saw the Chang'an flowers overnight. At this time, Chang'an was still unstable, bandits were prevalent, and for the sake of the emperor's peace, Li Chengsi led his troops to eliminate the bandit army on the periphery, thus ensuring that the emperor could sleep peacefully. In October, Li Keyong appointed him to garrison Fu County, Shaanxi, who knew that immediately encountered Xi Zhongxin's rebellion, Li Chengsi set up an ambush at Yushe, captured Xi Zhongxin, and Li Chengsi was also appointed as an assassin for this merit, and the official was promoted to a higher level.
In 890, Emperor Wuzong of Tang, who was firmly on the throne, accepted the advice of the chancellor Zhang Mao and cut off Li Keyong's official title and sent an army to fight. In this conquest, Li Chengsi still stood with Li Keyong, defeated the Tang army in Linfen and Huozhou in Shanxi, and cooperated with the army to capture Jinzhou. In 891, the Tang Dynasty lost its crusade, made peace with Li Keyong and restored his official position, and Li Chengsi served as a coaching envoy in the army.
Played for Southern Wu
In 895 and 896, Li Keyong sent Li Chengsi and Shi Yu to rescue the Zhu brothers who were attacked by Zhu Wen, because of the disparity in strength, and eventually Yun Prefecture and Yan Prefecture fell into Zhu Wen's hands. In 897, under the pressure of Zhu Wen's army, Li Chengsi crossed the Huai River, surrendered to Yang Xingmi, the envoy of Huainan Jiedu, and began his wandering career in Huainan.
Yang Xingmi faced the arrival of the two generals from the Central Plains, which greatly increased the strength of the Southern Wu army, which only liked water warfare. He was greeted by two high-ranking people, well received, and appointed him two main generals without distraction. When Li Chengsi and Shi Yu were living in their own undecided places, Yang Xingmi was able to look up to himself so highly, and he was also grateful, and he did his best to train cavalry for Southern Wu, and did not immediately return to his hometown. In September of that year, when Yang Xingmi allowed him to return twice, he happened to encounter Zhu Wen's general Pang Shigu preparing to invade Huainan, which was really a person who did not leave anyone behind, and since people were so good to you, you could not watch the Liang army occupy Southern Wu. Through a detailed analysis of the battle situation, Li Chengsi presented a plan to Yang Xingmi: "Qingkou is the key point of the campaign, as long as the Pangshi Guliang army of Qingkou is defeated, the situation of the campaign can be changed." Yang Xingmi complied, in November at the Battle of Qingkou, Li Chengsi led an army of 30,000 to break the Liang army, and beheaded the Liang army general Pang Shigu, taking advantage of the victory to pursue and defeat Ge Congzhou, Zhu Wen was no longer able to organize an effective attack, helpless to retreat, Yang Xingmi turned the crisis into safety, with the help of Li Chengsi, dominated Huainan. After this battle, Yang Xingmi knew the importance of Li Chengsi, and Yang Xingmi did not comment on the request to return to his hometown, but the treatment given to him two was extremely rich, such as the splendid mansion, countless beautiful women, endless gold and silver treasures, and high-ranking officials at the level of prime minister, and from then on, Li Chengsi and Shi Yu also stayed in Huainan and worked for Yang Xingmi to die. The annexation of Jiangxi Zhongchuan, Wuchang Duhong and other separatist forces, and the weakening of the two Zhejiang Qianzhongzhong, all made immortal battle achievements, laying a firm foundation for Southern Wu. He died in Chuzhou in July 920. However, at this time, things were already human, Yang Xingmi had died, and Southern Wu was the reign of Yang Xingmi's sons Yang Wo and Yang Longyan.
Li Chengsi's life, in terms of official position, status and treatment, can be described as a high-ranking official Houlu, especially in Southern Wu, the treatment is so good that people are red, and his life can be described as smooth sailing and good luck. It's just that while he enjoys the glory and wealth, in the quiet of the night, he definitely wants to return to the roots, and he is more helpless and lonely about the superficial glory.