At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the five generations of feudal towns were divided, and heroes were born, and today Niu Da wants to tell you the story of one of the most distinctive feudal towns, the Taining Army, which made Zhu Jin
Zhu Jin (867–918), a native of Songzhou, Shandong, was a cousin of Zhu Xuan, one of the four generals of the Northern Wu Dynasty, and became an envoy of Taining Jiedushi with his brother Yin attacking Yanzhou. Zhu Jin was brave and strong, reckless and decisive, and proficient in riding, good at making long hammers, known as "Sai Zhang Fei". After Zhu Xuan's death, Zhu Jian was lonely and defected to Southern Wu, where he was treated favorably by Yang Xingmi, the King of Wu, along with Li Chengsi, Shi Yu, and Mi Zhicheng, and was called the Four Generals of the Northern Guiren. In the Battle of Qingkou, the elite rode a surprise attack, slashed Pang Shigu, and established Qigong. Later, in order to repay the favor of King Wu's knowledge, Zhu Jin wanted to get rid of the powerful minister Xu Wen's father and son, launched a mutiny, and committed suicide in defeat.
When Zhu Jin was young, he was brave and strong, excellent in martial arts, good at riding horses and dancing mallets, and his military nickname was "Sai Zhang Fei", and Zizhi Tongjian evaluated him: Ma Qiang was perfect.
In the chaotic world of five generations, Wu Yong can be regarded as a scarce resource, with this skill, his subordinate officer Taining Jiedu made Zike Jean very fond of his talents and wanted to recruit him as a subordinate by marrying a daughter, Zhu Jin did not look up to Zik Rang's cautious personality, he and the crowd said, "Why don't we take this opportunity to achieve fame!" "The ambush men captured and expelled Zikjean in the procession of greeting relatives, captured the Taining Theater of Operations, claimed to be the Emissaries of Jiedu, and completed the accumulation of the first pot of gold in his life.
When Qin Zongquan was harming the Central Plains, Xuanwu Jiedu made Zhu Quanzhong ask Zhu Quanzhong to rescue Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin's brothers, and Zhu Xuan's brothers repeatedly assisted Zhu Wen to resolve his crisis, but after defeating Qin Zongquan, a rift appeared in the three-town alliance, and Zhu Quanzhong coveted the riches of Shandong and the strength of their brother's army, so he secretly attacked Zhu Xuan and attacked Zhu Jin in the siege of Liuqiao to reinforce Zhu Jin, and since then the three Zhu have formed a grudge and constantly attacked.
Because the Liang generals were good at strategizing and good at using soldiers, Zhu Jin's brothers were repeatedly defeated, but Zhu Jin never gave in, Zhu Jin's cousin Zhu Qiong surrendered to Zhu Quanzhong, and led the way to attack Taining, Zhu Jin surrendered fraudulently, led Zhu Qiong to receive the seal letter, seized the opportunity to capture him, killed his relatives in righteousness, and took the opportunity to counterattack and seize Zhu Quanzhong, which severely demoralized the morale of the Liang army.
In order to curb Zhu Quanzhong's offensive, Zhu Jin joined forces with Zhu Quanzhong's sworn enemy Hedong Jiedu to make Li Keyong, and Li Ke sent the generals Li Chengsi, Shi Yu, and Mi Zhicheng to lead thousands of heavily armored cavalry (black crow army) to aid Zhu Jin, but because Zhu Quanzhong cleverly destroyed the alliance between Luo Hongxin and Li Keyong on the aid of Zhu Zhu' passage, and defeated Li Keyong in WeiZhou, completely cutting off Hedong's connection with Taining. With no rescue troops outside and a strong enemy inside, Zhu Jin, Li Chengsi, Shi Yu, Mi Zhicheng, and others were cornered and forced to lead the remnants of the army to cross the Huai River south and surrender to Yang Xingmi in Huainan.
When it was, Zhu Jin's horses were both invincible, while Li Chengsi was good at planning, Shi Yu was good at war, Mi Zhicheng was good at shooting, and the black crow army was from mobei, mighty and majestic, horses hung heavily armored, people wore iron clothes, and the flag was displayed, and its strength was very strong, and the people of Wudi were amazed and praised!
Yang Xingmi was overjoyed, warmly welcomed and accepted them, and did not hesitate to reward them, hearing that Zhu Wen slaughtered the families of these people, and even gave the daughter of the royal family to Zhu Jin and so on. Since then, Zhu Jin and others have gathered up the pain of homesickness and wholeheartedly pledged allegiance to Yang Xingmi, the king of Wu. In one of the most famous battles of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Era, the Battle of Qingkou, Li Chengsi, Zhu Jin, and others worked together with the Southern Wu generals to defeat the 80,000-strong army, and beheaded the Liang general Pang Shigu, and defeated the famous Liang general Ge Congzhou at Huaishui, preventing Zhu Quanzhong's ambition to unify the north and south, and shocking the world.
Although Zhu Jin was born as a military general, he respected the literati and admired the Confucians. (So when people are secretly more like Zhang Fei of the Three Kingdoms.) After the death of Yang Xingmi, the king of Wu, there was an internal struggle for power and profit, and the powerful minister Zhang Hao killed Yang Wo, the son of Yang Xingmi, in a vain attempt to seize power and stand on his own, and at the moment of crisis, the courtier Yan Ke could seek great righteousness and awe, regardless of the number of soldiers, and the ingenious plan to resolve the crisis, afterwards, Zhu Jin personally came to visit and said to him, "I went into battle to kill the enemy when I was sixteen years old, and I was never afraid, but today I was jealous of Zhang Hao's obscenity, and I was frightened and sweaty, and Mr. Dayi awe-inspiringly used reason to convince him, which was really admirable." Therefore, he admired Yan Keqiu incomparably and worshipped him as a brother.
After Xu Wen, the king of the Eastern Sea, came to power, Xu Wen's eldest son Xu Zhixun was cruel and unkind, had no king, bullied his subjects, harmed the society, and had the heart of Sima Zhao, Zhu Jin, in order to repay Yang Xingmi's kindness, decided to launch a coup d'état, he plotted to lure Xu Zhixun, and took the opportunity to kill him, and then went to the palace to seek the support of Yang Longyan, the king of Wu, so that he could send troops to attack Xu Wen. But Yang Longyan was a ah dou who could not be supported, he heard the news, shouted "This is your uncle you alone, it has nothing to do with me", hearing this, Zhu Jin's heart was completely cold, he angrily scolded "Wu Wang Yang Xingmi I hero, why did you give birth to this guy who can't do great things", so he drew his sword to break through, but when he climbed over the wall, he sprained his ankle and could not move, Xu Wen's palace forbidden army surrounded him, Zhu Jin looked up at the sky and laughed, shouting "I remove thieves for the country, one person bears the consequences, and has nothing to do with others", so he drew his sword and killed himself. At the age of fifty-two, people sighed for it.
Zhu Jin's life is quite like Zhang Fei, thick and thin, respecting gentlemen rather than villains, and has the style of a national soldier. I would like to take note of it in my article.