My old bacon is back

The war on the western front was relatively smooth, but the commander-in-chief was incompetent. During the battle, the high-ranking general Wang Jian took over the military power and secretly expanded his power.

In comparison, the war on the Eastern Front was more difficult.

In order to ensure the victory of the Eastern Front, Tang Zhaozong ordered the cessation of the Western Front in 890 and dispatched the Western Expeditionary Army to rescue the Eastern Front.

But at this time, Wang Jian, who was already full-fledged, refused to obey his orders. The commander of the Western Expeditionary Army was afraid that he would be killed by Wang Jian, so he returned to the central government to report.

Wang Jian then sent troops to garrison the border, cutting off the connection between Xichuan and the Tang Empire.

Since then, Xichuan has been under the control of Wang Jian. In 891, this regime was called Shu—the first of the Ten Kingdoms.

The central army on the western front could not come back, so Emperor Zhaozong had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue the battle on the eastern front.

The winner of this round of battle was Li Keyong, but his strength was still weakened after the war.

The worst was Emperor Zhaozong, because the Central Army he had painstakingly managed was severely damaged by Li Keyong, and most of it was lost.

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Zhu Wen fisherman benefited.

Zhu Wen was Li Keyong's deadly enemy. In fact, he was the one who instigated Tang Zhaozong's conquest of Li Keyong.

In this battle, his direct lineage did not suffer too much damage, and Tang Zhaozong's central army basically acted as cannon fodder.

After the war, taking advantage of Li Keyong's weakening, Zhu Wen, who saw every bit of stitches, rose rapidly, gradually surpassing Li Keyong in strength.

892, the year after Wang Jian took control of Xichuan.

Yang Xingmi, who ruled Jianghuai separately, was appointed by Emperor Zhaozong of Tang Dynasty as the governor of Huainan, and this regime was Wu - the second of the Ten Kingdoms.

Huainan Jiedushi used to have someone else, and Yang Xingmi was just this person's general.

After Huang Chao's defeat, the rest of the troops moved to northern China under the leadership of Qin Zongquan, causing serious disasters. The original Huainan Jiedu envoy was killed by his subordinates.

Yang Xingmi rose to prominence under the banner of avenging his old master and became the de facto leader of the Huainan area.

In the second year after Yang Xingmi took control of Huainan, Wang Chao, who ruled Fujian separately, was appointed by Tang Zhaozong as the observer envoy of Fujian—this was the third of the Ten Kingdoms.

Wang Chao was born as a bandit, and he moved to Fujian in his early years to respond to Huang Chao.

Later, he gradually became the leader of the local bandits, and gradually controlled the entire territory of Fujian.

The imperial court was beyond their reach, so they had no choice but to call for peace, and formally appointed him as the governor of Fujian.

Also in the year when Wang Chao took control of Fujian, Qian Liu, who ruled western Zhejiang separately, was appointed by Tang Zhaozong as the governor of Zhenhai.

Qian Liu was later named the king of Wuyue, and this regime was called Wuyue. — This is the fourth of the ten kingdoms.

Three years later, in 3, Ma Yin, who ruled Hunan separately, was appointed by the court as the governor of Tanzhou.

Ma Yin was later named King of Chu, so this regime was called Chu State. — This is the fifth country of the Ten Kingdoms.

Nine years later, in 9 A.D., Liu Yin, who ruled south of the Five Ridges, was appointed by the imperial court as the envoy of the Qinghai Festival.

The person in power of this regime later proclaimed himself emperor, changed the name of the country to Han, and was called Southern Han in history—this is the sixth country in the Ten Kingdoms.

When the non-mainstream in the south are separatist and self-reliant, the mainstream in the north is busy grabbing the Tang Dynasty's mantle.

During this period, there were four most powerful warlords in northern China, namely Li Keyong, King of Jin, Zhu Wen, King of Liang, Li Maozhen, King of Qi, and Liu Rengong, King of Yan.

In 907, Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty, forced the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty to abdicate, changed the name of the country to Liang, and was called Houliang in history—this is the first generation of the Five Dynasties.

This plot is quite complicated and treacherous. Shitou read it carefully, and then he roughly understood it.

She quickly opened the group chat to see everyone's opinions.

"Hahaha! The Zhu Wen written by Qi Yuan, I feel, is an enhanced version of Dong Zhuo!!"

"Zhu Wen turned his back on the water several times, betrayed his lord, killed courtiers, and eliminated dissidents. Such a person, hehe!"

"Zhu Wen Baimayi killed too many people! Disgusting!"

"Zhu Wen, who put down the Huangchao Rebellion and ended the 300-year Tang Dynasty, is still very powerful!"

"Among the northern regimes, the most promising one to go south is the most powerful Zhu Wen. There are three regimes standing in front of him, namely Yang Xingmi's Wu State, Ma Yin's Chu State, and Wang Jian's Qianshu.

Yang Xingmi's attitude towards Zhu Wen was resolutely opposed.

Zhu Wen didn't want to go south, but Yang Xingmi refused to give way. He beat Zhu Wen several times, and Zhu Wen had nothing to do with him.

From this perspective, Wang Chao (Min), Qian Liu (Wuyue), Ma Yin (Chu), and Liu Yin (Southern Han) were able to successfully establish political power after Yang Xingmi. It is said that the state of Wu is the barrier of the southern states. "

"Wang Jian's (former Shu) foreign policy is to protect the territory and fight cattle across the mountains. He uses both soft and hard tactics against Li Maozhen, who is relatively weak, and uses Li Maozhen to defend Qianshu. The exchanges formed a geostrategic pincer attack on Zhu and Wen, so that Zhu and Wen did not dare to act rashly."

"The main reason why Zhu and Wen dare not go south is that Li Keyong's threat is too great."

The story continues.

In the second stage of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the struggle for hegemony between Liang and Jin became the focus of the situation.

In this year, Zhu Wen appointed General Gao Jixing as Jingnan Jiedu envoy, and later this regime became the seventh of the Ten Kingdoms.

At this time, most of Jingnan has been carved up by neighboring countries, and only Jiangling City is still under Zhu Wen's control. Zhu Wen appointed Gao Jixing as Jingnan Jiedushi, which is very dark and humorous.

But what Zhu Wen didn't expect was that the lifespan of this small country was as long as 57 years, which was much longer than his back Liang Ke who only had a lifespan of 16 years.

In 908, Li Keyong died, and his son Li Cunxu inherited his father's title.

Throughout the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Li Cunxu was one of the brightest generals.

Zhu Wen may not be too afraid of Li Keyong, but he respects and is afraid of Li Cunxu. He once said that having a son should be like Li Cunxu, and his son is just a pig and dog compared to Li Cunxu.

In the fifth year of Kaiping, Li Cunxu defeated the 50 army commanded by Zhu Wen himself in Gaoyi.

Break through Yandi and capture Liu Rengong back to Taiyuan alive.

In 914, Li Cunxu eliminated Liu Shouguang, and then surrendered to Li Maozhen. In 923, he eliminated Hou Liang, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and established Later Tang. ——This is the second generation of the five generations.

But later Li Cunxu indulged in sensuality, because he favored actors, the Later Tang Empire rebelled in 926, and Li Cunxu died in the rebellion.

Taking advantage of the chaotic situation, Meng Zhixiang separatized Shuzhong, broke away from the control of the Later Tang Dynasty, and turned Shu into a private territory.

Meng Zhixiang later proclaimed himself emperor, the country was named Shu, and the history was called Hou Shu. — This is the eighth country of the ten countries.

"Hahaha! Li Cunxu's life is simply the history of the middle-aged degeneration of five good youths!"

"Before he became famous, he gave people the impression that he was very positive, but after ascending to the throne, he became proud, selfish, self-willed, and very happy!"