Li anecdote allusions

Li Keyong's eldest son, Li, was nicknamed Yazi. When he was young, he was outstanding in appearance, honest and calm, and liked to be alone. He is very popular in Li Keyong. At the age of eleven, he went to war with his father. After the victory, he went to see Tang Zhaozong with his father. Zhao Zong was very surprised when he saw him: "What a strange child!" Then he stroked his back and said, "Children must be the pillars of the country in the future. Don't forget to be loyal and filial to me! " Then, Zhao Zong gave him a jade plate and other things. Because Zhaozong told Li that "this son can be inferior to his father", it meant that his father would become the runner-up and surpass his father, hence the name "Yazi".

Li Keyong has high hopes for the talented Li. Once, Li Keyong went to war and returned home in triumph. He went to Shangdang (now Changzhi City, Shaanxi Province) to hunt, and there was a Tang Xuanzong temple on the mountain. Li Keyong served wine in front of the temple and listened to musicians. When I was old, my tone was extremely desolate and miserable, and everyone was depressed. At this time, Li Keyong stroked his beard, pointed to Li, who just turned five, and said with a smile: "Although my ambition has not been rewarded, twenty years later, he will definitely fight here like me and complete my great cause!"

Li, who grew up gradually, almost became a generalist. He is good at horseback riding and archery, and he is also proficient in Spring and Autumn Annals. He likes music and knows his temperament. Going to the opera is good at acting. After he proclaimed himself emperor, he performed on the same stage with the actors under the stage name "Li Tianxia".

Li has a better strategy than his father. Li Keyong will fight with him for many years and often reward him. Coupled with his appeasement, the soldiers will be arrogant. Li looked farther than his father and demanded that his father be disciplined seriously, but Li Keyong turned a deaf ear and let it go. Shortly after Li Keyong died, Li immediately reorganized the army and improved its combat effectiveness. For another example, Liu Rengong of Youzhou, with the full support of Li Keyong, was able to occupy the Youzhou area, but later he was capricious and ungrateful, and Li Keyong did not send a single soldier when he drafted. When he was besieged by Zhu Wen's army again, he had the cheek to ask Li Keyong for help. Li Keyong hated his lack of credit and refused to send troops. Li suggested to his father, "At that time, according to the world situation, nine out of ten people surrendered to Zhu Wen. At that time, only Youzhou and Cangzhou were able to confront Zhu Wen in the area north of the Yellow River, and Zhu Wen of these two States had long wanted to annex them. If we don't rescue them, it's hard to have a chance in the future. Big companies should not care about small grievances. Now that he is in trouble, I will save him, and he will thank me. This is a good opportunity for us to regain our glory in Hedong. Don't miss it. " Li Keyong finally listened to his son and sent troops to solve the siege of Youzhou, which prevented the development of Zhu Wen's forces. On another occasion, Li Keyong and Zhu Wen were at a disadvantage, and the situation was tight. Li Keyong looked sad. Li analyzed the situation and persuaded his father: "Everything has its ups and downs. Our three generations are loyal to the royal family, and even if our strength fails to serve, we have a clear conscience. If things are not extreme, they will not be reversed, and evil will not die if it is not extreme. Now Zhu Wen has the heart of usurping the throne, framing loyal ministers and falsely claiming that the gods are secretly helping him. But in my opinion, he has reached the extreme. Father's adult should rest quietly, and then take the opportunity to March when he is in decline. You don't have to be depressed and sad so easily. " Everything Li said makes sense. Li Keyong listened to his son's words, and all his worries were dispelled. He raised his glass to share his joy with everyone. After Li Keyong's death, Li gave full play to his own strategy, which not only relieved his internal worries and consolidated his position, but also made Indiana Jones break through the pinch city in Luzhou, which made Zhu Wen lament.

At the beginning of Jin Wang Li's reign, he did not stand up, but sat tight. Entrusted by Li Keyong, uncle Li mastered the military and political power. At first, Li assisted his nephew Li in internal and external governance, but later, he was encouraged by others to take his place and hurt Li. Li got strong support from his father and old minister Zhang in times of crisis, and finally got rid of Li decisively, and his position was initially stable. Then, Li concentrated on dealing with it, tactfully and boldly solved the siege of Luzhou, and gave Zhu a duel.

After Li Keyong's death, the Jin army confronted Luzhou, and Li wanted to send troops to pacify the situation immediately. Some people think that mourning is not suitable for sending troops. Li analyzed the situation and said: "The enemy thinks that we are mourning and will definitely not send troops to fight. Besides, he thinks I'm young and just took over the throne from my father, so I'm definitely not capable of governing the country, let alone leading troops to fight. In this way, the enemy will definitely be slack and unprepared. If we suddenly attack the enemy and strike first, it will be successful. " Convinced the people, Li immediately stood up and went straight to Luzhou. After the troops set off, they passed through Sangonggang, and I couldn't help thinking of what my father said when he was drinking here twenty years ago. Deeply moved, Li made up his mind to completely defeat Liang Jun. Taking advantage of the thick fog, he led Zhou Dewei and other generals to March into the Liang Jun camp. He was really unprepared, and was killed by Li and fled in a hurry. The success of this surprise attack dealt a great blow to Liang Jun's spirit. Zhu Wen opened his mouth in surprise when he heard the news. It took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "You should have a son like Li Yazi! Although Li Keyong is still alive, my sons are useless things like pigs and dogs. "

After the victory, I returned to Jinyang, that is, Taiyuan, and then began systematic rectification and reform. In fact, he had already started when he was just the king of Jin. First of all, Li was appointed as Qi Huangong's military ambassador to Hedong, responsible for rectifying military discipline. Li immediately deployed to attack the soldiers who disturbed the military discipline and killed several leaders. A few days later, the military discipline was greatly improved and the people applauded. After the siege of Luzhou was broken, Li Dui carried out further comprehensive rectification, which was not only a military discipline, but also involved in all aspects of politics and economy. Each county was ordered to recommend sages as officials and depose local corrupt officials. At the same time, we will reduce people's rents and taxes, support orphans and the elderly, rehabilitate unjust prisons for the people and crack down on thieves. Li practises himself, and whenever he meets people who are hungry and cold on the road, he must personally dismount and offer his condolences. From then on, the people in Hedong area became attached to it and began to live and work in peace and contentment. In turn, the economic development has provided a strong material guarantee for Li's management.

What is more important is to rectify the army. In order to improve the combat effectiveness, he formulated strict military laws and ordered cavalry not to ride before seeing the enemy. Infantry and cavalry have been deployed regularly in the battle, and they must maintain strict formation and formation, and must not cross the boundary of the defense zone at will to prevent confusion and give the enemy an opportunity. When marching separately, the time to reach the assembly area shall not be delayed, and the offenders will be beheaded. This reform has achieved great results, and the soldiers of the three armed forces have courageously advanced. At the same time, Li also played his musical talent in the army, composing his own lyrics and music, and let the soldiers sing loudly together, which is called the imperial army song. Before the battle, no matter whether you win or lose for the last time, you must sing military songs together, so the soldiers forget life and death in the battle. Singing and fighting can be said to be one of Li's unique skills in fighting. In addition, Hedong soldiers are all dressed in black, and their armor is also wrapped in black, so they are called "Crow Army". But the military songs they sing are definitely better than crows.

Through hard work, not only the combat effectiveness of the army has been greatly enhanced, but also its economic strength has been greatly improved. Li's strength is much stronger than that of his father Li Keyong, so he can gradually gain the upper hand in the confrontation with Zhu Wen, laying a solid foundation for capturing Shandong and destroying the back beam in the future. Since then, and began to compete for the area north of the Yellow River. Hebei's strategic position is extremely important. If you occupy Hebei, you can attack Hedong in the west and subdue the back beam in the south. At that time, there were mainly three separatist forces in Hebei: Wang Rong Zhanzhenzhou (now Zhengding, Hebei Province) was my ambassador to Chengde, Dingzhou (now Dingxian, Hebei Province) was my ambassador to Yiwu, and Liu Shouguang was my ambassador to Youzhou (now southwest of Beijing) Lulong. Of the three, Liu Shouguang is the strongest, while Wang Rong and Wang Zhi are weaker. When Zhu Wen proclaimed himself emperor and established Hou Liang, the three towns all obeyed in order to maintain their own separatist forces. And Li Keyong also tried to win over the three towns, trying to take the opportunity to expand the influence of Hedong to Hebei.

Dissatisfied with Zhu Wen's suspicion and indiscriminate killing, Wang Rong turned to Hedong. Zhu Wen sent his troops to conquer, and asked Li for reinforcements. Li immediately sent Zhou Dewei as a pioneer to save him, and then he personally led a great army to reinforce him. Liang Junbing was captured halfway, and when he learned that Zhu Wen had sent troops, he ordered: "Even if the town and state are made of iron, take it for me!" Li sent people to send prisoners to Hezhou to inspire the determination of the soldiers in the two States to defend their rights. Later, the two armies fought fiercely in the white elephant area. Zhou Dewei and other generals fought bravely and adjusted their forces wisely, and finally defeated Liang Jun and won the White Elephant War.

Later, after his father Liu Rengong was imprisoned, Liu Shouguang of Youzhou sent troops to attack towns and regions in order to seize the position of our times. Li led the army to come to the rescue, and Zhu Wen took the opportunity to fight with Hedong Army again at the request of Liu Shouguang. Because of the shadow of the fiasco of the white elephant, he was in a bad mood on the road, so that he killed several civilians before the battle and the brave general Li Sian was beheaded. Zhu Wen let out some grievances, but let his men uneasy, leading to another fiasco. Before we met Jin Jun, there were rumors that Jin Jun's large forces were unstoppable. Zhu Wen was so frightened that he abandoned his camp and fled to Zaoqiang (now Zaoqiang, Hebei Province) to attack the city with General Yang. Due to the resistance of the defenders, Liang Jun bloodbath the city after the fall. Hedong reinforcements under the leadership of Li Cunshen, only a few thousand people to deal with Qiang Bing's fifty thousand in Zhu Wen. Li Cunshen first raided Liang Jun at night with hundreds of cavalry. Zhu Wen did not dare to continue fighting, and burned the camp to save his life. In my panic, I lost my way and went the wrong way. I found out after running One Happy and Fifty Miles. People in Hebei who have long hated Zhu Wen's indiscriminate killing heard that Liang Jun is coming again. They took up arms and attacked Liang Jun everywhere. Some farmers working in the fields also attacked Liang Jun with hoes. Zhu Wen lost this time, because there was no confrontation with the main force of Hedong Army, so he was even more annoyed. As a result, he became ill easily and was killed by his son when he came back.

After Zhu killed his father and succeeded to the throne, all his brothers refused to accept it, especially Zhu Youzhen, who was born to Zhu Wen and Zhang Hui. As the eldest son, he even played the banner of "revenge in addition to fierceness", and joined hands with Yang Xingshi to find fault. With Yang's help, Zhu Youzhen got the cooperation of the imperial court, finally killed Zhu and seized the throne. In the Five Dynasties, he was the first person to seize the throne through mutiny, which set a precedent for future mutinies.

However, Zhu Youzhen did not stop the decline of the back beam, on the contrary, he strengthened this trend. Zhu Youzhen reused Zhao Yan, who advised him to seize the throne. Zhao Yan is the son-in-law of his father Zhu Wen and has close ties. However, Zhao Yan has no talent for governing the country, but only plays politics and corrupts the atmosphere. Central politics has been corrupted by them, and some old officials are bullying under their connivance. Grassroots officials even extort and exploit them, arbitrarily increasing the burden on the people. Zhu Youzhen was not good at employing people, so he sent You Zhu as the secretariat, but only ran rampant in the village, conniving at his subordinates and disturbing the people, and finally forced out the peasant uprising in Chen Zhou. Although the uprising was suppressed, it shows that Hou Liang's rule has come to an end. At first, Chen Zhou was a rich place. At the beginning, Zhu Wen was able to dominate the Central Plains, defeat and destroy Qin Zongquan, and it was only through Zhang Dui's management and adequate supply that it was realized. Zhu Youzhen did the opposite, so why didn't it accelerate its own demise? As the national situation in Houliang was declining, Li succeeded step by step and concentrated on destroying Liu Shouguang. Liu Rengong took Cangzhou before Zhu Wen destroyed the Tang Dynasty, so he appointed his eldest son, Liu Shouwen, as our envoy to Cangzhou, and then marched into Zhou Zhen, Dingzhou and Weibo. After being defeated by Zhu Wen, he turned to Li Keyong for help. Zhu Wen led the troops to attack Cangzhou on a large scale. Liu Rengong serenaded and ordered all men between the ages of 15 and 70 to bring their own food and weapons to join the army. The man's face was tattooed with the words "Dingba Capital", while the scholars tattooed the words "Give priority to one heart" on their arms to prevent escape. * * * got two hundred thousand soldiers, but the fighting capacity is poor. Cangzhou is besieged, and eating soil and eating people is miserable. In the end, because Liang was about to be demoted to Jin, Zhu Wen was eager to be proclaimed emperor and abdicated, and Liu Rengong was able to maintain political power. However, after returning to Youzhou, Liu Rengong suddenly became fatuous and built a palace in Da 'anshan in the west to attract beautiful women and indulge in debauchery, and called monks and Taoist priests to refine the medicine of immortality. Son Liu Shouguang took the opportunity to lead the troops into Youzhou when Liang Jun invaded again, and sent someone to take his father back and imprison him in Youzhou. Liu Shouwen set out from Cangzhou to crusade against the rebellious brother. Finally, he was killed by his ruthless brother. When Liu Shouguang was conceited and wanted to be the leader of the north, Li played an arrogant trick, and together with Wang Chuzhi, he called Liu Shouguang "the emperor's father", but Liu Shouguang was not satisfied and finally became the emperor. When Liu Shouguang sent troops south, Li took the opportunity to send Zhou Dewei to end his lair, captured Liu Shouguang and his father Liu Rengong alive, and sent them back to Hedong for execution. A wayward father and son got what they deserved.

In this way, Li completed the revenge given by his father, and after destroying Youzhou and Cangzhou, Li swept away his worries. Just as he was about to take it south, there was a mutiny, and Li took advantage of the situation to send troops and played with it. Therefore, the power of Hedong approaches the lifeline of Hou Liang: the Yellow River. Zhu You's real throne depends entirely on Yang's help. Therefore, Yang was greatly rewarded, and he was awarded the titles of King Ye and China Secretariat. Yang was armed to the teeth, powerful in the ruling and opposition, and gradually became disloyal over time. Who knows that before he could act, he was seriously ill and died. Zhu Youzhen was overjoyed and held a banquet in the palace to celebrate. However, Zhao Yan's words made Hou Liang lose its important position in Hebei. Zhao Yan advised Zhu Youzhen to take advantage of Yang's death in the army to split Weibo Town in two, weakening its strength and avoiding future troubles. Zhu Youzhen wrote a letter to divide Weibo Town into Tianxiong Town and Zhaoming Town. Tianxiong town is still in Weizhou, Zhaoming town is in Xiangzhou (now Anyang, Henan), and then property and soldiers are distributed to the two towns. In order to prevent accidents, sending troops to the north to monitor first is actually waiting for an opportunity to counter the rebellion. Weizhou soldiers hid in the local area for generations, unwilling to run away from home, so they mutinied and surrendered to Li. When Li saw this opportunity, he couldn't help being overjoyed. He quickly personally led the troops to Weizhou, immediately killed eight mutinous leaders and beheaded them for public display to deter the mutinous soldiers. At the same time, he accepted Yang's as his own to show his favor. Then ordered to severely punish the foot soldiers who disturbed the people and rectify military discipline.

After quelling the civil strife in Weibo, Li led his troops to a decisive battle. Among Liang's generals, he is the most resourceful. After the defeat of Wei County (now southeast of Wei County, Hebei Province), he thought that the main force of Jin Jun was concentrated in Weizhou, and its stronghold Jinyang (now Taiyuan, Shanxi Province) was bound to be empty, so he wanted to use Indiana Jones to go straight to the center of Hedong, then go back to Dingzhou and pacify Hebei. In order to confuse the Jin army, Liu Xun made many scarecrows, and then tied the flag to the scarecrow's hand and tied it to the donkey's back. The donkey moves back and forth on the wall, just like a man moves on the wall. He leads the main force to sneak into Jinyang. Li is well aware of the treachery of using troops, and the so-called "step by step". When Liu Xun didn't play for several days in a row, he sent someone to find out the truth. When he learned that Liu Xun had abandoned the city, he expected that he would attack Jinyang, because he knew that Liu Xun was good at attacking and not good at decisive battle. Li immediately sent cavalry to chase after him. At the same time, troops were sent to Jinyang to prepare for defense.

Liu Xun's sneak attack failed. First, it rains on the road, and Taihang Mountain is already very dangerous. Besides, it's hard to walk in the mud on rainy days. As many as 20% or 30% of foot soldiers died of diarrhea and swollen feet. Later, he learned that Jinyang was ready, so he had to turn to the army to break through, and wanted to move eastward to occupy Linqing (now Linxi, Hebei Province) and cut off the grain and grass supply line of 8 Jin Army. However, Zhou Dewei, the general of the State of Jin, has led troops to reinforce, bypassed the army and captured Linqing. At the same time, he was attacked by Liu Xun. Liu Xun retired to Shenxian (now Shenxian), trying to wait for the opportunity to move again. Zhu Youzhen, the last emperor of Liang Dynasty, did not understand military affairs. Instead, he sent a letter urging Liu to seek a quick victory, and Liu reported the situation. He thinks that the Jin army is good at riding and shooting, and it is not suitable for a quick decision. He asked for more military beams in order to resist for a long time. Zhu Youzhen rebuked Liu Xun for asking for food not to break the enemy, but to "satisfy hunger" and sent eunuchs to the front to bid.

After insisting for half a year, Li returned to Jinyang to lure him into the war. Liu Xun thought there was a chance, so he led his troops into battle. Under the attack of Jin superior forces, most of Liang's 70,000 soldiers were annihilated, and dozens of cavalry escaped. Li pursues victory and expands his achievements. Except Liyang (now east of Xunxian County, Henan Province), the land in Hebei has been occupied.

After Li occupied Hebei, after seven years of war, he competed with the powerful army for various strategic points along the Yellow River. An important reason for such a long time is that the Khitan in the north often harassed Youzhou and other places in the south, threatening the security of Hedong. Li had to fight the Khitan in the north, and then reorganized supplies and men after defeating the Khitan army. Therefore, the time to destroy Hou Liang has been postponed for a long time. General Wang and others in the back beam are brave and good at fighting, and it is even more difficult to destroy the beam. But in the end, Li decisively attacked the capital and destroyed his old enemy. Finally, I completed all the tasks of Three Arrows delivered by my father Li Keyong. At the same time, the increment also established the later Tang Dynasty and ascended the throne.