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Chapter 93 Summoning Order (2)

When he received the military order, Liu Renshan, who was wearing armor, was writing a military briefing to report to Jinling in front of his desk.

Liu Renshan, whose courtesy name was Shouhui, was born in Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu). He was born in 900 AD. This year, he entered the year of knowing the destiny of heaven. According to historical records, Liu Renshan was well-versed in Confucianism and was good at military books. From Yang and Wu to the Southern Tang Dynasty, he served as the General of the Right Supervisor Guard, Huang, and the Governor of Yuan and other officials. The areas where he governed were praised for his good politics and ability. When Li Jing ascended the throne, he once took charge of Li Jing's personal army, so he was promoted to Wuchang Jiedushi and governed Ezhou, an important border town.

Ezhou is bounded by the throat of the Yangtze River and its geographical location is extremely important. Ezhou goes north for more than 200 miles, which is Shenzhou, an important border town of the Northern Han Dynasty (now Xinyang, Henan); Ezhou goes west for 200 miles, which is another inconspicuous small separatist force in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period - Nanping (Jingnan), which is less than 100 miles, which is Jiangling Prefecture, the capital of Nanping (Jingzhou, Hubei); Ezhou goes southwest for 200 miles, which is the territory of Chu State, and it goes south for more than 100 miles, which is Langzhou (now Changde, Hunan), which is the sphere of influence of Ma Xi'e, the current king of Chu State, Ma Shi'e. The day before, according to the scouts sent to Chu State, there were occasionally three or three ethnic minority soldiers advancing towards Langzhou, as if gathering towards Langzhou.

Liu Renshan carefully read the emergency military order, immediately stood up, and loudly ordered the guards in the room: "Go and invite the wife and the young master to come over." He walked to the large military map on the wall and observed for a while, then turned back to the desk to continue writing.

After a while, the wife brought Liu Chongzan and Liu Chongjian came in quickly.

Liu Renshan put the letter he wrote into his letter, put it carefully in his arms, and looked up to Mrs. Liu and his two children and said, "The King of Qi urgently ordered me, I must rush to the capital within six days. During this period, Mrs. Lao, you two must obey your mother's instructions."

Mrs. Liu was stunned when she heard this. Liu Renshan’s youngest son, Liu Chongjian, who was only fifteen years old, immediately walked up and hugged her father’s waist reluctantly.

Liu Renshan stroked Liu Chongjian's hair lovingly and continued, "I will get up and go to the military camp immediately. After making some arrangements, I will set off immediately and will not go back to my house."

After saying that, Liu Renshan broke free from his beloved son's embrace and turned around and left the house, regardless of the tears that had appeared in his wife's eyes, and Liu Chongjian's crying voice.

At the 6th afternoon, just after passing the straight road in Fuliang County, Raozhou (now Jingdezhen, Jiangxi), a team of cavalry repeatedly shouted, ordered passers-by to make way and rushed eastward. The leader was a strong soldier in his early forties. He was dressed in ordinary soldiers' uniforms and shouted louder than anyone else.

A deputy general beside him suddenly shouted in surprise: "General Chen, there is a tea shed in front of him!"

The General Chen looked back at the sweaty followers behind him, laughed loudly, and shouted, "Then let's take a rest here!"

When they arrived in front of the tea shed, they were surprised to find that more than ten military horses were tied to the stone pillars of the tea shed. Before they could get off the horse, a slightly old voice in the tea shed shouted: "Is it possible that the governor of Yong'an, General Chen Juxun, General Chen?"

The General Chen immediately looked in surprise and found a kind-hearted and old general in the tea shed looking at him with a smile, dismounted and bowed deeply: "My younger generation Chen Hui has met Lord Bian!"

The old general, known as Lord Bian, handed over a string of black Buddhist beads on his right hand to his left hand, made a gesture of invitation with his right hand, and laughed loudly: "I haven't seen you for three years, General Chen's style is even more beautiful! General Chen please sit down!"

"It's true. It's been three years in a flash. The Lord Bian is solemn and even more so. Chen Hui worships!" Chen Hui handed the reins to the followers, stepped into the shed, and sat down opposite the old general Bian.

This Chen Hui and Chen Juxun was originally a general of Jianzhou in Fujian, and is now the governor and minister of Jianzhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Bian Lord was Bian Hao, the governor of Xinzhou. During the Battle of Fujian in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Bian Hao was recruiting camps. The two changed from the enemy they were facing to a colleague who was sympathetic, so they were naturally considered as an acquaintance.

The reason why Chen Hui was able to do so well in the Southern Tang Dynasty as a surrendered general of the Fujian Kingdom was related to the two Jianzhou wars he experienced.

The first was in the second year of Yonglong in Min (940 AD), Chen Hui led thousands of death-death soldiers under the command of Jianzhou Governor Wang Yanzheng to defeat the invading Fujian Wang Xi's army. In the second year of Kaiyun in the Later Jin Dynasty (944 AD), Jianzhou was besieged by the Southern Tang soldiers. Chen Hui had left the city to challenge several times. The Tang soldiers were afraid of their courage and did not dare to fight. Later, when Jianzhou was broken, Chen Hui was captured and was about to behead him, Chen Hui, who had already untied his clothes and lying on the ground, suddenly shouted violently and

He broke the rope, broke free from the rope, kicked the prison officers and soldiers, and ran all the way, and fled into the tent of Cha Wenhui, the leading general at the Southern Tang Dynasty. Cha Wenhui was shocked and was exempted from his crime. Instead, he was appointed as the commander of Zhan Zhao, and ordered him to lead his original troops to attack Fuzhou. When the famous stupid general Feng Yanlu's army was defeated, all the camps in the Southern Tang Dynasty were defeated, and tens of thousands of dead were killed. Chen Hui led the army alone and collected 200,000 yuan of abandoned gold and silk for his return. Later, he was named the governor of Jianzhou for his merits.

After that, the spies said that the Wu Yue garrison soldiers who came to aid the Fujian Kingdom gave up Fuzhou. Cha Wenhui was greedy for merit and led Chen Hui to attack the Wu Yue soldiers in Fuzhou. Chen Hui, who was familiar with the water, sneaked into the Minjiang River to drill through the Wu Yue tower ship, and the Wu Yue soldiers were defeated. After the war, Cha Wenhui did not listen to Chen Hui's advice and insisted on entering Fuzhou City. As a result, he was captured and fed poison and released back. Chen Hui, who had not entered the city, led the remaining soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty to successfully retreat to Jianzhou, and was therefore awarded the title of Jianzhou Jiedushi and Shizhong for his contribution.

"Everyone in the world calls Juxue a famous general. Now that I see Juxue himself and his subordinates again, this impression is even more serious!" Bian Hao pointed at the three young generals behind Chen Hui and praised. Chen Hui himself had a bulge of muscles, and the three deputy generals behind him were all the same muscles, and they looked really majestic.

During the Southern Tang Dynasty, most of the Jianzhou army led by Chen Hui was composed of mountain people in northwestern Fujian. They were strong and good at fighting, and were both strong in water and land wars. They were known as the strongest troops in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Because of the bravery of Chen Hui's troops, the Southern Tang court commissioned the southern affairs, calling his army "Zhengyi". When the Later Zhou troops invaded Huainan in the south, Chen Hui sent his son Decheng to lead thousands of soldiers to Shouchun. At that time, many generals were unfavorable at the time, but Chen Decheng's troops were in a strong position in the enemy, and almost never lost their achievements. He defeated the situation of defeat with his own strength. After the Later Zhou Dynasty had no choice but to withdraw his troops, Chen Decheng was specially awarded his army as "Hundred Victory". Chen Decheng was honored to be the governor of Hezhou.

"It's just brute force, otherwise my father wouldn't call him A Tie privately, thinking that I was just suitable for blacksmithing!" Chen Hui said with a laugh. This is also an interesting story recorded in history. Chen Hui was born with a strong body. He was born for several months and had a strong foot and could wear shoes. His father dissatisfied him and lamented that this son had great strength since he was a child, and at least he could make a blacksmithing with the sun, so he was named A Tie.

"Oh, my father gave me a nickname for Kangle when he was a child, which made me not have much happiness in my life. I could only ask for peace of mind in front of the Buddha!" ​​Bian Hao laughed and replied with a laugh.

"Master Bian uses Buddha to join the army, but it is actually the upper level of the army. It is better to be a great training! Master Bian, these juniors are Zheng Yanhua, my deputy general of the Zhongyi Army, and Chen Decheng, Chen Desheng, you can pay homage to the old general!" Chen Hui laughed loudly and introduced the three people behind him to Bian Hao. Zheng Yanhua was also a general of Fujian and surrendered to the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Battle of Fuzhou.

Chen Hui had a great reputation throughout his life. In June 962 AD, he resigned due to illness. The later lord Li Yu personally visited the door to express his gratitude. After Chen Hui resigned, his younger brother became the governor of Jianzhou and the governor of Zhongyi Army. His son Decheng later became the governor of Hezhou. All the sons came to Xianguan, and they could be called the family of generals of a generation.

"Greetings to General Bian." The three of them all stepped forward and said in a big salute. Bian Hao hurriedly helped him up and looked up at Chen Hui and smiled: "General Juxue, you strictly obeyed military orders and only brought three young generals. I was soft-hearted and could not resist the entanglement of these children, so I brought seven generals in the army."

Then, Bian Hao introduced the generals standing in a row behind him to Chen Hui one by one.

Bian Hao was originally a native of Jinling. When he was young, he followed Li Bing, the ancestor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He started as a member of Tongshi Sheren and was known for Tongmin. In the first year of Li Baoda (943 AD), Bian Hao sent troops to suppress the uprising of Zhang Yuxian in Xunzhou and became famous in one battle. In the third year of Baoda (947 AD), Bian Hao served as the governor of Fu, Xin, Yuan, Ji and other prefectures, and successfully attacked Fujian with the Southern Tang army. After the war, all the generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty competed for merit, but Bian Hao did not speak out and was named the governor of Xinzhou by Li Jing.

However, because of his "Bodhisattva" character, when he led his army to pacify the Chu State in 951 AD, Bian Hao was not good at governing the army and government, and lost control of the army and politics. He was wiped out from Hunan and was demoted to the people. When the Southern Tang Dynasty fought against Huainan in the Later Zhou Dynasty, Bian Hao was re-appointed as a general, but was captured alive by the Later Zhou army. Zhou Shizong Chai Rong appointed him as the General of the Right Qianniu Guard, but when the two sides agreed to peace, Bian Hao was repatriated and was not reused from then on.

"This just shows that there are too few generals in our army, and they are not as talented as Lord Bian!" Chen Hui laughed a few times, picked up the cold tea bowl in front of him, drank it all, then wiped his mouth and said to Bian Gao: "Mr. Bian, it's early. You and I are joining the army and are running 140 miles away. How about you and I rush to Chizhou Station and say goodbye?"

"Good idea! The men of Xinzhou have set off. Let me be so energetic. Don't let the Jianzhou athletes look down on me!" Bian Hao also drank the tea bowl in front of him, put it heavily on the table, threw a fortune on the table, and started first and walked out of the shed.

"Let's go!" A large group of people rushed out of the door, jumped on horses, shouted and laughed and left.
Chapter completed!
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