Luzhou, whose territory is roughly in Changzhi, Shanxi and Shexian, Hebei. Because of its important strategic position, it became the object of fierce competition between Zhu Wen Liang Dynasty and Li Keyong's father and son Jin State in the late Tang Dynasty and the early Five Dynasties.
It lasted ten years from the first year of Guanghua (898) when Li stole Lu and rebelled against Liang, and the war with Lu Zhou ended in the second year of Liang Kaiping (908). During this period, Liang and Jin both won and lost, but the overall situation was that Liang Qiang and Jin were weak, but the final result was that Liang lost and Jin won, which firmly grasped the control of Luzhou and reversed the situation that Liang was strong and Jin was weak.
In the first year of Guanghua (898), the satrap Xue died. For some reason, Li Keyong of Jin did not send a substitute general to control the city in time. When Li learned the news, he led a great army to the gate overnight. Because the defenders were leaderless, Li Cai was able to win Luzhou without bloodshed, and then surrendered to the Liang people, avoiding the revenge of the Jin people.
The unexpected loss of Luzhou shocked the Jin people's congress, and the crusade soon came. After some confrontation, Jin defeated Zhao Yijun in Zezhou, but Luzhou held on. Not to be outdone, Liang Jun attacked towns, determined two states, and two states fell. Then, in the fourth year of Guanghua (90 1), the king of Liang ordered Jin, Jiang, Jin Jun to be captured alive and could not surrender one after another. At this time, Taiyuan, the heart of the State of Jin, was completely exposed to the soldiers in Liang Jun.
In desperation, Li Keyong had to send a large amount of gold and silver treasures to Liang, humbly making peace. Facing the emissary of the State of Jin, Zhu Quanzhong, the king of Liang, thought that the State of Jin had no danger to defend at this time, and several defeats and capitulations of the State of Jin fully showed the weakness of its army's combat effectiveness, so it was necessary to attack and eliminate this threat. As the saying goes, if you want to make things worse, you can always find a solution. Zhu Quanzhong quickly gave an impressive reason: Although the people of Jin sent messengers of peace, their words in the letter were arrogant and insincere, so they were not allowed. At the same time, the whole army was ordered to actively prepare for the war. In April of the same year, Shu Cong, Ge and others gave priority to attacking Jin in five ways.
Facing the menacing forces of Shaanxi, Liaoning and Fen, the officers and men surrendered without fighting and opened the city gate to meet the Liang people. Successive military failures and the successive fall of territory made a deadly fear grow and spread in the state of Jin. At this critical moment, it suddenly rained heavily for several days. Due to inadequate preparation for this situation, large-scale diseases occurred in Liang Jun, which seriously affected the combat effectiveness. Liang will be forced to retreat.
Zhou Dewei, a general of the Jin army, and others seized the opportunity to recover Liao and Fen, killed Li Tang, a rebel in Fen, and captured Ci and Zi in one fell swoop. Unwilling to fail, Liang attacked again the next year, and the Jin army could not resist the rout. Liang Jun was on a roll and surrounded Taiyuan and Jindun.
Facing Liang Jun, who had already arrived in Enemy at the Gates, Li Keyong, the king of Jin, suddenly panicked and even decided to abandon the city and flee. The state of Jin is in danger, and the destruction of Jin by Liang seems just around the corner. However, people are in danger, and the weather is unpredictable. As Li Keyong hesitated where to flee, a major epidemic broke out again in Liang Jun. The accident made Liang Jun fall short again, and Li Keyong and his state of Jin gained their lives again and gained a precious breathing space.
Even so, Li Keyong, who was in shock, quickly joined forces with Lu Ye Abaoji, the leader of the Qidan, to protect himself in Yunzhou. Push a cup for a change. Laughing and laughing, the two countries are about brothers. When Lu Ye Po left, he left many war horses and other materials for Wang Jin who was tired of soldiers.
In 906, Liang Jun, who lost his chance twice in a row because of epidemic diseases in the Jin War, suddenly decided to turn his gun and point the finger at the weaker Yan State of Liu Rengong and his son. Cangzhou was besieged, and the state of Yan was powerless, so he asked Li Keyong, the sworn enemy of the Liang people, for help.
Li Keyong received a letter from Liu Rengong requesting to send troops, because he hated his capriciousness, so he didn't intend to make 8 jin j desperately. At this time, Li Keyong's eldest son, Li, stood up and remonstrated with his father, and carefully analyzed the current situation and interests. Li Keyong heard an epiphany and decided to send troops.
In September of this year, Liu Ren Gongpai Ma Yu and Li Pu led thirty thousand troops to attack Zezhou and Luzhou in Jinyang and Zhou Dewei and Li Huishi of the State of Jin. After three months of persistence, in December, Ding Hui, my ambassador to Liangzhou, was outnumbered and surrendered. Since then, Luzhou has been recovered by Jin. This is a huge turning point for both Liang and Jin.
In the fourth year of Emperor Tiandi (907), Zhu Quanzhong, whose ambition was obvious, destroyed the Tang Dynasty in name only. Then we must win Luzhou, the important town of Jin State, at all costs.
In May, Liang led a hundred thousand troops and surrounded Luzhou. "Huai Ying straight to Kennedy with a great army, led the troops to siege day and night, between half a month, smart and changeable. Huai Ying was afraid of Mao's words and expected to speak them out. He built a base around the city and dug a pool. But Zhou Dewei's cavalry scratched him many times, so Huai Ying dared not play. Mao was replaced by Reese and reduced to a big camp. "
After Li Sian took office, he made great contributions, eager to change Kang's method of relying on fortresses to besiege Luzhou, and led troops to station outside Luzhou. Zhou Dewei seized the opportunity and led five thousand soldiers to attack and kill Liang Jun. Liang Jun was defeated and more than one thousand people died.
Li Sian, who suffered a big loss, led the army to retreat from the fortress and build another fortress in an attempt to continue the policy of besieging Luzhou City and resist the reinforcements of the State of Jin.
Zhu Quanzhong, Emperor Taizu of Liang, mobilized Shandong civilian workers to transport food and grass to ensure the supply of Liang Jun at the front, but was harassed day and night by the hussars led by Zhou Dewei. Liang Jun's morale was shaken, and Li Sian was forced to build more transportation lines to ensure the transportation of military pay. At this point, Liang Jun's original initiative plan was completely disrupted and forced to turn into a comprehensive local defense.
Just as things were getting better and better, Li Keyong came to the end of his life and died in the winter of this year. At the age of 24, Li, the eldest son, took over the power of Jin, which was still in turmoil in his father's hands, in front of Ling.
Li, who acceded to the throne soon, first killed his evil uncle Li, and in view of the unstable domestic political situation, he sent his troops back to North Korea in Zhou Dewei. Unexpectedly, Zhou Dewei's move brought another unexpected result: the nervous Liang Jun could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
However, this long breath soon turned into a lazy mind. After settling down domestic affairs, Li decided to take the opportunity to make a surprise attack and lead an army to March to the Supreme Party under the cover of dense fog, approaching Guan. I didn't realize it, but the Jin army suddenly appeared like a magical weapon and killed it unexpectedly. Unprepared Liang Jun was no match for the Jin army at all, and the obstacle was quickly broken. Liang Jun lost his helmet and armor and ran away.
In this war, Li, with his extraordinary courage, dealt a heavy blow, reversed the long-term suppression of the State of Jin by Liang in one fell swoop, and laid a solid foundation for the later demise of the State of Jin.
Throughout the ten-year battle of Luzhou, the process can be described as ups and downs. Although both sides come and go, there is no doubt that Liang's economic strength and military strength in the early stage are stronger than Jin's in Shanxi. However, Liang Jun's offensive is always a bit anticlimactic, taking full advantage of the right time, right place and right people. It is fierce, but it often doesn't take any advantage. On the contrary, the State of Jin, though with few troops, always seized the opportunity and saved the day. In the end, it won a great victory by winning more with less and stronger with weaker ones.