During the period of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, although there were more than ten separatist forces in the south, there were only two that could really make the Central Plains Dynasty jealous, namely Houshu in Sichuan and the Southern Tang Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River.
I still like Li Yu's words very much.
At this time, the Southern Tang Dynasty spanned Huaisi for thousands of miles, and the Huainan in the north was supported by a water network, and the powerful naval army was enough to resist the military invasion from the north, while during the long-term war in the Central Plains, the Jianghuai area was rich under his rule of decades of recuperation, and became the only separatist force in the Ten Kingdoms that had the strength to seize the Central Plains.
The Southern Tang Dynasty inherited from the state of Wu.
But it was such a good situation but it was ruined in the hands of Li Jing, a loser, the southern expedition and the northern war seemed to expand the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty to the maximum but it was useless, and also lost half of the rivers and mountains north of the Yangtze River.
Li Yu easily did not use troops in the north during his lifetime, and repeatedly warned Li Jing not to rely on his family to fight in all directions like Emperor Yang of Sui, to have good relations with his southern neighbors, and wait for the opportunity to send troops to Huaishang to take the Central Plains directly, Li Yu knew very well in his heartWith troops in the Central Plains, the small countries in the south will not dare to take advantage of the situation, but once they use troops in the south, the Central Plains will definitely take advantage of the fire to robBefore the perfect time comes, the best thing to do is to gather strength and wait quietly, and wait until the Central Plains is in the event of civil strife.
Li Yu. It can be said that Li Yu's plan is absolutely no problem, and he knows how to advance and retreat, and he can't wait for the opportunity to chase the Central Plains in his life, so he simply waits, keeps the land of Jianghuai and leaves it to his descendants, and then sends troops to the Central Plains when the time comes.
Objectively speaking, Li Yu has all the qualities of a hero who dominates the world, but he doesn't have a holiday, and if he lives for ten more years, he may really be able to unify the world.
The Southern Tang Dynasty and the Later Shu were the only two separatist forces that threatened the Central Plains Dynasty.
But Li Jing didn't listen to a word of Li Yu's words, but went against his father, and as soon as he came to power, he reused Feng Yansi, Feng Yanlu, Chen Jue, Wei Cen, and Cha Wenhui, the "five ghosts", to hold important positions.
And under the leadership of these people,Li Jing changed the simple life style of the Southern Tang Dynasty and opened a precedent for the extravagance of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the entire Southern Tang Dynasty sang the wind and the moon all day long, singing and dancing to level up, and there was no enterprising spirit.
Han Xizai's feast and drink.
And under the great joy, Li Jing actually sent troops to attack the small southern states of Min and Chu, which were in civil strife, and only got a Jianjian and Ting two states to destroy the Fujian State, while Zhang and Quanzhou were occupied by the Fujian Qingyuan Army, not only that, but the fattest Fuzhou was swallowed into the stomach by Wu Yue, who was watching the fire from the other side, and made a wedding dress for others.
You must know that during the period of the Five Dynasties, Fujian was narrow and poor, surrounded by mountains on three sides and close to the sea on one side, and the terrain was closed, not only was it difficult to fight, but also there was not much benefit from fighting.
The Southern Tang Dynasty destroyed the Fujian State and only gained two states.
Not to mention the Chu State, not only did it not occupy an inch of land, but let the Southern Han who took advantage of the fire to rob annex a large area of land in the north of Liangguang, and the rest of the Hunan land was also occupied by the Hunan Wuping army, and there was nothing to lose the army, and the most important thing was to lose a chance to go north.
The Southern Tang Dynasty destroyed Chu, and basically didn't catch anything.
Before and after the Jin Dynasty was destroyed by the Khitan, the Central Plains was in chaos, this was the opportunity that Li Yu had been waiting for for 20 years, but the Southern Tang Dynasty was dragged by the south, and he could not spare the strength to march north into the Central Plains.
The large-scale use of foreign troops did make the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty reach the maximum, but it failed to achieve effective rule over the captured places, and there was almost no gain in the tax revenue of the Southern Tang Dynasty, which consumed a lot of national strength in vain.
For the Southern Tang Dynasty, as long as the Huainan Fourteen Prefectures on the north bank of the Yangtze River are guarded, the Central Plains can be entered, and the Jiangnan can be defended by retreating, so the Fourteen Prefectures of Huainan must not be lost, but for Chai Rong, who is determined to be unified, he must first take the Huainan Fourteen Prefectures of the Southern Tang Dynasty, otherwise the great cause of reunification cannot be talked about.
Among the fourteen states, the most important is Shouzhou, which is also the gateway of the Southern Tang Dynasty, holding Shouzhou, the fourteen states of Huainan can be safe, once lost, the portal of the Southern Tang Dynasty is wide open, so the first battle of Chai Rong's troops is Shouzhou.
At this time, the strength of the Southern Tang Dynasty was still strong, but I didn't expect that Liu Yanzhen, the general sent by Li Jing, would not be able to fight, and was beaten to the point of losing his armor and abandoning his armor, which seriously frustrated the military spirit of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
But Chai Rong wanted the entire fourteen states of Huainan, did not take care of Li Jing, continued to attack, and had no choice but Li Jing chose to cede the land of the six states, to Zhou Chengchen, and even tried to attack jointly with the Khitan, but a series of military defeats forced Li Jing to cede land and sue for peace, sacrifice all the land north of the Yangtze River, and go to the emperor's name, renamed the country's lord, use the post-anniversary number, Huainan was lost, and the demise of the southern regime can basically enter the countdown.
The land north of the river is lost.
Originally, the Southern Tang Dynasty had to pay tribute to the Later Zhou every year, and the fourteen prefectures of Huainan were still important salt-producing places in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but now it is gone, and the Southern Tang Dynasty has to spend ** to buy salt from Jiangbei, the finances are becoming more and more tight, and the people are not able to make a living after the tax increases, as for Li Jing, he is still extravagant and invincible.
Li Jing didn't know what to think, but when he had a son-in-law, he threatened to kill his brother and brother, and appointed his brother Li Jingsui as the emperor's younger brother, entrusted Li Jingsui with important responsibilities, and once handed over government affairs to the emperor's younger brother Li Jingsui with full authority, causing a dispute between Li Jing's eldest son Li Hongji and Li Jingsui's crown prince.
Li Jingsui had no intention of being the emperor, and he was always uneasy after being named the emperor's younger brother, and he resigned many times, and was finally renamed the king of Jin, while Li Hongji was named the crown prince, which is also a rare situation in history where the crown prince and the imperial brother are in the same dynasty, Li Hongji was not favored, although he became the prince, he was still afraid that his uncle would replace his throne again, and took the opportunity to poison Li Jingsui.
In a fit of rage, Li Jing deposed his crown prince in the name of killing his own uncle, and the dispute for the throne of the Southern Tang Dynasty was completely caused by Li Jing's mishandling of the issue of the heir to the throne, which also prompted the succession of Li Yu, who had a weak personality and mediocre political ability, and directly pushed the Southern Tang Dynasty to the abyss of destruction.
Southern Tang. Therefore, although the Southern Tang Dynasty died in Li Yu, the internal reason was actually the death of Li Jing, when Li Jing first ascended the throne, the Southern Tang Dynasty was still strong, and it was the stronger existence among the many separatist forces, but in the seventeen years of his reign, Li Jing deeply exhausted the national strength of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and was finally completely suppressed by the Later Zhou, completely losing the hope of unifying the Central Plains, and even the ability to protect himself was exhausted.
Objectively speaking, Li Jing is far inferior to his father, and he is not even a qualified king, Li Yu told his son's strategic policy before he died, as long as he implements it, but the tiger father and dog, the short-sighted Li Jing is destined to not be a big deal, he only knows how to take advantage of a small advantage, and misses the great opportunity for the Later Jin Dynasty to be destroyed and the Central Plains to be ownerless.
In the end, Li Yu was left with a stormy and crumbling kingdom of doom, it can be said that Li Jing laid the defeat of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Li Yu just added a handful of firewood.
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