Background

It is not known when or where Lu Yanchang was born, but it is known that his father Lu Guangchou was from Nankang (南康, in modern Ganzhou, Jiangxi). By 895, Lu Guangchou, who was then an agrarian rebel leader, had taken over Qian Prefecture and taken the title of prefect. In 902, after Lu Guangchou conquered Shao Prefecture (韶州, in modern Shaoguan, Guangdong), he had Lu Yangchang govern it as prefect. When Lu Guangchou was subsequently repelled in his attack on Chao Prefecture (潮州, in modern Chaozhou, Guangdong) by Liu Yin the acting military governor of Qinghai Circuit (清海, headquartered in modern Guangzhou, Guangdong), Liu attacked Shao Prefecture, but was defeated in an ambush by Lu Guangchou's officer Tan Quanbo, allowing Lu Guangchou to retain Shao.

As ruler of Qian Prefecture

Lu Yanchang remained the prefect of Shao Prefecture until 910, when Lu Guangchou died. Before Lu Guangchou's death, he had initially wanted to pass his position to Tan Quanbo, but Tan declined. When Lu Yanchang subsequently arrived to mourn his father's death, Tan supported him to succeed Lu Guangchou and continued to serve under him. Lu Yanchang thereafter remained at Qian Prefecture, and his positions were confirmed by the rulers of two states that were rivals to each other but to both of whom Lu Guangchou had nominally submitted — Later Liang's Emperor Taizu, and Wu's Yang Longyan. Yang Longyan bestowed the title of prefect of Qian on Lu Yanchang, which he accepted, but he submitted a petition through Ma Yin the Prince of Chu — a vassal of Later Liang — stating:

Emperor Taizu thereafter bestowed on Lu the title of acting military governor of Zhennan Circuit (鎮南, headquartered in modern Nanchang, Jiangxi, which was then Wu territory). Lu had his officer Liao Shuang (廖爽) succeed him as the prefect of Shao.

After Lu took over as prefect of Qian, however, he was said to devote his time to games and hunts. In 911, his officer Li Qiu killed him and seized his position.

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背景

盧延昌的生年和出生地不詳，父盧光稠為南康人。光啟元年（895年），作為農民軍首領的盧光稠攻陷虔州，自稱刺史。天複二年（902年），盧光稠克韶州，以盧延昌為刺史守之。盧光稠派弟弟盧光睦攻潮州被清海軍留後劉隱擊退後，劉隱欲攻韶州，其弟劉岩認為虔州必來救，韶州不可速取，劉隱不聽，從雙石出舟船，正逢大霧，白晝如夜，盧延昌軍四出，以鐵纜系大鉤投入劉隱的船，清海軍驚慌失措，但劉隱部下衙內馬步軍都指揮使蘇章引弓射殺數人並用巨斧擊鉤，鐵纜無用，盧延昌退走。清海軍兵臨城下，韶州守軍在樓上指著劉隱罵污言穢語，劉隱羞慚不敢看左右，蘇章將罵人者一一射死，清海軍水軍乘勝鼓譟想要登城，但這時峽北江水暴漲，運糧道路斷絕，盧光稠親自率眾來援，清海軍被盧光稠部將譚全播伏擊所敗，盧光稠得以保有韶州。盧延昌開城襲清海軍之後，蘇章勸劉隱棄船走陸路，清海軍不成列，劉隱的馬死了，蘇章就把自己的馬給他，自己徒步殿後，韶州軍看見了，不敢進逼。劉隱几乎僅以身免。

統領虔州

盧延昌為韶州刺史直至開平四年（910年）盧光稠卒。盧光稠臨死前起初想傳位譚全播，但譚全播拒絕。盧延昌來奔父喪，譚全播立他為繼任者並事之。盧延昌遂自稱刺史。盧延昌此後留在虔州，且地位得到雖然彼此為敵但都得盧光稠名義歸順的兩國統治者後梁太祖皇帝和吳王楊隆演的認可。楊隆演遣使拜盧延昌為虔州刺史，盧延昌受任，以禮遣走使者，卻在乾化元年（911年）二月通過後梁封臣楚王馬殷上箋表于後梁，稱：「我接受淮南（即吳國，因吳國主要領地為原唐朝的淮南軍）官職只是為了讓他們停止圖謀我。我一定為朝廷經略江西。我郡小，為寇所迫，欲緩其奸謀，開導貢路，非敢懷二心。」太祖皇帝兼授盧延昌鎮南軍節度使觀察留後，派使者慰勞。盧延昌對梁表授其將廖爽為韶州刺史以代自己。

盧延昌作為刺史領虔州後，卻遊獵無度。十二月，百勝軍指揮使黎球閉門拒盧延昌，殺之，自己代立。《九國志·譚全播傳》又載後來黎球看到盧延昌持彈弓斥責他，被彈丸擊中而死。

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